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Andre Ethier has headed home to be with his wife for the birth of their child. What a month for him!
Update: Andruw Jones' 2008 season is over. The Dodgers placed him on the 60-day disabled list to make room for Takashi Saito. Tony Jackson of the Daily News writes that Jones will play in the Dominican winter league.
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Does Andre still get his per diem...?
http://tinyurl.com/5w5lmc
11 Utah is pretty good.
I think so. I was just reading on the Register-Guard that Justin Roper (whom I'm think is the 3rd stringer) is injured, and that the second overtime session was led by a true freshman.
Outside of Dickey and Boston's Wakefield, does anyone know of other pitchers who throw it, even in the minors?
In a nice but probably-ain't-gonna-happen future scenario, I'd love to see a Dodger knuckleballer reliever get batters good and frustrated, then bring in Brox or someone like him to blow them away.
Talk about impossible adjustments...
Ouch.
So I just looked at the standings. The Sparks are 19-14, 3rd in the West and going to the playoffs. San Antonio is first in the West, a whole 4 games better than the Sparks at 23-10.
Oh, and Candice Parker has pretty much had her way with the league - leading the league in rebounds, second in blocks, fourth in scoring.
I still dislike Lambeer. Though I have to admit, I still don't know much about the WNBA.
http://www.insidesocal.com/dodgers/2008/09/andruw-jones-to-2.html
Apparently was James Madison-Duke pregame where the JMU players got the surprise.
and Dodger Baseball!
What a great night this could be, but I have a feeling that despite being a Trojans fan, the Buckeyes could not only keep it close, but possibly win!
I know this is a baseball blog, but OSU/USC may be one of the biggest regular season games of the decade. Meanwhile, the Dodgers this month could be on one of their better late season runs of the last 20 years.
but...
Jon is worrying me with all the 1982 talk.
I do miss the knuckleball.
Go USC!
As far as the pac 10 expanding, my order of preference
1. Texas/A&M (pipe dream, Texas already turned the pac 10 down)
2. Colorado/CSU
3. Utah/BYU
The only problem with the third choice is that I don't think the Pac 10 wants any religious institutions in the conference (i.e. no games on sundays would be tough for the schedule makers).
In 1932 Brooklyn's Johnny Frederick hit his 6th pinch HR, a record, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 4-3.
It'd be great, great progress to get six hits of any kind out of the primary Dodger pinch-hitter the rest of this season, or maybe even all pinch hitters combined. Maybe the PVL one won't get even six AB and thus do only minimal harm.
In 1947 Ralph Kiner hit two HR, his 7th and 8th in four games, for a ML record.
In 1976 53-year-old Minnie Minoso singled in three ABs as DH for the White Sox. He became the oldest player to get a hit in a regulation game.
"Regulation" game? Has anyone older ever gotten a hit in postseason, or even been on a postseason roster? Maybe they mean someone might have been older in preseason.
And in 1984 Dwight Gooden fanned 16 to break the rookie strikeout record with 251, six more than Herb Score in 1955.
Texas A&M is not good at anything.
Elusive because it was at the shoulders, and off the plate.
Nice.
Kershaw's 2nd hit.
Dodgers Dot Com has some more news on it as well [ http://tinyurl.com/6mbvj8 ]
This quote from Joe Torre is Tracy-esque -> Said Torre: "Could he have been in better shape? Probably. Do I think that's totally to blame? No.
nice zip on his fastball as well today.
First, did Vin just say that Saito and Furcal will be playing winter ball?
Second, why is Jones taking balls at first base? I was under the impression the Dodgers have a rather good first baseman/
Now back to our regularly scheduled program.
Suicide squeeze would be kind of fun here.
Clay Matthews is an animal. Must be the genes.
I was never impressed with Andruw's haircut. Perhaps if he had added Jeff Kent's stache to his repertoire, things would have turned out better for him.
Bah, that wasn't much of a rally
Just a groundout, but I think it gets scored 5-2-3.
Kind of sparse at DT tonight.
"Echo!".........Echo, Echo, Echo
Eric Byrnes.
I think he has a man crush on Jeff Francis.
With all due respect to Vinnie;)
Sort of. I don't think anyone wanted this start skipped because he wouldn't do well, but more to preserve his arm.
lol
"Dominating Dodgers hope to crush Rockies"
Doesn't really seem to be the case, re: Kemp
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http://tinyurl.com/5e5cys
Dusty not feelin his bullpen, I guess.
I did some quick scanning, and the best I found was 21-7 in July of 2004.
Magic number down to 12.
1-1 tie in AZ Bot 7.
una = lady
un = man
Peter Carroll has no concept of mercy.
Oh my God.
That too ;-)
bases loaded in Cincy & Adam Dunn coming up to bat, The Reds Pitchers throws heat so I'm kind of confident the CIncy pitcher can get the job done. Veremos.
baptism of fire as Vinnie would say.
You can't expect the Reds to help us.
he's got some "patting" i'm sure Dunn is o.k.
Doesn't help that his backups apparently stink.
But, here comes RAUCH!
Go Reds!
he looks like he's about to snap because of it too
Gigantor angry! Gigantor smash!
Gigantor escape inning unscathed:(
play at the plate in AZ. Runner gets gunned down, and in process leaps like a fish out of water to try to reach base. very amusing
Also, "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" is a collection of shorter pieces written for magazines, mostly very humorous. He was a tennis fan; there's a piece he wrote in that book which made me look at the game in a deeper way, where he profiled a young tennis star and provided considerable analysis on the playing styles, strengths and weaknesses of Agassi and other professionals.
He had a great voice; I'll miss him.
it was actually a great accurate throw by Upton but i don't know if the catcher missed it or what, it seemed like a perfect throw.
bad Karma in Zona I guess.
Angel Stadium sounded a bit like Dodger Stadium when Vin would say, "Bein venue monsquir Gagne"
Lets see how the D-Backs like it
Go Cincy
I really wish they'd stop showing Charlie Weis's knee getting blown out. The slo-mo was the nastiest.
4 1/2
4.5
great day for LA unless you are a UCLA fan.
If the Dodgers play .500 ball the rest of the season, Arizona will have to go 12-3 to force a 1-game playoff.
I'm liking the Dodgers' odds.
I'm a happy camper.
208 - Micah Owings beat the Diamondbacks with his bat!?!?
Tremendous.
And the Diamondbacks...LOSE!
4 1/2!
http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-dodfyi14-2008sep14,0,6575593.story
Lincecum could definitely win the Cy Young, but the one little bit of good news tonight-he needed 138 pitches for his shutout. I hope he does real well against the D-Backs next week, but has another long outting, preventing him from pitching against the Dodgers.
My concern is that San Diego and San Francisco have more pitcher friendly parks than most, and that could lead to a more competitive division than I would like.
dang!
Some discouraging news for old friend, Hee Seop Choi:
http://tinyurl.com/bigchoi
Wow... that sounds abusive. If Choi was still in America, he'd just be DLed, and would actually be sent to a doctor.
It's a miracle Tim's arm is still intact.
I do not even know who the Dodgers bench coach is. Talk about an unassuming guy.
http://tinyurl.com/dodgersbenchcoach
Wow, looking like an interesting finish in Fresno.
And the David Foster Wallace then made me incredibly sad. So young, such a tragic ending, so utterly sad.
Of his works, I loved Infinite Jest but it is a really long one as noted above. It's not a heavy read but a heavy book and his love of crazy long footnotes, even if satirical, sometimes make it hard going.
I also really liked A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again and The Girl With Curious Hair. Read a couple of his other short essays, too. May he RIP.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor?season=2008
Is this the wrong state to look at? or has the stadium reverted this year to being more pitcher-friendly?
http://tinyurl.com/55pwvv
:-(
I guess I can now cross "witness a Bison wearing a garbage bag over his head stampeding down the streets of Denver late at night" off my list of things to do before I die.
The waiter wasn't a baseball fan and had no idea who his customers were, but he said he figured Pierre must be a nice guy since he left a $10 tip on a $30 check.
(Don't tell me buffalo wings...)
...Didn't the Braves say publicly that Jones was lagging on the field, and that he lost interest in baseball? And with that 26 homers, an 94 RBI was an .224 BA. Did Coletti even send scouts to watch Braves games last year?
The SF Chronicle writes a Torre-Manny story. Because you know, apprently San Fran is Dodgers territory now.
http://tinyurl.com/685jz9
I'm not saying Pierre's a jerk, but come on: a 33% tip isn't that extravagant, especially for a guy who makes $9 million a year.
PS: I hate/love it when Ned gets defensive about his incompetence. The guy just makes himself look even more clueless.
2006 Kershaw; 2005 Hochevar; 2004 Elbert; 2003 Billingsley; 2000 Ben Diggins; 1993 Darren Driefort; 1989 Jamie McAndrew; 1979 Steve Howe; 1977 Bob Welch; 1974 Rick Sutcliffe
Even without Manny it would be a good team. Who knows, maybe Jones can come back to be even a passable power hitter.
Cheapskates. I routinely tip 20-25%, and I make...less than $9 million a year.
Not that I'm Mr. Big Tipper or Mr. Wonderful or anything.
Home
The Ohio State
Oregon
ASU
Washington
California
Notre Dame
Away
Virginia
Oregon State
WSU
Arizona
Stanford
UCLA
All 4-5 ranked teams are played at home.
We're going to watch the semi-finals and finals today of the Carolina Classic here in Durham. Unfortunately, the players I most wanted to see (e.g. Allison Fisher, Karen Corr, Xiaoting Pan, Ga-young Kim) have been eliminated already. But we will get to see Jeanette Lee (aka "The Black Widow").
This seems slightly ridiculous.
Glad to see Beltre wants to come back for another run on his contract year.
I've wondered about that before too. There's no obvious reason why one gender would be better at billiards than the other. The only difference I can really think of is that men might be able to hit the ball harder than women on average, but I don't necessarily think that's a huge advantage. The situations that call for being able to hit the ball harder than the average woman can don't seem very common, if there even are any at all.
How much are rich guys supposed to tip? I've read several etiquette books, and never seen an alternate tip schedule.
Please stop showing the Rams and Raiders.
Thank you,
The Greater LA Area.
Dodgers: 97.8%
D-backs: 2.2%
Magic number is 11. Before anyone gets too comfortable with that, please take note of the Brewers, whose playoff odds were at 93% a week ago and currently stand at 67%. This is also roughly the same point in the season last year when everything started to go to hell for the Mets.
They're only showing the Rams because it's a NY Giants game. Has nothing to do with their former LA home.
My cousin is apparently friends with Jeannette Lee.
The Black Widow!
They'd probably go to a running clock in the second half in that case.
I also think that UCLA will have a pretty good chance of getting a win Saturday at home against Arizona.
Perhaps UCLA fans will storm the Rose Bowl field after that. But only if they are drunk beyond belief.
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