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The problem with doing sports on Larry King Live at 9 o'clock eastern is six out of seven nights there's a sporting event on opposite us. So if we have Sandy Koufax on and it's April and baseball has started and you're in Los Angeles and you're a Dodger fan and the Dodgers are playing the Mets and it's 7:30 (when the) game starts and I've got Sandy Koufax on in the 4th inning, talking to him for an hour, you're liable to watch the Dodger-Met game. So the theory is sports wouldn't play much there.
No, we're watching Koufax. Oh, and by the way - you could always do the interview in the winter.
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Meanwhile, Joel Guzman lives, reports Eduardo Encina of the St. Petersburg Times:
Considered a superstar and then a superdud by the Dodgers in the space of a few months, Guzman is showing that maybe, just maybe, his career isn't over at 22. He can even have that same spring in his Spring Training step that everyone else has.
Even though most of the attention was on Guzman's bat, he is now showing he has the range to play third after dropping 15 pounds in the offseason while honing his discipline at the plate.
Starting at third base Wednesday in the Rays' 10-2 loss to Cleveland, Guzman hit his first spring home run. He battled back from an 0-and-2 hole to run the count to 2 and 2, then fought off another pitch. He ended the six-pitch at-bat by taking starter Jeremy Sowers' up-and-in cutter over the left-centerfield fence.
"I fell behind, so I stayed in my at-bat and waited for the pitcher to make a mistake," he said. "I just tried to protect the zone and use my hands."
"I'm on board with this guy," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "He's capable of a killer year. If he goes killer in the minor leagues, heads up, because with him it's going to be all about confidence. If his confidence soars, he could be very special."
Guzman, 22, concentrated on his fielding while playing in the Dominican Winter League, especially his agility at third. His weight dropped to 230 pounds, some 20 less than his playing weight last spring.
"I liked that they gave me another opportunity to stay in the infield," he said. "That's what I kept thinking about in the winter, keeping my body in shape and emphasizing that - fielding, fielding, fielding. I'm still learning. At third base, it's all about reaction, so that's why I need to keep my body in shape so I can go either way quickly."
If that isn't enough of a blast from the past for you, here's another mythbuster to quake the overnights: Paul DePodesta values defense, reports Tom Krasovic of the San Diego Union Tribune.
Defensive performance isn't easily measured, and certainly offense and pitching are far more important. Still, the Padres clearly were a solid team defensively last season, and the benefits were real.
"The fact that we led the majors in defensive efficiency certainly had something to do with us winning the division," said DePodesta, a former Dodgers general manager who in July joined the Padres as a special assistant for baseball operations.
Having judged defenders both as a major league scout and a statistical analyst, DePodesta brings a broad set of evaluation skills, and he also has access to extensive scouting reports and proprietary data. He considers it significant that in 2006 the Padres were ranked first in team defense by Baseball Information Solutions, which uses a plus-minus system and has scouts review video of every play in the majors.
"It may be like the turnover ratio in the NFL," DePodesta said. "If you can limit the minus plays, you should be in good shape. You'd love to have spectacular plays by your defense, but if you can limit the minus plays, you should be in good shape."
DePodesta considers scouting integral to the evaluation of defense, partly because scouts can see where the fielder was positioned before the ball was hit. He also looks at how one fielder can affect another. For example, does a rangy center fielder such as the Padres' Mike Cameron allow the corner outfielders to shade toward the foul lines? He also considers the relationship between the pitchers and the fielders.
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Updates aplenty: Remember the guy who was able to use an appearance at Dodger Stadium on Curb Your Enthusiasm as an alibi? He just got a $320,000 settlement for his troubles, reports The Associated Press:
The Los Angeles City Council agreed Wednesday to settle the police misconduct lawsuit filed by Juan Catalan, who spent nearly five months in jail before footage from the show cemented his alibi.
Catalan, 28, was arrested for the May 2003 slaying of Martha Puebla, 16, outside her Sun Valley home. He told detectives he was innocent and was at a Dodgers game when the crime occurred.
His defense lawyer, Todd Melnik, went through footage of crowd shots from the televised game between the Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves, but did not find his client. Then he learned that the HBO comedy starring former "Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David had been shooting at the ballpark that day.
"There he was in the outtakes," said Gary S. Casselman, the attorney handling Catalan's lawsuit. "He's glad it's over." ...
Someone else is now being prosecuted for the slaying, Casselman said.
Here's more of the backstory:
Remember that miserable Dodger game a year ago, when Eric Gagne got torched for four runs in the 10th inning and the Dodgers lost, 11-4, to Atlanta?* * *That was the highlight of one Dodger fan's year.
Juan Catalan spent 5 1/2 months in jail, accused of murder, until his alibi was validated, according to The Associated Press - by the Dodgers and Larry David.
Or something like that.
Catalan ... had ticket stubs from the game and testimony from his family as to his whereabouts the night (Martha) Puebla was killed. But police still believed he was responsible, saying they had a witness who placed Catalan at the scene of the slaying. ...
Defense attorney Todd Melnik subpoenaed the Dodgers and Fox Networks, which owned the team then, to scan videotape of the televised baseball game and footage from its "Dodger Vision" cameras. Some of the videotapes showed where Catalan was sitting but Melnik couldn't make him out.
Melnik later learned that HBO was filming the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode where David hires a prostitute, so that he can take the carpool lane to Dodger Stadium (a carpool lane that, by the way, I'm not sure exists). Melnik reviewed the raw footage.
"I got to one of the scenes, and there is my client sitting in a corner of the frame eating a hot dog with his daughter," Melnik said. "I nearly jumped out of my chair and said, 'There he is!'"
The tapes had time codes that allowed Melnik to find out exactly when Catalan was at the ballpark. ...
Catalan, who could have faced the death penalty had he been convicted of murder, was released in January because a judge ruled there was no evidence to try him.
The murder is still unsolved.
Update: Kevin Roderick at L.A. Observed notes that Jeffrey Toobin of The New Yorker has the story in this week's issue.
"It sounded very cool because my life is so lacking in anything interesting," David said last week. "It did seem like kind of a lame story, but I told the lawyer, 'Go ahead, go crazy. Look at anything you want.' And we hooked him up with everything from the stadium, all the footage we shot that night." On the day that Melnik came in to see the tapes, David at first left him to watch on his own, but later he stuck his head in the editing room, where the lawyer was examining the footage.
"I'm there for maybe five minutes, and the lawyer screams out, 'There he is!'" David recalled. "We couldn't believe it. We rewound the tape, and just as I'm walking up the aisle in one shot, this guy is sitting right there. And then there was another shot where he was standing up." Melnik said, "Jesus Christ, if I didn't jump three feet in the air! It was totally a eureka moment."
At Baseball Analysts, Jeff Albert analyzes former Dodger Adrian Beltre's swing - with video. Here's an excerpt:
More bat speed does not always equal more power. The small matter of making consistent, hard contact comes into play. Looking at the stride foot of each swing, 2004 Beltre looks to begin his swing slightly later, which may mean that he is getting a better, longer look at the ball. This would allow him to process more information about the oncoming pitch, and the stats say he was producing enough bat speed to put up great power numbers.
I know the popular explanations for Beltre's fluke year are either psychological or pharmaceutical, but in the absence of proof of either of those, it's nice to see other avenues pursued.
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For a different kind of video, check out this interpretation of the classic Danny Kaye-sung Dodger song, passed along by Josh Rawitch at Inside the Dodgers.
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Finally (?), happy birthday to us! I've never had a toaster that lasted this long or was so great to use.
[cough]tivo[cough]
1) Men once walked on the moon
2) Water is wet
3) D4P cries at weddings
http://tinyurl.com/2pqn84
Arte, you're powerless," I suggested, just like every other baseball fan who would like to know what's going on with Matthews.
"I'm not powerless," Moreno said.
"There's going to be no quick resolve here, Arte, so there goes your promise to have it resolved by opening day," I said.
"That's your opinion," Moreno said. "I made my statement. I'm very unhappy and I want it resolved. The ball is in his court, and I'm not going to make a new decision every day. Eventually, I'm going to have to make a decision, taking the best information I have into account, and then make that call."
"What does that mean?"
"I don't want to get into any kind of negotiation in the paper," he said. "I'm not going to answer that question."
I have no idea how Matthews can resolve this short of stating that he did not take HGH and then sitting on pins and needles waiting for an indictment. What else could he say to Moreno and Stoneman to placate them, especially Arte.
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Its good to know DePodesta appreciated that 2004 infield.
Tony Womack did not. Proven Veteran with a Ring available Mr. Colletti! Don't let Sabean get the jump on you.
Is that you Homer Simpson?
Nice of JtD to lose 15 pounds after the team gave up on him because he didn't have the quickness anymore to stay in the infield.
That link does not work for me.
"Penny struggles early this spring...After struggling through much of the second half of last year it is likely Brad Penny (RHP, LA)was really hoping to get off to a good start this spring. He did pitch a couple of scoreless innings last Saturday but on Wednesday he gave 6 runs on 7 hits in just 2 IP. What happened to the All-Star game starter who went 10-2 during the first half of the season with a sub 3.00 ERA? His monthly splits give a clear indication of what is to blame.
Month IP ERA H% S% Ctl Dom Cmd hr/9 xERA
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Apr 31 2.32 27% 79% 1.5 7.5 5.2 0.6 3.21
May 31 3.41 34% 75% 3.4 5.7 1.7 0.0 4.18
Jun 38 3.05 28% 77% 2.1 7.0 3.3 0.9 3.26
Jul 24 6.00 37% 65% 2.6 6.0 2.3 1.1 3.99
Aug 35 5.14 27% 65% 3.6 7.2 2.1 1.5 3.72
Sep 29 6.83 44% 63% 2.2 8.7 4.0 1.2 3.64
Penny reported that at the end of last year he was suffering from back spasms, suggesting those may have contributed to his decline. Another possible reason was he decided to stop throwing his split-finger change-up mid-season out of fear of arm trouble. And his 189 IP last year were the most since 2003, which led others to speculate that his conditioning might have played a factor in his limping down the stretch. But ultimately his monthly BPI's suggest that nothing had more of an effect on his numbers than bad luck. His hr/9 increased a little during the season, but not enough to make such a big difference. The higher H% and lower S% were more likely the culprits for his struggles as his xERA remained fairly consistent across the months.
He has reported to camp lighter this season, so any conditioning problems should be less of a concern. Forget his 2nd half numbers and focus on a 28-year-old pitcher who has shown strong skills over the last several seasons..."
"Jhonny Nunez - he looked great; coaches gathered around to watch his session; Brian Peacock said he was the most impressive guy he'd caught; couldn't find a coach that wasn't intrigued about him."
http://tinyurl.com/27oa94
(ridiculous column with the invisible subtitle "Lord, what fools these bloggers be!")
I know you weren't but it seemed the writer was, since he was writing about how great the Padre's defense was and how Depo values defense. Maybe I read to much into it but to me it it was like a writer talking about how Ned loves Lowe/Kent and what they bring to the game and then mentioning that with Lowe and Kent on the team they won the Division title and neglecting to mention that Ned had nothing to do with bringing Kent/Lowe to the team just like Depo had nothing to do with the current makeup of the Padre defense that was so good.
.182/.182/.545
(Don't try that at home...)
I could be imagining this. Any help would be appreciated.
I'm surprised he settled for a mere 325,000 considering how defiant the police appeared to be in this case considering they had no physical evidence to support the case.
If so, I'll go with him.
https://bronxbanter.baseballtoaster.com/archives/600704.html
http://thesoulofbaseball.blogspot.com/2007/03/al-east-with-alex-belth.html
vr, Xei
As far as interrupting a discussion, sometimes I try not to, but overall I can't be a slave to the comments, because there's almost always a discussion and I'd never be able to make a new post if I waited for it to end.
Then again, the tourism L.A. ads feature Ted McGinley which makes me think the city will be consumed by a nuclear holocaust.
In a team outlook story, after Kent and Nomar say they're not worried about lack of Dodger power, is this from Grady==
"Little thinks that Betemit, a switch-hitter, will hit with more power now that he's not so concerned about his playing time."
Hmmm...
http://tinyurl.com/2mqp85
http://www.rockhall.com/pressroom/definitive-200
I have ... not as many as you.
I have nine
46 - That is a terrible, terrible list. Blonde on Blonde isn't one of the top 200 albums ever? Give me a break.
One could pick that list to pieces, and then those pieces to pieces, but it's really not worth eviscerating. As a guy with upwards of 10,000 CDs in his collection--enough to know that 'definitive' doesn't really exist, but if it did it would exclude more than half of the records listed here--I might know whereof I speak in this arena, at least.
It's tough to answer, though, because sometimes I have most of the same songs but on a greatest-hits album. And other times, I had it as a tape once, but some of my tapes were casualties of the Northridge quake and were not replaced.
Exactly. And, are we talking (1) legal, or (2) otherwise, copies? Not that that would change anything, of course...
http://tinyurl.com/h82st
im at vero for what will probably be the last time, and enjoying it as always. ive got a few pictures on flickr and will add more over the next couple of nights, if anyone is interested:
http://tinyurl.com/2mxdf4
Jon, or any blogger, is welcome to use them on their sites if they want.
i've already decided to go to arizona in 2009.
Yes, much better.
I don't even understand the criteria of the other list. Where they trying to make a list that just represented everyone? Where every single person who liked any type of music probably had something they liked on the list. That is my only explanation.
But I guess not owning any Avril Lavigne albums makes me lose all credibility.
"On the opposite side of the ledger, a fielder's choice typically results in an out on a forced runner and so it is slightly negative overall (-1.3%), while strikeouts (-2.7%) are slightly more costly than other outs (-2.5%), and caught stealing (-4.2%) are much more costly than either. Pickoffs, on the other hand, are less costly than caught stealings since they include both pickoffs that are successful and the 30% that result in errors by the defense. The category of "other advancement" ends up being the most costly, since the vast majority record runners thrown out attempting to advance after a batted ball, which is especially costly when runners are thrown out attempting to score."
It's really a pretty lousy list. The "Titanic" soundtrack but not "Nebraska"? If this list is still on the web 20 years from now, people will look back and scoff that it includes Kenny G but not "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot," just to name one. It'll be like Gigi winning best picture.
Even when they got the artist right, they got the wrong albums. No Astral Weeks, Taking the Long Way, or Parsley Sage Rosemary & Thyme?
My personal faves from the list:
PEARL JAM – TEN
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – BORN TO RUN
MILES DAVIS – KIND OF BLUE
MARVIN GAYE – WHAT'S GOING ON
JONI MITCHELL – BLUE
REM – AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE
JOHNNY CASH – AT FOLSOM PRISON
CLASH – LONDON CALLING
BEATLES – RUBBER SOUL
PUBLIC ENEMY – IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK
BOB DYLAN – BLOOD ON THE TRACKS
CURTIS MAYFIELD – SUPERFLY
My favorite was "Faces." To me, it was the last great collection of EWF, it had the smooth ballads featuring Phillip Bailey plus that nice driving R&B sound with the horns playing.
No question that both "Off the Wall" and "Thriller" belong on that list, those were the best of Michael Jackson's solo career and as for his sister, Janet's "Control" and "Janet" represent her well.
What's wrong with Jewel? Her 0304 album is one of my all-time favorites.
It was the first "jazz" album I ever listened to and remains a personal favorite.
"So What", I could hum it right now.
See, I really don't think she's all that attractive, but my wife thinks I do for some reason. I really like her voice, and I think she's a good songwriter.
But, I have 86 as I have most of my cd's here at work. Thats kinda pathetic. I had 23 out of the top 25 with belive it or not missing Springsteens Born to Run. (and Shania Twain)
Did they really manage to not put anything by Sam Cooke on there?
28. EMINEM – MARSHALL MATHERS LP
30. DR. DRE – CHRONIC (Coming in behind Eminem, which is like Jesus being two spots behind the apostle Paul)
57. 50 CENT – GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN'
59. NOTORIOUS B.I.G. – LIFE AFTER DEATH (again, how could this be after 50 Cent?)
90. TUPAC – ALL EYEZ ON ME (arguably the great rap album ever, but not quite as good as "In Da Club")
55 I believe you're correct:
The following list - the Definitive 200 - was developed by NARM, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers
Honestly I'd call it a pretty good list for getting most of those songs that you hear (or once heard) nine times a day on the radio. But if I wanted that, I'd just listen to the radio.
If they were honest enough and wanted to include music that was generally influential, they'd include a lot more classical. Particularly an album with Pachabel's Canon in D, as explained in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM
But I digress. How about those Dodgers?
http://tinyurl.com/y6gxa7
Disclaimer: video begins with a bit of Rule 5.
I have 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 23, 26, 28, 39, 42, 51, 96, 98, 104, 106, 109, 121, 149, 156, 178
I used to have 16, 19, 20, 22, 24, 35, 41, 47, 49, 72, 85, 110, 112, 119, 131, 169, 171, 181, 191
http://tinyurl.com/35ycdm
"With Hampton out for an undetermined amount of time, the Braves join the long list of teams looking to trade for starting pitchers."
Hendrickson, Tomko, Pierre for A. Jones?
No? How 'bout for Jeff Francoeur?
No, again? Just give us back Aybar so we can send him back AAA.
Please?
These lists never interest me because I pretty much already like who I like when it comes to older artists and lists like this would never have albums by newer artists that I like (was there even one indie rock album on there?). I was going to say that it was a fairly decent list until I realized Linkin Park was on there - I hate them with all of my being.
93.
Ha! Truer words were never spoken.
They were one of the best alternative bands ever IMO.
Count me in on the Linkin Park is garbage campaign.
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Wow, I went to a baseball blog and Rolling Stone magazine broke out. ;-) That list is terrible in so many ways I don't know what to say, but, yeah, the presence of Linkin Park and Kid Rock on it automatically ruins whatever cred it had. Oh, and speaking of REM, just one REM record on it, Automatic for the People? Next.
1. Shawn Green...
Off the top of my head, I'm going with Junior Gilliam.
Battleship Potemkin is a completely different animal though. It is a foreign, silent, black and white movie that millions of people have seen, or at least millions have seen the scene on the stairs (that's all I've seen).
100 greatest Dodgers:
1. Paul Lo Duca
2. Hee Seop Choi
3. J.D. Drew
4. Pedro Martinez
5. Milton Bradley
What? You don't like my criteria?
I saw it in a FILM CLASS. However, I was not "cool" enough to be a film student.
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Besides, almost everyone has seen recreations of it anyway (The Untouchables springs to mind).
Also I think plenty of good bands ought to be left of that list (which was admittedly terrible). If we were going to make a good list it should be those earth shattering albums. I think that would also exclude indie bands that are influential, but break through. You could also probably cut the list down to 50 or some albums then.
Same with the Dodgers, instead of 100 best I think 20 most important would be more interesting (same # 1 though).
Unfortunately, they are old. They were a band nearly 30 years ago. It's weird when I think that if in the 60s I was listening to 30-year-old music I'd be hearing a lot of Glenn Miller.
http://www.talentedmrroto.com/Article.aspx?articleid=17409
That would be pretty cool if it happens.
I heard Miller is the real opening day starter, and Billingsley has been traded to the Reds.
I'm a huge hip-hop (rap, whatever) fan too, and I immediately discounted the guy's taste when he even had 50 Cent on the list, let alone ahead of Nas' Illmatic. Ridiculous.
Where is Rakim, Pharcyde, Kool Keith, or even Doggystyle (the only good Snoop Dogg album).
112 - Actually, I'm a non-film student who's seen it. Wolf Trap Performing Arts Park in the DC area showed it on screen with the NSO (I think) playing the score in accompaniment.
I enjoyed it quite a bit. The steps scene is the famous one, but I remember being surprised by the specific care the film took to denounce anti-semitism. The guy who shouts "Down with the Jews" is booed off the screen by the rest of the mob. Ah, the idealism of early communists.
Not to mention:
Who is Rakim, Pharcyde, Kool Keith, or even Doggystyle
and/or
What is Rakim, Pharcyde, Kool Keith, or even Doggystyle
I talk about that all the time with my wife. Other then my wife I don't think to many people were listening to 20/30's music in the late 60's or 70's but I know plenty of 20 somethings who listen to 40 year old music.
Sure, but I'm talking about people who were in their 20's in the 60's/70's. Just from my own experience with friends and family anything older then 1955 was never heard.
The list is dead to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXYMqHdsGwk
Haha yeah I have seen that. There is another one with all the times they say the F word.
By the way, I think these sorts of "all time" lists serve a purpose, to get people to debate and pick their own favorites, so in that sense that music list is a success... As one who has edited some "best" movie lists, I can attest to the fact that there's always gonna be some, uh, feedback.
DST Has pretty much consumed 80% of my time in the last month. Stupid Congress.
http://tinyurl.com/3yyy4e
Here's another good Gammons tidbit that came from the Weekend: Said he spoke to Grady Little of the Dodgers and that Greg Miller is the best arm they have in camp. That if the season started today, Miller would be in the rotation and Chad Billingsley would be in the bullpen.
On the contrary: I found this to be surprisingly progressive thinking on their part.
It's a trade off this time of year, a week of pain or so until you get used to the mornings, vs. that much more daylight.
But I'm sorry for techies right now (sorry Marty!)
But anyway, I hope that doesn't happen either, but I wouldn't think the Dodgers will pronounce him that way at all. I also still have this feeling one of the first 5 pitchers will be traded before end o'July deadline and that Bills will ample opportunity to jump back into the rotation of not this time. Still, despite that aforementioned rumor (which is just that, a rumor), I'd rather see Greg Miller make the team as a reliever and have Bills start. And have the DHT squad all gone. But that's just me.
The most walks any one pitcher has issued Juan Pierre in his career is 4. Four pitchers have done it. Here they are, with the total number of plate appearances the two have faced in parentheses:
Miguel Batista (24)
Randy Johnson (37)
Hideo Nomo (17)
Kerry Wood (19)
Whaaaa? Illmatic has to be top twenty of all time, I think. It Ain't Hard To Tell is one of the best rap songs ever recorded. The production is amazing. It's been hugely influential on other rappers. To say it's not the best of all time I'll grant, but not top twenty is way too far, IMO.
I'll also echo the sentiment that the absence of the Pharcyde and Wu-Tang Clan in favor of disposable pap like Shania Twain is also pretty weak.
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I stopped listening to that stuff when my acne disappeared
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What about the TOP 20 DODGERS list!
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I tried to make a list off of the top of my head of the 20 best LA Dodgers - just to get the process started.
Not being very familiar with the Brooklyn team, I thought it best to start in 1958…
(maybe some real historians could compile a Top 20 Brooklyn Dodgers list list)
Also I don't know much about the 1959 team that beat The ChiSox in the series, certainly there is a name or two from that team that needs to be on the list.
Hopefully a member of that team can replace Shawn Green.
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I tried to limit it to players that were with the team for at least 2 years, basing on their selection on their contribution to the Dodgers and not what they have done with another team.
(therefore eliminating Frank Robinson or Pedro Martinez )
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May the debate begin…
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60s(6)
Koufax
Drysdale
Tommie Davis
(2 seasons in a row over .350 if I'm not mistaken, and at least one batting crown)
Maury Wills
Willie Davis(?)
Wes Parker
70s (6)
Don Sutton
Steve Garvey
(never could stand him but he has to be on the list)
Ron Cey
Mike Marshall(the kinestherapist)
(didn't play very long but had 2 amazing seasons…)
Reggie Smith
Dusty Baker(?)
(DB never carried the team on his shoulders the way SG, RC and RS were capable of doing…but he'll always be one of my favorites-I admit that this is a sentimental choice)
80s(4)
Fernando Valenzuela
Pedro Guerrero
Orel Hershiser
Kirk Gibson
(barely makes the 2 yr requirement- but he's got to be here…)
90s(1)
Mike Piazza
00s(3)
Gary Sheffield
(If anyone ever asks you what do Steve Garvey and Gary Sheffield have in common…)
Eric Gagne
Shawn Green(?)
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Where is the love for Jason Grabowski?
*Beltre only had one good season
*When I think of Steve Sax and Bill Russell I think of errors…
*Steve Yeager, Mike Sciosia…wish i could find a spot for them…
*I remember some of the most amazing throws from right field to 3rd base by Joe Ferguson… and some outrageous home runs, but unfortunately he doesn't make a list like this…
*Davey Lopes?
*And somebody tell me about Wally Moon (!?)
*Ramon Martinez ?
*Raul Mondesi(?) -
is there another 90s player better than Raul to go with Mike Piazza?
All those rookies of the year - never living up to their potential…
*Does Hideo Nomo have a place on this list ?
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The only current Dodger whom I feel has the potential to make this list is Russell Coltrane Martin…
(although hope springs eternal for Loney, Kemp, CBill, Broxton, LaRoche…)
If Nomar has another 4+1 moment…
(the most exciting game since game one WS 1988)
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-question for Old Timers?
I am trying to remember the importance of the role of Jimmy Wynn on the 1974 pennant winning team?
What happened to him afterwards ?
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Holy Cow. I mean, Holy CAL.
I should've known that could be an upset in the making. UCLA is so erratic
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And Joe Mays is "pitching." (Quotes intended.)
Rick Monday, after La Roche's HPB, "One thing we noticed about La Roche, he's not up there to play dodgeball."
Huh?
Betemit just smoked one but it was right at the OFer.
UCLA losses just aren't the same without one certain fan that's usually here.
lol
Other then being the best player on the 74 team, he didn't have much of a bearing on the pennant.
Players missing from the list:
I'd be cutting Mike Marshall(only one incredible year not two) because his time was to brief and replace him with Davy Lopes who was my least favorite Dodger of all-time but was a heck of a player for a long time on alot of good teams.
I'd also cut Wes Parker and replace him with Junior Gilliam or Mondesi. Gilliam played 760 games at 3b and 400 games at 2nd base and did a fine job. Parker was useless until later in his career and then he quit.
The Dodgers have been to good to limit it to 20. Were not the Arizona Diamondbacks. If your not listing 50, your not doing the franchise justice. JMO
Hopefully just precaution.
Actually one year will help if we don't trade the farm.
I'm thinking Tommy John over Mike Marshall.
It's a disappointing loss, but not that surprising. While I'd really like a #1 seed (and may still get one), we're not a championship team this year anyway, as I've been saying. An Elite Eight run after a Championship game appearance last year is all I really want. Hopefully we'll be a Championship club with Kevin Love next year.
Anyhoo, Hopefully I'll get a chance to post in the next couple days, and I hope you guys aren't having too much fun reveling in the Bruins defeat ;)
Or twice 55.
But he does drive the Poppermobile:
Inside the black Mercedes SUV, officers found a cache of weapons and a small amount of marijuana, the Patrol said. A police dog searched the vehicle, finding numerous hidden compartments containing four rifles, nine handguns and a switchblade knife. Authorities also found a Taser and night vision goggles. . . . The vehicle also had flashing emergency headlights, a siren and a public address system, the Patrol said.
'Popper indicated to troopers that he had installed these items in his vehicle because (in the event of a natural disaster) he didn't want to be left behind,' the Patrol said in a news release"
HR: Garciaparra
And apparently, Nor'west survivalist.
Speaking of suvivalists, the Nationals today in their Honor the Military ST game wore blue camo baseball caps.
The ugliest caps ever to blight the state of Florida, or any of its swamps.
Yikes! I'm number 7, and I haven't even been here that long!
Yep. Cruz mashed lefties. Pierre just mashes potatoes.
Decent CF option > Repko > Pierre
Just want to know where you find a great screen name, such as "Scareduck"
Where does Torii Hunter fit in this?
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