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Dodger home record: 50-35 (.588)
When Jon attended: 9-5 (.643)
When Jon didn't: 41-30 (.577)
Dodgers at home: 795-635 (.556)
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Current Roster with Estimated 2009 Salaries
(updated November 14)
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)
$10,000,000 Hiroki Kuroda
*$475,000 Chad Billingsley
*$415,000 Clayton Kershaw
*$405,000 Eric Stults
*$400,000 James McDonald
*Total: $11,695,000
Bullpen (7)
*$2,500,000 Takashi Saito
*$1,300,000 Scott Proctor
*$1,500,000 Jonathan Broxton
*$425,000 Hong-Chih Kuo
*$420,000 Cory Wade
*$410,000 Ramon Troncoso
*$400,000 Scott Elbert
Total: $6,955,000
Also on 40-man roster
Mario Alvarez
Yhency Brazoban
Greg Miller
Justin Orenduff
Starting Lineup (8)
$17,100,000 Andruw Jones
*$3,000,000 Russell Martin
*$2,500,000 Andre Ethier
*$600,000 Matt Kemp
*$600,000 James Loney
*$500,000 Angel Berroa
*$410,000 Blake DeWitt
*$400,000 Tony Abreu
Total: $25,110,000
Bench (5)
$10,000,000 Juan Pierre
*$600,000 Jason Repko
*$410,000 Delwyn Young
*$400,000 Danny Ardoin
*$400,000 Chin-Lung Hu
Total: $11,810,000
Note: Team can buy out Ozuna's 2009 option for $200,000
Also on 40-man roster
A.J. Ellis
Lucas May
Xavier Paul
Disabled List
$12,000,000 Jason Schmidt
Also Paying ...
$2,000,000 Brad Penny (buyout of $9,000,000 option)
$50,000 Gary Bennett (buyout of $900,000 option)
Note: Kansas City is responsible for $500,000 buyout of Angel Berroa's $5,500,000 option for 2009.
Working total: *$68,020,000
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In following the Lakers this season, I've waited like everyone else for the return of Andrew Bynum and Trevor Ariza from injuries. The fact that their recoveries have taken a long while, relative to initial expectations, evokes the Dodgers to no end.
In the Times, Jonathan Abrams writes about the NASA-inspired treadmill designed to help players like Bynum and Ariza.
The treadmill is replacing swimming pools and other methods for players recouping from leg injuries. Instead of a player running in a pool, where water lightens their body weight but also alters how fast an athlete can run in place, this new treadmill allows them to retain their natural stride and reduce the weight on their injury.
"Pools are kind of like that old 'Far Side' cartoon where the scientist has an equation that says 'Step 2', then a miracle happens," said Jack Irving, vice president of sales and marketing for Alter-G, based in Menlo Park.
It's all well and good, except ... is the treadmill actually working?
At least the Lakers aren't rushing these guys back, and it seems like Jason Schmidt is back to taking his time.
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As Park's save showed, technically every team leading after either five or six innings has a save opportunity, no matter what the score is.
Those three-inning saves are weird because they can change the numerator, but they don't always change the denominator. Same applies to blown saves by setup men. It only counts as a save opportunity if they blow it. Whereas for the three-inning relievers, it only counts as a save opportunity if they don't blow it.
Me and my romate live in Pasadena, and arelooking for aleague to play in...
Not any more!
This is one battle I won!
Too late!
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE197306062.shtml
The least tension in any save ever:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL200708221.shtml
MC Safety asked about cribbage in the prior thread. Used to play with my Dad all the time until he moved away two years ago. As a family we played a lot of spades and hearts and a game called wisk. I think part of the allure of cribbage are the cool boards.
vr, Xei
MCCLOUTH!!!
I can work around that. Her voice is hypnotic.
vr, Xei
Boozer, strippers and gambling.
Doesn't have the same resonating sound as "McBain!!!"
vr, Xei
I guess that falls in line with the feast or famine offense. Saito's save was earned in the last series finale in San Diego where the Dodgers scored in the top of the 9th to take the 1 run lead.
In other news, Jim Tracy would not have enjoyed managing this team.
You collect things related to the Utah power forward?
Not if you're good at the third one :)
vr, Xei
The kid pitching tonight has got talent but Josh Hamilton is a game changing talent. I wonder if Ned was ever in on him since he was going to replace his CF anyway?
Everytime I watch Josh play I think that this is what a Natural looks like. How come one of you screenwriters hasn't penned a screenplay on this guy?
Scene: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
Blackjack Table, single dealer with 3-4 casino employees around him. Surrounding a young man dressed in a black tux are showgirls and several other "working girls"
Dealer: Would you like another card Mr. Minotaur.
Minotaur: Muttering to himself, 1 for good, 2 for bad, 1 for good, 2 for bad.
Eye In The Sky: He's doesn't have any electronic devices on him, no partners signaling, and we all know that noting human can count into a 8 deck shoe that is reshuffled every 3rd hand.
Dealer: Sir?
Mr. Minotaur: Yes, I'll double down.
Dealer: On a 19? Yes sir, A 2, that makes 21. You win again.
I wonder if Mike Cubbage is good at cribbage or likes to eat cabbage.
Yes they got a decent pitcher but would you have traded Matt Kemp for a pitching prospect who wasn't a complete blue blood like Kershaw, Gallardo, Hughes, or Bucholz? I'm just asking because I'd rather have Hamilton then Kemp(breathe into the bag Canuck before replying).
I read somewhere that maybe the Reds were worried that the hard drugs may have damaged his ability to stay healthy for a whole season but it was just conjecture.
How would you rate your competitive levels?
All the guys I am talking to played ball at least through high school, but we are pretty relaxed. Yes, we like to win, but some of them are going to be very rusty. If you are looking for an intensely competitive team, than it might not be for you. If not, than we should chat... email me at
kevblewis at sbcglobal dot net
vr, Xei
"If we need help, he would be at the top of the list," Torre said.
Icaros is gonna have to dust off & wash up his Ghame Ohver shirt, I'm thinking he'll come up this year.
I do not buy for one second that Pathology is so gory that it will turn gore-hounds off.
Kemp has 1 year, 49 days service time accrued coming into 2008, according to Cot's Baseball Contracts.
I'm going to the game vs. the Rockies this Saturday so I'll buy a media guide to confirm these things.
I think this was a study of Hall of Fame and Hall of Very Good players, though, so the results might or might not apply to players like Hamilton.
http://tinyurl.com/3294v7
Actually I like getting the Media Guide, I did get one on Opening Day, it was a nice gift that gave out at last years, DT day.
Of course, those are just averages, and not all players fall within that range. Zack Wheat peaked at 36, Al Kaline at 20.
I don't feel so bad now.
Seconded.
vr, Xei
No?
l.tabb@mpglaw.com
vr, Xei
And that's a nice touch if Kemp is in center. And realistic too.
F8,8-3 DP
1-0, good guys.
Baah, I wish I could have seen it.
Go, Kuo!
FWIW, Furcal, not Nomar, was the headline and lead in La Opinión today.
Whatever it is, Andruw said his entire body has been feeling a bit achy lately. That's why, when Torre asked him if he wanted to sit tonight, Andruw didn't exactly argue about it. Torre called [it] a little flu bug, but he also said his wife's relatives, who live here in Cincinnati, have told him on this trip that the allergy season here has been particularly severe this year.
Dusty hasn't looked good since he shedded the Dodger Blue.
His 1976 season was bizarre then and it still looks bizarre now.
"My allergies have been killing me," Jones said. "I just didn't feel good. I'm still the same, just aching. You feel like you're sore, like you've been hit by a car."
Boo!
Well you want to talk about bad luck, we have it. Poor Kuo (Gou). Whatever.