Baseball (MLB, WBC, College, etc.)

gaijin mark wrote:Since everyones complaining about cold weather, time to revive this thread. The Dodgers picked up Rafael Furcal from Atlanta :woot: Assuming they get a manager, I guess that means Izturis moves to 2nd(when he comes back) and Jeff Kent moves to 1st.

What ever happened to the Dodgers' farm system?

They used to have one of the best, cranking out all those Rookies of the Year, now they have to resort to buying players....

Tradition has gone the way of the dinosaur. :shakehead:

Speaking of tradition, Paul LoDuca has followed the career path of Mike Piazza going from the Dodgers to Florida to the Mets. The legacy of DePodesta lives on :beaten:

gaijin mark wrote:Speaking of tradition, Paul LoDuca has followed the career path of Mike Piazza going from the Dodgers to Florida to the Mets. The legacy of DePodesta lives on :beaten:

The Dodgers seem to have issues with catchers. :headscratch:

Any ideas on who you would like to see managing your boys in Blue? Just curious from a purely rival point of view.

dochira wrote:Any ideas on who you would like to see managing your boys in Blue? Just curious from a purely rival point of view.

Odd as it may sound, I woulda liked to have seen Pinella manage The Boys of Summer.... ;)

Dodgers announced Grady Little(formerly of the Red Sox) is the new manager. I am underwhelmed.

Little as the manager. This should be interesting.

with all the moves the mets made this offseason they are still going to go close to 500 because Pedro is inconsistant with his health and the team has no chemstry. :grumble:

gaijin mark wrote:Dodgers announced Grady Little(formerly of the Red Sox) is the new manager. I am underwhelmed.

Little manager.

That's funny. :hehe:

In a move the helps the Dodgers :dancing: and the Angels :usuck: Milton Bradley(and a 55 gallon barrel of Prozac) has been traded to the A's

gaijin mark wrote:In a move the helps the Dodgers :dancing: and the Angels :usuck: Milton Bradley(and a 55 gallon barrel of Prozac) has been traded to the A's

That means the A's have two more people on their payroll:

Milton Bradley and a Psychiatrist. :hehe:

Dodgers sign former Red Sox 3b Bill Mueller, now we won't get a chance to see if Jose Valetin can hit over .175 :bleh:

Wow, Japan have a very good roster for the World Baseball Classic. Ichiro Suzuki is in the lineup :metaldevil: I really hope Hideki Matsui will join the national team :fingerscrossed:

Dodgers picked up Nomar. Combine him with Derek Lowe, Bill Mueller, Grady Little, and the owner being from Boston, I guess the Dodgers are trying be "Red Sox West"

gaijin mark wrote:Dodgers picked up Nomar. Combine him with Derek Lowe, Bill Mueller, Grady Little, and the owner being from Boston, I guess the Dodgers are trying be "Red Sox West"

I just hope it won't be 80 years before they win another WS championship. :sweat:

Racer wrote:

I just hope it won't be 80 years before they win another WS championship.

Well, it's already been 17 years, so that would mean it's only 63 years to go! :bonk:

gaijin mark wrote:Well, it's already been 17 years, so that would mean it's only 63 years to go! :bonk:

Dang, I feel old all of a sudden. :sweat:

You guys have seen the Furuhata Ninzaburuo special? Ichiro Suzuki is part of the cast. Weird isn't it? I wouldn't be surprised if I saw him in doramas like H2~Kimi to itahibi :hehe: . But in a detective dorama, that's really weird :beaten: :mrgreen:

gaijin mark wrote:Dodgers picked up Nomar. Combine him with Derek Lowe, Bill Mueller, Grady Little, and the owner being from Boston, I guess the Dodgers are trying be "Red Sox West"

I thought they were trying to be the ex-giants. They also got Tomko, Loften, Cruz Jr, and were pretty damn near getting Reggie Sanders.

Don't forget about their new GM, Colletti.