LA Media Nicknames Jones "Tubbo"

The grass isn't always greener on the other side. While fans in San Francisco are steadfastly losing faith in 2007's prized signing, Barry Zito, the Dodger fans and media have grown tired with Andruw Jones's slow start. LA Times columnist T.J. Simers has nicknamed him "Tubbo":

I wanted to know if the tubbo thought he could maybe hit his weight at some point this season.

He said he's not fat and doing just fine, apparently envisioning himself as some sort of supermodel and weighing in with a .105 batting average.

But wait ... it gets better.

Manager Joe Torre, a former tubbo who dropped 20 pounds as a player and then went on to hit .325 and .363, said he could talk until blue in the face, but if Jones isn't buying it, it's not going to make a difference.

The Dodgers, though, have paid Torre to make a difference.

Jones said it doesn't matter what Torre thinks, and I guess that's what happens when a team agrees to pay you $36.2 million over two years.

And this is amusing too:

The fans in Dodger Stadium, catching the tubbo's act for only the fourth time at home in a Dodgers uniform, booed Jones on Friday night after another wretched performance.

They even booed him in pregame introductions Saturday night, and with runners on first and third in the first, he struck out -- the fans letting him have it again.

In the third, with runners on first and second, he walked, a Dodgers highlight so far this season.

Thanks Simers, you made me forget Zito was 0-5.