i just heard this song on PRI's "the world" radio show and after looking it up when i got home, i've been obsessed with it for the past hour so i thought i'd share:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOzkN8dHnjk

P.S. So far, Teixiera has no home runs for the Angels.

Should be Joe Beimel's entrance music.

Orlando Cabrera for Derek Lowe

Greg Maddux for Two "C" prospects

New rotation...

Billingsley
Kuroda
Maddux
Kershaw
Penny

or vice versa.

Dirty Al was the field manager for a minor league ballclub of which I was part-owner. Two thoughts about Al:

(1) He truly deserved the nickname. The man could look like Pigpen after hitting infield grounders.

(2) He once volunteered that his favorite player of all time was Junior Gilliam. He thought that Gilliam played the game that way it was meant to be played.

He and I had a good relationship up to the day I fired him.

He was the first person to assign letters for each play that could take place on the field and numbers to every defensive player on the field. That way he could record the result of every at bat easily and quickly. Chadwick needed to use the letter "S" for sacrifice, so he decided a strikeout would be recorded as the letter "K," which was the last letter in the word "struck"—a common term for striking out.

Take note that when the letter "K" appears backwards it means the player struck out "looking," or struck out without swinging at the third strike

However the official scoring rules designate the term "SO" for strike outs.

The official scoring rules would take the romance out of Valentine's Day.

Kemp. RF
Blake. 3B
Martin. C
Kent. 2B
Loney. 1B
Jones. CF
Ethier. LF
Berroa. SS
Billingsley. RHP

So, Jones back. Pierre out. Nomar still hurt.

I like (some) of our young guys as much as anyone, but how long are the Dodgers going to go with Jeff Kent as a cleanup hitter? It's freaking embarassing.

I'd give my [non-dominant hand] pinky finger for an exciting, game changing bat like Manny in the lineup.

But not by me.

--

Bummer about Lynch, poor guy, though he seemed done even last year.

And then in the 8th and 9th this older gentleman was sitting right behind us, and we began having a conversation because he was obviously quite knowledgable. "Oh yeah, I threw BP here... used to be such a pitcher's park. They moved home plate forward--twice! And the seats on the side of course weren't there. They'd bring in Frank Robinson, all these sluggers and they'd hit 15, 20 homeruns--you'd pitch BP and say 'oh, that one's gone' and it'd one-hop the wall! Those were the days when it was really good to be a pitcher here." After he left to go back to his family, we asked the guy who sat next to him "who was that?"
"Oh, some old ballplayer, pitched for the Dodgers a while back. Name of Ralph."
"Ralph? Ralph BRANCA?"
"Yea, that's it."
"We just sat here chatting with Ralph Branca!!"
Just another evening at Dodger stadium...

46 It wouldn't shock me. :-)

Oh, and no stupid trades while I'm gone, okay?

The Astros have the worst farm system in baseball. It's not even close. I'm assuming they are trying to compile picks, but I dont know what picks they'd get for Hawkins and Wolf, assuming they didnt accept arby.

Did anyone notice the post from the last thread that had Dandy Andy at 2nd base and Dewitt at 3rd base. Do we dare to dream?

Or maybe I've come to the wrong place for that kind of speculation and insight. Perhaps I should simply grab a hand, smile wide, and join in the Kumbaya about how Andre Ethier is going to turn into an All-Star, how Hu is going to turn into Ozzie Smith, or about how Jason Schmidt is going to turn into the tooth fairy.

Excellent article on yahoo sports about how the "Dodgers have become baseball's version of the Clippers," except, of course, "the Clippers have won 10 more playoff games" in the past 20 years.

Come on, Dodgers! Make a move.

"Trying to make a move" is how the Dodgers have been in purgatory for 2 decades. Maybe they should try something else.

And really, there isn't a deal out there that wouldn't hurt the team in another position.

I understand that you are unhappy with Kent batting cleanup, there is a long line of folks with you there but unless someone decides to hand the Dodgers a player, pretty much the dye has been cast as far as any outside help coming to the Dodgers this year.

Or, since you seem to have everyone's opinions narrowed down into a nice, neat box, I guess there's no need for perusing previous comments.

Which begs the question, why did you ask?

The point is, all there are right now are rumors. The Dodgers are having talks. Whether that means anything is complete speculation. I did my best in the previous post to offer some analysis. But what else is there to say?

--Andre Ethier is going to turn into an All-Star

--Hu is going to turn into Ozzie Smith

--Jason Schmidt is going to turn into the tooth fairy

I just can't decide!

They feel about Ted Rule One Williams like I feel about Paul Newman.

http://dodgerthoughts.baseballtoaster.com/archives/888991.html

Comment #40ish.

Just because Ned has made some disastrous moves recently does not mean that the team could not benefit from a sensible trade.

I don't pretend to have the opinions of the forum tied up in a "nice, neat little box," but I don't understand why people were so defensive when I suggested that the team should make a move.

We are a .500 ballclub. That's the reality. Woe betide the person who suggests that our team has holes.

The chorus of "yes" men is comical. Yes, I am a bitter Dodgers fan, but I am a fan just like those of you who disagree with my opinion. That I favor bold moves to improve what has, for the bulk of my adult lifetime, been a mediocre team does not make me any less of a fan. Because idiotic moves have been made in the past does not mean that trades cannot be beneficial or that the Dodgers are OK with a .400 slugger batting cleanup.

As for Kent, he's pretty unlucky this year and has been hitting the ball better than his numbers would indicate, though the simple solution would be to move him down in the line-up.

Cheapskate.

Getting upset that we don't know what's going to happen - and then using it as an excuse to break the site rules and rip the commenters here - seems a bit much.

You brought al