Thread: The August Dodger Thread

ESPN - Ramirez keen to finish his career at new home in L.A. - MLB

Originally Posted by pb2k

ESPN - Ramirez keen to finish his career at new home in L.A. - MLB

Manny will go to whichever team offers him the most money. Hopefully it's not LA.

Kent moving down in the line up. I bet he hates that.

Pierre, CF
Kemp, RF
Martin, C
Ramirez, LF
Loney, 1B
Kent, 2B
Blake, 3B
Berroa, SS
Kuroda, RHP

Originally Posted by pb2k

Kent moving down in the line up. I bet he hates that.

Pierre, CF
Kemp, RF
Martin, C
Ramirez, LF
Loney, 1B
Kent, 2B
Blake, 3B
Berroa, SS
Kuroda, RHP

where did you get the lineup from?

Originally Posted by Drop The Gloves

LOL, I've got Angels fans in my office telling me Manny is gonna make the Dodgers worse than they already are. Yeah, the same Manny that has owned the Angels in the post-season...

I would bat Kemp in front of Manny so he can see better pitches...

Actually, this is the lineup I wouldn't mind seeing (if Garciaparra stays healthy)

Ethier RF
Loney 1B
Kemp CF
Ramirez LF
Martin C
Kent 2B
Blake 3B
Garciaparra SS
P

Webb RHH hitting .223 (career .213)
Lincecum RHH hitting .235
Haren RHH hitting .229 (actually pitches better vs LHH)
Ubaldo Jimenez RHH hitting .223
Cain RHH hitting .234

These pitchers from the NL West will eat that lineup up!! Where is the left handed stick in the middle of the Dodger lineup? That lineup looks great vs a LHP (not last night). Take a look at the best teams in the MLB. They all have (with the exception of the Cubs) big LHH bats in the middle of their lineups.

Boston: Ortiz
Angels: Teixera
White Sox: Thome; Griffey
Twins: Mauer; Morneau
Rays: Pena; Crawford
Mets: Beltran; Delgado
Phils: Howard;Utley
Cubs: Edmonds (boderline), Fukodome (boderline)
Cards: Ankiel

I'm aware that if Furcal was healthy and playing at the top of the lineup, Loney or Ethier could bat anywhere from 3-6. A balanced lineup of LHH and RHH is ideal in most winning teams.

And I think we'll be seeing a lot more GIDPs from the right handed heavy Dodger lineup in the last two months of the season. Especially if Furcal and Pierre are not playing. Station to station baseball will create lots of 2 and 3 run HRs for Manny, but also lots of GIDP, like we saw last night.

I'm just playing devils advocate. I do think it's great that we got Manny for almost nothing. But I sure don't think it guarantees the Dodgers a playoff spot.

I got the line up off of Dodger thoughts. The past couple of days Jon Weisman has had the line up earlier than anyone else.

Ka-freaking-BOOM!!!

Manny being Manny.

Penny had his rehab start today

Code:

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Penny 	4.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	4.50

Also, 44 of his 55 pitchers were strikes.

Hopefully he doesn't report any discomfort, could be back up soon.