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Monday, December 12, 2005 |
Pickoff Moves
LA Sports Council Awards
The Los Angeles Sports Council gave out its annual awards (first time I've ever heard of 'em) this weekend. Arte Moreno won Sports Executive of the Year. On their top ten list of sports events this year is Bartolo Colon winning the Cy Young Award, the first Angels pitcher to do so in 41 years, and the Angels beating the Yankees in the ALDS. Awards were determined by fan voting; the Dodgers made the ballot but not the awards with Jeff Kent getting his 2,000th career hit.Speaking Of Fan Voting...
Interesting bit from Larry Stewart in the Times this morning:ESPN the Magazine, with the help of a Connecticut research and consulting firm, polled 1,529 American sports fans. They were asked, among other things, to rank U.S. and Canadian professional teams based on fan relationship, ownership, affordability, stadium experience, players, coach, winning and bang for your buck.A winning season will do a lot to turn that around, and they're not that far away from at least 86 victories.The San Antonio Spurs and Detroit Pistons finished 1-2, and the Angels ranked fifth, the highest of any baseball team. The Angels also ranked fifth in a similar poll last year.
The Dodgers ranked 82nd out of 91 teams, down from 52nd last year. They scored particularly low in fan relationship, ownership and coaching.
It would figure they would score poorly in coaching, because they didn't have a manager at the time the poll was conducted.
Tejada: Whoa
Miguel Tejada now says he doesn't want to be traded:"I never said I wanted to be traded," Tejada told Comcast SportsNet in a phone interview yesterday. "I said I want to see a better team. I don't want to keep losing like we have the past two years."Well, duh.
Roger Clemens Derby
The New York Daily News says the Yanks have been in touch with their former starter, as have the Red Sox. Rotoworld speculates that the Rangers will get in touch with the Rocket soon as well.Update: Jon passes along a blurblet in the Times that the Dodgers might be interested in the Rocket, too.
Comments:
the Dodgers might be interested in the Rocket, too
Riiiiiiiiiiiight!!!
Riiiiiiiiiiiight!!!
# posted by 
: 12/12/2005 09:44:00 AM
: 12/12/2005 09:44:00 AM
i wonder where the clippers ranked in that poll
Not as high as they'll rank in a couple of months if they continue to play .700 ball.
Not as high as they'll rank in a couple of months if they continue to play .700 ball.
# posted by : 12/12/2005 11:35:00 AM
: 12/12/2005 11:35:00 AM
Our company Christmas party was at the Figueroa Hotel just a few blocks north of Staples Center; the party started at about 8:00 PM and we had no trouble getting in and out, relatively speaking. Are the Clips drawing well?
86 wins for the Dodgers in 2006? Naw. I see the Dodgers winning 81 games (plus or minus 3 next year). There will be improvement on the 71 win debacle of 2005.
It is fine with me that Frank McCourt took his time filling the GM and manager slots. Thank goodness he waited until the off season to sack Depodesta and Tracy. McCourt is entitled to pick his own manager. That is the birthright of any owner.
With 81 wins the Dodgers may be competitive in the N.L. West. They won't win it but they might still be in the race entering September. It will not be all doom and gloom. That said, I must admit to being an Angels season ticket holder behind the orange curtain.
Yetijuice
It is fine with me that Frank McCourt took his time filling the GM and manager slots. Thank goodness he waited until the off season to sack Depodesta and Tracy. McCourt is entitled to pick his own manager. That is the birthright of any owner.
With 81 wins the Dodgers may be competitive in the N.L. West. They won't win it but they might still be in the race entering September. It will not be all doom and gloom. That said, I must admit to being an Angels season ticket holder behind the orange curtain.
Yetijuice
# posted by : 12/12/2005 01:01:00 PM
: 12/12/2005 01:01:00 PM
mr. yeti: of course any owner can hire and fire whomever he chooses. but we can certainly criticize him for his choices.
as for the dodgers in 2006, well, if they fielded the EXACT same team as in 2005 it would still likely be a large improvement over the "71-win debacle", purely because it's incredibly unlikely for that many players to be injured 2 seasons in a row. the 2005 team, while not spectacular, was a good team, and certainly the best team in the NL west were it not for the injuries. seeing as how the other teams in the division are thus far looking the same or worse, the dodgers will likely win the division in 2006, and will quite probably be above .500
as for the dodgers in 2006, well, if they fielded the EXACT same team as in 2005 it would still likely be a large improvement over the "71-win debacle", purely because it's incredibly unlikely for that many players to be injured 2 seasons in a row. the 2005 team, while not spectacular, was a good team, and certainly the best team in the NL west were it not for the injuries. seeing as how the other teams in the division are thus far looking the same or worse, the dodgers will likely win the division in 2006, and will quite probably be above .500
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