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What: jonthoughts.blogspot.com

Dodger fans, here’s a Web site worth checking out. It’s maintained by Jon Weisman, a die-hard Dodger fan who works as a writer-editor for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and is a former sportswriter.

Mostly what you get on his Web site, besides links to all kinds of good stuff, is clever insight. On Thursday, under “Dodger Thoughts,” Weisman, recalling brighter days, revisited 1988, the Dodgers’ last championship season. From May 11 to May 22, he pointed out, the Dodgers went 3-8. From June 6 to June 17, they went 4-8. From July 27 to Aug. 9, they went 3-9. But Weisman also noted that the Dodgers went 84-42 the rest of 1988.

On Tuesday, there were these pearls: Home runs by the Dodgers in 2003: 49. Home runs by the Angels in June: 42. Home runs by the Dodgers in June: 15. Home runs by Jim Edmonds for St. Louis in June: 14.

Weisman maintains the free site just for the fun of it so there usually are plenty of entertaining facts such as these.

-- Larry Stewart