Vin Scully's Lords of the Ravine Update
For those who just tuned in, this is what the Vin Scully Lords of the Ravine is all about.
Just want to thank everyone who has volunteered to write so far. I had high hopes for this project but the brilliant pieces by our guest writers are inspiring as they approach this from many different angles.
We had several sponsorship columns this weekend - Al Campanis, Don Drysdale, plus Raul Mondesi just before the weekend so be sure to read them.
So Far
bhsportsguy started us off with the case for the Penguin (Ron Cey) and followed that up with best hitter of the 1980's, Pedro Guerrero
bhsportsguy and Phil took on the curly haired big eared shutout artist Don Sutton
prosellis dipped into the bullpen ranks for Ron Perranoski
Eric Enders threw his sombrero into the ring for Fernando
Bob Hendley gave us the dope on Gomer (Claude Osteen)
Humma Kavula went into the wayback machine to litigate the case for Maury Wills
Mammoth Dodger bled some blue while writing about Tommy Lasorda
StolenMonkey86 feels there must be a place for Popeye (Steve Garvey) who was the fresh scrubbed face of the team for most of the 70's.
Phil sped things along with Davey Lopes
Eric Stephen show us why a Bulldog (Orel Hershiser) needs to be considered.
Gen3Blue feels that the LOTR O'Malley Suite needs a Junior Jim Gilliam
David Young gave us compelling reasons for the inclusion of Al Campanis
Prosellis had an easier time making the case for Don Drysdale
Bob Timmermann the esteemed author of the The Griddle and One through Forty-Two or Forty-Three made his views known on both the Quiet Man (Walter Alston) and Tommy Lasorda.
DeliasMan feels that El Canon (Raul Mondesi) is every bit as worthy as others on the list
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Still to Come
Shawn Green – MWhite
Mike Scioscia – S Jay Bruin
Mike Piazza - Phil
Sandy Koufax - djwbaseball
As you can see it is Feb 1st and we still have a few more sponsorship articles. We had a lot of Dodger news last week so we don't want to infringe on that part of the business so we held back on those. I do need to hear from S Jay Bruin and Djwbaseball on their progress with their respective sponsors.
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Still looking for sponsors:
The all time win share and hits leader Willie Davis is feeling no love
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Also just a reminder, if you want to be part of the vote for the O'Malley Suite, email me and put Lords of the Ravine in the subject matter. Don't be shy, you don't have to have seen all these players play, just consider yourself well versed in the history of the Dodgers. If you can answer 240 of the 250 questions correctly on teh quiz you are in. Piece of cake. This is also a test to see if anyone reads to the bottom.
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will voting start right after all write ups are complete
and Phil, did you get my request to be included? I am usually a good test taker but a 96% pass line, we will have to see :-)
Yes
My work schedule is quite loaded, so maybe not until around Feb 15th, but I’ll try to get it started as soon as possible.
thanks
i know that stupid work stuff can get in the way, I just finished up about 2 weeks of 50-60 hour weeks. At least I can get mini breaks by check TBLA from the desk.
by MammothDodger on Feb 1, 2010 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
Can you post this or make it recommended or something?
http://www.truebluela.com/2010/2/1/1287234/the-2010-prospective-prospect
Not for self promotion, but I fear I may have overlooked somebody obvious. :o
Another nice piece
to their puzzle. He can help DH when Milton gets hurt and Griffey has to play Left Field. Or when Griffy gets hurt simply DH. Or I guess simply DH against LHP. Chump change, the kind of change that someone like Jamey Carroll should have cost.
Who knows if Johnson will be the 14th Dodger to have performance incentives in his contract, but one of his comps, Gabe Gross has $250k in bonuses (with his $750k contract). Per Jane Lee of MLB.com:
300 ABs: $25,000
350 ABs: $25,000
400 ABs: $50,000
450 ABs: $50,000
500 ABs: $50,000
550 ABs: $50,000
by Eric Stephen on Feb 1, 2010 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Tony Jackson really seems to be spreading his wings
Nice article on the Dodgers and Dewitt.
http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/columns/story?id=4861564
Probably has been posted before this but thought I’d get it out there in case it hasn’t.
He’s been writing a lot of long form stuff recently, and I have enjoyed it.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 1, 2010 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Rip Torn
crazy drunk. Tough to have to give up drinking at age 78.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_en_mo/us_people_rip_torn
Open Road
anyone see this movie with Jeff Bridges playing a HOF named Lonestar? Best part of the movie is that Bridges is shown to be an Astro and wearing the god awful uniforms of the Terry Puhl-Cruz era. They didn’t sugar coat the ugliness of the uniforms. I thought Bridges was great, living in the past but having a good time with it.
Just Saw
Crazy Heart and I loved it.
by robotmadeofnails on Feb 1, 2010 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Our good friends at Gaslamp Ball
have discovered some rather amazing photos of Elton John from a concert at Dodger Stadium in 1975, including this one:

Wow
$10 GA ticket, wow, and Elton was a huge draw in ’75, having had two albums debut at #1 (Billboard) that year. That sequined Dodger uni was prominent in the concert review in the LAT, IIRC.
That $10 would buy about 2.5 albums at Music Plus back then, two CDs now at Amazon are about $35. Can you imagine having to drop only $35 today to see one of the biggest concert draws in the world?
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Big fan of Elton before
Yellow Brick Road. – Bennie and the Jets ruined it. Whenever I hear that song I want to slam my head against a wall.
6. As a team, the Los Angeles Dodgers finished 2009 with an opponents’ average of .233 . Due in large part to the league’s best bullpen and Clayton Kershaw’s dominance, the Dodgers’ .233 OBA was the lowest of any team in the last 10 years. It also marked the third time they led baseball in this category over the same span.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/337221-mlbs-top-10-most-surprising-stats-of-2009
I knew last year's pitching was good
but damn.
I’m pretty impressed that we had the best pitching in ERA and other stats last year, and Chad led with 12 wins. I know wins are a poor indicator of things, but man our bullpen must have been good.
by robotmadeofnails on Feb 1, 2010 1:41 PM PST reply actions
Mike Scioscia – S Jay Bruin
I’ll get to it, I’ve been a little busy lately…hopefully this week.
Woohoo, I get to look forward to another 7-6 season ("at best") in 2010! There's nothing like going to Idaho for a bowl game.
I will say, you do have an impressive list as it stands though
Woohoo, I get to look forward to another 7-6 season ("at best") in 2010! There's nothing like going to Idaho for a bowl game.



















