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Manny Ramirez / Casey Blake Golden Sombrero edition

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More photos » by Gus Ruelas - AP Manny has lost his luster with four more strikeouts tonight and six in a row. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas) Browse more photos » While watching the fireworks light up the sky at Chavez Ravine it is a sad ending to a night I'd hoped to be...
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Web Gem

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Casey Blake in the second inning of tonight's game. His catch ended a bases-loaded threat by the Angels, and was his second spectacular defensive play (the first being a 5-6-3 double play he started).
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In Defense Of Casey Blake

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The various pundits, kensai and me included, do a fair bit of railing against the moves made by the Dodgers. Hell, that is part of point of this site and its progenitor. That said, I was watching the FSN show "In My Own Words" on Casey Blake, and I found his story interesting...
>> www.memoriesofkevinmalone.com/2009/09...
 

Blake Breaks Out

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Casey Blake collects his first hit of the series, a two out, RBI single that puts the Dodgers up 4-2. Manny Ramirez scores from second after reaching on an error by Feliz, so the run is unearned. Update: That’s all the Dodgers get as Wolf flies out to end the inning, but he now has [...]
>> baseballmusings.com/?p=4316...
 

Could Blake Return to Minnesota?

Casey Blake played in Minnesota back in 2002, but it wasn’t until he left for Cleveland the next season that his career took off. Prior to the 2003 season when Blake debuted with the Indians, he had hit just three homeruns in a small sampling of four different seasons...
>> www.twins-territory.com/minneso...
 

Post-Game 99 Thread: Out of Order

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CARDINALS 6, DODGERS 1 It was a game until the seventh inning, when the Cardinals took advantage of the Dodger bullpen and a Casey Blake error to score four runs and put it away. Again, two-out madness prevailed, with the Cards scoring five of their six runs with two out. The Dodger...
>> www.sonsofstevegarvey.com/2009/07...
 

Five Reasons Why The Braves Should Consider Casey Blake

Casey Blake is largely seen as a third-baseman.A However, he has played in the outfield before and with much success.A He got the bulk of his games in the outfield in 2005 where he was the Indian's starting Right Fielder and he played 138 games of +8 defense (that is, he made 8 more plays [...]
>> www.braveslaunchpad.com/2008/12...
 

At-Game Recap: Cardinals 3 Dodgers 2

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Really? Did we really lose that game? Ugh. Well, I actually had to head out after the 7th inning because of work issues. But at least got to see the two homeruns by Ethier and Blake. We arrived really early in order to secure a Matt Kemp bobblehead. I really like Matt and think he...
>> www.sonsofstevegarvey.com/2009/08...
 

A Log For the Hot Stove: Casey Blake

Casey Blake's long and winding road through baseball might be coming full circle. According to a number of sources, the Twins are preparing an offer to Blake that would bring the veteran third baseman back the Metrodome, where he spent 29 games over the course of three seasons...
>> twinsfix.com/2008/11...
 

Torre Plays Small Ball, Dodgers Don’t

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When Casey Blake reaches second on a single and error leading off the bottom of the seventh, Joe Torre has first baseman James Loney sacrifice to set up Blake to score in a 0-0 tie. Belliard pinch hits and gets an infield single to drive in Blake. Torre got his one-run, but the Dodgers [...]
>> baseballmusings.com/?p=4150...
 

Vin Scully, on Speaking in Tongues

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Vin Scully, from yesterday's telecast: No score, James Loney will start it off. Last night, in the ninth inning, following a walk to Casey Blake, James hit one into the crowd atop the wall in deep right center field, his twelfth home run of the year. All twelve on the road...
>> www.sonsofstevegarvey.com/2009/09...
 

Casey Blake Bobblehead Night

Last night, the Los Angeles Dodgers held their first bobblehead giveaway of the season. For whatever reason, they chose to honor third baseman Casey Blake. Don’t get me wrong, Blake is a decent enough ballplayer who puts up passable numbers, sets a good example for the youngsters...
>> sportstsar.com/2009/05...
 

Manny Ramirez's showering is a non-issue for Casey Blake

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'Something was made of it that shouldn't have been,' the Dodgers third baseman says. Meanwhile, Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel hopes Manny won't get hot at the plate. 'Something was made of it that shouldn't have been,' the Dodgers third baseman...
>> www.latimes.com/sports/...
 

With Age Comes a Big Bat

Andrew Kneeland provides a little discussion on the third base market and suggests that Casey Blake would fit best in Minnesota.
>> www.twinsfix.com/2008/10...
 

Value Over Contract

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Found this interesting graph and analysis by Walter Fulbright over at Beyond The Box Score.The top 3 contributors on this team in terms of WAR are Matt Kemp, Casey Blake(!), and Clayton Kershaw. If Blake weren't having the second best year of his career and were closer to his career...
>> www.memoriesofkevinmalone.com/2009/09...
 

Dodgers Sign Casey Blake To A Three-Year Deal

Ken Gurnick reports that the deal is finalized. "Of the many Dodgers concerns at these Winter Meetings, third base is no longer among them. The club officially announced the re-signing of free-agent third baseman Casey Blake Tuesday to a three-year contract plus a fourth-year...
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Week in Review…

Another week in the books.
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Dodgers Re-Sign Blake

Dodgers sign Casey Blake for three years, $16.25MM with a $6MM 2012 club option ($1.25MM buyout, for a total guaranteed value of $17.5MM). Analysis: Seidman. I'm with Seidman in thinking this is a decent deal for LA. Unless you think he's a -10 defender (the advanced metrics...
>> vegaswatch.net/2008/12...
 

America’s Pastime: The Last 4 Innings

Sixth Inning PNC Park The culmination of a week long bike trip with my Boy Scout troop that encompassed 150 miles was a baseball game on the fourth of July at PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates. My dad was not able to accompany us on the biking journey, although he would have...
>> baseballreflections.com/2009/05...
 

First K

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Pedro Martinez picks up his first strikeout of the afternoon as Casey Blake goes down swinging for the second out in the fifth. Blake is now 3 for 18 in the post season with three strikeouts.
>> baseballmusings.com/?p=4262...
 

Playoff Reflections: ALCS and NLCS, Friday

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Phillies vs. Dodgers: The Dodgers scored twice in a bizarre eighth inning where the Phillies used five relievers to try to hold onto a slim 1-0 lead. Honestly, Philadelphia’s effort on the field in the frame was just ugly as they gave up two lead-off singles (a single by Casey Blake...
>> oriolepost.blogspot.com/2009/10...
 

Blake Interviews Ethier

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Kudos to Jeanne Zelasko for thinking on her feet when she had both Casey Blake and Andre Ethier in front of her on live (or at least one-take) television. Instead of talking to one player while ignoring the other, she included both: Zelasko: Here's Andre Ethier. Come on, come...
>> www.sonsofstevegarvey.com/2009/06...
 

Casey Blake on sidelines with sore hand

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The injury will keep the third baseman out of tonight's series finale against Atlanta. Reporting from Atlanta A sprained joint in his hand will keep Casey Blake out of the Dodgers' lineup in the final game of a three-game series against the Braves tonight.
>> www.latimes.com/sports/...
 

Post-Game 97 Thread: Casey Gets In On The Walkoff Madness

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DODGERS 4, FISH 3 Just got back from the game, so I'm sorry this is going up late. Awesome to see Casey Blake with his ninth-inning walkoff flare single to right, scoring Rafael Furcal in the ninth. Impressive to see Guillermo Mota's two innings of scoreless ball (on his birthday...
>> www.sonsofstevegarvey.com/2009/07...
 

Not At-Game Recap: 2009 NLDS Game 2: Vin Takes Me Home

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It seems like only a minority of SoSG readers can appreciate this, but I couldn't share the joy of being at Thursday's incredible come-from-behind 3-2 victory at the Stadium. I was apparently the only guy in LA that had to work. And "watching" this game via mlb.com...
>> www.sonsofstevegarvey.com/2009/10...
 
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