Thursday, May 23, 2013
Don Mattingly rips into players and makeup of Dodgers
(www.latimes.com)
Hitting Is Simple (and so is the manager).
Read More...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 2If nothing else- The Dodgers trade of Piazza was not a "dump trade" by the Dodgers
The Dodgers got back:
Gary Sheffield... borderline HOF talent
Charles Johnson (Kind of his generation's Matt Wieters- he was SUPPOSED to be a super star catcher)- inconsistent but was coming off a 4.2 WAR year (faceplanted for the Dodgers, but later had some decent years with Baltimore)
Bobby Bo (hey talk about longevity, he's still drawing an MLB salary!)
He took that moniker literally.
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