DODGERS NOTEBOOK: L.A. THE PLACE? NOT FOR HUNDLEY.Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer CHICAGO - After living through the mayhem for two seasons, Todd Hundley Todd made his major league debut with the New York Mets on May 18, 1990 when he was only 20 years old. admitted it's comforting being away from the turmoil always engulfing Dodgers. Hundley, who signed a four-year, $23.5 million free-agent contract with the Chicago Cubs in December, said former Dodgers general manager Kevin Malone
Kevin Malone is a fictional character from the US television series, The Office. He is played by Brian Baumgartner. was his own worst enemy and added Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. is an undesirable sports town. ``I'm just glad I'm not a part of it and I don't have to put up with that daily stuff,'' Hundley said Friday before the Cubs' 4-0 win against the Dodgers at Wrigley Field For the former ballpark in Los Angeles, see . • • [ . ``It's just an unfortunate situation, and (Malone) ended up cutting his own throat. It's ridiculous. He didn't know to stop talking. You know, good guy, very competitive guy. You can't blame him for that, but he just didn't know when to be quiet. ``I haven't seen a GM with that many headlines for all the wrong reasons, unfortunately.'' Ironically, Hundley was one of Malone's biggest busts on a player personnel side. After the 1998 season, Malone traded for Hundley, even though he was coming off reconstructive elbow surgery that kept him from catching for two years. Hundley was forced into starting opening day 1999 against Arizona's Randy Johnson
Randall David Johnson (born September 10, 1963), nicknamed "the Big Unit despite having no feeling in two fingers on his throwing hand. But Malone's downfall, as outlined by CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Bob Daly, was his innate ability to say and do controversial things off the field. Hundley said most of Malone's antics gave the players a chuckle, but it became a distraction when Malone and former Dodgers manager Davey Johnson ``Obviously a GM is hands-on, but not that hands-on,'' Hundley said. ``That's the difference (with) GMs, they delegate power and they let the manager do stuff. He didn't. He just wanted to answer everything. You have to let Davey do his thing and let him run his team and do it the way he's going to do it. ``It just wasn't like that. Every day it was something new in the paper. Davey had to put up with different stuff every day. I just know it was tough for Davey, and I like Davey. I had no problem with Davey at all.'' The Dodgers severed ties with Hundley in December when they didn't tender him a contract. He signed with Chicago, where his father, Randy, played, and where Todd grew up. He batted .245 with 48 homers and 125 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in in two seasons in Los Angeles but was criticized heavily for his defense. But he said the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, lifestyle hampered his performance. ``It drags you down. It really does,'' said Hundley, who's batting .203 with three homers and 13 RBI. ``I loved to live there, but the attitude of the people there is just laid back. But for a sports town, obviously the Lakers dominated when I was there, and it just didn't seem like a real good sports town. ``It's tough. You've got to motivate yourself there. For me, it was. I was used 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 and all the hype. Some guys love the laid-back atmosphere.'' --Odds and ends: Rehabbing third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Adrian Beltre went 3 for 7 with 2 RBI in an extended spring training game in Vero Beach, Fla. He played five innings in the field and is scheduled to play Sunday for Class-A Vero Beach. ... The Dodgers entered the day with a National League-best 17-11 mark. The last time they had the league's best record this late in the season was July 10, 1991, when they were 49-31. ... First baseman Eric Karros had his six-game hitting streak snapped. DODGERS vs. CHICAGO Time: 11:20 a.m., at Wrigley Field. TV/Radio: Ch. 5; 1150-AM, 1330-AM (Spanish) Matchup: Dodgers right-hander Darren Dreifort (1-1, 5.10 ERA) makes his sixth start of the season and the club is hoping for more consistency. Dreifort, who signed a $55 million deal in the offseason, hasn't won since April 11 at Arizona. Since then, Dreifort doesn't have a decision and his ERA is 4.19. Cubs starter Julian Tavarez (2-1, 1.53) makes his first start since allowing five runs in five innings at San Francisco. After the start Tavarez made insensitive comments toward homosexuals. He was suspended five games by Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. and fined by the Cubs. - Brian Dohn CAPTION(S): box Box: DODGERS vs. CHICAGO (see text) |
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