Rob

Well I'm glad I woke up early so I could drive back here and watch the game. :roll:

I'm so glad we decided to go with Miller instead of Guzman.

You still have until midnight Pacific time tonight to drop him like a hot potato. :D I have faith in his lack of real skills and abilities.

ditto more small words that nobody can read i can read them. but anyway, don't want to start a big thing with the small-ballers who see depodesta's firing in LA as a chink in the sabr-armor. Oh I'm sure Depodesta's VORGM was quite high. Unfortunately, in the real world, we also judge by results, which DePodesta lacked. Way to categorize anyone who thought DePodesta was bad, too. "Small-ballers." Good one. (For the record, I think Colletti is even worse than DePodesta, and is quickly cementing himself as one of the worst GM's in baseball) Ok, let's look at results. He got Brad Penny and Hee Seop Choi for Guilermo Mota, Juan Encarnacion, and Paul LoDuca. Brad Penny has been great when healthy, and Choi provided plenty of value when he was in. None of the others provided that much value while they were in Florida. Advantage: DePodesta He picked up Steve Finley in 2004 for what's turned out to be nothing. Finley homered on the last day of the year to win the division title for the Dodgers. Huge Advantage: DePodesta He signed JD Drew, Jeff Kent, and Derrek Lowe... he got very good production from all of them. All three contracts turned out to be reasonable. He didn't sign Adrian Beltre after his monster year... avoiding his subpar production with a massive contract. I think it's fairly obvious that the Dodgers main pieces were heading in the right direction.

Liar! There are no Devil Rays fans! Jenn Sterger. http://images.draysbay.com/images/admin/n5001050_32647148_6542_2_.jpg She's the one on the far right.

I thought the same about simontacchi.

Looks like it's gonna be on XM 188.

Aramis with the three-bagger! I don't even care my opponent has him on his fantasy team.

That was a meaty pitch.

Good eye, Murt. It's nice to have somebody on for Lee and Aramis.

in how many at-bats though? Looks like 8 AB for DeRosa, 9 for Izzy.

Missed a dinger by all of three inches. It hit off the yellow line and came back into play.

I'd assume that'd be DeRosa right now.

Whoa. Izzy for MVP!

Do you want the blue jerseys, text Y/N to 55-222 Do I have a chance to win something from this, I got a reply that said 'Good Luck'. Mine said "You have voted for this. Thanks! Good luck!" Keep voting Y everybody!

Indeed.

I think Marquis' beard is throwing off his balance at the plate.

Izturis with a double. :shock: He didn't do much to prove Cubs fans wrong about him last year, but since spring began he's more like Omar Vizquel than Cesar Izturis.

He looked atrocious out there. At this point, I'd rather have Murton in as a defensive sub.

who would you have hit there? that's the izturis we know and love. It works, and Cub fans complain. :? Some people are pre-programmed to complain about anything. You guys will know when I'm complaining. That was simply an observation. I've resigned myself to the fact that not every play Lou makes is the one that I would. I'm not about to complain about it. But if I can't open my mouth and point out when he's doing something differently than I would have without people jumping all over me for it, then that's absolutely ridiculous. It seems to me as though people are spending more time whining about the perceived negativity than the negativity itself is being pushed.

who would you have hit there? that's the izturis we know and love. Either Murton or Ward. DeRosa vs. RHP .260/.316/.366 Murton vs. RHP .289/.351/.436 Ward vs. RHP .267/.318/.457

Not a very smart play leaving DeRosa in, but it paid off.

Actually bunting in the late stages of the game with a slim lead isn't necessarily a bad idea. I'm a stats guy, and I agree with the call.

Coffey is gonna have a heart attack.

Theriot instead of Murton?