August 9, 2012 Page 5 Sports Adam League Leader Has No I.D. Grading the Dodgers By Adam Serrao acquisition of Ramirez should help there and The baseball season is now more than half- assist in the team’s chase of an NL West title. Joseph Banks of the Lakers scores on a lay-up at last Saturday’s way over and as the final stretch approaches, The other key pickup before the trade Hawthorne and Parks Department basketball action against the the Dodgers not only find themselves in deadline was ex-Philadelphia Phillies’ cen- Rise. The Lakers defeated the Rise 41-30. contention for one of the two wild card posi- terfielder Shane Victorino. The Dodgers gave tions, but also in contention for the National up more young talent to get him, shipping off League West division title. The team has Josh Lindblom and pitching prospect Ethan certainly come a long way since last year and Martin to the Phillies in the process. Victorino the nightmarish season that took place under is a great pick-up defensively, filling the void Frank McCourt. This year the Dodgers have in left field for the Dodgers and adding even the same team (for the most part), but a differ- more speed to the outfield trio that includes ent image under Stan Kasten, Magic Johnson Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier. Victorino will and the rest of the ownership group that has fill in for Gordon at the top of the lineup and taken over and turned Dodger fans’ fears give the Dodgers a player who can actually into fantasies. The moves that the Dodgers get on base and use his speed once he gets have made at this year’s trade deadline have there. His batting average is lower than shaken up the roster a bit, but even so does usual, however, at only .261 for the season. the team have what it takes to finish in first Lindblom had posted a 3.02 ERA in 48 relief place and make a deep run into the playoffs? appearances for the Dodgers this season with The Dodgers have been given one of the a lifetime ERA of 2.91 in 75 career games. best grades in the league for their efforts to It hurts to see a promising young arm like improve their team in the time leading up that leave an already struggling bullpen, but to last Tuesday’s trade deadline. The move Dodger fans can only hope that Victorino that got everything started was the trade they will assist the team in scoring enough runs to made with the Miami Marlins to acquire make the lack of production out of the bull- Scott Lee of the Hawthorne-based South Hanley Ramirez and Randy Choate. Though pen a non-issue. The Dodgers also acquired Bay Swim Team won the 50-54 male age the Dodgers gave up a talented young pitcher Brandon League from the Seattle Mariners group in last Sunday’s Hermosa Beach to Manhattan Beach Pier-to-Pier Two-Mile in Nathan Eovaldi to attain the services of for the bullpen. The reliever has nine saves Ocean Swim at the International Surf Ramirez and Choate, it should prove to be on the season with a 3.63 ERA in 46 games. Festival. worth it in the long run. Eovaldi may turn Though the moves the Dodgers have made into an above average pitcher at some point have certainly bolstered their lineup, much in his career, but the Dodgers are trying to is left to be wondered about the pitching win now. His time on the mound in the spot staff. After Clayton Kershaw, the Dodgers starts that he was given didn’t impress the don’t have a dependable enough arm in the Dodgers’ front office enough to keep him rotation to make a deep run into the playoffs. Mark Tripp of the Hawthorne-based South Bay Swim Team around, so they did what they should have The trade deadline is over, but the Dodgers finished third for the 30-34 male age group in last Sunday’s done and traded him while he still had value. are still able to acquire players off of waiv- Hermosa Beach to Manhattan Beach Pier-to-Pier Swim at the Certainly, Ramirez gives the Dodgers an ex- ers until August 31. Recently, they added International Surf Festival. cellent chance to win in the playoffs this year Joe Blanton to the rotation, but even he has and winning now is of the utmost importance a 4.59 ERA and the tendency to consistently to the Dodgers’ front office. They must prove give up home runs. What the Dodgers needed David Neilan finished 97th overall and 10th for the to the fans that the team is different than it to do was acquire pitching. They had a deal 45-49 male age group in Sunday’s Hermosa Beach had been under McCourt and that they will in place for Ryan Dempster of the Chicago to Manhattan Beach Pier-to-Pier Two-Mile Swim at do whatever it takes to put a winning product Cubs, but the Cubs wanted too many talented the International Surf Festival. out there on the field. prospects in return. Better the Dodgers didn’t Photos by Joe Snyder. So far, so good. Choate will slide in nicely make that move because Dempster can leave to a bullpen that was in desperate need of the team at the end of this season, leaving the another quality left arm to go up against tal- Dodgers empty-handed in the process. Chad By Joe Snyder three-minute period. The Hoosiers were led ented right-handed bats in the latter innings Billingsley is inconsistent, Chris Capuano has There is no identification for the leader of by Cameron Hadnot with nine points. Ter- of games. Ramirez and his resume speak fallen off in the second half of the season, the Hawthorne Parks and Recreation Youth rence Smith had a game-high 14 points for for themselves. With a 2006 NL Rookie of Ted Lilly has been injured all year and Aaron Division IV Basketball League as No I.D. the Young Ballers. the Year and a 2009 NL batting title already Harang has more bad days than good ones. remained in first place with a 54-36 victory South Bay Swimmers Have Good Showing under his belt, Ramirez is a three-time All- The Dodgers originally claimed Cliff Lee over the Heat last Saturday at the Betty Ai- The Hawthorne-based South Bay Swim Star starter. The 28-year-old shortstop/third off of waivers from the Phillies, but instead nsworth Gymnasium. No I.D. used a stingy Team was looking forward to its favorite baseman has a lifetime batting average of settled for Blanton because the Phillies re- defense to surge out to a 31-15 halftime lead ocean swim, the Hermosa Beach to Man- .300 with 482 RBIs, 148 home runs and 230 voked the waivers. and then extended it to 19 at 40-21 after hattan Beach Pier-to-Pier Two-Mile Ocean stolen bases. The perfect addition for the At least the Dodgers are trying--something three quarters. The Heat got as close as 10 Swim last Sunday morning. The squad was Dodgers, Ramirez can hit for average and that they never did under McCourt’s reign. points in the fourth period but No I.D. was led by 51-year-old Scott Lee, who captured power and is a menace on the base paths The additions that the Dodgers have made able to pull away. the 50-54-year-old male age group at 43 with his speed. While only batting around the thus far have been extremely good ones for No I.D. (6-1) had three players score in minutes and 51 seconds. Lee finished 37th .250 range for the first half of the season, the the offense, but with little to no pitching in double figures, led by Richard Karres with overall out of an estimated 1,500 competitors change of scenery should help get Ramirez’s the rotation, a World Series appearance is still a game-high 18 points. Brandon Lopez and in one of the International Surf Festival’s bat back on track. It won’t be long before he more than a long shot. Maybe the Dodgers Davion Crouder added 14 and 11 points most popular events. sparks the Dodgers’ offense and leads the have another trick up their sleeves before the respectively for No I.D. Gerardo Cook led Thirty-one-year-old Mark Tripp finished team to some key victories down the stretch waiver deadline comes and goes, but at this the Heat (4-3) with 12 points. third for the 30-34-year-old male category of the season. He is playing third base now, point their roster seems to be maxed out. They Division IV: Lakers 41, Rise 30 clocking 44:16. Steve Hyde was eighth for may have the offensive firepower necessarybut ideally Ramirez would like to take over Dee Gordon’s position at shortstop. He would to outgun the Giants and the Diamondbacks The Lakers used a big third quarter to the men’s 60-64 division in 1:05:53. David certainly be a defensive upgrade over Gordon in the race for the NL West title, but should down the Rise 41-30 in Hawthorne Parks Neilan, 46, finished 97th overall and 10th and bring a better on-base percentage to the they make it to the playoffs, they will leave and Recreation Division IV basketball play for male 45-49 timing 47:23. Kathy Gore lineup. Currently, however, the Dodgers have soon after with an early exit. The Dodgers get last Saturday. Leading 14-13 at halftime, the finished 11th for the female 45-49 division in a black hole at third base due to the disappear- an A plus for the moves made at the deadline, Lakers (5-2) outscored the Rise 17-7 in the 1:00:53. Hawthorne resident Michal Carlson, ance of Juan Uribe (another ex-Giant who but Kershaw won’t be enough to keep the third quarter for an 11-point lead (31-20). who won this event a few years ago, settled never played well with the Dodgers), so the team afloat come October. • Both teams played evenly in the fourth period. for 15th place overall and second for the for the Lakers. Ryan Aquinde chipped in nine The overall race was a thriller with a woman Douglassmale 25-29 age group clocking 42 minutes.Joseph Banks led all scorers with 10 points points and Nick Hart contributed five. Forley nearly winning overall. Thirty-five-old Dawn Ansincifiation led the Rise with eight points. Heckman, who competed in the Olympic Division III: Hoosiers 25, Young Ballers trials in Omaha last month, was leading M O R T U A R Y 21 (OT) getting out of the water before 36-year-old “Our Family Serving Yours Since 1954” In a thrilling Division III basketball game, David Schlesinger passed her up in winning B U R I A L - C R E M A T I O N - W O R L D W I D E T R A N S F E R the Hoosiers topped the Young Ballers 25- the tight race at 39:38. Heckman was also P E T M E M O R I A L P R O D U C T S 21 in overtime last Saturday. The game was clocked in 39:38. Both were swimmers at 5 0 0 E A S T I M P E R I A L AV E N U E tied at 21 at regulation before the Hoosiers the University of Florida. Eighteen-year-old E L S E G U N D O , C A L I F O R N I A 9 0 2 4 5 outscored the Young Ballers 4-0 in the extra Sarp Elaziz placed third in 39:54. • Telephone (310) 640-9325 • Fax (310) 640-0778 • FD658
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