DODGERS NOTEBOOK : LEWIS MIGHT BE ENOUGH NEW GUY EARNS A CHANCE IN LEFT.Byline: Eric Noland Daily News Staff Writer After only a one-game look at newcomer Darren Lewis
William Felton Russell, Russell is so impressed with the former Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. outfielder that he is thinking of abandoning a planned platoon with Brett Butler Brett Butler can refer to different people:
``Brett has been with us all year and has been a big part of the success,'' Russell said Friday, ``but another dimension has come in with Darren Lewis.'' Specifically: more range in the outfield, more arm, better base-stealing ability and more pop in the bat. When the right-handed-hitting Lewis was acquired on Wednesday for a player to be named later The concept of the "player to be named later" is most often associated with Major League Baseball trades. The "player to be named later" (PTBNL) is generally used to postpone a trade's final conditions or terms. This is often done for two reasons. , the Dodgers' initial thought was to use him against lefty pitching, much as they had Roger Cedeno, with Butler facing right-handed pitching. After seeing Lewis go 2 for 4 against right-handers in his Dodgers debut and chase down a foul ball in the left-field corner, Russell is reconsidering. ``Right now, Darren might make it tough to keep him out of the lineup,'' he said. Medical chart: The elbow injury of infielder Tripp Cromer Roy Bunyan Cromer III (born November 21, 1967, in Lake City, South Carolina) was a Major League Baseball utility player. He is an alumnus of the University of South Carolina. Drafted by the St. is considerably worse than first thought. Doctors have told him they believe his damaged ligament is torn through, and he is scheduled for Tommy John surgery Tommy John surgery, known by doctors as ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction (or UCL), is a surgical procedure in which a ligament in the medial elbow is replaced with a tendon from elsewhere in the body (often from the forearm, hamstring, knee, or foot of the on Sept. 9. A tendon will be removed from his wrist and fashioned into a replacement ligament, and recovery time could extend to eight months. Also, as expected, Butler's throat problem turned out to be no more than an infected tonsil tonsil Small mass of lymphoid tissue in the wall of the pharynx. The term usually refers to the palatine tonsils on each side of the oropharynx. They are thought to produce antibodies to help prevent respiratory and digestive tract infection but often become infected , and he rejoined the team Friday after flying back from Atlanta. ``Obviously, I was concerned it was something else,'' said Butler, who battled throat cancer last year. Polar opposites: Eric Young Eric Young can refer to:
Before joining the pitching-rich Dodgers two weeks ago, he spent nearly five seasons with the Colorado Rockies, who try to swamp opponents with runs to mask the deficiencies of their pitching staff. Young is delighting in the difference, though. With the Dodgers, he said, ``you know if the offense scores three or four or five runs, you've got a great chance of winning, whereas with Colorado, you're always thinking about the offense scoring runs. You score maybe six, it wasn't enough, we had to go to eight or 10.'' The thin air of Denver has a lot to do with the travails of the Rockies pitchers, whose 5.40 ERA is the worst in the National League, but the team also has been built around offense. ``This,'' Young said of the Dodgers, ``is how you're going to get to the next level - pitching and steady defense. There are not going to be too many shootouts in a pennant race or in crunch time in the playoffs.'' CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: A's right fielder Matt Stairs makes a leaping catch to rob Greg Gagne of extra bases. Michael Owen Baker/Daily News Box: DODGERS TODAY |
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