Vacuum Energy (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The upcoming film "Avatar" is going to have an alien language even more geeky than Klingon : The Na'vi language in Avatar isn't just a collection of pretty sounds. It's an actual language, constructed by a USC linguistics professor, complete with its own grammar and syntax. He talks language creation, and explains how Na'vi compares with Klingon. As part of his worldbuilding for Avatar, James...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
More photos » by Ed Andrieski - AP Blake and DeWitt are two of seven players currently on the 40-man roster who have links to Dodgers past. Browse more photos » Major league 40-man rosters were set last Friday in preparation for the upcoming Rule 5 draft in two weeks. With the free agency period just starting, there are many open spots on rosters throughout baseball. The Dodgers , for instance,...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Josh Rawitch set up a Q&A session with Dodger Assistant GM, Player Development, DeJon Watson. For those unfamiliar with DeJon he's a local boy who starred in baseball and football at Santa Monica High School and was drafted in the 3rd round of the 1985 draft by the Royals . He never advanced above A ball and turned to a career in scouting. He quickly moved up the scouting ranks and was the Cincinnati...
Memories Of Kevin Malone (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
This post isn't analysis based at all, it's just a list of players that are either under contract or under team control for 2010. It's basically the final step before I release the offseason plan. Hiroki Kuroda|13 Million Juan Pierre|10 Million Rafael Furcal|8.5 Million Casey Blake|6 Million Blake DeWitt|0.41 Million (Estimate) Clayton Kershaw|0.405 Million (Estimate) Ramon Troncoso|0.405 Million (Estimate)...
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The 2009 AFL Rising Stars game rosters are listed below for those of you who get the chance to see some of the best prospects in MLB in one game tonight at 8:15 on the MLB Network. Unfortunately, the Nationals pitching prospect Stephen Strasburg will not be making the start in this one with a "sore neck". What timing. But you will get the chance to see Buster Posey, Starlin Castro, Josh Vitters,...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
1 Chat and Vote Chris Withrow 2 Chat and Vote Dee Gordon 3 Chat and Vote Scott Elbert 4 Chat and Vote Ivan DeJesus 5 Chat and Vote Ethan Martin 6 Chat and Vote Andrew Lambo 7 Aaron Miller 8 Chat and Vote Josh Lindlbom 9 Chat and vote Trayvon Robinson 10 Chat and vote Nathan Eovaldi 11 Xavier Paul 12 Chat and vote Garrett Gould 13A Allen Webster 13B Kyle Russell 15 Dead heat after two votes so they...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
1 Chat and Vote Chris Withrow 2 Chat and Vote Dee Gordon 3 Chat and Vote Scott Elbert 4 Chat and Vote Ivan DeJesus 5 Chat and Vote Ethan Martin 6 Chat and Vote Andrew Lambo 7 Aaron Miller 8 Chat and Vote Josh Lindlbom 9 Chat and vote Trayvon Robinson 10 Chat and vote Nathan Eovaldi 11 Xavier Paul 12 Chat and vote Garrett Gould 13 14 15 Dead Heat between Webster and Russell with Lucas May getting some...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
1 Chat and Vote - Chris Withrow 2 Chat and Vote - Dee Gordon 3 Chat and Vote - Scott Elbert 4 Chat and Vote - Ivan DeJesus 5.Chat and Vote - Ethan Martin 6.Chat and Vote - Andrew Lambo 7. Aaron Miller 8. Chat and Vote - Josh Lindlbom 9. Chat and vote - Trayvon Robinson 10. Chat and vote - Nathan Eovaldi 11. Xavier Paul 12. Chat and Vote Garrett Gould Garret Gould wins the vote for number 12 quite easily...
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
I was listening to Christopher Russo's Maddog Radio show last Friday on my drive home, and he mentioned that he was talking to the Giants radio announcer Jon Miller off air during the Phillies - Yankees game. Miller told Maddog that he had talked to the scout that signed Matt Weiters. The same scout said when he saw Buster Posey play, he thought Weiters was special, but Posey would be TWICE the player...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
1 Chat and Vote - Chris WIthrow 2 Chat and Vote - Dee Gordon 3 Chat and Vote - Scott Elbert 4 Chat and Vote - Ivan DeJesus 5.Chat and Vote - Ethan Martin 6.Chat and Vote - Andrew Lambo 7. Aaron Miller 8. Chat and Vote - Josh Lindlbom 9. Chat and vote - Trayvon Robinson 10. Chat and vote - Nathan Eovaldi 11. Xavier Paul It took two different votes but Nathan Eovaldi holds off Xavier Paul to win the...
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The AFL was back at it on Monday with the Nationals Stephen Strasburg highlighting the performances with a solid 5 inning 6 strikeout performance. Let's take a look at the rest of the AFL action: Russ Mitchell, 1B, LAD-1-5 (.351) Jordan Danks , OF, CHW-2-5, 2 RS, RBI (.389) Andrew Lambo , OF, LAD-3-5, 2B (.423) Lucas May , C, LAD-3-4, RS, HR, 3 RBI (.297) Domonic Brown , OF, PHI-2-4, RS (.271) Jose...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
1 Chat and Vote - Chris WIthrow 2 Chat and Vote - Dee Gordon 3 Chat and Vote - Scott Elbert 4 Chat and Vote - Ivan DeJesus 5.Chat and Vote - Ethan Martin 6.Chat and Vote - Andrew Lambo 7. Aaron Miller 8. Chat and Vote - Josh Lindlbom 9. Chat and vote - Trayvon Robinson Come on down Trayvon Robinson. Quite a jump for the non-entity at the beginning of the year to the number nine prospect beating out...
Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
HEALTH Minister Paul Lucas may have been kept in the dark about serious medical shortcomings at the Bundaberg Hospital despite past lessons.
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Last year the Dodger prospects in the AFL were a big bore as they did nothing to make me want to write about them. 2009 is a different story, not only did we send Trayvon Robinson and Aaron Miller to the AFL but last years boys Lambo, May, and Mitchell are kicking Arizona butt. Before we take a look at how they are doing read Kensai's excellent take on the Dodger prospects involved in the AFL. Russell...
CinemaSpy (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
This might just be the biggest news story of the week, if it turns out to be true...which it probably isn't. The folks over at MarketSaw are reporting that George Lucas may be considering an entirely new 'Star Wars' trilogy in 3-D...and are postulating that the technological wizardry that James Cameron has wrought with Avatar is the motivating force. MarketSaw claims that this information is from...
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