I'm not attached to Repko yet, but I would love to see him get better and be the fourth outfielder to the Dodgers dynast in a few years, with the top three being Guzman, Kemp, Ethier. Wait--- can any of those guys play CF?

Something tells me they wouldn't have the same trouble with "burrito."

Nice to see Martin's 1st hit. I haven't been to many games this year but I'm now 4 - 0 and I'll be going Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday so maybe we can pick up some steam.

in that sample you provided though, jon, repko's isolated discipline is .60 to lo duca's .65

if anything, what repko lacks is lo duca's contact skills.

18 - Yeah, your words are probably better.

I believe that SOSH people will talk about any runner being thrown out on the basepaths as being Sveumed.

It's the same kind of mancrush Vinny used to have about Pedro Feliz.

This year Vinny has apparently decided to ask every visiting player what he would do if he weren't playing baseball. This would be nice if anyone had a particularly interesting answer. Orlando Hudson had a good job planned (teaching autistic children).

I can't imagine any announcer other than Vin actually caring about what a visiting player would want to do in life. Most announcers ignore the road team players except for the big stars.

I wonder what Barry Bonds would be doing if he weren't a baseball player?

And go against the time honored scrappy code? A loafer like Drew would throw the ball only as hard as needed. Repko through the ball as hard as he could. Just into the dirt rather than the backstop. Thus proving Repko is progressing as a ballplayer.

Renting out his head to the Griffith Park Planetarium?

What if the writer said a colorful Mexican shawl? Then we all would understand.

Nah. . .

The other day I heard Rick Monday interveiw Andre Ethier. He seemed like a very nice kid. Talking at length about how proud his parents were during his first ML game in AZ. Recounting stories of his childhood of making his father toss him one more bucket of balls after dark. His mother complaining that dinner was getting cold while he continued to play catch with his father. How proud he was to have made it to the show for his parents. It was a nice story.

They really played up the hometown boy angle; Brennaman and Grace kept talking about him all game long.

Now if you have a hometown player from a city that doesn't produce a lot of players, such as Toronto or Minneapolis or Milwaukee, then I think it's more understandable. If a player from anywhere near St. Louis comes to play there (home or road), they pretty much shut down the city and throw the guy a parade. "Look everybody, it's Cliff Politte!"

Did anyone really consider Nomar Garciaparra as a "local kid" until he signed with the Dodgers?

No. I thought that he was related to McCourt and came from Boston.

Win: 17. Lawyer Ron
Place: 5. Point Determined
Show: 11. Sweetnorthernsaint

Exacta Box using same three horses

I would bet on Bob and John. Because I like the name.

The third game with the Cubs, he came out to "bad to the bone" then proceeded to boot Neifi's grounder, and blow the game.

But I think we've had this discussion before though.

No one can top Gio. When he was in, we were certain to lose on a walk off walk.

But this continual "throw Hamulack in when we know he's going to give up runs in a close game" thing has really got to stop.

The likes of CFs Juan Pierre, Dave Roberts (who recently moved back to left field), Davannon and Winn are more apt to fail on such a throw, and as mentioned, Lofton, too.

I have seen Shawn Green, who plays RF and sometimes in CF, wind up and throw a four-hopper from 200 feet to cost his team a game on a late flyball (and he has a pretty good arm).

Bernie Williams failed to make a decent throw such as Repko many times while playing CF.

the best throws I've ever seen in person were from Raul Mondesi. I don't know how many times I saw him rifle a line drive from RF to 3B to nail a runner...that was a treat to watch.

And Rich Donnelly bet on Barbaro.

Does anyone have any idea how long the Aaron Sele era is going to last? Something tells me this isn't going to be fun...

Yes, that extra .037 in SLG certainly overshadows the 62 extra strikeouts.

Come on-- quit phoning it in.

good call. to be honest, I'm just completely sick and tired of hearing about Lo Duca. We all loved him while he was here, but things change.

It's also easier to forget about him when Depo's two most ridiculed moves (penny, drew) are panning out.

Let's make it two in a row!

I went to the A's game last night and sat behind home plate. I ordered the tickets a few hours before the game started. It's ridiculous how bad the A's attendance is. I guess a lot of people in Northern California would rather go to a nice park with lots of fun activities and have a quality dining experience rather than actually seeing a good baseball game.

Bottom 2ND B:1 S:3 O:1
Ramon Ortiz strikes out swinging. Wild pitch by pitcher Victor Santos. Brian Schneider scores. Royce Clayton to 3rd. Throwing error by catcher Ronny Paulino. Throwing error by center fielder Nate McLouth.

In some respects, you do literally "phone" it in.

And Lidge this year.

Repko said he remembered his last throw sailing away, and made sure that didn't happen again, that's why it only went 250 feet. I wouldn't complain about that throw-it worked.

A bad throw is not even in the area code of the catcher. You can't always throw a frozen rope right to the catcher's chest, but you can make sure the catcher has a chance, which is what Repko gave him.

I don't think Ethier is going to sit that much, I think he'll start 1/3 to 1/4 of the games.

Wait-why would a lefty be out against a rookie righty, that doesn't make a lick of sense.

Batting right handed. He can't hit the broad side of a barn left handed.

And you've came to this conclusion based on.....?????

Rebuttal: repko made a pretty good throw.

And we are all enlightened

By the way, 92, having nothing to do with what will happen tomorrow or the rest of the month, I refuse to categorize sitting out two games in a row as "rotting."

ichiro looks absolutely lost at the plate - bailing out after every pitch (even worse than i have previously seen from him).
felix hernandez is still a year away.
jim thome can hit the ball really hard.
us cellular field is not too bad of a park.
beltre looked pretty good in the field, and he hit the ball hard, including one shot down the third base line for a double.
the sox fans love their podsednik.
finally, it was "dollar dog" day, and there were no apparent fan behavior problems as a result.