I remember a daytime fireworks show before the 1980 All-Star game setting a tree on fire behind the stadium and then watching a helicopter dump some water on it.

That was pretty much the highlight of that event.

Still, he didn't have to do it. Nice gesture.

Either that, or turn it around and make a public statement about how people should eschew fireworks at home, and join the Dodgers for a safe, professional display instead.

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Reliever Winston Abreu is an interesting guy too. The Nats have Ronnie Belliard playing first. Bob Carpenter and Don Sutton have said that Nook Logan is impossible to double up. He's got two GIDPs.

Launching fireworks right above a busy freeway or launching fireworks a good distance away from ash?

it's probably because there on strict pitch counts but don't take my word on it.

Padres throwbacks, Padres camouflage, every D-Rays uniform, Mets solid black unis. Those are the worst uniforms in baseball.

I also dislike the Braves' red jersey more than the Pirates'.

You think agreeing with me is tough? Try being me. Brutal...Just brutal.

My school's colors are brown and gold.

However, the internet seems to have no pictures of these uniforms.

http://tinyurl.com/25dtya

Yeah, I changed my mind about the Lowe non-walk. Don't know what I was thinking...

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http://tinyurl.com/yp8s6o

(sigh)

I'm getting dinner.

The shot is from last year's City Championship game. Kennedy is the team in brown. ToyCannon's beloved Chatsworth Chancellors are the team in white.

The Dodgers, Cubs, and Cardinals have the best home uniforms. The Mets, if they'd stick with the pinnies with the blue hats, would be right there.

http://tinyurl.com/yw25b9

there the undisputed champs in my opinion. 14 I think the Braves red unis are pretty cool.

The Giants home uniform is the best uniform in all of baseball. There. I said it.

Here's a youtube video of some of those unis. Way worse than even the padres' camouflage.

http://tinyurl.com/ywac5x

http://www.conorglassey.com/Blog/CommentView,guid,aba7cc5a-4e19-440a-a0dd-db9515b23595.aspx

Steve Finley is batting leadoff for Colorado. Fred Lewis is the leadoff hitter for the Giants with Ryan Klesko in the two hole.

The Giants home unis are nice. The cream, with the black and orange looks very nice. The Orioles road uniforms are outstanding.

The Cubs alternate uniform is the best of the alternate solids. But I really dislike alternate unis.

Greg other then Eckstein I thought we agreed on everything lately. I'm not putting anymore emphasis on his pre 2000 numbers then on his 2006 numbers. For some reason everyone seems to have forgotten what he did before his putrid 2nd half. He still posted an 867 OPS for the season and was above 950 for a good %. How that all the sudden translated to a guy who is more likely to flirt with 200 then 300 just seemed strange. You lumped Nomar in with Gonzo and there is a huge difference in my eye.

But no, Nomar probably won't drop near the Mendoza line. Very true.

There are moments where I wonder if my kids aren't better off playing video games. This is one of those moments.

I would think one of the Dominguez brothers would end that stretch.

quote from there They almost get a free pass because it was 1916, but upon further inspection, no other teams from that era look like they were dressed in tablecloths…

WOW! I didn't realize that the Mariners' staff was so good they would pay $ 8 Million for someone to fill the #5 spot. I'll never complain about Tomko again. :-)

http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/10177246

Singles, baby. We hit 'em. All day.

that reminds me, anybody know if Josh Hamilton is starting today? gameday doesn't seem to work.

Unless stinky cheddar is an entirely different thing.

His fastball is better than the average fastball you'll see from today's baseballing hurlers.

Nate Colbert is not playing.

Nor is Clay Kirby.

But since Clay Kirby is dead that's a good thing.

Pierre, CF

Nomar, 1B

Kent, 2B

Gonzalez, LF

Martin, C

Ethier, RF

LaRoche, 3B

Wolf, P

just did a little research & sportsline says he's officially an everyday outfielder now so i guess he'll be in there.

*Grady was kidding about making changes

it makes sense lefty lefty probably Josh Hamilton can't hit lefties all that well.

Freddy Guzman hit by pitch.
Injury Delay.
With Tug Hulett batting, Freddy Guzman advances to 2nd on a balk.
With Tug Hulett batting, wild pitch by Greg Miller, Freddy Guzman to 3rd.
Tug Hulett out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Larry Bigbie. Freddy Guzman scores.
Marlon Byrd walks.
Coaching visit to mound.
Jason Botts walks. Marlon Byrd to 2nd.
With Kevin Mahar batting, wild pitch by Greg Miller, Marlon Byrd to 3rd. Jason Botts to 2nd.
Kevin Mahar walks.
Desi Relaford walks. Marlon Byrd scores. Jason Botts to 3rd. Kevin Mahar to 2nd.
Coaching visit to mound.
Pitcher Change: B. J. LaMura replaces Greg Miller.

I want a giant inflatable Sumo suit.

a victory tonight would be nice to keep them at bay.

Martin and Kent have higher OBP's.

I believe this is less than optimal.

my lady was laughing along with me during that seen which is a reardy (sp)

Dude is still pretty good.

Pitcher Change: B. J. LaMura replaces Greg Miller.
Nate Gold hits a grand slam (3) to left field. Jason Botts scores. Kevin Mahar scores. Desi Relaford scores.

Pitcher Change: B. J. LaMura replaces Greg Miller.
Nate Gold hits a grand slam (3) to left field. Jason Botts scores. Kevin Mahar scores. Desi Relaford scores.

;-)

Fear me in some badminton, for I am a legend.

Yes, there's just one division in that sport.

Dick Pole.

Sorry.

Arroyo didn't trust the fastball and his slider didn't slide but the breaking pitch was working real well... until Martin.

Man is it fun to follow the game closely pitch by pitch.

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Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I wonder how many MLB teams have three or more Black everyday starters. Latin guys don't count, because I said so.

Seems like everything's okay to me!

/Sarcasm

I couldn't come up with a better reason except Dodger fans are jerks.

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I've heard that "Pierre" is actually a euphemism for... you know... in Quebec. Although sometimes it is here, too.

Summertime.. and the livin is easy
fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high

ABA player Chubby Cox takes the crown.

(Sorry, I just can't stop chuckling about the ridiculousness of that outfit.)

I'm skipping lunch that day.

He led the NL games played on year and he led the NL in sac flies and the AL in sac flies.

I'm ashamed to admit I'm an English cut man.

But the ESPNews highlight clip of the game isn't showing them. Which irks me. I love watching highlights of a game I just attended.

183 That's a shame, someone in my family is afflicted with Anti-Prime Rib disorder. It's a terrible thing.

I can hear the lady in the Nomar Van commercial asking me why I hate the Dodgers.

Anyway, it's great. It's a little different than I remember it (having seen it about 20 years ago). This is a Big Show. The voices are intensely powerful. The funeral scene in the first act tears you apart. If you see the same Bess I saw, she is a sex machine. Even my Mom was kind of excited.

Curious how this comes up tonight when the discussion is about African-American players.

The next few nights are...not the same.

As for Lawry's do they still spin the salad. I loved that as a kid. And the medal the carving guys wear. I always assumed they must have wrestled and cooked the cow to win that medal.

Does anyone remember the other resturant owned by Lawry's, called Steers. I think its where Lawry's now sits. They had a putting green inside. Way way cool when your 9 yrs old and its 1970.

but they have pop & we only have 2 runs.

Luis Gonzalez has officially been put on my Veteran Watch List.

over at Bronx Banter, our journeymen pitch like journeymen....

I'm sure Clemens will do well for you.

219 I don't think he counts as a journeyman.

i dont really consider wolf part of the journeymen club.

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All this steakhouse talk reminded me of one of my favorite Patton Oswalt routines. If you haven't heard his bit about steak places like Outback, you must download it from iTunes. Now.

I love the phrasing. Our centerfielder, he of the 44 million dollars, is battling to keep is OBP above 0.3

Outstanding.

i meant to say....

breaking ball, breaking ball,breaking ball, breaking ball, breaking ball,breaking ball, breaking ball,breaking ball, breaking ball,.

I am already more tired of Roger than I am Barry.

beards arent good enough!?!?

I did.

it's kind of weird cause he was a catcher.

Plus Loney is easier to spell than Mientkiwiecaioccez.

This year he's had 120 PA to date, hitting .220 with an OBP of .305. He finished last year with an OPS of around .815 I believe, so he can still very well come around.

And he just finished the inning.

I think it was compounded by the fact that I caught the last 10 mins of For Love of the Game last night. While Costner was plain cheesy Vin saved the entire scene. You just know they gave Vin some crappy script and he said "Do you mind if I change this a little?" putting a roomfull of Hollywood hacks to shame.

"The cathedral that is Yankee Stadium belongs to a Chapel." That has Vinny written all over it.

So what does "butter and egg" mean?

Yep, according to this:
http://www.miskatonic.org/butter_and_egg.html

"How many of Hank Aaron's 755 home Runs were inside the park?"

How is an inside the park home runs designated in the official score?

We have many good relievers to pitch the 7th.

I also think "butter and egg man" sounds like it would describe someone shaped like Odalis Perez.

http://www.miskatonic.org/butter_and_egg.html

Yup. -54

I keed, I keed.

There were issues.

There are still issues, but fewer of them.

I was also trying to reconcile why Omar Vizquel has different totals of DPs participated in as a shortstop.

I have turned that over to the Home Office.

One of these players is not like the other.

Shocking.

304 Heh. I just have a superfast internet connection...?

its 1.

Bonds has 3.

It won't matter when he signs with another team in five years.

9/21/1993 Atlanta vs. Montreal

BRAVES 7TH: BERRY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); FLOYD STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 1B); BARNES REPLACED MARRERO (PITCHING); LANSING
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); JONES BATTED FOR BLAUSER; Jones
walked; TARASCO BATTED FOR GANT; Tarasco doubled to right [Jones
scored]; BREAM BATTED FOR MCGRIFF; Bream doubled to left
[Tarasco scored]; KLESKO BATTED FOR JUSTICE; Klesko walked;
PECOTA BATTED FOR PENDLETON; Pecota singled to center [Bream
scored, Klesko to third]; Olson singled to left [Klesko scored,
Pecota to second]; Belliard was called out on strikes; CABRERA
BATTED FOR SMOLTZ; Cabrera flied to left; Sanders grounded out
(second to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 18, Expos 5.

Kuo 2IP, 1H, 1BB, 2K, OER

Some of us thought he should remain a starter. Some of us were very wrong.

Okay, nervous time...

Worst. Baseball Card. Luck. Ever.

Of this, I am certain.

or at a chapel marring drunken teenagers

i juan him to strike out.

Man, Randy Wolf was our butter and egg man tonight, free spending with those strikeouts, and the FSN player of the game.

Whew. I hope we can start scoring some runs to support our starters a little better, but I'll take this one. night all!

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Larry King would make a good softball player. (Get it? Huh?) Okay, never mind. I'm going to bed.

Yes, yes. Welcome aboard.

And yet prepositions were ignored by "Grammar Rock."

Ron Coomer, professional hitter, barbecue sauce spokesman, Beer-league softball look-alike.

Rafael Bournigal...Not so much.

It's always left-handers. I don't know why.

Or not.

Or was that Rich Eisen?

Our Centerfielder does lead the team in hits. So I guess he leads in hitting, from a certain point of view.

She is just terrible.

I don't know who bad Christine Nubla is either.

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Sorry, I'm a Duck man.

Whatever. Carolyn Hughes was better than Nubla and Soto.

Nubla's problem is Kennedy. He does the same thing to any female co-anchor he happens to be teamed up with.

And I should take back my hating of wireless mics. It's probably somebody asleep at the mixing board.

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Ouch

I keep thinking of Martini and Harding playing poker in Cuckoo's nest. No matter who wins, they both lose.

Most trades have certain rationiles behind them, they may not be what you believe but generally they are there.

The problem for the Dodgers and really any team that has young talent, those are the ones that people ask about.

I think the bigger issue is that most teams are not interested in making deals and I would be surprised if anyone with some power is dealt right now.

Experience.

He smells bargains, but other general managers aren't rubes.

"Teams are reluctant to talk because their guy could revert back to what he was his whole career," Colletti said.

Most of the time, attempting to dupe the opposing GM is the point. Nobody makes a trade to get equal value. One trades to get more than one has, and attempts to do so by getting more than they're giving up.

Of course every GM can rationalize their trades. It doesn't mean that their smart, or that they're not being duped.

Valentin
Mueller
Robles
Betemit
LaRoche
Izturis
Saenz
Guzman (right?)
Valdez
Lucille II
Lugo
Edwards (I think)

I figured there were probably some September call-ups in there somewhere, but couldn't think of any. I'm sure the rest came from that dreadful year of 2005.

13). Willy Aybar

Norihiro Nakamura (how could I forget Mr. Stepinthebucket?)
Antonio Perez

2005 - .722
2006 - .737
2007 - .560

14). The guy from Japan (his name excapes me at the moment :-) )

Sounds good to me. Go with it, Dodgers.

2) nobody mentioned the jazz-warriors game last night? i think the jazz are in trouble, because the warriors seem invincible in oakland, and the games in salt lake have all gone down to the wire. baron davis is amazing, and last night alone he made at least 3 ridiculous drives to the basket which rank among the best moves i've seen in years.

3) i don't know if anyone's mentioned this, but along the same lines as the andre ethier the jazz musician, there's apparently a swedish indie alt/folk act called "loney, dear":

http://www.loneydear.com/index.html
http://www.myspace.com/loneydear

I think he pressed because the GM was sitting in the audience. He sounds like someone who really wants to prove he used to be the best player in his clubhouse.

http://tinyurl.com/2vycew

He does get off the line of the thread in a complementary diary, over there, on the most over-rated hitter: "if [Russel] martin turns into jason phillips i'll kill myself."

So say we all.

This was amusing, btw:
Colan Eigenbrod hit ground balls to Hake's nine-year-old son, Cooper, at first base after Thursday's game.

The younger Hake moved deftly, scooping up most everything that rolled his way.

"You look like Steve Garvey," his father, at one point, shouted, a nod to the major leaguer who won four Gold Gloves at first base in 19 seasons with the Dodgers and Padres.

A conversation about Garvey ensued. It ultimately led to Pat Hake wondering aloud whether the ballplayer nicknamed "Mr. Clean" had 3,000 career hits.

He appealed to Lincoln sophomore coach Gary Stoltzenburg, who was standing nearby.

"Hey, Gary, did Steve Garvey have 3,000 hits?" Hake asked.

"Yeah," Stoltzenburg replied.

A few moments later, he seemingly affirmed, "3,023."

Astonished, Hake said, "See, he even knows that."

He spoke too soon.

Garvey ended his career with 2,599 hits.
http://www.lincolncourier.com/story.asp?SID=5938&SEC=10

*Now she wants...a butter and egg man
From way out in the west
She wants somebody...who's workin all day
So shes got money...when she wants to play*

*Now pretty clothes...they'll never be mine
But what she told me the other day
I hope she don't change her mind
Now she wants...a butter and egg man
A great big butter and egg man
From way down south*

As with many of Satchmo's songs, it's a little suggestive. But Vin's meaning probably was, "he's a dependable guy, he's a breadwinner, he brings home the bacon."

6 ip
4 runs
9 k's
2 bb's
2 HRs

He's showing some signs. He has his velocity back from his pre-injury days.

Amazing how 4 yrs ago, Miller/Jackson was the next big thing for the Dodgers. I think Jackson has the best shot at panning out at this point.

470 Good to see him doing a little better. I always root for him to get his act together, even if maybe not to become an all-star either.

Would be a great story - but three Tommy John surgeries also make me not want to bet on it either.

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That said, when do the Dodgers think about buying out Russ Martin's arbitration years? Or will they keep with past experience, like they did with Gagne, and just try to get him for the cheapest amounts possible through the arbitration system?

Another thing---Jack Cust is having a Matt Kemp like beginning to his career, albeit 5yrs too late probably.

New thread up top.

"Big Butter and Egg Man" is one of Armstrong's best early solos and noted jazz musicologist Gunther Schuller refers to it as his "most remarkable recorded solo of 1926".