Guess who's heading out to Arizona to broadcast tonight Spring game against the Giants.
Vin Scully, that's who. For many Dodger fans his emergence from the winter hiatus to the glory of spring Baseball is the true start of the year. He stories and voice are like the echoes of the Baseball Gods - providing assurances that all is right in the world.
Vin Scully will call his first game tonight, and Dodger Nation will be glued to every word he says. Unfortunately, that prior statement is far from true. Much of the Southland is still restricted from access due to the incompetent machinations of the corporate class, and they fail to realize that their part in this mess only reinforces the general disgust consumers have towards the television delivery industry as a whole. They are the epitome of the bad neighbor, and I look forward to the opportunity to leave them forever. Please FCC, regulate them. These behemoths do not deserve anything and they contribute nothing.
The wonderful vintage photo above of Vin Scully underneath his street sign at Dodgertown in Vero Beach was shared by @VinScullyTweet on twitter. Below are some links to check out:
- In opposition to what I wrote earlier this week, via Meg James of the LA Times, "Time Warner Cable says Dodgers channel won't prompt write-down."
"Time Warner Cable has no plans to take a write-down in connection with its Dodgers contract," the company said late Tuesday in a statement. "In fact, TWC does not carry an asset on its balance sheet related to the Dodgers and, therefore, there is no asset for it to write down now or in the future."
I'm not sure what that is suppose to mean. After all, it can't possibly be true that TWC doesn't account for the Dodger deal in some way. Maybe not in terms an an actual balance sheet asset, but certainly a potential liability that has (by their own admonition) contributed greatly to rising programming expenses. I'm far from an expert on corporate accounting, but I think there is a parsing of words here that wreaks of BS.
- Via Bill Plunkett at OC Register, "Dodgers CEO Stan Kasten remains upbeat despite TV stalemate between Time Warner and cable providers."
“Obviously everyone is waiting to see what happens in the larger-scale corporate dealings. Failing that, I know there’s a lot going on behind the scenes, a lot of talk – but, no, I’m not aware of anything that’s going to bring about an imminent settlement. We hope and we keep working at it. But I don’t have any news.”
- Via Mark Saxon at ESPNLosAngeles.com, "Juan Uribe pranks Tommy Lasorda." Mark shared photos of the incident here and here.
- Via George Bissell at Baseball Professor, "Alex Verdugo & The Future of Prospect Evaluation."
Verdugo stands out for several reasons. Not only will he be just 19 years old this season when he heads to Class-A Great Lakes, but he hit .353/.432/.511 across two levels after being drafted last summer. While Mitchell noted in his research that walks are less important in the lower level of the minors, it’s still an impressive feat that Verdugo walked more times (20) than he struck out (18) in his professional debut. He also flashed above-average speed for a prospect of his size, going a perfect 11-for-11 in stolen base attempts.
- Via Mark Saxon at ESPNLosAngeles.com, "Yasmani Grandal out to improve reputation for working with pitchers."
Like I’ve been saying, I’m just going to keep doing whatever it is I’m doing and making sure the guys I’m catching, I’m on the same page with. I think last year I did a pretty good job with those new guys that came up to the big leagues.”
- Posted here without commentary (I was going to, but it turned out to be a rambling unintelligible diatribe) Via Christine Byers at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Former Cardinals player punched at St. Louis County gas station after racial slur."
- Via Chris Olds at Beckett, "Evan Gattis has a collecting confession."
“Yeah, I collected as a kid but not for value or anything like that.,” said the Houston Astros catcher-outfielder. “My room was actually wallpapered — I stapled cards to my walls. My entire room was completely covered in baseball cards. I loved it.”
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