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A Season in Savannah (Stanford Magazine)
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Dodger home record: 39-30 (.565)
When Jon attended: 5-3 (.625)
When Jon didn't: 34-27 (.557)
Dodgers at home: 745-600 (.554)
Jon attended: 293-233 (.557)*
Jon didn't: 457-374 (.550)
* includes road games attended
Current Roster with Estimated 2008 Salaries
(updated March 28)
Most figures are estimates (some are wild estimates) but will be updated as information comes in. Corrections welcome.
More contract details here.
Starting Pitchers (5)
$12,300,000 Hiroki Kuroda
$10,000,000 Derek Lowe
$9,500,000 Brad Penny
$7,000,000 Esteban Loaiza
*$500,000 Chad Billingsley
Total: $39,300,000
Bullpen (6)
$2,000,000 Takashi Saito
$1,925,000 Joe Beimel
$1,125,000 Scott Proctor
*$500,000 Jonathan Broxton
$500,000 Chan Ho Park
*$400,000 Hong-Chih Kuo
Total: $6,450,000
Starting Lineup (8)
$14,100,000 Andruw Jones
$13,000,000 Rafael Furcal
$9,000,000 Jeff Kent
$8,500,000 Nomar Garciaparra
$8,000,000 Juan Pierre
$500,000 Russell Martin
*$400,000 James Loney
*$400,000 Matt Kemp
Total: $53,900,000
Bench (6)
$875,000 Gary Bennett
$600,000 Mark Sweeney
$424,500 Andre Ethier
$391,000 Delwyn Young
$390,000 Chin-Lung Hu
$390,000 Blake DeWitt
Total: $3,071,000
Disabled List
$12,000,000 Jason Schmidt
*$400,000 Tony Abreu
*$390,000 Andy LaRoche
Total: $12,790,000
Also Paying ...
$1,000,000 Brett Tomko
$750,000 Odalis Perez
$540,000 Yhency Brazoban
$500,000 Randy Wolf
$487,500 Jason Repko
$135,225 Rudy Seanez
$100,000 Mike Lieberthal
$50,000 Ramon Martinez
Total: $3,562,725
Working total: *$113,268,725
*Rough salary estimate
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Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR Nomo W(16-10) 9 0 0 0 4 8 0
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But yes, as the season wound down in 2004, there was plenty of coverage.
http://tinyurl.com/g6ldf
Looks like there at least five reporters at the Coliseum too for the USC game.
Lofton, CF
Lugo, 2B
Kent, 1B
Drew, RF
Betemit, 3B
Ethier, LF
Martin, C
Lowe, P
The one thing that is comparable to that faithful day in 1996, both Nomo and Lowe started the day with 15 wins.
Well-pitched through four by Doug Davis.
Cal.
The Koalas? The Sun Bears?
They're trying to get you to guess UCLA.
And I can tell you about UCLA's dismal record in Omaha. They've only been there twice and went 0-2 each time.
One of life's mysteries is why USC, CS Fullerton, Long Beach State, Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount, and CS Northridge have had pretty good baseball programs and UCLA usually scrapes the bottom of the barrel. And the program produces good players too. But they stink as a team.
I'm looking at you Gary Adams.
At least he's batting ninth.
At his retirement party, his former players made up Gary Adams bobbleheads. When one player made a quick speech, he commented that he hadn't known the bobbleheads were going to be life-sized.
Gary is kind of short.
Did Al Scates and John Wooden come to the retirement party and taunt Gary Adams by wheeling in a bunch of NCAA championship trophies to taunt him?
I met him once when he was with the Dodgers. He was the size of a grizzly bear.
The photo also identifies Bill Russell, but almost completely crops him out. All you can see is the back of his head.
Granted it was an abbreviated season, but the 1981 Dodgers used just 13 pitchers all year.
The Dodgers have used 21 pitchers this year.
Don't go trying to infuse that winning stuff into life lessons.
The pregame ceremony was something special, the most special of any pregame ceremony I have ever seen. And Jack Perconte was there!
You can go to the Dodger website and see a video of the whole thing.
http://tinyurl.com/z78cq
I also notice that I have disagreed with a rather large number of Greg's posts in recent days... Greg, I hope you know it's nothing personal.
As long as you don't ask him about his business. Never ask Greg S about his business.
Sam?
Eric Karros and Todd Zeile thank you for your generosity of spirit.
Trust me, the answer was Cal. They've won twice including the very first CWS in 1947 when they beat Yale, which featured first baseman George Bush.
I lost track yesterday when it got very hectic at work and I actually had to use my brain for good, and not evil.
What is Grady's rationale for batting his worst hitter 3rd in the lineup?
Plus, it's Baylor.
men's tennis
women's basketball
I did not know that off the top of my head. But rather happened to have this nifty site open.
http://tinyurl.com/255ry
Calvin Schiraldi was the MVP in 1983.
One of the MVPs will be playing at Dodger Stadium today.
Southern California: 73
UCLA: 70
Stanford: 57
Oklahoma State: 48
Arkansas: 43
Michigan: 30
Yale: 25
Indiana: 23
California: 22
Iowa: 21
UTEP: 21
[stands back admiringly]
Didn't I get that one already? Or is there another?
UTEP is still waiting for a women's title however.
UCLA is planning a big celebration for the 100th overall national champion. They actually have won 100, but they were stripped of one softball championship because they used an Australian pitcher, Tanya Harding, pretty much like a ringer. I don't know if she ever passed a class.
I hope I have proven myself to be somebody who doesn't quickly jump at first reactions. I even defended Tomko the other day! And Bills' number since All-Star break are imperssive. But much like Kemp who was hitting .360 with an OPS of a million in June, I'm very afraid that Bills' numbers betray the truth. I think he has a very serious problem with control. He can't throw strikes at will let alone hit spots. His stuff is Major League. His command is douleb A.
And last night, his stuff wasn't even there. Did you see his curveball (I mean attempted curveball)? I think that, also like Kemp, the league has figured him out. Like today's LAT said. Just let him dig his own hole by not swinging and wait for him to pipe one.
Letting him learn and grow is all well and good. Just not in September with the season on the line.
Never mind. Walker, Street, and Windsor are three of them.
There are four more.
And Eric got one of the two September callups and he got the one who hasn't played since being called up. The other one has played a bit.
Pat Burrell
Mark Kotsay
The Mets are looking to be swept in Pittsburgh.
Mark Lemke
Devon White
Mark Sweeney
Keith Lockhart
Mike Piazza
Jay Bell
Kenny Lofton
Jorge Posada
Edgar Renteria
Orlando Palmeiro
2-run sacrifice flies?
Gimme somethin'
Bucs 3, Mets 0.
In Southern California, Dave Roberts steps up to the plate against Derek Lowe on Prime Ticket.
To be precise, I'm using Time Warner San Marino/South Pasadena.
I think Eric Enders too.
Linkmeister lives to the west of Tito's.
Loudly.
I believe Time Warner always has someone at 1 888 TW CABLE or something like that.
The only place Im sure will have it is the last place I want to go - Barneys Beanery on the Promenade.
I know it is off in the Westside. But it is on in Pasadena.
We've had the Dodgers game on with no trouble on Prime Ticket since it began out here.
Massachusetts.
Last year with Texas, his home/road splits weren't too much different. This year his ERA is over 2 runs better on the road than at PETCO.
Go figure.
I am judging Bills on how he has pitched, not how he looks doing it. He actually seems to have great mechanics. But he can't locate his pitches. I'm frankly shocked at the success he has had so far and I guess it is a credit to his usual stuff. He looked awful last night but it was only a slight exaggeration of his usual wildness and the Padres being patient. I'll agree that his success is the most important determiner of his deserving another start but boy, does he scare me.
I have a dream!