I also promise not to incite any Cardinals fans.

He was limping pretty badly when he left last night.

The Pirates are thought to be interested in Dodgers SS Cesar Izturis, who could replace Jack Wilson if the current Pirates shortstop is shipped out of Pittsburgh at or before the trade deadline or during the offseason. Izturis was a favorite of manager Jim Tracy when Tracy managed in Los Angeles.

Cesar for Tom Gorzelanny!?!?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2527276

Stan from Tacoma

The SABR group will be in all different colors so it won't matter. There predominantly fans of teams from Chicago, New York, and Boston.

A man can dream.

There's some words on the wall
But he wants to be sure
Cuz you know words like Cruz have
no impact
In the mind of the fans, there's a songbird who sings
Somtimes the need for speed is misgiven

They couldn't "incite" a ham sandwich.

Or something.

And yes, hooray for Marty's pooch.

HOLOGRAPHS!

2) It may be that the myriad injuries to JD Drew's legs have totally sapped his power. Never a real bomber to begin with, we could be seeing the beginning of the end here. Unfortunately, the worse he gets the more likely that he exercises his option.

...and is there anybody here who can tell me how far in I have to get before "Syriana" starts actually making sense?

But it's great to have him home and my other dog is much happier now. He goes back to the vet for more therapy Monday, but this weekend should give me a good idea of what I'm looking at when he comes home permanently.

It's things like his situation that make it easier to just watch the Dodgers whether they are winnig or stinking it up. It's a nice diversion no matter how bad they are.

Season to date:
Clayton Kershaw 16 IP, 13 hits, 2 ER, 1 BB, 23 K. (GCL)

Bryan Morris 23 IP, 26 hits, 9 ER, 12 BB, 26 K (Pioneer)

Preston Mattingly .351/.390/.426 in 100 plate appearances. (GCL)

And remember, if you ever meet Tommy Lasorda, don't ask him what he thought about Dave Kingman's performance.

What changed?

Clutch hitting is overrated.

Clutch hitting is overrated.

Power is overrated.

Power is overrated.

Both are required, but I'd rather have power.

But still, this is absoultly embarrassing. How can we possibly not even hit Weaver.

Thinkingblue I think has grown alot as fan this year. Welcome aboard TB.

Don't ask me how I know, I just do.

its nice to see that a black man hitting home runs. so, of course he is juicing.

Mine still works, and I think 91 and 83 are registering rather strong returns.

i am sorry.

No, this is a joke.

4, 0, 12, 6, 4, 3, 0, 4, 0

If that were the case, there would be no zeroes.

Anyone heard from Toby Hall lately? What kind of season is he having? The soul of any pennant contender is Toby Hall.

Second, the only reason this team won at all during the first half was their offense which we all knew was dangerously predicated on guys getting hits with men on base. That was why this team struggled against good pitching and now they are struggling against everybody.

During the first half, Russ Martin, Aybar or Izzy would have got a hit in that first inning to really set up the inning.

After Nomar got a hit in their first at-bat with man in scoring position, they have again gone cold going 0-7. Last night, I witnessed them go 0-10.

So sure, Sele and Lowe have not helped during this streak but nothing hurts a team like a hitting slump, it affects everything connected to the team.

As to whether this team is buyers or sellers, I say neither. I only see three guys that have some value to trade and even those guys probably won't move due to roster considerations.

1. Iztirus - possible but I still think he will be here for the season.
2. Baez - Don't laugh, the way bullpens are today, he could be in a deal though it would be hard to see him go through waivers so probably only before July 31st.
3. My surprise candidate is Derek Lowe, though his recent performances and the fact he has 3 more years on a contract would say no but he has that post-season experience and maybe the Yanks or even Boston could want him.

Other than that, there are too many holes for one deal to cure. If Jim Bowden gets desparate and wants only Joel Guzman for Soriano, than I might do that but other than that, I just don't see much out there.

Sir, everyone knows that Ned Colletti is why we won in the first half. He is genius personified, and the only reason I haven't built a golden replication of his likeness in my backyard is that I ran out of gold building Jim Tracy's.

"There was Charles Barkley, uttering his famous: 'Bad team, man. Bad [bleeping] team.'"

Hey, my thoughts exactly.

"He iced the injury after the game and got into a hypothermic chamber at home afterward."

Has Drew moved to Neverland Ranch? Has anyone out there ever known anyone with any kind of "chamber"' at home?

I aspire to one - I don't care what kind it is.