Dodgers To Host Veterans Day Batting Practice
by Eric Stephen on Nov 9, 2010 9:14 PM PST
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The Dodgers will host a special Veterans Day batting practice session on Thursday afternoon at Dodger Stadium, the club announced today. From the Dodgers:
Approximately 80 members of the military, including representatives from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and National Guard, will be treated to a batting practice event at Dodger Stadium on Veteran’s Day.
The group will hit on the field at Dodger Stadium, throw in the Dodger bullpen, hit in the indoor batting cages and get a behind-the-scenes tour of the Dodger clubhouse. Two representatives from each branch will participate in a home run hitting contest to conclude the event and the winner will receive four tickets to Opening Day against the San Francisco Giants on April 1.
The Dodgers also announced that among the Dodger alumni to appear at the event will be Tommy Lasorda, Don Newcombe, Ned Colletti, Steve Yeager, Roy Gleason, Ken Landreaux, and Bobby Castillo.
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In other news, Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times caught up with Dodger manager Don Mattingly last week in Arizona:
His penchant for details may make him more of hands-on manager than Torre, who had his coaches warm up the team while he entertained reporters and guests.
Mattingly makes his way around the field in the hours leading up to a game, throwing batting practice, watching bullpen sessions and talking to players, all things he wants to continue during the regular season.
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So what do we know about Nishioka again?
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repost!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2010 9:28 PM PST up reply actions
“SS Tsuyoshi Nishioka is going to be posted soon. Dodgers should just claim him, put him at 2B, and be done with it.”
Ah thanks
So you know more about him? I just see his impressive stats, which look nice. But Kaz Matsui had great stats in Japan, too. Maybe I’ll see if I can dig up some video and scouting reports.
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Saw some video of him on Hot Stove tonight. Incredibly agile SS, big time range. Hitting stance resembles Kaz Matsui, but then again, most Japanese hitters stick to a certain style.
I think he’d be a pretty good get.
i saw that video too
They acutally showed him hit two HRs. Left handed, his swing looks a lot like Ichiro’s
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2010 9:36 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know, I missed it...
About how awesome he is?
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and
a switch hitter.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2010 9:33 PM PST up reply actions
Nice
though with understanding that it’s optimistic. But I’d take that.
Maybe Kuroda would be even more likely to stick around, too.
Then DeJesus can work his way in as a supersub with Carroll, and the infield is set.
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If he's the next Ichiro I'll take that!
Okay, maybe he’s not the next Ichiro. I’ll take Ichiro Lite though.:-)
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Impossible is Nothing!
Okay, I want this dude on my team. And this video has nothing to do with being on the field.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUgDJD7ZM4A
His fans love him so much they chant his name!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjIc1K6ONs0
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Heh
okay I did mis-read the math up above. It’s hard to know how his good Japanese OPS would really translate in the MLB other than that it’d be worse in some fashion… he does seem like he’d be interesting at least.
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Seriously
what part of that is nice?
I’d be shocked if De Jesus couldn’t put up a .670.
Toasters don't toast toast. Toast toasts toast.
Did you see my second comment, right above this one?
I mis added the numbers, it’s not that nice. I do think he could possibly do better than that. Or he could just be a more exciting Theriot.
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Hm more on him from Big League Stew
FWIW, of course.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Is-Tsuyoshi-Nishioka-the-next-great-Japanese-pos?urn=mlb-283842
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He then got caught stealing on 2nd base.
by Tripon on Nov 9, 2010 9:43 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
oh my gosh, people, tripon has made the funniest comment of the day.
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Nov 9, 2010 10:03 PM PST up reply actions
First things First, YAY VETERANS, YOU ARE ALL AWESOKE!!!!!
call it pandering, I don’t care. My cousin was in Iraq though, he got home alive and now has an adorable child. so Yay!!!
I like that quote about Donnie by DH. I like a manager to be involved.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
Speaking of Veterans Day
I concocted a list of WWI movies (as VDay was originally in honor of the first world war) for the GC newsletter today (on sidebar). Here’s a peak:
http://pravda.greencine.com/newsletter363.html
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All Quiet on the Western Front??
also, a recent one that I enjoyed was A Very Long Engagement
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Yeah great ones. I'd actually done this same list once before
so I wanted to pick different ones if possible.There are actually a surprising number of WWI films, given how much more famous WWII generally is. Hope everyone checks out the Paths of Glory DVD that Criterion just put out.
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Why would Troncoso pitch winter ball?
He lost quite a bit last year and Torre used him quite alot the 1st half of the season….I wonder if thats his own decision to pitch this winter..
Not sure why the Dodgers would want him to.
A lot of the Latin players
still play Winter ball because of their loyalty to where they are from.
by bhsportsguy on Nov 10, 2010 12:04 AM PST up reply actions
Troncoso’s problems came with Torre using him 14 times in a 21-day stretch in April. But, on the season he ended up throwing 76 innings on the season between the majors and minors, less than the 82 2/3 innings he pitched in 2009.
I don’t see a problem with it if he’s managed properly.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 9, 2010 11:11 PM PST up reply actions
Is Trent Oeltjen(sp?) still in the organization? If so, he is playing down under. Not sure if he is 6’4" and full of muscle, but chances are he speaka my language.
There may be a couple updates there
but Gurnick limits himself to the 40-man roster. Brandon was more thorough:
http://www.truebluela.com/2010/10/31/1784123/dodgers-winter-league-update
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If A-Rod hits 47 HR in 2011
The Yankees will pay him $38M during the calendar year.
- $1M on January 15, 2011 (part of signing bonus)
- $31M in straight salary
- $6M for reaching 660 homers
That is flat out sick.
The pic above
one of these is not like the others…
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Nice Wet kiss for Donnie Baseball
Have just read the Dylan piece and it is the most encouraging Dodger story I have read all post season…..I am not sure I buy the story that the Dodgers will have a much greater payroll than last year, so the Dylan story is Number 1. Nice thing about Mattingly, he does seem to want to change from much of the Joe T style, which I think will help the team, obviously someone at 3rd or 1st to hit 25HR’S would have a bigger impact.
The potential Japanese player from the Marines sounds a bit iffy, and am still in the camp of making a play for Beltre, let DeJesus and Carrol platoon at 2nd, Hu backs up short, Kuroda or Padellia back, and LF is the mass platoon and some worthwhile PVL….Spend your additional 20 million at most left on quality rather than a bunch of junk.
Dodger Minor League Free Agents
Per BA
Los Angeles Dodgers (24)
RHP: Mario Alvarez (AA), Jesus Castillo (AA), Scott Dohmann (AAA), Seth Etherton (AAA), Geoff Geary (AAA), Edgar Gonzalez (AAA), Charlie Haeger (AAA), Jon Huber (AA), Grabiel Oviedo (DSL), Claudio Vargas (AAA), Cory Wade (AAA)
LHP: Juan Perez (AAA), Miguel Sanfler (Hi A), Cody White (Hi A)
C: Keyter Collado (AA), Gabriel Gutierrez (Hi A)
1B: Eduardo Perez (AA), Dustin Yount (Hi A)
2B: Ramon Nivar (AA)
SS: Alfredo Amezaga+ (AA), Chris Gutierrez (Hi A)
OF: Prentice Redman (AAA), Michael Restovich (AAA), Andres Perez+ (Hi A)
The tall guy needs to step it up
maybe get to the other side of the field occasionally.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
by mleadman on Nov 10, 2010 6:56 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Hey
you tried draggin’ ….
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by David Young on Nov 10, 2010 10:38 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
MLBTR FA Destination Predictions
To the Dodgers
Juan Uribe (1 vote)
Miguel Olivo (2 votes)
J.J. Putz (2 votes)
Grant Balfour (1 vote)
Scott Podsednik (2 votes)
Yorvit Torrealba (1 vote)
Heh
I think we will hold our own contest once Eric finishes the series. It will be a fanpost with a table of all the possible FA out there. The winner will join Marty at the winner dias which at the moment looks to be free tickets to next years TBLA event (for Two) and a beer.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Looks like we currently have a tie between DeJesus and Garcia in the prospect vote
so if you haven’t voted, please get your votes in. If there is still a tie at 8 am, I’ll let you know how we’ll break the tie.
Also, I think it makes sense that the loser of this vote will become the #13 prospect
Voting tie
We have a tie between DeJesus and Garcia. If you voted for somebody other than those two players, please re-vote for one of those two. I’ll leave this open until 9 am.
http://www.truebluela.com/2010/11/9/1803429/dodgers-2011-12-prospect-vote
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Hee.
Pablo Sandoval wins “Commitment to Fitness” Award. Derek Jeter says “Good for Pablo. He definitely deserves it.” http://bit.ly/aqEFeT
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