Dodger Daydreams
  • 08:59 PM ET  03.08
Views
380
Comments
6

After losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in yesterday's game, the Dodgers captured a phenomenal victory over the "red birds," today. It was almost like a batting practice session for Los Angeles. The final of the slugfest was 20 to 6 - an early blowout favoring the Dodgers.

The Recap:

1) Hiroki Kuroda captured the win over the St. Louis Cardinals in two innings of work. The new pitcher gave up two earned-runs on five hits. Although he evidently has exceptional control on the ball, his pitching performance reminded me of the ex-Dodger, Kaz Ishii.

2) Rafael Furcal went two for three with a homerun and three RBIs. The shortstop is currently batting .250 during Spring Training. There was a rumor a while back that Nomar Garciaparra could switch back to shortstop, but right now that move seems quite unlikely.

3) Delwyn Young smacked a three-run homerun in today's game. With Ramon Martinez and Angel Chavez, it is evident that Los Angeles has a healthy supply of promising middle-infielders. Hopefully, we will see more of these young athletes later in the season.

4) Matt Kemp batted .500 in the game with two singles and three RBIs. The outfielder is now hitting .333 in Spring Training and ensuring his starting job in Right-Field on a daily basis. I'm glad to see that the speedy youngster is ready to take on a full-time role for the Dodgers' organization.

5) James Loney connected for two hits and knocked in two runs today. However, the first-baseman also made two errors. Hopefully, he will start to focus more on his fielding skills and not just work on his stellar hitting mechanisms.

The Dodgers captured a significant win today scoring twenty runs over the Cardinals. However, we will see their true strengths and weaknesses when they face off against the Boston Red Sox tomorrow.


March 8, 2008  09:19 PM ET

Holy crap, that is a lot of runs scored by the Dodgers.

March 8, 2008  10:23 PM ET

It's surprising - but it just shows you that they have an decent offense.

March 8, 2008  11:54 PM ET

Well, the offense did well today, that's for sure.

March 9, 2008  07:42 PM ET

Definitely. It was a pure slugfest!

March 9, 2008  07:50 PM ET

sounds like some of the young guys are coming through for us. I can't believe Furcal hit a homerun, that's not really expected.

 
March 10, 2008  08:50 PM ET

Nope. But, the kid can have a great day!

Comment

Remember to keep your posts clean. Profanity will get filtered, and offensive comments will be removed.


Coming soon: Log in with your Facebook account, send comments and Throwdowns to Facebook and more.

Start Your Own Blog

Start Now

The Si.com Cover Hub Go to the Cover Hub

Stub Hub

The 2009 schedule has been released. Search for tickets!

Truth & Rumors

MOST POPULAR

  1. 1
    Sources: Big Ben having second thoughts
    Views
    6839
    Comments
    961
  2. 2
    Report: Halladay would welcome Yankees trade
    Views
    25511
    Comments
    471
  3. 3
    Have Irish already offered Kelly job?
    Views
    33154
    Comments
    75
  4. 4
    Stoops to take Notre Dame job?
    Views
    3672
    Comments
    58
  5. 5
    Report: Tiger's injuries inflicted by wife
    Views
    1339
    Comments
    57

Throwdowns

Most Active Users

Comments + Blog Posts + Throwdowns

  1. 1
    Chico 2.0
  2. 2
    BBK - Now it's all football
  3. 3
    rstowe
  4. 4
    gigi_iv
  5. 5
    Never NDing Struggle

Message Boards

  1. NFL > Pittsburgh Steelers

    STEELERS VS RAVENS …
    Views
    288
    Replies
    60
  2. NCAAF > General NCAAF

    CFB Game Day 11/28/2009
    Views
    218
    Replies
    39
  3. NFL > Chicago Bears

    Free agency Christmas wish…
    Views
    176
    Replies
    34

Blogs

SI.com

Swimsuit

SI Photos