What I see are parallels to "real life." Those of us past 45 are often told while hunting for employment that we're "overqualified," usually code for "too expensive when we can find a 25-year-old to do the same work for half the salary."

I would hope that Glanville never has to work another day in his life. Early retirement isn't such a bad thing.

Everyone who makes it to big league camp was a baseball legend at some point in his life. It was big fish from big and small ponds thrust into the biggest pond of their lives, most of us just trying to find some plankton of an opportunity in the last slot of a 25-man team.

I had sparkling college All-America and first-round draft pick credentials, but I found out pretty quickly that I didn't have any idea how to approach a major league curve ball.

That would be a really hard thing to swallow.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN4O32105020080424

And to think, I was reading Andrew back when he was at DFP. He's all grows up now! :)

They're not on Fox nationally tomorrow right? That's usually a guaranteed loss, so that's one thing in our favor right there.

Helton didn't believe him and told him to get out of his flat, but Park wouldn't leave until Helton agreed to meet him on that future date.

If you see blood coming out of Park's nose this weekend, don't say I didn't warn you.

.333 on curveballs
.364 on sliders
.500 on changeups
.500 on splitters
.103 on fastballs

http://baseball.bornbybits.com/2008/batters/Matt_Kemp.html

Andruw Jones, incidentally, is batting .000 on curveballs, .000 on sliders, and .212 on fastballs.

Todd Helton - "Your fastball is mine, Chan Ho. It always was. It will be again"
Chan Ho Park - "But you'll never hit it."
Todd Helton - "I suppose the game is on for the both of us."
Chan Ho Park - "I suppose it is. Sleep tight, Todd."

Cue creepy music

"Who's Jack Elam?"
"We could do it cheaper if we got Jack Elam."
"Get me Jack Elam!"
"Get me a Jack Elam type!"
"Who's Jack Elam?"

http://tinyurl.com/5o3wnp

I would probably watch a "Beyond the Glory" type documentary of Troy.

My favorite palindrome of all-time is "Lisa Bonet ate no basil."

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So, when does this reach the "restraining order" phase ?

It would be awesome if Beimel would do a youtube video pretending to be Troy

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tsahZaLHjSo

I thought it was a great episode, too.

Ooops! Sorry! Forget I said anything.

35 That Beimel video is hilarious, seems like he was having a good time with the whole idea.

No problem. That is why I kept my comment as a general statement.

I am shocked that a NBA player would partake in the Yoda.

That is a great video and the comments are funny. Joe apparently addresses Troy in the comments. I gotta say, i don't know if I would recognize Joe on the street...he looks like a rock star.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/April_25

I like the Buckner one on this list.

Thats actually what i expected with Kemp. His big problem this year is his tardiness on fastballs. Often he swings through them, and he hasnt made solid contact all year. Does anyone remember the last time he pulled a fastball, or even made solid contact against one? People make way too big of a deal about his hitting of breaking pitches, as he usually does hammer the "hangers", which is what good hitters do. If he can hit good fastballs like he did last year and still hit the breaking ball, he'll be a handful.

The Dodgers then traveled to Colorado for a 4-game set with the Rockies, and would face them (and lose to them) seven times over the next 10 days. Of course, the Rockies' ascension into the playoffs, and ultimately the World Series, seemed to come at the direct and almost sole expense of the Dodgers (although the Padres might share some grief).

Tonight begins the cleansing process, a payback of sorts for 2007.

And what the hell, why not also throw the angst of Larry Walker owning one of Mike Piazza's two MVP awards (1997) into the mix.

Also, purple is predominately featured in the Rockies' uniforms. Barney the dinosaur is purple. Need I say more?

Furcal, SS
Jones, CF
Garciaparra, 3B
Kent, 2B
Loney, 1B
Martin, C
Ethier, RF
Pierre, LF
Kuroda, P

So it goes...

Repetition watch is on! We should try to guess the date of the first repeat lineup. I'll go with July 23.

If you put ellipses at the end of a sentence, it would finish the sentence `and so on, and so on...'. That always cracked me up.

For those scoring at home, we beat Pittsburgh on the Golden God's walk-off grand slam.

"Folks in his own clubhouse are starting to question how much Andruw Jones (.159, 25 K's in 69 at-bats) has left, not a good sign at all."

The Bobble-Head.

Furcal
Martin
Kemp
Kent
Ethier
LaRoche
Loney
Jones

Absolutely sic. He went on first out of the 3 tour acts and it was nice because it wasn't that crowded yet. I was on the KW marketing team so I had access to basically anywhere (sans dressing rooms) in the arena. I was mostly up close, in front of the first row most of the time.

When Kanye went on, security tried to hold everyone back but they broke through and everyone on the floor smushed up as close as they can to the stage.

PS Kanye is the most conceited artist in the business right now. His set was hot, but it was so cheesy. He was traveling through the universe trying to find the biggest star, the star that will shine forever and last the longest, yada yada yada.

You can guess who/what that "star" was.

OF playing time distribution thus far:

Plate Apps
Ethier 91
Jones 84
Kemp 69
Pierre 46

Innings
Ethier 180
Jones 176
Kemp 130
Pierre 81

Starts (including tonight)
Ethier 22
Jones 21
Kemp 14
Pierre 12

...and the best.

The Giants have used 9.

3-0 Phils, top 3rd.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3368114

That sounds like something Gob Bluth would do. How can he perform that storyline and not be laughed at by his friends?

Yes, I know. The friends don't laugh because they like the lifestyle.

http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2008/04/times_sports_gets_serious.php

Also interesting is the fact the Times writers are still getting raises!

Jayson Werths broken wrist is another reason why Depo is no longer with us. That was a brilliant stroke in 2004 and it is good to see Jayson finally healthy again for a sustained period. When Ned was lamenting we had no outfielders back in Nov 2006, he forgot to count on Werth. I understand because of the wrist injury but man it is tough to take seeing him play so well for the Phillies while he subs for Depo's folly.

On the otherhand, since Colorado is starting lefties the next two games, Mr. Kemp should play in those games.

I can't believe so many people can get rich by copying old songs.

I'm not an Insider.

I believe Tim Sexton is pitching tonight for Inland Empire.

I'm off to old ballgame to see Hiroki Kuroda for the first time. I have seen Penny twice, Lowe once, Chad once and Kuo once so far.

Of course, one of the great things about DT is that those figures do not apply here.

The Jax game will be fun to follow, too.

I'm off for the eve, will catch the game in the archives late, so... good luck, Dodgers!