But this is one battle I will never win and I fear that if I bring it up more, the Dodgers PR people will arrange for an unfortunate accident between Ebbet and me when I come to Dodger Stadium.

I've seen that happen so many times...

regarding the Judge Doom scenario.

http://tinyurl.com/2gmte5

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/

It's almost as idiotic as the L.A. Lakers ignoring their Minneapolis legacy until just a few years ago.

I wonder if you have any ideas for a family looking for lodging in LA for 6 weeks while their son participates in an intensive program for treating his cerebral palsy. They are going to be there 6 weeks, starting the second week of May.

They expect to have to pay for these lodgings, but originally the program had stated they were providing lodging, so it is an unexpected expense, as well as headache, as they need wheelchair accessible space with a kitchen.

The program is located at 11860 Wilshire Blvd.

Thanks for your thoughts. sam

And try calling UCLA and begging.

Meanwhile, this headline from cnn.com -- " Florida, UNC, Ohio State, Kansas are No. 1" -- makes sense if you already know what they're talking about. But if you don't . . .

Mavs-59
Lakers-35

Halftime at Staples.

Here's a sneak preview - I sat next to a special young man who throws with his left hand.

Juan Pierre?

BA: .381
OBP: .381
IsoD: .000

I am drinking beer though.

i dont think they can lose enough to get 1 or 2.

I didn't know Jeni's comedy. I asked a comic friend of mine, who didn't know him either, but said he had a good reputation.

You have to remember I want Loney at first and therefore Nomar has to play third. AROD would have to have a place to play if Nomar is at third thus Furcal included in trade. There was a $$$ thing as well. The Yanks want a player that can play first that hits from right side and with AROD gone, Cano could move to third leaving Furcal to bow to Jeter and play second. Betemit would be the prospect.

For all the silliness in making up trades involving AROD there was a hint of logic in it.

That is so awesome.

http://www.yard-work.org/?p=618

Today started out like the last two in the sense that we got the field early in hopes of catching some pre-game action. Unfortunately, since today was "Meet the Dodgers" day, the Nationals were taking BP on the practice field instead of the Dodgers, so we decided to try to track down Clayton Kershaw somehow. We asked one of the coaches where he was and they said he was on one of the minor league fields so we ventured over there. Since they didn't have names on their jerseys we had no idea who he was, so I went and got Steve Yeager's autograph while slyly trying to figure out Kershaw's location. He claimed he didn't know, so we atched for a little while and then just went into the park.

The "Meet the Dodgers" consisted of all the players standing around on the field giving autographs, so we took advantage of that by getting some of the autographs we needed to fill out our collection including Martin (finally) and Broxton as well as Tomko, Matt White, and Ethier on his own ball.

Enough personal stuff, here's the daily radar readings:

Penny - fastball 85-94 (mostly 91-92 after the 1st inning), curveball 75-78
Kuo - fastball 87-93 (mostly 91), curveball 78-82, change-up 81 (he only threw a few)
Stults - fastball 87-91 (mostly 89-90), curveball 75, change-up 79-80

Penny had some trouble with his location again, walking more hitters than you would like but not leaving the ball up as much as the other day. He generally kept the ball down and was the victim of a number of lucky hits.

Kuo didn't seem to have as much movement as fellow lefties Elbert and Miller, but the deception in his delivery was more than enough to make up for it. His control was a bit shaky, but it didn't keep him from being effective.

Stults is a guy you can rely on to be nice and steady. His stuff is decent, his control is good, and he's gonna make guys hit the ball. The two-run "double" he gave up was a misplay by D. Young and he totally hung a curve on another RBI single, but besides that he mostly made the hitters put the ball in play and relied on his defense.

A few other random notes are as follows:
- Dunlap is a biiiiig dude and made a pretty bad error on a low throw that he dropped. That guy seriously needs to lose some weight to be considered a serious prospect
- Bigbie is quite impressive in the outfield and could be considered an option in CF if Repko or Pierre goes down
- Kemp made a nice play on a ball in the gap that he got a good jump on and used his speed to track down

As for the big story...

Before the game started I tracked down the scout I had talked to the day before and sat down next to him. As I settled in he said "let me introduce you to Clayton Kershaw". You know, the same guy I had spent all morning trying to track down in minor league camp. Anyway, since I'm not much of a reporter I didn't ask him any great questions, but I did get the sense that he's a nice young kid who can't wait for his chance to make his mark. He only stayed for the first few innings so I didn't spend much time with him, but he did say that while he doesn't know where he'll start the season, he'd like to get his chance in San Bernardino.

Well, that's the end of my reports from Dodger camp. Tonight I had dinner with Aaron Hill, the 2nd baseman for the Blue Jays whom I used to play Little League with, so tomorrow I'm going to see him play against the Reds and hopefully get to meet some of his teammates in the process.

Just out of curiosity, who would you put in the starting rotation at this point?

Out of all the starters I saw, I would rank them:

Lowe
Kuo
Billingsley
Schmidt
Wolf
Miller
Penny

Miller definitely had more room to move up on the list, but at this point he still seems to be adjusting to his new old arm slot. Penny just plain didn't look good in either of the starts he made, but it was more of a problem with location than it was actual talent so it's not like I'm advocating he not be given a spot in the rotation. That being said, I would not be sad if we could get a legitimate hitter in return for him.

The Rays committed two errors that led to an unearned run charged to starter Jamie Shields. The first one was charged to Akinori Iwamura, although it was charged by the book only. It is true that Iwamura threw a little offline, but he did so after making an excellent backhanded stab of a hot shot down the line. The throw came in a little bit off the bag, but it was nothing that even a cardboard cutout couldn't reach out to get. Unfortunately, we didn't have the cutout's services today, we had Hee Seop Choi, and the ball went past him for an error. To his credit though, Choi actually moved to grab an errant Iwamura throw later in the game.

http://www.draysbay.com/story/2007/3/11/19314/6581

I will be @ Al Lang tomorrow and you can expect many pics (like, as many as I took of our pal Sal that one time) if he does play...anyone else I need to look for? The Infielder Formerly Known as JtD, perhaps, or the two Dioner Navarros?

By Steve Henso, Times Staff Writer
March 11, 2007

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