Can I compare Plashke with a certain cable news outlet?

UCLA needs your business because Rose Bowl tickets are only 10 bucks.

Who Hoo! I'm going to Monday's game.

caught this just in time...

Hey Nate, any thoughts on the new Okkervil River album? I just heard it for the first time today.

I bought it last week and I've been listening to it in the background while I do stuff and it hasn't really grabbed me like Black Sheep Boy did and it doesn't really have that amazing standout song like "Westfall" on their first full length, but its not bad. I love Okkervil River so my judgement is a bit clouded. They are playing in Phx and Tucson next Thursday and Friday and I'm def going to one of them...maybe both shows if I'm not too tired.

Is Monday a typo?

1 - You can compare him to a summer's day ...

I will be there tonight!

I will be parking in fron of my old apartment on Morton st. and buying some seeds from Evelyn at her store on Echo Park ave....EP for life!

5
I'll sell you my ticket for Monday.

You need to wire me $200.

LATed.

Why are there so many more day games at Wrigley than elsewhere? I believe they were the last, and very late, to get lights, but now that they have them, why so many day games? Do they think that the tradition there fills as many seats as night games would? Are they right - do the weekday day games sell out?

Nobody bought tickets to Monday? Er, I mean. I know it was an off day! Yeah!

9 - There are city rules limiting the number of night games there, I thought.

5 Jon is joking. He knows people will be home watching network TV season premieres.

On attendance, even if the Dodgers "sold out" all 6 games, their overall attendace would be slightly below the 2006 season and probably 120K below last year.

It will still be the third highest total tickets sold for the Dodgers but surely a disappointment.

9 Wrigley truly is in the middle of a neighborhood, and while certainly people who live in the area moved there knowing full well a baseball team plays there, I think the Cubs may still want to limit the number of night games out of respect for their neighbors.

6 in Barstow.

As part of the agreement to let them install lights in the first place, the Cubs had to agree to severely limit the number of night games.

Ask Lee Elia about day games in Chicago.

8- If you'll post your bank routing number and checking account number, I'll wire you $200. I promise.

Jacob, thanks for your last post. Made me jealous of Eric about the ACL fest.

I love Mates of State, especially live, hard to not to feel love when you see those two. I'm going to have to now check out Okkervil River, too.

I reeeeallllly don't want the Dodgers playing the Cubs in the first round of the playoffs. I'll be thrilled if they make it to the 2nd round so at that point I'd just enjoy the ride.

17 Andrew Shimmin, the Nigerian Bank of Dodger Thoughts.

6

Thee.
A summer's day.
Thou art lovely.
Thou art temperate.
Rough winds and darling buds?
You do the math.

19
It would be nice if we could crush their dreams early though. : )

I guess in 1982 Murray was probably writing about 1962. Something happened 26 years ago and we still are fearful. Baseball is a crazy game with a lot of twists and turns, and sure we could blow the lead because sometimes these things happen. On the bright side some of you could use 2008 to scare the next generation so they never enjoy a lead in late September, and instead stay afraid of what lies around the corner.

Sounds like the promo to make people buy some limited tickets now to have access to playoff tickets worked out.

43 Jon, with the new season about to begin will we see a rebirth of Screen Jam or should we plan on visiting Season Pass? Have you seen any of this seasons Heroes? Is it worth my time? After season 2 they lost me but since they were wise enough to begin the season on a Dodger off day, I may give them a shot.

Besides The Office, there isn't much I am really looking forward to. I may give Gary Unmarried a chance; Jay Mohr's stand up is pretty good but the show could be really bad. I hope Chuck may have a good sophomore year, but other than that I will be waiting for February and Lost. I was hoping for good things from Entourage, but after two episodes I am left bored and unfulfilled.

12 It will still be the third highest total tickets sold for the Dodgers but surely a disappointment.

Considering that most of the season the team was below .500 and before Manny and Blake the team was like watching paint dry and considering they raised ticket prices after last years disappointing season Fank & Co. should consider this year's attendence a huge success.

On the music front, the people who like Iron and wine, has anyone heard Bon Iver? I love his album "For Emma, Forever Ago"

It seems like every sports media outlet is saying re-signing Manny and giving him whatever he wants is a no brainer. But I have'nt heard one of them address what the Dodgers than do with Jones or Pierre.

27 Sell them for scrap?

25 Oh, I agree, my "disappointment" comment was more on what they are thinking.

Anyway, shouldn't you be memorizing recipes?

Here's some ingredients for a classic.

chuck steak
smoked bacon
shallots
onion
large carrots
garlic
thyme
bay leaf
flour
red burgundy wine
mushrooms
olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper

20
Andrew does look like one of those people who would gain the trust of an athlete to administer his millions only to find he couldn't live on his percentage so he took it all, and ends up living the good life in Costa Rica while the athlete is on ESPN explaining why he made 132 Million in 5 years but is now living with his brother.

0 Tuesday-Thursday: Limited tickets remain.

Limited mean 15-20 thousand per game.

About 90 minutes away from THE series of the year in the National League.

The Padres are in Washington.

Plenty of good seats available. I bet Sam DC would even let you sleep on his couch if you wanted to make a weekend trip. Dirk Hayhurst vs. Colin Balester.

Will the loser get the #1 draft pick or will the Mariners keep up their losing ways?

Beef Bourguignon?

27. Eat Jones (backup OFer), trade Pierre eating some of him too, use DY, Repko or some other replacement level OFer to fill out the rest of your OF? vr, Xei

23 The 1982 Atlanta Braves were a much better team than the 2008 Arizona Diamonbacks.

32 The suspense is killing me.

24 - All bets are off until October 1. Season Pass is being reinvented ... I'm thinking, though, that I might try the separate TV chat thread route on DT.

Have not seen any new Heroes, don't plan to give it another try. I've heard that Hiro is at his best, but the rest is hit and miss. But that's just hearsay.

I also hear Chuck's first few episodes are their best, so I might give that show a third chance.

33 It was the wine that gave it away.

Marty should hang outside of LAT's class room.

Nah, LAT doesn't need our help.

34 There'd be a lot of Jones to go around...

33. Marty
Beef Bourguignon?

34. Xeifrank
Eat Jones

Costa Rica's too hot. Greenland might be more my speed. And, anyway, the dollar has been holding its own against the krone.

Jones Bourguinion?

27
They could trade Kemp/Ethier to fill the holes created from the disastrous trade for Manny and open up the spots so Jones and Pierre can be full time again.

A Cano for JP trade. Everyone's happy!

I think that the Mets and Reds might have JP interest. As for Jones......If he could somehow convince someone that he has something left then the Yanks could take him.

27 I think they'd be able to get someone to take Pierre, perhaps not on full salary but perhaps with a nice chunk of relief for the Dodgers. Jones has only one more year, so if Manny is signed to a 3 or 4 year deal, it's only the first year that would be painful.

41
The person who named Greenland is getting the last laugh. Under all the ice it turns it is indeed green. Nothing grows like one million year old thawed permafrost.

25 - and in the face of a weak economy, too.

34 - with a nice chianti and some fava beans?

37
Any news on Scrubs on ABC?

Looks like Andre Ethier and Jake Peavy both got lucky last holiday season. Peavy is getting scratched this weekend to be with his wife who's giving birth. Could mean he gets moved up to face Billingsley Tuesday. Or maybe he just wants to take a week off and finish out at home vs Pitt.

Unless you are spending a lot of money, "nice" and "chianti" should not be in the same sentence IMO.

32
I have tickets for 2 of the last 3 Mariner games and I hope the Steven Strausburg sweepstakes are still up for grabs.
Can the Griddle explain if the Pads-Nats playing each other helps or hurts the M's chances at #1?
Any opinion from the prospect experts if he is worth the hubbub?

Kristen Bell was on Tonight Show last night and they showed a scene from upcoming season of Heroes and it was absolutely horrid.

53
Current standings
Sea 57-95
SD 58-95
Was 58-95

Padres & Nats playing one another simply means one is guaranteed at least two more losses this weekend. Although we probably knew that anyway.

29. Being the knucklehead I am, a couple of days ago I realized the third and final day of testing falls on the same day as Fan Appreciation Day. Fan Appreciation Day has been a tradition for Syd and I for since she was 5. Its her favorite game and she holds out hope that she can score Manny's autograph. She also thinks, every year, she will win a prize. (Ahh, the naiveté of youth). Being that she is getting older and I'm not sure how many more years she will care about going to the game with her dad, I spoke to the powers that be and am excused from the last day of the final. I will take it with the Monday class which is about a month behind my class. Thus, no recipe memorization for me--at least not for a few weeks.

56 - Good for you. I'm glad.

50 - They finished production I believe and will come on at midseason.

56 I thought you had mentioned that before so I am happy that you guys will be able to go.

55
So is it logical that the Mariners are ahead in the all important win column since they have an extra game to lose that the Pads and Nats can't?
Its less stressful thinking about this then the Dodgers staying ahead of the D-backs

56
In 2004 I won the fruit of the month club for a year.

Around 1995 a guest of mine won airline tickets to anywhere in the world. He sold them, he needed the money.

58. I might have mentioned it before. I guess I just began focusing on it. Are you going to the Sun. game?

60. Fruit of the Month Club? Man, that shows how Fan Appreciation Day prizes have deteriorated. Were you able to find tickets for Tues?

I once won a trip for two to Hawaii, and the series of unfortunate events that followed were like something out of a depressing short story. To give away the ending, I did not make it to Hawaii.

My only trip to Hawaii remains the time I went there to cover Canyon, Chaminade and Montclair Prep football games.

Adam Kennedy wanting to be traded is apparently important news to ESPN.

4 I downloaded The Stage Names a while back and while it has some good songs, I didn't think it deserved all the hype it got. Since their new one seems to be in the same vein, I think I'll pass this time around.

62
I was bummed when I saw what I won, but the reality is that I enjoyed getting that box every month.

No, I think we will have to sit in my seats until I see how attendance is and see if I can't score a better location. Easy for one, not so easy for four. Maybe they will like looking into the bullpen and learning how to swear in Spanish at the other teams leftfielder.

63 I wouldn't mind reading it.

Dude, I just went to the Fruit of the Month Club website. That is a really brilliant idea. I'd be on pins and needles for Strawberries and Peaches month.

60 I would bet you sit in Loge. I have sat in Reserved 31 for 7 years and only one time have I seen anyone win a prize (fan appreciation day 2005). That includes Fan Appreciation, Fan of the Games, Coke Challenge, Trader Joes, Islands, etc, etc, etc.

I would like to see an investigation into the randomness of these give aways.

37 Count me in as a voter for the separate "DTTV" chat, Jon -- I liked that last year, and it'd be nice to have one-stop shopping at a single online place. Plus, it's an online place populated by trusted and insightful souls already.

69. If it makes you feel any better I sit in Loge and have never won a thing. In fact, my Firm has 8 field level tickets and as far as I know, no one has won anything.

I need to find more bands to listen to. I have to wait too long before albums I care about. I have been waiting for upcoming Isis album since spring.

71 - 26 years of season tickets on Loge, never a Fan Appreciation Day winner.

63- My best friend one a trip to Hawaii our junior year of college and she was going to take me. But a series of unfortunate events meant I had to stay home as well.

74- She did not ONE, she WON.

Whew.

Mystery ship washes ashore in Alabama after Hurricane Ike

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/19/ike.mystery.ship.ap/index.html

76
That reminds me of all the crazy fish they found after the Tsunamis.

The only time I was in Hawaii, I was 2 years old so too young to remember anything. Apparently Wilt Chamberlain was on the plane on the way back home.

My one trip to Hawaii departed John Wayne on Sept 15th, 2001. It was the first Saturday that regularly scheduled flights took the air. That was quite a time to fly.

The last time I was in Hawaii, I attended a baseball game in which Joba Chamberlain faced Blake DeWitt. I hope to witness the same matchup someday soon in a more meaningful game.

Chris Berman said that DeSean Jackson won't make a mistake like that again, because Cal guys are smart. Clearly, Berman did not follow Jackson's high school issues or has ever read Marshawn Lynch's blog.

in 06 Korean Tourists in front of me would have won a 55" Plasma. They had already left, and did not leave ticket stubs behind. I was hoping for the jackpot.

Wow Marshawn has a blog. Nice. He writes the way people write on AIM.

76
The Black Rock?

http://www.yardbarker.com/marshawnlynch

85
The best part is he invited Lamar Woodley to help him at his camp and he does not even spell his name right.

This video interview doesn't help Marshawn's case either: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-iel089cEE&feature=related

Oh jeez. That Lynch blog is just sad. I'm glad he got a great education at Cal. But that's koo. At least Fantasy Football doesn't score for grammar or spelling, just yards and TDs, or my team would be toast.

In some ways, it's nice to know that Marshawn's blog isn't filtered by some PR guy.

Brewers in a hole down 3-0 to the Reds.

150:1s going for the "Blowing up the Death Star" method of clinching a playoff spot by trying to beat Minnesota and then have:
1) the Yankees lose at home to Baltimore
2) the Blue Jays lose in Boston
3) the White Sox lose in Kansas City

76

I just spent six months in a leaky boat (ba ba ba)
Six months in a leaky boat (ba ba ba)

The Marshawn writes his blog doesn't necessarily mean he's dumb. He's writing in s specific style. "Slanguage" is big in the Bay anyway. E-40 is very intelligent, but he talks crazy ish,,,,

The *way Marshawn writes his blog...

93
But E-40 is a rapper/businessman doing that to still be cool and relevant because he's actually in his 40's.

Mets feeling good as the Brewers' hole gets deeper. 5-0 Cincinnati.

Marlins jump in front of the Phillies 3-2 in the first.

84 It shouldn't be to hard for Ben and the gang to get back to The Island. Its probebly somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico.

98 *probably

Okay, correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the reason that the Cubs originally were scheduled to play us was when the Brewers were ahead in the Wild Card race and two teams from the same divsion can't play in the first round. Otherwise, the Cubs with the best record in the NL will face the wild card team, right? Which if it were today would be the Mets and the Dodgers would play the Phillies in the first round. We will have more issues with pitching against them, but there starting pitching is not as deep. As i see it, we only face the Cubs if the Brewers end up as the Wild Card! Again, that is my understanding from years of following this before!

Brett Myers has faced 5 batters. All have hits and all have scored. 5-2 Florida.

Of course, this applies to first round - the division series only!

Lineup:

Kemp, CF
Ethier, RF
Ramirez, LF
Blake, 3B
Loney, 1B
DeWitt, 2B
Berroa, SS
Ardoin, C
Maddux, P

100
The current playoff matchups are always on the sidebar of the Griddle.

103 Maddux has a caddy. Kemp returns to leadoff after about a 3 week vacation.

The US Ryder Cup Team does something it never does, it comes out of the first day with a lead 5.5 - 2.5

Has anyone ever played alternate shot or best ball when they played golf?

Perfect opportunity to return Kemp to the leadoff spot. He's had great success against Zito:

11 for 21 with 3 walks

.524/.583/.571/1.155

While, Martin has had little success against Zito so it's a good time to give him a game off. Also, Ardoin has a HR off Zito this season.

93
I should add that it does not mean I think Marshawn is dumb, just that athletics far outweighs academics (for football and basketball) at major colleges regardless of what the NCAA says.

107 In some tournaments, you play a scramble which is best ball. It takes longer to play with 4 people because you have to decide which is the best shot, than everyone has to hit from that spot and then you have to go pick up the shots you didn't use.

Has anyone ever played alternate shot or best ball when they played golf?

Both.

In some tournaments, you play a scramble which is best ball

Scramble and best ball are not the same thing.

The fact is that it can be really difficult to change your mind, especially when you've taken a public stand on an issue. Nobody wants to be seen as a flip-flopper (I'll stay away from any partisan jabs) or someone without conviction. However, that mindset can often handicap us in making the best decision.

Nicely put, Paul. DePodesta, that is.

112
So Paul DePodesta for President?

I am down with that.

I am down with that

You down with D4P?

Yeah, you know me.

D4p is naughty by nature, not cuz he hate cha.

I've exhausted my supply of "Naughty by Nature" banter.

103. And on the 19th day of the month The Catcher rested . . .
. . . finally.

Washington leads San Diego 1-0.

I've played best ball and shotgun scrambles. Bingo bango bongo is sometimes involved too.

From Brian Doh's blog:

Just what was so bad about your Dodgers gig?

In short, spending too much time away from home (seven months out of the year on the road), the realization winning is secondary for 99.9999 percent of the players and the weak moral fiber of many, many, many players, as well as other personnel around the game.

Yeesh.

Votto's 2nd HR of the game makes it 6-0 over the Brewers.

120 He was there during the Sheriff's reign.

I never want to correct LAT but Danny started on Sunday in Colorado and caught Maddux.

Bingo bango bongo is sometimes involved too

We used to play a game called either "Wolf" or "Pig", depending upon your preference.

120 Who is that?

the realization winning is secondary for 99.9999 percent of the players and the weak moral fiber of many, many, many players, as well as other personnel around the game

I believe it.

I had no idea golf had all these games. Of course, I have never played golf that did not involve some kind of Dragon that I had to putt the ball into.

119
I don't golf much, but my brother likes to play Animal quite often. I believe the last person to do a certain thing pays:

Camel - ball in sand
Alligator - ball in sand

I don't remember the other two. That's how often I play golf.

124
Daily News UCLA beat writer, that used to be a beat writer for the Dodgers.

122. How was I to know? Sinday, I was sautéing chicken :-) But I'm glad to see Russell rest.

107. 110.

Really? I've found that best ball/scramble usually moves a lot faster especially if you're a 20+ handicap...it isn't too tough to figure out whose ball to hit especially if there it is only 2x2. Makes golf a little more enjoyable I find as well because it takes a little of the stress knowing you have multiple shots fail/succeed. Just my 2 cents.

125 I don't, but I'm probably being idealistic...

D'Backs go 1-2-3. Max Scherzer takes the mound in Denver.

For those wondering the Rockies are throwing their best lineup out there.

122
Dohn's love of crocs scares me.

Shin Soo Choo has homered in Cleveland against Detroit. That was his 86th hit of the season. That ties the record for most hits in a season by a native of Korea in MLB.

133
So why is Willy Taveras batting leadoff then?

Who in Ch-i's name could he possibly be tied with?

137
Shh....

136 - Correction, the Rockies are throwing their regular lineup out there.

136
68 stolen bases...!

139
He says as Taveras gets a leadoff single.

A rabbit is loose!

So that means Martin needs to walk twice a game over the 8 games after tonight to break 100 BB on the year.

The last Dodger with 100 BB was Gary Sheffield with 101 in 2000.

142.
Wow. Great stat...thanks..! Even though his power #'s and avg are down he's still one of the smartest hitters (let alone catchers) in the league..

Fausto 6 IP already, and looking strong maye have another 2 in him.

129 Oh, as of right now, Sunday remains 1 of the 2 games I am not attending on this homestand.

1-0 Rockies Atkins RBI single.

Padres take a 4-2 lead on the Nats.

My buddy is asking me about Scott Lewis, just by looking at his minor league numbers he looks really good. Anyone here heard anything about him?

Choo has picked up hit #87.

And Hee-Seop Choi is no longer the Korean MLB single season hit king.

148
No runs in 14 innings so far and he faced the Twins in one of those games.

1-0 Rockies Bot 2.

Chris Iannetta solo HR 2-0 Rockies Bot 2.

Replay in effect at Tampa Bay.

153
The replay will decide if it's going to be 7-0 Rays or 9-0 Rays.

Any bets on whether Martin really rests for the entire game?

2-0 Rockies Bot 3.

155 - Normally if we are ahead Martin rests the entire game. But, if the game is close or we are behind he'll be in the game.

NPUT