DODGERS NOTEBOOK: LITTLE NOT FOCUSING ON BONDS.Byline: TONY JACKSON
Anthony (Antonio) Jackson, best known as Tony Jackson Staff Writer PITTSBURGH - The circus - also known as the San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era - is coming to town. The Dodgers open a three-game, weekend series with Barry Bonds Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24 1964 in Riverside, California) is a left fielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds, the godson of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, and a distant cousin of Hall of Famer Reggie and his backup band A backing band or backup band is a band which accompanies an artist at a live performance or on a recording. This can either be an established group or an ad hoc group assembled for the purpose. Such groups are often made up of session musicians. tonight, at which point the embattled slugger will continue his quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the baseball's all-time home run record and, more immediately, his quest to catch Babe Ruth for second place. The Dodgers, meanwhile, will try to prevent him from chasing milestones at their expense. Whether that prevention plan involves pitching around Bonds or actually trying to get him out isn't entirely clear. "We'll go by the situation," Dodgers manager Grady Little William Grady Little (born March 30, 1950 in Abilene, Texas) is a manager in Major League Baseball. He guided the Boston Red Sox from 2002 to 2003, and has been manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers since 2006. said. "It could change from one day to the next. He'll certainly be on that list of people we don't want to beat us." Although Little and his staff planned to immerse themselves in advance- scouting reports for most of the four-hour flight back to 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. on Thursday, they didn't plan to spend much time studying up on Bonds. "We know him," Little said. "His hits are going to come, so you worry more about the seven or eight other people, and you try not to put him in situations where he can beat you. "It's hard for a team to win with just solo home runs." --Harsh words: While Pittsburgh manager Jim Tracy walked slowly toward the mound to lift Pirates left-hander Oliver Perez in the fifth inning, Perez exchanged heated words with Dodgers pitcher Jae Seo and catcher Sandy Alomar, who were standing on the top step of the dugout several yards away. If anyone knew what the disagreement was about, they wouldn't say. "He wasn't saying anything to me," Alomar said. "He was just yelling at Seo." Perez implied the Dodgers started the argument. "Maybe it was because I was throwing my fastball inside," he said. "They were saying something, but I just looked at them like ... (throwing up his hands)." Little, who walked toward Alomar and Seo when plate umpire Derryl Cousins approached the dugout, blamed his own lack of insight on a language barrier. "We had a Mexican pitcher, a Puerto Rican catcher and a Korean pitcher," Little said, with a wry grin. "I couldn't understand a word of any of it." |
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