DODGERS NOTEBOOK: GREEN ISN'T PROBLEM JOHNSON PUTS BLAME FOR SEASON ELSEWHERE.Byline: Steve Dilbeck Staff Writer For years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time big problem with the Dodgers lineup was supposedly the lack of a key left-handed bat in the middle of their lineup. Then the last offseason, the Dodgers traded for left-handed hitting outfielder 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. and signed him to a six-year, $84-million deal. But if you suspect the team's disappointing performance this season means the left-handed bat theory was all wrong - or at least that Green was the wrong one - Dodgers manager Davey Johnson ``In my estimation, we've scored enough runs to win,'' Johnson said. ``Where the difference in being able to win is, we've made too many mistakes defensively - younger guys and guys out of position. Then the starting pitching - the fourth and fifth spots. That's been the difference.'' The Dodgers are fifth in the National League in runs, sixth in total bases and fourth in home runs. ``We're not perfect, but we're moving in the right direction,'' Johnson said. The Dodgers lead all of baseball with 133 errors. --It was a G'day: After earning his first major-league win on Sunday, rookie right-hander Luke Prokopec Kenneth Luke Prokopec (Born February 23, 1978) is an Australian-born, right-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays. said he had been unable to speak to his parents - who are on ``holiday'' - or most friends back in Australia because of the time difference that the Olympics suddenly have made so clear. ``But I'm sure they've heard from my brother-in-law, who listens to the game on the Internet,'' he said. Prokopec said the only one he'd spoken to back home since the game was Brad Thomas Brad Thomas (born October 22, 1977 in Sydney, Australia) is a Major League Baseball player who currently plays foe the Seattle Mariners AAA-affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers. He is a pitcher. , a pitcher in the Twins origanization, who started for Australia against South Korea. --Lawsuit to be filed: The criminal trial for Charles Carlin car·line or car·lin n. Scots A woman, especially an old one. [Middle English kerling, from Old Norse, from karl, man.] , one of the three spectators arrested May 16 during the Wrigley Field For the former ballpark in Los Angeles, see . • • [ fight involving the Dodgers, was continued by a Chicago judge Monday with the trial now set for Nov. 8. Carlin was charged with disorderly conduct disorderly conduct Conduct likely to lead to a disturbance of the public peace or that offends public decency. It has been held to include the use of obscene language in public, fighting in a public place, blocking public ways, and making threats. . Regardless of the outcome of the criminal case, Carlin's attorney, Paul Wharton, said he would file a civil suit against the Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and the 19 members of the organization originally suspended by baseball stemming from the fight. Dodgers expected to be named in the civil suit are coaches John Shelby, Glenn Hoffman and Rick Dempsey and players Gary Sheffield, Chad Kreuter, Shawn Green, Carlos Perez, Mike Fetters, F.P. Santangelo, Geronimo Berroa, Todd Hundley, Eric Karros, Eric Gagne, Darren Dreifort, Alan Mills (since traded to Baltimore), Onan Masaoka, Chan Ho Park, Antonio Osuna and Terry Adams. |
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