Joe Torre era begins (Dodgers season begins this afternoon at Dodger Stadium)

Los Angeles Daily News ^ | March 31, 2008

[EveningStar]

The Joe Torre era officially begins for the Los Angeles Dodgers this afternoon, when the team faces the San Francisco Giants in their Opening Day game at a sold-out Dodger Stadium...

[Pistolshot]

I grew up playing a catcher. Best spot on the field, and I could talk crap to the batters.

I was jumping up and down in front of the tv set screaming about taking Niedenfuer out of the game. Clark was due.....I knew it.

The ball could have been in the dirt and he would have jacked it.

[DoughtyOne]

I played softball for about 20 years. Played in an over thirty hard ball league for my last three years of organized team play. I loved the game.

I spent about three years catching fast pitch softball. I pitched about ten. Played third base other than that, but I have played every position over time.

Batters who are O and whatever are due, but when you get in a rut it can last a week or a month or more. You generally can’t see what you’re doing wrong. If you could, you’d change it immediately.

As a rule though, you don’t throw a guy ‘his pitch’ when the chips are down, whether hot or not. And if the season is on the line, you switch pitchers and feed him stuff he has problems with. Give up a grounder or a hit, but not the game winning homer.