http://www.trolleydodger.com It's time for Dodger baseball! Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:34:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Saw the headline ["Dodgers need to play the Angels' brand of ball"](http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-plaschke4-2008jul04,0,358919.column?track=rss) 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 ... http://www.trolleydodger.com/2008/07/03/the-return-of-bill-plaschke/ If Shawn Chacon had been in just about any other line of work, he would talking to the police right now, not [waiting around](http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080630&content_id=3035032&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou) to see if he gets an extra million bucks. > "The fact that the argument took a physical turn, on Shawn's behalf, it was obviously inappropriate," [Chacon's ... http://www.trolleydodger.com/2008/07/01/unsurprisingly-chacon-clears-waivers/ Carlin grew up a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, and he talks baseball memories on Kiner's Korner in 1989. [Via Bronx Banter](http://bronxbanter.baseballtoaster.com/archives/1031116.html) http://www.trolleydodger.com/2008/06/26/george-carlin-talks-about-his-dodger-memories/ **LA Phil Presents - July 4th Fireworks Spectacular: A Ball at the Bowl with the LA Dodgers – Wednesday, July 2 - 4, 2008 at the Hollywood Bowl** Featured Artists: * Los Angeles Philharmonic * Randy Newman, special guest Have a ball on the 4th of July with America’s favorite pastime! The Dodgers ... http://www.trolleydodger.com/2008/06/25/dodgers-at-the-hollywood-bowl/ Baseball and Football: [RIP George](http://www.celsius1414.com/node/1742) http://www.trolleydodger.com/2008/06/23/the-object-is-to-go-home-and-to-be-safe/ When we missed Nomar's Carne Asada Sunday last season, I was determined to buy tickets this year before they vanished. Luckily, it worked out, and today was the day. First of all, the Dodgers [beat the Indians](http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080622&content_id=2987110&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=la), so we were already in a good mood. But whatever the final score of ... http://www.trolleydodger.com/2008/06/23/nomars-carne-asada-sunday/ From one of my favorite photo blogs* yesterday came this cool shot of Sandy Koufax icing his arm after a game in 1965 (click to view larger): \* The awesomely titled ["If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats"](http://tsutpen.blogspot.com/) http://www.trolleydodger.com/2008/06/17/koufax-on-ice/ LA Kings Derek Armstrong tossed out the first pitch a few days ago at Dodger Stadium, and here's the video from the Kings website: And while we're on the subject, the Kings announced that coach Marc Crawford is [not coming back next season](http://kings.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=365607). http://www.trolleydodger.com/2008/06/10/derek-armstrong-first-pitch/ Andre Ethier has posted the first review at his "Dining with 'Dre" blog, on ["Shabu Hachi"](http://diningwithdre.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/06/shabu_hachi.html), a Japanese restaurant in Santa Monica ([website](http://www.shabuhachi.com/)). I was happily surprised to find a full-blown review with photos that would do any blogger proud. ;) And the ultimate test for any food blog -- ... http://www.trolleydodger.com/2008/06/10/dining-with-dre-shabu-hachi/ The Daily Mirror blog has yet another cool historical Dodgers moment, today from June 1st, 1968 (a mere 40 years ago). Don Drysdale was going for an NL record [five shutouts in a row](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2008/06/wild-record-for.html), and to add to the fun it was against the Giants: > The Giants loaded the ... http://www.trolleydodger.com/2008/06/01/don-drysdale-and-five-shutouts-in-a-row/