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93 Thanks. The only problem is when you take a date to a Dodger game; then all the cost-cutting techniques go right out the window and you're left with a much bigger hole in your pocket. I've been told it's not the smoothest move to ask your date to sneak into better seats after trekking half a mile with a backpack full of peanuts. "

You can easily dress up the meal by making a nice picnic before the game. I have brought in salads, chicken dinners, and a lemon chicken cous cous with feta cheese. Of course, the security guard mocked me for it, but it beat paying 4.50 for a hot dog. Oh, and almost every other time I make my own hot dogs, wrap them in aluminum foil, and use the condiments at the stadium.

And there are still people who wonder why I spend "so much" time on the computer.

Eddie Murray was on his way to becoming my favorite player, although I'm sure 1990 had more to do with it.

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...when they could have Martin, Kemp, Loney, etc, etc, etc.

I actually fear that I may end up with one of these because I have been told by many people I am very hard to shop for. Everyone knows of my passion for the Dodgers so I end up with Dodgers socks, Dodger hats that are too small for my head, and Dodger shoe laces. I may be subjected to a month at a time of JP and Nomar; though I guess that a month is better than an entire season.

I saw that at Target, and I laughed out loud. Pierre, Nomar, Lowe, and Furcal. Yep, those were the four guys that made me excited about Dodger baseball last year.

Any good recommendations on Chinese in Pasadena? Our favorite place burned down on S. Fair Oaks, so now we don't know where to go.

My wife is Asian, so she is a definite Asian food snob being raised on it, and our favorite place is Noodle World on Colorado in Old Town. It is a noodle house so it is a mix of stuff, but they have the best Thai soups in L.A.

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When it finally does rain, you just know you are going to get more then you bargained for. I hope it is soon for your community. We have finally gotten some decent rain out here which was welcome after a very dry season.

In the SI article, you've got 16 total points for the Dodgers, but only 15 if you count up what you've assigned. Also "change" should be "chance" in their comments.

Well, to get my mind off the fact that my g/f left today for an Xmas with her family, I'm going to play hooky from work in the afternoon to finally see Into the Wild, just to make myself feel even sadder. Hee. Next week I'll be in Sta Barbara if there are any Dodger Thoughts gatherings there let me know.

(And then I remembered this:
http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/readers/deadlineMLB.html)

Yep. Bad trade. Bad, bad trade.

What happens after you speak those words aloud? ;-)

The player who gave the Astro's the best value was not Finley or Schilling but Harnish. Houston did not know what they had and gave away Schilling for Jason Grimsley. Grimsley never even pitched for Houston and was released a year later. Then he became famous for the steroid connection.

Finley was part of the huge deal that sent Caminiti to San Diego.
From basebal ref - On December 28, 1994: Traded by the Houston Astros with a player to be named later, Ken Caminiti, Andujar Cedeno, Roberto Petagine, and Brian Williams to the San Diego Padres for Derek Bell, Doug Brocail, Ricky Gutierrez, Pedro Martinez, Phil Plantier, and Craig Shipley. The Houston Astros sent Sean Fesh (minors) (May 1, 1995) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

Schilling April 2, 1992: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jason Grimsley.

However Harnish flourished in Houston and gave them 4 years of which 2 were exceptional.

This year I gave him a Kemp jersey. If anything happens to the Bison, feel free to throw me over the rail at the next DT get together. In retrospect I know I should have given him a Kent jersey but I couldn't bring myself to buy it.

Some of the dish highlights:
Pan Fried Dumplings
Slippery Shrimp
Szechuan Beef

21. Yang Chow's in actually a Chinatown (downtown) restaurant. There are some world class places in Alhambra and San Gabriel but Yang Chow's is not some run of the mill Chinese place...

cr

DT Day for Dimsum/Chinese New Years, who's down for it?

I'm going to 888 Seafood on Valley this Saturday. It is good, but not as good as Sea Harbor. But they are cart-style dim sum and I'm taking a bunch of out of towners and thought the cart experience would be more fun.

Just the story of Dickau and Frahm is amazing. What are the odds that two kids from Washington who grew up best friends from 6th grade on, and went to some obscure Eastern Washington school no one had heard of at the time would team up in the NBA after having played for over 12 teams combined.

I just like the place and wanted to put in my two cents...

cr

I'm biased toward environmental causes that address problems that are killing people today. I don't know why Gore, Laurie David, Leo DiCaprio et. al. don't throw all of their ability to shine spotlights on problems to focus on the tragic lack of clean water in Africa and other places. This is something that transcends politics, but gets 1/1000th of the attention that the hypothetical problem of global warming gets. Anyway, I'm still digging out of my personal hole but will try to find a way to support your friends and the organization they're trying to help.

Throw stones at me......now.

A Jones ranked in the middle of the pack for CF, and the biggest surprise to me was that my man Chris Young was the 2nd worse CF by this rating. And he doesn't even have a bad arm to use as an excuse.

I wholeheartedly recommend the Scezhuan (sp) beef.

Greg Brock must have told Dan Guerrero about the incident with Chow and the pigeons.

Our political system doesn't encourage long-term thinking. Politicians get elected and re-elected by achieving things now, and postponing the costs until later, after they're out of office.

In other words, long-term solutions often involve benefits that aren't realized until much later, but costs that have to be paid now. That doesn't work for a lot of people. We'd rather have our hamburger today and pay for it next Tuesday.

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Trying to move?

It would sure be "something" if:

Dodgers CF:
2006: Lofton
2007: Pierre

Rangers CF:
2007: Lofton
2008: Pierre

I will light a candle for that deal to happen this Christmas.

Schilling really needs to shut his mouth. I am going to laugh if Schilling gets outed for PED's himself.

This Guy

If my Math is is right: 5 X 50,000 x 81= 20 million and no mas Juan Pierre.

Indeed I was.

This is not the National Enquirer and Carol Burnett. Unless Roger Clemens can show that George Mitchel (or MLB) knew that the allegations were false and "published" it anyway, you might have a case. But using sourced material and believing it to be true does not bode well in a libel situation.

That would be about 230 acres. That would be close to 2/3 of the entire parcel that Dodger Stadium occupies. So 50,000 cars would pretty much require that there be no playing field. Or perhaps a field, but no seats.

And then you would have to hope that the freeways could handle the traffic load an additional 34,000 cars 81 times a year.

Mark my words, I will do something to champion the name Ned Coletti if he makes that happen.

Besides, a public figure can win once in awhile. The Mitchell allegation against Clemens comes down to one witness, uncorroborated, with no physical or documentary evidence to back it up. Including it in the report might not constitute a "knowing falsehood," but it would seem to me that an allegation that flimsy constitutes "reckless disregard for the truth." Compared with the dossier Mitchell was able to compile on Gagne, Lo Duca and compared with the info developed on Bonds in "Game of Shadows," the standard of proof being used against Clemens is pretty low.

I've always liked Schilling, but I think he's not acknowledging there is legitimate room for doubt about Clemens' involvement.

1. Issuing "statements" through attorneys
2. Expressing "outrage" through attorneys
3. Threatening lawsuits through attorneys

Saying all that, suing may be the only option Clemens has because he cannot prove a negative, he has no tests, blood samples to bring out to prove that he didn't use PEDs.

This was not a criminal investigation and again, it probably just scratched the surface of who use PEDs but if you are in the report, you will be forever identified with this era.

While standing in front of the world and "Saying I did not take PEDs" is not a sufficient condition to convince us of their innocence, it's probably a necessary one.

Here are the re-ordered rankings. "+" is for those who are average and above, "?" is for those who are a mystery or up and coming.

Mil 14 (+13 ?1)
Ari 16 (+12 ?4)
SnF 12 (+11 ?1)
Atl 13 (+10 ?3)
LAD 15 (+9 ?6)
SnD 13 (+9 ?4)
Chi 10 (+9 ?1)
Phi 10 (+9 ?1)
Col 11 (+6 ?5)
Cin 09 (+6 ?3)
Pit 06 (+5 ?1)
Hou 08 (+4 ?4)
NYM 11 (+3 ?8)
Stl 06 (+3 ?3)
Fla 05 (+0 ?5)
Was 03 (+0 ?3)

The big changes are that the Mets drop way down (which makes sense -- they're desperate for pitching) and the Dodgers are not as good as they seem. Colorado also has a lot of question marks.

Regarding the Dodgers, they're definitely relying on their big 3, but they have a lot to fall back on. The Brewers, Cubs, and Phillies will be really hurting if a pitcher or two goes down.

I agree that things will get bad if someone gets hurt -- that's what my comment at the end of 87 said.