Either way, hopefully he can keep it up.

BTW, when did Brian the Falken Cyborg start throwing 96mph gas?....HUH?!?!?

Chan Ho Park has one of the best winning % at Dodger Stadium in HISTORY That kind of jumps out at you, when Vinnie mentioned it. I can't wait till tomorrow at 9am to watch the recap of the '88 series.

Park was great, Falkenborg looks FAR better than Proctor, Broxton was an absolute beast (even hit 100 MPH), and Saito looked like his old self.

I was at that game I think... if the hit went thru the middle of Short & 3rd (LF) then that's the game I was at.

Lasorda use to use him a lot from what I remember.

The game was against San Francisco.

Speaking of pitchers pinch hitting, it was kid of weird how Vin barely acknowledged the strange event of Stults pinch hitting when there were position players still left on the bench. I thought it was cool that Torre did that; too bad he struck out.

2 - I hadn't forgotten that start. I was noting that with the most recent two starts, he was dominating.

One thing we do learn from the stories is that Dylan Hernandez doesn't know the definition of suicide squeeze.

In Diamond Leung's blog he says the bunt was La Roche's call.

I only have the MLB package not Fox, what did Ned say of note?

Nomar return = Sweeney DFA
Furcal return = Maza optioned

A DFA is necessary to activate Nomar.

I was also a non-believer, and didn't see the game tonight, but I'm not sure Chan-Ho has been throwing mid(upper?)-90's the last few years.... so maybe it's real. Amazing command with the curveball also lately.

My hunch is that its probably Sweeney, though you could see DeWitt or LaRoche being sent back too unless you plan to carry 3 thirdbaseman.

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Torre spent pre-game going over one play the previous day when James Loney made a diving stop at first base to record an out, but didn't need to do so since a shift was on and three infielders were overloaded on the right side of the infield.

"It's James," Torre sighed.
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That's been Loney's main defensive problem all year -- ranging too far to his right on balls he should let the second baseman get, leaving nobody to cover first. But I guess he learned his lesson because the exact situation came up tonight (on Kent's diving play) and Loney ran straight to the bag. Ordinarily he would have gone after that ball, which would have resulted in the play getting screwed up.

In 1994, when I was in 9th grade and I was beginning my JV baseball career, that's when Chan Ho began his career with the Dodgers. And since then, I've been following his career pretty closely.

Since he's probably eating Korean food every day, he's probably added a good 2-3 mph on his fastball. Good for you, Chan Ho....

Good show.

But here's somewhere else to give the balance of your checking account, if you're so inclined:

NPUT

I took some pictures of Tiger Stadium. It's still there, just rusting away. Along with old Boston Garden, it's one of the two venues I wish I could've seen a game at before it closed. I'm told that it's finally going to be demolished later this year, which is a shame. It would've been nice if they had kept the stadium operating for exhibitions and things like that.