Monday, August 20, 2007 |
Pickoff Moves
Grady Speaks For The Season: Dodgers 4, Rockies 3
Grady Little's assessment:"Well, this was the biggest win of our season so far," Little said. "To come back like that after falling behind, and to come away with a win -- that was a great ballgame."That win, by the way, came off of a team that the Dodgers were fighting for third place in the division. So now the Dodgers end the day 6.5 back of the Snakes, but why should this game be particularly important? It's all those other losses piled up since July 28 (7-14 since then) that are the anvil pulling the Dodgers to the bottom of the division. It's the team's first series win since their July 18 win against the Phillies. That it came against a team roughly as pathetic shouldn't instill confidence in anyone.
Red Sox Nation Boos Sweaty Joe Saunders' Mom
They booed Joe Saunders' mother in Fenway? Wow. Anyway — Plaschke references this story in the Press-Enterprise discussing how Joe Saunders has excessively sweaty palms.Overactive sweat glands in both wrists are the culprit. There's no need for Saunders to be psychoanalyzed for anxiety, even if it's turned into quite a joke among his teammates."He's more of a fist-bump guy than a handshake guy," John Lackey guffaws.
Julian Tavarez Says HBP Was An Accident, But Threatened Cabrera Earlier
Via BTF, a Boston Herald story with the following useful details about yesterday's Julian Tavarez uniform buzz of Orlando Cabrera:Tavarez openly admitted after the Red Sox’ 3-1 loss to Los Angeles yesterday that he threatened to hit Cabrera in early August after accusing the shortstop of stealing signs during a three-game series in Anaheim, Calif.Tavarez also denied he was throwing at Cabrera yesterday - just pitching “inside” - though as the shortstop walked up the first base line he shouted at Tavarez, “Are you satisfied now that you have hit me?”
Tavarez, who said he told Cabrera to walk to first base so “we can finish this,” was blunt about the genesis of yesterday’s trouble.
“I only said to him in Anaheim, ‘Listen, I think you are looking at the (catcher’s signs) every time you are hitting,’ ” said Tavarez. “He was turning his face to look. I said, ‘If you are doing it, stop, because I will hit you.’ I said it in the right way. But he said, ‘No, I’m not doing it,’ and that was the only thing I said to him.
“I am the kind of guy who is going to do whatever the Red Sox want me to do,” he said. “But I was just pitching inside today. I am not going to go out there and start putting men on base with (Vladimir) Guerrero coming up. I ain’t going out there and hitting people because that is not good for me. I am a free agent guy just trying to do my job. I am not looking to give up runs out there, or hit him on purpose already down, 2-0.”
At the same time, Tavarez claimed not to know what Cabrera was talking about yesterday when he reminded the Red Sox right-hander about his threat earlier this month.
“He said I told him that I was gonna hit him, but I never say one word to him,” said Tavarez. “I don’t even know him. But he said that I said I wanted to hit him.”
Cabrera later stood by his argument.
“He told me, ‘You’re like Julio Lugo — you like to give signs,’” Cabrera said in reference to the Red Sox shortstop. “He said, ‘If Lugo played on another team I would have hit him, too.’ I said, ‘OK, I play on another team. Are you going to hit me?’”
Roster Notes
- Ex-Dodger Jose Cruz, Jr. signed a minor league deal with the Yankees.
- The Rangers are going to give Edinson Volquez another spin in the majors. Why not?
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