Dodger Bloggin'

Tonight's Dodger loss was painful. The pitching was atrocious. Carlos Monasterios was a mess. But Ramon Troncoso replacing Monasterios in the fifth inning was the Dodgers undoing. Tron couldn't even retire one batter in what turned out to be a seven-run inning for the Red Sox. I don't even understand how Joe Torre can keep bringing Troncoso into games. Actually, I do understand. He loves to destroy bullpen arms. It's sad.

Let's see what's going on in the world of Dodger blogs:

Speaking of Joe Torre destroying bullpen arms, theLFP.com shares the cover of Joe Torre's next book with us, "The Art of Bullpen Management"



Blue Heaven shares another great auction item. It's a game-used Dodger batting helmet once worn by slugger Pedro Guerrero. What's so special about this helmet? Nolan Ryan hit Pedro in the back of the head which left a huge crack in the helmet. The helmet is also signed by Ryan and Guerrero.

There have been a few good Dodger autograph appearances over the last few weeks. KempKershaw over at Plaschke Thy Sweater Is Argyle shares his John Ely meeting with us.

Matt Kemp has been struggling lately. Memories of Kevin Malone wonders if there is any reason to start worrying about the Dodgers star center fielder.

Roberto over at Vin Scully Is My Homeboy is in Boston with the Dodgers. He's been giving us the details of his east coast trip. He's sitting in Section 36 if any other Dodger fans in Boston were curious.

Speaking of Section 36, Boston Red Sox blogger, Section 36 writes a segment called "Visitor's Views", where he asks some questions to a fan of the visiting team at Fenway. Since the Dodgers are in Boston, he contacted me, and asked me a few questions. Of course I was kind enough to answer. You can check that out here.

Around The Dodger Blogosphere

Just watched the Lakers absolutely destroy the Celtics. Then the Dodgers did the same to the Reds. It was a nice night.

Anyway, let's take a look at what's going on in the blog world:

Speaking of tonight's game against the Reds, Jon Weisman over at Dodger Thoughts wonders if it was a good idea to bring Hiroki Kuroda back into the game after a two hour rain delay.

Ernest at Blue Heaven noticed how poorly the Dodgers have been playing since voodoo man Vladimir Shpunt was outed by the LA Times. Now Chad Billingsley has been placed on DL. Maybe the Russian emigre has placed a curse on the team?

Last week the Dodgers gave away Jonathan Broxton bobbleheads to the first 50,000 fans in attendance. Alex Cora from Sons of Steve Garvey was one of those fans. He recaps his trip to Chavez Ravine for us.

Mike at theLFP.com has got a Miss LFP contest going. Don't forget to vote.

For the card collectors out there, Night Owl Cards takes a look at the 2010 Bowman Dodgers. Nice stuff.