Dodgers Sign Matt Guerrier To Three-Year Contract
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 8:35 AM PST
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The Dodgers strategy in 2011 appears to be to try and win as many 3-2 games as possible, as they have signed yet another pitcher. The Dodgers have signed reliever Matt Guerrier, formerly of the Twins, to a three-year contract, according to Erik Boland of New York Newsday and confirmed by Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated and Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times. Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reports the deal will be for $12 million total.
Guerrier, 32, had a 3.17 ERA in 71 innings with the Twins last season, but his FIP (4.23) and xFIP (4.53) were much higher. His strikeout rate is 5.9 batters per nine innings in his career, and has been 5.5 and 5.3 the past two seasons.Guerrier has appeared in 70 or more games in each of the past four seasons, leading the American league in games pitched in 2008 and 2009. In the past four years, Guerrier has pitched in 302 games, more than every other major league pitcher except for LOOGY Pedro Feliciano.
He made $3.15 million with the Twins last season. Considering that Scott Downs, with only a cup of coffee of closer experience, signed a three-year, $15 million deal with the Angels last week, don't be surprised if Guerrier's deal is in that range. Guerrier has had exactly one save for five straight seasons.
Signing middle relievers to multi-year contracts aren't the best idea, especially when the bullpen is already full of arms. Seriously, why give any money to a reliever when Jonathan Broxton, Hong-Chih Kuo, and Kenley Jansen are at the back end of the bullpen? To me, this signals that Broxton is on the market. If so, I hope he can fetch an actual hitter who can play left field.
Guerrier would have been a Type A free agent, but he was not offered arbitration by Minnesota, so the Dodgers won't have to forfeit their second-round draft pick next year. At the very least, some corresponding move will have to be made by the Dodgers before the deal becomes official, because their 40-man roster is full. Most likely, that will mean John Lindsey will be designated for assignment.
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If you are pissed what do you think Canuck is?
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
He’s a reliever with a 5.4 K/9, that throws 90. How is he different from Corey Wade?
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 8:40 AM PST up reply actions
And the Corey Wade esque .230 BABIP the last two years.
This might actually be a worse signing than Juan Uribe.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 8:41 AM PST up reply actions
I get it. Just laughing at the idea of the deal being $1.4MM per year.
by Michael White on Dec 15, 2010 8:43 AM PST up reply actions
He gets outs
at a decent enough clip to have been pitching for a while. Aren’t outs important in baseball?
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The Twins also keep handing the ball to Nick Blackburn every five days. Being able to pitch for the Twins and being good have nothing to do with each other.
.230 BABIP jesus.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 8:42 AM PST up reply actions
So you are saying
he is totally dependent on the Twin Defense? They don’t inspire me
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
They keep running Nick Punto out there.
I’m saying he got lucky mainly.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
I think he is a very solid reliever
I don’t think we had a pressing need for bullpen help but then again maybe this signals something bigger is on the horizon. Let’s pull the trigger on moving Loney/Broxton for the most power they could possibly net. Would everyone be okay with that?
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
I can understand Ned's worry about the bullpen
I can understand Ned’s worry about the bullpen
1. Kuo’s arm always has problems at the end of spring
2. No idea if Broxton can bounce back
3. No idea if Belisario will show up and if he does will he show up sober
4. Elbert has to make the team as the 2nd lefty, unless Ned further shocks us and now signs another left handed relief pitcher
5. Jansen – untested in Ned’s eyes
But dammit, three years.
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
Yeah, as I said in the last thread, it’s fun to think that this the prelude to a deal for a hitter*, but more than likely Ned just sees him as replacing Belli. He’s said all winter that he wanted to add a bullpen arm. The psychological trauma of watching Sherrill was too much for the man. At least we didn’t give up a prospect for him.
- See LBB’s Carlos Quentin bandwagon
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 15, 2010 8:41 AM PST up reply actions
I would have preferred 2 years
but I’m not going to wring my hands over this. It seems every Dodger move this offseason (except re-signing Kuroda, and to a lesser extent Garland and Padilla) gets crucified here. He is a really reliable guy, moving to the NL and a bunch of pitchers’ parks. He gets outs, so what if he’s not Mr. K/9.
Plus, we don’t give up a prospect or a pick. I do hope a hitter is coming though.
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I'm fine with him helping the bullpen
like most people it’s the length of contract and overall cost that is a concern, given other needs. But I don’t see the problem with adding him to make the pen stronger. Depends also on what moves may go with it. Overall I’ve liked all their pitching signings, and the Lilly, Garland and Padilla contracts all seem reasonable, even a bargain.
Yah also concern over lack of help for offense this offseason which seemed a more glaring need at this point. But admittedly FA options are limited there.
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Probably
because it just seems more money spent on the bullpen is less then what we can spend on the outfield. I’ll just use Johnny Damon as an example, we are looking at Bill Hall, I expect the difference in salary between Bill Hall and Johnny Damon is Matt Guerrier. I’d say most of us would rather have Damon.
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Other then the fact he's been one of the most
durable players in baseball during his time why would you think that? He’s old, but the dude plays the game.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/damonjo01.shtml
Okay, maybe the 97games at DH in 2010 is the clue. You could be right.
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Yep 3 years = lame
Ned likes to do what it takes to get his guy. Even if it means stupid contract length. I do want to wait to see the actual $ amounts before critiquing it. And as I said I like Guerrier overall.
And wonder if this means a trade is a brewing (not necessarily to Brewers).
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As far as Martin goes
my own sense is that everyone’s right. In that he clearly misjudged the market and his own value in it.
And that he also clearly (to me) wanted to play closer to home on the East Coast. So he got burned by market but probably still happy to end up where he ended up.
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This is insane
Who the fuck gives a declining setup man a 3-year deal?
The team is spending money, which is nice, but they’re not getting any better.
I disagree
They are getting better, just not in any of the areas of weakness.
We turned 3 vacant rotation spots into Kuroda, Lilly and Garland.
We turned Jeff Weaver into Vicente Padilla.
We turned Ramon Troncoso into Matt Guerrier.
We turned Ryan Theriot into Juan Uribe.
We turned AJ Ellis into Rod Barajas and Dioner Navarro.
The problem is we turned Xavier Paul into Jay Gibbons and seem to be okay with that.
Do, do, do you have it?
devils advocate:
Gibbons could really outplay his contract…maybe not but I would say he is more likely to give us the offensive production of a $3m player (in limited playing time) rather than not earning his $675K
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I think we’ll find that the third year was to get him away from the Red Sox. Ned’s often used an extra year to get his guy, starting with JP.
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 15, 2010 8:44 AM PST up reply actions
It's going to be awesome when...
The combined $ for Barajas, Uribe, Guerrier, Garland, Navarro, and Padilla is = to what Dunn and Beltre get.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2010 8:42 AM PST up reply actions
but then we’d be without a 5th starter, a swingman and a starting catcher, and would be stuck with Ryan Theriot still. none of those make up for not having an Adam Dunn, but at least there is an argument to be made for not putting all your eggs in one basket.
Do, do, do you have it?
all fair points
And maybe you don’t get Beltre and just stick with Dunn. But I hardly consider Barajas a starting catcher, and you can fill swingman in other areas.
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by Mike Petriello on Dec 15, 2010 8:45 AM PST up reply actions
The point is the money spent on Barajas was going to be spent on a catcher anyway.
I’m on board with using Uribe & Guerrier money to throw in the Beltre (or Dunn) pool, but I was and am still fine with Garland, and I like the Padilla deal too.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 8:47 AM PST up reply actions
Indeed
as we saw last year. Some depth in the pitching dept. is important. The 5th starter ugliness and some terrible relief did the Dodgers in early in the season, before the hitting went south in 2nd half. They needed all those things.
Still… I can haz a decent RHH LF plz>
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Think of how many spots those guys fill
where as the others fill one (mind you with great offensive results)
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Let the record show
I am not against this move. A durable, reliable, everyday arm is a key ingredient in a rock solid pen. However, looking at the big picture, it seems strange the way Colletti has been lightly decorating around the giant hole in the middle of the living room.
by kinbote on Dec 15, 2010 8:42 AM PST reply actions 4 recs
Brilliant
Colletti has been lightly decorating around the giant hole in the middle of the living room
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
The next move to really make everyone happy
is to trade Broxton for another relief pitcher.
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
Heh
But Broxton + ? for Willingham would make me more copacetic, I’ll admit.
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If the Dodgers don't deal a pitcher
and if Belisario actually shows up on time, they will have almost no battles for pitching jobs in spring training:
Kershaw
Bills
Kuroda
Lilly
Garland
Broxton
Kuo
Guerrier
Jansen
Belisario
Padilla
Hawksworth
I suppose the out-of-options Hawk could be fighting for his MLB life, but that is odd.
Elbert isn’t on that list, but I find it hard to believe he wouldn’t at least be on the team. However, Eric’s staff is already at 12, and I can’t imagine them possibly carrying more than 12. With guys like Belisario, Padilla and Guerrier able to go multiple innings, they may even be able to get away with an 11 man staff if they decide to platoon up the lineup.
Do, do, do you have it?
You find it hard to believe Elbert, who left his AAA team after being upset at his demotion last year, and who has walked everyone in the last few years, wouldn’t be on the team?
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 8:49 AM PST up reply actions
Actually Yes
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
Elbert Fan is laughing out load right now
he’s the only hard throwing lefty in the system currently slated for bullpen work other then Kuo. I don’t understand the comment. He just finished pitching for the manager in a style that had to open the managers eyes. His one problem was control, if they did something to solve that, you have a very valuable pitcher. Expecting the guy to be the 2nd lefty out of the bullpen does not seem irrational, it seems like the only obvious answer.
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
So he struck out a few kids in some AFL innings big deal.
You would really send him out there to face a big lefty in the 8th inning with 2 on in April? No way. He needs to go back and prove himself for a couple months at ABQ. Prove it to Ned and Donny that he has a pair. Show he can do it there, and he would earn his way back.
better to see if he can do it in April than pay 4mil for someone we may not need.
Do, do, do you have it?
I see no cheap LHP available
do you?
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
Where's Josie when you need her?
She could whip up a promo for that reality show! Get Paris Hilton to do the searching.
I'm sayin' "What's in it for me?"
there will be no doming and not blumpkins on my reality show, it’s gonna be classy. First off you need at least two judges, one of them from the industry, so I want Eric Gagne to host with Erin Andrews. I’lll think on a promo
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
I produced and directed a dating reality show called Jillionaire 2000 that was shown regularly on local cable channel in La Verne/San Dimas about 10 years ago. I have some great ideas for you.
Okay I get your point
my point wasn’t so much that it had to be Elbert but that we would have another LHP on the bullpen staff besides Kuo.
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
Yes it's quite funny to
hear you stick up for any man named Elbert, but honestly, I know the bullpen is full and Scott will really have to prove himself in ST and maybe beyond that to get back to the bigs. In saying that, our bullpen is overloaded and I can’t see how some or all of the guys that aren’t locks, aren’t on the trading block. So Scott and others could end up who knows where.
Not necessarily Elbert
but Leach, NRI, ?.
I could see Mattingly making a push for a second lefty, probably at the expense of one of those named above (Hawksworth?). A lot can happen between now and opening day.
Lots more shitty relievers we can sign.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 8:53 AM PST up reply actions
Right
with Kuo being the only LHP, I just find it hard to believe a 2nd lefty is not in the plans.
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
…and the Dodgers win another 1-0 game, on a single from Wes…I mean James Loney. Good night everybody!"
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 15, 2010 8:45 AM PST up reply actions
I can't see a bullpen
with only one LHP with Kuo being used in the 8th and we can’t waste him as a Loogy. Something has to give.
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
Yep
Belisario gives. Or Broxton traded. Elbert makes it as 2nd lefty. Done. ;-)
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Har Har
Give the man a chance now! :-P
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Well I believe in 2nd chances
Seems like he’s back on track during the AFL, etc. If we can give Dioner Navarro a chance, who quit on his last team in playoffs, we can give Elbert a chance even after leaving the Isotopes to get his head on straight.
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I don’t think it matters if the pitchers can get lefties out.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 8:48 AM PST up reply actions
There is a missing comma in there. I think the bullpen is good at getting lefties out, is what I’m saying.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 8:48 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe crappy lefties
but I’d rather have Elbert facing Carlos Gonzalez then Matt Guerrier
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
I’d rather Donnie not stick to the Torre handbook and be willing to use Broxton in the 7th if facing their best hitter is the most important moment in the game.
Do, do, do you have it?
The glass was broken to get to that handbook only after the emergency of Broxton’s flame out though. I have to believe the glass has been replaced and that book is securely out of reach for now.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 8:52 AM PST up reply actions
Did Ned go on some Japanese Dave Chappelle-esque truth-finding trek?
This sounds like Kaizen, the Japanese philosophy of improving in increments where you can, hoping to make a big enough (or bigger) improvement to the whole than trying to gain all at once.
Do, do, do you have it?
I like Guerrier
Maybe it’s just because he shares my birthday. But he’s also been very good for a MR — only one season of the last six with an ERA+ below 130.
But like everybody else, I wish whatever money is being thrown at him was thrown at a LF instead.
I'm guessing there is a plan in place
Either Billz is being dealt with Padilla moving into the rotation, or Broxton is being dealt or Belisario is being dealt but by April 1st one of the B boys will not be on this team. Or Not
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
I need a new approach to reading threads. Nothing like scrolling, commenting, scrolling…only to realize the room is empty and people are looking at you through a little window and laughing.
Lindblom
really cost the Dodgers some money here.
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
Maybe Jansen is headed to AAA?
He might be safer there anyway.
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
Could be
or a trade is Brewing.
Either way, Canuck is not a happy Canadian right now.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 8:57 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe it'll be Hawksworth who is traded!
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More likely than any Brewers deal, I think.
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 15, 2010 8:59 AM PST up reply actions
For $1.5 million plus incentives, per Heyman.
And yes, I’d probably still rather have Padilla’s contract than that, although I like Harden’s deal.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
Because I'm too lazy to look:
Does Guerrier have any injury history?
He's hit a few batters
but hasn’t really hurt anyone because he does not throw hard enough.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 9:20 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
Not in the last 4 years
He has pitched in 302 games in four seasons, leading the league in games twice (2008-2009). Only Pedro Feliciano, LOOGY, has pitched in more games (344) in the past four seasons.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
Meanwhile sounds like Lakers
will get 2 2nd-round picks in that Joe Smith for Sasha trade, in exchange for Sasha and their 1st rounder.
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I’d be shocked if they even signed the players they take in the second round next year. I guess New jersey’s second round pick would be decently high (high 30s/low 40s?), but it sounds like they just traded Sasha for Joe Smith and D-League depth.
Which I’m 100% okay with. Hated Sasha.
Do, do, do you have it?
Most disliked Laker in my book
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
Yeah I was long ago hoping for his departure
Well they did add 2 2nd rounders this year, but agree with you the odds of that roster having room for yet more, pretty slim…
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They got rid of a guy playing 5 minutes a game and got roughly $8.7 million of salary relief. That’s a win-win.
And Joe Smith might be able to provide a tiny modicum of front court depth.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
Ha
Not to long ago Laker fans were ready to string up Mitch Kupchak, nows he’s on the level of Jerry West.
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
they did trade Shaq
but I defended that move…not a big fan of his by the end, plus it brought Lamar. They also traded Caron Butler for Kwame Brown.
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who they then traded
for Pau Gasol
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2010 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure
Kwame was what the Grizzlies wanted…more Crittendon and the younger Gasol, who is good.
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We beat the Red Sox! We beat the Red Sox!
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did we ever name a place or has this all been conjecture?
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
There’s a lucky strike in Torrance, which would be easy on me, the one on City Walk is gonna involve a lot of hoo bah, where else is a good idea?
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
well
On Saturday did you want to do the midnight bowling/black lights/flat price for 3 hours deal, or did you want to go earlier in the evening?
If you want to do the midnight bowling, there is a place by reg and GScott called Gable House that has a decent bar and it’s 22 bucks for shoes + unlimited bowling 12-3a.
Winter is coming.
Gable House! Down off of Hawthorne? My old stomping grounds
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
mine too! but I don’t think she’s talking about the torrance one if it’s by reg, isn’t reg SM bound?
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
oh, wires crossed, then yeah lets totally hit up Gable House, that place fucking rocks my socks like basalt
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
I totally live there but this is a “girlfriend would kill me if I blew her off for bowling” situation.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Why do people not bring
their companions to these things? Are you embarrassed by the TBLA crew?
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
At one point we had a conversation that basically went “if we ever go bowling on a Saturday night, I will break up with you”.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
To be fair, I totally agreed with here.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
so will you be taking her Acura to your events Saturday? :)
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
This
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
maybe your balls
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
dude
tell her I’ll be there, we can totally hang out. We’ll drink, be merry, bowl like morons, and then drink more. For entertainment, I will perform a rear naked chokehold on GScott.
Winter is coming.
You are going to be so bummed
to find out that Reg Acura girl has only pretended to like you.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Provided I don’t buy her hockey tickets at the VERY TOP of Staples Center again, I think we’ll be ok.
Winter is coming.
Hey she was okay with those…
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
oh she was?
she and Anthony were both like “Uhhhhh we are very high”
I mean obviously she wasn’t as much of a puss about it as Anthony…
Winter is coming.
when you are unconscious
I suspect you will like it much less :)
I’m sure reg’s gf can show us on reg.
Winter is coming.
I’d have to give her directions the whole time.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
You should let Maddz demonstrate.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Tech
you would be bowling on a Sunday Morning, and from I’ve gathered this seems more like lets have some drinks together and while we are it, we will take this 12 lb ball and throw it down some alley hoping to hit something.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Didn’t you warn people not to bring their companions to TBLA events the other day?
Just kidding. I love everyone exactly the same amount.
My wife only took 2 days
to recover from the emotional scars.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
I cannot remember
one post of mine from the next, the only thing I remember is what other people say.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
delia came to at least one TBLA night at DS. Didn’t that work out ok?
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by David Young on Dec 15, 2010 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
My wife came to every TBLA night at DS.
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by David Young on Dec 15, 2010 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
You don't have your own shoes?
Your going to use a house ball?
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Not sure if you have even met Phil in person
but this is what he looks like:
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
That is exactly what my hair looks like when I let grow
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
the bowling fad ended before we were born dude
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
Ha Ha
safe to say my ball and shoes are older then most of you. But it is pretty blue.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
My first job
at 14 was keeping score in bowling leagues. My two older brothers pretty much lived at the alley, both could keep a 190 average in their leagues. One has bowled a 300. I never put the time in they did, as I had this terrible preference to save my money then spend it on bowling.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
I have witnessed a 300 game being completed once. That was pretty fun.
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by David Young on Dec 15, 2010 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
The worst game ever would be 291
Since the only way to get it is 11 straight strikes, then a one.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
My brother bowled a 299 a couple weeks ago. He’s still upset about it.
Just kidding. I love everyone exactly the same amount.
Was he tapped?
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
I almost did that once.
My first ball picked off the 7 pin, I picked up the spare, threw 10 straight strikes, and left the ten pin on my last ball. – 269.
I had a 158 average at the time. (and drunk as a skunk), so no actual skill was involved.
I'm sayin' "What's in it for me?"
I try to knock down 9 pins every pin and leave 1 standing
my nickname is Leonidas.
Do, do, do you have it?
In fact
many of you were probably born after I bowled my last game. I may dust off my bowling bag, pick it up and find it come apart.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
I think the 12:00 - 03:00 gig
has been created to make sure the old folks don’t show up.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
i don't want to bowl from 1:30 to 4:30 in the afternoon so you can get home in time for the early bird special.
Plus, I’m pretty sure if you bowled with us, this would happen:
Do, do, do you have it?
oh, we’re doing it. We’re just hoping some of y’all show up otherwise it’s gonna be a Maddz/GScott at the bar night.
Do, do, do you have it?
If someone can swing and pick me up I’ll do LATE, but I had some controversy with my mom after TBLA karaoke re: her car (even though I left early in the hopes that she wouldn’t think I’d come home straight after closing time)
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
ergo if I drive it has to be regular type saturday night
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
wow three offers, I’m in Carson, just off the 110 @ Sepulveda, which is one exit you can take to go to Gable House anyhow, since the 405 Hawthorne exit drops you off closer to the airport than Torrance
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
working Saturday.
I’ll be there on Wednesday.
And still not done.
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 15, 2010 9:01 AM PST up reply actions
Snicker Snicker
I’d say Ned see’s our minor league bullpen depth and does not like what he sees.
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How many Rosenthals did they sign him for?
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The financial floodgates have been opened
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To Make Me Feel Better
Can someone name something Guerrier is good at, because I’m looking really hard and not finding anything.
@andrewngrant
He’s kind of a groundball pitcher, but he’s in like the 65th percentile.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 9:08 AM PST up reply actions
FWIW
this was Ben Nicholson Smith’s write up on MLBTR:
Guerrier led the league in appearances in 2008-09 and pitched in 74 games this past season. Not only is he durable, he is a ground ball pitcher with a career 2.7 K/BB ratio against righties. That figure drops against lefties (1.5 K/BB), but he induces more ground balls against them.
However, defense independent pitching stats like FIP and xFIP suggest Guerrier’s 3.17 ERA would have been higher if he had been less lucky in 2010. He posted solid ratios of 5.3 K/9 and 2.8 BB/9 last year, but both rates were better in 2009.
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(2nd part also a quote)
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
He’s the guy who will come in after one of the younger bullpen arms gives up a baserunner. Guerrier will smokejump in, Weaver-like, and try to induce the DP. Can he pitch more than one inning per appearance?
Doesn't look like he's done that very often
but it could be a product of him having so many appearances.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/guerrma02.shtml
Do, do, do you have it?
He can pitch a lot of innings, but almost everything else in that blurb is wrong.
He’s not a ground ball pitcher, and a 5.3 K/9 is horrible for a starter, let alone a reliever.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
That might be hard to do.
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 15, 2010 9:31 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
League strikeout rates
1980 NL: 5.1 per 9
2010 AL: 6.8 per 9
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 9:32 AM PST up reply actions
League average K/9 1980: 4.8
League average K/9 2010: 7.1
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 9:33 AM PST up reply actions
Is that a reflection of the changing in pitching
or that hitters just strike out more.
It’s like looking at rebound rates in the NBA, the biggest reason why you don’t see 18-20 rebound per game players, teams take fewer shots about 20% less than they did back in the early 60s – 80s.
The point is Steve Howe struck out more batters, relative to his league, than did Matt Guerrier.
C’mon, you’re better than this.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
Would you say Howe could “blow” them away?
by SoftballHuman on Dec 15, 2010 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
I am operating on 3 hours sleep
and I just pulled out the Howe thing because I happen to remember that in 1980 is K/9 rate was lower than anyone else on the 2009 Dodgers bullpen.
That blows me away
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
131 of his 302 appearances in the last four years have been of four or more outs.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
I don't put too much emphasis on this, buuut
Padilla definitely would have the closer mentality. That’s one angry looking Venezuelan.
Do, do, do you have it?
getting outs
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
So are we doing this Saturday bowling thing or no?
I might just drive down to San Diego for the day if not, just to get out of the area for a bit.
Do, do, do you have it?
Enjoy the rain
Wet weather lined up from friday until ….. you get it, head for the hills, build the ark. Just remember to bring to of everything with you, including left fielders.
There was one thing about NC that I liked, is that he stayed out of the FA market for relievers. He might overpay in terms of trading for them, but he wasn’t handing out millions on the market. So now that’s fucked. Next year will be like 2003, except closer to 80 wins than 90.
I’d rather spend money than prospects.
You’d rather trade a McDonald everytime we need 2 months of relief pitching instead of spending a couple million?
Do, do, do you have it?
True
I’d rather spend money then prospects. Even if you didn’t think of McDonald as a starter he should have been able to handle the Guerrier role.
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Octavio Dotel
The gift that keeps on giving.
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 15, 2010 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
The fact that the Dodgers have no coveted prospects is directlyattributable to the “trade prospects instead of cash” approach that Ned has used the past few years. Very frustrating.
Well
to be fair, the shine was off just about everyone aside from maybe Josh Bell (who had among the worst debuts ever in MLB history) and of course, Carlos Santana.
Especially since you hardly ever get to trade A-ball prospects for MLB relievers. You end up trading your AA or AAA prospects that you have invested time and money into anyway, you might as well stick to your investment and sign a stopgap.
I’m always a fan of adding assets instead of using them as trade pieces. Signing Guerrier gives us the flexibility to trade from our bullpen strengths over the next two years. And considering what two marginal relief pitchers has been fetching in trades, it’s probably worth it.
Do, do, do you have it?
1/4 of the TBLA Position
which I’m going to guess is shared by Eric but may not be. We do not agree with Reg that Guerrier is useless, we just want some money spent on the offense and other then Uribe nothing has been. If Ned turns this into a functional left fielder then great, if we simply built a kick ass pitching staff and hope to score runs with the current lineup, then good luck because I can’t sign off on that plan.
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It's hard to argue after last year's anemic offense
that there was a need in pitching particularly when your numbers were not that bad. But as has been pointed out before, a lot of starts were given to Haegar, Ely, and Monk and while Ely had a good start, most of those were on the short side (less than 6 IP) and with an unreliable middle (due ineffectiveness of Sherrill, Belisario’s issues namely) and then moving Broxton to set up for Kuo to close, just kept that area unsettled.
I don’t know if they should have just kept Theriot, and then signed an outfielder for 16-18M for two years , maybe that would look better on paper but net about the same thing in the end.
Great Question
and I don’t have a ready answer.
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you know who I'm hoping for?
Well, besides Fielder of course…BJ Upton. Brox and change for Upton?
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Any of the options here would make me get a mini-plan. Bill Hall will not.
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
I’d like to think it wouldn’t take “and change” for someone with Upton’s stat lines.
Do, do, do you have it?
I was too lazy to think of a throw-in
You don’t think they’d take the 36 K we made from the Rule 5 draft?!
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BJ Upton out WARed every Dodger outfielder last year, and it wasn’t because of exceptional defense.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
The problem with Quentin/Willingham is that they are flawed players with injury histories that might not make them the answer we desire. Which of course could mean trading Broxton a near disaster (not that Brox is without warts).
Like Phil says, it’s a tough call. I’d like to think if we trade Broxton we can get a better bat, but that might be wishful thinking.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
I’d rather trade Broxton for Quentin. Even before the Guerrier signing. We have enough depth in the bullpen and Broxton is all but gone after this season anyways.
That could be part of Ned’s thinking with Guerrier. Even if Broxton isn’t traded this season, there is stability and everyone moves up a slot next season.
I just want to know who is going to us out of the bases loaded jams now that Weaver is gone?
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hopefully
we’ll have less bases-loaded jams since we won’t have Monk and Ely starting games.
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probably not
but I’m an all around fun time. I got accused of sandbagging at pool the other day. It was hilarious.
Winter is coming.
I’m sandbagging all the time, but I tell you, it’s only because THE FUCKING FLOOD IS COMING.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Don’t worry about it — I hate animals. Let ’em all drown.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
But if I let in your cat, he’d be the only cat left on earth, and then, by definition, I’d be the crazy cat guy with all the cats in the world.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
Dioner Navaro
and his catching triple play prowess.
by Xeifrank on Dec 15, 2010 10:07 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Nice
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
I updated the payroll worksheet, using the assumption that Guerrier will be paid 3/4/5. 2011 is at just over $110m right now.
Sure I’d rather spend the money on Guerrier than send over Withrow for him at the end of July but we’ve got a pretty set bullpen that at least IMO was not going to be a problem next year. I said before I wouldn’t begrudge Ned a second low cost lefty if he doesn’t trust Elbert yet, but we just didn’t need this. All the money we’ve spent could have gotten us a year of one of the free agent bats available. Or if you don’t want to give any of those guys 8 figures a year and I understand not wanting to, then we need to make some trades.
If our big LF get is some scrub that should be a bench player, our offense is going to suck.
FWIW
Bill Hall had the 9th highest ISO for LF with at least 350 ABs last year, above Braun and right below Huff.
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If I say this to someone in my office, what am I actually saying?
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
One of our greatest replies ever
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I dunno…if someone said that to me…I’d get all hot and bothered and probably fan myself with my Dodgers cap…
Sabremetrics?! /swoon
Winter is coming.
Well, you know, my range factor’s well above league average. Maybe after work we can flash the leather together.
by SoftballHuman on Dec 15, 2010 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
yes well, but I look like this
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by Maddz on Dec 15, 2010 10:51 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
That looks pretty fun, Michael White fun.
by Julio Nievas on Dec 15, 2010 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
This could be attractive, but it depends on what you are watching. Please don’t let it be “Say Yes to the Dress” or “The Hills”
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
There is a show called "Say Yes to the Dress"?
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
yes
I have never seen either of them but I love the hell out of “What Not To Wear”
Winter is coming.
Whenever my wife watches that show
I have an odd need to throw shit at the screen because the hosts of that show are such assholes.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
Clinton and Stacy for the win. Guilty pleasure.
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by David Young on Dec 15, 2010 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Halloween party
instead of “slutty noun/occupation”, I was Ryan Miller. It was awesoke.
Winter is coming.
Next year: slutty Ryan Miller. It will be the best costume since my friends slutty Tim Donaghy.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
I was thinking
Slutty Abraham Lincoln.
Slutty Ryan Miller…what would that be, the jersey and then booty shorts?
Winter is coming.
See also: Gay Bar video.
I think you’ve also gotta take in the jersey like three sizes.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
I guess I could always tuck it under or something. But that jersey is awesome, I’m not wrecking it in the name of slut-dom.
Winter is coming.
Wear shirt, write Ryan Miller on it.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
You could call the slutty Abraham Lincoln
Dishonest Abe
and you can deliver the Depants The Nation Proclamation
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
There aren't many Maddz down in S. Florida
you should run a self help seminar down here for girls and maybe it would shed some of the plasticity and replenish it with some relatability.
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by SoftballHuman on Dec 15, 2010 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
Not even Maddz
could have imagined that would become her pinup poster.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
No me gusta. It’s disturbing how much that beard looks like a certain hated closer’s….
Just kidding. I love everyone exactly the same amount.
It's Chan Ho Maddz
sheesh
He had the wicked playoff beard before Brian “I’m a jackass” Wilson
Winter is coming.
Whaddaya mean!
That’ll just make it easier to slam that bread basket! “SAY IT, WILSON! SAY YOU LOVE IT!”
I can see how it might be difficult to keep from getting banned.
by SoftballHuman on Dec 15, 2010 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
It’s actually really easy….
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
no, actually
it’s really really good. They specialize in breakfast. My favorite meal.
Winter is coming.
Cajun KItchen in SB or Carp!
Just went to Foxy’s in Glendale was good…made me hate myself for the day (so full)
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Ha…just picked up the EA game for PS3. The workouts are awesome. Thank goodness today is an off day.
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
I’m glad to know Foxy’s is still in business. I can remember eating there as a kid.
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by David Young on Dec 15, 2010 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Dish in La Canada makes a good breakfast.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
The Dish is great.
I like Green Street for breakfast too
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
Green Street is good any time of day.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
I liked the Alcove
, does that make me a hipster?
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Do you ironically only buy albums on vinyl, even though that means spending like 10x as much for music? Do you take pictures with 1960s instamatics even though you were born in 1982?
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
But one can always buy vinyl unironically, right?
Just kidding. I love everyone exactly the same amount.
I plan on buying some music on vinyl
because my roommate just got a record player!
Winter is coming.
One advantage of my age
we already own everything worth owning on vinyl.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Do you plan on hanging it on your wall?
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
The worst thing about the rise of the hipster is the Anti-Hipster Witch Hunting and the unnecessary concern of being labeled or mislabeled.
Just kidding. I love everyone exactly the same amount.
I guarantee that Phil is just being facetious. As was I. As someone who has two siblings who are hipsters, it’s just funny. :)
Winter is coming.
Anybody worried about being called a hipster
is a hipster.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
Dang
so that means if I worry about being a crappy writer then I am a crappy writer.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
No
that means you have a higher chance of being a great writer.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
this is also dependent on your alcohol to word output volume
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
honestly though
being called a hipster is such a harmless thing why would you care?
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
I don’t think folk like words that start with hip. Hippie, hipster, hip replacement surgery, it’s just all bad
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
I just don’t like labels. I find that it inspires prejudices and it’s a way to judge someone without knowing very much about them.
Just kidding. I love everyone exactly the same amount.
maybe you just need to lighten up
when its being done jokingly, as was obviously the case here.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
It is why I enjoy
deriding a certain poster.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
It would be better if the bowl was full of chips, and there were chips one her shirt
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Hall, when his bat touches the ball, has power.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
The man did abuse the hell out of Fenway though. Never had an extra base hit go the other way.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
I thought his splits
didn’t play that out?
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
he hit pretty much the same
at home/road based on OPS but Reg is saying he pulled everything at Fenway, taking advantage of the Monster.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
right
but does it matter what he did at fenway if he showed he can produce in other ballparks too?
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
I have no idea
but I think Russel Martin should have taken less money and become a Red Sox, I think his swing might have benefited from it.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
If we life in a motherfucking fairytale world
where no matter who the fuck we sign, he will get lucky enough to hit .300, Bill Hall would be a better power hitter than Ryan Braun.
by StolenMonkey86 on Dec 15, 2010 9:42 AM PST up reply actions
It is interesting to note as Eric said earlier today
the only battle on the pitching side could be to fill that second lefty spot, maybe Belisario or Jansen are not locks to make the team and Hawksworth could end up on the outside looking in.
Pitching locks, 5 starters, Padilla, Broxton, Kuo Guerrier
Probables – Jansen, Beilsario
12th spot battle – Hawksworth, Elbert, NRIs
And now your NFL minute
After a tantalizing (and desperate) Thursday matchup of SF at SD, we can look forward to several big games this weekend:
3 Stars: Jax at IND; GB at NE.
4 Stars: PHI at NYG; NO at BALT; NYJ at PITT.
Guerrier
is French for “warlike” or “warrior”. (http://www.wordreference.com/fren/guerrier)
Any doubts as to why Ned signed him? He’s good in the heat of battle. That has to be in the press release.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Perrier is also a french brand name for a soft drink...
"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
"Grit-tier"
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It pronounces "Guairrier" I guess
He’s a warrior… :)
"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 heard Ned is holding out for Lee Stirkthree
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 10:04 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Hated his character on 24
I’m glad he was shot in the head.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
If you didn’t watch it, how do you know of whom I speak?
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
Eric is the
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
You know what this means
Colletti couldn’t find any takers for Kemp.
by StolenMonkey86 on Dec 15, 2010 10:07 AM PST reply actions
Should be no surprise where I come donw on this
One more vote for sure, he’s fine, go get him, but the deal is likely too many years for too much money, and WTF are you going to do about LF.
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I have gotta believe that there is a deal coming for a LFer. I don’t believe for one second that front office looks at the roster as it exists and they all say that they are fine with some combination of Paul, Gibbons and Gwynn in LF. There is no way that is possible.
I agree, but — not to start the Bill Hall conversation all over again — but if the deal that is coming is Bill Hall… well, I’ll be upset.
Not so upset that I write any strongly worded letters, though. I reserve that kind of ire for AJ Pierzynski.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
On 710 ESPN, Ned inferred that was targeting a reliever OR left fielder.
We might be done.
by silverwidow on Dec 15, 2010 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
It doesn’t have to be in person. That is pretty obvious.
by silverwidow on Dec 15, 2010 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
All my bets get paid off, or collected, in person.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
How did you know he called his member
Walking Tall
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
You'd be surprised
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Sometimes he doesn't even pay them off in person
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Compounding interest on beer is expensive.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
What
do you figure you are up to?
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
Did I also win a Manny beer?
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
Possibly
You need to remind me closer to events when we will be at the same place.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
If I only drank
more then one beer at any one time I might get a payoff but since I don’t. meh
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
We can figure out an equivalent
I will buy you a sausage, that you can eat in front of delias man. Then everybody wins.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Then I'd have to hang with Delias Man
how is that a win for anyone?
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Just because you don’t see him doesn’t mean he’s not stalking you right now. Through the window. Without pants.
by SoftballHuman on Dec 15, 2010 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
He pounds his fist
We’re not done.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
Does ned even have a plan?
In the short term most of his deals seem ok, but in the big picture….
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
I don’t know about step 2, but step three is profit
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
Awesome. I think in the big picture, Colletti just needs to come up with a simple product America needs.
by SoftballHuman on Dec 15, 2010 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
The Amway of GMs?
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Yes
and the plan may simply be to load up on pitchers and get the best available hitter when teams start trading this summer.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
Tripon, with an attitude like that, you’ll never be the voice of negative reason.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
I’d like a ruling. Did Tripon actually get banned, or was the “see you in a week” comment just hyperbole?
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
Wow. How the hell am I still here?
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
At the end of your negative rants
you don’t insult the host.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
I think we get a choice
on the time period when it happens, they call it the SB Nation Time Out
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
hahaa, cats are so funny in the most random times.
by Julio Nievas on Dec 15, 2010 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
For instance, when they are getting punched.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
Russel Martin is dead to me
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
Russell Martin knew that Ned would sign a crap reliever for 3 years and decide to head for the hells.
the hells
I’ve been to the Bronx, and this is true.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 10:20 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
just wait til he shows up at your father’s funeral and you just want to feel something else
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
so many ways to respond
all of them shameful
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
Don't know why
but your outright negativity always makes me want to search for a positive feel even if I was feeling as negative as you before I read your comment.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
I think the positive is that are still going to get a LF. We will not go with Xavier Gibbons Jr.
by OB12 on Dec 15, 2010 10:30 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Xavier Gibbons Jr. might be a pretty good player. Speed, defense, plate discipline, some pop… Sign me up!
And a fly ball trapped in amber.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Even my negativity doesn’t do that. My negativity just makes the meercat throw up his tiny, tiny paws and say, “There’s just no hope for some people.”
Then the meercat gets up onto a rock, looking out for dangerous predators.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
Rocking Meerkats
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
I watched the first couple of seasons of Meerkat Manor. The females meerkats are vicious against each other, kicking each other out and their children the first chance they get.
Covers ears
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
phased?
fazed.
/mr.f
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Tried to make that more of a tweak of Mr. F than of you, but maybe I failed…..
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
I definitely did not take anything personally
I’m in a great mood because finals are over!! Laser eyes are reserved only for Eric at the moment.
Winter is coming.
You opened yourself up tho. It was too cheap a shot not to take.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
They look like they are setting up a wall
for a free kick
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
The last SKlarbro Country podcast brings back
“Racist Vin Scully” to talk about the McCourts, Steve Garvey owning the Dodgers, etc. Pretty funny stuff.
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yup!
on iTunes
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was skeptical about the bit
but I loved it. I guess theres some other eps with Chris Cox doing racist vin but its kinda hard to see which is which since hes a guest almost every week. Cox’s Jerry Jones is excellent too.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Dec 15, 2010 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
yah it grew on me
I was horrified about the idea, but now that I get it’s a parallel universe character… and this last one was the best.
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So
I need to come up with an inexpensive video conference solution that involves:
ability in China to take a notebook/netbook, with an attached camera that is flexible enough to video bikes as they come off the assembly line so we can remotely identify problems with the bikes. Anyone doing stuff like this, I could google solutions but sometimes you guys are just as good.
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Have a Mac? Facetime works pretty well if you get a long enough cord for the camera.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
We do but they don't
however we could probably get them one if that was a possibility. I’ll look into them. Thanks
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
Good Question,
we have several factories and I don’t think they are in the same geographic location. Getting answer now.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Liutai Road
Ludu Town
Taicang City Jiangsu Province 215412
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Cool, not far from Shanghai. Great food there, lots to see. Get yourself a trip. :)
Is this video capability going to be used in real-time or recorded and viewed later? Can you really view the bikes in enough detail as they come off the assembly line with this type of setup? Chances are you will end up with a lot of video of people spitting.
They are hoping
for real time, with enough detail that our engineers here can help out the QC people there.
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Call back!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Dec 15, 2010 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
Did Michael White make it back from Vegas yet?
I am starting to get a little worried about him. Last tweet I got was that he lost all his bets at the sportsbook and now I fear that he may have wondered off pennieless in a drunken stupor having woke up the next morning body sore and aching and wondering where the wadded up $100 bill in his pocket, with a phone number written on the back of it came from. Should we send out a search party?
he was posting yesterday
so he’s alive and well.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
He is trying to figure out how to cash an unusually large amount of chips
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 10:54 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
ha ha
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Martin sensible
I was too late for the Russell Martin discussion this morning, but this is how I see it, and I don’t think I saw anyone else say this:
I’m sure that Martin and his agent realized that the Dodgers’ offer of $4.2 million was (probably) the market rate, and the most they’d get from any team. Therefore the Dodgers were the only team that might pay more because of past history and because arbitration would get him a lot more (like $6 million). So it was worth asking for $5 million. If he doesn’t recover from injury, this will be his very last big payday, after anticipating that he’s have many, many years of ever larger salaries. His last chance. So it was worth it asking for $5 million. Worst case scenario was that the Dodgers don’t bite and he gets the same $4 million or so they were offering. And that’s what happened. It still makes sense that he did what he did. It wasn’t a miscalculation – just a chance at a bigger payday that didn’t materialize because Ned realized it wasn’t worth it. He still gets more or less the same amount from another team.
still dead to me
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
No
Unless we offer them more money and they leave anyways.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
Except
For his crappy production and broken hip.
I think his market showed they read that situation very well.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
exactly
we offered him more, or at least similar money then what he signed for, unless their are some awesome incentives in his deal with the Yankees. I think Tripon is still pissed about Gurrier and is trying to get a rise out of me, so, moving on.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
No, I’m saying the Dodgers had the last move if they wanted to keep him. They didn’t, and the Dodgers quickly signed his replacement.
I don’t see how Martin is the villain in all this.
They offered him the same money the yankees did
he chose to be somewhere else. I never said he is a villian, I just don’t give a crap what he does from here on out.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
I’d rather have Martin at $6 million than Barajas and Gurrier
by Mike Dennis on Dec 15, 2010 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Other then the knowledge
that if they gave him $6 Million they would not be able to afford Matt Guerrier
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
Dayn Perry
says the 2011 Phillies are the 4th greatest rotation of all-time. The 1997 Braves top the list.
Can't even spell his name properly!
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So who's left?
Beltre—Texas or Angels
Pavano—Twins or Texas
Soriano—?
D. Lee-?
Middle Infielders/Relievers—Who cares
Who am I leaving out?
Joey said Derrek Lee might be out of baseball, so….
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
no not out
just a backup role, you know, because he obviously isn’t good enough to start anymore.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
A's are still kinda sorta bidding
on beltre aren’t they?
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
FTFY
Beltre—Texas or Angels
Pavano—Twins or Texas
Soriano—?
D. Lee-?
Middle Infielders/Relievers— Dodgers
Winter is coming.
That blood blister
looks like it has a Y in it, and the blood blister itself is kind of shaped like a heart or tooth.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
Can we trade Broxton
for a fuckin bat already?
No use in stocking up on run of the mill arms if we aren’t going to use our surplus for a goody.
You cant trade players you don’t want for players you do want
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Yep!
I knew Maddz was kidding but couldn’t resist.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
Clink!
Wait, am I doing this right?
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
My excitement in finishing this semester cant even be dampened by this move by Ned. But seriously, we’re giving out 3 year deals to relievers that throw 90 and K fewer than 6 per 9 and have most of their success attributed to batted ball luck? Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, as my man Clay Davis would say.
I know, right?
I’m in a great mood…and I am eating peanut butter filled pretzels!!!
Winter is coming.
Have you tried the Pretzel M&M's?
They should make them in peanut butter too!
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
I hated them at first, liked them a bit later…but I still think "why am I eating these when I should be eating peanut butter M&M’s?
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Peanut M&Ms > Reeses Pieces > peanut butter M&Ms
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
This is the correct order, as determined by scientists.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
no no no, flip that, reverse that
Peanut M&Ms<Reeses Pieces<peanut butter M&Ms
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:36 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Its sad how wrong you are
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
I think I like Junior Mints more than all of them.
by silverwidow on Dec 15, 2010 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
No peanuts?
they can gtfo
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
Why don’t you just bring up Filet Mignon while you’re at it. Different animal!
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
Yes and no. Reeses PB cups are good, but a little rich. You can down a bag of PB M&M’s without hating yourself in the short term
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
exactly, the PB cups start to choke you up, and peanut m&ms, I mean if I wanted to eat peanuts I’d go to a baseball game
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
THEN THEY WOULDN'T HAVE CHOCOLATE AND A CANDY SHELL
YOU ARE ALL FOOLS.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
Dark chocolate
Reeses cups……………MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
oh no, are you, no, national brands shouldn’t come out with dark chocolate things, that’s Sharfenberger territory
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
when a game is popular enough to get banned on college campuses, you know it’s good
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
They don't have a crunchy shell
so they are a bit different.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
imho
Peanut Butter Cups = Peanut M&Ms > Reeses Pieces > peanut butter M&Ms.
Depends on my mood.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
I have no opinion
mostly because I’m not even certain what those are.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
Those are the orange rubbery candy that are disgusting yet occasionally alluring.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
oy with the poodles already, why not discuss the merits of packing peanuts
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
Might as well be snowballs (the Clerks kind)! :)
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
Sour Patch Kids are my fav for a movie
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
I’m all about the malted milk balls, cause I get to say that chain of words to the wage slave behind the counter and watch them try and work out which candy contains malted milk balls
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
It is crazy how marked up the candy is. My buddy has managed multiple movie theatres and he had to stay till 3am one night because they misplaced a freight of candy that represented about 50K in profits.
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
wage slave
That would be someone with a job?
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
gfy
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
not serious
btdubs… or am I? DUN DUN DUN!
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
The official M&M Top 12 - By me
12 Peanut
11 coconut
10 mint
9 dark
8 crispy
7 Cherry
6Pretzel
5Raspberry
4Dulce leche
3 Original
2 Strawberried Peanut Butter
1 Peanut Butter
Those used to be one of my snacks of choice. Haven’t had one in a while, though.
by UCLADodger32 on Dec 15, 2010 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
The Dodgers apparently have two kitties (pots of money) one for money to be spent on bad contracts and one for money to be spent on bad contracts. Not sure which kitty the money for this acquisition comes out of.
So Padilla, Garland and Kuroda are all bad contracts?
Or were you not just being funny and meant to type “good” one of those times?
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yes to the funny part
or the “trying to be” part. :)
Was just trying to keep with the theme of the day.
That may seem like a small or ignorable point, but I totally agree. Just because you have money to spend doesn’t mean you have to spend it on new guys. So now the core of our team is Kershaw, Lilly, Uribe, & Guerrier?
Amazingly, those are the four players signed (well, not Kershaw, technically, yet) for 2013.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
What's that?
It sounds like someone is trying to drown their sorrows in enough gin to fill a fake arm…
Winter is coming.
as did I, but his future is far more murky than Clay K
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
I really really hope so
Of course since we have no one signed for 2013 he is gonna go out and sign a bunch of players to block them.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
Eric
The Galaxy haven’t seen out the press release yet, but a pretty big free agent signing today so I’ll have a stream for this afternoon
dah, I mean its not Ronaldinho but that’s still coming
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
Best case scenario this spring assuming we do nothing else
1. Broxton comes back and imitates his 2010 1st half in April/May
2. Kuo leaves spring training with his arm intact and able to pitch
3. Jansen dominates spring training goes to AAA, does not quit, continues to dominate
4. Elbert continues to impress, gets to AAA, does not quit, continues to dominate
5. Belisario gets to spring on time, looks like 2009 Belisario
6. Lindblom bounces back from a winter of rest, rediscovers the stuff that impressed everyone in 2009 and finds life in the Isotope bullpen.
7. Troncoso rediscovers his sinker in AAA (The Isotope bullpen is kick ass)
8. Padilla takes to relief pitching like a baby to a nipple
9. Sands assaults AA pitching
10. Chris Withrow discovers how to pitch again
Based on all of those things happening the Dodgers do the following?
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
so is Sands a lock to start in AA? Trayvon too?
I guess our lack of position prospects makes me want to rush what precious few we have throught the system regardless of whether its a good idea or not.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Dec 15, 2010 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Jim Rome at lunch
loosely quoted:
The roof at the Metrodome might not be finished in time for Monday night’s game. How could it not be finished? Just because it blew up like a trash bag after Thanksgiving; spewing turkey guts and gravy all over the driveway as you’re walking out to the trashcan in the morning. Just do what the rest of us do: put another rash bag over the old one and move on.
Do, do, do you have it?
When he read that from his script, did it sound natural?
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
y’know what’s awesome? being insensitive to people in a blizzard. that’s class right there
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
I was going to be really surprised if it was fixed on time
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
on PTI they were saying this should be a last straw moment, as the stadium is no longer performing its intended function, but that’s like chastising the Superdome for losing to hurricane Katrina
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Well its happened
6 times now
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
Who would have thought that a stadium named after Hubert H. Humphrey would start out really great but then find itself ineffective and useless?
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
I didn't
okay, on one level I did, but it hurt. hurt deeply.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
TBLA: You’ll come for the Dodger chat, you’ll stay for the marginally funny jokes referencing dudes who were vice president 40 years ago or more.
Just you wait, I’ve got a killer John Nance Garner joke I’ve been holding in my hip pocket.
Now with 33% more Kavula
by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2010 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
allowing the Vikings to host games during Minnesota snow, but this is a Blizzard we ain’t seen in some twenty years
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
Funny how they say that every winter
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
its happened 6 times in the history of the stadium hasn't it?
thats just not acceptable.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
oh no they need to move or a new stadium or whatever, I just think it’s funny that folk claim this as the final straw, having seen the pictures of the blizzard on the news the dome was up against some good competition
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
yeah but it's a stadium
if he was being insensitive to people in the area and their plight, that would suck.
Winter is coming.
I got lost in the peanut candy food thread
I love peanuts/nuts in just about everything but for reason have never enjoyed Reese’s Peanut Butter candies.
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I really think the Peanut Butter has become sugary and more processed over time. It is a little rich/chalky for me now. I like them still, but it would not be my first choice.
BTW Jumbo Red Vines are awesome
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Fresh Red Vines are the best. Red Vines >>>>>>>>> Twizzlers, which suck.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
anyone who enjoys Twizzlers has a wrong
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
I don't really care for either of them
but sorry, I’ll be the dissenting voice here – if I had to choose, Twizzlers taste better to me. Red Vines are delicious if you like eating plastic.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Easy fella, I don't really like either of them any more
but as a kid I admit to liking to get Red Vines and then use them as a straw to slurp soda. Which upset my mom. Now they’re just too much red dye and corn syrup. I like stuff that is at least faux fruity.
Like David Hyde Pierce.
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 Fraiser, you’re so corpulent that when you sit around the magnificently appointed Tuscan villa, you sit AROUND the magnificently appointed Tuscan villa!
Huh…this IS the smartest show on TV!
* switches to Ricki Lake *
Yo, Ricky! That’s mah girlfreen! She ain’t supposed to be havin’ no penis!
God, I love those old episodes of Family Guy. :-)
"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
David Hyde Pierce is anything but faux fruity.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
That's right, I forgot he really is gay
Hmm.. bad example…
Hmm.. bad example…Charles Nelson Reilly? Ah! Paul Shaffer. There.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Paul Shaffer (co?)wrote “It’s Raining Men”. Just sayin’.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
But he's married to a lady!
{cough}
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
My comment was made before I saw this. No way, you are just flat out wrong :)
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
You are lucky Sweet Polly Purebred likes you
I have a soft spot for Sweet Polly Purebred.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I think she likes Twizzlers more too. So there!
And jelly beans. We found these natural jelly beans at the store the other day that were really good.
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
Twizzlers are like eating plastic
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2010 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
They're both like eating plastic
they are basically in no way food, by most definitions of that word. :-)
Give me M&Ms and popcorn at the movie theater.
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 never mix candy with my popcorn
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What about Fiddle Faddle? Or Cracker Jack? Do those count?
Mixing some sort of chocolate snack with popcorn gets you the ideal salty & sweet combo.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
Not at a movie
Once in a while I’d get bon bons but I could count on my hand the number of times I’ve gotten candy at the movies. It is always about the popcorn.
I’m fairly certain that at some point in my life we will own a real (not those fake plastic things) old time Popcorn maker.
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Those are so awesome
My cousin has one, and the popcorn is fantastic. I will be there next Friday!
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
The 2011 Dodger season may disappoint on paper
But the 2011 Dodger minor league season shouldn’t, I have to be honest here, I’m more excited for that than our team.. RIGHT NOW…
Take that, Barry Bonds and Reggie Jackson
ASU baseball was banned from the 2011 postseason by the NCAA.
Sometimes pro sports can be absurd
I just typed this sentence:
The Galaxy began the day by trading with Houston for the fifth and fourteenth picks in the re-entry draft, giving up a fourth round pick in 2014’s amateur Superdraft .
and I am now baffled that a GM could decide to trade for 2014 4th round pick in an amateur draft
Seems like a way to deny Free Agency.
Any player selected in Stage 1 will remain on the drafting Club’s 2011 budget at the option price or Bona Fide Offer price until April 1st, 2011. Clubs and players may not mutually renegotiate that price to a lower number until April 1st, 2011.
Clubs may not select their own players in Stage 1. Players will have the opportunity to negotiate contracts and sign with their previous clubs after Stage 1 is complete, through 2 p.m. ET on December 13th.
In Stage 2, clubs may select from players that are under contract and those not under contract. If a player is not under contract, the drafting club will be required to make a genuine offer to the player within seven days. In the event that an agreement cannot be reached between the drafting club and an out-of-contract player, the drafting club will hold the right of first refusal for that player in MLS. Clubs may select their own players in Stage 2 only after all other clubs have declined to select those players.
If a player is not selected in either stage of the Re-Entry Process, that player will be available on a first come first serve basis to all clubs.
http://www.insidesocal.com/soccer/2010/12/mls-announces-re-entry-draft-l.html
there used to be no free agency, if your club didn’t renew your contract they still had the rights to you. This is MLS’s way of putting those players back in the pool
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
ssounds
unamerican
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
the other thing is that the re-entry draft is only bidding on the rights to negotiate, like a transfer period without transfer fees
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Old school baseball owners fondly remember the good old days.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
I really can't wait for my sociology course
So many 19 year olds to destroy. So little time.
Also, if I can get in good with this prof it’s possible I’ll be in Nashville for a long time. I don’t know how I feel about that but I like free grad school.
Winter is coming.
Forget how to use SB Nation?
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Ah
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
It was Phil’s way of saying you replied to the wrong comment
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
No, I meant it in response to you
Sorry, internal mental connection: I have a feeling we will look at the way the game changed over the years economically and systematically. :)
Winter is coming.
Don't
I expect my snark reply ratio is equal to everyone today.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
Indeed.
We are at threat level Orange right now.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
I'll stand down
don’t want to be upsetting the minions. I’ve always been told I go one step to far.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Sure
because we all know that Sociology classes are about baseball
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
If there is such a class, Maddz would find it.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
And I totally did
SOC 265W. Sociology through Baseball. Baseball as a social institution.
Group dynamics, baseball as work and business. Free agency and
law, race and ethnic relations, and globalization.
Winter is coming.
oh not this again
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
oh thats what I mean
you have made your position on ~20 year olds clear.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
So, about that "healthy" Activia yogurt...
from Darren Rovell:
Proving that nothing they say is good for you is good for you: Dannon will pay $21M for false claims about its Activia yogurt.
3 years?
what happens if he goes George Sherrill on us again?
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
Then
I guess we’ll have to be happy with the two good months he gives us before sucking against the Phillies in the NLCS.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
I'm pissed off at MLB
I went to the trouble of writing a post with direct citations from the collective bargaining agreement, links to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showing my work that the MLB minimum should be $414,500, and their effing press release says the new minimum is $414,000.
so you’re mad that they undercut your work? did you not expect them to release that datum?
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
I expect that their release have correct information. :)
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
This Friday on MLB Network
They will announce their winners of things called the Greatness in Baseball Yearly (GIBBY) Awards
One would assume
They’re getting Kirk Gibson to present the winner of “Best Postseason Walkoff Hit?” :-)
"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
Was there a postseason walk off hit this year? What did I eat for breakfast?
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
I had pan dulce and hot chocolate…it was delicious.
"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
Mintxcore had twice-reduced pear syrup atop quinoa griddlecakes with a creme fraiche foam. (Fresh squeezed grapefuit juice in chilled highball glass.)
by kinbote on Dec 15, 2010 1:26 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
Juan Uribe had a walk-off sac fly in Game 4 of the NLCS
His award was $21 million
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
damn it Juan Uribe. Can we give the best postseason award to Cliff Lee, and pretend like the WS didn’t happen?
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
Categories
Best Player
Best Rookie
Best Starting Pitcher
Best Closer
Best Defensive Player
Best Manager
Top Play
Top Moment
Top Performance
Top Oddity
Top X-Factor
Top Game
Top Fan Moment
Top Postseason Moment
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
best player? can they vague it up a little bit?
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
I only have two questions
Who is he?
Who is she?
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
hotlink:http://www.celebitchy.com/131322/did_julia_stiles_homewreck_michael_c_halls_marriage/dexter2/
Winter is coming.
I am a Stiles fan
She is a fellow March 28er
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
Never like her flat face
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I love that she’s brilliant, has a degree from Columbia
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Curious
is everyone brilliant who has a degree from Columbia?
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
If you went to an Ivy League, Berkeley, Stanford, Duke, Vanderbilt, or Northwestern I assume you’re brilliant until proven otherwise.
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting
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
all I meant by it is what society means by it, you drop one of those schools on your resume and folk assume something about your intellegence
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Totally agree
cool thing is, when you’re a 6’1 athletic white guy and you put CSU Dominguez Hills on your resume, the diviersity office you’re interviewing for assuming you went there to experience culture.
Do, do, do you have it?
Okay
but we are talking about one person’s opinion and since you went to one of these “brilliant schools” I simply assumed you met many a student who was not brilliant, so I found it odd you assign that to anyone who went to such a school.
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What’s weird is that on the international rankings is that Vanderbilt and Northwestern are in the 30-40 range.
How international and national reps differ so much.
The UC system as a whole for instance seems to be the best public school system ever if you believe the various international rankings out there.
same with the Domestic ratings, almost every branch is in the top 100
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but nationally, outside of Berkley, the rest of the UCs aren’t as highly ranked with the Vanderbilts, and NW’s of the country, I think.
UCLA is just behind Berkeley and ahead of USC. Santa Barbara, Davis, and one other that I can’t remember is in the top 35. San Diego and Santa Cruz are top 50, Riverside brings up the rear.
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
it’s that third one in the top 35. I’m sorry! As an Angelino I forget the OC exists (man my world view sure is limited)
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
They bought their way into there. They spent a lot of money to boost everything possible from academics to private funding of stadiums.
I’m not saying its a bad thing, but that’s how they did it.
USC grads in the 70’s and 80’s are reaping the benefits of USC’s better standings in the academics world.
When we hired people have enough experience to have received their degree(s) in the 70s/80s, we don’t give a crap where they got it from; their professional experience is what matters.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
How about now
Cal Poly grads with no experience over Cal State grads with two years experience?
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Merced has to be at the bottom, doesn’t it? Or is it still too new to rank?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
My uncle once joked with a blackjack dealer from Merced
The table was full of my family members, and my uncle is hilarious. He was talking with the dealer, and noticed from her nametag that she was from Merced, so he asked…
“What did Merced do when the fertilizer plant exploded?”
“They called the national guard to help stop the looting.”
We thought it was funny (it may have been the beer), but the dealer did not. Then, coincidentally, we all proceeded to lose several hands in a row.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
the UCs are one of the best public school systems out there
along with UNC and UW. Sadly I think the economic issues that California is faced with are negatively effecting the UCs, though…
Winter is coming.
fortunately everyone is effected. My friend Kaci was telling me about how far Nevada has fallen. They used to offer free instate tuition to anyone above a 3.5, but they ran out of money for that fund
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
and Berkeley is #1! And meercat, I met people at Berkeley who didn’t always come across as prepared, but I was always impressed with the general intelligence. No one gets into a school that competitive without something to them that makes them stand out
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
Isn’t the undergrad population at Berkeley about 3 to 4 times greater than those other schools? I tend to make similar assumptions, but I expect the chances of finding a lemon at Berkeley are greater than those other schools. I’d also add MIT and Caltech to that list, even if the brilliance is a little more specialized.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
of course David, MIT and Caltech should be on there, but as a humanities person I forget them exist. Apologies : )
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
where you can spend six years reading books and essays, and still make embarrassing typos
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
I didn’t notice it at first, but I shall assume it was intentional, and an homage to Ruby Sue, underrated character of Christmas Vacation.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Okay
wouldn’t say smoking hot, out of a bazillion images this was her best.
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all I ever notice on dexter is how painfully skinny she is
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Dec 15, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
me
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by meercatjohn on Dec 15, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Comment of the day that in no way should ever be deleted.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
I picked the photo
because I liked the dress.
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some hollywood lawyer must be having a Chanukah special on divorces
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
I first read this as
Michael Anthony Hall and Jennifer Connely get divorced
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Dec 15, 2010 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
Jennifer Connelly
once lived in the house across the street from me. When she was a child.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
From Arash Markazi of ESPN on Twitter
If Joe Smith wants to make history he should wear No. 29. It’s the one number 00-35 never to be worn in Lakers history, dating back to 1948
because if you’re gonna make history, make sure it’s trivial
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
one of our TBLA events needs to be drunken Trivial Pursuit, cause there’s nothing better than the drunk and nerdy
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
I have come to believe that the only reason Arash Markazi has a job is because he was able to score free tickets to Staples on a regular basis.
He’s that guy who is somehow at every single party, only nobody knows how he got there.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
One has to wonder why
no has ever worn 29.
has any Dodger number never been worn that stops at 50?
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Most of the 6-9 numbers are hardly worn just due to refs having to ID foul calls, unless they are Antonio Alfonseca.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I don’t have the media guide handy, but I think all the 0-50 numbers, at least, have been used at some point.
Al “Mr. Zero” Oliver stands alone.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
I'd bet they have
even up to 60 as well. Bet we could easily name a player for each number 51 – 60. Well, 59 is hard off the top of my head.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
54 – Belisario
57 – Scott Radinsky?
58 – Bills
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
55 now lies vacant
those left behind remember what was….and what could have been.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2010 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t directly remember a 62, or some of the few after it.
Unless we count batboys from 1962!
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
Barely related question because I thought Wilkin Ruan was number 62.
That dude was supposed to be the fastest man in baseball, why does he only have one steal.
….He was on base more than once.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2010 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
According to B-R
Rule 5er Jose Nunez wore it in 2001. That’s the most recent they list.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Onan Masaoka wore 70
because he couldn’t get 69?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
This Friday, 12/17
Going to see Tron then TBLA midnight bowling. Are all welcome to come to the movie as well. I have no idea what times the movie is playing.
Do, do, do you have it?
http://www.fandango.com/amcdelamo18_aaude/theaterpage?date=12/17/2010
At 7 and 10 PM. I want to go see Tron.
Would seem like we should go at 7, get food, then go bowling.
Also, Gable House has karaoke in the bar.
Do, do, do you have it?
I vote Buffalo wild wings for food, but I can be persuaded otherwise, just seems the best for a group atmosphere (assuming this becomes a group thing)
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
I second this. If people decide against it, there’s always BJs and Jerry’s. The brewery next to Jerry’s is good too.
Do, do, do you have it?
Having an office party right now?
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I’m free Fri night and Sat night, so I’ll just support you no matter what you decide to do with your life
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
I think this might have gotten lost somewhere - on Martin's contract
1. This was not offering Martin arbitration that he could refuse, they would have been tendering a contract for a non-specified amount.
2. Out of the 150+ players that were tendered a contract or a FA offered arbitration, none of the players who did not settle before exchanging figures took less money than the year before. Even in cases where the player missed the whole year with injury, he received the same amount as had the previous amount.
3. Sure, the Dodgers could have put in a figure of let’s say 5M but that would be guaranteed, no incentives. If they were to put in $4.2M, unless Martin went crazy, and I mean really crazy, he would win his case.
4. So, that was the risk of tendering the contract, the Dodgers did not want to guarantee what Martin made last year (which also why the Yankees probably decided not to do the trade because they would have had to either risk tendering a contract with him or decide to let him be a free agent).
Bad idea jeans
Although it might be one of the more spectacular train wrecks we’ve seen in the league in recent memory…from Plan A to Plan Z, indeed. Are the Yankees that desperate for attention? They miss out on Lee, so they turn to the Ghost of Cubbie Past and sign Prior, and are looking at bringing in Zambrano and Wood? Crazy…
"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
Big Z may be batshit crazy
but if the Cubs paid a chunk of his salary, Zambrano could be a good pickup.
After he rejoined the rotation, in August, he had a 1.41 ERA in 11 starts, allowing two runs or less 10 times, and three runs in the other game. His FIP was likely higher, as he had a 40/60 BB/K ratio, but he was still effective.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
Baseball Forecaster
had a very nasty projection for him. They think he is done, I don’t have it handy so I can’t reference the peripherals they used.
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
Yankees
could also be the only team that can eat that contract.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2010 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
I'll say this
When he’s on, he’s fun to watch: filthy stuff and passion is always nice to see. I just don’t know how comfortable I’d be depending on him to adjust to the NYY pressure (i.e. Vasquez, Javier), and the expectations would be pretty high after the Lee debacle.
"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
Maybe they can restructure him into a Guerrerian 3/$12m deal.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
Last I looked he is a free agent
since they non tendered him.
You can be (incompetent and a nice guy), you can be (competent and an asshole), but if you are an (asshole and incompetent), your only future is to be Keith's boss otherwise you are unemployable
They are about to open a Counter in NYC
There are so many better burger options within a short radius, but somehow it being new is getting it HYPE.
Awesome
Now all we need is an In ‘N Out, a Tommy’s, some decent Mexican food, and I’m set.
still don’t see the big deal about Tommy’s
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2010 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
Seems reasonable
since he killed his old dogs.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
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As long as he adopts a pit bull
I’m ok with it. I saw so many pit bulls at the pound :(.
"The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late."
Watch
out for falling tree branches the day after.
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
Keith Law, not a fan of the Guerrier signing
on ESPN (Insider):
The Dodgers are happy to let the gangrenous wound in left field fester, but thank goodness the seventh inning is locked down.
and
Free agency isn’t a good way to build a bullpen period, but doing it that way when the Dodgers’ amateur scouting team continues to stuff the organization with power arms is just nonsensical.
He said it better then we did
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
He also says
Make Withrow a bullpen guy and can you give credit to the Dodgers scouting team for converting Jansen to a reliever. Belisario was found by their local Venezuelan scout. Currently on two of the proposed bullpen guys were originally signed as Dodgers (Kuo and Broxton).
I get and agree with his original premise but he shouldn’t make it seem like there are bullpen guys just sitting around to be used, Ned’s best course has been the NRI (Saito, Beimel, Seanez, Park, Belisario) that made it out of spring.
I would argue the Dodgers have 5-6 guys at least in the system who could perform at a level similar to Guerrier. They might not even be as good, but the difference wouldn’t be large enough to justify giving Guerrier $4 million per year.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
Do those include these names
Javy Guerra, Jon Link, Travis Schlicting, Josh Lindblom, Scott Elbert, Brent Leach, Ramon Troncoso
Are ready to hand the ball to these guys 70-75 times next year.
You don’t have to give them the ball that many times.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
His tweet teases about Guerrier and Martin
Did he say anything interesting about our erstwhile catcher?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Yes
He said he thought Martin given his decline, workload, and body type, is too big a risk and was more of a minor-league deal, NRI guy than a $4m guarantee guy.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2010 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
If anyone was wondering what the going rate for veteran lefties was
Randy Choate got 2 years, $2.5 million (plus incentives) from Florida, per Rosenthal
Aaaaaaand - new article
http://www.truebluela.com/2010/12/15/1875046/dodgers-200-minor-league-countdown-170-161
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
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