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Name two former Dodger outfielders who were #1 draft picks?
Monday - yes
Sheffield - no
- J. Molina walked
- J. Molina to second on S. Kazmir's throwing error
- A. Kennedy singled to right, A. Kennedy out at second on pitcher S. Kazmir's throwing error, J. Molina scored
Correct.
R.I.P. Eric Gregg
I don't think one cat could eat all the food that would come out of one human being in one month.
Not that I'm going to experiment with my own cat.
Billy Preston is described as such in his obituary. I believe that Brian Epstein also had that title. So did "Murray the K."
I prefer to think of my self as the 18th or so New Christy Minstrel.
Maybe I'll go down to the martini bar in the club while the Mets are batting
27 Hm. I admire your conviction. You really like to see the right calls made, eh?
http://tinyurl.com/hkt8k
I don't think Pete Best was ever called the 5th Beatle. Personally, although I don't think he's ever called that, I'd put George Martin up for the honor.
I think of a "Fifth Beatle" as a hanger-on
What do you like about it? The was he twists to watch the ball go past him? Or the way he comes out of games with grace in the early innings?
My problems with this goat go beyond his lack of talent. He's a baby and has bitched publicly about his teammates. He also insisted that he pitch game 1 of the Playoffs and that he would carry the team on his back. Then got blown out early. He's everything you don't want in a strating pitcher.
The anti-Ace.
Pedro has a 2.50 ERA with 88 K's and 17 BB's in 75.2 IP.
It was truly weird.
Harvard-Westlake won the game.
For some reason, the LA Times sent a photographer to the game. Who, for some reason, was trying to hit on me. And not in a subtle way either.
Truly, truly weird.
I look forward to a future starting lineup with Van Slyke and Mattingly, two players whose fathers I always wished played for LA.
The kids are guaranteed to be at least as good as their dads, right? I was better at baseball than my dad ever was.
Cut the suspense now; was the photographer male or female?
Which version of "Cherish"? Madonna's? Kool and The Gang's? That other one from the 60/70s?
"The kids are guaranteed to be at least as good as their dads, right? I was better at baseball than my dad ever was."
I was a better hitter than My dad ever was, but man he could school me playing D.
Female photographer.
Damn, I really wanted the answers to be "male" and "Kool and the Gang."
good to know Bob.
I think I remember hearing both those songs on cheesy music collection commercials in the 80s.
Didn't she know that Harvard-Westlake was playing for the championship of, I believe, the Santa Fe League? The Wolverines had been booted down to Division VIII or IX that season.
The better college products were sent straight to VB, such as Orenduff, Raglani, Ruggiano, and even Dunlap, a JC guy. But they came along in 2004, in the drafts prior there were no high end college picks.
Now it seems like theyre becoming even more conservative, polished college OF Pedroza and Locke are in Low-A, even though they seem roughly on par with Ruggiano and Raglani. I think the reason you may think that they are skipping prospects past Columbus is because last years draft was pretty thin. DeJesus is probably the best out of that draft, and he's doing fine in Columbus. The other HS picks are all in extended spring training, to my knowledge, and will probably see time in Odgen.
Im sure Nate or CanuchDodger can correct me were I mightve gone wrong on all this.
so did you pip it Bob or no?
Decisions, decisions.
I stayed for the whole game and covered it and never saw the woman again.
The game ended very late and my game story is not in the online archive of the Daily News. But the game was played in November of 1994 and Harvard-Westlake won the Camino Real League championship.
The game didn't start until 8 and took a long time to play because it was St. Monica's Homecoming and they had all sorts of really horrible stuff going on with it.
that's cool.
5IP 5h 0er 2bb 7k
the bbs are down and the ks are up! era at 2.81 now.
lol
Sorry about that, I was actually laughing at a joke somebody here in my house said, I was trying to type when I heard what he said. Dose that sound weird.
I do get free pizza though, so I got that going for me.
he is raw but so was matt kemp whos main sport in high school was basketball. We'll see how it goes but theres nothing wrong with trying to get the player with the highest ceiling.
5 year contract extension needs to be given to him now. Hell, make it a liftime contract.
he's still ashemed of how bad Kou made him look.
I thought Vin was naming of bondage/sex toys. I'm almost positive he said "big black men's underwear"
Lowe didn't want to feel left out so he decided to match Pedro.
hahaha oh man!! it's not my day today, I meant as good has he is PITCHING he's bad at HITTING
Nice to see someone finally got Russ Sr. some decent tickets.
that's kinda what I do when My girlfriend talks to me.
I hope we win tonight man!, yesterday was golden & we let it slip away.
Vin was telling a story about David Wright carrying Cliff Floyd's bags through airport security last year as part of rookie hazing. Wright was stopped by the security agent and they went through Floyd's bags asking Wright if these items were Wright's (nail clippers, nail files, etc.). The gate agent then comes across some gold chains and asks Wright whether the chains are his, and he says yes. Then the agent comes across some magazines: Ebony, Jet, Essence, Men's swimwear something or other, and she asks Wright if the magazines were his as well, and of course Wright said yes. I don't do the story justice here, but that's the gist.
isn't Green jewish?
Even if it might be sarcastic, at least the man finally gets a little love!
2 HRs, 60 RBIs remaining in 2006
yes, because that catch cost us a run. (darn Beltran)
Yeah. Gravel warning tracks and concrete outfield walls...?
"In my day, we didn't have these mamby-pamby jockstraps and cups. We got hit in the groin and we liked it!"
well thank you, thank you very much.
Jackson with a rally-extending sac fly.
that was pretty smart.
The sponsors have a fair amount of say over the announcers.
175- or like he was partying last night. I wouldn't be surprised if he was using coke.
This is true but I'm sure nobody has more say than Vinnie himself.
how many pitches does Pedro have?
I thought it was some sort of "simulcast," with Vin's first 3 innings being heard on both TV and radio. That always explained to me why he was talking about babies in the crowd as if the radio listeners could see them.
sounds like alot of the folks here don't like Lowe very much.
Predicts Kershaw will start in Gulf Coast league, maybe higher A, then could move quickly to AA next year.
It all comes from the same place I think. It's not like somebody has super secret elections returns. I usually just the Sec of State's office web site.
thanks, that's greatly appreciated.
KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEMP!
Los Angeles County takes a long time to tabulate its votes because we have so many voters. And the County is predominantly Democratic, so if you win here, you'll likely win a statewide Democratic party.
Just call me Shirley Bebitch Timmermann.
"THE" "BI" "SON"
Shirley, you can't be serious...
You're welcome, but stop calling me Shirley.
YES! YES! YES!
I love Matt Kemp so much. Where can I get the jersey?
hahaha that is funny.
anyways, can someone recap what Logan White said please.
oh man LOL!!!
He has been talking for a long time, but hasn't really said much. Steinday are just all giddy about how Logan must feel like a "proud Papa" with how well the kids are doing. He said many times how the kids that were drafted were "good makeup" kids.
molokai compared milledge to marquis grissom which i think is perfect.
Will Lofton hit the deck now?
did he talk about any of the kids he drafted today?
Yeah, but I kinda spaced out during that part. He talked about how hard each of the top two pitchers throw, and how Morris has a good curveball. Seemed more concerned about their makeup than their skills. Talked about Mattingly's "bloodlines."
See? Every silver lining has a cloud!
Matt's gotta make them pay.
It happened in 1994.
The last Dodger to homer twice in one inning was in 2000 by ....
Broxton has new found control, top that with his 95+ fastball & a great curve, forget about it.
sp0okY!!
Bring in Kuo to face the lefty Chavez after Wright.
D-Backs 1
Top 9
and you lofton, catch the ball please.
The guy's only 21. Send him down till he can learn to throw strikes under stress. And while he is there make him a starter. He has some of the best stuff I've seen and we have other closer candidates.
"Don't worry son, we'll go fishin' this winter and catch some big ole catfish."
Pretty clear that he said something along the lines of "just a bad night, don't sweat it, we'll use you tomorrow in the exact same situation".
Although he MIGHT have said something like "it sounds corny but you gotta follow your dreams"
On the other hand, Hideo Nomo did not go to Arizona State.
Come on Sammy!
I went away for a few mins and the wheels are coming off.
Now the Mets, like those of us before them, know the pain of Valentine.
These guys will do anything to get Gagne a save.
send me one via the internet overkill94, I ain't drinking right now.
Giants win. That sucks.
ditto
The Basic Agreement lets teams play up to 20 straight days I believe.
What are you talking about?! I have tickets in the front row behind the dugout tomorrow! They better not take the day off!
Question--will the dodgers act whipped now or look for a few runs which they may need.
Only 2nd time I've ever had those seats. All food you can eat (both high end buffet and hot dogs). Only wish I was behind the Dodger dugout instead of the Mets.
I've never been able to figure out what these people do.
Can't deny his performance at the plate today though.
yes, yes I am.
If hating on Lofton allows Kemp to play everyday, then I guess I am a "lofton hater".
Beltre would have had that.
</snark>
Russ Ortiz and Cristian Guzman say hello.
If you have nowhere to be after the game you should hang out in the bar down there for a while. A lot of the players come in and hang out. You can talk to some of them and some will take a picture with you. You never know who you'll see. I saw a certain pitcher come in holding hands with a certain Fox reporter before the news broke.
Yep, Derick Lowe and Kevin Kennedy made a cute couple.
Its a win win thing.
There are going to be days when we don't get on base enough to score enough runs, where power comes into play.
Then there are going to be games like today where the difference between winning and losing is 2- 2 run homers.
Then there are going to be games where we need to use speed late in the game for a go ahead run.
Power starting (drew, kemp, ethier) and speed on the bench (lofton, repko).
Lo Duca decided to return the favor to the Dodgers by swinging at a pitch over his head.
You know, I'm starting to like this Saito fellow.
Yeah, think I'll do that. Don't mean to be coy but I've got a friend on the team so I'll try to hang out afterwards. Not a bad night.
Those pitches to Wright were dirty.
Welcome back!
Hope tomorrow is as much fun to watch.
G'night everybody.
387 That was the funniest thing I've read all night... including when I read an email from a professor allowing me an extension on my paper.
I wrote this in March '05:
*The ultimate Gagne at-bat:
1. Change. Watch how much he throws this on the first pitch, because batters are so keyed up to hit his fastball. The Vulcan change dives into the dirt while the batter strikes that awful, awkward butt-stuck-out, bat-in-bottom-hand-extended-far-away-from-body pose.
2. Fastball. With the hitter's head now in a terrible jumble, time to bring the high-octane gas.
3. Curve. A big b@stard that looks like it belongs in a cartoon. I've heard fans at Dodger Stadium laugh themselves silly when Eric breaks off one of these.
Respective speeds of Strikes one, two and three: 72, 95, 82. Unfair.*
He visibly grimaced and was clearly upset in the line for high fives, AND made a point of banging fists with his glove. When Martin came up to him he kind of shook his head and looked like he'd seen a ghost.
When Nomar, smilingly, said something to Martin, and Martin replied, Nomar's face got very serious.
I know I'm really looking into this, but it coming after just a brilliant pitching performance (and with it memories of how great this guy is)really upset me.
Anyone else see all of this happoen?
Hey Nate, will Longoria be batting 2nd or 3rd in the epic 2009 Dodgers-DRays World Series?
He winced after he threw it. No mistake about it.
...though I will be somewhat worried until I see him pump his fist after a third out stike.
...it won't feel like he's back until we're seeing third strike, third out fist pumps on a regular basis...but I hope they are right.
I'm hoping it's just some macho thing..like "I made those guys looked like idiots, sure, but I know I can do better."
BJ Upton
Carl Crawford
Delmon Young
By the way, I was wrong about Lowe. Apparently, he was coked up or hungover, he's just been under the weather lately, but that could be code for hungover.
Gagne has recovered just fine, don't worry about it. Make sure to buy tickets in advance for Gagne's next outing.
Two days later:
Eric Gagne has been placed on the 15 day disabled list with a broken spleen. The Dodgers are optimistic he will be back in time for next weeks series with the Diamondbacks.
Matt Kemp for ROY.
If Hershisers' alias is coachjpark, that's some high company we have here.
But I'm excited about Bison none the less.
He kinda reminds me of a younger Werth when Werth came up in 2004. Werth hit 18 that year and Kemp could easily hit more if he gets enough PT.
"I just went out there and did my business, trying to get batters out," Gagne said. "Everyone (in the bullpen) is throwing the ball well, and it's only a matter of time before the results start showing up."
By the way, I didn't see Gagne do any of that stuff, but I'm still quite worried.
383 apparently is too far removed from his college days ;)
1. If I'd thrown out the first pitch, I'd have been crowing about it, unbidden, till not only did nobody have any questions left, but everybody wished my computer would crash.
2. He can spell his screen name properly on the first try.
3. I've mooched tickets off of DT readers, instead of the other way around.
One way in which we're similar: We're both not Orel Hershiser.
Mama, take this badge off of me.
To say this is worrisome would be an understatement.
Excerpt from a story on the dodgers.com site:
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Although Gagne's discomfort was apparent, he continued to pitch, and nobody from the dugout went to the mound. He twice hit 92 mph with his fastball, but more often was around 89. Afterward, clubhouse comments were carefully worded.
"He got three outs. That's what we've been looking forward to seeing in a save situation," said manager Grady Little. "We look forward to it some more."
Ooooh, regretting my zip code on that one.
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