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**Domenic** · 03-12-2008, 11:24 PM

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Dodgers' Park throws three perfect innings

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Chan Ho Park continued to make a strong push for the final spot in the Dodgers' rotation Monday, pitching three perfect innings in a 7-4 Grapefruit League win over the Baltimore Orioles.

That gave Park, invited to camp as a nonroster player, seven scoreless innings in three spring outings in which he has given up only two hits and two walks.

"I don't compete against anybody. I just compete against the hitters," Park said. "Yes, my goal is to try to make the team. But not in the game. In the game, you've got to get the hitters out. So I try to focus on that.

"I just go one pitch at a time."

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Park has looked fantastic and is my personal choice for the fifth spot for the time being. He had a sub-4 ERA in his career with the Dodgers and has supposedly been a workout warrior this past winter... it doesn't hurt that neither Loaiza or Jason Johnson have been inconsistent at best throughout their careers.

JollyDodger · 03-13-2008, 08:30 PM

I'm sorry, but Spring Training is Spring Training. Guys like Park can work their *** off each and every pitch, while the players he's facing are working on specific skills. He'd start 3-4 times to begin the year and take a 6.00+ ERA back to Vegas.

Edited for language. - DB

**Domenic** · 03-14-2008, 10:46 AM

That's definitely true - it's only Spring Training.

However, I do feel that performance in Spring Training is a better way to choose the fifth starter than to rely on pulling a name out of a hat or something of the like... Park has been better then either Johnson or Loaiza so he should have the spot. I'm not expecting more of the same in the regular season - but he's been successful on the Dodgers before, so I wouldn't be surprised if he could be a more than solid fifth starter (I'm thinking an ERA around 4.35, which is far better than most fifth starters).

Ddavis · 03-17-2008, 07:14 PM

I hope Park gets it.

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