Matthew

Nice shutout by Clayton Kershaw; Furcal hits a homer, Ethier looks like his swing is back, Casey Blake returned to the lineup this series, and the Dodgers are only 5.5 out and no one is going to run away with the division. They might put it together for a run after it's all said and done.

You'd think I would have watched that, but instead, I watched a totally pedestrian game between the Marlins & Dodgers

The Byrds: The Complete Columbia Album Collection. I think I'll get the Sam Cooke next, six albums appearing on US cd for the first time, sounds good.

I think you may be right. I just have such a hard time imagining how anyone could be a Dodger fan. Because the Dodgers are the greatest franchise in the history of baseball.... Can't be, the Cardinals have more W.S. titles than the Dodgers! Yankee titles don't count. Quantity does not equal quality.

I think you may be right. I just have such a hard time imagining how anyone could be a Dodger fan. Because the Dodgers are the greatest franchise in the history of baseball....

They also had the Complete Plugged Nickel at $89.00 recently -- nice to see the set back in print.

I think you may be right. I just have such a hard time imagining how anyone could be a Dodger fan. Yeah, I'm Dodger fan who's been interested in the Giants since going to their games while at school in Berkeley (who also follows the Mariners since I lived in a small town named Stanwood, WA for a couple of years, AND, out of hometown commitment, AND because I wasted my youth watching them, a semi-Padre fan.) On the Posey play: Too bad he got hurt, but I didn't see anything dirty or out-of-line about the play -- you see about twenty of those plays a year. I just hate to see any player get hurt on a play like that, and I hope Posey comes back full strength. My mother is devastated about her "boyfriend" (that is our nickname for Posey, she would call me to tell about any good play by him during a game). Edit: For Spelling

Mike Brown as the new Lakers coach? An unmitigated disaster. Lucky with the lockout, it won't matter in the least.

I'd add Every Grain Of Sand & Shooting Star.

Damn! I'm still here...

No idea what this specifically refers to... Refers to Matt Harrison going along swimmingly, like his head's in a good place, which means he's got his game all the way on, and then out of nowhere walking two and then throwing up a three run gopher ball, anf then immediately thereafter returning us to our regularly scheduled programming, like nothing ever happened. That was extra special because the gopher ball was hit by the 9th place hitter. There are some guys who are just famous for doing what you described, and yet I can't name a single one right now. The brain sometimes has a great way of forgetting pain. Madison Bumgarner pitches like that, goes along great, then BOOM, one inning kills him, so he's 0-6.

Sad news, indeed. Classy guy, well respected by everyone who met him.

I really don't follow. If you want the Heat to lose, why wouldn't doing it in 5 (or even 4) be better? Think ejp626 wants to check out the talent in Miami for the full three games there, just to make sure his HD tv is really working good... All I can ever see is a sea of white in Miami. Props to Chicago for not falling into this "let's all wear the some color" bs. That's okay in high school, but this is the NBA.

You have got to be kidding me? The Yankee front office is mad at Jeter, of all people, because of some innocuous comments he made about Posada? I'm no Yankee fan, but even I know that you don't treat either Posada or Jeter in such a condescending way. Sounds like some of these front office people don't realize that it's the players that win the games, not them.

I think this year, for both AL & NL, if you're above .500, you have a great shot at the playoffs, there doesn't seem to be any great teams out there right now. Now, if the Rangers had stayed healthy, they would be ten games in front by now, they were red hot at the start.

3 hours and 41 minutes to complete a nine inning game. These Yankee / Red Sox games are boring as heck to the rest of the non-East Coast world, thank goodness for basketball being on at the same time...

The Heat received a flat-out beatdown last night by the Bulls -- I loved every minute of it!

Happy Birthday!

Well, he's a master of disguise...

We have the Dodger / DBack game out here, in an empty Dodger Stadium *Yawn* I thank the heavens that I was able to miss Sarah Silverman & Joe Buck because the game out here was the Dodgers/DBacks. I don't even want to go to You Tube to hear how bad that must have been. I feel your pain for those who endured it -- now you know why the West Coast is the best coast, we miss stuff like that.

The Yankees are in bad shape, it doesn't look that anything is going to improve this season -- just my 2cents on your list: Managerial: I don't think anyone can do a better job than Girardi for the Yankees right now, I don't see how an ass kicker is going to improve anything, and on a veteran team, it usually counter productive; plus, I'm not a Valentine fan, at all. Position players: I don't see how ARod or Jeter can be bought out, the money for that would be staggering. It's obvious that Jeter has lost it, but still, let him get his 3,000 hit, and hope for a graceful retirement announcement at the end of the season. I agree that Jesus Montero needs to be called, the minors can do nothing for him now, so bring him up and see what he can do. Pitching: Agree on that. I don't see Garcia, Colon, Nova, or Chamberlin being in any future plans for the Yankees. Bite the bullet now, and get the younger pitchers some experience. As to the other aspects of your post: I would say it's obvious at this point that Cashman is out after this year, especially now that Posada basically said that Cashman threw him under the bus yesterday by making a statement during the game. In this, I would agree with Posada -- GM's should not do that to players, especially someone like Posada. There are two issues about the furture of the Yankees that will hold them back. First, the Steinbrenner's do not look like they're going to be patient about building up the Yankees through a farm system approach, and it will be interesting to see who they hire for a GM; whether it will be some puppet, or someone who will actually take charge of the origination. Secondly, and this might be the biggest problem for the Yankees, is that the practice now is for teams is to lock up their younger players for the last arbitration-years, and a for couple of years past. So, there will be less younger players that the Yankees can grab up in the next couple of years because the better players will be signed past their initial years. Still , money can cover up a multitude of mistakes, and with Pujols becoming a free agent next year, you just never know. It's clear that while Teixeira is a nice player, he's not one a team can hitch their wagon to, but if the Yankees could get him, you'd have an Pujols, Teixeira, ARod, batting order, and that might be very effective. How the Yankees will address their pitching problem is anyone's guess, but they're not going anywhere until they do.

We have the Dodger / DBack game out here, in an empty Dodger Stadium *Yawn*

Guess Posada threw a hissy fit when he found out he was batting ninth, was insulted -- sad when players can't see they're done. Press conference after the game should be interesting.

Bummer: No night game for the West Coast, latest game today starts at 4:30 PST. Dodgers look like they are slowly moving closer to the top, they're only 2.5 out. Since McCourt was kicked out, I'm actually enjoying Dodger baseball again; the Giants return to Dodger Stadium this week for a quick two-game series, should be interesting.

Even if the OKC Thunder win game seven Sunday, I think this whole Westbrook / Durant , whose-the-top-dog thing, is going to be their undoing, and I would not be surprised to see the Thunder implode Sunday either. Unfortunately, it looks like OKC will have to choose between Westbrook or Durant at some point.