....Its time to win some ballgames! Preferably starting tonight, against the Pirates, the worst pitching team in the NL.

An absolutely terrible call. It even woke up Joe Torre.

The Brooklyn Dodgers of the NFL, that is. While watching the pre-NFL Draft coverage on the NFL Network, an interview with Bill Belichick revealed an interesting anecdote that I was unfamiliar with:

Before the draft existed, college players could sign with any team they wanted, and while Hutson did sign a contract with Green Bay, he had also signed a contract with Brooklyn, and both contracts came to the NFL office at the same time. NFL president Joseph Carr declared that Hutson would go to Green Bay, as the Green Bay contract had an earlier date of signing.

The very next year was the first edition of the NFL Draft.

And I'm just not talking about the Dodgers. Coming into today, the teams with the 4 worst ERA in the NL were the Dodgers (5.55), the Brewers (5.65), the Nationals (6.29), and the Pirates (6.39). After tonight's games all these teams are .500 except the Nationals who are actually 8-7. At least the Dodgers, Brewers, and Nationals are in the top half of the NL in runs scored, but somehow the Pirates are .500 with the worst ERA and the third worst offense. Strange things going on in Pittsburgh....

I expect the Dodgers pitching to improve starting immediately with the addition of Belisario today and hopefully Kuo by the end of the weekend. Unfortunately, we are going to be stuck with Ramon Ortiz for a couple of more days. Still, I expect a 7 game winning streak starting with today's 14-6 win being the start of it. Only 6 more to go.

Also, Matt Kemp is a god among men.

Initially called a catch, this was reversed and resulted in a run for the Reds. Luckily it didn't have any influence on the game as they're currently holding a nice lead.

Ethier's home run ball was more important than the nachos in his hands. Click the image below to see the video.

In keeping with the theme started by The LFP and since we've had our very own encounters with the gestapo that roam the parking lots, I made this:

Via Plaschke Thy Sweater is Argyle

My question would be to the guy yelling out "Myspace!". Who still uses Myspace that isn't a 12-year-old girl or a pedophile going after 12-year-old girls?

You know who still has a Myspace, KK? Me. You wanna know why? Because I lost access to the email address that it's tied to so I can't delete it. To this day, it still says I'm into dark poetry, The Smiths, and it's covered with sparkly cholo gifs saying "smile now, cry later".

As for the video, my favorite part is when they yell for security to put the guys sandals back on. As if the sandals were a symbol of the aggressee's ever shrinking dignity in the midst of getting pounded by 15 dudes. Wait...that didn't come out right.

Watching the Dodgers bullpen right now is excruciating-Broxton excluded (we need Kuo and Belisario ASAP) so I tried to distract myself by following the Kings first playoff game in 7 years.

Despite a great effort from goalie Jonathan Quick in his playoff debut (41 saves on 44 shots) the Kings ended up losing in overtime 3-2, in a heartbreaking loss. Just a minute before the game winning goal, Vancouver goalie Robert Luongo did this to deny the Kings the win:



What. An. Asshole.

Only my favorite basketball announcer, Gus Johnson, can describe this feeling:

Sometimes friends do cool things, and other times friends make cool things. My friends both make and do cool things for a company they named Royal Prospects. At one time part of a smaller but similar project I jumped ship due to a type of designer writers block. While I had the technical skill to work the tools, I lacked the constant flow of creativity. An innate trait they both share.


Fast forward to the present, and you have a collection of inspired clothing ranging from iconic imagery for an 80s baby like myself, to a modern hip-hop style and I don't mean the stuff you hear on the radio.

I've been told they'll soon be working on a Dodgers themed lineup so if you're interested you can follow them on facebook, or their website.

Before today's game, Fox Sports ran an intro narrated by our very own Vin Scully. I thought it was nice so I grabbed it and uploaded it below:

I laughed hard mostly because of the contagious laughter in the background.



Dude had diarrhea, a heart attack, coughing, and dehydration. Just a mild case of ebola I suppose. Nothing some Pepto and Robitussin can't fix.

In what looked like the insurance run in tonight's game, this monstrous home run from Matt Kemp seemed to lock things up.


I didn't count on Sherrill though :(

I'm usually not one to judge somebody's taste in music, but I have to draw the line at Miley Cyrus...

Elbow injuries suffered by pitchers in Major League Baseball occur frequently and result in tens of millions of dollars in losses each season, representing the money that must be paid in salaries to pitchers who cannot perform due to injury.

To address this issue, three Northeastern University engineering students have developed a data-logging uniform shirt for pitchers that can help prevent elbow injuries while providing an electronic analysis of pitching mechanics.

Via Gizmodo

I've already bought myself one of these  to determine fatigue for those times I'm alone...when I'm working out...Yeah, that's it, working out.

The prophecy is taking shape...

Not the best of Opening Day for the Dodgers. Padilla wasn't good at all, the defense looked shaky, and George Sherill got rocked again (although it looked like the ump was missing some calls for him according to ESPN gamecast). At least the Dodgers offense showed that it is still going to be good, and Carlos Monasterios actually looked pretty good in his MLB debut. Still, I'm going to blame this loss squarely on Ferio for forgetting to put up his 'Dilla time gif before the game.

After a brief visit with his local psychic and drug dealer, L-Ram has come up with 10 predictions for the year. Each more ridonkulous than the last.

1) It will not take Russell Martin until June 20th to hit his 1st HR this year.

2) Juan Pierre is going to hit .300 with 100 runs scored and 60 stolen bases, but his OBP is going to be .310

3) Matt Kemp is going to be a 30/30 player this year

4) Charlie Haeger is going to win 10 games this year

5) Chad Billingsley is going to finish in the top 3 of NL Cy Young voting

6) James Loney is going to hit 20 HR’s this year

7) The Dodgers are going to win the NL West and Colorado will get the Wild Card

8) Jonathan Broxton will not blow a save in the NLCS against the Phillies this year.

9) The Dodgers will beat the Phillies this year and make it to their first World Series in 22 years.

10) The Yankees will sweep the Dodgers in the World Series.

My Dodger game boycott begins today so I'll be fasting, and refusing to attend any Dodger games, no matter how enticing, until Frank sells the team. Wish me luck!