About running through stop signs...
Wow. On a day in which they honor Maury Wills, this happens. Bases loaded with Matt Kemp on first, James Loney on second. Mark Sweeney singles to left field, scoring Jones. Third base coach Larry Bowa holds up the stop sign, and Loney stops at third. Kemp rounds second with a head of steam and probably with his head down. He slides into headfirst third, where Loney is, so Kemp is called out. After the following inning, Bowa caught up with Kemp coming off the field from his right field position and the two spoke.
Russell Martin just followed up with another baserunning error. Running on the pitch, he slid into second without realizing Jeff Kent had popped up to right field. Martin was doubled off.
Comments
Is Matt Kemp serious the only real complaint with the guy on the field is his base running and in the first exhibition game he runs down James Loney. Great.
Posted by: Justin Wade | February 28, 2008 10:48 AM
So we have had Kemp miss a stop sign at third, Martin get doubled off first, and now Repko thrown out at third going from first on a single. Sounds like spring training.
Posted by: Justin Wade | February 28, 2008 11:54 AM
It's like the Dodgers of old! Since when are baserunning gaffs unexpected from the bums?
Posted by: Adam Z. | February 28, 2008 1:05 PM