Hey, you can't sing that

Actually the Dodgers quest to be alone in first reminds me of one of those dreams where you just never reach your destination no matter how hard you try.

And I did watch Dr. Horrible. it is also the awesome. Neil Patrick Harris has a lot more talent than I previously thought. And Nathan Fillion is just great in everything he does.

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You know what's weird - or sad? I actually had a dream last night in which Colletti was fired, and still in-season, so I was shocked and ran to DT to see the predicted reaction unfold. Fortunately my dream wasn't just about that or it would've been particularly sad.

Fortunately I woke up before it got out of hand

I agree with the criticisms about Colletti's failure to block Dunn (though Rosenthal's stuff about it seemed pretty late in the game, as if someone fed him the idea, and a little hypocritical). Basically, I think they should have blocked it but also kinda understand why they didn't.

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I'm surprised the Torre ghostwriter didn't slip in a "like, whatever" in there somewhere.

Three cheers for Rohullah Nikpai who won bronze in the 58 kg class of men's taekwondo.

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.

Usually 2, sometimes 3, which occurs when a new pitcher is being brought up before the current one is sent down. They play in many different leagues as well -- other teams carry a couple of quarterbacks or point guards.

"So would you like to hear about the LDS? Or would you like to stay Catholic? Hold on.. Hold on..." (Sacked by a brawny Jehovah's Witness.)

http://www.kansascity.com/385/story/756709.html

Cubs - 11 pitchers
D-Backs - 11 pitchers

Phillies - 10 pitchers
Rockies - 12 pitchers (!!!)

Tim Brown writes about the current state of the Dodgers.

LaRoche has an insanely flukishly low BABIP.

He's 16/90 on balls in play.
Thats a .178 average.

I dont think I've ever seen a player have that low of percentage.

Because the Dodgers are a bunch of transvestites and/or soft-shoe-ing fabuloids?

My main point which I didn't express is that I'm very glad that Casey Blake has been and will be manning 3rd base then LaRoche not because I don't believe LaRoche can be a player but because I had no faith he was going to be that player this year.

Sure you can. You'll get wet, but you can do it.

http://tinyurl.com/6eehfk

Then, I can see one of Blake or Furcal being brought back on a one-year deal, leaving two of 2B/SS/3B to the young ones. Given how DeWitt is held in pretty high esteem by the coaching staff and management, I think Blake is the least likely to come back next season.

Of course, there's also the matter of Blake wanting (and probably getting) a multi-year deal from someone.

The seven Dodgers who have at least 325 balls in play have the following the LD%, can you match the pct. with the player?

1. 24.7%
2. 23.6%
3. 20.9%
4. 20.5%
5. 23.2%
6. 23.4%
7. 19.1%

Full disclosure, Juan Pierre is not on this list, one, because he has only 310 BIP (23% LD%) and two, he appears to not be playing regularly at this time. And yes, there is no Dodger SS on this list.

This works almost never.

Gary Bennett is rocking a 23.8%.

Manny is sitting at 516 career HR, so if he hits 7 more HR this season he will have the most career HR of anyone ever wearing a Dodger uniform.

SportsNation Jim Callis: (2:52 PM ET ) Billingsley, Scherzer, Morales.

I'm anxious to see what Scherzer can actually do. And to get another guy from the 2006 class in the big leagues so I can laugh even more at the Royals for drafting Horchever.

Then Mike Stanton threw a bunch of wild pitches.

SportsNation Joe Morgan: When you put a guy in the cleanup spot, he's there for a reason, to drive in runs, like I was saying earlier. I think Adam Dunn is going to help the DBacks with his presence in the four spot, because they will have to be careful with the guy in front of him. The whole team, including Dunn, strikes out too much, but Dunn makes up for it by getting on base through walks, protecting the guy in front of him, and hitting home runs. It's against the grain of what J.P. Ricciardi said--that he doesn't help your team. I disagree with that, he certainly does, and he'll definitely help Arizona.

And then the world explodes.

Oh well, I wasn't at the Brian Johnson or Joe Morgan games, either.

Games played, at bats, plate appearances, hits, runs, walks and stolen bases.

This was a small restaurant, and a lot of people turned to look at me. I said, "man, that is great sushi!"

There is a slight chance I will be going to the final two games of the season in SF. I'll be sure to find the DT North crew if I do.

Though Jon Miller should recall that for most of the Bonds/Kent era, Kent batting behind Barry.

Coaches excluded.

Resigned from what? Kind of like how he resigned in Boston?

Since no one is really playing and Eric Stephen is already looking it up anyway.

1. Andre Ethier
2. Matt Kemp
3. James Loney
4. Russell Martin
5. Jeff Kent
6. Casey Blake
7. Manny Ramirez

It is Chinese American Community Night at Dodger Stadium.

(Okay, I kid about the reason why UCLA is cancelling practice)

Kim Ng is also receiving a certificate from the Chinese American Chamber of Commerce.

Don't give your love, don't give your loving to iPhone.
'Cause if you give her your love, you might as well give it to a spider.

Also, that's two consecutive non-hair-band musical references at DT. Good work people. We were in a bit of a rut, there, but we'll make it through.

If I hadn't remembered to do that soon, I think people would begin to think I was on an 11-month vacation.

Oh man. :o)

89 Are you back, or still across the Pacific?

96 I just got back to my apartment. It was pretty hectic, but very fun. I'm super tired now.

"The Dodgers will host a steroid awareness clinic for young athletes Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Dodger Stadium. Clayton Kershaw, Pierre and Gary Bennett will work as instructors with the Dodgers training staff and strength and conditioning coach.

oh the irony

My one year old daughter, Sadie, I swear to god, goes into this sort of grooving gyration thing whenever she hears brit/pop/new wave material. I've taken to calling her Sadie-from-the-80s.

I like me some English Beat (and much of the associated spinoff material e.g. General Public). Tell me this doesn't get the toes tapping -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDcZnL2h8ys

I like Psych Furs, Smiths, Duran, New Order, even Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

I don't have an Ipod so I can't tell you what I've got in queue, but I'll be busting some of these artist on my cassette deck for sure.

The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Again
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
DePeche Mode - Personal Jesus

While I wait to buy a scorebook, I'm I'm need of a temporary solution for tonight's game. What were the online printables you guys were recommending?

http://www.samplewords.com/pdf/home-baseball-scoresheet.pdf

http://tinyurl.com/2gd8h7

(Thanks to scareduck for remembering this site on Saturday as well)

As far as hair bands go, you can't go wrong with Montley Crue, Poison, or GnR. Billy Idol, Sex Pistols, and the other British punk bands were pretty good too.

Van Halen - Panama
Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
Ratt - Round And Round
Michael Jackson - Beat It
The Vapors - Turning Japanese
Extreme - Play With Me

As for me, I still listen to some music from that era (my junior high and high school years) on occasion, including:

The Smiths. The Cure. early U2 (Under a Blood Red Sky, War, etc). Less so "Depressed Mode" as a friend of mine used to call them and New Order but a lot of people still love 'em both. One hit wonders (or more obscure acts) I liked include Icicle Works "Whisper to a Scream", Modern English, loads of Aztec Camera, plus stuff by The Fixx, Blondie, Split Enz + Crowded House, and The Waterboys. Good stuff, Maynard.

Also very early REM, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello, Talking Heads (everything), The Clash, Beastie Boys, Squeeze, The Replacements, Husker Du, okay I'm getting less mainstreamy here...

Being an album sort if guy? In no order,

Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Public Enemy - It Take a Nation...
Thriller

Also, in the one hit wonder category: 88 Lines Abut 44 Women by the Nails. WARNING: do not buy the entire album, get only the single.

I think I'm going to all three games in the Giants series and yes they could be really huge (or completely meaningless).

And Giants fans would definitely be estatic to knock us out. The last series in SF I went to the two games where we blew 1-run leads (great luck huh?) and frequently Giants fans yelled at me about how happy they were to beat the Dodgers even though it means nothing for their team.

New Order-True Faith
Bobby Brown-On Our Own (from Ghostbusters II)
Billy Ocean-Caribbean Queen
Stevie Wonder-Part Time Lover
Phillip Bailey and Phil Collins-Easy Lover
Wham-Careless Whisper
Jermaine Stewart-Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off
Rockwell-Somebody's Watching Me

Got to love the cheese.

And add Nick Cave to my shortlist.

It probably was the video that did it for me.

Points for picking Phillip Bailey.

I'm a fan of the Vapors Nuclear days, and like Lloyd Cole, and Billy Bragg, but it sounds like your looking for "80s standards'. And I don't think those are (exactly).

We've had some disagreements in the past, but putting down Caribbean Queen is going to place a real chasm between us, bh.

A chasm.

If Caribbean Queen gets on there, you might as well just throw on Susudio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9BpKKjxtmc

Tones on Tail - Go!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HaAOCGb3bw&feature=related

M - Pop Music

Man I need to go back to work.

One more, because its seems so LA to me, Michael Nesmith's Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma, with I suppose "Cruisin'" being the "single". I really like that album, along with Avg Dude Ranch Stash, the vinyl of which got ruined in a flood. Sigh. I've probably thrown away more LP records than most teens today can imagine.

And Don Henley put out some nice stuff in '80s.

We Care A Lot has gotten play recently because of Dirty Jobs.

"Rattlesnakes" !