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Los Angeles magazine is staging a March Madness-like competition where the greatest treasures of Los Angeles battle each other (in a vote) - and in a matchup that should have been a walkover, the downtown Central Library upset Dodger legend Vin Scully.
I mean, it's a nice library and all, and we've got Bob there (he just happened to be the one to pass along the news), and it's not like I don't have a Master's in English hanging 10 feet away from me, but ... what's the deal? Come on!
The upset derailed a potential Elite Eight matchup between Scully and In-N-Out Burger - but not even that should have slowed Scully's run to the title.
Bonkers! Humanity has been let down.
And let this be a lesson to me. I didn't vote, and now I must hang my head in shame. I didn't do my suffrage, and now we all suffer.
Stan from Tacoma
Did Trader Joes start in LA?
El Cholo must have been a bubble team.
Vin Scully doesn't charge for most of his work either. Nor does he impose overdue fines. Or use arcane language to tell you why you can't renew your book.
Vin loves literature as we all know from listening to him. I doubt he will mind the loss.
>> "It's tough when you lose the confidence of your manager,'' Farnsworth said Thursday. "You come in and prepare yourself day in and day out, and you have no clue about anything.'' <<
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/23505986/
Whenever anyone asks me about growing up in L.A. I describe an afternoons at the beach, listening to Vin & eating Double-Doubles. All the other highlights are interchangeable with folks I know who grew up elsewhere.
http://tinyurl.com/yr3zzk
Extremely disappointed.
http://tinyurl.com/yrxc87
I am fine with sacrificing a good baseball program.
And why is El Cholo even in the tourny?
http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080306&content_id=2409927&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=la
Where is the bacon-wrapped hot dog?
I would replace USC football with Joe Jost's.
There are no other cities where a sports announcer would be one of the 64 most commonly thought of items. Vin Scully, like Wooden, is a true legend.
I stand by my scourn of Los Angeles magazine, and will assume that majority of those who votet are the colonists.
We should do our own Dodgerthoughts version of this.
It seems management wants to only make moves that I disagree with.
His curveball, it just drops off the table. I think it's the best curveball I've ever caught, to be honest.
agreed...he's too young. Give him a season in AA, or at least 1/2 a season in AA, to see if he can improve his control.
"I've only seen Clayton pitch one inning of a Minor League game and one inning of our game. You look at his stats and see he had more walks than you want to see for the level (67 in 122 innings last year). So you just want to be sure he's fully equipped before you throw him into the situation. It's only a matter of time. But when's the right time for the young man?"
Oregon has defeated ASU.
There will be a 3-way tie for 5th in the Pac-10 among the Ducks, Devils, and the other guys.
They should just go back and do an all-LA food/restaurant bracket.
Is it being shown in the Bay Area?
Unlike any other American city, it is also splintered into numerous subdivisions of light—apertures of sky that blaze, glow, glimmer, and dim, depending on season and landscape...
I think you must have a short memory.
Don't you even remember how the Mets were supposed to have an unbeatable trio of Jason Isringhausen, Bill Pulsipher, and Paul Wilson?
Or perhaps we can go back to last year and remember the halcyon days of Chamberlain and Buchholz.
that Kershaw would have none of the control problens that Bills and Ebert would. This has proven too optimistic, but if Clay is given a year to concentrate on this he will still be a wonder.
Don't over expect and stress him out. He is real gold.
I really need TIVO for nights like this.
Bob, I'm sorry just thinking about it.
The Dick Riordan Library over the Vin Scully Experience? Pink's over the Bradbury Building? A guitar shop (okay, a great guitar shop) over the Hollywood Bowl? No love for the Cholo?!
[channeling Will Arnett here...]
COME on!
I have not been following the rest of the Big West much, so I am very surprised to see that Northridge is any good.
Speaking of crazy Swedes, a car bomb exploded today one block from my mom's apartment:
http://www.thelocal.se/10312/20080306/
The evacuated preschool is directly across the street from her.
Stanford wants USC to win. The Cardinal could then clinch the #1 seed in the Pac-10 tournament with a win tonight and Saturday.
Nikola
Dragovic
Too bad Kelvin Kim is at UCSD.
Wow, Luc. Wow.
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Aww man, did not know the league was already up.
Dick Young's favorite shtick was to rail against players or teams that were "disloyal" and then at the end of his career, he packed up from the Daily News to go to the Post and he didn't even give it a second thought.
Like everyone else, Young could be bought. He was a mendacious loser.
vr, Xei
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Wow, what a game, UCLA and Stanford.
Wow, Lost, too.
So much going on after I got home from soccer game. I'm having an ADD attack.
UCLA 15-2, 27-3
Stan 13-4, 24-5
WSU 10-7, 22-7
USC 10-7, 19-10
ASU 8-9, 18-11
Ore 8-9, 17-12
___ 8-9, 18-12
Wash 7-10, 16-14
Cal 6-11, 15-13
OSU 0-17, 6-23
UCLA has clinched #1, Stanford is #2, Cal is #9, and Oregon State is #10. Washington State will be #3 with a win against Washington. USC will be #3 with a win against Stanford and a loss by Washington State. Arizona State will clinch #5 with a win against Oregon State.
Never hurts to have luck on your side.
Or terrible refs making a bad call.
But really, that wasn't the only fortunate call. The Tree fans are plenty unhappy, I'd guess.
http://tinyurl.com/24acwr
Moving on, how aboot them Bruins?
You want to go to this thread:
https://dodgerthoughts.baseballtoaster.com/archives/918646.html
Oh, the irony...
http://tinyurl.com/29ae9b
Maybe he dreams of getting on ESPN.
yes...that place.
Savor this UCLA fans!
Speaking of TJ, has anyone ever mentioned the fact that he covered the Reds several years back and maybe that's why he has a fondness for below average players?
Out of Howland's seven-man rotation, up to six might not come back next year. NBA prospects: Love, Westbrook, Collison, Shipp, Mbah a Moute (maybe?). And Mata-Real will graduate.
Only Aboya and Roll are sure to be back.
I have been saying this for awhile when it comes to Plaschke. I still do not think Tony Jackson is anywhere near his level.
I do not think Shipp or Luc will leave, because they may not be drafted. They could leave, but it would be a terrible decision.
This is why I was saying the Pac-10 will be wide open next year. UCLA is going to have no big man depth for at least the next two years. Though, I think Jrue Holiday will be an absolute beast and possible number 1 pick. Which means UCLA will be fun to watch.
"The mountain Repko must climb to make the club is this: the Dodgers are planning to use four outfielders on a regular basis, with Juan Pierre in left, Andruw Jones in center and Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp sharing time in right."
They are? Definitely? Who is his source for this plan? If it is purely his conjecture, shouldn't that be written a bit differently, e.g., "... appear to be planning ..."?
Maybe he does know some inside info. It would not surprise me if Ned and Joe thought this way.
Yeah, Shipp and Luc are definitely iffy pro prospects. http://nbadraft.net/ projects them as second-rounders.
What about Drew Gordon? He's supposed to be a pretty good defense-and-rebounding big buy, no?
nbadraft.net is a really bad site. I would just ignore it.
Drew is a very athletic big with decent defense and rebounding, but he will only be a freshman and his offensive game is still pretty raw. Luc, Aboya, and Keefe are all pretty small for centers.
Maybe he expects us to trust him? I do not have a good answer for you, but it would really not surprise me if he was right. But then again, I am a cynic when it comes to Ned.
To add on...
UCLA has not gotten off to a good start with 2009 recruiting. Hopefully, we can get Anthony Stover. He would be a backup to Gordon and he is pretty raw himself.
I'll take cheap win over a good loss any day.
Did anyone else catch Ned on DodgerTalk tonight around 6:50 p.m.
2 things, one, he said that the 5th starter battle could between Loiaza, Kuo (if healthy) and McDonald. Two, about the outfield, he said the best three guys should play. He didn't say which 3 are the best. Jon and I both agreed we did not know what that meant.
He said that the decisions about 3B, OF and 5th starter probably won't be decided until they finally return to LA just before Opening Day.
He also was skeptical about Andruw Jones claims about how is additional weight will not be a problem but he is giving Jones the veteran's benefit of the doubt.
How was the live crowd during the free throws? And how were you feeling during them?
I hope Kuo or McDonald get 5th starter spot. I have a known anti-Loaiza bias. It is obvious who I want in those other positions. I am glad that people are challenging Andruw to get in shape. It is pretty disappointing that he was so lazy that he came in overweight.
I can't say the crowd was into it the whole game but when UCLA made their final push, the crowd was there for them.
Maybe TJ could take Plaschke's spot. Just look at that first paragraph. If he had made a new paragraph after each sentence, it would be that perfect Plaschke-esk "poetry."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120485693123318577.html?mod=weekend_leisure_
I'm afraid the Dodgers won't be in the forefront of this movement.
http://tinyurl.com/3xzg4e
How's Andruw looked at the plate? I don't mind if he's struggling out of the gate, but is he getting good at bats?
I wondered why, in October, I wrote down that I didn't want the Dodgers to sign Andruw Jones, and now I remember that I wanted to avoid a JP/Ethier "competition."
I also had a dream last night that Dodger Stadium became part of a large residential and shopping complex. In the dream, I was stuck in the complex and was trying so hard to get to the actual Dodger game. I never made it :(
"Papelbon was initially believed to be looking for a one-year deal worth approximately $900,000, which would have shattered Rivera's mark and tied the all-time record for a pitcher with two-plus years worth of service time, set by starter Ismael Valdez of the Dodgers in 1997."
I never realized Ismael was such a trailblazer!
Hideo Nomo - 33 GS, 122 ERA+ (age 27)
Ismael Valdes - 33 GS, 117 ERA+ (age 22)
Pedro Martinez - 33 GS, 117 ERA+ (age 24)
Pedro Astacio - 32 GS, 113 ERA+ (age 26)
Ramon Martinez - 27 GS, 114 ERA+ (age 28)
Sigh.
Furcal in 1100+ games has hit out of leadoff in only like 40 of them.
8 times in 2 hole last year he hit .167
it's his contract year...
Last year he hit like number 2. :)
I know batting order shouldn't matter, except to managers who try to make it matter.
In the simulator I've been running, Furcal/Martin at the top produce the most runs...
In 1996 Pedro was an Expo
Thanks, I wasn't quite sure. :)
Martin
Kent
Furcal
Kemp
LaRoche
Jones
Loney
Pitcher
Pierre
Yes, but the Central Library over Vin Scully is a 16 vs. 1 upset. Which has never happened in the men's tournament and just once in the women's tournament.
I'm too polite to mention which #1 seed in the women's tournament got bounced by a #16.
Good on base without much power
Best hitter
Weakest hitter with a decent on base
Best power hitter
Next three best hitters in order
Worst hitter
Second worst hitter
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