I also have a vague recollection of attending one of those cast-of-Happy-Days vs. crew-of-some-radio-station games at the Stadium back in the 70s. The Fonz pitched. Shortly thereafter, I saw the Fonz narrate Peter and the Wolf at the Hollywood Bowl. Ah, the 70s.

If you guys go to the game afterwards, you can walk in and not worry about paying for parking.

The Hollywood Stars game really lost its luster over this decade.

First of all, switching to softball: not cool. C'mon let's use the whole diamond and the whole outfield. People used to play this game like it was the world series. Sinatra used to bat cleanup!

Second, it's too bad we can't get better stars to participate. I mentioned this year's crop is pretty decent but we had some major B-listers in previous years.

Even with the lost luster, the game is a lot of fun!

I should say "still a lot of fun"

Garry Marshall swinging a bat and running the bases? More power to him!

one of them (Pinche Red) is a dead pull hitter plays pretty good 2nd base & hits rockets.

The other is Gil he can MASH!! pure power & get this he plays short stop & has some really soft hands.

They will be there & I'll definitely be there as well (I'll leave my competitive chip & home Jon I promise) all for fun, I'm just wondering if we're gonna play co-ed or what.

Beginning today, DirecTV is changing the FSN Prime Ticket and FSN West channel numbers. FSN Prime ticket will move from 653 to 694 and FSN West will be switched from 652 to 692. The change is only applicable to DirecTV customers and does not affect any other satellite or cable operators.

Luckily, he can't come off the 60-Day DL for another week anyway.

Nomar Garciaparra won't play tonight after experiencing more issues with his strained left calf upon waking up this morning. He likely won't play again until Friday, and trainer Stan Conte was unsure how this would affect his planned activation next week. "It just didn't feel right," Manager Joe Torre said.

And a few others I wouldn't mind seeing beaned with a softball, but that's neither here nor there.

oh o.k...

so is it gonna be softball or wiffleball? I'm cool with either or.

J. Votto 1b
J. Cabrera ss
J. Bruce rf
B. Phillips 2b
A. Dunn lf
E. Encarnacion 3b
C. Patterson cf
D. Ross c
B. Arroyo p

I think the strangest question Simers asked Friday night was about Kareem's anger. Wasn't it over 20 years ago that Kareem was angry? He seems well adjusted compared to Simers.

B-R provided the data, so if this is incorrect, let me know.

by the way, my co-worker friend is going to NY & will probably be posting over at Bronx Banter he wants to ask what to expect when he goes to Yankee Stadium.

he asked me earlier today if I new of any NY Yankees blogs so I directed him to Bronx Banter.

On saturday, all the dodgers minus kent,kemp, had the high socks.

Also, I would say expect to pay 3 times as much money as you ever paid to go to a game.

But if you love baseball history, you do need to go to House that Ruth Built.

58 - Don't forget he also inspired the Renaissance and inspired the Dutch national soccer team.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox

And Kemp is lucky to be safe on that steal.

On Kemp's steal was it a bad call or a missed tag?

I just noticed that DeWitt's OPS for June is under .500, how bad does he have to get before Torre gives LaRoche a shot?

Whats that from?

Ha, I agree...retarded rumor.

hehehe.

when he is on.

Honestly, that was one of Loney's best swings all year. Absolute bomb.

I hope.

Hiroki Kuroda's MRI results won't be announced until later on tonight, but if he can't go the Dodgers are considering calling up James McDonald from Class AA Jacksonville to make his major league debut.

"considering" doesn't really carry much weight, more wait-and-see.

Ray has yet to sign, and while he has reportedly decided on playing, the Dodgers want to watch him play a little bit up until the deadline to sign to evaluate him better. Cox is going to be a tough sign, and I seem to recall getting the feeling after asking about him back then they're more taking a flier on him. Other signing discussions to watch are with Christopher Joyce, Nathan Eovaldi and Daniel Coulombe. International signings was going to wait until closer to the deadline, but if I don't cover your questions in the paper around that time, I'll drop you an e-mail.

No, there was nothing sexual about that question at all...sickies.

But he is very good.

I am pretty sure that if you emailed Tony Jackson, he would get back to you too.

Zach Cox seems like a flier especially since he can be draft eligible in 2 years.

http://www.meadowparty.com/blog/?p=254

I had no idea he was a a cook and food critic too.

A little surprised Arroyo (R) [and Dusty] didn't pitch around a hot Loney (L) to keep to a struggling Kemp (R).

[conjecture Logikreder's]

I couldn't make this stuff up.

Chad Ford has him going to the Knicks, Eric Gordon to the Clippers.

Do the Clippers extend Livingston or risk an unrestricted free agent next year?

Hopefully Kuroda can pitch on Saturday; if not I'd presume it would be Park anyway.

Rookies.

Still, 2 RBIs is nice.

Pierre's had a good day with the bat, no doubt, he was also robbed of another hit on that liner that Bruce dove for.

But, 192 yeah, their love of Pierre is a bit much. Keep in mind they had to watch Patterson bat lead off a great deal of this year so Pierre does look particularly great in comparison.

Then my thrilling five day vacation begins!

Seems like these stories are more common these days.

Wait never mind. He's "too valuable in his current role&trade"

Great, and now the Reds' announcer just said the same thing so I sound like a copycat. Well, I'm leaving it in there.

And now Kuo gives up a hit, so I've jinxed him before even posting this.

Listening to Reuss and Monday is worse than a 2-batters-too-slow Gameday. I don't need two color commentators!

An MRI on the right shoulder of Hiroki Kuroda showed tendinitis and an impingement. Kuroda received a cortisone injection and will not be able to resume throwing on Saturday, the day that he had been scheduled to start. More after the game...

He's at 40 pitches now, and could conceivably pitch Saturday if needed.

Wow, great play by Phillips.

Brandon Phillips - wow.

If Kuroda/Penny are on the shelf:

The starting staff could be:

Billingley
Kershaw
Lowe
McDonald
Stults

I guess Twingy McShoulderton could pitch, but I doubt it.

That was indeed an incredible play by Phillips.

What were Webgems called before ESPN coined that term? Nice plays?

Cheap Seats.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3451412

Which doesn't mean I don't miss Raffy something fierce.

Thursday - Stults
Friday - Kershaw
Saturday - ?
Sunday - Billingsley
Tuesday - Lowe
Wednesday Stults
Thursday - Kershaw
Friday - Billingsley
Saturday - ?
Sunday - Lowe

Maybe they pull him so he can go Saturday.

That might be the closest I've ever gotten to a prosthetic limb. I discovered I forgot it was there very quickly.

279 CY HR = 5-0 AZ

1) Pitch Park/Kuo or Kuo/Park on Saturday; keep regular rotation
2) Call up McDonald. Pitch Chad on 3 days Sat; pitch Lowe on 3 days Sun, with McDonald pitching Tuesday. Highly unlikely.

great win, I'm glad the bats were alive and kickin' again, I'm hoping we can give Stults some good run support early tomorrow

Another idea which I would approve of is DFA'ing Mario Alvarez, adding RHP Jesus Castillo to the 40-man roster, and then calling up Castillo and giving him Saturday's start. He pitched 6 innings on Monday. He has a better ERA than McDonald for Jacksonville this year. Not as many K's, but most other numbers are similar to McDonald's.

"If Kuroda does need to go on the DL, a reliever will be called up to take his place."

We're so lucky the D'backs haven't run away with it already!

Let me know if you received my e-mail. I might have made a mistake with your e-mail address.

Chan Ho Park...has been unavailable to pitch out of the bullpen for the past two days after feeling a pinch in the back of his shoulder during his previous outing. He feels better, but still feels a little something when throwing his slider. For what it's worth, Park says he's available to pitch.

Then he went out on Sunday and got hammered by the Tigers. Is he actually healthy enough himself to start on Saturday?

Tron Tron has been stretched out lately (last two appearances: 3 IP & 3.1 IP) and has pitched REALLY well (1 ER on 3 hits combined).

"Impingement", I would put much closer to bad news on the spectrum. It's not worst case scenario "we have to amputate" but it indicates that something is not where it is suppose to be and that surgery may be required.

Thursday - Eric Stults
Friday - Clayton Kershaw
Saturday - Chan Ho Park
Sunday - Chad Billingsley
Offday
Tuesday - Derek Lowe
Wednesday - Eric Stults
Thursday - Clayton Kershaw
Friday - Park/Billingsley
Saturday - Billingsley/?
Sunday - Derek Lowe

If they DL Kuroda, he would be available on Saturday June 28th so his spot would only be skipped once. Penny is eligible to come back on June 30th.

Lineup for Thursday

Pierre LF
DeWitt 3B
Loney 1B
Kemp CF
Ethier RF
Young 2B
Berroa SS
Ardoin C
Stults P

This is not a coincidence. I come back to these boards with all the subtlety of William Wallace tomorrow and that's when the Dodgers will start streaking.

https://bronxbanter.baseballtoaster.com/archives/1024263.html

Pierre LF
DeWitt 3B
Ethier RF
Kemp CF
Loney 1B
LaRoche 2B
Berroa SS
Ardoin C
Stults P

Although I could advocate Torre going the LaRussa route and batting Stults eighth. Stults has an 138 OPS+ in 17 career at bats.

"Nomar Garciaparra hit a two-run home run and played four innings at shortstop for triple-A Las Vegas in the first game of his minor league rehab assignment Tuesday night but woke up Wednesday with discomfort in the strained right calf that landed him on the 60-day disabled list.

Garciaparra didn't play Wednesday and is scheduled to rest today. Dodgers trainer Stan Conte said Garciaparra told him that he should be ready to resume playing Friday."

lf- pierre
3b- dewitt
1b- loney
c- martin
cf- kemp
rf- ethier
2b- young
ss- berroa

seriously, how many runs defensively would laroche cost us playing SS, becuase i don't care how bad he is defensively i'm getting so sick of the SS circus out there.

My prediction about Nomar's next AB in the majors will be the Friday 4th of July weekend when the Dodgers open up against the Giantsin SF, he will be active for a week, but probably get injured/reinjured shortly before the All Star Break. He will not be ready to return until August 1!

Furcal who has been scheduled to come back to the Dodger lineup, since the middle of May will be ready to return to the line-up now immediately after the All Star Break, but the Dodgers in an effort to protect his back will have him play on only Sunday's and the alternate Tuesday!

I used to take dates to that park in high school... Actually, if people didn't mind the drive, it would be a great place to play, typically not a lot of people there and the softball field is normally free.

I would also suggest the softball fields near the aquatic center down by the rose bowl. There are two fields, lots of grass, trees behind the fields with picnic benches and charcoal grilling stations.

I don't think I can wait half a year for the Lakers' Revenge-Seeking Tour.

335 Sounds about right!

No line-up yet?
Although LaRoche in it would be lovely, again I wouldn't be surprised if he's not playing vs a RHP. But I'd be happy to be wrong.

Btw, I am betting that LaRoche starts at least once in the Indians series.

http://tinyurl.com/5c9297

The lovable, people person JP: "We've done our homework on guys like Adam Dunn and there's a reason why we don't want Adam Dunn. I don't want to get into specifics."

Dunn's response: "I really don't care what the clown had to say. You can use the word clown. I don't know why anyone would go out their way to discredit a player."

They did have a scout at the game last night. I gues he wasn't looking at Kent either.