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True Blue LA (Free subscription) | yesterday
I think all of you can guess who Joe Torre is referring to. So while Matt Kemp has compiled a .393 OBP while holding down the lead off spot during this man's absence, he will relinquish the position upon his return. Of course that isn't really the important question, the important question is who will sit to accommodate this man's ascension back into the lead off role for which he is ill equipped?...
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Ballbug (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times : Dodgers' Kershaw to be recalled and start tonight — The top pitching prospect is expected to stay in the majors for the rest of the season, Manager Joe Torre says. He had two wins for double-A Jacksonville after being sent down July 2. — DENVER — Top pitching prospect Clayton Kershaw …
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Baseball Toaster (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Out since June 29, Juan Pierre is reportedly about 10 days away from a rehab assignment, which I would guess would be short. And then, Joe Torre will have four outfielders for three spots again, Delwyn Young notwithstanding.
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Dodgers manager Joe Torre pledged to play young third baseman Andy LaRoche in all three games of the current series against the Rockies. Tony Jackson of the L.A. Daily News wonders whether the Dodgers are showcasing him. Or, the Dodgers may just want to see if he can win the starting gig. LaRoche, 24, began the season on the DL with a torn thumb ligament. He then hit .277/.444/.420 in 38 Triple A games....
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Ballbug (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com : Dodgers sign utilityman Ozuna — Torre says veteran's versatility is ‘safety net’ at three positions — PHOENIX — Having expanded their deadline search to include a third baseman and with manager Joe Torre saying he expects the club to be “active” in the coming 10 days …
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Dodger Thoughts (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
The debate over Blake DeWitt and Andy LaRoche has reached nauseating, intractable, Pierresque levels, with the two sides making no impact on each other. So the only thing I'll pass along is Joe Torre's rationale for his admitted preference for DeWitt, as told to Diamond Leung of the Press-Enterprise:
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Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Bullpen misuse was the biggest issue Joe Torre’s detractors pointed to in his final seasons with the New York Yankees. Torre, as was always well-documented, tended to find a couple of ‘trusted’ relievers and go to them time and again at the exclusion of other pitchers. Everyone, including the pitchers involved, knew if they were trusted [...]
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
The Dodgers are in a bind with closer Takashi Saito sidelined. Joe Torre's way out of the jam could be found in several sources.
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Not sure how many other chances the Dodgers will get to succeed within those specific parameters, but at any rate, Donnie Baseball's first day and Joe Torre's big 6-8 were nothing short of a smashing success. Literally smashing, as the...
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Joe Torre says the hard-throwing right-hander will replace injured Takashi Saito in the key bullpen role, but the manager adds that others will be used in ninth-inning save situations too. PHOENIX -- Groomed over the last two seasons to one day take over as the Dodgers' closer, Jonathan Broxton was named by Manager Joe Torre on Friday as the replacement for the injured Takashi Saito .
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Some housekeeping, as the Dodgers have given away an early 3-0 lead and now trail 4-3 heading into the top of the second: Chan Ho Park will return to the bullpen, where Joe Torre indicates he's likely to get a...
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Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
He'd look good animated. Photo: Getty Images New York Yankees skipper Joe Torre will soon get a job offer from the guys behind Fox’s forthcoming Family Guy spinoff, The Cleveland Show . “We wrote Joe Torre into the pilot script — he doesn’t know this yet,” executive producer Rich Appel told a Daily Intel spy in Los Angeles this week. “In the pilot, Cleveland Brown [a neighbor of the Griffin family]...
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6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double pl (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Dodgers closer Takashi Saito will be out at least six weeks with an elbow sprain , according to the AP. Jonathan Broxton will assume closing duties until further notice , according to Joe Torre. (Also in the Times .)
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National Lampoon Splog! (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
In the last 52 years, the player with the most double plays grounded into during a single game is Joe Torre. He grounded into 4 double plays on July 21st 1975 against the Houston Astros.
