Comments for Dodger Thoughts http://www.dodgerthoughts.com Jon Weisman's outlet for dealing psychologically with the Los Angeles Dodgers and baseball. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Early morning linking song by Anonymous http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/2012/02/22/early-morning-linking-song/#comment-1761 Anonymous Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/?p=644#comment-1761  I would hope his spirituality does not conflict with his competitiveness.  I would hope his spirituality does not conflict with his competitiveness.

]]> Comment on Top o’ the lineup to ya by Ken Arneson http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/2012/02/21/top-o-the-lineup-to-ya/#comment-1760 Ken Arneson Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:59:00 +0000 http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/?p=592#comment-1760 FWIW, this web site is categorized, so if you don't want to see stuff in the "Life" category, just make the "Dodgers" category page your entrance to the site.  Each category has its own RSS feed; you just have to add /feed/ to the end of the category URL to access it. Example: http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/category/dodgers/feed/ FWIW, this web site is categorized, so if you don’t want to see stuff in the “Life” category, just make the “Dodgers” category page your entrance to the site.  Each category has its own RSS feed; you just have to add /feed/ to the end of the category URL to access it. Example: http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/category/dodgers/feed/

]]> Comment on Top o’ the lineup to ya by Linkmeister http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/2012/02/21/top-o-the-lineup-to-ya/#comment-1759 Linkmeister Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:38:00 +0000 http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/?p=592#comment-1759 In a different article at the Times, Kevin Baxter quotes Tommy Davis about the differences between spring training in his day and now: " It's tough to get injuries when you're drinking beer." Hear hear! In a different article at the Times, Kevin Baxter quotes Tommy Davis about the differences between spring training in his day and now: ” It’s tough to get injuries when you’re drinking beer.”

Hear hear!

]]> Comment on Early morning linking song by Anonymous http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/2012/02/22/early-morning-linking-song/#comment-1758 Anonymous Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:24:00 +0000 http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/?p=644#comment-1758 Nice to see Brent Leach back with the club - he is a good kid and very spiritual. I hope he can return to form. I always called him "Puff" because he would rosin up before every pitch and when he released the ball, there would be a huge puff of rosin dust in the air - haha! Nice to see Brent Leach back with the club – he is a good kid and very spiritual. I hope he can return to form. I always called him “Puff” because he would rosin up before every pitch and when he released the ball, there would be a huge puff of rosin dust in the air – haha!

]]> Comment on Early morning linking song by Jon Weisman http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/2012/02/22/early-morning-linking-song/#comment-1757 Jon Weisman Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:16:00 +0000 http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/?p=644#comment-1757 I've been up since 6, but mainly I just felt like posting that video. :) I’ve been up since 6, but mainly I just felt like posting that video. :)

]]> Comment on Top o’ the lineup to ya by Jon Weisman http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/2012/02/21/top-o-the-lineup-to-ya/#comment-1756 Jon Weisman Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:15:00 +0000 http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/?p=592#comment-1756  I kind of feel the same way.  I kind of feel the same way.

]]> Comment on Early morning linking song by Jack Dawkins http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/2012/02/22/early-morning-linking-song/#comment-1755 Jack Dawkins Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:14:00 +0000 http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/?p=644#comment-1755 Since this post arrived at 10 AM, all I have to say is that writers have a different definition of early morning than I do, but then I have only had jobs that work on NY time here in LA, or Navy time.  10 am is near lunch in my world! Since this post arrived at 10 AM, all I have to say is that writers have a different definition of early morning than I do, but then I have only had jobs that work on NY time here in LA, or Navy time.  10 am is near lunch in my world!

]]> Comment on Early morning linking song by Linkmeister http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/2012/02/22/early-morning-linking-song/#comment-1754 Linkmeister Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:09:00 +0000 http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/?p=644#comment-1754 We're having home renovations done and one of the construction laborers looks uncannily like Matt Kemp. I told him that (he said, "Who?"), he pulled out his smart phone, Googled Kemp, and agreed with me. Photographic evidence: http://linkmeister.com/wordpress/?p=7723 My fraternity teamed up with a sorority and wandered the campus streets in Tucson singing that song during Greek Week back in 1970 or '71. We’re having home renovations done and one of the construction laborers looks uncannily like Matt Kemp. I told him that (he said, “Who?”), he pulled out his smart phone, Googled Kemp, and agreed with me.

Photographic evidence: http://linkmeister.com/wordpress/?p=7723

My fraternity teamed up with a sorority and wandered the campus streets in Tucson singing that song during Greek Week back in 1970 or ’71.

]]> Comment on Top o’ the lineup to ya by Anonymous http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/2012/02/21/top-o-the-lineup-to-ya/#comment-1753 Anonymous Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:05:00 +0000 http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/?p=592#comment-1753 What better way to develop a leadoff hitter than to bat a guy with the physical profile of a leadoff hitter in the leadoff spot so he can learn and get better at all the things that make one a good leadoff hitter? If he doesn't get it after 2 seasons, then that's just a limitation of the player's skillset and then you redefine his role. I don't think batting him eight long term is a good strategy even though for 2012 it would make for the best lineup at producing runs. What better way to develop a leadoff hitter than to bat a guy with the physical profile of a leadoff hitter in the leadoff spot so he can learn and get better at all the things that make one a good leadoff hitter?

If he doesn’t get it after 2 seasons, then that’s just a limitation of the player’s skillset and then you redefine his role.

I don’t think batting him eight long term is a good strategy even though for 2012 it would make for the best lineup at producing runs.

]]> Comment on Top o’ the lineup to ya by Jack Dawkins http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/2012/02/21/top-o-the-lineup-to-ya/#comment-1752 Jack Dawkins Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:03:00 +0000 http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/?p=592#comment-1752 I wonder if the ones who complain also would complain about Jim Murray and his article about his blindness, or the farewell he wrote to his wife? I wonder if the ones who complain also would complain about Jim Murray and his article about his blindness, or the farewell he wrote to his wife?

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