Follow the pattern:
Okay career
Sudden boost
Become brittle
Permanent resident on the IR
Follow the pattern:
Okay career
Sudden boost
Become brittle
Permanent resident on the IR
Thankfully nobody in the NHL uses this type of stuff....![]()
Yep. Amazing what personal allegiances can do for a fan. Granted, we also hadn't seen his body completely break down or his fastball lose ~6-8mph either yet.
Lo Duca though was unsurprising--that 25 HR year when he was still trying to break into the bigs full-time was a pretty big red flag. We could also speculate that the Dodgers found out about Lo Duca and Mota's recreational habits and that was another factor in them being dealt.
A buddy of mine works for the Astros, so I'd heard the Clemens story a while back.
Last edited by Hoya; December 13th, 2007 at 01:16 PM.
at least no current Dodgers were on the list