I think my parents met around 1954 too, but they got married in 1956.

Congratulations elder Weismans

On a sadder subject, I assume that the Rangers' trade for Josh Hamilton keeps JP firmly in Dodger blue. Help us Obi-Wan KenWilliams, you are our only hope.

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I was a UNLV grad student when Larry Johnson was playing there. From all reports, a nice guy.

I've got my 18th coming in July.

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9 Did you try "Daniel Zappala"? With two score children, there must be a defaulted loan or something by now, but I got nothing.

Happy Winter Solstice to all. Rejoice that the sun will begin returning for all of us, except for that chap from New Zealand who is reveling in all that sunshine.

UCSB's 8 game winning streak is about to come to an end, as they are about to play #1 North Carolina, in Chapel Hill, an angry North Carolina, angry that they only won by 10 points vs Nicholls State the other night. This probably won't be pretty. I'd be happy if they keep it close. Going to listen to it on the web, since I don't get Fox Sports South.

Happy Anniversary to all those whose marriages began on this date.

Hair dressers are licensed--aren't our college students (who are, by the way, our future) important enough to be taught only by the best?

Is it good airplane reading?

I will have a review of "Black and Blue" on the Griddle soon.

Regarding FJM, whatever.... He said everything he needs to say about himself when he named his website. And the rankings are not unscientific, they are just possibly less so than others, but still provide something useful to anyone interested. It's not the "final word on sps", but what is? That doesn't mean you are not on to something; besides, means of evaluation are always improving and evolving. I would keep working on it.

If Connector lived in Revolutionary France, his birthday would be 30 Brumaire CLXIV!

(The owner does not respond.)

Mr. Praline: 'Ello, Miss?

Owner: What do you mean "miss"?

Mr. Praline: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint!

I had to follow through cell phone updates.

It was less than exciting.

Will UCLA run the option with Osaar at QB?

Let's put it this way: there's a reason the Youngstown State and Cal-State Bernardino games weren't nationally televised.

Or are you just referring to broadcast TV?

The Pac 10 struggles in bowls b/c teams like ucla and Oregon consistently lose, which in my opinion is usually a reflection on coaching.

Choose your favorite wolf-themed team in the New Mexico Bowl!

of course, I thought Florida Atlantic was an airline, not a school, so what do I know?

Anyway, as exciting as that sounds, I think I'm going to try to get some air and sun.

Not that I actually explained it once.

Roll may need to rest for awhile longer.

The military does not generally get a warm reception in Berkeley.

If UCLA ever made a BCS Championship Game, would UCLA fans show up?

And UCLA was playing somebody who didn't travel well.

It was nip and tuck down the stretch. ;-)

I have attended one minor bowl in my life: the Freedom Bowl! I went to it twice. Once I saw UCLA beat BYU and the other time I saw Larry Smith's swan song.

We have always struggled in the lower tier bowl games.

Is CSUSB anywhere near UCSB?

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And it did not set the record for most players fouled out.

There have been two games where 12 players have fouled out. The single team record is 8.

I've never seen it happen.

I don't see why not. Manager numbers are even more irrelevant than player numbers.

In baseball, numbers probably aren't regulated by anything except custom. So there won't be two guys wearing 6 on the Dodgers for the reason of: "That's just the way it's been done."

In turn, MLB has its own policies regarding what managers and coaches have to wear.

3.15 No person shall be allowed on the playing field during a game except players and
coaches in uniform, managers, news photographers authorized by the home team, umpires,
officers of the law in uniform and watchmen or other employees of the home club.

I don't believe Mack ever wore a uniform as a manager except for his three years as a player manager in the 19th Century.

Shotton stopped wearing a uniform when Branch Rickey brought him in to fill in for Leo Durocher in 1947. From what I've read, Shotton thought he was too old to wear a uniform and just wore a dress shirt and a Dodgers cap.

In each case, both men had to send out uniformed coaches to talk to pitchers, argue with umpires, and what not.

MLB has issued new guidelines for managers to wear uniforms and they are required to wear the same uniform top as all the other players now. They can wear a jacket over it, but they are not allowed to wear the batting practice pullovers in 2008.

So, they don't have to wear the pants or the stirrup socks?

Hee-Seop Choi!
Hee-Seop Choi!
Hee-Seop Choi!

Or did he just pull up his pants really high...?

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I have a question for you.

It seems kind of silly (to me) that managers have to wear a number to be on the field, I'm all for uniforms on skippers but if MLB/ The Commissars office wok up one day & said, you know what the hell with #'s on managers uni's I'd be all for it.

oh man, that's to funny LOL!!

That was part of a weird downward spiral stretch by the Dodgers in 2005 (swept by KC), in which they had at one point ten straight runs (over a series of games) on solo homers.

my Sandy Koufax league coach would have hated that swing (Choi) he use to tell us we finished off so poorly just by him touching us we would have fallen down.

I remember vividly that Choi almost hit one out of Dodger Stadium but I can't remember if it was during his little home run tear or if it was just a random monster blast.

During all 6 games in which Choi homered, he started at 1B and batted 2nd.

When professional baseball began, the managers were more like executives. They didn't make a lot of on-field decisions. These were left to the team captain to do. He was on the field and would argue with the umpire and make substitutions (as much as they were allowed back in the day).

Eventually, teams hired other guys to do all the other stuff (get hotels, reserve trains, collect money at the gate) and the manager got down to the business of managing the game. However, most 19th century teams still used player-managers. One of the most notable exceptions was the Brooklyn team (forerunner of our Dodgers) in the AA (1889) and then NL (1890) managed by Bill McGunnigle. McGunnigle wore street clothes, but he was a fulltime manager on the field. And he led Brooklyn to two straight pennants in two leagues. And lost his job in 1891.

However, baseball didn't want people in street clothes coming out on the field to talk to umpires. It didn't look right. And since these were still times when fans stood on the field a lot of the time, it was probably a good idea to keep up that separation.

Eventually, baseball decided (either formally or informally) to require all the managers and coaches to wear uniforms if they were on the field.

But why do the uniforms for managers and coaches have numbers? Who cares? Well, one thing to remember about uniforms is that they are UNIFORM. They are supposed to look alike.

So if you have a manager who wears a blank uniform, it doesn't match the rest of the uniforms. So what's the point of having a uniform then. Why not just have the manager wear a smart suit from Brooks Brother and have him come out with the opening lineup pulled out of an attache case?

Just because Tommy Lasorda's uniform didn't exactly flatter him doesn't mean that all managers look bad in uniforms.

Joe Torre has kept himself in pretty good shape for a man in his 60s.
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Here's Sparky Anderson in 1984, with stirrups in place:
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Stengel and Alston from presumably 1955:
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Just imagining that is pretty crazy. in my opinion you can tell players, coaches, trainers or managers by there mannerisms but that's just ones opinion.

Should the manager and coaching staff dress like an NFL coaching staff? Should Joe Torre dress in a Dodger hoodie?

Merry holidays, all!

Which is why everybody should wear the same number. Because we're not truly uniform until that happens. And all players must share the same surname, too.

Also, I would like a ruling on trainers. If a trainer can go onto the field and visit a pitcher on the mound without changing into a uniform jersey and silly pants, why can't a manager?

SS-Furcisco
C-Russisco
1B-Jamildo
CF-Andrimo
2B-Kinho
RF-Kinho Santos
LF-Andrinho
3B-Larochosa

Bench:
Garciapparinho (Nomar)
Julido (Juan Pierre)
Yoiano (Delwyn Young)

Rotation:
PSON
Lowaldo
Billingslino
Schmaca
Loaizisco
Hirokaldo
Hongzhildo

Bullpen:
Saitaca
Broxtinho
Beimito
Rildo (R.Seanez)

Top Minor League Prospect
Claytaldo Peres

Manager: Joinhosa
GM: Collettosa
Owner: McCoinhosa
Cheerleader: Lasordundo

These might be good names to use for our players. The link for the automatic conversion to Brazilian soccer names is.

http://www.minimalsworld.net/BrazilName/brazilian.shtml

Try entering your own name.

vr, Xei

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Thanks to all the UCLA seniors for giving your all through the years.

Sigh.

Actually, I had Mens Warehouse in mind.

You're gonna like how they look: I guarantee it.

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