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In honor of Jackie Robinson Day, allow me to present Robert Landry's portrait of him. You might remember Landry's rendering of Sandy Koufax from December.
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Is Jan Levinson crazy, or too crazy? Read my thoughts about Melora Hardin's character and "The Office" at Season Pass.
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Hong-Chih Kuo's first scheduled start of 2008.
vr, Xei
http://www.bucsdugout.com/
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Woath.
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Tampa, a Yankees farm team, is tied 1-1 in the third.
Tampa Bay, for whom Edwin Jackson pitches, is located in St. Petersburg.
Top 4 worst GMs:
#1. Sabean
#2. Ed Wade
#3. Colletti
#4. Bavasi
The Phillies/Astros game may be of interest.
Also, Andy Pettitte has given up 5 hits in the first two innings but no runs allowed.
vr, Xei
Furcal, SS
Kemp, RF
Ethier, LF
Kent, 2B
Loney, 1B
Martin, C
Jones, CF
DeWitt, 3B
Kuo, P
Yikes, I benched Longoria today
Some of you may remember Dodger Math's hilariously nasty Worst GM Poll from 2006, in which Dave Littlefield flattened the competition and took home the trophy.
Immediately after Littlefield was fired, I contacted Andrew from Dodger Math, who now helps run the SBN Dodgers blog True Blue LA. Neither I nor others at SB Nation could get an email through to him, though, so I had to put the idea on hold. Tonight, however, Andrew showed up in the game thread here at Bucs Dugout, so I was able to get his permission. Cheers to him, and please visit Andrew's blog.
Possibly the same e-mail snafu that kept him from being invited to the Dodgers' bloggers night?
vr, Xei
Great Lakes - Bryan Morris
Inland Empire - James Adkins
Jacksonville - Minotaur
Las Vegas - Jon Meloan
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Error on 3B
Walk
Pickoff pitcher to SS
Pickoff pitcher to 1B
Called out on strikes on the curve ball.
One more and it's Tippy Martinez time!
Instead, he disappoints us with a strikeout of the last batter.
Dodgers have to wait until tomorrow for Penny Lane.
vr, Xei
A strikeout is kind of like a pickoff of home!
Scene: Central Library, History & Genealogy Department, sometime in 1996
Rachel Robinson: Excuse me, can I get a copy of this journal? (Shows me citation.)
Me: Yes, ma'am. It's shelved down at that end of the room (points to genealogy section). It will be under this call number (something starting 929)
Rachel Robinson: Thank you!
Me: You're welcome.
And you said your historical anecdotes were boring.
Of course, the Clippers seem set to make the Lakers do the heavy lifting themselves.
Genealogists are the most determined bunch of library patrons around. They can carry their own books.
1. Jackie Robinson Day
2. Proper outfield alignment
3. There's no where to go but up
4. Lots of prospects pitching tonight
5. Kuo in rotation
Last 7 days:
.353/.389/.412/.801
"Tony Abreu has been shut down in Vero Beach due to the lingering aftereffects of offseason surgery to repair a torn abdominal muscle."
I never knew what to think of him. He never seemed to be FJM-level wrong, but he was unenlightening. A good writer, style-wise.
Rats.
Final Minotaur numbers: Six innings, four hits, one run, two walks, two pickoffs, six K's.
Orange alert.
The latter.
The Cycle Alert System is not designed for brevity. It is done as a public service.
I don't know anything about golf, so how big of an issue is that?
Yes, but I have to file for it on three different schedules. One yellow, one orange, and one red.
http://tinyurl.com/3orykl
He just fell apart in that last inning. He had very little control all game long and could not throw his slider to save his life. Not to mention the Yanks are rediculously patient and foul off pitch after pitch. All in all, its an improvement from last year. He might have given up 7 or 8 last year without his good stuff, and he was close to delivering a decent performance tonight. Anywyas, the next start is a big one for Edwin.
Can't believe the Dodgers cheaped out by only giving the jersey's to kids tonight. As though any of them even know who Jackie was. I don't mind when they cheap out on the real kids giveaways, but come on, it is a jersey.
Why do i always spell ridiculous wrong? I guess because the e is so close to the r on the keyboard...
And I know whom I can delete to drop my number of Facebook friends to 42 also.
Not cool, Bob. Not cool.
http://tinyurl.com/6y39qj
>> The Brewers finalized an incentive-rich, Minor League contract with veteran right-hander Jeff Weaver on Tuesday evening, pending a physical scheduled for Wednesday in Phoenix. <<
http://tinyurl.com/3hcaca
Go Junior!
2008-04-15 14:40:32
229. Ricardo
I don´t know if anyone posted it, if the answer is yes I am sorry. Rosenthal on Andruw:
" Dodgers center fielder Andruw Jones is playing in the wrong division as he tries to overcome his 5-for-44 start; the starting pitching in the NL West is outstanding, and the Dodgers play nearly half their games against division opponents. Jones hit 10 of his 26 home runs last season against the Pirates, Reds and Marlins, the teams that posted the three highest ERAs in the National League."
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Yes, pitching looks tough in the West, but Rosenthal is really cherry-picking his "stats" there. Of course, looking at one season's performance split by division is in the land of small sample sizes, but the reality is different than Rosenthal portrays. If the numbers were meaningful, Jones should be happy to see less of the east and more of the west:
Andruw Jones 2007, split by division*:
West: .284 .360 .523 .883, 100 PA, 25 PAs/HR
Cent: .258 .345 .536 .881, 174 PAs, 14.5 PAs/HR
East: .219 .311 .381 .692, 302 PAs, 33.6 PAs/HR
* excluding the Dodgers, his current team and the team Jones hit worst against in the West.
That's the closest I came to knowing Jackie.
Nice interview with a kid from Compton College and nice commentary on the many factors effecting African American participation in the sport. MLB is on the right track with this program and all their efforts in they doing in this area.
Man does Chaka Khan have a set of pipes on her!
https://griddle.baseballtoaster.com/archives/953433.html
3-0 Houston.
Valverde enters the game.
Snelling, PH, hits long homer to right.
Utley HBP.
Howard struck out.
Burrell hits long homer to right.
Jenkins struck out, reaches on a passed ball.
Feliz doubled to deep left, Jenkins scored.
Ballgame.
That was Lidgesque!
That sounds like a broken record.
oh no, not that number again...
She then joined the Cubs broadcasters in the booth, and inquired ... on the air ... as to why certain players were all wearing #42 tonight.
well at least it's something legit no conspiracy theories can be claimed from upper-management.
Ms. May-Treanor's sport doesn't use numbers, so perhaps it confuses her.
Her husband when he goes to work has to put on all sorts of protective gear.
When she goes to work, she puts on a swimsuit.
It's scintillating!
Don't fall for it Bob.
4/9 bp.com tidbit on Schmidt:
Schmidt is still working his way back for the Dodgers. He threw a fifty-pitch bullpen session and it went well, but he's still not throwing breaking balls; he's on track for a June return, assuming he suffers no setbacks. With the Dodgers already taking a hard look at the back end of their rotation, it's going to be hard not to call up Clayton Kershaw in the interim, even knowing that Schmidt might be the eventual answer. Once Kershaw is there, then the question becomes where Schmidt fits, big contract and all.
Weird Al called it, "Eat it"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazoo
a South Park reference???? :-)
Remember when Tracy got Oscar Robles thrown out ten times in a row because he just couldn't accept that Robles was slow? (Please note: I'm not saying Torre is Tracy. Or Grittle. Just reminiscing.)
I doubt it is true, and we will eventually reach a stretch when the Dodgers go wild.
But for the present, we are going to be humiliated by the Padres, the Rockies, and especially the Snakes. And this through surogates like Pittsburg and Florida.(Here I don't mention the Nats., from respect for Sam DC.) But I actually like the young guys on the Nats. and hope to see them rise.
Jason appearing in the role of ____________.
I look like I can run like the wind but I have really heavy heavy feet, I feel you Andrew.
Tom Nieto slow?
That slow?
The curse of _____________.
Courage is a half-decent RUSH album?
I'm tired of these 1 - 0 games. Where's our offense? Crimine.
talking about the bullpen decoration, mah!
The Dodgers have been paying the devil's due ever since.
6 strikeouts through four - just seems like his name should have a K in it. :)
I think Bill Lee was like that, but in a different way.
Nice steal by Kemp, 2 RBIs coming up here for Andre
All we need at this point is Estaban. Are you here to teach our lead guitar? No but I will get you GEICO and humiliation.
On a more pleasant note, our young guys are looking good today! Loved the speed that Kemp just flashed.
Unless of course the Dodgers continue to manufacture runs.
Nice job by Loney to cash in another one.
Keeping Kuo in could burn the Dodgers worse. You need to be careful with an arm as fragile as that; don't want to keep him out there for 100 pitches when he hasn't touched that all season long. The man has had like seven arm surgeries, for Pete's sake.
219
on a limit..
Playing Ethier and Loney is a given and a wonderful thing. The same thing will most likely happen with Kemp and a healthy Laroche. Eventually one would have a winning team and perhaps even more. Its not that hard to visuallize for anyone but the people running the team. Why?
I know Loaiza is there to fifth starter, but he hasn't been decent in several years, gets paid 7 million dollars, and has never pitched in long relief. Plus he's right handed, in a rotation full of 'em. If he's not in that 5 spot (and Kuo sure looked comfy in that position, didn't he?), then I really don't see what he contributes to the ballclub. But I guess he's got a big contract and we're stuck with him.
Never mind.It may be over.
Huh?
How did you like that ball that stuck between the wall and the track?
- M. Kemp singled to center, R. Furcal to third
- M. Kemp stole second
- A. Ethier doubled to left, R. Furcal and M. Kemp scored
- J. Kent grounded out to shortstop
- J. Loney singled to right, A. Ethier scored
Interference?
for a triple.
Boy, Kemp sure can fly. I've resisted the urge to go nuts over the whole Pierre/Kemp platoon situation, but the way he's been playing, I might end up joining the mob by the end of the week.
HOFer Kent smacks one into the LF bleachers, and thank you very much.
Boy, I sure hope this isn't the Dodgers weekly 11-1 win followed by a series of losses where they can hardly score.
Okay, glass-is-half-empty comments over.
Who has the best outfield arm on the Dodgers--Probably Kemp
Now that Kent hit that, I think we might win. When it was 5-1, I didn't think we would win if Loiaza pitched.
"Hey, you kids are alright!"
Yea I was gonna say...!
.306 / .306 / .500 / .806
vr, Xei
"Wolf no-hitting Rockies through six innings"
I mean,come on ...
Man, what's up with the Rockies' offense, speaking of slow starts...
vr, Xei
Its better for them anyway, his pitch count was already over 100, could have been a problem.
vr, Xei
Rule 9 is "typing 'no-hitter' to describe any no-hitter in progress"
only thing you need to know is 32 pitches in the 1st inning, he K'd plenty of batters like always but the 1st inning did him in.
vr, Xei
He always liked the combo of Izzy & Cora (I did too!) Vinnie loves watching speed on the base paths specially big outfielders like Mondesi & such, it's a treat to watch.
340 - He sure is.
vr, Xei
Looks like the Dodgers didn't get much help from the Rockies and Giants tonight. Does that vault us out of last place? vr, Xei
http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/bPUt
By the way, anyone notice that he wasn't wearing batting gloves?
Nice to see.
And nice to see Druw continue to improve, too.
Probably nice to see Meek pitching, too.
Okay, Dodgers, let's save a little for the rest of the week, eh?
vr, Xei
That's what I was referring to when I said he went the way of Andy Van Slyke and Mark Grace.
No gloves certainly looks odd. I bet we see home do that for a while.
vr, Xei
Not that Loiaza will get a save here.
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http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MLN/MLN195907090.shtml
We referenced that game last year when the Dodger relievers had a game almost as good against the Padres last year.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN200704290.shtml
10 2/3 IP with just one hit allowed by the pen.
Was that the longest single game relief appearance innings-wise I wonder?
Anyone, Bueller, anyone?
Hey, kudos to Loiaza for a great job in relief.
And... we win!
The two teams were also #1 seeds together in 1982, 1980, 1972, 1965, 1963, and 1962.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET197308040.shtml
That league must be really deep.
It's happened before and it's usually not as bad as you would think. Only the 110 gets crowded.
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