Friday, August 01, 2008

Nomar to DL, Ethier to Be P.O.ed

From Tony Jackson:

Dodgers bought themselves some time by putting Nomar Garciaparra on the 15-day disabled list, meaning he can't play until Aug. 12. [...] Although Juan Pierre is on the bench tonight against Randy Johnson, Torre said JP will likely become the primary CF now, with Matt Kemp moving to RF. That means Andre Ethier effectively joins Andruw Jones as backup OFs, although Torre was quick to qualify that by saying everyone is going to get enough playing time to stay sharp. Jones plays tonight against Randy Johnson...

6 comments:

Erin said...

So Torre is saying that Jones will "stay sharp"?

I'd hate to see him dull. And I can't believe that both Jones and Pierre will be starting over Ethier, despite Torre's claims that everyone will get enough at-bats. this seems like a no-brainer to everyone in the world, except the ones who make the decisions.

StolenMonkey86 said...

That's because the ones making the decisions have no brains. Colletti is a goddamned coward for not saying who would get playing time, so that Joe Torre could do whatever the hell he felt like, which has nothing to do with intelligent baseball analysis. So when we don't make the playoffs and don't have a third baseman, Colletti blames Torre, possibly firing him, interviews Frank Robinson, and McCourt (hopefully) fires him in time to start all over. Just hope McCourt doesn't hire Steve Phillips.

StolenMonkey86 said...

Now if Andruw Jones went to a team in the NL West, he could get back on track because coaches would stop telling him to try to hit the ball opposite field - that's where the good outfielder is.

Orel said...

You're more cynical than we are!

StolenMonkey86 said...

"Cynicism is just as good as experience. By assuming the worst about someone, you are usually correct." - Catbert

Steve Sax said...

Love it, SMonkey. Sitting Ethier is another sin...