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Baseball's most predictable pitcher

How well does Grady Little know Brett Tomko? Well enough to know that after the speedy Hanley Ramirez beat out an infield single with one out in the sixth, breaking up Tomko's no-hit bid, he needed to jog out to the mound to talk to Tomko. The memory of that April 28 game at San Diego, when Tomko retired the first 11 batters, then promptly gave up four consecutive hits with two outs in the fourth to drive in all three Pods runs in a game the Dodgers lost 3-2, apparently was still fresh in Grady's mind. Not that the momentary mound chat did much good, because Tomko, predictably, didn't immediately rebound. The next two batters got hits, including an RBI single by Miguel Cabrera to break up the shutout bid. But Tomko came back with back-to-back strikeouts of Josh Willingham and Aaron Boone to prevent further damage. By the way, Olmedo Saenz homered in the fifth. Dodgers 4, Marlins 1, top 7 ... and don't forget, 4-1 was the score Sunday in Atlanta and again last night, and the Dodgers blew both of those leads.

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Is Colletti the type of person that is willing to admist he made a mistake and find a taker for Pierre by lets say, this trade deadline?

Believe me, they aren't about to trade this guy. Yes, he is a liability in SOME areas. But he has shown in the past that he can be a potent weapon at the top of the lineup, and at some point in the next five years (several points, probably), he is going to be that again. Check out his monthly splits, if you can find them on-line somewhere. He is a notoriously slow starter. But there is a reason why he usually hits somewhere between .290 and .310 for the season. Patience, my friend, patience.

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TONY JACKSON

Tony Jackson is in his fourth season covering the Dodgers for the Daily News, his eighth season as a full-time Major League Baseball beat writer and his 13th season covering MLB on regular basis. He is a native of Springdale, Ark., and a graduate of the University of Arkansas, although he refuses to root for the Razorbacks again until Frank Broyles is finally out of there. Tony is single and has a daughter who lives in Colorado. His hobbies include working out, reading and taking winter vacations with his daughter to non-MLB cities, usually in Mexico or the Caribbean. And he LIVES to blog.
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