2009 June 14 « Mike Scioscia's tragic illness

Public Enemy #1′s Weekend

June 14, 2009 at 7:30 pm | Posted in Andruw Jones | 14 Comments

So, what’d you do this weekend? Because, short of Sandy Koufax in a Giants jersey giving Vin Scully an atomic wedgie, you probably didn’t cause Dodger fans to hate you as much as Andruw Jones the last three days. Not, of course, that Jones wasn’t already despised in Los Angeles, but man – way to pile on, fatty:

Friday: Jones says he left LA because Frank McCourt didn’t respect him:

Jones said he started to get the sense that he was on his way out of Los Angeles when he met with McCourt before undergoing knee surgery last May.

“It was disrespect,” Jones said of the way McCourt spoke to him.

Jones said he was upset when his agent, Scott Boras, told him in the off-season that McCourt was looking into ways to void his contract.

While acknowledging that McCourt paid him a hefty salary, Jones said the owner had no right to complain about a deal that was mutually agreed upon.

That’s right, Andruw. Just spit in the faces of Dodger fans by saying it was absolutely everyone’s fault but your own.

Saturday: Jones homers off of Cory Wade for the only Texas run in a 3-1 Dodger victory; angers gods who shut down lights.

Sunday: Jones homers off Chad Billingsley in a 6-3 Dodger win; following game, Jones takes candy from a baby. Literally.

Sure, the Dodgers went into Arlington and took two out of three, and that’s what’s most important. But it’s hard to ignore that we saw Jones hit 66% as many homers this weekend as he did all last season for the Dodgers.

God, I hate him.

Ladies & Gentlemen, Your #2 NL Batting Leader…

June 14, 2009 at 7:42 am | Posted in Juan Pierre sucks | 3 Comments

…Juan Pierre.

That’s right, after last night’s game, Pierre finally has the required number of plate of appearances to qualify for the batting title, and his .348 mark places him second in the league behind David Wright’s .365. Really, of all the unexpected parts of the 2009 season – Manny’s suspension, Martin & Furcal’s horrificness, the nearly uncontested division race – could anything be more surprising than that?

Sorry to say, Juan’s deal with the devil may be running out, though: after hitting .407 on May 28, he’s at just .233/.270/.250 in the 14 games since. Of course, the entire offense has sputtered lately, so there’s no attempt to single out Pierre here – but if he doesn’t turn it around, there’s not going to be much of a controversy about sending him back to the bench when Manny returns on July 3, will there?

(Yes, I know that giant fat sack of crap Andruw Jones homered yesterday. I didn’t miss it. No, I can’t bring myself to even speak about him or his idiotic comments about Frank McCourt. He’s a thief. That’s all there is to it.)