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Pitchers' Count
June 27, 2009 by
Sons of Steve Garvey
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The Dodgers hit four home runs last night? Great, let's talk about pitching.
Jon Weisman at Dodger Thoughts has written two excellent articles contextualizing Dodger pitching: Beating a dead horse about innings by Dodger starting pitchers and Putting Dodger innings pitched in...
Brewers 7, Nationals 1
August 24, 2009 by
Brew Crew Ball
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by Charles Dharapak - AP
Today wasn't Yovani's best day, but he pitched well enough to give the team a chance to get him his 12th win, and for once, the bats came through.
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The Mets Are Inconsistent
June 25, 2008 by
Hot Stove New York
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Last night's game was an 11-0 shellacking. Where have we seen that before? Oh yeah, against Washington (10-5), Pittsburgh (13-1), Atlanta (11-4), San Francisco (10-2) and so on. These types of games happen, but if you want to be a playoff contender, you can't get blown out...
Who's got the check? A look at contract incentives.
August 04, 2009 by
Brew Crew Ball
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by Darren Hauck - AP
Braden Looper is on pace to earn $750,000 in incentives from the Brewers this season.
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The Brewers opened the season with a payroll of $80...
Trade Deadlines Thread and Latest Yankee News
July 31, 2009 by
The Evil Empire
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USA Today's Bob Nightengale via Twitter: the Red Sox are about to acquire first baseman/catcher Victor Martinez from the Indians.Justin Duchscherer's rehab start at Sacramento today was canceled. Maybe he's on the move? The Dodgers sent P Claudio Vargas to the Brewers for...
Scott Elbert Up; Brent Leach Down
July 31, 2009 by
Memories Of Kevin Malone
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Nothing too shocking here.The Dodgers recalled left-handed reliever Scott Elbert and optioned back to Triple-A Albuquerque left-handed reliever Brent Leach.This was to be expected given how Leach was pitching of late, but I think he gave a pretty good showing of himself during his...
Manny Ramirez & The Upcoming Dodger Timetable
June 24, 2009 by
True Blue LA
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by Jeff Chiu - AP
The return plan of Manny Ramirez is pretty much all set now.
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The full rehabilitation schedule for Manny Ramirez has finally been confirmed by...
Talkin' Cubs Live - Cubs vs. Dodgers - 02/25/09
February 25, 2009 by
Chicago Cubs Online
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Spring Training Game One: Cubs (0-0) vs. Dodgers (0-0)
Game Time - 2:05pm C.T.
Coverage - TV: None - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 178
Location - HoHoKam Park, MesaJeff Samardzija (0-0, -.--/-.--) vs. Claudio Vargas (0-0, -.--/-.--)Chicago Cubs Baseball is on the Air! It'...
Hot Stove Weekly Recap: Prince Fielder, Orlando Hudson
January 01, 2009 by
Mets Merized Online
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The Mets did finally extend an offer to Derek Lowe for 3 years/$36 million, but it was immediately downplayed by Scott Boras and less than 24 hours later it was officially declined by Derek Lowe personally.
The Nationals are making news again as rumors abound that they may make a play...
Now The Delwyn Young Trade Is Complete
August 03, 2009 by
Memories Of Kevin Malone
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I thought all the Dodgers were getting for Delwyn Young was Eric Krebs, but fortunately I was wrong, as they are also getting Harvey Garcia.So the Dodgers traded a guy who is now the starting second baseman for the Pirates, carrying a .309/.372/.431/.803 line, and in return, they get...
Dodgers Activate Stults, Make Other Roster Moves In Preparation For Manny's Return
July 01, 2009 by
6-4-2: Double Play Blog
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The Dodgers activated pitcher Eric Stults as one of a string of roster moves preparing for Manny Ramirez' return:
Stults will rejoin the Dodgers to either start or rejoin the bullpen, but the starting job is his to lose.
Third-string catcher A.J. Ellis was optioned back to AAA...
Los Angeles Dodgers Around The Web: Signing Vicente Padilla
August 21, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Baseball HQ says there will be some improvement with the move to the NL and to a pitcher's park, but Padilla isn't the answer.R.J. Anderson compares Claudio Vargas and Padilla.
Padilla will make about $100k from this point on which is right on with what Vargas would make. Neither...
Did We Mention There Was A Game Tonight?
July 31, 2009 by
True Blue LA
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by Gus Ruelas - AP
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The trade deadline came and went at 1pm today, and other than the Earth-shattering Claudio Vargas for Vinny Rottino swap, the Dodgers stood pat. New...
How Much Worse Is The Dodgers' Pitching?
April 07, 2009 by
Memories Of Kevin Malone
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The loss of Derek Lowe to the Atlanta Braves has led some to speculate that the Dodgers' pitching staff will be significantly worse in 2009. Surely there's nowhere to go but down after an excellent 2008 season, but exactly how much worse off will the staff be? Let's take...
Dodgers on the DL in 2009
July 21, 2009 by
True Blue LA
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Player
Injury
Date On
Date Off
Games Missed
Ronald Belisario
Strained Left Elbow
6-Jul
11
Hong-Chih Kuo
Left elbow strain
30-Apr
72
Hiroki Kuroda
Mild Left Oblique strain
7-Apr
1-Jun
50
Doug Mientkiewicz
Dislocated Right Shoulder...
Trade Deadline Thread Part 2
July 31, 2009 by
Halos Heaven
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42 minutes remain...
The Tigers acquired pitcher Jarrod Washburn from the Mariners for pitchers Luke French and Mauricio Robles.
The Twins acquired shortstop Orlando Cabrera from the A’s for shortstop Tyler Ladendorf.
The Brewers acquired pitcher Claudio Vargas from the...
Random Notes 8-20-08
June 20, 2008 by
The Metropolitans
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Huh? Was this REALLY necessary? And if Randolph did not see it coming, he needs to sharpen up his self awareness. A lot.Oh Joe Blanton... There were people who actually wanted you for Lastings Milledge. His ERA+ of 80 can stay where it is while the Mets have found Figuerora who posted...
Dodgers Week 17 In Review: Road Weary
August 03, 2009 by
True Blue LA
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by John Amis - AP
Sometimes playing on the road causes people to make this face.
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Previous Weekly Recaps: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13...
Brewers Weekly: Spelling Collapse
August 03, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Only a few weeks ago the Brewers were leading the NL Central and appeared poised to stay in the hunt for a postseason spot until the very end of the season.
Things have been different ever since. Offense, defense, pitching, bullpen, and even coaching have been under scrutiny due to...
Game Thread #153: Phillies (88-63) at Brewers (75-77)
September 24, 2009 by
Brew Crew Ball
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Current Series
4 game series vs Phillies @ Miller Park
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4 game series vs Phillies @ Miller Park
Philadelphia Phillies The Good Phight @ Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball
Thursday, Sep 24, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Miller Park
J.A. Happ vs Jeff Suppan
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Brewers Face Plenty Of Roster Decisions
September 10, 2009 by
MLB Trade Rumors
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After a tremendous run last year that resulted in the club's first playoff berth in a quarter-century, the Brewers sat 13.5 GB of a playoff spot coming into today's action, and sport the National League's worst starting rotation thanks to their 5.22 ERA. As Adam McCalvy...
Chad Billingsley Uses New Plasma Treatment: How Is This Not Cheating?
August 12, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Chad Billingsley is the latest athlete to use the relatively new platelet rich plasma treatment to recover from injury, and though people might call it recovery assistance or whatever, I don't see how it's not cheating.
The experimental treatment that was credited for healing...
Game Thread #147: Astros (70-76) at Brewers (71-75)
September 18, 2009 by
Brew Crew Ball
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Current Series
3 game series vs Astros @ Miller Park
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3 game series vs Astros @ Miller Park
Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes @ Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball
Friday, Sep 18, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Miller Park
Bud Norris vs Chris Narveson
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