The good news for me at playoff games is that the season ticket holders use their tickets so from row A - E I'm surrounded by good fans. The only exception are the people to the right of me as I think a broker owns those tickets as they are always for sale. I found that you don't see as many children/infants at the postseason games. Parents who have brought their children to many of the games during the year are bringing adult friends to the postseason. Of course I only have one game to base that opinion on.

But I'm with you Jon, I've been distressed reading about some of the behavior going on at DS (knowing that there are certainly many more good-natured fans, well-behaved fans, but that doesn't mean there shouldn't be consequences to those who cross the line). "Less drink, more think," a friend of mine once, who admittedly had a few, said at Candlestick Park.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOO

However once the Angels were eliminated, my high school alma mater bid adieu to the playoffs as Messrs. Anderson and Garland are off playing golf.

The men's room line was mighty long.

They do have some good candidates interviewing.

Go Fighters!

After the Cubs lost in game 3. One or more Cubs players broke a water main in frustration.

http://tinyurl.com/4vvy2w

Did he have a steam drill in the clubhouse?

If I had to pick one guy most likely to end up playing with or against his son in an MLB game, it would have been Orosco (or maybe Julio Franco).

Seriously, a shoe?

(No, actually, it's neat his son has a chance to make it in the bigs.)

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Man, this long layoff before the NLCS is killing me.

I cannot wait for the game tomorrow!!!

My section, usually a rowdy bunch of working class fans, was actually pretty well-behaved. It normally takes an obnoxious fan of the opposing team to really set them off, and the Cubbies didn't exactly give Cubs fans much to be obnoxious about.

I won't, however, get into the time a Giants fan popped a beach ball with his teeth. Ugly stuff. Ugly ugly stuff.

I actually went there with Jesse O's nephew. Er, just (quite) a few years behind you.

Ah, that's nice to know, had never heard of Vasquez.

Phillies -110
Dodgers -110

Hey there to all in the philly/new york/ne corridor contingent.

I'll be there tomorrow and friday (whoo hoo!). In fact, I have 1 extra ticket for friday. Its a great seat in the infield level, row 30-ish behind 3rd base. The only catch is that you'll have to actually sit with me as I'm under strict orders to make sure that the ticket is not resold. MLB is funny that way and I don't want to get my wife fired. Its a $120 ticket and I'm not looking to make any money. Just to have a sympathetic Dodger fan to sit next to.

Email me at jaehyun.chang at gmail.com

Oh and yes, I'm planning on getting to Chickie and Pete's before the game as well...maybe by 6pm. So looking forward to this!

But Cunningham, yah, and his older bro Sam "Bam", along with Karch Kiraly, Eddie Matthews, Jamaal Wilkes, Ron "Bull Durham" Shelton -- quite a few famous alums.

On the other hand, the "baseball" guys are more mixed, as they know the Dodgers players and have respect for our pitching.

Most of what I heard in the past few days though has seemed like the nation's sports radio guys think the Phillies will win. Plus Leitch at Deadspin.com picked the Phillies in 7, just like he picked the Cubs in 5. :)

The rest of the people hated us.

Virgil pitched 16.7 innings for the Tigers last year! I actually played Little League with him back in the day.

SBHS def has some interesting alumni - Karch Kiraly being another.

Now.

The word is he lives on my street in Pasadena

With the Dodgers in the running for the World Series, the Los Angeles City Council today unanimously approved a resolution calling for federal legislation to rename the area around Dodger Stadium "Dodgertown."

With the Dodgers in the running for the World Series, the Los Angeles City Council today unanimously approved a resolution calling for federal legislation to rename the area around Dodger Stadium "Dodgertown."

"I mean, talk about wearing out your welcome in a town, and it was a long welcome with the Red Sox. But some of the things he did were simply despicable, despicable - like not playing, refusing to play. Forgetting what knee to limp on. And now it's washed, it's gone" ...

"A rejuvenated Manny, I think it would be fair to say," McCarver said, sitting in the Phillies dugout yesterday. "More than old Manny. Manny's doing things that even Manny doesn't do, [like] scoring on a double to right field from first base."

McCarver laughed and asked which knee was it that was hurting?

"It's a wonderful story in many, many ways, and from Boston's standpoint, it's a horrible story, I would imagine, because he could be doing that for Boston," McCarver said.*

One of my cherished high school memories involves rescuing a beach ball popped by a guy with a cigarette at the Big A. We borrowed a used band-aid from a girl in front of us, patched it up and were lauded as heroes.

Of course now I'm older and disapprove of such youthful distractions like beach balls, rally towels, the wave, etc.

MANNY TO the crowd: "We're going to party at my house. We're going to party like rock stars, if you can find my house."

Joe Torre: C'mere kid.
Cory Wade: Yes sir.
JT: Drop the sir. I'm Joe.
CW: Yes sir--I mean Joe.
JT: That's better. [Torre places arm lightly around Wade's shoulder.] Listen, I just want you to know we're going to use you a lot this series.
CW: I know.
JT: I mean a lot--every game if we have to.
CW: I understand.
JT: We might ride you a little now, but you'll get a chance to rest up in the offseason.
CW: [Nods and clears throat.]
JT: How do you feel?
CW. Good. I'm ready.
JT: Glad to hear it. Get outta here.

This has been a reenactment. If it were an actual conversation, there would've been a greater payoff for the reader.

Future is now for the Dodgers' super saver
http://tinyurl.com/3op566

Broxton is physically imposing, but he is not one of those wild-man closers who thrive on intimidation. He is so soft-spoken that you find yourself leaning closer to hear him. His resting heart rate, you surmise, is not high.

"Laid back," he said with a little smile.

Waynesboro, his hometown in Georgia, is about 25 miles from famed Augusta. But it is more country than country club, billing itself as the "Bird Dog Capital of the World."

"I mean, there's three red lights or so," Broxton said. "I come from a lot of Mother Nature. Huntin', raisin' dogs. Bird dogs, raccoon dogs. I've had up to 22 dogs at one time. My granddad's had up to 40-something at one time."

That is not a suitable hobby in L.A.

"Nah, you can't have any big dogs," he said. "It's, uh, different here. A lot more people and not as many trees."

Furcal, SS
Ethier, RF
Manny, LF
Martin, C
Loney, 1B
Kemp, CF
Blake, 3B
DeWitt, 2B
Lowe, P

"Joe also said he expects it to go back to the lineup we had for the Division Series once we face a right-hander in Game 2."

Furcal, SS

Ethier, RF

Manny, LF

Martin, C

Loney, 1B

Kemp, CF

Blake, 3B

DeWitt, 2B

Lowe, P

Come on people, it's just a game, it's supposed to be fun, and there is NO EXCUSE for any verbal abuse towards any fans.

Thank you Jon for bringing this up.

Regarding respect issues for the Dodgers, my thoughts are that respect comes from consistent and repeated positive actions and not from winning one playoff series in 20+ years. The Dodgers do not need respect now, they need our support.

I don't get the point of your last sentence, starting with the sour grapes "but". Someone finally came along and executed what we've been wanting. That's a good thing, (like you say), but then you get pissy about it.

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Blake
DeWitt

in the lineup. It cracks me up for some reason.

I think the Dodgers should draft Lebron James's brother* and bat him before our 1st baseman.

*I don't know if Lebron has a brother.

my main problem is not that i had to get security, but that the user who was 50 feet in front of us was busier watching the game than observing the crowd.

I thought it would be funny if you all of a sudden became Manny's neighbor. I would have a hard time not waiting up for him to come home from a game, so I could peak my head out and say, "nice home run, Manny"

I may be in L.A. the 21st through the 26th - what is the best way for me to get tickets to a possible Dodgers game that might be happening around then? I also live 1.5 hours from Fenway and try to go there as well.

Remember the Bill James comment in the HBA about how obnoxious drunks at games pretty much disappeared over time? I hope someone in charge has this as a priority, because there is absolutely no reason for it.

I hope the fear over losing customers (attendance was down this year, according to SI, for the first year in several.) doesn't inhibit some stringent crowd control.

Boston reportedly has some trouble with this, too.