Dodgers Wednesday Links: Andre Ethier, Stephen Strasburg, Casey Blake
by Eric Stephen on Sep 7, 2011 10:01 AM PDT
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- Andre Ethier's two-run insurance double in the ninth inning Tuesday night was his 30th double of the season. Only four Dodgers ever have more seasons with 30 or more doubles than Ethier's five: Zack Wheat, Dixie Walker, Jackie Robinson, and Steve Garvey, all with six seasons. Ethier and Robinson are the only two Dodgers ever to have five consecutive seasons with at least 30 doubles.
- Rod Barajas channeled Jim Tracy as he told Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times about Stephen Strasburg: "Have I seen guys who throw harder than him or seem that the ball comes faster? Yeah, I have. I think what makes him special are the secondary pitches. Everybody knows he has that good curveball and he's got that great changeup also."
- Jon Weisman at Dodger Thoughts compared the speeds of Stephen Strasburg and Ted Lilly on Tuesday night, but not of their pitches.
- Casey Blake underwent neck surgery on Tuesday in Los Angeles and will be in a neck brace for a few weeks. Jeff Seidel of MLB.com has the details.
- R.J. Anderson at Baseball Prospectus wonders whether the Dodgers' second-half success in 2011 will translate into an improved record in 2012. The verdict: "If you have to make a guess about whether they’ll improve on their win-loss total based on their second-half record, you might as well flip a coin."
- Friday, September 16 is singles night at Dodger Stadium, and I'm not talking about a tribute to Jamey Carroll. Roberto Baly at Vin Scully is my Homeboy has all the details.
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•Friday, September 16 is singles night at Dodger Stadium, and I’m not talking about a tribute to Jamey Carroll
Maybe David and I should leave the wife’s at home:)
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
They didn’t say 70’s married couple night
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m all for any promotion that opens up so many joke opportunities.
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by regfairfield on Sep 7, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
first 2,000 fans to Saturday’s Lookouts playoff game receive a Kazoo. Fuck pitching o kazoo giveaway night.
@RB_GScott
just thinking that
both are annoying as hell
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
going to this game with my gf
totally screwed this up!
I think its also star wars night?
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 7, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit it is. You can’t write stuff this good.
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by regfairfield on Sep 7, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I would think Singles Night implies Star Wars night
@RB_GScott
by G.Scott on Sep 7, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
oooooooooh
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
it was going to be Homer night but they look at the rotation and Lilly wasn’t scheduled to pitch
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
This whole season is Homer Night. Frank is Odysseus, Divorce is Troy falling, the debtors are the mob chasing after the Dodgers while Frank is trying to get home safe.
@RB_GScott
by G.Scott on Sep 7, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Frank cannot be Odysseus, because as Kirk Douglas proved, Odysseus is the shit
We (the fans) are Odysseus and we find ourselves on this rosy fingered dawn still a long, long, way from home
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Delias asked about Sellers defense:
This was the Baseball HQ scouting report when he was brought up on Aug 12th:
Justin Sellers (SS, LAD)
To replace Dee Gordon on the active roster, the Dodgers selected the contract of the 25-year-old Sellers from Triple-A. Acquired from the Athletics in April ‘09, Sellers has broken out in the power department the last two seasons. Widely regarded as a light-hitting middle infielder, the right-handed hitter has hit 14 HR in both ’10 and ’11. He has a slight frame – 5’10 160 pounds – and consistently makes contact with a short, quick swing. He has a solid understanding of the strike zone and has a selective eye at the plate. Sellers offers defensive versatility in his ability to play the outfield corners and the middle infield. He has quick, soft hands and excellent range. He is a career .268/.356/.390 hitter in the minors. He was originally a 6th round selection in the ’05 draft.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Kind of cool we bought him for cash. How many minor leaguers have ever been purchased with cash and ended up having a major league career. I’d expect Sellers from this point on at least being a utility guy for the next five years.
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ned doing good work
with little money, again. Maybe the impending payroll reduction is a blessing in disguise.
Maybe he should only deal with the A’s
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
joke used to be that if Billy Beane called you, hang up. Maybe that only applies to everyone but Ned Colletti.
@RB_GScott
It was always a bad joke, Mr Beane has made more bad trades then good ones. An outfield of Cargo / Nelson Cruz / Andre Ethier
would sure beat Milton Bradley / Kieth Ginter / Michael Taylor
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he shouldn't hang up
after he gets the answer he wants.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
he got jack shit for Hudson, and Zito left for two 2007 draft picks who became Grant Desme and Sean Doolittle
@RB_GScott
In dealing Hudson/Mulder/ZIto he only ended up with Dan Haren which he parlayed into a gold mine but gave up part of the gold mine for Holliday who he totally failed on when he flipped him for Wallach who eventually was flipped for M Taylor.
Barton the ultimate Beane guy has been quite the failure.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
The joke was popularized BEFORE he made these moves
obviously he has sucked at being a GM as of late, but it seems disenginious to use only these moves to discuss this.
No it doesn’t, we are now talking five years, how much are we allowed to go back?
No one said he “sucked” just pointed out that he is nothing close to infallible. Sucked is your choice.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
the joke originated before the last 5 years
and I don’t think people have been saying that joke about him for quite awhile now.
He did convince someone to take Vin Mazzarro from him.
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by regfairfield on Sep 7, 2011 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
A 23 year old starter can’t crack the Royals rotation and gave up like 15 runs in an inning this year.
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by regfairfield on Sep 7, 2011 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Not being able to crack the Royals rotation is pretty damning.
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by regfairfield on Sep 7, 2011 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
the team that decided to give Franceour all that money
I meann, they don’t exactly make the best decisions.
Of course, but Mazzarro isn’t exactly beating down the door.
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by regfairfield on Sep 7, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
fwiw
I really like the Royals first four hitters. They must have like no pitching for them to be so bad.
They have co holder of the Royals record for most consecutive wins by a left handed starter.
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by regfairfield on Sep 7, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
bridge year
Next year Duffy will be better
Aaron Crow will move from the bullpen to the rotation and immediately become their best starter.
The infield is set for years with Hosmer, Gavy, Escobar, and Moustakas.
The outfield was solid in 2011, Melky delivered
I’m still bullish on them.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Nope but they will be competing with the other teams in the AL central soon enough.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
first four hitters
Gordon—.300/.375/.498
Cabrera—.300/.334/.466
Butler—.302/.375/.478
Hosmer—.288/.338/.463
right
using the last 5 years to discredit a joke that referenced stuff that happened before the last 5 years, is, well, silly.
Well we our research to show how he’s not, since you think preBeane was so brilliant why don’t you do yours and show us the trades he won pre 2005? No drafts, no free agent moves, trades where he made the other GM look silly?
He supposedly fleeced the Royals over Jeremy Giambi but I doubt he was laughing to much over that trade.
This is the one he gets a lot of love for:
January 8, 2001: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Oakland Athletics with A.J. Hinch to the Kansas City Royals. The Oakland Athletics sent Ben Grieve to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Cory Lidle to the Oakland Athletics. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Roberto Hernandez to the Kansas City Royals. The Kansas City Royals sent Johnny Damon and Mark Ellis to the Oakland Athletics.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Sucks that Boston was smart enough to lose more games so they had they higher pick.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Or maybe Billy should have taken him in the 7th round
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Instead of taking that other infamous walk machine Dan Johnson in the 7th
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Or the brilliiant
Austin Nagle in the 6th
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
or the equally talented
Jeff Bruksch in the fith
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
or the dynamo that was Marcus McBeth in the fourth
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
but who could forget
JT Stotts in the 3rd
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Certainly a number one draft pick of John Rheinicker trumps all those other stupid GM’s.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
don’t call me silly unless you plan to invest an hour backing it the fuck up.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
You haven't exactly refuted the logic
that I used. Using trades from the last 5 years to discredit that joke is like using Dunn’s 2011 to prove he was never any good to begin with.
this sounds like
a rant you’ve had brewing for a while. :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Beane became GM in 1998, since then the A’s have drafted: Zito, Swisher, Papelbon, Harden, Ethier twice, Street, Blanton, Kurt Suzuki, Ludwick, Cahill, Laird, Bailey, Zieler, Braden, Dan Johnson, Mike Leake, to name the more successful ones.
@RB_GScott
Are you giving him credit for drafting players he didn’t sign like Leake?
Because if you are the Dodgers have drafted and not signed the likes of David Price, Chase Utley.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Yeah, I give the Dodgers credit for drafting those players. Though IIRC, Price said he wouldn’t sign for anything, so that was a wasted pick if true and they get negative points.
@RB_GScott
It was in the 19th round. No real waste. Take the gamble to see if he has any flexibility in his position to go to college.
by Michael White on Sep 7, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Lee said the same thing, you can’t play that game both ways. Players change their money when money shows up as the dude in this draft showed when he told everyone not to draft him and then signed with the Pirates.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
On that note I think you can only take credit for players you drafted and signed.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I figure it’s hard enough to identify future major leaguers that drafting them, even if you don’t sign them, is a sign you have a good idea of how to evaluate talent. That being said, it’s far easier to evaluate good talent than middling talent you think might develop into something useful.
@RB_GScott
Agree completely
No credit unless the player is signed.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 7, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe they need to make it so players
can declare themselves ineliglble for the draft, and force teams to not draft them. Then the ones who are truly serious will withdraw. It won’t work, but /whistful sigh
hard slotting
will take care of it (maybe)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
i think picks should be assigned to teams. If you get drafted out of high school by the Reds but want to play college ball either to raise your value or for the college experience, fine. But when you’re ready to sign you can only negotiate with the Reds unless they trade your rights for a different pick, and get no compensation if you never sign.
@RB_GScott
So, I can make a vague movie reference and get it deleted, but you can make a slavery joke?
@RB_GScott
Seems different to me since mine was not a joke. Slavery is a term
1. (Law) the state or condition of being a slave; a civil relationship whereby one person has absolute power over another and controls his life, liberty, and fortune
which seems to match what you are suggesting.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
sounds like the Reserve Clause
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
The Reds have no reason to provide a strong monetary incentive for the draft pick to sign
by Michael White on Sep 7, 2011 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
For Lee, I guess you’d have a small worry that he’d stop playing baseball altogether. But guys like Kershaw and Lee, it’s not like they’ll just give up on MLB. You’ll eventually get that pay off and you can lowball them.
by Michael White on Sep 7, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry, this was supposed to say Kershaw and Price (not Lee)
by Michael White on Sep 7, 2011 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
sounds very much like the NBA. Except the NBA you have to renounce your amateur status to be able to be drafted, which i find silly and unfair.
@RB_GScott
sounds completely fair to me
either you are in or you are out, none of this, I won’t sign! Then signing anyways crap.
outside of baseball, sports labor practices mostly suck – but then again the special few that make it are handsomely rewarded so maybe it all evens out
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I find all drafts silly and unfair. It goes against all free market principles. Everyone should be free to negotiate with whoever they want.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
nah – the draft offers them protection
if they did that, they’d eventually empty the keg and the party would be over
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
it protects them from each other and themselves in terms of an arms race to end all arms races
arms races bankrupt eventually and bring downfall to powers over time
the draft is an arms limitation treaty signed by all participating nations
I am in a fucking weird mood today -but this works for me
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Shockingly the NL did not have much problem during the non draft years.
The Yankee’s are often pointed to as the team who abused the practice but I think that is a wifes tail. They raided the KC team for a good portion of their talent which would not be allowed in todays world. The Yankee’s and Red Sox have dominated the Japanese market but I would say the smarter low cost approach the Dodgers have accomplished with Nomo, Saito, Kuroda was much more productive.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I’d rather see smarter beat money, I’d rather 18 year old kids get to choose where they want to play. I’d rather a country who espouses free market’s allow individuals that same choice.
I don’t graduate from college with my MBA and get drafted into a Big firm, I pick and choose who I will work for. If I don’t like how that company handles it’s affairs I’m free to choose another. I find it ridiculous that athletes are not given the same choices simply because we are afraid of the competitive balance.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Its more like
deciding to go work for a company, and they tell you what city they want you to work in. You can’t consider all 30 teams truly seperate entities.
I hear you Nolander
but if that was the case, there would be a single wage scale across the organization and if that was the case bye bye anti-trust
no easy parallel -
I saw we burn our bras and draft cards in unison!!!
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
All I'm hearing here
is that thinking of MLB like traditional business is folly, so this whole draft discussion is silly. Oh no, don’t shoot me, I said something was silly.
Only the front runners
LeBron would have
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Fair concern. Soccer is a free market and you have no parity at the upper levels of European soccer.
by Michael White on Sep 7, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I am probably here philosophically
but it does make the teams competitors in a whole new way
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Sort of. But the NBA is set up so American amateurs only decalre for the draft once (like Nolander’s suggestion.) This would basically be like what happens with foreign players, except those players have the right to work professionally (and earn money) in the interim.
by Michael White on Sep 7, 2011 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Here's a what if for you
What if Beane took the Red Sox job?
No Theo the wonderboy
The A’s get Youkilis as compensation from Boston
DePo becomes A’s GM
Dodgers don’t get DePo, so they either keep Dan Evans or (more likely) get another state-dude GM, like Theo, who would be available. Maybe having people skills allows Theo to keep his job through any struggles in 2005. No Colletti.
Possibility of more Red Sox suffering
by Eric Stephen on Sep 7, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Scott Brosisus for Kenny Rogers
Jeff D’amico for Kevin Appier
Miguel Cairo for Eric Hinske
Eric Hinske for Billy Koch
Billy Koch for Keith Foulke
Luis Vizcaino for Justin Duscherer
Ray Durham for nothing
Jermaine Dye for nothing
Erubiel for nothing
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by regfairfield on Sep 7, 2011 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Michael Barrett for nothing that instantly turned into Damien Miller
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Sep 7, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Other than Appier all those guys were good for the A’s.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Sep 7, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
interesting… he seems like just the right kind of scrappy white guy that drunken cubs fans would make t-shirts of as they sit in the bleachers.
Shelley Duncan
of all people, with two two run home runs off of Verlander this morning
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
he had a good run
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
HE’S NOT A MACHINE! HE’S A MAN!!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Juan Uribe had surgery this morning
Steve Dilbeck has the details:
In the Dodgers’ brief announcement of the surgery they said:
“Juan will be able to start his rehab within the next two weeks and recovery is expected to be 6-8 weeks. It is anticipated that he will be ready to compete in spring training.’’
Awesome
Apparently the week I play my tournament in Arizona is also the AFL Reporting weekend.
@RB_GScott
Also
Bryce Harper and Mike Trout will be playing in the same outfield for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the AFL.
@RB_GScott
cool
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if he plays a lot in Sept if they change their minds. I could understand the decision back on Aug 1st when they were probably putting the names together, but it does seem strange now.
Did you see the ditty that the Angels are 18 – 4 when he plays?
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what is the tourney’s name and what age division
I think my league is sending a team and I am trying to see if I can swing it
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
the first sentence is a question – missing these???
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
If I go – I will be in old man / wood bat
which I think is a week later
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
How can you be in a World Series when your season hasn’t started yet?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
the work league team sends a team every year. it’s not so much a world series as that’s what NABA calls their tournament.
@RB_GScott
its awesome – you will have a great time
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
that’s what i’m hoping. we’ll be driving down Wednesday after work in time for games Thursday morning. I think I’ll get the Thursday 8am start so I won’t have to pitch in the heat.
@RB_GScott
you are like a factory worker in the 1920s who doesn’t have to work in the factory, just paid to play ball on the company team
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
mostly. They asked which game I wanted to start, and I told them if I started Thursday morning I could also start Sunday afternoon.
@RB_GScott
just be careful
when you’re hauling that nuclear waste :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Ringer
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
no wonder all the birds think he’s fly
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
for a white guy (guitar riff)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Game is called today. Bummer
RT @Dodgers: Today’s #Dodgers game has been called due to rain. A traditional double header will take place tomorrow at 1 p
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Wouldn't worry about this too much if it weren't for them going to San Francisco after DC and playing Friday
Hope Kershaw is still on track to pitch Friday.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
:(
so then the first game will be played as scheduled?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I assume so, which is what sucks. Because then Dodgers will have to fly across country much later.
oh well at least SF game on Friday is a night game.
So Billingsley and Eveland tomorrow?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Fedz
should start one of these games.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
And I would wonder again why Dodgers would not take advantage of extra roster space and call up
IDJ and Hoffmann or someone, to give them more depth for this long push here.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
maybe they want it
for the AA guys instead
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
once you are convinced that you know what you know, then the only point in those guys is filling out minor league rosters so you can learn about the guys you don’t know that you really know
know what I mean?
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
They have Velez on their roster, no matter how little you think of DeJesus or Hoffman they are still better options.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I just got off playing with the word Know
I think hoffman sucks
I feel for IDJ
Velez would struggle in my league I am fairly certain
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah that's more what I'm wondering
I’m not as concerned with those guys getting a look as I am having them around to spell the other guys when needed, since I know at least defensively that IDJ and Hoffmann are SOLID (as Eric Collins would say) and have shown they at least have some offensive competence which is more than we can say for poor Velez.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I'm not aware of too many things but I know what I know, if you know what I mean.
/new bohemian
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
first game was supposed to be at 10 am
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
eastern time
my old nemesis
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
“Traditional’ would mean immediately back to back, right?
by Michael White on Sep 7, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
traditional doubleheader. One game, 30 minutes, next game
by Eric Stephen on Sep 7, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
looking at the old illustrated Angels schedule I have
there’s one 1pm doubleheader scheduled, against “The Champs” Baltimore. But most of the scheduled doubleheaders were twi-night, starting at 6pm
by Josie Becker on Sep 7, 2011 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
The Dodger one I have
has none of the twi-night nonsense. Day games were at 1, Night games were at 8, and Day doubleheaders (they had five in 63) were at 1
by Josie Becker on Sep 7, 2011 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
as with lovely Ithaca
home is sweet home
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Loved Lilly’s take on Strasburg. From the Dylan Hernandez story:
But there was at least one player in the visiting clubhouse at Nationals Park who said he wasn’t impressed by the supposed once-in-a-lifetime pitching prospect.
.
“I think he’s someone that the Nationals should probably trade to us,” Ted Lilly said.
I'd MAYBE
take a flyer on the kid. Injury risk ya know? :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
get it done Ned!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 7, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I think we might have to get something else in return, those are so one-sided. We’ll take Adrian Gonzalez’ contract off their hands.
I mean, I hope he’s the next Bob Feller, because I think it’d be great for baseball to have a hall of fame talent with that hype playing in a mid-market and for the same team his whole career, but I worry for him that he might be Mark Prior.
@RB_GScott
If he was the next Bob Feller his career would already be pretty much done. His greatest work was done between 18 – 21
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
The only reason I did not ask the question re most games for a LA Dodger since 1958
I did not know if anyone would come up with Ted Sizemore without a lot of hints.
But a new question, since the first major expansion (1961), name the first year player who played in the most games. And no, it is not Albert Pujols who played in 161 games in his first season in 2001.
But the hint is that it did come after the DH rule was in place.
Seriously?
I did not know if anyone would come up with Ted Sizemore without a lot of hints.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I might have
other thing to remember, Phil is older than he looks
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 7, 2011 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m not sure how many games Eddie Murray played in 1977, but he is my guess.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 7, 2011 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
NFL Week 1 Maps
http://the506.com/nflmaps/2011/wk1.html
Take a look and find out the games you get this weekend.
it annoys me to no end that CBS treats LA like a secondary Charger market, but Fox doesn’t.
by Josie Becker on Sep 7, 2011 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
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