DODGERS NOTEBOOK: LEADOFF ROLE GOES TO WERTH.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer Jayson Werth Jayson Richard Gowan Werth (born May 20, 1979 in Springfield, Illinois) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Philadelphia Phillies. He has usually been a bench player, but injuries to regular right fielder Shane Victorino and his backup Michael took a look at the lineup card hanging on a wall in the Dodgers' clubhouse Sunday and started laughing. After collecting himself he took a few steps toward his locker, stopped, turned to look at the card once more and laughed again. Werth didn't just find it shocking that Dodgers' manager Jim Tracy
The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The team is in the Central Division of the National League. , he found it downright hilarious. ``This is a first for me,'' Werth said. Not exactly. Werth was actually a leadoff hitter In baseball, a leadoff hitter is a batter who bats first in the lineup. Strategy Leadoff hitters must possess certain traits to be successful: they must reach base at a proficient rate and be able to steal bases. in high school, but only as a ploy against opponents who continually walked him intentionally or pitched around him. With regular leadoff hitter Cesar Izturis sidelined the past week with a sprained lower back, Tracy had been using Oscar Robles Oscar M. Robles (b. April 9, 1976, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) has spent much of this decade as a third baseman for the Mexico City Red Devils (Diablos Rojos del México), and briefly as an infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers from May 2005 through 2006. at the top of the order. But Tracy prefers Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
``It just makes sense,'' Tracy said. ``The way he runs and his ability to steal a base; if he gets on base it sets the stage for a Robles at-bat.'' Izturis was put on the 15-day disabled list Sunday retroactive to Aug. 23rd. --Touching moment: It's not often you see major-league baseball players running around like little kids asking people for their autographs, but then it isn't often they get to share the same field with regal stars like Sandy Koufax, Don Newcombe and Duke Snider. That's what happened Sunday when the Dodgers honored members of their 1955 World Championship Brooklyn Dodgers team before their game against the Astros Sunday. Players from the Dodgers and Astros greeted the old-timers in front of the Dodgers' dugout after the ceremony, some holding baseballs and pens for autographs and others with cameras for keepsake pictures. It was a fitting end to a touching, emotional ceremony in which Snider, Newcombe, Koufax, Tommy Lasorda, Roger Craig, Carl Erskine, Johnny Podres, George Shuba, Ed Roebuck, Don Zimmer and Bob Borkowski were honored for their World Series victory over the New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. 50
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Koufax drew the loudest applause from the Dodger Stadium crowd. Vincent Bonsignore, (818) 713-3612 vincent.bonsignore(at)dailynews.com |
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