ToyCannon, I tried to post this on TrueBlue, but my computer stinks. I am interested in three tix. Email?

Where is the best place to get BABIP #s?

Marlon Anderson is listed as having only 8 times reached base as a pinch hitter. (Follow Jon's second link above.) Does that sound right to you? In 2006 alone, he hit 7 home runs. Do home runs not count as "reaching base"? (Pretty silly, if true.) Did he really hit most of those home runs, and much else, as a starting position player? Doesn't sound right to me.

Put Dodger/Boston in the subject line. Until I have the tickets in hand I won't require payment.

No.

10 Toy did I miss something? Are you offering to get tix for the 3/29 game for folks? If so, I want in.

http://tinyurl.com/2p3l9f

Darn MLB Trade Rumors for bringing me some false joy in relation to Luis Gonzalez.

Sorry community for posting something without double fact checking.

Not really. I'm more surprised McDonald wasn't though.

I think Neftali Feliz at 30 is ridiculous and Gerrado Parra at 64 isn't so hot either.

http://www.fangraphs.com

for BABIP numbers.

Chase broke out this year. Laroche has performed for numerous years.

Chase can only dream about Andy's power.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=5892

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I'd always thought Lenny Harris was higher on the Dodgers' PH appearance and on base list than he actually is. Dave Hansen was the closest to "money" of any Dodger PH I've ever seen.

Keith Law loves Truinfel but no one else seems to. I'm betting that Law is right and that he will prove it this year.

34 You can do a search on the site, it will come up with articles, some free, some not, the 2001-2003 list are there as is some articles about 2004, Kevin Goldstein joined BP in 2006/2007, that is when they expanded the list to 100.

Ahh, 2003, its arguable that when under Honorable Mention you have David Wright, Prince Fielder and James Loney, you realize its a lot of speculation. An old friend was the No. 7 prospect according to BP that year.

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/insider/columns/story?columnist=law_keith&id=3221365

Maybe the answer is to have an open chat thread at Season Pass, then a postgame chat thread at Season Pass as well.

I'm sure I'm over thinking this - the simplest thing would be to keep everything at Screen Jam - but it behooves me to get people over to the other site.

It sure would have been nice to have a sandwich pick for LuGo. That way we could have had an outfielder in the top 40 or so picks. I love Logan, but it sure would be nice to see our first pick be a position player, especially an outfielder with a high ceiling.

Reading between and not so between the lines, Law thinks the Dodgers should take it slower with Kershaw (pitch a full season at AA and watch his IP), give Andy the job on day 1 of ST, if Hu hits at all, he could become an All-Star caliber SS because he can really pick it, McDonald could be a real surprise especially if he can get a tighter rotation on his curve ball, and Withrow could be a Logan White legacy because of his success with Chad and Clayton (I think Elbert fits here too but Law thinks the Dodgers rushed Scott, especially in 2006)

I do think that is why White has tended to pick pitchers in the first round (outside of Loney, that is what he has done, Chad, Scott Elbert, Clayton Kershaw and Chris Withrow) And he has been really successful in doing that.

But I was thinking of doing a trial chat soon to try and test the software out. It's really easy and fun "live blogging" interface. Anyone have interest in jumping into a Super Bowl chat on Sunday? Might keep the BT servers from overloading. ;-) I'd suggest it for "Lost" tonight instead but don't want to steal people away from Variety and/or SJ.

Paolo (Tempe, AZ): Keith, what do you make of the Dodgers moving Meloan back to starting pitching? How do you think he'll pan out?

Keith Law: (1:34 PM ET ) I haven't heard that they are doing that, and if so, they might as well as him to stick his arm in the wood-chipper. The injury risk is the same either way.

Solid #2-3 that seems like he could pitch three times per week.

The basic plot is supposedly planned out for the show's entire run, so the show plays like a big mini-series/movie. The story generally moves forward as the characters get closer to leaving the island and discovering all of the island's secrets, but the show also has the habit of bringing up more questions than it answers. Viewers either get more intrigued to keep watching and more annoyed by the never-ending mystery.

Kevin Goldstein: Clayton Kershaw.

Kevin Goldstein: You're on the spreadsheet, if that's any consolation. I think the velo is what kept you off.

It's a different case than Broxton, who does have a smooth enough delivery to be a starter, but doesn't quite have the pitch repertoire or stamina to pull it off successfully.

There is much else to be gained from losing him, though.

I just hope they're right in what they are doing.

That being said, I was surprised the Dodgers are converting Meloan. They clearly see big potential in him ... or maybe it's just an experiment ... or maybe it's just a hedge against a swath of injuries in March/April.

could it just be that schmidt knows he is going to answer thousands of questions about it next month and just wants to relax in his last few weeks of the off season?

Andy Marte was BP's number one prospect a few years ago, but since Goldstein's come on they've been much better. Baseball America rarely flubbs the top prospect, the only real duds they've had are Ben Grieve and Todd Van Poppel. They couldn't have known Brein Taylor would get injured in a bar fight.

{92] Since we have heard from both Ned and Stan Conte that Jason Schmidt is on track, I don't think what Ken Gurnick says in an article should be viewed with any concern.

That said, obviously Schmidt's recovery along with Andy v. Nomar will be something to watch in this tri-Spring Training (Vero, China, Phoenix)

Regarding Law's Meloan quote, I'm not sure I follow. If the injury risk is the same between starting and relieving, why would making Meloan a starter be throwing his arm in a wood chipper?

It's hard to not find fault with Baseball America, who somehow deemed 63 other minor leaguers to be more valuable than Jeremy Giambi. That's like calling Ted Williams the 64th-best player of all time. Yes, Giambi is slow and has no defensive value. But to suggest that one of the two or three best hitting prospects in the minor leagues is only the 64th-best overall prospect is to suggest that offense represents an absurdly small fraction of a position player's overall contribution.

Yes, they actually compared Jeremy Giambi to Ted Williams.

Baseball America's No. 1 Prospects since 1995

1995 - Alex Rodriquez
1996 - Andruw Jones
1997 - Andruw Jones
1998 - Ben Grieve
1999 - J.D. Drew
2000 - Rick Ankiel
2001 - Josh Hamilton
2002 - Josh Beckett
2003 - Mark Teixeira
2004 - Joe Mauer
2005 - Joe Mauer
2006 - Delmon Young
2007 - Daisuke Matsuzaka (Alex Gordon was No. 2)
2008 - My hunch is Jay Bruce.

I chose 1995 since it was A-Rod and its a good starting point.

On the one hand, you have Coco Crisp, 28 years old, who is a good outfielder but his OPS has fallen to the just above .700 in the last two years.

On the rise is Jacoby Ellsbury, 24 years old, who is not quite as good an outfielder but a legitimate CF, who had a .903 OPS in limited appearances but eventually found his way into the lineup during the playoffs.

When listening to Terry Francona today on the radio (XM), you could tell that he is going to have a talk with Coco about this situation and my hunch is that there will be a platoon between them but its likely that they will both play in later stages in the game if they have the lead for defense.

I'm not a big records guy so I really don't care who has the most pinch hits. However, Dave Hansen's numbers are very misleading. He was Lardsoda's pet for a few years. Tommy would "start" Ramon Martinez (#1, the pitcher) at third base and then Hansen would "pinch hit" for him in the first inning and play the whole game.

He did this often one year (maybe 92?) in order to let Hansen break Mota's record. Mota must have been fine with it because he never said a peep and I think he was a roving coach at that point.

Just Tommy doing what he wanted to do again. Hansen was a decent bench player, but not the best pinch hitter in Dodger history. That was before Tony Danza put on a uniform and sat in the dugout during a game.

Will Tommy please go away? Please?

Though Giambi did actually retire with a career OPS+ of 111 and had a 147 in his second to last year.

His numbers aren't really misleading - I don't suspect Hansen was much more a pet for Lasorda than Mota was during his playing days.

Hansen pinch-hit in the second inning 11 times in his career.

Mota pinch-hit in the first inning 22 times in his Dodger career.

I'm not intending to misrepresent the situation, it was unethical in my opinion to do what Lasorda did regardless how often he did it. If I were Hansen, I would have declined. Knowing Tommy, I don't think it was Hansen's doing.

I've never seen a manager do that before Larsorda nor since.

I mean no disrespect to Hansen nor the posters here.

I do indeed lack respect for Lasorda. Do Lenny Harris and Mark Sweeney have first inning pinch hits?

I can swear that I saw Hansen do that far more often than twice. I'm frankly amazed if it only happened twice. I would have lost the mortgage on that kind of wager.

I wonder how I can find out how many times Ramon Martinez "started" as an infielder. I was sure that Tommy did this and used Ramon more than twice. I really thought it was a daily thing for a stretch of time.

Hansen was 1-for-2 with an RBI single in his first-inning PH appearances. So I guess if you wanted to be a stickler you could subtract one from his career pinch hit total.

But if you mean the other one, he never started a game at any position other than pitcher. For the two Hansen games in 1993, Orel Hershiser started at 3B on September 15 and Pedro Martinez on September 20.

I thought it was the year we had the worst record in baseball, '92. I didn't even get that right. It just must have been my loathing of Tommy that made this mushroom in my memory or something. I truly believed it happened quite a bit. Seems I was wrong.

Kevin Goldstein: I think he's right.

I think the good news is that THOSE kind of statheads don't sit in their garage and work for BP, and many of THOSE kind of statheads have changed their way of thinking and now see that there are parts of the game beyond the spreadsheet that are extremely important, and that THOSE kind of statheads are, thankfully, a dying breed.

When I was a teenager, I was one of THOSE kind of statheads. I learned my lesson.

Are you all Tommy bots? Are you figments of my imagination?

Pinch me. I'm having a nightmare.

http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/fBNz

As for why the Dodgers are converting Meloan back to starting, it could be as simple as Meloan wants to do it. We know that Meloan has asked to start because that has been reported. He may have been actively complaining about relieving, or at least not being given a chance to prove himself as a pro starter when he was successful at it in college. I always thought that one of the things that people who complained about Broxton relieving instead of starting weren't considering was that Broxton LOVES relieving. Gagne was the same way.

Kevin Goldstein: I actually take some affront to being called nerd. Nerd implies a certain lack of style and social graces, as well as a certain kind of shyness and nervousness about new and different things. I'm a geek when it comes to baseball and video games, but I'm not a nerd.

I think this is why I was put off by Chaz's comment yesterday. A Geek inner circle is one thing but a Nerd inner circle is another animal entirely. I am certainly a Dodger, Prospect, Roto, and SciFi Geek. But a nerd. that cut to the bone.

Okay, going back to this, I wanted to ask -- is that really universally true? Or does the way the guy's stuff translates to the bullpen have something to do with it? I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the notion that Gagne would have been better off as a #4 starter than a Cy Young-winning reliever.

Keith Law: No, I said Gomez would be good.

poor juan can't keep his name from being dragged around in internet blogs... well i gues he's laughing all the way to the bank

Or this quote from Byran Smith who is a bright bulb himself.

dtimmeny (NYC): Where would you rank the peak of Matt Kemp relative to the aforementioned outfielders?(Bruce, Upton, Jones, Maybin, Rasmus)
Bryan Smith: Pretty highly, probably right behind Bruce and in front of Adam Jones. You could make a case for Bruce and Kemp on the same level. With Nate already mentioning Pecota loving Kemp, you readers might just see a BP-Kemp lovefest for the next decade. Be prepared.

If a guys stuff becomes shutdown good out of the pen, it's probably better to have him there than in the back of the rotation. If they have the stuff to be a front line starter, then you have them make the switch to starting.

135 You have to be a completely blind Boston homer to like Ellsbury better than Kemp.

I found that out by accident when looking up a ridiculously low pitch count (74) in an Aaron Cook complete game last year.

I take Canuck's point - Gagne may just not have wanted to start, period - and I'm hardly going to downplay Gagne's value as a reliever, but we never really got to see what his potential as a starter was.

"If they have the stuff to be a front line starter, then you have them make the switch to starting." Has it been decided that Meloan doesn't have the stuff?

146 Done, just couldn't resist one last time. I'm still irked.

Oh, so you're basing Kemp's future on his first 100+ ABs straight out of Double-A. Okay.

Or, more likely, knock on Plexiglas.

if pierre avg. 8-12 HR a year what would our thoughts of him be?

i've said a couple of times in my eyes he compares a lot to torii hunter to me.

That he ingested the world's entire known supply of HGH?

i think if kemp has a career like hunter we'd all be happy with that right? or for the most part is everyone expecting more?

If Pierre turned 10 of his singles in 2007 into home runs, his slugging percentage would increase from .353 to .407. His OPS would still be .730. That's still really low. Especially considering his .330 OBP.

If you were a Rockies fan and saw Troy Tulowitzki put up .240/.318/.292 in his first ~100 ABs, would it scare you?

so i guess kemps 350 abs last year should put my fears to rest... like i said i could still see him hitting in the .270's that's all

It is amazing how everyone has the time to come back with these stats and great tidbits with references so quickly.

http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/8t5S

Also having Baseball America.com, BaseballProspectus.com and BaseballReference.com helps a lot too.

eric if you want to create a list let's come up with least amount of HR for guys at least 6-0 180 with 3000+ AB's

Not accurate. He said he only lost 15 lbs (audio interview), down from 240 from the end of last season. Also, he is a legit 6'4"

I know Rob Neyer has railed on this in the past (I want to say in "Baseball Dynasties" -- a great book, btw), but it's amazing to me that the team stats aren't sorted by runs scored.

5 star
Kershaw
Laroche

4 star
Chin Lung Hu
Scott Elbert

3 star
Chris Withrow
James McDonald
Jon Meloan
Blake Dewitt
Josh Bell
Delwyn Young
Andrew Lambo

I forgot about Baez. I agree with that.

Have you heard Magnolia Electric Co.? You may like his stuff.

Don't get me wrong: Neil Young is a legend and blows this guy out of the water, but it's easy for me to hear Young's influence in Magnolia's music and the guy acquits himself well enough, I think. Just curious about your opinion.

I saw "Away From Her" the other night, and I thought Polley used Neil Young's music to nice effect in that. Particularly given that the film is set in "a town in North Ontario."

Which reminds me: I saw the video for Dream Academy's "Life in an Northern Town" on VH1 Classic this morning.

That channel has me pumped up. It's as if Hanz and Franz made a personal visit.

imagine if out OF situation this year was Kemp Drew and Jones with Ethier as our 4th (but at least he's the 4th for the right reasons)

I can't wait until the ST games begin, or until Pitchers and Catchers report. TWO WEEKS BABY!!! GO DODGERS!!!

Here's my stab on what Torre has in mind for Day 1:

Furcal SS
Pierre LF
Jones CF
Kent 2B
Kemp RF
Loney 1B
Martin C
Garciaparra* 3B
Penny P

*That's a guess. If LaRoche hits in ST, and Nomar doesn't, LaRoche will get the gig.

Allow me to rephrase.

Considering that the Dodger management thought well enough of Juan Pierre to give him an enormous contract just one year ago, I will be highly and pleasantly surprised if Juan Pierre is not in the opening day lineup.

I tend to think Law is more critical of how the Dodgers handle their players more than the players themselves and sometimes comes out in his analysis while KG just writes about the players and not so much about if they should be playing or not.

But Goldstein, Law, Sickels, that guy at Baseball HQ, I think all of them have been really positive about the Dodger system over the past few years.

Hu usually makes the top 50 or so, after that I have seen Elbert, McDonald, Meloan, and Withrow on various lists.

Grady Little doesn't have a trademark on foolish lineups.

The few LPs included:

Crowded House
Heart
(Geez, that might be it)

Never! I've (finally) been given an inch!

You have failed me. Hang your head in shame.

Jones will play everyday with an occasional day off.
Kemp will get the second most playing time but he will get more days off than Jones.
Ethier and Pierre will get about equal time, not a platoon since they both bat lefty.

Jones 155 games
Kemp 146 games
Pierre 125 games
Ethier 120 games

I have no idea if mathmetically that works out but that is my prediction.

Let's see how the Chamberlain starting gig looks in ST, if he is in the bullpen in April, than Kershaw moves up in my opinion.

Kershaw's numbers were worse (12.03 K/9, 2.43 K/BB) and he was at a lower level, so I have to give the nod to the first two. There's just more of a guarantee that they'll be productive big leaguers.

I mean its hard to see Pierre not playing at all but I also don't see any way that if healthy, Torre keeps Kemp off the field that much so you are down to that one spot.

Then again, he could end up as the next Omar Vizquel or Davey Concepcion, which would be fine with me.

270 All I wanted was the guy to have some success without a .400 BABIP. Is that too much to ask?

Buchholz and Chamberlain both improved a lot after they were drafted, and their stuff PLUS upper minors and MLB performance makes it fair for them to rank ahead of Kershaw. But that ranking does not preclude Kershaw from being even better than them down the line. Bonus points for being a lefty too.

244. swood
236 I have faith that Torre will choose the openind day lineup based on who he thinks best helps the team. Not how much money a player makes. I understand your point though, and I can see why you made it considering we've been suffering under Grady's lineups for the past couple of years.

I do feel 3b is a truly up for grabs though.

(The rejected ad featured [Danica] Patrick and a beaver, according to Advertising Age, which provided no more details.)

VH1 Classic is showing "Sixteen Candles" in less than 15 minutes. Love that movie.

"I know this, much is true-ue..."

I'm looking forward to tonight's "In Treatment." I'm a big Embeth Davidtz fan.

Prospect talk is my favorite. If they only stayed young forever and didn't become JtD's and dissapoint their parents.

Not sure how much fun she is having doing litigation work there but its a living.

Never heard of Stephen Duffy, but the rest sounds good. I actually won the Suzanne Vega tape with "Luka" on it from the radio station, but I had no way to get to the station to pick it up so I never got to claim my "major award".

I'm just glad to see D4P happy, whether or not it's because of Molly Ringwald.

Funny you should mention that. My advisor approved my last 2 chapters the other day, and I now have a defense date set up. Plus, I found out earlier today that my first article submission was accepted for publication, only needing minor revisions.

However, one of the reviewers identified an issue that I've been worried about and hoping no one would ever notice. Not sure what's gonna happen with that.

imho, season 1 is fantastic, season 2 less so, season 3 half okay and half (the second half, after the writers responded to some of the frequent fan complaints and speed things up a little) pretty great, too.

Whoever posted the link to KROQ, thank you! That's what I grew up listening to.

I was really bummed, because like every other teen of the time, I was in love with her and Ally Sheedy.

317 You can also GreenCine it. :-P Email me for a free trial.

Oh man... now I'm gonna be thinking about Keri Russell while at the gym. Damn you, Jon, damn you something fierce! Wait, maybe it's good I'm going to the gym.

326
The bigger point is that talent is neither necessary nor sufficient for success.

I look at Ally Sheedy in those movies and I wonder why I liked her.

Wasn't a fan of Keri Russel until I saw the Waitress.

My affection for Ally peaked with War Games and her guest appearance as a Catholic schoolgirl who tries to seduce J.D. on Hill Street Blues. That evoked the classic line from Taurean Blacque.

"Just three words, babe. Statu. Tory. Rape."

I'll take Ryan Gosling over Timberlake, though.

Bob Newhart Show fans will recognize Tauren from his appearances during the latter part of the series as one of the "Cons" Bob counsels.

(crickets)

During the 6th and 7th seasons, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Keri Russell, and Ryan Gosling were all cast members and Jessica Simpson and Countess Vaughn were finalists but did not make it onto the show.

Forget talent.

However it is relevant since former cast member George Clooney is now doing his thing for the United Nations.

George, one thing, do not allow anyone there to see those episodes, your credibility as a spokesman for world peace will be ruined.

I like either the Alaskan wild caught salmon or the tilapia.

Wait: you're trying to distract me!

I do need to brush up on my risotto skills.

The Salton Sea used to have Tilapia because they were one of the few fish that could live in that environment. Unless I'm wrong, which is possible.

Just Like Heaven
Love Song
Friday I'm in Love (not as good as the first two, but still fun)

The Cure-Just Like Heaven
The Cure - Lovesong
The Cure - letter to elise (really brings back memories)
The Cure - Boys don't cry.

Most of the 80s music deserves to be on the ash heap of history. The 80s ruined KROQ

The '80s gave us Nebraska, London Calling, Document, and Joshua Tree. Whatever the decade's other sins, they will be forgiven.

The Dodgers, with 2 players in the top 15, should be considered to have the 4th (or at worst 5th) best group of prospects. The number after each team name is
the corresponding number of top 25/top 26-50/top 51-100 on each team… of course, the number in front of each prospect's name is his original ranking in the BP top 100 list.

With 6 of the top 25 prospects, when should we be expecting Tampa Bay to be playing better than .500 ball for the first time? It should be soon , no?

1)TAM
5/1/0
3. Evan Longoria, 3b, Rays
6. David Price, lhp, Rays
15. Wade Davis, rhp, Rays
18. Desmond Jennings, of, Rays
25. Reid Brignac, ss, Rays
--------
40. Jacob McGee, lhp, Rays

2)BOS
2/0/5
2. Clay Buchholz, rhp, Red Sox
16. Jacoby Ellsbury, of, Red Sox
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53. Justin Masterson, rhp, Red Sox
57. Jed Lowrie, ss, Red Sox
60. Ryan Kalish, of, Red Sox
95. Michael Bowden, rhp, Red Sox
100. Lars Anderson, 1b, Red Sox

3)CIN
3/0/1
1. Jay Bruce, of, Reds
9. Homer Bailey, rhp, Reds
21. Joey Votto, 1b, Reds
------------------------------------
41. Johnny Cueto, rhp, Reds

4)LAD
2/1/1
5. Clayton Kershaw, lhp, Dodgers
14. Andy LaRoche, 3b, Dodgers
------------------------------------
32. Chin-Lung Hu, ss, Dodgers
-------
66. Scott Elbert, lhp, Dodgers

5)NYY
1/3/1
4. Joba Chamberlain, rhp, Yankees
-----
34. Ian Kennedy, rhp, Yankees
47. Austin Jackson, of, Yankees
48. Jose Tabata, of, Yankees
-----
67. Alan Horne, rhp, Yankees

6)ATL
1/1/4
17. Jordan Schafer, of, Braves
----
36. Jason Heyward, of, Braves
-------
63. Brent Lillibridge, ss, Braves
70. Brandon Jones, of, Braves
83. Gorkys Hernandez, of, Braves
86. Jair Jurrjens, rhp, Braves

7)OAK
1/3/3
22. Daric Barton, 1b, Athletics
------------
26. Carlos Gonzalez, of, Athletics
46. Fautino de los Santos, rhp, Athletics
50. Brett Anderson, lhp, Athletics
---------
56. Gio Gonzalez, lhp, Athletics
98. Trevor Cahill, rhp, Athletics
99. Chris Carter, 1b, Athletics

8)TEX
0/2/5
30. Neftali Feliz, rhp, Rangers
49. Eric Hurley, rhp, Rangers
-------
58. Elvis Andrus, ss, Rangers
77. Taylor Teagarden, c, Rangers
74. Chris Davis, 3b, Rangers
62. Engel Beltre, of, Rangers
73. Michael Main, rhp, Rangers

9)COL
1/0/4
13. Franklin Morales, lhp, Rockies
--------
80. Chris Nelson, ss, Rockies
82. Greg Reynolds, rhp, Rockies
91. Casey Weathers, rhp, Rockies
92. Dexter Fowler, of, Rockies

10)LAA
0/2/2
27. Nick Adenhart, rhp, Angels
38. Brandon Wood, 3b/ss, Angels
--------
59. Jordan Walden, rhp, Angels
89. Hank Conger, c, Angels

11)SEA
0/2/2
33. Jeff Clement, c, Mariners
44. Chris Tillman, rhp, Mariners
--------
55. Carlos Triunfel, ss, Mariners
93. Wladimir Balentien, of, Mariners

12)STL
1/0/2
8. Colby Rasmus, of, Cardinals
--------------
69. Chris Perez, rhp, Cardinals
71. Bryan Anderson, c, Cardinals

13)SD
1/1/1
23. Chase Headley, 3b, Padres
---------------
39. Matt Antonelli, 2b, Padres
61. Matt Latos, rhp, Padres

14)BAL
1/0/2
12. Matt Wieters, c, Orioles
75. Chorye Spoone, rhp, Orioles
85. Radhames Liz, rhp, Orioles

15)PIT
1/1/1
24. Andrew McCutchen, of, Pirates
---------
43. Steven Pearce, 1b, Pirates
94. Neil Walker, 3b, Pirates

16)WAS
0/2/1
28. Chris Marrero, of/1b, Nationals
35. Ross Detwiler, lhp, Nationals
----------------------------------------
81. Michael Burgess, of, Nationals

17)ARI
1/0/2
20. Jarrod Parker, rhp, Diamondbacks
----------
64. Gerardo Parra, of, Diamondbacks
90. Max Scherzer, rhp, Diamondbacks

18)KC
1/0/1
9. Mike Moustakas, ss, Royals
72. Luke Hochevar, rhp, Royals

19)FLA
1/0/1
10. Cameron Maybin, of, Marlins
88. Chris Volstad, rhp, Marlins

20)MIL
0/2/1
31. Matt LaPorta, of, Brewers
42. Manny Parra, lhp, Brewers
76. Jeremy Jeffress, rhp, Brewers

21)CHIC
0/2/0
37. Geovany Soto, c, Cubs
45. Josh Vitters, 3b, Cubs

22)TOR
1/0/0
7. Travis Snider, of, Blue Jays

23)DET
1/0/0
11. Rick Porcello, rhp, Tigers

24)
0/1/1SF
29. Angel Villalona, 3b, Giants
84. Henry Sosa, rhp, Giants

25)MIN
0/0/3
65. Carlos Gomez, of, Twins
79. Deolis Guerra, rhp, Twins
97. Ben Revere, of, Twins

26)CLE
0/0/2
52. Adam Miller, rhp, Indians
78. Wes Hodges, 3b, Indians

27)PHI
0/0/2
68. Carlos Carrasco, rhp, Phillies
96. Joe Savery, lhp, Phillies

28)NYM
0/0/1
51. Fernando Martinez, of, Mets

29)HOU
0/0/1
54. J.R. Towles, c, Astros

30)CHISOX
0/0/1
87. Aaron Poreda, lhp, White Sox

The Arizona-based guy, Tom Kuiper, specializes in shouting.

Oingo Boingo had so many members in the early years. Not My Slave one of my favorite songs in the later years. Who knew Elfman was going to become the most prolific film composer of my generation.

Hated the Cure. Couldn't get past the voice. I tried but was unable to connect.

But what's the deal with the floor level camera angle with the camera shooting up? I want to watch a basketball game, not see a recreation of "The Third Man."

Lotta Love going on in this game. Kind of a catch-22 for UCLA fans. The better Love plays the more likely he'll be a Clipper next season:)

The USC-Unnamed School winner will be tied with Wazzu for third.

Never liked Ally Sheedy at all until I saw her in the indy feature "High Art", for which she was nominated for an indy Best Actress Spirit award. She was sensational in that.
Haven't seen her in anything since that I liked her in, though.

But "High Art" did prove she could act very effectively indeed. Pretty good "art house" film, as such films used to be called...

Did you see it, Jon?

http://weblogs.variety.com/season_pass/2008/01/lost-from-a-roc.html

Red Mango on Pico is open.

(LAT's take: Red Mango better than Pinkberry. Big Chill better than Red mango.)

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413 "Tempted" is on my Ipod most played list.

But then I also have Go West and Tears For Fears (ok, just Everybody Gots To Rule The World), maybe I should add the boys from down under next.

X
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Smiths
Split Enz
Big Country
Midnight Oil
The Waterboys
Oingo
Talking Heads
The Cure
The Clash
REM
English Beat
The Specials
Elvis Costello
Oh, yeah, and U2, too.

There.

Where (and when) I went to h.s., pretty boy types with long bangs were called "Spandaus."

I'm using a backup computer.

Oingo Boingo at the Hult Center doesn't ring a bell, but the Hult Center itself certainly. I actually performed in plays at the Hult Center in elementary school.

Don't recall the Crazy 8's.

The videos for Toto's "Hold the Line" and Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" were hilarious.

I froze up trying to load a webpage and I couldn't use any Mac shortcut to stop it. So I eventually tried turning it off. Off works.

Going back on has proved troublesome. The computer won't boot up and the sound the hard disk is making is not promising.

Haven't thought of that one in a while.

20 May Tuesday
Scarlett Johansson Anywhere I Lay My Head

It's been a long time, but do recall crossing paths with a guy named DJ Graham?

The Peter Pan production was non-school event.

Where is Page Elementary? I don't remember that...

I was an Armadillo, followed by (I think?) a Pioneer (or some such thing) and then an Irish.

High School: The Quakers
College: The Catamounts (still not exactly sure what that is)
Law School: The Waves or Willie the Wave.

Not a redeaming mascot in the bunch. (hangs head in shame)

High School: Kewpies (as in kewpie doll and even more embarassing it was adopted because our basketball team kept smiling like a bunch of kewpie dolls while getting killed in a game).

College: Hoyas

Masters: Maroons

8. Akron Zips
7. Syracuse Orangement
6. UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
5. All of the Wildcats (because there are so many)
4. Tulane Green Wave
3. UC Irvine Anteaters
2. Oregon State Beavers
1. Stanford Cardinal

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Or you sure about catamount?
I was certain it was another of the many words for "mountain lion" (e.g puma, cougar to name just a couple more..

Also, if (and there are always ifs, if Elbert is healthy, they do have another 5 star guy.

The list, Kershaw, LaRoche, Hu, Elbert, McDonald, Bell, Withrow, Meloan, DeJesus, Dewitt and Adkins.

If you are scoring at home, that is 1 each from the 2002 and 2003 draft, 2 from the 2004 draft, 3 from the 2005 draft, 1 from the 2006 draft and 2 from the 2007 draft with Hu being an international free agent.

The top 10 at 24 and under list was pretty much what everyone expected, with Billingsley, Kemp, Loney and Broxton joining the top 6 from this years list.

2002 - Loney, Broxton, McDonald and Martin
2003 - Billingsley, Kemp, and LaRoche
2004 - Elbert and Dewitt
2005 - DeJesus, Meloan and Bell
2006 - Kershaw
2007 - Withrow, Adkins, Lambo and Watt

And that is not including Greg Miller, Bryan Morris, and the last round of international signees including Pedro Baez.