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Past faves:
Sutton
Allen
Osteen
Messersmith
Smith

You never saw Allen play did you? I mean not being dragged to a game when you were a baby but actually cognizant enough to cheer for him? He hit some awesome shots between the flag poles.

2-2 tonite, Double, HR - .424 to date

With a 116-298 (.389) finish he would end up at 177-442 (.40045) with the requisite 502 pa.

However, I had a John Bateman card too.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1971/B06020LAN1971.htm

The Phillies got Tim McCarver (but not Curt Flood) in the Allen deal.

The Cardinals got Stinson from the Dodgers.

The Braves got Jim Essian.

The Phillies got Essian in a deal also. Actually it was sort of the same deal.

I would suggest at least 500 PAs.

Interesting.

It helped that the Dodgers didn't need him around.

I say 301 PAs.

31 - of course, I'm just wondering when we have enough of the macro stats to make a judgment.

And with the walk it seems to me that pitchers have recently been trying to work DeWitt away.

Current Dodgers
1) Russell Martin - 361 pts (94 total votes; 32-30-20-9-3)
2) Matt Kemp - 343 pts (88 total votes; 36-23-16-10-3)
3) James Loney - 240 pts (78 total votes; 9-22-23-14-10)
4) Takashi Saito - 106 pts (40 total votes; 5-7-8-9-11)
5) Chad Billingsley - 99 pts (42 total votes; 4-2-10-15-11)

All-Time Dodgers
1) Mike Piazza - 173 pts (60 total votes; 10-11-11-18-10)
2) Orel Hershiser - 155.5 pts (47.5 total votes; 14-8-11-6-8.5)
3) Sandy Koufax - 127 pts (29 total votes; 18-7-2-1-1)
4) Fernando Valenzuela - 91 pts (31 total votes; 3-9-9-3-7)
5) Jackie Robinson - 65 pts (16 total votes; 7-6-1-1-1)

Piazza was the only person in either poll to receive 10 votes in all 5 spots.

I'll email the final results to Jon shortly, if he wants to post them as a table. (BH, Garvey was 8th!)

Sigh, I miss Vin.

But I guess I needed to start a Vote for Pedro campaign much earlier.

At least something went right that inning.

All time Dodgers:
Sandy Koufax
Orel Hershiser
Don Drysdale
Jackie Robinson
Kirk Gibson

Pierre's speed giveth and Pierre's speed taketh away.

not really. Lowe has been hit hard all day. Fielder hit a shot, Parra hit a shot, Kendall's ball was hit hard. Most of the outs have been hit hard as well. Just bad location another night from a Dodger starter.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/free-ethier/

If anyone has any suggestions for ways to tweak the explanatory text there let me know! Sign and pass it on.

Y'all gotta read that.

His line for those 4 games: .563/.588/.625
For the rest of the season: .218/.291/.256

http://baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4914

You can read the relevant excerpt here:

http://tinyurl.com/4wfnff

But long story short, back problems were part of the Furcal portfolio before he played a single game in a Dodgers uniform.

Blake DeWitt is a terrible player. He needs to be traded for a pair of mediocre middle relievers.

Way to go, rook.

Basically, we can look at Pierre in toto and not be impressed.

So did Andy's back. And wrist. And toe.

Including Parra's RBI single tonight, opposing pitchers are hitting .107/.171/.107 with 6 RBI in 90 PA (1 RBI every 15 PA) against the Dodgers this season.

NL pitchers as a group are hitting .150/.189/.194 with one RBI every 19 PA. So we don't have it bad at all.

Boy, an interview with the Brewers bullpen coach, gives me goosebumps.

Its not to the level of Marlon Anderson, but wow.

2nd highest OPS on the team.

I CAN HAZ BUNTZ NOW?

But I was envisioning him leaving the yard.

Maybe the next at bat.

136 Right now, contact and knowing the strike zone is a positive step.

Hah. Y'all are too funny with your signature comments and names.

Unfortunately, the feeling will pass.

Or did Bubba Crosby and Glenn Davis ruin it for everyone?

Wow.

Okay, where's that bring Andy up to play 2nd base petition, fanerman?

C'mon offense -- wake up!

159 Right, the offense needs to make the Brewers pay for that.

Yeah, I haven't quite been understanding those.

Now's the time for a 3-run homer.

But, apparently, not much of a fielder...

From JP?

Jack Black confirms: Twins for Jolie, Pitt

How fortunate can we be right now!!

Jack Black is now their publicist? Is there anything that man can't do?

Of course, that doesn't explain why John Sterling is alive.

Are the White Sox small market?

My pasta is a little overcooked now because of this inning, wouldn't you agree?

No, no, no. Even the worst players (given enough opportunities) will get a "clutch" hit eventually. That doesn't make up for being terrible the rest of the time.

Just wanted to mention that.

I forget, did you have Cody Ross as one of your top five?

I wanted to keep him, too.

It was ripped so hard it hurt the pitcher.

(covering my ears)

Speed, power, youth for pennies on the dollar.

Current
1) Martin
2) Kemp
3) Loney
4) Saito
5) Billingsley
6) Ethier
7) Furcal
8) Broxton
9) LaRoche
10) Kuo
11) Kent
12) DeWitt
13) Penny (only 4 3rd place votes)
14) Nomar
15) Pee Wee
16t) Andruw, Beimel, Repko (2 pts each)
19t) Hu, Wade, Maza (1 pt each)

All-Time
1) Piazza
2) Hershiser
3) Koufax
4) Valenzuela
5) Robinson
6) Guerrero
7) Gibson
8) Garvey
9) Gagne
10) Cey (beat next guy by one point...)
11) Beltre
12) Scioscia
13) Nomo
14) Smith
15) Drysdale
16) Mondesi
17) Green
18) Martin (highest active player)
19) Ramon
20) Sax
21) Baker
22) Welch
23) Snider
24) Bradley
25) Karros

Funny, I saw it first with the sound off as well.

I hear there has been an amber alert for Andruw's bat since Opening Day 2007 ...

Either I'm turning into Charlie Steiner, or the Dodgers just missed hitting a couple.

Congratulations to Reds rookie Paul Janish with a GWRBI in his second major league plate appearance.

I thought the grab-eye stat was banished to the cornfields years ago.

Yay, it's up to Pierre again.

{Cries quietly to self}

and I'm very happy that Pierre just drove in two runs and we have the lead.

So who plays short? It seems to me that Martin is the best option.

Ethier will be DFA'd with extreme prejudice now.

Hey, maybe Pierre will impress so much here that a team in need for an OF watching this game will make a call to the Dodgers.

Isn't that why Maza was called up?

I'm enjoying this comeback.

And with Sheets going tomorrow, this would be a big win.

So do we know if Saito is available, or is he still under the weather?

Juan And Druw are responsible for 3 RBI's in the 9th inning to give us a lead Ha..

Try the New York Times crossword on a Saturday.

Also hoping he doesn't start looking at Ethier as his go-to pinch hitter.

Brewers fans, meet a real closer, real closer meet Brewers fans.

Say, did I ever tell you about my Uncle Fred?

And the Bison will probably sit, alas, book it.

And now, I've got to book it to the Lakers game.

http://tinyurl.com/5bv3mw

Thanks to the Brew Crew defense for helping to make it happen.