Game 38: Dodgers @ San Francisco Giants 6:3
Strange game, very slow at times and suddenly one-two-three-ish at other moments. One thing that really bothered me for a second day in a row was how biased the FSN Bay Area commentators are. I don't know the name of the play-by-play guy, but even Steve Lyons as the color analyst was so "couldn't care less about the Dodgers". I do not expect same treatment, but some more objectivity would not kill anybody...
Now onto my game observations:
(1) Yeah, just keep putting Odalis Perez in close game situations and see what happens :( (talking about the lost lead). I was almost sorry for Jae Seo as soon as I realized that Grady had been serious about finding a suitable playing time for Perez during this game, regardless of the score. Especially, that Seo pitched a heckuva game, settled down nicely and gave us the chance to win. Perez as reliever should only be used in more than five run leads and blowout losses ;).
(2) I was positively surprised how skillful a fielder Andre Ethier is. He had a lot of balls hit into his direction and handled them well. Notwithstanding the wind which might have been helping the outfielders with fly balls all afternoon.
(3) Kenny Lofton's speed just keeps putting opposing fielders at disadvantage. His bunt in the eight which led to two runs on a misplayed catch at 3rd by Vizquel? Just fantastic! We really got a break that we needed. Great!
(4) Even though he had an o-fer (with 1 RBI), Olmedo Saenz hit the ball hard all day. Just right at people.
(5) Tomorrow the Dodgers move to the mountains to face the NL West leading (or were they taken over by the Padres) - Colorado Rockies. Brett Tomko will be trying to deny the "gravity and thin air" theory against Josh Fogg.
Now onto my game observations:
(1) Yeah, just keep putting Odalis Perez in close game situations and see what happens :( (talking about the lost lead). I was almost sorry for Jae Seo as soon as I realized that Grady had been serious about finding a suitable playing time for Perez during this game, regardless of the score. Especially, that Seo pitched a heckuva game, settled down nicely and gave us the chance to win. Perez as reliever should only be used in more than five run leads and blowout losses ;).
(2) I was positively surprised how skillful a fielder Andre Ethier is. He had a lot of balls hit into his direction and handled them well. Notwithstanding the wind which might have been helping the outfielders with fly balls all afternoon.
(3) Kenny Lofton's speed just keeps putting opposing fielders at disadvantage. His bunt in the eight which led to two runs on a misplayed catch at 3rd by Vizquel? Just fantastic! We really got a break that we needed. Great!
(4) Even though he had an o-fer (with 1 RBI), Olmedo Saenz hit the ball hard all day. Just right at people.
(5) Tomorrow the Dodgers move to the mountains to face the NL West leading (or were they taken over by the Padres) - Colorado Rockies. Brett Tomko will be trying to deny the "gravity and thin air" theory against Josh Fogg.
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