Beach Boys "Fun Fun Fun" at Dodger Stadium

[southbay]

Manny Mota, October, 1977; Bill Rusell, October 1978.

Shane Victorino...

Yeah, I don't like him much either. How about you and I agree to stick with Wilson, Love and Jardine?

[guitarfool2002]

Manny Mota, October, 1977; Bill Rusell, October 1978.

Shane Victorino...

Yeah, I don't like him much either. How about you and I agree to stick with Wilson, Love and Jardine?

Where is the fun in that? I guess we could take bets on whether Mike will be wearing a Dodgers cap, or if he'll dust off the Rolls Royce model. Nothing like a little good-natured sports rivalry banter. As long as it doesn't involve soccer.   I'm just joking.

I thought the poster who has Mr. Met in his avatar would have chimed in...

[southbay]

I can't really talk smack right now, the Phiillies are still better.  HOWEVER, they have clearly peaked and are trending downward (although this does not mean they won't win it this year). In two years, the Dodgers will be the NL's best. We are just happy (HAPPY!!) to not be embarrassed by the McCourt's any longer. As for Mr. Met, forget it. My bet is Johnston will show up in the Dodger cap tomorrow.

[SMiLE Brian]

Chicago Cubs fan

[stack-o-tracks]

Chicago Cubs fan

Sorry to hear that. 

I've always liked Tampa Bay. I originally became a fan because of how lousy they were. But I saw the potential.

[SMiLE Brian]

Chicago Cubs fan

Sorry to hear that. 

I've always liked Tampa Bay. I originally became a fan because of how lousy they were. But I saw the potential.

Its a pain at times, but games at Wrigley Field are so fun. I think Brian likes the Cubs from when he lived in Illinois.

[southbay]

Chicago Cubs fan

Sorry to hear that.  

I've always liked Tampa Bay. I originally became a fan because of how lousy they were. But I saw the potential.

Have faith in Theo and Jed.  Just keep them away from the free agent check book.  Hate the Rays and their cow bell ringing fans, but Andrew Friedman is great. Dodgers need a new GM with the new ownership, I envy both the Cubs and Rays for the management teams.

[Mikie]

Well, if Magic and his cohorts buy the club, it'll be bye bye McCourt!  Then the Dodgers will have deep pockets and will bring in some decent players!

[southbay]

They bought 'em.  Been approved. They officially take over May 1 (and they already have some "decent" players--Kemp, Kershaw, Ethier.  But I know what you meant)

[Mikie]

They got rid of Manny a couple of years ago - that was a start. Now they need to beef up security and put more lights in the place so no more fans get their asses kicked and aren't afraid to go to games at night.

[SMiLE Brian]

Chicago Cubs fan

Sorry to hear that.  

I've always liked Tampa Bay. I originally became a fan because of how lousy they were. But I saw the potential.

Have faith in Theo and Jed.  Just keep them away from the free agent check book.  Hate the Rays and their cow bell ringing fans, but Andrew Friedman is great. Dodgers need a new GM with the new ownership, I envy both the Cubs and Rays for the management teams.

Theo's last year in Boston was a mess, but I know he will do a good job with Chicago. Dodgers will change for the better with ownership that cares about the team, unlike the bimbo McCourts.

[SMiLE Brian]

They got rid of Manny a couple of years ago - that was a start. Now they need to beef up security and put more lights in the place so no more fans get their asses kicked and aren't afraid to go to games at night.

Mikie,  did you ever see Willie Mays play?

[Mikie]

Yeah, I saw Mays quite a few times. Along with McCovey, Marichal, and Perry. Saw 'em play the Dodgers a few times too when they still had Drysdale, Sutton, Osteen, Davis, Parker, and Roseboro. Remember as a kid seeing Koufax, Wills, and Gilliam on TV. When the Giants weren't on the radio, my Dad would listen to KFI radio at night and pick up the Dodger games with Vin Skully. Those were the days........I even remember when Marichal hit Roseboro over the head with a bat!

Also saw the A's play the Dodgers in Oakland in the '74 and '88 World Series!

My old man played for the Chisox.

[southbay]

Yeah, I saw Mays quite a few times. Along with McCovey, Marichal, and Perry. Saw 'em play the Dodgers a few times too when they still had Drysdale, Sutton, Osteen, Davis, Parker, and Roseboro. Remember as a kid seeing Koufax, Wills, and Gilliam on TV. When the Giants weren't on the radio, my Dad would listen to KFI radio at night and pick up the Dodger games with Vin Skully. Those were the days........I even remember when Marichal hit Roseboro over the head with a bat!

Also saw the A's play the Dodgers in Oakland in the '74 and '88 World Series!

My old man played for the Chisox.

''

Who is your dad?

[Rob Dean]

Yeah, I saw Mays quite a few times. Along with McCovey, Marichal, and Perry. Saw 'em play the Dodgers a few times too when they still had Drysdale, Sutton, Osteen, Davis, Parker, and Roseboro. Remember as a kid seeing Koufax, Wills, and Gilliam on TV. When the Giants weren't on the radio, my Dad would listen to KFI radio at night and pick up the Dodger games with Vin Skully. Those were the days........I even remember when Marichal hit Roseboro over the head with a bat!

Also saw the A's play the Dodgers in Oakland in the '74 and '88 World Series!

My old man played for the Chisox.

''

Who is your dad?

Blimey guys , what sport are you talking about ?

Can we please talk Soccer ( ie as us Brits and Euros call FOOTBALL ) , David Beckham , Norman Hunter , Nobby Stiles , Bobby Moore , David James , Paul Scholes , Tom Finney , Nat Lofthouse , Kevin Keegan  , Bobby Charlton ,  Glenn Hoddle , Tommy Smith , Alan Shearer et al etc.........I could go on for hours !

Now  'Thats Why God Made Sport'     

[bgas]

Yeah, I saw Mays quite a few times. Along with McCovey, Marichal, and Perry. Saw 'em play the Dodgers a few times too when they still had Drysdale, Sutton, Osteen, Davis, Parker, and Roseboro. Remember as a kid seeing Koufax, Wills, and Gilliam on TV. When the Giants weren't on the radio, my Dad would listen to KFI radio at night and pick up the Dodger games with Vin Skully. Those were the days........I even remember when Marichal hit Roseboro over the head with a bat!

Also saw the A's play the Dodgers in Oakland in the '74 and '88 World Series!

My old man played for the Chisox.

Was he a third baseman, or a Triple A manager? 
Probably should talk more about the Cardinals, tho, cuz they're the world champs; not the Phillies, not the Dodgers, not the Cubs in the next 200 years

[stack-o-tracks]

Maybe this has been posted? I jus found it. Jeff will be there singing tomorrow too, so it looks like they will do more complex harmonies and higher registers and whatever. http://www.kool.fm/kool-music/c22e3f5b4e1af5283d246a793e5a2528

There's an audio link but it looks like it's Real Audio PLayer file and I don't have that.

We asked Foskett -- who'll be performing tomorrow at Dodger's Stadium -- if as a young fan following the Beach Boys, he thought David Marks stood out from the pack: "I did, certainly, because he was much closer to my age than the other guys were. I mean, I'm 14 years younger than Brian, so David's only 10 years older than me? Y'know, and so I thought, 'Well this guy's much closer to me than Brian is.' And I was very aware of David Marks and I was very aware when Alan (Jardine) replaced him. And. . . we owned the Surfin' Safari and Surfin' U.S.A. albums, and then the next single that we got was 'Don't Worry Baby' - 'I Get Around,' and that has them on (UCLA's) Royce Hall's steps -- but Jardine's in the picture."

[guitarfool2002]

Yeah, I saw Mays quite a few times. Along with McCovey, Marichal, and Perry. Saw 'em play the Dodgers a few times too when they still had Drysdale, Sutton, Osteen, Davis, Parker, and Roseboro. Remember as a kid seeing Koufax, Wills, and Gilliam on TV. When the Giants weren't on the radio, my Dad would listen to KFI radio at night and pick up the Dodger games with Vin Skully. Those were the days........I even remember when Marichal hit Roseboro over the head with a bat!

Also saw the A's play the Dodgers in Oakland in the '74 and '88 World Series!

My old man played for the Chisox.

Was he a third baseman, or a Triple A manager?  
Probably should talk more about the Cardinals, tho, cuz they're the world champs; not the Phillies, not the Dodgers, not the Cubs in the next 200 years

I don't think the Cardinals are going anywhere this year, and I say this cautiously as my home team just dropped three in a row. They lost Pujols and LaRussa...hardly an insignificant change to both the core of the lineup and the way the team is managed.

The Phillies are hurtin' more than they should be, and I said as much during spring training when they were just a flat kind of team, with no real offensive spark, a terrific starting rotation with one of the best closers in the game, yet a shaky-at-best middle relief bullpen staff. Take an infield which has all star players at four of the four field positions, then remove two of the four with injuries: one coming back in perhaps a month, and the other indefinite.

That kind of loss would be as devastating as trading your MVP power hitting first baseman and losing your future Hall Of Fame manager in one off-season!

I see the Phillies still competing once the lineup stabilizes, I see the Cardinals up there naturally, the Giants luster has worn off, the Mets will again self-destruct by September if not sooner, the Braves need to get over the 'star power' of the old Chipper Jones legacy and focus again on younger talent which can actually deliver consistently (hello Heyward) the Reds are WAY too overhyped and overconfident, and the Marlins aren't all that despite spending a lot of cash. The Nationals have a lot of hype behind them, but they talk too much and will finish third. The other NL teams will be sub-.500 teams again by October.

My predictions only.

[SMiLE Brian]

Yeah, I saw Mays quite a few times. Along with McCovey, Marichal, and Perry. Saw 'em play the Dodgers a few times too when they still had Drysdale, Sutton, Osteen, Davis, Parker, and Roseboro. Remember as a kid seeing Koufax, Wills, and Gilliam on TV. When the Giants weren't on the radio, my Dad would listen to KFI radio at night and pick up the Dodger games with Vin Skully. Those were the days........I even remember when Marichal hit Roseboro over the head with a bat!

Also saw the A's play the Dodgers in Oakland in the '74 and '88 World Series!

My old man played for the Chisox.

Was he a third baseman, or a Triple A manager?  
Probably should talk more about the Cardinals, tho, cuz they're the world champs; not the Phillies, not the Dodgers, not the Cubs in the next 200 years

Go Cubs Go! Defeat the Redbirds this year! 

[guitarfool2002]

Yeah, I saw Mays quite a few times. Along with McCovey, Marichal, and Perry. Saw 'em play the Dodgers a few times too when they still had Drysdale, Sutton, Osteen, Davis, Parker, and Roseboro. Remember as a kid seeing Koufax, Wills, and Gilliam on TV. When the Giants weren't on the radio, my Dad would listen to KFI radio at night and pick up the Dodger games with Vin Skully. Those were the days........I even remember when Marichal hit Roseboro over the head with a bat!

Also saw the A's play the Dodgers in Oakland in the '74 and '88 World Series!

My old man played for the Chisox.

Was he a third baseman, or a Triple A manager?  
Probably should talk more about the Cardinals, tho, cuz they're the world champs; not the Phillies, not the Dodgers, not the Cubs in the next 200 years

Go Cubs Go! Defeat the Redbirds this year! 

[SMiLE Brian]

Yeah, I saw Mays quite a few times. Along with McCovey, Marichal, and Perry. Saw 'em play the Dodgers a few times too when they still had Drysdale, Sutton, Osteen, Davis, Parker, and Roseboro. Remember as a kid seeing Koufax, Wills, and Gilliam on TV. When the Giants weren't on the radio, my Dad would listen to KFI radio at night and pick up the Dodger games with Vin Skully. Those were the days........I even remember when Marichal hit Roseboro over the head with a bat!

Also saw the A's play the Dodgers in Oakland in the '74 and '88 World Series!

My old man played for the Chisox.

Was he a third baseman, or a Triple A manager?  
Probably should talk more about the Cardinals, tho, cuz they're the world champs; not the Phillies, not the Dodgers, not the Cubs in the next 200 years

Go Cubs Go! Defeat the Redbirds this year! 

Oh no...   You ever go to Phillies games at the Vet and see all the insanity in the stands?

[guitarfool2002]

Yeah, I saw Mays quite a few times. Along with McCovey, Marichal, and Perry. Saw 'em play the Dodgers a few times too when they still had Drysdale, Sutton, Osteen, Davis, Parker, and Roseboro. Remember as a kid seeing Koufax, Wills, and Gilliam on TV. When the Giants weren't on the radio, my Dad would listen to KFI radio at night and pick up the Dodger games with Vin Skully. Those were the days........I even remember when Marichal hit Roseboro over the head with a bat!

Also saw the A's play the Dodgers in Oakland in the '74 and '88 World Series!

My old man played for the Chisox.

Was he a third baseman, or a Triple A manager?  
Probably should talk more about the Cardinals, tho, cuz they're the world champs; not the Phillies, not the Dodgers, not the Cubs in the next 200 years

Go Cubs Go! Defeat the Redbirds this year!

Oh no...  You ever go to Phillies games at the Vet and see all the insanity in the stands?

I have seen games at the Vet since I was about 7 or 8 up to the last year it was standing, and have been to Citizens Bank Park since then, which is awesome. Great food, good atmosphere.

Honestly, having seen this firsthand several times, the biggest yahoos and most loud, obnoxious fans are in the stands when the Mets or the Red Sox come to Philly and those Boston and NY folks travel in for the games. These people can't hold their beer! The insanity in the Phillies stands has been overblown, take it from me as I've been there. Eagles games, in the cheap seats are a different story. I wouldn't go there if I were given tickets! But baseball games in Philly, and the fans in general, aren't what the reputation suggests.

The worst place I've seen for idiot fans acting foolish and starting fights over nothing was in the center-right bleacher seats at Fenway Park. Each time I was there, just to catch a game on the cheap, multiple fights broke out in that seating area. Philly has nothing on that, believe me, unless it's the Eagles...

I will say as a fan that a rumor/reputation I'm proud of is that Phillies fans have, in the past, grown impatient with action on the field other than the game and have indeed booed both Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. Not many cities can say, with pride, that they booed Santa off the field.

[bgas]

St. Louis has the best fans anywhere AND the team going to the world series( again)

[guitarfool2002]

St. Louis has the best fans anywhere AND the team going to the world series( again)

It's nice to dream.

I'm kidding...I don't mind the Cards as much since they got rid of JD Drew and Scott Rolen a few years ago. Those two guys...

[Mikie]

No Albert Pujols, no Tony LaRussa, no World Series.  All they have is Freese and Beltran hitting for power.  No mas!