Last at bat brings a "W" over Tribe

Ok, it ended up being 4-3 Dodgers, with Larry Bigbie coming up with the last at bat single (missplayed by and OF error) that scored both Russell Martin (from second) and James Loney (all the way from first). Wow! Loney went 3-for-4 at the plate and about this chasing balls in the RF outfield for the whole afternoon :).

While Bigbie, in the light of Repko's injury has virtually booked a utility OF spot on the Opening Day roster, the same cannot be said about Rudy Seanez. His fastball is simply too predictable and flat (at least that's what it was today), he's too easily hittable and had it not been for a couple of good defensive plays behind him, he would have been on hook for more than 2 ER (and almost a "L").

Not to judge Seanez on a wind-blown HR today, every contact made by the Indians batters was hard and seemed to be hit because of poor location of Rudy's pitches. To be honest, this is also consistent with what I noticed in his earlier seasons with the Red Sox and Padres. Seanez looks to me a second coming of an Elmer Dessens-type of pitcher, without the ability to become an occasional long man (due to age and lack of durability). If he's indeed tabbed to become an elusive "seventh-inning gap bridge" to Jonathan Broxton and Takeshi Saito - I'd be a little bit scared...

Andy La Roche, on the other hand, had a wonderful throw to the plate (AFAIR in the 7th) to erase a triple on a groundball with infield in. Other than that - he struck out at least once (offhand), and looked to me as if he was looking to hack one out of the stadium (with the gusting winds, that might not have been such a bad idea after all :)).

Overall, a game which was very exciting to watch, and one with a happy ending.