Dodgers get Ronnie Belliard!

[troutdog]

Well Garland and Thome got their own thread, can't slight the guy who homered his first night as a Dodger right!?

Nice back up infielder to give Hudson a rest, has championship experience and a great veteran to have in the club house. So much for the Dodgers "sitting on their hands" before the playoffs.


TD

[saintarv]

Didn't he play for the Indians also?

[troutdog]

Didn't he play for the Indians also?

I also find it hard to keep a straight face when talking about Indian baseball, but Belliard had quite a resume with the tribe:

Belliard signed a one-year deal with the Cleveland Indians for the 2004 campaign. In 2004 Belliard enjoyed a fine season from an offensive standpoint, stabilizing the second base position after the club experienced inconsistency at the position in 2003. Ronnie amassed career-highs in hits (169), doubles (48) and RBI (70) and also set a new career-high with 12 HR. He finished 2nd in the American League with 48 doubles, which represented the highest total by an Indian since Albert Belle's 52 in 1995. His .282 batting average at second base led all AL second basemen. His 169 hits ranked 2nd and his 69 RBI placed 4th among league 2B. Belliard earned his first trip to the All-Star Game after hitting .304 (103-339) in the first half with 5 home-runs and 37 RBI in 84 games (was voted in by players). He avoided arbitration and signed a 1-year contract on December 20 with a club option for 2006. In 2005, Belliard collected new career-highs in homers (17) and RBI (78) as he finished 3rd among AL second basemen in RBI and doubles (36) and 4th in home runs.



TD

[SoCalGuy7]

I also find it hard to keep a straight face when talking about Indian baseball, but Belliard had quite a resume with the tribe:

Belliard signed a one-year deal with the Cleveland Indians for the 2004 campaign. In 2004 Belliard enjoyed a fine season from an offensive standpoint, stabilizing the second base position after the club experienced inconsistency at the position in 2003. Ronnie amassed career-highs in hits (169), doubles (48) and RBI (70) and also set a new career-high with 12 HR. He finished 2nd in the American League with 48 doubles, which represented the highest total by an Indian since Albert Belle's 52 in 1995. His .282 batting average at second base led all AL second basemen. His 169 hits ranked 2nd and his 69 RBI placed 4th among league 2B. Belliard earned his first trip to the All-Star Game after hitting .304 (103-339) in the first half with 5 home-runs and 37 RBI in 84 games (was voted in by players). He avoided arbitration and signed a 1-year contract on December 20 with a club option for 2006. In 2005, Belliard collected new career-highs in homers (17) and RBI (78) as he finished 3rd among AL second basemen in RBI and doubles (36) and 4th in home runs.



TD

TD, did it take hours to find that info online.....???....lol....jk

The doyers obviously felt they needed to keep up with Philly and the Cards....We'll have to wait and see if it was enough......

[DarkShadow]

Manny's got a Lil Buddy now.

[Oz]

nice...thats another good pick up...he has some power and good base running expierence.

[DarkShadow]

...he has some power and good base running expierence.

And so far he's proven that.

Well, the power thing at least.

Base running? I dunno...

I refer to him as Belly-yard for a reason. Thank god u don't have to run very fast after knocking one 400 feet.