I feel well adjusted to the NL West race after watching this summer's golf major championships. Why hang your head over pars and bogeys when you just might end up with the trophy?

Both?

>> "Every night, I go home and I think, 'Man, I hope I did something that sparked their interest, will make them give me a shot,' " Lindsey said Sunday <<

## He is playing the best ball of his life at 31, too old to be considered a prospect, too young to give up the game for a second time. ##

http://www.lvrj.com/sports/26826059.html

I choose blindfolded and handcuffed waiting for the cigarette.

John Lindsey's having a good year at Triple A. I guess he can be a pitch hitter or something.

1) NedCo and Co. were asleep at the wheel.
or
2) McCourt took the checkbook away from NedCo.

Both scenarios should end with NedCo getting canned yesterday.

Indeed. Just like not offering arbitration to Maddux, this seems just unreasonably risk averse, especially when the "bad outcome" is really just not that bad.

Kemp CF
Ethier RF
Kent 2B
Ramirez LF
Loney 1B
Martin C
Blake 3B
Berroa SS
Lowe P

For example, I am sitting here holding Disc 1 of the White Album. Do I just load the whole thing into my itunes? Just load up Don't Pass Me By and leave it at that? Don't even bother?

20 Ned Colletti's job is to set up the Dodgers to win, not boost league-wide attendance.

Why not?

1) NedCo and Co. were asleep at the wheel.

2) McCourt took the checkbook away from NedCo.

Or 3): Colletti (and Torre?) don't think Adam Dunn is a good player (strikeouts! oh, the humanity!).

I'm guessing 1 and/or 3, because (2) is irrelevant given how little Dunn is going to cost Arizona (Cincy picks up the salary, nothing of value traded, right?).

There is no conceivable downside to it, other than money. And despite what Greg Brock says, the circumstantial evidence continues to mount that the Dodgers can't afford to add payroll in midseason. Lack of money (or unwillingness to spend it) is the only plausible reason for not keeping Dunn away from the Diamondbacks.

No thanks, we will stick with Savage.

I'd love to add Dunn to this team for 2 months for free. The only reason I don't like the Ramirez dea is because it was nowhere near free.

Shuffle is a wonderful idea, even if I occasionally get the 3rd Movement of "Appalachian Spring" juxtaposed with "Proud Mary."

Since August started, Dunn's been a slump. Posting a .411 OPS and a .139 BA over August.(ten games.) Although he was smashing the ball in July with a 1.162 OPS and a .310 BA.

In June, he had a .768 OPS and a .161 BA.
May: 1.120, and .284
April: .811 and .232

The Guy's a pure feast and famine type of guy. Although his August numbers make my head scratch, the guy's in a heck of a mini slump.

Ichiro from April 10th to April 19th: .195/.283/.244. It proves nothing.

More precisely, do I need to delete the other stuff that's already in there or does it fully sync each time to whatever I have checked from my library?

Thanks for the info. Hate to say it but in the case of the Dodgers it now sounds like Ned was partying with his old friends in SF yesterday and got in late today.

"Miller would not reveal which ones, citing league rules. Arizona was awarded the claim based on its having the worst record among the claiming teams."

The Dodgers did nothing.

Where did you get that $50,000 figure? That's true for the Rule 5 draft. I don't think such a fee is required for a waiver claim.

Vin: Dreadlegs or whatever you call them. Then again, when he got off the plane last night, he was in a suit, and he was coool.

I'm ready for a win for Lowe tonight. Next I'll be pulling for a modest two game win streak:)

http://www.insidesocal.com/dodgers/2008/08/tragedy-hits-cl.html

As a PH: .327/.370/.553 in 165 PA
Non-PH: .260/.308/.383 in 591 PA

Expect an RBI single from Russ here.

Helen told me earlier, watching how much Torre was running Martin out there, that she expected him to slump hard in the second half. Gotta give her props for that.

Not shocking news.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=7932

He looks tired for sure.

Assigning Ardoin to one of the pitchers might help get Martin the recovery time he could beneifit from and help Martin to regain his form.

Manny Ramirez can hit a little.

Nice.

It's a lot of fun.

Bowa wasn't doing this so often in the first half.

Werth was bound to get Loney one of these times.

Orel's right, Kendrick's getting the ball up a lot and they're crushing it, which is fine by me. Good stuff, Maynard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Kim

He didn't come back.

Manny, and Loney, and Blake, oh my!

Dodgers are 32-3 when scoring 6 or more runs this season.

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Off topic, but Aaron Rodgers looked pretty decent tonight.

INYUK-CHUK

Let's see if it affects his SB.

http://tinyurl.com/6znajq

Kemp!

0-2 runs: 4-38
3+ runs: 54-21
4+ runs: 47-15
5+ runs: 40-6
6+ runs: 32-3
7+ runs: 24-1
8+ runs: 17-0

Maybe he'll be one of those career minor leaguers who breaks into the majors in his early 30's.

I'm also worried about jinxing, since the Dodgers left the bases loaded when I switched over.

Being named Smokey would be just as bad.

I hate this game sometimes.

OK, I guess that's not a good name for any era.

I understand what you're talking about, but I have no idea how to actually do that.

I will assume it is because of Manny.

Oh, wait.

Ugh, Andre. Lost it in the lights.

Actually, on slo-mo, he didn't get his hand on the bag.

On the other hand, you could also argue it's fielding interference for blocking second base.

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Btw, I'm sorry, but Doubles Badminton just isn't right.

Since Utley was fielding the ball, no obstruction.

And in Houston Mike Krukow is probably watching and complaining about Dodger Stadium's left field area.

That was actually a pretty smart play by Utley. He was well aware that Juan Pierre always slides head first. It's unlikely he would have done that with Kemp stealing because Kemp always slides feet first. Placing your leg in the way of 200+ pounds of Bison spikes is a good way to land on the DL.

Oh, and thanks, Manny, for showing up.

And, yeah, bets on how long he lasts before his glass body breaks again?

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As Varitek ran to get the ball -- getting a two-handed shove from Byrnes on the way -- Byrnes made no effort to touch the plate. Umpire Paul Emmel made no signal until Varitek tagged Byrnes, who hurt his left knee on the play.

"I didn't care if my leg had fallen off," Byrnes said, "I would have gone back and touched the plate."
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http://tinyurl.com/66lc6j

Here comes Torre.

Or when Jeremy Giambi did not bother to slide and got tagged out against the Yankees in the playoffs.

"Quit grab-assing and throw strikes!"

Homer: Candy bar?

Skinner: No. It's a new drug, called Focusyn.

I was scared for a sec that he was going to play it off a bounce.

...And come on. This is nuts. NUTS.

Dinkers

Gary Bennett

Keep it up Blue Ox!!!

Exhale.

Move it along people, nothing here to see, move it along.

Loney is the Pepsi™ Clutch Player of the game.

Mongo Broxton gets the job done again.

Nice win for the Dodgers. Lowe - finally!

I'm ready for a modest two game win streak.

Manny - Nothing man. I'm just trying to get a pitch to hit.

How do you like Jeff Kent hitting in front of you?

Manny - I always watch him when I was young.

When are you going to trim your hair?

Manny - We're working on it.

This inning:

Cheap single
Walk
Strikeout
Fly out
Infield Single
Bloop Single
Ground out

Its not like he is being hit hard. Seems very unlucky.

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Vegas Update: Eric Stults struck out 8 in less than 6 innings, in a win vs Sacramento today.

Snoopy Come Home destroys me every time.

I'm just glad we got the win. Hopefully Broxton can build off of this.

{sniff}

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Btw, the Cincy sports blog/media outlet Lot D is reporting that the Reds will be getting back two players from the AZ 40 man and one will be a ML-ready starter (could be Owings? He mentions Scherzer as possibility but I don't see that happening, that would make this a much less smarter trade for the Dbacks). Anyway, Lot D claims to have an inside source, but who knows. No one knows who the players are yet but it sounds like it will be two recognizable players, at least. Stay tuned.

I completely disagree. It bugged the heck out of me when some SportsCenter hosts started dropped the s and made RBI the plural of RBI.

Yes, RBI is an abbreviation, and the noun that should be pluralized is "Run," but when we abbreviate it, we make the whole thing ("RBI") into a singular noun. "RBIs" therefore is appropriate.

I'm similarly annoyed when teams with goofy singular concept nicknames (Heat, Magic, Crimson Tide, and Jon's school) are not treated the same way as everyone else. And here, it's not a matter of colloquial preference - it's straightforward grammar 101. "The Heat play in Miami" just as the "Celtics play in Boston." Not "The Heat plays in Miami."

Sports announcers shouldn't think too hard.

I will admit, however, that I too am stymied by the singular of "Sox."

Yeah, it wasn't the normal, redeeming sad, where you actually feel better after watching it. Good grief.

>> Beat reporter Ken Gurnick answers Dodgers fans' questions <<

http://tinyurl.com/68onmj

>> Garciaparra was sent to the disabled list on Aug. 1 to make room on the roster for Manny Ramirez. Torre said the team likely will make a similar move Tuesday to free up a spot with Andruw Jones slated as a candidate for the DL. Jones, who is 1-for-16 in his past 10 games, has soreness in his surgically repaired right knee. <<

http://tinyurl.com/6fodeu

>> Monday marked general manager Ned Colletti's 1,000th day on the job. <<

http://tinyurl.com/5d4pxn

But they do such a great job of manufacturing runs, you can hit .240 and still drive in 100. That's telling you that their team is operating well.