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Dodger home record: 35-27 (.565)
When Jon attended: 4-3 (.571)
When Jon didn't: 31-24 (.564)
Dodgers at home: 745-600 (.554)
Jon attended: 293-233 (.557)*
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* includes road games attended
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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Something random to talk about on the last weekend of the year, while I watch the New York Giants' epic quest to reach 11-5.
1) Ireland
http://tinyurl.com/2kqlbl
Apparently I was told that if I go and tell the inhabitants my last name is Capilouto, I will be treated like a king. My cousin is a LAPD and some guy stopped him one day when he saw his name on his badge and told him that people on Rhodes would love to know that Capilouto's still exist. Most were killed by the Nazi's during WWII, so I guess we are at a premium. So that is where I want to go.
7 My sister was in Rhodes this year and loved it.
7 She was there on a vacation?
I hate when that happens!
It doesn't really look like it, and if they're not going to actually try, why have those two guys sort of half rush the kicker? Why not have them better involved in blocking for the run?
I guess I should have paid more attention.
The Bears blocked two punts against the Packers last week and pressured the punter into one bad punt and also made him fumble.
1 - Havana
2 - Britain - England and Wales, mainly
3 - Spain
4 - Japan
5 - Australia
6 - Rio
7 - Italy
I'm sure if I thought about it some more, I could think of a few other places.
Presumably the Bears were trying to block the kicks. Since the weather was so bad, they wanted to go for the field position edge.
I would guess that a lot of NFL teams would rather set up a return.
24 - http://www.gozerog.com/
Substantially cheaper, and probably safer, than going to the moon. =)
I'd probably just get a trampoline.
The city was destroyed in an earthquake in the 1931 and was rebuilt almost entirely in the Art Deco style of the times. It's like a living museum of Art Deco architecture.
I'll send Joe Gibbs to your house to give you some pointers. Daniel Snyder said it was OK.
Texas Stadium (new or old)
Grand Canyon
Mt. Rushmore
Key West
Beerfest
Paris
Amsterdam
Maria Sharapova's bedroom
I need to add Easter Island to my list.
And a train ride through Copper Canyon.
In a parallel universe where I've been lobotomized, that is.
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I knew the Giants would give the Pats a good game. We'll see if they can hold on for dear life here.
So you want to see Mayberry BEFORE Andy Taylor became sheriff? I don't think Opie was alive in 1952.
You know the last Game 7 of the World Series didn't happen too far from L.A.
2) Salamanca, Spain (I can't think of a reason why I wanna go there except that "The Charro" is said to have there origins from that part of spain)
3) China
4) Egypt
5) France
6) Rome, Italy
7) Greece
ps I have a lot of traveling to do when I retire.
I just got a chance to sit down finally and catch the last half of the fourth.
No.
the Patriots are a good team
Bandwagoner...!
Yes.
the Patriots are a good team
You are a wise man, Daniel.
One of the things I enjoy most when I travel is public art. For anyone else so inclined, one of my favorites is in LA, the Watts Towers...well, favorite after Dodger Stadium anyway. If you live near there or visit and have never visited the towers, I recommend you take the time to see them. However, do get a map and reverse directions. It is near a neighborhood where I wouldn't want to spend much time lost and looking for the way out.
http://cavett.blogs.nytimes.com/
Earnest tay--Earnest tay? You gotta stop throwing stones at the scholl teachers house.
But that pass interference call, plus the perfsonal foul against Toomer that started out being called the other way should provide enough fodder for America's seekers of football justice.
The home team for a potential Game 7 sells the tickets way in advance. You just have to hope the game is played. If it isn't, you get a refund if you bought it through Ticketmaster or Stubhub.
If you buy it from some guy, you are out of luck.
- Cooperstown
- Greece
- Italy
- England
- Prague
Doesn't the whole undefeated thing and being on a par with the '72 Dolphins have to wait until the Patriots win the Super Bowl?
Yes, the Patriots have to go 19-0. Or else Nick Buoniconti will cry.
http://tinyurl.com/ywd79v
Pasadena, Catholics, Vin Scully, and a determined, practical, inscrutable dad all show up.
And though the singer is sitting down, he looks tall.
How many of us Nashvillians are regulars here? Twerp, me, and at least one other, I think.
If a team gets caught cheating, which punishment actually compensates the team that was cheated against:
1. Forfeiture of the game
2. Fine paid to league
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That is awesome.
From the last thread, get the macbook, check out the prices on amazon for the tv, and my mom got over $400 in Starbucks gift cards. Basically, if you get her any other gift card, you are on her list for a few months.
I think they are so burnt out from this they may not go anywhere in the play-offs.
1) Canada
2) UK
3) Ireland
4) Australia
5) New Zealand
Those sensing a pattern here are correct, for my wife has no desire to go to any country where they don't speak English.
77 If she sticks to places like Germany, France, and northern Italy, she'll be fine. I'd hate to miss what's there just because only 1 out of every 2 people speaks English.
It's a good song. The singer is probably about 6'1" or so from pictures on his website.
He grew up in Sierra Madre and Palm Springs. His dad must have had some decent money.
I plan on hitting four big cities: Munich, Prague, Vienna, and Bratislava.
Would you take me by the hand
Bratislava
Would you take me by the hand
Can you show me
The shine of your Japan
The sparkle of your china
Can you show me
Bratislava
Now what are all these funny buttons? And why can't I right click?
I'm lost!
Zork at seven years old was easier than figuring this thing out.
Also, Tao of Mac: Switching from a PC to a Mac: http://tinyurl.com/6eyup
81 I loved Prague, but Vienna didn't impress me as much. It seemed like it was built using a Generic European City checklist. (Cathedral? Check. Palace? Check. Pedestrian-only main shopping drag? Check...) It didn't seem to have a unique character all its own.
Always wanted to go there. But man, has it gotten dangerous the last few years...
Second choice: Pompei/Herculaneum, Italy.
85- Krystal and Dawnn say hi.
Why is Missouri the "Show Me" state? What the hell does it mean?
75 - The Jaguars, Chargers, and iirc Browns/Titans must be hoping like crazy that nobody notices this for at least two more weeks...
and the place I would like to go that I haven't before: Dodger Stadium!
But I have to go to Vienna. I believe I still have a claim to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
2nd (and 3rd) buttons are still very necessary on mice...especially for CS-Source/TF2.
I still can't get the Firefox icon to load on the the desktop. Weird. But I'm learning.
More importantly, I feel 34.76% more superior than I did four hours ago. Not like those PC users...What nerds!
A little late for that now. My itinerary goes Munich-Prague-Vienna-Munich.
Then rest the muscles on some sun-soaked beach in Greece. Eat a lot of olives.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHAT IS THE DOCK!
Quotes like that are why I'm rooting for the Patriots the rest of the way, despite my usual hatred of Boston sports teams. I've never see