In the Bleachers by Ben Zaehringer for May 26, 2010

With body like that, I’m surprised they didn’t junk him all together.

I’m surprised somebody wanted him.

My Father from Brooklyn could tell you about the Dodgers trading. Get the kids out of the room.

When I was a kid, the Brooklyn Dodgers were my favorite team and Duke Snyder was my favorite ball player. I’m sure the fact that we had a dog named Duke had nothing to do with it.

Looks like he has been to the “David Wells school of fitness”

Of course, you could retire.

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Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton sent sympathy cards. Jesse James called about a date.

It’s been said that “Tattoos are permanent evidence of temporary insanity”. It’s all the rage and a fad now - like avocado green refrigerators, deep shag carpet and polyester 3-piece wide collar leisure suits used to be at one point. How, later, when this fad is no longer in fashion, are you going to hide it so you’re not mocked by the next generation? I remember how ugly the fashions of the 1960’s looked in the 1970’s and then the fashions of the 1970’s looked so horrible in the 1980’s and so on. AND, how is it going to look 40 years from now when we have a whole generation of tattoo’d little, old ladies that look more like worn-out pirates than grandma’s?

This comic, of course, would NEVER happen in real life because NONE of the athletes ever have a sense of camaraderie or teamwork! It’s all about THEM and what they can grab for themselves (and how they can destroy their personal lives given enough money and prestige). Really, the player would have HIS OWN NAME tattooed all over his body along with claims to be the greatest thing to ever hit the game.

What was this guy’s position on the team, anyway? Boat Ballast? Really wish that Moore, who has chosen to mostly write about athletes, could actually draw one.

The Dodger web site gives tribute to ” Jose Lima ” Yesterday and today.

another reason i am glad i never got a tattoo

62 years old and never been inked

C’mon Kaplan! Don’t you know there is no such thing as loyalty in professional sports anymore??

64 years old and inked with only one.

Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children.

With the attendant Eagle, Globe, Anchor and Fouled Line. Got it on liberty in Oceanside California the first weekend of ITR. The only thing I regretted was the timing. The next three weeks of ITR were rather intense and the itchy tattoo on my right shoulder did not help.

…And some very awkward moments ensued in the Giants locker room… (But if he can hit consistently and in clutch situations, the Giants may be willing to overlook this little flaw.)

Oh, Doris. always so sunny about things!

k_Serra you are so right!

Looks like Terry Forster, and he just got traded to the Braves (1982-83) - you know, he was called “a tub of goo” by David Letterman