So far on TQ...VIG we've only focused on the major off-season issues facing the squad (i.e. the major trade talks and the inexplicable character assasination of Matt Kemp).
At this time we have no back-up catcher. Clearly, R-Mart is a baller and the best catcher in the NL (silver slugger + gold glove = best player at that position). However, I think Torre might be more keen to give the back-up a few more starts this season. Martin performed well throughout the year, but he did appear behind the plate in 145 games last year. Torre will probably get that number down a bit and hopefully DH Martin in nearly all inter-league games. Therefore, out back-up might be a little more important this year.
Among the free-agent catchers (that I've ever heard of) currently available are the following: Rod Barajas, Mike Defelice, Sal Fasano, Mike Leiberthal, Paul Lo Duca, Damian Miller, Doug Mirabelli, Josh Paul, and Yorvitt Torrealba. Quite a list of dog shit.
I would love to bring back Paul Lo Duca, but I think he'll want much more playing time than we'll be able to offer him. However, if he was interested the price is reasonable (he's been rumored to be going to TOR for $3MM on a 1 year deal). This would also make sense of all the Lo Duca jerseys still see in the stands and give us a "gritty veteran" presence allowing certain local sportswriters to shut the fuck up!!! Landing a gritty verteran for a position that will rarely see the light of day might decrease the chance of a worthless geriatric taking up time from Kemp, Ethier, or other sweet barely-legal ballers. Also, we all used to love Paul Lo Duca. If you have the time, check out his stats from 2001. His OPS was over .915 (pretty sure Shawn Green was injecting his buttocks w/ pimp juice and Manishevitz).
I would also be OK resigning Leiberthal considering the other dogshit that's out there. He doesn't bitch about playing time...and he should get a little more. He handles the staff and can even get a knock now and again. Better than Sal Fasano, right? He looks like Clew Heywood, but he sure as fuck doesn't hit like him.
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To be fair to Fasano, nobody hits like Clew Haywood. He is probably the most intimidating fictional hitter in baseball history except for maybe Kelly Leak in the Bad News Bears (Roy Hobbs was a pussy). That bomb he hit off of Rick Vaughn was EPIC! Too high! Too high!
That list of free agent backstops is quite the bag of old lady vaginas (pretty much dried up and useless). Out of the group LoDuca would definitely be my choice. I know he loved playing for the Dodgers and he was always solid when he was here. Don't know if he can recapture the magic but at worst he's still a solid backup. Don't know that he would come back to take a backup role (might be a pride thing to not want to back up your younger/better replacement) but I wouldn't mind paying him $3 million (hell if somebody takes Pierre and half his salary then it would be free). LoDuca is also durable (400+ AB last 7 years) so he would be capable of taking about 30-35 starts and giving R-Mart a lot more rest.
"All we got on this team are a buncha Jews, spics, niggers, pansies, and a booger eatin' moron"-Tanner Boyle
This is a one-sided bullshit blog. I'd like to hear why Matt Kemp sucks, and why the Dodgers don't have the necessary grit to make it to the postseason. Please balance your posts accordingly. Thanks.
Feel free to try to explain why Matt Kemp sucks. It has been a while since I have seen someone's brain melt while trying to wrap their mind around an impossible proposition. Check the numbers and get back to us when you stop saying shit that is retarded. I would also like to know how "grit" helps a team win championships (I've checked BP thoroughly and have yet to see that quantified in any meaningful way).
This blog is only biased in favor of people who are good at what they do and opposed to people who have contagious AIDS. I can think of at least half a dozen people currently associated with the Dodgers we have criticized vehemently (I believe this is the first site on the web to advocate placing Juan Pierre in a paper sack and lighting him on fire in a ding-dong-ditch escapade).
And I like the posting under the name "anonymous." Way to stick your neck out there. In short, you seem like a smart person so I'm sure you're familiar with the legal term, "SUCK MY DICK!"
Ok. Here is a more two-sided debate on Kemp.
Mr. Falcon: His OPS last year was .894, which is VERY good.
Some Asshole: No it wasn't
Mr. Falcon: Yes it was...I looked it up. It was .894.
Some Asshole: I don't think it was.
Mr. Falcon: Did u think a different stat would indicate that he is NOT good???
Some Asshole: His grit quotient?
Mr. Falcon: [face explodes]
This blog is about Dodgers baseball. It's about the good (Kemp-Loney-Saito-etc) and the bad (Pierre-Kent's Surely Attitude-Colletti).
Sometimes things are just true. By all metrics Matt Kemp has played baseball extremely well since his call-up. Juan Pierre has NOT been good at baseball on the Dodgers.
Evolution happened. Global warming IS happening. To act otherwise and put up a false argument is dishonest special interest bullshit.
At TQ..VIG we will NOT bend to the special interests. We will tell it to you straight. Kemp is rad. Pierre is dogshit. Grit is some intangible thing referencing nothing.
However, any special interests may contact me at kbrooks2@gmail.com. Make me an offer and I will consider compromising anything mentioned above.
The key word on evolution is "happened." Now that Matt Kemp is here we have pretty much peaked as a species and it is all downhill from here (although it will still probably be a while before the fish walk out of the ocean and eat our flesh once we have worn out our usefulness as their slaves).
Also, global warming is merely the result of all the baseballs Kemp has hit into the stratosphere (I'm no scientist but apparently that shit fucks with the weather way more than car emissions). Everything should return to normal once he retires (although I personally have a tendency to get chilly so I'm gonna enjoy these summery temperatures while they last).
One time Matt Kemp went to dinner at Olmedo Saenz' house. Matt was not used to the spicy fair so the next morning he was slightly gassy. The result was Hurricane Katrina.
well done, Sir. Well done.
MLBTR reported today that LoDuca signed a one year deal with the Nationals. So much for that. Also don't know if we've mentioned it but TQ...ViG legend Milton Bradley signed a one year deal with the Rangers for $5 million. I was thinking of posting the Bradley thing on the front page and including a little tribute but I don't want Reed to accuse me of supporting domestic violence (although I'm all about smacking bitches when they get out of line, I think making that the official stance of the blog may be bad for our circulation).
I'm hoping to get Lieberthal back for two reasons. One, so I can continue to sport my squeaky clean number 14 T-shirt jersey and two, because he is so fucking good looking! (Note: this is in direct contrast to the grit factor that Anonymous was enlightening us with.)
That is a little misleading because having more good looking dudes on the team DOES correlate directly with more victories. Why else do you think Brad Penny is so good? That man is a sexy beast!
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