Clippings from around the Dodger Blog World

link, you link on the other link in his story you will find this quote.

Guys like Dirk Hayhurst make me proud to be a professional baseball player. If I’m being honest, before signing I was little apprehensive about the social aspects of playing in the minor leagues. Before draft day, I had spent the previous 4 years playing at Davidson College with like-minded teammates. Not one of us chose Davidson because of the baseball team’s athletic prowess. We all chose Davidson because it was/is an exceptional academic institution. As a result, the baseball team was almost entirely free of the egoism often associated with competitive athletes. While we worked diligently to improve our skills on the field, we were more concerned about what was going on in the classroom. Needless to say, I was expecting a stark contrast in pro ball. But when I finally made the transition and found myself in Ogden, I realized something: I genuinely liked almost all of my teammates. The environment was more competitive and the topics of conversation were quite different, but these were good guys.

Don’t ask me why but I’m glad Brian Akin liked his teammates. Elbert, DeWitt, and Wade were on that team.

When he’s busy making time with Marikym Hervieux?
This is enough to retain the nickname “Golden God”

And no, there is not going to be “Marikym” luck this season – didn’t work too well for Russell in 2009, did it?

I can’t watch it until tonight, but if anyone wants to chime in, feel free~!

should probably kill themselves.

I just wish he was close to the big leagues so there was a chance I could cheer along actively :o

http://bases.nbcsports.com/2010/01/rumor-frank-mccourt-wants-to-sell-the-dodgers.html.php

LOS ANGELES — Dodgers farmhands Dee Gordon and Ethan Martin were named to MLB.com’s Top 50 Prospects list.

Gordon, a 21-year-old shortstop, was ranked No. 36. Martin, a 20-year-old right-handed pitcher, was ranked No. 49. They were teammates last year at Class A Great Lakes.

Okay, wow. Withrow is totally being underrated now.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100127&content_id=7987022&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la&partnerId=rss_la

I was wondering why all of the sudden my hits quadrupled. And yes, I am going to have to rerun the first 50 games now that Belliard was signed and Garland to SD etc… I will try to run games from more teams to get a better idea how the division stacks up.
vr, Xei

chaneyhey (stlouis): Who will be the top 5 NL players who will make their major league debut in 2010?

Tommy Bennett: Hmm, that’s a toughie because it involves two variables that discount a player’s expected value: likelihood of getting to the majors and expected production. We’ll go with Heyward, Austin Jackson, Buster Posey, Jason Castro, and Madison Bumgarner. But that’s basically an educated guess.

Uh, two of these players are not like the others.

enosarris (Teaneck): Is there a player that you favor because of his beard? A favorite bearded player perhaps?

Tommy Bennett: I like the look of Casey Blake, cause he really looks like he could eat a lot of pancakes, if you know what I mean.

giving Serena the match of her life after beating her sister yesterday.
vr, Xei

Nets got win #4 tonight…sorry Clips.

Xavier Paul = Randy Winn when he hits right handed.

John Hart cannot stop gushing about the Guitar

no helmets in the batting cage, and Alston is the manager because of the 66 pennant. Must have been nice to coach the all-stars for a day after dealing with the dreck that was the 67 Dodger team.

white shirt and ties.

24 Million for a stadium. Let’s build two:)

about the Dodgers community caravan

http://www.truebluela.com/2010/1/27/1273572/dodgers-community-caravan-is-next