Has any seen King Kong? If so would you recommend it?

On Topic-

I for one, fully embrace the return of Lima Time. If not for the pitching than for the whacky commercials. However if he goes to San Diego it will be known as Lima outta time. chuckle/sigh.

And when the Padres go to Denver, Lima can come down with Tom Candiotti Disease.

Tony Batista has signed witht he Twins.
Is'nt that the guy that Sanchez hit in the face with a fastball in 04? If so do we play the Twins in 06? If so, I really enjoy ripping on his batting stance and would like to see Sanchez huck another Fastball at his freakish stance.

King Kong
Syriana
Good Night and Good Luck

"Fra-gee-lay. It must be Italian!"

Syriana - Drags at points, hard to get going, ends strong

Good Night And Good Luck - Has its moments, mostly just good acting, story is secondary

My advice: see Kong, rent the others.

King Kong is my kind of flick.

My 3 favorite movies

Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the lost arc
the fellowship of the ring

Jon, you always point out Hypocricy. I aprreciate that. The Lima thing is a prefect example.

Penny
Lowe
Wells
Lima
OdP

This is the rotation I'm rooting for:

Penny
Lowe
OPerez
Tomko
EJackson

with Houlton and Billingsley starting in the minors.

I don't have the disdain that many here seem to have for Lima. He and Beltre were the highlights of that great 2004 season. Whatever pixie dust was sprinkled on him worked and I'll always remember him for some great times. The playoff game was the best game I've been to at Dodger stadium. He was our guy from the time he started warming up and he finished his job in style with the crowd chanting his name from beginning to end. You had to be there to appreciate the game. Even during the season he kept amazing me with his energy. I went into the season thinking he was a PR fraud. After watching him start out the season in the bullpen with my seats right above him I came to appreciate his enthusiasm as nothing but real. Even when he got shelled the next day he would still be one happy man. He is the only Dodger to this day that would get to the bullpen before everyone else and just throw baseball after baseball into the stands and talk with the fans without any attitude. He did this daily except for the days he was scheduled to start. All year long. I for one loved Lima time and just because Depo made the right move in not resigning him doesn't mean we should denigrate what he did for us in 2004.

Of course the Godfather (1/2) is really tops along with Goodfellas, but I only went with three.

I'm even ok with the Dodgers signing him to a PR contract and have him do 7th inning trivia contests and throw balls to fans. Just don't let him throw any balls to opposing batters this year.

I wouldn't want Edwin anywhere near Vegas, and I'm not sure what pitching in AA again would prove. It's getting close to "put up or shut up" time for him. (I know - he's still young, but he's running out of places to pitch).

A pitching rotation of
Lima
Benson
Tomko
Penny
Lowe
Erickson

Would make it worthwhile to sit behind the Dodger wives bench. I think it'd make a great reality series.

Anyway I wouldn't bring him back. His magical time came and went and you can't recreate magic. It would be a disaster. Just let DJ and EJ do their thing and we'll be pleasantly surprised.

ESPN:
Dec 16 - Nomar Garciaparra likely will decide early next week where he is going to play next year, The New York Post reports.
"Nomar is very pleased to have several attractive options for next season," agent Arn Tellem told the newspaper. "He is weighing all of them carefully and hopes to make the best decision for him and his family in the very near future."

The Yankees would like Garciaparra, 32, to play first base and DH. The Indians and Astros are looking at him as an outfielder, and the Dodgers view him as a first base option. Garciaparra, who has a home in Manhattan Beach, Calif., met with Dodger brass for several hours Thursday.

Buster Olney:

Bob: I'm not going to pretend that at 10:53 a.m. on Dec. 16, I have any special insight into what Nomar is thinking -- but if I had to venture a guess, I'd say the Dodgers or Astros. All of his options are good and they are all imperfect. If he wants to rebuild his stature and his portfolio, he should go to the Yankees, but he has to know the scrutiny will be off the charts. If he wants to be the most comfortable with his surroundings, he should go to Cleveland, where he could play for a former teammate in Eric Wedge, and on a good team -- but he would have to play a position, right field, that might increase his injury risk, and if he were to flounder in the outfield, it would be a mess. He could go to L.A. and play first base near his home, but in midseason, he'd inevitably be faced with a position crisis. Izturis will come back and play second, in all likelihood, and Jeff Kent will be shifted to first -- and Nomar might be left out. Nomar could go to Houston, where he could play first base or the outfield -- but there would be more pressure there than in New York or L.A. or Cleveland for him to actually produce, because the Houston offense seems so thin. So, who knows -- but I think we'll hear today.

Don't show this column to Joe Morgan while he's drinking soup.

http://tinyurl.com/73lug

Of course, if he doesn't trade one of his starters, that Loaiza signing does look crazy.

I ask this b/c if we get Garciaparra, it looks like he'll be playing first base. I guess we're supposed to assume that b/c first base is an easy position to play, Nomar will be able to play it better than Choi/Saenz. And we're supposed to assume that Nomar will hit more homers than the old platoon.

With Mueller not much of a homerun threat, the decision on who plays first should be made primarily on who is more of a power threat in the lineup, no? I don't care about how much McCourt wants to spend, and I don't have an extraordinary attachment to Choi, but I want to make sure Nomar's really an upgrade.

It appears that the best home run hitter still out there that the Dodgers might want is Sanders.

In their search for production at first base, Colletti has considered free agent J.T. Snow, the Los Angeles Daily News reports. Snow, who spent nine seasons with San Francisco, will turn 38 in spring training, Snow and his six Gold Gloves still represent a major upgrade both offensively and defensively over Hee-Seop Choi. However, Choi hit 11 more home runs in 47 less at bats. He posted a slightly lesser OBP (.343-.336) but slugged 90 points higher than Snow. Replacing a 26-year-old power hitter with a 38 year-old defensive wizard is probably not the way to go. …

Or paraphrased, "J.T. Snow is an upgrade offensively and defensively over Hee Seop Choi. However, here are some reasons why Choi is better offensively than J.T. Snow. In conclusion, J.T. Snow is not an upgrade over Hee Seop Choi."

Solution: play Nomar in the outfield for awhile. If Choi melts down (as in literally turns into butter), then Nomar can step in and play over the buttery slime that used to be Hee Seop Choi.

To me the smartest play would be to sign Nomar with the understanding that he'll be the everyday leftfielder. The Yankees apparently want him to juggle several positions and be happy in a utility role. So this would seem more appealing.

For what it's worth, he's basically a strictly better version of Repko.

I think at this point in his career, Nomar understands that he needs to be able to play anywhere on the diamond. When healthy, he can be among the league leaders in batting. I would love to see him in LF for the Dodgers this year.

I think that there would have been a little more hope for Nomo than Erickson to produce.
Nomo had a come back in the past that was completely unexspected. He has that wicked forkball. If he could only get his fastball to a decent speed he'd win again.
Erickson had nothing left that was exceptional.

53 He hit all 9 homers last year AFTER he came back from injury. It took him 179 ABs to hit those homers. I wouldn't worry too much

54 It's confusing, but it's quoting the Daily News, then explaining why Tony Jackson is a moron

One caution. For those of you with kids who are interested, I recommend previewing it first before you take kids under, say, 11 or 12. Some of the monster attack stuff might be a little scary. When we saw it, several parents rushed their kids out during that part, and the kids were clearly freaked out.

Haven't seen the other new ones, but saw "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" a couple weeks ago. I loved it. Hysterically funny satire of film noir. Syriana was sold out, so we chose this. Good choice!

In their search for production at first base, Colletti has considered free agent J.T. Snow, the Los Angeles Daily News reports: "Snow, who spent nine seasons with San Francisco, will turn 38 in spring training, Snow and his six Gold Gloves still represent a major upgrade both offensively and defensively over Hee-Seop Choi."
However, Choi hit 11 more home runs in 47 less at bats. He posted a slightly lesser OBP (.343-.336) but slugged 90 points higher than Snow. Replacing a 26-year-old power hitter with a 38 year-old defensive wizard is probably not the way to go.

Notice how the original way had a period after reports? Scout.com has terrible editors (if they have any). Grammar and sentence structure tend to be terrible

But welcome back to the States, Mike "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" Kinkade!

70 - I don't think there should be any talk of using Nomar in the infield with the outfield in its present condition.

Well, I thought that I would throw that out.
The Yankees acquired Nomo I think in hopes he could come back again. They didn't acquire Erickson. A weak argument I'll agree.

As long as I don't have to listen to his wife's political views:

http://tinyurl.com/ex5tt

Do we get more credit for power if the guy who has it plays first base instead of second? Kent wants to stay at second. Nomar says he'll play anywhere. Why move Kent to first so his homers will be credited to the "first baseman".

http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_3313672

...with the additional tidbit:

"The Dodgers also continue to pursue free-agent outfielders Kenny Lofton, Reggie Sanders and Preston Wilson. But they appear to be long shots in the race to sign free-agent outfielder Johnny Damon, whose Los Angeles-based agent, Scott Boras, is believed to be asking for nothing short of a five-year guarantee. Free-agent outfielder Jacque Jones, a former USC All-American, also is close to falling off the Dodgers' radar."

Okay, sorrrry! But I'd still rather see Nomar in the infield than the outfield.

On another note, I noticed that you still have $1.3 mill on the sidebar credited to Ishii. When does that come off?

Just a thought, but would playing 1B or OF decrease Nomar's liklihood of injury (rather than if he played 2B, SS or 3B)?