The Los Angeles Dodgers announced today that Joe Torre has been 
named the club's field manager through the 2010 season. Torre 
becomes the 26th manager in franchise history. 

"Joe Torre is one of the most respected men in the game of 
baseball," said Dodger Owner and Chairman Frank McCourt. "As 
we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Dodgers moving to Los 
Angeles, we will again have a Hall of Fame caliber manager at 
the helm. Joe's dedication, desire and ability will help lead 
the Dodgers to our ultimate goal - a World Championship." 

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071101&content_id=2290648&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la



1. Furcal SS
2. Pierre CF
3. Loney 1B
4. A-Rod?? 3B
5. Ethier LF
6. Martin C
7. Kemp RF
8. Abreu 2B
9. pitcher


i'm down for that. yeah why is juan pierre in there? i like him too much to get rid of him. 

Sitting here outside leaning against a building at the Univ. of Fribourg as it rains is pretty nice.  It’s midnight and I think Andrew and I are the only ones on campus.  In 7 hours I am going to Geneva to meet the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) and this program has been pretty exciting so far.  Maybe it’s because one day was on Human Rights and the next day was on Refugee Law.  A representative from the UNHCR came here and spoke and after talking to him after class I can sense how jaded he was of all the politics going on in his department.  The UNHCR has to constantly seek funding from countries and it seems like they’re so often pressured to do what they don’t want to do b/c of the funding given to them by certain countries.  This is the freakin United Nations.  How encouraging is that. 

Between London, Paris, Venice, Florence, and Rome, I’ve probably enjoyed Venice the most.  I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because they’re not allowed to do anything to the exterior of their buildings…so everything looks the way it did many years back.  The architecture was beautiful and just the fact that there are these canals running through everywhere was pretty cool.  I guess it’s what I envisioned Europe to be before this trip.   After traveling around for a lil less than 2 weeks, it’s been really nice being here in Fribourg, Switzerland.  I get to experience this small European town setting.  I don’t see tourists everywhere I go like the other cities I’ve gone to.  The only line I’ve had to wait in was at the Jazz Festival here at an Indian food tent.  So it’s like the 850^th anniversary of Fribourg and they’re having a 3 week Jazz Festival here.  It’s nice.  I went to the mall today and got myself these suspenders with the Switzerland flag all over.  Impulse buy.

 My dorm room is pretty nice.  We all get our own rooms.  2 doors away from me are these 2 North Koreans.  They’re about in their mid 30s and they’re doctors.  They’re from Pyongyang so I guess they’re pretty loyal to the government?  It was weird cuz they were smoking outside my dorm and we reached eye contact.  I think we both had this moment where we knew we were both Korean.  I gave them a lil bow and with the little Korean I know I started speaking to them.  For a bit they kept speaking to me in German and I was confused.  I just kept speaking to them in Korean b/c I was pretty sure they were Korean.  After talking to them a bit they said they were from Pyongyang.  They’re here to learn German and they’re really nice.  I’m not sure how to talk to them or act around them but I guess just being comfortable around them will make them comfortable around me.  I think it was really weird for them cuz I’m a Korean-American?  They seemed kind of thrown off but maybe it’s cuz my Korean sucks and they were just confused.  We ate lunch together and afterwards they were smoking their North Korean cigarettes.  Afterwards, they gave Andrew a pack so Andrew now has his very own pack of North Korean cigarettes.  I guess it’s ice breaking time with them.  I keep thinking about JSA when I think about our encounters. 

Maybe next time I’ll post up pictures of everything…but don’t hope on it my last entry was on Valentine’s Day we’ll see how long it takes for me to post another entry after this one.