...and not a moment too soon. Manny makes his much anticipated return from his 50 game suspension tonight in San Diego. The Dodgers have struggled offensively in recent games, totaling a meager 8 runs in the last 5 contests. Hopefully his return will give the Dodgers offense a shot in the arm. Manny's replacement, Juan Pierre, has struggled since June 1st after playing so well initially. Pierre posted a .263/.317/.307 line over the last month. While he has received due credit for his initial play after the suspension, the media hype over him returning to the bench is overdone. Replacing Pierre with Manny is sure to boost the Dodgers offense all by itself. Hopefully the boys can snap out of their offensive funk starting tonight.
One other thing:
- Matt Kemp the All-Star? It's not as far fetched as it seems. Jon Weisman lays out Kemp's credentials on his site, DodgerThoughts. Just to echo Weisman's sentiment, I hope we can have a roaming Bison in St. Louis on July 14th.
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ReplyDelete29-21 with manny out of the lineup, what did you predict the dodgers record would be with him out at the dodgers nats game a couple months back?
ReplyDeleteMy guess was 26-24. I was a bit off but I'll take it considering they outplayed my prediction. They are now 22-8 with him. Not bad at all
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