EDDIE MURRAY gets canned

[Cannon Shell]

The Dodgers made what looked like a questionable pick at the time by taking Mattingly in the supplemental part of last year’s first round, but after an impressive showing in the Gulf Coast League last summer, as decisions go, it seemed sound. The spitting image of his father Don (plus three inches and 20 pounds), Mattingly got off to a horrible start in his pro debut, sitting at just .192/.241/.273 in mid-May. Drafted as a shortstop, but given no shot by scouts to stay there, the organization felt that Mattingly’s defensive struggles--including an incredibly awful .773 fielding percentage--were affecting him at the plate. They moved him over to second base, and not only has Mattingly made just four errors since moving to the other side of the bag, but he’s hit .349/.379/.578 since the move, now sitting at a respectable .265/.300/.400 and rising. Even at second base he’s fringy with the glove, and most see him as a left fielder in the end, but the bat is back.

[timmgirvan]

Good news,Cannon! Thanks for the info! I have a subscription to Baseball Digest coming soon, and that will help to keep track of the youngsters.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

Good news,Cannon! Thanks for the info! I have a subscription to Baseball Digest coming soon, and that will help to keep track of the youngsters.

try www.minorleagueball.com

[timmgirvan]

Thank you,Sir! will do...

[docicu3]

Chuck much as I love you dearly as trainer.....Their is only one Don Mattingly!!!

Either with that sweet swing or bad ass glove the man was probably the most complete player I saw as a kid. His son may hit some by osmosis but his father could probably go 3-5 against some of the inferior arms that pass for major league pitching these days.....and this is a life long, long suffering Red Sox fan talking.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by docicu3

Chuck much as I love you dearly as trainer.....Their is only one Don Mattingly!!!

Either with that sweet swing or bad ass glove the man was probably the most complete player I saw as a kid. His son may hit some by osmosis but his father could probably go 3-5 against some of the inferior arms that pass for major league pitching these days.....and this is a life long, long suffering Red Sox fan talking.

He was money for a few years in the late 80's

[SCUDSBROTHER]

We might have to see if we can get some pitching in return for this kid.Schmidt,Tomko,and Henricksen are various forms of waste matter. Penny,Lowe,and pray.Kuo,Wolf,and Billingsley(all together) may equal one decent pitcher.Got about 3 decent starters.Even the Halos are pitching Colon tonite.So,they have 4 good starters. I can't believe this Schmidt.What a piece of work this guy is.Wasn't this the guy that went head n' head last year in a pitcher's duel at Dodger Stadium(he and Maddux.) Always pitched great at Dodger Stadium.What a disaster.Damn cancer in Dodger Fans' bones.Always has been.Nothing has changed.Burning us one way or the other.Really is the Antichrist( for us.)

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

We might have to see if we can get some pitching in return for this kid.Schmidt,Tomko,and Henricksen are various forms of waste matter. Penny,Lowe,and pray.Kuo,Wolf,and Billingsley(all together) may equal one decent pitcher.Got about 3 decent starters.Even the Halos are pitching Colon tonite.So,they have 4 good starters. I can't believe this Schmidt.What a piece of work this guy is.Wasn't this the guy that went head n' head last year in a pitcher's duel at Dodger Stadium(he and Maddux.) Always pitched great at Dodger Stadium.What a disaster.Damn cancer in Dodger Fans' bones.Always has been.Nothing has changed.Burning us one way or the other.Really is the Antichrist( for us.)

I jumped for joy when JS signed....but the Dodger Management sold us a bill of goods because they knew JS was hurt on or before Opening Day! Nobody loses 9mph on his fastball over the winter!

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

We might have to see if we can get some pitching in return for this kid.Schmidt,Tomko,and Henricksen are various forms of waste matter. Penny,Lowe,and pray.Kuo,Wolf,and Billingsley(all together) may equal one decent pitcher.Got about 3 decent starters.Even the Halos are pitching Colon tonite.So,they have 4 good starters. I can't believe this Schmidt.What a piece of work this guy is.Wasn't this the guy that went head n' head last year in a pitcher's duel at Dodger Stadium(he and Maddux.) Always pitched great at Dodger Stadium.What a disaster.Damn cancer in Dodger Fans' bones.Always has been.Nothing has changed.Burning us one way or the other.Really is the Antichrist( for us.)

You think the Dodgers got it bad? Try the Reds. They have some good players, Dunn, Griffey (playing really well), Josh Hamilton, Brandon Phillips, Gonzalez is pretty good at SS, Hattieberg is a bit below average at 1st but is not horrible. Encarcion has been bad and the catchers have not been great. Harang is a tough starter, Arroyo is good though he may be hurting, Loshe is a mediocre NL pitcher, Homer Bailey is a future star. But the bullpen is so bad that it is laughable. These are the big moves they have made in the last couple of years, Sign Eric Milton -disaster, sign Eddie Gaudardo-disaster, trade Kearns and Lopez for Majowski and Bill bray who not only are no good they have both spent most of the time as Reds on the DL. They want to trade Dunn but you know that they will get pretty much nothing back for him. They refuse to think about trading Griffey because they are waiting for him to hit his 600th HR. Amazing. They are probably better than the Dodgers at all three OF positions, are as good now at 2nd are about even at 3rd and a little behind 1st. Furcal is better than Gonzalez but not by as much as you'd think. Obviously the Dodgers are better behind the plate and have a lot better rotation overall but the place where they are vastly superior is the Bullpen. I'm not really sure what point I am trying to make but I am watching the bullpen try to implode again and it is brutal.

[Cannon Shell]

David Weathers is like Hoyt Wilhelm compared to the rest of the pen. He really has nothing but somehow has been getting guys out.

[Cannon Shell]

Forget what I just said. Weathers sucks too.