Now this is the team that I signed up for.

I don't have a good feeling about the Colorado series.

Don't start Kershaw!

Har de har har har.

Isn't 13 unlucky?

Will I ever witness a Juan Pierre HR?

Tee hee.

As amazing as Manny has been, my first thought after reading the above was -- wow, Pierre has hit 12 home runs? It's just hard to imagine... any.

Anyway, I am awed and humbled by the Dreadlocked One's accomplishments.

Is their even video proof a Pierre HR??

KCAL with rule 5 violations all over the place.

Well, rule 5 is really being tested now.

How much do you want to bet most of those 12 Pierre HRs were at Coors?

I live in that dead zone known as the spot where DirecTV doesn't offer Channel 9 and Extra Innings blacks it out due to Channel 9 being available on cable. Has Jon already been on?

Juan Pierre hit one home run at Coors.

He hit 3 at Dolphins Stadium.

11 Not yet. But something tells me Jon is actually running for office.

Pierre's homers by stadium:
10 Parks
Dolphin Stad 3
PetCo Pk 1
PNC Pk 1
Wrigley Fld 1
Chase Field 1
Comerica Pk 1
MinuteMaidPk 1
CitizensBank 1
Coors Fld 1
Qualcomm St 1

12

Really? I never would have guessed.

10 - Only one was.

PetCo Pk 1

...

14 - I would love to see video of Pierre's HR in Petco.

11

I don't think he has? right guys?

Could this be a long and possibly fruitless wait?

Any chance he'd sign for 2y/$52 million?

Will I ever witness a Juan Pierre HR?

Just checked You Tube. Nada. Doesn't look good.

And I'm going to guess that Pierre has had at least one inside the park home run.

20 Good night everybody. To take us out, here's some guy in his basement set to Yakety Sax

14

Comerica is mind boggling but it was probably hit when the fences were brought in.

18
It might resemble the Zapruder film...

21 Sorry. "He" refers to Manny.

I am recording it so I will fast forward to it if and when it appears.

Only one inside the park homer for Pierre also. That was in Detroit.

20

"Take us out?" What does that mean, "take us out?!" WE'LL DO IT LIVE!!!!!!

22 You mean the video titled "Juan Pierre - The Natural" isn't a play off his ability to hit home runs?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl0dqWhzU6k

14 He only hit one at Coors? And how many were inside the park? Juan Pierre Thoughts is back! :)

Jon's title to this post reminds me of the U2 song "Deire"

30 was for 24

I may have been bumped by a stuffed gorilla and discarded razor-blade art.

Is Jon the one holding the gorilla suit for ransom?

35 The indignity...

33
"Manny wants the dollars
He's 'Dre's protection
He's Ned's last chance
In a year of election."

For 50,000 bonus points! What do these pitchers all have in common?

Jose Lima
Brian Lawrence
John Patterson
Solomon Torres
Craig Dingman
John Thomson
Adam Eaton
Jamey Wright
Victor Santos
Dave Bush
Ian Snell
Jon Lieber

39 Given the previous discussion, dudes who actually gave up a tater to Juan Pierre?

39
Punished by Pierre?
Jualloped by Juan?

39 One playoff game winners?

A boy's finger was bitten off by a pitbull. It's almost like DT.

39
Humiliated pitchers who gave up homers to Slappy McWorthless?

I didn't get to see the game. Notwithstanding,two hits and an ER, how did Penny look? Bad or just rusty?

Bob, by any chance, did you have lunch at La Salsa today?

45
Same old for Penny. Velocity is there. Control and location is not.

45
He's throwing a little harder, but couldn't make AAA guys like Antonelli swing and miss.

Somebody lamented about whether it was better to finish a game comeback or wakeup on the E. coast to find they had won. Perhaps it was DL. Anyway, I woke up somewhat disoriented in time to watch Manny's 2nd Homer. All I could remember for sure was Loney's 1st inning bomb and a vague good feeling including some positives for my new favorite potential Dodger, Blake DeWitt. Amazing it is---3 1/2--unhiemlich.

This is starting to feel like the practical joke in The Information when Richard Tull sends Gwyn Barry a copy of the Sunday Times with a note saying, "Saw something in here that would interest you."

40 , 41 , 44 - Of course.

42 - For fun and it's just a joke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDW0ZnZxjn4

Oh yeah, 8 games in 12 days.

Wouldn't the deal to get Manny have to be three years for 75mill, or at least 70mill? Since he gave up two years and what he wants is security, it would strike me the Dodgers have to put in a 3rd year.

sry, here ya go
http://tinyurl.com/5vdu6c

49 I was hoping Jon would walk across Jackie Johnson's weather report, a la Borat. Oh well.

From Dylan Hernandez:

Limited to two starts in the last 11 weeks, Penny said he had regrets about decisions he made this season.

"The one thing that bothers me is that I should've said something," Penny said of the shoulder problems that he claims hindered him for most of the season.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-dodfyi11-2008sep11,0,4216291.story

53
I'm guessing 4 years is the minimum length of a potential Manny deal.

51 - Dang, eight or so rows back. At least I've seen one.

The D'backs slide is reminicent of Mets '07.

"She claims to be able to channel the soul of an ancient warrior, but..."

This is getting good!

Also: "Penny said he kept quiet because he felt he had to continue pitching to secure a contract for next season. "

45
Are you stalking me?

I've already given you one restraining order.

51 - edited

http://tinyurl.com/5vdu6c

62. I think you were sitting right next to me. You were doing a NYT crossword puzzle?

63
Harry Kalas' call makes Pierre's homer even more interesting to watch.

31 "...and then we go to Wrigley Field, I got the wiggly feel." Colletti can't say he wasn't warned about Pierre's arm.

62
It would have been more stalkery if LAT said something like, "you dripped some salsa on the floor as you ate your three-pepper fajita burrito today."

Trust me, if you want stalker advice, I'm your man! :)

64
I try to be as antisocial as possible at lunch.

64 You will not get any ideas on what to do for your cooking final at La Salsa.

Gotta love our one-two punch of Ethier and Manny. Ethier gets on, Manny hits it out.

A stolen robotic gorilla in Vermont or Dodgers? Dodgers or a robotic gorilla in Vermont? Hmmm ...

Tie goes to the story that can appear on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMljYsfjUg0

yay!

Here we go.

It's on Fellas!

And Jon follows the Gorilla.

Now that's a one-two punch!

Jon sighting!!!

TBLA shout out, too.

Scareduck gets the shaft, though.

They called Jon "Joe"

My name has made it on TV!

Joe?

Alright. Well done, Jon. Let's never do this again.

I too heard Joe, but didn't want to accuse without being sure.

Joe?

If that's the good angle to shoot Charles Steinberg from, I'd hate to see what the bad one is.

Joe Weissman?

85.
lol.

I was with two other people and we were discussing whether Lincicum being on a losing teamwill hurt his Cy Young chances, whether Delgado should win MVP, Sarah Palin and the bailout of the Fannie and Freddie Mac.

Before I wondered if it was you, I noticed your ID holder that was from the Santa Anita Breeders Cup and I wondered if it was a month young or a few years old.

Hey hey! My post made the TV!!

89.
Yes, I saw it!

It was pretty cool...except for the "Joe" part. =/

Well, if Norma Jean Baker could change her name, I guess I can too.

I always thought they asked for your name before they interviewed you? a friend of mine got interviewed once a long time ago & told me they ask for your name first & then write it down on a note book i think he told me...

Specifically, posts 28-33 made the TV. Of course the land my nerdiest post about how I'm tracking three games at once :)

91 Joe Monroe?

92 - Yes, that all happened.

They did spell it right on TV at least.

I wonder if the Gorilla's TV appearances have improved since being aired in front of Jon

96

LOL

Jon, I've never seen a basement with a window. How did you do that?

Jon, don't feel bad about the "Joe" thing, I have a published case where I am forever listed as "Leroy Tubbs."

How often does a sports blog make the news? Even if it was for a minute or so. Just shows what a great place Mr. Weisman has created. Congrats.

Okay, now I really hope someone posts this clip on the interweb. Especially an edited version that is just Jon's clip, so I can skip the rest of the KCAL stuff.

Congrats on the exposure, Joe! Er, Jon!

Poor Jon. Even that rinky-dink LA Times Podcast did a better job pronouncing Jon's name.

99 -yeah, but isn't that your real name?

I thought it was really nice to give all the other Dodgers Blogs quick mentions. That was a class move by KCAL. Overall, an good piece.

But why was there a reporter in West LA?

102

I'm sorry about what I said about the Times' podcast. It's actually pretty good, and it featured Molly Knight!

I'm famous!!

99 103 They call him MISTER Tubbs.

99 I know his real name and I'll just say I laughed and laughed when I read this.

104. Which other ones did they mention? There are so many of them. :)
vr, Xei

From memory, I believe KCAL mentioned ItD, True Blue LA, Alyssa Milano, and... Gary Miller's blog??

Plus some others.

shoot i can't believe im missing the tv appearance...what was discussed? what was said about dodger thoughts?

57 - 4 years at 22-25 mil is probably the going price for Manny. We have some money going off the books this year, Kent, Nomar, maybe Penny or Lowe depending on what the front office feels they can let go. Of course, we are still saddled with the Black Hole at $18 mil for one more year and Pierre at 9-10 mil for 2 or 3 more unless we can find someone to take him (we would still have to eat a large portion of his remaining contract though).
Manny is an RBI machine though. 14 dingers and 40 RBI in just 38 games so far is doing better than most of our expectations from what I remember the day he came over. I think I had predicted 12-15 HR and 45 RBI and other posters thought that was too high. The going prediction was 10-12 HR and about 33-37 RBI for the whole two months.

Hey! We now have a better record than Florida (.514 vs. .507) - we'd be 3rd in NL East. Still only 5th in NL Central (St. Louis is at .538), by a considerable distance. Playing better than anyone for the past week and a half, though.

Hmm -- 0-3 v. CHC at Wrigley. No Manny back then. Definitely thinking far too prospectively here. But, regardless, I hope we use the remainder of this road trip as a confidence booster for winning outside of the Ravine.

"Let me tell you something -- I don't go deep anymore," Ramirez said. "Line drives to right field. Don't expect me to hit 40 home runs. No way."

Magic Number: 14
vr, Xei