Thread: Los Angeles Dodgers--Official July Thread

FIVE STRAIGHT WINS!!

JIGGLE TIME, BITCHES!!!





GIVE IT UP, MEN!!

Good to finally get one this season!!

Hitting the best % of the season so far, too. 13 games over .500 is nothing to sneer at.

****ing Adrian Garcia almost spoke to Matt Kemp in Spanish.

Originally Posted by TonySCV

- Scully is in love with James Loney. Gush, gush gush. I love when he started comparing Loney with the Phillies first baseman - right before Kemp hit his 3 run homer. He may as well have said that Loney is a god.

He really has a soft spot for the kids that come through the Dodger system.

Kinda like... all of us.

Originally Posted by TonySCV

- Jeff Kent's still got it.

I love the guy but I hope he's ready to hang them up after this year. We have better use for ~$12mil/yr. that's for sure. (Of course Kent gets red hot right after I drop him in fantasy with B.J. Upton coming off the DL.)

I'm guessing Abreu and Betemit can fight it out for 2B next year.

10,001 Losses for the Phillies.

Here's to 10,002 and 10,003!

C'mon Lurch!!!!

Also, I can't shake the feeling that at least one of Kemp, Loney or Ethier will be gone come the trade deadline.

Originally Posted by Die Radio Die

Also, I can't shake the feeling that at least one of Kemp, Loney or Ethier will be gone come the trade deadline.

I don't know but I get the feeling that Ethier is going to go. Loney and Kemp are off limits IMO.

Originally Posted by Die Radio Die

Also, I can't shake the feeling that at least one of Kemp, Loney or Ethier will be gone come the trade deadline.

I'd like to see Gonzo invited back for another season with Kemp and Ethier in the OF. Too bad we have Pierre for 4 more years (though he has been tolerable recently). I'm not so sure either of your 3 will be dealt. I would guess next years OF is Ethier in LF, Pierre in CF, and Kemp in RF. Loney is going nowhere.

I think the Dodgers will be pretty quiet at the trade deadline and over the offseason. As jb already said play Betemit/Abreu at 2nd next year, Loney is at 1st, Furcal and Nomar have another year on their deals. Take the money from Kent and sign another SP (which will be needed in case Schmidt can't come back and for future seasons without Lowe). Maybe a set up guy if Saito returns to Japan and Broxton starts to close. The position players are pretty much set until 2009 (unless Ned blows up the team at the trade deadline).

Originally Posted by TonySCV

I had to laugh...

You know those moments during the middle of the game where they come back from commercial and Scully has some witty or not-so-witty antectode to pass along to us before he says ... "let's get back to this one"?

Normally they tape those things, and it's always been humorous to me that they must think the majority of people watching the broadcast are too stupid to notice that while Vin is waxing poetic, the sun is still out and often times the starting pitcher is practicing - waiting for the game to start. All this supposedly taking place between the 4th or 5th inning. Yeah... right.

Well tonight after all this time, they finally did one live. And everything worked out fine. A few seconds of dead air afterward, and all was well. Nice. Here's to keeping it real.

I haven't counted, but offhand I'd say it's about 50/50 pre-taped vs. live. I'm not sure how they decide which way to go. Maybe he gets bored before the game sometimes?

Originally Posted by lath19

I'd like to see Gonzo invited back for another season with Kemp and Ethier in the OF. Too bad we have Pierre for 4 more years (though he has been tolerable recently). I'm not so sure either of your 3 will be dealt. I would guess next years OF is Ethier in LF, Pierre in CF, and Kemp in RF. Loney is going nowhere.

I think the Dodgers will be pretty quiet at the trade deadline and over the offseason. As jb already said play Betemit/Abreu at 2nd next year, Loney is at 1st, Furcal and Nomar have another year on their deals. Take the money from Kent and sign another SP (which will be needed in case Schmidt can't come back and for future seasons without Lowe). Maybe a set up guy if Saito returns to Japan and Broxton starts to close. The position players are pretty much set until 2009 (unless Ned blows up the team at the trade deadline).

Not sure if this is feasible but in the offseason I would like us to go after Andruw Jones and put Pierre in LF and Kemp in RF. Our outfield would be improved big time.