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A Hollywood Stars Night at Dodger Stadium without Alyssa Milano? This should've been her year.
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If somebody is your good friend, don't you generally know their first name?
right, its not a bad thing it just seems the very reason the Dodgers are up there is due to some bad hitting approaches at the plate. were hard to strike out because we dont let the pitchers get a chance . . . . also the negative value of a strike out is very minimal
Perhaps we should ask Vin then about how good a hitter Geoff Zahn is.
Because people weren't uninterested in the NBA Finals enough?
I will leave it to others to determine whether this was a malfunction, or a comment on Mr. Majewski's pitching this year.
21-40 (.525 BA) with 10 steals
HOME RUN!
Olmedo Saenz homers (3) Tony Abreu scores.
Not that I mind reliving the moment.
i saw her yesterday at Dodger Stadium, man she's tiny. Her brother was also there.
Change the "08" in the link to "09"
she does a good job with her blog. Nice easy inning for Lowe.
i'd play Etanislao at SS move Nomar to 3rd & play Saenz at 1st. Just for today.
Repeatedly.
i'm peaking once in a while at the BoSox vs. D-Backs game, it's still 0-0
Then again, when Bill Bavasi is a GM--opportunities will always abound.
the one to 3rd base was allot better
Some camera operators have used the playback monitors on their cameras to show managers disputed plays.
The umpires don't like that.
When Vin said he couldn't remember an infield playing in in the first inning, I almost remarked that he hasn't seen an offense like the current D's. But he has, in the sixties.
what Dodger catcher stared in the most all-star games.
Off the top of my head:
Mickey Owen
Roy Campanella (the most?)
John Roseboro
Mike Scioscia
Mike Piazza
Paul Lo Duca
The most may be Owen.
show off. :o)
I didn't "know" those names ahead of time.
And today we're sitting having dinner and just totally out of the blue he says "Dodger Stadium looks like it dropped out of the sky just like it is in that spot. It doesn't look like it was built."
I don't really know what that means, but I'll admit I thought it was interesting.
The next year Roy Campanella was called up to the Dodgers. Edwards became a backup catcher for the rest of his career.
Perhaps he was the Dioner Navarro of his day.
It also worked the other way. I think it was Paul Runge, who was a great umpire, who went over one day to watch a replay, saying the argument had him convinced he should do it--and he reversed himself.
The Jays have a different font for the name on the front, the surnames on the back, and the numerals.
Like the LA Times front page, it's more like a ransom note.
Al Lopez
Babe Phelps
Mickey Owen
Bruce Edwards
Roy Campanella
John Roseboro
Tom Haller
Mike Scioscia
Mike Piazza
Paul Lo Duca
Abrue for the next Martin!
The four runs scored after there were two outs and no one on and the Rangers didn't hit a home run.
Montreal
Boston (39 games)
Oakland
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Kansas City
Texas
Detroit
Toronto
Mitch Jones is a Reggie Cleveland All-Star to me.
He just doesnt have it, bc that was a mistake by Marcum.
bluto
cousin it?
"It's rude enough being alive when nobody wants you!"
Pierre loving the eigth spot.
Shades of Kirk Rueter in the 2002 World Series Game 4.
Oh, wait, they're not? Oh.
i think it was a sinker right down the middle but i'm now quite sure.
They tried the experiment and can say it didn't work.
Padres 5
Mariners 4
Pierre's done better in the 8 slot than he has in most other slots...
Disclaimer: prediction only for entertainment purposes
Maybe so, but apparently so's Garciaparra.
don't forget he still gets to go home to Carolyn Hugues.
Is there a flaw with this logic.
Yay.
Feh.
That's a lot of guaranteed contract money to throw away.
Absolutely maddening to watch the Dodgers blow opportunity after scoring opportunity.
Sadly, there is no quick fix, especially if Abreu is considered a real answer. Loney could replace Nomar, but it would just be the same exact style of offense. Any new outfielder would just replace Kemp/Ethier so that won't help.
The only real improvements I can see is that Furcal should start hitting for some more power, and Pierre and Nomar shouldn't be this bad all season.
This is feast or famine style of offense is what we're going to see out of the Dodgers all year, and there is no realistic way to change that.
Rick Honeycutt is no pick nick either.
I meant that there are a lot of guaranteed contracts, so your idea of a mass execution would still cost the team a lot of money.
the bases were loaded if i remember correctly & they didn't to squat! that's just flat out wrong! i want my 2hrs & a half back!!
Ive raised this question before . . . .
at this point with Nomar would it benifit to have him continue to totally tank? one step back two steps forward ? or is he in it for the year no matter what?
2 hours and 24 minutes.
No one was making you spend an extra six minutes watching.
The Dodger post game show said it . they are obviously are upset with the production on the air . . but, all they talk about is if the Dodger front office is going to make a big move . . not realizing the problem is Nomar . . .
http://tinyurl.com/26c47j
the absolute worst thing that could happen right now is a big move.(unless you moved Pierre,Nomar,Kent and Gonzo., and nobody else). Kent and Gonzo have not been bad--they just cost too much and can't field.
it's just been frustrating period.
You pick an awfully tough time to start criticizing Honeycutt.
its possible a "big move" could not only lessen the farm system . . but make the offense worse . . seriously . . . there is no where to upgrade other than 3rd and RF . . we finally got Kemp in RF and Abreu for now is putting up good #'s
I still think it's amazing someone as skinny as Cruz can throw that hard, kinda like Billy Wagner hitting 100 with his size.
1. Lowe (as the maybe 2nd or 3rd most senior player currently) has been a great Dodger. The guy is a very reliable #2 starter and hopefully he gets a few more W's this year, which he will. I hope we re sign him for a few more years.
2. Grady and the D's management has made a few really good calls IMO, bringing Kemp in, moving Pierre down are both the right thing to do, tonight's ridiculously frustrating loss not withstanding, things will get better.
3. This team has to figure out a way to do better VS the American League, that's killing our playoff chances/hopes.
He also looks like he's in a lot of pain evertime he gets off the ground...like it takes every bit of strength he has.
I believe Kent looks uninterested.
I think he has rooting interest in the game.
Collective regression to the mean by the NL West perhaps?
Looks like we could luck out in the other division games tonight. That is some consolation I guess.
They probably spent a lot of money for some design company to come up with the trendy font and the weird snake head "DB" logo too.
You would also end up with the 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks.
So do you think the lineup would have benefited from Michael Clarke Duncan and Corbin Bernsen tonight? Couldn't have hurt.
Okay, night all. Here's to more runs tomorrow. Or at least, one.
Dinner for four with Ben Howland went for $5000, dinner for four with Karl Dorrell went for $4500.
The highest price paid for an item was $15,000 for the 1967 NCAA Championship Banner signed by all the team members and Coach Wooden.
A Russell Martin autographed baseball went for $200, an Eddie Murray autographed ball went for $50.
Sideline passes for football games are highly overrated. I wouldn't pay for one. The views you get are terrible.
And then there are large men who can run into you at great speed while wearing body armor.
I just want to get two tickets for the UCLA-Notre Dame game for my friends flying out for the game who set me up in South Bend.
As I type this, he strikes out against Papelbon.
If just for the entertainment value of it.
I hope Michiana treated you well.
It's just you and Andrew who have the man-crushes on Eric Byrnes.
Byrnes is a very streaky hitter. When he goes bad, he goes really bad.
Exactly, he's just such a max-effort guy. I love that.
why would you have a man crush on him? that's pretty weird bro.
True, but when he's good, man he looks good. Swatting 400-footers and snagging line drives in the gap.
The UCLA-Notre Dame game was enjoyable for the first 59 minutes and 30 seconds of game time.
I've told my friends that a UCLA football game is going to be a lot different. Actually, I think on October 7, there is a good chance of there being 40-50,000 Notre Dame fans in the stands.
Notre Dame fans are, to their credit, extremely polite to visitors. Almost in a scary way.
It would be nice to have Rios on the Dodgers.
We have no offense....and according to some
we have no defense. What is going on.
I know a way to get their blood boiling. Just wear Michigan or USC gear and remind them of the Arnaz Battle days.
I am giving my perspective as someone who covered a lot of high school football games in his life. The view on the sideline is awful. Even if you have to look around little high school guys.
Most likely the sideline passes for the Rose Bowl would force you to stand in one corner of the stadium. Inevitably, the scoring will be at the other end. And on the opposite side.
Yeah, seems like I've been watching this half-inn for about 25 minutes, and 4 hitters have come to the plate.
Wearing USC gear to a UCLA football game is, as doctors say, contraindicated.
Livan Hernandez lost 4 CGs in 2004. Since 1957, the high is 11 I believe. And if you go back in time, the record is probably something way up there.
The Red Sox win and our .......
Livan Hernandez had 4 for the D-Backs, i guess you were not around when Bob mentioned it.
Actually Livan was on the Expos then.
I sensed Karl Dorrell on the last play by Notre Dame and if that's divine intervention, we're all damned.
please excuse me for my brain has failed me yet again.
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/bestgames
that had to of been some sort of record for foul outs.
We're slow, we're weak, we have poor defense. All we have is a great pitching staff.
We need some power, and guys that can hit in the clutch. I don't know where we can find that.
"Nomar Garciaparra delivered only a single in four at-bats and had two misplays at first base in the ninth inning that contributed to the Dodgers' loss on Thursday.
There were some who wanted Garciaparra starting over Wilson Betemit at third base early on. One could argue now that Betemit should be starting over Nomar at first base. Better yet, try James Loney. Garciaparra had all kinds of success with RISP early on, but the fact is that his overall production has been pathetic for a first baseman (.279/.325/.342) and he's actually getting worse on defense. The Dodgers aren't going to bench him, but they might at least want to give him a couple of days off to clear his head"
Gallagher signs. or will sign on monday.
im going to be skeptical about that. I dont think he signs for less then 900k and i dont see the dodgers offering him that much.
but i hope we do!
And I do think drafting a college pitcher with injury concerns in the sandwich round means we can sign him for less than we paid high schooler Mattingly with the equivalent pick last year.
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