CHECK WESTERN UNION FOR DODGERS' DEALS.Byline: KEVIN MODESTI What a fun offseason baseball fans are having, in other places. Word sifts down to us from the big cities about trades and signings and rumors that set hearts there fluttering. Meanwhile, here in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , we pass the time on our front-porch swings whittling Whittling is the art of carving shapes out of raw wood with a knife. Whittling is typically performed with a light, small-bladed knife, usually a pocket knife. Specialised whittling knives are available as well. . In Phoenix and Milwaukee, they're excited about Monday's nine-man trade that sent the towering first baseman Richie Sexson Richmond Lockwood Sexson (born December 29, 1974 in Portland, Oregon) is an American baseball player who currently plays for the Seattle Mariners. Standing at 6 feet 8 inches tall, he is currently one of the tallest overall players in MLB, and the tallest position player in MLB to the Diamondbacks and a raft of young players to the Brewers. Thank heavens for the invention of the computer, allowing Dodgers fans to experience vicariously the heat of the hot-stove league via the Internet. In Boston, they're abuzz about Curt Schilling Curtis Montague (Curt) Schilling (born November 14, 1966 in Anchorage, Alaska) is an American Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He has won World Series championships in 2001 with the Arizona Diamondbacks and in 2004 with the Red Sox, and is agreeing to go to the Red Sox in a trade from Arizona. Let's see Let's See was a Canadian television series broadcast on CBC Television between September 6, 1952 to July 4, 1953. The segment, which had a running time of 15 minutes, was a puppet show with a character named Uncle Chichimus (voice of John Conway), which presented each Don Zimmer In New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of they're waiting for Gary Sheffield
Gary Antonian Sheffield (born November 18, 1968 in Tampa, Florida) is a Major League Baseball designated hitter and outfielder for the Detroit Tigers. to go to the Yankees as a free agent. The best rivalry in the game grows richer and richer. Thank heavens for the invention of the television set, so Dodgers fans can take in the spectacle from our shacks in the outskirts. In Chicago it's Gold Glove first baseman Derrek Lee Derrek Leon Lee (born September 6, 1975 in Sacramento, California) is a first baseman in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Chicago Cubs and has since 2004. From 1997 through 2003, Lee played with the San Diego Padres (1997) and Florida Marlins (1998-2003). going to the Cubs in a trade with Florida that has them talking; in Philadelphia it's fire-balling reliever Billy Wagner arriving in a trade with Houston, and in the nearby metropolis of Anaheim it's the promising right-hander Kelvim Escobar signing with the Angels. Thank heavens for the invention of the transistor radio, so Dodgers fans can maintain a connection to such a world. In Oakland and San Francisco, they greet the chilly mornings with optimism, wondering what sorts of miracles the A's and Giants' front offices will pull off this winter to keep those teams in the playoffs. Thank heavens for the invention of the newspaper, so Dodgers fans can ease into dreamland dream·land n. 1. An ideal or imaginary land. 2. A state of sleep. Noun 1. dreamland - a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination dreamworld, never-never land after the sidewalks roll up each night reading of the genius of Billy Beane and Brian Sabean. In all the hoity-toity towns around the major leagues, they mingle at their fancy parties, yakking about the deals their ball clubs just made or are about to make to stay in or get into contention for the World Series. Thank heavens for the invention of the telephone The history of the invention of the telephone is a confusing claim and counterclaim, further worsened by the lawsuits which hoped to resolve the patent claims of individuals. , so Dodgers fans can call up their big-city cousins and hear them describe their fascinating lives. It's not that we've forgotten this thrilling item in the ``Transactions'' columns two weeks ago: ``'Los Angeles Dodgers: Agreed to terms with P Tom Martin on a two-year contract.'' But so silent have the Dodgers been lately that one might worry the franchise, in limbo between two owners since the Fox people agreed to sell to Frank McCourt, has gone out of business and forgot to say anything. They insist the pending sale is not complicating the economics of the job for general manager Dan Evans and expect the market for players to shake loose in the next couple of weeks, after Sunday's deadline for teams to offer salary arbitration to their free agents and during the Dec. 12-15 winter meetings in New Orleans. They also know that with Lee and Sexson off the shelf, after Evans took runs at each, upgrading first base from Fred McGriff will be hard, never mind filling the outfield in the wake of Brian Jordan. If they had to field a lineup tonight, I'm afraid they'd be suiting up Manny Mota in left. C: Paul Lo Duca Paul Anthony Lo Duca (born April 12, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York) is a catcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the New York Mets. Previously, Lo Duca played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1998-2004) and Florida Marlins (2004-2005). , or David Ross; 1B: Mike Kinkade, or Shawn Green, or Lo Duca, or you; 2B: Alex Cora, or Cesar Izturis; 3B: Adrian Beltre; SS: Izturis, or you; LF: Mota, or you; CF: Dave Roberts; RF: Green, unless he's at first base, in which case it's you. Needing new impact players at first, in left, (ideally) at short and (in a perfect world) in center, and mindful of controlling their payroll, the second-place Dodgers need to pick out some diamonds in the rough. Nick Johnson? Jason Phillips? Carlos Pena? Randall Simon? Jose Guillen? Carlos Lee? Brad Wilkerson? Craig Monroe? We're just tossing out names here while waiting for Aunt Bea to call us to supper. The trouble is that the last time the L.A. front office outsmarted the city slickers, acquired a young position player from another team, and had him give the Dodgers the best years of a notable major-league career, probably was back in 1976 when they traded to get a blossoming Dusty Baker from Atlanta. The Dodgers can't wait another 27 years before they do it again. They can't even wait all winter. |
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