I'd hate to have to watch Navarro block balls in the dirt when he's exhausted.

It's bad enough when he's 22 and the season just started.

http://wusatv9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=48810

If Alomar turned out to be hurting, then they probably would consider DL'ing him and bringing up Martin. But only IF...

Btw, related to your entry above, any Dodgers fans who whine about the offense should think a moment about the Padres'. Look at their numbers and compare and contrast.

(Of course, I don't want to jinx it - makes me nervous having to play them right when they are majorly overdue, but I expected them to be fairly weak offensively in general this year.)

Tell him to bash a beer bottle over Marty the Marlin's head and see if anything happens.

tell him its a rite of passage. everyone going to an American baseball game for the first time has to do it.

Not sure. Didnt OP have some problems when it was suggested Alomar would be his personal catcher?

I'm not. You're Marty the LA Times Computer Guru.

My wife said after Nomar hit the homerun the other night, if everyone knows its a homerun, why does he have to run around the bases to get where he just was? I said you know thats a very good point. You should think about it some more.

I've always hated the way Bill pronounces Mueller.

For example, I think I may have hit a triple off of a 19-year-old pitcher the other day, but depending on some definitions it may have only been a double.

Discuss.

I wish my secretaries stacked up to Eva Longoria. We have three (all females), one looks like Vito Spadafore, another looks like Alice from the Brady Bunch and the third one looks and sounds like Billy Packer. They are all really nice ladies who I love working with, they just aren't very easy on the eyes.

Yeah, I hear kids in middle school are OPSing way higher than they did when I was there.

Nice, off a pitcher in their prime.

No runs, no drips, no errors.

There weren't any regrets (to my knowledge), so I don't think it could be scored an error.

Definitely a "toolsy" young hurler.

I'm not quite sure how to answer that one, but I can tell you that I've never tried switch hitting.

I was there in the late eighties, at the height of AIDS paranoia.

Nobody would even step in the batter's box.

Hee Seop Vishal!

I didn't even get an extra base hit until I was in college.

You'll do better. Don't start swinging at pitches out of the zone. That'll only make it worse.

Ive been patient. Waiting for the right pitch to drive. I usually get it too, but i get under it and pop up to the catcher most of the time. I probably need to go back in the cages for practice and work on my form.

What do you mean? We're only talking baseball.

Lately, my girlfriend has been disinterested in , uh, baseball altogether.

There is always a place for someone who hustles.

The pitchers get a lot easier to figure out as you enter your prime.

https://dodgerthoughts.baseballtoaster.com/archives/13564.html

Suffice to say, I'm not bothered in the least by threads like these. They're fun.

Last year's was a wee hours thread, as I recall. This is almost prime time.

Hey, I had comment 69. Heh-heh-heh.

Take that to the kitchen, Keith Hernandez!

The Giants have their entire offense due up in the 11th: Winn, Alou, and Bonds.

Ahh, they just went up 8-7, wait- 9-7 in the eleventh.
One out!

Clearly, I don't even know what I'm talking about anymore.

Fun start for a rookie; pitching against St. Louis at home.

Also of some interest, the office next door to my borrowed one today was occupied by one "J. Grabowski." S/he did not come in all day, unfortunately.

Russ Mitchell down at Columbus is destroying the ball. he went 4-5 today with his 4th homerun.

in 74ABs, he is batting .365, slugging .689 and has 10/4 k/bb ratio.

"HITS! HITS! HITS!"

The Royals are 4-14 now (.222). The Pirates are 5-18 (.217)

A KC loss to Minnesota tonight would drop them to (.211).

The best record of any team that started 5-18 was 81-81 by the 1973 Cardinals.

Of teams that started 4-14, the 1969 Astros fared the best, going 81-81.

Usually teams with starts like the Pirates and Royals end up the season in Peter Tork's Locker.

Now back to your innuendo talk.

I wonder if we could take Bugs Bunny baseball speak and turn it perverse. What would our mates say if we busted out with this in bed? "Watch me paste this pathetic palooka with a powerful paralyzing perfect pachyderms percussion pitch."

Russ Mitchell is 21, turns 22 next feb. So he isnt really old at all.

That would sound a lot less dirty in a normal baseball thread.

Was there a pickle involved?

Finally some penetration!

Am I switch hitter? Or do I bat for the other team? Straight pull hitter? Pitcher? Catcher? Do I need a pinch hitter? Or am I a designated hitter?

The best for me right now, I'm on the DL.

Trainwreck now u got me thinking about how Rick Monday would call the action of Vishal's (or anyones) Dating/Baseball Games!!

So she was partial to giving up the long ball eh? So shes kind of like the modern day jeff weaver.

Which I'm heading off to now - but keep up the innuendo!

Btw, conjuring up Rick Monday's voice would be even better than the stereotypical "thinking of baseball players" method of... you know... uh, lasting. But I think it would work too well and cause major long-term impotence.

Unfortunately, he's a good pitcher, too.

How'd this thread get here? I'm blaming Linkmeister and Steve.

No euphemisms were harmed in the previous statement.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kind of like Bill Mueller in tonight's lineup.

Perez has now regained first name status.

You'd think the games were still on Fox or something.

Like watching your parents. Not pretty

This is not a political statement

steiner used the phrase "as all get out". i like when people say that.

We all know what plating a run means. What, exactly, would constitute a big inning. (Slowly answering question in my own head . . .)

"Na" "Varr" "O"

I have no idea what that means but it sounds good.

Also, I may have said this before, but I found out I'm in the room next to the one that Marion Berry was busted in.

I hope I'm reading that wrong.

I am not a big follower of modern politics but I did stay at a holiday inn express once.

coughcabreracough.

1. The tax money point isn't put exactly right -- no general dc funds will be used to fund the ballpark. Only ballpark-specific taxes on sales at the park, sales related to baseball, and a special large-businesses-only ballpark tax (like one used to build the MCI/Verizon center) that would be very hard to pass for a different purpose (e.g. schools) are to be used. So, it's not quite right to say that the taxpayers are just "on the hook" for this project.

2. I think it is quite reasonable to be against cities building stadiums for rich sports teams. And I think rich sports teams could and should build stadiums w/o these subsidies. But it was clear there was no baseball coming to DC w/o building a stadium and I don't think it's crazy for a city to pay that price if it thinks having baseball is beneficial.

3. He is wrong on this: "Citizens Bank Park is larger than the planned Washington Nationals park, sits on similar downtown land bought at similar downtown prices, yet cost taxpayers only about a third as much." The empty industrial sports zone around CBP is nothing like the waterfront land a mile from the national mall that the DC stadium is going up on. True the stadium footprint is an underused industrial area, but the whole surrounding area was already part of a large redevelopment project and this land had already been valued up to prime.

4. He is also not right on road access -- this site is not as good as RFK for drivers, but it is not a hard place to get to. Good surface streets from downtown, a bridge (to be a fancy newly rebuilt one in 10 years) to a main artery from the south, and a freeway from the north.

5. He is exactly right there is not nearly enough parking. This is crazy. They city council says they think developers will fill the gap, because parking will be so profitable in the redeveloped area, but that's not much of an answer. Easy metro access means you don't need as much parking, but they need a lot more.

6. Mostly, I think the deal makes financial sense for me and the district because the stadium is going to anchor a seriously redeveloped residential/commercial area. A lot of this redevelopment was planned already, but this makes the whole neighborhood very hot and vibrant and should reap a good chunk of money for the city in (i) increased property values of nearby residential properties, and (ii) income taxes from a few thousand new residents in the redeveloped area (see http://www.jdland.com/dc/ for detailed description of the development plans). This of course is separate from the monies generated by actual game-related spending.

7. I don't know what to say about his statements that the ballpark is too expensive and there is graft built in. Seems odd to me. But the ballpark price is high.

That's based on historical run expectancy numbers, so there's wiggle room in it, but even it it's off by half, walking Ausmus would have been a lower percentage move.

Need to scroll about halfway down.

Okay, I'm obviously not caring about tonight's game. Need to head to the film festival.

as much as a mlb draft nerd i am, i am a bigger nfl draft nerd.

That's the old Yards and Docks area? Hmm. From 1965-1968 my Dad worked at what became the Naval Facilities and Engineering Command when the site was laughingly called "yucks and chucks." That's what enabled me to attend the same high school in the suburbs for all four years, unlike most other military kids of the time.

Argh, another run for the Astros. That's it, I'm officially shutting this off now. Later everyone!

That whole effort (except for the DC Stadium deal part) was incredibly boring.

(I think they'll either take Young, or go in a diff. direction and take a DB like Huff if still available.) But yeah, I think Davis is going to the Niners, if they're smart.

He's getting shelled.
Of course, one could also argue that he had no chance tonite with what the Dodgers put in the lineup.

266
Guilty as charged. Though my patience will be tested once we waste a pick on a QB.

Wasn't I leaving a few mins ago. Okay, for real this time...

This draft is super deep and im excited. Friday, i am going to make my mock draft, my vikes 5 round mock draft, my top 10 players for each position, anddd buy beer for saturday.

But I think he will go QB lol. Why did Porter request a trade?

The great thing about this draft is that some of the best prospects at their positions in years are all in one draft. Bush is one of the most acclaimed running backs ever. Mario Williams best DE and defensive linemen since Peppers. Ferguson best offensive linemen since Gallery (probably better than him too). Hawk best linebacker prospect since Urlacher. Huff best safety prospect since Roy Williams (he is more complete a player than Williams). And finally Vernon Davis who is probably the best tight end prospect ever.

sean taylor!!

Although this pitcher makes our vets look like little leaguers, he's thrown over 80 pitches getting into the fifth. Maybe we can get into their pen and do some damage.

Interesting situation. Repko seems to be about the only player to give us occasional power. I would guess this isn't good, and ask our stats guys how important is power in comparison to BA and OBP.(and speed for that matter). I have never seen this analyzed. We seem to have very little power.
Is this why we often outhit opponents but aren't quite at .500?

Well... Lyons would...

*Pitcher Brett Tomko was working on one of his latest art projects in the clubhouse before the game, a charcoal drawing of one of pitcher Brad Penny's racehorses.

It is a stunning rendition from a photograph, and several teammates gathered around to watch him work on it. A popular figure in the clubhouse, Tomko has another drawing of Penny's horses to work on and then has promised to do one of Little's two grandchildren, Braden, 6, and Luke, 2, for his next work.

Tomko, who had a one-man showing of his art in San Francisco two years ago, hopes to do the artwork full-time after his baseball career is over.*

That may be sooner rather than later...

Cue Al Davis "Go vertical"

Actually, Houston may prove to be one of the best this year,and it may not be awful to drop a series to them at home.

I set the over/under on 3. =P

The Pirates have taken over the worst record.

They are losing 4-2 with 2 outs to Tampa Bay.

That'll show 'em!

Same goes for just about everything, not just movies.

Like Steve said.

Like Steve said.

its about Delmon Young and his bat throwing at ump incident, taken from the primer thread:

20-30 Games? You must be kidding me. That is WAYYY to harsh given the precedent for suspensions handed to pro-athletes who assault officials.

At the Saturday Night Main Event where Andre the Giant "won" the WWF crown from Hulk Hogan on account of Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase hiring an "imposter" referee to administer a "quick" 3-count Hogan became infuriated, body-slamming both the "imposter" referee (Earl Hebner) and the real referee (Dave Hebner). WWF President Jack Tunney did not suspend Hogan for a Single match, and even went as far as to declare the WWF HEavyweight Title Vacant (in effect rewarding HOgan for his actions.) Why the disparate treatment between HOgan and Delmon Young?

Perhaps it is because Young is African American and Hogan is white? Perhaps it is because Hogan is a career babyface (with the exception of his NWO heel-turn in the WCW) while Delmon Young has a reputation for getting a lot of heel heat between the lines. Either way, I think that athletes should be treated equally for their respective offenses. If justic is not fairly administered to Delmon Young, then I am fearful that both the sport of baseball and the sport of Wrestling will suffer a signifigant blow to their reputation, dignity and prestige.

Did the Hulkster follow that up with a few signature leg-drops?

http://www.dmsjr.com/couchmedia/izzyfight.mpg

I am not ashamed. Mission Impossible II was directed by John Woo. No excuses necessary to see any of his films.

"The Pirates have toyed in recent days with the idea of bumping Jack Wilson up to the leadoff spot, but manager Jim Tracy sounded reluctant to do it, if only because Wilson has been so effective at No. 2.

"The most viable option we have is the guy hitting second," Tracy said. "But when you've spent so much time in the offseason and spring training, laying out what you want him to do as a No. 2 hitter, and then he fulfills that stuff to a T ... to ask him, after all he's done, to move to a different spot and then see his statistics start to come down ... how are you feeling about that?"

The leadoff spot could not be much less productive than it has been: The Pirates are batting .193 and have an on-base percentage of .248 that ranks last in the National League."

It's an exquisite misery.

"I love doves. I am a Christian. Doves represent the purity of love, beauty. They're spiritual. Also the dove is a messenger between people and God... When I shot The Killer, these two men, the killer and the cop, they work in different ways, but their souls are pure, because they do the right thing. In the church scene, I wanted to bring them together. I wanted to use a metaphor of the heart. I came up with doves —they're white. When the men die, I cut to the dove flying —it's the soul, rescued and safe and also pure of heart. So the dove became one of my habits: I used it in Hard Boiled, Face/Off, and in Mission: Impossible II".

I'm surprised KDOC doesn't show Graves and Bain. Heck, they got my niece and nephew hooked on Ellery Queen.

NOT!!!

Then she saw tonight's "South Park." And took back the harsh words aboot Shatner.

The plot holes make "24" seem tightly written.

The Dove at the end of Blade Runner is a little more subtle than the million and one doves Woo uses at the end of the Killers. I know I keep a stash of doves in my house when playing Grand Theft Auto......

I will give a half-hearted explanation of the pronunciation of "Mueller" on May 4 on the Griddle.

The short answer is: that's just the way his family chose to pronounce it.

Why does Matt Diaz pronounce his last name "Die-Ahz" and not "Dee-ahz"?

As for MI:III, was it here that someone posted a reveiw from the New Yorker that ended "MI:III=NFG." In any event, I will not see it in a theater or anywhere else. I can't stand Tom Cruise (I may have mentioned that once or twice before). Hate him more than any other actor in Hollywood. Only actor I boycott and the only boycott I have actually stuck to.

As for the Raider fans, maybe someone can answer a questions for me. About a month ago I was on a Southwest flight from LA to Oak. I was one of the first people to board but sitting in the first row was Al Davis with and attendent. He was in bad shape. He had bandages all over his face, he was on a walker, he had no voice, and kept falling asleep. I sat in the row across from him. It would be hard to believe the guy I saw runs the Raiders on a daily basis. Did something happen to him? Illness or accident perhaps? I searched the net but found nothing.

In any event, I was sitting across from Al when Mayor Brown boards the plane he immediatly recognizes Al and stops to say hello. Al says "Hey Mayor what are you doing on this plane." Brown says "I gotta get home too." Al says, "Yeah but Southwest, I thought you'd catch a ride." Brown looked embarassed and said "Well what about you?" Al laughed and said "I know." The line of people boarding was backing up and Brown had continue down the asile but both were surprised to see the other on a commercial flight during the middle of the day.

I was impressed that Brown had a box of documents which he carried himself instead of giving to one of his aides. The box looked heavy, too.

My favorite moment was when a large middle aged black woman wearing a Raiders tee shirt boarded. She had to stop and wait for a second and Al says to her "I like your shirt." She says, "thanks" a little dismissavly and he says "No I really like your tee shirt." She looked at him like he was a freak and had no idea who he was. A couple people around us chuckled.

I was shocked how many people did recognize him and stop to wish hime well. He was a far bigger celeb that our former Linda Ronstat dating Gov.

(sorry for the typos but written in the dark)

Don't know if anyone else mentioned this, but Will Carrol (Under the Knife on BP) reports that Cesar suffered a big setback in his rehab. He wonders if it might not just be a case of CF-itis, but anyway says no Cesar before mid-June.

He also made a vanity run for President in 1988. Got about 20 votes in the New Hampshire primary.

Sorry, bad pun I couldn't pass up.