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Terrific article, Jon. Thanks for the link.

Today in Dodger history:

2000 - In Cincinnati, the Dodger/Reds game is delayed for 27 minutes due to the umpires' equipment being accidentally been shipped to New York. Replacement gear is secured from a downtown store but due to heavy traffic a police escort is needed to get the goods to Cinergy Field.

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I tend to think that too many people equate drug addiction with immorality, anyway. There are many, many things that go on every day that are more reprehensible, yet are also more accepted.

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I wreeked with envy as a kid when seeing others my age get to be bat boys!

What a team, what a history!

Tom, I'm completely envious!

I didn't get a chance to say hey in the last post. Just wanted to let you know that there is another Die Hard, blue bleeding, Dodger Thoughts reading Dodger fan in Santa Barbara. It's good to know that there was somebody else freaking out last night when Cox Cable cut to the news in the bottom of the 10th.

Thanks for pointing out that article Eric.

I tend to agree with you and the article but I was curious to hear what other people thought.

Anyway, they had me at "Does anybody want a peanut".... a quote my wife says for me now.

Just not enough time these days. And yes, I'm having my crow well done! :)

Great pic of Vin - No 'big timing' in the man. May the Dodgers buck conventional wisdom tonight and win another on the road.

- 25yrs old
- acq from Cubs, 2002 Rule 5
- missed '03 with elbow surgery
- 3 starts in 2005: 25k, 6bb

K/9 rate
2002- 5.5
2004- 7.6
2005- 13.2

But it seems to me that the intended catch regarding the Rule V draft is that if you want to keep the guy, you have to pay the penalty of having a non-major-league-ready player on your ML team all year. And we didn't have to pay that penalty.