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Before I start with the obvious, let me talk about a positive from the Dodger’s Friday night 6-5 in 10 innings loss to the Florida Marlins.
When My Boyfriend homered in the bottom of the fifth, the MVP chants started. It was really awesome since the last time I heard those chants at the Stadium was when Adrian Beltre had his outstanding season in 2004. Beltre would end up second in voting to Barry Bonds that year then bolt to the Seattle Mariners where his career has floundered to say the least.
Now for the doom and gloom: Dodger’s pitching.
Here’s a list of Dodgers pitchers on the disabled list: starters Jason Schmidt, Randy Wolf and Hong-Chih Kuo and reliever Yhency Brazoban. What used to be a pretty strong staff at the beginning of the season is starting to look like a bombed out road in Baghdad.
And Brett Tomko isn’t helping things any.
I took an uncharacteristic cigarette break after the Dodgers took a 5-3 lead in the bottom of the fifth. As I was talking to fans who were happy for the sudden turn of events, everyone was wary of Bombko coming in to pitch. The general consensus was that if Bombko came in to pitch, we would lose the game
Lo and behold, Bombko came in the tenth inning and the boos and jeers started raining down like fire on Sodom. He gave up a run on a suicide squeeze bunt and with it the game.
After the game one fan said it best. “I’ll trade Tomko for two Pepsis.”
Let’s face it. Tomko is a walking disaster. Watching him pitch makes my asshole cry. His pitches can’t find the strike zone, and he struggles so hard to just record an out.
Unfortunately there’s nothing the Dodgers can do. There’s no one in AAA that’s ready for the major leagues, and the Dodgers can’t trade for good pitching without giving up the youngsters namely Matt Kemp, Chad Billingsley and Bob’s Big Boy.
Until some of the arms come back from the DL, the Dodgers are stuck with its Hindenberg. Hopefully their playoff chances don’t burn up before that happens.
But as I always say, "Once a Giant, always a Giant".
By the way since the Dodgers were out of position players, Brad Penny was on deck in the bottom of the tenth when Juan Pierre popped out to end the game.
AP Photo by Chris Pizzello
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Whoa, Jimmy. Beltre didn't bolt to Seattle. Beltre wasn't offered a contract by LA after his magnificent year of 2004. You know, the same team that let our starting catcher go at the start of the final stretch of regular season play. The same team that shipped off our cleanup hitter to a inner-division rival AND $10 million in order to get the guy who was supposed to keep your boyfriend down on the farm? The same team who still doesn't have a 3rd baseman worth a damn?
Beltre, if he bolted, would have gone to Detroit, where he was offered more money than in Seattle. But he waited to see what LA would offer him, and as LA offered him jack, Detroit went in a different direction. Eventually, Beltre went to Seattle where, right now, after 5-5 yesterday, is batting .274, has 12 homers, and 36 RBI.
Not too shabby, especially seeing how the 6 3rd basemen we've had since 2004 have done. Or do you miss Jose Valentin missing a ball in chalk?
I think the writer of this blog needs to learn the difference between a suicide squeeze and a safety squeeze.
The Dodgers were right to let Beltre go. He hit 48 home runs in his final year in LA and only 57 in the two-plus seasons since. He was a one-year wonder.