DODGERS NOTEBOOK: KARROS AGREES WITH BONILLA AND DISPARAGES DH DUTY AS BIG BORE.Byline: Matt McHale Daily News Staff Writer Eric Karros n. Baseball Abbr. DH A player designated at the start of a game to bat instead of the pitcher in the lineup. Noun 1. . Then he learned how much he disliked the new role. ``It's awful; there is nothing to do,'' said Karros, who returned to first base Sunday and hit a home run in the Dodgers 7-1 victory over the Mariners. ``Bobby Bonilla Bonilla became infamous in Baltimore two years ago when his hatred for the DH became front-page news. He said he needed to play the field to stay in the game. Karros agrees. ``The two days just hitting were great for my knee,'' said Karros, who missed the Dodgers' first 22 games after knee surgery. ``I guess later on in my career I might learn to like it. I didn't have to make quick turns at first that cause the knee to swell. But you have to be in there. You have to be part of the whole game.'' Paul Konerko Paul Henry Konerko (born March 5, 1976 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a first baseman in Major League Baseball with the Chicago White Sox. He previously played with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1997-98) and Cincinnati Reds (1998). , who hit his first major-league homer Saturday, was the DH Sunday and had a bases-clearing double in the Dodgers' five-run sixth. Bonilla back? Bonilla, who missed two games with the flu and has a .205 batting average batting average n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. since joining the team, should be back tonight. Dodgers manager Bill Russell Noun 1. Bill Russell - United States basketball center (born in 1934) William Felton Russell, Russell doesn't like to change lineups after winning, but expect Konerko to play left. ``I'm much better,'' Bonilla said. ``I was really out of it for a couple of days. I didn't think I'd ever get out of that hotel room.'' Quick hits: Ken Griffey Ken Griffey may refer to:
One of the two associations of professional baseball teams in the U.S. and Canada designated as major leagues; the other is the National League (NL). . . . . The Dodgers have won 11 straight when getting 10 or more hits. . . . Second baseman Alex Cora made his major-league debut Sunday and took a called third strike in his only at-bat. Cora, the brother of Mariners second baseman Joey Cora, was called up when Todd Hollandsworth went on the DL (shoulder surgery). He took over at second base for Eric Young and made a heady double play in the eighth, letting Glenallen Hill's soft liner drop, tagging Dan Wilson then throwing on to first. . . . Mariners starter Jamie Moyer was supported by an average of 7.2 runs per game last season when he finished 17-5. This year he is getting 2.3 runs per game and is 3-6. OAKLAND vs. DODGERS Time: 7:05 p.m., at Dodger Stadium. TV/Radio: Fox Sports West 2, 1150-AM, KWKW 1330-AM, (Spanish). Matchups: In the first of three games with the A's, Ramon Martinez (7-2, 2.70) faces right-hander Blake Stein (1-3, 6.14). Martinez defeated St. Louis 7-4 last Wednesday to win his fifth straight decision. Stein came over from St. Louis last July in the Mark McGwire trade. Matchups for the rest of the series: Tuesday (7:05 p.m., FSW FSW Friction Stir Welding FSW Flight Software FSW Full Spectrum Warrior (video game) FSW Family Support Worker FSW Female Sex Worker FSW Fox Sports World (cable TV channel) 2) - Chan Ho Park (4-3, 4.78) vs. right-hander Jimmy Haynes (4-2, 4.38). Wednesday (7:35 p.m., FSW2) - Ismael Valdes (4-7, 5.18) vs. left-hander Kenny Rogers (6-2, 3.43). The Dodgers miss their former teammate Tom Candiotti, who left Sunday's game with a strained lower back. --- Matt McHale CAPTION(S): Box BOX: OAKLAND vs. DODGERS (see text) |
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