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If you're here, you're 2 percent done with today's "50 Ways to Love Your Dodgers" list in the Times. Now, check out the rest ...
Update: Los Angeles magazine also has its "Why We (Heart) the Dodgers" section in this month's issue.
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Luis Gonzalez, starting right fielder? It appears to be happening. According to Joe Capozzi of the Palm Beach Post, Gonzalez's 2,456th career game could bring the 40-year-old ex-Dodger his first start in the land for golden arms.
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Want Spring Training stats to mean something after all? John Dewan makes his case:
A few years ago we discovered that there is a way to use spring training stats to predict future performance. ... When we chose only those players doing exceptionally well in spring training, we found that about three-fourths of them performed better than their career average during the upcoming season.
Our definition of "exceptionally well" was slugging 100 points higher in spring training than their previous career slugging percentage. Here's the list of players who are currently 200 points higher so far this spring training. These 24 players might be heading for above-average seasons.
Click the link above to see which Dodgers are on the list. (Link via Baseball Think Factory)
Anyone want to take a stab at which former Dodger player uttered that gem?
Not Lu-Go?
I still worry that many people are giving him the nod because of his spring training. What will they say the first time he goes into a slump?
"...Billingsley/Kershaw could be exciting too. Vin Scully's call of Kershaw's knee-buckling curve for strike three as "Public enemy Number 1" may be my favorite play-by-play call since the Gibson home run"
Thanks man! Listening right now.
http://www.kroq.com/
I am with you, I want to start ticking off items from the list. I haven't studied it in detail yet, but surely we can come up with some more items?
I am so pumped for the season.
If you're looking for online snark, move on; Weisman and his readers merely exude true-blue passion.
I really like that quote. Even though I have my own brief moments of "snark."
There are a few too many brimming-with-arch-attitude Deadspin clones out in the blogworld that try to show off how cutting and witty the authors are, when in fact they are just being sour and unpleasant. For example, Dodger Blues has its funny moments, but it crosses that line a little too often for my taste.
Dodger Thoughts is most definitely not one of those.
"Just the place for some snark!" the blogger cried
As he crafted his post with glee
But DodgerThoughts' Weisman eschewed the idea
and Rule One was his first decree.
When I make a set of rules, the first rule I always make is Rule One.
Haven't seen 'em. I'll keep an eye out. Thanks for the recommendation.
MEDIA ADVISORY
JORDAN BRAND INVITES SNEAKER AND BASEBALL FANS TO MEET
TEAM JORDAN ATHLETE ANDRUW JONES
Andruw Jones to Sign Autographs in Celebration of the Jordan Brand's
Limited-Edition Opening Day Collection
WHAT: In celebration of the release of the "Opening Day Collection" by Jordan Brand and baseball's season opener, All-Star and Team Jordan Athlete, Andruw Jones, will make his first Los Angeles public appearance and participate in an autograph signing session with fans at Niketown in Beverly Hills.
Paying tribute to Michael Jordan's first love, baseball, and his former playing days, Jordan Brand developed a limited edition Air Jordan Retro 1 two-sneaker collection featuring two black and white colorways that reflect Jordan's old uniform complete with pinstripe details, baseball stitching seams at the toebox and ankle, and an embroidered crest with MJ's final baseball stats.
The Opening Day Collection is scheduled for nationwide limited-edition release on Saturday, March, 29th and will retail for $100 per pair.
WHO: Andruw Jones, Los Angeles Dodger Centerfielder, 5-time All-Star and Team Jordan Athlete
WHEN: Saturday, March 29, 2008
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (officially starts at noon)
WHERE: NIKETOWN Los Angeles
9560 Wilshire Blvd. (Wilshire & Rodeo)
Beverly Hills, California 90212
If its OK to ask, what is the connection between regfairfield and True Blue LA, and is it the obvious one. Hope I don't seem too dense at this late date but I can't seem to find much info at the site.
He is Andrew
Can't wait to have a dog and yell for the Bison & Brother James!!!
(one of the very few benefits of working a few miles from the triple a ballpark here in anaheim. pre-gaming it at Hollingshead around 5.45 if anyone is in the neighborhood)
Joe Torre credited the great season to the added power of five hitters hitting 20+ home runs - Ethier, Martin, Jones, Kemp and Loney, and the great pitching of Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw not only won two World Series games, but came on in July and won 12 games for the Dodgers, posting a 12-2 record with 140 strikeouts and an era of 1.94.
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