NLDS Dodgers vs. Cubs
Right up front…not a Dodgers fan…SF Giants blood in me won’t let me root for them at all. But I am looking forward to this series. Too many good story lines…like this one, after 118 years and 2,023 games between the two clubs, they have never meet in the playoffs. The two teams first played each other in May 29, 1890 in Brooklyn.
Zambrano after his last two starts (13 ER in 6.1 IP) might be a concern. Both teams have a good mixture of young/veteran players. Wondering what the Manny effect will be.
As of now…
@ Chicago Wednesday, Oct. 1 Derek Lowe vs. Ryan Dempster
@ Chicago Thursday, Oct. 2 Chad Billingsley vs. Carlos Zambrano
@ Los Angeles Saturday, Oct. 4 Rich Harden vs. Hiroki Kuroda
Here’s some blurbs from the Gameday Press Pass (yesterdays) about Manny Ramirez.
* Beginning August 1, leads the Majors with a .396 average, 53 RBI, a .489 on-base percentage, and a .743 slugging percentage…his 17 homers in that span are third in the Majors behind Miguel Cabrera and Ryan Howard (18 each)
* The Dodgers are 30-23 since his arrival…is third on the team with 17 home runs
* Joins Carlos Beltran (2004) as the only players in Major League Baseball history to record at least 50 RBI in both leagues in the same season
* Became the first midseason acquisition to hit 14 homers and drive in 40 runs in his first 40 games with a team since the Cubs’ Hank Sauer in 1949
* Is one of just five players to hit at least 15 homers in both leagues during the same season…has 24 RBI in his last 20 games
Today’s preview in Sporting News Today.
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