Atlanta: 10-0 in past 10 games, 13-4 since All-Star break
Cleveland: 9-1 in past 10 games, 11-5 since All-Star break
Detroit: 9-1 in past 10 games, 12-3 since All-Star break
Kansas City: 9-1 in past 10 games, 13-3 since All-Star break
Los Angeles: 8-2 in past 10 games, 14-2 since All-Star break
Tampa Bay: 7-3 in past 10 games, 11-4 since All-Star break
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Linkmeister
For anyone who thinks stadium underpinnings are glamorous, that picture should disabuse them of the idea.
KT
yea but that’s wrigley
Jon Weisman
Man, the Dylan Hernandez story on Hanley Ramirez and the Dodgers is pretty grim. http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-0805-dodgers-cubs-20130805,0,7961890.story
Anonymous
The tone is grim, yes. But it doesn’t really say anything that isn’t already a concern and hasn’t already been said.
Jon Weisman
I think the “high-ranking officials bracing for the worst” added a new level of gloom.
Anonymous
Grim was Ken Gurnick saying that Dee Gordon wasn’t playing in Albquequerque.
Anonymous
Even tho they play on opposite sides of the field, can you imagine Dee going out and Puig coming in on a fly? I wouldn’t want to be in Dee’s shoes (and HE probably wouldn’t be in them after the play!).
Anonymous
We’ll see. Hanley said he didn’t feel it pop and the original diagnosis was that it didn’t have the symptoms of a separation, which would be very grim.
If he did just jam the shoulder, then hopefully he can just take a 15-day DL stint or maybe just a few days off.
My real concern is if the Dodgers’ medical staff will take the right course of action with Hanley.
David Farinella
Reading about all these suspensions makes me #1 grateful that I don’t see any Dodgers on the lists and #2 makes me wonder what would have happened if MLB was paying attention in 2005 with Gagne, LoDuca and the like allegedly hitting the juice (not to mention Big Head in Fog City, which wouldn’t be a bad name for a record).
Was there someone in the Dodgers brass who was responsible for cleaning that up and shipping those players out? Anyone ask Ned that?
Anonymous
I doubt Lo Duca was traded because of PED warnings. I think DePodesta just saw an opportunity to sell high on Lo Duca to get Penny, which was the crux of the deal. I suppose the same could be said about dealing Mota in the same trade.
Or maybe it was all just a plan to get Bill Plaschke into acting like he had been bitten by a rabid bat. Using that yardstick, the trade was great.
Anonymous
The cream is starting to rise to the top and separate.
Teams like Atlanta, Detroit, TB and Dodgers looking to run away from the pack.
TB has their hands full with Boston, though.
Hopefully the Dodgers will continue their winning ways and build the lead up on AZ to a point where the games against them in September aren’t so angst-ridden.
Anonymous
I think angst is always going to be associated with being a Dodger fan. . . . Speaking of that, I’m angst-ious about these next two series: quality opposition and possibly lacking two of our biggest offensive guns. Still, the Dodgers have gelled as a Team and teammates pick each other up when one (or three) are unavailable.
Anonymous
I don’t ever recall seeing such an injury-plagued Dodger team, with so many key players going down so frequently. In fact, I can’t recall anything similar for any other team.
Anonymous
Fans of the 2013 Yankees could empathize. Granderson, Teixeira, and Jeter all came back from injuries and either quickly went back on the DL. The A-Rod situation is quite different.
And some of the replacements, like Youkilis, got hurt too.
Anonymous
Objectively, a valid point.
But they’re the YANKEES!
Anonymous
How many starting pitchers did the Yanks lose? I don’t think the Yanks’ position players lost are collectively as good as Kemp, Hanley, and Crawford either.
Anonymous
They seemed key at the time in 2012 when we had a lot of injuries as well, with many of the same names (Kemp, Lilly, Ellis, Bills, Hariston), as well as Ethier, Guerrier, Uribe, Dee, Kenley, Guerra.
KT
MLB twitter post
https://twitter.com/MLB/status/364406747819020289
Anonymous
Cute. Let’s hope they grow up in a world where the Dodgers are World Champs before their 1st Christmas. (Gotta admit, with all these injuries and the way they started, I’d settle for playing in postseason!)
KT
That’s the way I started 9/23/1959…Dodgers won that day
Anonymous
Now that you mention it, me too — 6/10/59!
KT
no but it was you who mentioned it 1st
Anonymous
I was just thinking of those young ‘uns from the tweet . . . I always forget about ’59, maybe because it was in the Coliseum? Since I was born in ’59, before the Series, perhaps I was DESTINED to be a Dodger fan, even tho it didn’t happen until ’70 or ’71 (late bloomer and traveling as a military brat — there weren’t many MLB teams to root for in Libya)? Regardless of the angst, I’m proud to be a Dodger fan . . . team of Jackie and Vinny.
Anonymous
Dre looks like he’s gonna hit his head on those pipes. Last thing the Dodgers need is another injured outfielder.
Anonymous
Wow, the statements from the suspended players and their teams are flying all over the place. Nelson Cruz had an excuse (Some unpronounceable stomach ailment), while Jhonny Peralta gave no excuse – he chose to own it.
Anonymous
Oh, and A-Rod is a slimeball.
Jon Weisman
Dodgers recall Gordon, option Fife
Jon Weisman
Lineup: Crawford LF
M Ellis 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Puig RF
Ethier CF
A Ellis C
Uribe 3B
Punto SS
Greinke P
Anonymous
Although I found the comments on Colletti and Mattingly amusing, this has to be reaching new heights of ridiculousness, even for a Yahoo writer : http://sports.yahoo.com/news/los-angeles-dodgers-walking-dead-mashup-ultimate-zombie-184700581.html
Jon Weisman
Greg is a Dodger blogger who freelances for Yahoo.
Anonymous
For the record – I’m not against ridiculousness, as I’ve been known to participate in my fair share. And, I see nothing wrong in a writer foraying into the realm of ridiculousness – was just pointing it out while providing the link for others to enjoy.
Anonymous
I thought it was mildly amusing.
KT
Dodgers lineup:
Crawford LF
M Ellis 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Puig RF
Ethier CF
A Ellis C
Uribe 3B
Punto SS
Greinke P
thescrounger
Is this one better than the one Jon posted?
Anonymous
Well, it does have spaces between the names…
KT
yea it’s means victory…I don’t post no victory…or have you not been paying attention since the Dodgers went on the streak
KT
Clayton made NL pitcher of the month:
http://imgur.com/9Y7XH4m
Anonymous
Tonight’s game free at mlb.com; hope this helps someone
foul tip
Think it’s on ESPN.
Anonymous
At 308, Mellis has the lowest OBP against RHP on the active roster for this year except for Punto, Gordon, and Fedex
Jon Weisman
NPUT