Blake Johnson 6ip 4h 3r 2er 1bb 6k 0hr 3gb 9fb ND

Justin Orenduff 5.2ip 4h 3r 2er 3bb 7k 0hr 2gb 8fb L

Are these successful outings?

Furcal SS
Cruz/Lofton CF
Drew RF
Cabrera LF
Kent 2b
Loney/Nomar 1b
Mueller 3b
Navarro/Martin C

Just a thought since Neddy Boy is looking for a SP and LF, and the recent press in Florida about trade rumors about those two guys. That's a world series team, is it not? Far fetched, but possible?

I'd absolutely pull the trigger on that deal. I'm all about keeping the prospects, but if you can get trelle AND cabrera you HAVE to pull the trigger.

also, I'm finally back online after about 10 days....DSL guy had to come out...turns out my modem was dead and I had no idea...

Wait until the end of the year and we'll see how often the Dodgers score in the first inning compared to other teams.

Step 1: Get Firefox.

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Step 2: Get Greasemonkey.

http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/

Step 3: Install the Anti-Choi script.

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Never see a comment with the word Choi in it ever again! (Including this comment, once you install the script...)

I won't mention my other script just yet, because I just know that'll get me banned forever.

Or was it Ray?
Or was it Jay?
Or was it Ray Jay?

I had a problem getting the login screen for Gameday audio. I had to turn off Ad-Blocker in Firefox to get to it.

Ah, but Jon, we are always thinking of 'whe who shall not be named'...

for the pronunciation of Maholm.

I do not know if it is better than SI, but gamechannel on sports.yahoo.com is okay (nothing like gameday.

Anyhoo, I thoght I'd seen some others commenting that it wasn't working for them and I thought it may be for the same reason.

Amen.

The lowest run total we have scored this game has been 3 runs, and the second lowest has been 5. 5 runs should be a win every time.

and apprapo of our pychological dealing with the Dodgs. site I say "unhiemlicht"

I saw Lofton is coming off the DL Friday..is Nomar still coming off the DL the same day?

I'd rather have an early lead and lose it. Losing 10-1 offers no pleasure. I'd rather have the highs to go with the lows.

it's pretty amazing that we're doing so well when Kent and Furcal aren't doing anything. ooooo there's a triple....now a HR...oh man, giving up leads is going to make me physically ill...

Choi

Sure, Jerry.

Nolan Ryan is back!

Stupid Pirates manager knowing which player is better.

But I guess this is not the ALCS either, so I shouldn't be too worked up about it anyway.

I can't watch anymore, nonetheless

By the way, my 99 did presume that Little would take Tomko out at some point. Apparently, that was too naive a presumption.

Perhaps it's a matter of pitch counts, and that Tomko has a minimum of 100.

No, but Colletti is.

Disregarding sample size, that's nto too pretty. Maybe we should switch (but keep Penny and let the 51's keep Sele)

That said, I hate to keep saying this but the starters have to get beyond the 5th inning, lead or no lead, your bullpen can't go out there game after game nor can you start warming up guys in the 5th and 6th inning.

I think the hard part is that when you seem to be in every game, you want to do all you can to win each game but when you don't have too many days off, its pretty hard to manage a game that way.

One thing I am wondering, what were Rick Honeycutt's qualifications as a pitching coach before this season. If his main qualification was working with the young Dodgers in the system, then maybe we should have hired another guy because none of the starters nor the key bullpen guys are from the Dodger system.

5 innings pitched, three hits, ten strikeouts, nine walks, one run.

Darn, no win for Tomko

A battle of the bullpens, why am I nervous

The previous pitch called a ball looked closer to me.

After watching these guys for a couple of years, I wonder how much of their previous knowledge about the Dodger pitchers is helping their batters?

and why couldnt we wait to give him the new deal?

My hunch, Martinez will bat hopefully for Kuo.

Cause we're the Dodgers. It's just what we do.

It is better to stumble than to collapse.

Sounds like the kind of thing that could use its own website.

Resume normal activities.

How hard is Yhency throwing?
Is he throwing anything but fastballs?

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=l_sco&lid=112&sid=l112

Not at all. In fact, maybe it's very very right...

it was a pop fly to the middle of CF lol.

This team is terrible. I sure am glad money was thrown away on Tomko!

Hopefully the prospects won't be shipped off...

im only half serious here...

I sure am glad we have Nomar and a "true leadoff man" though. Oh wait...

Not sure how it works since the Dodgers have not worked in a young player of any regard since Beltre in the late '90s. You won't see a starter demoted but if Odalis goes on the shelf again then maybe Chad comes up.

Short of some stop gaps here or there, don't expect to see any of the position players up from Vegas and the only moves I could possilbly see being considered is if Florida tanks and Miggy becomes available, then I could see some prospects dealt to shore up LF.

I am down for that plan.

Or kept Scott Erickson.

Based on our current pitching state, does anyone wonder about that?

well, 6 times now. take a walk please joel!

Weird.

Dodgertalk on KFWB.com enables you to hear both the caller and the host.

...and why were you guys talking about Pat Mahomes? He hasn't done anything since that one good year with the Mets in '99...

Probables
Russell Martin
Kendry Morales

Good shot
Ethier

Welcome any changes, additions, rebuttals

stephen drew
carlos quentin
chris young
felix pie
adam jones
jason hirsch
scott olson

i think quentin and olson might lose their prospect eligibility by the end of the year though.

well david price and joe savery are two high profile ones right now, both project to be top half first round picks next year.

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Meanwhile, go 51s!

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I personally am looking forward to next week when they air that episode of T&P!

I do need to vent about Tomko though. Did Ned pay him based on his 2004 season? He wasn't very good last year (and of course, wasn't very good prior to 2004). What did Ned see in him?

A few obsevations:

For over a year I have been listening to Nate and others talk about Billingsly as though he was the second coming. I was sure they were over hyping. I was wrong. After my baptism I am a convert. He was really something to watch. Granted he made a few mistakes but the LV gun (which is probably fast) had him at 99 a couple of times. And his breaking ball was simply filthy. I would be shocked if he wasn't called up before the all-star break.

Poor Oscar: A very servicable infielder and twice worked the count full. But what do you do with him. He is ML ready. Would be a good ML utility infielder but there is no place to put him on the Dodgers.

Russel Martin: Why is Grady giving Alomar so much playing time. This guy is pretty close to ready. He certianly has a better pick-off arm/move than Navarro. He called a very nice game for Billingsly.

Chris Truby: not so good with the glove. But not fair to judge based on one game.

It was a great outing. Any Dodger fan worth a lick has to make time when in LV. I know I'm preaching to the choir, but like I said I'm a convert.

I was in the 3rd row of section 9, so I wasn't far from those guys. They were definitely having fun..."Erica" Aybar!

Hey, Broxton was looking good, too, don't ya think?

My younger daughter started having fun with those guys telling them how mean they were to the visiting players. That only made them go after Salt Lake even harder. Good fun.

"Armed with inside information from coaches who switched sides during the off-season, the Pittsburgh Pirates belted four home runs for the second game in a row to trot past the Dodgers, 9-5, Wednesday night at PNC Park...Jim Lett and Jim Colborn, the bench coach and pitching coach, held the same positions with the Dodgers last year. They were responsible for using information from advance scout Kent Tekulve and forming a game plan that resulted in eight Pirate homers the last two games."

Someone ought to tell Henson that the Dodgers pitchers who gave hr's yesterday weren't part of last year's team. As for stolen bases, only one of 3 came against a pitcher who played under Tracy last year. And Alomar wasn't here last year either. Even more laughably, the pitchers on Tuesday (Seo and Carter) weren't here last year either.

Meanwhile, it appears that another Dodger pitcher isn't happy with Alomar's pitch calling. And Alomar has a few things to say about Tomko too. Sheesh. What about all that good team chemistry they acquired in the off season?