OFFICIAL 2009 DODGERS SEASON THREAD : Season Over. Congratulations Phillies.

[eyegiantjackpot]

Originally Posted by FrenchBlue23

Originally Posted by CincoSeisDos

Forgive me Dodger gods for I have sinned...

We left at the bottom of the 6th. This game was so boring and dragged out I couldn't take it. Last time I left a game early was because of my boys being stupid, Opening Day 2005- We missed the late inning comeback against the Gnats

Tonights game sucked. Onto Texas...

Sheesh, that bad?

Until this day, I have never left early, hope that never happens.

yo i bailed at the top of the 8th..

i got called back to the studio to do some emergency late night work, AND.. that game was the most boring of the year for sure. first inning took almost anhour. i felt like i was watching cricket.

side note... whats up with furcal and blake? i swear somethings brewin.. they were NOT happy with each other. they both went for the pop fly in the infieldand furcal took it, and blake threw his arms up. then they chatted and furcal blew him off.. anyone else catch that?

 

[Los Angeles]

Originally Posted by eyegiantjackpot

that game was the most boring of the year for sure. first inning took almost an hour. i felt like i was watching cricket.

side note... whats up with furcal and blake? i swear somethings brewin.. they were NOT happy with each other. they both went for the pop fly in the infield and furcal took it, and blake threw his arms up. then they chatted and furcal blew him off.. anyone else catch that?

you are not lying on that inning being 1 hour.freakin' kershaw

yeah, I think MrJ and I were talking about Blake & Raffy's little annoyance at each other.

btw, why did I think the ranger game was today

 

[frenchblue23]

Originally Posted by bright nikes

Originally Posted by eyegiantjackpot

that game was the most boring of the year for sure. first inning took almost an hour. i felt like i was watching cricket.

side note... whats up with furcal and blake? i swear somethings brewin.. they were NOT happy with each other. they both went for the pop fly in the infield and furcal took it, and blake threw his arms up. then they chatted and furcal blew him off.. anyone else catch that?

you are not lying on that inning being 1 hour. freakin' kershaw

yeah, I think MrJ and I were talking about Blake & Raffy's little annoyance at each other.

btw, why did I think the ranger game was today

I'm sure it was purely frustration from Furcal's part. His bat has been pretty quiet since Saturday's pinch hit.

 

[cincoseisdos]

 

[cincoseisdos]

[h3]McCourts' son drafted by Red Sox[/h3]Dodgers owners' youngest surprised to be picked

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By Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com

06/11/09 7:08 PM ET

Even though his dad has plenty of ties to Boston, Gavin McCourt was surprised when he was drafted by the Red Sox in the 39th round of the First-Year Player Draft on Thursday.

McCourt, the youngest son of Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and CEO Jamie McCourt, was an All-League outfielder at North Hollywood (Calif.) Harvard-Westlake this season.

"I'm shocked," Gavin McCourt told the Los Angeles Times. "I didn't see that coming."

McCourt, who noted that the Red Sox are his second-favorite team behind the Dodgers, also told the newspaper that he'll be represented by his father, and not by an agent.

"I don't think Scott Boras would fit well into the family dynamics," said McCourt, who will have to decide if he'd rather walk-on at Stanford. "I think I'll let my dad represent me."

 

[ooiron manoo]

Who is the transvestite you posted?

 

[cincoseisdos]

que? me? Lady Gagger?

 

[cincoseisdos]

wrong thread! I was wondering why it wasn't where I originally posted it in general, multiple tabs FTL

 

[Los Angeles]

im confused

btw, wassup MrJ

 

[amarusgear]

Opening Day 2005- We missed the late inning comeback against the Gnats
One of the best games I attended, Fred lewis error.

To make you feel good I left when we hit 4 jacks in a row cause my brother in law wanted to leave, remember walking towards the exit and they hit the firstone. 2nd one I was passing by the right field pavilion. Third we were leaving the parking lot. Im still

.

 

[uclamike]

Originally Posted by ooIRON MANoo

Who is the transvestite you posted?

 

[Los Angeles]

Second member of Dodgers' 2008 NLCS squad gets 50-game suspension

Ladies and gentlemen: Pablo Ozuna. NEW YORK (AP) -- Philadelphia Phillies infielder Pablo Ozuna has been suspended for 50 games under baseball's minor league drug program Major League Baseball said he had an elevated ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone, a violation of its drug rules The 34-year-old Ozuna was hitting .292 with 15 RBIs for Triple-A Lehigh Valley this season. ..

angel berroa is next?

 

[cincoseisdos]

BASEBALL

[h1]Orlando Hudson gives Dodgers a big hand[/h1]

Christine Cotter / Los Angeles Times

Dodgers second baseman Orlando Hudson watches the flight of a solo home run agianst San Diego on Tuesday night.

Second baseman is making plays despite an injured wrist that will never be the same.

By Dylan Hernandez
June 12, 2009
Dodgers trainer Stan Conte says he has seen the videos several times, sometimes in slow motion. Each time, Conte says, he is left scratching his head.

The videos are of Orlando Hudson playing second base.

"I don't know how he does it," Conte said.

Hudson, who can barely bend back the hand connected to his surgically repaired left wrist, is regularly making the two plays that Conte was certain he would never make in a Dodgers uniform: the extended backhand on grounders up the middle and the diving catch to the left.

Conte says he has found himself telling Hudson, "I've seen the X-rays. You can't do what you just did."

But Conte is the first to say that medicine isn't an exact science, that not everything in medicine can be explained by X-rays and records.

Sometimes, he said, you have to gamble.

Consider the risk. Look at the upside. Weigh that against the cost.

That was what the Dodgers did when they signed Hudson in February.

And they have been rewarded.

Hudson has played in 60 of the Dodgers' 61 games. He was the only player to start the first 54.

He is hitting .308 with four home runs, 17 doubles and 34 runs batted in, and could be headed to the All-Star game in St. Louis on July 14.

"It's beyond my wildest expectations he's doing what he's doing," assistant general manager Logan White said.

Conte doesn't disagree.

Hudson's ability to do what he has done with an inflexible glove is a credit to his athleticism, particularly his foot speed, the trainer said.

"He's such a great athlete that he made these corrections very quickly and naturally," Conte explained. "Typically, we talk about compensation being a bad thing. In his case it was a good thing."

The Dodgers were well aware of how Hudson dislocated his wrist playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks last August. And, like the other teams that asked to see his medical records, they knew that his wrist would never fully recover.

Hudson didn't deny this. He still isn't denying it.

"It's not going to change," he said. "It's not going to change next month. It's not going to change when I'm 85."

The player who turned down an offer for a reported four-year, $29-million contract extension from the Diamondbacks was relegated to looking for a one-year, incentive-laden deal in the off-season.

Even at the sharp discount, the three-time Gold Glove Award winner and former All-Star had trouble finding takers. So in January, Hudson came to L.A. and worked out at Pepperdine in front of Dodgers GM Ned Colletti, Colletti assistant Rick Regazzo, White and Conte.

Workouts like these are rarely observed by both baseball and medical personnel, but this was a rare case. Conte said he had uncovered no records of any baseball player returning from such an injury.

The first workout raised concerns.

"His timing was off fielding and hitting," White said.

Conte was even less sold.

"My assessment was that his range of motion and strength was very down," he said.

Conte's recommendation to Colletti: Don't sign him.

But Conte didn't shut the door, telling Colletti he would like to monitor Hudson's progression if he remained unsigned long enough for that to be possible.

It was.

Early in spring training, Colletti told Conte and White to fly to Houston. They were to watch Hudson work out again.

They watched Hudson hit at an indoor facility, then went to a local high school to watch him field.

They had to climb the fence to get in, prompting Conte to say, "Hey, he passed the first test."

What White and Conte saw on the field was promising.

White saw Hudson make adjustments that let him field balls with what was essentially an immobile wrist.

And there was something else.

"I saw a guy who wasn't bitter over the big contract he lost," White said. "I think a lesser makeup guy wouldn't have recovered to the extent that he has."

Conte said he saw signs of progress from the medical side.

While Hudson's wrist had failed to gain any mobility, it had gained a significant amount of strength. And the fact that Hudson wasn't feeling any pain was a sign to Conte that the bone in his wrist had stabilized.

There were reservations, however.

Conte estimated that there was an 80%-90% chance that Hudson would land on the 60-day disabled list early in the season.

White feared that Hudson, then a career .282 hitter, would return as a .240 or .250 hitter.

Still, they had one message for Colletti: Considering the upside, it's worth it if you can sign him at a reasonable price.

Colletti sealed the deal with Hudson for only $3.38 million. The guaranteed one-year deal included another $4.62 million based on plate appearances.

The Dodgers' expectations were modest.

"I don't think any of us really believed he would be ready on opening day," Colletti said. "If it would've been April 20 or April 25, we wouldn't have been surprised."

Manager Joe Torre said he went so far as to tell Blake DeWitt -- who was penciled in to be the Dodgers' starting second baseman before Hudson was signed -- to be prepared to play on opening day.

Only one person seemed sure he would be ready for the start of the season and that was Hudson.

How could he be so sure?

"I have a bigger doctor upstairs," he said.

Great article

 

[Los Angeles]

who's going to the oakland series?

 

[eyegiantjackpot]

Originally Posted by bright nikes

who's going to the oakland series?

Ill be there.. its FREEEEEEEE PARRRRKINGGGG!!!!!!

15 smoking hats for 15 bucks worth of parking!!!

 

[frenchblue23]

Originally Posted by eyegiantjackpot

Originally Posted by bright nikes

who's going to the oakland series?

Ill be there.. its FREEEEEEEE PARRRRKINGGGG!!!!!!

15 smoking hats for 15 bucks worth of parking!!!

In lieu of the $15 parking: 3 Dodger Dogs or 1 1/2 Beers or Some peanuts with a Beer

I have to head out soon, I'm missing the Stadium.

 

[sinser13]

A pretty cool tradition was started by Ned Colletti, as the dads of several of our players got to make the trip with the team to Dallas. It's nice early Father's Day gift...

Pierre, LF (pops is here)

Hudson, 2B (pops is here)

Ethier, RF (pops is here)

Blake, 3B

Loney, 1B (pops is here)

Loretta, DH (his interleague numbers are very impressive)

Kemp, CF (pops is here)

Martin, C (pops is here)

Furcal, SS

Kuroda, P

And right near the Ballpark at Arlington is the new Cowboys' Stadium, which looks insane. We're trying to set up a tour of the place tomorrow before the game, as it's rumored to be something else.

 

[eyegiantjackpot]

i love how your sig almost reads

TEAM AND REE THEIR!

crosses my eyes each time i read it..

 

[willca718]

Is Posada the pitching problem? Since he's been back from the DL and before, I have noticed alot of pitchers shaking him off and kinda getting into it withhim on the mound. When we was on that winning streak Cervilli was catching and the pitching was dominant. Now its seems like its back when the season started.I think Posada should just be a Full-time DH.

 

[cincoseisdos]

Posada? Que?

This game is good so far. Let's see how it goes the rest of the way.

 

[sinser13]

wilca718 what the hell are you talking about?

padilla has thrown 70 pitches in 3 innings

 

[eyegiantjackpot]

damn hits.

 

[cincoseisdos]

Buckner?

 

[sinser13]

loney having a bad day so far.

 

[cincoseisdos]

Kemp playing hot potato.

These hits are scorching up the middle