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While we were all distracted by Napoli crushing our hopes and hearts, Juan Rivera ended up being a factor for the Dodgers in the second half. Donnie Baseball points to his acquisition as the push that kept the Dodgers out of the cellar.

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Juancho! Or as my brother and I affectionately called him, Foodbasket.

Somewhere in between ‘05 and ’08 the Angels used to donate to a charity called “Navidad en el Barrio”, which gives impoverished families in East LA food baskets for the holiday season. For each home run an Angel hit during the season, the ball club would donate a basket for said charity.
Juan Rivera coincidentally managed to hit enough homeruns each time the charity was mentioned on the air that my brother and I just started referring to Juancho’s homeruns as foodbaskets (corny I know).

Johnny Rivers in Angels lore
28th in Doubles: 102
16th in Homeruns: 92
20th in RBI: 337
T-15th in SLG (min. 1000 PAs): .464
His clutch 8th inning two-out, two-run single in Game 3 of the ’09 ALDS against Papelbum brought the score closer at 5-4.

He wasn’t a fan favorite megastar and his GIDP’s were a source of frustration,but he was a serviceable OF with a cannon for an arm and pop in his bat. He’s definitely worth an inclusion for the next installment of the Top 100 Angels, in my humble opinion.

by LAA101010 on Oct 20, 2011 3:48 AM PDT reply actions  

It's funny Mattingly mentions that

Because I agree with him, to a certain extent. Once Rivera arrived, the Dodgers LF situation became settled. No, he didn’t hit the cover off the ball, but he was a heckuva lot better than the stiffs they had been running out there.

It just goes to show you that you don’t need to have a great bat in every part of the lineup; you just can’t have any black holes. You know who I’m talking about.

"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you." - Woody Hayes

by johnnyangel101 on Oct 20, 2011 7:29 AM PDT reply actions  

we have two black holes

one is just a lot deeper than the other

"id take 5th Dimention Wormhole Rivera over Wells any day of the week"
-clover_black

by the king of CERA on Oct 20, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Racist.

Vernon Wells 2011 Stats (.218/.248/.412) and 2010 road stats (.224/.299/.400). The front office shouldn't have been surprised.

by snowhor on Oct 20, 2011 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

Imposter!

My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is - kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
Bill Baxley, Attorney General

by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Oct 20, 2011 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

I remember many people saying their favorite Rivera memory was when he got traded for Wells

Don’t hear that now.

Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.

by Commander_Nate on Oct 20, 2011 8:48 AM PDT reply actions  

We were talking about him last night

My son made the comment that Naps was greater than the combo of Premium and the BIG SPLASH. I brought up that Juan Rivera was also in that deal, maybe not combined, and was better than either one of them this past season.

Then my son said “I miss Juanny, and his frosted tips. Sniff the bat.”

For the Home Boy

Always a fave at our house

by eyespy on Oct 20, 2011 11:18 AM PDT reply actions  

My head explodes

every time I hear Vin Skully say “what a nice addition Rivera was for the dodgers”

"id take 5th Dimention Wormhole Rivera over Wells any day of the week"
-clover_black

by the king of CERA on Oct 20, 2011 12:43 PM PDT reply actions  

Scioscia was a pretty nice addition for us.

Thank you Brooklyn.

YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....

by halofolife on Oct 20, 2011 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

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