Do NOT fuck around with Jerry Hairston.

“There’s only one man you gotta please, and it’s the one upstairs. People even hated God and Jesus. That’ll tell you what all the critics do.”

“A guy hitting 50-60 homers … that’s great, but that still leaves him with 500-some at-bats when he isn’t hitting them. So the home run is great, but just the chances of it happening aren’t that great.”

From one of my favorite blogs, Tommy Lasorda’s World (emphasis mine):
Here we are, coming down the stretch, and what a season it has been. We had an average April, a great May, slumped a bit before the trading deadline as Ned Colletti and his staff made some outstanding moves and now, as we hold […]

Congratulations to Bud Selig on the most horrible idea of all time.

Travis Hafner hit a grand slam today. It was his fifth so far this year. Only 3 other players in the history of major league baseball have hit 5 grand slams in a season. We aren’t even at the All-Star break yet. This is amazing.
What’s even more amazing (and retarded) is […]

Before I moved to L.A. I just didn’t know how awesome it was to listen to a great announcer like Vin Scully. I’m watching the Dodgers-Giants game right now and Vin was just talking about a Giant who’s been moving back and forth between the San Francisco and their AAA team:
He may not know […]

I’m sure you already know about this, but crazy video blog Splideo has launched some awesome new features. Yes, you can now find stupid YouTube videos on Splideo and watch them without ever leaving the site! IT’S FUCKING AMAZING!!!!!!

The Bloggy Lasorda crew made it out to a couple of Dodger games this weekend to watch Jim Tracy’s Pittsburgh Pirates make some progress on what is now a 12 game losing streak (tying a franchise record set in 1939!).
We left Saturday night’s 7-0 blowout in the middle of the eighth (hey, it’s L.A.). […]

From pirates.mlb.com: Jim Tracy wants to diffuse the Pirates’ losing mentality.
I’m no expert, but it seems like the simplest way to “change an atmosphere of losing that has engulfed [a] team for close to 14 seasons” would be to WIN BASEBALL GAMES. So how the fuck is Jim Tracy going to help anyone?