Suicidal tendencies
Wilson Valdez and Brett Tomko just pulled off a perfect suicide squeeze, with Tomko bunting up the first-base line. By the time Tomko's bat made contact with the ball, Valdez already was three-fourths of the way down the line from third. That keyed a two-run inning, but the big inning for the Dodgers was the first, when they scored only once. After Rafael Furcal and Juan Pierre made two quick outs on a total of four pitches, the Dodgers -- yes, the same Dodgers you have watched all season -- suddenly started working Dontrelle Willis. Russell Martin eventually singled, and Willis walked the next three batters in a row to force in a run. By the time the inning finally ended, he had thrown 32 pitches. He has now thrown 75 through four. But Tomko, who retired the first eight batters he faced, has since walked Willis, gone to a 2-0 count on Hanley Ramirez before getting him to ground out to end the inning, and walked Dan Uggla to start the fourth. Miguel Cabrera answered the walk to Uggla by flying out on the first pitch. Dodgers 3, Marlins 0, bottom 4

Tony Jackson is in his fourth season covering the Dodgers for the 
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T.J. I got a question. Do the Dodgers have some type of system in place in their clubhouse where players are fined for say, failing to move a runner over, missing a sign, or errors like the Kent in "la-la land" play last night?
Posted by: KidCuba | May 9, 2007 5:47 PM
If they do, chances are no writer or fan will ever know about it. That's one of those well-kept clubhouse secrets. But my GUESS is it's left up to the players themselves to decide in the so-called kangaroo court. When I covered the Reds, you could always tell when court was about to be in session (about once a month) because captain Barry Larkin would don this judge's outfit (with this big afro wig) and a bunch of guys would follow him into a room. If the Dodgers have a kangaroo court, they hide it really well
Posted by: tony jackson | May 9, 2007 8:38 PM