The Trolley Dodger

Congratulations to the Los Angeles Lakers on their winning the 2009 NBA championship!

Let’s hope this bodes well for our boys in blue this Fall. :)

I ordered one of these Sony voice recorders to use at tonight’s game — if it works, I’ll edit audio and post it afterwards.

This is cool — it has a USB plug hidden in the bottom, so you can just pop it into your computer and pull off MP3 files. :)

Ever since I found the above 1968 photo of two reporters playing Scrabble in the Dodger Stadium press box, I have wondered how they pass the time nowadays, and whether that Scrabble board is still around somewhere. Lucky me, I’ll have a chance to see in person at tomorrow’s Dodgers-Phillies game, thanks to the team and their reaching out to local bloggers.

A number of folks (Sons of Steve Garvey, True Blue LA, Blue Heaven, et al.) have taken a turn this past month, and on Thursday it’s my opportunity to sit in the Vin Scully press box, go on the field, interview anybody who will talk to me, and generally attempt to stay out of everyone’s way.

I am so far resisting the urge to track down my fedora and stick a “Press” card in the hatband. ;)

More details tomorrow.

Photo: “Los Angeles Dodgers game viewed over the shoulders of two reporters playing Scrabble, 1968.” Los Angeles Times photographic archive, UCLA Library. Copyright Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library. Photo ID: uclalat1429b614_239325

Congrats to the LA Lakers, 2009 Western Conference Champs. Four more wins, and that’s it.

ESPN.com really must not like hockey.

Seriously. Soccer and College Football before the NHL? I guess ESPN pays lip service to Soccer since 4 billion people on Earth like it, but what the heck is College Football even doing on there in May? Yikes.

Curious, I checked out SI.com. Even worse!

First of all, College Football is before MLB and NBA, then frickin’ College Basketball and Golf are before the NHL. Golf?!

For the sake of completeness, here’s FoxSports.com:

Never thought I see day when Fox was more reasonable than the other guys, but there’s the evidence.