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Tuesday, August 23, 2005

More Clubhouse Explosions: Dodgers 8, Rockies 3

You'd think, with the Dodgers having achieved second place in the division via the backdoor of the Mets pounding the Snakes 14-1, that the team would be fairly happy.

But no.

Bradley and Kent are at it again, with more idiotic sniping. I have some comments on that:

  1. Kent has done this kind of thing before. If he's making stupid locker room racial jokes, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
  2. Bradley is playing hurt, and he's unhappy that Kent is calling his play into question because of it.
  3. Kent would normally be within reason to question another player's lack of hustle, but for him to call out Bradley seems ridiculous if he knew Bradley were working on a wounded wing. That's not at all clear.
  4. Regardless, this whole episode shouldn't be taking place in front of the cameras and notepads.
Enough of that. Good outing for Weaver (and not just on the mound, going 3-4 with three RBI!) and Robles, the Rockies obligingly rolled over on the road, the Padres won (drat), and so the Dodgers get no closer to first place. The way this squad is infighting, I'm not sure it would matter anyway.

ESPN BoxRecap


Comments:
Rob;

I'm sure we'll all be sick of this story before it's all over, but it has a ways to go yet.

I'm no fan of Kent's, but I'm leaning to his side on this one.

If Bradley was so hurt that he can't perform up to standards, and he SHOULD score the go ahead run from first on a double, then he is hurting the team by being in the lineup.

Bradley took it to the media, Bradley yelled race and Bradley has the malingerer/no hustle history.

On the other hand, if it weren't Bradley Kent offends, then it would have been someone else.

Frankly, it wouldn't bother me to see both of them somewhere else.

Rick
 
"If Bradley was so hurt that he can't perform up to standards, and he SHOULD score the go ahead run from first on a double, then he is hurting the team by being in the lineup."

Just on this narrow point: If Bradley can get on base, he does not hurt the team by being in the lineup.

And did you see the play? The game wasn't on TV. Are you so sure he should have scored?
 

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