Sons of Steve Garvey: Scott Podsednik

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Friday, February 25, 2011

Friday Notes

Here's to a Dodger Blue birthday for Nancy Bea Hefley! Happy Birthday Nancy! (Blue Heaven)
The Dodgers will be playing a spring training game to benefit the Christina-Taylor Green Memorial Fund. Sources: Dodgers to play benefit game (Tony Jackson, ESPNLosAngeles.com)
Who wants a job? From a Dodgers press release:
DODGERS AND DODGERS DREAM FOUNDATION TO HOST 16TH ANNUAL COMMUNITY JOB FAIR THIS SATURDAY
WHAT: The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Dodgers Dream Foundation will host the 16th Annual Community Job Fair this Saturday, February 26. Job seekers are invited to join more than 100 companies from the public and private sector, including Amtrak, El Super, Excel Paving, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles Fire and Police Departments, Levy Restaurants, Los Angeles Unified School District, Pacific Asian Consortium & Employment, Southern California Gas Company, University of Southern California, United States Secret Service, W Hollywood Hotel and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Last year, more than 10,000 participants gathered at Dodger Stadium for the Community Job Fair and approximately 1,500 found employment as a result of the event.
WHEN: Saturday, February 26, 2011 (rain or shine)
Kick-off Event 9:30 a.m.
Event 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
WHERE: Dodger Stadium
Field Level Concourse
Parking in Lot 6
MISC: Parking at Dodger Stadium and admission to the job fair are free. Free shuttle service will also be provided into the stadium from the corner of Elysian Park Avenue / Sunset Blvd. and Elysian Park Avenue/Stadium Way. Participants are encouraged to dress in business attire and bring multiple copies of their current résumé. On-site interviews will occur and many companies will be hiring on site. Additionally, the Southeast Community Development Corporation will have their Mobile Technology Unit on site to provide assistance to the job seekers including formatting and printing their résumés.

No word if Scott Podsednik will be attending.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Catching Up with Spring Training

The first gleaming smile of spring!

Ken Gurnick and Dylan Hernandez interview Clayton "The Man" Kershaw.

Scott Podsednik signs with the Blue Jays for a non-guaranteed $1 million. Whoops. Blue Jays Sign Scott Podsednik (MLBTR)
Among the position players reporting early: Andre Ethier, Jamie Carroll. (@Dodgers)
"Mattingly said he won't have any rules regarding grooming or music in the clubhouse." (@dylanohernandez)
The dream could live on! Dodgers Considering Jeff Weaver (MLBTR)

photos via @Dodgers

Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Pentamiscellany

	1. Matt Kemp has no excuses. Criticized by Larry Bowa? He's gone! Bumped heads with Bob Schaefer? He's gone! Distracted by a high-profile romance with Rihanna? She's gone! If Kemp felt like he was under the microscope last season, then 2011 is his chance to prove how he can perform at his most focused.
	2. Scott Podsednik has better taste in women than in baseball contracts. MSTI already covered this, but Pods doesn't look likely to best the $2 million he gave up when opting out of his Dodgers contract. Sorry, Scotty!
	3. Could it get any worse than Frank & Ned? Terrifyingly, the answer is YES. Exhibit A: The Mets and the Wilpons. Even Arte Moreno is catching flak for Tony Reagins' head-scratching $86 million commitment to Vernon Wells. Ned's hands may be tied, but at least it made him stay away from those megacontracts that never work out.
	4. Take it easy during BP, Andre. If you recall, Andre Ethier broke his pinkie finger in a freak BP accident last year. He was never the same after that. May we suggest some pre-game oven mitts?
	5. New York is where Dodger catchers go to die. Russell Martin. Paul Lo Duca before him. Mike Piazza before him. But we got Gary Carter, and now Rod Barajas. So it's even!