If the Brewers maintain a strict five-day rotation for Sabathia, the Dodgers should face him that Saturday.

Bill Plaschke has agreed to show up to raise money for Jon's site. He will sit in the dunk tank for 5.00 for 3 balls.

Unfortunately I'll be on the other side of the planet at the time, so I can't make it.

And I loved the EANAB reference (Go Cardinal!), but I think you've got one too many As...

On a side note kinda related to whiffle ball, anybody ever heard of the drinking game Louisville Chugger?

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Looking forward to meeting all of you and thanking you for putting up with my overt negativity on this site.

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I'd like to take credit for suggesting Elysian Park. I think it'll be a great venue. I'd just caution that we be very specific about where we're setting up shop and how to get there. The park is large and somewhat confusing to navigate. My original suggestion was for the Elysian Fields/Northeast Little League area up on top of the hill. It has many advantages including the best picnic/bbq/bathroom facilities in the park. Plus, it does have ballfields (though I don't know if they are available for the public). It also has the view down to the stadium (it'd make for nice group picture). The big disadvantage of that location is its a little tough to find, especially if you don't know the park all that well. I had my birthday there a few years back, and everyone did manage to find it.

Anyway, I'd be happy to volunteer to help scout out a spot. I'm really looking forward to this.

Where's section 1A?

2006: 9.44
2007: 9.66
2008: 8.06

I thought he was supposed to miss MORE bats in the NL.

>> [Comment From David Eckstein]
With all the talk about getting Jack Wilson, how come my name is not mentioned in going to the dodgers? And with Nomar back and playing well (hr last night) is there any chance the Dodgers may not be looking at shortstop at all since it would mean giving up prospects and the dodgers are clearly in youth movement mode.
2:26
MLBTR: I agree on both. They may give Nomar some time, see if he can be passable. And, Eckstein is worth a phone call.<<

2006: 6.05
2007: 8.12
2008: 9.29

I wonder if he'll hit the truly elite 10+ level in his career.

>> The Dodgers signed pitcher Clayton Allison, their 27th-round Draft pick, and center fielder Melvin Ray, their 33rd-round pick. Ray, whom the recruiting service Rivals.com ranks as the No. 18 high school wide receiver in the nation, has signed a letter of intent to play football at Alabama. ... The Dodgers sent pitcher B.J. Lamura up to Triple-A Las Vegas from Double-A Jacksonville and released Vegas pitcher Greg Jones. ... <<

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Nice with Ray. He has a lot of potential. Probably the most athletic player in our system now.

5 Plashke in the dunk tank!!!! I love it!

Chase Headley
74Abs
0bbs
22Ks

Its really amazing bc Headley's minor league and collegiate numbers indicate a player with pretty good patience.

I'd be worried if one of the Dodgers players put up a line like that.

1). Why did Penny keep pitching?
2). Since Ned Colletti has been general manager, can you name me one trade or one acquisition he has made that is a bona fide success and accomplished more than was expected?
3). Since he has been a Dodger, what kind of run support has Derek Lowe received?
4). Do you see this guy (CHP) being in the second-half rotation or is he too brittle?
5). Why haven't the Dodgers traded for Jack Wilson yet?

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The most ABs by a position player without a walk is 146 by Craig Robinson with the 1973 Phillies.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/vzB2

http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/769Z

70 pitches in 3 innings? Joe expects him to get hammered!

http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sanchal01.shtml

Dennis Rasmussen of the Yankees walked him.

So if Schmidt wants to get hammered.

Willingly!

http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/c9Kk

Don Demeter had a 5 HR / 8 RBI season in the Dodgers inaugural campaign in Los Angeles.

He was named as a second team outfielder for Florida-All-State High School Baseball honors.

Do you know how much the signing bonus is?

Paying for college tuition isn't anything new with prep prospects

>> Suns' DeJesus excited to play in front of his father in N.Y. <<

## DeJesus Jr. collected three hits in Monday's 4-3 loss to Mobile to raise his season batting average to .311.

"Staying above the .300 mark is a goal I want to achieve," he said. "Plus I want to finish with more walks than strikeouts. I take a lot of pride in that. The first half of the season I took a lot of walks but in the second half, I want to be even more aggressive. I'll take my walks, but I want to be up there swinging for hits, too." ##

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Seriously. Kemp for half a season of Sabathia!?!?

Joe Sheehan on Baseball Prospectus said today that the Indians caved too early and should have waited. I think these stories are planted to just give some cover so you can say to the media, we had a deal for MLB players but in the end the Dodgers once again pulled out.

>> Being a starting pitcher in the Triple-A All-Star Game would be a big deal for most players, but not 51s right-hander Jason Johnson.

The 10-year major leaguer has respectfully declined a chance to start for the Pacific Coast League in the July 16 game at Louisville, Ky.

"It's an honor, but my goal is to get to the big leagues, not to make an All-Star team in Triple A," said Johnson, 34, who is 10-5 with a 4.22 ERA for Las Vegas. "I figured there's a lot of young guys in Triple A who deserve a chance and I'm not going to take one of their spots." <<

http://www.lvrj.com/sports/24058899.html

Milwaukee told the Indians that they would not be able to afford to offer CC a better contract than the one he refused from the Indians so that this was straight 3 month rental.

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=21375

I wonder if that is internally and/or externally

"With last night's 3-0 shutout, the Dodgers and Dodger Stadium became part of Major League history. Going back to June 25, when Eric Stults blanked the White Sox, there have been six consecutive home games in which one of the team's have been shut out, which ties a Major League Baseball record. The other occurrences came from June 2-8, 1903 at Pittsburgh's Exposition Park, April 24-May 2, 1905 at Detroit's Bennett Park, July 31-Aug. 5, 1953 in Washington's Griffith Stadium, and April 19-May 1, 1981 at the Texas Rangers' Arlington Stadium. Source: Elias"

Also, happy birthday Danny Ardoin!

Olney seems to have been down on the Dodgers all year.

Also, and this is not a reflection of the current administration, the Dodgers have a long history of overhyping its prospects, some of that due to where their teams were playing but nonetheless, the history of the system actually producing MLB quality players was not great until Logan White started drafting players in 2002.

--The Bison

So has the rest of the National League.

Good job of McCourt to veto it.

A half season of Sabathia isnt worth giving up Kemp/Meloan for. Its not as if the Dodgers are anywhere close to adding just 1 player and all the sudden being in the World Series.

Taking away Kemp, and adding CC would have made the team worse bc it would have meant Pierre plays everyday. This team doesnt need more pitching, it needs less Pierre& more power.

Rotoworld: The White Sox have DFA'ed Pablo Ozuna.

This guy would be better than Berroa, but not worth trading anything for.

The Rangers won all those shutouts.

If Club A calls up ands offer a player for Matt Kemp, does that mean Matt Kemp is on the trading block?

I know I keep harping on this but basically that is how I read these rumors.

Of course others may choose to read them differently.

Jerry Jones in football.

In baseball, cant think of any but most of the owners stay out of the limelight.

Steinbrenner did buy some pretty good players during the 90's with the Yankees. How much of that was his doing--and Cashmans---> who knows?

In the intervening road trip, the Rangers won a 16-8 game at Fenway.

Someone could tell Rosenthal or Buster that the Indians had asked for Vin Scully, and they'd report that he was on the trading block.

dodgersguest: Me and Jeff Kent get together and listen to Lil' Wayne to get pumped up!

It indicates that the only thing standing between the Dodgers and another horrible Colletti deal is Frank McCourt. And we all know how well Frank handles player personnel decisions, right Vlad?

I think the reason for anxiety is because Kemp is apparently on the table. If Kemp's off the table, then there's never any article's written about the Dodgers turning down a deal involving Matt Kemp.

dodgersguest:
5:15 pm I'm still learning from the best, Juan Pierre. DY says the key is to not get thrown out.

haha! Matt Kemp sure is funny! haha? right?

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dodgersguest: I'm a beast! Seriously though, what do you think of it??

I think it's a kick-ass nickname!

That's not true. Or it's an oversimplification. It's very possible that Kemp was only on the table in the Indians' minds. The supposition that Colletti went to McCourt to discuss the deal doesn't mean Kemp was on the table.

Again, we have nothing on the record that I know of saying that Colletti wanted to make the deal. What we have is him checking with his boss to see if his boss wanted to make the deal. From anonymous sources, mind you.

I'm not saying that Colletti would never trade Kemp. I'm just saying that there's a lot of sketchy info here.