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Neither Fergielicious Nor Furcalicious

The good news is that the Dodgers lost 8-0 to the Baltimore Orioles. 

"Good news?" cries the incredulous Dodger fan, blue heart aghast and offended at such a statement.

Well, when the other news nuggets from the day had Rafael Furcal and Jason Repko almost colliding on a play in which the shortstop was left with a bum ankle that threatens his opening day status, while Repko walked away unscathed... only to injure his hammy two innings later in potentially more serious fashion than Furcal, then yeah, relatively speaking, a bad spring training box score feels like reason to celebrate.  As does the news that Furcal's ankle was only sprained, not broken.  And there was "good-ish" news of sorts for Wilson Valdez, James Loney and/or Larry Bigbie, since Repko's anticipated prolonged absence may create a roster opening for one of them (although we doubt they're thrilled about the circumstances).   As for the game itself, the Dodgers mustered up a mere quartet of hits, and Brett Tomko, gunning for the fifth spot in the rotation, was in "Bombko" mode.  Oh, and lest we forget, Hong-Chih Kuo's shoulder is buggin'. 

So aside from all that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?

 

Hankering for some legit feel-good news?  This SI season preview is pretty optimistic when it comes to your squad.

Comments

AK/BK

"Your squad"? So you guys still do bleed Cardinal booze, I mean Red.

Chunkdog,

Frankly, I bleed booze, regardless of the color. Results of a very unhealthy lifestyle. haha

AK

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