Los Angeles Dodgers - The Bush Years (2000-2009)

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Titles:

Top Dodgers Players of the Twenty Oughts

2004 Won Division (Lost LDS to Cards)

2006 Wild Card (Lost LDS to Mets)

Pitchers:

2008 - Won Division (Lost NLCS to Phillies)

Eric Gagne (9.88) - 47

2009 - Won Division (Lost NLCS to Phillies)

Derek Lowe (13.3) - 44

Chad Billingsley (11.4) - 34

BallPark:

Brad Penny (10.5) - 32

Chavez Ravine

Chan Ho Park (10.2) - 27

Kevin Brown (14.2) - 25

Team Name:

Odalis Perez (8.42) - 24

Dodgers

Takashii Saito (8.14) - 24

Hideo Nomo (3.79) - 23

Owner:

Jeff Weaver (4.73) - 23

Robert Daly & Fox Entertainment (2000-2003)

Kazuisa Ishii (0.47) - 21

Frank McCourt (2004-2009)

Jeff Shaw (1.17) - 19

Jonathan Broxton (6.27) - 18

General Manager:

Randy Wolf (4.83) - 12

Kevin Malone (2000)

Hiroki Kuroda (3.25) - 11

Dave Wallace (2001)

Clayton Kershaw (6.15) - 9

Dan Evans (2002-2004)

Jose Lima (1.28) - 9

Paul DePodesta (2005)

Guillermo Mota (5.78) - 4

Nick Colletti (2006-2009)

Giovanni Carrara (4.68) - 3

Joe Beimel (4.24) - 0

Managers:

Davey Johnson (2000)

Catchers:

Jim Tracy (2001-2005)

Russell Martin (13.97) - 38

Grady Little (2006-2007)

Paul LoDuca (13.88) - 38

Joe Torre (2008-2009)

First Basemen:

No Hitters:

Shawn Green (20.96) - 48

None

James Loney (6.06) - 19

Eric Karros (0.64) - 12

Hall of Famers:

Clayton Kershaw (Pending)

Second Base:

Manny Ramirez (Pending)

Jeff Kent (6.78) - 26

Cesar Izturis (3.82) - 22

Rookie of the Year:

Mark Grudzielanek (4.09) - 9

None

Orlando Hudson (4.12) - 6

MVP:

ShortStop:

None

Rafael Furcal (11.63) - 32

Alex Cora (4.49) - 17

Cy Young:

Nomar Garciaparra (1.74) - 6

Eric Gagne (2003)

Third Base:

Notable Events:

Adrian Beltre (19.3) - 33

Casey Blake (5.57) - 8

2000 - Another subpar (for the Dodgers) decade. The Fox ownership

of the team brought absolutely nothing to the table and, mercifully,

Outfield:

Fox sold the club to Frank McCourt in 2004. With the McCourt

Matt Kemp (10.21) - 27

ownership at the helm, LA started turning things around and, by the

Andre Ethier (8.69) - 27

end of the decade, the team started looking like The Dodgers again.

Gary Sheffield (10.47) - 23

There were three Division titles (the last two closed out the decade)

Dave Roberts (4.65) - 22

and three ninety plus win seasons - not acceptable for a club with

Juan Pierre (2.03) - 18

LA's vast resources at hand or for a team with their history, but a start.

Milton Bradley (4.45) - 14

The Dodgers spend the decade as an above average team, mostly

JD Drew (7.17) - 14

hovering in the mid eighties or low nineties in wins.

Manny Ramirez (5.63) - 13

However, they're never really a threat.

Marquis Grissom (1.1) - 10

Brian Jordan (4.22) - 10

2000 - Outfielder Shawn Green, 27, is obtained in a deal with Toronto

Kenny Lofton (0.79) - 8

for outfielder Raul Mondesi

Jayson Werth (4.3) - 6

2002 - Eric Gagne begins a three year run as the top reliever in

Notable Events:

the game, averaging 51 saves over that period before blowing out

his arm in 2005. When you are the top reliever in the game with

2006 - The influx of young talent makes the Dodgers decent again as they

Mariano Rivera around, that's saying something.

gain seventeen games in the standings going 88-74 and are an exciting watch

2004 - After a seven your drought (LA made the playoffs in '96 as

2008 - Joe Torre is hired on as manager. You can't overestimate

a wild card), the Dodgers make it to the post season by winning

what Torre's presence brought to the club. Suddenly, it was the legacy

93 games and the Division.

Durocher - Alston - LaSorda Dodgers that we were looking at again

and for the first time since the Eighties, the Dodgers mattered again.

2005 - Righthander Derek Lowe, 32, is picked up as a FA from Boston

2008/9 - Outfielder Manny Ramirez is obtained in mid season in a blockbuster

2005 - The Dodgers hit rock bottom at 71-91. However, several good

three team deal with Boston and Pittsburgh that included star Pirate

things emerge out of the ashes as LA shakes things up by adding a

outfielder Jason Bay going to Boston. All Ramirez does is go 17-53-.396

bunch of young talent to the roster in 2006:

in 53 games to propel the Dodgers to the Divison title (at age 36). In '08.

□ Catcher Russell Martin, 23 - 2002 17th round pick - another

He continues to excel in '09 going 19-63-.290 in 104 games. Manny is

outstanding Dodgers catcher who was a low round selection;

suspended for fifty games during the '09 season for a drug violation. It also

□ Lefty Clayton Kershaw is selected with the 7th overall pick in the

must be noted that having Ramirez and Torre in the same dugout was a trip

'05 draft - he would come up in 2008 as a twenty year old rookie;

for those who remembered the Red Sox - Yankee rivalry. And with those

□ Shortstop Rafael Furcal, 26, is signed as a FA from the Braves;

two around, it spelled instant credibility for LA. It wasn't since the

□ Outfielder Matt Kemp, 21, is a rookie -

Valenzuela-Hershiser days that the Dodgers were the team you went

he was a 6th round pick in 2003;

out of your way to watch.

□ Outfielder Andre Ethier, 24, is obtained in a trade with the A's -

outfielder Milton Bradley was sent to Oakland in the deal