Dodgers Out Of Position, Out Of Offense, & Out Of Time
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 10:10 PM PDT
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PrintIn a game that featured players playing -- sort of -- out of position, the Dodgers found themselves running out of time, as the Padres won 5-0 to gain a series split, essentially knocking four precious games off the schedule, keeping the Dodgers eight games out.
In the fourth inning, with the infield shifted toward right field with Adrian Gonzalez batting, Gonzalez hit a would-be double play ball to shortstop, but when Jamey Carroll threw to second base his pivot man was not Ryan Theriot (he was shifted to short right field for the pull-happy Gonzalez), but rather Casey Blake, who couldn't get the ball out of his glove in time to turn the easy twin killing.
In the ninth inning, with Tony Gwynn on first base, Chris Denorfia chopped a ball to third base -- you know, the infield -- that somehow got over Casey Blake's head, then rolled down the line, skidding past left fielder Scott Podsednik, too. In the end, Denorifa ended up with an inside the park home run, in one of the most generous scoring decisions I have ever seen. The last inside-the-park home run hit at Dodger Stadium was by Blake DeWitt, on May 6, 2008.
Oh yeah, did I mention Andre Ethier was playing first base in the ninth inning, for the first time in his career? Since James Loney made the final out of the eighth inning, he was removed as Octavio Dotel was brought into pitch. Loney's out was his third of the night with two runners on base, representing the tying run. He came close once, with a fly ball to the right field wall, but that turned out to be the closest the Dodgers came to scoring all night.
Of course, none of these plays mattered much anyway, since the Dodgers couldn't muster a single run.
Kevin Correia pitched 5 2/3 innings for the win. He gave up several fly balls, including three to the warning track, but the Dodgers never scored off him. Correia didn't strike out a single batter, the 14th time a starting pitcher has won this season without a strikeout, and the second time for Correia in his last three starts.
The Dodgers next welcome the Nationals for three, starting Friday night with Clayton Kershaw facing John Lannan.
WP - Kevin Correia (8-7): 5 2/3 IP, 4 hits, 1 walk
LP - Chad Billingsley (9-6): 6 IP, 7 hits, 3 runs, 3 walks, 4 strikeouts
Sv - Heath Bell (31): 1 1/3 IP, 1 walk, 1 strikeout
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Really though
Some hard hit line drives and hard hit warning track shots, and we can’t get a damned run. So frustrating.
"Stop exploding you cowards!!!"
If the season really is over
I hold out hope:
1. we get something for our vets that can help next season and beyond
2. the team is sold to someone really rich (Cuban im looking in your direction…..)
3. That Tron: Legacy is as awesome as it looks
1. Colletti doesn’t trade vets for prospects.
2. Highly unlikely.
3. Highlier unlikelier
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't say impossible.
It’s just extremely unlikely.
I will wait to be proven wrong.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember when
punk wasn’t daft.
And I also remember when disney wasn’t punk.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
You should definitely
get off my lawn
/eastwood
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
and light cycles
LIGHT CYCLES. yes i believe that repeating what i previously stated in all caps immediately after stating it is better than lucidly explaining why the movie will be great
should we start flooding cuban's twitter with words of encouragement?
I need something to distract myself form this horrible baseball!
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
I can see Cuban now
sitting in his office, looking over financial studies about the economic viability and benefits of owning a baseball team.
“Well, time to take a break. These numbers sure are boring. Let’s see what’s on the old Twitter.”
[checks replies]
“Wow, 217 people want me to buy the Dodgers. OK, what the hell?”
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I think we should at least keep it on the back burner
if shit really hits the fan, I’ll fully support a grassroots effort to bring Cuban to L.A.
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
Cuban
I believe that Cuban has pissed off the MLB establishment big time in his attempt to buy the Rangers. He did not approach the commissioners office for approval as an owner, forced his way into the auction, drove the price up for the preferred buyers, and pocketed some money from his purchase of unsecured debt.
I doubt he will ever get approved to buy a team.
by kimo from kauai on Aug 6, 2010 12:59 AM PDT up reply actions
true, but I'm just hoping Selig maybe cracks
and gives in to letting him own a team if he goes after one again. Maybe he feels the pressure from people thinking it’d be good for ratings and inject a flair into the league? Although I know he’d rather not have another owner that could potentially spend like steinbrenner. This all under the assumption that they pry this team away from McCourt in the first place, he seems to be hanging on for dear life.
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
Isn’t Selig retiring in a year? He said he would retire after the next CBA is negotiated. Which, personally, can only mean he’s going to fuck everyone up then leave.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091128&content_id=7724736&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
If Frank holds on until 2012, I imagine he’ll stay on until the new TV deals in 2013, then if that doesn’t work out…who knows what the new Commish will have to say.
Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.
Time for a modest 20 game winning streak.
by Alex41592 on Aug 5, 2010 10:16 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Strange feeling to essential be playing out the string in the beginning of August. With all the regulars being out, it does seem like a september type roster with meaningless games.
Honestly
Who thought this team would be out of it on August 5?
I know I didn’t.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not surprised by the Dodgers record.
I am shocked by the Padres/Giants though. That I didnt count on.
Salt in the wound that James McDonald has the best start of his career today.
I guess that's right.
It’s not that the Dodgers are so much worse than i thought they’d be… it’s that SD & SF are playing way better than I thought they would.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Huge night for the Padres
I have them gaining nearly 9% in the their chances of winning the NL West tonight, due to losses from the Giants, Rockeries and Dodgers.
vr, Xei
if Pads make it
I will cheer against them. I cannot cheer for any NL West team not named Dodgers
by EephusBlue on Aug 5, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think you made me effervesce!
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Aug 5, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
i agree, I cannot root for any NL west team
mainly the Giants and Pads
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
I’ll cheer for the Padres like I cheered for the Marlins in 2003.
Easy to cheer for the underdog low payroll team.
Teams I would cheer for if the playoffs started today, in the order that I would root for them
1. Tampa
2. Cincinnati
3. Texas
4. San Diego
5. Atlanta
6. San Francisco
7. Chicago
8. New York
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm gonna go...
1. Texas
2. Atlanta
3. Cincinnati
4. Tampa
5. New York
6. San Diego
7. Chicago
8. New York
Always been a big fan of...
Cincinnati. Can’t stand the AL so no team there. Push come to shove – Tampa.
by RoyaleWithCheeze on Aug 5, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I just really hate the current White Sox
1. Ozzie Guillen is their manager. Totally untrue fact that I like to quote about Ozzie Guillen: did you know that he’s the only player to be caught by the hidden ball trick three times? It’s not true! But it should be!
2. Hawk Harrelson is their announcer.
I will lift my temporary White Sox hate when those two things are no longer true.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I forgot about him
Fuckers. Hate these White Sox.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
4. Andruw Jones
5. Juan Pierre would have another ring in a box.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I'm alone here
But I got nothing against those guys.
Jones I wanted on the team. Sorry he didn’t perform, and he was a FTOG, but he wasn’t around long enough for me to hate.
Pierre… I certainly hated that Pierre was a Dodger, but he seems like a nice man. I have nothing against his personal happiness.
Not like Guillen, Harrelson, and Pierzynski. Those fuckers can fuck themselves, except that I don’t even wish them the pleasure of the orgasm they’d have from fucking themselves.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Pierzynski
is the only guy I’ve ever seen punched on a ballfield (by Michael Barrett) and said, “Y’know, that guy deserves it.”
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
General assholian nature
I dislike him enough not to have bothered to look up the spelling of his family name. Kudos to you Maddz.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
He’s one of those guys that people say “you would love him as a teammate, but hate him as an opponent,” only you would also hate him as a teammate.
He reportedly hurt his groin, and when trainer Stan Conte (they were on the Giants) asked how he felt, AJP kneed Conte in the groin and said, “that’s how it feels.”
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
oh
wow. Forgive the pun, but that’s a dick move.
Leading the league in OMGs.
by Maddz on Aug 5, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Also he was the batter in the 9th inning of Game 2 of the 2005 ALCS that (smartly) took off for first base when the home plate umpire called “out” at first but changed it. Completely changed the series that could possibly have been 2-0 Angels coming home.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just gonna post that
That play is probably the arbiter of how you feel about Pierzynski.
If you think it was a heads-up move and good baseball smarts and totally awesome, then maybe you like Pierzynski.
If you acknowledge that it was a heads up play but think that it makes you want to beat the living crap out of Pierzynski, then you don’t like him.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Excellent point
I am in camp B (for beat down)
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm in the latter as well
but at least it happened it happened to the Angels
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
OK, I'll be completely honest
I don’t understand what AJ did wrong. He took off for first on a dropped third strike…? Excuse my ignorance, good sirs. :)
Leading the league in OMGs.
Like Humma said
the play itself was fine, but it was the litmus test.
I hated that it was that fucker who made that play, for instance.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
The ball was never dropped
The catcher caught it just above the ground. But AJP, realizing he struck out, took off for first and sold that it had been short-hopped, which was pretty heads-up, in a sneaky way.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Right
So if he was a guy that you were already inclined not to like…. yeah, you gotta acknowledge a player doing heads-up shit in the ALCS….
….and he has to acknowledge that it made me want to do unspeakable, horrible things to him.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
That was Mathis, not Napoli, right?
I still maintain that that catch is so low that Mathis should have immediately jumped up and tagged AJP anyway, not just flip the ball back out the mound (the K w/should have been the 3rd out).
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Also, ump Doug Eddings called out
and was later seen after the game:
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
"If you play against him, you hate him. If you play with him, you hate him a little less."
-Ozzie Guillen
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
LOL and rec'd
I don’t begrudge Pierre anything. It’s really that JP with another ring is more fuel for the Plaschkes of this world.
I was very unhappy with Jones because he really looked and appeared to be physically unprepared for the entire season.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
oh goodness I forgot about the prospect of Hawk being happy, thats almost unbearable
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
My problem is I'm a lousy baseball fan
Once the Dodgers are out I probably won’t even watch the playoffs except to see the final scores a couple of times a week.
same here
Tommy can call me a hater all he wants, but I love baseball but cant spare the time unless I am passionately invested
Ya know how when Ethier, Loney, Kemp, etc., are announced, and there’s a nice cheer from the crowd? When Podsednik was announced leading off the bottom of the 6th, it was like morgue in the stadium. Not much more for Theriot, either.
Sadly, that’s all I really have for this game, despite seeing most of it in person.
by TopDeckTrueBlue on Aug 5, 2010 10:26 PM PDT reply actions
Sorry, we were bad fans tonight, with a 5- and a 6-year old
we bailed before they announced, but I thought they might announce 36.5 or so. It looked maybe a little emptier than a typical weekday game, I’d say.
by TopDeckTrueBlue on Aug 5, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
The announced attendance
is tickets sold. Are you saying you’d guess 36.5 in the house? Lotta empty seats on Tuesday also, but higher 40s last night with the beach towel giveaway.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I thought they announced something in the mid 30s tonight.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, actual number of people in the house?
Maybe 30K, I dunno. Never actually thought about how many people are there, compared to what they announce.
by TopDeckTrueBlue on Aug 5, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought with Bills going we had this game but this team has too many holes in the lineup (hitting and fielding). It’s a shame – great pitching lately.
by RoyaleWithCheeze on Aug 5, 2010 10:27 PM PDT reply actions
Having been at the previous two games of this series, but not the first
I guess I should have made an effort to attend tonight. Sorry about that.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I was counting on a pennant race this season
heavy ticket load in August. 3, 4, 7, 17 (or 18 – can’t remember), 20, 30, 31. Ooof.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Can’t blame you for that distribution. Perfectly reasonable to me.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
With the coming of Kavula's Folly
we front-loaded on our ticket package. Now we look smart!
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
A merchant of sorrow! A wise one, though. :)
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
J-Mac 6 innings, 8 K’s, no runs.
Dotel 1 inning, 2 runs.
So even in the short term, this trade is…….eh, nothing else to say on this.
Good night, everyone, and good night to the 2010 season. I’ll be at the game in Philly on Thursday, but barring several miracles, that’s gonna be the last live game for me until ’11. I more or less checked out when Sherrill gave up that seeing-eye single in San Diego last week. Wish Ned could have done the same, and just quit while he was behind.
24 games left this month to move in the standings
I still won’t count the Dodgers out until I see how August ends.
I've allowed myself the slightest bit of wiggle room
with the “barring several miracles” qualifier above. But that “Oh, MAN! We lost! That sucks!” feeling you get after every loss pretty much escaped me in San Diego last week. I’ll give “credit” to the Dodgers for allowing me to feel something the past week, as they got so dangerously close to winning about half those games (including tonight). Oh, and who can forget those “wtf” moments on the basepaths! But that’s pretty much it now. My biggest hope now is no more injuries, particularly for the core guys.
Worst team since...
(2005 doesn’t count)
I’m gonna go way back and say 92. Because that’s how awful this team feels right now. Hell, the 92 team could outscore these guys.
I like listening
to Ken & Josh.
Callers, not so much.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Ken & Josh may be the best Dodger Talk hosts ever
I agree with you 100%
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
This team couldn't score on a hooker
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 10:41 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Neither could Dave Stewart
sort of.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Aug 5, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey Yo!!!
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Meh
I prefer this old one: “They couldn’t drive you home with a map and the keys to your car.”
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
You pick how my post finishes
Last night they did “This or That” with Padilla on the scoreboard. This is a feature where they ask the subject questions like “Batman or Superman” and “UCLA or USC”. I very much wanted them to ask Padilla:
1) Smith or Wesson?
or
2) Glock or Smith & Wesson?
or
3) Shuddup Dave, it isn’t funny either way; stick to your day job.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I liked how he answerd "both'
to blond or brunnette
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
That's is the answer you have to expect from a guy who
unbuttons his shirts that far.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
It is
pithier. (Phil, you didn’t have to look it up again, did you?)
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
As just heard on Dodger Talk
and tweeted by Dylan H:
Ethier on being told by Torre to go to 1B: “I thought he was joking at first, but then I saw he wasn’t smiling.”
Overreaction
OMG Loney’s getting traded!!!
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Responding too seriously
Don’t be silly. He’ll never pass through waivers.
The Omar Moreno of this blog
by Humma Kavula on Aug 5, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Suchon
said Ethier was lost on how to play the bunt when Denorfia was batting. He had no idea what to do. Pretty funny.
Also said GA had a big smile on his face with the inning over, and that perhaps it was rock/paper/scissors between them to see who played where. :)
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
as much as GA got on my nerves that story made me forget about it
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Aug 5, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently Rick Monday was saying Matt Kemp should have backed up Podsednik in the 9th on Denorfia’s ball.
Sheesh.
Seriously?
On a ball that was down the fucking line? Really??? Jesus H. Christ wrapped in an American flag.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
On DT, a caller mentioned that, and they told him he was piling on
“If Kemp had to run all the way over to the left field line to back it up, Denorfia could have crawled home.”
by TopDeckTrueBlue on Aug 5, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently Rick Monday has been drinking on the job
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Grain of salt
This was according to a Dodger Talk caller, a rare one who was sticking up for (rather than shitting on) Kemp.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Would seem like an odd thing to make up though
Could possibly be an innocent mishearing though.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
On the commercial for Ethier In My Own Words, I really like the (what I believe is a) quesadilla with chiles and cheese on top. I now want Mexican food. Damn you, Dre!!!
k3vo and i
are engaged in a cold war of food. you do not want to be drawn into this.
…except now I want chile rellenos. NOOOOO
Leading the league in OMGs.
as he put it
mutually assured destruction by taunting one another with food.
Mostly, I’m just hungry.
Leading the league in OMGs.
I had a reaction the moment I got to the word
“engaged”.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
puts Saturday night into a whole different light :)
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
so would now be a weird time
to mention that k3vo decided to go to Vandy instead of ASU?
Leading the league in OMGs.
Frozen, New York
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 5, 2010 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah yes
Now I remember that discussion.
Hidden desire to get as far from home as possible?
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Hilariously enough, yes
that and I didn’t get in anywhere, really. It was either Santa Cruz, CSUN, or Rochester. Parents wanted me to go to Santa Cruz, I wanted to go to CSUN so I could continue working and focus on a dance career. It also meant I would be around my clown of a high school boyfriend.
Apparently my grandmother stepped in and read my mother the riot act, which enabled me to visit UR. I fell in love and then experienced actual winter for the first time.
Leading the league in OMGs.
Santa Cruz
I would have failed every class there while staring at the damn ocean. But taking a math class from Tom Lehrer would have been freaky weird.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
The campus is beyond gorgeous
and my brother and sister both attend. But I was pissed off that some admissions dork paid more attention to my friend than me when I went up to visit…so I decided I didn’t want to go there.
Leading the league in OMGs.
That reaction
so high school! :)
So you were the weird California chick amongst the upstaters? Cool.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I was flaming liberal hippie surprise
at least comparatively. The worst was getting a Rochester, NY accent. Yuck.
Leading the league in OMGs.
Upstaters
Kind of a different type of redneck. Worked with a tiny girl who was native and Syracuse grad – drove a pickup with a gun rack – out here in So Cal.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Definitely gorgeous
Toured it with my daughter when she was visiting campuses.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
oh jesus christ, you are just letting everything slip now aren’t you?
"Go fuck yourself" -Eric Stephen 6-29-2010
"Oh honey, I'm chalk full of juju" -Maddz 7-15-2010
Ha!
Even throwing out the Southern Belle lingo, now.
Well played.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not the one who listed “Chad Billingsly Real Doll” on the registry.
"Go fuck yourself" -Eric Stephen 6-29-2010
"Oh honey, I'm chalk full of juju" -Maddz 7-15-2010
by K3vo on Aug 5, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
HAVE YOU SEEN HIS ASS? I MEAN C’MON.
Besides, we agreed that if I can get the Chad Real Doll, you could get the bachelor party at Morongo.
Leading the league in OMGs.
thats true.
we did talk about this, but I’m pretty sure you were using your feminine wiles on me at the time. Or the tea was drugged.
"Go fuck yourself" -Eric Stephen 6-29-2010
"Oh honey, I'm chalk full of juju" -Maddz 7-15-2010
I love Mexican food
One of the great qualities of Mexican food is how well it goes with tequila. :)
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
One of the great qualities of tequila
is how well it goes with a night like this
Leading the league in OMGs.
On a more serious note
Jersey Shore is looking good this season. The Sitch and Pauly D working their magic. GTL for life
by SeanMillerSavior on Aug 5, 2010 11:07 PM PDT reply actions
Reality show? I've been assuming that.
Doesn’t seem like my cup of Bigelow green.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Me too!
teaspoon sugar, dash of milk
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 5, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I approve of Earl Grey
and drink a fair amount of that my own self. I tried red tea (rooibos) from South Africa recently and liked it.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Rooibos is bull crap
I’m sick of non teas pretending to be teas like they invented the word
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 5, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Elitist!
There’s no reason why you can’t steep the dried leaves of other plants in hot, hot water!
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
You say elitist
like it’s not a label I strive for. Now if you’ll excuse me, my nose is drooping far too low
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 5, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I love how
you want to go there, but you’re a bit too classy, so you gave it an acronym
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 5, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Only way I can think of
to make it even the slightest bit subtle, as if there is a good reason to even try that with a TWSS joke.
Or maybe I was just too lazy to type it out.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
hardly, i hear its all scripted
I don’t tend to watch that kind of garbage though, although I keep watching this Dodgers squad : /
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
If the Dodgers come back from this deficit to make the playoffs
I will sing “Don’t Stop Believing” at TBLA Karaoke Night, which I assume will happen in the off-season.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I would prefer to sing
“Dancin’ With Myself” by Billy Idol and Generation X
For the same reason.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
one of the DJs I follow on twitter
thought one of the lyrics was “fresh farm fruits//we got them in stock”
Leading the league in OMGs.
Can we go to
the Karaoke bar in (500) Days of Summer? And can I sing the Goldfinger theme?
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 5, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Redwood Bar and Grill
I’m gonna book it right now
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 5, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
So weirdest thing
I was watching the game, all the way through right, and when we were about to go into the ninth, my TV switched over to Law and Order SVU, wouldn’t let me go back. So I figured, whatevs, I’ll just watch this. Good episode, Maggie Walsh was the judge.
So what happened? Epic comeback? I bet epic comeback. Eric, I’m printing it, Dodgers win 7-5!
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
For the love of god
Can we get Shawn Tolleson out of R ball
19 1/3IP 12H 1R 1ER 4BB 31K’s!!
by SeanMillerSavior on Aug 5, 2010 11:15 PM PDT reply actions
Some folk seem to be having trouble
with understanding the area Matt Kemp is responsible for. So I’ve highlighted his territory in green on this map:
hopefully that clears some things up
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 5, 2010 11:26 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
sorry that was supposed to be a new post
Eric, I’m sure you heard it, but Josh quoting you
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
also, this makes me kind of sad that the "next 50" project has essentially been scrapped
i thought it looked pretty neat
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
In the final 61 games of 2004
Mayne and Ross made all the starts (after the LoDuca trade), and Wilson filled in 9 games in September. They combined for 220 PA over those 61 games:
.169 batting average
.256 on-base percentage
.212 slugging percentage
.467 OPS
2 doubles
2 home runs
13 RBI
14 runs scored
That’s the low-water mark.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Should have been Charles Johnson
Screw you Florida
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by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Screw Charles Johnson. He was in Colorado, and wouldn’t waive his no-trade IIRC
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh crap
I was thinking about the wrong year… Sorry
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by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
2 home runs?
Yeah, if that happens, I bet Ausmus will be done a la Penny.
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TBLA props on DT!
He likes your third of a season breakdown, Eric. Kudos to you!
by TopDeckTrueBlue on Aug 5, 2010 11:28 PM PDT reply actions
Suck it
Russell Martin
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by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
From the Jeremy Giambi school of crossing the plate
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
you said cum hahahah. . .
im going to sleep
by SeanMillerSavior on Aug 5, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Im pretty sure
Suchon and Levine just look at the TBLA website everyday to generate topics to talk about after games
by SeanMillerSavior on Aug 5, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
They both read it
They are exceedingly friendly at the ballpark as well. If I am in the blog spot, I am essentially sitting right in front of them.
In this particular case, Josh emailed me tonight and said he really liked the post, so I figured they would talk about it.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I just discovered the BBC Proms
I want to be English. Someone tell Oxford I’m smart. And pretty!
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
Alright gang
I’m going to sleep. Just let me know where Maddz and K3vo are registered, and I’ll send them a toaster from that place.
Candlesticks always make a nice gift
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 5, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Future ex-husband already! Record time!
"Go fuck yourself" -Eric Stephen 6-29-2010
"Oh honey, I'm chalk full of juju" -Maddz 7-15-2010
Nah uh
this is going to be a recommittment ceremony. We gotta renew our vows! How else will I know you’re going to love me forever and ever and ever?
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my co-dependency is transparent. Trust me, you. will. know.
"Go fuck yourself" -Eric Stephen 6-29-2010
"Oh honey, I'm chalk full of juju" -Maddz 7-15-2010
You know what helps send a message?
Jewelry. That’s how you say “codependent” with love
Leading the league in OMGs.
so that is why you left that Jared’s flyer stapled to my steering wheel the other day. noooow I get it
"Go fuck yourself" -Eric Stephen 6-29-2010
"Oh honey, I'm chalk full of juju" -Maddz 7-15-2010
If I can’t have my friends telling each other that you got it at Jared’s in awe/jealousy, life simply isn’t worth living.
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He went to Jared
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Aug 5, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
i couldn’t remember your size, so i bought you a vaccuum cleaner instead. i hope you like it!
"Go fuck yourself" -Eric Stephen 6-29-2010
"Oh honey, I'm chalk full of juju" -Maddz 7-15-2010
theres my little round peg.
"Go fuck yourself" -Eric Stephen 6-29-2010
"Oh honey, I'm chalk full of juju" -Maddz 7-15-2010
Do you like it because
it has big balls (well, only one), or because it never loses suction?
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I thought that's why
I was getting k3vo here? Even more reason to love Dyson, I guess.
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All those energy drinks
make you more than one man can handle?
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
A 13 letter word for "oft played commercial"
HEWENTTOJARED!!!
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 11:52 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I say codependent by buying another phone
so i can text you twice at the same time.
"Go fuck yourself" -Eric Stephen 6-29-2010
"Oh honey, I'm chalk full of juju" -Maddz 7-15-2010
OH ERIC
Do you want me to take over the FB page? I understand if you don’t. :)
Leading the league in OMGs.
What are all these pictures of cats doing here?
I thought this was a baseball page. Oh well.
How would you define your approach to management, apart from being brilliant?
by Josie Becker on Aug 5, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw that suggestion earlier
and think that would be outstanding.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
If you want, sure. We can talk on Saturday.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 11:45 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I thought the security dude got in the way at first
"Go fuck yourself" -Eric Stephen 6-29-2010
"Oh honey, I'm chalk full of juju" -Maddz 7-15-2010
It was weird
I looked up, saw him hustling over to the ball, thought to myself “Manny would not have done that” and then looked down at my keyboard. I looked up again and was like WTF IS GOING ON
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I tried hard damn it
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by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
ugh fail
Just like the Dodgers
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by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Here it is... Here's how the ball got away
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by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
And how shocking that a Yankee fan did that
No offense to our resident Dodgers/Yankees fan here
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by angelofdeath on Aug 5, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
This is the opposite of a FAIL punch
Awesome
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by angelofdeath on Aug 6, 2010 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
This is the cat
we should send to Eric. It’ll be a hilarious reversal of fortune!
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That image
should be photoshopped with Eric’s pic. I, unfortunately, lack the tools.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Who needs tools when you have M$ Paint?!
Note the $ sign. True pros only.
Leading the league in OMGs.
MS Paint fool. Represent!
"Go fuck yourself" -Eric Stephen 6-29-2010
"Oh honey, I'm chalk full of juju" -Maddz 7-15-2010
good point
that makes it a little more credible then : )
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
Watch out Eric
You might be on the wrong end of this
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
by angelofdeath on Aug 6, 2010 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow
Amazing picture.
Speaking of that, I am close to securing a picture of me punching a cat.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 5, 2010 11:55 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
by the way, the Marlins announcers made fools of themselves earlier
“oh my gosh! how do you miss that call!”
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=10660809&topic_id=11493214
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
Strange looking grounder
Looks like that last bounce before the bag was just barely touching the foul side of the chalk but bounced weirdly back toward the fair side. Davidson looks like he anticipates that the ball with cross 3rd base on the foul side and doesn’t follow the trajectory of the bounce, which must have took it back over the bag given that the next hop, beyond the base, was inside the line enough to not even draw chalk.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
yea
I dont really have a strong opinion on the play itself, its really tough to tell, but thats just such a pathetic reaction from television announcers
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
They work locally for
one of worst fan-drawing teams in the majors. ’nuff said.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
How did nobody pick up on that softball of a joke
http://www.entertonement.com/clips/rtpmkrgqxz—One-God-Damn-Hit?type=suggestion_tfnbywpdrj
Google before you Tweet. It's the new Think before you Speak.
OK folks, it's been real
But I need to make like the lead goose and get the flock outta here.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
wow thats excellent, did you use flash?
it would be sweet to have someone around who could make .gifs and such
William Doolittle at your service, a.k.a. will do.
i just googled online gif makers and found gickr.com
I used to have one on my old computer.
by Taylor Maricle on Aug 6, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
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