Rant Rave Sunday
I am headed to LA at 6:00 AM Sunday. I will be staying at the Sheraton in San Gabriel until Thursday. I ll be at the Ravine Monday and Tuesday. The Dodgers are giving the wife and I the Grand Tour Monday at 4 PM. I am very much looking forward to it. I ll be looking for you E-mail me. mark@uswatersystems.com The lead in the NL West is shrinking! Rich Hill
I am headed to LA at 6:00 AM Sunday. I will be staying at the Sheraton in San Gabriel until Thursday.
I’ll be at the Ravine Monday and Tuesday. The Dodgers are giving the wife and I the Grand Tour Monday at 4 PM. I am very much looking forward to it.
I’ll be looking for you… E-mail me. mark@uswatersystems.com
- The lead in the NL West is shrinking!
- Rich Hill will likely be out 4-6 weeks – Hopefully Clayton will be back soon.
- Ross Stripling is truly a starter. Very nice job!
- Cingrani looks like he is still hurt.
- Give El Gasolino some props.
- Anyone still want to disrespect Max Muncy now?
- Matt “Freaking” Kemp! What did I tell you?
- Ginger Jesus has changed everything!
- Any questions as to why Forsythe is playing? Watch and learn.
- Kenley Jansen is truly back! Two saves in one day!
- This team has come back to life! A come from behind win and a doubleheader sweep.
- Shut up you Negative Nellies! 😉
- Will Dennis Santana take Rich Hill’s place? His AAA debut was outstanding: 6 shutout innings 11 K’s. I’m saying yes! You will see him next week!
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Disagree, not disagreeable
Great team win and team sweep! Looking ahead the Rockies have a losing record at home and have only Arrenado hitting, Blackmon is below .270, and Desmond and Cargo are killing them. DBags have lost 4 in a row and 9 of 10 and cling to a half game lead. Peralta is the only regular over .250!
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Brewers and Braves still lead their divisions, Phillies have the 1st WC by 1 game and the Cubs, Cards and Bucs are tied for the 2nd with the Mets a game back. This is going to be a wild race in all divisions but I would be surprised if a WC comes out of the west.
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In the AL the Yanks and Bosox are percentage points apart but up by 9 games (4.5 WC) and the Stros barely lead Seattle and the Halos. Cleve is atop their division at 22-22. This year there will be teams left out of the WC with better records than a division winner. But if you make the post season anything is possible.
Ten game home stand coming up. Rockies, Padres and the Phillies. Must win 7 or 8 out of those ten games and get back in this thing. SP is going to be a significant challenge with CK, Hill, Ryu on the DL but it’s not time for Buehler, Stewart, Stripling to lay claim to the “future is now” and show they’ve got what it takes. Buehler and Striping have had some positive things happen….can Stewart do the same, how about Santana?
It’s time for the Dodgers to prove the “naysayers” wrong (me included) who wrote them off. Big home stand!!!
I know he’s not the hitter he once was, but FAZ could do worse than sign Chase Headley to a Minor League Contract, now he is officially a Free Agent.
He’s owed $13m this season, but now we can get him for the league minimum.
He would be a good back up for the infield IMO.
Although he has been DFA’d for a reason, last year he hit
.273/.352/.406 for NY in 586 At Bats.
12 homers, 30 Doubles & a triple, and he has done well at Dodger Stadium.
I can remember worse pick ups, and I think he still has a bit of gas in the tank, as well as a bit of Veteran experience.
Bit of a no lose situation to me.
Good enough for a 1.8 War