BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : DODGERS : Lasorda Still Fighting Mad

In the aftermath of Tuesday’s two brawls, the only temper still flaring in the Dodgers’ clubhouse Wednesday was that of Manager Tom Lasorda, who became furious when asked about Jody Reed’s condition. Reed, who was spiked by Andres Galarraga as Galarraga slid into second base, suffered a hyper-extension of his left elbow and is day-to-day. X-rays were negative.

“There’s another thing, what did Jody do to deserve that?” Lasorda said. “(Colorado Rockie Manager) Don Baylor said Frank Robinson had taught him to slide like that when he was a player. Well I never saw Baylor slide like that and kick a guy. (Galarraga) kicked him, close play or not, it was a cheap shot, dirty play, whether he was out by 10 feet or 10 inches.”

The situation is under review, and suspensions are expected to be handed down.

To Baylor, who said after Tuesday night’s 12-4 Dodger victory that if Reed didn’t like the way the game is played, “he ought to put a skirt on,” Lasorda had this response:

“Well, the guys with the skirts just kicked the . . . out of the guys on the field. I think the Apache Kid just lost another one.”

Lasorda was referring to pitcher Keith Shepherd, who had the nickname Apache Kid during his amateur boxing career. Shepherd followed up the first brawl by throwing behind Cory Snyder, then taunting Snyder to come at him.

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Tim Wallach, who had tackled Colorado’s Charlie Hayes before he got to Ramon Martinez after Martinez had hit Hayes with a pitch to spark the first brawl, said he was trying to keep something worse from happening.

“Somebody piled on top of me, I don’t know who, but it could have been worse--in situations like that, guys can get spiked and hurt,” Wallach said. “I don’t know if Galarraga (spiked Reed) on purpose or not, but he could have broken Jody’s arm. It’s one thing to slide in clean and hard and another to slide hard and not clean.”

Roger McDowell, who was in the middle of both fights, was sent to the hospital for X-rays on his sore wrist, which were negative. Other than that, Dodger trainers say everybody else came away unscathed.

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Don Drysdale, who was known to throw a few brushback pitches during his days, said his phone rang off the hook Wednesday as with reporters wanted his opinion on the brawls. “I had to get out of my room,” Drysdale said. . . . Colorado fans had a great time collecting Mike Piazza souvenirs during batting practice. In only one round, Piazza hit three of four balls into the left-field seats, including one that towered into the 110-foot high second deck, considerably more than 500 feet from home plate.