Report: Dave Hansen Joins Dodger Coaching Staff As Hitting Instructor
by Eric Stephen on Nov 8, 2010 4:08 PM PST
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This was the Dodger lineup on July 6, 1995 in Atlanta, against Greg Maddux at the peak of his powers:
- DeShields 2B
- Offerman SS
- Mondesi RF
- Piazza C
- Wallach 1B
- Kelly CF
- Hansen 3B
- Gwynn LF
- Candiotti P
Both Tim Wallach and Dave Hansen started that day, the last time they started in the same lineup as Dodgers. Both appear to be in the 2011 Dodger coaching lineup for 2011. Wallach appears a lock for the third base coaching job, and per Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports, Hansen joining the Dodgers as a hitting instructor is a "done deal." Jeff Pentland and Hansen will be hitting coaches, but, "It’s not clear whether Pentland or Hansen would be designated as the primary hitting coach."
Hansen is sixth all-time with 138 pinch hits, including a record seven pinch home runs in 2000. Hansen served as hitting coach for Double A Mobile in the Diamondbacks' system in 2007, then was Arizona's minor league hitting coordinator for the past three seasons.
Nothing has been announced yet by the Dodgers, as they are waiting until the full coaching staff is assembled. In other words, once Davey Lopes gets hired as first base coach, the other coaching assignments will become official.
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In other news, Jon Miller and Joe Morgan are out at ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, with the great Dan Shulman and Orel Hershiser replacing them on the TV team, per Richard Sandomir of the New York Times.
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do you think the abilities of the hitting coach matter as much as what type of career he had?
I guess the real question is, if Don Mattingly and Dave Hansen have exactly the same abilities as a hitting coach, would players be more likely to listen to Don instead of Dave?
What if we get Joe Morgan as first base coach?
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
Yay, I always liked him
I wonder if the Dodgers really will sign Lopes, can they afford his asking price? Doubt there’ll be an Old Team discount.
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 have to think the difference between what he wants and what he was offered is somewhere in the $100k-$400k range. If that’s the difference between having a good running game versus the 2010 Dodgers, sign me up.
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
I would think a big part of it is a fit with the rest of the coaching staff.
Mattingly, Wallach, Hansen, Lopes…. One of those is not like the others.
Maybe but that sure seems like an all around better staff than 2009 imho.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
For Keith (and others)
Not sure if you like Applebees, but I saw a commercial that said all veterans and active duty military eat free this Thursday.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 8, 2010 4:18 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
And if you come to chez Kavula
I’d be happy to cook you dinner.
Note: valid only this Thursday.
Now with 33% more Kavula
I can see an Appelby’s from here. i am………………
Nevermind. I will be in Branson Mo Wednesday-Friday.
No telling what I will get to eat!
I believe the Clampets….errrr…..the Cooks will be going to the Dixie Stampede. My daughter loves horses. I’ve been before.
It’s like that joint in Cable Guy that they eat at, but for Rednecks.
and then Downtown Disney to get jacked up at the ESPN Zone.
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
I have never been to Medieval Times
But I did go to Hollywood Wax Museum, the Alligator Farm and Japanese Deer Park.
I take the daughter to the park about 3 times per week. Every Saturday afternoon, these dudes are out in the middle of this field pretending they are Knights???? Like those dudes in Role Model.
That is weird stuff
Which park?
They’re probably Society for Creative Anachronism.
by TopDeckTrueBlue on Nov 9, 2010 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Good grief
I remember the Japanese Deer Park! But not the Alligator Farm….
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
if you go to ESPN Zone Disney ask for Chip, TK or Shara, in that order. All three are awesome bartenders. Tell them GScott sent you.
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
My favorite part of ESPN Zone Disney
is going during the 2009 LCS and asking if they would change the giant 14’ tv to the Dodger game.
Bitches.
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
Aren’t those Build-a-bear things super expensive?
"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."
gf and I got one together 5 years ago
cost 54 dollars for the bear, Dodgers jersey and white shorts.
named him Tommy.
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
Then it’s worth every penny!
"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."
As a uncle
I had a Build a Bear card for all the purchases I made there. They stopped around 3 years ago.
I used one of these things as a team mascot once.
I made sure that it did not have a heart.
Wasn't Jon Miller
reportedly outed last year, only to return again? I’m all sorts of fine with not renewing his contract, but I do appreciate Miller on the radio.
Not really considering the city Jon regularly calls play-by-play for
Taylor Morgan: "My abortion was botched!"
Teemu Selanne: "Wow. That sounds awesome."
by DodgerBlueBalls on Nov 9, 2010 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Guaranteed: whoever replaces Joe Morgan will be much, much worse. Right now I’m torn between John Kruk or Rob Dibble.
He gone!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Gah, I wish Krukow were gone, too.
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Petros Papadakis
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Nov 8, 2010 4:27 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
hold on folks, I know I’m supposed to be broadcasting a football game, but I’ll try and talk through these squirrels I’m eating. Now I’m closing a landmark restaurant in San Pedro while eating squirrels and broadcasting a football game.
by Josie Becker on Nov 8, 2010 4:29 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
His
vocal cords have already been through one.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I would not cry if he fell victim to a fatal 1 car accident.
I think that he was the second worst product to come out of the USC backfield.
I think we all knew that
we were just being wiseasses (raises hand slowly)
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Was he ever actually in the USC backfield?
I want to make them beautiful, but they always turn out WRONG! That one... too fat! This one... too tall! This one... too symmetrical!
I watched the first half or so of USC/ASU Saturday night.
That was the first time I’ve ever seen Petros.
Looks exactly like I thought he’d look.
He is as bad as a color man can be, BTW.
If you were in the LA area you could also "enjoy" him on the Sunday night football
After show on KNBC.
I must like bad announcers
I like Petros. But then he correctly predicted that Maurcie Jones-Drew would be a better NFL player than Reggie Bush. And don’t ask him about Leinart.
He seems smart enough. I’m not debating his football knowledge. I have heard a very small sample size.
I swear on everything I hold sacred, I thought he was going to eat his microphone the other night. He looked
like a crazy person.
He is a crazy person.
Try listening to him on his Fox radio show…………..The Horror.
Requirement #1 for an announcer is to have a voice that isn’t grating and/or annoying.
Even if Petros were Walter Cronkite, he would fail because of this.
What if Walter Cronkite had Petros' knowledge
he’d still be boring as shit
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
It's like that scene at the end of Young Frankenstein
when gene wilder and peter boyle are both hooked up to the machien…
only the cronkite-petros hookup is fucked up
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Nov 8, 2010 4:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
cracks me up that I went to high school with him
by robotmadeofnails on Nov 8, 2010 9:45 PM PST up reply actions
Roberto Alomar
was the best 2B I’ve ever seen, maybe he would be a natural replacement, one great 2B after another. His temper would make for must-see TV.
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Is that Hansen's head shot?
he has a mysterious loner look about him, like the serial killer who always seemed like a nice, quiet boy. I remember that 2000 season of his. I’m also guessing the Dodgers offense didn’t fare very well on July 6, 1995.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Kelly in CF, Gwynn in LF
and the piss ant DeShields at 2nd base. So much to like about that starting lineup, so much to hate.
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
Kelly in CF?
Eric and Greg make up our RF platoon?
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
good bloodlines
Logan White signed all of their kids and assigned them to Ogden
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One of my favorite parts of last night
making fun of Plaschke with the Times’ soccer beat writer
by Josie Becker on Nov 8, 2010 4:39 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Grahame Jones still there?
I always liked his stuff, haven’t read the Times in forever
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yeah he’s not always around, but he’s a cool bloke. Seems easily distracted by a skirt. He’s reading this right now isn’t he?
Seems easily distracted by a skirt.
Tell me, did you ever use that phrase before coming over to TBLA?
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
Jones covers the EPL and other international leagues and it seems like Baxter covers the local team(s). From what I can tell.
for all the Elvis Costello fans
he doesn’t want to go to Chelsea
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by Pure Azure on Nov 8, 2010 5:05 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
MU United!!!! MU United!!!! MU United!!!!!
Paris!!!! Paris!!!!! Paris!!!!!
"Oh ville lumière, sens la chaleur de notre coeur, vois-tu notre ferveur quand nous marchons près de toi. Dans cette conquête, chasser l'ennemi, enfin pour que nos couleurs brillent encore..."
"Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap) et nous chantons en choeur (clap clap clap clap). Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap), fidèles à nos couleurs (clap clap clap clap). Lololo lololo, lololo lololo"
Kiss my Aul[ass], hahaha
please, he’ll have to go to a building team, I’d say Man City but they’re already overloaded. Maybe Liverpool if they don’t turn it around this year.
He will quit the game entirely, saying, “Soccer — yes, I called it soccer — is for pussies. So I’m going to return to my first love, the stage.”
Now with 33% more Kavula
The funny thing is…….I could see this happening.
Not really, but I’m re-creating the press conference right now in my mind.
I see David Beckham, Nathan Lane, and Josie behind Landon at the podium.
Donovan will not go to Man City simply because the roster is overload...
Everton, Aston Villa, Tottenham and Sunderland will be a great fit for him…
In Spain: Villareal, Bilbao, Athletico Madrid
In France: Paris Saint Germain of course!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Oh ville lumière, sens la chaleur de notre coeur, vois-tu notre ferveur quand nous marchons près de toi. Dans cette conquête, chasser l'ennemi, enfin pour que nos couleurs brillent encore..."
"Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap) et nous chantons en choeur (clap clap clap clap). Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap), fidèles à nos couleurs (clap clap clap clap). Lololo lololo, lololo lololo"
Kiss my Aul[ass], hahaha
75%
But he played already and he failed so Munich front office doesn’t want to take a high rish with him…
"Oh ville lumière, sens la chaleur de notre coeur, vois-tu notre ferveur quand nous marchons près de toi. Dans cette conquête, chasser l'ennemi, enfin pour que nos couleurs brillent encore..."
"Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap) et nous chantons en choeur (clap clap clap clap). Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap), fidèles à nos couleurs (clap clap clap clap). Lololo lololo, lololo lololo"
Kiss my Aul[ass], hahaha
I really think that he will go to England again.
Everton makes sense.
Villa does as well.
Not sure that he would have a spot at Tottenham. They have a bunch of midfielders.
Never thought about Sunderland, but that is a possibility for sure.
You're right about Tottenham
Several good midflieder with Modric and Bale…
Sunderland is the best fit I guess because they play very well and they need to maje this team stronger and stronger…
Paris Saint Germain needs a midfielder too…
"Oh ville lumière, sens la chaleur de notre coeur, vois-tu notre ferveur quand nous marchons près de toi. Dans cette conquête, chasser l'ennemi, enfin pour que nos couleurs brillent encore..."
"Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap) et nous chantons en choeur (clap clap clap clap). Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap), fidèles à nos couleurs (clap clap clap clap). Lololo lololo, lololo lololo"
Kiss my Aul[ass], hahaha
PSG needs a great mid to push up from the wings for sure.
I just don’t think he is gonna play anywhere except for England.
I heard a lot of rumors about Donovan to PSG because the owner is an American...
I’m always a Donovan fan…
He could replace Sessegnon easily because Sessegnon is a crap, he has not played well for 1 year already so I want to throw him away to England…
Get Donovan with a loan and I will be happy…
Did you saw PSG vs Marseille??
"Oh ville lumière, sens la chaleur de notre coeur, vois-tu notre ferveur quand nous marchons près de toi. Dans cette conquête, chasser l'ennemi, enfin pour que nos couleurs brillent encore..."
"Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap) et nous chantons en choeur (clap clap clap clap). Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap), fidèles à nos couleurs (clap clap clap clap). Lololo lololo, lololo lololo"
Kiss my Aul[ass], hahaha
Great!!!!!
I don’t want to spoil you so ENJOY this game!!!!!!!!!!!
"Oh ville lumière, sens la chaleur de notre coeur, vois-tu notre ferveur quand nous marchons près de toi. Dans cette conquête, chasser l'ennemi, enfin pour que nos couleurs brillent encore..."
"Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap) et nous chantons en choeur (clap clap clap clap). Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap), fidèles à nos couleurs (clap clap clap clap). Lololo lololo, lololo lololo"
Kiss my Aul[ass], hahaha
:D
You will not regret for sure
"Oh ville lumière, sens la chaleur de notre coeur, vois-tu notre ferveur quand nous marchons près de toi. Dans cette conquête, chasser l'ennemi, enfin pour que nos couleurs brillent encore..."
"Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap) et nous chantons en choeur (clap clap clap clap). Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap), fidèles à nos couleurs (clap clap clap clap). Lololo lololo, lololo lololo"
Kiss my Aul[ass], hahaha
I'll be honest
I googled EFL to find out what it was and that was the first team that popped up.
Galaxy4Life?
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
Check out: http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/
Jones has filed 3 stories in the last week or so on int’l soccer it looks like.
I feel dumb for
a) not knowing who that is
b) not “getting” it
c) actually watching the whole thing
d) all of the above
oh lords
A Series of Unfortunate Events. It was the indie competitor to Harry Potter when I was growing up. Also why I doubled my vocabulary as a teen
Would you recommend it?
"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 enjoyed the hell out of them
even if they get very repetitive after awhile. But they’re very clever, fun with word play, memorable characters, and has a fun Edward Gorey esque ghoulishness that is pleasing. I really don’t put them as that similar to Harry Potter (though I love them both) in that they are not as densely plotted and have a different feel. But both are full of dark arts. ;-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Oh.
I don’t really get into movies, books, tv shows that are like Harry Potter.
I’m not condeming it, they just don’t interest me. My wife likes harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, anything with Vampires on TV or movies.
I just can’t get into them.
Yep.
I’m sad right now. The Razorbacks have this place they take all recruits when on official visits. It’s called “The Catfish Hole”.
Easily the best catfish and hushpuppies I’ve ever eaten.
It’s on fire right now. Weak Sauce.
Bobby Petrino hosts his radio show from there as well.
I always some good hush puppies
I remember a recipe in my Boy Scout Fieldbook. Sad to hear about that restaurant.
Oh,
that is too bad. I do like me some catfish and hushpuppies, though I consider them an indulgence to be enjoyed only infrequently.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I had some last week.
I can’t remember the last time I went more than a month without catfish and hushpuppies.
I can get us some homemade wine, but not sure about moonshine.
If you bring her a bottle to fill (Gallon or 1/2 gallon whiskey bottle) she will fill it for $12.
Shit is strong.
My daughter really like those books
She cried at the UCLA Book Fair when they whisked him away from the autograph table when we were about 5 – 10 people from the front of a still very long line. I blame the handlers – they should have had an idea that the line was far longer than they could possibly handle. Pretty sure she was a single-digit age still.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Anyone who wasn't there missed a classic DT moment
At the LA Times Book Fair at UCLA . Not only did Jon Weisman interview Alyssa Milano about her book (memoir) but the speaker before them was none other than “The Wonder Years” Danica McKeller (“Winnie Cooper”).
Jon also signed his book there, next to Alyssa Milano.
the most disturbing thing
in that vid is that a girl in line has on a Boyz II Men shirt. I haven’t tried a Kindle, but if it gets more people reading, it’s a net plus for society. I’ll stay with books though.
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also
it’s ironic that it’s much easier to burn a book but the kindle’s name suggests combustion. Future totalitarian societies beware…
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Good to see they went with Dave Hansen
if only because I like ex-Dodgers on my coaching staff.
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
Also glad
DePoDesta is now with the Mets. Interesting how Alderson brought in Riccardi and Paul, easier to wish him well as a Met then as a Padre.
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
LA Times Dilbeck
Dodger wish list: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dodgers/2010/11/ten-free-agents-the-dodgers-should-take-a-strong-look-at-signing.html
My only question is why?
Ugh. Uribe.
"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."
Congrats to US women's national soccer team
Beat Costa Rica 3 nothing. Keep WC hopes alive. Play 2 games vs Italy now with aggregate winner on to the WC!
http://matchtracker.ussoccer.com/
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Whoo Alex Morgan goal! Go Bears!
"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."
Actually she had a shot on goal
but the goals were scored by Wambach (2) and Cheney.
Man I hope they get in, would suck to not be in the WC after all their success in the past. Harder when it’s such a smaller bracket than in the men’s world cup.
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 Italy a power in Euro/World soccer? The womens team, I mean?
I heard they were ranked 5th in Europe. Not sure if that is good or bad.
I’ll hang up and listen.
They are pretty good
though I don’t know if they are a super power. They are 11th in the world though, which means they’re good. Won’t be easy, esp winning the first game in Italy.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Italy is a very good woman team...
"Oh ville lumière, sens la chaleur de notre coeur, vois-tu notre ferveur quand nous marchons près de toi. Dans cette conquête, chasser l'ennemi, enfin pour que nos couleurs brillent encore..."
"Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap) et nous chantons en choeur (clap clap clap clap). Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap), fidèles à nos couleurs (clap clap clap clap). Lololo lololo, lololo lololo"
Kiss my Aul[ass], hahaha
Ahhh.
"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."
BH swings a good banhammer =)
"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."
Truer words were never spoken.
"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."
You’re probably a fan of the “they look like pin stripes but they’re actually the school fight song” baseball uniforms as well?
"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."
Oregon actually had baseball unis
that looked pinstriped, but up close, the pinstripes we’re actually formed of printed words.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
"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."
No
but needless to say, he’s the only one not bragging about this to girls at parties.
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
He could always say he wore it because he got first pick and wanted to be a good teammate.
Not even a 19 yr old girl would believe that shit!
He should say they measured cocks and they got to choose jerseys from smallest to biggest.
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
I had no idea about that story until Tripon posted a link to it.
That is not a bad story to be linked to.
Other than the fact is your Mom is gonna read that shit.
he went to Duke
his mom knew what he was getting into
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
no wonder
Kobe was gonna go there if he played college ball
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There’s no way you can’t look at that floor and not think:
a) We need to call the police
b) Cancel all games this week until we get this shit fixed
c) Why can’t all that Nike money buy taste?
Yes
Even their white ones (worn in their narrow 21-point win at the Coliseum) has white names on the back of white uniforms.
They're gonna miss Mac Court
and the atmosphere there. This place looks sterile. Also, fuck Phil Knight.
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It looks like someone's computer wallpaper
not a basketball court.
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 just realized that UCSB is gonna play on that crap in 4 days
in a tournament (Oregon, Denver and North Dakota State are the other teams). Wonder what they’ll say about playing hoops on a screensaver.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
UCSB should feel right at home
that court looks like the floor of an Isla Vista party house at 8:00 A.M. Sunday morning.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Definitely looks like some dudes threw a bunch of sand on it
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"I have none"
Kurt Rambis is truthful, when asked what philosophy he has when no one is averaging more than 30 minutes a game.
The starters get behind too fast, the bench has energy but can’t maintain it.
I thought this was old news.
"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."
hot things may damage genitals
whoda thunk?
I want to make them beautiful, but they always turn out WRONG! That one... too fat! This one... too tall! This one... too symmetrical!
Never mind
I was thinking of that Cowboys asst. coach who looks like a Halloween mask
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damn
couldn’t find a pic of the guy I’m thinking of, but this is your consolation prize:
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
didn't know he had a broken back
but def a broken face. he kinda looks like this:
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
We’re talking about the same guy.
He broke his neck or back when that practice facility got blown down in Dallas.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4127852
Dudes name is Joe DeCamillis.
He’s an ugly dude.
I wish Jones fired Phillips before the Green Bay game this way they would have at least tried to beat the Packers, which would’ve helped the Bears. That was ugly last night, they just up and quit. He could have salvaged this season after a few losses, but now it’s obviously too late.
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I was up by 25 points
and my opponent only had the PIT defense left to play. They already have a fumble recovery and blocked kick.
If I end up losing, I will kill somebody.
by Michael White on Nov 8, 2010 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
I’m in a similar boat as you. I started up 23 and my opponent has the PIT defense. I have Mike Wallace going.
"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."
Petros
Two birds. One wood chipper.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 8, 2010 6:07 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Reminded me of Eric's gatorade conundrum
<img src=“”WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 200px" height=200 src=http://graphjam.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/129168866671902100.png width=200 border=0>"/>
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
boo
the formatting guide doesn’t explain half the stuff I want to try
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
The easiest way to post a pic
is to copy the location of the pic (http whatever whatever), click the icon that looks like a little pic of a tree (between the subject line and the text of your post), then paste it into the dialog window that appears.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
In other words
screw all that typing.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
That's what I do
but I was trying to resize the picture so it wasn’t 500×500
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
Just replace that last slash with a space and a width attribute, like “width=250”. I use the preview button a lot when trying to post sized pics.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I tried to preview also
but it just came up as text, and I didn’t know if that was normal or not
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
Next make it even bigger than that one and don’t put a header on =)
"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."
My favorite
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by David Young on Nov 8, 2010 6:15 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Standard html really
I want to make them beautiful, but they always turn out WRONG! That one... too fat! This one... too tall! This one... too symmetrical!
SS Tsuyoshi Nishioka is going to be posted soon. Dodgers should just claim him, put him at 2B and be done with it.
I'd rather have Tsuyoshi Shinjo
cool armbands bro
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
you’re really nostalgic about 2005 aren’t ya? :^)
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This is where I am heading on Wednesday Morning.
We are gonna be there for 3 days. Pretty pumped about it.
Time to buy Christmas for everyone.
We head there every year and go to Silver Dollar City to see the Christmas lights and hokie stuff like that!
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/prospect-hot-sheet/2010/2610648.html
LF JERRY SANDS
DODGERS
Team: Double-A Chattanooga (Southern)
Age: 22
Why He’s Here: .301/.395/.586 (151-for-502), 35 HR, 28 2B, 5 3B, 93 RBIs, 102 R, 73 BB, 123 SO, 18-for-20 SB
The Scoop: The Dodgers’ 25th round pick in 2008 from Division II Catawba (N.C.), Sands’ career got off to a sputtering start, but he learned to shorten up his stroke and had one of 2010’s best breakout seasons. Sands blitzed Midwest League pitching in the season’s first half, belting 18 home runs in 69 games for low Class A Great Lakes before a promotion straight to Double-A in June. Sands’ average dropped off against Southern Leaguers, but his discerning eye at the plate didn’t go anywhere, nor did his power. Sands hit another 17 homers after his promotion, enough to finish fourth in the SL for the entire year and tied for third in the minors with 35.
We posted this months ago
and made a big deal about it because BA was calling him the best LF prospect in the minor leagues.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Why He’s Here: .301/.395/.586 (151-for-502), 35 HR, 28 2B, 5 3B, 93 RBIs, 102 R, 73 BB, 123 SO, 18-for-20 SB
The Scoop:The Dodgers’ 25th round pick in 2008 from Division II Catawba (N.C.), Sands’ career got off to a sputtering start, but he learned to shorten up his stroke and had one of 2010’s best breakout seasons. Sands blitzed Midwest League pitching in the season’s first half, belting 18 home runs in 69 games for low Class A Great Lakes before a promotion straight to Double-A in June. Sands’ average dropped off against Southern Leaguers, but his discerning eye at the plate didn’t go anywhere, nor did his power. Sands hit another 17 homers after his promotion, enough to finish fourth in the SL for the entire year and tied for third in the minors with 35.He is bad ass. That is all.
I'm watching Hot Stove
very good stuff so far. Billy Ripken is goofy okay. “Not going black and white”
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I watched the other day. They spent too much time focused on Cliff Lee.
I realize it’s a big deal, but I’d rather they focus attention on team needs.
Billy Ripken wasn’t on the show I watched though.
Amsinger, Reynolds, and Plesac.
Dang.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/LTH/baseball_blitz
Good luck.
I got stuck on one answer and pulled it out of nowhere with 5 seconds left
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
Safe for work, it’s a sporcle quiz that asks you questions like “600+ home runs” and you name 1 guy who meets the description. You have 4 minutes to answer 30 questions or so.
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
I got stuck on 3000th hit before 1970. For obvious reasons.
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
HATE having to do it in order
Having to click to a new field in order to skip over one SUCKS.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Heh
I skipped over the HR Derby winners (I don’t remember and I don’t give a tinker’s damn), and some of the Stadium names – who can remember these ever-changing names?
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Yankee Stadium
Dodger Stadium
Turner Field
The Ballpark at Arlington
McGwire and Mourneau were my Derby choices.
This was a fun one
http://www.sporcle.com/games/teamhrleaders.php
I missed three, two obvious, got the four hardest
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Try this one
http://www.sporcle.com/games/Ben/consecutive_hr_seasons
Tough second group
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I figured Nate Colbert would be the hardest
hell even when he played no one knew who he was
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
If I did, i’d stop posting and run out onto i-30.
I missed Sosa. I put in Banks….williams…..just sat there staring at the screen.
Went blank on Sosa. Forgetting McGwire in Oakland sucked too.
Ha Ha
I went in the same order Banks, Williams, then Sosa bounced in.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Mike Fast likes Kuroda much more than Iwakuma
@fastballs on twitter
Am I only one who doesn’t get comparisons between Iwakuma and Kuroda? Kuroda has much better fastball, and his slider, sinker better, too
So Iwakuma has a killer splitter. Great. Can he make an MLB career out of one pitch? Kuroda has much better arsenal. No comparison.
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So Iwakuma has a killer splitter. Great. Can he make an MLB career out of one pitch?
There once was a man named Mariano
Yo mama is so fat, when she dances the band skips.
Yep. But there is only one Mariano.
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and he was no starter going through the lineup more then once
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
reliever
bad comparison….
plus its not like hes only throwing a splitter… he has other pitches.. hows his fastball velocity and is his slider any good at all?
honestly
Mo only throws a cutter, but he has multiple cutters. Some cut in the righties, some cut into lefties, some do magic shit and make the best players break their bats and cry…
by lakersdodgersyankees4life on Nov 8, 2010 8:13 PM PST up reply actions
We need to get Phil to rent a billboard and have you sit up there until they release him……if he gets signed!
My family would welcome
me sitting on a billboard for a year provided I still paid the bills
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Magglio made 18 Million last year, WOW
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Contracts dunn got crazy for awhile back then
I want to make them beautiful, but they always turn out WRONG! That one... too fat! This one... too tall! This one... too symmetrical!
Come on Cincy
need some chaos in the AFC
I want to make them beautiful, but they always turn out WRONG! That one... too fat! This one... too tall! This one... too symmetrical!
ok, someone needs to
take over rooting for TO for me. I need 19 more points to win my FF match up this week and TO is my only hope…. haha
Conan!
He’s been great so far in the first ten minutes
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
He had long enough
to prepare. Let’s reserve judgment until after a few months of having to churn out shows daily.
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Eric (or anyone else who knows)
I know it’s been said before on here, but I’m blanking right now. How many innings or appearances can a reliever have before he’s considered not a rookie anymore in a season?
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Reliever or starter doesn't matter
From http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rookie_of_the_Year_Award
Currently a player is considered to be a rookie, and thus eligible for the [ROY] award, if the player has accumulated in prior major league seasons:
* Fewer than 130 at bats or
* Fewer than 50 innings pitched
* Fewer than 45 days on the active roster, excluding time on the disabled list, in military service, or time when the rosters are expanded (currently after September 1)
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
It's the Sept 1 rule
that keeps Jansen a rookie. He’s under 50 IP, and was only up to about six weeks when Sept. 1 rolled around.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Thank you, appreciate it
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Boomer Esiason just said “In my opinion, the best team in the AFC right now is………..the San Diego Chargers.”
Well
they are pretty good. If they get their rookies to stop fumbling they are rather dangerous. Of course their special teams are a mess though.
I want to make them beautiful, but they always turn out WRONG! That one... too fat! This one... too tall! This one... too symmetrical!
I would still say Pit personally though
I want to make them beautiful, but they always turn out WRONG! That one... too fat! This one... too tall! This one... too symmetrical!
"right now"?
Wrong, Boomer.
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Rockies are interested in Kuroda
according to Denver Post’s Troy Renck. Boo! If Dodgers can’t get him, no one else can! Or at least not a division rival.
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MLBTR also reports that Dodgers are basically looking into the same trio of pitchers that the Rockies are: Kuroda, Garland, Westbrook.
out of those, Kuroda is obviously the best. he better be ours, dangit
We probably need to sign Kuroda
+ one of the other two
I want to make them beautiful, but they always turn out WRONG! That one... too fat! This one... too tall! This one... too symmetrical!
Kuroda being both popular now
and possibly now wanting more than a 1 yr deal makes me more dubious that Dodgers will bring him back, alas. But we’ll see. Hope I’m wrong.
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if his claims about wanting to go to Japan are actually true, maybe he wont want a long deal, and would be more likely to accept a 1 or 2 year deal?
and if he wants a short deal, perhaps he doesn’t want to go somewhere he’s never been, esp in the twilight of his career.
Not heard anything from Kuroda's agent
Still haven’t heard anything from Kuroda’s agent. What are the indications that he still wants to pitch other than he hasn’t said anything?
Japanese pitching one, pitching one.
When you gonna give us some sign, Kuroda?
You make Donnie’s rotation run, rotation run.
Need you coming off the mound Kuroda
Never gonna stop, sign him up.
Such a solid guy, always get it up for the game
Save us from that Garland guy.
My my my i yi, woo! M M M My Kuroda.
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Nov 9, 2010 7:09 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
yes!
rec’d
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2010 7:11 AM PST up reply actions
I do not want to see Garland in Dodger blue again. He’s overpriced because he’s an innings eater. I’d much rather see Westbrook if they cost the same.
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IIRC
lots of ground balls. He may not be a good fit for us anyway. Raffy’s error totals will go up even higher. How a player gets rated so highly defensively for having a strong arm and no control is beyond me. I know he was great when he was younger, but let’s be honest here, sometimes it feels like his arm gives away more outs than it saves.
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He fits as a 5th starter
if we can resign Kuroda
I want to make them beautiful, but they always turn out WRONG! That one... too fat! This one... too tall! This one... too symmetrical!
Garland
is a innings-eater than has a career 104 ERA+ and puts up something like that pretty consistently. That has value down at the 4/5 spot in the rotation. If the deal is reasonable, I can be ok with that. It isn’t exciting or sexy, but it can be a good move. Esp. if Kuroda is signed as the 3 starter first.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Wow, some very high praise here
As a strike-throwing groundballer from Japan, the comparisons to Hiroki Kuroda are natural, and Kuroda has been one of the best pitchers in baseball since arriving in the states two years ago.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/why-did-the-as-bid-for-iwakuma/
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
It’s funny, the same day I showed my girlfriend the private Mexican beach I was taking her to is the same day she broke up with me. Unrelated incidents for sure, but doesn’t make it feel better.
4Down, make it a reservation for two at the single table.
Reg, we’re going out for drinks Friday night, don’t know where or what time yet, but I’ll give you updates as I get them. Anyone else who wants to trek down to redondo beach is welcome as well. I’ll be the guy in the Kershaw jersey, just to keep it classy.
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sorry that happened man
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2010 7:12 AM PST up reply actions
{double bro hug}
I want to make them beautiful, but they always turn out WRONG! That one... too fat! This one... too tall! This one... too symmetrical!
Thanks all
ain’t no thang, fish in the see, greener grass (Lambo looks up), blah blah blah, crisis over.
It’s a big deal, but life goes on. I’m not gonna go buy bonbons a snuggie and the Dr. Phil seasons over a girl. I’d only do that if we traded Kershaw.
I did, however, listen to Green Day this morning to cheer me up because NOTHING is ever as bad as Green Day makes it sound.
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You should totally buy thats snuggie
I want to make them beautiful, but they always turn out WRONG! That one... too fat! This one... too tall! This one... too symmetrical!
Sorry to hear that =(
"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."
Sheeyit :(
Sorry G. Wimmen… grumble… (present company excepted of course.) I guess watching 500 Days of Summer won’t help much (that’s what I did last night). Definitely distract yourself with the bros as much as possible.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Dude
That’s a bad break. Obviously blind-sided you, which sucks. On the practical front, guess you’ll be changing the profile picture again?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Fuck man, that's shitty
I was planning a road trip to Arizona with my ex and had booked the hotel 3 days before she broke up with me, kinda makes you feel worse :/
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
My mom told me a cool story yesterday
She’s actually told me before, but she was a member of something called the “Dodger Boosters” in the 70s. She followed the team to San Diego and San Francisco quite a few times she said. She met some of the players too.
Some of the names I remember her mentioning:
Steve Yeager(she also met his wife and kids)
Steve Garvey
Bob Welch(she has his autograph on a parking stub)
Pedro Guererro(she has a picture of her and him when he was a rookie)
Manny Mota(he was a translator for Pedro)
I just thought that was cool
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
hrm...
Tommy Blackjack DOES have a really nice head of hair….Does Steve Garvey ever stop by for holidays? ;D
har har
I had a feeling this joke would be make, but thanks for making it funny mintxcore.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2010 8:53 AM PST up reply actions
At least now we know why his name is Tommy
named after his father
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Serious Trade Proposal
James Loney for Carlos Quentin.
Quentin is reportedly on the non-tender bubble as he is oft-injured and plays horrible defense.
Maybe a change of scenery would benefit both of them.
Not idea if he can play 1B so I figured LF
and rest him on days we play in parks with larger LF areas to cover. Dodgers stadium is somewhat forgiving to bad LFers.
Dodgers stadium is somewhat forgiving to bad LFers.
But not right fielders? The field is symmetrical. The only thing that changes is the LF has the shortest OF throws and the RF has the longest. The range problem is the same.
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Range problem is the same
but on a grounder or liner into the corner, its much easier for the LF. How many times did we see Manny basically jog over to the corner, pick up the ball, and lob it in and still limit a guy to a double. You’ve got to be a little more athletic and quick to the ball in RF.
but it’s the exact same distance. The only difference is that a RH RF would have to field and turn, whereas a LH RF can grab and go. Ditto for LH LF turning and RH LF’s grabbing and throwing a la Manny.
Also, Manny would jog because a) full speed isn’t that much faster, and b) it was a double anyway so why hurry. keep the man from advancing and movie on.
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Its the same distance to get to the ball
but not for the throw. In LF, you have the leisure of taking your time to hit the cut-off or just toss it to 3B.
Quentin played in 131 games last year.
This is a no-brainer. Absolutely.
by Michael White on Nov 9, 2010 8:08 AM PST up reply actions
Agreed
So his health is good these days? That was my worry with him… But his price is lower than it has been in awhile… Sheeyit maybe can get him for even less than Loney. Broxton + and a prospect? ;-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Ouch
saying Broxton is far enough below Loney to still require an additional prospect.
I think we should trade Loney, Broxton and 2 prospects for Beckham and Quentin. You know ChiSox are looking for a closer.
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