DODGERS NOTES : BUTLER SET TO VISIT TEAM IN ATLANTA.Brett Butler Brett Butler can refer to different people:
Butler said Saturday that he would arrange to watch the games from behind the dugout after spending pregame in the clubhouse. Medically, Butler has been cleared to work out and swim, though he has not yet started. Butler also came off pain medication Saturday, he said from his home in Duluth, Ga., 10 days after his cancer surgery. No bunting: After a strong resurgence brought Eric Karros' batting average batting average n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. back to .235, he is slumping again. Karros has one hit, Friday night's home run, in his past 20 at-bats, and after 190 at-bats he is hitting .216. Given that, and the fact that he had not hit the ball out of the infield in 15 of his previous 19 at-bats, Karros was asked about bunting in the eighth inning Saturday, with two on and none out. ``No, no,'' he said. ``Not even close.'' Karros, who had 105 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in last season and 29 through about one-third of this season, has not sacrifice bunted in his big-league career. A real Rau: Manager Tom Lasorda, who agreed to be wired by Fox for Saturday's game against the Mets, backed out before the game. Apparently, Lasorda had second thoughts when reminded of the last time he wore a microphone, during a World Series game against the New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. . Video clip history was made when Lasorda attempted to remove pitcher Doug Rau from a game Rau did not want to leave, and a profanity Irreverence towards sacred things; particularly, an irreverent or blasphemous use of the name of God. Vulgar, irreverent, or coarse language. The use of certain profane or obscene language on the radio or television is a federal offense, but in other situations, profanity strewn strew tr.v. strewed, strewn or strewed, strew·ing, strews 1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle. 2. argument erupted on the mound. ``You remember what happened to that tape,'' Lasorda said. ``I'm never going to let that happen again. ``I just felt I couldn't relax doing it.'' Notes: After singling in each of his five at-bats Friday night, Dodgers leadoff hitter Roger Cedeno flied out in his first at-bat Saturday, and finished 0 for 4. . . . In 15-2/3 relief innings, Chan Ho Park has 26 strikeouts. He pitched two scoreless innings Saturday and had four strikeouts. |
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