USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Los Angeles Dodgers hadn't won a playoff series in 20 years. The Chicago Cubs all together now hadn't won a World Series since 1908. "It was a series of jinxes," Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier said. "Something had to give."
Critical Section (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Wow. What a game ! What a series ! My Tivo is dancing. Rafael Furcal Russell Martin Manny Ramirez Andre Ethier James Loney Matt Kemp Blake DeWitt Casey Blake Hiroki Kurouda , Cory Wade, Jonathon Broxton NLCS, here we come...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Will Carroll / Unfiltered : The Myth of Protection — Watching the Dodgers-Cubs game last night, one of the announcers discussed how much better Andre Ethier was hitting since Manny Ramirez came to the team. That's something we can test, so I asked Eric Seidman to take a look at this through the lens of Pitch F/X. His findings follow:
Sabernomics (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
From Will Carroll and Eric Seidman. Andre Ethier recently said that he felt he was seeing better pitches with Manny Ramirez batting behind him….To test this, I looked at the Pitch F/X data for Ethier from 3/31 to 8/27, when he was not hitting ahead of Manny, and compared it to the data from 8/28 until [...]
The View From The Bleachers (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
The Cubs got spanked again tonight. Or did they spank themselves? Carlos Zambrano came to play. And so did Chad Billingsley. Let’s look at the top of the second inning. Into the 2nd inning, Carlos was throwing strikes and it was a pleasure to watch. Andre Ethier broke up Zambrano’s no hitter... To read the rest of the post, be sure to visit us at www.viewfromthebleachers.com
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Andre Ethier singles to lead off the inning, then Loney, on a hit and run, hits a ball that deflects off the shortstop's glove. First and third with none out for Matt Kemp....
The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Will Carroll and Eric Seidman have a free BPro post up about the recent comments that batting in front of Manny has helped Andre Ethier. Of course, a detailed look at Pitchf/x data reveals no such thing. It's worth remembering that JC Bradbury and Doug Drinen found that batting in front of a superstar may, in fact, hurt a batter. Did Andre Ethier up his game after the Dodgers obtained Manny? Sure....
Blue Heaven (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Andre Ethier updates his blog in preparation for the series. There are no descriptions of local Chicago delicacies. There are no photos of specially prepared veggies or beef cooked to order. Neither Sushi or Pizza was on his mind. Preparation was the order of the day. Heck, from the sounds of it, the Dodger plane ride to Chicago felt different according to Andre. You could just sense from the way the...
Baseball Toaster (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Catchers (2): Russell Martin, Danny Ardoin Infielders (8): James Loney, Blake DeWitt, Angel Berroa, Casey Blake, Nomar Garciaparra, Pablo Ozuna, Jeff Kent, Rafael Furcal Outfielders (4): Manny Ramirez, Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, Juan Pierre Pitchers (11): Derek Lowe, Chad Billingsley, Hiroki Kuroda, Clayton Kershaw, Jonathan Broxton, Takashi Saito, Joe Beimel, Cory Wade, Chan Ho Park, Ramon Troncoso,...
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Sal Baxamusa thinks so : A Dodger lineup consisting of Rafael Furcal, Russell Martin, Manny Ramirez, Andre Ethier, James Loney, Matt Kemp, Casey Blake, Blake Dewitt, and some random pitcher will score something like 5.18 runs per game. That figure is the result of current Marcel projections for each those players, assuming an average-hitting pitcher for two plate appearances, and a league-average...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
They got off to a rocky start, but deals for Casey Blake and Manny Ramirez helped them win their division. SAN FRANCISCO -- Andre Ethier covered his wide-open mouth. James Loney had bags under his eyes. Blake DeWitt slumped over in his chair and put his hands over his face.
Dodger Thoughts (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
The Dodgers' nominee for the Hank Aaron Award, presented to the top offensive performer in each league, is Andre Ethier, reports Michael Schwartz of MLB.com.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Granted, a .500 clip in September makes believable the idea of a diet consisting entirely of baseballs. But in reality, the Dodger outfielder does a fair amount of real food grubbing, a pleasure he enjoys blogging about in his "Dining...
Bill Boyarsky (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Andre Ethier, the food-blogging Dodger, showed up at Pizzeria Mozza between lunch and dinner, got a seat right away, and enjoyed himself. "Love at first...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
Juan Pierre in again for Andre Ethier, still away from the team for the delivery of his first child. Hopefully, he'll join the team tomorrow in Pittsburgh. Danny Ardoin will give Russell Martin a scheduled breather. There may be another...
