Monday, April 24, 2006 |
Pickoff Moves
Today's Birthdays
Harry Harper BRO b. 1895, played 1923, d. 1963-04-23
Dixie Howell BRO b. 1920, played 1953-1956, d. 1990-10-05
Bill Krueger LAN b. 1958, played 1987-1988
Bill Singer LAN,CAL b. 1944, played 1964-1975. Back when pitchers absorbed all the abuse their managers could throw at them without consequence in the press, Bill Singer started in 40 games for the Dodgers in 1969, throwing 315.2 innings. That heavy tally also included the first-ever save, recorded April 7, 1969 against the Phillies. With Claude Osteen, he formed the late 60's Dodgers analogue to the old Boston rhyme, "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain" — only there wasn't even the chance of the wet stuff in Dodger Stadium. The next year, 1970, he only threw 106.1 innings due to a hepatitis infection that kept him off the mound most of the season; despite it, he threw a complete game no-hitter against the Phillies on July 20, 1970. Part of the blockbuster trade with the Dodgers that moved Frank Robinson, Mike Strahler, Bobby Valentine and Billy Grabarkewitz to the Angels and Andy Messersmith to the Dodgers in November 1972, Singer once again threw 315.2 innings for then-California. In tandem with Nolan Ryan, he had more strikeouts than any other duo in history.
Pat Zachry LAN b. 1952, played 1983-1984
A Lousy Pitcher In A Lousy Division: Dodgers 6, Diamondbacks 4
"One name you don't hear mentioned much around Dodger Stadium these days," starts Ken Gurnick's game recap, "is Adrian Beltre." Well, sure, and that's because Beltre got himself demoted in the Mariners' batting order last week. Sure, Mueller is outproducing Jeff Kent, but that's mainly due to Kent's ice-cold start; or is he finally declining to where his age says he should perform? Regardless, it probably says more about the state of the Diamondbacks than it does about Brett Tomko that Tomko got out of the game having surrendered only a pair of runs; who's afraid of Shawn Green, batting sixth for $8M? Ugh.Roster Notes
- Grady Little blames the pitchers for Dioner Navarro's apparent inability to hold baserunners, and I'm inclined to agree.
- Little won't remove Seo from the rotation after his last bad start.
- Cody Ross may have been traded to the Reds.
- Eric Gagné is still on pace for a late May return; he is expected to start light toss on Friday.
- Jayson Werth is feeling better after a cortisone injection, but these kinds of things are palliatives; my guess is that he's done.
- The Devil Rays are having second thoughts about sending Edwin Jackson back to the minors after Saturday's game.
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