Archive for April 1st, 2008
07.31.04 Revisited: Looking Back at the LoDuca/Penny Deal
By Kevin Arnovitz | Los Angeles Unified Sports District, Los Angeles Dodgers, ColumnOn July 31, 2004, the Dodgers traded catcher Paul Lo Duca, Guillermo Mota and Juan Encarnacion to the Florida Marlins for Brad Penny, Hee Seop Choi and minor league left-hander Bill Murphy.
Given Lo Duca’s persona as the heartandsoul™ of the first-place team, then-GM Paul DePodesta was excoriated for the deal. Here were the facts […]
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Y E S T E R D A Y…
Dodgers 5, Giants 0: The second best rivalry in all of baseball began the post-Bonds era yesterday, as the Dodgers pounded Barry Zito and the Giants thanks to a Jeff Kent homerun and the strong pitching of Brad Penny. Odd as it sounds, Dodgers fans missed Barry […]
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