I don’t know how it affects everything else that is going on with the team, but the Dodgers have filed for bankruptcy protection.
Simulpost goodness! If you are interested, the link I posted talks a little bit about what this means for the team (short answer, not much is going to change for now).
Edit: andthis blogexcerpts and links to the press release from the McCourt camp.
First time I (or the Mariners announcers) have ever heard of this happening - the Mariners won last night’s game against the Marlins on a wild pitch during an intentional walk attempt (link to game recap).
I’ve certainly seen runs score in such circumstances, though I’ve never heard of a walk-off. But it had to happen someday.
I’m so glad that IBBs have to be played out.
I liked the term one of the announcers used: “wild pitchout” 
ETA: Also, I’m not sure it qualifies as a “walk-off”; though the game was played in Seattle, the Mariners were the “visiting team” (the series was originally scheduled to be played in Miami, but a scheduling conflict with a U2 concert caused the series to be moved to Seattle), so this happened in the top of the 10th inning.
The bastard owner of the Dodgers is complaining that Selig (Who I am not a fan of) squashed the deal with Fox to save the team for him. It appears though that McCourt was planning to pocket nearly half of the $300 million for him his soon to be ex and their lawyers. He is a scumbag with a larceny in his heart apparently.
Meanwhile I am pleased with the Yanks, Old Timers Day was pretty special yesterday with many of the 96-01 run returning and greats like Yogi and Whitey Ford. Joe Torre got a huge hand.
I can look forward to mid-season pickups of Hughes, Colon and Jeter which is pretty good.
McCourt must die. How dare he stiff Vin Scully?
Scumbag asshole.
I could swear I once saw a highlight of the Rockies losing an extra-inning game that way, maybe with Neifi Perez as the emergency pitcher.
That link ought to be bookmarked as an answer to everybody who asks “Why do they have to go through all of the pitches when they just want to intentionally walk someone?”
Ah. You’re right, then, not a walk-off.
And sheesh, not a good reflection on Miami baseball that their home stand got bumped out of their own yard, is it? Doesn’t that make season tickets problematic?
Yeah, I haven’t even heard exactly how that happened. Maybe the concert was booked a long time in advance, and MLB overlooked it when they made the 2011 schedule? Though that makes me think, hey, doesn’t Miami have a football stadium they could have booked the concert in? Or are the Marlins still sharing the same stadium with the Dolphins? Hell, put the concert in the U of Miami stadium.
ETA: It seems this U2 tour is really interfering with baseball. A Mariners game had to have its start time changed to accomodate a U2 concert next door at the Seahawks’ stadium earlier this season (for traffic reasons).
M’s manager Eric Wedge said the next day he saw it happen once or twice in the minor leagues, though never to win a game.
Matt Kemp leads the MLB in homers, Kershaw leads the MLB in strikeouts, the Dodgers just shut out the Twins 15-0. But the Dodgers are bankrupt and playing .450 baseball. This is why I needed to find another team to follow this year.
On a side note, if Kemp keeps this up, he is going to have a historic year. He is already one of 8 baseball players ever to go 20-20 before the All Start break, and I think you can make the argument that right now he is the best offensive player in baseball. Has anyone ever won a MVP vote when their team didn’t even make the playoffs?
Andre Dawson won the NL MVP in 1987 even though the Cubs finished in last place, and Alex Rodriguez did the same thing when the Rangers finished last in the AL West in 2003.
That was my feeling since the start of the season. Who did I choose to follow?
The Padres. :smack:
Dozens, I’d think. Andre Dawson and George Bell in 1987, Cal Ripken in 1990, Alex Rodriguez in 2003, Mike Schmidt in 1986, Ernie Banks two years in a row, Dale Murphy in 1983, Ryan Howard in 2006, Barry Bonds on at least 3 occasions (1993, 2001, and 2003 and 2004, I think), Robin Yount in 1989, Don Mattingly in 1985, George Foster in 1977, and lots more I believe.
And most recently, Albert Pujols in 2008. The Cards finished 4th in their division.
Well then, I guess it’s possible.
The number 3 and 5 hitters for the Tigers, Brennan Boesch and Victor Martinez, respectively, are hitting almost .400 for the month. It’s been a nice showing for the two of them this month. Then again, Victor has been solid his entire time here, bordering on spectacular.