9/23-9/25: More righty/lefty bullshit

[realmofotalk]

In light of the matchup against the lefty Wade LeBlanc, Torre benches Loney in favor of Nomar, and what does fragile Mr. Skullhead do in his first at-bat?

He promptly slams 3-run homer.

Showoff.

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Staying on topic, Tony La Russa benched his best 3 hitters, Pujols, Ludwick, and Glaus, in today's match against power righty Max Scherzer. Yeah, right, strategy reasons. Tanking strategy.

[Porter]

You would think this type of comment would be left by the fan of the 99 loss team. Not the division leading Dodgers.

[realmofotalk]

Do fans of 99 loss teams, too, get annoyed by division rival teams benefiting from other teams rolling over for them?

[Porter]

Normally no, but when the fan of that 99 loss team was supposed to see a team to make the playoffs this season and fell flat on their faces. The rage can still emerge.

[realmofotalk]

****in Kershaw. To think we passed on Tim Lincecum just because he's not 6 foot 3.

[Porter]

We passed up on Linecum as well for Brandon Morrow!

[realmofotalk]

Jeff Kent's knee must not be well when he needs a pinch-runner in a situation where he's not the lead base runner, that is, he's not attempting to steal a base.

[realmofotalk]

Yeah how much is that on OFer's now ? Pierre, ManRam, AJones, Kemp, Ethier ? How much are you paying that OF ?

Good ol' overpaid Ethier with an rbi to make it 7-4. Overpaid Kemp gets his second rbi to make it 12-4. Even Juan "mercy rule" Pierre gets a base hit.

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Joe Torre makes the mercy rule play call of the year as he pinch-hits Mark Sweeney for Manny Ramirez.