Let's Go Dodgers!

Not totally Dodgers relevant but they are playing at fenway this year so I thought I’d post this image of Fenway Park that Daniel Danger did for the upcoming “Greatest Moments In Sports History” poster show at Gallery 1988 Los Angles. Should be a great show.

(via OMGposters)

The Golden Baseball League (GBL) announced today that the Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired the contracts of INF Dustin Yount from the Tucson Toros and OF Sergio Pedroza from the Victoria Seals.

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—	Golden Baseball League Random facts: Dustin’s the son of Robin and joins cousin Austin in camp. Oh, and Seth Etherton is in minor league camp as well. (via diamondleung) Golden Baseball League?! Robin Yount’s kid?! So many things I was unaware of! There’s an OC team!

There’s been a lot of anger about not being able to get Yankees/Dodgers tickets unless you buy a ticket plan. Personally I don’t care, I have a season ticket. But If I didn’t I still wouldn’t care, teams have used the “buy a plan to guarantee tickets for Opening Day” method forever and this is no different. Who cares? Fuck the Yankees. I’m 100 times more excited for Bobble head nights! Andre Ethier .. Finally! This should have been the fourth bobble last year instead of 2 ManRam heads.

My favorite comment from outraged fans.
“I remember just a couple years back the Dodgers still had $6 Top Deck seats. All of a sudden, the price has doubled to $12. I wonder if this organization even realizes they’ve made it impossible for a huge segment of their fans to even attend games, including myself.”

You can afford 6 dollars but not 12?! Shit i guess you’re really chipping into the kids college fund there eh? Where else can you see a sporting event for 12 dollars? That’s a movie and popcorn.. That is less than the Grizzlies/Isotopes MINOR LEAGUE game I went to.
I may have come off as a fanboy arguing with them, but I am a fanboy. I don’t like the McCourts either, but their ticket prices and ticket selling schemes aren’t any different than any other team. We still have the cheapest season ticket in baseball!

(photo via VinScullyIsMyHomeboy by way of DodgertownUSA )

You guys should all point your RSS readers to The Left Field Pavilion.

Also check out the main page The LFP

Bring back the beard!

Still no beard.
(AP Photo)

Pitchers and Catchers have started working out and talking to the media!

• Vinente Padilla wants to put his shooting incident behind him. (duh)

• Reporting early with many other position players, Manny Ramirez told the press this would be his last year in LA. (phew)

• Troncoso gave Gagne back number 38, confident he’d get it back again come April. (rimshot)

• SF Giants are bringing back high socks with stripes, and the Padres are bringing back the Vintage Brown and Yellow (on Thursday home games anyway.) Dodgers lets see some more high socks and tight pants this year! (via DodgersDesignGuy)

It’s 11 Days till the first Spring Training game. I’m PUMPED!

Deal with Eric "Game Over" Gagne is official »

Mike Scioscia’s Tragic Illness explains better than I can why we most likely wont ever see him pitching at Dodger Stadium again. That is, unless Bud Selig makes PED’s legal.

Gagne looking to return to Dodger Blue

It’s not April 1st yet right? Really? Dude’s arm is all sorts of busted. I mean I guess taking a cheap look couldn’t hurt but at the most he’d be replacing Will Ohman.

Kate wearing her Valentines present from me. At the Rose Bowl swap meet.

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In the sports category 6 People have recommended the Phillies tumblr … nobody has recommended the Dodgers. I just wanted you guys to know you are letting the Phillies win.

(via Inside the Dodgers)

harpermd:

I’ve been getting through this long Wednesday by thinking about baseball and specifically Dodgers baseball. This is probably the third time I’ve tumbl’d the Scully call for this play, but everything about why I love baseball is in this clip.

I remember last year after Manny’s pinch hit grand slam on his own bobble head night there were people trying to rank that up there with this moment. Very few at bats in the history of baseball come close to this one, and lets face it… a lot of that is owed to Mr. Scully. The build up describing Gibson’s injuries, the analysis, the home run call, and then most importantly … the silence. Listening to the crowd go nuts with no commentary what so ever as Gibson limps around the bases and is greeted by his teammates and then… “In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened!” There are many people that could have done what Gibson did, but there is nobody, and I mean NOBODY that could have done it better than Vin. A moment that will never be forgotten by Dodger fans, baseball fans, and especially Eckersley.

Tommy & Fernando’s mariachi band - Via Tommy’s Twitter

Residents of Los Angeles : We have it pretty good. I spent a little time checking out season ticket plans for rest of the MLB teams today and came up with some interesting facts.

• Our full season Top Deck plan ($332 dollars) is the second cheapest full season plan in baseball. The Atlanta Braves come in first with a plan that is $249 Dollars. However it is nowhere near as close to the action as our Top Deck. The Pirates are a close 3rd with a $399 dollar plan

• Most teams lowest price plan is 700-1200 dollars.

• The Cubs only have a waiting list, the Red Sox know that nobody is dumb enough to even try to get on a waiting list because they’ll be dead before their number is called, and the Yankees have season tickets but wont give out the info or let you buy them anymore.

• When you buy season tickets for the Giants you get to meet any player you want on the 2010 roster at some point during the season.

• The Reds have the best mini plan name - “Baker’s Dozen”, you know… cuz their manager is Dusty Baker.

So there you have it. Dodgers top deck is the best deal in baseball as far as I’m concerned. This will be my second year having a full plan, and probably not my last.

I had this great post all saved with a bunch of Dodgers links for you to enjoy, but it didn’t save in my queue. So I am going to post this story by Vin Scully Is My Homeboy. Roberto posted his account of seeing Barry Bonds at the Dodgers caravan last week, and it has been picked up by Yahoo and Deadspin. Pretty Impressive!