The Beach

I’m kind of red, but more orange than red, I think. I was already pretty tanned. See, when you’re working on a pilot, you haven’t been paid yet but you still have to write daily, your part-time education job is over for the summer, you have a weird cough, you’re overwhelmed with problems, you have so many projects to work on you don’t know where to begin, so you simply choose not to begin, what better thing is there to do than waste an entire afternoon at the beach?

Makes me wish Andruw Jones would spend a few afternoons at the beach. Maybe even a few evenings at the beach – you know - having cookouts or something. After all, since he came off the DL, he’s been looking a little thin. Maybe a few wienies over a bonfire will help him to put some of that weight back on. Regain his power. Besides, he can drive in just as many runs at the beach as he can, playing.

Epic moments in this great game are few and far between, but when they happen, they’re special. Like no-hitters and perfect games and those rare games where a guy hits four homers. (Remember Shawn Green that day in Milwaukee?) And so I think Jones’ 5 strikeouts in last night's game against the Marlins should be a feat Ned Colletti and all those other GMs out there - meaning the millions of Dodger fans that Colletti feels should keep their mouths shut - should remember in their hearts and minds forever. Five K’s, folks. That’s one more than 4, so Matt Kemp can breathe a sigh of relief.

What do you do with Andruw Jones? All that money for all that stink. If you’ve been reading my blog, you no doubt know what I think. Make trades and bench him. Play Pee Wee Young and bench him. Basically, what I’m saying is, by not letting Jones play, he can’t be nearly as bad as he is when he’s actually ON THE FIELD. I don’t know. Just a thought.

So, Kemp’s been doing a little hitting and the won a game today after losing again last night? What did I say the other day? That the Fish would take 3 of 4? Hey. I’m not gloating. I wish it had gone the other way. Being right all the times is a burden. Besides, I want the team to win. They just can’t. Not with the players they have. And on top of that, they may have lost Takashi Saito for the remainder of the season. Not that there were that many save opportunities to begin with. But let’s talking about something positive. Chad Billingsley was great today. Jones only struck out once. Kemp hit the ball. They’re only a game out of first again. They can’t lose Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. Okay, that was it.

Now, I must take issue with people referring to this as the mid way point of the season. The midway point was over two weeks ago. Today was game 95 out of 162. They’re still 3 games below .500. Just clarifying.