LAD/HOU Game Thread

Discussion in 'Los Angeles DODGERS' started by irish, Apr 19, 2012.

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Dodgers...

  1. Get Swept

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  2. Lose 2-of-3

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  3. Take 2-of-3

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  1. southerndodgerfan

    southerndodgerfan Dodgers Enthusiast

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    This team is playing in spite of Ned's handicapping. He gets ZERO fucking credit. I am tired of people equating the shitty members of this team with the ones the consistent ones.
     
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    BlueMouse 2020 World Champions

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    Doughty, I think we both know the Ned bashing didn't just start today. It started the day he signed Juan Pierre, escalated when Jason Schmidt turned out to be damaged goods, and really hasn't stopped since.
     
  3. Doughty8

    Doughty8 DSP Legend

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    Again let me repeat my NedCo stance I gave him a C so I am not completely sold on the guy. I don't care if you think they are shitty or not you can have your opinion. I am going to give him a chance to sink or swim and am not going to fly off any handle based upon today. As to your comment that they are playing well in spite of Ned? If he put those people on the roster and they are winning then he should get some credit don't ya think?

    He'll be around for the rest of the year I truly believe and if he sucks with resources as he has without then he sucks and Stan will fire him. Until then I am going to enjoy the season.
     
  4. Doughty8

    Doughty8 DSP Legend

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    Sure it did I know that but I didn't know a 12 and 4 start had to be blamed on anyone just yet.
     
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    THINKBLUE DSP Gigolo

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    12-4 16-0 0-16...whatever. Ned is responsible for the OVERPAID/YEARS scrubs that roam the field.
     
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    BlueMouse 2020 World Champions

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    12-4 is nice, but I think it's easy to see we are overachievers at this point. 9-7 XWL, 6-2 in 1-run games, and a guy carrying our offense who will be lucky to maintain half of what he has done thus far. All signs point to the wheels coming off at any moment and I don't think it hurts to think about improving this team before that happens.
     
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    doyerfan MODERATOR Staff Member Moderator

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    Re-reading the nationals vs dodgers argument it's like their was three sides and they were all talking about completely different things
     
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    doyerfan MODERATOR Staff Member Moderator

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    I understand being down on the team but it's nothing we didn't know. Also, I feel like we are in a great position to take the west. Is our team relying on two big hitters? Sure. But the Dbacks are getting banged up bad, the giants have the lincecum concern and the Rockies/padres aren't very talented.

    It's early but you've got to love our chances so far, even if we are going a bit over our head it's not crazy to see us at the top of the west

    I also don't think over a full year that Loney and Uribe will hit .200 (dee might lol)
     
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    Overpaying is based on the market at the time of the signing and the years is dictated by the client just as much as the GM. Not defending the signings on their face but not condemning based upon a small sample in the case of Capuano/Harang/Ellis. Totally behind the criticism of some of the signings yes, again gave him a C. My philosophy is based on the question, was the player signed by another club after leaving the Dodgers? Schmidt is the only one off hand that completely left baseball. The others on this current roster are yet to be determined. By the way Juan Pierre started in left for the Phillies. :D
     
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    Okay, serious question now. Doughty, do you honestly believe Ned is the man to help us to a World Series? New Ownership put aside, because if it were all up to new ownership, then what is the point of Ned anyway? Do you think Ned is the guy? I want to hear a response as to why, too.
     
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    I only like it because it is a legit question but I GAVE HIM A C. Doesn't anyone know what a C means? Sorry MZA not directed at you per se but I put down a C grade. I cannot predict the future and neither can anyone else but there are 2 situations to consider with respect to Ned. He didn't have total complete ownership commitment and he had some good and bad years on the field and made some dubious signings to be sure which is why the letter is C. Now and until the end of the season he will have an ownership committed to winning and time will tell what he does with it and if the result is a title then he should be commended if not the powers that be will decide his fate.
     
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    I have to go to work now so be gentle in your slamming of my opinions. :) I GAVE HIM A C GRADE, hopefully everyone will READ my grade and my posts thoroughly. :D
     
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    Ned is awful
     
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    As in F
     
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    Ned is the worse at his job than Adam Kennedy is
     
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    Which is pretty hard.
     
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    The good thing about pythag is that it's a stat that tells you how well you've played, it's not one that is meant predict how well you'll play in the future. So if you're telling me we've gotten lucky so far, yeah I'd agree, every team that's 12-4 got lucky in some ways, but going forwards our XWL means nothing.
     
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    If I'm down on anyone today, it's Bills. He's the reason we lost by a billion. I don't care if it was earned or not, he gave up 6 runs alone on home-runs... and set the second one up by walking the eighth hitter and the pitcher (who was trying to bunt). I don't trust Bills in a playoff start. Dude has some serious mental flaws to work out before he can ever reach his potential. He's like the Loney of the pitching staff.
     
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    Ned sucks.
    Is this in question at this time? Gimme a fucking break if it is....Uribe alone on the present roster is an albatross hanging around our necks...a killer of all good BB things that will be played ad infinitum.
    Our latest Andruw and Jason...Ned never fails...
     
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