Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 25, 2008
Almost In

The Dodgers clinched a tie for the NL West as the Diamondback fell to the Cardinals 4-2 and the Dodgers defeated the Padres 12-4. The Boston connection was in full swing again as Manny Ramirez and Nomar Garciaparra both homered and drove in two runs. Three other Dodgers drove in two runs as the whole team let loose on San Diego's pitching.

I'm still a bit shocked at the fall of the Diamondbacks. This was a young team that should have improved. In April, it certainly looked like that happened. With the addition of Dan Haren, the offense didn't need to be great, just better. They scored 5.9 runs per game in April, but are finishing the season at 4.4 runs per game for the year. They kept drawing walks, but the hits stopped coming, and the power waned. Adam Dunn just wasn't enough to save the offense. Ned Colletti out-maneuvered Josh Byrnes.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:36 AM | Division Races | TrackBack (0)
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Here's the BIG difference in the D'backs offense. Last year they ranked 10th (1,111) in the league in strikeouts. This year, they rank 2! They've already struckout 1,252 times and the season ain't over yet. That's probably been killin' some rallies and probably killin' them mentally

Posted by: Devon Young at September 25, 2008 09:32 AM

that is sort of like Nick Punto out playing Alex Rodriguez.

Posted by: RollingWave at September 25, 2008 10:02 AM

Too many no contact guys - Drew and Young low OBP guys at the top of the order - Dunn cost himself a fortune by not performing down the stretch. Reynolds 34 E's at 3B - Lyons as closer - not good enough.

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Posted by: Ebony at September 26, 2008 12:49 AM
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