How does that make sense? I mean, if a guy pitches 15 innings one month and then 30 the next (as opposed to 22 each month), is that really the same thing? It seems like it's not just the total innings at the end of the year that are important, but how they're fanned out.

Pierre, LF

Martin, C

Kemp, RF

Kent, 2B

Loney, 1B

Jones, CF

DeWitt, 3B

Hu, SS

Lowe, P

Maybe the streak will stop with my attendance tomorrow night.

Of course he is.

They should air all Utah home games in black-and-white.

Minus the black.

The cerebral MVP!

It's pretty nice there.

The Jazz fans are so sweet that they boo Derek Fisher out of respect for his own family situation.

Hopefully the second half doesn't send us running for the Dodgers game.

2 I imagine that's how Torre sees it. But if he is willing to bat Martin 2, why not 1 (and Ethier 2)?

"We can't bust heads like we used to, but we have our ways. One way is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I took the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new buckle for my shoe, so I decided to take the ferry to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville back in those days. I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and back in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. 'gimme five bees for a quarter' you'd say. Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, the point is that I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time. Back then you couldn't get white onions, because of the war. You could only get those big yellow ones..."

It's loose.

Please alert the media.

The disease also would have caused a lot of psychological problems.

Bad writing.

How am I doing Bob?

When I looked at tonight's lineup, I temporarily forgot that DeWitt was hitting over .300, and that bottom third just does not look good. Mr. Strikeout .170, DeWitt, and Hu, the pitcher, Pierre. It just does not look fearsome, as much as I like DeWitt and Hu. Admittedly, I wasn't giving DeWitt his due when I had that response, but one does worry about when he will come back to earth.

Anyway, the point is this: this lineup just reminds us of how very important Furcal is to the team (Furcal and Ethier instead of Pierre and Hu would be a vast improvement, needless to say). And how very important it is that Jones starts hitting.

Poor Ethier. Hitting over .300 but still benched. Can this guy ever win?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grossgr01.shtml

And he's OPSing .591.

Actually, I would fear trainwreck more.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/02/sports/baseball/02twins.html

Vince Coleman got a lot of ABs.

I was confused. "a sports board without cursing? how ridiculous", I thought.

that was a few years ago. but I am a happy uncursing camper since then.

Reminder: This is a contract year, friend-o.

Signed,
Your agent.

Can you call such a thing? Is that even legal?

It's like every game is the Livan Hernandez '97 World Series strike zone.

Luke had too much buttered popcorn during that time out, apparently.

Yep, and if I think about the Rams recent draft, I can be triple-sad.

I know you have another nickname for him, but I like screaming

BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKEE

when he does something good.

Man, if Kent wasn't robbed of a hit, there'd be a run in by now.

I'll be at the pub.

161 And I'm right behind ya. I'll buy the first pitcher. And what would you like?

Ack. I am feeling so pessimistic tonight. Why? Because of one big loss? Snap out of it. They have been playing so very well before now. It must be the 4-0 score that's doing it.

a great play in the OF, ot he ran the bases aggressively . . . . something about that kid always caught my attention.

Oh criminy.

Beautiful plumage, those Repkos, innit?

Apparently neither are we, unfortunately. These last two games have been brutal. (I reserve the right to take this back if we come back).

The Minotaur can't replace three guys. He almost could, but not quite.

let's call repko up.

We could also just smother him under a pillow long before that if he keeps pitching like this.

http://tinyurl.com/3w6mkl
http://tinyurl.com/3pzsxu

G/F is down by 1.50 from last year, and about 2 from 2006:

http://baseball.espn.go.com/mlb/players/stats?playerId=3640

If George Lombard is an orchestra leader, is John-Ford Griffin a filmmaker?

can we do much worse?

I wasn't around when Penny was giving up his ten runs, for the argument about whether the bullpen had to be preserved. I was trying to relive the magic.

211 Yeah, he upsided Furcal and upsided the outfield wall.

so, what's the problem here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QSaM5gQ9vo

Plus Repko is hitting this in Vegas:
.242 / .340 / .411 / .751, 13 BB, 34 K, 144 PA

He judges fly balls like Stevie Wonder, and is a virtual hand grenade to his fellow teammates on the field.

At least that's what I keep telling myself as I ignore Repko Thoughts.

Except for the part where he gives up fly balls and line drives.

(sheepish grin)

I have a new idea. Start the games with our relievers. Have them pitch an inning or two. Let the team get confident and score some runs. Then if you have to bring in a Penny or a Lowe to mop up. It's genius, I tell ya!

(I am a stubbornly refusing to believe he can stink like this all season and I'm sorry if that makes me appear [more] boorish.)

You could have a Terry Tiffee fetish.

And Old Friend Who Is Older Than His Listed Age strikes out!

those numbers mean something.

- Josh Wilker
Cardboard Gods

That said, reason tells me to stick with Jones, but I still think Torre needs to try something different with him to get him back on track. Running him out there every day, in front of booing fans, just seems to be making him worse.

https://griddle.baseballtoaster.com/archives/781311.html

Jes' sayin'.

Odd time to start speaking French, Vinny.

sorry, couldn't help it.

French for Wally Pipp?

French for "The Gross Insect"?

Me: I assume many swinging at balls out of the zone vr, Xei

good episode of Doctor Who tonight, though it's just about done.

Yellow alert.

I don't think the people at Fish and Game are going to approve of that.

Or at least, they're having an off day.

The days before drugged beavers.

The days before the dark times (cue scary music).

His velocity is down from what I remember; he used to be mid-high 90's, now it's just 88.

Roll it in catnip?

Ow!

Okay, I'm gonna open a can of food. I give up.

He also doesn't look as fat as Odalis to me.

But other than that, I agree!

Once the cat sticks its tongue out, s/he has swallowed the pill. Remember that cats can't spit.

I was about to try mixing it with some ice cream.

Oh, you mean the outside of the throat. Ah!

(Kidding.)

or if you're the Amazing Bob, apparently.

The double play helped too.

339 - Nope.

My g/f's cat is declawed though, only because he lived with her mom for awhile and they secretly declawed him. Now he walks bow-legged and wobbly, and phantom scratches at the scratching post, which is a sad sight.

But yes, the wrapping in a towel thing is a good trick, I've done that before.

Oh, is there still a game on?

Wearing a long sleeve shirt helps.

The gnome is going to be in the lineup tomorrow?

Same time the world's oil supply runs out, I think.

Hideki had the long streak, not Kazuo.

Stand down.

349 Yeah, where is that gnome these days anyway? Seems like they stopped rubbing it. Unless you meant Hu.

Ooo. That was a sacriledge to say.

He's still Vin.

And just when I was gonna predict a 6+1 comeback victory tonight.

And now I think I shall curl up with an irritated cat wrapped in a towel and watch a DVD.

Hoo-ray. He's still sub-Mendoza line.

With a bullet!

I read his lips.

They're terrible, I believe.

Delwyn Young can play. He deserves a shot; if not in the infield, then in LF alongside Kemp in center and Ethier in right.

The fact that not only is he rotting on the bench, but that Ethier has been benched for four of the last six games, just shows that once again the management of this team is not willing to put the best players out on the field. It is yet another year that the Dodgers are competing with one hand tied behind their back, and another year where they are underachieving. It's gone from frustrating to infuriating over the past 3 to 4 years, and now it's at the point where it's just sad. And a waste. A waste of the team's money, and a waste of the organization's young talent.

It isn't Young's fault that our GM decided to acquire the world's highest-paid late inning defensive replacement and the world's highest-paid pinch runner. If they're not going to play this guy, then at least give him a shot to play somewhere. Somewhere where a team is willing to play the right players regardless of their salary or marketability. Perhaps the Dodgers might get an effective player in return; a player that they will actually use. To just continue trotting out the Nomars and the Andruws and the Pierres of the world, at the expense of younger guys who are more deserving, is frankly embarrassing. Embarrassing to the team and to its fans.

377 I've been on the "Free Pee-Wee" campaign for awhile now, don't have to convince me. Not sure he's the greatest fielder in the world, but he does deserve more play.

Okay, back to watching "The Orphanage" for the second time. Night all. Better luck tomorrow.

You can talk about the outfield situation or who's playing third but right now this team is scoring runs. But until the first Dodger pitcher in a game begins to pitch better, they will either have to score 7 runs a game or face a .500 record.

I don't want cargill to lose $50.