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Juan Nicasio superó a GreinkeRigo Cervantez Yasiel Puig fue limitado a un turno al bat como emergente, Carl Crawford tuvo la noche libre, Andre Ethier se espera que se una al equipo hasta el lunes y Matt Kemp fue borrado de la alineación de último minuto, por ello los Dodgers de Los Ángeles carecieron de punch y fueron blanqueados por los Rockies de Colorado, 1-0, este sábado, frente al vigésimo octavo lleno total de Dodger Stadium en la temporada, con 52 mil 279 en la casa. Molestias en el tobillo izquierdo hicieron que el jardinero central Matt Kemp fuera retirado de la alineación, de última hora "como medida precautoria," aseguró el timonel de los Dodgers, Don Mattingly, quien aseguró que no se trata de algo grave. "Él hizo todo el trabajo previo al juego, incluyendo la práctica de bateo, con normalidad, sin sentir molestia alguna, pero cinco minutos antes de iniciar el encuentro, dijo que sentía algún problema al intentar relajarse, por lo que decidimos no arriesgarlo," detalló Mattingly. - ¿Sientes que podrás jugar mañana?- se le preguntó al jugador-. "Vamos a ver," dijo, simplemente Mat Kemp al abandonar apresuradamente el vestuario del equipo. Yasiel Puig, por su parte, había sido descartado para intervenir en el duelo, desde temprano, el sábado, debido al pelotazo que sufriera en su pie izquierdo, la noche anterior, que parece, tampoco es de gravedad. "Cuando Yasiel se enteró que Matt Kemp no iba a jugar, rogaba que lo incluyéramos en su lugar, pero decidimos que no era conveniente," indicó Mattingly, hablando de Puig, quien, adelantó, jugará este domingo, en el último de la serie frente a los de Colorado. Incluso, el guardabosques cubano salió a batear como emergente, en la séptima entrada y se ponchó. Irónicamente, mientras en algún momento de la temporada, Don Mattingly hacía malabares con la posibilidad de contar hasta con cuatro jardineros estelares para cubrir tres puestos, en este juego, no pudo contar con ninguno de ellos: Andre Ethie, Carl Crawford, Matt Kemp y Yasiel Puig. ZACK GREINKE "Mi idea es tratar de estar listo para los playoffs, realizar lo mejor de mis lanzamientos," aseguró el derecho Zack Greinke (15-4), quien trabajó durante seis episodios, permitiendo 4 imparables y una carrera, para terminar siendo derrotado. Luego, el miembro de una pegada de 1-2, junto a Clayton Kershaw, en la que confían los de Chávez Ravine, se refirió a lo que ha sido esta campaña para él: "Pienso que estuve mal, al inicio de la temporada, como todo el equipo. Después, fue una lucha permanente para tratar de mejorar," señaló el nativo de Orlando, Florida. Juán Nicasio (9-9), lanzó 5 entradas y un tercio, y solo le lograron conectar tres imparab, los de Michael Young, Juán Uribe y Hanley Ramírez, se adjudicó la victoria, mientras que Rex Brothers lograba su rescate número 18 en la temporada. LA UNICA ANOTACION La combinación de dos batazos de dos esquinas en el inicio del cuarto capítulo produjo la primera y única anotación de la noche y fue a la cuenta de los Rockies, por cortesía de un doble disparado por Troy Tulowitzki, una línea que pasó silbando, por el rumbo de la tercera base, para que luego el parador en corto se fuera hasta la registradora, con el batazo de dos bases de Nolan Arenado, hacia el jardín izquierdo central. DODGERSSCRIBE.COM Kemp’s ankle flareup isn’t serious, but …By Tony Jackson No one seemed all that concerned about Matt Kemp‘s left ankle after the game tonight, including Kemp himself, who stopped on the way out of the clubhouse to pose for a photo with a fan who was waiting outside the door and flashed that familiar smile that kind of told you there was nothing seriously wrong. He had been scratched from the lineup just before game time because the ankle just never quite got loose during batting practice, and manager Don Mattingly said Kemp isn’t likely to play in tomorrow’s regular season finale, either, just as a precaution with the playoffs coming up. In a weird way, though, Kemp’s latest issue with an ankle that landed him on the disabled list in July — a stint that wound up lasting almost two months because he felt tightness in his right hamstring during what were supposed to be the final days of rehabbing the ankle — seemed to underscore the fact that these Dodgers might have become alarmingly vulnerable at the worst possible time. Andre Ethier already is questionable for the National League Division Series roster with his own ankle problem, which he is trying to work through now in the Arizona Instructional League. Mattingly still has to be extra careful with Hanley Ramirez, although after playing him sporadically since the Dodgers clinched the division title more than a week ago, Mattingly has vowed that Ramirez will be in there every day during the postseason — unless, of course, another injury gets in the way of that plan. And Mattingly admitted after the game that Kemp probably won’t be able to run full strength at any point the rest of the way, however long that ends up being. Oh, and Yasiel Puig fouled a ball off his foot last night and wasn’t in the lineup tonight, although he did pinch hit and is expected to start tomorrow. In a way, it’s like being out in the desert on bald tires, the nearest towns 100 miles behind you and 100 miles ahead, and you’re just hoping you can make it to civilization before one of those tires blows out. The Dodgers are hoping their playoff run lasts a while, and three of their most important offensive players are dealing with physical issues of varying degrees while everyone in the organization crosses their fingers and holds their breath in hopes that those players can make it all the way to the end of that run without something else happening to them. By my quick count from just going down the list, the Dodgers enter the final day of the season with an exact total of 1,100 games missed by guys on the disabled list this year — and that doesn’t count the guys who missed games with little injuries that weren’t serious enough to put them on the DL, or guys who would’ve gone on the DL if their injuries hadn’t happened after Sept. 1, when the Dodgers had extra players already on hand to pick up the slack. As magical as this season has been for the Dodgers, it also has been a snakebitten one. Those injuries probably were THE reason the Dodgers got off to such a slow start, and they have been the biggest hurdle the team has had to overcome as it turned that season around and marched toward the playoffs. Those playoffs are looming now, less than a week away. And if we know nothing else about how it’s going to go when the Dodgers finally get there, we at least know this: the Dodgers can’t really afford to lose any of their key players in the postseason. It’s not necessarily a death knell if an injury does occur — we all know what happened after Kirk Gibson got hurt in Game 5 of the 1988 National League Championship Series — but it will create another uphill climb for a team that spent much of the summer doing exactly that, climbing uphill. So go ahead and get excited about the fact that the Dodgers are about to play either the St. Louis Cardinals or the Atlanta Braves in the playoffs. But as you’re doing that, don’t forget to cross your fingers and hold your breath, as well. Because right now, the Dodgers are in the desert, and there isn’t a tire shop around anywhere. Rockies 1, Dodgers 0By Tony Jackson Zack Greinke was once again solid in his final regular-season start for the Dodgers, but a lack of run support brought an end to the veteran right-hander’s 11-start unbeaten streak. Greinke gave up four hits and didn’t walk a batter while striking out seven over six strong innings, but he gave up the only run of the game when Troy Tulowitzki‘s one-out double in the fourth was followed by Nolan Arenado‘s two-out double. Greinke hadn’t lost since July 25 against Cincinnati. Greinke finished the season 15-4 with a 2.63 ERA. He will get the ball on Friday for Game 2 of the Dodgers’ National League Division Series, which now will be in Atlanta unless the Braves defeat the Phillies tomorrow AND the Cardinals los to the Cubs. The Dodgers (92-69), meanwhile, were completely shut down by the Rockies’ Juan Nicasio and a parade of relievers. Spring training comes to late SeptemberBy Tony Jackson One of my favorite stand-up comedians, Jim Norton, stopped by today to film one of his field bits for The Tonight Show. He’s the bald guy in the jersey seen here. He interviewed several Dodgers players for a segment that will air on Tuesday night. Got to meet him and chat with him for a couple of minutes. Very nice guy. If you’re not familiar with him, here is a sampling. He uses a lot of self-deprecation in his routines, and he also is an absolute master at using his rather odd appearance and facial expressions to heighten the comedic effect. What also took place on the field before the game today were a lot of drills. I’m talking spring-training type drills. Which kind of makes sense when you consider that these final two games mean absolutely nothing now, there are some guys who have been added SINCE spring training, and if spring training is about getting ready for the games that count, this weekend is kind of like spring training for the games that REALLY count. One of the things they worked on was pickoff moves to second base. “Just some stuff we wanted to go over,” Don Mattingly said. “You can’t get to everything in one day in a workout scenario, so we just talked about some things we haven’t really done since spring training. We have some new guys around the infield like Michael (Young), and we just wanted to make sure everybody is on the same page.” Moved into the dining room to work before the game just because when it’s hot outside, the press box traps heat like a greenhouse. As I was sitting here writing, Tracy Ringolsby, the Hall of Fame baseball writer who covers the Rockies and who taught me everything I know about covering this game when I worked alongside him at the old Rocky Mountain News in the late 1990s, was standing nearby having a conversation with Dodger Stadium organist Nancy Bea Hefley. They were talking about, of all things, Wyoming. Tracy very proudly lives in Cheyenne, and Nancy has a daughter who used to live in Meeteetse (it’s pronounced Muh-TEET-see), which, according to the 2010 census, has a population of 327. If you have never been to Wyoming, I can tell you from experience that there is Cheyenne, there is Casper — hometown of former Dodgers outfielder Mike Devereaux and former Reds pitcher Tom Browning, who famously perfect-gamed the Dodgers in 1988, and the town where the Orange County Register’s Bill Plunkett once briefly worked as sports editor of the local daily — and there is Laramie, home of a university. Other than that, there are a lot of people who don’t live anywhere near any other people, and there are a lot of cows. So Nancy happened to mention that while driving to visit her daughter once, she drove through a town, the name of which she couldn’t recall, that had a posted population of TWO. Well, Tracy one-upped her on that. Referring to the town of Buford, which sits on I-80 between Cheyenne and Laramie, he said, “It has a population of one. The guy’s wife died.” Decisions, decisions … but all in good timeBy Tony Jackson Don Mattingly said the first discussion he had with general manager Ned Colletti about the postseason roster didn’t take place until TODAY. And it was clearly the first of many, because the roster doesn’t have to be set until 10 a.m. Thursday morning, and that’s 10 a.m. in the time zone of whatever city that day’s National League Division Series opener is held in — i.e., 10 a.m. Eastern time if it’s Atlanta, Central time if it’s St. Louis. And the usual way of the Dodgers is to use every minute of that allotted time. So when the team charter flight leaves on Tuesday afternoon headed east, there will be a lot of guys on it who WON’T be on the NLDS roster and won’t know it yet — although Mattingly said even if cuts were made BEFORE the flight, a lot of the guys who didn’t make it still would be taken along. Keep in mind that if a player is injured DURING the series, he still can be replaced mid-series by somebody who didn’t make the roster. So it’s obviously a good idea to keep some of those guys around and handy. Mattingly said whether the Dodgers play the Braves or the Cardinals also could have some bearing on who makes the roster. But as he has done from the moment he started getting questions on this subject — and that moment was WAY before the Dodgers actually clinched the division title — Mattingly steadfastly refused to offer even the slightest hint into what he and Colletti are thinking in terms of roster spots. I asked about the possibility of a three-man rotation — which, with two off-days, still would mean only one game in which a pitcher would have to go on short rest (that would be Clayton Kershaw in a possible Game 4). “That isn’t something we have talked about,” Mattingly said. “(But) everything is on the table, I think, when you’re talking about the playoffs.” The guess here is the three-man or four-man decision won’t be completely locked in until after the series has started, and maybe not even until after Game 3. MLB.COM Dodgers' starters rested and ready for playoffs By Tracy Ringolsby As if becoming only the fourth team to rally from last place on July 1 or later and advance to the postseason wasn't eye-opening enough, the Los Angeles Dodgers ran away with the National League West, giving them the final days of the regular season to get their starting rotation adjusted for the playoffs. And it is the rotation that will be key to the Dodgers in October. St. Louis' rotation has been dominant in September -- going 13-5 with a 2.50 ERA heading into Saturday's action -- but St. Louis didn't clinch the NL Central until Friday, meaning it didn't get a chance to provide extra rest. The Dodgers, meanwhile, have been juggling their rotation for two weeks. Clayton Kershaw, who started Friday's 11-0 victory against the Rockies, and Zack Greinke, who was scheduled to start Saturday, each had an extra day of rest prior to their final outing of the regular season. They both also will have a fifth day off before making their NL Division Series debuts -- Kershaw in Game 1 on Thursday and Greinke is Game 2 on Friday. Kershaw also had an extra three days off prior to his penultimate start of the regular season. Hyun-Jin Ryu will work on normal rest in the season finale on Sunday, but he will then have six days off before Game 3, which will be at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 6. Kershaw was 2-1 with a 1.33 ERA in his past four starts, working 13 shutout innings in the final two. Greinke went into Saturday with a 7-0 record and 1.49 ERA his previous 10 starts. Ryu goes into Sunday at 2-2 with a 2.30 ERA his past four starts, and he has allowed three runs in 15 innings the past two. The Dodgers, who have the third best record among NL division champions, know they will open on the road, but they don't know if they'll begin in Atlanta or St. Louis. Kershaw has been solid on the road (8-3, 2.14 ERA), but he did not pitch against Atlanta this season, and he was 0-2 with a 4.15 ERA against St. Louis. Greinke was 7-2 with a 3.21 ERA on the road. He won his one start each against Atlanta and St. Louis, working seven shutout innings against the Braves. Ryu will make his postseason debut at Dodger Stadium, where he has gone 7-3 with a 2.23 ERA in his rookie season. The Dodgers joined the 1914 Boston Braves, '73 New York Mets and '95 Seattle Mariners as teams to rally from being in last place July 1 or later to finish in first place. Aged success Rockies right fielder Michael Cuddyer is making a strong push to win the NL batting title. He went into Saturday having hit .397 in September, and with a league-leading .333 season average that is nine points ahead of Atlanta's Chris Johnson of Atlanta, who ranks second. Cuddyer will be 34 years, six months and two days old Sunday. Only five players older than Cuddyer have won the NL batting title since division play began in 1969. Barry Bonds did it twice, including in 2004, at the age of 39 years, two months and nine days, and Tony Gwynn three times, including 1997, at the age of 37 years, four months and 19 days. Others who were older include Chipper Jones in 2008 (36 years, five months and four days), Al Oliver in 1983 (35 years, 11 months and 19 days), and Larry Walker in 2001 (34 years, 10 months and seven days). Managerial merry-go-round There are five managers at the end of their guaranteed deals, including Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, who does have an option for 2014, and Tigers manager Jim Leyland. Both are more focused on managing in the postseason than their contract situations. And then there are Ned Yost in Kansas City, Ron Gardenhire in Minnesota and Joe Girardi with the Yankees, whose long-term ties to the Cubs and Chicago have created speculation he could be of interest to the Cubs. Already settled are the futures of Ryne Sanderg, who signed a three-year deal with the Phillies, and Terry Collins, who will receive a two-year extension from the Mets, according to reports that surfaced Saturday. Rockies owner Dick Monfort said he wants manager Walt Weiss back, and Weiss said he wants to return. Nationals manager Davey Johnson made it clear before the season that he would retire after this year, and Seattle manager Eric Wedge announced Friday that he won't be back in 2014. Quickly • There have been 240 extra-inning games this season, three more than the previous Major League record, set in 2011. Arizona leads the majors with 25 (17-8) and has played a record 81 total extra innings -- 11 more the previous record set by the 1969 Minnesota Twins. • The Cardinals are the fifth Major League franchise with at least 30 90-win seasons since 1900. The Yankees have had 60, followed by the Giants (42) and Dodgers (34), and tied with the A's. • The Padres' more hitter-friendly realignment of Petco Park resulted in 146 home runs this year, second most in the nine-year existence of the park. There were 157 home runs in 2006. The Padres hit 66 homers this season, 19 more than a year ago, and Will Venable hit 15 of his 22 home runs at home
The Pirates hosted their first four postseason games at Exposition Park during the 1903 World Series. They played 13 playoff games from 1909-60 at Forbes Field, and 26 games at Three Rivers Stadium. The original Yankee Stadium holds the record with 161 postseason games, including 100 World Series games. Among current facilities, Fenway Park is the leader with 68 postseason games, followed by Dodger Stadium (55), the O.co Coliseum (54), Turner Field (36) and Progressive Field (34), each of which could add to their totals this season. The Red Sox, Dodgers, A's and Braves won division titles, and the Indians are battling Tampa Bay and Texas to host the American League Wild Card Game. Directory: documents documents -> Concept stage documents -> Concept stage documents -> The great global switch-off documents -> Nonprofit grant application documents -> The Truth about the Rwandan Genocide documents -> Annual InStructional unit plan documents -> Chaos equipment included Download 276.95 Kb. Share with your friends:
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