Scott Elbert And The Long Road Back
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 3:39 PM PDT
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PrintScott Elbert is pitching with the Phoenix Desert Dogs of the AFL -- managed by Don Mattingly -- hoping to work his way back into the Dodgers' sights, after a very disappointing 2010. He struggled in Triple A, had a brief weekend stint in the majors, during which he walked three of the six batters he faced, then left the organization, going home to deal with still undisclosed personal reasons. After battling shoulder issues, he is back and looking to rebound.
Tony Jackson of ESPN Los Angeles caught up with Elbert today, and I thought this passage were telling:
Elbert said he is hoping to receive an invitation to big league spring training, which is automatic if he stays on the 40-man roster this winter. Although he was a starter at Albuquerque this year before his departure, all indications are that the Dodgers now view him as a reliever, and given the bullpen issues the team had this year, that could bode well for Elbert in his effort to secure a spot on the Opening Day roster.
"To be honest, I would like to be a reliever," he said. "If that is going to be my job, then that is what I will prepare for. ... I don't ever think [starting] is out of the question, but I have always been known as a high pitch-count guy, and if I'm able to bring that down and go deeper into games, maybe I can be a starter again. Nothing is ever out of the question in this game."
Elbert has one option year remaining.
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Journey
The worst part about the Journey discussion is now that song is in my head.
by robotmadeofnails on Oct 13, 2010 3:43 PM PDT reply actions
Thanks dude. I wasn’t part of the conversation, but I can guess what song was being discussed.
Now it’s stuck in my head!
You just made everyone else want to cuss
thanks
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Phil says
y’all need to start standing up to me. Now’s yer chance : )
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Songs that would be better than DSB:
Mr. Roboto
Sussuddio
Africa
by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
That was the point. Apologies to Toto fans.
by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
So the pundits who predicted he'd end up in the bullpen
when he was drafted were right in the end. Hopefully he can make a career out of the bullpen and be one of the few answers to my question:
Who has ever quit his team after being demoted from the major to the minors and came back to have a successful major league career?
Zack Greinke may count, depending on what Elbert actually missed time for.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Zach was not demoted
to my knowledge, he simply quit as did Robin Yount for a very very brief moment.
Tripper says no!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
It’s not like Elbert and Yount quit because they were performing well. They saw the writing on the wall.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
that should have said Greinke and Yount
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha
I actually hated Yount for liking Golf more then baseball enough to quit. Then he eventually became one of my favorite players. Taft Ruled
Yount
How big of a story was that when it happened? I knew of it, but don’t remember much being said about it in old accounts.
I wonder how different the coverage would be today.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
It was big to me
but baseball didn’t get alot of coverage back in the mid 70’s. Not like they had blogs and baseball was still the game of the week and that was it.
Yeah was gonna say Greinke
Does it matter what he missed time for? Either way they were guys who were having trouble coping and needed help and time off…
I wouldn’t predict a Greinke like career for Elbert of course ;-) But if he can even come back as a useful relief pitcher that’d be great.
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Greinke actually suffered from depression.
Not saying that Elbert did, but Greinke can’t help his depression symptoms, while Elbert seemed to take his demotion especially hard.
Also, Joey Votto missed time due to depression about his father dying.
Right
But what if it comes out that Elbert was being treated for depression. We simply don’t know what his “personal reasons” were.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Doesn't change my question
The key point of my question is what major league player was “demoted” from the major leagues, quit, and then came back to have a major league career. I’m just looking for an actual historical comp to the question.
I think you are semantically missing the point. Greinke and Yount, for instance, simply quit before they had a chance to get demoted.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't believe that is true
I lived during the Yount era, he simply wanted to play golf. Dude was a major league regular at SS at age 18.
Fair enough
Yount is unique. I stand by the Greinke comp though.
The actual comp that might work is Charlie Haeger, who also quit to play golf. Of course, that wouldn’t bode well for Elbert’s future. :)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
although Haeger quit while in the minors.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
So again?
and to say he became a successful major league pitcher might also be a stretch.
And I don’t think your Grienke comp works at all because by the time he quit he had already logged over 300 major league innings.
With the Haeger comp, I AM AGREEING WITH YOU.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Why does depression have to enter in this
can’t players quit because they are immature little fucks?
Oh, I thought you actually wanted players with depression.
Wasn’t there a former high school teacher who quit baseball in his 20’s and then came back 15 years later as a reliever for a year or two? It was a movie by Dennis Quaid.
Jim Morris
But he didn’t make the majors until his late 30s
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
And it was because he blew out his arm.
This is what I’m looking for:
1. Fringe major league player, gets sent back to AAA
2. Upon getting sent back to AAA, he quits and goes home. Why nobody knows it could be depression, it could he’s tired of trying to make the big leagues, could be he misses his kids. Doesn’t matter why.
3. Player comes back the following year and eventually ends up having a successful major league career.
My only point here is not to indict Elbert, but to show how hard a task he has in making it back and being successful. Maybe I’m wrong, and there are lots of comp’s, but I don’t think so. I’m willing to be pleasantly surprised.
You’d have an easier time finding a needle in a haystack
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
Greinke is an easy comp. But he also started from a better place.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
That is kind of my point
You rarely ever hear from them again unless they quit because of arm troubles and one day the arm feels good again.
Maybe passing prop 19 will help
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Mickey Mantle almost quit when he was demoted by the Yankees, until Mutt came down to give him the Vito Corleone “act like a man” treatment.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
It is probably safe to say
it is not the norm and even if Elbert comes back as a reliever, while he could still have a MLB career, it may not be like the one envisioned for him a few years ago.
Wow, that’s some hard on you have there :)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t even count how many ways that rules.
by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh dear god...
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I hope she's not crying...
Maybe she thinks that Darvish is more handsome than Ethier… :p
Louise Bourgoin: The hottest French actress I've ever seen <3
I am not sure what is more disturbing
the soft porn shots that occupied these threads for a while or the one above.
NLCS Matchups
Game 1: Lincecum vs Halladay
Game 2: Sanchez vs Oswalt
Game 3: Cain vs Hamels
Game 4: Bumgarner vs Blanton
by Alex41592 on Oct 13, 2010 4:13 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Call me crazy, but I like the matchups for the Giants.
They’re either even, or a slight favorite against the Phillies.
Cain. The game is at San Fran.
Lincecum vs. Halladay is a toss up. You’re talking about the two guys who threw the best two games in the post season.
Sanchez walks the house but has no hit stuff and is lucky. Oswalt got roughed up in game 2 vs the Reds.
I like Cain at home vs. Hamels.
Joe Blanton is lol worthy at times.
lol worthy like when he kicked the crap out of us?
:(
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Blanton also hit our pitching
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or am I thinking of someone else?
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Brett Myers game 2
my bad
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Except when you remember the current Phillies offense is miles better than the dreck ran out by the Braves in round one.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
You are the one who pointed out just how dominating the Giant
rotation has been for the last six weeks. They weren’t playing the Braves then.
I agree
that the Giants’ pitching is good, and likely even better than the Phillies, but…
Phillies pitching vs. Giants’ offense > Giants’ pitching vs. Phillies offense IMO
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just saying
based on the staring pitching that only the Hamels / Cain looks decidedly in the Phillie favor. Mainly because Hamels is smoking hot.
No doubt the Phillie offense on paper is better, but the Giants may score just enough. At some point the Phillies might have to use their bullpen.
Let’s just say I don’t think they are a true 2 ERA team.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Although
the Giants did hit better against Philly pitching this year (including games against Oswalt, Halladay and Hamels (2)), than Philly did against the Giants.
In a world where Eckstein can be the WS MVP, nothing surprises me in playoff performances.
by robotmadeofnails on Oct 13, 2010 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the Phillies matchups of that rotation vs the Giants lineup way more than I like the Giants lineup against the Phillies staff.
Poison kills 80 children in Uganda. Damn you, Brett Michaels! Damn you!
Shuffling the deck on the 1-3 starters
Shouldn’t have much if any effect on whether you think one team will win the series or not. It’s the rob from Peter to pay Paul principle at work – in terms of game to game win probability. Now if teams are willing to go with a three man rotation then whoever pitches the first game of the series is very important.
Was the Kuroda start in the NLCS game 3 or game 4?
Looking back, that game might have ended any shot the Dodgers could have done to win that series.
Halladay / Lincecum
man, give me a postseason matchup in game one that matches that in recent history? And don’t try to tell me that Wainwright/Kershaw is that level.
That is a great matchup
I was thinking Schilling/Clemens in 2001, but that was Game 7 of the WS
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
With Randy Johnson coming in in the 8th
BA game.
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whoa
he got the save the day after starting the day before? Pretty awesome.
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2007 ALCS Game 1
Featured CC Sabathia vs. Josh Beckett, who finished 1-2 in the CYA that year.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
That is good
but I don’t think it matches two CY Lincecum going full bore against current CY and no hitter Halladay in his only postseason start.
And next time someone says we need an ace to go deep in to the playoffs and I tell them I’d never trade the future of Chad for the likes of Doc or Lee, shut me the fuck up.
Only two pitchers have pitched more than 900 IP
and ERA+ 135 in the last 4 years.
Roy Halladay
CC Sabathia
Yeah
but last three years
Doc – 152, 159, 165 – trend going way up
CC – 157, 137, 134 – trend headed down
Lincecum – 169, 173, 119 Oops
you can take this to 960
IP for the last 4 years. Only Felix Hernandez is over 870 IP and Johan Santana and Tim Lincecum make the group above 800 IP.
Okay fine
but once he became a Yankee and took the money instead of batting in the NL he became dead to me.
Led all pitchers in WAR (per Fangraphs) in 2007 and 2008. His 5.1 WAR this season was the same as Tim Lincecum.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
game 1 2001 NLCS, anyone?
yeah, The Professor vs The Big Unit
Poison kills 80 children in Uganda. Damn you, Brett Michaels! Damn you!
And this game is on Fox, right? So, I can actually watch postseason baseball!
by robotmadeofnails on Oct 13, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I think for the past few years, yes
by robotmadeofnails on Oct 13, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
No
the current contract states that they switch every year. It was the opposite last season.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
TBS is probably pretty happy
with their markets but of all the NL possibilities, Philly and San Francisco isn’t bad.
TNT made their NBA playoff contract
state that they cover the defending NBA champions’ conference finals the following year. So ESPN will get the probable Miami vs. Orlando/Boston series while TNT gets the probable Lakes vs. somebody conference finals
Cool
I’m so glad TBS has the ALCS.
I don’t know why but I heard Bobby Valentine on the radio and I’ve always liked him even if he says the same shit everyone else says.
I am a fan of Bobby Valentine, analyst.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
That announcing team
was infinitely better than Chris Berman and Rick Sutcliffe. I found myself liking Valentine as well.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Lots of fans are managing while listening/watching a game
We probably would like more ex-managers as analysts rather analysts who were only ex-players. Joe Torre was good when he did the Angels. Charlie would be either brutal or awesoke, no in-between.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
*eyes meercat suspiciously*
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today’s game played on the moon
Poison kills 80 children in Uganda. Damn you, Brett Michaels! Damn you!
you are a liar
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oh my fuckin god...
he wants to play 3b opening day, In LA lol
by lakersdodgersyankees4life on Oct 13, 2010 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions
hahahahah
its been a LONG day at school :/
by lakersdodgersyankees4life on Oct 13, 2010 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn't the
motorcycle accident enough for you?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Oklahoma Earthquake
that must suck. First you have to live in Oklahoma deal with earthquakes. What’s the upside. The Thunder?
http://newsok.com/oklahoma-earthquake-rating-upgraded-to-magnitude-5.1/article/3504094
Some where in Oklahoma
a man was saying JFC just moments before the quake hit, and his wife will now make him go to church for a year to atone.
by meercatjohn on Oct 13, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Oklahoma City resident Kenneth Tankersley, 52, was one of them. He broke his left ankle when he fell from a ladder outside his house as the earthquake struck. He said he was trying to take down an antenna when the ground shook.
“I guess my ladder wasn’t set very solid, and it just shook me off of it,” Tankersley said by telephone. “Somebody else is going to have to put up the Christmas lights. I’m not getting up there again.”
My plan is to eventually build a house with recessed lights on the roof, that can be hidden with the push of a button.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Great plan.
My plan is to sell the house I currently live in and buy another one.
Waiting……….
Still Waiting………
I finally remodeled our house after waiting for another earthquake
so I expect us to get hammered very soon.
me too!
but I’m waiting at least 5 more years
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wait it out?
I bought right now because the market is so low. Interest rate below 5, which I am told is insane.
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Hey!
My wife and I have that plan. Well a similar plan, design that system, patent it, and sell it to contractors.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Off for softball. I tend to put up a Loney-esque line of 2-4 with two singles and 2 RBIs.
Poison kills 80 children in Uganda. Damn you, Brett Michaels! Damn you!
Never…I used to play 3B, so I know what that feels like
by robotmadeofnails on Oct 13, 2010 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Our thirdbaseman had 8 errors last night, our pitcher had 3 or 4 and our outfield had another 3 or 4 – we lost 25-18. I’d say they had around 5 or 6 earned runs.
How does a pitcher rack up that many errors? They barely field anything in softball.
I could see the thirdbaseman and outfielders.
by Michael White on Oct 13, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Dribblers in the infield and ground balls up the middle. He kick saved atleast two double play balls hit right at me up the middle at SS for errors, bobbled a slow roller and threw one over the first baseman’s head (who is 6’-6). Third baseman was playing as if he had a blindfold on.
I played softball in the Marines. Got voted to the All Marine EC team. Got to go to Coco Beach Fla one summer for 6 weeks and train. Train at softball. Good stuff.
It was fun. We played in the World Softball Championships at the end of the 6 weeks. Got beat 35-5 in the first game and 27-12 in the second game.
Speaking of you, Keith, I heard that someone was from Conway, Arkansas this morning, but for the life of me I can’t remember what the context was. It was likely either something sports related, or from a comedy podcast.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2010 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Classic
dodgerthoughts
Attention, fans of “Taxi”: Christine O’Donnell goes with Delawarians over Delawarites.
me too
at first because of TV reference, then because of politics reference and then because of not getting the punchline.
One you had to be fan of the great comedy
“Taxi” where that line about Delawarians was a nice plot point.
Jim decides to set a goal
He becomes the greatest taxi driver he can be, brings lots of fares, so at the end of the episode, he invites everyone to his apartment, where he shows them a bank of TVs with cable/satellite hook ups. At first everyone says he wasted his money but more and more they start watching the televisions. On one set he has the Delaware State Legislature on and they are debating whether they should be called Delawarians or Delawarites and as the scene is closing, the announcer says, the vote is for Delawarites (or Delawarians, I forget which one) , at that point, Alex says are they crazy and he starts watching too.
White’s relationship with GM Ned Colletti is known to have been shaky at times.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2010/10/12/2010-10-12_mets_eye_dodgers_exec_logan_white_as_scout_possible_pair_with_sandy_alderson_as_.html#ixzz12I2db0kn
Known by who?
sources familiar with the thinking of the team
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Mickey Mantle played 17 years...
with a torn ACL.
Sounds like the kind of gritty move a Ned player would make.
People don't think it be like this, but it do.
Pain was his constant companion
he might have indeed been Ruthian. You have to wonder, if he didn’t have the pain, would he have drank so much, and if he had not drank so much how much better would he have been?
Good points.
I’m not sure it affected how much he drank though. I think he was a drinker at a young age. I know that he always believed he’d die young and just thought he’d do whatever he wanted anyway. It never mattered to him, he thought he was gonna die anyway.
Three athletes and how modern day medical procedures might have made their careers different
Though they were great, Mantle (knee), Elgin Baylor (knee) and Koufax (elbow), you do wonder if their careers would have been better or worst with modern day surgery options.
fucking ow
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Pat Haden said that the ADs voted in favor of having UCLA,USC, AZ, ASU, CU and UT in the South Division 7 to 5.
UCLA – against, want CAL and Stanford in same division
USC -against, want CAL and Stanford in same division
CAL – against want UCLA and USC in same division
Stanford – against want UCLA and USC in same division
Any ideas who could be the 5th school against this split? I think it could be Oregon, who wants the weaker CU in their division instead of CAL and Stanford.
Wouldn't that be great for recruiting?
I would pick the team in the NW that is already considered the best at recruiting California. Is that the Ducks?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Probably. But being in the division that doesn’t have USC, Oregon is the clear powerhouse in the North. And, like you said, they don’t need to play USC every year to recruit, so why would they want to?
by Michael White on Oct 13, 2010 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Florida football
A month after Chris Rainey threatened his girl friend by texting “Time to die bitch”, Urban Meyer decided to reinstate him to the team.
i would like to think
he meant to text “time for pie, mitch” but thanks to a VERY aggressive autocorrect
but florida college football, i guess that’s not likely.
Maybe she gained a few pounds and he meant
time to diet bitch
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
by mleadman on Oct 13, 2010 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well it’s good that Urban Meyer is teaching these young men about consequences. You show up late to practice, you miss a game. You do something a worse like threatening to murder your girlfriend by phone, you need to learn there’s going to be some more extreme consequences. Like missing four games.
by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
He coached Tim Tebow dammit!
This guy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j855wVu_UGY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
PS
30 players arrested since being UF coach! 30!!!!
by Julio Nievas on Oct 13, 2010 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe they’re just in a bad neighborhood. Maybe they have to steal to feed their families.
/I don’t believe this
//someone FedEx me a cheeseburger, I’m hungry and stuck in class
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2010 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Get that one dude that posts on here to bring you one.
The dude you met in the library.
You said you got his number!
{ducks}
PS Sorry I can’t remember who it was.
how could you forget sarcastro? It has sarcasm and Castro!
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2010 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t get his number, don’t go spreading rumors
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2010 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Sarcastro!
I’m sorry I forgot you were the dude that met Josie in the library. My bad dude.
She talked about it for a week, you’d think I wouldn’t be able to forget!
:)
I wonder how joshing defers from pulling ones leg
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2010 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Interesting note
I’m assistant to one of the professors here, and he just walked into the cafe where I’m frantically writing for her class of course, with his wife.
I’m having thoughts. Josie thoughts
me too
so many possibilities. he is typo for she? her is typo for his? his is type for her?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
No
I usually just google search a couple terms that would be in the kind of gif I’m looking for and “gif”.
Example:
“pablo sandoval” cake gif
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Surely there's an exercise program, hosted by a nubile, flexible female, on somewhere on cable
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2010 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t really know. I’m at work during those hours. But I have to imagine that there is.
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2010 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I still work evenings so I am at home during that time. If the wife is at home, that is on and it sucks
Also
The only TV I watch anymore is Mythbusters, Doctor Who, and baseball.
Oh, and any show that a friend works on. I support my friends with my viewership.
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2010 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I never got into Mythbusters. I’e seen a few episodes, but it never really took with me.
I can see how it is popular though.
I can see how it's not for everyone.
I also think it long outlived the title of the show.
I think it should now be called BLOWING SHIT UP…. FOR SCIENCE!
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2010 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I like that title
they should shout, “For Science!” after they blow something up.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2010 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I stumble upon Doctor Who now and again
but is there a set time it is on?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Even more
unlistenable. One of the sports talk stations here had (has?) a show with like four or five guys on the air at the same time. It was the male version of The View, all blabbering at once.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Our ESPN affiliate here has a show with 4 guys on from 6-10 am. It is awful. They talk about the Razorbacks, which is fine, but that is all they talk about. Oh except when they are doing a “babe bracket”. I’m a dude. I like women. But I see no need in having a contest every month it seems that has head to head battles where Faith Hill wins every time because the main perv on the show is in love with her.
The 10-1 and the 1-4 shows are better.
Pretty amazing Fanpost
http://www.truebluela.com/2010/10/13/1750135/2010-dodgers-project
I’m blown away
For all the work he put into this spreadsheet, any Dodger fan should download and use it for reference all winter. It is simply unbelievable.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I've been checking it out for the past 10 minutes
It’s seriously awesome. Give that man a nice steak dinner, even that isn’t enough.
by Julio Nievas on Oct 13, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Does Delias Man watch South Park?
because they are making fun of Jersery Shore on tonights ep
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2010 8:40 PM PDT reply actions
I'm looking forward to them
making fun of a show I’ve never seen. Have they done Glee yet? I’ve seen Glee, ripe for South Park
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I thought that the other day
when The Simpsons had the Glee people on it.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2010 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
SNL really whiffed
by doing Gillian, I pretty much don’t like any skit she is in. Lynch could have been used better.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
i havent watched SNL much at all for the last, um, 10+ years
but i tuned in because my wife likes Jane Lynch and that glee skit was awful. its like they are trying to be MadTV or something
Does Mad TV still run? And I’m surprised that FOX would allow somebody on one of their shows to be on SNL.
What is that old saying
any ….. is good …………
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Texas vs. Philadelphia would be the rarest World Series amongst the final four. Only 6 games in history.
Last “first time ever” World Series was 2001.
it would interest me
as I would be rooting for Texas
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2010 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't understand
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Oct 13, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Better explanation:
Rangers and Phillies have played each other the fewest times of all possible 2010 World Series match-ups (6).
The last time the WS featured teams playing each other for the first time ever was 2001.
by silverwidow on Oct 13, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
South Park was pretty funny
I really dislike Jersey Shore, ohhhh so much. What the hell is a Snooki? hahah
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Still A Chance For Elbert
All Elbert needs is to change speeds more frequently . . . . . he has great stuff!
Changing speeds will not
cure the command issue that he also needs to cure. Hopeful though.
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