Dodgers have come on as the hottest team in baseball the last two weeks, winning 10 of 11 to pull within 3 of the cooled-down Diamondbacks. As with any streak, a team usually wins in many different ways. Last night was yet another, as rookie feel-good story Blake DeWitt hit an inside-the-park home run as the Mets' Ryan Church fell down on the job. See the video below to enjoy. DeWitt started spring training no better than fourth on the Dodger third baseman depth chart behind Nomar, Andy LaRoche, and Tony Abreu. Then ALL THREE went down with long-term injuries. DeWitt was sent down when Nomar became healthy, then called up a few days later when Nomar was injured again. All he's done is hit .317 with 18 RBIs while playing a solid defnese. Let's hope he keeps the job when the others come back.
The biggest reason for the Dodgers' resurgence from a lackluster start is the offense has finally started to warm up. Matt Kemp(above) was named Player of the Week after hitting at a .414 clip with 11 RBIs- simply en fuego. Torre seems to have found the right mix with lineups and playing time. Now if we could only get rid of Andruw Jones...
2 comments:
Its sad to see Ryan Church fall on his face like that. I liked him when he played for the Nats and thought he improved a lot last year. I'm glad Joe Torre is doing right by your Dodgers. As I said before, if he had to leave the Yankees (and he did) there is not another team I'd rather see him manage. Still makes me sad not to see him in pinstripes though. :(
It's about time they started doing something. Jones is terrible, we may need to inquire into his use of performance enhancers, as he appears to be going Eric Gagne on us.
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