Extra Innings

A good game by the Blue Crew today, some quick observations and thoughts:

The good: Kemp broke out of his slump and didn’t K against Harang, but Harang’s problem is that he serves his pitches on a platter for hitters. Kemp still needs to learn how to hit against pitchers who know how to pitch and fool him. Stults had a good outing, much better than what Penny can muster up these days.

The bad: We all know Jeff Kent blows at defense. Before Loney became a mainstay at 1st, I proposed moving Kent there but nowadays, I think we should just get rid of Kent. I am a firm believer in having a solid defense up the middle and Kent just doesn’t cut it.

The ugly: Furcal, Kuroda, Penny, Schmidt, Garciaparra, Jones. While we can blame the injury bug for the huge DL grocery list, all the players on the list are either old, have limited athleticism, or inconsistent producers. Kuroda, Schmidt, and Garciaparra are all rental signings that were made in hopes of creating some splash to add to the make believe possibility that they could help the Dodgers win it all. Penny is absolutely limited until he can shed that frame of his, the only way he can make it if he doesn’t is become a reliever. Furcal and Jones have never proven to be consistent at all. They have always been hit or miss talents and there is no way the Dodgers will become consistent contenders with them.

As you may notice, this is a follow up to my previous post on the State of the Dodgers. We seem to have all this dead weight on our team and I do hope that we wake up and realize this.

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