Matt Kemp To Win Baseball America Major League Player Of The Year Award
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 12:42 PM PDT
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Matt Kemp will be named the Major League Player of the Year by Baseball America, making him the first Dodgers player to be so honored. The award hasn't yet been announced, but Kemp has won according to a tweet from Sports Management Partners, Kemp's agency headed by Dave Stewart.
Hopefully that won't be the only award Kemp wins this offseason. The National League MVP award won't be announced until November 22, so we have some time to prepare to be disappointed when Ryan Braun wins the award. Kemp is also a lock for one of the three National League outfielder Silver Slugger awards, which he also captured in 2009.
Baseball America has awarded a Major League Player of the Year award annually since 1998.
| Baseball America MLB Player of the Year | ||
| Year | Player | Team |
| 2011 | Matt Kemp | LA |
| 2010 | Roy Halladay | Phi |
| 2009 | Joe Mauer | Min |
| 2008 | CC Sabathia | Cle/Mil |
| 2007 | Alex Rodriguez | NYY |
| 2006 | Johan Santana | Min |
| 2005 | Albert Pujols | StL |
| 2004 | Barry Bonds | SF |
| 2003 | Barry Bonds | SF |
| 2002 | Alex Rodriguez | Tex |
| 2001 | Barry Bonds | SF |
| 2000 | Alex Rodriguez | Sea |
| 1999 | Pedro Martinez | Bos |
| 1998 | Mark McGwire | StL |
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Nice!
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Sorry for making this so huge, but you gotta read the names
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
If only it was true.
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Oct 13, 2011 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
MLB Player of the Year > NL MVP
one would at least hope that winning this award would imply winning the other one. But of course it doesn’t.
Some do, some don't
2011 Matt Kemp LA
2010 Roy Halladay (Won NL Cy Young Award, 6th in NL MVP)
2009 Joe Mauer (Won AL MVP)
2008 CC Sabathia (6th in NL MVP, 5th in NL Cy Young Award)
2007 Alex Rodriguez (Won AL MVP)
2006 Johan Santana (Won AL Cy Young, 6th in AL MVP)
2005 Albert Pujols (Won NL MVP)
2004 Barry Bonds (Won NL MVP)
2003 Barry Bonds (Won NL MVP)
2002 Alex Rodriguez (2nd in AL MVP)
2001 Barry Bonds Won NL MVP)
2000 Alex Rodriguez (3rd in AL MVP)
1999 Pedro Martinez (Won AL Cy Young, 2nd in AL MVP)
1998 Mark McGwire (2nd in NL MVP)
He was that high after only half a season
very impressive. Much like the support Manny got for MVP for only 2 months with the Dodgers.
Sosa winning the 1998 MVP was a joke.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
He did have an amazing year
And didn’t the Cubs take the wild card that year?
by The Dude Abides on Oct 13, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
The TBLA playlist:
I’m on to song 4, Radar Love by Golden Earring.
For everyone who suggested two songs, I downloaded the second and will put them after all the first choices. So go ahead and choose a second song if you want.
If you haven’t listed a song for me to listen to, just let me know and I’ll listen to it, in order of suggestion.
Here is the playlist so far (new #1 songs will slot in after The New Pornographers song):
Genesis – Firth of Fifth
Midnight Oil – Blue Sky Mine
by The Dude Abides on Oct 13, 2011 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Not "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"?
Or Nimoy singing “Proud Mary” is also excellent.
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"12XU" by Wire is my second song.
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No, that was just a joke.
Go with Wire. Over ten minutes shorter.
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I missed this thread
is there a theme to these song lists, or just songs people like?
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
hah don't do it!
unless you are into math metal and like 21 minute long songs
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I was listening to some dudes talk about how all Meshuggah sounds the same.. UH DUH, thats the point.. damn bandwagon metal fans
Anything you hadn’t heard before that you especially like so far?
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve been familiar with all the bands except Can so far and that one was, uh, weird. Oh, and Blind Guardian. Neither were my favorite kinds of music, but weren’t necessarily bad.
hahaha
did you like the song? Mirror, Mirror?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
But more seriously... here's an awesome little discovery (thanks to college radio) I made this year
BUDOS BAND. Album Budos Band III. Mostly instrumental but kicks serious ass. Any of the cuts.
Older: Wings, “Beware My Love.”
Also: Calexico, “Corona” or “Close Behind” (from two different albums)
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Hm okay, the Wings song and Corona. Love em both
Budos Band, just check out that whole album at some point when you get a chance.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Yep!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=206f0dLjtds
I didn’t realize that the first time I heard the Calexico, and I loved Minutemen back in the day.
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Country Joe and the Fish -."The “Fish” Cheer / I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag" 3:44
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Oh, come on. If you’re gonna do a Country Joe and the Fish song, make it Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Since this needs something made recently
BT – The Unbreakable
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I can perform this song, impersonating Fred Schneider from the B-52’s.
I KNOW ya wanna LEAVE ME! but i reFUSE to LET YOU… GO!
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
That is not a definite no. That is a maybe.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen
Los Lobos – Set Me Free (Rosalee)
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Greatest thing about that song, was the expectation level. Way back when the Toaster existed there was a blog with Will Carroll and a comedian whose name escapes me. They were the least interesting of the Toaster blogs but one day they did a musical rundown and they were all over the Has Been album, so I said what the hell and purchased it with zero expectation that it would something I’d listen to twice.
Blew my fucking socks off.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Second song:
Holland, 1945 by Neutral Milk Hotel
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I love that album.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s in my top ten albums, for sure, along with their label-mate Olivia Tremor Control’s Dusk at Cubist Castle.
But I think #1 right now, for me, is The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society.
Unless it’s Pet Sounds.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
some others
OK Computer—Radiohead
Astral Weeks—Van Morrison
The Harder They Come—Sountrack (Jimmy Cliff and others)
Hmm, this sounds like quite the recommendation. I know nothing of this band so that will be fun. Anyone remember the days you heard music for the first time on an LP that oh so much better then the song that made you purchase the LP in the first place? Only a few I imagine
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I Hate To See You Baby Doing That Stuff
Lloyd Cole
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Psycho
as covered by Elvis Costello
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3 hours and change later...
All done! This was fun, maybe I’ll do it again sometime next week.
Here is the final playlist:
by fbihop on Oct 13, 2011 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Lots of sucking on a ding dong.
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in the future, we should do a turntable.fm room. basically there are 5 djs and they take turns player a song.
How many firewalls will that not work through?
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“login with facebook”
There’s one popular stopper.
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My longest yet, but plenty of pictures, three different movie palaces, and the Captive Wild Woman!
Josie, that was really good stuff.
My cousin was the private secretary for Ed Mann during the Chinese days. Can you imagine renaming the theater?
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Oct 13, 2011 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Brewers Lineup
Morgan CF
Kotsay RF
Braun LF
Fielder 1B
Weeks 2B
Hairston 3B
Betancourt SS
Kottaras C
Wolf P
Cardinals Lineup
Furcal SS
Craig RF
Pujols 1B
Freese 3B
Holliday LF
Molina C
Theriot 2B
Jay CF
Lohse P
Berkman sits.
It feels weird that a potential series clincher is being played just after lunch. It makes it feel more lilliputian than it is.
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
CBS rosterbation
They can probably make a run at Jose Reyes. His zealous personality would fit perfectly in Hollywood, just as his bat would atop the order. Gordon could be moved to second base and hit second. So the lineup would start: Reyes, Gordon, Kemp, Ethier (well, maybe, we’ll get to that … ).
Play Juan Uribe full time at third base. He’s not too old to bounce back from an injury-plagued campaign.
Dangle Ethier as a trade candidate. Even when he’s at his best, he’s not an elite player — yet many seem to view him as one. He’s a free agent at the end of 2012 and has had several episodes of complaining about the team and then backing off the comments. I wouldn’t necessarily come out and say he’s gone, but instead quietly shop him. If he can be dealt for prospects, Sands and Tony Gwynn Jr. are enough to fill out the outfield for the time being, while L.A. just treads water waiting for the ownership situation to be sorted out.
Give Loney one last chance. The 27 year old was one of the best hitters in the league in the last five weeks. If it was a fluke, the Dodgers can address first base next season. If the McCourt situation was different, a run at Fielder or Albert Pujols while selling high Loney would make a lot of sense, but I just don’t think they could pull that off financially at this point.
Bring Kuroda back for one more year. He wants to stay in L.A. anyway, and with De La Rosa on the shelf recovering from surgery, there’s a need for a stop-gap in the rotation.
If there’s any possible way to do so financially, Kemp needs a huge contract extension. He’s only 27 and can anchor the franchise for a long time. He’s also wildly popular, so this would at least send a message to the fans that the Dodgers are still very relevant.
Other than the Loney part I’m for it.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
If the Dodgers sign Reyes (which I think has about as much a chance as they do of singing me to play shortstop) then I think they have to stick with Loney.
Why?
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Unless you replace Loney with a lower cost option.
At least in my mind Loney is a luxury we can’t afford. We’ll give him 6.5 million dollars, he’ll most likely do what he always does. I’d like to go hunting around and see if we can get that same below average production for 400 thousand.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Not free agents necessarily. Sands is one option that might come close. I’m a big fan of David Cooper of the Blue Jays. Maybe get one of the A’s cavalcade of unathletic slugs.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
We’re not aiming high here, we just want someone that has an okay shot at being a below average first baseman.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh of course. In my mind Javy Guerra is getting shipped off for a Loney replacement and I know neither of those things would ever happen.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Everyone’s been talking about whether or not to tender Loney. I hadn’t even thought of trading him . . . Loney, Guerra, and DeJesus for Gordon Beckham!
Why would you want a 2nd baseman who has been awful other then 1/2 a debut season?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I don’t see why not. Reyes has played some second base too.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I could see him in orange and black.
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Jimmy Rollins had 58 walks this year.
Aaron Miles has 62 walks in his last four years combined.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s hard to say. Without the injury history he’s one of the best free agents in a long time. 28, coming off a six win season, he would probably deserve more than Fielder.
With the injuries, I’m thinking the Beltre contract is a decent comp, with more vesting options. Something like 5/85 with two vesting options on it works for me.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno about Reyes. I know he’s a valuable player, but he just had a huuuuuge season, a big outlier from what he usually does. I gotta think there’s somebody who will pay him based on that season, and not his overall career numbers.
If I’m right about what Reyes is gonna cost, I think what I’d rather do is pay a little more and get Fielder. For 2B, I gotta wonder if the Dodgers can find a superior defender who will cost about what Miles/Carroll will cost (even if he hits a little worse). I wonder if I’d rather go that way.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not is the thing. When he was healthy he was just as good as he was this year.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I see, thanks.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
All the time, we hear about L.A. being Hollywood and people fitting in because they’re brash and arrogant, but who was the last brash superstar that was really “Hollywood” on the Dodgers? I guess Mike Piazza sort of applies, but he blew up in New York. Besides him, the only guy I can think of that fit that was Steve Garvey. Many of the beloved Dodger icons were very humble, reserved guys — Koufax, Valenzuela, Scully. I don’t get the media’s insistence on making the Dodgers out to be “Hollywood” especially as it relates to drawing free agents.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Matt Kemp dated a superstar.
Russell Martin partied like one.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Manny was weird. I guess that’s a form of “Hollywood.”
Would’ve been doesn’t count.
Darryl mostly works. I just don’t remember him getting all of the endorsements and extras that supposedly come with Hollywooding it up.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Manny was bigger then life but how did Manny use Hollywood?
Not like he went Baron Davis and became a director
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Verlander’s been pretty bad this post season, maybe having him throw 120 pitches a night was a bad idea.
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Nolan Ryan is for it, but he has a bias
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe all of his posturing about pitchers being wussies these days this year was to gas everyone elses pitchers for the playoffs.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I never realized this
The Mets signed Nelson Cruz in 1998 out of the Dominican Republic when he was just 18 years old. He was traded in 2000 by Steve Phillips to the A’s for Jorge Velandia.
via metsblog.com
Sorry for long quotation
Matthew Cerrone: I see a lot of revisionist history going on, as people question why Phillips traded Cruz to the A’s. The thing is, he was signed at 18 and spent the next year and half in instructional leagues; and so he never even had a professional at bat while in the Mets organization. He was so young. In fact, as best I can tell, like most big kids his age, Cruz was labeled as being ‘raw,’ with power potential, but with a very big swing and concerns about his plate discipline. He was traded by Phillips for Jorge Velandia (as the Mets were contending for the post season). Upon getting to the A’s, he played rookie ball the following summer (where he struck out 29 times in 23 games). He didn’t get to Double-A until 2004 – exactly four years after the Mets traded him (and six years after being signed). In 2005, he started showing more discipline at the plate, but was traded to the Brewers, who eventually traded him in 2006 to the Rangers, with whom he spent two more years in the minors. Finally, in 2009, at 29 years old (nearly nine years after leaving the Mets), Cruz became an impactful, every-day player in the big leagues. That is a long and very rare road, on which lots could go right or wrong.
http://www.metsblog.com/2011/10/13/why-did-the-mets-trade-nelson-cruz-in-2000/
TLDNR
Steve Phillips sucks!
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
few words I hate more than 'impactful'
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 13, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
should say irregardless
but Im guilty of saying it all the time.. trying to stop.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 13, 2011 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
A Scot
used “whilst” in an email to me today.
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I truly dislike “whilst.” I want to scream WHILE WHILE WHILE
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Cool a new word to bug members with.
to/too
then/than
whilst/while
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fink
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Let’s cut to AJ Piersinksi for his reaction.
by kinbote on Oct 13, 2011 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Next NBA deadline:
Deal by this Tuesday or Christmas games are gone.
If the NBA season gets cancelled, the NHL should have some kind of marketing campaign, like NHL: Game On.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Or
NHL: We also let too many teams in the playoffs.
by Xeifrank on Oct 13, 2011 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
nhl: we have a point system!
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 13, 2011 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
NHL: We stink on ice
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
3 or 4 feet over the 360 left field fence. Opposite field, apparently : )
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Joe buck
Was too busy talking about potato chips when it happened.
by shaqfor3 on Oct 13, 2011 2:19 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, I came here just to bitch about that. We just re-arranged the living room, though, so I don’t have the tuner set up. Not sure if radio would be any better …
by TopDeckTrueBlue on Oct 13, 2011 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
CJ Wilson isn’t doing much this postseaon to get that 100 Million deal you all told me he was going to get.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Two games in the World Series will erase a lot of mediocrity. To wit, Juan Uribe.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
2 didn't do much
for renteria. course he was probably below mediocrity at that point.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
didn't CC get pounded in the postseason before signing with the yanks?
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
You comparing a life longs work of CC to two years worth of CJ?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
you're the one using postseason success to try to predict contract numbers
not me
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Normally they are not relevant, but when you only have two years of success, I think it might matter if you get that fifth year which is what CJ is going to need to get the real big bucks. I’ve heard 5/75 which I think is fantasy but we shall see since both the Sox and Yankee’s need pitching.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
its what the best non cy young winning pitchers have gotten over the last couple years
it makes sense as a forecast.
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yes, but just about all of them had a history longer then two years as a starter. CJ is quite unique, in that he’s a free agent, been very good for two years , but that is the end of the track record. So he’s going to get a contract age age 31 that will be 2 /1 2 times longer then he’s pitched as a starter. Going to be interesting to see who gives him that fifth year.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
going by the things GMs probably look at(namely not WAR and x-fip)
he compares well to Burnett before burnett hit FA, and he lacks Burnetts injury history.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Wilson’s interesting. At age 30, he’s had exactly two good years as a starter (granted he was converted). Upon closer inspection, those years were really good. No reason to think he can’t be a #2-ish type pitcher for the next few years. This is where the multiyear thing gets crazy. 3y is totally reasonable, even at a high salary. 5 years is getting ridiculous.
even if you go
2012: 4.0 WAR
2013: 3.5 WR
2014: 3.0 WAR
2015: 2.5 WAR
2016: 2.0 WAR
You are still looking at a net worth of around $80M
Phil says GM won’t look at WAR/$ to determine how much to give him, you’re just using WAR to show what he’ll be worth and not what he’ll necessarily get.
Did I get that right?
supply and demand
he’ll get even more $$$ if hes one of the only top flight free agents out there.. not sure what cc has up his sleeve but I would imagine it would mostly be the yankees bidding against themselves..
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 13, 2011 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, those usually work out, even for people with way longer pedigree’s. You might be right, I’ll guess I’ll have to see it to believe it.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Yup, they would be better of looking for the next CJ Wilson. They are growing on tree’s, they can’t all have been sitting in the Texas bullpen.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
it shut up Tiger stadium, but I’m radio only
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh
RT @AaronGleeman
“I wish Joe Buck would talk more about football during this postseason baseball game.” – no one
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
ftfy
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"I wish Joe Buck would talk more about football during this postseason baseball game." – no one
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 13, 2011 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
heh basically
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Maybe it's that I haven't listened to him at all this post season or year really
But I enjoy Buck’s voice, just not what he talks about.
Tigers take the lead
On a Delmon Young blast!
Phone died, going to get a new one tonight. Might finally pick up my first smartphone. Any suggestions if all I want are google maps, sigalert app and facebook/twitter?
sigalert app is absolute trash. dont ever ever ever trust it. i got burned for the last time ever this morning.
I only use it when I want to know wtf is happening since they have blurbs on it about ambulances en route, things in lanes, etc.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 13, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Not sure about the phone stuff. But I had a T-Bone steak and lobster tail + salad bar + soda refills for $4.25 today at lunch.
either wait for the Galaxy Nexus or Razor(should both be out in a few weeks)
or get a Windows 7 phone
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You seem more like a Droid than an Iphone person, but any chance to irritate Nolander by announcing you purchased an Apple product should not be missed
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with their new ui updates
the iphone is more like droid then ever. Maybe the iphone 5 will do something that isn’t ripped straight from someone else.
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if you are going to be spending the 30 bucks a month
you might as well get a phone that can do it all.
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with iOS5, all messaging between iPhones is unlimited, which might sway your decision if you know anyone with an iPhone
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
but i’d still end up paying the monthly rate for unlimited messages anyway, i assume. Frankly, if it costs more than I’m willing to pay I’m just going to get a flip phone again. I don’t really have the means or the need to spend $150 a month on a phone for unlimited data and messaging on top of the phone plan itself.
you could probably get the incredible 2 for pretty cheap now
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It probably wouldn’t be hugely expensive if you merged your plan with Maddz’. Unless you have some cheap talk plan that doesn’t exist anymore.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
My family gets a deal through my/mom’s work so it’s cheaper for me (free) to stay with her. She also said I could get a smartphone and just pay her the difference in cost between my existing plan and the new rate, so I might be okay. I’m still not okay paying $30/mo for data and $30/mo for texting.
Who the hell charges 30 for texting?
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
my unlimited plan with AT&T is half that if I remember
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
as is the basic data plan, which is all you need if you’re not going to use it for more than web surfing
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Unfortunately AT&T took away all but their most expensive texting plan so unless everyone you know has an iPhone you’re not saving jack!
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I figured AT&T would find a way to fight back, no way they just give up that revenue.
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
more like android then ever!
wait till you guys get the pulldown notification bar that I’ve had since 2009, it’ll blow your mind! :-p
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I'm looking forward to that, sir!
I love the people who go back and forth debating apple or droid, I just get the phone I like whether or not it’s one or the other. I’ve been Iphone for a couple years now, but I very nearly got the first Droid when it came out, but thought i’d try THE FUTURE!
but thought i’d try THE FUTURE!
then you chose the wrong phone
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At the time the Iphone was more futuristic than any piece of technology I had ever seen in person
Im happy with my choice, and then the 4G after. My next one I might consider something besides an Iphone.
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But his girth to hip flexibility ratio is amazing.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d be willing to bet his good movie:bad movie ratio is on par with a lot of critically acclaimed actors. Dude makes for a great character actor. Tropic Thunder and School of Rock come to mind.
You just mentioned my 2nd favorite actor!
Mel Gibson then Steve Zahn :) I don’t think I’ve seen a movie he’s been in or a role he’s had that I haven’t liked at least a little.
Joy Ride wasn’t a good movie by anyone’s standards, but I really enjoyed Zahn in it.
National Security? Awful movie, but I enjoyed the back and forth between Zahn and Lawrence.
a lot of movies these days are crappy with funny scenes or some good acting but I think Saving Silverman was a good movie
Saving Silverman was worth it for R. Lee Ermey alone (that, and the Neil Diamond cover band)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I also love “What should we do with her?” and without skipping a beat Ermey said “Kill the bitch.” (Or does he say ‘snuff’? I’d like to think he said ‘snuff’)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
His IMDB of movies he had a big part of since 2000f:
The Big Year
Kung Fu Panda 2
Gulliver’s Travels
Year One
Tropic Thunder
Kung Fu Panda
Be Kind Rewind
Margot at the Wedding
The Holiday
Tenacis D in the Pick of Destiny
Nacho Libre
King Kong
Shark Tale
Orange County
Shallow Hal
Saving Silverman
High Fidelity
Liked
High Fidelity
Saving Silverman
Be Kind Rewind – liked this alot
Tropic Thunder
Year One
Animation:
Kung Fu
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I wonder what that ratio for Robert Deniro is right now
He’s been in some shitty ass looking movies the last 10 years.
I can’t recall anything watchable since Casino.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Midnight Run is still one of my favorite movies.
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Upon checking his imdb, Wag the Dog was 1997. Nothing since then. Stardust was actually decent despite Bob’s attempts to torpedo it.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Originally a book by Neil Gaiman
just finished reading American Gods. Good good book on track to become an HBO miniseries
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Basically all true. I did recently give Stone a watch and it was better
than most of his recent stuff. he and Norton were good but the story didn’t grab me all that much.
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It jumped the shark
with Deniro’s character. Its kind of similar to the difference from Legally Blond to Legally Blond 2.
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That new one with Steve Martin?
Yeah, looks like utter shite.
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Now that is a go who makes a lot of bad movies.
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any movie I can think of that I don't hate him in
he is a sidekick. That movie was all about Vince Vaun.
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ok
score one for owen wilson, and even then that was a pretty large ensemble.
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That movie was really good
I thought it would be awful, luckily I caught it on USA one morning and was pleasantly surprised.
he has been in about 5 good movies
and another 20 completely horrible ones. I just don’t watch the bad ones.
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How many actors are truly in more good movies than bad
Tom Hanks may be one guy who is in more good than bad off the top of my head.
good pick
I didn’t like him back in the Titanic days, but almost everything else since then has been very good.
Catch Me If you Can
The Departed
Shutter Island
Blood Diamond (I’ve heard, just never seen)
I know I’m missing some great one’s I’m sure, the first 3 are by far my favorites of his.
Gilbert Grape and This Boy’s Life are two really good ones
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Inception
Just watched it recently. It was cool.
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does it fall down?
because weebles don’t
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
some people just aren't... cerebral?
not dumb per say, but they don’t usually seek out things that challenge them intellectually, so something that seems straight forward to those used to dealing with more confusing movies and literature have an easier time grasping it? Maybe?
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a nice way of saying
“Get a brain morans!”
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;-)
(But you were nicer than me)
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different types of intelligence perhaps :)
some people don’t like having to think critically.
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Some people recognize nonsense and lose interest. Even smart ones.
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except that applies in no way shape or form here
because these are people who liked the movie but somehow found it confusing.
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I understood it and followed it no problem
I just thought it was silly
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Can't believe that slipped my mind
I prefer Shutter Island and The Departed, actually, but still good.
Inception. The story was nonsense, but the elements of the movie were well-done.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I have it sitting on the DVR to rewatch (my wife is mildly interested). I remembering not caring about the main problem (father/son business something or other). Agree it was a very thin conceit for a high-concept movie.
ive had it on my DVR
for weeks. my wife is interested enough in seeing it that i have to wait to watch it.
but im not really antsy for it
the main problem was his wife and getting to see his kids again
the father son problem was just a means to an end
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Kurt Russell has a pretty good ratio.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Also: really nice guy. Really level-headed and down-to-earth.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this sarcastic or true? Just curious because I’ve always liked him and just the fact he did Big Trouble in Little China the way he did makes me want to believe he’s a cool cat.
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True, no sarcasm. I really liked working with him.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
makes me happy to hear
love the Snake Plissken movies
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Um... the really good second one, you mean. :)
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1951
One more pitch before you strike out ;)
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the novella was from 1938
so I’m sure you can understand the mixup
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Of course! (Hee)
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This is the best one
Howard Hawks FTW
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
It isn’t just “Bad,” though. He stars in a lot of remarkably, soul-suckingly horrible movies.
Always in good movies: Jeff Bridges.
Wrong
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
A weird one: Gene Hackman.
He’s in plenty of bad movies, but the fact that he’s in them makes them good movies.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m whiffing on bad movies Gene has been in.
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Depending on the mood you were in, The Royal Tannenbaums seemed hit or miss.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
i loved
Fantastic Mr Fox
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Rushmore
but I am mixed on The Darjeeling Limited
Fantastic Mr. Fox never gets old for me.
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I liked it
but there gets to be a point where Wes Anderson seems to be parodying himself.
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Heist is the only one that comes to mind.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
To this day, I quote the line, “Everybody loves money. That’s why they call it money.”
And Bride says, “You’ve been quoting that line for ten years, and it still doesn’t make any fucking sense.”
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Very few bad films and he hasn't been in anything in ages
but besides Superman 4, The Package, Full Moon in Blue Water and gahhhh Loose Cannons were all pretty bad or at least mediocre.
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The Package is what I was specifically thinking of. It is not good. But you can watch it for Hackman.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Robert Duvall has made just about every show he’s been in watchable.
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I’d never seen Tender Mercies until a couple of years ago.
Holy crap, is that a good movie, and holy crap is Duvall good in it.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy crap indeed. One hell of a good screenplay by Horton Foote, too.
That Jeff Bridges movie tried to be that but wasn’t even close.
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Right. Starman.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Heh
I meant Crazy Heart of course. Bridges was very good in it (as he was in Starman). But Tender Mercies is outstanding.
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Secondhand Lions
FTMFW
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m a total sucker for Adventure.
All three main guys were really good in that film.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
My favorite actor
Braveheart (never seen it)
Payback
The Patriot
Ransom
Lethal Weapon 1 and 2
Air America (Robert Downey Jr was great too)
Signs
all awesome movies (braveheart is word of mouth and reputation)
I think I’m missing some of his big ones but i’d watch any of these at any time.
I like what I like
Also my favorite actor gets more leeway than everyone else :) I didn’t list Lethal Weapon 3 and 4, as they aren’t good, but hot damn do I enjoy them (4 way more than 3).
I like what I like
Also my favorite actor gets more leeway than everyone else :) I didn’t list Lethal Weapon 3 and 4, as they aren’t good, but hot damn do I enjoy them (4 way more than 3).
Ugghhhh....
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I completely glossed over that WTF moment
More importantly, how is Mel Gibson your favorite actor if you haven’t seen Braveheart?
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Not sure how or why
But the concept of the movie has NEVER made me want to see it enough to actually go watch it. Haven’t seen the Mad Max movies either.
Quite an incomplete list for your favorite actor.
Best acting he did was Year of Living Dangerously
Mad Max Series is as fun as you can have in a dead world
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Gallipoli is awesome.
So are the first two Mad Max movies.
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Tina Turner did float your boat in Thunderdoom?
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Not really
Not a bad one but nowhere near as groundbreakingly cool and enthralling as first two. (Esp Road Warrior)
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It really is like ivdown calls Gibson his favorite actor but has only seen his bad movies.
Maybe if iv ever sees Mel Gibson’s good movies, he won’t be his favorite actor anymore. The mind boggles!
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s times like these we need iiidown. Just no standards in Downtown.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
My mind is certainly boggled.
Or at least turbed,
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I have a good story about The Patriot.
Our high school soccer team would go to an out of town tournament every year at the start of the season. It was my junior year, and I barely made the varsity team. We played against a team that we were WAY better then (literally had 40 shots and lost 2-1), so our coach was the opposite of happy.
The coach was Coach Magee, a 6’2" really muscular guy who would turn extremely red when he was angry. He would yell and when he was really mad, he would take his straw hat off his head and rip it in half. He was pretty scary.
Anyway, to compound things, a lot of people showed up late for dinner. This made him even more angry. We ended up having an 8:00 curfew that night because of everything and we knew that when we got back home we would have a lot of sprints to run.
The Patriot was on TV, the only thing worth watching on the hotel’s cable system. So people in every room were watching the same movie and we were calling each other and talking about it. Since we couldn’t leave our room.
I got up to open the window just as the scene where someone throws the hatchet and hits someone in the head. My friend decides to emulate that scene by throwing his Gatorade bottle at me as I open the window. He misses, hits the window and it shatters.
We all freeze then hear a knock on the door about ten seconds later.
“What the hell was that?”
It was our coach, making sure everyone was in their rooms.
The Patriot is just a watered down Braveheart
like 100 percent.
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like 1000%
one was terrible, and a waste of time, and a complete mockery of history
one was fun, not a waste of time, and a complete mockery of history
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The Patriot definitely has rewatchability, but I can’t help but think for every second that they tried to make Braveheart II, and failed.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Good point. That definitely changes the landscape.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Sugartits FTW
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Where's "Tripoli"?
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I mean "Galipoli"
Wrong-poli.
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He’s actually very good in Gallipoli.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Which is why I'm surprised that film isn't on the list.
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Heh. He can't be THAT much younger than me.
I saw that film in high school. Twice!
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Historically, John Cazale. His complete filmography:
The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather II, Dog Day Afternoon, The Deer Hunter.
More recent: Daniel Day-Lewis.
I saw him in a terrible movie recently with Bruce Willis.
I disliked Burn after Reading not because of him but because I left the movie wanting to slowly boil the bitch who lived.
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red was a slow starter
but once it got going was pretty good.
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Okay, I have to be honest.
I wanted to see Red but never did.
Then the other day I caught the very end with Willis pushing Malkovich in a wheelbarrel being chased by a gazillion people with automatic guns and I said that looks like a stupid fucking movie.
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Redder?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Or Red 2: The Reddening
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Red Hard
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I am the guy who dislikes Daniel Day-Lewis. I think he’s a horrible over-actor who chews the scenery of every movie he’s in.
Re-watch A Room with a View. It’s really quite a good movie and everyone in it is gives a good, natural performance. Then Daniel Day-Lewis shows up and all of a sudden it’s like he’s from a different movie. He’s like an alien.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I still don’t think anybody ever actually saw My Left Foot. But everyone knows he’s a brilliant actor because of his role in that.
I don’t believe I’ve actually seen any movie he’s been in.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
In the Name of the Father, maybe? Don’t remember if he overacted in that.
I just happened to see A Room with a View and There Will Be Blood within a few weeks of each other. (Well, most of There Will Be Blood. I disliked it so much that I couldn’t stand it after people started talking. I skipped to the end to the milkshake scene.)
Seeing his performances in those movies so close together left a deep impression.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t remember him overacting in In the Name of the Father, but I saw it long ago. I really rather liked There Will Be Blood, although it is a bit preposterous and, yes, he does overact some.
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I don't remember him overacting
in last of the mohicans
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I don’t remember Last of the Mohicans. I must have seen it, but I don’t remember.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
theirs dual weilding of muskets
dudes get their hearts torn out of their chests, how can you not remember it!
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Loved that movie.
Like Name of the Father alot, but he was out acted by the dead guy who played his father. I’ve yet to see There will be blood.
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Everybody else but me thinks so. I’m totally mintxcore on this one.
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and the one's you do have
are snobbish :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, I agree, but because it is ridiculous. When I first heard that line, I thought it was a joke. I actually watched the end of the movie, just to convince myself that it really, really is in the movie.
And it really, really is. Amazing.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven’t seen that either, but would like to.
Was serious about scheduling a bowling night for midweek next week. Would you be interested?
Possibly, if someone brings an Ipad we can watch the World Series on
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3pm bowling on a weekday seems ambitious.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
It was Pete Postlewaite right? That dude is the tits.
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Even dead he can out-act 50% of the actors working today.
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It was a small thread, what you really missed out on was being part of ftbhop’s music list
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ugh yeah
i have a few opinions about music too….
today in class i was reminded how great bjork and foo fighters were
I was told CJ Wilson only pitches in 5 inning incrememnts
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the 6th inning
will decide how much he gets paid this offseason
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Does that mean we will get to see if CJ can hold a lead?
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luckily no
I hope he gets pounded here. Even if he loads the bases though they’ll just bring in Ogando and he’ll shut it down.
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Argh. After Jackson couldn't come up with that first one
you knew things would unravel after that. Come on JV, get it together!
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Tigers’ announcers were exasperated at the 4-pitch walk to Moreland.
Then they got excited on the double play to end the inning. Haha
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I bet
Leyland will let him go to 130 or something. No one decent besides coke left in the pen.
by shaqfor3 on Oct 13, 2011 3:27 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
It’s a hell of a drug.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
not looking good
Tigers need a double play more than ever
by shaqfor3 on Oct 13, 2011 3:25 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Ask and ye shall receive
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Need Verlander to record four more outs first.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Tigers should have traded for Guerrier, all you GM’s watching this, know this, 4.5 Million is a pittance compared to the peace of mind of knowing a Guerrier will save your derriere during the playoffs as your bullpen wears itself out due to micro management by the managers.
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Off the bag!
Down the line. Tigers take the lead back.
Wow what a wonderful break for the Tigers there
Thank you third base bag! 3-2 Tigers.
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Followed by Delmon Young two-run homer.
Oblique to oblique
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Um, methinks Ron Wash may have left CJ dangling in there too long this inning
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hindsight is 20/20 and all..
but this al series seems like a battle of which manager makes the dumber decision
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 13, 2011 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
How do you explain to someone that it doesn't matter if Uribe plays 3rd or 2nd
offensively, because his bat is still in the lineup. His logic is that you “need” offense at third.
I want to just call him stupid, but that’d be mean.
@TElciram
It matters in terms of who you can play at the other position
But it doesn’t make Uribe better or worse
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Oct 13, 2011 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
It matters based on the available players this winter. If there are better hitters available at third than second (I’m looking at you, Aramis Ramirez, possibly), then of course it matters where Uribe plays.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
you need to explain
that 3rd base is not the offensive Juggernaut it once was, it is more on par with 2nd and SS offensively over the last few years. Manny people have not grasped this yet.
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and by the time they do, it will have changed again.
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I tried that just now
see how it works
I gotta go to my chem lab, i’ll revisit this in a few hours.
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by Taylor Maricle on Oct 13, 2011 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Pat Forde leaving ESPN for Yahoo! Sports.
Pat Forde, the longtime ESPN.com columnist who is the Worldwide Leader’s foremost college football and basketball writer, is leaving ESPN for rival Yahoo Sports, according to multiple sources. Forde’s contract at ESPN expires Nov. 1, at which point he’ll move to Yahoo.
My phone
just played the ESPN Breaking News riff, then when I swiped my finger, started playing a video with Jenn Brown at AT&T Park previewing tonight’s Cal v. USC tilt. On my phone. What a future.
I love this country! he he he he
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
In America, you have iPhone. In Soviet Russia, phone eyes YOU!
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
{clink}
{drinks Smirnoff vodka in honor of that joke}
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I will give you props even though no one has a clue about Match Game. You have been wanting to do that for so long.
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I love those reruns
I have vague memories of watching it in the late 70s when little. Saw one recently that had Gary Burghoff in it (when Charles Nelson Reilly wasn’t on). My g/f watched one with me the other day and said “I have no idea who these people are — are they supposed to be celebrities?” Other than Richard Dawson whom she knew. Bu that was one of the 1974 ones where most of the panelists were kinda washed up, or would be.
but another one had William Shatner!
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Fannie Flagg was a celebrity in 1975 the same way that Maya Rudolph is a celebrity now.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Hm, not sure about that analogy...
Flagg never starred in a huge box office hit comedy or was a regular on a comedy series, etc. But she did write a best selling book and other popular things… Since people still know Fried Green Tomatoes I guess she’s probably still not totally obscure.
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You’d probably be surprised to know how popular her books are
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I know her books are popular. I was just saying that “celebrity” is a relative term. Hell, if John Basedow can call himself a “fitness celebrity,” anyone can become a celebrity with a little money and a local cable channel willing to take it.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
The main ones they got were Mike Adams and Koji Uehara in July. Then they got Mike Gonzalez on August 31, which I didn’t realize until last week.
Shitload of weapons they have down there.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Merkin was better then all of them. Then they simply moved Ogando from the rotation. Course they weakened the rotation by doing so, but it is working out.
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Ogando hit a wall though; not sure if they had a choice. The timing worked out though, as he worked through his dead arm or tired period than was fresh as a daisy for October.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Are daisies fresh?
How about fresh as Arlie Latham?
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
So now do you pull Verlander?
Meanwhile, Koji has been very very bad in this series.
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1 more out for what?
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I’m perfectly fine with risking life and limb for Verlander in order for me to gain points in a contest with no prize other than personal pride.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah. Hah.
Well, carry on then, sir.
Hope your telegram to Leyland arrives in time!
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Well they are still gonna be up 3-2 going home.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
for all the lawyers in the house
I am working on a filing for a motion for summary judgment today.
I want to kill somebody.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 13, 2011 4:06 PM PDT reply actions
Ah, your client is the Giants, isn’t it?
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
haha no
my firm actually worked on the transaction to bring the dodgers to la.. and the lakers..
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 13, 2011 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I used to love those separate statement of facts
Attaching all those documents and deposition testimony.
haha. that was on cable last night. never get tired of that scene.
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I never realized it’s baseball application until Orel said every out is precious
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Still throwing 94!
hope his arm doesn’t come off with the ball on one of these pitches.
K’s Beltre!
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A Dravecky
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
The producer and Writer (Bruckheimer and Verbinski) who brought you the Pirate films just got greenlit to do a Long Ranger pic
verbinksi
made rango right? love that movie so hard.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 13, 2011 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
huh. Yeah he did direct that one, and didn’t direct that last Pirates movie
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
the ring
and if you couldn’t have fun with the first pirates you are a anti fun commie
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why does everyone think commie’s can’t be fun loving?
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In Soviet Russia, fun loves you?
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Seriously. Wow.
5 hrs? Gosh.
Okay, their pen better not blow this.
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how many of his hits in this series AREN’T home runs? like 1-2?
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 13, 2011 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Wouldn’t put it past Cruz to have more hits than at-bats.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I read this book
It is possible by 7th grade I had read every possible fictional baseball book ever written.
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The Kid With Back-ne And Testicular Reduction?
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Coke is it!
Man, SBN is slow right now.
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Justin Verlander threw 94 strikes today. Only people in regular season to throw 90+ were Roy Halladay (94) and Chris Carpenter (91)
if I leave work and head immediatly there
I should arrive sometime around the heat death of the universe
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Lake Forest lanes
we can grab dinner at Albatross :-p. South LA would work, but North LA won’t. I can live with missing out on bowling.
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has he started
at 2B yet?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Is there some reason they keep leaving Coke in there vs the tough righties?
What are they doing?
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Al Alberqurque had a couple bad outings so he is to never be trusted again.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Jim Leyland bad manager.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Hm, yeah, I was thinking Perry would make sense but didn't realize he was that mediocre.
Or Penny, but as a reliever he would make me nervous. So I guess yeah options were limited.
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Jim Leyland
crazy like a fox
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 4:43 PM PDT reply actions
Cabrera needs bloody subtitles in interviews
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Hopefully
he lost his travesty of an HBO show
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
artie lange made short work of that pos
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 13, 2011 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Imagine the fun we would have
If it was Ron Washington that had Phil Coke in his bullpen.
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Washington calling for Coke. Also he wants to bring the lefty into the game.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess it can work the way it is
Coke on the mound in the 9th inning. Ron Washington getting nervous.
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There should be no weather issues
It will dip down to the 40s tomorrow night in St. Louis, tonight should be in the 50s. Arlington should be just fine this weekend and if the NL series moves back to Milwaukee, no problems there.
if Corey Hart isn't hurt
i don’t understand this
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
People were bitching about Mark Kotsay starting in playoff games in 2008, it’s pretty damn incredible he’s stuck around this long.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I am amazed Pujols didn’t treat Wolf like he treated Odalis.
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by regfairfield on Oct 13, 2011 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
And one of the few times Wolf has not given up runs in the 1st
and first time in 13 starts he’s gotten through the 1st 1-2-3.
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Matt had 1 home run
in 39 AB against Wolf before today.
Wolf really doesn’t have bad numbers against these Cardinal players.
Breaking News
Redsox have announced that they are changing the song that will be played before the bottom of the 8th inning. “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond will be replaced by “Video Games” by Lana Del Ray.
Random Molina fact
Since 2002, one more Molinas have played on a playoff team in every year except 2003.
I don't know if it's my TV or not
But I’m not getting Time Warner’s feed in the SFV smoothly at all. It’s breaking up every second or two on my HDTV. Anyone else having the same problem? When I switch to a non-HDTV channel, it works just fine.
by The Dude Abides on Oct 13, 2011 5:45 PM PDT reply actions
Give me the freedom to do anything I want in a game
and I’ll get bored in 3 hours and never come back. Thus I have yet to try minecraft.
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that's why
i don’t play MMORPG’s. or the GTA series
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
because there where too many shitty filler missions
the main story interested me, but it took too long to develop
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They traded for Micah Owings and Carlos Zambrano?
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hahaha
i was reminded of the character from Rock n’ Rolla. Mr. One-Two. such an awesome name. Played by Gerard Butler
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn’t sure if you meant Jon Jay or Allen Craig.
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?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
didn’t know it was on today
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
USC had 1st & goal on the 6, ran three shit plays and rather than settle for a chip shot field goal Kiffin had USC in some cockamamee formation, which involved the center sideways snapping the ball directly to the fullback, who fumbled the ball.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
D'OHETH
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
is this the secret weapon
that julio was talking about? Cause if so… LOL
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Julio was speaking of freshman George Farmer.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
We’re still commenting on the Red Sox collapse?
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by David Young on Oct 13, 2011 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I was talking about a game Beckett, Lackey, and Lester would play called Chicken Chuck, where they would throw fried chicken skin against the wall, and bet on which player’s chicken skin would make it to the floor first.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Which joke
1) Need to drink a lot of beer to play that game well
2) Lackey lost when he walked the chicken
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Lackey lost when the wall whacked his chicken skin across the room?
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DJ TBLA
for anyone interested, i set up a turntable.fm room
i think all you need is a facebook account to join. i’ll be there for about 15 min befor ei give up on you fools ;D
all of it?
nice job
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah
I made a post on FB about how you cant delete it and of course one of the 20 people I had on my friends list made a snakry ahole comment “you won’t delete it, bla bla” so my hand was forced. He posted the link for deletion and I did it.
i meant
all of facebook :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Tommy, you just stumbled upon a sequel to The Social Network.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions
i’ll expect my check in the mail
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions
EveryBisonZuckerburg dollar will be worth five British pounds. That is the exchange rate that the bank of England will implement after I kidnap their queen.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions
That will be a problem in the workplace.
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I can’t do that through my firewall at work.
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Brewers Lead
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 6:39 PM PDT reply actions
wow
good play
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 6:40 PM PDT reply actions
Dang USC
Cal is trying to let you win, and you ain’t scoring. Remember the old futbol adage:
las metas que no se obtuvo resultados en su contra
Cal is trying to let you win
How can you tell? :)
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m used to a series of three and outs, it’s the turnovers that are an anomaly : )
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
TheriD'OH!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 7:07 PM PDT reply actions
If I want to roast a chicken
do I HAVE to have a roast pan
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you need something to put it on
and you need to be able to catch the drippings.
not sure a roast pan is necessary.
thats the worst throw I"ve ever seen
absolutely horribly stupid
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No, that’s in the last two first halves.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
come on randy
this will be your last batter….
But it's hard when the bar is low
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Greinke and Wolf are the only 2 (of 8) NLCS starters to last at least 6 innings.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Someone remind me again why we dumped Wolf instead of re-signing him.
by berkowit28 on Oct 13, 2011 7:43 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
So instead we get pitchers like Garland on shorter contract? Hmmm, how did that work out? And Lilly, guaranteed not to be injured over 3 years. OK. I can’t even remember who we got when Wolf left. Anyone? Padilla? He came later too.
by berkowit28 on Oct 13, 2011 7:50 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
We signed Hiroki Kuroda
worked out pretty well.
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Wolf was not re-signed after 2007
Kuroda showed up in 2008. Yes.
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I think they mean in the 2009 offseason
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by Taylor Maricle on Oct 13, 2011 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions
No why would I mean 2009-10? I meant when we did not re-sign Wol, which is what I saidf. 2008. I’m pretty sure he signed a 3 or 4 year contract with the Brewers so we did not have the chance to get him back in 2010.
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Wolf was here in both 2007 and 2009
on one-year contracts.
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Oh right
We re-signed Padilla and had the Monk and Ely experiment.
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Then traded for Lilly during the 2010 season.
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.8 fWAR last year
1.4 this.
not exactly worth the cost.
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by Taylor Maricle on Oct 13, 2011 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I would assume that fangraphs WAR is park and defense neutral.
Unless that’s not what fWAR is.
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by Taylor Maricle on Oct 13, 2011 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
But
he missed about 1/2 his starts over a four-year period from 2004-2007. After two healthy years, would you have bet on three more after that?
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Wolf got 3 and a little less than 30. Lilly got 3 and around 35.
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its not like we didn't sign wolf so we can sign lilly
and lilly has historically been better
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Yeah, i'd rather have Lilly
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by Taylor Maricle on Oct 13, 2011 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
based on the 3 WAR Wolf posted for us a season? Lilly will be lucky to duplicate that in his entire Dodger career?
wolf was .1 war better then lilly this year
in f-war. Yay.
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He already has 2.2 WAR.
Wolf was .1 better this year and Lilly was 1.3 WAR better in 2010
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by Taylor Maricle on Oct 13, 2011 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
He missed the beginning of 2010 due to minor surgery.
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Last three seasons
Name BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Wolf 3.0 / 6.1 / 2.07
Lilly 2.1 / 7.6 / 3.63
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Before it is asked
Wolf’s HR/9 1.1, Lilly 1.3
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In bWAR, Lilly already has 3.4 WAR as a Dodger.
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You know you must suck as a 2B
when your defensive replacement is 41 years old.
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I don’t have much of a future as a blogger if WAR is all we are going to talk about.
No one seemed very interested in revisiting the Wolf sign or don’t sign scenario after he gave up five first inning runs to the Diamondbacks. He’s lucky he got a second chance or he’d be road kill in Wisconsin this winter.
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Still the decision was arbitration and Ned decided not to offer it even though most of us felt Wolf knew he could get a multi year deal and would decline thus giving us some draft picks. Ned wasn’t interested in gambling. He used the money he saved on not signing Wolf for wonderful things in the winter of 2010.
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by Phil Gurnee on Oct 13, 2011 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not offering Wolf arb. Grrrrrrr. No way he was talking it. Thanks for picking that scab Phil.
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fip? x-fip?
k/9? bb/9? do you hate those two? Lilly is simply better.
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series even
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Berkman reaches
Cards not quite dead.
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2-2
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 8:30 PM PDT reply actions
On the plus side, he has yet to make a big error to cost his team a game.
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Did he do that to us in the postseason or just the regular season?
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My mind has clearly blotted out that memory.
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The events later in that series killed many of my brain cells.
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that wasn't the only one
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN200810150.shtml
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I hit the total bases the hard way
Four Singles
Two Doubles
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I believe the top three will be me, you, and Dave heading into tomorrow.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
That should help him get some MVP votes
/bleacher report
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by Phil Gurnee on Oct 13, 2011 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Eric
You have anything going for tomorrow morning?
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No
Didn’t have time to write about coaches
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I might have something in the next 30 minutes though. But run yours tomorrow morning.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 13, 2011 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Better that than a kick in the cock
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm so glad
I wasn’t drinking anything when this posted.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Kiek in de Kok — literally, “peep in the kitchen” — is the word for a tall artillery tower in Tallinn, Estonia. It is named that because it is tall enough that you can “peep in the kitchen” of the surrounding houses.
When Bride and I were in Tallinn, though, we kept asking each other if we wanted a kick in the cock.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Bride strikes me
as someone who’d give you a mental kick rather than a physical one
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I get a kick out of her.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
you’re a lucky man
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
I said the basement, not the kitchen!
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I like that, it would be a great name for a book about a blogger.
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For podcasters
The Basement Tapes.
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its the playoffs
that means its time to bunt
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Oct 13, 2011 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
it would be awesoke
if after this game was over, both Cal and USC met in the middle of the field and put on Dodger hats.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 8:47 PM PDT reply actions
Isn’t this the second time Cal has played a Thursday Night game or does it just seem like it because of all the Cal folk?
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btw
I’ve resisted all NCAAF conference talk, but Boise St. in the Big East? Are they just trolling us now? (to borrow a phrase)
I won’t be satisfied until Boise plays Cal
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by Phil Gurnee on Oct 13, 2011 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nice. The comments here would be epic.
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still a shit school with no history : )
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
and the Div-1 conferences sponsor more than one sport, and foster academic partnerships
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
and foster academic partnerships
This is starting to ring a bit hollow when the main reason these days for altering conference alignments is to increase revenue, primarily from television for football.
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it’s the reason why it took forever for the Big12 to accept they were gonna have to add TCU. Having AAU membership is still something conferences want.
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not saying it’s not a consideration, just saying that money talks.
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and Boise St. can’t offer that much money
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
what about bullshit?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
This isn’t true. Texas didn’t want to add TCU because they don’t bring any extra television revenue. They only ended up deciding to add them because they were trying to do whatever they could to save their conference.
it’s a reason, not the sole reason. If these things came down to one reason, they could be handled by morons
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
So somebody like the Big East commissioner who basically sat back and shrugged as he lost 2 schools to the ACC?
Notre Dame and BYU would like to talk to you about how they separate football from all the other sports.
I’m fine with BSU going indie if they want
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Why exactly do you hate Boise State so much? How exactly would it affect you if they joined an AQ conference?
it wouldn’t, it wouldn’t at all, but they’re joining a Big East which is a basketball first conference that might lose its AQ to the MWC in a year anyway. Seems a silly move
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
With BSU and AFA going to the Big East there is no way the MWC gets AQ status. If AFA wasn’t so open about wanting to join the Big East I bet BSU would think long and hard about leaving but AFA is basically forcing their hand.
I’m just agin it. Boise St playing a conference game at UConn makes no sense.
by Josie Becker on Oct 13, 2011 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Big East is guaranteed AQ status through 2013. Boise State would only have 4 conference road games a year so the travel wouldn’t be bad (4 hour charter flights instead of 2 hour charter flights don’t really make much of a difference).
As a Boise State fan I hope it happens just so they can milk that extra money for a couple years. When / if the conference implodes in a couple years (if they lose their AQ status) Boise can take their extra money and get the MWC to take them back. It’s not like the Big 12 or Pac 10 are ever going to invite them anyways.
Based on what I’ve seen if the Dodgers had made the post season we’d be Champions of the World
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don't worry
there will be two WC spots next year.
not that the 2012 NL West Division Champion Dodgers need to be concerned with them. :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Red Sox are like
FUCK WHY COULDN’T IT HAVE BEEN THIS YEAR
OH THE SHAME
WHERE’S THE FRIED CHICKEN
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Is there anything more unprofessional than a bunch of fried chicken in a baseball dugout? The kicker: IT WAS FAST-FOOD FRIED CHICKEN.
Major leaguer most likely to be carrying a bucket of fried tofurkey under his arm: Prince Fielder?
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Tofurkey
Not tofu
Not turkey
Just anathema
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
The fake meat things are lame
If I wanted to be a vegetarian, I would not eat fake meat. There’s plenty of fine things to be eaten without resorting to fake meat.
/sucksDownHisDietSoda
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I have a pal who was a vegetarian. For years and years, vegetarian.
Then, one day, she was driving down the street, saw KFC, got a craving, went in and ate fried chicken, and that was it. She wasn’t a vegetarian anymore. Now she eats lots of meat.
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
hah not quite the same
I know a girl who thought she was allergic to beef until college.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Right. A lot of girls develop an increased appetite for beef in college.
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by David Young on Oct 13, 2011 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
In Arcata [feel free to skip]
I was served a tofu turkey at a Thanksgiving dinner. It was marble gray-white, and looked like a giant boiled egg. The cook had no idea when it was done (though the cashew gravy was tasty). Vegetarian food is great. Fake meat is stoopid.
Vegetarian food is great. Fake meat is stoopid.
Yes.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Especially since I bet Poppa B’s on Blue Hill Ave. in Dorchester would be happy to deliver, in exchange for being the Official Fried Chicken of the Red Sox’s Collapse.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Mmmmmm
The good news: beloved Dorchester soul food spot Poppa B’s is not closed for good, reports Dishing. The bad news: it’s relocating to Codman Square, where it will only offer takeout and catering.dated Sept. ’09.
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Along with the batter
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by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Somebody should seriously ask Beckett why they went with fast food, and they should say, “I know Buchholz can’t afford it on his mere six-figure salary, but couldn’t Lackey cover him? And I have a follow up — if not, what use is Lackey, because he certainly didn’t do anything worthwhile on the mound.”
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Oct 13, 2011 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
wow
Bill Shakin (and Bakin)
says that McCourt could potentially make no profit from a sale of the Dodgers at this point.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 9:19 PM PDT reply actions
yeah
pretty much no one believed it, and the deadline passed
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Ouch
If the long-term debts funded by Dodgers revenue are $550 million, if the Dodgers exhaust their bankruptcy financing, and if a sale results in the maximum tax liability stated by Frank McCourt, then the team would need to sell for $900 million just for McCourt to break even.
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It
Was a gambit to try and get the TV deal, short of that, I don’t think it matters. However, he will fight to maintain the entities that control the outside land (parking lots).
you mean the bankruptcy
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by Tommy Blackjack on Oct 13, 2011 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
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