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Sox beat LAA 3-1. Ortiz hit a homerun. Lackey had a good outing. :victory:

Jav_sol wrote:Lackey had a good outing. :victory:

Against his old team. :victory:

Know a few were talking about Milton Bradley with about his 10th club this year, didn't take too long for him to 'implode'. :doh:

SEATTLE (AP)—Milton Bradley(notes) has been placed on the restricted list by the Seattle Mariners after asking the team for help in dealing with gemotional stressh from personal issues.

The Mariners made the move Thursday before their series finale against Tampa Bay. Outfielder Michael Saunders(notes) was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma to add depth on Seattlefs bench.

The move came a day after Bradley met with manager Don Wakamatsu and general manager Jack Zduriencik and asked for help in dealing with his issues. Wakamatsu said before Thursdayfs game that Bradley met with a counselor earlier in the afternoon and all reports are the session went well.

While on the restricted list, Bradley cannot be in uniform or with the team. He will miss at least five days, but Zduriencik said the team chose not to put him on the 15-day disabled list.

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hitomi #1 wrote:Know a few were talking about Milton Bradley with about his 10th club this year, didn't take too long for him to 'implode'. :doh:

SEATTLE (AP)\Milton Bradley(notes) has been placed on the restricted list by the Seattle Mariners after asking the team for help in dealing with gemotional stressh from personal issues.

The Mariners made the move Thursday before their series finale against Tampa Bay. Outfielder Michael Saunders(notes) was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma to add depth on Seattlefs bench.

The move came a day after Bradley met with manager Don Wakamatsu and general manager Jack Zduriencik and asked for help in dealing with his issues. Wakamatsu said before Thursdayfs game that Bradley met with a counselor earlier in the afternoon and all reports are the session went well.

While on the restricted list, Bradley cannot be in uniform or with the team. He will miss at least five days, but Zduriencik said the team chose not to put him on the 15-day disabled list.

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Yikes.

I wonder if he'll end up being some kind of sad, negative statistic after his playing days are over... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Yikes.

I wonder if he'll end up being some kind of sad, negative statistic after his playing days are over... :sweat:

Yeah, there's been too many like that thru the years though he's a bit extreme, :grumble: talented player but how many chances can you give someone, luckily for you Dodgers don't need a OF. :muack:

hitomi #1 wrote:Yeah, there's been too many like that thru the years though he's a bit extreme, :grumble: talented player but how many chances can you give someone, luckily for you Dodgers don't need a OF. :muack:

Well we had him for a couple of years 'til he melted down, so that was enough for us.

BTW, I brought up the post-career thing, 'cause I saw today that Lawrence Taylor is in trouble with the law again... :shakehead:

Andre Ethier's grand slam in the bottom of the ninth keeps the Dodgers from getting swept by the Brewers, 7-3. :sweat:

Broxton blew the save giving up 2 runs in the top of the 9th :beatyou: , but Ethier bailed him out.

Same thing for Dice-K, he was awful (5 earned runs in 5 1/3 innings) but the BoSox put up 11 to sweep the Halos.

bmwracer wrote:
Well we had him for a couple of years 'til he melted down, so that was enough for us.

BTW, I brought up the post-career thing, 'cause I saw today that Lawrence Taylor is in trouble with the law again... :shakehead:

Yeah, you're right about that post career happenings, seems to happen quite a bit nowadays, maybe after that huge money supply dries up bad things happen or in the case of Taylor, still thinks he/they can get away with anything. :shakehead: NY Post used to have a police blotter section in the sports section for athletes, stopped doing that once it got to be more than one page. :twisted:

bmwracer wrote:Andre Ethier's grand slam in the bottom of the ninth keeps the Dodgers from getting swept by the Brewers, 7-3. :sweat:

He's sort of flying under the radar, was looking at this stats, he's having the best year out of anyone yet, leading the majors in RBIs, :applaud: once the starting pitching comes around they'll be okay, don't think there's a team in that division that's head and shoulders above the rest.

gaijinmark wrote:Broxton blew the save giving up 2 runs in the top of the 9th :beatyou: , but Ethier bailed him out.

I really hate Broxton.

He's the Dodgers answer to Scott Shields.

Takashi Saito, we miss you. :puppydog:

bmwracer wrote:
I really hate Broxton.

He's the Dodgers answer to Scott Shields.

Takashi Saito, we miss you. :puppydog:

Don't know why they got rid of him too, :bleh: seemed pretty solid to me, was hurt for a while, perhaps that's why. Isn't he just the set-up man for the Braves?

hitomi #1 wrote:Don't know why they got rid of him too, :bleh: seemed pretty solid to me, was hurt for a while, perhaps that's why.

It was more likely an age thing: Saito was in his mid/late 30's.

Guess the Dodgers chose age over effectiveness. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
It was more likely an age thing: Saito was in his mid/late 30's.

Guess the Dodgers chose age over effectiveness. :shakehead:

Age thing certainly hasn't effected Rivera, still as good as ever, Wagner's the closer for the Braves and he could be older than Saito. :doh:

hitomi #1 wrote:Age thing certainly hasn't effected Rivera, still as good as ever, Wagner's the closer for the Braves and he could be older than Saito. :doh:

Dodger management is worthless: they've been screwing stuff up since they let Piazza walk away. :shakehead:

Dodgers beat the Rockies, 6-5.

bmwracer wrote:Dodgers beat the Rockies, 6-5.

Jeff Weaver gets his 100th win!!! :woot: :victory:

gaijinmark wrote:

Jeff Weaver gets his 100th win!!! :woot: :victory:

His brother won last night too, :victory: wonder how many times 2 brothers winning on the same day has happened, probably the Niekros did it a few times.
Sox got pummeled by the Yanks last night 10-2, :usuck: another rough outing for Beckett, thru 6 starts his ERA is a ghastly 7.46. :beaten:

Dodgers are right behind the Yanks as far as being the richest team, wonder why management then has done things like letting Piazza go, somehow can find money for the likes of Padilla. :doh: Isn't this Torre's last year?

hitomi #1 wrote:
Dodgers are right behind the Yanks as far as being the richest team, wonder why management then has done things like letting Piazza go, somehow can find money for the likes of Padilla. :doh: Isn't this Torre's last year?

It is Joe's last year, but they're taking it year by year, he might come back for another one after this year.

The Piazza fiasco happened shorty after FOX bought the Dodgers from the O'Malley's, and they knew absolutely NOTHING about how sports works. Piazza was in the last year of his contract, but rather than negotiate, they just dumped him off to Florida. FOX did as much good for the Dodgers as they've done for "fair and unbiased" news reporting. :beatyou:

As for Takashi Saito, in 2008 his ERA went up a full run from the year before, he spent some time on the disabled list with elbow problems as well. Broxton kind of got the closer job when he went out. Saito put in one appearance in the playoffs against the Cubs, faced three hitters, didn't get any of them out and gave up two runs. That's probably why the Dodgers let him go.

bmwracer wrote:
It was more likely an age thing: Saito was in his mid/late 30's.

Guess the Dodgers chose age over effectiveness. :shakehead:

Just to bring the age thing in again, pitchers can last longer than position players, brought it up again because last night 47 year old Jamie Moyer set a record for being the oldest to throw a shutout, beating the hapless Braves 7-0. :applaud: He's probably older than a lot of player's fathers. :hehe: