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It's happening.
And you might say, "What took so long?" but with four months of baseball left, it's probably happening more quickly than we expected.
The kids are getting their chances. Nine players on the 25-man roster are 25 years old or younger. All nine are playing significant roles for this Dodger team.
While the Dodgers aren't completely turning over the keys to guys that would have some trouble legally renting a car, the vets look like they'll get more rest (or "rest") than ever.
Here's a rundown of the team, position-by-position:
Catcher: It's Russell Martin's world; we just live in it. That being said, this past stretch of games was the first in which I felt Martin didn't get enough rest. He has started 11 days in a row, playing 95 innings in that time. With the Dodgers losing frequently last week and no one producing, Dodger manager Grady Little probably felt he needed every inch of Martin until the cavalry arrived. Well, as we'll see below, the cavalry has arrived. The Dodgers have two off days in the next five - after that, it's straight baseball from June 19 to July 8. Martin should get at least one day off a week.
First base: Despite James Loney's 3-for-9, one-homer season debut, we still shouldn't get too excited about production from this position, relative to the rest of the league. Not yet, anyway. Nevertheless, just to have an option beyond the slumping Nomar Garciaparra (who is struggling defensively as well, according to today's Hardball Times) is a relief. A recent article quoted Little as saying Loney would get a couple of starts per week. That's a fairly huge committment given Garciaparra's reputation. If Loney produces, he'll get more of a presence (and maybe the added rest will help Garciaparra). If he doesn't, the Dodgers aren't worse off than they were before. A huge slump from Loney would probably send him back to Las Vegas once Marlon Anderson is ready to be activated from the disabled list, but if Loney could even just OPS 800 or so, that's gonna help.
Second base: More rest for the weary (and cranky). With Wilson Betemit re-emerging at third base, especially as a power threat, the Dodgers can afford to play Tony Abreu at second a bit more often and rest Jeff Kent as they just did. Kent isn't ready to ride off into the sunset - this Times interview with T.J. Simers indicates Kent will probably play next year if the Dodgers don't win the World Series - but Kent's OPS+ has been sliding toward 100 of late. He's still productive, but it's nice that he doesn't have to be the cleanup hitter every day.
Shortstop: Rafael Furcal's power-outage, probably a result of his bum ankle, may plague the Dodgers for a while - though he's still an asset at shorstop. Though no one has voiced explicit plans for it, perhaps all the added bench strength should be manipulated to give Furcal more time off. Let Abreu play some shortstop too.
Third base: I get several things wrong, but I think I might have gotten Wilson Betemit right. No, he's never going to be Miguel Cabrera, but there was too much ability in him to give up on. He continues to produce mainly against right-handed pitching (which is fine - that's mostly what the Dodgers face), and though I'd be willing to let him develop against lefties as well, there's a slam-dunk platoon here to be had with Abreu, minor leaguer Andy LaRoche or, hello, Olmedo Saenz. A start against lefties every two weeks isn't going to crush the Tomato. But for all the revolving-door talk at this position, it has actually been producing.
Outfield: Four outfielders, all demanding playing time, but some deserving that playing time more than others. Luis Gonzalez has been a success story this season, though the Hardball Times reminds us in that article linked above about his poor defense. Meanwhile, since being recalled from the minors, Matt Kemp has displayed simply astonishing ability. The Bison's power and speed are such that I think I feel the earth rumbling every time he's up. On some tailing pitches, he lays off; on others, he swings and still manages to put more force on the ball, even when he doesn't hit it square, than Juan Pierre does at his finest. Kemp will have his strikeouts, and he might not play every day, but I think he's established himself as a starter here at least until free agency. His mere presence is the game-changer that Pierre's was touted to be.
Though I've been adamant that Pierre should be benched, the fact that Kemp is now in the lineup has taken some of the edge off. There's still no doubt in my mind that Andre Ethier deserves to play more than Pierre. Even though Ethier's season has been something of a disappointment - .311 on-base percentage, 88 OPS+, .251 EQA - Ethier is still an superior all-around player to Pierre (.310, 71, .244). And as we've said before, I'll take my chances on Kemp's defense in center if he only has to live up to Pierre's. (Kemp's arm alone should make up for any Pierre-like miscues.)
I pushed for a Kemp callup, and I'll push for Ethier over Pierre. Pierre's ironic stature in this game should keep him in the lineup for a while, but at the same time, I don't think Little could look at this team and think that only Gonzalez and Kemp are deserving of rest. One of these days, Pierre won't start. And then another. And then one day, there won't be a sensible opportunity for him to enter as a pinch-runner or defensive replacement, and the consecutive-game streak will end, and then if nothing else, the spell will be broken. Pierre will join Ethier in limbo, perhaps as not a true fourth outfielder, but a 3.5. (Or, okay, a 3.25) It is possible, and that's perhaps the most astonishing news of 2007.
Pitching: The current starting five is Brad Penny, Derek Lowe, Randy Wolf, Jason Schmidt and Hong-Chih Kuo. Of those five, only Lowe escapes questions about whether he'll pitch the second half of the season much like he pitched the first. So while Chad Billingsley has had to bide his time in the bullpen (and how has he bided! 130 ERA+, 40 baserunners, one homer allowed against 39 strikeouts in 33 innings), if the worst thing that happens is that the starting five pitches so well that they don't need him in the rotation, we should thank our lucky stars. Little's eagerness to get Kuo in the rotation and his quick trigger (yes, it's true) on yanking Brett Tomko and Mark Hendrickson strongly hint that if Billingsley is needed, he will get the call. Little has never said that Billingsley would be in the bullpen all season.
Coming off the worst week of the season, the Dodgers are halfway through what could be their best week. In fact, this could be the week that trivia buffs turn to years from now - the week that James Loney and Matt Kemp first homered on consecutive days, playing with Russell Martin, playing with Hong-Chih Kuo, playing with Tony Abreu, Wilson Betemit, Chad Billingsley, Jonathan Broxton and Andre Ethier. Some of us have been demanding it with a great sense of entitlement or desperation or even arrogance, but as I sit in the middle of it, it still feels a bit like a gift.
Now, let's just try not to get swept by the Angels.
http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blogs/baseball/dodgers/2007/06/no_cover_letter_needed.html
"I met (Bill) Robinson this spring, and he spoke of wanting to get the organization to go back to hitting the Dodger way, which to him meant with aggressiveness bordering on a sense of arrogance. If nothing else, he tells it like it is."
Yet another senseless victim of NPUT. :)
Oh well, let's focus on beating the Angels this weekend.
Also, scientists discover source of deja vu. Yeah, I read livescience.com. I'm as shocked as you are.
http://www.livescience.com/health/070607_deja_vu.html
Didn't even know today was Game 4. Shows you how much I care about the NBA playoffs.
WWSH
Hershiser turns 50 next year.
Happy 50th birthday, real guy named Greg Brock.
Atta boy, me. Keep up the good work :-/
Some of my best memories of the Lakers were the players, et al walking/running into the locker room post-championship.
I believe all trophy presentations should be champagne-soaked! And get off my lawn!
yeah it was pretty cool drama when you think about it. i had to share it with my lady like some other poster did & she gave it a thumbs up also.
Willy Aybar's career:
.292/.387/416---.803 OPS
329 Abs.
Betemit gets the edge not being an alcoholic.
Betemits power gives him a pretty big edge over Aybar in regards to how each player would fit on this team. You if anyone should be a huge fan of Betemit's ISOs.
SB hits 44 this Saturday. I'm thinking of getting a Kemp jersey.
This is a fine mix of talent with the interchangable players that Grady liked to move around after the all star break last year. He would plug Juan Lugo in all over the place and shift Loney in for Nomar late in games too.
I think as long as we don't get gripes from guys like Pierre and Kent and Ethier about playing time, we can make this all work out nicely.
My desire is to see a third catcher arrive before the September call ups for Russ to get some innings off. Grady simply shouldn't ride him so much, he is looking a bit fatigued. A couple passed balls and he isn't driving the ball as consistently. That being said, if I'm the manager, I am very tempted to write his name in everyday. With today an off day and Monday too, I suspect he might catch all three with the Angels but I hope he sits on Saturday. He keeps starting a day game after a night game and that I believe won't serve the team well late in the season.
9 out of 25 under 25 is interesting. Overall, I like the mix entrirely. We might not need a big bat come end of July, perhaps a little tweaking to shore up some soft spots that become apparent in August, role guys like Anderson coming in for a stretch run or something like that.
This is a fine mix of talent with the interchangable players that Grady liked to move around after the all star break last year. He would plug Juan Lugo in all over the place and shift Loney in for Nomar late in games too.
I think as long as we don't get gripes from guys like Pierre and Kent and Ethier about playing time, we can make this all work out nicely.
My desire is to see a third catcher arrive before the September call ups for Russ to get some innings off. Grady simply shouldn't ride him so much, he is looking a bit fatigued. A couple passed balls and he isn't driving the ball as consistently. That being said, if I'm the manager, I am very tempted to write his name in everyday. With today an off day and Monday too, I suspect he might catch all three with the Angels but I hope he sits on Saturday. He keeps starting a day game after a night game and that I believe won't serve the team well late in the season.
9 out of 25 under 25 is interesting. Overall, I like the mix entrirely. We might not need a big bat come end of July, perhaps a little tweaking to shore up some soft spots that become apparent in August, role guys like Anderson coming in for a stretch run or something like that.
Struggling to score, the Cleveland Indians fired hitting coach Eddie Murray, a Hall of Famer in his fourth year in the position.
"We don't make hasty decisions. It was a process, and ultimately we decided to do it after the game today," manager Eric Wedge said. "There wasn't one particular thing."---Chicago Sun-Times, June 5, 2005
The Indians had scored just 75 runs in their last 16 games before firing Murray. Under new hitting guru Derek Shelton. Cleveland won 12 of its next 13 and went 68-40 the rest of the way.
Maybe it was just a major coincidence, but how's that for a turnaround?
The Marlins pitching though did have some young power starting arms--Beckett, Penny, Pavano, Willis, and Burnett. Strange how only 1 guy is left from that group.
I can't decide what to make of the new pop Opera craze. It's a little distasteful that the recipe for success is to cut out the the two hours that aren't the tune people know. Could be worse though; it could be Wagner.
argh, too much helium, too far away from the majors, too much can happen in between!
i dont like how this is setting up :(
Our pitching sure is more experienced other than Bills, Brox, and Kuo. My point wasn't a direct analogy to those teams (first one had Kevin Brown) but to the mix of having the new stars of tomorrow emerging (Kemp, Abreu, Martin, Bills, Brox, Kuo) and the vet guys who know how to handle the pressure (LuGo, Kent, Nomar, Lowe, Penny).
Seems you need to not be too young nor too old to get it done. It is hard being too old and I just like that we have found a way to be in contention and improve from within.
Maybe Ned and Grady were counting on it this way and kept Loney and Kemp in the wings to spring upon us. I'm just very happy with this team.
I hope to see Betemit and Kemp get starts again tomorrow. Perhaps Loney too, but less likely I think.
The young guys motivated Pierre to get on base more. LuGo is having a nice stretch. And we have a legit replacement to rest Kent once a week. Abreu has more power, better glove, more speed than Ramon M.
It would seem a rapid ascent until you take into account how many of the top pitchers have been promoted this year and the remaining ones have health issues(Neiman, Miller, Elbert).
If anyone has extra summer time to kill and some photoshop moxie, I would like that logo.
Not too thrilled about this year's "champion." Like others here, I didn't know today was game 4 either.
I have no idea who a third guy would be. O think we'd go outside the organization if we were serious about really having one on the roster. Would be nice if a big pinch hitter like Saenz could also catch. Someone like that around would be a plus. Like Mike Piazza in an August deal once the A's are out of it or something like that. Just an idea/fantasy.
I think as we consider playoff rosters (too soon I know), we might see a Tom Wilson type of guy show up like we did in 2004. He made the roster too that year, likely because we knew we'd have to pinch hit for Ross and that other left handed hitting guy too (blanking on him, retired after the season).
If we go to 11 pitchers, we can carry a third catcher and Lieberthal can pinch hit although I don't think that is what they'll do. I suspect Lieberthal doesn't get into more games as a replacement because if he gets hurt, we don't have anybody to come in. Maybe Kemp can catch a bit. I don't know who our emergency catcher is now that Ramon M is on the DL.
I would like to see a third catcher and I sure wish there were 26 roster spots to make that more realistic. I just hope we don't wear down Russ or get him injured in a blow-out game, he is our heart and soul.
Just thinking aloud.
James Loney's eyes just got very wide.
Incidentally, tomorrow is a day of great celebration in Dodgerland. It is the first day the team is officially allowed to trade Juan Pierre. Unlikely, yes. But weirder things happen in baseball all the time. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.
I'm assuming both.
I choo choo choose you.
Look, Lisa. You can see the actual moment when his heart breaks.
Why would Krusty be singing a Doors song in 1973?
As far as I can tell, it started as a serious interview show starring a clown and morphed into a three hour 10 minute kids show.
So singing the Doors is okay, but not that song. But I don't blame 'em. LA Woman is a terribly overrated album.
Didn't like the pick at the time, don't like it now.
i liked the pick at the time. getting the consensus top pure prep bat is always good.
he just hasnt developed. oh well.
Canuck will now tell me how wrong I am. Which I may very well be.
Commerce, Oklahoma came up with a pretty good ballplayer.
I like it when poems rhyme, too. And when t.v. shows have an end. I'm beyond redemption, for any number of reasons.
But, as an honorary member of the tribe, I get it. Wagner is persona non grata with my Jewish peeps, so I abide. The Brock abides.
And who could forget Gabbo.
I can do the Hully Gully; I can imitate Vin Scully!
I'll take "Totally Surreal Nonsense" for $500, Alex.
I remember that episode. Piazza is the cameraman.
I have long thought that a baseball closer who had some class would enter games to "Ride Of the Valkyries." As intimidation music, it puts crap like "Welcome to the Jungle" to shame. See "Apocalypse Now."
My closer music would be War Pigs. Or Black Dog.
75 -- And the should be "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)."
The closer who comes out to Joan Baez gets infinite points. Maybe a Peter Paul and Mary tune. Just make a mockery of the whole thing.
That's my dream. That's my nightmare
/Colonel Kurtz
--(Refreshing before I post, because I've finally learned my lesson)--
What Canuck said. Except most of the reported (at least, most of the ones I've seen) baseball players' crimes against conscience are relatively small potatoes. Some of them do truly scummy things, and perhaps it puts too much faith in the criminal justice system to expect it to nullify the choice of whether to root for the player or not, but when penny ante, or even dollar ante stuff gets mixed into the grinder, the sausage starts to lose its appeal.
If James Loney puts up a post on his myspace blog about how Jews are destroying opera, I'll get off his bandwagon. If he cheats on his wife, I'll be able to rationalize and compartmentalize. Unless he starts dating my sister, in which case I'll rail against him the way D4P does Walmart.
I whole heartily endorse "Love is Blue" because it's a great little diddy.
My wife found it on the page of news stories that shows up when you log out of a yahoo email account.
More to the point, do you think the McCourt family realizes that, in the context of the song, "run base" doesn't mean what they think it means?
"Are you ready to Soft Rock?!"
What were we talking about?
You prefer to play it...?
As a member of the same tribe, I admit I like Wagner's music to the chagrine of some relatives and friends. I can also separate the work from the artist's lifestyle but I also understand someone not agreeing with me. I still like Woody Allen movies but was disappointed he married his step-daughter. Not the same as hanging with Hitler, but separate the artist from his work is the point. I think Kobe is not to be so easily forgiven for his adultry and way of handling the situation, but I can respect his abilities and marvel at some of his accomplishments. I don't need to like the person to respect the work they've done. I was able to cheer for Meltdown Badley too. I just didn't like him as a human being.
"Flight of the Valkyries"? For me, that was permanently associated with Looney Tunes cartoons way before I ever saw Apocalypse Now.
My favorite Dylan album is more obscure, I really like "Infidels". While I also like LA Woman (and all the work of the Doors), my favorite is Strange Days. I also liked Final Cut a lot, it was my favorite Floyd for some time, just because Dark Side isn't fresh any longer. Like the Doors, favorites switch by mood when I listened to them often. I am more into new music. I hate the phrase "indie" but that genre is what I prefer. This week in the car I'm listening to the first two Snow Patrol releases and Elvis Costello's Delivery Man.
I think for closer music you need something classic. I don't mind Bad to the Bone for Sammy, but it isn't a Gagne enterance. Still nice. And he's held up his end of it for almost two years now.
If I were a closer, I would enter to "Afternoon Delight" or "Summer Breeze" just out of pure contempt for the concept of closer music and music in general.
88 - Blood on the Tracks is my favorite Dylan album. I do have one problem with it: he sings the line, "sinks like a ship." I have never understood why this expression exists. Ships are not supposed to sink. Damaged ships sometimes sink. Stones sink. Non-witches sink. Someone tell me why this expression exists.
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I think thats the point. You gotta put the whole lyric. "Look at the sun, sinking like a ship."
Rocks sink fast. Non witches sink fast...and to your point, ships aren't supposed to sink is exactly what he is saying.
His marriage sank, slowly and abrubtly.
Just as the sun sets over the horizon, slowly and the all of a sudden its gone.
"They say the darkest hour is right before the dawn"
"Every day's been darkness since you been gone."
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I am a big dylan fan. My top 5 albums:
1. Blood on the Tracks
2. Blonde on Blonde
3. Highway 61
4. John Wesley Harding
5. Desire
I always thought Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" would make a great entrance song for a closer.
My theme song would be "Last Caress" by the Misfits but I don't think I would be allowed to get away with that. I was also a fan of Repko's metal riffage he used to come out to because it was so unique.
At the risk if this post being deleted, I always thought Byung-Hyun Kim should have entered games to "Yellow Submarine".
Mmmbop by the Hansens.
The stadium sound person would probably get fired like the guy in Anaheim who played "The Addams Family" theme when Wade Boggs batted, a reference to his affair with Margo Adams.
I say "Go for it!" with the visiting closers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A
PS: It's been a great run, Bob Barker.
Anyway, I think I'd enter the game to Neil's "Like a Hurricane." Maybe just the extended guitar solo. Why should 80s metal get all the closer themes, when there are whole other worlds of burnout rock?
The bar was set too high.
Also, I thought I heard it on the Dodger broadcast for Wednesday's game. It was going into the bottom of the 7th. Did McCourt Bostonize the 7th inning stretch at Dodger Stadium and replace "Take Me Out To The Ballgame"? Can anyone at the game confirm or rebuke this?
http://tinyurl.com/8j8pu
http://tinyurl.com/zgl6a
Both pretty bad but I like how "As Long As We've Got Each Other" implies that the closer can't stand on his own.
(I should have a macro for typing that)
Yes, they played it Wednesday night and it irked me to no end. We are the Dodgers, can't we have our own legacy. Now we throw visiting home runs back onto the field like Wigley. Now we play "Sweet Caroline" like Fenway. You'd think in the world of LA we wouldn't be copycatting other ballparks, they would be copycatting us.
At least we had Gagne. Were we 1st with that?
but seriously guys imagine coming in to this: http://tinyurl.com/24gwfd man, i'd me pumped. But as always it's a matter of taste.
No, not really. Gagne is just part of the closer/metal entrance theatrics trend begun by Trevor Hoffman. I suppose the graphics were pretty original
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jV1bRfLHA3A
I hear you TC. IMO It's so bad i hope Josh reads this.
I just need more dizzy-stick relays. The world would be a better place if every company had daily dizzy-stick relays. I cannot emphasize this enough.
Other bad songs for closers, in descending order of a really bad inning:
"Give it Up" by ZZ Top
"Come Back" by Pearl Jam
"Slow and Low" by the Beastie Boys
"Hey Man, Nice Shot" by Filter
"Smoke It" by the Dandy Warhols
"Even the Losers (Get Lucky Sometimes)" by Tom Petty
"Livin' on the Edge" by Aerosmith
"Play With Fire" by Rolling Stones
"Let's Get Rocked" by Def Leppard
"Pepper" by Butthole Surfers
"Knock Me Down" by RHCP
"Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty
"It's Coming Down" by Cake
"Falling to Pieces" by Faith No More
"Gone" by U2
And of course, "Loser" by Beck
No they played it, but remember when they started playing "Brown Eyed Girl" they replaced it with Sweet Caroline. Not sure of the inning but I think it was 6th or 8th.
"I'm a Loser" by The Beatles
"Loser" by Beck
"Tangled Up in Blue" by Bob Dylan (strictly for Dodger opponents
Also, they play John Denver during the 7th inning stretch.
Actually, that one Beatles song could easily be switched to "I'm a LOOGY"
"take this job and shove it"
It was very weird having a pro-Dodgers song on the road. It was also weird that Alex Cora had two homers and a double (which I believe was off the wall).
http://tinyurl.com/27522x
It was strangely moving, much like the British opera singer.
129- that is brilliant, ive had the opportunity to meet stephan malkmus on a few occasions. so brilliant, yet so bizarre. pavement is one of the best bands of the 90's imho.
In Milwaukee, they play "Roll Out the Barrel" right after TMOTTB.
Before a Hiroshima Carp game, the PA system blared the theme to the TV series "The Prisoner."
Made me wonder who was wearing #6 in that game.
The Dodgers have played Brown-Eyed Girl all year, trying to get it to catch on. It obviously hasn't, so I was surprised on Wednesday when they just played Sweet Caroline.
Maybe tonight they'll change Dodger Dogs to Fenway Franks.
Yes, I'm going to keep using that line indefinitely.
"SPENDY CENTERS
Angels: Gary Matthews Jr. versus Dodgers: Juan Pierre
Advantage Angels. Both clubs went batty in the center-field bidding wars over the winter, leaving themselves vulnerable to often nasty blogosphere critiques and harangues. The Dodger bloggers were right, it seems. Pierre's offensive numbers are career-low across the board (he's recently been moved to the eight-hole in the lineup), and he's not helping himself or his club in the field; teams are routinely running on his arm, and he's unable to get to balls he once did. Matthews, who looked ripe for a dramatic falloff from his career year, isn't on pace to equal 2006, but is significantly outperforming his pre-2006 standard, and is racking up spectacular catches in the field and anchoring the Angels' excellent up-the-middle defense. "
http://tinyurl.com/25g44j
http://tinyurl.com/ysg92q
Mike, if it makes you feel any better, the Sweet Caroline sing-a-long at the Ravine will come to pass. I don't like any of these copycat traditions they've tried in Dodger Stadium:
The Big Ben Bong thing that they always do at Yankee Stadium
The "Day-O" chant, which I hated anyway
The "everybody clap your hands" deal
but all of these things only popped up for a few games and then disappeared, so it's all good.
I want to see if this Santana sucks on the road thing comes to fruition tonight. --and which Derek Lowe will show up?
The obnoxious Angel fan would reply "Nomar?"
"Three is the Magic Number" from schoolhouse rock.
-Mitch Hedberg
Nomar did not cost 9 million a year, but you can get a Cold Cut Combo... though.
These are some really creative suggestions. It would be fun if the Dodgers would allow for more creativity and suggestions from fans like us for music to play - they'd look much hipper than they do. I still can't get over the Sweet Caroline thing. Glad I wasn't there or I would've tossed my malted.
Closer song:
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
Closing Time by Semisonic
Elevator Man by Oingo Boingo ("Who's going down, who's going down...")
Has anyone used "Enter Sandman" by Metallica yet...? seems like an obvious choice
There have only been five 20-triple seasons since 1950, none more than 21. The triple watch is in full effect!
http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/G8xV
If I were the closer, I would instead come in to Ennio Morricone's score to "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."
Waaaaaaaaaaa! Wa! Wa! Wa!
How about the fourth movement of Beethoven's sixth symphony, "Gewitter. Sturm."
"Loney Again Or..."
Er, Lonely Again, or...
There is a band in Sweden called Loney, Dear.
http://www.3hive.com/2007/01/loney_dear.php
For Jose Mesa (and perhaps Elijiah Dukes), the song "She's sixteen, she's beautiful..."
I will discipline myself now.
Good riddance to those! Stupid little golf carts shaped like baseballs? Did Tug McGraw use those? I like seeing the guy jog in from the pen, creates atmosphere. Probably why they did away with those silly things.
I would imagine, though, that he will choose something more conventional, and that's fine.
"Big John" is by Jimmy Dean.
We've covered this before. Please keep your notes up to date.
And, in the case of Dukes, I think it's somewhat more accurate.
don't you know he's *Grand*erson? ugh, the Detroit announcers used that joke to the ground during spring training.
so you guys aren't down with Bad Religion's The Empire Strikes first as Saitos intro?
Remember Mesa's trial? She was like 13. I guess Dukes lady was 17, so more accurate is right.
Bad to the Bone is in and I don't think they'll change it now. I was out there on Tuesday and it works. They have this visual of Saito's name in Japanese too. It spins. It is kind of cool. I like it fine.
The Big Ox will need something more like Bad Religion. I like Branch Rickey's "In the Flesh" idea. Just the beginning of it works.
I object to any connection of a Dodger player with the state of Delaware.
I love the De La Soul version.
I also enjoy the Blind Melon Version.
In the spirit of being subversive, I would use the original version from "Schoolhouse".. just counters the whole
"bigger and louder" thing.
Not that I don't like bigger and louder.
http://www.lyricsdepot.com/randy-newman/i-love-l-a.html
Reminds me of yet another Simpsons episode:
Homer: The Simpsons are going to Delaware!
Lisa: I want to see Wilmington!
Bart: I want to visit a screen door factory!
I don't think it's derogatory, just slightly cynical.
It's a fine song to use for LA teams.
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