But he didn't appear to be hitting the cover off the ball:
http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=10499

Brian Kamenetzky responds to the latest Dodgers comments with an eloquent response.

I guess having a Chicago Tribune reporter cover it would have cost too much.

But bowls can trade teams around.

It's not really "4th place team", but rather "fourth pick."

FSU is so inept on offense, it's making me sick. Whatever slim BCS hopes we have are washing away in the Florida rain. Ponder is terrible.

I was thinking the thanksgiving ASU game was ABC but I think you're right.

Down with the SEC!

Would it require a real miracle for UCLA to beat USC in the football game this year?

Ring "The Bell"!

White guys who can neither run nor throw...?

UCLA would need another game with a score like that to have a prayer. However, the 1959 and 2006 Bruins were a lot better than this year's squad.

Has anyone at DT wished our esteemed announcer a happy 81st birthday? Happy birthday, Vin Scully, if you're reading this. (Happy birthday even if you are not.)

I knew it!

I think Texas' better shot is OU loses, then Tech loses to Mizzou. I think that still gets them in, especially if Oregon wins. Missouri is simply not capable of beating OU, so I think Texas needs to cheer for something else.

Missouri's loss at home does not bode well for whomever they play in the Big 12 title game and probably whatever Big 12 team that does not go to the title game will still be ranked ahead of USC so even if Missouri wins the automatic berth, the other one loss team will go ahead of USC.

The problem is that not many kids may buy into that. Or to a secondary selling point of an invitation to be part of turning the program around.
I might commit for immediate playing time as a recruit, but not being part of righting the ship...

Forget this football stuff. Not our forte.

He was 14 of 20 on field goals and had missed a PAT the week before.

So long and thanks for playing OSU.

Matt Evensen kickoff for 59 yards returned by James Rodgers for a loss of 460 yards to the Oregn (sic) 30. Oregon penalty 515 yard personal foul accepted.

And now we'll get to see Ohio State in a BCS bowl! Woo hoo!

Don't the good people of Eugene get the Holiday Bowl...?

Or if UCLA doesn't beat USC.

You can stop laughing now.

Didn't work.

What the heck,

I do not think they will cover.

and still understood more of the plot than i did :\

Jerry Lucas vs. Paul Hogue!

Their last three games have been 35, 55, and 65.

Book it.

It should be "Quien es mas schematically advantageous?"

I hope USC gets one in the first half to end the suspense.

The schools only meet in football next week.

http://www.ncaa.com/brackets/2008/ncaa_bracket_DI_soccer_women.html

And then I go off looking for a pale horse in the sky.

But back in the game of pointy football, where is the defense in the Big XII?

Surprisingly, the 65 points Oregon State gave up was a school record. I would have thought a historically bad program like that would have had some big losses.

Most points by a Pac-10 team in a game is 127, California beat St. Marys 127-0 in 1920. UCLA has all-time record for most points allowed in a game, they lost 82-0 to Stanford in 1925.

Hutchinson had scoring passes of 31 and 23 yards to Troy Walters, 80 yards to Damon Dunn and 9 yards to Jon Ritchie. Anthony Bookman had a 67-yard scoring run, Mike Mitchell scored on a 3-yard run, Kevin Miller added a pair of 33-yard field goals and the Cardinal got a late safety.

Hutchinson, who went 21-of-31 for 340 yards, threw for 246 yards and four touchdowns in the first half. He had just three scoring passes in three previous games this season for the Cardinal (3-1 overall, 2-0 Pac-10).

Jason Maas had five scoring passes for Oregon (3-1, 1-1), which had a six-game winning streak snapped. Maas had touchdown strikes of 66 and 47 yards to Pat Johnson, 4 yards to LaCorey Collins, 4 yards to Tony Hartley and 3 yards to A.J. Jelks.

Akili Smith, who shares the quarterback spot with Maas, had a 35-yard scoring pass to Kevin Parker.

The 107 points by the two teams set a Stanford record. Troy Walters had 13 catches for 169 yards, falling one reception short of the Cardinal record.

Most points scored in a conference game is 76, USC beat UCLA 76-0 in 1920.

I guess UCLA/Stanford game I mentioned above was not a conference game back in 1925.

Stanford won its next game against Notre Dame and then lost five straight before winning Big Game to finish 5-6.

Jillian Ellis is the Marv Levy of collegiate women's soccer.

(Bob, you can stream it here: http://www.espn1420am.com/?id=66)

Heh.

Oh, 24-10 UH with a few minutes left in the 3rd.

It's one of the rules toward the back.

>>The Twins have shown interest in trading for Los Angeles Dodgers' veteran third baseman, Casey Blake. Picking up Blake might mean another year for Harris in a utility role. If the Twins don't make a blockbuster trade, Harris and Brian Buscher will likely platoon at third.<<

http://www.poststar.com/articles/2008/11/30/sports/today/14152153.txt

My projected BCS Bowl projections.

Rose - USC v. Penn State (Pac-10 v. Big 10)
Orange - Boston College/Va. Tech v. Cincinnati (ACC vs. Big East)
Sugar - Alabama v. Ohio State (At large v. At large)
Fiesta - Texas v. Utah (At large v. At large)
BCS Title - Florida v. Oklahoma

"To go out and ruin somebody's dreams like that, it feels real good."

Leftovers anyone? Fortunately, baseball once again had a plentiful supply of turkeys this season. Here's our annual Daily News top 10, completely basted.

http://tinyurl.com/5qv26y

I'm an old dog trying to learn new tricks in case this doesn't work.

http://tinyurl.com/6fr7qm

Hokie Hi! But Auburn, {shudder}.

I guess $9 and $18 million salaries don't require offensive production.

Could've been 4 Little League fields...

What a win for the Gunners today. Greg Brock and schoffle ought to be pleased with the result, too, as this should put Liverpool at the top of the table. How bout that Van Persie? Chelsea hadn't conceded a second half goal at Stamford Bridge all year until RVP's double. The Gunners aren't out of this thing yet.

Has that ever happened before?

And went 2-8.

And in 1943, Notre Dame played the #2 and #3 teams twice each. It was four different teams.
The Irish were 9-1 that year.

I would think Army might have had a few years like that too.

When Frank Gifford kicked a field goal in a game at Cal in 1949, it was the first successful field goal for the Trojans since 1935.

How many failed attempts were there in that span?

USC still had a lot of totals that weren't multiples of 7 so they missed a bunch of PATs too.

Frank Gifford was the kicker who ended the drought with a 22-yard field goal at Berkeley. Cal returned the ensuing kickoff for a TD that provided a lead that the Golden Bears did not relinquish.

Making a lot of field goals is usually not the sign of a good offense.

Unless your the Mike Martz Rams, and are great between the 20s and horrendous inside them.

Anyone seen this kind of boat/board before? Any idea what they are called?

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

So everyone who predicted that Oklahoma would go past Texas if they won their game against Oklahoma State was correct. There is a possibility if Missouri were to beat Oklahoma that the idle Texas would pass up Oklahoma.

I can't see why Notre Dame would want to go to either of these. As all the publicity before the game would be about Weis' job status. And neither games pays out much, so Notre Dame would be lucky to clear expenses to send the team to San Diego or Honolulu.

And Notre Dame would likely lose badly to BYU, although I think they would beat Hawai'i.

Oklahoma may be fortunate to reside in the Big 12. It is one of five leagues that is broken up into divisions – and it's the only league whose tiebreaker system would've ended up with the Sooners as the division champs. Here's a look:
ACC: Texas (fifth tiebreaker)
Once a three-team tie has been reduced to two, a two-team tiebreaker is used.
Combined head-to-head (all are 1-1)
Records vs. division (all are 4-1)
Head-to-head competition vs. team within the division with best overall (divisional or conference) proceeding through division (all beat Oklahoma State, Baylor, Texas A&M)
Overall record for non-division teams (Texas wins; Longhorns opponents are 21-15, OU's and Tech's are 20-16)
Big 12: Oklahoma (fifth tiebreaker)
The records of three teams will be compared against each other (all are 1-1)
The records of three teams will be compared within their division (all are 4-1)
The records of three teams will be compared to next highest placed teams in their division (all beat Oklahoma State, Baylor, Texas A&M)
The records of three teams against common opponents (all beat Kansas, only common North opponent)
Team with top BCS ranking (No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Texas, No. 7 Texas Tech)
Conference USA: Texas (sixth tiebreaker)
Highest regular-season win percentage based on conference play (all tied at .875)
Head to head between tied teams (all are 1-1)
Highest win percentage in division (all .800)
Records against divisional opponents in descending order of finish (all beat Oklahoma State, Baylor, Texas A&M)
Records against common cross-division opponents (all beat Kansas)
Records against cross-division opponents in descending order of finish (Texas wins; Longhorns defeated North champ Missouri)
Mid-American: Texas (fourth tiebreaker)
Head to head
Record vs. division
Win percentage of cross-over opponents (all 4-0 vs. common opponents, North opponents were a combined 11-13 for all teams)
Cross-division opponents in rank order (Texas wins; beat North champ Missouri)
SEC: Texas (sixth tiebreaker)
Head to head
Record vs. division
Head to head vs. team within division with best overall record and proceeding through division (all beat Oklahoma State, Baylor and Texas A&M)
Record vs. non-division teams (all 3-0)
Record vs. common non-divisional teams with best conference record (all beat Kansas)
Team with highest BCS, unless second tied team is ranked within five or fewer places of highest ranked team. In this case, head to head of winner of top two is the representative. (Oklahoma is No. 2, Texas is No. 3, Texas Tech is No. 7; Texas beat Oklahoma)

Texas has won 6 of its last 7 bowls.

Wouldn't the Rose Bowl want two visiting teams to fill up Pasadena hotels, and eat at Pasadena restaurants? And just drive up tourism in general? I can't see USC fans doing much in Pasadena for a day, much less a weekend compared to a team out of state.

I expect the Lakers to win by ten this time. ;P

The happiness of USC fans is somewhat secondary to all these factors.

The secondary market for the Rose Bowl is funny. People were giving away tickets at Michigan v. Texas, and when I lost my tickets on Brookside last year, and found too more for $30 each. Then there was the Texas Rose Bowl, where unless you had at least $1,500 for one ticket, you weren't getting in.

Right now, the Orange (ACC), the Rose (Big Ten/Pac Ten) and the BCS Title Game have their tie ins pretty well set.

The Fiesta and Sugar Bowls will get the first two picks of the rest of the teams and they will take the Big 12 (Fiesta) and SEC (Sugar) runner ups. Than the Orange could take the Big East team, Ohio State, Utah or Boise State. They will probably take Cincinnati since it is their first BCS Bowl game. Then it will go back to the Sugar and Fiesta Bowls. One of them will take Utah. If the Fiesta has a choice between Ohio State and Boise State, it will be interesting to see what they decide to do.

Perhaps not an apt comparison.

Bob, you may want to either schedule yourself to stay home on January 8, 2010 or that you will work late.

I can plan ahead just like Charlie Weis.

So, you have a buy out that would pay you more than the whole of your contract?

Can I have you negotiate my partnership agreement after the first of the year?

I suspect ND would be a pretty good draw here, although with a 6-6 record the school's pride might kick in, along with the relatively puny $750K payout.

I think any one of the service academies or either of the USC/UCLA duo would be big draws.

USC -30 at UCLA
Washington +33.5 at Cal
BC -1 vs Virginia Tech
Florida -10 vs Alabama
Oklahoma -17 vs Missouri

What determines which way a game is reported, and why not just use the same style for every game?

Florida -10 vs Alabama at Atlanta

I didn't feel anything to be honest but when I was a kid our teacher new around what time the shuttle was gonna land here in California & kind of prepared us for it(I think I was in 3rd or 4th grade) she told us of the importance of exploration...

1) 3rd baseman (will DeWitt play 3rd or 2nd?)
2) short stop
3) 1 or 2 pitchers
4) do we need an outfielder now that Manny is gone I now we're pretty much set with Kemp & Ethier but. you know what never mind I just remembered we have good 'ol Pierre...

Ramon Troncoso
2 wins against zero losses
1.64 ERA
3 games (he's a starter in the Dominican maybe the Dodgers have something in mind...)
11 innings
K's 7
Yhency Brazoban
I'll just put it this way his #'s aren't anything to write home about...

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those are the only recognizable names pitching in the Dominican Republic, Troncoso looks pretty good off the gate, it will be interesting to see how he finishes off.

I almost think Ken's been reading my DT posts...

At this rate, he'll be converted to a starter at AAA and traded at the break with Andrew Lambo for Mike Lowell.

a) I (and/or my girlfriend's surprises) picked quite a Colts game (@ Chargers) to go to. Had an absolute blast.
b) I just got an import of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's new live CD and it has re inspired me to make good on my DT-music promises.
c) A week of no longer having school work to do (or a week of sitting on my rear watching football and playing video games), I already feel purposeless.
d) I am convinced CC is going to the Angels, Manny is going to some AL team, and Ned will make some signing I don't absolute hate but am not thrilled with either.

I would have explained publicly that the club won't offer more than a two-year contract to any player

I don't think you'd ever sign a player that way.

Per MLB.com, it appears Edgar Renteria will not be offered arbitration by the Tigers, but Orlando Cabrera has already been offered arbitration by the White Sox. Both are Type A free agents, meaning a signing club must forfeit its 1st round pick (or 2nd or 3rd, depending on draft position -- top 15 are exempt -- or other Type A's signed).

You want fans who will buy tickets? Have Wisconsin come out. Or somehow finagle Nebraska into a trip.

From the UCLA games I went to this year, the school that seemed to have the fewest visiting fans was Stanford. Fresno State had the most. I didn't go to the Wazzu game, but Stanford's fans set a pretty low standard.

1. Cal
2. Arizona
3. Arizona State

UCLA does not count though they would sell all of their tickets unless they play someone like Wisconsin who would pay top dollar for them. (Just kidding)

Isn't that just a euphemism for negative petted puppies?

He also doesn't pet puppies. At least not publicly.

Last year, the Allstate BCS Championship Game was in New Orleans, one week later at the same site as the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

This year, the FedEx BCS Championship Game is in Miami, one week later at the same site as the FedEx Orange Bowl.

Next year, the title game will be at the Rose Bowl. The Rose Bowl likes to go by the name of "The Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi." I wonder if the BCS title game will be called something similar, like "The BCS Championship Game presented by Citi", or if it is just the "Citi BCS Championship Game." Even if Citi isn't around 13 months from now, I'm intrigued by this otherwise meaningless sponsorship question.

I've had a keen interest in bowl game sponsorships since the Poulan Weedeater Independence Bowl entered my life.

Without giving too much away, he said this on Andruw Jones, he would release him. He said he loved the signing a year ago but he was very, very, very, very wrong. (I may have added or shorted a "very" from his quote.)

C&H Sugar Bowl
Sunkist Orange Bowl
FTD Rose Bowl
Hanes Cotton Bowl
Vision Gator Bowl

The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl works, but the Jose Cuervo Fiesta Bowl would be even better.