Park Place | Blue Notes - A Dodgers Blog

If someone had bet you before the season began that Chan-Ho Park would not only make the big league roster, but end up one of the Dodgers' most consistent pitchers on a good staff, you'd have likely taken that action. And lost, as especially evidenced by last night's 6-0 shutout of the LAAOA. For six scoreless innings, the second go-around Dodger held the Angels entirely in check, a feat carried onward by those replacing him on the hill. While Park's past includes a less than kind rep for getting his "kicks" battling the Angels, last night saw him revisit his earlier career, but in an entirely positive way. As Russell Martin noted, this is like the Chan Ho Park he watched back in the day. Perhaps the hill display was the stuff inspiration comes from, as Park's backstop, along with Andre Ethier, blasted the ball with authority into the stands. Ain't often we see a Blue box score so powerfully decorated. If fans stared extra long at this one, we'd understand.

Little known fact: The Dodgers have been suffering some injuries this season. No, YOU get out of town, because it's true. But finally, three of the bigger names (Raffy Furcal, Nomar Garciaparra and Andruw Jones) are finally on the verge of reentering the fray. All three head out to Vegas on Monday for rehab assignments, with the hope being that Furcal and Nomar could be back in big league action this coming weekend. For Jones, the wait is expected to be a little longer, but hey, more time to keep losing weight.

A case for Eric Stults remaining in the bigs was made after a recent complete game shutout. Another comes in written form.

More success coming against their neighbors? Well, if Chad Billingsley can do some damage against Jered Weaver, perhaps a series win can be clinched. James Loney keeping it up with the bat would also help.