June 07, 2006
Grady Still Doesn't Like to Lift Pitchers
Eric Gagne earned the save despite look of pain as he pitched last night:
Eric Gagne converted his first save in nearly a year on Tuesday night, but the grimace on his face and slow readings of the radar gun told the rest of the story.
Gagne admitted his elbow was "a little sore and stiff" after he put down the Mets in order in the ninth inning of the Dodgers' 8-5 win. Gagne underwent surgery on April 7 to remove a nerve and said he's still not 100 percent two months later, even after a two-game rehabilitation assignment and a one-inning return appearance at Dodger Stadium on Friday night.
He was throwing in the high 80's/low 90's. There should at least be some concern here by the Dodgers.
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I'd like to see Dodgers fans chant, "Take out Pedro!" whenever Little leaves a Dodger pitcher in too long.
I am curious, though, how Little's absurd pitcher-management practices correlate with success (at least, the 2003 Red Sox and 2006 Dodgers so far) - I mean, I still think he's a goddamn fool, but his teams still do well. Very weird...
Was at the game last night and it was just fun to experience the Eric Gagne "Game Over" again. But you never had the feeling he was in command of the moment. While he did put the Mets 4-5-6 hitters (Delgado, Wright and Endy Chavez substituting for the injured - again - Cliff Floyd), he needed a lot of 60 MPH off-speed stuff to get it done. More entertaining was the fact that on 6/6/06, the Dodgers scored 6 runs on 6 hits in the 6th inning and that Pedro threw 66 strikes while giving up 6 ER while working into the 6th inning. Unfortunately #6 Kenny Lofton didn't score the sixth run in the sixth.
