As long as Steve Finley and Brad Penny stay put, I still would have given up Mota and Lo Duca.
Finley wasn't part of that deal though, otherwise most Dodger fans wouldn't have quite such a gripe over it. The Finley deal went down at the exact same time though, in a 3 team swap, where we gave Dave Roberts to the Yanks (or Sox, can't remember now), got Finley from the D'backs, and I can't remember who they got. But not part of the LoDuca trade. We got Penny, HeeSop Choi (Korean first baseman, who's sucked), and some other random dude I can't remember now.
But yeah, Finley's been great, and a healthy Penny (next year) would still make an excellent addition to the staff. Surprisingly, our bullpen's ERA has actually DROPPED since we got rid of Mota in that trade. Weird. Must've just been because Driefort got injured and stopped blowing all the 8th inning holds in Mota's place.
Helluva stretch run here, and the Dodgers have thankfully turned things back up a notch, knocking the hated ones in 2 of 3 over the weekend, to boost our lead back to 2 1/2 over them. Couple more wins against the Rockies and a Giant loss or two, and hopefully we can put this thing to bed!
Angels have been even more nail biting of late, but pulled out 2 of 3 against the A's, to pull to within 1 game of the Division lead, with 3 more to go against the A's in Oakland to close out the season this weekend. But fortunately the A's have been sucking much ass the past month, and allowing the Angels to stick around. Gonna be a serious nail biter, but hopefully the Angels squeek in there!
You guys see that the Angels just suspended our 2nd best hitter, Jose Guillen, for the rest of the season (including playoffs) after he got pissed off at being pulled for a pinch runner on Saturday?! Damn. Ballsy move by the Halos. Most folks are still wondering if there was some further action going down in the clubhouse after the game between Scioscia and Guillen that prompted the suspension. 'Cause a measely little facial gesture sure ain't worth it in most people's opinions. But at least Glaus is looking healthy again, and swinging the bat better now, so he should be a more than suitable replacement for Guillen's stick. Sucks that we lost Adam Kennedy for the rest of the season to an injury a few weeks ago too. That definitely hurts. As a matter of fact, we just gave up a run to Texas on an error by his replacement at second. Tied 1-1 right now...
Gonna be one helluva stretch run, that's for sure. Go SoCal!!!
