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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

VOTING

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 :-)

by MammothDodger on Feb 1, 2010 9:27 AM PST reply actions  

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.

by meercatjohn on Feb 1, 2010 9:41 AM PST up reply actions  

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  

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.

by meercatjohn on Feb 1, 2010 9:43 AM PST up reply actions  

Apparently the Reed Johnson deal is $800k, per ESPN Chicago.

Pending a physical of course.

by Eric Stephen on Feb 1, 2010 9:43 AM PST reply actions  

Hat tip to Underdog for that news, BTW

by Eric Stephen on Feb 1, 2010 9:45 AM PST up reply actions  

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.

by meercatjohn on Feb 1, 2010 10:26 AM PST reply actions  

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  

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.

by meercatjohn on Feb 1, 2010 11:01 AM PST reply actions  

Byung-Hyun Kim

is on the comeback trail…minor league deal in SF (per Jerry Crasnick)

by Eric Stephen on Feb 1, 2010 11:16 AM PST 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

by Eric Stephen on Feb 1, 2010 11:53 AM PST reply actions  

$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.

by David Young on Feb 1, 2010 12:21 PM PST up reply actions  

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.

by meercatjohn on Feb 1, 2010 1:36 PM PST up reply actions  

His best work is his earlier stuff, but I don’t mind Bennie.

I’d like to hear a set of stuttering songs on the radio:
Bennie and the Jets
My Generation
Changes
My Sharona
You Ain’t See Nothing Yet
Barbara Ann

The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Feb 1, 2010 1:53 PM PST up reply actions  

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

by silverwidow on Feb 1, 2010 12:51 PM PST reply actions  

FanShot that?

The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Feb 1, 2010 1:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Yet

we did that by getting nothing from the five slot in the rotation until Aug.

by meercatjohn on Feb 1, 2010 1:24 PM PST up reply actions  

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.

by S Jay Bruin on Feb 2, 2010 2:45 PM PST reply actions  

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.

by S Jay Bruin on Feb 2, 2010 3:13 PM PST up reply actions  

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