Ghame Over...

Series Recap—Dodgers vs Milwaukee

5/21: Brewers 9, Dodgers 5
5/22: Dodgers 3, Brewers 2
5/23: Dodgers 5, Brewers 1

I gotta admit I was worried, especially when the team dropped the first game, but two very well pitched games by Wolf and Penny ended the skid. I didn't listen to any of tha action after the first couple of innings of the first game. It seems like whenever I happen to listen in real time their chances of losing go up exponentially.

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Kuo was sent back to AAA Tuesday after appearing once in relief. To pretty much everybody's surprise, Colletti called up Tony Abreu to replace him. Now Abreu has a chance to be a good player, and he impressed both in the spring, and at Vegas, but does the team really need another infielder? Especially when the team could really use Matt Kemp's bat in the line up.

I just don't get Ned's fascination with middle infielders. There have been a couple of scenarios mentioned, but neither seem compelling to me. First, Abreu is a natural second baseman, so he can rest Kent, or have Kent play first to rest Nomar (who seems to need some). The other thing is that while Betemit has been tearing it up as a pinch hitter, he still isn't hitting a lick when he starts, so Abreu can (and already did) share some time with LaRoche at third. As I said, there are probably better ways to accomplish this.

It's just so awkward. And it does nothing to address the real elephant in the room, Juan Pierre. He's the guy who really needs to be sat down, even if only occasionally, but he's got the big contract, and he's got his consecutive games streak. Sorry, Juan, you are no Cal Ripken.

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Ned made another move Wednesday, putting Tsao on the DL (shoulder strain) and calling up Yhency Brazoban. Appropriately enough, Yhency finished up the game that night. Good to see him back.