Hey ibleedbloo and others at Vero, did you get to tell Kemp how awesome of a nickname he has? Is he even aware of it?

Favre, of course, is one of the most important sports figures in Southern California history.

There are 23 one-sentence paragraphs in the column.

I need 19 more to catch up.

Some have more than one sentence. They are similar to this one.

Sounds like he'll be okay.

Then I realized that to do so would require me to read every Bill Plaschke column. I quickly shelved the idea.

Kemp laughed about it, said whatever you want to call him is fine with him.

Kemp also said all those things that about learing from guys who have played the game for a long time, says the team has moved on and also seems to indicate that Torre is all business.

Re- the discussion in the last thread on Torre's inclinations for LF (briefly restated, that JP will start the year, but won't keep the job), I agree, and have said so a couple of times. It just gets frustrating when we have to go through this somewhere on the diamond every year. If it takes until June, that's still roughly 60 regulation games - games that count - in which we don't play our best lineup. It'd be nice if some year we didn't spot the competition 2 months.

The DT Subcommittee on Nomenclature has just been called into an emergency session.

Is it the zoo? Or is it their neighbor, the Science and Tech museum?

Just wondering, not that we have give the work locations for our families on DT.

24 30 - Are there going to be any snacks at this meeting? My lunch was a bit unsatisfactory.

What a monumental day for Arsenal and English football. This one was for Eduardo. Final score Arsenal 2 AC Milan 0.

http://ilab.cs.byu.edu/zappala/photos/antelope-island-bison.jpg

and raise you a herd:

http://ilab.cs.byu.edu/zappala/photos/yellowstone-bison.jpg

I take note when I run by him on Saturday mornings, weekly group run through the park.

So in some order, it will come down to Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), Bill Walton, Oscar Robertson and Bill Russell.

At least I think Bill Russell will be there, certainly the other 3 will be for sure.

Robertson won 3 straight national scoring titles, 3-time All-American, 2-time National Player of the Year (now named the "Oscar Robertson Award")

Walton and Alcindor's accomplishments are well known, my hunch is that the No. 1 guy will be Alcindor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z25t-PQDn5A

Also, I was sittng behind torre (except for the inning when I was checking out the bull pen; good timing for me) and he heard from me often on the awesomeness off andre.

p.s. I left the game early so I wouldn't miss my flight and, you guessed it, 30 minute delay.

Good thing these games don't matter. Except for Ethier and LaRoche, I guess, whose spring training stats may end up mattering a great deal.

Oh my.

Esteban Loaiza isn't buying what Rick Honeycutt is selling. (That's not explicit in the article; that's my interpretation.)

Grazing rights for that grass are taken!

The ignore list so far:

Bill Plaschke
Tony Jackson
Several Rule Five violators

Or is he just wise enough to know it's going to happen regardless?

We will never win this war.

Unless the enemy is eliminated.

I nominate Andrew for the operation. I don't need to know details.

Also, I heard a rumor that Tony Jackson asked Pierre to marry him, last year on a late night flight.

Miller's stuff looked fine, in terms of velocity and movement on his pitches.

everything else was hard to watch.

everything else is hard to watch.

Perhaps Tony Jackson was somehow mentioning that Andre played RF today and it got mixed up in the context of saying that he is making his case to be playing? Regardless, it's too soon to tell what Torre will do in four weeks.

Nomar had a couple hits. Now it's turn Andy!

I think there's a difference between Miller and JP....Miller use to be really good and still has the physical tools to be good if he can ever get the mental aspect right.

JP was never good nor has the tools/skillset to be any good.

And finally, volunteer to try on the catcher's gear to be the emergency catcher.

In all seriousness, I think they are least concerned about his hitting and more concerned if he can play multiple positions at the MLB level.

You know, that's actually not the worst idea I've ever heard. We know he's got a gun, and he has the reputation of having good hands but poor range. He's also got the build for it.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/04/SP9KVCRET.DTL

Here's to hoping Greg M can put it together.

http://tinyurl.com/32rfy7

Posted only to highlight the differences between Torre's last spring with the Yankees and Joe G.'s first one with Bronx Bombers.

https://dodgerthoughts.baseballtoaster.com/archives/829000.html#60

Andrew is right, they need to blow the whole team up and trade Cain and Lincecum for a farm team and then build around Angel Villalona and the multitude of pitching they drafted last year.

Pierre, LF
Martin, C
Loney, 1B
Kent, 2B
Kemp, RF
LaRoche, 3B
Repko, CF
Lombard, DH
Hu, SS

Just hoping the Minotaur still has his arm and skill after tonight. I'll be saying this after every game he pitches. Forever.

http://tinyurl.com/2h5k29

Somehow, I'm not finding myself any more comforted.

First time I read the baseball game chapter was in a Fireside Books anthology of baseball writing.

How'd the Bison do with two men on? The box score is stuck at two on and two out.

Speaking about double plays, I'll post it later but as Eric S. has noted before, Joe Beimel is really a remarkable pitcher in terms of getting balls hit to him.

More later.

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So is Kuroda going 3 today, or just 2 again? Sounds like he did okay if a bit wilder than last time?

But it's good for other things, too. I watched the 4+1 game, all the way through the other night. And Russ Martin's grand slam to beat the Pirates. It's nice to have Vin's voice on demand, whenever I like, where ever I go.

LaRoche hit a home run. Because he's good at baseball.

Nice one Andy.

Sounds like movie chat is starting up. Gotta run, have fun with your movies. We saw Dumbo this weekend if that adds to the chat. :)

vr, Xei

Maybe I'll ask Bob.

Guess Kuroda does bear down with runners on. ;)

So I'm sorry if this was answered already but do we know what inning The Minotaur comes in? Just wonder if I should hang around here...

And damn my computer's broken audio!

Darn.

"Kershaw looks like a seasoned veteran," says Steiner.

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/J/Luis-Jimenez.shtml

Nice K Mr. Kershaw.

Knowing a little bit about Russell, I bet he goes curveball again.

If he gets a changeup working at all, lots of knees buckling to look forward to.

Struck out 18...Also a new league record. In addition he hit the sportswriter, the public address announcer, the bull mascot twice...

Maybe The Minotaur is actually LaLoosh.

>> "We could have acquired any player that was available, but it would have cost us. We have to balance that with keeping the nucleus in play and it would have been disrupted. In [Hiroki] Kuroda and [Andruw] Jones, we got what we needed in the offseason and kept all the kids. They are growing up before our eyes. It seems this year the kids understand better what it takes to win. I don't think our fans want us to trade the kids to win. They want us to stay the course." <<

http://tinyurl.com/yoz444

If Kershaw doesn't get into at least one televised game this Spring, there's going to be trouble. I KNOW YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, BUD SELIG!

http://defamer.com/363815/

http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2008/03/initial_lat_buyout_list_1.php