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PrintMSTI’s 2010 in Review: Relievers, Part 2 « Mike Scioscia's tragic illness
Somewhere between 2 and 4 are 1 and 3 but I didn't feel like searching for them so you can do that. These are lengthy reads on the bullpen in 2010. Links within Part 4 to Parts 1, 2, and 3 would have been nice.
MSTI’s 2010 in Review: Relievers, Part 4 « Mike Scioscia's tragic illness
Regarding young players peaking early ... - Los Angeles Dodger Thoughts Blog - ESPN Los Angeles
This article by Tim Marchman for SI.com about the development (or lack thereof) of young prodigies is an interesting read, and not just because it manages ...
Jon links to the column by Tim Marchman.
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I love MSTI
the April Fool’s joke with Juan Pierre slayed me.
Leading the league in OMGs || President of the Billz Appreciation Club
Did you ever see the Sons of Steve Garvey Chipotle April Fool’s joke? I don’t see how anyone can ever top that.
http://www.sonsofstevegarvey.com/2009/04/sons-of-steve-garvey-now-brought-to-you.html
Maybe someone can provide a better link, but it was beyond elaborate.
I also enjoy
annoying Mike on twitter. If I can’t have a majority of Dodgers bloggers annoyed with me, life simply isn’t worth living.
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Regarding high heels
I think you need to walk with REALLY small steps. Maybe I’ll practice around home. Ha!
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Can’t wait to hear you slag our singing!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
All I know is
I am planning on going first so I don’t have to follow you!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Never knew this about TRob before
He finally appears completely comfortable switch-hitting, something team officials had to talk him into doing initially and then talk him out of giving up a few other times. And he has some power, having hit 23 doubles and nine homers for the Lookouts.
How would that work after, say, an interception?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
This is the sort of shenanigans I expect if McCourt were to get a Bowl game into DS.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
That is the kind of idea I expect Keith to raise money to help fix.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
Kensai has not posted a Prospect Profile since June 4th
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
What Ned is wearing at the GM meetings
Unfortunately we can’t see the boots.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Hey Neil Huntington we have this “Andy LaRoche” you might be interested in.
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
Hey
McDonald was the gimme for helping us get Manny so cheaply. Neil called in the chip this summer. It is the only explanation but it all makes sense now.
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This comment has me laughing out loud for some reason.
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 9:21 AM PST up reply actions
Interesting. Didn’t Hawaii used to be in the Big West for baseball?
Are conferences eager to add Hawaii with the travelling logistics?
Is this the first Big West school that is not in California?
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 9:23 AM PST up reply actions
1-no
2-doubtful
3-BW has a odd history, and one NCAA BB title UNLV. They have downsized to only CA, but I guess not anymore.
The reason I remember Hawaii is that I used to have soccer practices at CSUN (back before CSUN got rid of the baseball program the first time) and I could have sworn Hawaii was listed as a conference opponent. Guess they were just on the schedule.
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
Well, it was pre-2001, so it was before CSUN joined the Big West. But in any case, they were apparently in the Big Sky conference and Hawaii wasn’t. So, unless CSUN was in a different sport for baseball, I’ve got nothing.
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
First right now
but not too long ago the BW (formerly PCAA) was full of teams from other states, and back in its heyday had UNLV, Utah State, New Mexico State…
More recently had Idaho St briefly…
Hawaii would be really cool tho, I bet the other schools will be stoked with that “road trip” ;-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
So the MWC for football will have
Boise
TCU
Hawaii
Nevada
Fresno
Air Force
San Diego State
et al
That’s solid. They completely ripped off the WAC and created a strong football conference. They should get an AQ.
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
Looks like he was heading to the shitter
and got caught in an awkward photo op. He even has reading material.
The iPad is much more verstile than a magazine.
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 9:33 AM PST up reply actions
Can't wipe your ass with it when the toilet paper runs out
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
ha ha
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
If the Yankee's were actually able to trade
Juan Miranda does that mean John Lindsey has some value?
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Yes
possibly even quite a bit more than people here think, or that he deserves.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
The only remotely comparable case I can think of is Jack Cust, and even then Cust is six years younger and was coming off a novelty year where he walked 143 times.
Cust got traded for cash considerations.
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
Wait, compared to who?
Cust is 6 years younger than who?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Ok I'm an idiot
ignore my first post above guys. No wonder you think I’m Pollyanna. LOL, I thought you wrote James Loney. I wondered why you were so down on him you thought him worse than Juan Miranda.
Hah hah.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Or more accurately, I am blind without my contacts in
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Only if a smile and/or good nature can be converted into currency.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
Just saying
I was shocked that someone actually traded for Juan Miranda.
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I like this comment
among our posters who has the highest value if you applied that criteria?
I’d nominate Underdog as our most optimistic and generally friendly poster.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
I don't smile much in real life
but have good nature that can be converted into at least $1.50.
:-D
I don’t think I’m always so optimistic about the Dodgers, but compared to the real gloom and doomers maybe I am. ;)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Just personality wise
which I thought was easy enough to decipher. This is the kind of comment that keeps me in the Larry Bowa personality group.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
I'm the James Loney
I have a friendly attitude, people like me, but I’m often disappointingly lacking on offense.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Keith can be moody and he's not that optimistic about the team
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
Seconded.
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Nov 19, 2010 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
So wait, I'm being traded for Juan Miranda?
I think I just need more coffee.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
You’re being traded for Carmen Miranda. Thanks pure azure.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
So I do have the right to remain silent.
Anything I say can and will be used against me in a court of law, with fruit on my head.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Hmmm...
Tripon
Delias Man
meercatjohn
I’d probably go with Humma, because even when he is in his darkest of places, he makes me laugh.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
But hardly an optimistic bone can be found on him
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
The way Humma presents pessimism is optimistic, if that makes sense.
He’s like the pied piper of a suicide cult in that respect.
OK, back to the drawing board.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
His new tag line
He’s like the pied piper of a suicide cult in that respect.
He drew us over the cliff to our death, but we all drank the cool aid, and felt happy about our eventual destination.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
We died with smiles on our faces, and new Nikes on our feet.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
If I can make you guys laugh
and draw you, like lemmings, into an early, painful demise, one in which your frail bodies and brittle bones are crushed under the weight of doom and gloom, then I have achieved my every goal.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 10:24 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Haha
It does sound based on Humma’s comment like something from A Series of Unfortunate Events, so that makes it darkly funny!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
the one time
Daniel Handler did a reading on the Berkeley campus, I wasn’t informed until a week later. Still my biggest regret from my Bay Area days.
Okay, my biggest literary regret
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
hahaha Excellent.
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
It can't be Tommy Blackjack
Because a man who doesn’t enjoy Dr. Pepper simply hasn’t experienced true happiness.
What about IVdown? His eyes are as wide as John Lindsey’s smile, and he’s optimistic enough to think driving several miles out of his way will lead to anything. :)
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
His fights with Matthewmafa rule him ineligible.
Really, I think underdog is the favorite in the clubhouse.
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
I would say he’s the Underdog in the clubhouse.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
Close - and you didn't mention he had to be funny
but doesn’t his mood also swing with the Keith Bell?
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
Good Zing Stephen
(clap clap clap)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
ha
when I saw i was lumped with you I recoiled
when you saw you were lumped with me, you recoiled
we both recoiled when we saw ourselves lumped with Tripon
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
I can live with that
though I also wear better hats
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Not when Delias Man busts out two flaps down.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
You have yet to see me in my double flap down hat
so don’t prejudge.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
Scoreboard
most optimistic and generally friendly poster.
So it has to be both optimistic AND friendly.
Tripon, Phil, Dave and Humma are out because of the optimism.
Eric ruled out Delias on friendly. I ruled out 4down on friendly.
That’s where we are
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
I’m not very friendly because I’m belligerent. Always.
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just makes you more fun.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Sounds like Underdog needs to change his name.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
He’s the only person who regularly comments that I can’t recall even one instance of getting into a showdown with another poster.
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
I was in a bad mood after the Broncos worst loss since the Crusades
Forgive me for being a tad grumpy. I just penalized you 15 yards for taunting, like Brandon Marshall got. You were able to keep tweeting in field goal range. ;-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
you certainly deserve to celebrate some wins, been a tough stretch
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I didn’t know the Denver Broncos were adopting the franchise record of all horses used in battle : p
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
hah hah
it did feel like they were on their way to the glue factory that day
then they took it out on the Chiefs. Please don’t make similar analogy there, kthanks.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
no need to worry, I would never point out the Calvary’s track record over Indian Chiefs.
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
hah hah
either way, I wouldn’t blame their poor horses for whatever atrocities were committed in the name of Manifest Destiny. But I digress.
A lot.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
hey the Chargers
in so much as the name comes from the Calvary call are right there in this metaphor, while the Raiders are looting our houses and our women as we’re away at battle
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
There is no optimism or friendlyness
in her one word posts, only ominous foretellings.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
I have a feeling this will end like Signs
Where at the culmination of the website, we will all have to think back at those one-word snippets and apply them to defeat the aliens.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
they all add up
to a warning!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
If it ends like Signs
it will be a bad sign, It means I’m taking to the baseball bat and water to get rid of the bad elements, leaving with a feeling of dissatisfaction.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Dumbest.
Aliens.
Ever.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
have we talked about the whole there is water in air thing here at TBLA?
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
That whole movie bothered me
not least of which is the fact that that guy confuses suspense with nothing happening.
I can’t even believe that he had that movie that he actually titled “The Happening” a couple of years ago. NOTHING HAPPENS IN HIS MOVIES! YOU CAN’T CALL IT THE HAPPENING!
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
I literally loled
at the theater when I saw the poster, and had to get my friends to gather around so we could laugh at it.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
The Happening was particularly laughable
I thought Signs was pretty gripping at first which made the utterly ludicrous finale all the more aggravating.
At least theHappening was dumb from the start.
“WHat’s happening?!” “The wind is trying to kill us!” Okay right there that’s when my pitch would’ve ended and they would’ve escorted me outta the studio if I wasn’t M Night.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I laughed more
that they really played up the fact that it was Rated R.
ZOMG!!!!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
I really want someone to do a mashup
of that stupid film and this, which I kept thinking about for some reason. Both are funny.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I watched that on cable in several parts
it was kind of funny when I realized that was the movie. Whenever I’ve seen a movie like this I always say to myself, how did this get approved, what did they think when they saw it?
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
i loved Signs because
M Night wrote himself as the ALL POWERFUL WRITER/DIRECTOR BEING into that damn script.
“Hey Mel Gibson, I killed your wife.”
“Hey Mel Gibson, I put an alien in the closet for you to deal with”
“Hey Mel Gibson, I put you in a shitty movie that prolly pushed you over the edge”
lol
I imagine after each of these statements, he ran away awkwardly, tripping over a cable
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
i really lol'd at this
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
oh, but he's the new Hitchcock!
I liked Sixth Sense all right, but he just seems ever more indulgent, even though he’s a homeboy from Philly I can’t muster interest in his films. I saw Signs in Mann’s Chinese cos I just wanted to see a movie there.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
my cousin is the GM at Mann’s Chinese. He’s nice, gay.
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
it's a nice theater
My fave was the New Beverly, which is a shithole but they play cheap cult and foreign/classic movies.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
New Beverly
I never knew exactly what my shoes were sticking to on the floor.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
it's all about
the arclight Dome. Nothing else compares
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
Since the internet, I’ve never had to use my trenchcoat. It’s just sitting in the closet.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Hey Mintx
you like/heard of Godspeed You Black Emperor? I got a ticket for their show here in March, I’m amped. First time together in like 7 years.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
I’ve enjoyed what I’ve listened to, but keep in mind I was taking mushrooms like every other month at the time
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
tripping helps
I hear they’re great live, I saw two of them perform with Vic Chesnutt before he killed himself last year. The radical political lot do feel self-important at times, but it’s not like Bono/U2 righteousness.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
or the Usual Suspects
when we find out she’s a Turkish terrorist / the Devil
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
If that is the case
SPC7 will end up being Kaiser Soze.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
I love the random name drop of banned posters.
I was bored earlier and reading through some of bearface’s greatest hits.
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
So are the folks who watched
the midnight showing of HP sleeping in? I notice Josie has yet to show up.
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CYMWHPNRF
I’d just ignore his comments on this topic. Eric to without the C
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Cover Your Mouth When Harry Potter … sorry, no spoilers.
(Really, no clue.)
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Yes, since they butchered the ending of the last film
by robotmadeofnails on Nov 19, 2010 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
You mean the funeral or lack thereof?
oh boy do I agree
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
That and Harry’s role when they approached the big D
by robotmadeofnails on Nov 19, 2010 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
remember the funeral at the end of X-Men 3, where you’re wondering why the hell is Cyclops dead?
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
If there are spoilers for the movie
for those who read the books, then they have failed to adapt it.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Cranky Young Man Who Has Probably Never Read Fiction
however “young man” is probably a stretch for Delias Man at this point.
Meaning for those who don’t like fiction, I would not put any weight into their opinion about HP. I don’t watch soccer so whenever I make disdainful comments about it, they should be simply ignored.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
Darn, I thought it ended in “right field.”
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Nov 19, 2010 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
For the record
I would watch soccer before watching, or reading Harry Potter.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
Is because you hate fun
or because you hate love?
Leading the league in OMGs || President of the Billz Appreciation Club
Both.
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
it burns him
like Voldemort
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
Not a fan of fantasy
Unless it involves boobs.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
In that case...
Have you heard of A Song of Ice and Fire (no spoilers on that page)?
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
I have! I’ll have to bring the books back with me, now that I have some free time.
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You are awesoke.
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
so that's two recommendations for that series?
i’ve seen it before, but haven’t decided to take the plunge.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Also has more boobs than the Harry Potter series.
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
and wolves
and death and awesome
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I’m not watching it until tonight. I’m a terrible Harry Potter fan.
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
I’m seeing it tonight as well. Apparently I’m going drunk. I have been informed by the people taking me that I am expected to pregame.
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ha ha ha
that’s how I saw the Simpsons movie. It was my birthday also.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
your reputation travels quickly!
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by David Young on Nov 19, 2010 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
it sounds like a terrible idea to me. I hate being drunk and sitting still. Expecting drunk Maddz to be quiet? C’mon. Playing with fire.
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The bigger question is why do they want you pre drunk
seems like you have shown the locals you are much more fun in that state, but other then the mean drunks we all are. They need to like the real Maddz.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
They saw me on my birthday
I booted and rally’d. That isn’t really SOP for me, at all, so I’m not sure why they want me to do it excepting that apparently it’s “fun” to do.
It was fun when I was 19, now, I just get tired.
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dude
there’s a reason I haven’t tried cocaine. That will be the same reason I avoid Four Loko.
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Cocaine isn’t getting banned in the near future.
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
that's because
it already is banned?
I mean, let’s be serious. Do you really think I need more energy?
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I don’t know if I’m going to be able to score Four Loko off my shady guy.
You have a very valid point though.
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
cocaine
is a hell of drug
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Or just not a fan of how the movies treat the source material
like me!
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The first two did a pretty good job
of adapting the books, not so good of a job of being actually good movies. The third movie took a shit on the source material, and the fourth I found to be just right. The fifth took a giant dookie all over the ending, and the sixth did not spend nearly enough time on the most important thing in the book.
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Totally agree about the sixth
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Agreed.
Also agree with your point below. For the most part, they cut stuff out due to time issues, but they have been faithful.
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The third movie was just confusing
because the cut out so much. The fifth actually did a good job with everything other then the ending, but that was the part I was most looking forward too.
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i was suprised
that they cut out the whole idea of the Fidelius charm.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
I really liked the 3rd movie
and the 3rd book. That adaptation did what adaptations are supposed to do, reimagine it so it works best as a film, not film every single detail that is in the book. That way I can still appreciate them both separately. I just thought it was a good film. I still enjoy the 2nd movie but I don’t think it holds a candle to the 3rd as a movie.
But I still enjoy all of the movies. The last one was my least fave book and least fave film, tho they did a decent job adapting it. But book was full of backstory and hard to make move forward properly. They also cut some good stuff. Can’t wait for the new one.
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You are the only person I have talked to who said that about the 3rd book
the third book cut out so much it was actually confusing. The problem with the sixth movie is all that backstory about the horcruxes and Voldy was the most important thing that happened in the book, excluding what happened at the end, and they completely skipped over it.
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FWIW
I agree with underdog about the 3rd movie. It was the best of them, IMO.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
as a movie it flowed the best. however the bits that got cut were some of the more vital cutty bits of the series
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
Back stories
slow movies to a halt. At some point, you just drive the story. By movie six, you have to figure you either have some idea about what the series is about or you don’t.
by bhsportsguy on Nov 19, 2010 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
but it's more about
who the villian is and what made him. the Book is when it is revealed, and the movie really glossed over it. That is nolander’s argument.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
That's a fair point
it didn’t bother me as much as it did some hardcore fans. But again I treat them separately. As a film it works. Some of the other movies are way too long because they couldn’t focus and were afraid of fan backlash. Btw, Steve Kloves, what a great gig eh? Gets to adapt every HP film, nice screenwriter gig if you can get it. Even if not easy at all.
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As an individual film it work
but taken in the context of the film series they have barely explored Voldermorts character, and unless they shove some of that into the 7th movies, then thats a huge waste imho.
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Well
in the Lord of the Rings (actually books and movies) how much do we ever know about Sauron and why he is there.
by bhsportsguy on Nov 19, 2010 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
Despite my fan banter
I’m gonna have to back up bh here. TV has the space to develop tens of characters, books do, even the funny books, but movies don’t really have that luxury without exposition dumps which are no fun for anyone.
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
this is true
but this was something that was vitally important to the story. I enjoyed the sixth movie a lot, but I think nolander has a valid point.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
the Simarillion explains that
but since he’s more of a presence than a character, i don’t really think it’s the same thing.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
It was basically
the book that told you who Voldermort really is, and while they where doing that they where unraveling the mystery of how to kill him once and for all. Kind of important.
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Wouldn't you say that among
all the sci-fi / fantasy books to movies, the HP series has stayed fairly close the original material?
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Yes
but its still so frustrating for me, when they cut out parts that in no way should be cut out, or leave out my favorite moments from the book. I mean the fifth movie took what was a dynamic and awesome fight between voldy and Dumbldore, and turned it into two guys having a light show from different ends of a corridor.
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I hadn't checked in yet
cause I missed my usual bus, had to take the 11:35 and didn’t get home til 12:30 and promptly passed out. I woke up like an hour ago but didn’t want to get out of bed, so I watched the Bones pilot. This is my life.
Tonight, I shall be watching Harry Potter
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
Bones pilot is great
“Please tell me you tried ‘excuse me’, first?”
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I like that Emily was still playing Brennan as dedicated to her subject thus socially unaware back then. Now it’s like she’s just angrily and willfully ignoring the rules
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
What do you technofiles think of this review of TV internet devices?
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=6866&tag=content;leftCol
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Sounds good to me. I love my Media Center (Windows 7) with the Hulu, Boxee, and Netflix plugins. It is legit.
by robotmadeofnails on Nov 19, 2010 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
yep
Roku is 60 fucking dollars against 300 for google tv. Its kind of a no brainer to me right now, unless you also want a blue ray player, then maybe look at lg’s bd570.
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Or if you want games
PS3
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HOT DEAL
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I have a Roku and it is awesome for watching MLB.tv and Netflix, plus they are getting new channels all the time.
Another plug for Windows Media Center is the Boxee script that includes MLB.tv and pandora and etc.
by robotmadeofnails on Nov 19, 2010 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
Still more expensive then Roku though
oooo Roku doesn’t have DLNA, but I doubt the meercat cares about that.
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I recently loaded an old PC with Ubuntu for my basement TV, that I will eventually be able to watch MLB.tv and Netflix on. Just haven’t gotten around to connecting it up.
Yeah
but for people who want to stick it in their living room, and want a shiny pretty small quite box that doesn’t suck up a lot of juice, thats not the best solution.
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is there any
drawback to Roku? cause right now it seems like $60 for the best device ever. Is it going to turn out to be like the Riddler’s box in Batman Forever?
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
The drawback
is it can be annoying to set up the different channels. Thats…. basically it.
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I found Jon Weisman's quote about the story we looked to interesting
If you’re wondering how this might apply to Matt Kemp, so am I. In some ways, it might not apply at all, and there’s certainly enough mystery about Kemp to suggest he might be an exception to any rule. But if it influenced me at all, the article made me think that Kemp could easily rebound to his earlier established level of success (2009), but perhaps just not ever exceed it by all that much.
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I think ’09 might end up being his average, but I also think he has at least one or two monster seasons in him.
From a WAR standpoint, I could see 09 being his peak. He got a huge bump from his positive defensive play at CF. He could be moved from CF by spring training. Even if he hits as much or more than he did in 09 in the future I could see 09 being his peak.
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Right
but I could see him having bigger offensive seasons then 2009, and wasn’t that study all about offense?
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
What if the Sox don’t offer arb?
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by David Young on Nov 19, 2010 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
I have to doubt he'd get 11.5 in the open market
Pap’s is exactly the guy you trade one year to soon, but what a Risk the Red Sox would have taken expecting Bard to just step right in and be the closer. I would be like us traded Broxton/Kuo and expecting Jansen to just step in. If it doesn’t work out you are left scrambling.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
I imagine if Boston came in at $9M or so
they win, but that’s too much money to really call a win.
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by David Young on Nov 19, 2010 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
Weird
but 9 Million seems okay for Paps, 11.5 just seems absurd but the reality is only 2.5 Million and that is just a Jamey Carroll contract.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
I know that. It was a different kind of question. The Red Sox are in a weird place: either overpay in arb or by settling beforehand, or let him go. I can’t imagine a scenario where someone would make a trade for that contract.
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by David Young on Nov 19, 2010 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
So Paps is seeking a Blue Ribbon contract?
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So it has come to this
there are more comments about commenters than about baseball. The Hot Stove is colder than the preferred serving temperature of a good Belgium ale.
You’ve been disqualified on friendliness.
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
BH is much more friendly in person
in fact I’d bet based on Craigs comments (Underdog) that BH is probably the friendlies person here outside of the confines of a chat.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
In that case
that would make you unfriendly here and in real life.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
Guess I misunderstood your point about BH.
Anyway, I’m a HELL of a lot more open and upfront about stuff in a forum than in real life (generally shy and reserved).
by silverwidow on Nov 19, 2010 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
come to the thing on Friday
and you can bond with everyone else by making fun of me. :)
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You don't exist in real life
until you come to a TBLA event.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Well
that could be said about you.
Eric and David are pretty similar. I have not interacted with Mike enough to know for sure but I think he’s pretty simiiar.
by bhsportsguy on Nov 19, 2010 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
Phil
is actually quite sweet in real life, too.
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I was gonna say
For all the gruffness in Phil’s and the Meercat’s posts, in my limited real life interactions with Phil, he’s always been a nice guy.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
and I think I would love to spend a night at a bar with delias, it would be one for the memoirs and I’d probably need bail money handy.
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I'm always nice to those I feel are beneath me
do not equate that with being a nice person.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Oh, it’s just that you suffer fools gladly! I can drink to that. Clink!
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
which is ironic
given his height
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Mike is not that friendly
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
And none of my friends defend me.
I see how it is. You want unfriendly, I’ll give you unfriendly!!!
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
I'll show you the life of the mind!!
/bartonfink
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Bh gave me a personal tour of Dodger Stadium before my first game in its holy confines, when I was just some name on DT. He wins the “in person” thing. Now if we could just work out our differing opinions of Torre’s bullpen usage….
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Nov 19, 2010 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
That it is
at this point, we are simply a gathering place for friends to talk.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
but with imaginary pretenses, like any social club. Maybe instead of t-shirts we should get hats, like the Water Buffaloes or the what is it Lions aren’t they a group? Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, those are groups right?
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
I so want to wear a helmet with horns
and have a ritulistic ceremony that ends with burning candles and virgins
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
right, and then everyone drinks. Like the Freemasons.
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
and then we can call ourselves the Funny Handshake Brigade!
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
and actually, to hell with a TBLA t-shirt
We need TBLA tattoos
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
I can get us the hookup at True Blue Tattoo. Just don’t make any Juan Pierre comments to him. They are tight.
The guys from the Video
let us make a Dodger video where we have complete access and then spend 25 minutes and some guys from a tatoo store. Yea, that stuff was bloody riveting.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
I’d rather listen to the Harry Potter audio book series narrated by Fran Drescher.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
Awesoke
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
hopefully most of us have quit reading MLBTR which will lead to much pointless baseball talk if we take in those rumors
besides Uggla getting traded for peanuts
so far Upton speculation is the biggest issue. And nothing will probably happen on that until the winter meetings.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
Scoop
Tim Marchman is very, very talented. I used to read him when he was one of the only two things worth anything in the now-defunct rag, The New York Sun. It’s good to see him getting a wide audience.
The other thing about the Sun that was worthwhile was its crossword, which was as good as the NYT’s. I know that’s high praise and I mean every word of it.
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Nice try, positive Humma!
You are already disqualified though :)
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
You'll note that I was being positive about a sportswriter and a crossword puzzle
and not the Dodgers, who I think will be the mediocrest mediocres that ever mediocred.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
For Mike
jadande
RT @STEIN_LINE_HQ RT @richarddeitsch NBA TV will televise Allen Iverson and his Besiktas Cola Turka team on Sunday, Nov. 21 at 3:30 p.m. ET
Should we have this discussion again?
Commissioner Bud Selig’s plan to expand baseball’s playoffs to 10 teams seemed inevitable after little to no opposition emerged during meetings this week with owners and general managers.
Because baseball’s labor contract runs to December 2011, the extra round of playoffs is not likely to start until 2012.
Selig said his special 14-man committee will discuss adding two wild-card teams when it meets Dec. 7 during the winter meetings in nearby Lake Buena Vista.
“We will move ahead, and move ahead pretty quickly,” Selig said
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;ylt=AlBZx.8P7.ajE0dJ1sFL_MRvLYF?slug=ap-owners
On PTI yesterday, it was argued that expanding playoffs is fine if you go back to the 154(?) game season that was around forever. When did the season length expand? Would you be fine with playoffs if the season was shorter, or should the start date be moved back? Either way, if some games aren’t lost, someone is playing through light snow
Schedule expanded in 1961 for the AL, 1962 for the NL
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
The season went to 162 games
in 1961, after both leagues expanded by two teams each.
by bhsportsguy on Nov 19, 2010 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
I'd rather they remove the wild card
make two divisions then add another layer of playoff games but that is crazy talk from an old fuck.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
don't go on a Tangent now
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
I fucking love that word
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an acute observation.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
she has Mr. Mozart to keep her company
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
“I know, I heard it too. Here’s some music.”
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
you mean two more divisions?
or just have East and West?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
I am young and stupid
and support this plan. Divisions just make things more arbitrary, the longer the table, the easier it is to see who really deserves to advance to a postseason tournament.
Soccer for using sorry language
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
No way they shorten the season though
I imagine it will end up being a 3 game playoff between the two wildcard teams, which I’m not entirely against. Why shouldn’t it be harder for the wild cards?
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I don’t want more teams in the playoffs.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
Can’t we just wait for the Rays to start sucking again so the MLB gets what it wants?
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
Also would work: eliminate divisions, the four best teams from each league make the playoffs.
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
you can't eliminate rivalries!
rabble rabble rabble!
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baseball doesn't have rivalries
it was a Yankee-Red Sox matchup that Fox and ESPN milk for ratings, but it doesn’t have rivalries
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
Then why do I hate the reigning champs?
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
How do you define a rivalry then
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I stepped right into this one
what I meant was, baseball scheduling does nothing to preserve rivalries by having region rivals play more often if anything it dilutes them.
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Baseball regional rivals (intra-division teams) play more often relative to other opponents than any other sport.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
I misread your comment at first.
I like playing divisional teams more often.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
all it does it muck up the table. The Giants and Cardinals are playing for the same NL pennant yet have completely different roads, come on now
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
I agree about that part
But I would rather dump the wild card and go to four divisions.
Each division, playing the same schedule, fights for the same playoff spot.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Yes
I would add this:
The first round of the playoffs should be a round robin.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
you want Baseball to have a group stage?
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
Sure! I just thought of it and it seems great! How could it fail!
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
It’d be kinda interesting (and odd) to see how teams would deploy their “aces” in a round robin.
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
I've considered the idea myself
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
are there enough teams for four divisions?
or would there be a need for expansion?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
You’d need two more NL teams to make four four-team divisions.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
the usual way, with the promise of drugs and a gun butt to the head
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
as an American I chose not to know that
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
freedom is slavery
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
DO IT TO JULIA!!!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
but do androids dream of electric sheep?
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Las Vegas
Scorpions!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
Las Vegas Bandits.
Their logo can be Pete Gray.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Wolves and Bandits
like’em both!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
oh wait we’re talking about four divisions per league? no no no no no. Four division total, NL East West and AL East West
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
it’s gonna turn into the NFL though, where basically every team still has a fighting chance for a playoff spot because they’re only really competing with the teams in their division. How can you be in a league but only really compete against three teams?
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
I would rather have no divisions than two in each league then.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
I could agree to no divisions, top four/five teams move on.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Keep three divisions, replace the wild card with the team the commissioner best decides is in the “best interest of baseball” (Red Sox/some stupid NL team no one cares about)
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
the “coaches award” if you will, always given to the kid with no talent but who tried really hard
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
Frankly I don't see what's so wrong with the current system.
Yeah, we’ve lost pennant races, but we’ve had some exciting wild card chases and good playoff series.
The Wild Card assures that the second-best team in each league moves on to the playoffs.
Three rounds of playoffs seems about right.
I’m pretty happy with the current setup.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
they want more playoff teams
and more playoff baseball
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
We were deprived of our rightful Red Sox/Yankees series and the league lost money.
I’m sure there’s some fake reason though.
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
sorta like how
they expanded best picture to make Disney happy?
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
All the studios were pretty happy about that.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
the popular reason given though was for animated features to stand a chance
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
The benefit of the wild card isn’t that it’s a wild card, it’s that it creates an extra playoff spot.
I would rather watch a pennant race between two great teams with something on the line, which is all but impossible with the WC
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
my problem with the Wildcard is that it acknowledges that sometimes there are 2nd place teams with better records than the division winners, but only corrects the mistake once
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
I agree with this
familiarity breeds contempt or complacency
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
I know it breeds something
I thought it was disease
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
and sometimes
children.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
I would schedule doubleheaders to shorten the season
but keep 162 games, though they’ll never do it because of the teams complaining about their stupid pitching rotations
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Scheduled doubleheaders used to occur, correct?
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
yes
I’m not sure when they became passe, but I remember a few as a kid
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When they realized that it’s hard to call something a sport when you can do it twice a day.
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
I’m sure it had nothing to do with the difficulty in selling out your stadium twice in one day
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
so you just report the same attendance for both games? that seems disingenuous
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
That’s what I was thinking.
I want true double headers. No more of this day/night shit.
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
I used to love guessing the attendance as a kid
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
my Dad
gets it every time.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
except in the press box.
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by David Young on Nov 19, 2010 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
How about a double diamond?
Double Diamond baseball rules
Technically they get 0 for one of the games.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Teams don't do it
Because owners like to make money on games.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
but they're adding playoff teams
to make money, so they have to make a concession unless they do want to start or end the season in Winter Wonderland
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It doesn’t bother me that the season ends in November. But, they can also correct that by starting the season a week earlier.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
well we have the luxury of being in not Toronto or Cleveland or Boston
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
sportswriters still have to flock to said city.
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
You don’t make scheduling decisions based on sportswriter comfort.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
that’s one aspect, fine take Toronto out it still leaves a whole bunch of other places where players are gonna need to wear neckwarmers and three layers
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
True cold weather cities (no dome)
Boston, NY, Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, Cleveland, Cincinnnati.
Yup, that’s too many. I was thinking you could schedule around it, but I don’t see it.
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
I hate baseball in November
you play 162 games, a bazillion playoff games, and then possibly let the weather in November decide a baseball game. A note to those who don’t care about baseball in November. the best team does not equate to the team who can adapt to the weather.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
cute but, inclement weather goes against Baseball’s very nature. Slopping around in the slop, that’s football’s thing.
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
Right
but even cold weather screwed up our Rams more times then I want to remember. You play a season’s worth of games in one kind of weather, but playoff games in another kind of weather. Screw that.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
then be good enough for home field advantage?
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
even the Yankees aren’t signing guys for their ability to hold onto the ball in a snowstorm
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Snow storm is not so much the problem
as not having any feeling in your toes and fingers. Football is not as big a deal as long as you are moving and playing, but try being a CF, freezing your ass off between Kuroda pitches.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Or Broxton's
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
How does that work in baseball
Boston could be good enough for cold weather, that does not mean the weather is not going to be the shit on Nov 4th, which is nothing like what they played baseball in from April – Sept.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
I was speaking specifically to football
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
that reminds me that I need to turn the Rams retrospective into a series instead of the one off that I left it at. Sorry Eric
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
You are doing a Rams Retro?
Did you ever see a Los Angeles Ram game? Just curious that has nothing to do with the fact your doing the Retro.
Jack Youngblood spits at Curt Schilling
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
I've done
one so far for TBLA, breaking down the old NFL films footage that’s posted on Hulu. And I was ten when the Rams left town, so I saw them once in Anahiem, but watched them on TV when it wasn’t blacked out
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Link
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
It make TBLA's front page when I first posted it
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
Hey, I only skip your comments
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Don't know why I missed it
great writing, looking forward to the rest of series, though 1969 will remind me of a pain that I had never felt before.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Remember the year the Rams finally got to host the playoff game with the Vikings, but it rained like hell here and the Coliseum was a sloppy mess? Fuck that sucked.
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by David Young on Nov 19, 2010 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
yes
wasn’t that when we had the small handed QB from USC (Pat Haden)?
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Calendar playing tricks on your mind
If the date of the final World Series game was October 32nd instead of November 1, you wouldn’t care as much.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
your calendar does not resemble our Earth calendar
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
I’m saying the flip of the calendar makes it sound like such a different date than it really is.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
but you could have done that and still stayed in Earth time. I wouldn’t want the season to end Oct 32nd, but I’m totally fine with it ending on Halloween. The announcers could wear costumes!
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
oh I don’t want to play WS games in November
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Not really
I understand cold weather.
1910 Oct 23rd
1920 Oct 12th
1930 Oct 8th
1940 Oct 8th
1950 Oct 7th
1960 Oct 13th
1970 Oct 15th
1980 Oct 21st
1990 Oct 20th
2000 Oct 26th
2010 Nov 1st
Big difference, a few weeks make weather wise from the middle of Oct until the first of Nov.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Those dates
are the last date baseball was played.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Some years it may not matter at all
but if you keep playing with the odds good chance your going to have WS of Detroit / Cubs and it will be hell on the players and won’t matter at all who has the best team.
Course many of you believe it doesn’t anyway so I can see how you don’t care.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
typically
June-July-August all hover around the same high temperature and are the peak of sunshine and happiness. Then you start losing about ten degrees of average temp per month. So it does matter
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
it will be hell on the players
Personally, I just don’t believe this. These guys have heaters in the dugout, endless amounts of Under Armour cold gear and jackets, ear flaps, etc… Not to mention they are playing in the WS and should have some serious adrenaline pumping. These are pro athletes, not 7 year olds in T-ball.
If its raining or snowing that is one thing, but if its just cold, I really don’t think it is hell on the players. The one person on the field it should really affect is the pitcher because of the cold on his throwing hand.
isn't that enough?
the pitcher has a pretty important role in the game…plus you have fielders standing still in it.
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Just a question
have you ever played in cold weather?
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Considering
a) how many games they’ve played,
b) how tired they are at the end of the season,
c) how often people get injured doing something like running the bases,
d) how muscles and cold generally don’t like each other,
I don’t think it’s fair to default to “They are professional athletes, they get paid tons of money, their adrenal glands should be able to do the heavy lifting” as an argument. Heaters in the clubhouse, sure, but if you’re an outfielder and the pitcher starts walking folk or fucking up worse, I don’t like what that’s going to do to them.
Leading the league in OMGs || President of the Billz Appreciation Club
What do you consider cold?
Because if you have played in 35 degree weather then I’ll listen to you. My own body is unable to play in weather below 40 wearing baseball cleets and no gloves for the hands. My feet simply go numb.
I can still feel the pain of the bat not hitting the ball right in the cold weather. Might as well have stuck a hot fork into my arm.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve played 4 out of the 5 sports I wrote above in snow, approx. 20 – 30 degrees.
Hands are the only thing that suck once you get moving around.
I'm only talking about baseball
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Hardball
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Yea I’ve played baseball in very cold weather as recent as last winter. Softball is the only one I haven’t because its more of a summer only sport I guess.
And honestly
you can say that even in the cold weather you played as well as you would in 50 – 70 degree weather? Because the argument is not that you can’t play baseball in cold weather, but if you should.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
I can honestly say I have played as good. Is it as comfortable? No. Does it take longer to warm up? Yes. Once I get moving around and get into the game I feel good.
I am not a pitcher though. Like I said way above, I can see how it could really affect the pitcher. Baseball is of course meant to be played in warmer weather, but I don’t think it is “hell” for them to be out there in late October/early November.
My last football game ever was a playoff game at Hart High School. Dropped down to 20 degrees. We got beat by 60. I was sick for a week.
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
y’all need to have a cold off, see who’s had it worse
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
this
a few weeks can make all the difference, hell one week can.. You might not realize it in SoCal, but going from 60 degree nights to 35 degrees happens, and happens quickly.
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Target Field
will be nice and toasty. Speaking of cold weather cities, I saw the MLBN show on the 1994 Montreal Expos, and they really had a great fanbase before they got mindfucked so many times they got fed up, and 1994 was the last straw. I’d rather have a team in Montreal (in a real stadium, downtown) that goddamn Miami, but it’ll never happen.
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There is also the issue of the time in between series in the playoffs
There were 2 scheduled off days between the ALDS and ALCS, 2 scheduled off days between the NLDS and NLCS, and 2 scheduled off days between the final LCS and World Series, and that’s before accounting for series that end early.
I would make only one off day in between series (assuming full series). I’m OK with keeping the dates set, to allow for TV scheduling, etc.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
Compared to the way it is now...
I’d prefer the change. Make winning the division more important and put wild card teams at a disadvantage.
@neufaustcan
Nope
He lost his entire offensive line and his starting qb for most of the season. And he did not have a lot of depth in his senior and junior classes (KD recruits) so he had to play a lot sophomores, red-shirt freshmen and freshmen.
And more importantly, if they are not going to spend a lot of money (they won’t) and there is no real reason financially to do so (base season tickets, donations are pretty set), then why would they replace him.
Finally, the university itself (academic side) is so walled off from the Athletic Department (which is self-sustaining) that there is no pressure from there in fact they really don’t care.
Plus, the main reason people were skeptical of him (hence the Slick Rick) has failed to materialize in even a minor NCAA violation. In fact, Neuheisal has probably even been tougher than a lot of other coaches re internal discipline.
by bhsportsguy on Nov 19, 2010 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
It won't turn around
until they get a quarterback that can make plays (and not get hurt)
by bhsportsguy on Nov 19, 2010 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
After the whole conversation, I've been trying to figure out where I stand on optimism/pessimism
and I think this is how I’d put it:
I’m pessimistic, but there’s no point in being depressed about it.
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Yeah, just because your'e a pessimist
doesn’t mean you have to be a prick about it.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
I have a similar thought process
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Nice piece of fiction
from W.C. Heinz over on Bronx Banter:
http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2010/11/16/one-throw/
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
Yes
I read it in the Fireside Book of Baseball (which are great books if you can find them)
by bhsportsguy on Nov 19, 2010 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
For those of us interested in Magglio Ordonez
Boras says he has recovered from his surgery and has resumed full workouts.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 11:18 AM PST reply actions
Oh well if he says it
it must be true :-p
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
doesn't mean
it’s a complete lie, but I get the skepticism, and share it.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Ugh Absolut is pushing Bloody Mary's right now?
I hate bloody marys.
I mean, uh, I love SBNLA’s new sponsor
If Scott Elbert is genuine
and Broxton was really hurt when he sucked
Our Bullpen is going to be
Bloody
Awesome
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Optimism starts to build right about now
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
Optimists
we has them
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 11:57 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm optimistic about this offseason
so is Michael White
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
I feel I must share this
http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
Okay, true. Everyone involved in rolling meat.
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Holy hell it’s trademarked and they’re trying to sell it to restuarants. I didn’t realize you could trademark meat.
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, that looks awesome
someone has to make that for the next TBLA picnic
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
THIRTY DOLLARS FOR SHIPPING?!/!
ouch
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
If you’re paying 30 bucks for the shipping, might as well get two.
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
Might as well get 10 in that case
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
What is it about Phillies pitchers marrying women from Survivor?
Kyle Kendrick just married this woman, Stephanie LaGrossa (hawt):
BTW, Russell Martin called
and said that shirt was awesome.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
It’s because she’s with a Phillies pitcher
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Yet another aspect of life where Kyle Kendrick does not strike out.
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
he looks like a corpse, she looks like an annoying Gina
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yeah, people need to learn
that just because a women shows off her boobs and butt, it doesnt mean shes hot (stripper rule)
I've never been
It honestly just doesn’t appeal to me.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
It is a place of business
if both parties accept the fact that they are in a business transaction, fun for all.
This is not a comment I would have ever expected you to make
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I have only gone a few times for bachelor parties
when your sole purpose is getting as many lap dances for the groom, it really can be fun.
there is one strip club in College Station, TX
and I had to yelp it. Few things funnier than reviews of texas strip clubs:
I was SHOCKED last week when I went into Silk Stockings. It has improved immensely than what it was two and half years ago. They now have a nice VIP area, tables that have actual cloths, better bathroom, and a host of other improvements. The girls have improved as well. Dixie and Mercedes were especially divine. Once the place gets better girls, bigger/more stages, and food it will be a five stars for the Aggieland area. What was great about the girls is that they are very NON-Pressure which was surprisingly a vast improvement over the girls at the Rhino and OG in Las Vegas. Who would have ever thought a strip club 30 minutes from me would have girls who were much less pressure than the girls in Vegas? Come on Vegas get with the program.
whaaaa
who has fun at their place of employment? it’s like saying the cashier at trader joes LIKES talking to you about the shitty discontinued frozen eggplant slices they loved so much.
Do you refuse to frequent trader joes
because of it?
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
I am
having fun at my place of employment right now!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
It's all in your attitude
Knowing a little about David, he would be the kindly store manager who would always be great with customers.
I hate it when clerks/salespeople
pounce on you when you walk in the door and birddog you all through the place. If I was in retail, I would be helpful to the customers who asked for help and leave the rest alone.
And post about the idiot customers here.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
yes
but some places FORCE you to do that, it makes no sense. SALES SALES SALES except no one buys from the desperate, just like girls have no interest in sleeping with desperate men (you hear that ivdown, mr f, and tommy blackjack??)
by mintxcore on Nov 19, 2010 1:42 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
mintxcore set it better, and yes on all points
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
i see
single=desperate
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
you do feel kinda tacked on there, but lumping is lumping
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 1:46 PM PST up reply actions
Single is a stinky cologne
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when it rains it pours. or is that just for us womenfolk?
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
its not just being single
its like when you cant fall asleep at night, and all you can do is think about how you cant fall asleep, how you have to get up in 5, 4, 3, 2 or whatever hours. and your mind is racing and you cant stop thinking about not getting enough sleep…..
its kinda like that but with being single.
For women
aint that the whole biological clock thing.
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my interest in sexing hair stylist
has nothing to do with any biological clock. I just want to see all his tattoos. Up close. With my mouth.
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which backwards is woy. this has been Josie with the world of facts
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
you’ve gotta justify your existence, and usually those folk have middle management following them around with a courtesy grid, making sure they hit all their talking points
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
I understand why it happens, and I am not mean to those people, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
it’d reword it then that you hate places that require their salespeople to pounce on you like a small dog in heat, keep the agency off the salespeople cause they ain’t got none
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
Having just finished
a sales orientation with the new retail store, I can say pouncing is not part of the training. Becoming your friend in the first 15 seconds after giving you plenty of time to check out the lay of the land. In fact they encourage you to make eye contact and then ignore them for 60 seconds. If they are still in the store, then start the process. Our store expects a three touch process in that to buy into an electric bike they will probably visit the store three times unless they already knew about the product and were prepared to buy right away.
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i think thats all good advice, rather than the instruction borders gave us to basically just swarm any customer, talk talk talk and put books into their hands.
that is why there are so many book bludgeoning deaths in this country
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
Borders employees must hate following instructions, because my Borders experiences have been generally pleasant.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
this was 5 years ago
and i have barely been in one since. it was also a flagship store in boston. and they were very, very, very desperate.
No
Although I do have to make occasional technical presentations to people from the customer’s office.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
dealing with customers
day in and day out, all day every day is awful. having that fake smile, the fake interest. its bad enough having to deal with it from a cashier/customer service level, but i couldnt imagine it from a lapdance perspective.
My point was more
remember the girl is only acting that way because she is getting paid, don’t think she’ll even recognize you 5 minutes after you go. If you can handle that, then both parties can have fun.
I can't I want her to dream of me long after I've gone
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Exactly
“Time to give up stripping, I can’t top that customer.”
We are hopeless romantics :)
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
My basic philosophy on girls
was that if they were not totally in love with me from the beginning I had no chance because it was all downhill for me from that point the more they learned about me.
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Did you try the “three touch” approach?
by kinbote on Nov 19, 2010 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Back in the day
we made a couple trips to a strip club (Bare Elegance, for those in the area) as going-away functions for some guy here. The first time we go, the eight or so of us walk in, and not two seconds later, one girl breaks into a big smile, looks right at one of the guys (not me), and says “[correct and uncommon first name]!!”. The rest of us exploded in laughter, of course.
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hah
money can buy you love!
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Well timed baiting however is enjoyed by all
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I heard
they just put out an album on iTunes!
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Took at those ugly men
money bought them love too. /went there
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I have to admit
That photo that Apple is using for its iTunes launch is just amazing. It’s on my computer at home when I boot up, and I have to just stare at it. All of them look gangsta.
No wonder Paul was considered the cute one
some serious nostril activity for the other three
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Little known fact
The alternate band name choice was Paul & The Schnozzes
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
that’s the ol’ Liverpool nose, good for breathing sea aire
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
That will be me in five years:)
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and the reverse holds true
just because she doesn’t show them off, doesn’t mean she is not.
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I don't know her but in that photo
but she looks hard because of the hair, put the hair down, softens the look, and I expect with her other attributes none of us would be saying no if she did the come hither look toward us.
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really?
it’s more the eyebrows for me
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I've never quite understood the female
activity with the eyebrow.
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it can actually play up your eyes
if not just eliminate the unibrow.
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If hetero boys/men played with our eyes like you do
lesbianism would not be so prevelant
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I don't. :)
I used to, until I realized that my brows are already pretty much a fine shape, so I don’t have to get them waxed unless I want to clean them up. When you’re poor, I’d rather spend 25 on booze/food then brows.
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here here, just clean up the strays and don’t risk looking permanently surprised
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
right
the “accessibility theory” in that a girl who presents herself in a way in which her body is accessible, or the way she dresses has a ‘come hither’ vibe that presents access to the male often creates a higher desirability. or in some cases, makes the dude want her less. depends.
The latest ESPN the Magazine has a picture of
U.S. Olympian Skier Linsdsay Vonn who does bear a striking resemblance to Sharon Stone
Luis Salazar
Former MLB player who had been a coach in the Dodger org from 2002-2009, is now the manager of Lynchburg in the Braves’ system.
Salazar was the hitting coach for Double A, Jacksonville and Chattanooga from 2007-2009 (but the article said “last three years” but I couldn’t find him in the 2010 Dodger media guide), and was manager in Gulf Coast and Vero Beach before that.
Too many off days bad for playoff teams
And the GMs might want to remember this, as they “reward” six division winners with sitting around for five days while four second-place teams get the stage to themselves for games few people will care about: Over the past six postseasons there have been seven teams who entered a series with five or more days of rest. Those teams lost five of those seven series.
Would it really be that difficult for networks (TBS, Fox) to be able to adjust on the fly should a series start earlier if needed? I don’t know the answer.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
The World Series start date was chosen so that it wouldn’t conflict with Glee.
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
They started that midweek start day a year before Glee started
Probably not to conflict with “House.”
by bhsportsguy on Nov 19, 2010 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
In both the NBA and NHL
they schedule 4 rounds of playoffs in about 2 months, primarily because they do not play back to back games. MLB is going to try to do this in 4-5 weeks, that is ambitious.
by bhsportsguy on Nov 19, 2010 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
If the Dodgers are not in the playoffs I will root
for tons of freezing weather and rain.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
I wish you would come to karaoke night next Friday just so I can berate you in person for this comment.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
I'll bring you a McRib, silverwidow!!
And a hug!
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I’m SO over those things. Law of diminishing returns.
by silverwidow on Nov 19, 2010 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
I swear the patties used to be bigger on those things
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Everyone knows the Jumbo Jack is the greatest burger $1.50 can buy.
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
People who know things about cats
how bad of an idea would it be to bring Bodhi back home with me and then back to Nashville over Thanksgiving?
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If you bring him to karaoke night
It’s a great idea.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
You really hate cats
don’t you
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
all an act
out cats voted him the nicest person to overnight at our house that wasnt family
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ughhhhh
I’m just getting really anxious now because apparently our house is on def con one regarding germs and shit, so the litter box is in my room and I really don’t know how I feel about people going in and out of my room.
./whine
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Maybe bring Bodhi home
and leave him home until you come back for him at Christmas break when things will have quieted down. The idea that germs are a problem for a sprained ankle is interesting. Did she break the skin when she sprained her ankle? Is an infection involved?
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
well
it’s a broken ankle with plates and screws and all that now.
I think I’m going to take him home and leave him home.
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Oh, i misremembered
I thought it was just a sprained ankle. That does put a different spin on it. She is going to be messed up for a while.
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Is he flying with you or in the luggage area?
If he is with you, then what would be the big deal for him? Would you rather leave him with your roomate who is laid up and seems to be overly angry over a sprained ankle? Or have you made a friend you can trust to take of him, his food, and his litter?
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
my cat refuses
to even leave the house. put him in the box, the second we leave the doorway he SCREAAAAAAAAAMS
yeah for some cats that is hell
but if I remember right, Bodhi flew with Maddz with no problems.
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you can also drug them
that is fun when they stagger around punch drunk as they come out of it. That is when you shave half their whiskers and they wake up going, I don’t remember doing that, what the hell did I drink last nigh?
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 1:17 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
we drugged our cat for long drive to mammoth one year. he walked backwards for 30 minutes once we got to mammoth. we laughed until we cried.
hahaha I would have no idea what to drug him with if I were to do it, but I read on the airline’s website that you shouldn’t because it messes up their inner ear equilibrium.
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Acepromazine
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
or
ask a vet
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Are you the guy who sells pet insurance?
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When an MRI cost 3500
just to find out if your pet has brain cancer, it has to be considered.
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I don't sell it
I handle the claims, but yes, pet insurance company.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
hahaha
why does it say “DICK” on my forehead?!
Yeah I think it might be the easiest course of action but I will miss him. :(
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Just hope you don't have an Indian pilot
who sleeps for the whole trip only to wake up to crash the plane. When I read shit like that I wonder WTF is the point of the co-pilot if they don’’t
1. Have the balls to wake the pilot up before landing is immiment
2. Doesn’t land the plane himself.
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I'm assuming the co-pilot
didn’t follow the accepted procedures
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As in when the plane
is within a half hour of your destination and your pilot is snoring, slap his face, and slap it hard.
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Want to clarify
or are you actually saying what I think you are saying? Otherwise I’ll just assume its because why the fuck would you have your honeymoon in Bakersfield.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
They had kids at 17, they don’t have the best judgment.
by regfairfield on Nov 19, 2010 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
I'm guessing it's because they live there
It was their wedding night.
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
You say that like
its ok to live in Bakersfield
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It is
don’t be an LA snob, some of you live in Irvine where they leveled the beautiful hills for your pathetic suburb.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 19, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I'm in Irvine right now!
Either way, even people from Bakersfield don’t like Bakersfield. I guess its better then Arkansas though.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Since when did it become my pathetic suburb anyways?
I much prefer Aliso Viejo, where the hills are intact
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
although Bakersfield is like Oklahoma in California.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Which is okay
since most of the them came from Okie land in the 1st place.
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You say that as if its ok
to be from Oklahoma. :-p
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#blameKemp
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by David Young on Nov 19, 2010 1:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I stayed at a Ritz on my company's tab
but I’ve never stayed at a hotel that nice on my own tab.
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Glad they got an apology
one of my pet peeves are people who cannot think outside of business operation rules. Most rules are guidelines, and using common sense to go outside those guidelines is okay.
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Since we were talking about hair earlier
I just had a life-changing haircut. It was a new lady, and for the first time I accepted the complimentary rinse and wash. I told her I had a headache and there was some temple-rubbing involved. It was totally platonic but changed me nonetheless. I’m a better man for it.
Yeah man, the scalp massage? Bawlin.
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There's like 100 foot massage
joints in the SGV. Foot massages rule
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
I love a good scalp massage
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those who don't
are the pod people
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
My first wife cut hair
I loved the hair treatment and all that went with it.
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And did you tip better? You didn’t pull a silverwidow, did you?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
so if we sent a limo to your place next friday, would THAT get you to come to Karaoke (of course we are not doing that)
I'll see your iPod Touch
and raise you a hug.
C’mon.
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What do parents do
when all of the sudden kids get the whole week off instead of just the last two days?
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Do you get longer off
for hunting season?
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I have no idea. For what it’s worth, there was hunting up in Rochester but we only got Wed-Thurs-Fri off.
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I ask because my bro got like 2 weeks off
when he was going to school at Centenary which is located in Shreveport Louisiana.
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as I understand it though, kinda like thanksgiving its more of a bottom up thing than top down, if they actually held classes, no one would be there
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
what would you guess the score at half of this college game is?
Field Goals 10-28 (35.7%) 13-25 (52.0%)
Free Throws 3-7 (42.9%) 6-9 (66.7%)
3-pointers 1-4 (25.0%) 5-9 (55.6%)
Rebounds (Off) 13 (6) 14 (6)
Assists 4 9
Steals 5 4
Blocks 1 3
Turnovers 12 10
Personal Fouls 11 8
Indians did not protect multi-time top prospect Adam Miller.
http://twitter.com/#!/hoynsie/status/5725975971106816
Miller is not a good name for a prospect
Greg Miller
Andrew Miller
Adam Miller
all at one time were top 10 BA prospects. Greg and Adam had inuries, Andrew just sucked.
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They even had one baseball Miller in that family but he was not a pitcher
maybe the most athletic family in Los Angeles?
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Darrell
was friends (and possibly roommates) with my brother Kelly’s friend at Cal Poly Pomona (the one who works for the Angels).
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
So Molina saying he would retire
was a crock of shit?
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look if you want to play who’s on first, you’re gonna have to tell me what’s on second
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
I needed one more "which one" from you
but David took it
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and then Eric took the next one
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The one with at least one championship ring.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
This could go on a while - quite amazing really
that trio and their dad, most impressive baseball family since the Alou brothers. Fuck the Boones
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really? oh yeah I guess really. Hot dang!
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
Yadier is technically the slacker, with just one ring, although Bengie’s 2010 ring has a giant asterisk.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
I actually forgot that Jose got rings too
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
I was holding that one back
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
I never hold back. When it’s ready to go, I just let ’er rip.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
everyone downwind of you agrees.
sorry it was just right there
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
The Astros are for sale
Ed Wade is sure to be fired in the not too distant future.
whoever buys them next should continue their transition from Houston Astros to Houston Railroads
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
McClane
wants like double what they’re supposedly worth though.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
yippy kai-yay
mother fucker
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
Spiritual Purgatory?
Oh fuck this. I AM SOOO PISSED AT YOU RIGHT NOW.
Get haunted you doll-stealing harlot.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Nov 19, 2010 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
Gotten under false pretenses.
I suppose “As long as you both shall life” has different connotations when someone has a ready supply of iocane powder.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Nov 19, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
You mean, get poisoned? Good think I left the map to my pirate treasure to my sister.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Nov 19, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
If only you had stopped texting me pictures of in n out burgers on my 3002 cell phones while I was in Nashville.
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Whose fault is that for going to school in a 3rd world country
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Nov 19, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
says the guy
going to college in ARIZONA.
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Nate Purcell says the cougar hunting is excellent there though.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I was the only guy in my Policy class on monday. Me, the prof and 20 women. Maybe about 7 that rated a 7 or higher. ASU is really good for window shopping.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Nov 19, 2010 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
Your a Sparkie?
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NO.
I did my undergrad at UofA, forever a Wildcat. ASU is just the only university that offers a Social Work program in AZ
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Nov 19, 2010 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
Next Sunday A.D.?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Is Ghost of K3vo
the greatest name we have going, along with the tag line
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the avatar
is awesome
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 19, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
whatever happened to that guy? I heard he’s in Mongolia
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
MSW program actually.
I spend alot of time reading and writing papers these days :(
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Nov 19, 2010 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
I WISH!
Masters’ of Social Work
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Nov 19, 2010 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
have you ever heard of a movie called All That Heaven Allows
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
negative ghostrider.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Nov 19, 2010 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
her problem stems from one phrase
“as Freud says. . . .”
GFY
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Nov 19, 2010 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
she later goes on to tell her date later in the movie that she only wants to mack on her to prove some male blah blah blah…it’s really the worst character ever
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
I beg to differ, but Maddz would have to explain, I am just too traumatized.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Nov 19, 2010 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
really the worst character ever
think back to the paper you read of mine a couple days ago
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Nov 19, 2010 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
We’re getting more meta than Community!
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
very important question
if this board were a comedy it would be _________
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
a board about nothing, and there’s plenty of baseball in Seinfeld. This of course makes anyone with a Dodger Stadium related job George
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
I want to be George's boss
who dicked around while George worked for the fist time in his life.
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The R is missing on the sign
K ueger
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Would Vicky grow? Was that planned in for her future?
by Josie Becker on Nov 19, 2010 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
I need to work on my image
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Absolutely
I don’t want no police charges.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
There is no other reason to build a female robot.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
ha ha
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She would be hot had the show continued
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
Great hair the rest can be fixed
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I know nothing of this show
was this a kid show during your kid time?
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I have vague memories of it. Must have had some reruns when I was a kid, because it aired when I was too young.
by Michael White on Nov 19, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
Spoiler Alert!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLiX5d3rC6o
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Nov 19, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
that woman is CGI
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Nov 19, 2010 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
Barney Miller
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It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Only cast big enough.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Soon you will all be part of a murder mystery
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Pandora
What would be a good pandora station to start right now to finish off Friday?
by robotmadeofnails on Nov 19, 2010 2:17 PM PST reply actions
Start with “Can’t Fight This Feeling Anymore” by REO Speedwagon.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
OH HI KEITH
HOW ARE YOU TODAY
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
“My Slow Descent into Alcoholism” by The New Pornographers
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Nov 19, 2010 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
Roberto of
Vin Scully is My Homeboy shot this pic today. Not bad:
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Nov 19, 2010 2:19 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
That’s awesome. Ooh. How has the weather been?
Leading the league in OMGs || President of the Billz Appreciation Club
Wet weekend coming up
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Rec’d.
"Save that for the girl chat rooms. No here cares that you are sentimental and sweet. Jose [sic] already passed on you, Dodger SF is having a mid 20’s relationship crisis living in a town where she can’t love anyone because they are either gay or Giant fans, Maddz is stuck in Theology hell, and Teal is married. Not sure what is up with Connector. And my nieces are off limits. Sporky hates you because you adorn the cover of Jon’s book."
Jim Bowden brings the obvious news
citing the new rules Ned Colletti said that he could not comment on LEE or CRAWFORD but indirectly made it clear they are not pursuing
per Twitter
So, even when the market is totally open, you can’t mention players. Interesting. Is this the Boras clause?
The commish cracked down on negotiating in public. Seems impossible to enforce.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 19, 2010 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
Per Bob Nightengale
Davey Lopes will soon be going back to his roots, re-joining the Dodgers as part of manager Don Mattingly’s coaching staff.
Something that I never wanted to happen
is now something I welcome.
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you didn't want him to come back?
por why?
"Are you telling me they are out of dragons?"
"They never had dragons!"
"Who didn't?"
"The world!"
We have a history
dating back to when he won the job over Lee Lacy.
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Always amazing to me
that Davey Lopes was 28 before he was a full time infielder. I get he did not make the TBLA top 10 prospect list at the age of 26 because everyone would have said he was to “old” for his level.
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Might be worth rolling the dice on
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Decent shot he will be better then Pods
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Yes as long as he does not get to start against RHP
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