DODGERS NOTEBOOK: BEIMEL DOING HIS JOB.Byline: TONY JACKSON
Anthony (Antonio) Jackson, best known as Tony Jackson Staff Writer NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Despite a shaggy mane that extends several inches below his cap and a uniform number (97) that looks like a leftover from spring training, Joe Beimel Joseph Ronald Beimel (born April 19, 1977) is a relief pitcher for the Major League Baseball Los Angeles Dodgers. High school/college years Beimel attended St. Marys Area High School and was a letterman in football, wrestling, basketball, and baseball. doesn't stand out much. His has the typical low profile of a middle reliever, the kind of guy you only notice when he coughs up a lead in the late innings or lets a close game get away. On Saturday, in the Dodgers' 3-2 loss to the New York Mets
With the Dodgers trailing by a run, Beimel entered to begin the seventh inning and would have retired the Mets in order on three ground balls if second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Jeff Kent Jeffrey Franklin Kent (born March 7, 1968 in Bellflower, California) is a Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and a former MVP winner. Early career hadn't botched botch tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es 1. To ruin through clumsiness. 2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle. 3. To repair or mend clumsily. n. 1. the last one. Beimel got around it by picking off Lastings Milledge Lastings Darnell Milledge (born April 5, 1985) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the New York Mets as well as a rapper. He was the youngest player in the National League during the 2006 season.[1] Early life Milledge was born in Bradenton, Florida. . In the eighth, Beimel gave up a leadoff double to Jose Reyes on a catchable ball that was badly misjudged by center fielder Kenny Lofton. Reyes stole third with one out, but after intentionally walking the switch- hitting Carlos Beltran, Beimel got the lefty-hitting Carlos Delgado to ground into an inning-ending double play. Beimel has been scored upon in just three of his 15 appearances since Aug. 1, during which time he has a 3.24 ERA. ``He has been very consistent for us, despite having to carry more of the workload than he deserves to have to carry,'' Dodgers manager Grady Little said. ``He can give us multiple innings whenever we need them, and most of the time, he keeps the ball on the ground and pitches to contact.'' Beimel has made 52 appearances spanning 60 2/3 innings and has a 3.26 ERA. Throughout his career, he has been primarily a situational lefty who has often faced only one or two batters a game. This year, Little, who loves relievers who can go more than an inning at a time, has used Beimel in a variety of ways. ``It's always nice to fall into a role and know when you're going to pitch,'' Beimel said. ``But we have three guys already in those roles in (setup men) Brett Tomko, Jonathan Broxton and (closer) Takashi Saito. It has been kind of a weird year ... but it has been fun for me because I never know what I'm going to do that day or what the situation is going to be.'' Pregame meeting: Little met privately with the team before the game. Afterward, he wouldn't reveal much of what the meeting was about. ``When we started the season, we felt like we needed to have little meetings with the ballclub,'' Little said. ``This was just a lot of reassuring different things, because you see only 13 people in that room who were in that room when we started this thing.'' |
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