DODGERS NOTEBOOK: NOMO TO GET BACK INTO ROTATION IN NEXT SERIES.Byline: Tony Jackson
Anthony (Antonio) Jackson, best known as Tony Jackson Staff Writer 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 - Dodgers manager Jim Tracy
(born Aug. 31, 1968 , Osaka, Japan) Japanese baseball pitcher whose success with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995 created new opportunities for Asian players in Major League Baseball. . Nomo, who has been on the 15-day disabled list since July 1 with right- rotator cuff rotator cuff n. A set of muscles and tendons that secures the arm to the shoulder joint and permits rotation of the arm. Also called musculotendinous cuff. inflammation, will be activated in time to start Wednesday at Arizona. Right-hander Jeff Weaver This article is about Major League Baseball player Jeffrey Weaver. For other people named Jeff Weaver, see Jeff Weaver (disambiguation). Jeffrey Charles Weaver , the Dodgers' hottest pitcher of late, will move up one day in the rotation because of an off-day Monday and will start the opener Tuesday against the Diamondbacks. Jose Lima was pushed to the back of the rotation. The move was less a reflection of Lima's poor start Wednesday at Montreal, against which he gave up six earned runs in 5 1/3 innings, than an attempt to align the rotation so Weaver can start once in each of two upcoming series with St. Louis. The Cardinals have the best record in baseball. ``It doesn't mean anything about Lima,'' Tracy said. ``It's about setting guys up in spots where you want them to pitch. The other thing is that you want to plug in Hideo Nomo. You can't let Hideo Nomo sit for nine or 10 days after he made his (final) rehab start. In terms of number of innings, Lima has enough that a couple of extra days isn't going to hurt him.'' Lima, who will be available out of the bullpen for at least a couple of days during what will now be an eight-day stretch between starts, took the move in stride Adv. 1. in stride - without losing equilibrium; "she took all his criticism in stride" in good spirits . ``I want to pitch, but I don't make the decisions,'' he said. ``I'll just get myself ready for Friday. They say I'm the guy they want to pitch (the opener) at St. Louis, and it makes me feel good to have them believe in me like that. It reminds me of when I was in Houston, and I was the man there. I'm looking forward to it. It will be fun.'' Nomo will replace Wilson Alvarez
Nomo struck out 10 batters in 5 1/3 innings Thursday at Fresno, his third start on a rehabilitation stint with Triple-A Las Vegas, and hit 90 mph several times on the radar gun. Tracy and pitching coach Jim Colborn are cautiously optimistic they will get better results from Nomo than before he went down, when he went 3-10 with an 8.06 ERA. --Math lesson: Tracy said the notion the Dodgers are feeling the pressure after losing 11 of their past 21 games is wrong. He also said if his club can win at least 19 of its final 34 games, it will be difficult for either San Francisco or San Diego to catch up. ``That would make us 93-69,'' Tracy said. ``One of those clubs would have to go 24-10, and the other would have to go 22-10, just to tie. They also have to play one another several times. So from a numbers standpoint, this thing is in our favor.'' Tony Jackson,(818) 713-3675 tony.jackson(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: DODGERS at N.Y. METS - Tony Jackson |
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