I share this trait as well. Playing "Smear the [Rules 1 & 2 violation]" was always fun for me.

Um, is there something I don't know about one of our commenters?

At its 1974 convention, the NCAA changed its rules to allow athletes to be professionals in one sport while retaining their amateur eligibility in another. So Dixon, like Cubs righthander/Notre Dame wide receiver Jeff Samardzija was last fall, can be paid to play minor league baseball and then return to play college football.

Hopefully done guilt free as a 100% Bruin graduate! Yahoo!

Talk to you all Monday!

From previous thread, loved flag and tackle football, disliked touch. I knew my group was to old for real football when one of our guys broke his ankle and missed work which resulted in him having a financial hardship. That was probably the last real football game I played and that was 25 years ago.

Drew Rosenhaus could claim to be a baseball agent, and have some pondunk independent baseball team sign a player and give a big bonus, while that baseball 'prospect' suddenly decides to switch to football. And Rosenhaus already has him years earlier as a client than he otherwise could.

I feel like my mixture of speeds and location are being undervalued. I threw to contact, walked less people, and our team won

:)

Just give me a little CC Rider:)

8 I am not clear on what you are saying, first off, usually, the baseball bonuses are contigent upon that player actually performing (bonuses are structured to be paid out upon reporting to a minor league assignment, etc.) If you are saying that a football agent could sneak in and build a relationship with a player, I suppose that could happen but there are really not that many agents who represent players in more than one sport.

Arn Tellum perhaps but I can't think of that many.

Dodgers looking at CC

>> Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti, who has quite a puzzle on his hands with two or three infield openings, a leftfield opening and at least one more opening in the starting rotation, said in a phone interview with SI.com that they are looking into superstar free agent pitcher CC Sabathia <<

http://tinyurl.com/5ad5l5

Where was this effort last night?

Weren't you on my team? Now I am just feeling no loyalty at all. I demand a trade

You will have a good group of 9 players who will be entering their 2nd and 3rd years and Howland will be able to ease in his freshman playres.

Next year will be more of the same and probably even more chaotic in the beginning because you won't even have Collison, Shipp (I know his faults but he at least as a ton of experience) and Aboya (and probably Holliday around) and those 4 will probably end up being in your top 6 scorers of the team.

I guess because guards and small forwards tend to make the leap easier, you could project, especially if they have good sophomore year, Anderson and Lee from this year's class and maybe Honeycutt and Moser from next year's class.

All the bigs (Gordon, Morgan, Reeves, Lane, and Stover) are probably going to be in Westwood for a while.

I can't hit slow pitch for whatever reason.

"I love big melons."

Well my weekend's off to a not quite as good start, as my home computer, my precious Mac laptop, is going to spend it in the shop after the (I believe) hard drive died. I'm just praying they can retrieve data if they have to replace it. I backed up some of the more important files recently but not as much as I'd like. Stupid technology...

Too bad my work computer is a heavy desktop model or I'd take it home. Anyway, so don't expect as much of ol' underdog to kick around this weekend.

One is plenty.

say goodbye to your friday night!
Life Magazine's photo archives are now up on google. this link is a search for 'dodgers baseball'. see you sunday! ;D

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117996341.html

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b70046_inside_scoop_on_arrested_movie_deal.html

*Not the singer-songwriter: the other George Michael.

So, I guess if he really liked the script, he'd be more interested.

Normally, I would therefore assume that the A's and Giants weren't even involved. But I tend to think they're both interested.

http://tinyurl.com/6offt2

If the Dodgers offer two years and a option with a high buyout, the Dodgers might be somewhere in the ballpark but is certainly outpaced by any offer by the A's or Giants.

Millwood is horrible, and is set to make $11m in 2009 and $12m in 2010.

Padilla isn't much better, and is set to make $12m in 2009, with $12m club option in 2010.

I can sort of understand inviting junk like this to spring training, but trading for it is an entirely different story. (Unless Pierre/Jones is/are involved).

In a sense you have to put blinders on and hope that one, your offer is the best one for that player and two, really don't care what the other teams offer since this isn't "The Price Is Right."

The Giants also have serious interest in Orlando Hudson. It'd be surprising to see them sign two middle infielders though.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

I'm surprised that a lot of the mlb.com guys are breaking this news, but then I have to remind myself they don't actually work for the teams they're reporting on.

Oh WHY, Ned? WHY??

Ned can't tell the difference between a lemon and a lime

One, two, three, four, five...

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

Like other tours, the Japan Golf Tour reports a player's birth date, birth place, height, and weight.

As far as I know, however, the Japan Golf Tour is the only tour to report a player's...

wait for it...

blood type.

Witness:

http://tinyurl.com/bloodtype

Divine Intervention

http://tinyurl.com/z9xke

Highly recommend following the link to the Blood Type Diet page.

Gauchos win expectancy is about 7%
vr, Xei

That's a lot higher than I thought.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j3w1QfV35I

Beimel has drawn interest from the Mets, Reds, Tigers, Cardinals, and Rockies. He's probably fishing around for a three-year deal at this point.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

It seems that advanced metrics are more accepted in basketball than in baseball.

Football too, sometimes. In LOCKS of the Week, I often dissect a team's prowess based on several factors, including Point Differential.

It's what led me to believe the Titans were for real and the Bills... weren't.

Hahahahahahahaha, just kidding. Although if you told me that out of the three lynchpins to the offense, Reggie Bush, Matt Lineart, and LenDale White, that White would have the best NFL career, I would have rolled my eyes at that.

Schmidt's been even more injured than Millwood and Padilla, and Jones/Pierre are both center fielders, and Texas has one of the best offensive CFs in the game with Josh Hamilton.

http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2008/11/mike_downey_out_at_chicag_1.php

Josh Beckett
Mike Boddicker
Steve Carlon
Chris Carpenter
Bartolo Colon
Ross Grimsley
Bill Gullickson
Roy Halladay
Rick Helling
Teddy Higuera
Danny Jackson
Cliff Lee
Jon Lieber
Esteban Loaiza
Ramon Martinez
Jamie Moyer
Mike Mussina
Russ Ortiz
Roy Oswalt
Gaylord Perry
Bret Saberhagen
Johan Santana
John Smiley
Bill Swift
Frank Viola
Brandon Webb
Dontrelle Willis
Barry Zito

All pitchers.

97
That was a "ypo"

They were all 20 game winners?

Ramon Martinez was the last Dodger 20-game winner, with 20 wins in 1990.

Wow. 18 seasons since a 20 game winner for the Dodgers. Hard to believe with some of the fine starters we have had since 1990.

Sid Fernandez, Through Age 27
1212 IP, 108 ERA+
3 seasons with 180 IP
2 with 200 IP
186 IP avg over 6 seasons (age 22-27)
ERA+ ranging from 100 to 125 (only once above 115)

CC, Through 27
1659 IP, 121 ERA+
8 seasons with 180 IP
3 with 200 IP (included 494 IP last two years)
207 IP avg over 8-year career
ERA+ ranging from 100 to 162
4 times above 120 ERA+ (last 3 years over 140)

The best 3 ERA+ in Sid Fernandez's career came in his age 28-30 seasons, but injuries limited his innings (only 44 in his age 28 season) to only 126 IP/yr. But I think Sid battled those problems earlier in his career as well, something CC has yet to go through.

Manny is arguably the singular most impactive player the Dodgers have ever had.

That is one heck of a sentence. Jeff Breslow, I salute you.

The eight-time Grand Slam champion was taken into custody Friday night after refusing to comply with an order to leave an area near the entrance of the Thunderdome following a confrontation, police Sgt. Dan Massey said in a statement.

The eight-time Grand Slam champion was taken into custody Friday night after refusing to comply with an order to leave an area near the entrance of the Thunderdome following a confrontation, police Sgt. Dan Massey said in a statement.

Jimmy, can't we just get beyond Thunderdome?

(NPUT or no NPUT, Crow T. Robot told me it was my responsibility to make this joke.)

San Bernardino
Cotton
Heretic Pride
Love Love Love
No Children
Sax Rohmer #1
This Year

So far, he sounds a lot like Sufjan Stevens and the guy who sang lead on Postal Service. Except on some songs, especially "No Children," he's really angry. Just in musical terms, my favorite right now is "San Bernardino" -- love the strings. I like the overall low-fi feel, and the clarity he seems very dedicated to. He's not fooling around in his lyrics. He wants you to hear every word unmistakably.

In the same buying/downloading spree, I picked up a few Cat Power songs. I love "The Greatest," so I wanted to see what else she can do. Brilliant. I love her version of Dylan's "I Believe in You." But where I really blew my wad was on a recording of Yo-Yo Ma playing all six Bach Suites for Unaccompanied Cello -- the more recent of his two recordings. On iTunes, that one set me back $12.99. On Amazon, it would've cost me $29. Those suites are like spiritual math. You feel your mind being reordered while listening to them.