That being said, Martin could presumably use the day off.

Is there any good reason (other than veteranocity) to bad Bennett ahead of DeWitt...?

Someone posted this on the MLBTraderumors post about the Hull-Lara swap and I thought it was pretty astute (maybe it was someone from here?):

"In his call up last year, Hull actually showed some pretty good stuff, and he has a rather unorthodox delivery that could get batters in a tizzy. Control seemed to be his biggest issue. Still, he could easily interchange with some of the guys at the back of Boston's 'pen.

The Dodger end of the deal looks like a smart move. The Dodgers essentially have 1 1/2 back up infielders at the major league level because of injuries, with Hu and Young. Young plays second better than most think, but can't really play anything on the left side. Having someone else in the system allows a bit more flexibility."

That is awesome. I imagine it will be a nightmare for the guys who input the stats, though.

I seem to recall that the pitcher who lost the famous Pawtucket-Rochester game in the 33rd inning was a guy who had been in a completely different organization when the game started.

Bennett ahead of DeWitt probably is partially a function of experience, yah. Don't think it's a big deal either way.

I know next to nothing about Bennett, but it's still hard to believe there weren't better backup catchers out there.

(Rickroll update in last thread)

billingsley 7 ip, 6 hits, 1 er, 2 bb, 8 k's
kuo 2 ip, 2 hits, 1 bb, 3 k's (his bull-pen session for his start on tue. april 15th)

My prediction? Davis will have a terrific start giving up only 2 earned runs. However, that doesn't indicate who will win. =)

Wow!! It's as if he read my mind!

Guess what's out on DVD today?

13 I know what you mean. It's hard to not feel bad rooting against Davis today, but I'm sure he doesn't want any pity when it comes to games. Everyone can support him spiritually when it comes to his recovery, off the field.

And what are the odds that it happens while Bob is looking for survivors of Oceanic Flight 815?

I hope you are wrong there.

By the way, I imagine they do not anymore, but does anyone know if MLBtv has a trial period, or is it pay up or shut up?

New York Times, April, 1974

What I think you might mean is:

I like this lineup. Well, except for Bennett. Not that I think Martin should start today -- in fact, I'm grateful that Torre is resting him. I think Martin needs the rest. So, even though Bennett kinda stinks and I really wish we had a different guy at backup catcher... I like this lineup.

But that's kinda wordy. So you can go with the four-word version that you used earlier, if you'd like.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/schedule?team=lad&season=2008

Young. CF
Byrnes. LF
Hudson. 2B
Jackson. 1B
Reynolds. 3B
Drew. SS
Upton. RF
Snyder. C
Davis. P

They see our 5 homegrown players in our lineup and raise us one (of course Martin would make 6 for us).

Box Score:
Player/AB/H/R/1B/2B/3B/HR/RBI/BB/OPS
Furcal/4/1/1/1/0/0/0/0/1/.650
Kemp/3/1/1/1/0/0/0/0/2/.833
Ethier/5/0/0/0/0/0/0/1/0/.000
Kent/5/2/1/1/1/0/0/0/0/1.000
Loney/4/2/1/2/0/0/0/2/1/1.100
Jones/4/2/1/1/0/1/0/2/1/1.600
Bennett/4/1/1/0/1/0/0/2/1/.900
DeWitt/5/1/1/1/0/0/0/1/0/.400
9Hole/5/3/1/1/2/0/0/0/0/1.600

Pitcher/IP/H/HR/K/BB/NP/WHIP
Billingsley/7/6/0/6/4/116/1.428
Proctor/1/2/0/0/0/16/2.00
Saito/1/1/0/0/0/13/1.00

LAD 0-6-0-2-0-0-0-0-0...8-13-0
ARZ 0-0-0-0-0-1-0-1-0...2-9-0

WP: Billingsley
LP: Davis

Notes:
No home runs in this game. Davis was knocked out in the 2nd inning.
vr, Xei

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10 factorial years? Gary Bennett has been a major league baseball player for 3,628,800 years?

Catcher - AZ yes, LA no
1B - Both Yes
2B - Both No
3B - Both Yes
SS - AZ yes, LA no
LF - AZ no, LA (Minors no, MLB Debut, yes)
CF - AZ (Minors no, MLB Debut, yes, LA no
RF - Both Yes
SP - AZ no, LA yes

Steve Garvey: I know he hit the huge HR in the '84 NLCS, but he had a 100 OPS+ in 2439 PA.
Randy Jones: First Cy Young, but thoroughly ordinary otherwise. A 104 ERA+ in 8 seasons with SD.

Jorge Posada could be heading to the DL, his manager says he can't throw right now.

In his last nine starts, Bennett has hit .419/.424/.581. Mission control, we are ready for launch!

RETIRED NUMBERS
The San Diego Padres have retired five numbers: Steve Garvey's No. 6, Tony Gwynn's No. 19, Dave Winfield's No. 31, Randy Jones' No. 35 and Jackie Robinson's No. 42, which was retired in 1997 by Major League Baseball in perpetuity. In addition to the retired numbers appearing above the Batter's Eye, the initials of RAK, honoring longtime owner Ray Kroc, and the "star" recognizing longtime broadcaster Jerry Coleman, celebrating his trademark "Hang A Star!", are displayed in front of the Press Box on the Toyota Terrace Club.

http://tinyurl.com/56u63e

Oh, now I feel bad.

Not a big fan of El Cholo but I would not recommend the Western Blvd. location before the game.

Have you met Mitch Jones
Someone said as we shook hands
He was just Mitch Jones to me...

"You know Major League Baseball had fallen behind basketball in popularity after the strike when Selig put it in. I have a friend in baseball who said not one team lost money last year in Major League Baseball because of revenue sharing."

I don't doubt that nobody lost money, but it's nice to see that in print, rather than hear the usual "woe is me" line from MLB owners.

But 90 makes me think of that Bugs Bunny cartoon with the penguin, where Humphrey Bogart keeps appearing. "Pardon me, can you spare a dime for a man who's down on his luck?"

Or maybe we can trade the Yanks Gary Bennett and call up Lucas May.

Yes! The Silver God!

And no, Bugs Bunny was not in it. Neither was the penquin.

95 There's enough room for more than one hopeless case in my heart.

101 http://tinyurl.com/6aevbo

"Food is permitted from outside the stadium provided it is not in bottles, cans, coolers or thermoses. Unbroken, factory sealed plastic bottles of water and other non-alcoholic beverages of 1 liter or less are permitted."

Basically, despite Bluebleeders earlier escapades, they try to dissuade people brining in alcohol.