Alright, go Kemp.

Woot-woot!

4-1 Braves with only one out & a man on 2nd.

a little up & away for Molina is just what the doctor ordered for him [Molina]

he just came back!! give 'em at least a few innings before judign 'em will 'ya.

the Brewers are putting a lot of miles on our future ace...

I type s l o w.

uh oh.

Ball's up out over the plate - film at 11

Alright Ardoin! Good for you!

Ardoin dinger.

Kuo may bat on nights that he will not throw

From: Humma

To: This Inning

Re: Approval

I find your ideas fascinating and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Feels good!

Actually, its only about 3.53 worse than the Andruw Jones contract in terms of money.

36 * 3.53 = 127.08

Actually, its only about 3.53 worse than the Andruw Jones contract in terms of money.

36 * 3.53 = 127.08

Old Man!

5-1 Braves Top 5.

"In come Penny.......In comes Kemp.....Here comes Martin to score!"

Nobody does it better.

7-1 Bravos de Atlanta.

"Guess what?! I've got a fever, and the only prescription... is more cowbell!"

Not Polish.

The Dude Abides is full of wisdom.

Sorry, USC fans.

Apparently, he's only day-to-day. How you dislocate your knee and only be day-to-day is beyond me.

As you know, Olson did not practice so most of the reps went to Craft and Prince (ahead of Forcier, Crissman and Rasshan)

Could not get a gauge on the freshmen running backs, but Bell looks fit.

UCLA does have some talent on the outside, Marcus and Dominique had some nice grabs, Embree was again grabbing balls he could get to but Moutra, Rosario and Jerry Johnson are going to be really good. Austin was out today.

No report on O-line play and really even the QB play, I think they'll just have to say how the next few weeks go.

On the defensive side of the ball, spent time watching the receivors go against the DBs, Dye was getting turned around quite a bit and Viney also had some misplays but Moore looks like a player a saftey and eventually I think it will be fine but expect some issues early on.

I'll be there Sunday but that might be it for me for fall camp.

Also Logan Paulson popped another short pass over the middle for what would have been a big gainer.

I will say this too, while they are not doing anything particularly different, there is some misdirection and Craft had a real nice play action pass play where he hit Embree on a nice comeback route.

Yikes, this team is going on a HR tear lately. Didn't we go like a month without hitting a homer?

The Reds hired Bill Bavasi. Cross him off of any GM list.

This time it's for real!

I checked on Wikipedia.

Stanford did not have the better season, but they were the better team that day. We win the game with a backup quarterback making his first start, and I'm supposed to write it off because of a USC coaching decision? I don't think so!

I'm also not not licking toads.

UCLA lost to Notre Dame last year! =P

Fight On!

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=33

CW is good for 90-91mph.

Live streaming events going on right now.

MSNBC, CNBC and USA start coverage at 11 p.m PST. Those with HD can watch on Universal HD as well.

I happen to like Tesch personally but that night was painful. It was the last night I spent any time watching the Olympics. Anybody know what year I'm talking about? I don't.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/

They have done this for as long as I can remember and I don't anticipate that changing any year soon.

BUT I WANNA WATCH IT NOW!

Here is the offical '84 Olympic mascot [ http://tinyurl.com/69ckad ]

It's just that not many guys do that. They talk about lord knows what; anything but the game. Charlie Steiner, you're a heckuva guy. But I'm speaking to you, sir.

The countries were arranged by the number of strokes it takes to make the initial character in the name of the country.

: )

I did see some of the calligraphy part and that was cool.

In terms of lighting the torch, though, my fave has always been the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, with the ski jump into the stadium.

http://tinyurl.com/5hjbc6

292 I don't think they have more than 11-13 at bats so that is not too many is it.

we should push the 3 inning save movement.

it's a very long street but I lived near rowan & brooklyn.

best days of my life & I didn't even know it, why bro?

You were saying?

St. Luis pharmacy!! I know exactly were that's at bro, wow, small world!!

haha oh man, lol!!

Okay, no.

Okay, no.

The Mitch Mustain Marching and Chowder Society is calling its first meeting for tomorrow at the steps of the Natural History Museum.

Well, I guess that fits our image.

#4 is a keeper.

He looks drunk in those pics. I can't blame him.

http://tinyurl.com/5ec7lb

Jordan won on % as far as I'm concerned.

I will be in L.A. for the Colorado series and am thinking about taking the trolley. Since I am traveling alone, safety is a big concern. Therefore, I am wondering if anyone could tell me how safe (or dangerous) Union Station and the surrounding area is after dark.

Thanks in advance.

A successful sort-of-Dodger-Thoughts-North gathering tonight. The only nervous moments happened in the first inning, when Penny looked rusty, and the 9th inning, for about two minutes, but other than that, it was just the kind of rather boring game I don't mind seeing in person.

Ardoin!
The Beard!

Giants fans muttering to themselves and leaving early! A modest "Beat LA" chant that is drowned out by a girl yelling "Let's Go Dodgers!"

High fives with Vishal, Icaros, Louis and Jacob!

Broxton sending the few Giants fans left home sad!

A drunken nutcase in the bathroom scared a few of us Dodger fan. Nothing like feeling vulnerable when you are peeing.

But other than that, a fun night at the Phone Booth!

Moldova has a very hot athlete.

I remember reading somewhere on DT about parking lots near Union Station but can't dig that info out. Any suggestions?

The parking is located across the street at "parking lots" in the gas station or at the post office for I believe $7.00.

>>Zito fell into a lot of deep counts and hurt himself with high changeups to Kent and Angel Berroa, whose RBI double capped the rally. However, Zito believes other changeups called balls by home-plate umpire Larry Vanover hurt his cause.

"I thought some calls were missed tonight, which was unfortunate," Zito said. "These guys (the umps) are good, but there were a handful of changeups I thought were in the zone. That changes the at-bats. That part is frustrating, but I've got to make better pitches with my changeup.<<

(I actually thought there were a few questionable ball calls for both pitchers, or pitchers of both teams tonight, so he may be right, but it balanced out, and still, Barry... shaddup.)

Yet, every A's fan I know loves to ridicule him.

421 I am not a mate. Maybe that's why the drunk fans left me alone. (Should I feel sad about this?)

Thank you guys for answering the questions. Please continue with your fashion talk and Olympic discussions. Now I'll go find a different forum to talk about all the hunks in Beijing.

I was only kidding about Dodger Stadium, you should have no problem as long as you wear Dodger colors and don't pop the kids beach balls.

And I use mate pretty unilateraly across the sexes. No offense.

Manny agrees to buy each child in the cancer ward (44) a Manny dreadlock skull cap ($25 each) and will donate $1000 per home run and $300 per RBI (or at least $1300 per homerun) to the UCLA Children's hospital.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-simers9-2008aug09,0,2148742.column

437 Not a lot of choice for quality football in Essex. The best of the bunch is League One side Colchester. City are always on the look out for a few good fans to torture endlessly. :)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26104003/

Plaschke's adventures in a restaurant in Beijing. Rather grotesque.

440 After living in the States for years, Yao's probably used to that already. Most Chinese I know are not comfortable being called by given name alone. Sounds too intimate for them. They usually use the full name. Some Chinese who live here might actually prefer to be called by surname with or without appellation than by given name if they had to choose between the two.

Taiwanese, on the other hand, are much more used to calling people of their age or younger by their given name. My Chinese friends told me that it makes us sound "American." Full name can sound too cold to us. When addressing older people and people of higher social status, we do use appellations/titles and generally avoid using given name alone. But most of us wouldn't object foreigners calling us by surname since it's usually easier that way. (Taiwanese tend to have two character given names like "Chin-lung" or "Hong Chih" instead of single character names like "Ming.") The Chinese-speaking Singaporean and Hong Konger might also have different preferences. It's pretty confusing even for a native speaker. I am not surprised that the reporter would have trouble figuring it out.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/09/bernie.mac/index.html

Tim Brown has a new piece out on Manny and the Red Sox. A good read.