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Title: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: K A I N on January 30, 2006, 12:01:47 PM
San Diego Padres Lineup

     51 Trevor Hoffman    R/R    6-0    215    10/13/67    
     38 Scott Linebrink    R/R    6-2    200    08/04/76    
     61 Chan Ho Park    R/R    6-2    210    06/30/73    
     44 Jake Peavy    R/R    6-0    180    05/31/81    
     17 Woody Williams    R/R    6-0    200    08/19/66    
     55 Chris Young    R/R    6-10    260    05/25/79    
   
     60 Josh Barfield    R/R    6-0    185    12/17/82    
     29 Mark Bellhorn    S/R    6-1    205    08/23/74    
     27 Geoff Blum    S/R    6-3    200    04/26/73    
     9 Vinny Castilla    R/R    6-1    205    07/04/67    
     3 Khalil Greene    R/R    5-11    210    10/21/79    
     30 Ryan Klesko    L/L    6-3    220    06/12/71    
     25 Mike Cameron    R/R    6-2    200    01/08/73    
     24 Brian Giles    L/L    5-10    205    01/20/71    
     10 Dave Roberts    L/L    5-10    180    05/31/72    
and
(http://www-scf.usc.edu/~thier/Pics/piazza.jpg)
Title: Re: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: BizzyR.I.P. on January 30, 2006, 12:07:39 PM
WOW they've added a washed up Mike Piazza. Dodger's are in big trouble.
Title: Re: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: Javier on January 30, 2006, 12:31:33 PM
Chris Young is gonna have a bad ass season with the Padres.

The two main teams rely on a lot of ifs...

Giants-  Barry Bonds/Moises Alou/Armando Benitez
Dodgers- JD Drew/Eric Gagne/ The OF in General

Whoever is healthier wins the division
Title: Re: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: K A I N on January 30, 2006, 01:53:59 PM
WOW they've added a washed up Mike Piazza. Dodger's are in big trouble.

Padres ran the Dodgers without Piazza...AVG .251 | HR 19 | RBI 62   I'll take it.
Title: Re: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: Javier on January 30, 2006, 02:07:37 PM
He wont hit 15 HR's with the Padres, and will hit below .250.  Your Padres are better off with Mirabelli and Ross
Title: Re: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on January 30, 2006, 03:37:27 PM
Piazza is back with the Dodgers? I remember when he was the biggest thing in baseball (at least in LA) back in his first run with the Dodgers...LOL...Does he really suck now? I don't really follow baseball that much.
Title: Re: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: K A I N on January 30, 2006, 03:45:07 PM
Piazza is back with the Dodgers? I remember when he was the biggest thing in baseball (at least in LA) back in his first run with the Dodgers...LOL...Does he really suck now? I don't really follow baseball that much.

He's with the Padres.
Title: Re: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on January 30, 2006, 03:46:59 PM
Piazza is back with the Dodgers? I remember when he was the biggest thing in baseball (at least in LA) back in his first run with the Dodgers...LOL...Does he really suck now? I don't really follow baseball that much.

He's with the Padres.


Oh...LOL. Is he still any good?
Title: Re: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: Javier on January 30, 2006, 03:56:29 PM
He's been declining every year since 2000.  Last year he still had good offensive numbers as a C though, but now he's moving to the one of the worst hitters park in all of baseball.  His steady decline+moving to the worst hitters park= not so good news for the Padres
Title: Re: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: K A I N on January 30, 2006, 04:09:44 PM
He's been declining every year since 2000.  Last year he still had good offensive numbers as a C though, but now he's moving to the one of the worst hitters park in all of baseball.  His steady decline+moving to the worst hitters park= not so good news for the Padres

Right handed batters are not as effected in Petco Park.
Title: Re: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: Javier on January 30, 2006, 04:23:08 PM
He's been declining every year since 2000.  Last year he still had good offensive numbers as a C though, but now he's moving to the one of the worst hitters park in all of baseball.  His steady decline+moving to the worst hitters park= not so good news for the Padres

Right handed batters are not as effected in Petco Park.

You sure?  I remember reading that it's the worst park for RH batters. 
Title: Re: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: herpes on January 30, 2006, 06:24:09 PM
Im a mets fan, Kain you guys made a big pick up.  You going to have piazza bat clean up.  He'll make a good 6th hole hitter but he is in one of the worst hitting ball parks in baseball with vinny castillo protecting him and piazza himself is on a serious decline.  And with catchers, there decline is a lot faster then other ball players.
Title: Re: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: K A I N on January 30, 2006, 09:29:35 PM
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Which parks have the lowest homer rates? Petco Park is the easy one, and it is the worst from both sides of the plate. For lefties, Petco is followed by Kauffman Stadiun (Kansas City), SBC Park (San Francisco), and Fenway Park (Boston). From the right side of the plate, Kauffman and SBC Park are again tough, along with Jacobs Field (Cleveland), Tropicana Field (Tampa), and Shea Stadium (Mets). Fenway Park and Jacobs Field are not generally thought of as tough hitters’ parks, but at least for homers there are significant platoon splits. Also, among the best pitcher’s parks for home runs is Washington’s new home at RFK Stadium. While there is not a full year of data yet, this park is proving to be one of the most difficult home run parks in baseball.

That's why they picked up some right handed batters.
Title: Re: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: Javier on January 30, 2006, 09:31:13 PM
"Which parks have the lowest homer rates? Petco Park is the easy one, and it is the worst from both sides of the plate"

Title: Re: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: bigo8160 on January 30, 2006, 10:01:20 PM
damn daygo fools are getting tony/spider syndrom
l.a team to beat is nl west for 06
dodgers getting at least 90 wins
daygo will get lucky to be .500
Title: Re: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: Just Another Sunny day in California on January 30, 2006, 10:05:25 PM
WOW they've added a washed up Mike Piazza. Dodger's are in big trouble.
Title: Re: Another losing season for the Dodgers...
Post by: BizzyR.I.P. on January 30, 2006, 10:08:00 PM
daygo will get lucky to be .500
They were only 2 games over .500 last year. :grumpy: at the  NL West last year.