DODGERS NOTEBOOK: DODGERS RE-SIGN UTILITY PLAYER RAMON MARTINEZ.Byline: TONY JACKSON
Anthony (Antonio) Jackson, best known as Tony Jackson Staff Writer The Dodgers made their first notable move of the offseason on Tuesday, re-signing free-agent utilityman Ramon Martinez Ramon Martinez is the name of several people:
Martinez, 34, was a valuable role player in his first season with the Dodgers, beginning when he made the club out of spring training as a non-roster invitee A non-roster invitee in baseball, also known as a NRI, is a player invited to participate in a particular Major League team's spring training without having a spot on that team's 40-man roster. and ending when he made the final out of the season on a fly ball to 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 right fielder right fielder n. Baseball The player who defends right field. Noun 1. right fielder - the person who plays right field outfielder - (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield Shawn Green Shawn David Green (born November 10, 1972, in Des Plaines, Illinois) is a 6' 4" left-handed Major League Baseball player. Green is the starting right fielder for the New York Mets.[1] Green was a 1st round draft pick, and has been a two-time major league All-Star. to complete the Mets' three-game Division Series sweep. Martinez started at four different positions and batted .278 -- although that average fell precipitously after the All-Star break, when he was hitting .328. Still, Martinez batted .339 for the season with runners in scoring position In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on and also had a .339 on-base percentage, drawing 15 walks while striking out just 20 times in 176at-bats. ``He was a valuable player who played all over the infield for us,'' Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti Ned Louis Colletti, Jr. is the General Manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Colletti graduated from East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, Illinois and Northern Illinois University. Colletti began his Major League Career in 1982 with the Chicago Cubs. said. ``He came up with a lot of big hits for us.'' Martinez's biggest hit came on Aug. 29, a 16th-inning walkoff homer against Cincinnati that helped the Dodgers sweep their six-game season series with the Reds. Office moves: Dodgers scouting director Logan White, the man whose staff has been primarily responsible for stacking the club's minor-league system with so many prized prospects over the past five years, was promoted to assistant general manager in charge of scouting. Tim Hallgren, who had served as White's national crosschecker, is the new scouting director, but White still will have input into the annual two-day amateur draft. ``I'll still oversee it, but I'm still going to give Timmy the opportunity to run the scouting department,'' White said. ``He needs to have that opportunity like I did. The reason I think I have done a decent job is because I had good scouts Good Scouts (1938) is a Donald Duck cartoon which features Donald as the leader of Huey, Dewey, and Louie's scout troop. The cartoon begins with Donald and his nephews hiking in the great outdoors in Yellowstone National Park. and good people who made it possible for me to do well. I will still see 40-50 players throughout the year, the top- end guys. Timmy and I work well together, and our philosophies won't change any.'' White also will oversee the club's international scouting operations. Meanwhile, professional scout Vance Lovelace was promoted to special assistant to the GM less than a year after he was ready to accept an offer to join Tampa Bay's scouting staff. That ended when Colletti, who was attending a college hockey game in Oxford, Ohio, and talking to Lovelace by cell phone, talked him into staying with the Dodgers. Toney Howell, formerly a pro scout for Milwaukee, also was hired as a special assistant to Colletti. And Chris Haydock was promoted to assistant player development director. tony.jackson@dailynews.com (818) 713-3675 |
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