Thread: Los Angeles Dodgers--Official September Thread

Originally Posted by jbruin152

AlexSeren already has Lowe.

You can have Mark Hendrickson.

F it I will take Tony Abreu. Wanted Meloan instead of hendrickson but can't find any pics of Meloan really.

Originally Posted by irisher

I had Kemp, but noticed that ASUCruz came up with a better picture of him, so I'll choose another. Plus I'll defer to Cruz's superior BBS presence (translation: my inner nerd is no match for his).

Talk about a backhanded compliment.

Originally Posted by jbruin152

Izturis' one good year was .288, and for a slap singles hitter that is really not very good. There is a reason all-glove no-stick players are being gradually phased out of baseball--because they aren't very valuable.

I thought he was perfect in the 8 spot. He did just enough to clear the pitcher's spot a lot of the time and held his own there, that's when he was improving as a hitter. Once they traded Roberts and batted Izzy leadoff, I think that was too much for him. He swung at too many bad pitches to be a leadoff hitter. Of course being a Gold Glove SS is why he was there, that's why I thought batting 8 was the right place for him.

Originally Posted by jbruin152

Talk about a backhanded compliment.

Southpaw that I am, I prefer to think of it as a left-handed compliment.

Originally Posted by The Natural

You're actually third. C'mon man, there are plenty of Dodgers around to pick up.

who has loney? i looked through the thread and didn't see him

Originally Posted by DiehardKingsFan

who has loney?

Couldn't tell you, but I do know who has Hu.

does everyone have their avatars set up now? lol

Originally Posted by Italian Seafood

I thought he was perfect in the 8 spot. He did just enough to clear the pitcher's spot a lot of the time and held his own there, that's when he was improving as a hitter. Once they traded Roberts and batted Izzy leadoff, I think that was too much for him. He swung at too many bad pitches to be a leadoff hitter. Of course being a Gold Glove SS is why he was there, that's why I thought batting 8 was the right place for him.

Actually the vast majority of Izturis's at-bats (61%) in his career year of 2004 were in the leadoff spot. When Roberts was in the lineup that year, Izturis batted 2nd. Remember in the four months Roberts was a Dodger in 2004, he only played 68 games due to platooning and injuries. Izturis was the leadoff hitter for the other half of that period as well as the entire stretch run.

As an 8-spot hitter for the Dodgers, Izturis was actually pretty horrible. He spent most of 2003 in the 8-spot for a terrible .256/.287/.309 performance. You'd at least expect an 8-spot hitter to draw walks and get on base (like Betemit) considering he bats in front of the pitcher, but Izturis didn't even do that.

And like I said, in Izturis's 2004 year he was very good and his glove, of course, was outstanding. However, every other year he has been pretty much terrible. Feel free to create whatever bogus storyline you want for that, but overall he just isn't and wasn't a very good hitter--period.

Originally Posted by DiehardKingsFan

who has loney? i looked through the thread and didn't see him

Originally Posted by keyTOarson

Alright, I'm in.

Originally Posted by kingofdodgers

I dont know if anyone has taken James MFin' Loney, but im in!

There you go.





If, after all of the excitement from yesterday's win, the Dodgers drop tonight's game, I'm going to *****ing riot. Well, maybe just vomit.

I went to school in SF and I KNOW those ****ers LOVE to spoil our party.