Unless, of Course, You Prefer Odalis Perez and Jae Seo (3.29)
The Dodgers will kick off another installment of the totally meaningless pre-season Freeway Series against the Angels tonight at the Ravine, with Randy Wolf on the hill for (geographically honest) L.A. The lefty is one of a couple additions (Jason Schmidt the other) that has Grady Little feeling better about his rotation now than at this point last year. In fact, it's all about comfort right now. The Dodgers are comfortable enough with their depth, represented by the play of guys like Wilson Valdez, to let Rafael Furcal sit until his ankle is totally healed. Their mix of crafty vets and eager youngsters? All good, and hopefully integral to clubhouse chemistry that currently looks pretty good. Even Larry Bigbie is comfortable that he'll land in the bigs, even if the Dodgers don't keep him around.
It's a good time to be Logan White. Not so bad either for Nomar Garciaparra and Brady Clark. Nomar welcomed twin girls into the world Tuesday night, while Clark and his wife are expecting any day, likely making the Dodgers a leader in preseason births, always an important statistical benchmark.
Things look good for Rudy Seanez, but should he find himself on the outside looking in come Opening Day, he'll call it a career.
Michigan native Derek Lowe is looking for a Dodgers-Tigers World Series ... probably because Detroit's pitching staff will toss anything hit to them into right field (that's right, we said it!). At least in the World Series, there are no ties.
We'll all get a better idea tonight, but there may be some kinks in the new parking system at Dodger Stadium that still need ironing out.
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