SOME THOUGHTS

Hey everyone, it's been a while since I've last posted here so here is something from another blog of mine @ http://dodgerdrei.mlblogs.com

BLOGGIN' IN L.A.Talkin' Dodger baseball , L.A. sports, and other stuff tooHEY EVERYONE, SOME THOUGHTS, AND HAPPY MOTHERS DAY
Well this certainly has been quite a week. After winning a record 13 consecutive home games to start the season, the Nats, of all teams, are the ones who break the streak, but of course that would all pale in comparison to the news we would hear earlier in the day about Manny. There were many things that went through my mind as I heard the news, the two being mainly shock and disappointment. And as of this writing, the Dodgers are 1-2 without his presence, in which he was dealt a 50 game suspension. Now of course we all could here the wolves howling out there when the Blue Crew lost their first 2 games without him, but relax, the 2 were within reach if not for a meltdown from our bullpen on Thursday night, or the fact that both the Dodgers home winning streak and Chad Billingsley was eventually going to lose his first game. But with an outstanding performance by Eric Stults today in pitching a complete game 4 hit shutout against the hated ones, perhaps hopefully most, if not all doubts, about how the Blue will perform without Manny will be put to rest.

WHAT I'VE LIKED SO FAR

To this point, there really has not been much flaws in our lineup all the way down to our #8 hitter, Casey Blake. Even Rusell Martin is starting to come around. And not enough can be said about contributions from our bench, especially Mark Loretta and Brad Ausmus, who have been more than what I could have bargained for to this point. Loretta has gotta be what, 7 for 12 off the bench, and Ausmus , well, he's been a steady backup for Russ.

The starting pitching has also been outstanding as well, save for a couple of rocky outings from Kershaw and McDonald. Even Eric Stults has been a pleasant surprise filling in quite nicely for Hiroki Kuroda and Jeff Weaver has filled an nicely as well. If Weav and Stults can continue their run and maybe give us more innings, with Billingsley and Wolf going as deep as they have been, we just may have one of the deepest rotations in the NL, something that was a concern coming into the season. Now all we need is for our bullpen to remain healthy. Our one guarantee from our bullpen of course, has been Johnathan Broxton. He seems to have that " swagger " this year, like nothing is gonna get in his way, he definately is our closer this year.

WHAT I WANT TO SEE

You all didn't really think that Manny was going to completely carry the team did you ? The Dodgers dont have the best record in baseball to this point solely because of Manny, and for them to continue their success, they are going to have to continue to receive key contributions all around, especially from our other bread and butter guys Ethier, Kemp, Martin, and Loney. And Juan Pierre hasn't exactly disappointed off the bench either. Even without Manny until July 3 at the earliest, I still see a fun summer ahead for the Blue and their faithful supporters.



MY SLIDE SHOW FROM SACRAMENTO AND RALEY FIELD, 4/25 TO 4/26/2009

Recently I went up north to SacTown to catch a couple of AAA games at Raley Field to see the Sacramento RiverCats ( A's AAA afilliate ) take on the Las Vegas 51's ( Former afilliate of the Dodgers and now the Blue Jays AAA afilliate ) and as for my first AAA experience, it was really more than I expected. I also went to the California Rail museum as well. Enjoy the pics everyone



http://s195.photobucket.com/albums/z146/dreispics/?action=view¤t=390deb77.pbw

Feel free to ask about my experience at Raley Field.




AND FINALLY.......

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL MOTHERS OUT THERE 1

Posted on May 9, 2009 at 8:43 PMPermalinkComments (0)

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