- Tommy Lasorda was in Baltimore signing at the National Sports Collectors Convention and had this to tweet.
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- Via David Pinto at Baseball Musings we hear of a story Bobby Valentine told about Tommy Lasorda while he was in the minors.
Bobby played outfield in rookie ball, but Lasorda stuck the 19 year old at shortstop, where he fielded poorly. He fielded so poorly that the other players got together and demanded that Valentine be demoted.
Go to the link for more of the story.
- I wish I knew about this, Matt Kemp made a special appearance at the Diamond Supply Co. Store and David's Autograph Signings was there.
- I've noticed Chad Billingsley's playoff beard, too. Left Field Pavilion blog makes a great graphic celebrating it.
- Jerry Sands is on fire in Albuquerque. Christopher Jackson from the Examiner.com has more.
“A couple weeks ago we had a bunch of (roving instructors) and coaches in town,” Sands said. “We kind of decided to go back to my old swing, but still use the things I’ve been working on pretty much the whole year.
- Via ESPN's Dodger Report, Dodgers' New Additions are Adding Up.
Victorino, his shirt already soaked in sweat, then looked at the imaginary watch on his right wrist and said they “better start showing up earlier around here.”I love the attitude these new guys can bring.
Now, Victorino said it with a smile on his face and shared a laugh with Loney and Guerra as he grabbed his glove and went back to work, but the message was clear: If the Dodgers are to get to and win a World Series as Victorino’s Philadelphia Phillies did in 2008, things are going to have to change.
- Via mauceri on reddit, how sports can take down barriers. South Korea vs. North Korea in a Olympic table tennis match. Sometimes, all it takes is a handshake to get it started.
- Zach Schonbrun of the NY Times writes a fascinating article about a single pitch thrown by Freddy Garcia that had physics experts baffled.
- With the recent success of the Mars rover Curiosity I thought this letter from Letters of Note was timely. It is from 1970 and is written to a nun who wonders why we spend billions when so many are suffering on earth. Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger a NASA Associate Director for Science responds. It is a long read, but is as pertinent today as it was then, as well as in the distant past.
The townspeople, however, became angry when they realized that the count was wasting his money, as they thought, on a stunt without purpose. "We are suffering from this plague," they said, "while he is paying that man for a useless hobby!" But the count remained firm. "I give you as much as I can afford," he said, "but I will also support this man and his work, because I know that someday something will come out of it!"
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