DODGERS NOTEBOOK: NO LIGHT HUMOR FOR L.A.Byline: TONY JACKSON
Anthony (Antonio) Jackson, best known as Tony Jackson Staff Writer DENVER -- Colorado's Brian Fuentes Brian Christopher Fuentes (born August 9, 1975 in Merced, California) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Colorado Rockies. Previously, Fuentes played for the Seattle Mariners (2001). He bats and throws left-handed. , an All-Star last season, often has been described as a ``lights-out'' closer. But someone might have taken that too literally as Fuentes came on to start the ninth inning with the Rockies trailing the Dodgers 3-2 Wednesday. It was then, with a late-afternoon cloud cover having rolled in off the nearby Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountains, major mountain system of W North America and easternmost belt of the North American cordillera, extending more than 3,000 mi (4,800 km) from central N.Mex. to NW Alaska; Mt. Elbert (14,431 ft/4,399 m) in Colorado is the highest peak. , that 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. noticed the Coors Field • • [ lights were off. Little believed they had been on while the Rockies were hitting in the bottom of the eighth. ``I went and told the (plate) umpire (Ted Barrett Edward George "Ted" Barrett (born July 31 1965 in Pasco, Washington) is an umpire in Major League Baseball. He joined the American League's full-time staff in 1999, and has worked throughout both major leagues since 2000. ) we weren't getting back in the (batter's) box until the lights were back on,'' Little said. ``So they turned them back on.'' Little said he wasn't sure when the lights had been turned on initially or whether they had been on when the Dodgers were hitting in the top of the eighth. But Kevin Kahn, the Rockies' vice president of ballpark operations, denied the lights had ever been turned on before the ninth inning, when crew chief Rick Reed Rick Reed may refer to:
``I was at the game, and I think I would have noticed if they had been turned on (earlier),'' Kahn said. ``We never turn the lights on during the game unless the umpires ask for them, and they didn't ask for them until the ninth inning when Grady Little requested that they be turned on.'' Kahn said when the sky initially turned gray, a team employee was dispatched to ask the umpires if they wanted the lights, and the umpires said no. But Little insisted the lights had, in fact, been on in the bottom of the eighth, when the Rockies scored once to cut the Dodgers' lead to 3-2. Neither team scored in the ninth, when the lights were indisputably on. --Feeling better: Although second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Jeff Kent (lower back) and center fielder Kenny Lofton (left hamstring) were out of the lineup and unavailable, Little said he is optimistic both will be ready to return Friday night against the Angels. --Pitching plans: Little said right-hander Jae Seo will have his next scheduled start pushed back two days to Monday against Colorado because the club is off today. Little wants to keep Brett Tomko and Derek Lowe on their normal routine of pitching every fifth day, so those two will go Saturday and Sunday, respectively, against the Angels. Brad Penny will start Tuesday against the Rockies on fivedays' rest because Little wants to be cautious with him. |
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