SB Nation User Blog: sparky39762

Semi-OT: Dodgers' Rotation includes 4 Lefties

sparky39762 — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:28:04 -0000

Semi-OT: Dodgers' Rotation includes 4 Lefties

Slightly OT here, but still baseball. I've been watching the Dodgers lately since a childhood friend of mine got called up (Brent Leach, a LH bullpen pitcher) and my wife and I will be at Wrigley for 3 games against the Dodgers in a couple of weeks.

Today I noticed that they recently called up a FOURTH left-handed starter. Their rotation now includes lefties Eric Milton, Clayton Kershaw, Randy Wolf, and Eric Stults. Chad Billingsley, a righty, is their fifth starter.

I think it's odd that LA's barrage of righties in the playoffs led Hendry & co. to sign so many lefties / switch hitters this offseason, and now 4 of the Dodgers' starters are left handed.

Can anyone recall a team throwing 4 lefties (or even 5) in their rotation? I remember Lilly, Hill, and Marshall were 3 lefties in the rotation most of the year in 2007, and I thought having 3 lefties was unusual.

Thoughts?

Edited to break up the paragraphs. At first I'm lined up on the left with no paragraph spacing and now I have spacing but I'm all in the center. I need a "Fanposting for Dummies" or something.

Kudos to Koyie

sparky39762 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:36:49 -0000

Kudos to Koyie

I haven’t seen much Koyie Hill love around here recently, and I think he deserves some, with Soto’s return on the horizon. I didn’t know what to expect when we named Hill the backup, but he has handled the reigns well. In 5+ games and 20 at bats, Hill has 6 hits (.300BA) including a double and a clutch go-ahead 2R homer, 3 runs scored, 5 RBIs, 3 walks, and a .417 OBP. I realize he probably won’t keep this up, but for a [hopefully] short injury to Soto he’s done much better than I expected. Attaboy.

OT: Getting married today

sparky39762 — Sat, 17 May 2008 08:28:22 -0000

Just thought I'd share my joy. It's 3:30am, and I'm getting married today at 2:00pm - still trying to get everything ready with the pictures and the honeymoon packing and stuff. Gonna be a long day for me tomorrow. Anyways, I'll miss the 2nd half of the game tomorrow, so if we could find a way to load the bases prior to the game so Soriano's leadoff HR will put us up 4-0, that will ease my stress level for the day.

But I'm moreso posting about our honeymoon, and I thought I'd post this now because I don't know if I'll have much internet access next week. We're going to NYC for a week catching some plays and 2 Yankees games, and then we'll be in Chicago for a week, where we will see five Cubs games. I told her we had to go for at least 3 Cubs games, and she suggested one more, and then hinted on wanting to sit in the bleachers another day, so we got a 5th pair of tickets. So if you see some Mississippi kids walking around Wrigley a week and a half from now, yell at us.

We'll stop by and say hey, Al - we're in the bleachers two days. You may not remember, but I'm the guy you saved a seat for the last home series of the year last year against the Pirates - my plane arrival time almost made me miss the first pitch but I just barely made it. I still appreciate that - the bleachers were PACKED that day, and it woulda been REAL hard getting a seat. That was my first time in the bleachers, and I had a blast. Coincidently, I scored playoff tix and flew up from MS and sat in the bleachers again in October, but that didn't turn out as well as my previous bleacher experience.

Anyways, I gotta stop procrastinating. Looking forward to being back home at Wrigley. Go Cubs!

-Ryan