{"id":7897,"date":"2010-07-22T13:02:25","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T20:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=7897"},"modified":"2010-07-22T13:02:26","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T20:02:26","slug":"luke-warm-july-22-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=7897","title":{"rendered":"Luke Warm: July 22, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Landestoy Luke<\/p><\/div>\n

By Landestoy Luke<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a Dodger fan and wanna point fingers for the debacle of\u00a0Tuesday night, the main one needs to be pointed at\u00a0Xavier Paul. Puking that ball in the 6th<\/sup> inning led to 2 extra runs scoring, setting up the mess that ensued in the 9th<\/sup>. What\u2019s also unforgivable is no one in the Dodger organization knew the rules and didn\u2019t file a protest after the umpires incorrectly forced Broxton to be removed from the game.\u00a0MLB\u00a0conceded the umpires didn\u2019t apply the rule correctly, but since no formal protest had been filed, nothing could be done. Even the Luker knew that was the rule right after it happened, yet people whose job is it to know didn\u2019t?<\/p>\n

Anyway, the Big L isn\u2019t going to play I told you so, but check back to my post All-Star article talking about the Blue\u2019s chances in the second half.<\/p>\n

A lot of things can happen at the\u00a0trade deadline. You\u2019ll hear a lot of rumors, but there\u2019s always a few surprises. Last year, everyone was convinced\u00a0Roy Halladay\u00a0was getting traded and he ended up going nowhere. Two years ago,\u00a0Manny Ramirez\u00a0to the Dodgers wasn\u2019t on anyone\u2019s radar until it actually happened. The point is, just about anything other than\u00a0Albert Pujols\u00a0being traded is possible.<\/p>\n

Will the locals do anything? Most likely a minor deal here and there, but nothing Earth shattering. Problem is, sometimes these minor deals turn out to cause major problems. The Dodgers traded a great 3B prospect in Josh Bell last year for\u00a0George Sherrill, who impoded in the playoffs last year and has been a huge mess this year. They felt comfortable trading Bell because they had traded for and locked up\u00a0Casey Blake. Who did they get rid of to get Blake? Only one of the best hitting prospects in the game in\u00a0Carlos Santana\u00a0(please, no stupid guitar joke Joey T.). All Santana has done this year is post a line of .282\/.431\/.547\/.978 while playing catcher. Think that would look nice instead of\u00a0Russell Martin\u2019s .244\/.346\/.328\/.673?<\/p>\n

You know what L.L. hates? When people ask him, \u201cHey, who is going to win it all?\u201d Hey, I don\u2019t know how teams are going to play in October. I don\u2019t know who is going to get hurt. I don\u2019t know who is gonna become a headcase. Sure, ask me who the best team is and I\u2019ll give my opinion, but there are just too many random things that can happen for me to say who will win it all. So get off my back.<\/p>\n

Landestoy Luke is a former semi-pro baseball player in the California-Nevada Independent League. Luke is the only pitcher in CNIL history to balk three times in a game while administering an intentional walk. After spending some time as an advance scout in the Mexicali League, Luke now spends his time as a freelance writer.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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