YouTube: Baseball Boogie

Big League Stew was able to corner a few of the former 1986 Dodgers recently to ask about the famous video. You gotta check it out. It's has some great quotes.

On Hershiser, Ken Howell said,

"Well, his name is Orel, so come on, what do you expect? When I look back at that video, I think, "What move was he really trying to make?" He was dancing like he had roaches in his pockets."

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Weekly Blog Kiosk 3/9/2008

This weeks favorite places to visit.

• Peggy has some great photos from Spring Training 2008.

• Mark Timmons of LA Dodger Talk is headed for Vero. I can't wait to see your pics.
  
• Cardboard Junkie reminds me of a book I've been meaning to read: Ball Four. Does anyone else have a Spring ritual like his?
• Dodger Sims studies Dodger steals.

  Ok, now what does all of this tell us. It says that Juan Pierre's base stealing exploits were worth nearly 6.8 runs or 0.648 wins last year. So while Juan Pierre is about 0.21 wins below "replacement level" as a left fielder his base running abilities are the only thing keeping him in the league.

• tagvestibule captures Don Mattingly.
• The Dodger blogroll just gets bigger. I've added Young Sports, Rockin' the Ravine and Guo Mania.
  
• Check out the Dodger podcast from the Tivens Brothers.
  
• Roberto lets us know about a Steve Garvey signing event in Southern California in April.
  
• NASA photographed, for the first time, an avalanche on Mars. This NASA website is one of my all time favorites. Go around and explore. They have a ton of really great videos.