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Dodgerama: January 2010
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Free Casey Blake's Beard! Into the Arms of America. And that was the fate of Viking fans yesterday. Better, by far, to have been a Jets fan yesterday, and know that your team played well, achieved beyond sensible dreams, but just wasn't as good as the Colts. But for the Vikings, what logic determined their fate? It was the greatest throw of Brett Favre's career. The Two Year Plan. Is not going to be able to keep Kemp and Ethier and Billingsley around when their service time strikes midnight. I think of i...
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Dodgerama: Hammering Russ Ortiz
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Free Casey Blake's Beard! Comments are a rarity around here, and combative comments even rarer, so I thought it might be fun to rebut this one in a separate post:. Why are you hammering on Russ Ortiz? His 2007 season was actually cut short by Tommy John surgery, and he missed all of 2008 recovering, and then in spring training of 2009 he posted an ERA of 3.18. So - - maybe the surgery had fixed whatever was wrong with him? So why should his spring training performance this year matter? Youre a blogger...
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Dodgerama: How These Dodgers Opened
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Free Casey Blake's Beard! How These Dodgers Opened. R = rookie league. 1 = high A. 4 = The Show! DSL = Dominican Summer League. In = Independent Leagues. Injured, or in high school, or other. Short stint at that level, usually a month or less. Not established as a major leaguer yet. I've had some trouble formatting the chart correctly, but I think it should be fine now. The rightmost column should be the age 29 column. Wow, Sherrill toiled a long time in independent leagues. 13 April, 2010 16:01. Inside ...
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Dodgerama: July 2009
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Free Casey Blake's Beard! I wonder if Broxton is still hurting. Where did that walk to Joey Thurston come from? How does that even happen? He wasn't right. I could see it. I chickened out for the next batter, and fed the cats. Really! If there is anything slightly wrong with Broxton, just shut him down for two weeks. Wise or not the Dodgers have Sherrill now, so why not use him? Game 102 Unfair Win Shares ( Dodgers ). Game 102 Unfair Loss Shares ( Cardinals ). And now, Wednesday night's game:. If I was g...
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Dodgerama: August 2009
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Free Casey Blake's Beard! The Dodger bullpen pitched 11.2 scoreless innings on Saturday and Sunday to help the Dodgers sweep the weekend and come out of Cincinatti with a 2-1 Series win. Every member of the Dodger 'pen participated in one of the two wins. They totaled 14 strikeouts, just 3 walks, and 11 hits allowed. It's impossible to pick out a single bullpen hero for the Dodgers. Broxton is the best they have but by himself he couldn't have done anything Saturday and Sunday. None of the bullpe...The g...
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Dodgerama: Who Gets This Loss?
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Free Casey Blake's Beard! Who Gets This Loss? The Ortizes and the Rule 5 guy and Sherrill the peril. It's not a bullpen you want to see a lot of, and yet they're always needed, and often early, because the starters usually don't go deep into games. And that brings us to Billingsley. If any pitcher really deserved this loss it was Billingsley. What happened to him? He was so great through three innings, and then - - what? That, perhaps, is where the true blame must lie. There is a malaise around this team...
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Dodgerama: Deep Dodger Analysis
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Free Casey Blake's Beard! Yesterday I saw an NBA analyst declare that the Lakers were headed to the NBA Finals. His evidence? One home playoff game against the Oklahoma Thunder. Isn't this conclusion a bit premature? After one game, how much can really be said about the Lakers? After a dozen games, how much can be said about the Dodgers? And yet, what is the alternative? Should we all just sit around staring at each other, saying "I don't know" and shaking our heads? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Dodgerama: The 2010 Opening Day Russter
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Free Casey Blake's Beard! The 2010 Opening Day Russter. For every player there is a story. Sometimes it is a boring story, in which case it's best to make something up. Here are the stories of the 25 players most likely to make the opening roster for the Dodgers. What do we want to see more of from Matt Kemp? Could he be a 40-40 guy? More great plays in center field? More cannon throws to exterminate runs at the plate? Absolutely. It's all possible. I have no idea. Oh man, I got nothing. Really. ...Perha...
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Dodgerama: Dodgers Lose, Brain Cells Riot
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Free Casey Blake's Beard! Dodgers Lose, Brain Cells Riot. Which is part of why it would be foolish to draw any firm conclusions after five games, except the ones we could have made before the season. Russ Ortiz has no place in the Dodgers pen. Ramon Ortiz should hang on only as long as there are no better options. ( Why does not the same apply to Russ Ortiz? Sherrill may yet turn it around; we can't rule that out yet. Can we say the same for Vicente Padilla? Why are you hammering on Russ Ortiz? Dodgers L...
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Dodgerama: September 2009
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Free Casey Blake's Beard! I think Billingsley has done enough to show he belongs in the postseason rotation, assuming the Dodgers aren't booted from the postseason for losing to bad teams and taking too long to clinch the division. What, they can't be booted for that? Then there is no reason to panic. Game 155 Unfair Win Shares ( Dodgers ). Game 155 Unfair Loss Shares ( Pirates ). Game 156 Unfair Loss Shares ( Dodgers ). Game 156 Unfair Win Shares ( Pirates ). D McCutchen - 1. So, while it may be technic...
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