He has a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee.

Sounds like a serious injury, especially with a guy like Nomar.

I was at the game and haven't seen any of the replays, was Either's trap a catch? His body language indicated to me that he thought he made a catch.

Also, was that Torre's 1st ejection as a Dodger? It was really lackluster. Seemed to be just for show. Not that I need a Lou Pinella type outburst, but Torre seemed to have to really work at getting thrown out. Someone should teach him the magic words to get tossed; maybe save him some time.

Is FSN doing something at the National Sports Grill in Torrance, or did I dream that?

Last season, 11 different Dodger pitchers started.

I wouldn't say we pounded Correia. Those errors by Castillo and Vizquel got our rally kick started. Take out those plays, and he proabably has a quality start. The middle of our order went like 2-16 or something.

But I also wonder if it's not just another jab through the press from John Henry.

Maybe it's Ned's hands that are tied from trading anyone of consequence.

10 for 16 with a walk.

However, all are singles.

Pierre
Martin
Ethier
Kemp
Loney
Blake
Kent
Berroa

>>From Dan Graziano of the Newark Star-Ledger:

"The Dodgers continue to look everywhere for a shortstop, and tons of names have come up in connection with their search. They don't seem likely to land the Pirates' Jack Wilson, but they're scouring other organizations for options, having touched base with Toronto about John McDonald, the Yankees about Alberto Gonzales, the Twins about Adam Everett and even the Rangers about Michael Young, though it's unclear whether or why Young would be available."

Young is new to the discussion. The 31 year-old shortstop is hitting .298/.345/.421 in 469 plate appearances this year. His five-year, $80MM extension was signed in March of '07 but doesn't kick in until next year. Even if the Rangers would listen on Young, could the Dodgers take on such a contract?<<

Because Kent is a beteran who deserves respect, and his beteran presence is needed in the cleanup spot.

And I'm not even trying to be funny. It's just the way it is.

omg...my totally lame owner took my money away...anywayz i still heart wilson LOL u want ALR? txt me back. NC

And Hu could outhit McDonald and Everett with both eyes tied behind his back.

So he'd fit right in.

I don't think it's too much to ask for your GM be able to tell who's good and who isn't without having to acquire them first.

Never mind.

Or, maybe he'd be cheaper to acquire now!

I'm a UCSB alum too, but I have my limits.

http://tinyurl.com/5v2rl4 (SFW)

First of all, why might that be?

Second, that doesn't bode well for a guy who really needs HRs to bolster his OPS.

I'd post the Catherine Helmond picture from Brazil, but people who haven't seen it probably wouldn't like that very much.

Nomar: .953
Martin: .858
LaRoche: .840
Blake (with Cleveland): .834
Ethier: .827
Kent: .806
Kemp: .766
Loney: .764
Pierre: .720
DeWitt: .719
Berroa: .678
Jones: .609

Try to think like Lew Alcindor when the NCAA banned the slam dunk. Develop the hook shot of language, if you will.

You mean fb, gb, ld?

If so, the obvious concern with such an approach is that as a player loses power, each given type of batted ball will presumably be less likely to result in a hit. Flyballs will be caught instead of being doubles and HRs, line drives won't be moving as fast and will thus be easier to snare, and groundballs will be less likely to make it past fielders into the outfield.

Thus, it's entirely reasonable that two players (one young and strong, one old and weak) could have the exact same batted ball data, but have vastly different results.

Unlucky: Adam Dunn, Freddy Sanchez, Jeff Kent, Khalil Greene, Ryan Howard, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Francouer, Todd Helton, Ken Griffey, Joey Votto

Lucky: Lance Berkman, Fred Lewis, Matt Holliday, Ryan Braun, James Loney, Dan Uggla, Conor Jackson, Xavier Nady, Aaron Rowand, J.J. Hardy

The lucky list is actually much less extreme than the unlucky one. Only four players are exceeding their real OPS by more than .055.

Andre: Yes I did.

Ump: Oh, OK. I'll change the call.

Apparently, that wasn't enough restraint for first base umpire Greg Gibson's liking, as he took it upon himself to run Blake. The third baseman burst out of the dugout to exchange words with Gibson (who, it turns out, drop kicked him once in the minors). Joe Torre followed to take up his player's case and in the end, both found themselves watching the final frame on television.

http://sportsblogs.latimes.com/sports_baseball_dodgers/2008/07/post-8.html#more

"Delwyn Young, one of the most talkative and funniest guys on the team, will be chatting with all of you today at 2 p.m. PT. As some of you know, during the last web chat with Matt Kemp, DY was in the room and cracking jokes the whole time, so someone asked if he would chat the next time around...voila."

http://insidethedodgers.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/07/the_man_can_talk.html

I don't mean to pick on you, fanerman, but I think its pointless to root against Sweeney in the hopes that he would be benched or released. That simply won't happen; Sweeney is here until the end of the year, so why not root for him to do well?

However, if you were rooting for him to finish under .100 for purely historical reasons, I'm all for that. :)

However, if you were rooting for him to finish under .100 for purely historical reasons, I'm all for that.

I won't speak for fanerman, but I am!

I also don't believe that Sweeney has cost the team very much in terms of wins anyway, being a pinch-hitter and all, so I'm not terribly bitter.

Or say the tubes! Tubes!

Maybe the umps huddle and reconsider? Maybe another ump saw it as a clean catch? Why not try?

Curious if MLB employs same strategy as NBA - mailing video proof of blown calls to umps. Just as kind of an FYI to them.

Rob Neyer: I think he has an operation, and eventually comes back as the highest-paid LOOGY ever.

I've heard this LOOGY term here too, please explain.

Lefty
One
Out
Guy

http://tinyurl.com/639aeg

If you don't think I'm spending part of today figuring out whether or not Casey Blake will be a Type A, you're crazy.

I found this link via Nick Piecoro, the informative D-Backs beat writer for the Arizona Republic. He reported that the D-Backs expect Hudson and Lyon to be Type A and Juan Cruz to be Type B this offseason.

Yes, us.

--

Ted Stevens went to UCLA?

{violate rules 1 and 5 quietly to self}

114 I'd actually be surprised if Furcal made type B. He's being compared against third basemen and he's only had one good month in the last two years. And again, "should we offer Casey Blake arbitration" is a real question.

Dodgers interested in Manny...very interesting. This one could have some legs.

Wow.

And you killed it, metaphorically speaking.

He's only dead on the inside, as are we all.

How can we be sure they aren't talking about Manny Delcarmen?

http://www.bored.com/makecountdowns/show.php?id=139960

20th in PA
16th in BA
14th in OBP
22nd in HR
24th in RBI

I have no idea where he ranks on F% or total chances, but for sake of argument let's assume he's 20th in both.

Furcal will drop in the counting stats rankings but not by much. If we assume a drop of 10 spots in each ranking (PA, HR, RBI, chances), Furcal's score would be roughly ~59 or 60.

Last year, the lowest Type B 2B/3B/SS was Rickie Weeks, with a score of 55.952. I think Furcal will beat that score. He'll be one of the lower Type Bs, but he'll still be a Type B.

P.S. - I'm not dead

Kemp's at bat with Pierre on second was disappointing. That is one instance where Matt needs to go up there thinking about advancing the runner to third. I think Matt has improved a lot this year, but situational hitting is still not his biggest strong suit, imo.

>>The Padres plan to ask right-hander Greg Maddux one more time if he would consider a trade to a team that isn't on the west coast. Maddux holds a full no-trade clause and wants to remain in the west to stay close to his family. The Dodgers, perhaps the only team to which Maddux would approve a trade, have not shown interest.<<

Mag 5.8, centered 2 miles SW of Chino Hills.

Here's the USGS link:

http://tinyurl.com/5vh7ge