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A Season in Savannah (Stanford Magazine)
Five Questions: Los Angeles Dodgers (2005) (Hardball Times)
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Five Questions: Los Angeles Dodgers (2006) (Hardball Times)
Five Questions: Los Angeles Dodgers (2007) (Hardball Times)
Dodger home record: 50-35 (.588)
When Jon attended: 9-5 (.643)
When Jon didn't: 41-30 (.577)
Dodgers at home: 795-635 (.556)
Jon attended: 302-238 (.559)*
Jon didn't: 498-404 (.552)
* includes road games attended
Current Roster with Estimated 2009 Salaries
(updated November 14)
Most figures are estimates (some are wild estimates) but will be updated as information comes in. Corrections welcome.
More contract details here.
Starting Pitchers (5)
$10,000,000 Hiroki Kuroda
*$475,000 Chad Billingsley
*$415,000 Clayton Kershaw
*$405,000 Eric Stults
*$400,000 James McDonald
*Total: $11,695,000
Bullpen (7)
*$2,500,000 Takashi Saito
*$1,300,000 Scott Proctor
*$1,500,000 Jonathan Broxton
*$425,000 Hong-Chih Kuo
*$420,000 Cory Wade
*$410,000 Ramon Troncoso
*$400,000 Scott Elbert
Total: $6,955,000
Also on 40-man roster
Mario Alvarez
Yhency Brazoban
Greg Miller
Justin Orenduff
Starting Lineup (8)
$17,100,000 Andruw Jones
*$3,000,000 Russell Martin
*$2,500,000 Andre Ethier
*$600,000 Matt Kemp
*$600,000 James Loney
*$500,000 Angel Berroa
*$410,000 Blake DeWitt
*$400,000 Tony Abreu
Total: $25,110,000
Bench (5)
$10,000,000 Juan Pierre
*$600,000 Jason Repko
*$410,000 Delwyn Young
*$400,000 Danny Ardoin
*$400,000 Chin-Lung Hu
Total: $11,810,000
Note: Team can buy out Ozuna's 2009 option for $200,000
Also on 40-man roster
A.J. Ellis
Lucas May
Xavier Paul
Disabled List
$12,000,000 Jason Schmidt
Also Paying ...
$2,000,000 Brad Penny (buyout of $9,000,000 option)
$50,000 Gary Bennett (buyout of $900,000 option)
Note: Kansas City is responsible for $500,000 buyout of Angel Berroa's $5,500,000 option for 2009.
Working total: *$68,020,000
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There's been a little problem in the dugout.
The dugout? What is it??
Well it's a long space off the field where the players sit. But that's not important right now.
You ever been to a Turkish Prison?
Elaine (stewardess): Would you like something to read?
Old Lady: Do you have anything light?
Elaine: Uhh...how about this leaflet, Famous Jewish Sports Legends?
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/news/postseason/traces.jsp?loc=traces_scully
Darnit, I wish I didn't have to bust my own buns for the next 78 minutes to get all my work done.
http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=131756
And Leon's getting laaaaarger!
I'm hoping for Neil Diamond.
Oh, and Obama's 30 minute time buy is going to push back the start of Game 6 of the WS:
http://tinyurl.com/545f5j
http://tinyurl.com/4qlyt4
Maybe he'll suprise us and tell Frank McCourt to "Play Me". He'll definitely get thrown out if he makes any references to Cracklin' Jamie.
"How about Mr. Rogers?"
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Is anybody else already feeling a little sick? As in, too sick to come in to work tomorrow if this one goes extras? Fortunately it only happens in one October...
Furcal: SLAP!!
Ethier: SLAP!!
Manny: SLAP!! SLAP!!
Martin: SLAP!!
Loney: SLAP!!
Blake: SLAP!!
Kemp: SLAP!!
DeWitt: SLAP!!
Bills: shakes Hamels violently
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Yes, yes, I remember, I had lasagna.
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Billingsley: Yes.
Reporter: First time?
Billingsley: No, I've been nervous lots of times.
I'm wondering if he'll change polarity if we rub him against a magnet.
You people call yourselves Airplane fans.
I hear there's a separate trailer for Eric Karros' hair.
Did they really say that about Billingsley?! Sheezus, I'm glad I missed that part. I was irritated by them even missing that.
Aaaaaaaaaay!!!
[pounds jukebox]
[I Love LA starts playing]
That's 'Clarence Oveur', over.
Yes, they did. Zelasko even accused him of blaming others for his failure. It was revolting.
He needs to act like a crybaby prick? I'd rather not see it.
Bowa: Oh, it's a big pretty white clubhouse with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big Tylenol.
(Especially with all that Billingsley negative energy clogging up the place.)
Why do you have to yell and scream all game to "go after hitters?"
Anyway, I have Vin on now and all is better with the world.
I've never broken rule one, but I guess that's one of those George Carlin profanities. I'll just go prick my finger and be quiet.
That's why you get the big bucks, I guess, Joe.
So basically you just want him to be as good a pitcher as Peavy. So do I.
Just settle down, Chad. We'll love ya no matter what. But particularly if you settle down.
So relax! And let something good happen. Like that double play! Good stuff.
Just as Chad apparently did.
Which would make him, not as good of a pitcher as Peavy.
(Hey, it's a quote from Airplane!)
Golden God.
Golden God.
Golden God.
Golden God.
Golden God.
Golden God.
Golden God.
Golden God.
Golden God.
Golden God.
Golden God.
(continues softly muttering)
positive: Hamels not looking real sharp.
Why can't FOX use random semi celebrities to do pointless sideline reporting instead of Rosenthal?