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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Don Mattingly rips into players and makeup of Dodgers

(www.latimes.com)

posted 19 hours ago by Repoz to dodgers | 31 comment(s)

Hitting Is Simple (and so is the manager).

Manager Don Mattingly benched Andre Ethier for the Dodgers’ series finale at Miller Park on Wednesday, saying he did so because he wanted to field a lineup “that’s going to fight and compete the whole day.”

Asked if he was trying to send a message to Ethier, Mattingly replied, “We’re last place in the National League West. Last year, at this point, we’re playing a lineup that basically has nobody in it, that fights and competes and ...

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1. jacksone (AKA It's OK...) posted on December 13, 2012 at 05:20 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Awesome. Refreshing honesty is so rare.

2. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) posted on December 13, 2012 at 06:01 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Money can be used to buy lots and lots of Chipotle guacamole.

3. What did Billy Ripken have against Elroy Face? posted on December 13, 2012 at 06:03 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

He probably even has enough now to pay out-of-state tuition and send his kids to the excellent schools of the greater Denver area.

4. CFBF Hates Hyphens posted on December 13, 2012 at 06:27 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The interactions between Greinke and TJ Simers are going to be...curious. There's a chance Greinke stabs Simers in the throat before the end of spring training, and there's a chance that Simers is driven insane by Greinke's inscrutability and spends the rest of his life gibbering away in a padded cell, babbling about the unknowable pitcher.

5. What did Billy Ripken have against Elroy Face? posted on December 13, 2012 at 06:48 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'd say there was a significant chance of Simers spending time in a padded cell before this signing. He's already well versed in the gibbering and babbling.

6. The elusive Robert Denby posted on December 13, 2012 at 08:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I look forward to the press conference when Zack listens to a Simers question and tells him, "I don't think I want to talk to you."

7. Esoteric throws a 'hard slider' posted on December 13, 2012 at 09:40 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Actually, for whatever reason I have a hunch that Simers and Greinke will hit it off. Simers strikes me as the sort of guy who would appreciate the weird artlessness and disarming bluntness of Greinke -- if nothing else, he will give good quote. His real hatred is for the spoiled, star-trip types.

Then again, I am literally one of three people on this site who sees any worth in Simers as a columnist whatsoever, so I'm not the guy you want to rely on.

8. Jeff Frances the Mute posted on December 13, 2012 at 09:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Simers seems to get along best with guys who are huge jerks. He wrote many fawning columns over Jeff Kent and Milton Bradley.

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Don Mattingly rips into players and makeup of Dodgers

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