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Dodger home record: 35-27 (.565)
When Jon attended: 4-3 (.571)
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Dodgers at home: 745-600 (.554)
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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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Marlon Anderson signed a minor-league contract with the Mets - who have designated 47-year-old Julio Franco for assignment - according to D.J. Short of MetsBlog. Anderson will first report to AAA New Orleans.
The Mets, in case you haven't heard, have named ex-Dodger (and ex-everyone) Rickey Henderson as their new hitting coach. I, for one, will be rooting for a September 1 activation of Rickey.
I really want to thank Anderson for the great memories he gave us Dodger fans in such a short time. I'll cheer him any time I see him. Except in the library, where we must all be quiet.
I could have sworn he was 48 by now.
That's four years in the middle of his career in which he totaled 1 major league at bat.
As soon as Lasting Milledge gets hurt and joins Alou, Gomez, and Chavez on the DL.
Buena suerte, Marlon! Except when the Mets play the Dodgers.
I know why we call that game 4+1 and really, that's the proper name, and that's fine. But in the Kavula house, we call it The Marlon Anderson Game.
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18.Franscisco? Well, I don´t know I think he died in the 70s.
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Scott (New Jersey): Wouldn't it be a good idea for the Dodgers to get Matt Kemp in the lineup every day?
Christina Kahrl: Of course it would be. Making Juan Pierre the game's fastest pinch-deliverer of lineup cards might actually extract value by guaranteeing earlier start times or something.
Yea, she was great. Loved the last 45 minutes of the movie.
I'm pretty much against it since I didn't have much of a problem remembering everyone's identity last year (screen names at least). Then again, there were only 20 or so last year and there will be 40 this year, but the dorkiness factor would still be pretty high.
The Dodgers have announced that Brett Tomko will start against the Giants on Sunday.
(from Diamond Leung)
I guess it helps to be friends with the GM.
Free baseballs for the first five people to be in their seats at the start of the game on Sunday!
Oops, forgot about them!
I mean, I wouldn't start Tomko, but this is like overreacting to a day in the stock market.
Fri - Billingsley
Sat - Penny
Sun - Tomko
Mon - Lowe
Tue - Hendrickson
Wed - Billingsley
7/19 - Penny
July 20 is open. Technically Randy Wolf can come off the DL on July 19, but Little said, as reported in the OC Register July 8, Wolf was scheduled to pitch July 21. Little also said the "Tomko" spot would only come up once after the break.
So, if Wolf is ready, he starts July 20 and Tomko is skipped. If Wolf is not ready, God help us all as Tomko gets another start followed by Lowe on DT day.
The rotation for now barring any setbacks.
Chad - 7/13; 7/18; 7/23; 7/28
Brad - 7/14; 7/19; 7/24; 7/29
Brett/Randy - 7/15; 7/20; 7/25
Derek - 7/16; 7/21; 7/26
Mark - 7/17; 7/22; 7/27
After that they get a day off on the Monday July 30, so they can do some shuffling, etc.
Someone was going to have to start a game while Randy was on the DL, the candidates were either Tomko or Stults unless someone was recalled so we shall see what happens.
Captain Zapp Brannigan: We don't know who they are or where they come from, but we do know that they stand for everything we don't stand for. Also, I heard they said you guys look like dorks.
Bender: They look like dorks!
Not surprised a bit. There was a THT article a bit ago that looked at how Boras sets the table for large offers for his star players. Makes me wonder why more agents don't do the same thing. Makes me a little upset. First Boras hints that A-Rod "might" leave, then says $30M, and now $32. Wouldn't be surprised if he goes for $35M...
Considering Tomko hasn't started a game in nearly two months, I can't see how this is the right decision.
I am also happy that Lowe might start on Monday when I am in the all-you-can-eat pavilion.
Wouldn't you want a pitcher who works slowly, like Hendrickson, when you're in the All-You-Can-Eat Pavilion in order to maximize the time you have for gustatory delights?
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In fairness, I was on the 2007 Dodgers page trying to click the play index.
you don't hear the name Giuseppe Norrito to often, that's hard core Italian isn't it.
I just... don't like the odds.
On the Marlon Anderson thread, I saw University of South Alabama play their alumni at Eddie Stanky Field on a chilly, windy day here in Mobile in February this year. Pierre and Gonzalez were there and are two of the most revered Jaguars there's an indoor batting cage named after Luis), but Marlon was there as well. Though he didn't play that day because of his surgery, he was extremely friendly with the crowd, and I overheard a family who addressed him personallly, who he said that he'd see after the game (maybe local family or relatives). He just looked like a nice guy, who you'd like to know. Best regards to Marlon Anderson.
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