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Fernando Tatis, whose career peaked with his two grand slams in one inning off Chan Ho Park at Dodger Stadium, signed a minor-league contract with the Dodgers, the Associated Press reports. It can be for no other reason than they had a uniform that fit him.
Amazingly, Tatis only turned 32 on New Year's Day, but still ...
Devil's advocates and cautious optimists can compare Tatis' recent stats to those of Olmedo Saenz when he was around 32.
Tatis's career line has always been very suspicious to me.
Anyway, it's a blog. Or a website. It hosts a forum, but my ego wouldn't allow Dodger Thoughts to be labeled solely as a forum.
That really is amazing.
I think that depends on your definition of "work out." For example, steroids presumably help relief pitchers recover between appearances and pitch (more effectively) more often than they otherwise might have been able.
This is whether or not they work out (i.e. lift weights).
Yeah, I'm amazed Tatis turned 32 on New Year's Eve. Do tax laws in the Dominican Republic let you claim a child as a dependent as long as he or she was born before January 1?
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Gurnick has nothing on these folks. Although, he also has no reason to have anything on them.
16 My father has three children, all born in December. He is a C.P.A. Coincidence?
I suppose the gray area would come with the SB Nation blogs, where there's a main blog, with limited authors, but sub-threads/diaries, which anyone can start.
According to a UCLA study you don't have to work out for steroids to be effective. They found that a person taking steroids would still end up gaining more muscle mass then a non steroid user who was on a strenous weight program. Canseco is often cited as an example of someone who built mass without putting much effort into it.
I did not read the study but it was presented to a group of us attending a baseball seminar in which steroids was one of the topics.
They found that a person taking steroids would still end up gaining more muscle mass then a non steroid user who was on a strenous weight program
That being said, I think it's a incorrect to assume that players who don't look "buff" can't be using steroids.
I was referring more to Tatis turning into a fat tub of goo who got hurt a lot.
True, being cut and being strong are two different things.
Perhaps the grittiest player in franchise history over the past decade, Erstad, the first overall pick of the 1995 draft, was also a fearless defensive player who won three Gold Glove awards, two in the outfield and one at first base.
Statements like this only provide more support as to why David Eckstein is the most underrated and underappreciated player in baseball.
"Perhaps" implies doubt. Why not just sort Angel players by "Grit," and then see who comes out on top...?
PS: Does Miltie have his photos of Eugene to show us yet...?
There's nothing gay about it, in their eyes
Way to come through.
(slinks away)
vr, Xei
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I'm going to get them off my dad's camera right now. I should have them up on photobucket after the Clippers game.
Hey, what Miltie and Eugene do on their own time is none of my business.
lol
Ehrlichman and Haldeman went to UCLA-plus.
Hunt killed John Kennedy-minus*.
Ehrlichman and Haldeman win.
*It's possible that may not be accurate.
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Most of the pictures were taken by my dad. I took some pictures out the window of our rental car and a few of them actually turned out.
If anyone cares, I don't have Miltie's photos of Eugene but I do have my photos of Sundance, which I'm just about to leave:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65804820@N00/
More pics up in a day or so - including from a cool panel with Hal Hartley, Tamara Jenkins (love her new one The Savages), David Gordon Green and Gregg Araki. Will post some quotes on my blog, flog, er, mog, er, whatever, soon. But more importantly, enjoy my pics of Ed Begley Jr.
Looking forward to resuming thinking about the Dodgers on Dodger Thoughts soon.
Was it cold there? It was freakin' freezing in Park City. Gonna make SF look balmy.
I don't expect you stayed in a snow cave, but did you at least go skiing?
And this is fun why?
I'm not sure if they considered this fun or just a great challenge and good way to teach survival skills.
It's also a potentially good way to reenact scenes from John Krakauer books.
I did see Heather Graham's backside which is almost as good as her frontside, and Joe Pantoliano, and Alec Baldwin, oh, and Mia Farrow (several facelifts later) but other than that pretty much zilch in the celebs dept. I think they were all hibernating.
The boy scout camping was up the canyon from where I live, not near Park City, but still in the mountains and in subzero weather.
I liked the picture of the ducks, too!
60 Brrr. Thanks. Sounds really cold. I realized what a wimp I am when it comes to weather, being a lifelong coastal Californian and all.
Thanks for posting the photos. There are some new additions to campus in there that I haven't seen before.
I want a full-blown Begley-off complete with revealing scars, birth marks, and facial expressions
And removable eyebrows.
Thank you!
Where do you Stan...?
Ed Begley Jr. smugly looks down his nose from his EV at us Prius drivers.... Did he fly between L.A. and SLC/Park City in an electric plane?
Had our Little League draft last night and I was able to secure the Dodgers as our team name:).Even managed to save a potentially bad draw by lucking into some good players.
Did you hire Logan White to help you out with the draft?
Most memorable/significant long balls surrendered by Chan Ho Park?
Candidates-
1. Tatis' double salami
2. Bonds record breaker
3. Ripken All Star Game swan song
4. Others?
Aren't 1-3 enough for a career?
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Did you throw a chair and curse at someone when your team picked a player that was too young?
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