Still, sometimes I just want to grab that accoustic guitar and smash it against a wall.

Best Films by SNL Alum
A. Derived from SNL
1. Blues Brothers
2. Wayne's World

B. Featuring Actors from show.
1. Trading Places
2. Animal House
3. 48 Hours
4. Ghostbusters
5. Caddyshack
6. Austin Powers

I tend skew to the earlier casts, so I can't say how the Will Ferrell films would rank. Billy Crystal, Martin Short were only on the show for one year so I don't know if they count. I did enjoy "The Three Amigos."

But what do I know, two of my favorite comedies star Charles Grodin.

As I and others have said about the past off-season, the injuries to Elbert and Morris really hampered the trade opportunities for the Dodgers. You had Loney, Kemp, LaRoche, Billingsley who all had prominent roles on the big league team and thus even if you make a trade for someone like Haren, you still needed to fill in for the loss. They were not going to trade Kershaw so then you are left with some very good players like McDonald, Hu, Meloan, etc. but no one who could headline a deal.

If Elbert was coming a good year as a top prospect, you could maybe have dealt him but since he is still recovering, he did not have a lot value.

Both the Braves and D-Backs dealt surplus players without hurting their big league club. Now their systems are a little weak at the upper levels but they are okay with that.

Texiera for Loney, Mcdonald, Dewitt
Haren for DeJesus, MeLoan, Elbert

The Texiera package is definitely on par with what the Braves gave up.

However, probably unlikely that the Dodgers could have gotten Haren as well. The Dbax package was probably better.

In addition to Jon's call to arms, I'd like to suggest something else even more irrational but maybe just as helpful:
I think we should all do one thing, one superstitious little thing, to help get the Dodgers going. Whether it's cleaning your Dodger cap, buying a garden gnome and putting a hat on it, not shaving, etc. Whatever you think will work! Don't think, just do it!

George and Ken Brett
The five Delahanty brothers
Joe and Frank Torre

Are Mike and Greg Maddux sort of the Tommie and Henry Aaron equivalent in pitching?

Anyway, as far as I'm concerned, the Dodgers need to see the Diamondbacks as the Omega frat.

I used to like the Dbacks too, far as watching them play. Now I can't stand them.

Why is that?

Is it because of Eric "I hate SoCal" Byrnes?
Is it because they lucked into the division last year i.e. won with a lousy pythag record?
Is it because they bought a title in 2001 with some "character guys"?
Is it because Jerry Colangelo had some ownership stake in the team?
Is it because of the broadcasters? That's a good reason.
Is it because I'm still not convinced by their bullpen, which after all, has only been tested three or so times?
Is it because I'm jealous of all their homegrown talent blossoming at once while the Dodgers can't get a ball past the warning track?

I really don't know.

http://tinyurl.com/527zd3

Is it too soon to wonder who will replace him?

Spread that concept to the Dodgers (i.e., Delta frat) themselves.

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Underdog's purely subjective rankings of Will Ferrell (starring) films in order of quality, best being first:

1) Blades of Glory
2) Talladega Nights (surprising to me, but here it is)
3) Stranger Than Fiction
4) Anchorman (I'm probably in the minority, but as funny as I find parts of it I also find much of it goes nowhere)
5) The Oblongs (voice)

Best supporting roles: Zoolander; Producers; Old School (of course); Melinda + Melinda (he was good even if movie was eh); and my personal favorite, his cameo in episode of Undeclared as drugged out term paper salesman.

Worst: Roxbury; Elf; Kicking and Screaming (ugh); Bewitched; Semi-Pro

He also thinks getting Randy Johnson was a bad thing for the Diamondbacks, so consider the validity of the source.

You know what movie is funny? Corky Romano. There I said it.

It is too soon to bash the Jones contract IMO. The rest regarding the Dodgers I agree with.

Juan Pierre ... is a workaholic, he is an aggressive hitter who can make contact and (sic) the speed to get 200 hits and hit .300. The dumbest complaint yet is that he led the majors in outs. He also is among the leaders, each year, in plate appearances.

Doesn't the PA leading discount BOTH the 200 hits and the out leadership?

[Jones] ... is not an impact offensive player. He's hit .300 once in 11 full big-league seasons, never struck out less than 100 times in a season and when the home runs dropped to 26 and RBI fell below 100 in Atlanta last year, why would anyone think he would be rejuvenated in pitcher-friendly Dodger Stadium?

Do you have to hit .300 to be an impact offensive player and/or stike out less than 100 times? Reggie Jackson begs to differ. ARod's lowest K total in a season is 99. And it's been a few seasons since Dodger Stadium was "pitcher-friendly".

You know, you guys might be surprised, but I heard about this brouhaha Brian Cashman is having with the baby Steinbrenners. Cashman is in his last year, and I thought, gosh if it doesn't work out... and NedCo gets released... hmmmmmmmmm.

Cashman as a Dodger GM sounds like music to my ears if Logan White can't get it.

1) Undercover Brother
2) ...

Re: Will Ferrell for me it's:
1) The Landlord
2) Old School (he's kinda the co-lead, eh?)
3) everything else

You'd have to have a forward thinking GM to consider that. Since when has NedCo traded older guys to get younger?

33 I hold that Anchorman is funny because of Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, so it isn't really a SNL movie.

I remembered liking BOD much better than TST, but this time around, my preferences changed completely, and TST emerged as the clearly superior movie.

Neither were particularly funny (even "I want my two dollars!" didn't do much for me this time around).

Of the rest, Lowe has the most value since he is the only one who would be at least a Type B Free Agent for next year. Kent is going to retire and Nomar just doesn't have any trade value.

56 Uh, well there's... and then when... uh... hm... there's a first time for everything!

I mean that is one argument in favor of a new GM, whatever one thinks of the current one. The new GM does not have ego investment in some of the veteran free agents and so forth that the previous GM signed or acquired. The only thing I'll say in NedCo's defense is that he has sometimes shown a willingness to admit he's made a mistake (trading away Baez; acquiring another centerfielder; etc). I just wish he wouldn't have made those mistakes in the first place.

And it has catchphrases!

Yuck. GOB deserves better.

Paul Rudd rocks - he's often the best thing in any movie he's in. Seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall yet? He's superb.

As far as SNL Movie Thoughts, I'll throw out one other that hasn't been mentioned: Spies Like Us. I'll also offer Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as a pretty good one.

Unless someone offered a far-too-good prospect for Lowe, I'd rather keep him, let him go FA and give Logan White the draft pick(s). Pretty good odds Lowe will be Type A and yield two.

All GMs are going to have biases to the players they acquire and again, to me, you have to look at the alternatives available at the time. Yes, there were those who were against the Schmidt signing and yes, they can shout "I told you so" but there were more objective (non-Dodger folks) analysts who thought it was a great deal. Same goes for Andruw Jones.

The Nomar and Pierre deals have been discussed to death and I don't know if Torre could have handled them better so far this year, neither is guaranateed anything, I do think that LaRoche will get a shot if he can show he can play because 3B is such black hole right now.

If Bill Stoneman was still GM, would he be hearing about giving a multi-year extension to a pitcher with arm troubles, and how come no one complains that one of their best prospects sits at AAA with no place to go for the near future.

I am not saying Ned is great nor should he not be concerned about his job but some of it also has to be put upon the players to perform. Ultimately, managers and GM pay for failures by the players so if the team doesn't perform, Ned will pay the price. But right now, this team is pretty much made up of what I could have hoped for on March 1st so I hope now, they can put it together and start playing good ball.

And I also think it's a bit early to start thinking about a team fire sale.

Who was the author of the Dodger Thoughts comment...?

And are the better candidates for the Dodger GM job, yes, given the way the game works now, I think there are 3 very interesting candidates in White, Ng and Watson.

I know Jon spoke with Watson in the last few weeks, I would like to hear what he thinks about him.

Just imagine that whenever D4P adds the ellipsis to the end of his sentences. That's what I do.

He did posterize Kate Winslet.

underdog wishes to know the same thing

https://badaltitude.baseballtoaster.com/archives/962416.html

a) still fire Depo
b) Still hire Ned
c) hire someone else from inside (who)
d) hire someone from outside (who)

If Ned is not here next year I would like to see Kim Ng get the nod, even over Logan White. I know White can evaluate talent but can he do the rest of the job? (Not saying he can't. Just saying I don't know.) She deserves the job, she can do the job and it would be in keeping with the Dodgers tradition of breaking barriers.

Signing Pierre (irregardless of how many years) said alot about what Ned values.

53 Cashman could head west...

Arbitration seems to have been fine for the Dodgers--cant remember a battle they've lost.

But there are some bad contracts on this team, and if thats part of Ng's responsibility--then she has to be held accountable for her role in that as well.

If anything, the Dodgers new GM absolutely has to get more people involved with statistical analysis. Screw Plaschke. The usage of statistics (at least using the better ones) is a big bugaboo with this current regime.

Dodgers cant have anymore of the "He hits .300, gets on base an awful lot...steals 50 bases.." stuff anymore. With the resources of the farm, and the payroll---there's no excuse for not having Red Sox level talent. However, if the talent evaluation component isnt there, then the Dodgers will continually spin their wheels.

I think my dad must be JoeyP

I think that was his point.

Sigh

His turn as Nathan Thurm--the nervous chain-smoking, constantly sweating attorney who represents an overseas company that manufactures counterfeit novelty items--is flat-out brilliant, though.

It ought to be more news about the forthcoming rennovations, which are turning out NICELY by the way!

My dad still says it that way. I remember the first time I said "irregardless" to someone and was corrected. I was still at the age when you believe everything your parents tell is the truth and factual. I was so disappointed. It was then that I knew my father was fallible.

Anyhoo... I'll be missing the game live tonight as I have a class. Anyone know offhand about what time MLBTV makes games available in the archives? A few hours later?

And that is the very, very least.

1. It's Pat.
2. Stuart Saves His Family.
3. Superstar.
4. A Night at the Roxbury
5. The Ladies Man.

And McCourt will make exactly the same mistake again.

On the other hand, I have no doubt that McCourt - who obviously cares about the bottom line, realizes Colletti has been incredibly wasteful of his money.

I think Frank misjudged the backlash the book would receive.

At the time I thought that McCourt "got it" and was hiring Depo because of his new school thinking about baseball.

I just think Ned is in over his head. Kind of like Mike Nolan as HC of SF49ers. They're both real good when they're not the head hauncho, but let them call the shots, and hold your breath.

Anyhoo, if interested, go here:
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and use promo code:
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in the promo code space.

:-)

Alas, I could only get them to agree to a 10 day free trial for y'all. So hopefully you'll stay aboard after then, but if not remember to cancel at that point.

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On the other hand, I assume serving as Asst. GM for numerous years in LA nad NY and having every GM you work for speak highly of your abilities would seem to qualify you.

"The games are not played by computers. It comes down to whether players can perform in critical situations. There's a human element to this that is not measurable. You have to mesh everything into the decision-making process."

It would be really, really, really silly to fire the GM because of the team's record this season.

The only thing I can think of sillier than that would be hiring Ned in the first place.

He was fired because of negative PR. The press and the old guard, including some in the Dodger organization, wanted him out.

Actually the press and the guard are in the same group.

I was very very very disappointed in American Werewolf in London.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750221/

Wow. I absolutely love that movie, and Jenny Agutter is only part of the equation.

Or Tommy whispering in somebody's ear?

A personality conflict? A call not immediately returned?

I don't think McCourt is up to a reasoned deliberation of the GM's philosophical approach. So maybe it was just W-L. What really happened, who knows?

I am so happy to say I have not seen any of those movies.

153

Thanks, I will look into that. I imagine the 9.95 plan is 1 out at a time unlimited per month?

What I'm saying, we don't really know. Rob seems to be trying to put a gloss on Frank's decision-making and predict a future outcome.

My opinion, every decision he makes is for a different reason. There are no guiding principles. It's all guesswork.

However, we are preventing people from renting "The Hottie and the Nottie" by not making that one available at all. You have to take a stand somewhere!

173 Indeed, it is.
And all the plans are unlimited. I think the free trial is for 3 out at a time, but then you can cut back to 2 or 1 if you want.

I thought the internet was created to fix this problem.

I thought the internet was created to fix this problem.

It may be smart for Darren Collison to wait a year.

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Yah Collison, wait a year! It's the smart thing to do.

It's good stuff if you like, uh, tentacles involved, with, you know.

Also, do new releases require long waits before you can get them quickly?

America, ______ yeah!

Is it part of the "entertainment" of the sport, or is everyone involved just really greedy?

By the way, I would love for Anquan Boldin to be a Raider.

New releases vary - the most popular titles we'll get more copies of, too, but yeah for the very popular new releases there can be a wait. You just have to add them to your queue as soon as we add them on our site and then you have higher priority over people who add them later. Tons of stuff to choose from tho.

You can email me if you have other questions so we don't bore people here - craig@greencine dot com or fanerman you have my email.

187 What, Javon Walker's not enough for you?

It is just an opinion so you are right when you say it is all guesswork.

On to bigger things, is it too soon to say this is a huge series for the Dodgers?

Oh, never mind.

What would be better, getting an existing team to move here, or starting over with an expansion team?

I can't believe this was a real video game:

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8242

http://tinyurl.com/6lvfof

And I wasn't even in charge of the Dodger write-up!

Insane... they used an actual tape of "Seperate Ways" for the "rock band" level of the game. That's hilarious, and a harbinger of life before digital audio.

174 - I really don't see how you can say that. Virtually every decision McCourt has made, outside of his populating the front office with family members, has been PR first.

"harbinger" is a bad word choice. "Example" is better.

Btw, speaking of that Journey video game (ack!), did anyone see "King of Kong"? That movie was awesome.

I don't know; I don't strongly disagree with your analysis of his other moves. It seems to me more like he's flipping a coin. Jaime has a bad hair day, then it's PR for a week. The week after it's all about tradition and he's on the phone to Koufax. A friend of my Dad's who was an LA cop used to complain constantly that he could never catch the dumbest criminals. They never plan anything, so they're unpredictable.

Would we have been better off with 5 years of Torii Hunter?

.301/.363/.548 with 4 HRs and 11 RBIs, so far.

Now I was dead set against signing Hunter, and if you ask me now I'd still be dead set against it. Torii Hunter is still being paid too much.

Tangled Up in Blue

Every time you post, I get that song stuck in my head. Although I guess if you're gonna have a song stuck in your head, that's a pretty good one.

Took me awhile to find the main article since ESPN didn't provide a link back. So, each category is an ordinal ranking from 1 to 122, which means the 107 "bang for the buck" rating is particularly bad, but it's wins/fanRevenue, so most big-market teams won't fare well there since the denominator is usually larger.

His sons were all in favor of it at the time. It's not clear to me that he really thought much about the decision beyond that sounding board.

Regarding Depo, you could be right. I think that because Moneyball WAS controversial meant that people knew who Depo was and were talking about him. There is your PR. Keep in mind he fired his PR Exec during the Depo fiasco.

If Paul Depodesta's team loses a hundred games four years in a row, my judgment is he's still a smarter guy and a better GM than Ned Colletti could ever dream of being. Mantle strikes out twenty times in a row, you still want him instead of Rudy Law.

224 - I maintain the Hunter signing is a mistake for the Angels, ultimately, because most of his deal will be a waste (I'm thinking years three, four, and five). The Halos already had a couple of decent CF candidates before they signed Gary Matthews, Jr. to an obscene five-year deal (Chone Figgins, and in the wings, Reggie Willits), but choise, inexplicably, to ignore both. What could have possibly possessed Bill Stoneman to think Matthews, Jr. was going to produce at numbers that were outliers for both age and career ever, ever again? The Angels needed some offense, it's true, but they overpaid for the wrong kind, and in Hunter, got a guy who epitomizes the worst misfeatures of the Angels' offensive thinking, hacktasticness in particular.

However, it would have been nice to see DePo spend 120 mils per year on payroll, with a loaded farm system, as opposed to Ned.

I wouldnt be surprised after this season (if Ned is let go), that another stat oriented GM is given the job. It was widely reported that the McCourts love the Boston Red Sox, so why not run the Dodgers exactly like them...?

Paranoidandroid does the same thing to me.

239 I would add extending Odalis Perez to that list.

Imagine if they really did hire Cashman. Aside from that, I have no problem with the Dodgers trying to out-Boston Boston.

Do we consider Brian Cashman a "stat-oriented" GM?

No wait, let's give the job to MOSE!!! Mose I tell you! Maybe he can hire Dwight as a "special bears and beets" consultant.

They win but a lot has to do with having 2 of the best offensive forces in baseball in Manny and Big Papi. Some teams have one, most have none but not too many have two players who can OPS over .900 on their team.

I think statistical analysis helps and surely they do more but I also think they employ a lot of what is called old school baseball methods and they are subject to same flaws and hiccups as everyone else.

Maybe I'm just convincing myself McCourt is entirely unpredictable because I'm unwilling to give up hope that something like this is still possible.

Some other bad DePo moves you omitted:
1) Giving Dave Roberts away for nothing of value
2) Non-tendering Werth
3) This one, I think, is his worst move as a GM -- refusing to take Victorino back from the Phillies for $25,000.

Where's Steve?

241--Considering Odalis' age and track record up to the point that he was signed, I dont think it was a bad deal at the time. 3/24 mils for a pitcher that was 27yrs old coming off a great year. His age situation and contract extension wasnt that different than Penny's.

At least he is getting on base this year. As of right now, their deal with Drew is not much of an issue. In a few years, Drew's contract could be decent for his production value. Plus, the Red Sox can afford to eat bad contracts if they have to.

Should the Dodgers ever consider moving Broxton to the starting rotation? Wasn't he a starter for part of his career in the minors?

Broxton used to be a starter, but the Dodgers scouts dont think he has the endurance to last. With an arm like his, its too bad they never let him really try. Its probably not that late in his career to back starting, but he has said in interviews that he likes pitching in the bullpen.

I had heard that he preferred to be a reliever but I couldnt help but think how great he could be as a starter.

I wonder if Liv Tyler was ever like, "Mom, what were you doing back in the 70s..."

http://tinyurl.com/5t4xdt

- Baseball America's Dodgers Top 10 Prospects report, 12/9/2005

He's got a huge head. It's like Sputnik! It's like an orange on a toothpick!

Apparently, the media is not asking him about the team.

I also get the impression that the media is not talking much about Torre's "winning ways" these days.

281 You had to expect that once the season started, Joe Torre would be the focal point for all things Dodgers. The man is probably making at least 8 times more than Ned and has won more than Ned.

http://www.truebluela.com/2008/4/23/459609/sabermetrics-are-dead

I think the Dodgers should do a commercial like this. Maybe start with someone getting Dodger tickets, and start the cycle.

But is that the curse of being in a big market?

You can't in all seriousness be suggesting that the Red Sox are reluctant to give young prospects a chance to win jobs. In the last 2+ years alone, you have Papelbon, Lester, Buchholz, Pedroia, Delcarmen, and Ellsbury, with more on the way.

It's not like a team says, hey, let's go and spend too much money on a guy who sucks. They spend money on guys who they think have a reasonable chance of working out. Drew's always been an outstanding hitter. Lugo's a better than average shortstop, a position where they had a gaping hole. Lowell was coming off an all-world year. And Schilling was a World Series hero who they probably had to keep for PR purposes, and whom it was reasonable to believe still had something left.

So those didn't work out for them, although the jury's still out in a couple of those cases. Still, they took similar risks elsewhere which have worked out -- namely Matsuzaka and Varitek, which were both infinitely riskier moves than the four listed above. In Matsuzaka's case, they spent $104 mil on a guy who'd never thrown a major league pitch, and in Varitek's case, they spent $40 mil on a catcher's age 33-36 seasons. Those guys paid off and helped them win a World Series, and that's what it's all about.

The whole idea is, you make moves that you think are likely to work out. But if they don't, you still have a budget to fall back on. Other teams, if they sign a guy to a long-term contract who doesn't work out, are hamstrung by that contract to the point where they have trouble fielding a winning team. See the A's with Chavez, Harden, and Loaiza.

Everybody's going to make mistakes, so why would you want to be in a position where your mistakes are uncorrectable?

1) Very good at rebuilding the farm, and the second biggest success of his career after the 2002 title. The fact that they've continued to do this after firing Donny Rowland and replacing him with Eddie Bane says a lot about the staff he assembled.
2) Not the smartest about free agent contracts, on the low end (Eric Owens?) or the high end (Gary Matthews, Jr., Bartolo Colon), though some of that was just bad luck. But blocking Jered Weaver with Jeff? C'mon.
3) NEVER made a trade, and had a mixed record when he did. Highlights were Kimera Bartee for Chone Figgins, and Juan Rivera/Maicer Izturis for Jose Guillen (an amazing haul considering it was widely known he HAD to move Guillen); lowlights were getting nothing for Bobby Jenks, and IIRC, several similar players.
4) Close-lipped at all times. Having seen Kevin Malone in operation, that is a huge plus.

But this line of thinking has obvious appeal. I guess the issue is that I just don't want certain people (e.g. Ned) doing the "correcting", especially when the initial mistakes weren't so much the result of bad luck as bad strategery.

Blyleven - 15 Ks in the game of his 3000th K
R.Johnson - 14
Gaylord Perry - 10

*I do not know how many people Walter Johnson struck out in his 3000th strikeout game in 1923.

SABR used to offer a badass ProQuest newspaper search as part of membership, but alas, ProQuest decided to stop licensing its database to historical societies.

Did you get my recent email?

Who's with me?

All we have to lose is the misery of listening to annoying 1980s catchphrases!

Down goes Frazier!
Down goes Frazier!
Down goes Frazier!

I guess it's a matter of taste but I loved watching Nolan Ryan, I mean seriously, even if he didn't throw strikes that often there is art in how hard he threw. How many guys can you say you watched that threw as hard as he did for AS LONG AS HE DID, I ain't taken him for granted, I LOVED WATCHING HIM PITCH!!

I woud imagine that Smoltz has the most relief innings pitched of any 3000K pitcher - 260 1/3.

How do you think he picks his lineups? Out of a hat? darts? Maybe he spins a brightly colored wheel? I think it's the wheel.

Rotoworld reports the Jimmy Rollins injury

I love the source too: "Off the record"

Niekro falls just short of Smoltz, at 254 1/3.

I've got cold feet...

Adam "Pacman" Jones is going to the Cowboys for a 4th round pick.

Lowe pitches on back to back nights?

"When I remembered that Ned had made the transition from PR to GM, I knew I had a shot at the job" - future Tony Jackson quote

Loney is either now being pitched inside and can't do his opposite field thing or is trying to pull everything to fit in with too many of his teammates.

Like I used to enjoy Ethier and Cora play defense when that was the only thing going for the Dodgers, I enjoy watching Jones catch a ball. And, now Kemp seems to have got that same confident relaxed catching style that is also fun to watch.

Jones hitting second is an obvious attempt to get him to hit to opposite way and get on base instead of driving in runs.

In sixth grade, we had the JFK Fitness program (this was six years after he died), and she outran every boy but me in the 50 yard dash.

That was the last of three times that season. Dusty Baker started Nomar at #4 22 times for the 2005 Cubs.

I once dated a 1971-1972 elementary school crush (she was fifth grade, I was sixth), but it was in college only nine years later, not like your situation. It was fun for a few months, but that was all it was. What the heck, give it a rip.

If this continues to work, I won't cancel my subscription after all.

Apparently from a Mayor's office press release:
The $500 million renovation and modernization plans include building a new entrance beyond center field, a new plaza inside the stadium gates, a "Top of the Park" outdoor deck area, a modern promenade, restaurants and new Dodger history museum.

TJ:
This entry way in center field is something Frank has been talking about since he took over the team. I remember him describing it to me in great detail in his office one day early in the 2004 season. It sounds to me like it's going to be very similar to what they have at Turner Field in Atlanta, if you have ever been there to see it, a big cluster of restaurants and stuff beyond center field. Although in this case, it might not be as prominently visible from inside the ballpark as it is at the Ted. The rest of it all sounds like stuff that won't dramatically change the look of the park.

Torre reiterated before the game that Andy [LaRoche] will likely need the full 20 days [of rehab] because he didn't have much of a spring training.

He was injured what, one or two innings after Nomar, so why a short rehab for him? I would understand if the stated reason for LaRoche was the severity of the injury, the fact that he had surgery, etc., which makes much more sense to me.

Speaking of which, I really don't mind Torre's line-up order tinkering right now, but I do have to laugh at Nomar batting clean-up. That seems ludicrous. But, I'll be pleased if he proves us all wrong tonight. Pleased and surprised.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DfRdIlOItso

I hope they put a radar gun type deal also, that would be sweet!

Q: Name the last switch hitter to lead the majors in batting average

Their answer: Willie McGee, .335, 1990

This chaps my hide because once again Eddie Murray gets robbed! Murray led MLB in batting average in 1990, with a .330 average.

McGee hit .335 in the NL, but including his month in Oakland, his average was only .324. George Brett hit .329 to lead the AL.

A pox on you, FSN South!

Yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about Mr. Hitchcock, me & the radar gun have some un-finished business we need to attend to0..

For some reason I remember that tid bit very very well (the McGee thing)

If so, Team Eric may have to hold a rally in support of the double error.

The Brewers still have 14 pitchers on the roster.