Loney moved up to third, Jones dropped to fifth, Dodgers fire two
Martin still batting second even though he's 0 for 12.
Furcal. SS
Martin. C
Loney. 1B
Kent. 2B
Ethier. LF
Jones. CF
Kemp. RF
DeWitt. 3B
Kuroda. P
The Dodgers fired Sergio del Prado, their longtime vice president for sales, and Karen Marumoto, director of sponsorship sales. The Dodgers as a rule do not comment on personnel matters of a non-baseball nature. But I'm guessing this had been in the works ever since Dennis Mannion was brought in over the winter as chief operating officer. I don't profess to know the inner workings of the Dodgers business operations, but what I do know is that the McCourts have fired a LOT of people in the four years that they have owned the club, with some positions turning over multiple times. So much for restoring the brand, something Frank has been promising to do since the day he took over. What he clearly doesn't understand is that the ``brand'' was all about stability.
Tony Jackson has covered the Dodgers for the Daily News since 2004 and has covered Major League Baseball on a regular basis since 1995. He previously covered the Colorado Rockies and Cincinnati Reds. He is a native of Springdale, Ark., and a graduate of the University of Arkansas.
Comments
I'm sure you meant that Jones was dropped to 6th.
Posted by: Joe Pierre | April 4, 2008 4:15 PM
Actually, he's been batting 5th the entire time hasn't he? It looks like he's batting 6th behind Ethier as the lineup suggests. It's a better left/right lineup combination that way.
Posted by: Buster | April 4, 2008 4:47 PM
Well said Tony regarding the so called "stability". I'm anxious to see how Hiroki does in his regular season debut. It was a pleasure meeting and speaking with you briefly in Vero, the early portion of Spring Training.
Posted by: td4troy | April 4, 2008 5:07 PM
What this "non-baseball" personnel move could me is the end of door-to-door salesmen hawking Dodger tickets between various places of business around the city.
Posted by: Mario DiLeo | April 7, 2008 8:56 AM