Matt Kemp, Iron Man
by Eric Stephen on Dec 11, 2010 2:48 PM PST
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PrintThe players with the longest active games played streaks in both the NBA and MLB play in Los Angeles. Derek Fisher of the Lakers has played in 436 straight games, including a league-best 314 consecutive starts. In baseball, the longest active streak belongs to none other than Matt Kemp, who has played in 204 straight contests. It might not be Ripken-esque, but Kemp has played every game since August 19, 2009.
While we got our panties in a bunch over Kemp getting benched last season, the fact is that his 150 outfield starts tied for sixth most in the National League. Kemp played 1,346 innings in the outfield in 2010, a number only topped by Hunter Pence and Chris Young. The Dodgers played 1441 2/3 defensive innings last year, meaning Kemp played 93.4% of the possible innings last year.
Since the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958, there have only been 26 seasons in which an outfielder played at least 90% of the innings in the field. Kemp has hit that mark in each of the last three seasons, and in 2009 he became just the second L.A. Dodger to lead the NL in outfield innings, joining Brett Butler in 1991. Butler and Kemp each have three seasons of 90% or more; the only three L.A. Dodger outfielders with more seasons are Willie Davis (six seasons), Raul Mondesi (five), and Shawn Green (four).
Green played in the highest percentage of innings of any L.A. Dodger outfielder, playing in 98.7% of defensive innings in 2000, missing just 19 innings that season. Green was quite the iron man, playing in 96.7% of innings between 2000-2003. Kemp has played more innings in the outfield in the last two years than any other National League outfielder, and over the past three years has played 93.0% of all Dodger innings.
Here are the top L.A. Dodger outfield seasons, ranked by percentage of innings played:
| Dodgers Outfield Iron Men | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Year | Innings | Team Inn | Inn % |
| Shawn Green | 2000 | 1426.0 | 1445.0 | 98.7% |
| Juan Pierre | 2007 | 1416.2 | 1450.0 | 97.7% |
| Raul Mondesi | 1994 | 985.0 | 1014.0 | 97.1% |
| Shawn Green | 2001 | 1407.2 | 1450.2 | 97.0% |
| Brett Butler | 1991 | 1409.0 | 1458.0 | 96.6% |
| Willie Davis | 1968 | 1392.1 | 1449.1 | 96.1% |
| Raul Mondesi | 1996 | 1407.1 | 1466.1 | 96.0% |
| Shawn Green | 2003 | 1397.2 | 1457.2 | 95.9% |
| Matt Kemp | 2009 | 1405.1 | 1473.1 | 95.4% |
| Shawn Green | 2002 | 1388.2 | 1457.2 | 95.3% |
| Raul Mondesi | 1997 | 1390.0 | 1459.1 | 95.2% |
| Raul Mondesi | 1999 | 1379.2 | 1453.3 | 95.0% |
| Willie Davis | 1972 | 1318.0 | 1403.3 | 93.9% |
| Brett Butler | 1993 | 1381.2 | 1472.2 | 93.8% |
| Willie Davis | 1971 | 1354.2 | 1449.2 | 93.4% |
| Matt Kemp | 2010 | 1346.0 | 1441.2 | 93.4% |
| Bill Buckner | 1976 | 1368.2 | 1470.2 | 93.1% |
| Raul Mondesi | 1995 | 1204.2 | 1295.0 | 93.0% |
| Willie Davis | 1964 | 1378.1 | 1483.2 | 92.9% |
| Andre Ethier | 2009 | 1365.1 | 1473.1 | 92.7% |
| Brett Butler | 1992 | 1318.1 | 1438.0 | 91.7% |
| Willie Davis | 1966 | 1333.0 | 1458.0 | 91.4% |
| Willie Davis | 1962 | 1358.0 | 1488.2 | 91.2% |
| Dusty Baker | 1980 | 1336.2 | 1472.2 | 90.8% |
| Matt Kemp | 2008 | 1304.1 | 1447.1 | 90.1% |
| Wally Moon | 1959 | 1271.0 | 1411.2 | 90.0% |
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I'm not stuned,
I just don’t have anything to contribute.
I would prepare for Tony Gwynn to make several starts.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 11, 2010 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
lol
we have a better chance of: Lee, K, Bills, Lily, Hiro
than that one…
I'll miss talking about the LF
position after they sign someone, they should wait until Spring so this can go on for a few more months.
They should wait until right before the trade deadline to keep the subject alive for even longer!!
Winter is coming.
it's a good thing
you didn’t stay home for finals, you would be tempted to go get a Chef Art’s pizza.
improvement?
Out- Manny/Podsednick
IN – Gibbons/Bill Hall
Out – Dewitt/Theriot
In – Uribe
Out – Martin/Ellis
In – Barajas/Navarro
Improvments
1. Jury undecided due to a lack of Hall on the roster.
2. improvement, solid defense less TOOTBLAN and more powah.
3. Undecided.
I'm watching Wicker Man as part of my take home final for my film class
and Christopher Lee is not only wearing the most balling kilt/ruffled blouse I’ve ever seen, but he was also singing. He’s got a very nice bass voice.
Winter is coming.
Linkin Park, Wicker Man
next a paper on Spiderman’s main theme, “with great power comes great responsibility.”
Yup. Next on my agenda is to convince this professor to do a course on science fiction and religion.
Winter is coming.
Would said course
spend at least a week talking about how Orson Scott Card is an asshole?
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
not sure
that’s kind of why I want to take it. Religion’s more than theology, you know. :)
Winter is coming.
I
just spent all day talking about how pretty Angels are. oops.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
no seriously
I really appreciate that you put that picture there. I find that meme to be hilarious.
Winter is coming.
The character yes,
The actor who portrayed him not so much.
If Boat Trip came out the same year Crash won the best picture award?
I’d be complaining about why didn’t Boat Trip win best picture, along with every other film that came out that year.
Seriously eveyone must have been on drugs when they filled in that ballot, which would explain the bias.
George Lazenby is James Bond!
by Bobblehead Addict on Dec 11, 2010 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
I like Crash from 1996
the Cronenberg film. Really twisted eroticism.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
HOW DID IT GET BURNED, HOW DID IT GET BURNED??
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Dec 11, 2010 5:13 PM PST up reply actions
Hahahaha if only it were that version! It’s the 1973 version, and now I feel compelled to watch the remake even though Nic Cage is in it.
Nicholas Cage, the only man to be CONTINUALLY cast in romantic lead roles without actually being fantasized about by the female audience!
Winter is coming.
it doesnt help that hes constantly punching women in the face in this movie
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Dec 11, 2010 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
I'm watching this youtube video
and “HOW’D IT GET BURNED?!” is quite possibly the funniest thing I’ve — WTF HE PUNCH THAT CHICK! AND THEN KICKED THAT OTHER ONE?!
And the girls are wearing splicer masks from Bioshock? This movie appears epic, we need to have a TBLA drinking game to it. Every time Nic Cage punches a chick, take a shot.
Winter is coming.
It's no Tim McCarver drinking game
every time Tim McCarver says something completely fucking stupid take a shot.
Time's fun when you're having flies.
Playing the very similar Mike Goldberg drinking game in an hour.
Though I’m using drinks instead of shots since I value life.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 11, 2010 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
Your amazing mid-black out text from last night says that last statement is bullshit
Winter is coming.
That was from 7 drinks, not 30.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 11, 2010 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
But basically I think we need to play Guitar Hero/Rock Band while I’m back in town.
Winter is coming.
Having two people that can sing in my apartment would be scary.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 11, 2010 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
Sing?
I’m gonna rock the fuck out on the drums! What do you mean, sing?
But basically I think that will probably be the safest bet for our drinking since it will not require cars.
Winter is coming.
my drums are broken
and they cost like $140 to replace =\
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Dec 11, 2010 5:41 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed. If I’m gonna spend 1000 bucks on Rock Band, I’m gonna use it dammit.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 11, 2010 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
The Neil LaBute/ Nic Cage remake is TERRIBLE
Only watch it with a side of Rifftrax or to just be aghast at something that went so wrong. And to appreciate the creepy original.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
supposedly the editor suffered from crippling alchoholism and he barely did the work he was supposed to do, so thats one reason why it sucks.. the director on the other hand…
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Dec 11, 2010 5:42 PM PST up reply actions
I wish that was my film class.
Instead my final is on the film Zodiac where I have to talk about; comparsion to modern day terrorism (Al Queda), media crime fighting, post 9/11 anti-government sentiment, reactive policing compared to community oriented policing, comparisons to Dirty Harry and All the President’s Men, and development history in relation to studio structure and genre history. It’s also 10,000 words long.
George Lazenby is James Bond!
by Bobblehead Addict on Dec 11, 2010 9:48 PM PST up reply actions
How people look like after a upper divsion final.
George Lazenby is James Bond!
by Bobblehead Addict on Dec 11, 2010 9:50 PM PST up reply actions
Wow that sounds like a complicated
assignment, if not downright insane or convoluted at least. But interesting, too. I really, really think highly of Fincher’s Zodiac.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
ha
At orientation and at our welcome night, the UMD law people tried to reassure us that Baltimore is not like The Wire.
by StolenMonkey86 on Dec 11, 2010 11:53 PM PST up reply actions
here's my prompt!
“Is contact with otherness an appropriate way to think of the religious, its practice and/or it’s study? Otherwise put, are we always already interpellated in the tension between, in Smith’s terms, “situational incongruity” and “rectification” or, in Camus’s terms, a world that resists and a will to meaning – and is that the religious?"
So basically I have to look at Wicker Man and Catholics (aka Conflict) with Martin Sheen and refer back to the cult in Wicker Man or the should-be-cult in Catholicism and use it to talk about the Other.
I have no idea how this is going to work. Best of luck on your final!
Winter is coming.
Only a few minutes left til
Cam Newton and his dad are handed the Heisman Trophy.
The excitement is palpable.
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’m watching the final moments of The Good Guys instead.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 11, 2010 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
The Angels may have matched Boston’s offer for Carl Crawford, according to the LA Times, but Crawford chose Boston.
Angels deny it
http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/7466/source-angels-matched-red-sox-offer
Time's fun when you're having flies.
plaschke wuz right
oh why god why have you forsaken los angeles
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Dec 11, 2010 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
because godless hacks like Plaschke live here, I think that’s in Leviticus somewhere; I should know, I’m a scholar.
/divschool
/finalsmakemecrazy
Winter is coming.
It's actually...
“Revelation” not “Revelations”. When was the last time Plaschke or Simmers wrote a positive article about the Dodgers? If they aren’t bagging on the team, they are bagging on the stadium. SO sick of those two guys.
I think Numbers actually
is where you read about a talking ass.
by StolenMonkey86 on Dec 11, 2010 11:55 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Carl Crawford is a good man.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 11, 2010 5:46 PM PST up reply actions
Molly Knight's chat with ESPNLA
is now up online
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/player?rd=1#/podcenter/?autoplay=1&callsign=KSPNAM&id=5909285
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Tweet re Gibbons
dylanohernandez
Heard this: Gibbons’ one-year $650k deal with the #Dodgers is guaranteed for only $400k. Gibbons can earn $150k in incentives based on PAs.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
yeah that sounded like a math-fail. He updated:
For clarification: Gibbons can earn as much as $800k — $650k in salary (of which $400k is guaranteed) and an extra $150k in incentives.
though that still sounds confusing. 650 + 150 = 800, but how does he get to 650 from 400?
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 other $250,000 is almost certainly guaranteed only if Gibbons makes the team out of spring training.
The $150,000 incentives means Gibbons can earn up to $800,000 total.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 11, 2010 9:19 PM PST up reply actions
Dylan tweeted the incentives too
$50,000 for 300pa
$50,000 for 400pa
$50,000 for 500pa
by Eric Stephen on Dec 11, 2010 9:25 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks
figured it was plate appearances, just was confusing. Or I was confused. One or the other.
I will be stunned if he reaches the 500 pa barrier…
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Next Josh Hamilton?
George Lazenby is James Bond!
by Bobblehead Addict on Dec 11, 2010 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
The 22, 405 and 605 are getting extra carpool lanes.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-freeway-closures-20101212,0,6643377.story?page=2
Which means if you travel to and from Orange County, you are fucked.
91 is still worst.
George Lazenby is James Bond!
by Bobblehead Addict on Dec 11, 2010 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
Just got back
Told my pro-Koshek buddy “I want to see GSP beat him up for five rounds.” Dominating performance. Top five athlete in world?
I think so. Koscheck probably had a better chance of beating GSP than anyone else and Koscheck wasn’t even in there for a second.
I would also like to thank anyone who thought Charles Olivera was an elite fighter because he beat Efrain Escudaro, you made me a ton of money.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 12, 2010 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Koscheck's eye
might have been the ugliest I’ve seen in MMA.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 12, 2010 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Either him or Marcus Davis from a few events ago.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 12, 2010 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
It means the bench will be even worse, and will mean Hu gets placed on waivers, then, if he clears, likely will be outrighted.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 11, 2010 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
You think it would be worst
than having Hu on the bench?
by bhsportsguy on Dec 11, 2010 11:13 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think there is much of a difference, but there is also almost literally no reason Juan Castro should be on a major league roster. My point is more than if Juan Castro takes a spot, it grabs a spot that could be used on an actual major league player.
With Furcal, Uribe, and Carroll on the roster, that is three shortstops on the roster, which means there is really no need to keep a defensive shortstop, and that spot could be used on an actual hitter instead.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 11, 2010 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
Russ Mitchell
would be okay, though he would be strictly a pinch hitter 9 out of 10 games
by bhsportsguy on Dec 11, 2010 11:45 PM PST up reply actions
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The Dodgers were 5 1/2 games out of first at the trading deadline; they finished the season 12 games back.
This past week, Times reporters have been gushing about Colletti’s off-season work, marveling at his ability to find so many warm bodies while the McCourts continue bickering.
It’s a good bet that when the McCourts leave, Colletti will be the only sad guy in town, his cover gone.
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“I’m not surprised by your reaction,” says Colletti, the former Philadelphia sportswriter. “That’s what you do. I’d be surprised if you liked any of this.”
Just to be clear here, I think the Dodgers are stockpiling garbage when they should be acting more like one of the game’s top franchises located in one of the country’s top cities.
I think Dodgers fans have come to accept a lower standard of player when it comes to their team, management counting on it and knowing Dodgers fans will keep buying tickets.
“The payroll will be higher this year than last year,” says Colletti. “It should be a better team this year.”
The Dodgers will point to a $110-million payroll this season, but that includes deferred money for players such as Manny Ramirez.
As for players on the field, Colletti says the Dodgers were in the mid-80s last season, and will be in the mid-90s this season. So shouldn’t Colletti be dismissed immediately if this is the best he could do with the extra money?
Why can’t the Dodgers act more like the Red Sox and Yankees when it comes to improving their teams?
“We don’t think it’s prudent to sign players to six- and seven-year contracts and will not do so,” Colletti says.
It has nothing to do with money, Colletti says, the Dodgers apparently believing you don’t need Cliff Lee if you can get Padilla, Lilly and Garland.
I don't disagree
about 6 and 7 year contracts.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
i see why he's angry
but you really wanna give a speedster 140 million, give another Zito-like contract to an OF or give a 32 year old 7 years, as a pitcher?
I get they dont like the crappy signings. Neither do we. But Crawford, Werth, and Lee, given what they got on the market, arent the answer either IMO
by lakersdodgersyankees4life on Dec 12, 2010 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
the funny thing its
would Crawford have gotten that much from the Red Sox if Werth hadn’t gotten as much as he did from the Nats?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 12, 2010 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
"Nothing Untrue?"
At least a whole lot of stupid, then.
(1) “One of the country’s top cities” doesn’t even have an NFL team, so LA, get off the high horse.
(2) “Why can’t the Dodgers act more like the Red Sox and Yankees when it comes to improving their teams?” Because the Dodgers have limited revenue compared to the Yankees and Red Sox. Nor does it help that the owner of the Dodgers bought the team almost entirely through debt financing and that debt is its own kind of burden.
No NFL team doesn't matter to me
as a lifetime resident of Los Angeles, having an NFL franchise is not a defining point for me when determining whether or not this is a great city.
This is TJ’s opinion, LA has no high horse to get on or off on.
The interesting point is that while the Dodgers (and Angels) for the most part avoid the longer term deals, both teams have done their share of spending at least until the last few years.
I Think The "High Horse" Comment Applies...
…to everyone I have ever seen write a variation on “This is Los Angeles, not Pittsburgh/Kansas City etc…” and that is an awful lot of people. Thankfully not the people who usually post here or at Dodger Thoughts, but I have always believed that the opinions one sees at Dodgers.com or the LAT are more representative of the common Dodger fan.
by CanuckDodger on Dec 12, 2010 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
Because the Dodgers have limited revenue compared to the Yankees and Red Sox.
I’d like to look at population stuff, but the Red Sox are the only team in New England — that includes Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont…maybe Connecticut but I would argue those people are probably Yankees fans given their proximity to NYC.
The Dodgers get kind of screwed in that there are a bunch of baseball teams in California and therefore don’t have everyone in the state (or even in the surrounding area) rooting for the Dodgers.
Winter is coming.
I find it amusing that a Canadian thinks that the one thing that would make L.A. a ‘top city’ is a NFL team.
Tripon , You Have Misunderstood...
My point is that sports has NOTHING to do with “top city” status. It is Simers who is assuming such a relationship exists or should exist. By Simers’ own way of thinking, LA can’t be a top city because it doesn’t even have an NFL team, let alone a crappy NFL team.
by CanuckDodger on Dec 12, 2010 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
Dodgers are screwed because of the owner
… and the bone headed GM’s we’ve had since Al Campanis stuck his foot in his mouth
Re: Simers
I still think that when TJ Simers isn’t a fan of something, Dodgers are probably doing something right. He probably just woke up from his curmudgeonly nap long enough to see they hadn’t signed Certified Ace™ Cliff Lee and then dribbled out his column and fell back asleep.
Whoop-de-doo.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
He’s right about the offense, but his “analysis” of the pitching is just dumb.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Yes and yes.
Either way he’s still a “Aren’t I a funny, truth-telling curmudgeon?” guy I wish would stop writing and go back to sleep.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Agreed
We’re gonna need a bigger wood chipper.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Oh, ya, I’ll catch your shark for ya, you betcha. You’ll be wantin’ the head, the tail, the fin, the whole gosh-darn thing, ya?
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Dec 12, 2010 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
Only because I ran out of things to say about Hal Lanier.
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Dec 12, 2010 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
I tend to remember Hal Lanier
more for this:
than this:
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
And that, kids, is why you should always wear sunscreen.
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Dec 12, 2010 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
so you’re saying you’d waste your vote on Nater? :)
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
George Sherrill called
to say Lanier’s brim is too flat.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
Love it!
I’d watch that.
“Oh dear, that shark is a biggun, dontcha know?”
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
It’d be nice to have a Certified Ace™…oh wait…don’t we have that in the making…with Kershaw?
Real talk, though: if we had Cliff Lee, Kershaw, and Billz…that’d be nice…but I’d rather have a solid rotation of Kid K/Billz/Kuroda/Lilly/Garland&Padilla than whatever fun stuff we’d get with the last two spots, like the return of the Ortizii
Winter is coming.
You're preaching to the choir, but yes.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Cliff Lee
Look at his stats. Is he worth what the Yanks/Texas are offering?
Kershaw every bit as good and probably better.
I think we all agree here that Lee's not worth what he'll be paid and
that Kershaw’s an ace.
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 do realize that the Ortizii are now an endangered species, don’t you?
I'm sayin' "What's in it for me?"
TB is getting murdered on defense by Ryan Torain. I didn’t play him b/c of the long injury layoff. Killing me right now.
I really want TB to succeed
if not just because they drafted DTs with their first two picks
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Torain's injury history
is frustrating because when healthy I felt like he’d be a good back. He was with the Broncos in Shanahan’s last season but just continued to have health problems.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Well he may never even have the career Portis has had
whatever that’s saying. But yeah in a sense… Portis at least was healthy iirc, in his first few seasons in Denver. Torain was even injury prone in college.
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 how is Ryan Theriot better than Brendan RYan again?
Neither much of a hitter, maybe Theriot’s slightly better there. While Ryan’s a much better fielder. Why are Cards choosing Theriot over Ryan (who they are shopping)? Again, Ryan isn’t much of a hitter but neither is Theriot really…
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
off the top of my head — is he coming up on FA soon? Maybe they want a return for a player they know isn’t going to return…
Winter is coming.
Ryan is cheaper and further away from FA than TOOTBLAN
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
I really like the name Ryan
I don’t like Brendan Ryan’s “don’t touch kids” mustache though.
Winter is coming.
Maybe they have a moustache quota
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Ryan’s a good name, comes from rex, means little king. So ryan’s are like royalty or whatever
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
So basically it's because Tony LaRussa and company are kind of
idiotic mysterious.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Speaking of Ryan
Now a Mariner, for minor league pitcher Maikel Cleto, per Greg Johns of MLB.com
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Whoa, the Twins lost out
or maybe lost interest.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Anyone seen
this ? unbelievable…
by lakersdodgersyankees4life on Dec 12, 2010 11:39 AM PST reply actions
Hmm. This makes me happy that Nashville is only expected to get like, 2 inches of snow tonight.
Winter is coming.
A white rapper from the early 1990s, but that’s not important right now.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
It’s a word-based synchronous stream cipher, but that’s not important right now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOW
Time's fun when you're having flies.
It's Chrissy's last name on Three's Company, but that's not important right now.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 11:47 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
that’s the whitest chick I’ve ever seen
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
What? No, I was referring to his coke habit, but that’s not that important right now.
Winter is coming.
God had a coke habit?
/explains cats
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 11:50 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
if God created cats on coke, then he made dogs while sloppy drunk
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
amazing what an offensive line and a stable offensive scheme can do.
oh, and not having a cancer under center.
side note: how come you rarely hear white players called cancers?
Time's fun when you're having flies.
Because there aren’t many white players in the NBA, where Kevin Garnett resides?
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Not fast enough
to play WR?
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
this just in
fucking raiders
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
bunch of bums
some things never change
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
well they’ve got the jump on the Chargers for the division, so of course this is the year the Chiefs decided to be good
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Raiders
raiders never change. They still get another shot at the chiefs though, so they still could pull it out.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
they’ll need some help from the Chargers today, and we’ve been about as reliable as a ten buck tow truck
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
The Lakers are playing right now during early football. They can sleepwalk through a game better than anybody.
The Nets and Raptors, kings of the early Sunday starts in the NBA
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
This just in
I’m watching the snow float by the window next to my desk. I should be getting work done, but that’s not that important right now.
Winter is coming.
I love snow
Have experienced it maybe five times total in my life.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
I went to Santa’s Village once as a kid, that was the only time I’ve ever seen snow.
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Charlie had a higher OPS anyway
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/snowch01.shtml
Time's fun when you're having flies.
I actually have zero ideas as to the meaning of your signature.
Time's fun when you're having flies.
That fact that your signature isn’t “Do you have it?” makes me sad
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
So for our next game, we’re gonna put a bunch of kids on bungee chords, then throw rocks at them. Go!
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Josie
more a “Legends of the Hidden Temple” fan. :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 12, 2010 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
oh my god I wanted to be on that show so bad. I’ll know I’ve found the one when they buy my a blue barracuda shirt for X-mas
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
This is actually how you get into my house
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9919/10moat7tv.jpg
Do, do, do you have it?
Boom
new sig that is too long for me to keep
Players will start at the sound of my whistle. Each player has an identical side of the mountain to climb and may not cross into another player's path. Now, during their climb each player must light up each of seven targets located on their side of the crag. The first player to light up all of their targets, including the final one at the peak of the crag, will take First Place points. Mike?
Shannon Brown just yelled “FOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUULLLLLLL” like a child, and did not get called for a T.
Not that this doesn’t happen all the time from more players, but it appears there are some well-placed microphonees in New Jersey. Lots of court chatter on the air today.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
TBLA
I’m Commander Shepard and this is my favorite blog on the citadel
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Hey, life question
Sunday afternoon football is approaching. Do you a) order wings from the Wingstop by your house and watch the game on your 45’ TV or b) drive to the Buffalo Wild Wings two towns over to watch the game and eat wings in public, even though you don’t have anyone to go with?
go to BWW and sit next to a guy rooting for the same team as you and get him to buy you beer
Do, do, do you have it?
Maddz with the tie breaker, unless E has a swing vote comin…
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Buffalo Wild Wings is better than Wingstop, and you can watch other games while getting bored with SD murdering the Chiefs.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
but but but
she has a 45 inch tv and wingstop wings are better!
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
yes
but cute company >>>>>>> 45 inch TV.
Cos you can always bring them back to where the 45 inch TV is, ya dig?
Winter is coming.
except I live with my parents so that’s right out. However it’s still 2-1, so y’all take care of the house while I’m gone, last one out start the dishwasher.
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
I can understand that
I tend to spend my sundays as a hermit, venturing out into the sun only in dire circumstances, though my need for human interaction sometimes overrides my need to just get the fuck away from everyone sometimes.
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
I love the poster
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0042/9942/products/beachposter_art_1.jpeg?1288452579
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
wingstop wings are better
False statement, unless only counting garlic parmesan.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Is there a person out there
who doesn’t like Asian Zing?
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
I don't know who he is
but I don’t like him already
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
I'm probably wrong
its actually been a while since I’ve been to wingstop, but yeah their garlic parmesan is a billionty times better. They don’t have asian zing or mango hab though
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Wing Stop = Weak sauce (The one in Hollywood)
Went there to pick up a boat load for a show I was going to, I found the wings tasty but small. Service was piss poor. I have yet to go to BWW, but if you are in the Hollywood area and are looking for big meaty wings and 25-30 BEERS on tap I recomend Big Wangs.
It is a beer drinking good time.
Big screens everywhere.
The beer comes in:
Pints
Stiens (SP?)
pitcher
and
Towers
There is a wheel of beer.
Will have to try
based on your recommendation.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
Raiders got bailed out by a ridiculous helmet-to-helmet penalty that negated a fumble recovery TD by Jags.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
eh
I blame the line. He got smooshed
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
He almost literally has no idea what to do out there.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Jason Cambell
looks to me, to be really scared of getting hit. I know two Raider fans who agree.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 12, 2010 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
He got David Carr'd
in Washington?
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
I believe it
I was there when they blew multiple kicks against the texans
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Sure that TD was horrible, but at least it was quick as shit. Now the Raiders actually have time left.
Jax secondary sucks
so yeah, unleash the track team wrs
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Speaking of no time
CBS is about to switch to SD/KC. Boooo.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
seriously lame
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 12, 2010 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
and they left IN THE MIDDLE OF A PLAY…to GO TO A COMMERCIAL.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
It’s probably best I didn’t see the end of that play.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
It's not officially over
but the Raiders are done.
I’m rooting for the Chiefs now to eliminate the Chargers today.
I wouldn’t know, sadly. Not at BWW today.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
Huge win by the Jags...
the matchup really favored them, but the Raiders wisely relied on the pass game and Mcfadden going insane certainly helped…
but thankfully they were able to come back for the win.
@neufaustcan
I honestly don’t remember him being on the team.
Also fun Juan Castro fact: he’s never had a positive WAR in a season with more than 5 PA, yet he’s had a 18 year career. Life is unfair.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 12, 2010 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know how you really can measure the bit players with WAR. The middle relievers and the little used bench players need their own system, like Crap above replacement, or CAR.
DFUTB
Didn’t Fuck Up That Badlly
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 12, 2010 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
It’s amazing that he couldn’t even small sample size his way to a good defensive season and WAR like .2. Juan Castro might be the worst baseball player of all time.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 12, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, can someone with Play Index run a search on the worst career WAR?
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 12, 2010 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Good news, Juan Castro isn’t the worst player of all time!
He’s the third worst.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 12, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
Spotted Horse cannot be killed by a bullet
and Juan Castro cannot be stopped by a DFA
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 12, 2010 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
Anyway, its just a minor league deal, and Torre isn’t the manager anymore.
I doubt Don Mattingly has such a hard on for crappy gritty players like Torre did.
There’s a 100 percent chance Castro is the useless utility guy next year.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 12, 2010 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
I still think the useless guy is Hu this year. The team isn’t going to trade for another middling reliever, and that’s pretty much his value right now.
I agree with Reg
if that is the choice.
Also, I think everyone in baseball likes players like Castro. They are a good example to point out to your younger players as how to carry yourself and probably don’t cause many problems in the clubhouse.
Castro Can Be Sent To The Minors....
Hu cannot. That is the sort of thing that has weighed heavily on Dodger roster decisions in the past. We are just used to seeing the younger player in the position of the player who can be sent down.
by CanuckDodger on Dec 12, 2010 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
Hu can be outrighted when he clears waivers
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
It might be true.
But then you can get the value of Castro’s intangibles if you make him a coach like Mark Sweeney.
I'm of the opinion
that intangibles should be like the icing off the cake. its the bonus, it shouldn’t be the reason to be making a decision.
so then Ned
is one of those people who likes to eat the icing out of the can?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 12, 2010 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
Let's put it this way
You have a known value with Castro. If we are only talking about Hu, you have a player that basically has been on a downward or stagnant trend since 2008.
So, if you are making a choice of who the sit on your bench if both are healthy in March 2011 and its between Hu and Castro, that choice will be Castro.
Now, given that there are 3 guys already on the roster that can play short, 2 of them can play second and 3 can play third, Castro and Hu’s value might not be as great versus a right-hand hitter corner back up like Mitchell.
So
The chargers are murderizing the chiefs. Hahahahahahaha Raiders fans ahahahahahaha. Beat the Chargers twice, and still fall below them in the division.
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 2:15 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I started watching that game, saw the Chargers score easily on the first drive, and am now about to take a nap while watching Indiana Jones Last Crusade.
Do, do, do you have it?
We should get together as we both watch the playoffs from home.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
She’d have to go now to see you, since public transportation to where you live is probably limited to caravan.
Winter is coming.
Right?
I might be able to hitch hike, but if I’m gonna be murdered I’d rather it be in civilization, I’m too cute to be eaten by buzzards
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 2:29 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
You sayin the Chargers can’t sweep the 49ers, Browns, and Broncos?
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 2:33 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
And you expect the Chiefs to lose the rest of the games too? Chiefs still have a one game lead over the Chargers.
Which is why the Wild Card was invented
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 2:37 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
So
The chargers are murderizing the chiefs. Hahahahahahaha Raiders fans ahahahahahaha. Beat the Chargers twice, and still fall below them in the division.
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 2:17 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I started watching that game, saw the Chargers score easily on the first drive, and am now about to take a nap while watching Indiana Jones Last Crusade.
Do, do, do you have it?
it depends on the day. I believe the order of operations is nerd>dork>geek>dweeb
Do, do, do you have it?
I’m a little bit country, and I’m a little bit rock and roll
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 2:30 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I reckon it’s not so bad, plenty of open sky and real down to earth folk.
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 2:38 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
On a tour promoting the re-release of her memoir and the new release of the Lynn tribute album. Why do you ask?
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Dec 12, 2010 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
Ah, missed the 1920 part.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 12, 2010 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Any list that has Hal Lanier — who, If I’m not mistaken, Bill James has called the worst hitter ever to have a 1,000-game career — is not a good list.
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Dec 12, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
I might want to write more about this, since Juan Castro is becoming really fascinating to me. Even a guy like Doug Flynn hit .270 a couple years and has a Gold Glove. Juan Castro has never had a season you could even call superficially good, yet he keeps getting work year after year. I don’t think anyone has done anything close to this.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 12, 2010 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
I had the NBJHA handy so I found the comment on Lanier. It is in the middle of the comment on Bill Mazeroski.
“Lanier was the weakest hitter ever to play 1,000 games in the major leagues (except pitchers), but was such a good second baseman that they moved him to shortstop after a couple of years.”
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Dec 12, 2010 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
One more note on Lanier’s defense. Among players who played 3,000 or more innings at second base, no one ranks as a better defender at the position than Lanier (6.38 Win Shares per 1,000 defensive innings).
- on the list (with many, many more innings) is Mazeroski. Maz has more than 10,000 defensive innings at the position.
- on the 3,000-inning-minimum list would be none other than Jody Reed.
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Dec 12, 2010 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
Pound fail
The first 1 should say Number 2. The second 1 should say Number 3.
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Dec 12, 2010 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
So at least Lanier has that going for him. Castro has a reputation for good defense, but I’ve never heard him being called an elite defensive player.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 12, 2010 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
Just because I can’t let the opportunity go by without linking to another Dave Frishberg song…
Lanier is the son of Max Lanier, who gets a name drop in Frishberg’s great baseball song, Van Lingle Mungo.
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Dec 12, 2010 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
I like that, but Juan Castro’s badness is way more special than that.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 12, 2010 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
he keeps getting work year after year. I don’t think anyone has done anything close to this.
Enrique Iglesias? Dan Dierdorf? I got it, Martin Lawrence…no, Tim Allen!
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Eddy Murphy after the 80’s. He has to have the record of most flops and getting paid like an A-Lister.
I think
he got some award nominations after Dream Girls, but point taken. Another good one: Michael Bay.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
has done good work in the past though
Wild at Heart, Leaving Las Vegas, Raising Arizona, Bringing Out the Dead…he was in Valley Girl too! Oh, Adaptation of course, and I hear the Bad Lieutenant remake was really good. He’s worked with some great directors, but he’s also OD’ed on the generic action shit.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
MLS will be long done this time next year, unless we switch to an international calendar in the next few months
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe by this time in 2011 both leagues will be playing, but both leagues are still pretty far off to get new agreements. Wouldn’t be surprised to see delayed openings of each league.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
apparently there’s a lingerie football league now, I saw a sign off the 110
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
Watching crazy endings
or whatever it’s called on MLB Network, and the Angels game (Martin out at 2B before Reed Johnson scored) came on again. One thing I didn’t notice at the time: that play was another notch in the “Juan Rivera doesn’t dive” belt.
I have it and love it, but I wish I had NBA TV too. I have MLB and NHL networks, but no NBA and NFL.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
Ahh, they just showed the Nate McLouth walk-off HR when all the Braves fled the dugout. So awesome.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
Guinness is the best on a cold day, with a bowl of chili
by Josie Becker on Dec 12, 2010 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
Rememeber when Carson Palmer was good?
LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
Not a good week for the Jets
Start off tied for the best record in NFL and with tiebreaker over New England. Drop two division games to fall 2 games back with 3 to go, they still have a 2 game lead with 3 to go to clinch W/C but will have games at Pittsburgh and Chicago before closing out at home against the Bills.
I always laugh when I see Valley View Casino patrons bragging about their loose slots.
Do, do, do you have it?
The run a ton of commercials down in San Diego, naturally, and many of them a few years ago featured Padres’ announcer Mark Grant eating a ton at the buffet.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
Is that the one with Clooney?
I didn’t see it.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 12, 2010 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, right
I’m waiting for that to hit the discount theater.
I confused it with The American, apparently.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 5:13 PM PST up reply actions
I was waiting for it as a rental, so let me know if it’s OK. :)
by Eric Stephen on Dec 12, 2010 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
Scott Wolf of the Daily News is repetitive
but he keeps his eye up north.
The Six Million Dollar Man
By Scott Wolf on December 12, 2010 4:55 PM
49ers 40, Caesarhawks 21. That still works out $1 million per victory. But don’t think he isn’t laughing at the thought if he were at USC, he would be dealing with probation and less talent than in his glory days.
Maddz
FTW
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 12, 2010 7:11 PM PST up reply actions
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