Harbaughs on boths sides of the field? Who knew.

Ivan DeJesus currently has 73 walks at Jacksonville. That's an eye opener.

"I've never been bit by a snake, but this might feel a little bit worse."

http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blogs/prosports/mlb/dodgers/

In addition, they played the eventual NL West Winner San Diego Padres.

Meanwhile, the Dodgers in the 2008 skid played a pretty good Phillies team, but far worse, a then-woeful Colorado Rockies and the worst team in MLB. There's no excuse for being this bad against the latter two teams.

Andrew Lambo is really playing well in Jacksonville. Another HR tonight as well as a double with 6 RBI's. We still have another year until we would have to protect him correct? Lindblom also made his AA debut tonight giving up 2 runs in 5 innings with 4 K's and 1 BB.

In AAA, Chin-lung Hu got his first HR and PeeWee Young hit his 2nd HR in as many days.

They did! That's right. I was confusing them with the 2002 Cardinals who the Giants defeated. It's not like me to forget that.

No problem! (Jones is gone after '09 and Pierre's contract is 60% complete.)

I had to explain the entire game of football to my friend in about 20 minutes before his interview at the Raider Image. Plus, get him to remember some players on the team.

Of course, the big argument against this is that Loney doesn't fit FA until 2012, he has a great dry wit, and he'd be entering his prime. Personally, its the dry wit I'll miss the most.

Another player drafted by the Dodgers that year figures to be called up by sometime next week. His name: David Price.

For reference, here are the major leaguers producers by other recent Dodger drafts:

2002: 6 (Loney, Broxton, Pee Wee, McDonald, Stults, Martin)
2003: 6 (Billingsley, Kemp, Wesley Wright, A.J. Ellis, Travis Denker, LaRoche)
2004: 4
2005: 1 (Meloan)

bold = likely to be called up next week. I didn't include Greg Miller (2002) or Xavier Paul (2003), but they certainly could add the total as well.

Luke Hochevar was drafted by the club in 2002 & 2005, but didn't sign either time so I didn't include him.

I'm not sure what team I should follow. I feel like such a.. er.. girl.

Now I need to choose an NFL team.

All I know is that I dislike the Patriots. I went to school in New England, and good god, were their fans obnoxious. At least I made $100 off them from the Superbowl.

USC... Sporky I'd go for it. It was much easier when I was in high school. I chose USC over UCLA on recommendation of a friend. At the time USC might have been the worst team in the Pac 10. Remember the Paul Hackett era? Ooh, they were bad. But I picked the perfect time to become a fan. I wasn't in college yet, I needed to watch someone. I'm glad the decision worked out.

I didn't get a degree at USC, so I stick with only the football program. If USC lacrosse plays Stanford lacrosse, I'll just hope it goes into overtime.

Must... resist...

If you want to keep up with being a masochist, there is no better choice than the Buffalo Bills.

Vikings? Their logo is just so goofy.

You would make Nate very happy.

However, in recent years I have grown to respect the organization. I like a lot of their players (Tomlinson* and Rivers to name a few) and their uniforms are awesome, especially the powder blues (I'm also a sucker for most 1980s baseball road uniforms).

It's hard to imagine jumping ship on a team, but if someone told me Al Davis would live for another 20 years, I'd probably resign as a Raider fan right now. I would have abandoned the club if it had drafted Brady Quinn. Thank Jeebus that didn't happen.

*Only Lawrence Taylor is "LT"

What the fudge?!!!

Well, considering that the Raiders and Rams left in 94, before I heavily got in sports, I don't have a girl to take in this dance, so I can just laugh at everyone on the sidelines.

May Al Davis clone himself, and his clone rule the Raiders for the next 100 years.

Speaking of bandwagons, I was doing errands in a LAD cap, and some stranger was remarking how the Dodger fans were coming out of the woodwork following the Manny trade. I felt the need to publicly profess my love for Andy.

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Btw, wasn't sure if this was posted earlier but it was just put up line less than an hour ago. Speaking of Elbert... Neat little story in his (near) hometown newspaper about his imminent call-up:

http://tinyurl.com/5bbjdj

--The telephone rang late Thursday afternoon at the Tim Elbert home.

"I've gotten the call," Scott Elbert told his mother, Tracie. "I'm going to the big leagues. It finally has happened. Can I talk to Dad?"

Elbert then told his father the good news.

"I told him congratulations, and we'll be seeing you in Arizona," Tim Elbert said.--

Also, I would rank the AFC West as follows, in terms of soullessness and evilosity:

1) Broncos (As I typed this, Mike Shanahan had his guard cut block me below the knee)
2) Chiefs (Has anyone looked into Gunther Cunningham's eyes and lived to tell about it?)
3) Chargers (Barry Bonds + steroids = baseball pariah; Shawne Merriman + steroids = Pro Bowl)
4) Raiders (just a good wholesome team and fan base)

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Btw, I still, 20 years later, or whatever it is, can't get over the fact that there's no NFL team in LA. What sort of parallel universe is the NFL living in? I will root for an expansion LA team, maybe not as much for a team that moves there.

http://tinyurl.com/6xt5qc

Did they get to you?

What the fudge?!!

They can change their name from the Jaguars to another cat, the Cougars.

Double meaning - Nate'll love it!

Okay, my download of the game "The Movies" is complete, so I'm outta here. Night.

Heck, Raquel Welch should be the picture of a cougar in the dictionary.

Also, Paris Hilton will be the ultimate cougar in 10, 15 years.

They're both rich enough, and that's all that seems to really matter.

Sugar mommas are for money.

Money ain't a thing.

In a few hours, I'll be having the annual drink the kool aid breakfast with Rick and a few of the players.

Whoopie, I am getting NY Jets ads again.

If I mention Zsa Zsa Gabor or Paris Hilton a few more times...

95 I see Circuit City ads.

How about that Lambo? My hope of seeing him in the Cal League is fading fast.

I much prefer soccer over football, but one of the American arguments against it is that it's too civilized.

Is that a stupid question?

Which is great for me on a personal level, because members of my family (who are members of a particular demographic) don't think women or non-whites are qualified to be in those positions.

I just don't understand. I feel that over the past week or so, the rules are really getting flaunted. Are people just rebelling?

It's not that every rule violation is harmful. But the cascade they can cause can be harmful, and it weakens my ability to enforce the rules if I start trying to pick and choose the times they're allowed to be broken.

I'm not mad - I just need to understand what's going on here.

20 years and 7 games of pent up frustration?