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shoewizard
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Gee.....didn't see this coming. 
All hail the "beloved BABIP"
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Colletti Sees Ethier in L.A. Future
By Ben Bolch, Times Staff Writer
September 23, 2006
Andre Ethier was back in the starting lineup Friday, but the rookie left fielder openly expressed doubts about whether he would be back with the Dodgers in 2007.
A prolonged September slump in which he is batting .128 with no home runs and one run batted in has relegated Ethier to a second-stringer recently, with Marlon Anderson getting the majority of starts in left field.
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"I don't know if I'm going to be here next year or not," said Ethier, who before Friday was batting .314 overall with 11 homers and 54 RBIs and remained in the running for National League rookie of the year. "It's pretty obvious by the way the last couple of weeks have been going."
General Manager Ned Colletti appeared stunned when informed of Ethier's comments, saying, "I plan to have him here. He's got a long, good future ahead of him in L.A."
Manager Grady Little said Ethier, who finished 0 for 3, was in the lineup Friday because he had had two hits, including a home run, in five at-bats against Arizona starter Claudio Vargas. Anderson had been hitless in one at-bat against Vargas.
"Ethier's been a big part of this ballclub all season long, he's got some good history against this guy and hopefully it will be what he needs to get back on track," Little said.
Little was noncommittal when asked whether Anderson had become the everyday left fielder after hitting .385 with five homers and 11 RBIs in his first 17 games with the Dodgers. But it appeared clear that Anderson had become an integral part of the club after hitting the last of the team's record-tying four consecutive homers in the ninth inning Monday and bringing home an insurance run on a suicide squeeze Thursday.
Ethier said he was not disappointed about what he perceived as an uncertain future given his contributions to a team contending for the National League West title.
"This is the business in the game I play, and that's how it's been," Ethier said. "I played [with] a different team at a different level the last four years. It's nothing new. It's something you prepare for all the time. You don't know where you're going to be from year to year."
The Dodgers will have the final say. They hold the rights to Ethier through the 2011 season.
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EvilJuan
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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Who we got among our moldy oldies to offer them for Ethier?
Estrada?
Hey, let's trade Gonzo (ya know, a sign and trade deal)!
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matt
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| Oh gawd, Thom would be in a constant state of orgasm if we did that! |
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McCray
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somewhere, thom brennerman is crying himself to sleep tonight.
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Hank
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| God, what a little bitch. A rookie gets benched when he isn't producing, and he is calling out the front office in the papers? |
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EvilJuan
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| God, what a little bitch. A rookie gets benched when he isn't producing, and he is calling out the front office in the papers? |
Why wait until you're a proven veteran to do that?
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DesertKnight
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| God, what a little bitch. A rookie gets benched when he isn't producing, and he is calling out the front office in the papers? |
I don't think that's what he meant to do. He's a rookie who meant to say that he didn't know if he'd have a place on the team next year, and the media blows it out of proportion. A lot of that going around lately... This is the kid who won the AFL's Sportsmanship award, and from the couple of times I talked to him at AFL games last year, he's a good kid. He just hasn't learned his cliches yet.
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TAP
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| DesertKnight wrote: |
| Hank wrote: |
| God, what a little bitch. A rookie gets benched when he isn't producing, and he is calling out the front office in the papers? |
I don't think that's what he meant to do. He's a rookie who meant to say that he didn't know if he'd have a place on the team next year, and the media blows it out of proportion. A lot of that going around lately... This is the kid who won the AFL's Sportsmanship award, and from the couple of times I talked to him at AFL games last year, he's a good kid. He just hasn't learned his cliches yet.
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Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: My interviews? What do I gotta do?
Crash Davis: You're gonna have to learn your clichés. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play it one day at a time."
Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: Got to play... it's pretty boring.
Crash Davis: 'Course it's boring, that's the point. Write it down.
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matt
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| The only thing he's guilty of is being too honest and being the victim of scapegoating. My interpretation of his comments is that he is aware that he's sucked and in his mind he's sucked so bad that he's afraid that the FO will either trade him or option him. I really feel bad for the kid right now. |
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TAP
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| matt wrote: |
| The only thing he's guilty of is being too honest and being the victim of scapegoating. My interpretation of his comments is that he is aware that he's sucked and in his mind he's sucked so bad that he's afraid that the FO will either trade him or option him. I really feel bad for the kid right now. |
That was my interpretation of his comments when I first read them as well.
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