1) Dodgers win
2) Padres lose
3) Phillies lose
4) Nationals lose and Frank Robinson is ejected and forced to sit in the humidor.

OK, the last one was just for me.

Of persons, their actions, etc.: a. Destitute of relish or inclination for some specified object or pursuit; const. of (obs.). b. Characterized by unwillingness to move, act, or make any exertion; marked by languid indifference as to what goes on around one, or as to what one has to do.

Stan from Tacoma

1. Dodgers win
2. Giants lose
3. Frank Robinson empties the humidor of baseballs so he can store his cigars there.

Stan from Tacoma

1. Dodgers win
2. Angels lose
3. Mr. Rick Monday confesses to killing JonBenet Ramsey and I never have to hear his voice again.

Maybe you're right.

The Phillies have a real easy schedule to finish up the year though. I dont see them fading unless the Marlins do in fact knock them out.

... but, I'd also like to temper any kind of gross generalizations about Kuo based on his performance today. In 1955 the Dodgers had two awesome rookie lefthanders. In Karl Spooner's first start he pitched a shutout and set a record with 15 K's; Campanella said he was the best young pitcher he ever saw. Sandy Koufax lasted 4 2/3 innings and gave up 8 walks in his first start.

Kuo will be the same pitcher tomorrow as he is today, regardless of how he pitches: an potentially good/potentially bad young pitcher.

All I ask is that he doesn't get injured.

what's going on ToyCannon, how dose Soy milk taste? i see alot of people drnking that tuff.

easy tiger. :o)

when did he last pitch?

Fred "12 Games" Taylor won't be enough.

Nate might know, Im too lazy to check the MiLB game logs.

i know. i just wanted to start the talks!

ESPN is dead to me.

i was joking geez.

agreed so many things he could have done there, productive out & so forth.

i like the way you think.

i don't know, but i heard he throws even harder than Kuo.

i have my moments.

I'll take Russell Martin, though.

Danger! The first base umpire's name is Will Robinson.

don't be so negative bro, hey it's still early & he can get better as the game goes along.

Still, Kuo is by far our best option.

I guess Blake owes Elbert a beer after the game. They've each been legal for only a couple weeks.

What are those guys saying about Kuo though?

he is lefty & for a lefty throwing that hard...

Or maybe I'll just go finish my pile of Terry Pratchett's Discworld books before they're due back at the library.

On the other hand, all 4 outs recorded by Elbert have been strikeouts.

Steve Lyons: ...the Met's rely heavily on lefthanded hitters ... and of course, Delgado is a lefthand only hitter

Charlie Steiner: Shawn Green is the only Lefthand hitter in the lineup.

Steve Lyons: Cliff Floyd also hits lefhanded.

Im now convinced these guys arent even listening to each other

Well, it is Double-A, I guess. Inning over, Suns trail 1-0.

First inning tonight- two runs.

Things are looking up.

if i had his cellphone # i would tell 'em.

i hope Kou's pitch count goes down this inning.

Hu's on first.

Dodgers trade 6-time allstar and World Series MVP, Russell Martin to the S.A. Marlins for 2-time MVP Jeremy Hermida.

The Dodgers also announced the signing of last year's MVP, FA catcher Robert Stock, to a 8 year $200m contract.

thoughts?!?!

Camping is much better here than Carson, Ca.

Hey, anybody remember the refresh keystroke on stupid Internet Explorer...the toolbar has
vamoosed...

I think taylor is going to be a sleeper anyways. but Mckinnie is developing into a stud and its better to get it out of the way now and make him happy then to risk having another ugly offseason.

i dont either. but ill enjoy the moment.

I'm biased so i belive the gun.

travis, you are trying to trade your bench players for my starting players.

i cant do that.

agreed.

nice.

wow that's saying something. un biased i would imagine.

Right now Kuos stuff is superior to kershaw and miller. kershaw because his slider is more developed then kershaws cb and he throws harder. miller because he has better command then miller right now.

but you are right, its no runaway. wow we have really exciting lefty prospects

It certainly doesn't hurt. Remember how Kuo handled the Phillies the first time he faced them this year?

Nice job, Nomar. Does Drew have somesort of curse? Can we blame his representation.

IMO batters don't see the ball very well out of Kuo's arm, if he throws strikes forget about it.

well we have meloan and morris who have the same type of stuff. 90-97fb with big spiking curveballs.

and theres billingsley...the poise, the composure, the mixture of secondary pitches and the classic power pitcher lower build.

okay we have a lot of good pitchers i guess.

Pujols rocks harder unfortunetly. he missed a good chunk of the season.

Minor league Rule Five pickup Alberto Bastardo had 138 strikeouts in 125.2 innings, and scouts saw the small lefty as a major league bullpen-quality arm--quite a find from the scrap heap. First baseman Cory Dunlap's .261/.435/.461 is downright bizarre, but productive--leaving scouts to wonder what he'd be capable of if he was in shape.

If Meloan (and Miller) can follow in Kuo's footsteps, the DBack's are going to be in trouble regardless of how Gonzalez or Upton turn out.

no i didnt, thanks for the heads up. Bastardo is interesting especially with his strikeouts. anyone have any idea on what his stuff comprises of?

thats what happens when you only throw fastballs.

Rick Sutcliff is already getting on my nerves.

Terrible play by Lofty!

what a suprise, Kuo gives up his first hit, seconds after Lyons mentions the no-hitter.

He should be fired immediatly!

i'm just kidding god! kill me why don't you.

A DP! Huzzah
Go, Go, Kuo!

In my book, no harm no foul. carrying on brotha.

Sutcliff is a flip flopper. One minute, you'll hear him praising a player and then if that same player messes up, he'll explain to the viewer why that player is flawed.

Significant dropoff with Woodward/Milledge compared to Floyd/Valentin.

Maybe this will make them think twice about Greg Miller.

The Mets have the top of their lineup due up in the 6th. I'd bring in Broxton for the 6th/7th.

You have to get that one in!

If you don't get it, sorry, but MLB has taken away the YouTube clip.

Grady wants one more out of Kuo, i'm ok with it as long as Kuo hasn't thrown 100 pitches or even 80 pitches.

You can't even use the initiative process here to bring it to a vote. But if you want hire people to stand outside supermarkets and annoy people to sign your petition, knock yourself out.

Sutcliffe (Sauced): George Clooney. You been readin' about all that? You been seein' that?

Matt Vasgergian: George Clooney?

Sutcliffe (Sauced): Yeah. He's up there with um... He's up there with the Congress. He's trying to get everybody… to go over there... and solve that thing (The Middle East crisis).

Stay hammered, Sut.

Kuo's been filthy tonite.
Great velocity, mechanics, everything.

I'll take some of that every fifth day with a dash of Brox and Saito.

Billingsleys 9k effort was outstanding too. But this ranks right up there. Like you said, great everything.

agreed, although watching Tomko worming up dons't make me feel good.

"Hitteded" is not a word, Rick.

agreed.

http://tinyurl.com/q59yz

Although I certainly hope someone forwards it to Ned Colletti... the moves described sound very much like his MO so far.

Seriously, nobody really believes that, do they? Tell me no, please.

You might try WKMR. It appears to be the station which broadcast it on TV.

Whoops, my mistake.

In Colletti's case, I even understand the Lugo trade... but continually dumping youngsters for temporary (and replacement-level) veterans will come back to eventually bite you in the butt.

that guy is sick

"Jeff Salazar grounds into a force out, pitcher Tony Armas to shortstop Felipe Lopez to second baseman Jose Vidro. Brad Hawpe scores. Troy Tulowitzki to 3rd. Chris Iannetta out at 2nd. Jeff Salazar to 1st."

take that NY!

and the shape is of a production possibilities curve.

www.oswego.edu/~economic/eco101/chap2/ppc1.gif

his girth... bowed out...fat.. big belly... eh forget it, it was funny in my head.

Kuo was still throwing 96 in the 6th inning. Best performance I've seen in a long long time from a Dodgers rookie. Hopefully Broxton follows suit next year, and the Dodgers might indeed develop a couple aces.

you didnt see the sliders or slurves? he threw a ton of them from 82-86.

C Martin
SS Furcal
3B Betemit
LF Ethier
RF Drew

Penny
Lowe
Billz

Broxton

On top of that, Kent, Tomko, Dessens and Saenz are all under contract for next year and Kuo and Loney are obviously around for longer than that. If we can get Saito back, the only real hole is one starter to compliment Kuo/Tomko and perhaps a CF if Kemp isn't ready.

Oops Oops

Sorry for double post.

His voice is much higher than you would think.

I haven't seen LaRouche at all this year but from what i've read i'd shut him down.

Lyons at one point thought his slurve was a fastball.

388 Well, wonder if the Boston press has learned the importance of putting a microphone in front of Odalis Perez at moments like this.

Apparently, they're not real familiar with how that award works.

http://tinyurl.com/llxmr

Theo also traded Ramirez and Sancehz.

But man, that was impressive by Kuo. I am dreaming of Billingsley, Kuo, Kershaw, Elbert, and Penny one day.

And by the way, does anyone else feel more comfortable when Kuo or Billz starts than Penny? Everyone likes to talk about our "big 3," but I really like our 4 and 5(Billz and Kuo that is.)

catch 22, but happy non-the less

Ooh . . . a four mile long foul ball with the 106th pitch. Hmmm . . . what to do, thinks Frank.

Highlights - number one of course - Kuo. Was great to hear people in the stadium before the game practically salivating at getting at the rookie, then have him show them all up. Second, was, of course, the back to back to almost back home runs. And, last, seeing Reyes thrown out at third... a nice change from last night.

saw more dodger fans there tonight. nice to see.

Signed,
A guy who is part Irish who refuses to wear green on March 17.

416 Smart.

God Bless you, St. Alipius.

I promised Jon a good day from me & i deliverd, but i'm drinking at the moment, off day tomorrow & all.

Just though you should know.

Sadly, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays continue to go undocumented.

At least, the best one who has not been playing LF for Sam DC's hometown nine...

Also, wouldn't halfway to St. Patrick's Day be on, yknow, the 17th?

gameday is still sorting out the damage, I believe.

i can tell you some bad & good St. Patricks day stories, the bad i rather forget but the good are very good.

thanks for the updates peepz, i really hope S.D. saw the gem that Kuo threw.

I think he has tremendous ability and the dodgers should let him loose as the #1 starter for jacksonville next year.

what do you think of him? have you seen him pitch professionally?

The Padres announcers did their best to jinx it, with the words "no-hitter" being used in just about every sentence while the Pads were at bat. (Vasgersian is not there tonight)

just look at any MLB batter against him, it's that simple, i really hope the Dodgers baby his arm untill it get's really strong, does anybody know if he has a good work ethic?

Hey! No Hitter going on! That Giants pitcher, he's throwing a no-hitter! He hasn't given up a hit! Not a single one! No hits! Can you believe it!

Sorry, but some rules are made to be broken.

i swear they should do a survey on fans that are home based but root for apposing teams, i'll tell you what there health from my simple minded point of view isn't good.

so you're telling me tha Cain has a no-no going?? a no-no?

let me get this right... a NO-NO!!???

Stan Kasten is busily calling Comcast and seeing what he has to do to get the games off cable for the last few weeks of the season.

By roaring, I mean disastrous, and by start, I mean disaster.

I think the UN made a ruling on that.

ps l.a times, spin in boys spin it good.

they sound like me when we loose, Kuo was throwing 97 MPH & for a left hander that is really good but no.....

give some props to a guy that throws 94+ & is left handed & makes you're guys look like fools.

It might be best two of (Dodgers/Pads/Giants) that make the playoffs.

JoyP is on a mission to be famous one way or another. :o)

if Penny studies hitters better look out.

Hey! No Hitter going on! That Giants pitcher, he's throwing a no-hitter! He hasn't given up a hit! Not a single one! No hits! Can you believe it!

Sorry, but some rules are made to be broken.

With all due respect to your right to dislike Jon's take on the no-hitter jinx thing, this is his site. You can jinx all you want somewhere else. Jon really doesn't ask for much.

My sheepish apologies.

i don't know if you're talking about me jixing the hated ones, but i know Jon is within my age rage to dislike the Giants so i'm pretty sure you're not talking about me.

plus i've read alot of his old thoughts to know he truly bleeds blue.

Today we are back to what I call Lineup A, the preferred Grady lineup.

Furcal, SS
Lofton, CF
Garciaparra, 1B
Drew, RF
Kent, 2B
Ethier, LF
Betemit, 3B
Martin, C
Maddux, P