The Trolley Dodger

The Times has a write-up on the Carne Asada Sunday event (covered on Trolley Dodger last month), providing a few details I was wondering about.

The mariachi band was from Baldwin Park’s Guadalajara Grill.

That was his family there:

Garciaparra was joined by his grandmother, parents Ramon and Sylvia, and sisters Yvette and Monique. (Garciaparra’s wife, former soccer star Mia Hamm, usually comes too, but she’d kept the couple’s year-old twin daughters at home during the heat wave.)

Hey, and LA Times video, too.

Lots of good details on how to make your own, including a full recipe to serve 16:

At the stadium, the carne asada is served with corn tortillas, pico de gallo, tomatillo sauce, chopped onions, chopped cilantro, grilled whole serrano chiles and slices of lime.

If I hadn’t just gotten back from the dentist this afternoon, I would be all over that right about now. :)

I’ve seen the American League’s All-Star Game victory last night referred to as their “continued dominance” of the National League, since it’s been over a decade since the last NL win.

Let’s be honest, though. The only dominance in evidence last night was Dan Uggla’s dominating three errors and 0-4, 3K, GIDP, 6 LOB line. Yikes.

Never mind that. Russell Martin surely was, as the marveling Joe Buck put it, a “magician” behind the dish last night. And how about that eight-pitch battle versus the vaunted Mariano Rivera? What a showcase of our young catcher — a true All-Star performance.

So since we should forgive Juan Pierre his shortcomings due to a ring in a box, shouldn’t we trust Joe Torre’s brand of baseball instead of the Angels’?

After all, Torre has won four rings as a manager.

I probably shouldn’t try to apply logic to this.

That was freakin’ nerve wracking!

I blame whoever was directing the Fox PrimeTicket broadcast for jinxing Kuroda, as they didn’t switch back to the usual behind-the-pitcher camera for that 2-2 pitch to Teixeira. ;)

Congrats to Hiroki on the nearly perfect game, Nomar on the beautimous 2-run jack (not to mention Delwyn “Pee-Wee” Young on his bullpen catch of that homer), Blake DeWitt and Angel Berroa on flashing the leather, and the Dodgers on at last tying the pesky Diamondbacks.

Saw the headline “Dodgers need to play the Angels’ brand of ball” linked in one of the RSS feeds for latimes.com. My brows knitted into a frown as I clicked.

I should have known. Now that the Lakers are done, and not counting occasional distractions like Candace Parker dunks and Baron Davis sightings, the Dodgers will become the main target of the LA Times one-two punch: Plaschke and Simers.

So my question is: when Plaschke inevitably breaks yet another Return key, does he have it repaired, or does he just buy a whole new keyboard?