FallingLEAVes of Sunshine

Since I went to my last Dodger game. And I know ... I usually post as soon as I get home from a game my recap. Sorry. It's a week late! I didn't get a chance to post that night because I didn't get home till after 12:30 AM ... and I had to be at work at 9 the next morning. There was no way I was going to get on the computer and try to blog about the game. And here I am now ... almost midnight and finally going over the game. Let's see what I can remember. The day before the game, the weather was cloudy and it rained in some areas, hail in others ... I forget which day ... but even a tornado or two touched down here in Southern California. Where I live (which is VERY close to Dodger Stadium) ... it sprinkled here and there ... but not much. According to Google maps ... I am 2.9 miles from Dodger Stadium, which they say is about eight minutes. That's going down Riverside Drive, up Stadium Way. Now if I hop on the 110 and get off on the Dodger Stadium exit, that cuts ....

2008 National League - Standings EAST W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK L10 Florida 29 20 .592 - 18-12 11-8 238 227 Won 2 6-4 Atlanta 27 23 .540 2.5 21-7 6-16 239 193 Lost 1 7-3 Philadelphia 28 24 .538 2.5 13-11 15-13 260 227 Won 1 5-5 NY Mets 23 25 .479 5.5 12-9 11-16 228 223 Lost 1 3-7 Washington 22 29 .431 8 13-14 9-15 197 243 Won 1 5-5 CENTRAL W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK L10 Chicago Cubs 29 21 .580 - 19-8 10-13 288 209 Lost 2 5-5 St. Louis 30 22 .577 - 17-10 13-12 239 210 Lost 1 6-4 Houston 29 23 .558 1 15-9 14-14 253 249 Lost 1 5-5 Pittsburgh 24 26 .480 5 15-11 9-15 244 271 Won 2 5-5 Milwaukee 23 27 .460 6 11-9 12-18 220 246 Lost 1 3-7 Cincinnati 23 28 .451 6.5 14-9 9-19 225 255 Lost 1 5-5 WEST W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK L10 Arizona 30 20 .600 - 19-8 11-12 262 199 Won 1 5-5 LA Dodgers 26 23 .531 3.5 15-11 11-12 230 212 Won 1 6-4 Colorado 20 30 .400 10 12-14 8-16 210 253 Won 1 5-5 San Francisco 20 31 .392 10.5 11-15 9-16 189 244 Lost 2 3-7 San Diego 19 3...

So, this lady was in the fitting room, and I went in to show my customer to a room. I was cleaning out the rooms and she came out and asked me to get her an item. I was still with my customer. I told her that I was with several customers, and I would try to get the item for her. She said never mind if I wasn't going to get it for her right that moment. She wanted that item and she wanted it now. She didn't want to wait for me while I was with some other customers. Hmm wonder if she's the same "I don't care if you have other customers, I want you to help me NOW" lady. Anyway, I go back out to find my customers and to do my go-backs. She comes out and gets on the phone to order some things through the catalog. I was started to approach her and she said "I don't need any help from you " ... quite rudely I may add .... and I didn't even say a word to her. So I left her alone. She stayed on the phone for about another 30-60 minutes. Very loudly to...

Nina and I got to the game early for batting practice, as usual. Since Steve Yeager was the guest at the Autograph Alley last time (May 5), we decided to see who was the former Dodger this time. Matt Luke . Anyone remember him? Apparently, he played for the Dodgers in 1998. He went from the Dodgers, to the Indians, to the Dodgers in 98. Was he traded for a player to be named later, which turned out to be him? LOL. Sounds like a laugh right? But it really did happen. I don't have my trivia book right now, but I'm not making it up. I only recognized his name because I received one of his baseball cards today. So, we went into the field level to watch batting practice. I saw Chan Ho Park toss an empty water bottle towards the Left Field Pavilion. It didn't go over the wall. When he went to go pick it up, I guess something caught his eye. Because he started filling the bottle up with whatever it was that caught his eye. At first, I thought it was pebbles or something. Turns out...

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East W L Pct GB Home Road East Cent West Streak L10 Florida Marlins 24 19 .558 -- 13-11 11-8 12-5 9-8 2-4 Lost 1 5-5 New York Mets 22 19 .537 1.0 12-9 10-10 13-10 4-6 3-3 Won 2 6-4 Philadelphia Phillies 24 21 .533 1.0 13-11 11-10 5-7 9-6 9-6 Lost 2 4-6 Atlanta Braves 22 21 .512 2.0 16-5 6-16 9-12 5-5 6-3 Won 1 4-6 Washington Nationals 19 26 .422 6.0 10-11 9-15 12-17 6-7 0-0 Won 1 4-6 Central W L Pct GB Home Road East Cent West Streak L10 Chicago Cubs 27 17 .614 -- 19-8 8-9 4-4 16-11 7-2 Won 1 8-2 St. Louis Cardinals 26 20 .565 2.0 17-10 9-10 3-0 14-12 7-7 Won 2 4-6 Houston Astros ...

That started by me showing up at work at nine. When I wasn't scheduled to be there till one. I went and got a bagel before going home. Then I got home, and had to ring the doorbell like a hundred times before someone opened it. Why? Because I lost my house keys earlier this week. Around Wednesday I think. I got tired of ringing the bell every five seconds. So, every five seconds, I would ring the bell not just once ... but add another ring to each time I had to ring it. I stopped counting once I got to ten. Jenny came over and we washed both our cars. After that, I had to shower again. Then I left for work. Unfortunately, the freeway hadn't cleared up much since I left for work four hours ago. In fact, it got worse. It took me even longer to get to work this time. And, they closed off my usual entrance, so it took me longer to get to the parking lot. By the time I got to work, it was already past one. Then I wasted precious minutes trying to stuff my lunch into an overflowing m...

The other day, I noticed a customer had some things in her hands. I asked her if I could put them in a room for her, but she said she had already been helped. Then I tried to ask her if I could put them at the counter for her. The words were in my head, but tripped over each other trying to get out. Frustrated and annoyed, the customer told me quite rudely to leave her alone. I apologized and went hiding in the corner of the store like a dog with its tail between its legs. She probably thought I was some stupid young Asian girl. On Friday, my manager was putting up a sign on a fixture that said selected merchandise were marked lower. But there were some things on the fixture that weren't part of the selected merchandise. She asked me if customers would read the sign and see that it said "selected merchandise." I told her, no way. They never read the signs completely. They'd just rather assume it was everything on that fixture. So, she didn't put the sign up and wa...

National League East W L Pct GB Home Road East Cent West Streak L10 Florida Marlins 23 14 .622 -- 12-9 11-5 12-5 9-5 2-4 Won 7 8-2 New York Mets 19 16 .543 3.0 11-6 8-10 12-7 4-6 3-3 Won 1 5-5 Philadelphia Phillies 21 18 .538 3.0 10-8 11-10 3-6 9-6 9-6 Lost 2 5-5 Atlanta Braves 18 17 .514 4.0 14-4 4-13 8-10 4-4 6-3 Lost 2 6-4 Washington Nationals 15 23 .395 8.5 10-11 5-12 9-16 6-7 0-0 Lost 3 4-6 Central W L Pct GB Home Road East Cent West Streak L10 Chicago Cubs 22 15 .595 -- 14-6 8-9 4-4 14-10 4-1 Won 3 5-5 St. Louis Cardinals 23 16 .590 -- 14-7 9-9 3-0 13-9 7-7 Lost 1 5-5 ...

Skunk at Dodger Stadium From the L.A. Times website Padres release Jim Edmond Blake DeWitt hits home runs in two consecutive games ... each of them a first. The one on Monday night was his first career Major League home run ... the other his first inside-the-park homerun. And the first for the Dodgers in what... five seasons?

From the L.A. times of when Danley got hit. It's different than the one I've seen because this was broad casted on the Rockies' TV network. I've only seen the one on the Dodgers' network with Scully calling it.

As many of you know ... voting for the All Star team has started! I had to pick up tickets for my friends which I purchased yesterday at the box office. I got there around 3:30. Juan Pierre was in the batting cage, practicing his bunts. I also picked up one of those All Star ballots. Turned out I picked up two. While I was eating my Burger King at Nina's (and waiting for her family to get ready) Nina went through and punched out her votes. She didn't have any trouble till she got to the outfielders. Andre Ethier and Matt Holliday were her two easy choices. Her third choice took a while. She would read a name out loud and I'd tell her how they were doing. The funnies thing was when she read "A. Jones ... Andruw ... OH NO! NOT HIM!". Or something like that. I forgot what she said, but she read his name or just his first name and immediately discarded him. Jack came up and decided they were going to leave early with us so that we could take one car. After going to s...

National League East W L Pct GB Home Road East Cent West Streak L10 Philadelphia Phillies 17 14 .548 -- 9-8 8-6 3-6 9-6 5-2 Lost 1 6-4 New York Mets 15 13 .536 0.5 9-5 6-8 12-7 2-5 1-1 Lost 1 5-5 Florida Marlins 16 14 .533 0.5 8-9 8-5 9-5 6-5 1-4 Lost 1 4-6 Atlanta Braves 14 15 .483 2.0 10-4 4-11 8-10 3-2 3-3 Won 2 4-6 Washington Nationals 13 18 .419 4.0 9-8 4-10 9-13 4-5 0-0 Won 1 7-3 Central W L Pct GB Home Road East Cent West Streak L10 St. Louis Cardinals 19 12 .613 -- 13-7 6-5 3-0 11-7 5-5 Lost 1 6-4 Chicago Cubs 18 12 .600 0.5 11-6 7-6 4-4 13-7 1-1 Won 1 4-6 ...

Russell started at third base tonight! He did three AWESOME plays. One of which, he backhanded the ball, it popped out of his glove, he caught it and then threw out the runner at first. I think it was after the sixth inning when he went back behind the plate and DeWitt took over at first. Hehe maybe DeWitt felt he had to prove himself after Russ playing there ... but DeWitt committed two errors. Hey kid ... you're good. Russ is great. He played third like it was his only position. Then again. He has played third practically his whole life until they converted him to catcher. BTW ... did you guys see the Old Man triple in the second inning? I couldn't believe it when I saw him keep going ... couldn't believe it when he slid feet first into third ... AND BEAT THE BALL. The funniest thing was he laid there for a second (or five) before Bowa helped him up. Then he smiled into the dug out, put this fingers to his lips ... and I guess he was shushing his team mates who were prob...