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2) personally attacking other commenters
3) baiting other commenters
4) arguing for the sake of arguing
5) discussing politics
6) using hyperbole when something less will suffice
7) using sarcasm in a way that can be misinterpreted negatively
8) making the same point over and over again
9) typing "no-hitter" or "perfect game" to describe either in progress
10) being annoyed by the existence of this list
11) commenting under the obvious influence
12) claiming your opinion isn't allowed when it's just being disagreed with
With the Rose Bowl zippin' outta reach, let's tune in to the fledgling MLB Network (channel locator here) for their 4 p.m. broadcast of Game 5 of the 1956 World Series (I won't spoil the ending), with Kid Scully participating as one of the announcers.
Update: Man, I want that pocket encyclopedia ...
Update 2: Scully's call of the final out. For him, this is a bigger moment than Brooklyn's first World Series title the year before.
I think it would be safe to say that no man in the history of baseball has ever come up to hit in a more dramatic moment. That man is Dale Mitchell.
Yankee Stadium is shivering in its concrete foundation right now. Ball one.
Two out in the ninth inning, the Yankees 2, Brooklyn nothing, but this ballgame is right there on your screen: Mr. Don Larsen.
Strike one, and the crowd is roaring now, similarly to the day that Johnny Podres stood out there last year. But there is so much more at stake this afternoon.
[Big swing and a miss].
Now there is one strike left.
[Long roar, then a swing].
Fouled away, just to increase the tension.
[The final pitch].
Got him! The greatest game ever pitched in baseball history, by Don Larsen: a no-hitter and perfect game in the World Series! Never in the history of the game has it ever happened in the World Series. Only the seventh time in baseball history or World Series a perfect game has been pitched; 64,517 have seen it and a million more on TV. Don Larsen, a perfect game, retiring 27 Dodgers in a row.
And so hats off to Don Larsen. No runs, no hits, no errors, no walks - no baserunners. The final score: The Yankees two runs, five hits and no errors, the Dodgers no runs, no hits, no errors, in fact, nothing at all. This is a day to remember; this was a ballgame to remember, and above all, the greatest day in the life of Don Larsen and the most dramatic and well-pitched game in the history of baseball.
Mel, you've seen a lot of ballgames. This one you can put in your ring and wear it for a long time.
[Mel Allen:]
Well, Vinny, I've had the good luck of watching Johnny Vander Meer's second consecutive no-hitter over in Brooklyn, Allie Reynolds' two no-hitters in one season. I saw Virgil Trucks' second no-hitter, pitched against the Yankees, in one season. I saw Bob Feller pitch a no-hitter against the Yankees here. Vinny, I don't think you or I will ever see such a thing again.
[Scully:]
No, I guess we can both say, we can go now.
And I suppose it's too late for a Rule 9 violation to do so.
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/story/834264.html
I have, and would like to request all Dish/DT readers to also send them your thoughts. Might I suggest terms like, "Thinking about changing to Direct TV...because you guys are idiots"
I think that is the first time I've ever seen Billy Martin playing baseball. What an awesome way to start out the new year. Wasting time on baseball in a whole new way.
Ironic that this would be happening during a kinescope broadcast.
The picture quality on my HD feed on a Vizio Plasma is great...
As to not caring, perhaps you are right, but letter writing, or email writing is cheap and is some what of a pressure campaign. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't but takes only a few minutes to reach out and annoy them with comments.
Random question: I have used a family members GPS all this break, and I am really impressed. Does anyone have experience with Magellan or Garmin? Which would you recommend?
Vin's on!
Vin Scully, great from the start.
And vengeance will be complete.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380059916525
lots of these on eBaY
And here's Vin's face on TV. He does the ad in the Sonorous Voice. Now when he talks, it sounds like he's smiling.
17 I meant no Dodgers broadcasts outside the local area, like here in Indiana, where we only get them with MLB Extra Innings. Also, I didn't mean that your HD picture was bad with Dish, just that DirecTV offers a greater variety of HD channels.
Now, they've got Joe E. "No one's perfect" Brown doing an ad for Papermate Pens.
On Dish v Direct, Coke v Pepsi, different tastes for different folks.
Still on taste, Sirus has completely ruined MLB on Channel 175. The AM drive time show with Mark Patrick and Buck Martinez an always listen to on the driven in to work, now just want someone to shut Holden K. the heck up.
I'm hearing the Dodgers are working on a deal that will allow the team to cut ties with Andruw Jones, save $12 million and send the guy, who couldn't hit a thing, seeking employment elsewhere.
Dodgers' GM Ned Colletti said, "We can't confirm that and right now we don't have a comment," but if completed, it would give the Dodgers an additional $12 million to pursue Manny Ramirez or cover the cost of a new wardrobe for Mrs. Parking Lot this season.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-simers2-2009jan02,0,4119406.column
They did a good job covering the winter meetings.
With the previous show, Mark Patrick would ask a question and then Buck would just say, "well yes" and then just re-state the question.
Just my taste.
Holden...needs to find a job as a used car salesman (apologies offered to all used car salesman in advance) or maybe a job with loud Billy Mayes from the info commercial biz.
I found Buck a better listen when Bowa was on the show too. Bowa would be grumpy and Buck would actually show his sense of humor.
..."Get a Life"....LOL
..."Stay Hot"....Larry Bowa style
Priceless
That's weird. How can they save money without trading him? But why would he be "seeking employment elsewhere" if he were being traded?
Would the players union allow this?
Sounds like deferred money to me. Should be able to sidestep the union with this, and the prospects of the Dodgers paying a million per year for the next ten years makes me laugh for some reason.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/
I just spoke with Simers, who tells me that it would be an agreement with Jones' agent, Scott Boras. Jones' 2009 salary "would be reduced to make him attractive" to possible suitors in a trade. And the deal would essentially free up money on the Dodgers' side that would head towards Ramirez, another Boras client. But it's still unclear why Jones would want to take the paycut. Is Boras going to pay the man out of his own pocket? This kind of dealing is unheard of in the sports world, but you can never doubt the almighty Scott Boras.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/
Jones gets $2.1 million of his signing bonus in 2009 and $15 million in salary. The remaining signing bonus of $5 million is due in 2010.
It'd be Kwame for Gasol all over again.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090101&content_id=3731327&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la&partnerId=rss_la
Dodgers.com has got it noow giving a few more realistic and specific details. It looks like it might be spreading the money out or actually giving him and extension and spacing the money out.
Looks like Mr. Boras will be doing everything he can to drive a backhoe through the loopholes he can find in the collective bargaining agreement.
Some sort of deal to "Just go away" Jones would be all that can be in work, Union be darned.
As for the perfect game, I watched it as well and loved. MLB network is great for starting this way.
True, but it does have the effect of reducing "2009" salary, no?
That was the original rumor. Not necessarily reducing salary overall, just in 2009.
Giants beats writer says that the Giants chasing after Manny is hogwash.
Preposition trouble?
Photoshop.
Btw, I heard a rumor from this guy at the grocery store down the street who overheard a conversation on a bus between driver and passenger after the driver had heard something on AM radio from a host who overheard his cab driver say he thought he saw Manny Ramirez in the men's room of a diner in Oakland. So he's definitely gonna be an A. Bank on it. Probably.
Happy New Year!
And there hasn't been a no-hitter in any post-season game since, right?
That game was truly the outlier of all time. Outliers resemble unicorns, and that's a unicorn.
I take it you have a propane grill? One word. Charcoal.
The Dodgers won game 6, 1-0 in 10 innings and then were shutout in game 7. The 56 Dodgers were a preview to the 66 Dodgers.
Stan from Tacoma
2. When ready, spend about 5-10 minutes getting good color on the chicken by putting it directly on the hot side. Turn actively to prevent burning.
3. When you're happy with the look of the chicken, move it to the indirect side, close the lid, and cook for approximately 45 minutes (I'm assuming assorted chicken parts here).
4. Check midway through (if not more) and turn the chicken if needed. The whole point of this method is that you sear it and then bake it.
If you're using a wet marinade, the chicken stays so moist that it's very hard to overcook it. If the Dodgers are playing, I recommend going outside during your least favorite player's at-bat.
I object to a company that I pay money to lying to me about when a service is going to be available.
108 Bob, perhaps you should start firemycablecompany.com and embarrass them into submission.
I've already blogged about it on the Griddle and today I will follow with the most powerful weapon in my arsenal: a sternly worded e-mail to the Customer Service Department of Time Warner.
That will have them quaking in their boots.
looks like I missed a "tasty treat"
figures.
My advice: Switch to DirecTV.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2004/B10180HOU2004.htm
The plate umpire was Babe Pinelli. He retired after the Series. It was his last game behind the plate after 22 years in which he apparently never missed a game. He also had been a major league baseball player. And Dale Mitchell went to his grave saying the last pitch was high and outside. Well, it was. But when it's 2-2 in a perfect game and the pitch is close enough to swing at, it's a strike.
I did notice Young Scully's greater resonance in those days. He also was a couple of months shy of his 29th birthday, doing his third World Series next to one of the biggest names of his time, so I suspect he'd take it down an octave.
>The San Francisco Giants are pursuing free-agent slugger Manny Ramirez and have offered him a four-year deal, a well-connected source told CBS 5.
>Financial terms of the contract offer were not immediately known. The deal was said by the source to contain incentives for the third year of the contract and a club option for the fourth.
>The chances of the Giants signing Ramirez, a 36-year-old left fielder, were unclear. A team spokesperson told CBS 5, "it's not happening."
I say 6. You say?
The less team pay,
The worse Manny play.
BP says that you should draft Kuroda in your fantasy league, but that part is behind the iron wall.
Jon Heyman says he 'confirmed' that the Giants are in the Manny sweepstakes, but doesn't even list his own source.
I wish we had a "Ned cam" so that we could end this nearly constant speculation on what either Ned (as in this case) or the McCourts (as in other cases) are seemingly trying to do.
If I were Ned I would do anything I could to get rid of either, with a strong preference to Jones, while at the same time keeping it as low key as possible to retain any scraps of leverage or dignity I could find lying around. Knowing full well that while there might not be much dignity to be recovered from any outcome with these two mistakes, I could full well certainly lose more face around them if I paraded my desire to be rid of them in the media every 5 minutes
I care far less about what the Dodgers are "seemingly trying to do" and far more about what gets done.
Intentions without outcomes are meaningless. I reserve my judgement on the outcome, and if that fails I care little what someone was hoping, trying, or whatever other word we come up with to describe well-intentioned failure to do
If you have a 3 burner grill - turn both the left and right burners to high and keep the middle burner off. Sear Chicken turning frequently to prevent flare-ups on either of the high burners until you get skin texture/finish to desired carmelization. Move Chicken to middle, close lid, cook to 160 degrees or so. Rest for 10 minutes and enjoy
Best whole chicken secret. Salt rub as a means of brining (without the messy liquid) 36 hours or so before. Use "Beer Can Chicken technique to cook. Unreal how good and moist this chicken is
The Giants would be the first team to buy the feed, and pay extra so other teams in the division don't know about it.
Nah.
Sabean : Ned :: M : James Bond
I would pay for it and use it as a way to lose weight. Everytime I was hungry I would tune in and lose my appetite
...but on second thought, it would also likely make me immediately start drinking.
hmmmmm
I'm surprised the various news agencies actually report on his injuries, since he's no longer an active player and appears to have no one pursuing his services.
Calling another GM and asking if they are trying to sign a free agent is very close to collusion, but again, it comes down to intent and malice - there must be an agreement to do harm to another, or prevent that other person from doing some act. Calling a GM and saying, "we're only offering Player A 5 years and 10 million dollars and we don't think you should offer any more than that either" would absolutely be collusion.
If Colletti were to call Sabean and ask if the Giants really were going after Manny, and the conversation ended at an answer of yes or no, I don't think you've got collusion. If Colletti were to call and ask Sabean to not make an offer, that would be collusion, or at least an attempt at collusion.
Ultimately, from a legal perspective, I don't think you get to collusion (or civil conspiracy) by making a phone call. But I don't know if the CBA has special rules that change the general principles.
http://www.fannation.com/si_blogs/hot_stove/posts/37244
If he has played his last inning as a Dodger I will be pleased.
As small as this makes me sound, I hope the man is washed up. I would not be made happy by a career renaissance. I wish him a long, happy, healthy life filled with great success....just outside of major league baseball please. Go away Andruw, make me forget you ever existed at all
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/
I doubt he's just doing this out of the goodness of his heart. He gets out of a situation in which he's unhappy and where he has a 0.0% of turning his career around, and will have the chance to go back to Atlanta(his comfort zone) or a lesser team that will allow him to get some more playing time than we would. Plus, though the details remain to be seen, he'll probably accrue some long-term interest off this from LA that will increase the # somewhat.
The Dodgers are in talks to renegotiate the contract of outfielder Andruw Jones curazoleño, with the goal of removing him from roster and save money that can be used to try to sign Dominican Manny Ramírez.
http://www.impactodeportivo.com.do/?op=displaystory&story_id=4925&format=html
In order for Andruw Jones (and his agent) to secure another (decent) contract, it will be necessary though not sufficient for him to play in 2009.
He knows he's not gonna get paid much after 2009 if he sits on the Dodgers bench all season.
Is "curazoleño" Spanish for "blimp"...?
Yep
Yep
Poor Jones, we're suppose to be happy go lucky fans but Jones got the wrath of a thousand suns from us...
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-lakersqa3-2009jan03,0,3865430.story
Hell hath no fury like a Dodger Thoughts reader scorned
he seemed to care too little (even if it was a front to protect his fragile sense of self)
he was far too fat (no denying that)which made us all assume sloth
and he was much worse than I have even seen a professional baseball player be. He was the worst player I can ever remember. I doubt we will ever see someone fall so quickly, so young, without a major catastrophic injury to blame. It just doesn't happen...
So yeah, we can be real jerks for laid back fans
The Dodgers signed veteran right-hander Claudio Vargas to a non-guaranteed major league contract.
Makes more sense.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=22&entry_id=34133
I didn't mean to intimate that Jones did this out of the goodness of his heart. I was impressed with Boras and how he may have managed to make both his clients happy given the situation.
Heyman has it as done deal.
In theory, this scheme increases Jones's chances of getting another contract after 2009.
Personally, I think Boras is working overtime because his clients are antzy, not because he wants to.
Dodgers sign Manny to a 2 year 50 million dollar deal.
Giants sign Abreu, trade Randy Winn to the Mets.
That's all I got for now.
Ryan ended up with 7---yes 7--no-hitters. But I think Sandy has the best rate per 100 games or whatever.
Gives me something to write about other than dirigibles.
Last night, Larsen's perfecto, tonight its the 2004 World Series.
At least it wasn't something as obscure as Jody Reed's
Oregon appears to be ... not good.
Enjoy the Draft Combine.
He was a teammate of Eckersley the previous year. Here are Mike Davis #'s in '87:
AB's - 494
Dingers - 22
BA - .265
obp - 320
ops+ 112
From what I've heard he made that same exact pitch to Roberto Alomar during a playoff game(that year or the previous) if I remember correctly. I could be wrong though, but from what I remember that's part of the story...
matter of opinion. Kind of like finding out Joe D was a jerk. Do I wanna know he was a jerk in real life or do I wanna not know?
:o)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK198808110.shtml
please excuse me for being biased but "Impactivo Deportivo" is a freaking cool name!
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL198808160.shtml
The Vikings ruined my childhood.
I hope their playoffs are always ruined.
Marty wants to make the warm and fuzzy Nick Saban cry.
that reminds me of a quote my grandsponsor (a navy man) told me when I first met him: "How can you soar with the eagles in the morning when you were flying at night with the owls...
It now the Giants turn to "win". Manny will have lots of late 30 early 40 company on the Giants.
don't they have to much "tide in money" with the Zito contract.
i'm in a quoting mood today I guess.
Renteria SS
Manny LF
Crede 3B
Sandoval 1B
Rowand CF
Molina C
Burris/Frandsen 2B
ummm....yikes?
The Giants signed Joe Crede?
Woooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Celebrations are in order!!!
http://hotstove.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/01/dodgers_jones_reach_agreement.html
If they offer 3 or more years---I'm all for it.
I would still gladly take his offense with our recruits.
The defense, not so much.
That stopped awhile ago.
Now the debate seems to be on whether USC deserves any credit for their domination.
A UCLA fan website on Scout.
Bruin Report Online.
It's Karl Dorrell's fault.
Actually, BRO was the longest pro-Dorrell message board.
I am often amazed how many Premium members bother to read and post on that board.
Before it gets repeated all night.
Happy New Year, I have one of those vest pocket encyclopedia's very cool to see Vinny holding it. It says on the front especially condensed for Gillette.
A friend of mine found it in his fathers old roll top desk. I've never seen one besides mine until now. I wonder how rare it is?
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