No shirt for Andrew

I need 3 more for an NL only 5x5 roto keeper league?
HR, OPS, SB, SLG, R
WHIP, SV, QS, K, HD

5 keepers in 2008

Draft is on Wendesday at 6 pm PCT...

let me know dbartholomew@gmail.com

http://tinyurl.com/2n8jhj

Meanwhile, even w/o modeling, got me shirts for me and the 6yr old.

Thanks Jon

15 - Actually, I'm thinking that while it would be great to see the shirts at the park on a random day, I'm a little weirded out by the sight of 30 of us dressed the same way on DT day.

And we wouldn't all be dressed the same. After all, you've got white and blue short sleeves and white long sleeves.

Having said that, if it would really weird you out, I'm sure we could arrange to come in other attire.

L.A. Times reported today that Grady plans to have only 11 pitchers on the Opening Day roster, my hunch is that the 25 man roster will be:

C: Russell Martin, Mike Lieberthal (2)
IF: Nomar Garciaparra, Jeff Kent, Rafael Furcal, Wilson Betemit, Ramon Martinez, Olmedo Saenz, James Loney (7)
OF: Luis Gonzalez, Juan Pierre, Andre Ethier, Marlon Anderson*, Jason Repko* (5)
P: Jason Schmidt, Derek Lowe, Brad Penny, Randy Wolf, Brett Tomko, Mark Hendrickson, Elmer Dessens, Chad Billingsley, Joe Beimel, Jonathan Broxton, Takeshi Saito (11)

* If he goes on the DL, Wilson Valdez or Larry Bigbie will be the replacement.

Kuo goes down to Vegas to start, Tsao goes to serve as the closer.

http://tinyurl.com/2safna

Weeee!!!!

Glad to support the site!

They did not invite Mark Alexander.

You do the math.

You need a business manager. Nonprofit? Why? You deserve to make a few bucks on your hard work. Heck, the site is free isn't that enough? Jon needs representation! Anyone have Scott Boras' number?

Sort of like owning an NHL or MLS franchise.

"This is a nonprofit organization.

"It wasn't planned that way, but that's the way it is."

In other news, a 21-year strike against hearing the song "Sussudio" ended today at the cost of a Quizno's honey bourbon chicken sub.

Today's chips: Miss Vickie's Lime & Black Pepper. Tasty.

If he doesn't figure in Dodger plans--no matter why--would it not be a good time for an astute GM to try to trade the minor league pitcher of the year?

After all, it's been rumored that some GMs are not as wise and skilled as others.

Oh if they called me Id be there
Id come running anywhere
There all I need, all my life
I feel so good if I just say the word
Sussudio, just say the word
Oh sussudio

I used to have a barber whom I loved. Old guy, always sang along with the opera music he played in his shop. Then he sold the location, but stayed on cutting hair. I was going to keep going, but the first time I did, they were playing what was billed as my favorite hits of the 80s, 90s, and today! I never went back.

Thank you, now back to Phil Collins.

"It's pretty easy to take along to work."

If you've been to the market recently.

So I haven't.

Did you know that during World War II, Andrews Sisters song were given the force of law?

On Kenny Lofton. First 3 paragraphs==

"SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Kenny Lofton belongs in another era, one where bunting, basestealing and getting on base were far more important and a higher priority was placed on manufacturing runs.

"He belonged in the 1960s and '70s with Lou Brock and Maury Wills or in the 1980s with Rickey Henderson, Vince Coleman and Tim Raines, when the great leadoff hitters were still considered premium players.

"Even among those pantheons of the basepaths, Lofton would have stood out with his superb blend of offense and defensive prowess. He was a player who not only led the league five times in stolen bases, but also won four Gold Gloves because he could steal hits in center field with the same ease in which he could swipe bases."

Other tidbits===

"They don't look (now) at speed and the small guys as much as the big guys who hit the home runs," Lofton said. "Guys who build themselves up to hit home runs, that's who everybody wants. The Hall of Fame is for home run hitters and starting pitchers."

"Lofton's best years are obviously behind him, but the Rangers are betting there is enough there to run down balls in CF and provide a different dimension to an offense that has long relied on pure power."

Be interesting to get the Rangers' take on his running down balls in CF after a couple months...

There is a lemon tree in my yard, though, so I guess I could have had that with my sub.

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

"How old do you think I am," he said?
I said, well, I didn't know.
He said, "I turned 65 about 11 months ago."

I was sittin' in Miami, pouring blended whiskey down
When this old gray gentleman was cleaning up the lounge.

There wasn't anyone around, except this old man and me.
The guy who ran the bar was watching Ironside on TV.
Uninvited, he sat down and opened up his mind
On old dogs and children and watermelon wine.

"Ever had a drink of watermelon wine," he asked.
He told me all about it, though I didn't answer back.
"Ain't but three things in this world that's worth a solitary dime,
But old dogs and children and watermelon wine."

He said, "Women think about themselves, when men-folk ain't around.
And friends are hard to find when they discover that you're down."
He said, "I tried it all when I was young and in my natural prime,
Now it's old dogs and children and watermelon wine."

"Old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes.
God bless little children while they're still to young to hate."
When he moved away I found my pen and copied down that line
About old dogs and children and watermelon wine.

I had to catch a plane up to Atlanta that next day.
As I left for my room I saw him picking up my change.
That night I dreamed in peaceful sleep of shady summertime,
Of old dogs and children and watermelon wine.

Avocado,
What makes you think you're so holy?
You're gonna be guacamole before too long.

Oh, you're a green one,
You know that you're out of season.
You'd better let somebody eat you,
Let somebody eat you.
Ya better let somebody eat you
Before it's too late.

"The Colorado Rockies are trying to upgrade the back of their rotation even as they're shopping right-hander Byung-Hyun Kim.

The Florida Marlins and Los Angeles Dodgers are interested in Kim as a reliever while the Oakland A's are pursuing him as a starter.

The Rockies like Dodgers lefty Mark Hendrickson, and they're in a flexible position with righty Josh Fogg; they could release Fogg in spring training and pay one-fourth of his salary ($906,000)."

Trading Hendy would be cool, even (or because it's) a division rival, but why would we want Kim?

Dodgers trade Hendrickson for Disco Duck Album.
Dodger fans approve...

Oh, and the shirts are outstanding. Imona git me a couple.

Richard Edson is another candidate.

John Dean III?

Needless to say, wonderful site Jon, and thanks all for keeping me so up-to-date with everything Dodger related (and other stuff).

74 Wow, New Zealand! Greetings. Are you American, or a Kiwi who happens to dig baseball/the Dodgers? My girlfriend raved about NZ after she went there a few years ago.

If it isn't you can pretend it is and take a bow anyway!

And yes, NZ is great - you should all visit.

77 Not so much the All Blacks (not a big rugby fan - sacrilege I know for a Kiwi to say that), as the NZ black track singlets as worn by Peter Snell, John Walker, etc.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN199204180.shtml

82 Great movie. NZers worry that everyone else thinks we're all like that, which of course you don't, but we worry anyway.

toe-mah-toe

and

poe-tay-toe

You'd think these should always rhyme, one way or the other...

I also picture New Zealand as being full of uptight immigrants from England who have loveless marriages with mute women with a weird daughter who likes to dance around wearing wings and then get angry and chop off one of their fingers and send it off to Harvey Keitel.

I figure New Zealand is like one of those two.

1. Land of Confusion
2. I Can't Dance

Phil Collins- In the Air Tonight
Another Day in Paradise is alright

I actually really like that movie.

Genesis. Phil Collins. How did we ever survive this? A college roommate I lived with for about two years loved Genesis. Uhhhhhh.

(I did like some of Peter Gabriel's solo albums, however. He was terrible in Genesis, but okay doing songs like "Modern Love" and "Biko.")

We don't really like to joke about that. We especially avoid Office Space jokes.

Do all the anti-MMA people watch boxing? I know Brock does.

14. Clayton Kershaw, LHP, Dodgers
Age: 19
Acquired: 1st round, 2006, Highland Park HS (Dallas)
After signing, Kershaw made fools of Gulf Coast League hitters (37 innings, 1.95 ERA, 54 strikeouts, five walks, zero homers allowed). He has command of three pitches, and he's got excellent control, particularly for a hard-throwing lefty still in his teens. As well, his poise on the mound belies his young age. Barring injury (always a possibility with young arms), he's a future ace.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6586930

Stop showing off!

Or else I'm going to go and get charged under the RICO Act just to gain some credibility around here.

Btw, the Giants may be going solar at AT&T Park, but apparently the Dodgers' affiliate in Michigan, the Great Lake Loons, were first. Green Loons, who'dathunkit.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_5474661

Dodgers manager Grady Little made it sound like he wants James Loney getting regular at-bats in the minors at the start of the year.

"We have to consider the number of at-bats we'd get James," Little said. "We don't want to slow him down and have him go backward and then something happens here and he has to jump in. He needs to be ready."

He is ready. It's just that the Dodgers had to block him with Nomar Garciaparra and Luis Gonzalez anyway. If Loney is sent down, the Dodgers may instead keep light-hitting infielder Wilson Valdez.

Why is it so imperative we keep Valdez and Bigbie? Does anyone really care if we lose them?

I don't know about Valdez - I'm not even convinced the Dodgers would be too upset if they lost either one of them, but it's possible they're trying to play up Valdez to dangle him in a trade (or I could be imagining that, but that's my theory and I'm sticking to it by gum!) If Repko's healthy enough to start the season though, I think that may also change some of the arrangements.

Gurnick just needs to tell me that Gio Carrara has signed and will be our swing guy in the pen.

Yet.

Undies, Dude. THE WHITES.

http://www.gizmag.com/go/7000/

Terminate the Colonel's undies...With extreme prejudice.

Double take there for a second.

No tighty whities, however. This is all in the too much information category. At any rate, I will warn you all when the Dodgers season has my underwear situation past DefCon 4.

I bet Bob will beat me to it. He's rich.

133 I think the thought is that somebody would claim him, somebody needing infield depth, but there's only one way to find out.

/Kurtz

Here is a headline on their website:

Communist Party USA Gives Its History to N.Y.U.

My Dad fears the mighty internets, but I may have to get him one anyway. He can be a DT poseur.

And kids wonder why cellphones in the class are an offense punishable by death, or worse...Saturday Detention. If I see your cellphone, the Dean owns it until Mommy picks it up, in person, during school hours. Make the parents suffer, and all is great.

The Rays, btw, are 3 and 16 so far this spring. Good thing they don't count, but their manager is realizing some momentum to start season might be good.

Players that repeat minor league levels lose their value rapidly IMO.

Kemp/LaRoche I can at least understand starting them in Vegas.

But Loney hit like 400 last year at Vegas. Putting him there again in order to keep Valdez on the team, is idiocy of large proportions.

My thinking is that at least as long as Loney is on the MLB roster, and is getting spot starts, he doesnt lose much value.

Putting him back in AAA, especially if he gets off to a rough start, does no one any good.

I could care less what the roster looks like in 2-3 months. The gams in April mean just as much as those in July.

Granted, the Dodgers are stupid, but so are 20 or so other teams.

Or is this just another urban legend brought to us by the guy whose ex-girlfriend's friend was a nurse in the ER when Richard Gere checked in?

" I don't know what this song is about. When I was writing this I was going through a divorce. And the only thing I can say about it is that it's obviously in anger. It's the angry side, or the bitter side of a separation. So what makes it even more comical is when I hear these stories which started many years ago, particularly in America, of someone come up to me and say, 'Did you really see someone drowning?' I said, 'No, wrong'. And then every time I go back to America the story gets Chinese whispers, it gets more and more elaborate. It's so frustrating, 'cos this is one song out of all the songs probably that I've ever written that I really don't know what it's about, you know.

Are we to take from that that he actually knows what Sussudio is about?

Then again, I heard Phil Collins once gave somebody a really nice present, and then took it back. You know what that makes him...

I believe the PC term these days is "Native American giver"

As far as I know, I'm still a cracker.

That was eleven years ago. I wonder if that still holds true. And, more importantly, does it have any effect on the value of my Maria Pot...

JoeyP, on the other hand, has ALWAYS wanted to get rid of Loney, and the longer Loney is in the organization, the more he has to worry about Loney eventually planting himself at 1B in Dodger Stadium for a decade.

Hey Bob, you have to wonder why it wasn't C.P.U.S.A. Goes to N.Y.U. At least it wasn't R.C.P.U.S.A., or C.P.U.S.A.M.L.

Either that, or her medical ethics should have prevented her from telling you. I suppose it isn't surprising, knowing human nature and all, but it's disappointing how much confidential medical and legal information, or what passes for information, gets leaked to the press. That was certainly an uncomfortable aspect of much of the information relating to Bonds, which wasn't supposed to be in the public view, and I say that as someone who believes Bond was indeed an abuser of steroids.

WWSH

http://tinyurl.com/2kpnak

CPA or the GOP ?

Need the debate even go forward(?), after the last 4 years, the answer is patently obvious…
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I didn't intiate this "illegal" discussion…
It was one of the DT founding fathers…
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Now back to Juan Pierre's ST batting average…and Wilson Valdez replacing James Loney(¿!what!?) on the Dodger roster of 25

--Ned Colletti, Phil Collins fan

1. Was she wearing a name tag? or
2. Were you hired to assassinate her? or
3. Did you really just happen to recognize the Prime Minister of New Zealand?

(on punctuation only) I know the NYT insists on "U.C.L.A.". Do they also write "P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act"? How do they draw the line? (The headline you quoted does appear to be a policy contradiction on its face.)

It's always that time of the month

Hey! Thank you folks, I'm here all week. Try the veal.