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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Don Mattingly rips into players and makeup of Dodgers

(www.latimes.com)

posted 20 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. Sleepy supports unauthorized rambling posted on September 19, 2012 at 11:38 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

“It’s hard to remember the difficulty between the races” in baseball in the 1940s, Ford says.

Wow, Ford was actually alive in the 40's (born in '42). I didn't realize he was that old.

2. McCoy Wilfong for Money posted on September 20, 2012 at 01:06 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

My great great Aunt went to high school with Harrison Ford. That is all.

3. SteveM. posted on September 20, 2012 at 03:04 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I went and saw Raiders of the Lost Ark in the theater tonight. Took me back to when my dad took me to see it when it came out. Still damn good movie.

4. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on September 20, 2012 at 07:06 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

...Ford combed through press clippings and news footage of Rickey to prepare for the role, one of his few non-fiction characters.

“Anything I could find, I used,” Ford says. “I discovered he did things too numerous to count.”

Was SABR involved in this at all? There is no reason for a baseball bio-pic to get made that doesn't have "and special thanks to the Society for American Baseball Research" in the end credits. I'm sure a call to someone at SABR by the studio could have put Ford in touch with an expert on Rickey. While Ford would still need to work there would be this great resource for him to use to really nail the role and make the picture the best it could be.

5. Arch Stanton posted on September 20, 2012 at 07:58 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Director: Mr. Ford, you need to work more on your character. You could work around the clock-

Ford: I ALREADY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK!

6. SOLockwood posted on September 20, 2012 at 09:25 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

one of the sport’s first Hispanic superstars in Roberto Clemente.

Dolf Luque
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/luquedo01.shtml

says, "Hey, over here pendejo!"

7. Mirabelli Dictu (Chris McClinch) posted on September 20, 2012 at 09:30 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

SOLockwood,

What do the words "one of the first" mean to you?

8. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) posted on September 20, 2012 at 10:15 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

"I've got a bad feeling about this."

9. RMc and His Roster of Rubbish posted on September 20, 2012 at 12:25 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Harrison Ford was always more of a Cubs fan than a Brooklyn Dodgers guy.

Two days after Harrison Ford was born, the Cubs hosted the Dodgers.

They lost.

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