NL West A Two-Team Race, Just Not Dodgers & Rockies
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 2:00 PM PDT
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PrintI am quite proud that my preseason thought has come true that the National League West in 2010 is a two-team race. However, those two teams were supposed to be the Dodgers and the Rockies. At the All-Star break, Los Angeles and Colorado were very much in the thick of things in the race for the playoffs:
| Team | W-L | GB |
| Padres | 51-37 | --- |
| Dodgers | 49-39 | 2 |
| Rockies | 49-39 | 2 |
| Giants | 47-41 | 4 |
The Dodgers and Rockies were tied for the wild card lead, primed to make their move on the division. Both made a move alright, but sadly it was a move backwards. The Dodgers are 11-20 since the break, while the Rockies are 12-17. Meanwhile, only the Twins (22-8) have a better record than the Padres (19-10) and Giants (20-11), and the two teams playing tonight at Dodger Stadium are left to play out the string.
Clayton Kershaw has faced and beaten the Rockies twice this season, pitching eight scoreless innings to out-duel Ubaldo Jimenez on May 9, and allowing two runs in five innings three weeks later in Colorado. Kershaw struck out nine Rockies in each game.
Kershaw's opponent on May 30 in Colorado was Jhoulys Chacin, who will face him again tonight. Chacin allowed no runs in 7 1/3 innings on May 8 (the Charlie Haeger no-out game), and in the loss to Kershaw he allowed four runs in 5 1/3 innings.
The Dodgers have won each of the last nine series with the Rockies, dating back to 2008. In each of the last five series, the clubs have split the first two games with the Dodgers taking the finale.
Looking at the Rockies' last 13 games, I sense a pattern:
Win, Loss, Win, Loss, Win, Loss, Win, Loss, Win, Loss, Win, Loss,Win
I think we know what's coming tonight.
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Bob Timmermann wrote a wonderful article on LA Observed about the Dodgers and "the year of the crabbiness." This is merely a snippet, but such a great paragraph (hat tip to David Young for the tip):
[Larry] Bowa, who thought Jim Edmonds didn't try hard enough when he was on the Angels, and thought Scott Rolen didn't apply himself well enough when he was on the Phillies, has come across as one of the least happy and most unreasonable of any member of the Dodgers coaching staff since Leo Durocher worked under Walter Alston. Bowa's continued employment by the Dodgers (or by any team) is a tribute to the sport's time-honored tradition of hiring hard-ass coaches to do the dirty work of managers. It has been difficult to see what sort of tangible benefit the Dodgers get from employing Bowa. Aside from runners being told when to try to score from second on a single.
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I'm going to Friday's game
Would I be getting to see Lilly pitch that night?
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
That kick was total bullshit. Thought they should have come down harder on him.
by Michael White on Aug 17, 2010 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Instinctive reaction
they didnt’ have real cleats until they hit the states so they don’t realize what kind of weapons they are.
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Per the Dodger game notes
Tonight, the MLB Productions’ "Greatest MLB Rivalries" series will go inside the Dodgers-Giants matchup with an hour-long special on Versus. The 5:00 p.m. PT debut will take viewers inside the series, providing perspective from players, coaches and team executives.
I demand a full report!
Or, at least email me the boxscore if you can
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I will once I get home to my Wifi, since it is just the iPod and no wireless at the stadium
by robotmadeofnails on Aug 17, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Too bad there is no connection at DS. You guys could track my scoring live from home :)
I will see if I can post it up later
by robotmadeofnails on Aug 17, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
DS has wireless but
if we give you the code we will have to kill you
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The password is not exactly rocket science
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clicky clicky click
No it isn’t! “Not exactly rocket science” doesn’t work!
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 17, 2010 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
It's probably something like
1,2,3,4 or DSMedia
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
A few weeks ago on DodgerVision
the top 10 list was the 10 most common passwords used. I wonder if it was one of those.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
I remember from hackers
it was like 1. Password, 2. God, 3. Love or something like that
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Dang, Now I am going to spend the whole game trying to figure it out.
by robotmadeofnails on Aug 17, 2010 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
It doesn’t work on the iphone anyway because you have to get a security certificate from a website. I have tried.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Really? I have done that at cafes that have certificate websites I have to load to
by robotmadeofnails on Aug 17, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a hunch
that the Dodgers are more concerned with fans crashing their press server than your local tattooed barista
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
nobody has a Droid though, so moot point
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Apple
10% of the market share
100% of the awesome
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
100 percent of the smug douchiness
you mean? :-p
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
I meant to ask you more questions
at the Red Lion but watching Tripon not eat his food distracted me.
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You realize that everyone has a droid right?
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Adam Morrison has more rings than Lebron, Bosh, and Wade combined?
I’m guessing that story was somehow hitting a bit too close to home for the lad.
by KellyStephen on Aug 17, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
From what I've heard everyone was more fun then Greg
which I why he was banished to Maryland
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With Larry Bowa and Bob Timmermann in the news
I have to bring back my omage to Larry the Hardass Bowa when he refused to wear the mandated 3rd base batting helmet. Most of the story was based on conversations on DT during that spring.
http://www.truebluela.com/2008/3/1/112427/4903
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I will play the obnoxious grammatical Bowa figure
and point out that it’s spelled “homage.”
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 17, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
someone stole my “h”. Be careful ou there:)
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Be careful ou there
Now he’s stealing t’s, too! This letter thief is orrible!
The cildren! Won’t anyone think of the cildren!
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 17, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Would love to see Bob and Larry Bowa do some kind of off-season reality TV show. I might even try to tune in for some of that. It could be based around Bowa moving into Bob’s apartment for the winter. Things would likely get heated when Bowa, upset with how much couch time Bob’s cat is getting starts showing up at Bob’s work yelling at Bob and the public library patrons telling them to show more hustle. Of course Bob gets even when he spikes Bowa’s trail mix with meow mix.
For SonsofWestwood
from a few threads ago…
As far as I can tell, Dodger draftee Derek Cone is unrelated to David Cone. I am not sure if David Cone has any kids at all.
Cone's wikipedia page has this
After his second retirement, Cone was offered a broadcasting position with the Mets, but opted to remain home with his family.
That implies children.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 17, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
A ha
Your wiki comprehension exceeds mine, good sir. I kept searching for the word “son”
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Doing the math
David Cone bullpen “incident”: late 1989.
Derek Cone: born 6/20/90
You do the math
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
WEIRD SEX ACT IN BULLPEN
One of my all-time favorite tabloid headlines
I’m thinking a combo of rubber and no rubber, infused with pitching dirt, made Derek the pitcher he is today
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Has anyone seen the Garfield minus Garfield comics? It just takes the day’s Garfield comics and shows you only the scenes with Jon Arbuckle. It’s never been more fun to laugh at a lonely, schizophrenic man. Absolutely hilarious.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
I remember seeing them once and laughing
Do you have a link?
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
The one’s where they just get rid of Garfield’s speech bubbles are better since the one thing Garfield does well is expressions.
That, and you still get a lonely schizophrenic man who talks to his cat all day.
by regfairfield on Aug 17, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish I could draw
my goal would be to do a Dodger comic strip.
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Get Fuzzy
love that strip when I come across it.
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Bucky the cat
called the Yankees the “Yankers” about ten years ago, the first time I’d ever seen them called that. And of course, it was funnier because Bucky actually thought that was the team’s name.
by The Dude Abides on Aug 17, 2010 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I was looking at the Nationals’ 40-man roster, which now includes Bryce Harper, and noticed they have six guys on the 60-day DL, so they essentially have 46 players on the 40-man roster for now. That’s a ton.
I think so
on 40-man April 5, 1999, at 17 years, 72 days
Harper today is 17 years, 305 days
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, only 17
I wonder if he will be up by age 19?
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From MLB.com:
Harper will start his professional baseball career in the Gulf Coast League and then go to the Instructional League in the fall. Rizzo isn’t sure if he will go to the Arizona Fall League. Rizzo said it was an outside possibility.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t care where it is, I just hope he isn’t good. There is no rationale behind that, he just bugs me.
Give the kid some time to mature
he is 17.
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
does that affect service time at all? I’m trying to find out what the difference is as it relates to the prospect, but I’m having no luck.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
It affects option years (immediately start being used) but not service time.
In the off-season, I’m thinking a picking Eric’s brain and writing a primer for all this contract sort of stuff.
by Michael White on Aug 17, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
It means the option years get burned very quickly. In Harper’s case, he’s either going to have to be called up by 2014 (he will get a 4th option year if needed by not being a pro five years by the time the first three are used), which is likely anyway, or they could call him up even sooner to have the option to use an option on him if needed. Ethier way, he will be a free agent at age 27 at the absolute latest, if not sooner.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
www.baseballhq.com taking a look at Buster Posey
Buster Posey (C, SF) continues to make baseball look easy, with a .337 BA in 252 AB. BHQ analyst Joe Hoffer examined Posey on July 24, 2010, noting his high h% but concluding that Posey could be “a potentially perennial .300 bat out of the catcher slot.” Posey still owns that high 36% h%, which appears to be supported by his minor league career h% of 37%. However, Posey’s minor league career consists of 634 AB, barely more than a full season’s worth, and only 131 AB came above the Single-A level. The jury is still out on what Posey’s Major League h% will be.
It’s also worth noting what happened to Posey this season in the two months in which his h% was normal as opposed to superhuman. In June and August (thus far), Posey had a 29% h% and his BAs were .259 and .269. Posey’s 7% bb% and 88% ct% should provide a BA floor, ensuring that he won’t hurt you in that category, but to expect a .300 BA from a 23 year old with so little experience seems overly optimistic.
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If he weren't a Giant
I think he’d be one of my favorite players heading on into the future…damn him being a Giant.
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
Not mine
I like that we weren’t bad enough in 2007 to warrant having the #5 pick in 2008 to get him.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
I'm not saying I wish we were bad enough in 2007 to be able to get him (though with how that year ended why the hell not, right?)
I’m just saying I wish he were a Ranger or Blue Jay or Astro instead. Then I could actually like him.
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
Yeah, he’s awesome. For some reason, I’m having a hard time hating the young Giants. I think I keep hoping the Dodgers and Giants can be really good and really young so we can have a renewed rivalry for a few years.
So the Nats followed the Rays in being the only teams to ever have the #1 overall pick in back-to-back years. When looking at the history of the #1 overall pick, my question is, so far, what is the best two-year stretch of #1 picks (no, Silverwidow, Strasburg and Harper aren’t it)?
I’m guessing it has to be either Phil Nevin (1992) / A-Rod (1993), or Harold Baines (1977) / Bob Horner (1978)
Great pick
didn’t notice them at first glance.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Both Mauer and Agon
were taken because of money, thats crazy. Mauer was most likely going in the top 2 however.
Why is James Loney not batting 3rd?!
I remember loudly joining the MSM chorus of ridiculing the Twins for not taking the “sure thing” Prior with the number one pick, thinking they were too cheap.
5 division titles in the next 8 years for them (first 2 with no Mauer, but still), and working on a sixth.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I've learned to not make fun of what the Twins do
they even sucked at the Santana deal but still have not missed a beat.
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Even better
Matt Harrington was pegged as the best talent in the draft the year before.. Whats up with Antelope Valley area High end draft picks?
Chilcott and Harrington.
Why is James Loney not batting 3rd?!
Greed has a price
so sometimes l like to see that price paid. To bad Matt had to pay the price of his parents greed and his agents arrogance.
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Well if he has rights to that screenplay, Harrington probably did OK for himself!
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=090423/harrington
Why is James Loney not batting 3rd?!
Welcome
Palmdale Pony back in the day was our little hangout. Lot of really awesome memories and some really bad ones.
Why is James Loney not batting 3rd?!
I'd never heard this story before
http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/05/12/the-curious-case-of-matt-harrington/
It’s kinda sad, but what is wrong with him and his “representative” for turning down 4 million dollars?
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
I remember reading about it as it was going on.
It was maddening how he just kept turning down offers.
by Michael White on Aug 17, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
Maybe the moral is "Don’t be greedy." That’s simple enough. Matt Harrington was a high school pitcher who turned down millions to play baseball. What else could the moral be? Harrington’s first roommate with the Cats looked Matt dead in the eyes once and said: "You know I hated your guts."
"Why?" Matt asked.
"Because I thought you didn’t care about baseball."
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
Because 4.9 million but you have to skip three years of arb is a fucking joke.
by regfairfield on Aug 17, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
but he was the complete stud until he blew his arm out.
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Amazing how many failed overall picks there are
That dude Bullington from the 2002 draft just shutout the Yankee’s the other day for his 1st major league victory.
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My favorite fail however
has to be Danny Goodwin who was the number one overall pick twice and had a career as good as Bart Shirley
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Didn’t even notice that. I want to see a where are they now story with him!
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I've been making fun of him for 30 years
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Can you imagine the 1969 Mets with Reggie (#2 pick in 1966) instead of the vacancy of Steve Chilcott?
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
They would not have won without the grit of Swoboda
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Touche.
I was thinking the Dodgers might have avoided Reggie’s hip or 3 HR, but it probably just would’ve happened in a few LCS’s instead.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Padres seemed to have had a large
number of overall picks. Dodgers zero, Giants zero
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If sweet Lou only had more say in the matter
Stupid number 2 overall.
Why is James Loney not batting 3rd?!
Draft picks must not have gotten dick back then
because Goodwin passed up being the #1 pick, which last I checked was the highest one could be picked, to go to school.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he was an idiot
but like Price may have just wanted to go to school.
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or for this year's playoffs
aside from Mauer / Adrian, we have Burrell / Josh Hamilton
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Burrell had a nice career, but Hamilton’s issues meant that the team drafting him got no benefit.
by Michael White on Aug 17, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup
Tampa got nothing for all the patience they showed with him. I bet things would have been different with this management group. Probably would have gotten the help he needed sooner. Just a guess.
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I think they’re the ones that left him unprotected. Can’t blame them since he had 55 PA in the last four years.
by regfairfield on Aug 17, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
For purposes of this exercise though, I am just thinking of overall career
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
If that’s the case, it probably has to be either of ARod’s or Dunston’s as they are the Hall of Famers of the group.
Which sucks, I was pulling for Rick Monday.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
I could have sworn you just said Dunston and HOF
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, a reprieve from the corner.
You can return the hat.
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Horner was the guy
I remember getting drafted and then knocking the shit out of the ball and winning the ROY. I wonder if he is the only guy to get drafted and win the ROY in the same year?
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Washed up by age 26
but what a nice career between 20 – 25 for a 3rd baseman. Still ended his career with an OPS+ of 127 and never played a game beyond the age of 30.
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He was a badass
Drafted on June 6. First MLB game June 16. Breezes to ROY in shortened season.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Horner hung with the home run master of that time, George Foster. Foster led the league with 40 bombs that year, and hit 26 from June 16 on. Horner had 23.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
at age 20
I remember thinking at the time I was watching a HOF. Oh well.
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www.baseballhq.com takes a look at James Loney:
Loney’s power skills stall…There’s no question James Loney (1B, LAD) can hit close to .290 with 12-15 HRs. But owners and pundits wonder every spring whether this will be the year when Loney breaks out and his power skills flourish. Loney’s 8 HRs in the second half of 2009 were an encouraging sign that the answer to the question might finally be ‘yes.’ But with fewer than 50 games left, it’s painfully obvious that the Dodger first baseman won’t reach 20 HRs.
Year AB BA xBA bb% ct% Eye HR PX G/L/F SX
2007 344 .331 .299 8 86 0.54 15 117 42/22/36 51
2008 595 .289 .283 7 86 0.53 13 91 44/22/34 85
2009 576 .281 .274 11 88 1.03 13 71 43/22/35 70
2010 445 .288 .296 7 84 0.49 8 92 42/28/31 78
If anything, Loney’s skills have eroded somewhat this season:
* Loney surrendered the improved bb% and Eye he showed a year ago;
* Loney’s LD% is unsustainable and far exceeds that of the previous three seasons;
* His FB% continues to erode, while his PX remains below league average for a third consecutive year.
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After Loney spent a long time being not the problem this year, he’s back to being horrible. I didn’t realize this until my buddy asked me to come up with a worse everyday first baseman and I had to really struggle for an answer.
DFAing still wouldn’t accomplish much, but Loney not progressing at all this year has been the mustard on this shit sandwich.
by regfairfield on Aug 17, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Larry Bowa has been the soggy bread of said shit sandwich.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
and Kemp taking a step back has been the gooey, shitty shit middle.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 17, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
At least Zach Lee is a good pickle on the side.
by regfairfield on Aug 17, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Martin was the wilted lettuce of this kaka
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I love James
His lack of power is made worse by having no other source of power in the lineup.
Why is James Loney not batting 3rd?!
We can go around in circles on that point.
Loney isn’t a problem at first base if he is cheap and if you’re getting power elsewhere.
But Loney’s soon gonna stop being cheap and the team doesn’t have power elsewhere.
Replacing Loney at 1B is soon going to be the easiest and the most cost-effective solution.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 17, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t help but see him as a stronger version of Casey Kotchman hitting behind a couple (a few when healthy) good hitters with a shinier batting average.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
Let him be that for somebody else.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 17, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Loney since the ASB: .214/.267/.330, 9 runs, 2 HR, 7 RBI
Has played 30 of 31 games. Started 29. Yikes.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Intead of the three musketeers ( Loney, Andre, Kemp)
we got the Mousketeers.
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...and he's not the worst regular
Casey Blake: .204/.269/.316
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
When we get hot
we will be one of those teams who will point to our sterling record in the last 40 games as a reason for optimism for the following year
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The Padres are having our 2009 this year. Next year, they will have our 2010. I just hope they didn’t waste Mat Latos for a playoff push.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
According
to the awful This Week in Baseball show that Fox puts on before the GoTW, it goes Breakout year, fall to earth, then reemergence.
This applies to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and also Star Wars.
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
please say you are only comparing current TWiB to classic TWiC to form said opinion of the show.
Otherwise, I challenge thee to another arm wrestling!
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
The heck is Mel Allen?
I’m talking about that newsmagazine the air before Saturday’s GOTW, with human interest pieces on whatever team is hot at the moment
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I was going to say I'm pretty sure
that our Jose has no clue who Mel Allen is.
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Who is Jose, and what does he do?
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
BUT WAS ABLE TO TYPE AND SEND THIS COMMENT AS I WAS FALLING TO THE GROUND. LUCKILY I ALSO HIT THE CAPS KEY AS WELL.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Indiana Jones missed the memo. It went Breakout year, fall to earth, fall, fall, fall, fall.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
aren’t there just four Indy movies?
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I enjoyed Temple of Doom, and even the one with Connery and the Holy Grail.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Connery was aweseom
but Doom was awful and the last one was simply a bastardization of everything that is wrong with filmmaking.
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Don't do it even at the 10 cent matinee
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Don't do it even if you can rent it for free and then go back in time to get your life back.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 17, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Indy still came out on top of Temple of Doom though, right?
I’m not saying The Empire Strikes back was a bad movie, but that by the end, the Empire had like, stuck back or whatever. Hero up, hero down, hero up again.
Huh, that’s kinda like
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
The Padres are having our 2009 this year. Next year, they will have our 2010. I just hope they didn’t waste Mat Latos for a playoff push.
That is tricky. No, they shouldn’t wreck his career, but flags fly forever. If there is a time to push a guy, it’s in a pennant year. Finding the balance and how hard to push…. tricky.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 17, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
But at this point, theyc ould still make the playoffs and skip every other start for him.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
That's a good point.
Protect him, make the playoffs, and ramp him back up? That is a good plan.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 17, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Worked for Jose Bautista. The man hit 10 home runs from 8/16 on in 2009. He had 13 on the year.
by regfairfield on Aug 17, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Bautista and Torres
lessons to be learned?
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No
I just figure the core will get red hot and carry the rest.
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From last thread
Looked up the cover
I can see how it conjured that iconic image of me and Eric
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True story
Josie came aboard to SBN LA after defeating me in an arm wrestling endeavor
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
What would you have gotten if you had won?
and FYI, I’d have bet on Josie.
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The ban
of soccer talk on the baseball board. Mua-haha-hahha
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
The interest on my Kent single beer
has to be in the double digits by now
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Awesome find
put a moustache on Eric and those green things on you and we have a total match.
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So the backdrop is?
Wolverrine, ?, ?, Cap’n, Spidey, Black Widow with Sue Storm in the middle.
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From right to left
Wolverine, Storm, A pair of boobs, Sue Storm, Cap’n, Spidey, Black Widow
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
She be doing some high kicking
based on that leg elevation.
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I think that’s an arm. But what do I know?
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 17, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
In retrospect you be right
guess I was projecting
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Leg Elevation?
All I know is her breasts are as large as Sue Storm’s head. I understand that breasts are hard to draw, but that’s just about scale and proportion
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
You say that
like it’s a bad thing.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 17, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Breasts on a body like that just don’t exist in nature, is all I’m on about
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
That is certainly true.
But using that argument about a drawing featuring a man in an all-powerful iron suit and a green-skinned, mega-muscled-and-mega-breasted she-hulk, seems to be cherry-picking something to complain about.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 17, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
ha ha
You ever watch some show that is so out touch with reality and your wife decides at that moment the movie should deal in reality?
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I accept the rules of the game. I complain just as much about the hypermuscular depictions of wolverine that exist, he just happens to be pretty tame in this one.
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I mean lookit
ridiculous
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Lots of fanboys
were not happy with Hugh Jackman being casted. They wanted a stocky 5 foot tall roided up Logan
Why is James Loney not batting 3rd?!
Luckily Marvel told them to fuckoff
because they wanted to make money. Casting Jackman helped save the corporation, if X Man the movie failed, other dominoes might have taken her down. Coming out of bankruptcy she was in very shaky territory.
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I would argue
that X-Men’s success(es) begot the Iron Man, Transformers, et al 80’s cartoon movie revival, so although i didn’t like anything after the first X-Men, I loved Iron Man I and II.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
Exactly
if XMen was not a success you probably would never have seen the other movies you loved. Hugh Jackman made XMen a success.
Spidey was huge but the royalties to Marvel were a pittance because of the deal they had to sign. Sony made billions but Marvel only made millions. The deal with Xman also sucked the but the success of the movie allowed them to make better deals so that eventually they finally started making real money. For years the only real money Marvel made off their movies being made by other studios’ was in the toy business.
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Hugh Jackman
I want to see him in a remake of Guys and Dolls as Sky Masterson.
I love Guys and Dolls but the movie sucks. They cast Sinatra as Nathan Detroit when he should be Sky, and they cast Marlon Brando as Sky when he should be buying a ticket to that movie, not acting in it.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 17, 2010 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Touche
1) you can fly? cool
2) you can shoot lasers from your eyes? cool
3) you can lift several tons with a finger? cool
4) you have big boobs? that just doesn’t happen, sister!
:)
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm never
googling anything you say ever again. Anyhow, this is my kinda supergirl
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
X-MAN version of Cammy?
BTW wheres the breasts? I thought those never changed.
Why is James Loney not batting 3rd?!
If the Red/Orange hair
was flowing freely I could get behind that. Who she be or do I have to look it up?
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Jenny Sparks
from Wildstorm. Buffy before Buffy was Buffy
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I am a fan of
hers as well yes. She’s like Faith after Faith was Faith
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Dodgers lineup
Podsednik LF
Theriot 2B
Ethier RF
Loney 1B
Blake 3B
Kemp CF
Carroll SS
Ellis C
Kershaw P
But what could you have expected?
Other than Kemp batting higher I guess. Belliard at 3B?
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Ronnie from the shore is getting out of hand.
by Michael White on Aug 17, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I tried
I really tried to watch Jersey Shore this weekend, but I had to quit after like 15 minutes of total viewing time, including fast forwarding. It’s painful.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I was actually getting angry at one point because I hated the cast so much.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
A cast i am starting to hate
Podsednik LF
Theriot 2B
Ethier RF
Loney 1B
Blake 3B
Kemp CF
Carroll SS
Ellis C
by delias man on Aug 17, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Fair point
If I had a history with Jersey Shore like I do with the Dodgers, I would give them more rope
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
If you had watched the Sitch's
constant pussy-getting failures of last year you would see more humor in it.
And Ronnie dancing around after knocking somebody out cold with one punch
by Michael White on Aug 17, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Why would E want to relive high school?
by KellyStephen on Aug 17, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Only 25%?
Pod instead of Manny – -17%
Theriot instead of DeWitt – 3%
Boring Andre instead of KickAss Andre – - 12%
Bad Loney versus Good Loney – -9%
Old Blake versus old but still functional blake – -5%
Don’t kare Kemp versus Gold Glove / SS Kemp – -19%
Ellis versus Martin – 13%
Total – 78%
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by Phil Gurnee on Aug 17, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Amazed that the difference between Martin and Ellis is that high. I guess Martin does get huge bonus points for his girlfriend’s huge bonus points.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
The total suckitude of Ellis
and the still solid popularity of Martin.
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Honestly
The calls to DFA Martin have all but ceased since he went on the DL.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 17, 2010 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Larry Bowa had a thing for Rihanna and now he’s pissed about it. Throwing his weight around trying to keep Kemp from getting ABs.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
Is it me?
Or does anyone else think shes not all that?
Matt Kemp - Bringer of drought, puncher of babies faces(ugly ones killed on site), not Larry Bowa's GUY
I most certainly don’t. She’s like a 7+ for me. The celeb appeal gets her the extra couple points simply for the bragging rights that would come with getting with her.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
she looks good
when she’s smiling, which isn’t often
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 17, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I think our plan ( and I think it’s a good one) is to draft hitters, regardless of position, and then find the appropriate position for them. I love, love LOVE the idea of drafting a hitting 3B or OF and moving them behind the dish because a) you don’t have to hit as much to be an above average offensive catcher and 2) they won’t have all those little league/high school/college miles racked up on their knees.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
Zach Lee can hit right?
Matt Kemp - Bringer of drought, puncher of babies faces(ugly ones killed on site), not Larry Bowa's GUY
yeah good pt
how is Lee as a position player? Did he go through HS as a pitcher only or did he play multiple spots?
Zach Lee’s HS athletics website doesn’t provide stats. Only a roster, pictures and schedule.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
Not to be confused with a Maxi Priest fan site.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Clearly, our strategy with our first pick is to take projectable, young pitchers with good fastballs. Giving me crap for this, as if I said every pick was a position player, is ridiculous.
He asked if we drafted any catchers. He was not referring to our first round pick either. I’m sure we drafted some 3B/OF types who may end up behind the dish.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
Giving me crap for this, as if I said every pick was a position player, is ridiculous.
WHAT?
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dropping it.
I said we don’t get our catchers by drafting catchers, and you responded with something like “ya, because that’s why we took Zach lee, to make him a catcher”. I’m assuming I misunderstood you, so I’m dropping it.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
Why is everything italicized now? David tagged us for going off topic, I’m sure.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
I’m guessing NotJoeTorre didn’t close the italics tag
by Michael White on Aug 17, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
really, that does that? You could really mess with people (like me apparently) if no one knew how to fix it.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
like in olden days
when you called someone on the phone, but didn’t hang up your line, so they couldn’t make calls again til you hung up.
And something about a party line, but my dad was going on and on and I got bored.
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha
even I’m to young for party lines related to the phone company.
So Josie, you never saw Sin City until recently?
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nope
I started watching halfway, I realized, so it made no sense to me, but I love Gilmore Girls so it was cool seeing Alexis again
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Sin City was the best movie of it's kind.
seeing Alexis make another bad life decision was par for the course.
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yeah the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants was not the right direction for her career to take
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Sin City was amazing!
I loved the comics and wasnt sure how it would translate to the big screen. But they did a decent job. AND you get to see Marv kill Frank Miller
There's a game tonight??
I thought the season ended on an up note as the Dodgers signed Zach Lee and then because it was such a huge thing they were handed the Wild Card playoff spot.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
If winning was based on free agent signings, the Yankees would have the most WS titles.
Wait, what? Maybe your reasoning is sound, sir!
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
Zach Lee was a free agent?
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Jose just arm wrestled my brain into confusion, depression, then hysteria in that order.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
What the hell!
Y’all need to stop this dropping the i shit or I’ll start making you use my legal name
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that like
Tony Hawk’s daughter or something?
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
If anyone was wondering, it looks like Dexter Fowler was sent down by the Rockies to make room for Chacin, tonight’s starter, per Troy Renck of the Denver Post
or maybe Taylor Buchholz, who was not on the lineup card, per Tracy Ringolsby.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Ned is on the phone right now inquiring on Dexter Fowler for Zach Lee.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
I blame this season on Jason Repko
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that’s ridiculous. What’s even more ridiculous (SSS applies) is Repko’s .864 OPS in 59 ABs.
Matt Kemp can make the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs.
Only 59 Abs? Ive seen him way too much on ESPN/MLBN for so few Abs.
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Rockies lineup
Young 2B
Fowler CF
CarGo RF
Tulo SS
Mora 3B
Helton 1B
Spillborghs LF
Iannetta C
Chacin P
What happened to Ian Stewart?
Luckily CarGo sucks donkey shafts on the road.
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Name the mystery player.
CarGo on the road:
.276 / .292 / .427
Mystery player overall:
.259 / .315 / .448
Hawpe has been putrid.
I guess I should have written a preview, lots has happened since we last saw them.
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You will have another chance next week, when the Dodgers are in Colorado!
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Greetings from Hiroshima
Sitting in the lobby of my hotel using the hotel PC, just shocked, pleased, and astounded at the Zach Lee news. Best thing to happen this week in Dodgerdom as far as I can see—Ive been keeping up with scores as best I can, but have been generally otherwise occupied.. Its been a great trip though. Gotta run. Carp vs Swallows tommorow night. Will report.
by Little Blue Bicycle on Aug 17, 2010 4:57 PM PDT reply actions
That reminds me
Eric Stults update:
16 starts, 4-8, 5.12 ERA in 95 innings.
Those stats look old though.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude
who broke the earth?
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
Speaking of NPL, I wanted to see how Yu Darvish has been doing.
I’d love to see him in blue some day, but…
http://mopupduty.com/index.php/yu-darvish-pitch-count/
That scares me… a lot.
He’s throwing a lot of pitches per game, where will he be by the end of the year?
MLB pitchers often get near 4000 pitches/year, and used to top 5000 pretty often.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/what-pitch-counts-hath-wrought/
People don't think it be like this, but it do.
Reply fail
This is supposed to line up under Talka1ot’s post above.
People don't think it be like this, but it do.
So he still might end up right around 4,000 regardless, maybe a little less.
He still has an “Ace” payload in terms of pitch count, but they just happen to be concentrated to fewer starts. I wonder which is more detrimental to the arm: 4,000 with 4 days rest or 4,000 with six days rest but higher payloads every sixth day?
Isnt that common with Japanese pitchers?
that they get run into the ground per game but only pitch on 6 days rest?
Looks like Furcal and Manny with Inland Empire tomorrow
per Ben Maller:
Joe Torre: “Manny is running about 90%. unless something changes in the next hour, he’ll go on rehab tomorrow.”
Also, this from Maller:
Joe Torre: “Not sure who’s going to close tonight. Broxton and Dotel are available.”
Just in time...
…to help the team play out the rest of the season pointlessly. :-/
But seriously, would still be more fun to have them back.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
A lot more fun then watching
Carroll play SS.
Of course you know that if Manny comes back they will start platooning Kemp/Pod.
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Me too, at least in play
The CBA mentions it as being used “for failure to render services to the club.”
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I heard speculation today that the Mets will use this as an excuse to get out of his contract.
People don't think it be like this, but it do.
He's going to pay a big price
for going off on that dude.
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NYT
article says (a) they are not paying him for the rest of this year and (b) they have made next year non-guaranteed, meaning they can release him without pay.
Player’s union will have something to say about that, methinks.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 17, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Good news
noted Dodger murderer Brad Hawpe might not play much if at all this series. Troy Renck of the Denver Post speculates:
The Rockies can’t go too long w six relievers So if hawpe clears waivers soon. Which is expected. A move could be made w him
Hawpe isn’t playing anymore. So the writing is on wall. But w the rox nothing certain anymore this season has been day to day proposition
But as we sit here today I expect next move to bring back reliever to involve hawpe
Last Night
Jon Stewart and John Oliver were brilliant.
“barely a plowing accident”
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Missed this yesterday
Claudio Vargas was released to make room on the ABQ roster for Charlie Haeger, who was wild in his start Monday.
Hard to believe we actually
had debates about whether he would or would not get picked up on waivers. I’ve assigned him 3% blame for this seasons pratfalls.
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Fangraphs on options
In summary, here are the key points:
- Players who signed major league deals last night will not use an option because they will spend fewer than 90 days in the minors.
- Players will likely begin burning options next season, assuming they play above short-season ball and stay relatively healthy
- In some cases, these players will have four option years, not the standard three, if those options fall within their first five professional seasons – dictated not by draft date, but by the above 90-day rule.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/regarding-bryce-harper-and-options/
I didn’t know about the bold sentence. Is this true, Eric?
I thought the rules is that they gained an option year.
Which in the end, means that they’re controlled for the same number of years.
They only gain a 4th option year if they use up 3 before being a pro for 5 seasons.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Mainly for Eric
but I just saw Giada De Laurentiis in CVS in the Palisades : )
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
Had to look her up
I had no idea that was her name.
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I couldn't muster up the courage to say anything
and she was with her young daughter anyway, but if I had, I would have made sure to tell her all the Stephen brothers send their best wishes
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
I have her spoons!
Also, a whisk and this mesaluna knife. If you ever see her again, tell her that mesaluna knife is the most brilliant knife I’ve ever owned
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay I just brought up this bad boy
but you’d rather prattle on about Boy Scout Knives?
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Why are you boning ducks at work?
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Not exactly
The girls here wouldn’t appreciate being called ducks!
by keithc13 on Aug 17, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
funny
since all the guys here are peckerheads : p
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I've seen your version of our history
Me: Oh Tommy, you’re the best! LOLZ : )
You: Yeah, whatever.
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
wonder how many
evil exes Josie has?
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 17, 2010 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Truthsome?
And going by Ramona’s rubric, 6, with two sexy phases
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
awesome
i only have 1, but I think of her as an amalgamation of Kim Pine and Envy Adams. A little Ramona mixed in.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 17, 2010 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Even
including Indian guys you kissed once in 6th grade, er, I mean, the Tommy equivalent of that
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah, I mean there were other moments
Me: Tommy, ur so hot & sexxy
Tommy: o hey thanx
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
me: Oh my gawd ur such a stud!
Tommy: Yeah totes
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I had
to put my fist in my mouth at that, because I was reading it at work.
that and the “I was such a paragon” line
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 17, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha!
As unbelieveable as it sounds, I am indeed married to a beautiful woman!
I am a salesperson by trade
don’t be that guy, or I will post pics of all my exes
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Did anyone mention this?
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/08/reds-designate-micah-owings-for-assignment.html#disqus_thread
We could use the offense.
Matt Kemp - Bringer of drought, puncher of babies faces(ugly ones killed on site), not Larry Bowa's GUY
I thought about that.
His OPS is low this year, but that’s SSS to the extreme with only 14 AB. In 50 somethingAB last year, he managed something that might make Theriot jealous, I believe. 818 OPS
i didn't see him yesterday
and I have nothing against him. But i’m positive Eric Karros says something like this on the pregame show,
“The bottom line is, the Dodgers need to score some runs.”
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 17, 2010 6:08 PM PDT reply actions
That's a great point
If everyone doesn’t know, if I don’t go to work, I don’t get paid.
Now back to regularly scheduled program already in progress.
EK can be a real simpleton sometimes. I should like that as I am one, but I don’t.
like Steve Lyons "Keys to the game"
I’m postive he’s gonna have one item one day,
Play baseball
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 17, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I can see it
and then extrapolate it to mean just play your game, keep it simple, which is equally meaningless
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s a simple game, you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes, it rains. Think about that
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Did a good friend tell you that?
Matt Kemp - Bringer of drought, puncher of babies faces(ugly ones killed on site), not Larry Bowa's GUY
Look
I’m just hear to do whatever I can to help the ballclub, and god willing things will work out
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
i had that game
i saw an awesome video on youtube of it used to recreate the 1986 Buckner play, with audio.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 17, 2010 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UDoSc-fRpg I used to have it in a “I miss Vin Scully” playlist before I discovered MLB.tv
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
That's so great
it’s been at least a year since I last watched that. My favorite part is the player of the game on screen with the game player as Marty Barrett. :)
by Eric Stephen on Aug 17, 2010 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes!
If I knew how, I’d totally do one for Gibbys….nope, now I have to do it, my August project is decided
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG
do it Josie. I’ll love you forever. I have dipping sauce Josie, I’ll be your dipping sauce bitch.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 17, 2010 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
are you kidding?
Fewer phrases in the English language hold that much greatness.
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
i wanna know
how he changed the names. I didn’t know you could do that. Though I haven’t played that game since I was under 10
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 17, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
It's a sprite editor
on the internet there are several versions of mario running around with a giant wang/several editions of tecmo bowl with current rosters
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by Josie Becker on Aug 17, 2010 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Just read this
Ethier: .352 with runners on, .256 with bases empty.
Maybe he should hit 4th. i mean, if they wanna tinker.
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 17, 2010 6:19 PM PDT reply actions
How long does it take to evaluate a draft class?
In football its 3 years, how long in baseball?
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
The Red Sox Farm System..
That 08 team in Lancaster had Nava(was signed as filler) Lars Anderson, Josh Reddick, Felix Doubront, Ryan Kalish, Jason Place, Luis Exposito, and Jorge Jimenez.. Tons of talent but the Ports killed us in the championship. I got my first look at Chris Carter from the As.. hes a big boy
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