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Dodger home record: 22-20 (.524)
When Jon attended: 3-2 (.600)
When Jon didn't: 19-18 (.514)
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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Both Cubs GM Jim Hendry and Mets GM Omar Minaya have announced they'll bid for the rights to negotiate exclusively with Matsuzaka in November, and there are as many as eight major league teams who have already notified MLB they'll bid on the Japanese ace, according to the Chicago Tribune and Newsday.
Besides the Cubs and Mets, we know the Mariners, Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox and Rangers are likely to bid on Matsuzaka, and other teams, including the Angels and Orioles, could be interested. The owner of Matsuzaka's Japanese club, the Seibu Lions, has stated he'll likely formally announce Matsuzaka's availability in late October, at the conclusion of the Japan Series. Matsuzaka would be made available to MLB teams via the posting system. The Japanese star righty is certainly drawing interest in baseball circles, and other areas as well; Popular Mechanics, of all magazines, published a technical analysis of Matsuzaka's famous "gyroball" pitch in their latest edition.
Go Motor City
the Tigers are the underdog!! they haven't won a WS in ages. StLuis has alot of trophies its Detriot's chance to shine.
no no Detriot in 5 or 6
No pitcher has impressed me as much as Verlander since Nolan Ryan.
Motor City or bust!
I'm done.
true but it's been such a long time since Detriot's been in a world series that i'm rooting for them. Verlander has a mean spinner
an ego can blind judgement at times
Mostly, though, I just hate Jim Leyland.
true i just remembered
boooooo.
Yeah, I still am in disbelief about the way they pitched Pujols. Talk about a wake-up call.
6 "I wanna root for the Tigers, but since I always find myself pulling for the underdog, that's hard to do."
That's nice - thanks, I'll try not to disappoint. ;-)
Wow, Verlander's stuff is filthy, and lots of K's. And yet Reyes has outpitched him overall and Tigers are losing 4-1.
Scappi Du was the cousin of Scooby-doo right?
it's just a matter of time before they figure out Anthony Reyes.
he was the little tough dog that picked fights all the time, i remember now.
A Husker Du reference, I am amazed.
It is weird to hear all the PRIDE people speaking English.
it's saturday beer night!! for me atleast.
The two guys behind me were Chicagoans right out of an SNL skit. The liked to Samardjiza a lot. They were happy at the end.
I'll have a longer post Monday and I may need someone who can do some simple Photostop for me.
I heard the same thing from other UCLA fans at the game. That makes me respect them a lot more.
are you timpsy Bob?
It'll probably be an alum who lives in Glendale.
i've always thought he does a good job
Chip Carey as well.
not to mention the bald spot on Rolens hair
Andrew Shimmin is not your real name right?
rumor has it that he loves many many women
ps i swear i thought you were baxter (a frequent Leykis guest)
vr, Xei
Stan from Tacoma
vr, Xei
vr, Xei
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