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Go Dodgers!
vr, Xei
I didn't realize that Jason Simontacci was still in the league; I thought he was pitching in Japan.
http://news.kb24.com
Some of it is written in first person, but clearly Kobe isn't writing all of it.
Though, he had to know that it is harder to reload in the NBA than any other sport, so some of it is questionable to say the least.
You have got to be kidding. Trade the best player in the league? Please...............
vr, Xei
1-2-3 inning with a K.
I'd do it, but I'm not much of a baseketball fan and I do know it's not an even trade.
When did we go through this before?
The Bulls would never do that. Kirk Hinrich is one of the top 5 point guards in the league.
Penny's looking pretty good so far.
No way the Lakers do a trade if Hinrich or Deng are not involved.
Oh wait, Jim Buss is in charge. Nevermind.
Heck no. I got bashed on BRO for bashing the Warriors in fact.
When all the Kobe/Shaq upheaval was in full swing and the Lakers were talking about who to trade and possible trade partners and blah blah blah.....it's the same old thing. An athlete is disgruntled and then there's a media frenzy beating a dead horse that didn't have much life to begin with and it peaks everyones curiosity and gives us something to talk about.
A team with no superstar is not what Jerry Buss envisions for his team.
I still got my Ceballos jersey.
Pretty much the entire Bay Area jumped on the bandwagon.
Guess he won't have to do 20 pushups for that one.
2 IP, 1 hit, 3 Ks
Knew that one was coming.
Jrue committed to UCLA?
Hopefully on his visit tomorrow.
All sources are pointing to UCLA.
Jerry did rehire Phil so perhaps a reconciliaton with the Logo is not out of the question.
He makes it look easy, doesn't he?
He is also going to Washington in a couple of weeks with his brother so I am not sure it is in the cards yet for a commitment tomorrow.
Agreed. Every game, I WANT to like the Dodger's CF, believe me!
3 IP, 1 hit, 0 BB, 4 Ks
His visit to Washington is also the day his brothers moves into campus, so he could just go there to support him.
Nomar: "Take a pitch...? {TILT} {explode}"
That would be awesome.
Apparently its a good thing that Juan Pierre came to the ballpark.
i was all for resting russell on sunday.
Kershaw is having a good night and will be a fine pitcher, but I can't help but think that 9 teams really missed out on Lincecum. If Kershaw becomes better than him, I will be surprised.
4 IP, 1 hit, 1 BB, 4 Ks
I think the scouting was good on him. Teams were just afraid of his size and possible injury.
What do you the draft guys think?
Rick Monday: "In a year that has been so probable, the IMPOSSIBLE has happened!"
Zzzz.
Unbelievable.
Kid is pretty good.
Pierre's HR will count for one of those, so just four other Dodger hits/walks! Let's go!
"The bases are full of Loons."
"Loons on the corners"
"The Loons are out"
1 hit, 0 BB, 4 Ks
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199509030.shtml
Kershaw should head west on exactly July 2. I know this because I have plans to go watch the Loons in Dayton July 3-6.
That, plus all the innings he pitched in college.
Exactly the scrappy kind of player that Ned is looking for more of
Of couse she's joking, but her humour confirms it all.
Back to my other theme. Penny and Pierre are OK, is anyone else going to do anything.
not just the dodgers every team in general.
He had a single, triple, and homer in that game.
question still stands what's more likely to happen : Dodgers make a big move and get a bat or Lakers bring in some legit help?
Hitters will be hard to get unless Toronto, New York Yankees decide to bag it.
That DP is going to aggrivate Grady.
6 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 1 BB, 5 Ks
hey that's two more than me. Sooooo, we got that going for us.
he better get on by the coaches vote
Please take Jermaine O'Neal. We're very tired of his whining and injuries here in Indiana. In return we would like Bynum, so we can add him to our growing list of young guys that haven't done much.
Be nice to not have him running the bases so much tonight but it doesn't seem to have affected him much - yet.
208 - seriously.. who is that guy...there's goign to be people after the game wanting to get some urine samples
Jerry: "Yeah, like Bizarro Superman, Superman's exact opposite, who lives in the backwards Bizarro world. Up is down, down is up, he says hello when he leaves, goodbye when he arrives."
Elaine: "Shouldn't he say badbye? Isn't that the opposite of goodbye?"
Jerry: "No, it's still goodbye."
Elaine: "Does he live underwater?"
Jerry: "No."
Elaine: "Is he black?"
Jerry: "Look, just forget the whole thing."
7 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 1 BB, 6 Ks
This kid is unbelievable.
Pennies problem usually is he can throw ten fastballs that a guy can't hit but can foul off and he finally makes a mistake. I hope he keeps learning. He also needs to figure out a way to get out of Pierres way. this after Juan does.
Me too. All I'm getting is an "In play, run(s)"
Ah, yet another Magic play for the Dodgers.
A lot.
Gonzo just went "Out of play, run(s)"
Hell, let Liberthal catch.
Martinez is in for Kent.
Despite it not being very important, Gonzalez hit a bomb.
Pierre's OPS has gone up almost 50 points in 4 at bats today.
THIS ISN'T LUCK. Each individual play has an element of luck in it, but in the aggregate it ISN'T LUCK. Seriously, stop complaining about it. Sorry for the caps and vehemence, but is rapidly becomming a pet peave of mine.
About as much as I liked you before.
Dude, we're winning 9-0. Have some kool-aid.
8 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 1 BB, 7 Ks
Is this like one of those Church of the Subgenius Short Duration Marriages?
Btw, I just refer to all of our pitchers as "nationality" Gagne. You know, we have Japanese Gagne, Mexican Gagne, Taiwnese Gagne...
Martin still catching... hm. I wonder if Lieberthal is supposed to start one of the next two games.
On the other hand, I'd hoped to track down Jon and shake hands or something, but apparently our kids spoke beforehand and decided that extreme measures should be taken to ensure that no such thing should occur. Also, I had the very odd experience that, when I unwrapped my Dodger Dog, someone had eaten half the dog and put it back in the bun!
Matt Murton was the last one.
Raffy gets another hit to continue his hot month.
Bronx Banter is displeased.
MAD Magazine was a staple back in the day.
Should we be worried Juan Pierre just had more extra base hits in one game than Nomar has had all month?
The spies never spoke. Unless I missed some special edition thing or something.
I'm going home. Hope the Dodgers don't blow this one in my absence.
Easily. Which is nice.
Adrian Beltre had two doubles and two homers for the Mariners in Anaheim last night.
Snoop.
Hence, the big noses.
What will be the eruption from the panicking Yankees? Can anything address the situation.
They haven't corrected it yet. That is their usual speed.
Their offense is unbelievable.
(Hey -- Jon wrote a post about Juan Pierre recently. I can make a minor factual comment about JD Drew without fear that folks will lose their cool. Right?)
(Right?)
Now in the last thread when I said Sam DC had 18 fingers and a prehensile tail, I was really exaggerating.
He only has 14 fingers.
I actually think its their pitching that has made them so unbeatable this year.
I would be very surprised if the Red Sox won 115 games this year though.
I don't see them rolling along like the 1998 Yankees or the 2001 Mariners. They would really the AL East to tank even worse than it is now.
Juan Pierre .286 ba .343 slg 8 2b 0 hr 13 rbi 17 sb 32 r 62 hits .984 FPCT
JD Drew .233 ba .327 slg 6 2b 2 hr 16 rbi 1 sb 26 r 26 r 35 hits .953 FPCT
See, Ned knows what he's doing.
>>> "He's pitched awfully well," Little said of Houlton, while making no commitment for Saturday. "His command's been good with the fastball. That's the biggest difference this year to last year." >> Little said to make room for whoever is promoted to pitch Saturday's game, the Dodgers likely would go with 12 pitchers, meaning a position player would be removed. The most likely candidates would be infielders Andy LaRoche or Tony Abreu. <<<
http://tinyurl.com/2mqqpt
My guess is Abreu goes down.
But with the Sox Offense--oh my
And you're always suppressing the rights of crazy people to freely assemble at Starbucks!
I got karmic payback from the man who wanted to complain about why banks no longer let him spell out the amount of his withdrawal on slips, but instead required him to use numerals.
Well its good if the Giants loose and its good if the Mets burn some luck. I can't complain.
I say we make it a keeper.
>>> The Dodgers are officially undecided on who will start Saturday's game in Pittsburgh but are pretty sure it won't be Chad Billingsley. <<<
http://tinyurl.com/pmzun
In other news, I want to punch Grady Little. Innings eater?
Innings eater?
If Chad isn't stretched out enough to start, well, stretch him out!
Um, wow.
"Your prescription refill was mailed on 5/30/07."
Umm.... So just what does that mean?
I want 2-3 more starts like today and then I would move him up. He really needs to be more consistent with his fastball command and mechanics. But today was a great start in the right direction.
I put this refill in three weeks ago. It's the same medication I've been using for the last 25 years.
It is a flash forward.
I, on the other hand, was in section 416, and was looking right down the line at Donnely, Penny, and the ball. A guy a few rows behind me was screaming his head off for not scoring, but I don't think he noticed Penny's late break.
I must be in a cartoon frame of mind, because as I watched the bizarro end of the Giants game, I actually said, "Balk! For Super Chicken." Well, I laughed anyway, even if no one else was in the room to hear it.
I sort of felt sorry for the Giants at the end of that game, and almost hate the Mets as much as I hate the Giants, but still, I had to laugh.
Your highest rated prospect is not an innings eater.
Join me tomorrow as I weave in a reference to The Man With Two Brains.
"If you need me, just call. You know how to dial, don't you? You just put your finger in the hole and make tiny little circles." - DMDWP
Yes, it's Hendrickson on Thursday and Wolf on Friday.
http://tinyurl.com/32n9hc
It seems to be vacillating between anger and bargaining.
Go for it.
I like the idea of Houlton being called up...always liked his stuff...excelent curve....plus if he does well, guys like Hendrickson could be traded to desperate for pitching contenders....
Okay, debate away! {Ahem. Cough. Crickets chirping.}
You know...for kids.
Call him Jackson Pollack for all I care.
Heck, why not. Good trade.
Ned's are the measure of all trades, of those that are, that they are; of those that are not, that they are not.
Scroll down to the second articly. I'm in love with Manny Acta and I'm not afraid to admit it. He actually said that a run is more likely to score with a runner on 1st with 0 out than with a runner at 2nd and 2 outs. He actually said that! How do I get him to fall in love with me? Follow him home? Kidnap his dog? Pick his children up from school uninvited?
BTW, a year ago, Penny had his blowup with Grady when he was taken out of a blowout game that the Dodgers won 12-5 and he did not pitch the required 5 innings for the win.
2006: Brad Penny's April and May
11 starts.
W/L: 5-1 (Team Record: 7-4)
IP/H/K/BB/HR: 62.2/61/17/46/2
GB/FB: 82/74
ERA: 2.87
# of Pitches/Batter: 3.95
Support per game: 5 runs
2007: Brad Penny's April and May
11 starts.
W/L: 7-1 (Team Record: 9-2)
IP/H/K/BB/HR: 70.0/60/23/43/0
GB/FB: 114/56
ERA: 2.06
# of Pitches/Batter: 4.2
Support per game: 4.7 runs
The biggest change so far has been his groundball to flyball ratio from about 1.1 to over 2 groundball outs to flyball outs.
Other than that and his zero home runs allowed versus the two he gave up at this point last year, its hard to spot any big changes but he does appear to be easily getting into the sixth inning and he does not appear to labor like he did last year.
But the numbers are not remarkably different that I thought they would be so in Penny's case, seeing is believing.
D's face mostly left handed pitchers in the next week- we have an all left handed OF right now (ex Clark). I think Grady will want to get Kemps bat in the line up. Loroche is wasting time on the bench. And MK didnt play for the 51s yesterday. Its all a guess though....
436 It's Late Antiquity. This is always a depressing course for me, anyway, because western civilization dies somewhere in the middle of it, but it's all the more so with 80 assignments to grade three times per quarter. Oh to have my Republic back! or my early empire!
http://tinyurl.com/3c2opw
The best part about late antiquity courses is the disproportionate amount of time (1 or 2 lectures always) spent on Julian.
Sorry I wasn't around to stop it. Still interesting.
If anything, we'll learn Latin here.
I think we need a lesson on the ablative case.
29.2IP
28hit (seems like a lot?)
9bb
29ks
3.64 1.25 .246
I think its very tough to call b/c of the Schmidt situation. Also, I think there's a chance pitching out of the pen is actually helping Billingsly develop. He has become much more aggressive and less of a nibbler. He is dealing like he did back in 2005 in AA after really not attacking hitters in 2006. He will start at some point, but it maybe a case of don't fix whats not broken... Hendrickson maybe 1 or 2 bad starts from being outsed also.
He's going live on Steven A Smith's radio show in NY and 710AM will cover it live in 5 minutes or so. Supposedly a big announcement, but who knows with this soap opera. vr, Xei
Go Clippers!
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