Tales From The Inbox - Newsletter Nips
Women Like Sports —
... Los Angeles Dodgers: Manny Ramirez was announced as the NL Player of the Month. No kidding. It’s easy to stand out from the crowd when you’re the eagle in a flock of turkeys that is the NL West. Don’t get me wrong, Manny is awesome. I just know he’ll likely leave after this year and Frank McCourt will simply be patting himself on the back for even having him here for a short time. Yeah, I know…bitter, party of one… ...
Enjoy the Off Day
Mike Scioscia's tragic illness —
Because on Friday, if my calculations are correct - you’re going to see some serious shit.
We’ll look ahead at the big series against Arizona on Friday, but for now, let’s bask in the warm glowing warmth of a three-game sweep against Adrian Gonzalez, Jake Peavy, and 23 other guys who snuck into the clubhouse to steal San Diego uniforms. Just 1.5 games out of the lead, ...
Dodgers Finish Sweep with 6-4 Win
Dem Bums - A Dodgers Blog —
The Dodgers completed a sweep of the Padres to hold their place 1 1/2 games behind Arizona in the division. They have an off day Thursday before hosting the first-place Dbacks this weekend at home. The Dodgers squeezed six runs out of nine hits, with two each by Ethier, Casey Blake, and Berroa. The Dodgers scored one in the third before the Padres came back with three the next inning. The boys then regained the lead with four runs in the bottom half, keyed by back-to-back homeruns, Blake DeWitt’s two-run blast and Berroa’s solo homerun, his first in almost two years. Blake also added an insurance run in the seventh with a solo shot. Hiroki Kuroda pitched a decent outing, giving up four ...
Manny Sits Next To God
Fire Ned Colletti Now —
I'm sure you've heard by now, but Manny has won the National League Player Of The Month award. "Ramirez, acquired by the Dodgers in a three-team deal involving the Red Sox and Pirates, made such a splash in his first month with the Dodgers he was named the Sharp Presents the National League Player of the Month for August."I think everybody knows that he's been ridiculously good, and everybody probably knows all the statistics, but just how good he's been in a single month is pretty mindblowing. He's put up a VORP of 29.8 with the Dodgers, ...
