Tonight's lineup: Nomar plays 3B NOW
I guess Grady decided for whatever reason to move Nomar to 3B tonight instead of waiting until he has four days to work out there. We'll have our pregame with Grady in about 45 minutes, hopefully, so I'll ask him why then. Also, Nomar has been dropped to sixth in the order, with Martin third, Probably has something to do with the fact that after missing three games with an illness, Nomar came back last night and went 0 for 5 and is not 2 for his past 16. Also, he still has just one home run this year, that coming way back on April 16 at Arizona. Hardly the power production you want from a No. 3 hitter.
SS Furcal
CF Pierre
C Martin
2B Kent
LF Gonzo
3B Nomar
1B Loney
RF Ethier
RH Billingsley
Also, there has been a change to the D-backs rotation. Randy Johnson will pitch on Thursday against Randy Wolf, Livan Hernandez is out. The Unit threw a simulated game yesterday and was deemed ready to go. Too bad for the Dodgers -- unless, of course, they beat him. Let's face it, he ain't what he used to be. ... The Pi Beta Phi convention is over at the Westin and has been replaced by something called Expo '07. I'm not sure what kind of Expo it is, but I can tell you that so far, none of the attendees looks anything like a Pi Phi, past or present. And, this group has taken up almost every parking space at the hotel. Had to park at least 200 yards from the front door, and it's 117 degrees here today.
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Comments
Tony, keep up the great work. Have really enjoyed the Pi Phi Convention play-by-play; it has been a pleasant digression to read in your recent posts. Like Rick Monday, though, you're not telling us your score!!!
Posted by: SoSG Steve Sax | June 26, 2007 4:38 PM
The latest change to put Nomar at 3rd and play Loney, and to drop Nomar in the order - makes good sense. Now, why does Grady insist on keeping Kent batting 4th?
Posted by: rytts | June 26, 2007 5:13 PM
play by play? where'd you read that, Saxie? where are the details-lol?
Keep up the good work, TJ....this blog is great.
Please ask Grady when Kemp is going to get the RF job.
Posted by: rayg | June 26, 2007 5:46 PM
Nomar's Pierresque .316 OBP and .332 SLG for the season might have something to do with it.
Posted by: El Lay Dave | June 26, 2007 6:14 PM
how does Billz pitch so well out of the pen, and gets rocked when he starts?
Posted by: rayg | June 26, 2007 7:02 PM
yeah i mean no one ever gives up 2 runs in an inning...James Loney is a stud.
Posted by: The_Great_Arcade_Fire | June 26, 2007 7:11 PM
GAF-it's certainly not a good start, don't you think?
Posted by: rayg | June 26, 2007 7:14 PM
no but he's settled down.
Posted by: The_Great_Arcade_Fire | June 26, 2007 7:55 PM
also compare it to bombko and schmidt this year and well...
Posted by: The_Great_Arcade_Fire | June 26, 2007 7:55 PM
Saxy, my score, sadly is a big, fat goose egg. As in ZERO. As in, no chance. But I'm going to blame that on the fact that I was so tired when I got back last night that I went straight to my room. Ummmmmmmmmmm ... yeah, let's go with that as the reason.
Posted by: tony jackson | June 26, 2007 7:57 PM