Dodgers Community Caravan Is Next Week
by Eric Stephen on Jan 27, 2010 10:25 PM PST
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PrintThe Dodgers annual Community Caravan is next week, and there are a lot of chances to get up close and personal with some of your favorite Dodger stars, past and present. Monday is closed to the public, but the next two days have a ton of events that are open to the public:
Tuesday, February 2
Dodgers on hand: Andre Ethier, Hiroki Kuroda, Ken Landreaux, Rudy Law, Bobby Castillo, Tommy Davis, and broadcaster Eric Collins
- 1:45 - 2:45pm: Trader Joe's, 467 N. Rosemead Blvd, Pasadena (no autographs)
- 3:15 - 4:15pm: Dreamfield Dedication, LA Boys & Girls Club, 2635 Pasadena Ave., Los Angeles (dedication open to public, no autographs)
- 5:00 - 6:30pm: ESPNZone at LA Live, 1011 S. Figueroa (across from Staples Center):
ESPNZone
Dodger players and legends will be on hand for an autograph session. Autographs are available to the first 150 fans in two lines. The first 80 fans in line will also get the chance to have priority seating for dinner in the screening room where the autograph signing will be held. Guests will be seated in groups of four. Diners must spend $20 each on food and beverages, will receive a $25 game card and be the first to get autographs at 5 p.m. KABC 790 AM will be on hand.
- 7pm: Andre Ethier drops the ceremonial first puck at the Kings game against the Rangers
Wednesday, February 3
Dodgers on hand: Matt Kemp, James McDonald, Ramon Troncoso, Fernando Valenzuela, and broadcasters Jaime Jarrin, Pepe Yniguez, and Charley Steiner
- 12:30 - 2:00pm: Roscoe's House of Chicken & Waffles, 5006 West Pico Blvd. (near La Brea), Los Angeles (no autographs)
- 3:00 - 4:15: Best Buy, 6000 Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 1240 , Culver City (fans can play video games against the Dodgers and get autographs as well
- 5:00 - 6:15pm: Dodger Rally at Olvera Street, East Cesar Chavez Ave. and Olvera St. , Los Angeles:
Dodger Rally
Dodger players and legends will be on hand for an autograph session. Fans will be asked to join two autograph lines and the first 150 fans in each line will get an autograph. KHJ La Ranchera 930 AM will be on site.
Also from the Dodgers:
The Dodgers will also hand out a limited number of promotional items and ticket vouchers to fans in attendance at Trader Joe’s, the Dodgers Dreamfield dedication ceremony at the Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club, ESPN Zone at L.A. LIVE, Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles, Best Buy at the Westfield Culver City Mall and Olvera Street.
For more information, go to Dodgers.com/community.
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I got a few more packs of 2010 Topps Series I baseball cards, and posted the Dodger-related cards here, if you are interested.
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Although his initials were SS, Sax played second base.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 27, 2010 11:27 PM PST up reply actions
I watched the ’88 World Series VHS tape way back in the day and this was a memorable moment. Just thought he was a SS for some reason.
by silverwidow on Jan 27, 2010 11:37 PM PST up reply actions
I thought for a second you were trying to find a loophole with his initials. Very clever :)
by Eric Stephen on Jan 27, 2010 11:38 PM PST up reply actions
Mark Grudzialphabet
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Jan 27, 2010 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
Did you look it up?
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Jan 27, 2010 11:31 PM PST up reply actions
Yup. Started with Furcal and went backwards.
by silverwidow on Jan 27, 2010 11:32 PM PST up reply actions
James Loney hit the last HR off Jason Schmidt before Schmidt became a Dodger.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Jan 28, 2010 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
They just opened up a Bob’s Big Boy in Pasadena.
Let’s hope Belliard steers clear if we want to see him in the Opening Day lineup. :)
Wow
Who knew Bob’s Big Boy was opening restaurants anymore? It has probably been two decades since I’ve eaten at a Bob’s Big Boy.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 27, 2010 11:54 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I was there yesterday. Had a Super Boy…very tasty. The BBQ sauce makes it.
by silverwidow on Jan 27, 2010 11:56 PM PST up reply actions
I remember loving their burgers and shakes. It was a treat if we ate at Bob’s. I’ll have to check it out next time I’m in Pasadena.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2010 12:02 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
same here
special occasion meal place for my family, after events or perhaps once every couple of years on a random Sunday. Good times!
HIt the Burbank one every once in a while
fond memories in Glendale of Little League and Bobs thick milk shakes the kind you eat with a spoon. I’d never seen such a thing.
The Glendale one just down the street from the batting cages? That one even had the drive through!
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Jan 28, 2010 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
How is the location? I know it is in the old Baja Fresh, so it seems like it could be a fun little place.
by robotmadeofnails on Jan 28, 2010 8:45 AM PST up reply actions
Location is suprisingly spacious and they already have big business. It’s tough to find parking at lunch, though.
I bet
That parking lot is already pretty tight.
by robotmadeofnails on Jan 28, 2010 9:05 AM PST up reply actions
There's a Big Boy in Torrance.
Don’t ever go to the Big Boy in Victorville. You’ll want to kill somebody afterward. Easily the worst dining experience in my life.
The Torrance Big Boy is good. It is just up PCH from my mother inlaws. It is actually in the same building where there was a BigBoy in the 70’s. I ate there with my family as a kid, mostly for special occasions, unless we could talk the parents into going a little up Hawthorne to Farrell’s.
by MammothDodger on Jan 28, 2010 8:23 AM PST up reply actions
Also one in Northridge, opened a couple months ago
Didn’t ask if I could get a “homemade” cherry coke though (cherry syrup and coke from the fountain) – a Bob’s treat back in the day (Glendale, on Colorado for me). Went in a few weeks ago – they had a display of Big Boy Comic Books on the wall!
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Jan 28, 2010 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
Garret Anderson wouldn’t be bad as he still has some power, but I am wondering who the “among others” are.
Repko would still have to make the team as the backup CF
I can’t see a fit unless somebody is DFA to make room for both players.
If both Rule 5 guys get returned, that’s two more spots.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2010 8:46 AM PST up reply actions
plus a signing of a LHB like Garret Anderson would make Mientkiewicz’s inclusion on the roster unlikely
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2010 8:49 AM PST up reply actions
I wonder
what the chances are that both will be returned? Zerpa probably has a high probabilty but I would think Monasterios has a decent shot at the Weaver spot.
Yeah, I think you have it handicapped right. They will give Monasterios a shot at the #5 starting spot, with the idea that if he doesn’t make it but still pitches well they can keep him around.
I think the only way Zerpa makes it is if one of Kuo or Sherrill gets hurt.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2010 9:00 AM PST up reply actions
I'm jumping way too far ahead
but if GA is signed, you are right, we’d still have to keep a CF on the bench.
In that scenario, the bench would be:
Anderson
Repko
Ausmus
Carroll
In that case, if DeWitt wins the 2B job, they’d have to either cut Belliard (unlikely) or convince themselves that Carroll can play SS in a pinch. That would be fine by me.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2010 9:10 AM PST up reply actions
or I suppose Carroll could also convince the club he can play CF in a pinch, which would give them an open spot by optioning Repko.
Basically, the signing of Anderson would necessitate Carroll to play one more position besides 2B or 3B.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2010 9:13 AM PST up reply actions
Anderson has the name recognition of course, but he did have a bad year last year. You just have to wonder if he is done, or if he can have a bounce back year.
He hit .268/.303/.401, but his prOPS was better (.283/.318/.431).
He did struggle against RHP though, .262/.302/.399 last year, although his BABIP was .271, so he’s a little better than that, but perhaps not enough.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2010 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
If he makes the decision to sign here, he will do so knowing his role.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2010 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
or maybe he’s hoping for strike 2 to Manny (100 game suspension)
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2010 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
I think I would still rather have Geoff Jenkins on a ST invite to see what he can do. He is useless aganist LHP but hits righties pretty good.
Plus he’s an SC guy :)
(and Brett Favre look-a-like)
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2010 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
Brandon (Tell City, IN)
High on Chris Withrow, or just a #3, 4 type?
Jim Callis
(2:44 PM)
He has the chance to be better than that. I like him.
not really
even our own scouting directing… watson compared him more to james mcdonald then a kershaw or bills
Watson never compared him to McDonald. All he said was that Withrow can be a #2-3 starter, which is very ambiguous.
It’s clear that Withrow has the skillset to be an ace.
aGH!
wrong…
i remmeber reading a quote just last month on one of these threads.
by matthewmafa on Jan 30, 2010 12:36 AM PST up reply actions
To be fair, if he thought he could be a #1, wouldn’t he have said that rather than saying he could be a #2-3? I don’t see much ambiguity.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 30, 2010 8:52 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Keith Law's top 100 prospects are out.
http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/insider/columns/story?columnist=law_keith&id=4856310
I’ll post the Dodgers one due to ESPN paywall.
Okay, I lied. I'll post this one too just to bring back up a zombie.
Santana could be the Victor Martinez who can actually catch — a switch-hitter with legitimate plate discipline and power with good receiving skills and an above-average arm. Cleveland swiped Santana from the Dodgers in the Casey Blake deal because they were willing to send L.A. the $2 million required to pay Blake’s salary the rest of the way; in other words, they paid roughly what the ninth or 10th pick in a typical Rule 4 draft gets and ended up with the third-best prospect in baseball, a return on investment that Indians GM Mark Shapiro probably would take eight days a week. At the plate, Santana does start his hands a little deep, but he uses that to create great leverage in his swing as he explodes from his loaded position to the ball, with both hard contact and good loft when he squares a pitch up — something he does quite often with an approach one Cleveland executive called “selective-aggressive,” meaning Santana works the count but is more than happy to jump on a pitch he can hit early in an at-bat. He’s a good athlete and runs well for a backstop. Santana has good hands behind the plate and arm strength, and he has shown progress in the one deficiency in his catching, his ability to handle a staff and work with pitchers. Lou Marson might be the starting catcher this April in Cleveland, but the job should be Santana’s by September.
Dee Gordon, ranked 39th
Gordon, son of longtime big leaguer Tom “Flash” Gordon, fell to the fourth round in the 2008 draft because of academic and discipline issues that made it hard for scouts to see him. But at this point the Dodgers appear to have out-scouted the industry, given how pro scouts are reacting to Gordon’s play. Two evaluators independently told me they think he’s Jimmy Rollins with less power. Gordon is listed, perhaps generously, at 5-foot-11, and is as thin as a rake despite efforts to put on weight, but he’s wiry-strong and has shown he can hit line drives deep to both gaps. So while he may never hit 20 homers in the majors, he should produce plenty of extra-base power. He is a plus-plus runner with an above-average arm and has the athleticism and quickness to play shortstop in the big leagues. Gordon’s feel for the game is poor, especially for the son of a big leaguer, but he was primarily a basketball player until his senior year in high school. The inexperience shows in all facets of his game, from pitch recognition to high caught-stealing rates. His upside is substantial, but he’s more like a 19-year-old player in a 22-year-old body; he has to develop at a faster pace than a typical tools prospect to reach that Rollins-like potential.
I lied again. Josh Bell ranked 61st.
Bell’s 2008 ended with knee surgery, but his 2009 ended with his being traded to Baltimore, where he’s now the heir apparent at the hot corner. Bell is here because when he hits left-handed, he rakes, hitting .340/.419/.625 against right-handed pitchers in 2009, even after crossing the chasm to Double-A, where weaker hitters are exposed quickly by pitchers with better command or off-speed stuff. He has excellent bat speed from the left side, accelerating his wrists very quickly from the set position, although his swing is a little flat and might be more geared to doubles than home runs. On the negative side, he’s futile from the right side, and he’s reaching the point where the Orioles may have to consider having him give up switch-hitting if he doesn’t improve in the next year. He’s improving at third base and projects as an average glove there, with solid hands and an above-average arm. He should be able to take over in Baltimore sometime between midyear 2010 and the start of 2011 depending on how well he fares against left-handed pitching, regardless of how he does it.
Chris Withrow, ranked 81st
Withrow appeared at No. 86 on the 2008 edition of this list, but fell off after developing The Thing (also known as Steve Blass Disease) in 2008, a malady from which few pitchers recover. Withrow appears to be on his way back, and while his control is still below-average — more on that in a moment — he was able to throw a full season in a tough league for pitchers. His arm is live, with a 91-97 mph fastball, and he’ll show an above-average curve with good depth, although it’s not consistent yet and he can snap it off a little early. He has a changeup that is improving, but it’s still below average. Lefties got to him last year: 41 of the 57 walks he issued in 2009 were to left-handed hitters, so against right-handers he was as good as a specialist reliever (71 strikeouts and 16 walks in 231 right-handed batters faced, per minorleaguesplits.com). It’s a huge arm with a good frame, and there’s No. 1 starter potential here; 2009 was almost like his first year in pro ball, and he could make a huge step forward in his second full year back from oblivion.
looks like hes not underrated
moreso its just that hes 20 and has only 1 pro season where he threw 120 innings…
1 more great season and he will be up there..
they say he has number 1 starter potential
Keith Law also made a top 10 list by organizations, but no scouting reports here.
Los Angeles Dodgers
1. Dee Gordon, SS 2. Chris Withrow, RHP
3. Aaron Miller, LHP
4. Ethan Martin, RHP
5. Scott Elbert, LHP
6. Trayvon Robinson, CF 7. Josh Lindblom, RHP
8. Andrew Lambo, RF
9. Garrett Gould, RHP
10. Carl Allen Webster, RHP
Scouts love Aaron Miller
Did he get a ST invite?
by Michael White on Jan 28, 2010 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
Those haven't been announced just yet
I should get them either this week or early next week.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2010 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
I wonder if we still had Santana and Bell
where Law, BA and the like would rank our system. Perhaps top 5 as opposed to around 20?
Speaking of spring training invites
The Dodgers have signed outfielder Timo Perez and pitcher John Koronka to Minor League contracts with Major League invites
forogt the blockquote there, but that’s a tweet from KG
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2010 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
In 158.1 MLB innings, John Koronka has allowed 258 baserunners, & hasn’t had a minor lg WHIP < 1.5 since 2006
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2010 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
http://bases.nbcsports.com/2010/01/great-moments-in-organizational-philosophies.html.php
Giants claim that they’re focusing on adding players with good on base percentages for 2010, and then re-sign Bengie Molina. I love the Giants.
Garland was on 1090 radio in San Diego yesterday. It was a pretty good interview (that’s an MP3 file). Among other things, he said he liked the moniker of workhorse, and would like pitching in a 4-man rotation. He called not pitching in the postseason “very tough”
“To sit there and watch, and know that you have something to offer..I felt I could have done something. But, you always have to respect the decisions that they make, those aren’t always easy decisions for them to make, so you have to respect it, and grow from it.”
Sounds like no hard feelings. Pretty classy.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2010 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
I'm guessing Kuroda
Everyone else had at least 1 good game
by Michael White on Jan 28, 2010 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
He probably even thought Billingsley, which wouldn’t have been that out of line at the end of the year. At least it’s not wrong for him to think that. He should think that.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2010 9:42 AM PST up reply actions
They still have the best high school football coverage in town!
Well, the Daily News is probably just as good in that regard….
by Michael White on Jan 28, 2010 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
I wonder if DT’s presence will eliminate the horrible ESPN Dodger message board?
by silverwidow on Jan 28, 2010 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
Or maybe it will force Canuck to write another epic “the Gauls are burning Rome” comment.
by Michael White on Jan 28, 2010 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
I love Jon's
writing a ton, but I have to say this site has been a welcome escape for me from some of the repetitive troll comments out there. I find myself being here more and more for the content and community.
by robotmadeofnails on Jan 28, 2010 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
I have to agree there. But Jon’s writing and the overwhelming majority of good people make it worthwhile still.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2010 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
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