Game 17: Dodgers vs Arizona D-backs 6:3
Was this a 2-hour valium commercial, or something? Let's see:
"Valium (diazepam) is used to relieve anxiety, nervousness,
and tension associated with anxiety disorders. It is also
used to treat certain types of seizure disorders
and muscle spasms".
and tension associated with anxiety disorders. It is also
used to treat certain types of seizure disorders
and muscle spasms".
Talk about anxiety disorder ("yeah, I get a lot of it lately, doctor") and muscle spasms ("don't remember since when, probably since the start of the ballgame, doctor"). What a cracker! Never felt comfortable for a single moment when we kept leaving runners on base and Arizona kept putting their men on and inching closer. Oh but for the popped up squeeze bunt by Perez in the bottom of the second with runners at the corners and one out. A productive bunt would have given us some more breathing space.
Here's what I liked about tonight's series opener:
(1) Running quite freely on the Diamondback catcher Snyder to return the favor (stolen bases by Lofton x2, Repko).
(2) What a nice way to break out of the early season slump for Raffy Furcal. RBI double with two out scoring Repko from second to give us a 4:2 cushion. Took the lifetime to foul off and take the offspeed pitches and then drilled the first fastball to the wall in left-center.
(3) Every starter but Jose Cruz jr got at least one hit. Altogether we pounded out 11 of them, including some extra-base hits. Coming out of the short team hitting slump? I certainly hope so. Let's just say that the "play four-sit one" modus operandi that Grady Little designed for J.D. Drew has been working nicely so far.
(4) If this was James Loney (J-Lo's - I love that one! :)) last game before being sent down to AAA Vegas, due to Garciaparra's comeback, J-Lo certainly came out in style. 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI and some very adequate and indeed smooth defensive plays.
(5) What is going on with DFA'd Cody Ross? It's about a week now since the team's decision about the assignment, so he should be about to be traded, picked off waivers or sent to Vegas. Any news on Cody (preferably, the third option)?
(6) Tomorrow evening it's Jae Seo vs Danny Bautista. AFAIK, the first night game for Seo this season right?
Here's what I liked about tonight's series opener:
(1) Running quite freely on the Diamondback catcher Snyder to return the favor (stolen bases by Lofton x2, Repko).
(2) What a nice way to break out of the early season slump for Raffy Furcal. RBI double with two out scoring Repko from second to give us a 4:2 cushion. Took the lifetime to foul off and take the offspeed pitches and then drilled the first fastball to the wall in left-center.
(3) Every starter but Jose Cruz jr got at least one hit. Altogether we pounded out 11 of them, including some extra-base hits. Coming out of the short team hitting slump? I certainly hope so. Let's just say that the "play four-sit one" modus operandi that Grady Little designed for J.D. Drew has been working nicely so far.
(4) If this was James Loney (J-Lo's - I love that one! :)) last game before being sent down to AAA Vegas, due to Garciaparra's comeback, J-Lo certainly came out in style. 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI and some very adequate and indeed smooth defensive plays.
(5) What is going on with DFA'd Cody Ross? It's about a week now since the team's decision about the assignment, so he should be about to be traded, picked off waivers or sent to Vegas. Any news on Cody (preferably, the third option)?
(6) Tomorrow evening it's Jae Seo vs Danny Bautista. AFAIK, the first night game for Seo this season right?
posted by Harry | 9:54 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home