Gibbons activated, Thames to the disabled list

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Apparently Jay Gibbons can see clearly now. Alas, Marcus Thames can’t see to run clearly.

So before to Tuesday’s game, the Dodgers announced they were activating Gibbons off the 15-day disabled list and placing Thames on it.

Gibbons has struggled with vision issues throughout the spring since undergoing a follow-up procedure to previous Lasik surgery in the offseason. He’s been to at least a half-dozen specialists trying to configure the proper contacts.

In 14 games at triple-A Albuquerque, the left-handed hitting Gibbons was hitting .288 with one home run and 10 RBI in 52 at-bats.

Thames, who bats right-handed, started Monday night in left but ran somewhat gingerly and has mostly pinch hit the last two weeks because of a strained right quad. He was hitting .176 in 34 at-bats, with a pair of homers and four RBI.

The DL move probably means a temporary end to Don Mattingly sitting James Loney at first base and playing the right-handed Sands, who will now become the primary left-fielder against left-handed pitchers.

-- Steve Dilbeck