Thread: Los Angeles Dodgers--Official September Thread

Originally Posted by Italian Seafood

Because this team is 72-65 and only three games out of the playoffs, the 2005 team finished 20 games under 500 after a 9-2 start. August and September that year were for diehards only, hoping that Willie Aybar and Jose Cruz Jr were going to be the future. Big difference.

That entire team sans Kent and Lowe was on the DL for most of the year and had $30 million less of payroll on it.

The injuries this year are nowhere near as bad as they were in 2005.

Originally Posted by Italian Seafood

Not to mention that DePodesta started out with a pretty good team that was completely on a roll when he decided to break it up. By opening day 2005 we only had slight remnants of the team that won the division six months earlier. Ned took over that mess, we made the playoffs last year and we're in the hunt this year. It's not even a close comparison, more like night and day.

DePodesta took over and had to cut the payroll from $100 million to $80 million.

Colletti took over and boosted the payroll from $80 million to $110 million.

So yes, night and day.

Uh oh, here comes the DePodesta-Colletti debate... lol

Originally Posted by BleedingPurple

Uh oh, here comes the DePodesta-Colletti debate... lol

Seriously. Talk about beating a dead horse.

Apples and oranges.

I'm not getting into the whole thing again, but let's not comapre this year to 2005 as if it's the same thing just because it's the second year of the GM's tenure. This year's team isn't nearly as injured or nearly as bad as 2005 and the proof is in the standings. Guys get hurt every year, if you're a GM for a living you should account for that.

This wasn't much of a surprise.

The Padres, attempting to fortify their pitching staff for the September stretch drive, have signed right-hander Brett Tomko to serve as a long reliever and possible spot starter.

Tomko, 34, was designated for assignment by the Dodgers when Los Angeles signed left-hander David Wells, who had been released by the Padres.

Tomko was 2-11 with a 5.80 ERA with the Dodgers, but experienced relative success with the Padres in 2002, going 10-10 with a 4.49 ERA.

The Padres tried to acquire Blue Jays right-hander Josh Towers in a trade before last Friday's deadline for setting postseason rosters, but the deal never came to fruition.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7189444

Originally Posted by Frolov24

This wasn't much of a surprise.



http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7189444

And Padres fans were laughing at us for signing Wells?

I am BEGGING to see Tomko next week. Oh, God. Please!

Haha, that's great. Couldn't have gone to a better place. If we offered Tomko for Wells in a trade last month, I wonder if SD would have done it? Probably not.

Here's today's lineup:

Furcal, SS
Pierre, CF
Kemp, RF
Kent, 2B
Gonzo, LF
Martin, C
Loney, 1B
LaRoche, 3B
Penny, P