Yeah....there's a couple of things I absolutely expect now, pretty much 100% of the time with the team: when League comes in, unless it's a mop-up laugher for us, I expect him to give up runs...and I also expect nothing from the catching spot in the lineup now offensively except an out. But that's just pessimistic me...but it sure seems like that's the way it is.
i really hope this is donnie just being tactful otherwise The Dodgers sent Paco Rodriguez to the Minor Leagues on Tuesday and kept struggling veteran Brandon League, a move even tougher to explain for manager Don Mattingly after the Giants beat League in a 3-2 walk-off win when the Jackie Robinson Day series opener finally ended in the 12th inning Wednesday morning. "He's one of our guys," Mattingly said of League, without detailing that the club owes League nearly $14 million through 2015. Before the game, Mattingly said Rodriguez was sent to the Minor Leagues to make room for Brian Wilson's return because Rodriguez has options. "We'll try to keep helping [League]; that's the way it is. I'm comfortable with Brandon. He's going to have to get big outs over the course of the year and we'll continue to use him. We can't keep throwing [the same] people out there. We have to use our people." League already has a 6.75 ERA after last year's 5.30, which came after the Dodgers gave him a three-year contract. __
I hate League as much as anyone, but last night was the definition of a team loss. Still, fuck money, get Brandon out of here.
I pretty much knew once Kenley blew it in the 9th we were gonna lose. Maybe League needs a new haircut, skull themed bifocals and a leather vest to become anything close to resembling a pitcher at this point. Definition of a waste of millions.
