Official Los Angeles Dodgers Season Thread: NLCS vs Phillies

I knew manny was a great hitter but
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we need to get a long term deal done.
 
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@ manny
The way he's hitting we NEED to sign him...but with that same token....somebodys gonna throw some cash at him, probably more than what the dodgers can/willoffer
 
Damn, JB is not throwing strikes!

Come on Brox.

EDIT: Avoided the sweep, now it's on to San Fran. Then a 2 week home stand after that.
 
can someone breakdown the game for me?

just got outta work right now.

Glad to hear the dodgers won, but they should have won that series.

Its on the SF ... time to really handle!

Honestly, I've never paid too much of the AL, I knew Manny was good, but wow I never knew he was THIS good.
 
Kent got it started with a double in the 1st, Manny walked, then Loney brought in Kent with a single.

Then in the 3rd, Kent got a single, Manny comes up and hit's a 418 foot 2-Run home run.

Pierre brought in Danny Ardoin all the way from 1st base, with an RBI triple.

That's basically all they needed today.

Kershaw pitched a gem, aside from the wild pitch he threw. (which helped the Cardinals get their only run)
 
badboyf0life420 wrote:
umm so yeah thats why manny is leaving this offseason and wont stay with the dodgers.. lol
I think he wants to be a Dodger for the rest of his career
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Originally Posted by FrenchBlue23

Kent got it started with a double in the 1st, Manny walked, then Loney brought in Kent with a single.

Then in the 3rd, Kent got a single, Manny comes up and hit's a 418 foot 2-Run home run.

Pierre brought in Danny Ardoin all the way from 1st base, with an RBI triple.

That's basically all they needed today.

Kershaw pitched a gem, aside from the wild pitch he threw. (which helped the Cardinals get their only run)
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Very nice, do you remember the lineup?
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Originally Posted by bright nikes

Originally Posted by FrenchBlue23

Kent got it started with a double in the 1st, Manny walked, then Loney brought in Kent with a single.

Then in the 3rd, Kent got a single, Manny comes up and hit's a 418 foot 2-Run home run.

Pierre brought in Danny Ardoin all the way from 1st base, with an RBI triple.

That's basically all they needed today.

Kershaw pitched a gem, aside from the wild pitch he threw. (which helped the Cardinals get their only run)
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Very nice, do you remember the lineup?
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Pierre
Kemp
Kent
Manny
Loney
Blake
Berroa
Ardoin
Kershaw
 
Up next are the hated Giants. Can't wait.
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Just curious. who's planning to watch the game from 8 on after, I mean it's on the same time as the opening ceremony for the Olympics. Just probablyjust going to watch a little bit of that, and then back to the game. All MLB games should all just be day games tomorrow because of that.
 
Originally Posted by EBAY 23

badboyf0life420 wrote:
umm so yeah thats why manny is leaving this offseason and wont stay with the dodgers.. lol
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I think he wants to be a Dodger for the rest of his career

every player says that... unless Frank has that extra money to pay a manny type player 20+ a yr.. he is long gone..

right now i bet hes playing for that contract next year...people will throw it at him too.. i just dont think Jones,Schmidt and Pierre salary will helpkeeping him .. but you never know


i just think he will be a Yankee Next Year..
 
^^^well said.
Every player says the same thing. I love the city, I love the fans, I love the organization, I wanna be here for the rest of my career.
They just say that to be politically correct and not stir up controversy. How many guys have said that and then sign a fat $$@ deal with a sorry $$@ team assoon as they're a free agent? Show me the $$$
 
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I just finished watching the replay, he crushed that one
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1 out of 3 versus the Cards isn't bad, I guess. It just sucks, since Tuesday's game was very winnable. We're 2-9 at New Busch Stadium,
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Time to go to AT&T Park and sweep the hated ones. The good thing is that we are 1.5 games out of first place. We need to sweep, 'cause our scheduleis nasty. This upcoming homestand is going to be tough, four against the Phils, three against the Brewers and three against the Rockies.
 
[h1]Manny Mania and an investigation[/h1]
Email|Print|Single Page| Text size - + By Dan Shaughnessy August 7, 2008

LOS ANGELES - Manny Mania is all the rage in Southern California.

Manny Ramírez is crushing the ball. He says he wants to finish his career in California. The Dodgers are getting ready to market Manny caps complete with dreadlocks. The local media love Manny. Agent Scott Boras is smiling.

It's enough to make a Red Sox fan's blood boil.

Manny is hitting .565 (13 for 23) with four home runs and nine RBIs in six games since being traded by the Red Sox. He initially said he was going to cut his hair, but that seems unlikely now. When the Dodgers return home next week, fans will be able to purchase brown and/or blue dreadlocks from stadium stores. The team will also sell blue skull caps and Dodger caps with sewn-in dreads. It's the Full Manny.

"He's kind of brought a new life to our team," Dodgers catcher Russell Martin told the Los Angeles Times. "Everybody on the bench is looser and having more fun."

Gee, that must make Jason Varitek, Mike Lowell, and David Ortiz feel just swell.

The Dodgers sold out Manny's first two home games, including record walk-up sales after the trade was announced last week. Manny got ovations for hitting foul balls and came out of the dugout for a couple of curtain calls. A lot of fans even stayed for the ninth inning.

The Dodgers sold more than $125,000 worth of Manny jerseys before hitting the road. These are the same people who previously knew No. 99 only as Barbara Feldon or Anne Hathaway.

Resident media wiseguy T.J. Simers reported that Manny twice asked the columnist to sit on his lap when Simers came around the clubhouse last weekend. T.J. and Joe Torre have a friendly bet (loser donates to charity) regarding whether Manny will cut the hair before the next homestand.

ESPN's Jim Rome? Reporting "live from Los Angeles," Rome said Man-Ram coming to SoCal might be the happiest moment of his life, other than his wedding day and when his children were born. The network's poll of memorable images from the past week put Manny's opening press conference photo at No. 1 - ahead of all the Brett Favre stuff.

Boras said, "I was here for Fernando [Valenzuela] Mania. Manny could be something special here. He's got a dynamic personality and says things that have appeal. He can be energizing. The fans here love him."

Feeling a little duped, Red Sox Nation? Still wondering if this whole thing was on the level?
You are not alone. The commissioner's office is investigating the circumstances of Manny's final hours with the Red Sox. The Globe has learned (from a source with direct knowledge of the inquiry) that Bud Selig directed Major League Baseball executive vice president Rob Manfred to contact all parties for an explanation of how things unfolded around last week's trading deadline. According to the source, Manfred has yet to report back to the commissioner.


Here's why Selig's office is looking into the matter:

The Red Sox had an option to retain Ramírez in 2009 for $20 million. They had the same option for 2010. Ramírez, who will turn 37 next season, wanted to be a free agent at the end of this season. His agent wanted the same thing. Boras inherited Ramírez's old contract and stood to earn nothing until Manny signed a new one. It was in the interest of the player and the agent to have the options dropped.

Manny's only leverage was withholding services and playing at half speed. So that's what he did. Sitting out games against Seattle and the Yankees, jogging down the first base line (and maybe even looking at those three strikes against Mariano Rivera), he sent the message that he wanted out. He made sure the Sox knew he could not be trusted to play hard if they kept him until the end of the season with the options intact.

After the trade, the Globe reported that Boras called the Sox and said Manny would stay and play hard for the rest of this year if the club merely dropped the options.

"In no way did I make a call regarding having the trade intervened with," said Boras. "My job is to do what is best for my client. It was Boston's decision to trade him. He had the ability to control where he played. He wanted his living environment to be a place where he and his family were as comfortable as they were in Cleveland."

The Sox remain conspicuously quiet, ever careful not to offend Boras, who represents several other Boston players, including J.D. Drew and Varitek (a free agent at the end of this season).

The Manny trade puts a lot of pressure on Messrs. Henry, Werner, Lucchino, and Epstein - not to mention the Boston ballplayers. If the Sox fail to make the playoffs, Theo and the Trio will be accused of letting their emotions get the better of their good sense. Meanwhile, Ortiz looks for something to hit.

The Dodgers are in San Francisco this weekend, then return home to start selling the Manny wigs Monday night. I've already got mine. A little souvenir from a week in Los Angeles, watching Manny Ramírez take over the town.

Dan Shaughnessy is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at [email protected].
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Good read.
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Good article
Its gonna suck for all these fans buying manny jerseys, shirts, hats etc. If he is only a rental for another 2 months.
Moreso the jerseys....cuz people are dropping 200+ at the stadium for authentic manny jerseys
 
The old man finally coming around....
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Kent feeling Dodgers' recent changes

Veteran second baseman sees team gelling at right time


ST. LOUIS -- Jeff Kent likes what he sees of the new-look Dodgers.
Kent played a role in the new look Thursday, being moved up to third to bat ahead of new slugger Manny Ramirez. The result for Kent was a three-hit, two-run game.

But as Kent points out, there have been more recent changes than the addition of the former Red Sox slugger, who has hit four homers in six games as a Dodger.

"I see progress, the way the guys are learning," Kent said after the Dodgers' 4-1 win over the Cardinals on Thursday. "We got Casey Blake to play third base, we added veterans in the bullpen [Jason Johnson and Brian Falkenborg] who have been around a bit. Obviously, we have Manny for a handful of days.

"Not only that, we've had progress with the kids, and you expect that with the experience they are getting over a full season and the learning that comes with failure. We have a new hitting coach in Don Mattingly. We had Takashi Saito go down, but Jonathan Broxton has stepped right in without a hiccup. We're making a push."

Kent said the addition of veteran hitters Ramirez and Blake, joining him and Juan Pierre, balance out the lineup and present a greater challenge for opposing pitchers.

"It makes for a more formidable lineup at the top, at the middle and at the bottom," he said. "We have a better chance to score when we can attack from different angles."

He said he's been particularly impressed with the progress of some of the club's young hitters.

"You expect that of the kids with the opportunities they've had," he said. "You look at Matt [Kemp], he's swinging the bat well after being an easy out at the beginning of the year. He's become more patient. Andre Ethier is a solid hitter. Instead of the two rookie third basemen, we've added Blake. And Russell [Martin] is holding his own and done a good job. Everybody has gained some experience and that's what you hope will happen as you get close to the end of the season."
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Greg Maddux just cleared waivers.

We could possibly see him in Dodgers blue again.

[table][tr][td]Maddux Still A Possibility For Dodgers?[/td] [/tr][tr][td]8th August, 2008 - 5:51 pm[/td] [/tr][tr][td]The Los Angeles Times - The possibilty of the Dodgers' acquiring pitcher Greg Maddux has resurfaced as the four-time Cy Young winner cleared waivers on Friday, according to The Los Angeles Times.

The Dodgers were in contact with the Padres regarding Maddux prior to the trade deadline, but nothing could be worked out[/td] [/tr][/table]
 
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