Dodgers' Web doings: How long can the Dodgers wait on Garret Anderson?

They’re starting to get a tad impatient out in the Web hinterlands on the play, or lack thereof, of Garret Anderson.

How long before the Dodgers’ patience runs out too?

Anderson is hitting just .122, that’s six hits in 49 at-bats. He’s added two walks for an on-base percentage of .154.

At Memories of Kevin Malone and Mike Scioscia’s Tragic Illness, they’re calling for his head. The Malone site includes video of Anderson swinging and missing last night at a pitch that bounced in front of the plate.

Anderson started slowly last season too, hitting just .200 his first month with the Braves. He then rebounded with four strong months before fading again in September. Last year, however, he was a regular and not a pinch hitter.

Joe Torre loves Anderson’s experience and his cool and is unlikely to bail on him soon. But if Anderson doesn’t get it turned around, he could force Torre’s hand.

Other Dodgers stories out there on the Web:

-- Torre denied a report from Fox Sports, and reviewed in The Times Monday, that claimed his friends were saying the financial effect of the McCourts’ divorce could make this his last year with the team at Dodgers.com.

-- That report included speculation that one team Torre might be interested in next year are the Mets, and ESPN.com’s Buster Olney thinks that makes a lot of sense.

-- Eric Stephen at True Blue L.A. writes that Torre should have given Chad Billingsley an opportunity to work out of his sixth-inning jam Monday night.

-- Tony Jackson at ESPN Los Angeles thinks with Monday’s 7-3 victory over the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers finally may be showing signs of life.

-- Paul Oberjuerge says on his blog he's sickened over the McCourts’ extravagant lifestyle and thinks Dodgers fans should stay home.

-- Michael Becker at the Riverside Press-Enterprise likes the way the bullpen responded in Monday’s victory over Arizona.

-- Steve Dilbeck

Comments

[Greg]

Steve, for the first time, you're starting to read more like a blogger and less like a columnist.

I think one of the greatest things about the blogging format is the ability to embrace and enhance others' thoughts and opinions and unlike the dead tree format (which I am still a big fan of), linking is the quickest and the easiest way to do so.

Commenting specifically on the issues of the day, I think that it is long past due for Garret Anderson to go and the coddling of the veterans, as opposed to giving the kids a chance, of the Coletti/Torre regime has long ceased being amusing but a major issue of concern that most commentators have not seem to pick up (aside from a few of the bloggers.) It would be great if some of the dailies were able to press Torre for a response to this.

[Chad]

Gotta give it time. I was skeptical about this blog being useful at all when Jon left, but it's settling in and I enjoy reading it, hence I link to it as well.

[Greg]

Chad, no doubt about it, and certainly I did not mean to slight Steve in any way when I said that finally he's starting to read like a blogger rather than a columnist.

Columnists are great (well, maybe not Simers or Plaschke) but I think the style of the web is different than that of the newspaper and I was paying Steve a compliment and remarking the trend. I read Steve frequently when he wrote a column for the Daily News and enjoyed his writing then and continues to do so now.

[Brian]

Dogers brought along alot of players off the scrap heap (old veterens). So far it has not worked.

[These Dodgers Suck]

True Blue L.A.?
True Blue L.A.?
Hmmmmmmmmm?
OH YEAH, THAT'S WHERE THE DODGER CHEERLEADERS HANG OUT!

[Bill Grabarkewitz]

The Mets want Torre? Can we give him to them now?