What a month, indeed.

I remember very well focusing on one of Brandon Webb's starts last year thinking, "if he gets this game he could be on his way to breaking it." Sure enough, he gave up a couple of runs in the first three innings.

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I'm still concerned about D4P. He's been MIA. If anyone can get a hold of him, let him know there's an In-n-Out near the embarcadero!

I guess "unprecedented" is strong, but certainly the achievement is incredible.

All the "20th Anniversary of 1988" moments that we're gonna be doing this year are really gonna make me feel old.

Young
Martinez
Repko
Dewitt
Abreu
Hu

If Abreu is healthy I think he wins over Martinez. If Kent and Nomar are still not ready I think Dewitt has a chance to play a couple of weeks of the season.

Anyway, I get the Pierre frustration, and the Freethier! love, but I have to say I'm happy the start of the season is getting closer and closer. I'm trying to practice what I preach to my kid: don't forget about all the things going right when your working to improve one (wrong) aspect of your game.

(just a long winded way of seconding whoever said Pierre's the only glaring issue)

19 years after Hershiser.

So both Longoria and Jay Bruce, the two top prospects in the majors, won't start the year in the bigs.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-fullerton18mar18,1,5520040.story

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-dodrep18mar18,1,5458195.story?track=rss

So looks like Repko is in AAA, and Delwyn Young is an "infielder".

Mr. Bunch is still with us.

I'd also argue that Jay Bruce isn't ready yet, in addition to the above.

http://baseballanalysts.com/archives/2008/03/categorizing_pi_2.php

Great gesture. Even without it, local fans could go to cbs.sportsline.com to watch any games for free.

Still bitter about UCSB not making it, I wonder what would have happened then?

The oppy cost is he gets to become a free agent in 2014 instead of 2015.

I doubt any GMs are going to be looking that far ahead, when their job security is on the line in the present.

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/A/pat-ahearne.shtml

Here's the NY Times article:

http://tinyurl.com/24tsfy

New post up top.

We already missed the 20th anniversary of the eye black incident. That was March 3.

Other key moments and dates (I'm sure I forgot some):

June 1: Drafted Tommy Lasorda's godson in the 62nd round of the MLB draft
June 6: Signed Raul Mondesi as an amateur free agent
June 18: Signed Pedro Martinez as an amateur free agent
July 6: Franklin Stubbs grand slam off Todd Worrell
July 14-17: 5-game sweep in Wrigley
August 9: Don Sutton starts his final game, at Riverfront Stadium
August 13: Pinch-hitter Tim Leary singles with the bases loaded to beat the hated Giants
August 16: Pedro for Tudor (T4P?)
August 20: "The ball gets by Santovenia..."
August 30: Hershiser beats Montreal, gives up his final run of the regular season in the 5th inning when Dave Martinez drives in Tim Raines
September 16: Rookie Tim Belcher fires a 3-hitter, loses
September 26: Dodgers clinch in San Diego, in a game started by Fernando (his first game since July)
September 28: Hershiser goes 10 scoreless to pass Big D