A brief Dodgers to-do list.
- Avoid spotting the other team four runs in the 1st inning, particularly when playing against their ace. See: Peavy, J. and Haren, D.
- Figure out what the hitting part of the lineup is doing right and make the other half do it too.
Do those two things, and we’re golden.
Update
To illustrate my point, check out the line for the two examples mentioned:
LAD 000 100 000 1 2 0 SD 400 000 00X 4 10 0 LAD 000 102 000 3 8 1 AZ 400 001 31X 9 12 1
Now imagine those 1st innings hadn’t happened.
LAD 000 100 000 SD 000 000 000 LAD 1 SD 0 LAD 000 102 000 AZ 000 001 31X LAD 3 AZ 5
Point being, we still would have been in the game despite going up against Peavy and Haren.
toomanypeopleusing | 08-Apr-08 at 9:44 am | Permalink
I totally understand were you are coming from in relation to four run innings. Hasn’t this happened to the Dodgers the past couple of years with Lowe and Penny. Truth is, we can’t rely on our pitching to be the strength for another year, all of the time. The offense really needs to step it up, like today! We can’t rely on the pitching even more when Chan Ho, Proctor and Loiaza go out there last night and suck it up. I felt bad for Proctor because I do think that he is a good pitcher and every body has off nights. Let’s hope that yesterday night was his.
Robert Daeley | 08-Apr-08 at 10:37 am | Permalink
I remember last season and Randy Wolf joking he should start his games in the second inning due to the bad first innings he was having.
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