A Look At The Dodgers By Runs Scored & Allowed
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 9:04 AM PDT
in Dodgers History & Records
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PrintHere are the Dodgers record by runs scored, relative to all of baseball:
| Runs Scored | W-L | Win % | MLB |
| 0 | 0-13 | .000 | .000 |
| 1 | 5-9 | .357 | .103 |
| 2 | 6-4 | .600 | .245 |
| 3 | 4-9 | .308 | .356 |
| 4 | 9-3 | .750 | .532 |
| 5 | 5-11 | .313 | .614 |
| 6 | 7-4 | .636 | .722 |
| 7 | 6-1 | .857 | .827 |
| 8 | 3-0 | 1.000 | .911 |
| 9 | 5-1 | .833 | .914 |
| 10+ | 9-0 | 1.000 | .962 |
Here is the Dodgers record by runs allowed:
| Runs Allowed | W-L | Win % | MLB |
| 0 | 12-0 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| 1 | 8-2 | .800 | .897 |
| 2 | 10-8 | .556 | .755 |
| 3 | 13-2 | .867 | .644 |
| 4 | 7-5 | .583 | .468 |
| 5 | 4-5 | .444 | .386 |
| 6 | 2-9 | .182 | .278 |
| 7 | 1-6 | .143 | .173 |
| 8 | 1-4 | .200 | .089 |
| 9 | 1-3 | .250 | .086 |
| 10+ | 0-11 | .000 | .038 |
A couple of notes:
- The Dodgers are 11-26 when they score three or fewer runs, while all of MLB has won roughly five of every 37 such games.
- As Humma Kavula has pointed out, the Dodgers have won roughly have as many games as the rest of the league when scoring exactly five runs.
- The Dodgers are tied with the Cardinals with the most losses (eight) when allowing exactly two runs
Yesterday I was a guest on Bloomberg Sports with Rob Shaw and Michelle Steele to discuss the Dodgers. You can watch the video here:
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that’s absolutely daffy, they have a worse record when scoring five runs than scoring 2.
http://www.dingersblog.com
If they get two runs tonight, and are batting with two guys on base, I suggest not going for the 3-run homer :)
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Nice analysis
So we suck when we score 5 runs, and we suck when we give up two runs. Guess we should try and give up a third run if we’ve only given up two.
They need to string together some 5-2 wins. They haven’t had any yet this year. :)
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Michelle Steel
can interview me any time.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
This Rob Shaw seems moronic. Pods is getting on base?? (.291 OBP). Theriot has been “fantastic”?? Lilly is an ace??
What do you know about Brandon Belt – Is that dude a legit beast that we’re going to be hating for years?
Dude has been way freaking better than Sands this year:
Sands’ MLE: .218/.289/.385
Belt’s: .272/.338/.444
Way better strike out and walk rates too.
by regfairfield on Aug 12, 2010 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Sickels wrote about him a month ago: http://www.minorleagueball.com/2010/7/16/1573696/brandon-belt
by regfairfield on Aug 12, 2010 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm just going to be bitter
and say the dude is on ’roids. Slugging 100 points higher now than he did in college with a metal bat.
The Dodgers should really be able to sign Billingsley to a long term deal that doesn’t reflect his value. The problem is that Ned Colletti might agree that Billingsley isn’t worth the long term deal.
Billingsley’s mainstream perception is as ignorant as it gets. He’s coming off an exceptional July, so of course, he’s been a disappointment.
Meanwhile, Lilly provides two good starts and he’s a fucking ace.
Whatever works, right?
The scary thing is
Ned might buy into that.
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
i really hope that if anyone is actually watching the team play
it’s Ned Colletti.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
James McDonald
ACE of the 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates
That guy was a typical MSM “analyst” that really doesnt know a whole lot.
by UCLADodger32 on Aug 12, 2010 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
When you do the MLB stats, is that including the Dodgers or excluding the Dodgers? Just out of curiosity. Very interesting piece.
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the numbers probably won’t change that much though, right?
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know. I had to take stats three times in college (SCREW YOU CHI-SQUARE), it just seems odd counting one teams stats twice. I have no basis or knowledge of which is the correct way, like I said, i was just curious.
Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.
Chi-square
is that like Chicago Chicago?
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
The MLB number is much easier to figure out than MLB – the Dodgers.
Plus, like Josie said, it really doesn’t matter.
by regfairfield on Aug 12, 2010 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I said this in the last thread
but Chipper Jones is hurt, out for the season. Blake has cleared waivers. Braves need a third baseman. Thoughts?
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 9:50 AM PDT reply actions
Eric was the one who reported Blake cleared waivers, not me. Just don’t want him to think I’m scooping his story.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
with our lack of a SS
we need Carroll.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
This team isn't going to the playoffs.
We need nothing.
And it was a joke trade, who the heck would trade Carroll for Heyward?
Heyward is too young to be a good player.
i knew you were joking man, chill
I’m just saying, that we still need somone to play the position. I mean, they still have games to play, playoff bound or not. We can’t just play with a three man infield.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Ryan Theriot can play short stop. and the Dodgers just called up Juan Castro and have DeJesus at AAA
I really don’t care one or the other, but acting like Carroll is untradable on this team is silly.
he's not untradeable
and I forgot about Castro.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Who plays 3rd?
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
Well yeah
It can’t get much worse, unless we trade for Brandon Wood. Let me rephrase, who would Colletti/Torre be willing to play at 3rd?
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
They wouldn't do it
unless they have given up on 2010, which they won’t until late August at the absolute earliest.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
They wouldn't do it, because they already traded all the internal replacements in DeWitt, Bell, and LaRoche.
For better or worse, Casey Blake is the 2011, and 2012 3B starter.
I'll take that bet
Someone other then Casey Blake will have more ab’s in 2011 and 2012 at 3rd base. Dozen “fresh” donuts delivered to my house, by you. You tell me your side of the bet.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Aug 12, 2010 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
You get me a teaching job.
Or a nice dinner at Norms.
If that person is Jamey Carroll, they’re punting the season again. They need a 2009 Blake in order to contend.
I'll take you to Norms
can’t do the first.
I do agree they need a hitting 3rd baseman to contend. Not sure how they find one, but I’m fairly confident that Blake will not be that guy. He may start out the starter but he won’t end up the starter.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Aug 12, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I would be ok with that
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
Minor League Splits has a convert to MLE button. It’s .244/.288/.399
by regfairfield on Aug 12, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
It does what it says what it’s going to do.
It’s not like it’s going to predict exact numbers, and it doesn’t count strike outs, but it’s a nice quick way to neutralize for park and competition.
In this case, it illustrates how Mitchell hitting a bunch of dingers for the Topes isn’t all that impressive.
by regfairfield on Aug 12, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
It does what it says on the tin, one of my favorite turn of phrases ever
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know with hitters, but all the predictions out there that predict how a pitcher will fare on the season are mostly way off. That’s my only criticism.
by Julio Nievas on Aug 12, 2010 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
MLE isn’t a predictor of future performance, it’s just saying that if this guy performs like this in the bigs, he’ll do this. It doesn’t account for any kind of improvements.
by regfairfield on Aug 12, 2010 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Not really
it’s more of a neutralizer, like a park factor.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Are you mixing up MLEs and a projection system?
by regfairfield on Aug 12, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I don't think that he would do that badly
I don’t trust MLE’s at all.
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
How many players come up and have a sub .300 OBP with a sub .400 Slugging percentage? Not all that many. I have no doubt Russ Mitchell could come up and hit at least .260/.320/.410 in the majors with more at bats than just coming off of the bench.
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
How many players come up and have a sub .300 OBP with a sub .400 Slugging percentage?
The kind of players that don’t last long. Like Russ Mitchell.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
He's been on teams
With special needs GMs, so I’m not surprised he’s lasted this long.
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
No you wouldn't
Russell Mitchell has made strides, he’s not near ready to be a major league 3rd baseman, at least not for a team who needs some real offense from that position.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Aug 12, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I honestly wouldn’t mind if it was just for the rest of this season and we were able to dump Blake’s salary (or at least most of it).
Oh, that I have no problem with
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Aug 12, 2010 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Braves have like 7 or 8 really good prospects who only someone like Ned Colletti would trade for Casey Blake. After that, I don’t know what we could expect. Maybe some young A ball guys or something.
If the Dodgers were to trade a Casey Blake (I don’t think they necessarily would), what they would gain is not prospects, but salary relief this year and next.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
True
I was actually just looking at your salary worksheet. I can’t believe we already have $88mm committed and we only have 2 starters and no LF. I guess Martin’s $6.5mm might come off the books, but I would imagine we’d end up paying someone similar anyways.
It was the source of Humma’s 2011 worry
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Look on the bright side, it could be CF Scotty Pods after we trade Kemp for Dallas Braden.
by regfairfield on Aug 12, 2010 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
No way
Scotty Pods just needs 31 more PA’s and then he’s taking his talents to South Beach.
Oh come on
Let me keep a half-full glass over here.
Pods will be gone
My first 2011 prediction is that Pods will not be on the Dodgers in 2011. By his choice.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Aug 12, 2010 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Based on his performance with us?
I guess the NL pitching isn’t as weak as advertised or maybe we got the only AL player who can’t hit NL pitching.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Aug 12, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Based on speculation that Ned Colletti really likes Scotty Pods and will pay for speed.
This is the same man that gave Juan Pierre 45 million and 5 years.
Since no one claimed him on waivers
then no one wants his full salary. So not would we only have to give him away, we’d have to eat some salary.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Aug 12, 2010 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Right
but relief doesn’t have to be the full amount for it to be relief.
That said, I don’t think the Dodgers are down on CB enough to dump him anyway. At least not dump him, and pay a lot.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
You'd think they would jump
though, if they could get out of his 2011 contract. Or maybe they don’t read TBLA and think he’ll get better next year.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Aug 12, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Well
he is making around 5 mill a year? Unless they can get someone to eat 3-4 million of the contract, they will still be paying a couple mill for blake next year, and Ned is going to go out and blow a mil or two on some other shitty veteran next offseason. Why not just keep blake?
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
Your starting to say silly things
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Aug 12, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
by your own admission, they haven't sat Blake 3 days in a row like they have done with Kemp.
They also haven’t yelled at Blake for baseball fundamentals even though he suffered his own decline on defense and offense.
because they don’t feel they have to pull that crap with Blake.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Thus being higher on Blake than Kemp. :)
They’re also higher on Loney, Ethier, etc. If they’re trading anybody this off season, its Kemp.
not that i disagree
but the thought of Kemp being traded makes me ANGRY
by MammothDodger on Aug 12, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
would we like you when you’re angry?
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
probably not
mostly it happens on the golf course and is directed at my self, but I can be a real bastard when riled up
by MammothDodger on Aug 12, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
worst
Hulk impression ever. “You probably wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.” lame : p
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't know
I’m imagining Hulk playing golf right now.
“HULK SHANK, FUCKING SAND PIT, WHAT HULK’S HANDICAP?!!!”
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I've seen some scary stuff
temper-wise on golf courses. I played a lot as a teenager and younger (not much since). Some people take their golf game a little too seriously.
segue!
“…on your deathbed you will receive total consciousness. So I got that going for me, which is nice.”
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
a good Caddy Shack quote
usually will calm my golf anger.
by MammothDodger on Aug 12, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
just tell yourself
you’re the Cinderella boy before every shot.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Look smiles for miles
Casey Blake is Crash Davis, standing at his locker shaving telling coach (Joe Torre is this analogy) to throw a bat at Matt Kemp to scare him, cause he’s a kid
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
lol
hasn’t he already been bascially called a lollygagger?
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
It's true
he lollygags to back up second. He lollygags to back up left field. He lollygags to the plate
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I have to find out what happened
to my dvd of that movie
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
Not higher on him
They are well aware Kemp is a better player. They also feel Kemp is a puzzle that needs to be solved, whereas Blake kind of is what he is.
Not every player gets managed the same way.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
But they have CF replacements in Robinson, Paul, and Hoffmann.
But none internally for Casey Blake.
Really, they have the team rules, and they seem to have the Kemp rules, but the Kemp rules are more like treating him less than everyone else.
Might be time to cut the cord so they can stop blaming him for being talented and not being as good as they thought he is this year.
Yet you get to list Hoffmann as a replacement.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Among two other players.
Really, Robinson is probably the best CF replacement. But if you’re trying to fill out holes by trading a player, Kemp is easily more valuable than Blake would be.
With Blake, it will just be salary relief. With Kemp, you’re going to get back a starter or two back.
Maybe even Blake’s replacement at 3B
So that we can have more great starting pitching and score even fewer runs and have worse defense?
Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.
I guess in that hypothetical situation, Scotty Pods would be in center for the whole year.
by UCLADodger32 on Aug 12, 2010 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Why wouldn’t Pods be gone, if LAD is playing Gordon at a corner spot?
How bad or good is Robinson’s defense? Would Paul/Hoffmann be better or worse defensively than Kemp?
by Michael White on Aug 12, 2010 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think your third question matters. It seems so blatantly obvious that the FO doesn’t think Paul or Hoffman are anything more than organizational depth. How many times did they keep sending Paul down so they could keep GA?
Maybe that was more a product of Torre than Ned, so that may be unfair.
Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.
But with such an earth shattering trade (young franchise outfielder for young ace) the club would have to adapt. They might not want to start those guys, but with money tied up in Greinke, they might have to consider it.
by Michael White on Aug 12, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Agreed. I don’t think they’d have a choice, but Ned may also go out and find the next GA-type washed up outfielder or trade some prized prospect to acquire someone.
I’m not really excited to see what a 2011 outfield of Ethier, Marcus Thames and Willy Taveras would put together.
Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.
Right now
We have two starters for next year. I would hate to trade Kemp as much as anyone, but it would be a decent trade.
The trade works, but we’d then have to pay two major league outfielders. If that’s the case, the two outfielders will be named something like Paul and Gomes.
I would love to see what Greinke, Kershaw and Billingsley would do over the course of a season and in any given playoff series, but then I look at the Giants and think about how they’ve had the Cy Young winner two straight years and a very solid starting five and have yet to make the playoffs.
Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.
This look suspiciously like my trade I proposed yesterday :P
Just with Magill instead of another SP who I can’t remember at the moment.
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
The difference between 2011 Kemp and Robinson or Paul will be more than the difference between 2011 Blake and Russ Mitchell IMO
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe they should wait then
and trade him next June after he mashes again for the first three months. Unless he goes all “Russell Martin” on us and completely forgets how to hit.
I think it's too early to cut the cord
if he continues to regress next year then it might be time to start the discussion. Look at what Chris Young was able to do from last year to this.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Thats not the point
Its not whether or not he can bounce back. I think the consensus around the league would be yes. The point is if the organization is done with him and vice/versa.
i just don't see
how the org can be done with him because of one bad season. You gotta think they’d want to give him more time. I mean, look how long they’ve stuck with Martin.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Jon SooHoo used to supervise Randy Johnson
at USC. Per Josh Rawitch of the Dodgers:
Also, while it has yet to be announced publicly, the team will be honoring SooHoo for his 25th year with the organization during pregame ceremonies on Sept. 3 so for those who have admired his work, plan to come out early that night and salute his efforts.
Very cool.
Having $17,008,880 in dead money because of deferrements for players no longer on the team in 2011 is retarded.
Did the Dodgers just expected the players to fall dead and die?
On a sadder note
it is a crap way for Chipper to end his HOF career if he calls it quits.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Maybe
the Dodgers can let him do a Victory lap in Dodger Stadium next year after he recovers from surgery
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Eric
did you see my email from last night? just curious
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
I did
Then I slept in this morning. I’m on it, it will be up in a few.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
cool : )
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
David Beckham story is up
If anyone here doesn’t read it, they will burn in hell.
http://losangeles.sbnation.com/2010/8/12/1618606/david-beckham-galaxy-los-angeles-mls
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
tl;dr
Beckham is an asshole and his wife looks creepy because of all the plastic? Did I nail it?
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
nope
not even close
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
That man
is a sweetheart, and I won’t have you saying anything bad about him ever!
yeah, access corrupts. He’s just so British [swoon]
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
and Stephen Fry, and Matt Smith, and David Tennant, and John Simm, and…
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Simon Pegg, and Edgar Wright, and Olivia Williams, and Jamie Bamber, and…
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
are you one of those women who swoon over english accents? That’s something I could never imagine one of us blokes doing.
speak for yourself
Ladies with accents are sexy.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
do you have a t-shirt expressing this hate?
/Dexter’s Laboratory
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Yup
mainly because standard American fare is about the most boring thing going.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Aug 12, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Wouldn’t everybody who speaks think they have the “standard fare” no accent?
by Michael White on Aug 12, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
until you have a Dutch guy imitate your accent for you. that was revealing
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
nahuh South Bay Surfer Chick
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
"surfs up dude!"
“did you bring your boogie? My twin fins way loose.” – probably aren’t too hard to imitate. :)
it’s more that I swallow the end of my sentences, so every thing I say seems to tail off into oblivion
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
true
I’ve heard the “no accent” actually being described as a “hollywood accent”.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
i wish i knew how accent elimination programs worked
My first game http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN198604280.shtml
well
I knew a girl I worked with was from Ireland. she had no accent whatsoever. I didn’t even know she was from there until she told me. She was made fun of a lot when she was little so she took one of those classes to get rid of it. Coincidentally she told me I did a good impression of an Irish accent.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
definitely not all of them
My first game http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN198604280.shtml
Well yea
But with two equally attractive women, I will fall for the British accented one every time.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
just watch out
for one that offers the “Vandersexx”. unless you’re into that.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
If this is a Euro Trip reference
Then you are more awesome than I thought :)
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
it is
my awesomeness is like a bottomless pool.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
until she opens her mouth to show those cock-eyed teeth
My first game http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN198604280.shtml
I am assuming equal attractiveness though, so Theriotically the non-accented woman would also have said teeth.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
cock-eyed?
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Who be this?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Aug 12, 2010 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
in that case
i attribute your obsession with english accents to kind of like having your first beer.
this
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
He is going to make soccer the number one sport in America, when he plays here. What he has been here for like two years now and people still don’t watch MLS?
I don't think
that was ever a goal captain hyperbole. But he has made soccer competitive with Hockey and at least attendance-wise, with basketball.
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
You mean the Greatest Superhero Ever!
by regfairfield on Aug 12, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Saturday's
New York – LA match featuring Thierry Henry v. Landon Donovan is sold out, so it’s not just Beckham carrying the league anymore
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
That was all the hype when he came over was that now that the washed up player came to MLS it was going to take off. How has he made it competitive when he didn’t play last year?
he did play last year
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
He
finished out the season with the Galaxy after coming back on loan, there was the whole controversy where Galaxy fans were booing him cause he stayed through AC Milan’s (Italian serie A) season rather than come back for the start of the la season.
He’s hurt this year, but coming back
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
He made it competitive with hockey?
I knew you would compare MLS with hockey (since vadodger teed that one up for you) but pinning the MLS success on Beckham seems off.
by Michael White on Aug 12, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
well not him specifically, he’s not acting in a vaccum, but just the numbers since his arrival which include World Cup bumps and other international signings.
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
I remember shortly after Beckham signed
and started playing for the Galaxy there was this huge fan uprising against him to the point he almost came into the stands to fight one of the LA fans. Sounds like he has been more accepted now?
that incident was when he came back from Milan, right?
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How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
There’s a school of though which thinks European players are taking away chances from young americans, thus keeping our national team down
there’s a school of thought which wants MLS players to treat their MLS team as a priority and not any teams they are on loan to
those two schools got together and were a mite anry, but it’s smoothed out now
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by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
There are plenty of available roster spots to young americans to get PT for USMNT preparation. Considering there is even more expansion coming.
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oh I know. And young players need vets like Beckham and Henry to look up to, show ’em what they could achieve.
That’s extrapolated from a Beckham quote in my article, natch : )
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by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I’d say that’s more how we got in trouble with Manny Ramirez, Casey Blake. GA was signed to a minor league contract, wasn’t he? He was Crash Davis, except we called him up to the Show instead of Nuke
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by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Hard to look back on Manny’s time here and call it “trouble” even if this year didn’t work out.
by Michael White on Aug 12, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Look Lieutenant Literal, I was using his word, I don’t think Manny was trouble, nor do I really think Blake is trouble cause not all Vets are trouble.
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by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
blast!
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by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
These figures are a little bit skewed; MLS teams play once or twice a week, while NBA and NHL teams sometimes play three or four times a week, which means that NBA and NHL games are still drawing more fans on a weekly basis.
From: http://avoidingthedrop.com/2010/04/14/mls-attendance-the-nba-would-kill-for/
Nickname #2
Hey captain selective quoting:
That’s not saying that MLS couldn’t draw those numbers a couple of times per week, mind you; only that, at the moment, they’re not trying to.
and
Equally impressive is how MLS attendance stacks up against the attendance of their sister leagues in Europe (according to European Football Statistics):
Bundesliga (GER): 42,790
English Premier League (ENG): 34,088
La Liga (ESP): 28,971
Serie A (ITA): 23,899
Ligue 1 (FRA): 20,119
Eredivisie (NED): 19,319
MLS (USA): 18,452
Championship (ENG): 18,113
Scottish Premier League (SCO): 15,128
Bundesliga 2 (GER): 15,056
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Are you able to show attendance figures as a percentage of stadium capacity? It’s like comparing sold out laker games at 18,997 and half-full Dodger games at 28,000.
What I’m getting at is how much larger stadiums would impact attendance figures. Soccer seems like a sport that should be played in a 100,000 seat stadium, not a 14,000 seater.
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i always wondered how many tickets the lakers could sell in 50k seat arena
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Me too, but
would you want to watch a lakers game from Bleacher Beach?
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I would not want to watch them period.
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I dunno, even Premier League teams don’t have Stadiums above 50k, but part of that is cause of relegation
However the Seattle Sounders in an NFL stadium are the league’s biggest draw, so maybe you have something
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by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I was really hoping the Seattle Sounders
had an atrociously awesome bright green uni. They do, and I love it.
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
Yep
and the smaller stadiums make the ticket prices way too expensive for me.
by robotmadeofnails on Aug 12, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
The second part of that quote is also very spectulative. Also MLS has half the number of teams that the other pro sport leagues do 16 vs 30. So I would hope that their avg. attendance numbers would be better.
you have to factor in that San Jose is playing in a stadium with 9,000 seats, bringing down the curve a bit
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by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
bundesliga is the leader in terms of attendance since the German clubs have stadiums that have been renovated for the 2006 World Cup … Therefore, these stages are very large in capacity, they are both modern and multifunctional, so you have stadiums with American shopping malls around the stadium … The atmosphere is very good, and ticket prices are cheaper than in English stadiums, stadiums therefore attract many fans and is full every game
Louise Bourgoin: The hottest French actress I've ever seen <3
bundesliga is the leader in terms of attendance since the German clubs have stadiums that have been renovated for the 2006 World Cup … Therefore, these stages are very large in capacity, they are both modern and multifunctional, so you have stadiums with American shopping malls around the stadium … The atmosphere is very good, and ticket prices are cheaper than in English stadiums, stadiums therefore attract many fans and is full every game
Louise Bourgoin: The hottest French actress I've ever seen <3
From the Dodgers notes
After some crack research by MLB.com’s Ken Gurnick and the Dodgers’ PR staff, it has been determined that Castro is the only player in franchise history to serve three separate stints in the organization after departing and playing for another Major League team each time. Several players logged three different stints with the club, but remained in the organization. In the case of pitcher Giovanni Carrera (2001-02, 2004-05, 2006), he never made the big leagues after leaving the club in 2005 or prior to returning midway through 2006
Scooped by Gurnick? Shame
That is what happens when you spend time on soccer.
Course any time spent on Juan Castro is time spend better spent doing anything else.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Aug 12, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m boycotting Castro because he is now wearing Eddie Murray’s number
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Eddie Murray was just keeping Juan Castro’s number warm.
On a side note, Eddie Murray played with Juan Castro on the 1997 Dodgers.
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That would require me to recognize that Murray played on the 1997 Dodgers.
It never happened.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
6-4-3
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by delias man on Aug 12, 2010 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m more willing to ignore that Juan Castro player for the Dodgers ever.
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In 1997, Eddie Murray had 185 total at bats, 9 with the Dodgers and 176 with the Angels. In his 9 at bats with the Dodgers, he had an OPS of .730, good for an OPS+ of 103.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/murraed02.shtml
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I mean
4-2-3
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by delias man on Aug 12, 2010 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
So Padilla/Jurrjens is our best bet to pull out the Jergens?
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Should I buy Monopoly on my Iphone
I love monopoly, but idk, it’s 2.99, that’s a big chunk of change, lol.
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
you need wi-fi
and they should not be in the same room anyways anymore.
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Oh god, lol
I thought I just got reamed by michael and Delias Man in that area of conversation, lol.
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
i bought it when it was 4.99!
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My favorite board game of all-time
Have you ever played with two boards? I did once; we made it into a figure 8, going backwards on the other board. It turned out to be confusing as hell.
I have also tried playing with unlimited building (2 hotels on a property, etc)
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Never tried that
but I would smash you at Monopoly
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great now i have to take on two nerds
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Wait
we are getting two other people to play too?
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
uh, sure
will we have Major League playing in the background?
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I'm totally in
It’s my favorite board game, and no one ever wants to play.
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
I imagine its because no one knows the full rules
and the games take forever
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
I like that it takes so long
It’s a fun thing to spend a day or night doing.
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
I play aggressive games not that long.
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The only times games take long is if people are too stubborn about trading.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I will trade immediately, and often
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I don’t play the “can’t buy properties first time around the board” BS either.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
AGREED
what is your free parking rule? ours is taxes
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Depending on friends I play with
I used to be pro $500, but it can swing the game too much. We do always pay all fees into the middle though.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Puerto Rico is my favorite board game right now and 42 is my favorite domino game
by robotmadeofnails on Aug 12, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Offseason TBLA events
1) Monopoly
2) The Habit
3) Softball
4) Karaoke Night
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
mmm, fish & chips
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by Josie Becker on Aug 12, 2010 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
6)
Clippers games when they are $5 a seat
by SeanMillerSavior on Aug 12, 2010 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
If we are going to the Habit then Fudruckers wants a piece of it.
1. Funnel Cake Party
2. Risk
3. Barbecue / Volleyball / WiffleBall
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Aug 12, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
If we play Wiffleball
will James Loney come?
Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.
I'll take Fudruckers over the Habit
and its a much better place for a meet up.
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should Karaoke night
be Rock Band night instead?
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Someone would actually
have to trust people in their house.
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
who needs trust
when you have guns?
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
It's alright
Kinda got bored with it because the computer dominated me everytime
by SeanMillerSavior on Aug 12, 2010 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
On Casey Blake and waivers
We discussed this a week ago and it pointed out that he makes something like $5.25 mil in 2011, which is manageable and decent given his versatility, but more on point, he has something like a $2mil bonus if he’s traded between July and October 1st.
This was in response to my neurotic concern of a lack of 3b talent in the system and the need perhaps of a LH 3b platoon.
I doubt he’s going anywhere, but another loss or two and we may as well get busy building the 2011-212 team…especially if we DFA Martin and keep playing small market payroll
fuck dbacks 4 homers in a row
why does everyone gotta go hit 4 homers now?
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
biting
our style. Ours was cooler, because it helped win a game.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
and was against Hoffman in part
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
Man, and Furcal was so close to making it 5 in one inning for the walk off win
by robotmadeofnails on Aug 12, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought for sure that Furcal ball was out, too. But it ended up not really close.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know what I would have done. I was already in tears and high fiving complete strangers while running across the rows at the stadium. It was crazy
by robotmadeofnails on Aug 12, 2010 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
you didn't do that
when Nomar hit his?
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
No I was excited then, but the run scoring in the top of the 10th sucked a little bit of the adrenaline out of the crowd. It was like going from the highest high to thinking we could now lose after that crazyness
by robotmadeofnails on Aug 12, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
right
i forgot about that. Still, awesome.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Holy fuck, I thought K Rod punched his father in law in the face, I didn’t know he bashed his head against the wall. WTF was that about???
Probably told him how stupid his beard looks
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Rex Hudler works for MLB Network now
Glad he found work after the Angel/FSW dumped him.
better then what replaced him
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
At least he had some energy
its like the new guys are trying to put you to sleep.
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
If I know delias man, his “oh yay” was sarcastic.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 12, 2010 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Dakota
oh yay
as in oh yay, the rest of the country gets to hear how fucking annoying he is.
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new post
Thought this was interesting
Several Dodger prospects earned mentions as well, as Ivan DeJesus was voted as the Triple-A Pacific Coast League’s best defensive second baseman; Dee Gordon drew praise as the best baserunner, fastest baserunner and most exciting player in the Double-A Southern League; Matt Wallach was selected as the best defensive catcher and Pedro Baez was voted as having the best defensive arm in the Single-A California League; and though both have since been promoted to Double-A Chattanooga, Jerry Sands was named the best power-hitting prospect and best defensive first baseman and right-hander Rubby De La Rosa was praised for having the Single-A Midwest League’s best fastball."
Didn’t know Sands was that good at 1B.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 12, 2010 11:55 AM PDT reply actions
Oh great look who's back
LHP Antonio Bastardo has been optioned to make room for Shane Victorino, who returns from the DL.
OT
Anyone seen the new GEICO commercial w/Randy Johnson? It’s the aftermath of him getting into a snowball fight w/a kid…pretty damn funny.
Phillies lineup
Rollins SS
Ibanez LF
Polanco 3B
Sweeney 1B
Werth CF
Francisco RF
Ruiz C
Valdez 2B
Blanton P
Phillies Lineup
Rollins SS
Ibanez LF
Polanco 3B
Sweeney 1B
Werth CF
Francisco RF
Ruiz C
Valdez 2B
Blanton P
Papelbon
Implosion complete. . TOR wins 6-5
by SeanMillerSavior on Aug 12, 2010 12:32 PM PDT reply actions
My friend got his credentials, could not find a job. Went on a whim to a sherwin williams lunch for prospective employees and almost 3 years later he is one of the top sales men in the bay area making nice scrilla. there is still hope for you.
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Like a teacher?
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
new story up
Kemp also in the lineup (CF, 6th)
http://www.truebluela.com/2010/8/12/1619825/dodgers-seek-series-win-in
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