Dodgers Season In Thirds: A Look At 2010 In 54-Game Increments

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:00 PM PDT in Dodgers History & Records

At the end of the season, I like to look back at the season in 54-game increments, breaking the season down in thirds.

Here's an overview of the team numbers:

2010	W-L	Runs For	Runs Allowed	BA/OBP/SLG	ERA
1st 54 games	31-23	254 (4.70/gm)	246 (4.56/gm)	.264/.331/.403	3.98
2nd 54 games	25-29	221 (4.09/gm)	219 (4.06/gm)	.254/.325/.378	3.97
Final 54 games	24-30	192 (3.56/gm)	227 (4.20/gm)	.238/.308/.355	4.10

A few notes about the last 54 games:

Clayton Kershaw was pretty damned consistent all season
Ryan Theriot scored 24 runs in the final 54 games of the season...to lead the club
Matt Kemp hit 10 home runs in the final third of the season, but also hit .214 with a .282 OBP
James Loney was Matt Kemp with eight fewer home runs, making for a brutal final 54 games
Kershaw, Hiroki Kuroda, Chad Billingsley, and Ted Lilly were very, very good
Lilly led the Dodgers with 72 strikeouts over the final 54 games, followed closely by Billingsley's 70, and 68 by Kershaw
Hong-Chih Kuo and Kenley Jansen were sublime

Here is the breakdown position by position:

Catcher
Russell Martin
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54 games	51	46	181	28	44	6	0	4	13	23	3/1	.243/.340/.343	.682
2nd 54 games	46	43	150	17	38	7	0	1	13	25	3/1	.253/.356/.320	.676

A.J. Ellis
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54 games	9	7	23	0	5	1	0	0	6	2	0/0	.217/.269/.261	.530
2nd 54 games	10	8	26	3	5	0	0	0	2	4	0/0	.192/.300/.192	.492
Final 54 games	25	19	59	3	20	4	0	0	8	8	0/0	.339/.426/.407	.833

Brad Ausmus
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54 games	1	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	.250/.250/.500	.750
2nd 54 games	4	3	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0/0	.222/.364/.222	.586
Final 54 games	16	15	50	3	11	1	0	0	1	6	0/0	.220/.304/.240	.544

Rod Barajas
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
Final 54 games	25	20	64	9	19	3	0	5	13	5	0/0	.297/.361/.578	.939

Infield
James Loney
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54 games	54	51	210	31	60	15	1	4	32	13	7/3	.286/.323/.424	.747
2nd 54 games	53	51	196	19	58	13	0	4	34	18	2/2	.296/.362/.423	.786
Final 54 games	54	47	182	17	39	13	1	2	22	21	1/0	.214/.299/.330	.629

Blake DeWitt
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54 games	44	42	143	15	37	8	3	0	14	18	0/0	.259/.342/.357	.698
2nd 54 games	38	34	113	14	32	7	1	1	16	12	2/2	.283/.364/.389	.754

Rafael Furcal
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54 games	29	26	118	18	33	6	2	0	10	9	8/1	.280/.328/.364	.693
2nd 54 games	47	46	189	39	64	14	3	8	29	23	10/3	.339/.411/.571	.983
Final 54 games	21	19	76	9	18	3	2	0	4	8	4/0	.237/.310/.329	.638

Casey Blake
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54 games	50	45	178	21	49	12	1	7	27	15	0/1	.275/.343/.472	.815
2nd 54 games	49	45	164	16	36	7	0	4	14	16	0/3	.220/.303/.335	.638
Final 54 games	47	44	167	19	41	9	0	6	23	17	0/0	.246/.314/.407	.721

Jamey Carroll
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54 games	46	35	120	20	36	3	0	0	10	22	3/0	.300/.397/.325	.722
2nd 54 games	48	27	105	18	27	4	1	0	4	14	4/0	.257/.347/.314	.661
Final 54 games	39	34	126	10	39	8	0	0	9	15	5/4	.310/.387/.373	.760

Ronnie Belliard
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54 games	34	15	67	10	18	5	1	1	10	10	0/1	.269/.359/.418	.777
2nd 54 games	32	14	65	7	11	3	0	1	6	7	1/1	.169/.250/.262	.512
Final 54 games	16	7	30	7	6	2	0	0	3	1	1/0	.200/.242/.267	.509

Ryan Theriot
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
2nd 54 games	4	4	17	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	0/0	.118/.167/.176	.343
Final 54 games	50	46	181	24	46	4	0	1	6	21	4/3	.254/.337/.293	.629

Chin-Lung Hu
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
2nd 54 games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	-----/-----/-----	-----
Final 54 games	12	6	23	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1/0	.130/.160/.174	.334

Nick Green
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54 games	5	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0/0	.125/.222/.125	.347

Russ Mitchell
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
Final 54 games	15	11	42	3	6	0	0	2	4	0	0/0	.143/.140/.286	.425

John Lindsey
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
Final 54 games	11	2	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.083/.154/.083	.237

Juan Castro
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
Final 54 games	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	.000/.250/.000	.250

Outfield
Andre Ethier
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54 games	37	34	143	25	52	12	0	11	38	14	0/0	.364/.424/.678	1.102
2nd 54 games	51	49	198	23	49	12	0	6	23	19	1/0	.247/.308/.399	.707
Final 54 games	51	48	176	23	50	9	1	6	21	26	1/1	.284/.379/.449	.828

Matt Kemp
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54 games	54	54	220	44	61	13	2	11	31	21	7/8	.277/.340/.505	.845
2nd 54 games	54	49	200	18	50	8	2	7	29	16	9/5	.250/.302/.415	.717
Final 54 games	54	46	182	20	39	4	2	10	29	16	3/2	.214/.282/.423	.705

Manny Ramirez
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54 games	36	29	110	15	30	6	0	4	25	18	0/1	.273/.371/.436	.808
2nd 54 games	25	22	76	16	29	7	0	4	14	12	1/0	.382/.466/.632	1.097
Final 54 games	5	3	10	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	0/0	.200/.333/.400	.733

Reed Johnson
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54 games	42	18	83	8	25	5	2	0	6	3	1/1	.301/.330/.410	.739
2nd 54 games	24	9	44	8	12	3	0	0	1	1	0/1	.273/.289/.341	.630
Final 54 games	36	15	75	8	16	3	0	2	8	1	1/0	.213/.250/.333	.583

Garret Anderson
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54 games	44	13	84	4	13	2	1	1	8	3	0/0	.155/.180/.238	.418
2nd 54 games	34	12	68	4	15	4	0	1	4	2	1/0	.221/.243/.324	.566
Final 54 games	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	.000/.000/.000	.000

Xavier Paul
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
1st 54 games	20	14	57	9	16	5	1	0	6	4	3/0	.281/.328/.404	.731
2nd 54 games	24	15	64	7	12	3	0	0	5	4	0/1	.188/..232/.234	.466

Scott Podsednik
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
2nd 54 games	7	7	28	2	5	0	1	0	3	3	3/0	.179/.258/.250	.508
Final 54 games	32	28	121	15	34	6	0	1	4	8	2/3	.281/.326/.355	.681

Jay Gibbons
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
Final 54 games	37	15	75	11	21	2	0	5	17	4	0/1	.280/.313/.507	.819

Trent Oeltjen
	G	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SB/CS	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
Final 54 games	14	6	23	5	5	1	1	0	1	4	0/0	.217/.357/.348	.705

Starting Pitchers
Clayton Kershaw
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	11	11	5-3	64.0	48	22	21	37	72	2.95	1.328
2nd 54 games	11	11	5-3	73.2	62	28	24	23	72	2.93	1.154
Final 54 games	10	10	3-4	66.2	50	23	21	21	68	2.84	1.065

Chad Billingsley
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	11	11	6-2	65.0	64	31	27	22	61	3.74	1.323
2nd 54 games	9	9	3-3	56.1	55	24	24	20	40	3.83	1.331
Final 54 games	11	11	3-6	70.1	57	27	25	27	70	3.20	1.194

Hiroki Kuroda
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	11	11	5-4	69.1	77	38	28	20	47	3.63	1.399
2nd 54 games	10	10	3-6	57.0	54	25	24	14	53	3.79	1.193
Final 54 games	10	10	3-3	70.0	49	24	22	14	59	2.83	0.900

Vicente Padilla
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	4	4	1-1	21.2	25	18	16	6	23	6.65	1.431
2nd 54 games	9	9	4-2	60.0	35	13	12	13	52	1.80	0.800
Final 54 games	3	3	1-2	13.1	19	15	15	5	9	10.13	1.800

Ted Lilly
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54 games	1	1	1-0	7.0	2	1	1	0	5	1.29	0.286
Final 54 games	11	11	6-4	69.2	59	29	29	15	72	3.75	1.062

John Ely
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	7	7	3-2	46.0	35	13	13	8	37	2.54	0.935
2nd 54 games	7	7	1-5	33.2	45	30	28	17	22	7.49	1.842
Final 54 games	4	4	0-3	20.1	25	20	20	15	17	8.85	1.967

Carlos Monasterios
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	14	3	2-0	33.2	27	9	7	8	17	1.87	1.040
2nd 54 games	9	5	1-3	30.2	37	18	18	12	14	5.28	1.598
Final 54 games	9	5	0-2	24.0	35	21	18	9	21	6.75	1.833

Charlie Haeger
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	7	5	0-4	23.1	28	26	22	20	23	8.49	2.057
2nd 54 games	2	1	0-0	6.2	8	6	6	6	7	8.10	2.100

Relievers
Hong-Chih Kuo
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	15	0-1	--	13.2	5	2	2	4	19	1.32	0.659
2nd 54 games	19	3-0	3	23.2	12	2	2	8	28	0.76	0.845
Final 54 games	22	0-1	9	22.2	12	4	4	6	26	1.59	0.794

Jonathan Broxton
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	24	3-0	13	24.1	19	4	3	3	35	1.11	0.904
2nd 54 games	21	0-3	8	20.0	23	12	12	11	23	5.40	1.700
Final 54 games	19	2-3	1	18.0	22	14	13	14	15	6.50	2.000

Kenley Jansen
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54 games	3	0-0	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	5	0.00	0.333
Final 54 games	22	1-0	3	24.0	11	2	2	15	36	0.75	1.083

Ronald Belisario
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	21	0-0	--	19.2	16	12	12	10	15	5.49	1.322
2nd 54 games	14	1-1	1	16.0	14	3	3	3	9	1.69	1.063
Final 54 games	24	2-0	1	19.2	22	16	16	6	14	7.32	1.424

Ramon Troncoso
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	28	1-1	--	25.2	23	15	13	9	15	4.56	1.247
2nd 54 games	11	0-1	--	11.0	14	8	8	2	10	6.55	1.455
Final 54 games	13	1-1	--	17.1	18	5	5	7	9	2.60	1.442

Jeff Weaver
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	22	0	3-1	16.1	13	7	7	5	11	3.86	1.102
2nd 54 games	15	0	2-0	20.2	24	15	15	12	13	6.53	1.742
Final 54 games	7	0	0-0	7.1	11	8	8	3	2	9.82	1.909

George Sherrill
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	22	0-1	0	14.2	18	13	12	15	10	7.36	2.250
2nd 54 games	20	1-1	--	10.0	17	7	7	2	3	6.30	1.900
Final 54 games	23	1-0	--	11.2	11	8	8	7	12	6.17	1.543

Justin Miller
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	3	0-0	--	5.1	2	0	0	1	5	0.00	0.563
2nd 54 games	16	0-0	--	19.0	20	12	12	7	25	5.68	1.421

Travis Schlichting
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	1	1-0	--	4.0	3	0	0	1	1	0.00	1.000
2nd 54 games	12	0-0	--	18.0	16	7	7	8	12	3.50	1.333
Final 54 games	1	0-0	--	0.2	1	2	2	1	1	27.00	3.000

Jon Link
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	3	0-0	--	2.1	4	5	2	3	1	7.71	3.000
2nd 54 games	3	0-0	--	3.1	3	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.900
Final 54 games	3	0-0	--	3.0	5	2	2	1	1	6.00	2.000

James McDonald
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54 games	4	1	0-1	7.2	11	7	7	5	7	8.22	2.087

Octavio Dotel
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54 games	1	0-0	--	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	1.000
Final 54 games	18	1-1	1	17.2	11	7	7	10	21	3.57	1.189

Jack Taschner
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2nd 54 games	3	0-0	---	0.1	1	1	1	3	0	27.00	12.000

Russ Ortiz
	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	6	0-1	--	7.0	10	8	8	5	6	10.29	2.143

Ramon Ortiz
	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
1st 54 games	16	2	1-2	30.0	33	22	21	16	21	6.30	1.633

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Before I read...

This is great

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by Julio Nievas on Oct 5, 2010 1:06 PM PDT reply actions

Offense

In short, everyone sucked in the last 54 games except for Carroll, Ethier, and Barajas (25 games)…

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by Julio Nievas on Oct 5, 2010 1:10 PM PDT reply actions

and Ellis! :)

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions

The more he plays the better he gets:)

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Barajas was the bomb

Are catchers were kicking ass while our outfielders and 1st baseman twiddled their thumbs.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions

So we put Ellis in left and Barajas at first and get someone else to catch next year!

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions

It was nice to see Troncoso bounce back a little at the end, although his K/IP and BB/IP were still poor.

Weaver is an undertold collapse story.

by JonWeisman on Oct 5, 2010 1:11 PM PDT reply actions

Unfortunately

As Eric summed up, starting pitching yay and offense boo—— unfortunately the offense is who is under contract next year.

by Michael White on Oct 5, 2010 1:12 PM PDT reply actions

Hong-Chih Kuo and Kenley Jansen were sublime

Great word choice.

by silverwidow on Oct 5, 2010 1:13 PM PDT reply actions

1/3 of us recommend this, 1/3 of us love this, 1/3 of us wish the last 1/3 of the season never happened.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 1:14 PM PDT reply actions

The other half is mental!

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions

60% of the time…..it works every time

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Speaking of bits of real Panther

Former USC (and current Carolina) WR Dwayne Jarrett has one more DWI arrest than NFL touchdowns!

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Face meets palm.

What weekend…

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by Julio Nievas on Oct 5, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions

Lane Kiffin

might have just given the most low energy interview I have ever heard a coach give after a loss, very monotone and somewhat searching for answers.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions

I was shocked too.

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by Julio Nievas on Oct 5, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions

You just heard him on 710 too

It was almost like the guy was still in shock from Saturday. Look, I don’t go in for much of the rah rah stuff but dude, you need to show some energy when speaking to the media about your team.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions

He's a great coach and a proven winner

I know he’ll bounce back!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions

While

he is no Les Miles

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions

I forgot my smiley face at the end of my post!

Les Miles. I hope and pray that he stays at LSU for at least the next 20 years.

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions

You’ve hit on a key problem here. Not necessarily for the current team, but from a recruiting POV. He is now the face of the team. He comes across as shy, which can make people think of him as being indecisive and not a true leader. That doesn’t show well. He’s a great recruiter, but he needs to come across as more positive with more personality as the face of this team. I hope Haden and McKay start coaching and mentoring him on this.

For contrast, did anyone see Chip Kelly on College GameDay Saturday? He comes across very strong.

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions

So, bringing this back full circle

The shy Lane Kiffin should be more like the final 54 games of the shy Chad Billingsley than the shy Jonathan Broxton? :)

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions

more like final 54 games of Eric Show

"She had summer teeth. Some are like this.. & some are like that.." - DJ Pauly D

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions

I just need 7-1, but I expect 5-3.

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions

I am fully expecting losses to Stanford and Oregon, but am willing to be pleasantly surprised.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions

and the way both teams are going, I half-expect the USC-UCLA affair to feature about 800 rushing yards.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions

I think even Prince can put up 300 yards against the Trojan D at the moment.

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions

And most likely a loss to one of ASU/OSU/AU.

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Chip Kelly is awesome. I had lunch on the same table he was during Pac-10 media day and was pissed that there was no mayo.

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by Julio Nievas on Oct 5, 2010 1:40 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Both LA teams sucked

UCLA got the victory though.

If UCLA had a legit QB, they would be in the top 25 for sure.

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by Julio Nievas on Oct 5, 2010 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions

So the cubs just sucked worse than us.

And I agree w/your QB comment. You would think that Nuheisal and Chow would be able to recruit some real talent at that position. Head scratcher.

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Fail…I mean they sucked LESS than us.

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions

bret hundley

He’s going to make that pistol offense look good.

+Conquest Chronicles + SB Nation Los Angeles+

by Julio Nievas on Oct 5, 2010 1:44 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Manny didn't do much those final 54 games

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 1:15 PM PDT reply actions

Slightly less than needed or hoped.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Poor #Elymania

+Conquest Chronicles + SB Nation Los Angeles+

by Julio Nievas on Oct 5, 2010 1:16 PM PDT reply actions

This is fun stuff

can you break it down into tenths next week?

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 1:17 PM PDT reply actions

James Loney had a nice 85 point spread

between his batting average and OB% the last 54 games. If only his BA wasn’t .214.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 1:18 PM PDT reply actions

Even though Ronald Belisario missed several weeks, he ended up third on the team in relief innings.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:19 PM PDT reply actions

Monk had a Lindblom-esque last 54 games

Or should I switch that around?

+Conquest Chronicles + SB Nation Los Angeles+

by Julio Nievas on Oct 5, 2010 1:19 PM PDT reply actions

I knew Rafy would suck when he came back off the DL

next time someone asks why I say such things.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 1:20 PM PDT reply actions

The Isotope 1st baseman

went 7/54 but I still liked how Mitchell hit the ball.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 1:22 PM PDT reply actions

It is very hard to hit

ten home runs in 186 at bats and still have an OPS barely above .700. Batista territory. Good thing Matt had that home run streak or that last 54 games could have been smelled in Ar Kansas.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 1:24 PM PDT reply actions

Ar Kansas

hahaha

Illi Nois

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by Julio Nievas on Oct 5, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions

That’s enough.

I’ll get Dave to put you back in your cage!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't have nearly

thick enough gloves for that.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions

delias man will let you borrow some

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm not inserting my hands

where his have been.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions

That’s almost an answer to the “why meercat?” question below!

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Reed Johnson went Garrett Anderson in his last group.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 1:24 PM PDT reply actions

Hopefully

that played him off the team

"She had summer teeth. Some are like this.. & some are like that.." - DJ Pauly D

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions

I got over Reed in August or so.

Not a fan of his like I thought I’d be.

Nice sig, BTW

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions

That’s the 3rd different signature I’ve seen from him today.

by Michael White on Oct 5, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Its Snooki day tomorrow

"She had summer teeth. Some are like this.. & some are like that.." - DJ Pauly D

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Pins and Needles

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions

I know he was switching them yesterday.

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions

just for this week

"She had summer teeth. Some are like this.. & some are like that.." - DJ Pauly D

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions

I hear hipsters change their sig all the time

to prove how hip they be

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions

This

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions

i am really just entertaining mike.

"She had summer teeth. Some are like this.. & some are like that.." - DJ Pauly D

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions

TWSS

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions

OT

What is the significance, if any, of meercatjohn?

I’ll hang up and listen

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Meercats rock

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Are they the domesticated version of the

Meerkat?

{ducks}

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by underdog on Oct 5, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes

It is appropriate that I misspelled the name don’t you think?

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Meow!

I mean, yes!

There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.

by underdog on Oct 5, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions

I can tell your disappointed that i didn't have a life story behind it

Short version, cute girl at work asked me my favorite zoo animal, and I said the meerKat. She then decided my name at work would be meerKatJohn. Think 30 Rock temp girl cute. She liked it, I liked it, we fucked, created progeny that we thought would someday change the world as long I was not involved in raising it, she moved to Kenya as a volunteer, was attacked by a Lion named Elsa, but was saved when a pride of meerkats intervened and drove off the old lion. She left Kenya for Hawaii but pirates took her hostage and demanded ransom from me. I told them to fuck off and never heard from them again.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 9 recs

I got here late

and I honestly can’t believe this isn’t green yet.

Classier than Tommy Blackjack since 2010

by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions

I see five rec's

in seven minutes.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Didn't notice the timestamp

It was here when I got here, in the middle of the page. I clicked ‘rec’ and I got the 1.

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by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions

I was on the “floor” at work.

I got back and agreed with you!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Hope you wore your kneepads

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Fast mover

you came just in time, without your comment it would just be another grey drab litany of words waiting for some type of endorsement.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions

This should really have its own color. So great.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Thanks, I think I've watched to many Simpson episodes.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions

cool

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions

It involved a feline encounter in a public restroom.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Hey

he just had a wide stance.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Hey, I came to the rest stop because I had to go to the bathroom!

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions

I’m sure that is why you stop at every rest stop….

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Along those lines, in Arkansas

isn’t it law that rest stops have to be built at least one mile away from pig farms?

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions

pig farms is the Ughkansas slang for cities.

"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions

I think so…..

Sounds like a Mississippi law, but sure could be true here too!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions

I have considered a signature for about a month now.

I am probably gonna stay no sig

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Make it a strawberry sig

"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Good idea

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Just go knock one out w/the wife again and think about it for a bit.

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Keith’s signature could conceivably be “I just finished fucking my wife.”

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions

And then ours could be “Me too”

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions

The Stephen brothers go to far

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions

There’s no such thing as too far.

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Except

for bridges.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Heh

I think I was the one who threw up the “me too” after he related the shower story.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions

it would lead to many off-shoot signatures of “I just finished fucking your wife” or some variations.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions

lol

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Or he could go with “I’m the only married guy in Arkansas not married to a blood relative”

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions

“Avoiding mother-in-laws since 200x”

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions

I love that it’s plural :)

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions

The plural of mother-in-law

is mothers-in-law.

Like Attorneys General or Courts-Martial.

Classier than Tommy Blackjack since 2010

by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah

but it sounds awful.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Around these parts, pardner, we pluralize nouns, not adjectives.

You gotta problem with that, mister, I suggest you take your adjective-pluralizin’ body to a place more likely to accept that kind.

Like Arkansas.

Classier than Tommy Blackjack since 2010

by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions

ha ha

My mind just can’t accept “in-law” as an adjective modifying mother; I always hear it as a single noun. To call my mother-in-law my “mother of the in-law variety” is just not quite right. But I know Eve Arden and Kaye Ballard disagree with me.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions

“No, there are no chickens in my yard.”

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Keith's signature

My shit is green

by Michael White on Oct 5, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

It was once!

Awesoke!

No need to worry though. Colors don’t matter as long as it isn’t red or black.

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions

I spent a week and a half in India and Malaysia last year. I saw colors comig out of me I didn’t know existed before!

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Exactly. And colors going in from the pictures and video that Eric sent me.

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Haha!

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions

There’s video? Bastard!

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Callback!

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Yesterday around noon

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Keith’s diary from yesterday:

12:00-12:12: eat lunch
12:13-12:14: knock one out
12:15-12:16: wash hands

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions

I’d never eat and fuck that close together.

I let my food settle.

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions

If wife wasn't a nurse, er, nurse-prac

you’d skip the hand washing too.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions

No kidding.

I want to be clear that I wash my hands after using the facilities, but you can’t even be near the bathroom without her saying “Wash your hands before you come out of there.”

I feel like a 7 year old every time I go in there for any reason.

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions

What is the point in washing your hands if you never wipe your ass?

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions

That’s what I used to tell her, it makes her sofa king mad!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions

They are so predictable

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions

I want to be clear that I wash my hands after using the facilities

You call your wife “the facilities?”

Classier than Tommy Blackjack since 2010

by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Ha!

Just certain parts of her!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions

so i assume she isn’t a TBLA reader

"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Hell nah!

She is a sports hater

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions

I wish my gf hated sports

instead, she’s a Yankees fan.

Arrogant, uninformed, unwavering.

"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions

I would never….

"She had summer teeth. Some are like this.. & some are like that.." - DJ Pauly D

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions

I didn’t know until after I was with her for several months! We started dating in September 2005, so there wasn’t much Yankees talk going on.

There was even less Dodgers talk, however.

Poison kills 80 children in Uganda. Damn you, Brett Michaels! Damn you!

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Why wash? I didn’t piss on them.

"She had summer teeth. Some are like this.. & some are like that.." - DJ Pauly D

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Moises Alou and R. Kelly did.

"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions

R didnt piss on HIS hands

"She had summer teeth. Some are like this.. & some are like that.." - DJ Pauly D

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions

he still used her facilities

"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions

I got the ability
I got the agility
I got the virility
Lemme in your facility

Classier than Tommy Blackjack since 2010

by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Nice. Of course, Tom Lehrer springs to mind

An awful debility,
A lessened utility,
A loss of mobility
Is a strong possibility.
In all probability
I’ll lose my virility
And you your fertility.
And desirability,
And this liability
Of total sterility
Will lead to hostility
And a sense of futility,
So let’s act with agility
While we still have facility,
For we’ll soon reach senility
And lose the ability.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Where do you think

I stole it from?

Classier than Tommy Blackjack since 2010

by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Only

from the best!

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Did you ever see Tomfoolery staged?

I never did, but I saw the revised lyrics he altered for the version of “When You Are Old And Gray” that is in it, and the note that it is staged as sung from a young man to an older man.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Dang

it doesn’t take much to depress me these days.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions

By the way

12:13-12:14: knock one out

That is a positively Kavulean level of stamina. Well done.

Classier than Tommy Blackjack since 2010

by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Notice that I ddin’t argue with the time frame, only the order.

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions

I hope my nieces are blushing

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Surely by now they know not to read dumb shit I post.

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions

I was worried more about what I had posted

I am after all Uncle Phil a pillar of society.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions

At their age?

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes, they are my nieces after all

By the way littlebit is due this January. First Grandchild for father Chris, but it will make me a four time Great Uncle.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Goddam you're old! (or your brothers are!)

And congrats to her and her hubby. Are they getting Dodger baby gear from Uncle Phil?

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Aunt Verdell will provide

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions

The burp rags

should be orange and black though.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions

I saved that color for the baby wipes.

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Equally good

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Russ and Ramon Ortiz were solid

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:29 PM PDT reply actions

solid

movements.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Solid movements make a splash

those two just dropped and splattered

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Hong-Chih Kuo and Kenley Jansen were sublime

Sublime or Sublime With Rome?

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 1:34 PM PDT reply actions

They had a million dollars but they, they spent it all.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Fantastic use of Hyna in that song

"She had summer teeth. Some are like this.. & some are like that.." - DJ Pauly D

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions

I am so damn white

Forever, I thought the female protagonist in that song was named Hannah.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions

That is the ringtone when my brother calls

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions

What is this sublime with rome i keep hearing about?

by Michael White on Oct 5, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Rome is the new singer

not jim rome

"She had summer teeth. Some are like this.. & some are like that.." - DJ Pauly D

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions

I thought they went by Long Beach Dub All Stars

by Michael White on Oct 5, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions

just what i heard…

"She had summer teeth. Some are like this.. & some are like that.." - DJ Pauly D

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Sublime with When In Rome

Now that’s a musical combo I could endorse!

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Heh

@SklarBrothers: Little disappointed, just got our Supreme Court Bobblehead dolls and the Ruth Bader Ginsburg looks a lot like Jonathan Broxton.

There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.

by underdog on Oct 5, 2010 1:36 PM PDT reply actions

She must have pork chop sideburns.

awesoke

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Btw, I stopped reading after the first line

for each hitter ;-)

Except AJ Ellis!

There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.

by underdog on Oct 5, 2010 1:37 PM PDT reply actions

Finally got one of my questions answered on baseball america

Brandon (Pasadena): Nathan Eovaldi didn’t have great stats and missed a lot of the season, but he throws hard and showed flashes of brilliance during the year. Did he get any consideration, and do you see him as a future starter or reliever?

Josh Leventhal: “Throws real hard” was the first thing most anyone said about him. He has good command of his fastball, and when he’s on, the pitch is 94-95 mph with late life. Consistency with his breaking pitches will determine his future role.

by Brandon Lennox on Oct 5, 2010 1:42 PM PDT reply actions

You should’ve went “Do you know who the fuck I am?” role like in Usual Suspects! I’m the minor league expert at TBLA.

You’d probably get a 1 on 1 after that!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions

AKA. RELIEVER

by Tripon on Oct 5, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Dang

I can barely remember how freaking good Andre was at the start of the season.

by robotmadeofnails on Oct 5, 2010 1:50 PM PDT reply actions

i remember it all went to hell

after he was disrepctuful to ely, before his first start. we were talking triple crown

by XXDC2XX on Oct 5, 2010 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Matt Kemp ends with a 107 OPS+ for 2010.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kempma01.shtml

by Tripon on Oct 5, 2010 1:58 PM PDT reply actions

B-Ref also thinks Casey Blake’s a defensive God, putting him 14 runs above average at 3B.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/blakeca01.shtml

by Tripon on Oct 5, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions

UZR likes Casey

Fuck Larry Bowa in 1980

by NotJoeTorre on Oct 5, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions

but DEER hate him

"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions

AJ Ellis

had a -100 in 2008, -46 in 2009, and plus 92 in 2010. Some would call that SSS, I call it progress.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions

on a 10-30-60% weighted average, we can roughly expect him to have a 300+ OPS next year

"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions

I find it hard to believe that 60/4 is what Adam Dunn is reportedly asking for. You have to think if it was 48/4 he’d have any number of teams jump at him.

"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 2:07 PM PDT reply actions

If you were the Rays would you pay Dunn or Pena?

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Dunn.

by Michael White on Oct 5, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions

not close

dunn in a second.

"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Dunn

Pena is the LH’d Reynolds, no?

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Pena, you know what your gonna get and hes a GG defender. Not sure if Dunn would be worth it in the AL east. Pena should come cheaper anyways.

Fuck Larry Bowa in 1980

by NotJoeTorre on Oct 5, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions

I find it hard to be believe that Dunn is asking for 60 years, $4 million too

+Conquest Chronicles + SB Nation Los Angeles+

by Julio Nievas on Oct 5, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions

clearly, that’s what I meant.

"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Dunn will be fine until about 2040 or so

but he’s totally gonna fall off a cliff after age 60. Players like him don’t age well.

Classier than Tommy Blackjack since 2010

by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions

first thing to go is his power. second thing is his ability to walk. Fortunately, by the time he loses his vision, he can take his motorized chair around the bases.

"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Of course, after 2050 or so, we will have the ability to replace our body parts with animal parts. Dunn — the Donkey — will still be under contract, so his team will probably ask him to get spliced with an actual donkey. Sure, the hooves would really impede his ability to hold a bat, but just think — for the first time in his career, Adam Dunn will be a base-stealer.

Classier than Tommy Blackjack since 2010

by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions

Fangraphs Contract Crowdsourcing

project gave him around 3 years $37M.

by Xeifrank on Oct 5, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Starbucks

Their gimmick is a HARD SELL on lattes you can make at home.

Very annoying. I just like to get my fix and be done with it.

by silverwidow on Oct 5, 2010 2:13 PM PDT reply actions

Which Starbucks?

by Michael White on Oct 5, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions

stalker

"She had summer teeth. Some are like this.. & some are like that.." - DJ Pauly D

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Mike’s plan would have worked if it wasn’t for you pesky kids!

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Don't worry, we'll know where he is.

He is at a coffee shop called Starbucks. There must be only one Starbucks, since they just opened for business this year.

Classier than Tommy Blackjack since 2010

by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Hater

by Michael White on Oct 5, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions

That is not part of our plan. Be patient.

"That hater-juice is best served cold." - The Situation

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions

This mini-thread is amusing.

It’s the one on Colorado where the people from Greenpeace ask everyone if they have time to save the environment.

by silverwidow on Oct 5, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Tim McCarver

Tim McCarver a Frick Award Finalist, … the award, presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

From mlbfanhouse.

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:21 PM PDT reply actions

ANARCHY!!!

"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions

I'll say it

What the Frick?

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by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Clearly, everyone else got one already.

"Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit'll come back with you."

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions

just give it to scully again

"She had summer teeth. Some are like this.. & some are like that.." - DJ Pauly D

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

The pickings are slim

but at least it wasn’t Rick Monday.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm sure Deion didn't get a vote, he's football media

by Pure Azure on Oct 5, 2010 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Found this interesting

2000: 48 players had an OPS over .900
2010: 14 players had an OPS over .900

+Conquest Chronicles + SB Nation Los Angeles+

by Julio Nievas on Oct 5, 2010 2:22 PM PDT reply actions

Damn humidors!

Fuck Larry Bowa in 1980

by NotJoeTorre on Oct 5, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions

year of the pitcher

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Eliminate the pitching mound.

Fuck Larry Bowa in 1980

by NotJoeTorre on Oct 5, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions

“The pitching facility.”

Classier than Tommy Blackjack since 2010

by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions

not

the belly itcher.

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes, amazing how offense is plunging

then Bautista shows up and ……….

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Or not amazing at all….It may be science!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions

It's Science..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTvSa1rCOY

Fuck Larry Bowa in 1980

by NotJoeTorre on Oct 5, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions

From my heart and from my hand
Why don’t people understand
My intentions…

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by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Fucking not cool I know that band.

Fuck Larry Bowa in 1980

by NotJoeTorre on Oct 5, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions

That came out nice and wrong.

Fuck Larry Bowa in 1980

by NotJoeTorre on Oct 5, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions

I actually heard this on the radio the other day

been awhile.

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm gonna guess

K-Earth 101?

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by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Believe it was

100.3 The Sound. Do they go 80s yet on K-Earth?

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Heard a 90s song on KRTH and Barenaked Ladies on KLOS. Anything is possible.

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Science!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V83JR2IoI8k

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions

I was debating whether to go with that or the one I quoted.

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by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions

(couldn’t find a clip of just 058 – 0:59)

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions

80s music videos are awesome.

Fuck Larry Bowa in 1980

by NotJoeTorre on Oct 5, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions

I have a secret desire to paint Bride’s back to look like a violin.

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by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions

That is the awesome-est part

Whole different type of g-string. (Was that a violin or a cello?) And I would use a rather novel “bow” to draw across those strings.

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Bride: “See? I told you if you kept doing that, you’d go blind.”

Kavula: “What?! No, it’s your fault! It’s you and your damn science!”

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by Humma Kavula on Oct 5, 2010 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions

For a split second I thought we had the birth of the dick in a box.

by robotmadeofnails on Oct 5, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Pitchers are making a comeback!

Nice

"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"

by Ivdown on Oct 5, 2010 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Where would the Padres be if they didn’t trade Jason Bay and Oliver Perez for Brian Giles in 2006? Would it have mattered?

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 2:48 PM PDT reply actions

I don't but

I don’t think the Dodgers get Manny then.

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions

i just love the 6 degrees of separation in baseball. Brian Giles is the 1.21Gigawatts required for Manny Ramirez to get traded to the Dodgers.

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions

6 Degrees is fun

Eric and I put the Jeter Flip and connected it to Kemp/Either the other day.

"That hater-juice is best served cold." - The Situation

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions

The trade was in 2003

the Padres resigned Giles in 2005.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Guess I hit the wrong key. you’re right. Point stands.

Or, if the Red Sox got ARod instead of the Yankees, the Yanks would have had Soriano at 2B still and would never have developed Cano and the Sox end up with an infield of Youk, Pedroia, Hanley and ARod.

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions

If you want a what if

What happens if the Yankees win the ALCS in 2004, no Red Sox Nation, no craziness, no “The Steal.”

Does Theo leave and take the Dodger job in 2005? Does Joe Torre get “fired” in 2007? That might be the biggest “what if” in baseball if not pro U.S. sports next to what if Pau Gasol is not given away to the Lakers?

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Jason Bay on the 2004-2005 Padres

would have been devastating.

"That hater-juice is best served cold." - The Situation

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Giles was equally as good

as that in 2004-2005

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions

For a team whose fans will be watching the playoffs

instead of participating, you all, are in a good mood today. No pressure?

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 2:57 PM PDT reply actions

I let all the bitterness go

with the end of the season.

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions

The season was over so long ago, it’s all good.

"That hater-juice is best served cold." - The Situation

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions

This season

My mood changed from being only a few games back and certain the Dodgers would eventually pass the Padres to being 9 games back and certain the Dodgers would miss the playoffs incredibly quickly.

by Michael White on Oct 5, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions

I can’t speak for everyone, but as for myself I have always treated this more as a community of friends rather than a Dodgers-only blog. I knew these days would come in roughly mid-August, so there isn’t much bitterness left. Rather, I come here to see what everyone is up to. What words Humma has spun that I could never dream of, which new angle Eric has put on the season that was, how Tripon is morbidly pessimistic about Jamey Carroll’s wOBA against left-handed relief pitchers after the 6th inning on the road with the roof closed on Tuesdays whose date is a multiple of 3, how Michael can wax poetic about Jersey Shore, how you Phil can remind me how young I am, and finally, I come back hoping today is the day keith posts a pic of his wife.

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs

But

fuck that David guy. He’s a whore!
;-)

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions

whore

Poison kills 80 children in Uganda. Damn you, Brett Michaels! Damn you!

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Read: Oh, go cry in the press box!

Poison kills 80 children in Uganda. Damn you, Brett Michaels! Damn you!

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Heh!

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Rec’d

+Conquest Chronicles + SB Nation Los Angeles+

by Julio Nievas on Oct 5, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Nice

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Never posting a pic, you perv!

Good post

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions

I’m not a perv. I’m 24.

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Preversion

is not ageist!

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Ha!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Awww

how sweet. :)

Leading the league in OMGs || Proud owner of a Chad Billingsley Real Doll

by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Is that a new profile pic?

Well done.

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions

playoffs look fun

but i keep looking at guys how might be available, and continually get frustrated because there is seemingly no way any of them come to the Dodgers.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions

FWIW

Jim Caliis of BA just tweeted:

Logan White as GM and he could pick the director. @WexlerRules: Who would you hire as GM/Scouting director if you owned the #Mets?

If White took that job and hired Tim Hallgren, with whom does Colletti replace White?

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 3:09 PM PDT reply actions

Ed Creech.

by silverwidow on Oct 5, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Dark

Very dark.

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Let's listen to someone who didn't just talk to Logan White

Mets narrow list to six

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions

It wasn't a prediction of candidates

it was a “who would you hire if it were up to you?”

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions

Well one

it would depend if Hallgren was not under contract, which we don’t know. Also, for all we know, the Dodgers could move Hallgren into White’s role.

Finally, I don’t know enough about potential scouting directors to say who would be good or bad, it seems like a job that goes to someone already in the business and probably not well known.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Type A

Lilly a Type A and Dunn a Type B. Interesting.

by Xeifrank on Oct 5, 2010 3:11 PM PDT reply actions

Here’s hoping for 2 picks from Ted Lilly. Go find someone else to pitch for half his salary.

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Or, if you’re going to pay that much to a pitcher, add it in and get someone better.

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Like who

and be reasonable

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions

I mean, there aren’t many good pitchers available after Lee, so I’d probably go with my first comment of finding someone who is a bit of a dropoff but who will play for much cheaper.

That beig said, Jorge De La Rosa will probably command the same salary as Lilly but you’d be able to get him for 3-4 years.

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm expecting a wolf like year for Lilly next year

so I don’t think it will be that hard. No if you want me to find someone who do what he did this year for 1/2 the price I can’t.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions

If Padilla had stayed healthy, it’d be half. Jon Garland had a good year. I’m probably exaggerating but even getting his production for 7-8 instead of 10 could be big on this team.

Given the choice, and having to make an actual choice, I think you could get Jake Westbrook and Chris Young for roughly what Ted Lilly will make next year. He has every right to ask for the same money that Derek Lowe got at age 36.

Poison kills 80 children in Uganda. Damn you, Brett Michaels! Damn you!

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Derek Lowe's career ERA+ then was 121

Ted Lilly’s is 108. Their careers are plenty long enough that ERA+ is relatively decent measuring stick. Lowe being an extreme ground-ball pitcher helps cut down the scoring compared to Lilly being a fly-ball pitcher. And Lowe has kinda stunk it up since signing that contract, so teams will be wary with Lilly, and they aren’t offering him 4/60.

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Even then

Lowe got a 60/4 deal ($/years). Lilly should not feel bad asking for a 26/2, 39/3, 52/4 type deal.

Lilly has been trending upwards in ERA+ and even had a 144 last year. His $10mil should be his salary floor this offseason, not his ceiling.

Poison kills 80 children in Uganda. Damn you, Brett Michaels! Damn you!

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Despite missing all those games

Manny Ramirez is a Type A?

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Doesnt it average for more than one year?

"That hater-juice is best served cold." - The Situation

by delias man on Oct 5, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes, it is a two-year evaluation

but Manny had the 50-game suspension in ’09, so he only played 194 games over the last two seasons.

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions

The guess on what the evaluation is based on

from mlbtraderumors:

1B/OF/DH: PA, AVG, OBP, HR, RBI

2B/3B/SS: PA, AVG, OBP, HR, RBI, Fielding percentage, Total chances at designated position

C: PA, AVG, OBP, HR, RBI, Fielding percentage, Assists

SP: Total games (total starts + 0.5 * total relief appearances), IP, Wins, W-L Percentage, ERA, Strikeouts

RP: Total games (total relief appearances + 2 * total starts), IP (weighted slightly less than other categories), Wins + Saves, IP/H ratio, K/BB, ERA

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions

link

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2007/10/stats-used-for.html

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by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions

his AVG and OBP have got to be up there. I wonder if it considers AVG and OBP per PA as well, or if they assume someone with a 1.000 avg 1.000 OBP but with 1PA 0HR 0 RBI won’t qualify for anything so it doesn’t matter.

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Don't want to stop this thread

but to make your picks in the 4th annual postseason pool, go here
http://www.truebluela.com/2010/10/5/1732982/4th-annual-tbla-playoff-pool

I’m going to limit it to the first 50 entries assuming we get 50 entries.

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 3:16 PM PDT reply actions

Just talked to the guy who was the court room tech for Frank McCourt during the divorce trial. Im gonna pick his brain at happy hour on Thursday and if I learn anything interesting Ill post it here. Doubt theres much more to find out but we’ll see..

by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 5, 2010 3:49 PM PDT reply actions

Sounds good

also ask him if he knows the guy who throws batting practice for the Dodgers. Long story.
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Oct 5, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions

hah I saw that thread. this lead is solid tho. he got to sit in Franks seats a couple games ago and his wife was almost killed by an errantly tossed bat.

by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 5, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions

his wife was almost killed by an errantly

i could have sworn this was going to end with “driven SUV”.

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, sounds good

report back to us. Get him liquored up real good. Call Humma for suggestions. :)

by Xeifrank on Oct 5, 2010 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions

my only beef is with attorney client privilege

damn you laws!

by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 5, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions

thanks.

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions

This thread has been Scatterific

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man

by mleadman on Oct 5, 2010 3:55 PM PDT reply actions

This site really does get me through my workday.

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Question

If a team really wanted to go balls out rebuild mode, and it was a strong draft class like the one coming up in 2011, would it make sense to deal MLB pieces for for sure Type-A guys who will seek multiyear deals like De La Rosa, Pavano, Lilly, Konerko, offer them arb with the belief they will decline, get a royal crapton of first and second round picks the next year, blow your budgetary wad on the draft, and fill your 2011 team with NRIs? Would be a quick 1 year turnaround to getting a serious influx of talent into the system and you’d be able to go back out and get MLB talent in 2012.

Just seems like there are too many Type-A guys out there on non-playoff teams for a small/mid-market team to not want to go get extra picks.

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 4:12 PM PDT reply actions

Teams generally don’t like trading Type As. Even Cliff Lee only got one top prospect in return.

by silverwidow on Oct 5, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions

Also

at best you are only able to get post number 16th or in this case 18th picks and while you get the rare Mike Trouts, you are almost always going to be on a 2-3 year rebuild mode.

Finally, some teams may just want to be rid of the salary and not want anyone in return (for instance, Kornerko might not even be offered arbitration.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions

I think it's crazy the Dodgers still pulled 3.5mil fans

Though, as someone here mentioned yesterday, I think people here just like getting out and watching a game.

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 4:45 PM PDT reply actions

I don't think it's so crazy this year

next year might see a drop

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Not when Jerry Sands hits 40 jacks

by meercatjohn on Oct 5, 2010 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions

In Chattanooga

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions

while playing

gold glove defense at 3B

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions

~~swoon~~

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions

didnt mean to cross that out!

That would be awesoke

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions

All those rumors about Matt and

Rihanna are apparently wrong.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 4:56 PM PDT reply actions

only good thing about dish right now

NBA Network and NFL network…

NBA network showing the debut of lebron wade and bosh. right now

by matthewmafa on Oct 5, 2010 4:58 PM PDT reply actions

switch to Direct TV.

And get me a $100 on a referral bonus!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions

RANDY MOSS TO THE VIKINGS

Very close, per Jay Glazer.

HOLY. CRAP.

by silverwidow on Oct 5, 2010 5:03 PM PDT reply actions

full circle

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Wow!

I need a receiver I can get on waivers. While I understand that you have no clue who is available in my league, shoot me a few guys that you would try for a 1 week plug in guy.

This is for anyone.

Thanks

I’ll hang up and listen.

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions

The Moss news is BIG because with the Patriots’ bye week, I was going to plug in Jabar Gaffney as my WR2 (very risky play). But if he gets traded to Minnesota, I’ve got my guy back (to pair with Roddy White).

Waiver additions? Tough to say. Maybe Kenny Britt, now that Justin Gage is out with a hamstring problem.

by silverwidow on Oct 5, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions

How about Mario Manningham.

by LA Taco on Oct 5, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Believe it or not, he is unavailable.

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Manningham fell off the map

Im in te same situation and Im going with Danny Amendola against the Lions. Hes a good WR3 if available

by SeanMillerSavior on Oct 5, 2010 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Considering him, Britt, Mason, and maybe Roy Williams this week.

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions

is it point per reception?

by SeanMillerSavior on Oct 5, 2010 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions

As a Moss owner I approve of this

Get his diva ass happy so he can produce on the field

by SeanMillerSavior on Oct 5, 2010 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions

I love this

no one cares about the actual teams involved.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions

One team, the Pats, obvoiusly don’t care about him!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions

i'm sure they love him

they just don’t want to pay him. :)

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Isn't he being paid for this season

I get that he wants an extension but the Patriots certainly don’t have to give him one.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions

If Im the Pats I dont give him an extension

Hes getting up there in age, and is acting like a huge bitch right now

by SeanMillerSavior on Oct 5, 2010 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions

no they do not

and it doesn’t matter to me in the slightest. I just enjoy the games.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Moss owner?

Los Angeles Galaxy for SBNLA / Pop Bunker

by Josie Becker on Oct 5, 2010 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

i got you

I’ll rec this all day and night

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions

gasp

Maddz has appeared!

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Call Everyone!!!!!!!!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Moss screwed me this week in a ppr league. Up 19 going into Monday night. We have Moss, other squad had Dave fucking Bess. No catches for Randy = no victory.

by UCLADodger32 on Oct 5, 2010 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions

i’m not touching that one

Los Angeles Galaxy for SBNLA / Pop Bunker

by Josie Becker on Oct 5, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions

You won't rouch Randy Moss

or Davone Bess?

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions

should read “touch” not “rouch”

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Moss screwing UCLADodger and Dave fucking Bess were just asking for some lampooning : )

Los Angeles Galaxy for SBNLA / Pop Bunker

by Josie Becker on Oct 5, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Davone Bess is a poor man’s Wes Welker.

by silverwidow on Oct 5, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Bess is available

but they are on bye this week

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions

That sucks

I didn’t get to watch, but listened to most of the 2nd half on radio. Boomer Esiason was saying that he was getting double coverage all night long. Corner up front with safety help all night.

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Ya. i’m not one to usually talk about fantasy teams, but that one pissed me off. If only Randy caught that td pass…

by UCLADodger32 on Oct 5, 2010 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions

has anyone

ever see this?

http://us.akinator.com/

I’ve been having fun with this for like an hour. It’s basically twenty questions, but against someone with the mind of the entire internet.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 6:09 PM PDT reply actions

It got my first person (hillary clinto) by question 8.

It didn’t get my second person (Jeffrey Ross. it guessed ralphy May) but still dead close.

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions

those things tend to be freakilly acurate

"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
http://www.accessorizeyourvehicle.com/

by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions

it is!!

It got Tequila from Hard Boiled!!!!

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Glad to see Kyle Russell was a top 20 Cal League prospect

With the end to his season in AA, I’m not sure why people are ready to label him a nothing non-prospect. Give him a full year in AA before you make your assumptions about how his career will turn out.

Also I was very glad to see Miller and Martin on the list above him. This team is going to have a lot of B- to B+ prospects (only a couple of B+ prospects likely).

"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"

by Ivdown on Oct 5, 2010 6:09 PM PDT reply actions

Hey man

I told you the Dolphins we’re gonna pull it off

NOT

"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"

by angelofdeath on Oct 5, 2010 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions

hahaha

That picture is awesome. Yeah, I knew the Dolphins had shit on the Pats, haha.

"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"

by Ivdown on Oct 5, 2010 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah well

Not as Failtastic as the Niners

CLOLements, you idiot, protect the damn ball…

"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"

by angelofdeath on Oct 5, 2010 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions

I think I just saw a tumbleweed cross through here

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 7:05 PM PDT reply actions

but

have you named it yet?

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Good idea

Since it’s the first confimed tumbleweed of the season, I think it needs to begin with the letter “A”.

My vote is for Tumbleweed Antonio Osuna.

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions

cool

can the next one be Tumbleweed Brad Ausmus? Gotta show some respect.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions

I am cool with leaving that up to the person that spots said tumbleweed!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions

OT

Be careful driving in WV, Iowa, Michigan, SD, and Montana this fall.

http://www.gadling.com/2010/10/04/five-states-where-you-re-most-likely-to-hit-a-deer-this-fall?icid=main%7Cmain%7Cdl7%7Csec1_lnk3%7C175507

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 7:44 PM PDT reply actions

I saw that article earlier, but it was on a different site and the headline was “5 States with the Worst Drivers”

Poison kills 80 children in Uganda. Damn you, Brett Michaels! Damn you!

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions

My in-laws hit a deer in Nevada 2 years ago. Messed up their rental car something fierce, but luckily they weren’t driving too fast or they would have gotten hurt real bad.

by KellyStephen on Oct 5, 2010 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Yep, it always works out as Livestock 1: Car:0

Poison kills 80 children in Uganda. Damn you, Brett Michaels! Damn you!

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions

My uncle hit an 8 point last year in his truck. He had shot an 8 point about an hour before that.

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Karma?

Not quite Instant Karma.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 5, 2010 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Fine Mr. Cook, this one's for you

http://twitter.com/KenDavidoff/status/26510563357

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 7:51 PM PDT reply actions

Is this for me?

And if yes, not trying to be an ass, but why is it intended for me?

If no, then who else has such a cool last name?

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions

I thought GS meant former UCLA QB Wayne Cook.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions

oh.

He did say “Fine Mr Cook”

I should’ve known that wasn’t for me!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions

you said it was dead in here

so I gave you evening news

Poison kills 80 children in Uganda. Damn you, Brett Michaels! Damn you!

by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions

sigh

Sportscenter just did a recap of 2010, really no Dodger highlights. I know we didn’t do anything noteworthy, but it just kinda drives home how irrelevant the Dodgers were this year.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 7:55 PM PDT reply actions

that's a shame

by DodgerSF on Oct 5, 2010 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions

indeed

more a shame that we can’t even really have honest hope that the team can get some help next year.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions

No footage of Manny getting thrown out on his final pitch seen as a Dodger?

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions

no

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions

KERSHAW ACE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions

he didn't

throw a no-hitter, or get cheated out of one

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions

yeah

but didn’t he beat Ubaldo a bunch?

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions

twice?

I think overall Jiminez was 0-4 against the dodgers

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions

1-3

he beat us Sept 17

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by G.Scott on Oct 5, 2010 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions

RABBLE RABBLE RABLLE

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions

RABBLE RABBLE

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Had Kuroda no hit the Phillies and Halladay

that would have been there.

There really wasn’t much to show this year.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 8:24 PM PDT reply actions

that's

what i’m saying. I’m not raging against ESPN. I’m just saying it hit home how mediocre the team was.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions

ESPN ranks the Dodgers players.

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/dodgers/playercards

by Tripon on Oct 5, 2010 8:25 PM PDT reply actions

Are they ranked, or just sort of listed?

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions

they appear

to be in order of stature within the Dodgers…Kuo is WAY before Brox (who is after Beard, actually)…I disagree with Lilly and Jansen being all the way at the bottom, though.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, I guess there is some semblance of order to them, although I don’t believe ranking was the purpose.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions

for real

GA shouldn’t be on that list. Or his card should lead to a broken link because he was so god damned bad he broke the internet.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions

I didn’t even notice GA was there until now.

I’m blaming you personally for this. :)

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Things are back to normal now!

Order has been restored.

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Maybe you should make up a list of possible

pinch hitters that the Dodgers could sign next year so people can start hating him now.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions

OOOOH

There can be a special sidebar! Pin the tail on the Scapegoat!

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions

have you taken the time

to rub Billz’s success in the face of your Billz hating friend?

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions

trying to tell anthony that billz is great

is like trying to teach Bodhi how to fetch. Actually, that’s not true, my cat is pretty awesome and he’d wish you into a corn field for your trouble (ask k3vo).

It’s more like…hmmm. Trying to teach a Giants fan the error of their ways.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions

heh heh

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions

I think the ordering is totally meaningless, other than for Kershaw to be the first card

And did y’all read this part:

Jon Weisman of ESPNLosAngeles.com’s Dodger Thoughts blog
offers a player-by-player look at some of the key members,
best stories and biggest disappointments of the Dodgers’ season.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 6, 2010 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions

Maybe it's just the order in which Jon got them done

He could be asked at Dodger Thoughts, of course.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 6, 2010 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions

Obviously GA

is there for the disappointment part.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 6, 2010 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions

Hi guys

Rough year, for sure. My roommate is a Padres fan, so she’s heartbroken, too (gosh, could you imagine? I think TBLA would be down a few members, permanently, if that had happened to the Dodgers).

Your boy regfarfield rocks a mean set of union jack sunglasses.

Oh, and my INCREDIBLY SMART professor was talking about pedagogical practices in class today and was trying to explain that he didn’t have an innate ability to understand music. His analogy was talking about how hitting coaches in the MLB aren’t usually the hitting greats of years long past, but more like dudes who played a few games but aren’t that good. After class, I asked him what his team was. He told me “Yankees” like he couldn’t believe I was asking (he’s a Jewish guy from NYC, I think…whoops) and then we talked about Torre for a hot second before someone had a more “important” question about Kierkegaard. Danish prick.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:31 PM PDT reply actions

aaaaaaaaaand

DeWitt >>>> Theriot. I am vindicated. (though I supposed I’d have to make sure he didn’t implode in Chicago to make sure)

Also, JEEEEEPERS was Furcal hot in that second third!

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah I still have so much sadness

watching the Dodgers jettison Dewitt and McDonald.

"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Long time fans point to

1951, 1962, 1982, 1991, but I get your point. 2007 was not a great year either for Padre fans. But baseball is always going to produce more melancholy than joy, it is a game that at its core, is one of failure much more than success.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions

so true

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions

indeed

it was just interesting to watch it up close when i was taking breaks from trying to wrap my head around academic things and stuff

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions

You been spending all your time at the Opry?

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions

ha!

I wish. I still haven’t been properly downtown yet. It’s terrible.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions

so no to meth

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

One of the better comments of the evening.

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions

its addled my brain apparently

"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

+1 for the Heinlein quote

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions

hah

only book i’ve read by him was Starship Troopers(need to read more) but I saw that quote and had to have it immediately.

"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Totally fine

Starship Troopers was a good book. But if you don’t read Stranger in a Strange Land, then you’re doing yourself a disservice.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm trying to get there

I have a tendency to neglect my reading.

"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions

He stole it from Bertrand Russell. (“Laziness is the mother of invention.”)

by berkowit28 on Oct 5, 2010 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Perhaps

but I like his phrasing better.

"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions

funny, because

Rudy Jaramillo is considered probably the best hitting coach around, and he never played in the majors.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions

The Maddz Signal® went off, so I decided to check in to see how the True Blue LA comments were this fine evening.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 8:36 PM PDT reply actions

I think Josie has her login and is fucking with us to increase activity on here during a slow night!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions

um

not true.

./runs

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Have been able to stay away

from all that barbeque and fried food down South?

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Actually

yeah, I’ve been doing pretty well. I lost weight (probably because I’m lazy and my meals now consist of cereal…and cereal) so in order to make my pants fit again, I think I’ll actually have to try some BBQ. I’ve only had fried chicken but they tell me there is something called “chess pie” that is basically…sugar, eggs and butter. In a pie crust. I love the South.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions

cereal

or candy?

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions

nose candy

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

keeps em lean and mean

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Ha!

Could you imagine me, coked out? The world would end. It’d be terrible.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions

We've covered this I thought

though nose candy is popular in the glitzy places like socal, in Tennessee they just stick with Meth.

"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions

I should really lay off tennessee

I just hate the titans so much.

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I think they hate themselves

not as much as the dolphins, though. WAYO!

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions

whales and dolphins?

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions

My hands want to type cereal, but the jolly ranchers on my window sill are screaming “candy”.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions

hah

I more meant the difference between Fruit loops and Cheerios

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm the opposite of smart

and I got it!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions

oh.

I like honey bunches of oats, myself.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions

You and Omar Little

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man

by mleadman on Oct 5, 2010 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Maddz and Vin Scully, peas in a pod.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions

I can hear

Forrest Gump saying that.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions

i think i destroyed(briefly) my tongue as a 9 year old

eating lemon jolly ranchers

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions

And are you using terms such as

“Y’all”

“Fixin to”

“Sheeeet” (not for sheet, but for shit)

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions

I have started using y'all

as saying “you all” or “you guys” seems oddly…formal or stilted…and I have started to call people “Mr.” and “Ms.” because everyone else here does it and if I don’t I sound rude.

People are really, very polite out here. I ask for SS numbers all the time and people are like, “Oh, yes ma’am!” and then give me their socials.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Maddz is getting a bunch of credit cards and making purchases at Billzrealdolls.com

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions

4 Chads is better than 1!

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Hmmm.

Subject verb agreement is a bitch

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions

It strangely works in this case.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I foresee this headline

Southern California native, here pictured in some costume for a local laser tag amusement center, arrested in credit card scam. Authorities were tipped off by the number of purchases from Dodgers.com from this zip code.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

if I lived there

they’d think i was local within like a week. I cannot resist imitating accents.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Easy Tommy

If my accent had a rating like in Madden it’d be about a 94!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Between the accent

and the shotgun mounted in the back of the truck cab, I am sure no one would mistake you for a Northerner.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions

That is just silly BH.

No one carries a shotgun!

So silly

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions

not sure what that means

but if it means you have a heavy accent, if I ever meet you, sorry, i will imitate it.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions

It is heavy and deep.

Easy to make fun of!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions

it's not to make fun

i just can’t help it.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions

It is heavy and deep.

TWSS

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 6, 2010 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions

Easy to make fun of!

TWSS

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 6, 2010 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions

I imitate people who don’t like Dr. Pepper. It involves silence and Xs for eyes.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions

And when it comes to people who don't eat

strawberries…

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions

i'd imitate people who do

but puking my guts out isn’t healthy

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions

The key to a good imitation

is the commitment, Tommy.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions

my drink imitation

is sorely lacking i’ll admit. the required research may be more than i care for.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Good to see the Clippers already in regular season form.

by Joey Joe on Oct 5, 2010 8:51 PM PDT reply actions

Fortunately

Eric has a Clipper blogger who gets to recap the thus far 30 point deficit in Portland

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 8:51 PM PDT reply actions

By the way

I was writing the snarky comment above before Joey posted his. Scary

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions

And I’m not even watching the Clippers game.
I just saw the score while watching the replay of the Heat-Pistons on NBA TV.

by Joey Joe on Oct 5, 2010 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Why

could they not have been able to pick John Wall, damm you NBA requirement to play one year in College.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Clippers had bad luck with the Blake Griffin draft.
He’s just not a #1 caliber player. He was the best player in an awful draft class…Clippers are just cursed…not sure how else to explain it.

by Joey Joe on Oct 5, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Game is not on TV

by Michael White on Oct 5, 2010 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions

This Heat – Pistons game really wasnt that great.

I think the Heat will be a great playoff team, but during the regular season I dont think they’ll be some amazing 70 win team…I still think the Magic will finish with a better record than them because Wade wont be healthy all year and they are thin as it is.

by Joey Joe on Oct 5, 2010 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions

I choose to think of this season not in terms of increments but excrement.

by kinbote on Oct 5, 2010 8:53 PM PDT reply actions

I was this close to using excrement in the title of the post :)

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Sick minds . . .

by kinbote on Oct 5, 2010 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions

well you know

like, if only Kemp had backed up those throws to 2nd.

/ducks

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Dump Kemp!

by kinbote on Oct 5, 2010 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions

classy!

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions

eh?

by kinbote on Oct 5, 2010 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Whaaaat?

You didn’t purposely use “dump” as the clever follow-up to your own “excrement” comment?

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 6, 2010 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions

“I want to be a billionaire, so … bad, buy all of the things I never had,” he sang along, loudly and off-key, to the Travie McCoy song “Billionaire,” as it blared from his Bose computer speakers. “I want to be on the cover of Forbes magazine, smiling next to Oprah and the queen.”

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lenny-dykstra-20101006,0,828960.story?page=2&utm_medium=feed&track=rss&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20latimes%2Fmostviewed%20%28L.A.%20Times%20-%20Most%20Viewed%20Stories%29&utm_source=feedburner

by Tripon on Oct 5, 2010 9:06 PM PDT reply actions

Its nice to want things.

by Joey Joe on Oct 5, 2010 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions

That link took Extenze.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Jimmy Johnson’s freakishly long penis!

by kinbote on Oct 5, 2010 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions

I bet his hair is still harder.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions

that escalated quickly

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions

It really got out of hand, didn’t it?

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions

I blame The Soup.

by kinbote on Oct 5, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions

I love that show

by Michael White on Oct 5, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions

I don’t watch it nearly enough as I should, but you just reminded me to add it to the DVR

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions

We love the original ads. The whole concept is some lady goes up to a random couple and asks if they’ve ever heard of Extenze. The man answers—straightfaced—“Heard of it? I use it.”

by kinbote on Oct 5, 2010 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions

We?

Like, you and your…dude?

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions

wife

c’mon now!

by kinbote on Oct 5, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions

I figured

I’m just being difficult :D

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Don’t worry. Maddz was obviously coked out on True Blue LA Night #2 this season ;)

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions

I was at the Kids table

what else did you want me to do? Kinbote was just kind enough to tolerate me from a row above. :)

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Good to see you here, btw. I think I’m all out of shit and dick jokes.

by kinbote on Oct 5, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions

I'll see what I can do about augmenting that

I’m finally beginning to handle school and being academic and all that…I just have to work on time management. It’s an issue.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Religious studies, no?

by kinbote on Oct 5, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Yup!

I think I finally have decided to pursue the sociology of religion. Or something. Maybe.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions

This will come in handy when you start your own cult

revolving around lazertag, wild dancing, karaoke, and Chad real-dolls.

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by David Young on Oct 6, 2010 12:24 AM PDT up reply actions

Really

bit.y people or just use the link symbol

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Its on the firont page as well.

http://www.latimes.com/

by Tripon on Oct 5, 2010 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions

wait wait

isn’t “Travie McCoy” Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes fame?

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, but this is a single.

by Tripon on Oct 5, 2010 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions

A Lenny Dykstra story?!

Is that really tired and old by now?

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by David Young on Oct 6, 2010 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions

Is this legal?

I just heard the owner of the Tigers and Red Wings has been approved to buy the Pistons.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 9:21 PM PDT reply actions

Legal?

Sure.

by Tripon on Oct 5, 2010 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Why wouldn't it be legal?

"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"

by angelofdeath on Oct 5, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions

I think only the NFL

won’t let you own a team in another league.

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions

As a Dr. Pepper drinker, I know that those three teams all play different sports, in different leagues.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions

as a guy who just downed a tall can of beer,

i can say I may not exactly be thinking straight.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Heh

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Its tuesday night you drunkard!

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions

i was bought for me

was i to say no?

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Its not gay

its just masturbation right? So I guess not.

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions

nothing wrong with the dutch rudder

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions

I will be the first to admit that I looked that up

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions

You didn't already know?

jeez

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Well, now Rik Smits and Kenley Jansen won’t be the first thing I think of when I hear the word Dutch.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Worst nickname ever for KJ.

by kinbote on Oct 5, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions

I am totally onboard to call KJ the Dutch Rudder!

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions

For every strikeout, we can hang a K with the crooked features of the K being made up of one hand clutching another arm.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh please

oh please make this happen

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions

That just might be the greatest thing ever

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Not a nickname

just that he played for the Netherlands in the WBC.

On the other hand, Rik Smits as Dutch Boy in the paint is the most perfect nickname ever.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions

I just got home….looked it up….laughed so hard my wife hit the wall signaling that Im too loud!

by keithc13 on Oct 5, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions

It was actually her head

Sorry about that.

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by David Young on Oct 6, 2010 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions

what the hell

by robotmadeofnails on Oct 5, 2010 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

it’s not something I do!

Often!

Kevin, did you get my message?

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Yep, I got it. It sounds great

by robotmadeofnails on Oct 5, 2010 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions

The other presenter is going to talk about Just War theory…and I’m going to talk about selective readings within the canon and how it informs liberative praxis/theology.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Lmao. I thought of that movie right away when you say “Dutch Rudder”.

“See, it’s like you’re ****ing me off. It’s not gay.”

"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"

by Ivdown on Oct 5, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Pedro Guerrero so wants to weigh in on this pressing issue.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

rec'd

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by David Young on Oct 6, 2010 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions

wow

not only did my own shitty writing fuck that up, I didn’t even clarify that it was my brother who bought it for me, as an incentive to drive him to the liquor store

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions

thats even weirder

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions

So you took money from your brother, who isn’t old enough to drive, to buy him beer? :)

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions

uh, no

my 23 year old brother who doesn’t drive asked me to drive him to the store, and he would buy me a beer if i did.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions

see what happens when you drink Dr. Pepper?

make wild accusations.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions

does your 23 year old brother

also not drink Dr. Pepper?

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions

don't know

he probably does, but I don’t think it’s his preference.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm so sad

I opened my last Dr Pepper to go along with dinner, but then fell asleep after only having 2 or 3 sips and that was 4 hours ago :(

It’s probly all lukewarn and nasty now.

"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"

by Ivdown on Oct 5, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions

so really

it’s just lukewarm

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 6, 2010 7:23 AM PDT up reply actions

nothing good

comes in a “tall boy”

What are you drinking? People around here treat PBR like it’s some sort of nectar.

(pro tip: it’s not)

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Cobra is offended!

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions

agreed

but honestly, whatever i was drinking, about half the people here are gonna tell me it sucks

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions

well duh

that’s the fun!

Unless we’re talking about a Dogfish Head Pumpkin Ale. That is DELICIOUS.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions

God Bless Dog Fish Head

I had a Stone Pale Ale this weekend, really enjoyed it.

by robotmadeofnails on Oct 5, 2010 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions

i..........

have never heard of that.

"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."

by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 5, 2010 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions

GET ON MY LEVEL

no, but seriously, if you can, try some, DFH is really good. So is Stone. I think there’s a Beer Festival happening in LA very very soon?

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions

My friend Randy

of Sriracha Cookbook fame (who was at the TBLA #2 night with me) is heading an event with Dogfish Head, actually.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions

name dropper

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions

I hate PBR

by robotmadeofnails on Oct 5, 2010 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Holy crap Illitch is rich

He has a history of neglecting teams though. When the Red Wings were all the rage, the Tigers became a laughingstock. It wasn’t until 2006 that he remembered he owned a baseball team and it was more fun to win then draft in the top 5 every year.

by Michael White on Oct 5, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Honneycutt weighing his options

According to Ken Davidoff on Twitter, Honeycutt has been asked to come back, but is weighing his options….Any news on White?

by wineracquet on Oct 5, 2010 9:26 PM PDT reply actions

Mike is fine. Why?

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Nice

"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"

by angelofdeath on Oct 5, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions

According to Molly Knight’s 50 tweets, White can do any number of things.

by Michael White on Oct 5, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions

including fly and cure cancer, apparently.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 5, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions

If it were up to Jim Callis

he’d hire White to GM the Mets.

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by David Young on Oct 6, 2010 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions

Remote Desktopping into a machine

so I can RMD into my work computer fucking sucks

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by nolander on Oct 5, 2010 9:26 PM PDT reply actions

procrastinating again...

and watching Celebrity Paranormal Project. Kind of entertaining. Has anyone seen this show on hulu.com?

by DodgerSF on Oct 5, 2010 9:28 PM PDT reply actions

LAUSD agrees to end layoffs by senority.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lausd-20101006,0,375697.story

by Tripon on Oct 5, 2010 9:28 PM PDT reply actions

Well

that is not quite true but it is a start. And this settlement (similarity like the one the McCourts will probably make some day) still has to be approved by the Court.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Tenure isn’t a constitutional right. I’m trying to get hired as a teacher, but I applaud this move. The indirect effect is that this will get a bunch of older teachers to retire as well instead of staying for one more year to get a better pension.

Also, what LAUSD does is usually followed by all the surrounding districts.

by Tripon on Oct 5, 2010 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions

What the h@#l kinda M&%$#^r F&(@)&$n’ S&%t are you talkin’ about?
Without UTLA you would not even have a platform from which to stand on and voice such an opinion.
Thank God for Bill Lambert!

by 68elcamino427 on Oct 5, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't have a particular dog in this fight

but the other side might read your second sentence as you saying, “that old guy who gave his life to teaching, fuck him for giving one more year so that he can survive in his retirement.”

I do know that I plan to hang on to my job until the day I can afford to retire for good, and leave not one moment sooner.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 6, 2010 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions

Have you seen the retirement packages? Some of them are 90% of his salary plus benefits.

by Tripon on Oct 6, 2010 7:35 AM PDT up reply actions

Must be a pretty fucking good union then.

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by David Young on Oct 6, 2010 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions

I’d like to see Jeff Kent replace Bob Schaefer…

Then throw in Luis Gonzales replacing Duncan.

by Joey Joe on Oct 5, 2010 9:54 PM PDT reply actions

Did FB

take TBLA with it?

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:55 PM PDT reply actions

Two days without baseball

and no other sports to comment on, has made it a slow day.

But nice of you to drop by.

by bhsportsguy on Oct 5, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions

I’ll try and make it over more often.

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by Maddz on Oct 5, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Over 1000 comments here today

Not too slow, really. On an in-season off-day, doesn’t it usually quiet down earlier, like it did here?

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 6, 2010 12:33 AM PDT up reply actions

comments across all of today’s main posts and FanPosts, that is.

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by David Young on Oct 6, 2010 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions

Molly Knight

making Eric Stephen jealous.

@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.

by David Young on Oct 6, 2010 12:39 AM PDT reply actions

Best part about the now-done Randy Moss deal

@Jay_Glazer:

Moss will become 6th player to play 17 games in a season since bye was instituted in 1990.<\blockquote>

If he is healthy of course.

by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 6:44 AM PDT via mobile reply actions

new story up

http://www.truebluela.com/2010/10/6/1720748/dodgers-roster-breakdown

by Eric Stephen on Oct 6, 2010 7:24 AM PDT reply actions

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Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$490,000
1B	7	Loney	$6,375,000
2B	37	Herrera	$375,082
3B	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
SS	9	Gordon	$485,000
LF	23	Abreu	$401,311
CF	10	Gwynn	$850,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

OF/1B	33	Van Slyke	$388,197
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
OF/1B	30	Sands	$375,175
IF	13	DeJesus	$448,992
C	18	Treanor	$850,000

SP	22	Kershaw	$6,000,000
SP	58	Billingsley	$9,000,000
SP	29	Lilly	$12,000,000
SP	44	Harang	$3,000,000
SP	35	Capuano	$3,000,000

CL	74	Jansen	$491,000
RHP	52	Lindblom	$483,000
RHP	51	Belisario	$414,426
RHP	54	Guerra	$488,000
RHP	28	Wright	$900,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$488,500
RHP	60	Coffey	$1,000,000

DL	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
DL	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
DL	12	Sellers	$481,000
DL	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
DL	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
DL	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
60DL	36	Hawksworth	$495,000
60DL	41	De La Rosa	$485,000

AA	50	Eovaldi	$7,885
AAA	56	Antonini	$7,869

		Manny	$8,087,432	deferred
		Andruw	$3,375,000	deferred
		Pierre	$3,050,000	deferred
		Furcal	$3,000,000	deferred
		Kuroda	$2,000,000	deferred
		Garland	$1,500,000	option buyout
		Blake	$1,250,000	option buyout
DFA	66	MacDougal	$650,000

Totals			$115,942,869
For more detailed information, click here.
Current 40-man roster count: 42 (incl. De La Rosa & Hawksworth)

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