Unless there is injury, I believe Eric Stults cannot come back to the Dodgers for 10 days or 2 weeks.

Oh sweet. You upgraded to including both lineups. You're awesome Jon.

1
I'm pretty sure it's 10 days. The only exception is if there's an injury or if the minor league season ends.

1 And Sept. 1 is in 13 days.

The last time the Dodgers faced Jiminez, 6 of the 8 position players in today's lineup were also in that game.

Jeff Kent is a robot. Unfeeling. Unnatural. And doesn't drink from a sippy cup.

Ah-hah!

Regarding the previous thread, I have speculation on the record regarding Russell Martin's party life (and it's potential negative impact on his performance).

The photos of him on the town in pimp-daddy leather hats and such always rubbed me the wrong way, and I don't doubt that his off-field activities aren't helping his on-field exploits.

Jon, your Colorado line-up has both Stewart and Barmes playing 2B.

7

Worked for Mantle, Ruth, and a billion other players.

8 The Rockies must be planning to pitch the righties away and the lefties in on the hands all game long.

9 - let's not forget DiMaggio. He was married to Marilyn Monroe. Though from what I heard he preferred to stay in while she preferred to go out.

10 - nope, Tulo's (Long Beach State grad) is just so good, he can cover both short and third.

7 How much fun do you forgo in your personal life in the name of your job?

DiMaggio didn't marry Marilyn Monroe until after he quit playing.

12 - disregard the " 's" or the "is" in that post, whichever you prefer.

14 - killjoy

Yet Tulo is not good enough to bat 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. HE IS A FAILURE.

17 - until the legalize ghost runners, I'm not sure how he'd be able to do that.

7 D4P's Eleventh Commandment: Thou who squatteth behind the plate shalt not wear hats made of leather.

D4P's First Commandment:
Your manager is overpaid

D4P's Second Commandmant:
All players are overpaid

D4P's Third Commandmant:
You Shall Not Worship TV Shows Other Than "Arrested Development."

7

So what if he is going out? Everyone can't be as miserable as you.

21- Sure they can. You're just not trying hard enough.

Quitter.

21 He wants Martin to visit Boarders every day, and read Hot Rod mags all day long. Like Manny obviously.

Professional athletes should only have salad and lights out by nine.

Jiminez' last start was the 10-1 shellacking that L.A. had at the hands of the Rockies on July 22. Since then the Dodgers are 15-9 and the highest margin of loss was the 9-6 defeat to the Cardinals on Aug. 6.

13 How much fun do you forgo in your personal life in the name of your job?

Other than DT? All of it.

25 His last start against the Dodgers, or Jiminez last start for a while? He was on the DL?

25 By last start I mean the last time we faced him, of course.

25 By last start I mean the last time we faced him, of course.

25 By last start I mean the last time we faced him, of course.

Victory starting now on Versus (East Coast feed, I guess).

Someone tell Bill Simmons.

Don't ask me how that happened.

Mathis makes a huge error and the Rays have runners at second and third with nobody out. 2-1 Angels Bot 8.

Mathis is the Angels catcher of the future. Despite Mathis doing his earnest to lose the job.

Bases loaded and nobody out for the Rays.

He wants Martin to visit Boarders every day

I nearly corrected the spelling on this until I remembered what site I was on. With the West Coast bias here, I realized this was probably a surf shop and not the book store I was thinking of.

28 29 30 32

Got it. How did that happen?

28/29/30. How'd that hap- oh, never mind.

Not the best of times for young B.J Upton.

By the way, the MLB per diem is $89 per day on the road or travel days. Since the Dodgers have been at home these last 5 days, Stults should not have received a per diem.

However, he did get paid 5 days worth of the MLB minimum of $390,000 (the season is considered 172 days long, so Stults probably got paid roughly $11,337 for his services this time around).

Not the best of times for young B.J Upton

Ha! During "Journey Thoughts" the other day (yesterday?) someone predicted that we'd get around to Styx eventually.

Dude, $11,000 just to sit around for 5 days? That's well, $11,000 for what I do nowadays.

so Stults probably got paid roughly $11,337 for his services this time around

Nice (non)work if you can get it.

39
To add to that, the minimum minor league salary for someone with at least 1 day of service time is $62,500. I'm not sure what Stults's split contract has for his minor league salary, but assuming its the minimum, he would have made roughly $1,817 if he was in the minors the last 5 days. So at the very least he gained about $9,520 for his troubles.

40
That was me, but I just hope we never get to Pablo Cruise.

Stults probably got paid roughly $11,337 for his services this time around).

I hope thats enough compensation for his troubles of flying back and forth between LA and Vegas.

Awesome, two more offensive linemen got hurt for UCLA today.

+/- Tennessee winning by 15 points

46 Man, that game is a total suckers bet.

Jayson Werth home run puts the Phils ahead of the Nationals in the 8th.

Willy Aybar with a 2 run single in the 8th to put the Rays up 4-2 on Anaheim.

48
How was your trip to PNC?

49 - Even cooler is that Willie Aybar hit it over Erick Aybar's head.

http://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/ny-spwally0819,0,299120.column

Annnnnnnd, the first article(That I seen anyway) that says the Yankees were bums for letting Torre go.

51 - Willy, duh.

TJ: Maddux gets No. 36, same one he had two years ago. That was Danny Ardoin's number, and he just showed up today and had a No. 28 jersey hanging in his locker because no one had even asked him first. Even worse, it still said RAMIREZ.

I love the per diem thing. Can't expect millionaires to spend their own money on food.

PNC's a heck of a lovely park, lotta fun walking over the Clemente bridge from downtown before the game. Killer Honus Wagner statue. My cousin got us some fine seats behind the plate, Pirates won, many hot dogs were eaten, fine day all around.

Nice gimmick -- they put up an email address for people to send in pix from their camera phones during the game and then they run 'em on the video board.

Andy LaRoche had a forgettable day though, except when Duaner Sanchez IBB'd him.

His brother showed him up with a two run home run.

http://sportsblogs.latimes.com/sports_baseball_dodgers/2008/08/podcast-with-mo.html

Molly Knight did a podcast with the Kamenetzky brothers over at the L.A. Times Dodgers blog.

55
See comment 20 , 2nd commandment.

Why should the players be forced to spend money on their own for meals on the road? They are paid employees and traveling to places not of their choosing.

I've been thumbing through my Constitution to see if rich people are not allowed to ask for the same thing as poor people.

I'm still looking ....

55 Everyone at my (large) company gets their meals reimbursed when on company travel, from the millionaire executives to the lowliest peon. $89/day is not unreasonable.

59
Don't they also get some huge (free) buffet after the game, in addition to the per diem...?

Ned Coletti is a funny looking man. I'm not even trying to insult him.(Although I guess its an insult.) The guy looks like a caricature.

61 I get free catered luncheons on some out-of-town travel.

63
I'm going to get some free meals and one night's free hotel stay courtesy of the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System next week.

But I shall refuse them as a matter of principle.

I've been eating for free most of the last month.

65
You are a horrible human being.

54 Now, now, you left out the next sentence of that TJ post:

"It's all good," Ardoin said. "I wasn't attached to (36)."

If this were about 58 years ago, Joseph McCarthy would've ground up D4P's bones and flesh into a nice red paste, which the Dodgers could've then put on their post-game crackers and bread.

Chazz Palmentieri is getting up there.

Why is it worse to structure compensation this way, than to put it all into salary?

I think it's clear that D4P lost China. I saw him hanging out with Owen Lattimore.

Tonight's lineup was a no-brainer. It's Wednesday and Thursday's lineups that I'll be waiting to see. Will Juan Pierre get a start? Will Maddux pitch on Thursday and thereby bypass Philly?

Even the Padre announcers right now are talking about how the Pads are paying a chunk of Maddux's deal - "to ensure getting better prospects."

Maddux interview on FSN Prime.

Banks with back to back walks to start the game for the Pads in Phx.

150:1 and one of the top records in baseball. Not bad.
vr, Xei

Maddux will start Friday, I assume Kershaw will pitch on five days rest Saturday afternoon.

1-0 D'Backs. Bloop RBI single.

Mathis is teh suck.

Seriously, without looking, I'm pretty sure he holds the ML lead in errors behind the dish now, and this from a guy whose defense is supposed to carry the day. I don't know who the Angels' catching coach/coordinator is, but Mathis just looks awful out there lately. The dropoff between what the team might get from Napoli and what they are getting from Mathis is pretty extreme.

67 Isn't Maddux supposed to give Ardoin a Rolex or something for the number off his back?

Bloops singles will drive a person to drink.

Banks just walked his 3rd Dback in the 1st inning. Bases loaded, 1 out, 1-0 Zona.

81 road games times $89 per diem is $7,209.

Imagine being told you'll get paid $10 million a year and responding with a complaint about having to spend $7,209 of it on food. What are you supposed to be spending it on? Leather hats?

2-0 Arizona.

Uh, sac fly to shallow right. 2-0 D'Backs.

So to review, 4 walks for Banks (1 IBB), a bloop single and a sac fly.

65 In college, I managed to go 22 days without having to purchase any food/drinks. They give out free food for the strangest events.

Padres just needs to clone Peavy 4 times, and hope for the best.

Ok, time to focus on the Dodger game. Nothing to see in Arizona.

Padres just needs to clone Peavy 4 times, and hope for the best.

83 Lots and lots of tips. Who's complained about the per diem? And isn't it gold for the cup o' coffee guys?

Let's say Jeff Kent comes up to bat and the crowd boos him for his dumb remarks regarding Vin.

What do you think Vin would say, if anything?

Game over in Arizona, that was quick, 20 minutes.

77 Maddux will start Friday

Oh well, I was hoping they would start him Thursday and move Lowe up to Friday. Now all I have to look forward to is Juan Pierre. :-)

Adam Dunn has been walking a lot for the DBacks.

95 But he's a beast with the per diem.

95 Yeah, but he hasn't been driving in a lot of runs for the D'backs, and outside of Montero's big night, the guys behind him aren't driving him in either. To fully use Dunn's abilities of OBP, you need a guy with a high BA(one where BA should matter) to hit behind Dunn.

I don't think I got free anything at college, unless you count liquor at parties.

Do you honestly suppose the players would get less money if there were no per diem? Do you think the owners got fooled into allowing that into the CBA? This is entirely about structure, not sum.

And, I think this is an irrefutable counterargument: who cares about that?

From Diamond Leung:

The Padres have up until Oct. 15 to select up to two minor leaguers from a list provided by the Dodgers. The more players they accept in the trade, the less cash they will have to send the Dodgers to cover a portion of the remainder of Greg Maddux's salary. GM Ned Colletti said the minor leaguers available were not on the 40-man roster.

95 - It's impressive, but the D'Backs have been facing some really really bad pitching lately. 3 out of the last 4 games the opposing starting pitcher couldn't find the strike zone to anybody. Wandy Rodriguez, Brandon Backe and tonight Josh Banks.

Shaggy-haired Jeopardy kid has a fine coat, but an ugly tie.

98 I only knew Keystone and PBR. I probably bought $10 worth of alcohol while in school.

92 _ I don't know about the crowd, but in the game after the story cam out, Vin used an extremely hard "t" when pronouncing Kent's name on the air.

100 Wait, that makes no sense. The more players the Padres pick, the more cash the Padres get to keep?

In the Angels/Rays game Shields won it and also lost it. :-)

4-1 D'Backs Top 2. Padres have the bases loaded and nobody out.

Randor Bierd -- Character from Star Wars The Clone Wars or major league baseball player?

I like Martin, he plays and drinks with his hat on backward.

105 Yes it does, just like Ned sent a better package to Cleveland so the Indians would pick up Blake's salary.

Least none of the guys are on the 40 man. Although James Adkins seems to be a good choice to be picked by the Padres. Chris Winhtrow on the long shot.

Sac fly. 4-2 D'Backs.

108 - mlb player?

110 No, Diamond's saying that the more players the Padres pick, they pay less of the amount of Maddux salary.

MORE players = less Padre $$$
LESS players = more Padre $$$

Doesn't sound right.

103
You can be drunk and still find Keystone to be hard to drink.

I usually only bought hard alcohol and Pyramids at college.

114 Yeah, you're right. I read it as I expected it to read.

115 Unless the Dodgers put a tiered system on the prospect list. Like the Padres can pick either one good prospect and some cash, or two marginals ones and pay nothing.

118 Exactly.

The Rocks are hitting the ball hard.

Kuroda looks shaky.

The Rockies have hit Kuroda well both times they've faced him. Hopefully, he can settle down and the balls land in gloves.

62 He looks a bit like Ignatius Reilly from the book A Confederacy of Dunces.

http://tinyurl.com/6dsugp

108 - baseball player.

113 , 124 -- but you had to think about it I bet!

What a cheap way to take a 2-0 lead

That's just good hitting right there.

Great, we got bad Kuroda today.

My Kuroda.

sigh

Kuroda is a big-time jekkyl and hyde pitcher.

126 - Hawpe's ball to Loney was blistered, so I guess it balanced out.

Of course if Kuroda gets over to first on the hard hit ball to Loney the inning ends. But, he didn't.

108 -- actually,

http://tinyurl.com/4hx8

Slightly NSFW.

132 - the throw looked to me to be behind him even being late to the bag, I think if he was on the bag it goes in the dugout.

Kemp is just simply awesome.

Maddux sitting next to Kershaw.

Did you see where Kemp hit that?

LOL - now I'm seeing an ad for "toasters.com".

134 If Kuroda was standing near the bag, Nomar would have thrown near the bag. That one is on Kuroda.

And Matt Kemp must love to golf. And that was waaaaaaaaaaaay out of the strike zone.

Bison being Vladdy.

when I saw the replay, Kuroda would have gotten to the bag had Nomar's throw been there. Throw was behind, Kuroda had to stop and catch it up the line.

Awesome, Jimenez is wild too.

Ooh, that was a bad swing Ethier.

And now I see an ad for ninjas. What will the toaster think of next!?

139 - what, did he hit into a double play?

nomar has that sidearm throw that can often cause the ball to tail.

Did they just have those last two pitches at 99 and 98?

137 The perils of blind keyword internet advertising...

Wow, Kent finally shows some power. That was just a solid hit.

White hot old man Kent!

I wonder if Vin will mention the Manny factor?

And he did!

Hahahaha, Vin won't let go of the batting in front of Manny thing.

Take THAT, Vin Scully!

Cue Star Trek TOS fight music. 2-1 Rocks.

Manny went 1 for 3 (single) against Jimenez in last years World Series.

Oh, that should have been gone!

yikes, thought that was a guarantee double

Dang it, we should have gotten at least another run there.

and apparently the Star Trek reference was enough to get an ad for Adventure Quest (free RPG).

speaking of computer games... anyone play Civilization IV? I had Civ 3 for my old PC and am thinking of getting the new one for my mac?

Kuroda sure looked a lot better that inning. Granted it was basically the Rockies' own "black hole," but still, he at least didn't seem to be laboring as much.

Is one comment enough to skew the ads?

160 - shhhhh, that was just my sly way of asking the gamer question. you're going to blow my cover.

If Jimenez gets that pitch working it's going to be tough.

And that is why you don't go out drinking all night during the season.

-JWW

163 - but if you're suppose to stay up really late (as Koufax said) then what are you suppose to do?

160 - I sort of doubt it. Interest is gauged by page rank for a search term.

i love the way Vin describes certain things, like "a slider without too much slide on it"

165 Otherwise...

Say, how about that Giselle Bundchen?

Blake was up all night playing D&D.

165 My plans are thwarted.

Casey Blake is a fan of Journey.

...That's all I'm going to say of that.

Kuroda! nice piece of hitting!

Hey, Kuroda gives Kemp a shot.

I like the ad with all the flying ninjas and says learn various martial arts. Then it turns out the site is just an online RPG game.

Because screw doing stuff when you can pretend to do it.

a very honorable at bat

Strategically, I think the way to go here is for Kemp to hit a home run. That way, Kuroda doesn't have to run and get tired on the base paths.

Kemp missed a mistake fastball right down the middle - thinking opposite field :(

Jimenez the Flammable?

Kemp fails to follow through on my very simple plan. He must not be too bright.

49 pitches thrown already for Jimenez

179 - Not bad. I say we shoot for 80 through 3. They have the big boys coming up but so do we this inning.

158 Civ IV is real fun. Definitely worth a buy.

176

Thats really the only thing missing for Matt right now. Cant completely turn on a firm fastball middle-in. He turned on Suppan, but that was 88. Turning on 97 and making Jimenez pay is a little tougher.

Dunn just went deep. 6-2 AZ.

Is someone hurt?

159 - Hopefully Kuroda is Heckle and Jeckle tonight.

181 - how's it compare to Civ 3? first night i played it, i looked up and it was 630 am.

dang, apparently Kuroda was not alright.

Kuroda? What the heck man! you suppose to be Ace at home!

Well, this isnt good. When Kuroda isnt good, he really makes it known.

177 - Kuroda is flammable-er.

Tonight... at Dodger Stadium... the dreaded return of Evil Kuroda! Thrills! Chills! Two-run homers!

Dunn just went deep

...in his first home game for the Backs.

I dig the HD highlights of Dunn's HR from FSN Prime.

"Tulowitzki, spread eagle stance at the plate ..." Quick, somebody throw at the eagle.

There is very little I dig about a Dunn HR.

181 Major improvement. The gameplay is a lot smoother and more refined than it was in Civ3.

Xaphor (Steven),

I am trying to pick up my glove but no one is answering.

195 Do you have any thoughts on the new Civ Revolution? Looks promising, if a bit simplistic.

The freaking umps is giving Jimenez the corner but not Kuroda!

I had trouble reading Vin, which I usually don't. Of course this was before it was apparent that Kuroda didn't have it tonight.
I guess he was trying to say Ubaldo had his fast ball tonight, and usually gives us fits.

184 Kuroda was hit on the foot by a line smash from Holliday. He was okay physically but obviously it rattled him somewhat given what happened right after he said he was "fine."

karma Kent, karma.

Does Kuroda have a twin brother we don't know about? Whose main talent might be, say, being a sushi chef as opposed to pitching?

200
If I stubbed one of my toes I would be giving up home runs.

With Hiroki "The Girl With the Curls" Kuroda pitching you never know what to expect game to game or inning to inning. But this game still seems winnable.

anyone watching the USA - Japan softball game streaming online right now? it's a good one.

196 I found him, thanks.

12 pitch inning. Boo.

mixing bad timing with regression to the mean:

the Manny haircut
and
the Kent remark.

On the other hand, when Jimenez is on, that makes it a little tougher to get those runs back.

Ah well. Time to mega-multitask.

Btw, Train, nice Fantasy Football team name. ;-) I keep changing mine back and forth.

202
It's all in the film Sôseiji aka Gemini.

From what I've seen of Ubaldo, it could be a big K total tonight--I wish if was for us.

That reminds me, does anyone know where I can find a detailed/specific TV listing for the Olympics? I want to know when the US-Brazil women's soccer final tomorrow actually airs, and that sort of thing.

209
I will make sure to change it for the week I face you.

204 that may be the best nickname ever

hehe, Kershaw is IN LOVE with Maddux. Looks like a kid who gets a date with his superstar fantasy girl.

Tony Jackson:

"The Dodgers acquired Maddux from San Diego, along with what is believed to be about $1.3 million to cover slightly more than half of what remains of his $10 million salary for this season -- the Dodgers appear to be on the hook for roughly $900,000. The Padres get two Dodgers minor leaguers to be named, which they will select from an already agreed-upon pool of five players, or they can simply choose to take one player and recoup some of the money."

http://www.insidesocal.com/dodgers/

Manny could still go 0-for-93 and he would have a higher batting average than Andruw Jones.

212

I didn't know Kuroda played trumpet. He's pretty good, huh?

214 Heh. And I'll make sure to use my current one then.

219. No idea, but he ain't blowing anybody on the diamond.

221 I sure hope not.

221
I should hope so. There are children around.

221

I'd certainly hope not. Kids are watching.

I blame my loss on that one to children.

Way to ruin one more thing, kids.

Two flippin seconds, trainwreck...

221 just made me spit out my soda.

223 224 Great minds!

212 , 221 , 222 , 223 , 224 - Are we still on the air?

And sporky. I helped set that one up, and you both stole the gum in the middle of my BlowPop.

lol, you guys.

230
Who took the jam out of your donut?

232

"Homer Simpson, sir."

Anyone watching the Rockies broadcast?
I found Waldo dead center behind home plate. Over Mary Hart's shoulder. Frightening.

I know this hasn't literally been true and I know it all evens out eventually but it feels like lately the Dodgers have been playing non-stop tough teams while the DBacks have played the Pirates and Padres. Again, it all evens out and they'll play each other some more soon, so it's hard to complain too much.

(Oh, and the Dbacks also played the Rockies, it's true. There isn't much logic to my whining.)

There's going to be a lot of bans tonight.

And where is the wild Jimenez?

Will they take out Kuroda?

"Pretty handy with the bat"...?

I'd hit for him.

I highly disagree with keeping Kuroda in the game. I know we don't have a bench, but Jimenez is dealing.

I have the sounds off...who is that in the bullpen?

BREAK!

YES WILD PITCH!

Woo!

Welcome wild Jimenez!

242

One more of those and we're cool.

Looked like a passed ball to me.

I like wild pitches when the other guy throws one.

242

Sorry, Sturtze.

Pass ball, what a lazy effort by the Catcher.

Tanyon Sturtze is on our team? Wow, no wonder they're leaving Kuroda in. I guess I was in the mountains when Sturtze's contract was purchased. Sturtze, Stults, I guess they got them mixed up when filling out the transaction forms.

Well, okay then.

Yay for Torrealba!

Hopefully he'll uncork number 17 soon

Kuroda! is on fire!

Jimenez is all shook up.

252

See what happens to us when you're not around?

Ubaldo's pants must be a lycra blend.

213 The Olympic TV schedule is here http://tinyurl.com/6zn4dq if you can decifer it.

Almost a catcher's interferance called in the USA v Japan softball game.

Bison, just put good wood on the ball, that's all I ask.

My computer keeps buffering on the softball game - how is it not on tv anywhere?

Ah, passed ball. That was some mighty bad catching.

Wow, Kuroda walks!

Come on Kemp!

Nice one, Jimenez. Tee-hee.

Jimenez needs an Anton Chigurh haircut, by the way.

Hey, 80+ pitches.

258 That, and the Dodgers win 3 out of 4, too.

BISON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESS!!!

Matt Kemp is good at hitting.

that'll do Bison, that;ll do.

Damn too bad pitcher was running! Anyways Bison Power!

Bison placement!

Another PB/WP opportunity.

213
Underdog, AwfulAnnouncing.com has been listing the brodcast schedules daily.

A Bison Flare™!

BISON POWER!

KEMP! Boy, I love that guy.

Vizcaino warming up!!!

This Kemp guy is a keeper. How freakin special has he been?

Pitch #90 in the 4th. We got a long game tonight.

90+ pitches already

this one is going into the parking lot

Sombrero of the golden kind.

Damn 3k's for Ethier... yesssh

2nd time Andre has struck out on ball 4. Damn. At least we get to their middle relief early.

283 Never mind. Not quite yet.

Not the best day for Ethier.

to ethier and loney: pitchers throw 3-2 breaking balls in the majors.

Even when he Ks thrice, though, Ethier is up there putting up a long fight. He's been really impressive.

Andre is a little overanxious tonight. But, he won't see Jimenez again tonight. Also, it's not the ninth inning, Ethier's moment shall come.

Ethier, better start hitting or Pierre's going to start.

Eirc, we have confirmation that I have your glove. Drop me an email at xaphor {at} gmail.com next time you are in town if you want to arange a pickup or I'll just bring it to the next DT bash.

Nice catch for Ethier!

But, his glove is not a problem.

I'm just wondering. I think Andrew said that Ethier is our only plus defender outfielder. Just how much better is he over Kemp?

274 Hm, thanks, Eric, though I can't readily find it there. I'll keep poking around.

Dodgers August OPS in the lineup:

Kemp-.943
Ethier- 1.133
Kent - .987
Manny - 1.254
Loney - .658
Martin - .683
Nomar - .686
Blake - .769

At least the current most productive hitters are getting the most Abs.

Nice inning for Kuroda, I believe he can pitch another if Torre allow it.

291 Stop worrying about that. Ethier more than earned his keep over the weekend and Torre is on record as saying he's the starter. Pierre will also still get some starts, too, but 'Dre's the guy now. One bad game will not push him to the bench. Three... might.

I don't get what the Rockies' manager is thinking. If you're constantly having different guys warming up, aren't you're burning the bullpen arms anyway for a really shaky guy?

300
Charlie Manuel shares your thoughts.

uBALDo is luckey, manny smoked that ball.

301 - I agree, I think Manuel can be legitimately upset about the All Star game.

*lucky

Of course, I said that before Ubaldo Jimenez got a DP from Manny.

296 The USA v Brazil match should be on msnbc at 3am.

oh, hey, look at that... my tivo switched me over to the sarah connor chronicles

oh, because, i'm also recording eureka

Sons of Anarchy should be a smash hit with a certain demographic. It features incest on a main storyline.

Kuroda drinks his potion after the third inning and turns back into Dr. Jekyll.

212 - was deleted, and that whole exchange in the 220s ... well, there are in fact children around, so keep that in mind.

309 - i'm looking forward to that show

O/T... Sopranos or The Wire: which one should I start watching first?

A certain demographic...?

Er, never mind.

306 Cool, thanks. My Tivo will stay awake so I won't have to.

313
Although I think "The Wire" is better, more people like "The Sopranos" and the first year of that show will grab you more quickly.

313
I vote Sopranos, but I haven't seen the Wire.

313 Oh man. That's a toughie. Well, The Sopranos went on longer so you could get through The Wire first. And The Wire is brilliant and gripping.

But Sopranos is terrific too. You can't lose!

russell, how about not taking the 1st 2 pitches right down the middle before you decide to start swinging.

How exclusive is the "I struck out against Luis Vizcaino" club?

Why does Luis Vizcaino sound like the name of someone who should have pitched for the Dodgers at some point?

I really think Joe's gonna need to start resting Russ more often. He needs 1-2 games off a week and Ardoin has proven more than competent.

Which show is less depressing/soul-sucking: The Wire or The Sopranos?

320

Because Jose Vizcaino played middle infield for LA?

I remember when I thought Luiz Vizcaino was going to be sweet for the A's.

I pretty much based that off the fact that he could throw hard.

Sweeney, again.

322
I would imagine Sopranos is less depressing.

If you want a non soul depressing show, watch the Boondocks.

Nice one, Beard!

And it's up to Sweeney!

...Sigh.

I prefer slappy to PH instead of Sweeney...but he can prove me wrong.

how is it that sweeney is the best option off the bench?

322
The Wire can be pretty depressing. The Sopranos is a lot more violent.

Both shows require you to pay a lot of attention as characters come and go seemingly at random.

13 days until rosters expand and we'll have a bench.

Was Sweeney's music "Dr. Feelgood" just then?

Anyway, Icaros Feelbad.

323 - Yeah, and there were a few Luises in there somewhere.

330 Because we won't replace Ozuna, or Berroa no matter what. I guess the Ronnie Belliard ship has sailed.

313 It's my opinion that the Sopranos is the greatest achievement in television history.

Kuroda could've done better!

332 - Yah, indeed. Delwyn, DeWitt and Hu will all be better than Sweeney as PHs.

333 - Heh.

331 - I agree.
If you want to be uplifted, might want to look past both of those shows. How about "Deadwood"? {ducks}

Well, we got four hitters going 2-3 and four hitters going 0-3 right now. Know what that means?

It means Kuroda is the only one taking a walk.

Jason Johnson I can at least root for, get behind.

Tanyon Sturtze, no, I cannot.

If you don't want to be depressed, I suggest House of the Fireflies. Hilarious.

Bob T., knows what I am talking about.

338 I'm not looking for uplifting, but I just wanted to get a better feel for what I was getting myself into.

341

He's sorry for making that pass at your cousin.

Clint Barmes, Deersplayer.

342 No thanks.

And JJJ was born in Sta Barbara, too!

/join his small marching and chowder society

How did Micheal Cera become a famous and successful actor? Its like Shia LaBouf suddenly being the next big thing. I remember Even Steven! He couldn't act! His sister was the better actor!

there's a joke I can't even think about making, based on Vin's recent remarks about a certain player's family educational history...

348
Michael Cera= very good

Shia Lebouf= drunk trash

I wonder if Torre is still buying the "Sweeney is hurt" excuse? Either he's not, and Sweeney plain stinks, or he's still injured, in which case he shouldn't be playing.

JJJ! nice job.

343

The Sopranos will give you a bigger craving for baked zitti.

Sporky, The Wire is fantastic but each season does take a little while to get into, to get a grip on, but it becomes more and more involving and is hard to let go of. It and The Sopranos both have humor in them and so many great characters so it's not like it's all bleak, it's not like watching "Shoah" or something.

I haven't seen "Lost" or "The Office" either, so I would fail the Screen Jam part of DT test.

Perhaps that should be ziti.

Thanks for the opinions. I'll probably watch 5 eps/2 DVDs each and take it from there.

I am sad that Screen Jam kind of went away once I finally saw all of Lost.

Hey, Shia LaBeouf was Herbert the wounded mascot in Freaks and Geeks so for that alone I forgive him for anything else. (Of course, he was quite young then.)

If you're in a documentary kind of move, try out No Reservations. Its a foodie show on the Travel channel, and it'll always leave your mouth watering. Except for the part where he eats fermented Shark, and a Hogwart's unmentionables, but everything else looks goooooooood.

Dodgers go to score in this inning!

355 - You still would be way ahead of Xei.

--

Okay, c'mon boys in blue, let's do this thing!

359
I haven't gotten that far yet.

I think Michael Cera is a great actor, especially for his age.

342
It's "Grave of the Fireflies."

Thought Kemp could have legged that one for a single.

365
Aww yes, that probably gives away that it's not a very funny movie.

360 - I love Bourdain.

Falkenborg relieves Tomko in Arizona!

Ahh, what might have been.

366. I was thinking the same thing, Kemp wasn't hustling.

C'mon Vin... say it...

Manny vs Manny!

I don't like how Kent keeps putting pressure on Manny.

Kinda funny that Hurdle refuses to walk Manny but Manuel, the Phillies manager gave Manny a couple of IBBs just because he could.

Best for Corpas to walk manny and take his shot at Loney.

Come on Loney!

Loney vs. Corpas:

3 for 7 with a HR.

I don't like how Manny keeps putting pressure on Loney.

Kinda wish we could bypass Loney and Martin right now and let Blake bat.

I don't like how my cat keeps putting pressure on my thigh, for that matter.

Martin with the pressure high.

Come on Martin!

380
You should tell him to make some ch ch ch changes.

You dolt.

379 what happens to Nomar then?

Okay, Russ, time to atone for your other at bats tonight. Today you're only hitting like an Aluminum God.

sigh

FIRST PITCH!? Really Martin?

Yep, pretty much.

Or not.

Well at least we're set up for an exciting ninth inning.

C'mon Russ.. first pitch swinging after a walk?

I blame this on Russell Martin's bad choice in women.

Not that exciting. Manny seems to hate the 9th inning.

Corpus went 3 balls to Manny and walked Loney right before but you swing at the first pitch Martin? Come on, maybe that partying is really getting to you..

394 - yeah, but Ethier really likes the Ninth.

this is where torre writing the lineup card out hurts us, martin and loney need to be 7/8, with blake/nomar or normar/blake hitting 5-6. nomar is a clutch hitter and would much rather have him up with the game on the line.

Stupid wind.

not good.

Sigh. Holliday, in.

effortless. He looks like he's out in front on that swing, but it the ball just explodes.

397 Can't help but think if Nomar had flied out in the 5-spot and Martin had been on deck, you'd be singing the same tune.

7-3 AZ, top ninth, bases loaded, one out. a. gonzalez up, c. headley on deck.

That's an oops. Was that a curve that just didn't curve?

Torre is overworking JJJ here. The guy just pitched 2 2/3 inning a 2 day ago and 1 inning today.

I want to see Surtze. I want to see just how bad he can be. Torre owns me this.

397 No offense, but I didn't see much to criticize at the time the line-up was revealed. Some people worried that Nomar would hit higher. Wherever people are batting in the line-up they need to have good at bats, at some point in the game it's going to matter, whether hitting 8th or 6th.

Bases juiced for Adrian Gonzalez in the 9th in Phoenix with the DBacks up by 4 with one out.

7-3 AZ. Padres have the bases loaded and one out in the ninth.

7-5 AZ. Two on and one out.

Now 7-5 DBacks after a Gonzalez two RBI single.

If anything, it should have been Casey batting higher in the order based on results tonight.

7-6 AZ 1st and 3rd 1 out

7-6 AZ. First and third and one out.

Every night, we should play the game first and them fill out the lineup card, rearranging hitters with best results tonight.

Lyon is pulled..."and here come the pretzels."

And Tony Peña. The good one.

Arizona does not think highly of Brandon Lyon.

Anyone else getting the eBay ad for Seo Tai Ji and boys alblums? My only guess is that the eBay ads are picking up on the use of JJJ and a korean pop band from the 80's is as close as they can get.

Brandon Lyon is the best Dodgers ever.

Oh, what? He plays for the D'Backs.

Surely the Dodgers pay for his salary.

What wrong with Kuo? little tired?

And we send our best relief pitcher to walk the first two men he faces. Lets see a triple play here!

HCK needs a miracle.

Hundley grounds to the pitcher. Gonzalez out at home, but its now 2nd & 3rd with 2 outs.

7-6 AZ still.

Luis Rodriguez up.

can of corn to center, AZ wins

Bad bullpen management. I'm following the game in Arizona, on Fox Sports Game Trax, and even I can tell.

Ballgame in AZ. 7-6 bad guys.

1 game behind.

Bad week for Kuo.

Wow. We are not winning this game.

Oh boy.

Only a certain long-haired 70s rocker can save the Dodgers now.

428 yeah, a little bit

Well, i was going to post this before the home run, but it still works.

Hong Chih has been worked to death this past month. Pitching once every 2 days is silly for a guy with his arm troubles. Down by 2 in the 8th isnt the ideal place to put him in when you could give him another day off (unless the game gets tied up).

Well, Kuo was bound to have a bad stretch eventually.

431

MeatLoaf?

Arizona improves to 8-0 in games in which they came in tied with the Dodgers (outside the first week of the season).

Wow. One of the few times Kuo has been really bad. Can't carp too much I guess.

Lindsay (on Freaks and Geeks): Yeah, well, what can you do?
Ken: I don't know, what can you do?

And the Tanyon Sturtze Era in Los Angeles finally begins.

So we have to score like 1000000 runs in order to win this game.

435- Ian Gillan.

I think I stopped believing on this night. But, I will hold on to the feelin'.

438 And underdog flips the Olympics on at last.

When's that Uruguayan javelin thrower back on?

Kuo are we.

435
I'd do anything for 1st place...even THAT!

If they play Journey tonight, I'm going to punch somebody.

i would actually like to see sturtze give up like six runs here... that will be the best case scenario for the dodgers for the rest of this season.

442
Paraguayan! It's easy to remember due to the pair-a-Guo HR given up in the last week.

Tanyon Sturtze joins Joe Beimel in the My Gameday Photo Makes Me Look Like a Serial Killer Club.

I guess the Dodgers and this game have gone their separate ways. Oh well. Who's crying now?

Troubled times. Caught between confusions and pain, pain, pain. Time to leave this game, game, game.

440

I saw Sebastian Bach play JCS in La Mirada a few years ago.

449
Remember, it's not the destination. It's the...trip.

God, I hate Journey. My junior high phys ed teacher used to play them to torture us while we were also being physically tortured. It was like Guantanamo on a gym mat.

452
Do you not go to bars in the Bay Area or just pretend to join in when everyone sings Journey?

what happened in the last hour? nevermind, i don't want to know.

off to the novel writing.

436
That's an amazing, and troubling stat!

Sturtze just plain sucks. If he's not DFA'd the instant Wade is healthy, there's a major problem.

453 I don't go to bars that play Journey, no. Or at least have blacked out memories of any that did.

Tanyon Sturtze is now our best relief pitcher.

450- See? That's why I never gamble for anything but money. Sure, it's crummy losing money, but there are worse things.

The Dodgers are never able to get over that proverbial hump. They tie the D'Backs over and over. But, never can get into first place. It's irritating but you only need to be in first place on September 28th.

Okay, you guys are disturbing. Off to watch the Olympics and clean the litter box, not necessarily in that order.

The Roast of Bob Sagat is back on.

good stuff. if you like that kind of stuff.

Disturbing me, that is. Sturtze and Journey, two good things that go great together!

I would be OK with the Dodgers waiting until September 29 to be in first place.

Too many Journey references for me to not put this up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJpRCOUg0B0

NSFW

Who is more hated/detached by/from his 70s/80s band: Steve Perry or Dennis DeYoung?

459

Sadly, I don't follow...and I'm one of the few who actually pays attention to your comments.

467- How else would you end up at the event you described? I just assumed it was a lost bet.

Wasn't someone asking about the softball game earlier? It's on TV, on CNBC right now. Still scoreless between US and Japan, only 3 hits total.

For the first time since July 22nd the Dodgers could lose by more than three runs. In that game we lost 10-1 to the Rockies. Starting pitcher? Ubaldo Jimenez.

466
My friends and I got free tickets to see Styx while in high school and they made fun of Dennis DeYoung on stage.

Someone nudge me if a miracle 5+1 comeback is under way.

468

I actually like him as a singer, and he looked like Jesus, even though I prefer my Jesus in Baby Jesus form.

Tommy Shaw is the best part of Styx anyway.

473
Plus, he was in Trailer Park Boys and on cover of High Times.

455 Indeed. Since taking the division lead on April 6, Arizona has not given it up. The Dodger fought back to tie on July 9, but then the D'backs won and Dodgers lost on the 10th. The Dodgers won a head to head matchup on July 18 to tie again, but the D'backs promptly won game 2 of the series. So on the 20th again the Dodgers won head to head to tie. On the 21st, the D'backs won again and the Dodgers kept pace for the first time. But the 22nd had a D'backs win and Dodger loss. Finally, on August 13 the Dodgers and D'backs pulled into a tie once again. The Dodgers won their next two, but the D'backs won their next three to push the Dodgers back once again, never giving up the division. And then they tied on Sunday and it's another D'back win Dodger loss.

In summary, since after the first week of the season, when the Dodgers and D'backs are tied their records are:

Arizona 8-0
Los Angeles 3-5

I don't even consider adding someone to my celebrity pantheon who hasn't yet graced the cover of High Times.

I was trying to explain to some friends about Kuo's bat flip after his home run against the Met's and I was just getting awkward stares. So I YouTube'd it and couldn't find a thing except for someone videotaping their own television showing his interview after the game... with the closed caption feature on. Bizarre.

The video on Dodgers.com does it no justice. Doesn't really show the flip.

Does anybody have a source for this video? You will save me from... well, nothing really but I just want to see it again.

Everybody should watch it so you can feel better about this game.

478
It appears MLB has taken down the video on most sites, because I cannot find a working link.

Brian Fuentes doing his best to impress our GM.

478 It gets on my nerves how clueless baseball is with video clips. You can't find most any baseball play of note on YouTube, while the NBA, wisely, allows all their footage to be uploaded onto that site. I described to my girlfriend about Ichiro's famous assist from right field, throwing out Terrance Long at third, and right when I gained some hope that I might convert her at the altar of baseball, I realized that the play was absent from the interwebs. Ridiculous.

We need to stop guys who's from the L.A. area from killing us. First Braun, and now Ian Stwert.

That's it. I'm getting the archived game and watching the whole thing. If somebody doesn't read off the "expressed written consent" blurb, I'm gonna sell copies on the black market.

That'll teach somebody... something... or well... no that would probably be a waste of time.

Ian Stewart played some good piano on "Exile on Main Street."

The 400 meters looks like a very painful race to run.

The 400 meter is the Longest Sprint in Track and Field™. It used to be anyway.

Pretty sure this is the first time I have heard the name LoLo.

If that's not a nickname.

From her bio:

What's in her name?
Jones and her mother share the same given name: Lori Susan Jones. The legend of Lolo (according to Lolo) is that the phone-answering confusion of "Can I speak to Lori?" led to the clarification "Big Lori or Little Lori?" and "Little Lori"was eventually shortened to "Lolo." According to Big Lori, however, the family called the child Lolo from birth.

I remember when they tried to get us to run hurdles in middle school. That ended quickly after two kids broke their arms on the first day.

Shouldn't NBC be doing something like interviewing the woman who actually won the race?

They eventually got around to her.

Dawn Harper had the nerve to not have as troubled of a childhood as LoLo Jones.

Do we really need to see her crying?

That was low class, NBC.

488 not sure if she is aware of the fact that "lolo' is the Hawaiian word for crazy and is often used of people that are not right in the head

More gymnastics. Maybe they can catch the American gymnast with the Italian sounding name crying again.

they need to do something about the gymnastics judging.

Pierre vs. Francis

13 for 27

Loney vs. Francis

1 for 15

We either get Martin at third, Blake at first, Ardoin behind the plate. Or Nomar at first and Berroa at short. Pierre looks like he'll start tomorrow. Most may not like the lineup tomorrow, so prepare yourself now.

497 - hmmm, I think I'll just approach tomorrow like I would a day off: no game to watch.

I can't watch gymnastics without thinking of Seinfeld.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3543674

ST. LOUIS -- Cardinals reliever Jason Isringhausen, twice demoted from the closer role this season, is likely out for the rest of the season with an elbow injury.

God, NBC sucks.

Will USA be any better? I shall find out now.

USA has the 10K open water swimming event at the moment.

469 That was me. I watched that entire softball game live streaming online. Let me just say it's a good one.

Headline at Dodgers.com: Torre to unleash Maddux in Philly

Dog metaphor and all, but unleash? Really?

Men's Basketball Quarterfinal Spain vs. Croatia is on USA.

504
He's like a terrible Jet Li movie.

I actually have not seen Unleashed, yet I own it.

Nastia Liukin reminds me of Cindy McCain. Don't really know why.

As of late, "terrible Jet Li movie" is a bit redundant.

Yes, there will never be another Fist of Legend or even the hilarious Twin Warriors.

Fist of Legend and New Legend of Shaolin could be the next Kershaw movie tie-in

"New Legend of Kersawlin"

I wish the Celtics had some Croatians in the Finals. Gasol is having his way down low.

Why do they even bother to dribble the ball with the amount of traveling they allow.

Too bad Yugoslavia does not exist anymore, because they could really use Nikola Dragovic.

Evankershawgelion.

516
That one may be pushing it.

517 What, you can't imagine Kershaw eating the brains of an Angel?

I can imagine that, but good luck trying to come up with a catchy name involving Evangelion.

Maybe Voltar is the way to go.

I meant Voltron.

Well my brain is a lost cause.

Thank you for Not Kershawing.

I think I am going to watch something better than the Olympics, so it is Freaks and Geeks for me.

>> Colletti said he would have acquired Maddux to replace Penny in the rotation even if James McDonald had thrown a no-hitter while Colletti scouted him on Sunday night, instead of getting knocked out in the fourth inning for Triple-A Las Vegas <<

http://tinyurl.com/66vzk5

So why was he wasting time scouting him. Surely there are better uses of his time. :-)

515 UCLA's Dragovic is Serbian, and unless the Yugos need someone to drain deep 3's in warmups and not much else, Drago won't help.

524
That was just a joke. Trust me, if there was any UCLA fan that knows how useless Dragovic is, it is me.

To end this thread for tonight, I just want to say that I am in love with Lisa Cardellni now.

Carry on with the Maddux and Wade talk and all that.

Q: Is there a better rock vocal performance than Sebastian Bach in Skid Row's "I Remember You"?

A: No.

527

The lyrics aren't to shaby either D4P.

Question about Maddux trade on Depo's blog:

can you confirm that it is for 2 players and not cash?

Depo's response:

We want players. There was no other reason for us to trade Greg.

528
'Tis a great song.

Mr. Shimmin goes to Washington...?

http://www.kirotv.com/news/17237640/detail.html

Pads wanted McDonald or Elbert but must settle for "lower level minor leaguers." Story also confirms that they shifted substantial cash to get players.

http://tinyurl.com/69zx4h

Looks pretty clear that the Dodgers will be losing 2 minor leaguers (presumably, decent ones, given the relative competence of San Diego's front office) in exchange for a month-plus of Greg Maddux and his 5.75 non-PETCO ERA.

I do not know how large of a cockroach could find a crack to get into my apartment and then managed to avoid my best attempts to kill it.

I shall put my cat, Casey, on roach patrol. In fact, he looks to be on patrol.

OK, he gave up after about five seconds, but it's the thought that counts.

I can assure you that cats don't keep cockroaches away. We purchased a device that plugs into the wall and emits a very high pitched sound that is supposed to keep pests (cockroaches, mice, etc.) away, that seems to do a pretty good job.

526 I'd check up on that name before you make a move.

533 As I said last night, Maddux might've been cheaper before Penny went down again. But of course Ned dawdled until Towers had a little leverage, and thus SD will get better returns. I surely hope the Colletti Era is in its last weeks.

537 I don't think Maddux would have enjoyed becoming a long reliever.

Maddux doesn't really enjoy being a long anything these days.

538 With JJJ and Stults turning up in the rotaition, that wouldn't have been a problem. They even could have left Penny down longer until he was healthy.

I believe the cockroach discovered that my lack of food in my home has made my place less than hospitable.

But that was a Texas-sized or Hawaii-sized roach. It had its own area code. It even had a cell phone with it.

540 But Ned knew Penny was coming back soon. No GM is going to trade for a guy that's going to be his 6th best starter. Kershaw would have gone to the pen or got sent down if we acquired Maddux, and that would have made us worse.

534 those are water roches or something no? There nasty! U see them by drain pipes mostly (if I didn't know any better I'd think those roches were on a strict HGH diet) nah but yeah I get to freaked out by them to step on 'em.

522 I knocked out a mini Freaks and Geeks marathon while working on the house.

Samm Levine (Neil Schweiber) is going to be in the Tarantino remake of Inglorious Bastards!

526 train, join the Linda Cardellini Crush club. Hard not to feel that way after watching F&G. She's like the g/f I wish I had in high school. I just never had a drum set to "impress" her with. I watched some way-past-its-prime ER episodes just because she was on it, but it wasn't the same.

Millie: She does it.
Lindsay: What do you mean, "it"?
Millie: She fornicates it!

544

My wife and I started Disk 2 last night. Kim's friend that writes on the locker...that is Karen from The Office, right?

The whole episode we were thinking she looked so familiar, and in the final see we both said, "It's Karen from the Office"

scene, not see

544 - And David Krumholz, too! (Who was in an episode of F&G as... Samm Levine's older brother!)

Of course the I-Bastards remake also apparently has Mike Myers in it and director Eli Roth, which instantly make it sound bad.

But then it also may have Simon Pegg! And BJ Novak! So who knows.

543
I believe that it was a water bug and not a roach as it didn't have the long antennae that roaches have. They are doing a lot of work on the unit next to mine and I think they got stirred up. So I don't know whether the bug escaped through my sink or through a crack in the wall. I'm thinking the sink.

546 Tis Rashida Jones. You're in for lots more "Oh, wow, that's 'so and so'" moments, as they always got great people to fill out small roles.

548 Last I read, no Krumholz, no Pegg. They can't do it. Bummer, really.

546 - Rashida Jones! Yah. She was psychotic in that episode. I actually was reading some of the scripts the other day just to get inspired for a project I'm working on, and that was one of them. That one actually never aired initially, even though it was meant to be one of the first episodes. I guess it was too dark for the first run. Was written by Mike White.

550 - But Myers and Eli Roth can, of course. Sigh.

532 -- That story from the San Diego paper doesn't say the Padres sought McDonald OR Elbert. The paper says the Padres sought BOTH of them. What I am wondering is if the term "lower-level minor leaguers" means LESSER QUALITY than McDonald/Elbert, or below Double A (high A and below are often referred to as the "low minors"). What are the chances Andrew Lambo is one of the guys? For pitchers, I am betting Steve Johnson is one of them.

551

Yea, that would have been a rough start to the show

Oops, sorry Xei. Ixnay on the eevee-tay.

How about that Haren-Peavy matchup today, eh?

553 - If it's Lambo, I'll be mighty upset. But I don't see that happening. Don't you think Logan White had to sign off on this list of players?

553 I think there's no way. Lambo's our number two or three prospect now.

Steven Johnson seems like a good guess though.

I brought this up awhile ago. Just wanted to revisit, I had Ichiro as a top 5 most overpaid player in baseball. I got corrected for the most part, what about now?

This year he has a OPS+ of 102 and is a -10 in CF to rank him 31st.

558 He's not having a good year, but a 102 OPS+ is still above average for a centerfielder. When you've got contracts out there like Zito's, that's going to keep him off a most overpaid list.

How many pitchers does a team normally carry for the LDS? I am thinking 9 or 10.

553 -- I don't know if White HAS to sign off, and if his opinion is sought, is it likely it overrides that of people who really, really want Maddux and are willing to do what is absolutely necessary to get Maddux? I have a feeling that McCourt has laid down the WIN NOW dictum and added the DO IT WITHOUT SPENDING MORE OF MY MONEY dictum, so what else to we have but prospects to throw at other teams? What is White supposed to say in this new environment? Bottom line, I think he finally lost the war in the Dodger FO.

After Jason Schmidt and Andruw Jones, there are only three slots left.

527 That song came up on the iPod on the way in to work this morning. I gave an epic performance on lead air guitar.

558 Ichiro's a luxury on a bad team like the M's. Put him on a good team like the Rays, or Red Sox, and his value would skyrocket due to name branding, and his on base percentage, which seems to get better when the M's are a decent team.

How many pitchers does a team normally carry for the LDS? I am thinking 9 or 10.

Daniel Z can correct me if I'm wrong, but most of the LDS teams I see have 2 pitchers. Very well dressed and polite. Often with bicycles.

Kenji Johjima will make 30 million from now until 2011 and hit .215/.261/.310 this year. He's already lost his starting job.

has anyone else watched Dr. Horribles Sing a Long Blog?

565

Short sleeve shirts with ties. Can't miss 'em.

562 I orginally said it before the season started.

567 -- Yes, why?

566 That's what happens when your owner cares nothing about baseball.

567 I watched it, and it was legen ...

... wait for it ...

NPUT

The timing of 572 and 573 cracked me up.