LAist: Dodger's Terror Alert: Severe

Joan

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:53:52 -0800

Why is Andre Ethier still here? You have to be kidding. The only reason he was off to a slow start was because he wasn't played consistently at the beginning of the season and once he was, he played well. He's also played fantastic defense. He was slumping recently and is now working his way out of it, no thanks to the fact that he's not allowed to play every day and work out of a slump like everyone else and he's had to bat 9th in the lineup during the recent American league stint, meaning he's seeing a lot of crappy pitches, like he has no doubt all year batting no higher than 7th and he still only trails Martin, Kent and Gonzales in RBI's. Kemp on the other hand, though he has potential, how many games has he played this year in relation to Ethier? A fraction of the amount. Last year he started off strong with the 7 home runs and then couldn't hit for crap the rest of the season, while Ethier was Rookie of the Year candidate. This year he has started off strong, but he's struck out quite a bit of late, which means the league is probably figuring out once again that he can't hit anything but a fastball. You people that have a fit every time the Dodgers lose a few games need to chill out. It's not even July yet. They don't need to trade away their talented young propects for one player who they think is going to be the magic pill in the short term.

Matt

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:46:32 -0800

Every team in the NL and AL can have a bad game or two or three. Shit, even last place Baltimore Orioles spanked the Padres last night, when they lost the night before 6-12, and lost the 8 games prior to that. It's early enough in the season where Grady can try out different players in the open positions like OF and 3B. Eventually one player will win the spot and play as a consistant starter, at least until that player starts to falter. Then you stick someone else in there to see if lightning will strike. But it sure would help if they could go out there and get someone like Adam Dunn in OF or Troy Glaus at 3B. And a mulligan would be nice for Schmidt, can we get Maddux back, please?

cephyn

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:52:05 -0800

Well, lets not get TOO worked up - it was Roy Halladay on the mound. He can shut down any offense. But Nomar Garciapopup is goddamn genius. 8D