Hmm. Maybe this July would be a good time for a road trip.

I guess "The DTs" probably isn't a good nickname for the group.

10 You sound the Brick.

I won't tell you where I'll be working so you will have to engage in a "Where's Waldo" like search to find me.

Wonder why his five strikeouts in two innings to finish Kuo's start didn't make a Dodgers.com video highlight?

Seems like every other instances of pitchers doing something that impressive have been video highlighted...

2002
1. James Loney, 1b, Elkins HS, Missouri City, Texas.
2. Jonathan Broxton, rhp, Burke County HS, Waynesboro, Ga.
17. Russell Martin, 2b, Chipola (Fla.) JC.

2003
1. Chad Billingsley, rhp, Defiance (Ohio) HS
6. Matthew Kemp, of, Midwest City (Okla.) HS
39. Andy LaRoche, ss, Grayson County (Texas) CC

Maybe there´s a plan to move Russell Martin to other position.

Sure King Taco (once sold at Dodger Stadium) can go there.

Larry Bigbie! Ja(y)son Repko!

>>> A better fit for the Dodgers, however, might be Miguel Cabrera of the Marlins. He's making $7.4 million this year and probably will be due a hefty raise in arbitration. The Marlins know they won't be able to afford that, so look for the Dodgers to begin inquiring about him soon. <<<

http://tinyurl.com/29zfoe

Is there really any chance at all that there will be a spot on the team for Anderson when he's ready? I just don't see who they would get rid of on the current roster except for Brady Clark, and in that case it would probably be for Kemp and not Anderson.

I'm really looking forward to the DT outing. I have not been able to attend previous outings and am looking forward to meeting a lot of the nice and witty people I have read here over the years, including our host.

Mattair is somebody I have been quite interested in, and it is completely believable that the Dodgers are interested in him. He's exactly like Preston Mattingly, who was in turn like Matt Kemp as a high school senior: a big package of tools and athleticism who has been more of a basketball player than a baseball player. But taking him as high as #20 overall? BA lists Mattair as a 2nd round talent, #98 on their top 200 list, so I thought we should target him at #86, but of course Logan White doesn't care about BA's rankings if he really likes somebody, evidenced by the fact that he took Mattingly at #31 last year when Mattingly didn't even crack BA's Top 200 list

Super agent's grip on June draft under fire from MLB

http://tinyurl.com/2evvs8

And then... this post. DT night on 7/21. Three words...

Count me in.

This is going to be fun.

Mattair began the year No. 3 on the list of top Washington high school prospects, but scouts developed a better appreciation of his athleticism, bigger and more powerful frame, makeup and impressive all-around ability. They believe now that he can be a solid, everyday third baseman—in the mould of Scott Rolen, both at the plate and in the field. He has excellent power potential and demonstrated it repeatedly for scouts in BP sessions with his ability to square up balls. He didn't always carry his power into games, with the exception of a three-home run-game this spring, but for the most part he was pitched around almost at will. He may be one of those rare amateur players whose swing is better suited for wood. A shortstop in high school, Mattair doesn't have the range or raw speed to play the position on an everyday basis, but he has all the actions to slide over to third and excel there. His soft hands and arm strength are well-suited for the hot corner. Third base is a well-stocked position at the high school level in this year's draft, but only California 's Josh Vitters may have as high a ceiling as Mattair, who has remarkably good athletic ability for a player his size.

"Boras counters that Coonelly's list includes six players who made the majors and omits several from those years who have succeeded, such as Prince Fielder, Jeff Weaver, Gerald Laird and Brad Wilkerson."

Jeff Weaver? Brad "Ouch!" Wilkerson?

Darren Dreifort?

Dreifort of the career 95 ERA+.
Kurt Stillwell!? His biggest value was getting traded so the Reds could enjoy Danny Jackson's career year.

Not just Darren Dreifort: Darren Dreifort in gloss

2007 Top prospects represented by Boras:

Jake Arrieta, RHP, Texas Christian U.
Julio Borbon, OF, Tennessee
Andrew Brackman, RHP, NC State
Kantrail Davis, OF, Theodroe (Ala.) HS
Josh Fields, RHP, Georgia
Matt Harvey, RHP, Fitch HS (Groton, Conn.)
Matt LaPorta, 1B, Florida
Mike Moustakas, 1b-3b, Chatsworth (Calif.) HS
Matt Wieters, C, Georgia Tech
Rick Porcello, RHP, Seton Hall (N.J.) Prep

76 Within a decade, Boras will do the first round of the draft himself and just send out an email telling everyone who they get and how much it'll cost.

81 A Boras player is (or should be) always about getting top dollar, cash only. I think there will always be players that have other considerations and Boras wouldn't be their guy. (Agents, satanic or not, are a necessary evil - if I were a player, I wouldn't try to negotiate with the teams' professionals.)

79 I imagine the Dodgers could be in the "we don't wish to negotiate with Boras camp."

In exchange for Matt Kemp, he'll even throw in Ray King. He's a lefty!

I agree. I've never been interested in the baseball draft, because its such a crap shoot. Plus, the results wont be known completely for 6-7 years. The draft would be a whole lot more interesting if teams were allowed to trade their picks for money/morepicks/minor leaguers/or major leaguers.

Canuck--from your last thread---As for Billingsley being a prima donna--all that matters is he gets outs. I'd rather have a team full of Roger Clemens, than say Jose Lima. And Lima, happy go lucky Jose Lima, has acted much more prima donna-ish on the mound than anything that Billingsley has done. Commenting on character is so subjective, and so non-results oriented in baseball, that it should be rendered meaningless IMO. If you cant quantify it, dont consider it. Because if you consider something that isnt quantifiable, mistakes can be easily made IMO.

it's always a bit of a gamble when the dodgers follow an AL game . . .

Hey, that's where I went to high school.

I don't want to repost the entire entry here, but Tony's touches topics of recent interest and debate, with brevity.

Like this: http://tinyurl.com/345gd9

Weaver to the Angels was worth it, though I do confess to some nail-biting at times.

glossy pages = sawdust?

What is so discouraging is knowing Maddox is not going to screw around and throw a bunch of pitches in his half of an inning. Thats gauranteed. Why is it not worth the same money as Tomko or Henderfoot?

I may have to shut down for a while to calculate the greater meaning of this.

That sound correct??

let's see how he does in the second half before we call that a mistake.

Boros, & i've heard he takes him self out of the game. He's an awesome pitcher though.

NBC Guy: "It looked like you were injured in the first period. What was that?"

Pronger: "Oh, well... I seperated my shoulder and it kept popping out. But there was no way I was going to let that keep me out of this game."

Then he picked up and and hugged a child.

He's in his 22nd major league season.

I think it wouldnt be much to go out on a limb and say it is

If the issue is that he blew his own horn in an interview or claimed to a journalist that some deals were "successes" when it can be argued they weren't, that sure doesn't seem like much of a sin to me. I don't know much about the deals listed in that quote (I don't see Weaver listed there and I know some folks feel he left a lot of money on the table), but even if there's room to argue, seems a lot like garden variety bragging. (Not a positive thing, but certainly not a rare or uniquely offensive one.)

But if what you mean when you say Boras negotiates in bad faith is that he oversells his players to teams he's dealing with, than it just seems to me that the teams really are in a position to make their own judgments. What is an agent supposed to do but make the best possible case for his players? Certainly, if he lied or hid information that's one thing, but if he's just spinning, is he really doing something other than what every other party to these negotiations is doing? Aren't the teams spinning just as much when they claim they're building a contender, committed to making a real run at the World Series, etc?

Which he does. Constantly. Why, then, is it even remotely controversial to pronounce him a liar?

on his last at bat he blistered it but right at the 3rd baseman.

but there you go, and there we are.

at 3rd base with 2 outs!

He's at 44 right now.

http://plclientsbeta.classicalradio.org/cgi-bin/kusc/playlist.cgi#20

i don't know why people (I know DT people see it) that the media isn't really getting on Nomar for being terrible. Grady has at least discussed Pierre but Nomar seems like he is on the clear because of the occasional RBI single. Like Jon's last article, he is on pace to have one of the worst seasons as a 1st basemen in history of the dodgers. 1st base, 3rd base, CF are all extremely weak positions...

Just think of the long suffering fans of Anaheim! I will need to find a way to get a picture of the Stanley Cup in Anaheim to taunt my friends in Canada.

In many ways, I'm a small man and a petty man. But it's too late to change.

Ned Colletti has a Get Out Of Jail Free card thanks to the fact that He Is Not Google Boy.

i think Google Boy is Home Depo but i'm not sure.

Now I'll have to see if they have any OC Registers available in Downtown LA tomorrow.

Considering the number of years Padres fans have had to hold their heads in their hands and scream, "Jesus Christ!", is it a surprise?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4ltD21rYWVw

from what i heard his control was really shaky, i really doubt he would have made a sept. call up.

fair enough & who knows maybe his walks were do to his cranky shoulder.

Congrats to the Ducks! and I say that as a Kings fan

* Incidentally, the Dodgers could lose all 19 games in a row to the Padres for all I care if it means they play well the rest of the year. Do any of you toaster fans believe that the games almost always mean more to the Padres?

I very well could be the only person at the library tomorrow who knows who won the Stanley Cup.

The only wrinkle is that I know the Register won't deliver the paper to the library anymore by carrier. So we stopped carrying it, although we do get microfilm.

But newsracks are supplied from a different source. A fact that I have never been able to successfully explain to people who complain about such things.

Which is a surprisingly large number of people.

In 19 years of being a librarian, I can state, without equivocation, that anybody who asks to read the Long Beach Press-Telegram is an absolute lunatic.

well like i predicted, if we lost the first game, we would get swept and that seems to be coming true :(

my birthday is coming soon...maybe Pierre and Nomar both pull a hammy soon that would be the best present

Not if Trevor Hoffman can help it ;)

I think rooting for injuries is in poor taste.

That is all, as no way in heck that I'm around for 500.

Good one.

i mean an answer to a trivia question.

it's gonna probably be musical chairs all season long, no biggie

San Diego may be better, but I think Arizona has the most upside since most of their youngsters really havent played well yet and they have Upton sitting in AA.

Still catching up, but wanted to make a point of thanking Marty for the pointer on The Hawkins Special. I'm not really about breakfast, but, maybe some morning after staying up all night.