Feats Of Clayton: Kershaw Wins National League Cy Young Award
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 11:00 AM PST
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Clayton Kershaw had a fine season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, one of the best pitching seasons in the last two decades for the franchise. On Thursday the Baseball Writers Association of America named Kershaw the 2011 National League Cy Young Award Winner, capturing a stunning 27 of 32 first-place votes, easily outpacing Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies, who won the award in 2010 (and 2003, too).
| Rank | Name | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Total Points |
| 1 | Clayton Kershaw | 27 | 3 | 2 | 207 | ||
| 2 | Roy Halladay | 4 | 21 | 7 | 133 | ||
| 3 | Cliff Lee | 5 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 90 | |
| 4 | Ian Kennedy | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 76 |
| 5 | Cole Hamels | 2 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Tim Lincecum | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Yovani Gallardo | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 8 | Matt Cain | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 9 | John Axford | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 9 | Craig Kimbrel | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | Madison Bumgarner | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | Ryan Vogelsong | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Seven points were awarded per first-place vote, four points per second-place vote, three points per third-place vote, two points per fourth-place vote, and one point per fifth-place vote. | |||||||
Kershaw is the eighth Dodger to win the Cy Young Award, and the first since Eric Gagne in 2003.
Kershaw led the major leagues with a 2.28 ERA, led the National League with 248 strikeouts, and tied with Ian Kennedy of the Arizona Diamondbacks for the NL lead with 21 wins. Kershaw became the third Dodgers pitcher ever to win the pitching triple crown, joining Sandy Koufax (who did it three times: 1963, 1965, and 1966) and Dazzy Vance (1924).
| Dodgers Cy Young Award Winners | ||
| Pitcher | Year | |
| Don Newcombe | 1956* | |
| Don Drysdale | 1962* | |
| Sandy Koufax | 1963* | |
| Sandy Koufax | 1965* | |
| Sandy Koufax | 1966* | |
| Mike Marshall | 1974 | |
| Fernando Valenzuela | 1981 | |
| Orel Hershiser | 1988 | |
| Eric Gagne | 2003 | |
| Clayton Kershaw | 2011 | |
| *only one MLB Cy Young Award |
||
The 23-year old Kershaw became the first Dodger to win 20 games since Ramon Martinez in 1990, and with 21 wins had the most victories by a Dodger since Orel Hershiser in 1988, the last Dodgers starting pitcher to capture the Cy Young Award.
Kershaw was the youngest pitcher in baseball to win more than 20 games in a season since 20-year old Dwight Gooden went 24-4 for the 1985 New York Mets, and was the youngest Dodger to win 20 games in as season since 21-year old Ralph Branca went 21-12 in Brooklyn in 1947.
Kershaw also led the NL in WHIP (0.977) batting average allowed (.207), on-base percentage allowed (.256), slugging percentage allowed (.298), and subsequently opponents' OPS (.554). He was in the top four in FIP (2.47, 2nd), xFIP (2.84, 4th), ERA+ (163, 2nd), rWAR (7.0, 2nd), fWAR (6.8, 2nd), and strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.59, 3rd).
Even when runners did reach base against Kershaw, he found a way to get them out, as his 10 pickoffs were second in baseball to James Shields of the Tampa Bay Rays.
Like teammate Matt Kemp, Kershaw has had a busy offseason. Kershaw's peers voted him Outstanding Pitcher in the National League, he was named a Sporting News NL All-Star, he won his first Gold Glove Award, and he even won the Warren Spahn Award, given annually to the top left-handed pitcher in MLB.
There were many memorable performances for Kershaw in 2011. He was 5-0 with a 1.07 ERA against the rival San Francisco Giants, including four wins in four epic battles against two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum. There were the back-to-back 11-strikeout complete games in June, two of his career-high five complete games. Nobody in baseball had more starts allowing zero earned runs than the 12 such starts by Kershaw.
Kershaw and his wife Ellen pledged to donate $100 for every strikeout this season to raise money to build an orphanage in Zambia, and the way Kershaw pitched all season it looked like Kershaw's Challenge might just find a home for every single child in the African country.
At 23 years old, 12 days, Kershaw was the fifth-youngest opening day starter in Dodgers history.
Kershaw was 8-4 with a 3.23 ERA on the morning of July 3 when the All-Star rosters were announced, and included Kershaw for the first time. After that, Kershaw allowed 15 earned runs in his final 15 starts, finishing with a 13-1 record, a 1.22 ERA, and a strikeout-to-walk ratio of better than five-to-one over the final three months of the season. He won his final eight decisions.
Back in February, I was excited about the possibilities for Kershaw in 2011:
This is Kershaw's time.
Clayton Kershaw is easily the ace of the Dodgers. He is the one player on the team without a ceiling. No matter what you think of the Dodger offense, with Kershaw on the mound you should feel comfortable that with Kershaw on the mound the Dodgers should win. If he continues to pitch like he did during the last five months of 2010, the Dodgers are in great shape. If, at 23 years old, Kershaw improves on his performance, we are in for a real treat.
It was the third straight season of improvement from Kershaw, and his third consecutive year with both a sub-3.00 ERA and a 130 or better ERA+, putting him in some select company in Dodgers franchise history:
| Dodger Pitchers w/130 ERA+ Three Straight Years | ||
| Pitcher | Years | ERA+ |
| Jeff Pfeffer | 1914-1916 | 139 |
| Sandy Koufax | 1962-1966 | 167 |
| Orel Hershiser | 1987-1989 | 141 |
| Clayton Kershaw | 2009-2011 | 146 |
After picking up his 20th win of the season, on September 20, I reflected on his performance:
I never saw [Sandy] Koufax myself, but my reference point for great Dodger pitching is Orel Hershiser at the end of 1988. Every time Hershiser took the mound, I knew the Dodgers would win. That's how much confidence he inspired. That's the way it is for Kershaw now. I have never felt more confident in the Dodgers than I do with Kershaw on the mound.
It was a fantastic season for Clayton Kershaw, and on Thursday he was recognized for it.
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was the kennedy vote form
SD? Seriously how do you give him a 1st?
by MammothDodger on Nov 17, 2011 11:03 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
He won a lot of games
Team won the division
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
Yaaaaaaaay! What did we win!?
"Next year, we're definitely going to make the playoffs."
-MVP
by funkyjam on Nov 17, 2011 11:06 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
He becomes the first Minotaur ever win the Cy Young.
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Nov 17, 2011 11:02 AM PST reply actions
Congrats Clayton!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 17, 2011 11:04 AM PST reply actions
Congratulations Clayton
as you’re a long time TBLA reader, I’m sure you’ll feel warm reading the congratulations from all our readers : )
Brilliant
Couldn’t happen to a better kid. CONGRATS
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
“He is who we thought he is.” 
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Nov 17, 2011 11:05 AM PST reply actions
Dodger Wise
No one in my recollection has ever lived up to the hype from the moment he was drafted until his first Cy Young as Clayton Kershaw has done.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
and he seems like such a good guy to boot
love him
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
This is right. It is unbelievable how he has lived up to the hype. This never happens.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
He is also the only person the Dodgers drafted to win a Cy Young.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Orel and Gagne?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
Gagne was an undrafted FA, but Orel was drafted
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
I had to look it up. Gagne drafted by CHW in 30th round, signed as an amateur free agent by Dodgers the next year
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
Forgot Orel, silly me. And I knew Gagne was undrafted by the Dodgers.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
edited bar bet
outside of Clayton Kershaw, name the only other Cy winner the Dodgers drafted….
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Nice pull, HJ will have to change the wording.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Nice. I was working on coming up with an answer like this
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
“drafted”
nice way to win a bar bet….
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
Or lose one
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
his last couple starts I saw he seemed to be completely in control of his entire repretoir. just throwing free and easy and the ball went wherever he wanted it to.. a joy to watch
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Nov 17, 2011 11:06 AM PST reply actions
Kershaw
about to be on ESPN.
"It's a five letter word, S-T-R-I-K-E."
did i miss it
took awhile for the streaming to load on my work pc
by MammothDodger on Nov 17, 2011 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
So awesome
to follow a player like this. From good prospect to great prospect to good major leaguer to great major leaguer. All along Dodger fans knew he had a Cy Young in him and he proved the haters wrong.
I added the voting table above
Also, this…
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 11:07 AM PST reply actions 6 recs
And once he gets paid this year, he can afford a suit jacket that fits him.
by court168627 on Nov 17, 2011 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, what 400 pound man is missing his coat?
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
He looks like I do, when I try to dress up.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
maybe that photo is evidence that the dodgers already signed prince fielder but just haven’t announced it.
by court168627 on Nov 17, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
I was gonna say, to my eye that seemed ill fitting, but I’m not left handed.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
“You’re gonna like the way you look, I guarantee it”
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
ha ha
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
Crap, I meant to rec that, not flag it. Rec!
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Nov 17, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
such a goofy pic
LOL
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 17, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
and why can’t Nancy get her ass off the phone and give Clayton the adoring smile and worship he deserves
I mean, what is so goddamn important that she can’t even look up and smile
Nancy can be a real jealous bitch when the attention is not about her
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
"Napoleon Dynamite in Office Space"
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
QUICK, GET HIM A NEW CONTRACT
So he can upgrade from Veuve Clicquot
“I don’t know. From the look of it, he’s here to sell me a Brooks Brothers’ franchise”
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
My friend showed me this picture
He looks like a 15 year old wearing a suit that is huge for him, lol.
Congrats, Clayton!
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
The suit..
kinda reminds me of why it is so easy to like Clayton. He just seems like a down to earth kind of guy. Not out to get into the Hollywood limelight. A hard worker who just wants to play a game he loves. He doesn’t need the red carpet suit, he has the red carpet arm to make up for it.
Don’t defend the suit, it will only encourage further wearing of the suit.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
I'm really hoping he wore it as a joke
no way anyone on the planet thinks that suit fits him
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Kershaw’s other choices of hair and clothing suggest otherwise.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
If he wore a suit that fit more closely he might look too much like everybody else.
He walks to the beat of his own drummer. He’s an artist, and he doesn’t need to take shit from anyone, although that’s not at all his outward attitude. Maybe he feels comfortable in that suit.
He doesn’t need to impress anyone at this point. It’s not like he needs to apply for a job or anything. He’s already married, so check that off too. He’s home free. At 23… :)
Unlike
that fucker Matt Kemp and his fancy designer clothes and dating pop stars.
I like ’em both.
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Matt Kemp is a well dressed man
Knows what is current, yet a nod to the traditional
nicely done
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
Shocking what money can do for a man. Should have seen him in 2006
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I can dress a man sharply as cheaply as he can dress himself poorly
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
Mr. Kershaw to the white paging phone…
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Nov 17, 2011 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
and your not even left handed
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
by meercatjohn on Nov 17, 2011 3:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I predicted landslide
Kershaw is great.
"Next year, we're definitely going to make the playoffs."
-MVP
by funkyjam on Nov 17, 2011 11:09 AM PST via mobile reply actions
I predicted I would get little to know work done until this was announced
I was right too!
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
Awesome!!!
"Next year, we're definitely going to make the playoffs."
-MVP
by funkyjam on Nov 17, 2011 11:14 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Youngest Cy Young award winner since Doc Gooden
I’m very happy for Kershaw, the Dodgers and all of us fans!
"If your Mr. October, I'm Mr. Spring, Summer and Winter!" - Tommy Lasorda to Reggie Jackson
Now...
how much more is this going to cost us in the long term?
"If your Mr. October, I'm Mr. Spring, Summer and Winter!" - Tommy Lasorda to Reggie Jackson
by Ego Crusher! on Nov 17, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
none
great is great
this award doesn’t make him great, being great gets him the award
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
I don't care but the Dodgers wallet does!
"If your Mr. October, I'm Mr. Spring, Summer and Winter!" - Tommy Lasorda to Reggie Jackson
by Ego Crusher! on Nov 17, 2011 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
new owner coming it
it’s all good brah
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 17, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Well done, Clayton
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
Zachary Levine of the Houston Chronicle was a NL CYA voter:
I was a voter for Cy Young. My ballot: Halladay, Kershaw, Lee, Kennedy, Hamels. No qualms with winner, it was really close.
Steve Popper
Pop Secret, Lasorda’s fourth-favorite snack, says Lasorda would have voted Kershaw first, if he’d had a vote.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Ryan Lawrence, Phillies beat writer for Delaware County Times, had a ballot and said he had Kerhsaw-Halladay-Lee 1-2-3
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
He seems to be wrong an awful lot.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Not sure
he was wrong.
You can defend that ballot
by bhsportsguy on Nov 17, 2011 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Good man.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
I like him, I don’t always agree, but I enjoy him and respect his POV most of the time
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
I shall refrain from comment.
Follow @DavidYoungTBLA
- The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Nov 17, 2011 3:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Scott Miller / CBS Sports had a ballot
Halladay
Kershaw
Lee
Kennedy
Lincecum
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Now
I can’t decide if I’ll be more or less excited when he wins it again next season.
I will roll around in my joy like a pig in shit no matter how many times
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Woo!
Congrats to Kershaw! No one else should have even been in the conversation. Glad the voters agreed!
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by ZeroIndulgence on Nov 17, 2011 11:13 AM PST reply actions
Woo hoo, Kongratulations!
I’m stoked, not surprised, though a bit surprised at how much of a runaway it was. Halladay and Lee earned a spot in the conversation. But I’m thrilled Kershaw was much-deserved winner.
How did Ian Kennedy get a first place vote? Was Daron Sutton a voter?
Also, Vogelsong and Bumgarner, deserving of votes or no?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Bum yes, Vogel no, JMO
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
agree on both...
And Kennedy of course deserved plenty of votes, but not 1st place.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
yes
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Again I must say that
while the Cy Young Award winner has never had to be even on a winning team, the MVP is stubbornly tied to this especially when you have a candidate like Ryan Braun.
No pair of teammates that have won the MVP and Cy Young Award have ever come from a team with a record like the 2011 Dodgers. The only pair of teammates that have even not made the post-season was Maury Wills and Don Drysdale from the 1962 Dodgers who of course lost a three game series to the Giants for the NL pennant. Other than that instance, every other pair made the post-season.
Kemp was always facing the harder road and even a player who has won all the accolades that Matt has this off-season, he can still not win the MVP because of the post-season qualification that voters place on that award.
by bhsportsguy on Nov 17, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
If you refresh Eric has the voting table up
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
Also drafted Piazza and Karros, and signed Mondesi and Pedro.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
your at hand Dodger knowledge
always amazes me
by MammothDodger on Nov 17, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Honestly, I just like this photo today
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Nov 17, 2011 11:21 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
I was in Vero that day. Clayton was jogging to the clubhouse and telling fans he needed to get in quick. Meeting Sandy was the reason.
So cool.
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Nov 17, 2011 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
Reminds of the Torre / Koufax LA Live thing where Clayton came on stage.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
Glad his dad could be there with him to share this special day.
by Xeifrank on Nov 17, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
So, how did the last 4 guys
get points if they apparently got no votes?
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'!
They got fifths, just not put in the table.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
“I like Kennedy. He’ll get us out of Vietnam, shtupped Marilyn Monr—- what do you mean, Ian Kennedy? What do you mean, 2011?”
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Yay for Clayton!
All of the Dodger fans and part of Africa smiles with you!
While wearing their Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears swag.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
of course, the cool kids are wearing vintage Buffalo Bills World Champs swag
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Dude gets married
and then we never hear from him :)
by bhsportsguy on Nov 17, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
and bought a house!
Seriously, let’s find some time in the next couple weeks for drinks or dinner :)
Should have worn..
one of those bamboo dancing skirts to the press conference instead of the ill-ritting suit that we saw above.
We no longer need to feel at all uncomfortable
comparing Kershaw to Koufax. He’s earned it!
I never thought I’d live to see another power lefthander pitching for the Dodgers anywhere near as good as Koufax, but I did!
he’s got two more to go to earn that comparison
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Clayton is way ahead in this race.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Hey – Joe Torre is Koufax’ good friend, and hit against him many times. He made the comparison years ago!
I’m agreeing with you.
Some might to have to come to grips with the fact that Clayton could win three Cy Youngs before Sandy had ever won one.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Not even close. The team sucked and filed for bankruptcy.
All the playoff years were better.
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
damn, I was hoping for jubilation induced optimism, not perspective : )
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
False.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
false
2009 was pretty awesome
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Nov 17, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
how the fuck did we win 95 games?
what a time to be alive.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Nov 17, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Answer: We were good and Juan Pierre picked a great time to have the best month of his career
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
false - The 2009 Dodgers
were the best team in terms of record and run differential in over 30 years.
by bhsportsguy on Nov 17, 2011 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
It was an experiment! Apparently outstanding individual play doesn’t trump outstanding team play with above average individual play
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Setting your clothes on fire to see if they’re flammable is also an experiment.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
I remember when Blankman conducted that very experiment : )
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
false
not even close
Kershaw and Kemp made this year bearable
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
The Hardware and impending sale (and lack of HUGE signings to blow up in our faces) make this the best offseason this century.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Plus the Bison’s new contract.
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Nov 17, 2011 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
It was my third favorite year
2008
2004
2011
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Better than the NLCS trip in 2009? I mean, I’ll give you ’06, but ’09?
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
2009 felt more soul crushing than usual
by NotJoeTorre on Nov 17, 2011 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
Rollins squaring up Broxton was an absolute gut punch
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
I was in a bar in Philly at the time
miserable
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Oh man, eff that. I would have watched in the hotel room.
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
I’m still amazed how easily Carlos Ruiz scored from first base.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
I hate that guy.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
maybe it was just me but I knew he was coming around to score..
by NotJoeTorre on Nov 17, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
I liked Martin’s pitch calling.. until it was the 9th inning
by NotJoeTorre on Nov 17, 2011 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
every count was fastball
I was WAITING for him to get crushed because of it, and yep. Live by the heater die by the heater
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
throw your best pitch if you want to – just locate the fucking thing
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
It made me so because that slider was made to get out left handed batters
by NotJoeTorre on Nov 17, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
The loudest i have ever cursed
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 17, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
Man, I’d need a weekend to sort out those moments for me.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
yeah
for Volume 1
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 17, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I was not a huge fan of the 2009 season.
Manny Suspension really tainted it for me.
Way it ended
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
I loved the 2008 team that went to the playoffs and I think it ended up the best team the Dodgers had this century, but a lot of that year sucked too. Bad baseball being played pre-Manny. Then Manny showed up and was awesome and Lowe and Billingsley outdueled Webb and Haren (twice!) and the Dodgers beat the shit out of the Cubs. 2008 ended up great, but started sort of shitty.
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
True or False is supposed to be a mostly unsupportable statement, not a completely unsupportable one.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
True or false a hamburger taste better than poop with delicious condiments
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
Joe, are you still hammered at the moment?
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
come on, the chance to sweep Cy Young and MVP? Over a bunch of years with no hardware?
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
delicious
but condiments
the season is the meal
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Last I looked they had to have have bloody fucking great seasons all year long to be collecting the hardware.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
There’s those other 23 guys.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
lemme be more clear
the meal is how the team performs
as happy as this is for me, and I am very happy, I would be more pleased if we had a team of good performances and a run into the post season
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
super-size that bitch into a World Series win and then we are really fine dining
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
So, 2002 season, better or worse than 2011?
I have an irrational love for the early 2000 seasons, so I vote 2002 was better. 92 wins but ultimately missed out on the playoffs.
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
Personal taste, Loney going bonkers in Aug/Sept, Gordon showing those of us who had forgot just how much fun pure speed can be, Jansen striking out every single batter who dared to take a bat to the plate, Rubby, even Javy showing balls of steel.
2011 Was a fun year and has left a much better taste in my mouth then 2009.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
hmmm
2002 was a tough year for me – my last company got sold in July of that year, before we brokered the sale I was over my head dealing with our parent company and investors…I was also living in Raleigh so maybe went to two games that whole year
2002, it a good litmus test, but maybe the Dodger team I was least connected to since the turn of the century
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
I was between my freshman and sophomore years of college and was home for the summer. Went to a ton of games.
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Looking at the BB Ref
page for the 2002 Dodgers I have no recollection of a pitcher named Kevin Beirne who apparently started 3 games for the Dodgers that year.
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
True or False
In 20 years, people will be conflicted about whether to vote for Magic Johnson or Matt Kemp as LA’s Biggest Sports Figure
This is the hubris that turns Matt Kemp into Vernon Wells.
It’s like that scene in every gambling movie where he’s doing blow off a hookers ass the screams “I can’t lose!”
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
I was at a bachelor party where the dancers forgot to bring the whip cream so we ended up raiding the guys fridge
by the end of the night guys were paying 10 bucks to lick jelly off of a lovely naked girl ass
good times
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
you has the bestest stories unca Joe
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 17, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Not at all, but Clayton will give him a run for his money
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
How good was Koufax between
1963 to 1966
In the 3 full seasons he had (63, 65 and 66), he won 3 Cy Youngs and 1 MVP. The other two years, he finished 2nd in the MVP race.
Kershaw could have many more great years than Sandy Koufax but he probably will never be that good where he is thought as the best player in his league for 3 out of 4 years.
He’s just getting started:)
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
If you can’t trust 98.5 The Sports Hub’s Andy Gresh and Todd Zolack I don’t know who you can trust.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you’re cool, and fuck you, I’m out!
by NotJoeTorre on Nov 17, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
rec
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 17, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Would you believe….
Sorry about that, chief.
Missed it by THAT much!
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Lucchino: “Hey dudes, you know who leaked that whole fried-chicken-and-beer thing?”
Gresh: “…..you?”
Lucchino: “Nah, brah. It was Theo!”
Zolak: “Well, you would know. Good enough for us!”
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Varitek: “I dare you to pick up that nail in the fire”
Lackey: “Huh huh, pick it up with your butt, dork”.
I am Cornholio.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
What’s the occasion?
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
“True or False: the American Revolution was ultimately a bad thing”
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 11:45 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
ha ha ha
that will carry me into lunch in a good mood
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
I have nothing to add to this but good luck.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
tell them
The Stamp Act still sucks
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 17, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
thanks love, they want to know if there’s any stock in this Frank Lampard to Galaxy rumour. There isn’t
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
oh lord, I’d get drawn and quartered when I finally visit Dublin
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
Also play Sunday Bloody Sunday in the background
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Do nothing but sing “Candle in the Wind,” except changing all the lyrics to be about yourself.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Pretend you’re in the middle of the Blitz.
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Nov 17, 2011 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
hha
no joke, that BBC game 6 call was pretty awesome.
by NotJoeTorre on Nov 17, 2011 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
Josie
must inspire the opposite results of what she asks for.
by bhsportsguy on Nov 17, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
tell them
that Beef Wellington is a French dish
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Also tell them
Nelson was a pansy
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Big Ben my ass
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'!
Sandusky’s last comment in the shower
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
and tell them that what they did to India, Africa, and the Middle east has left the world in turmoil ever since
History is too kind to those motherfuckers, if they did all that shit to people with better marketing skills the English would be looked upon worse than the Germans
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
Of all the Jewish stuff I’ve heard over the years, I gotta say, “good at marketing” is a new one.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
you’re gonna argue Hollywood ain’t a good marketing tool ; )
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
I wasn’t thinking genocide when I wrote that – sloppy. I was thinking more along the lines of always trying to take over other peoples countries and all…not my best work
that Hitler guy is pretty tough to beat
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
I was just teasing. Hope I wasn’t over the top. Needless to say, I wasn’t offended.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
you weren’t, but I don’t know how others reading it later might have taken it
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
I'm sure the colonial empire was responsible for a few dozen million dead
in their time
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
It was all fun and games and then you had to get all serious
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
yeah sorry
I was having this conversation with a friend a few weeks back over drinks we ranted for a good 45 minutes about “Why are the English considered quaint and charming, when they really screwed the world when they had the power”
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
This is a difficult choice/Hartman and Vic the Brick
@AM570RADIO: . @TheCannons are broadcasting live from @Dodgers Stadium today. Clayton Kershaw will join the boys at 12:30p.
Haiku for you
The Minotaur pitches
fastballs and sliders by all
Dodger fans delight
by bhsportsguy on Nov 17, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Speaking of radio, whatever happened to the big nasty joe mcdonnell? and how come he can never keep a sports talk radio show?
He's doing sports reports
on 1070 in the afternoon
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'!
Must be doing something, he’s always in the press box when I’ve been there. Has lost a ton of weight, seems strange but he looks less healthy lighter then when he was heavier.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
It is time we faced facts: our boy does not photograph well.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
He’s no Sandy:)
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
Fortunately, he’s not selling jeans here.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
but he could market the hell out of bubble gum
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
If dorky Jim Halpert is your thing.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
not going to the Majors
if he’s posted. Or refusing to be posted, something like that.
protesting against the posting system.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 17, 2011 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Did you tell them where they could stuff their tea and crumpets?
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
I had no new information, so mostly we just joked around
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Ah, cocking about.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
we took the Mickey out of a couple guys, but it’s all in fun, he’s a good lad
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
I did an interview on a national radio talk show once
spoke about hate crimes and random gun violence. Fun times.
by bhsportsguy on Nov 17, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
Kershaw conf call
“Winning as a team is the ultimate accomplishment….never thought in a million years I’d even be in consideration for this award…individual awards never supercede winning, so that’s the ultimate goal.”
Way to stay on those talking points, Clayton.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
“Whenever you get to lead in those three categories, it doesn’t get to happen too often…but those three guys were really deserving, too.”
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
“Pitching wins championships. You saw it with the Giants. You say it with the Phillies this year.”
Um, what?
“…the Phillies ran into a tough one in Game 5.”
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Cue Rick Perry: “Oops.”
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
“The people I’m associated with just by winning this award is something I never dreamed of.”
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
Liar.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
One can be too humble — to the point that it is no longer believable. He never dreamed of this? Come on, we all dream. That talking point needs a little work.
“You know, you’re a kid and you dream of a moment like this, but that’s just a dream – when you grow up you don’t honestly think it’s going to happen. To actually be here is overwhelming.”
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
In a way, all of these quotes are going to be trite and boring, because what’s he supposed to say?
“I really feel this should be my third Cy Young Award?”
“Hey, Roy, you think you’re hot shit?” (kissy sounds)
“Seriously, which one of you fuckers voted for Kennedy?”
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Q: Do you view yourself in a different category now, or is more expected, can the Dodgers accomplish even more next year?
A: “I sure hope so…I hope people have that expectation of me. I expect it of myself….now that I’ve missed it (the playoffs) the last two years, and living in Dallas and watching the Rangers go to the World Series, I want it.”
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Clayton, humoredian
“Football is king down here…if it does inspire kids to play baseball, that’s awesome. Anything to keep them away from lacrosse.”
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Downplaying the Lincecum matchups
“It doesn’t matter who you pitch against. You pitch against the other 8 guys…Tim is awesome…”
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Dodgers chiming in on Clayton
Orel:
“I am first and foremost a big fan of Clayton and have been honored to watch his quest in moving from good to great. He’s just scratching the surface of what he can become and I know he can reach much higher limits. Congratulations Clayton, it’s an amazing honor.”
Fernando:
As a pitcher, he improved a lot this past season and he’s very focused on the game. Clayton’s a competitor. He likes to win and always wants to win. He’s here to do his job and that’s what I like about his style. Winning this award, it’s the biggest honor for a pitcher and it means a lot. After putting all the work into it, he earned it."
Dr. Mike:
"He understands it’s a game of pitching, not power. I haven’t had a chance to see many of his games, but from what I’ve seen, I like his pitch sequences. He challenges himself, not the hitters. It’s a matter of keeping the game under control. It’s not easy to throw a non-fastball on a 2-and-0 or full count. He does a nice job of keeping the hitters uncomfortable"
Newk:
"As the winner of the first Cy Young Award, I am so very proud of Clayton Kershaw and his outstanding performances that led to his receiving the 2011 Cy Young Award. I am reminded of Sandy Koufax whenever I see Clayton pitch and feel that there is a deep comparison between the two. Clayton has an outstanding work ethic, as did Sandy, which will show itself through Clayton’s baseball career."
Gagne:
"I’m really happy for Kersh. He’s a great guy and it’s such an honor to win a Cy Young Award, especially with this organization and all the true legends that have won before us. It’s a really cool feeling and amazing for him, but he’s just getting started. He’ll probably win a couple more of these."
D2X
"Clayton represents everything good about this game and this award. He is a tremendous worker, a student of baseball and a great teammate. He’s always trying to get better and deserves all the accolades that come his way."
1983 AL ERA leader
"I’m extremely happy for Clayton and his family. He definitely deserved the Cy Young, and being just the 16th pitcher to be the triple crown winner makes it even more special. Clayton has always separated himself at every level with his hard work, preparation, and determination to be the best he can be. He is a model for all of our pitchers in our organization to follow. I hope this is the 1st of many Cy Young awards for him."
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
Hong-Chih Kuo:
“Now the world can know: actually, I WAS throwing at Parra.”
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Ty Cobb
Having been dead for 50 years, I cannot tell how good a pitcher he is but I still would have hit .300 against him today.
by bhsportsguy on Nov 17, 2011 12:24 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Mrs. CK
He’s an ace in the sack too!
Follow @DavidYoungTBLA
- The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
More white, McCourt is saving money.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
yup, it’s thicker, with a shorter serif on the L
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
everyone gets a little fatter and a little shorter as they get older
the logo is aging gracefully
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
My first thought
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Nov 17, 2011 12:34 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Ah crap. Crazy guy who shot the White House is apparently a Dodgers fan:
Ortega-Hernandez has been charged with attempting to assassinate Obama, though the president was not in the White House at the time of the incident. He had metal baseball bat, brass knuckles, a Wal-Mart receipt and a black hooded Los Angeles Dodgers jacket in the car he abandoned after allegedly firing at least two shots at the White House.
He was guilty before ever firing a single shot.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Congratulations Brian Stow beaters you are no longer the worst Dodger fans of the year.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
It was a black hoodie, are we sure it was chosen for it’s Dodgersness?
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
That it wasn’t immediately discarded makes me as sure as I’ll ever be.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
a Wal-Mart receipt
I see a possibility of another annoying Wal-Mart layaway commercial.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
The question now is
Kershaw or Kenley for 2012 CYA?
Loney was really pushing for Eovaldi as number 2 TBLA prospect.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
So, is that everybody who voted Halladay first?
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Still haven’t tracked down the Kennedy voter.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
World's most
expensive Scotch, aged 50 plus years – 12K+ Suntory brand
by bhsportsguy on Nov 17, 2011 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
Yes. Yes I would drink that if someone was buying.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
13 Gs for a bottle of scotch. I need Delias Man to convert this into grips for me.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
haha seriously, that is a grip of cash for some alcohol.
by uschris0304 on Nov 17, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Sure, I’d drink most anything someone pours for me
and to be pedantic, it’s whiskey, not scotch
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
The french living in Champagne
and the hick living in Bourbon county both breath a sigh of relief
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
but the dude living in Cheddar is like, whatever
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
Expensive cheese
And even if I had the money, which I don’t, I wouldn’t buy it. What a fucking waste of good cheese.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
I’d buy it if I had a bathroom sluice to recover the gold
sorry about that
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
makes my doody twinkle, ya’ll.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 17, 2011 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
So no douchebag 5th place vote for kershaw in real life? Oh that’s right, real sportswriters are paid and might lose their fucking vote if they did something THAT stupid. Nobody with a brain would do that. San Diego fans, on the other hand…
by lnickerson88 on Nov 17, 2011 12:43 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Stop being angry about fake awards.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t tell me what to do
Any why is our award fake?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
because the players don't care about it i'm assuming
Doesn’t make it any less meaningful to me. This is what you do in the offseason!
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
Its fake because its not socially accepted. Winners are not announced anywhere but SB Nation, or so I think anyways.
pointless I’ll accept, fake makes it sound so pointless.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
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by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
So Keith Law had Kershaw 5th? what a punk.
by uschris0304 on Nov 17, 2011 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
sorry, 3rd, not 5th… now im always going to have 5th on the brain.
by uschris0304 on Nov 17, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
It was completely reasonable to do so (3rd)
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
B-Ref’s version is better the more I think about it. Completely ignoring runs allowed in a value based stat is just weird.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Plus normalizing BABIP is weird. Does fangraphs really think all those years Greg Maddux had awesome defenses?
by dodgerpreacher on Nov 17, 2011 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
I do see where they’re going, it’s hard to isolate pitching from defense without double counting something, and there’s no good way to come up with xBABIP for a pitcher right now.
Using FIP is a hack that mostly works but it falls apart with extreme cases. As long as they adapt WAR to new information they’ll be fine.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
I just want to get this straight
Kershaw is punished by these stats because WAR calculations don’t believe he can maintain a low BABIP?
for next season..
by NotJoeTorre on Nov 17, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, FIP assumes pitchers have no control over balls in play, which isn’t true but the way it works out most pitchers expected BABIP is about the same. Kershaw’s has been .270ish the last three years so he might be unfairly penalized by f-WAR.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
Fangraphs WAR sucks. It always seems to be wrong when you look at historical cases. I don’t know which version ESPN uses, but its clearly not Fangraphs because they stated recently in an article that Kershaw had higher WAR by a narrow margin
by lnickerson88 on Nov 17, 2011 1:17 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Kershaw lead in B-Ref WAR.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe it was baseball reference WAR. I wasn’t sure if there were only two calculations, or multiple. How does Baseball Prospectus get their WAR?
by lnickerson88 on Nov 17, 2011 1:39 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Haven’t used WARP in a while. It used to be extremely dumb, but they changed it up, I’ll have a look.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
As far as I can tell it’s either proprietary or still dumb.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
Hooray!!! Feels almost as good as winning the World Series.
Clayton is already one of my favorite Dodgers of all time.
see, I told you my T/F question wasn’t that off base
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
She has a habit
of trying to blow hot air into a dead corpse
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
he’s not dead yet, don’t you dare call TOD
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
Speaking of stealing signs (we spoke about it yesterday)
The rumor is that Ole Miss holds up signs from the sidelines with the initials of the player who is going to get the ball.
Maybe it’s just a wild circumstance of chance that each of the fifteen signs I saw held up matched the player who would get the ball…. even in times when it made no sense for that player to get the ball. If there’s that much of a coincidence, they need to change the “random” letters on their signs because we somehow magically lucked into the most predictable playcalling system imaginable outside of the “Madden opponent who very slowly chooses which play he is going to run” method.
Legit question: should the Dodgers do it now?
The deal only makes sense if Kershaw signs for a year or three of what would otherwise be free agency.
Kershaw is under team control for three more years. A lot can happen in three years.
You are talking about a sixish-year deal. Granted, that is a six-year deal for the prime years of an ace lefty, but that is still a long time for any pitcher, isn’t it?
I dunno, maybe you gotta bite the bullet and do it, and if it blows up it blows up.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
I’d rather sign Kershaw to a six year deal now than a six year deal in three years.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
Not to yuk our collective yum, but...
Right now his value is incredibly high. It is considerably more likely that he gets hurt or regresses than that he improves. The only way it makes sense to extend him now is either because the deal is somewhat team-friendly or to eliminate FA.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I don’t disagree, obviously, but there is an opposing argument: when you’re talking about a talent like Kershaw, who cares if you buy high?
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
I pretty much agree with Nolij’s answer on this question.
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
Unless they go to arbitration and Kershaw wins, then he’s set up artificially higher for three years.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
dude said $20mil per year, so $120/6. I think that’s what’s being jumped on, not “should they sign him long term”. I still think he should get a 6 year deal, but it should be for 8, 12, 16, 20, 20, 20. By the time he hits free agency, $25mil a year for a 27 year old cy young winner will be a steal, let alone 20.
Really cool article on fangraphs about Kershaw and Halladay
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/clayton-kershaws-cy-young-roy-halladay-and-23/
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They are awfully provincial about their fWAR and its superiority to all things.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
congrats to Kersh
and on a completely unrelated note, you guys might enjoy this
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
2011: Boog would've count 78
Loved that. I love how on one of the few times theriot makes the play (and on the one time in the video the bad defensive play isn’t on him) the ump blows the call and tootblan fucking explodes. Hahahah
by lnickerson88 on Nov 17, 2011 1:47 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
yeah we had quite the time with him
and on top of that, when we’re a million games back he says “all i know is that when i was playing shortstop, we were in first place. it is what it is” facepalm thank god for furcal and thank god we won or he’d be on the most wanted list in st louis and not in a good way
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
2011: Boog would've count 78
and they wheren't in first
when he stopped being the starting short stop
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Really
Needs more TOOTBLAN
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'!
Bride can’t get enough of that nickname. All through the WS, she was like, “Is TOOTBLAN in this game?”
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
oh, i should have thought of that...
bummer
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
2011: Boog would've count 78
ah yes, shameless self-promotion
i posted it over at our blog and someone suggested throwing it over to you guys and BCB for laughs
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
2011: Boog would've count 78
A pox on all of their houses
I do love when Rex Ryan loses
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
If I watch the game it will be the first time I will have watched Tim Tebow
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
fug that
Watch out, Norman Mailer.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
I’m just trying to limit my fuck output. I know saying it on a blog was one of the main reasons I came here, but I can write other words too!
Should have been here for Vin Scully day
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Does Vin really never cuss? There has to be something dirty. When a guy appears to be too clean, there has to be something dirty behind the scenes. Would be hilarious if he cussed like crazy during commercial breaks.
“Bullshit, Vinny!”
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
The Vin I’ve been lucky enough to witness:
1. Shows up before everyone else
2. Hums or sings in his baritone voice to himself
3. Always seems to be smiling
4. Likes frozen yogurt
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
5. Is maybe the only dude who ever called out Kirk Gibson on national television and lived to tell a funny story about it.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
If Sanchez was uglier he’d be Derek Anderson by now
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
he looked really good against the bills..
but maybe by the way theyve been playing as of late the bills make everyone look good..?
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Nov 17, 2011 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
he isn't THAT bad
he is supremely overrated, but he isn’t terrible. Not very good, but not terrible. Ok he might be a littl eterrible
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Your’e rapidly talking yourself into terrible
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'm rooting
for a lightning strike on Tebow
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'!
You back form Vegas?
I’ll be there right after Xmas. Any restaurants to recommend from your trip?
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 am back and feel like I am chewed up bubble gum
I never left MGM the entire time, was working and playing hard.
I didn’t eat at anyplace where I would have liked to eat, but when I ate out, I was usually hosting – sometimes like 10 people
I ate at Wolfgang Pucks on the Casino Floor – not a meal I will ever duplicate or remember
I ate at Diego’s – had very good mexican for a casino fancified mexican, tasty
Emerils’ Fish house – not a big fan of his places. Had a mediocre meal in New Orleans too
Craftwich – the Tom Colicchio sandwich shop – very tasty
The tables were decent to me and I hit the one sports bet I made, a two bet parlay
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
Last Time I was at MGM
I had a steak at Craft. It was very good. It’s looking like my group may not go far beyond Mandalay, so Charlie Palmers is looking tempting.
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 like Shibuya, great sake selection
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Nov 17, 2011 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
Go Jets
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 17, 2011 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
I see no
legitimate reason outside of having grown up a fan of them why anyone would be rooting for the Jets
And yes
I say this as someone who met and has a Kevin Bacon factor of 2 with Mark Sanchez (can’t really be a 1 but close)
Their quarterback went to my favorite school.
The Broncos are the Broncos.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
The Jets may be the most harmless New York team this side of the Islanders, but they’re still a NY team.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Whoa
When my GF and I are back east visiting her family, we jump on the LIRR at the Ronkonkoma station to get into the city.
Scranton is in Pennsylvania.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I ’d think any fan of the Raiders would quibble with this sentiment.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Leave it to the President
Gaslamp Ball will have fun with this
The first-place votes for Halladay were cast by Ken Davidoff of Newsday (N.Y.), Zachary Levine of the Houston Chronicle, Keith Law of ESPN and Scott Miller of CBS Sports. The first-place vote for Kennedy was cast by John Maffei of the North County Times, representing the San Diego chapter of the BBWAA.
I was jsut about to post that as well
something in the water in SD County these days?
by MammothDodger on Nov 17, 2011 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
guys, they’re about to lose their NFL team to LA because they wont fund a stadium. I think we can cut them some slack, or not.
losing it to the city they hate so much
all I can say is
LOL
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I hope we call the new team the Golden Anteaters
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
LA Kardashians, I’m tellin’ ya. We’ll make a fortune!
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
HO LY SHIT!!!!!! god dam she is tooooo fine…. Reggie Bush truly is a dumb ass… you cant get much better then that, and if you can, fuck you!…. What game was this? I should have been there, front row!
good to know
someone else here has love for kim k
by eitherethier on Nov 17, 2011 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
hell yeah bro, she is SFV royalty man, everybody round her be keep on keepin up with the Kardashians. and all the spin offs too!!
Honestly though, im not sure how great of a wife she’d be because she seems like a control freak, and a neat freak, and very materialistic… But when you look like that, I say fuck it… control me baby, control me!!! I wish.
i'd marry her
have fun for a couple of weeks then get divorced and move on with my life
by eitherethier on Nov 17, 2011 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
Two things
1. It looks like she’s shotputting
2. Are those Nike pumps?
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'!
and 3
What’s with the credit card?
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'!
Trayvon Robinson swung and missed at that pitch
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 2:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
and white pants, what does she think this is a tampon commercial?
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 2:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Groundscrew left a ho on the field
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 2:36 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
I hear pitching is all in the ass.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
Things are suddenly looking up for Chad Billingsley in 2012.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 2:42 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Good lord, can you imagine a Billingsley-Kardashian offspring?
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 2:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The first infant with child-bearing hips at birth
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
Sandusky says
So’s catching!
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'm just getting started
From South Park:
It also says here that Penn State prefers to be losing at halftime, because at Penn State they like when you’re a little behind in the locker room.
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'!
my mom’s so poor she uses cheerios for earrings
by eitherethier on Nov 17, 2011 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
Penn State coaches having trouble with dropped balls.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
the people on the charger blog are pretty bitter about it
a lot dont want to even bother with them anymore if they leave
they hate hate hate hate hate la over there
I mean I do feel bad for most of the fans, but the ones who have such silly hatred in their hearts can GFT
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
actually I don't even feel that bad for them
now they have to drive a couple hours for the games. Meh.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
John is a very strange name for a woman.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
With all due respect to all our skirts who support TBLA in every possible way, that Cunt in San Diego set back the woman vote 500 years.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I had a good time reading her response to me from a couple of days ago
Good times were had by all….or was it none? Hard to tell in this case.
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Not totally sure how they split it up, but likely Phoenix, as he lives in Arizona.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
Breakup?
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'!
Worst part is, since she put it on twitter, he won’t find out about it for several days.
by G.Scott on Nov 17, 2011 2:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hey, if Penn St comes to Pasadena to play in the Rose Bowl, would they have to register as sex offenders?? hahaha… ok, dumb? stupid? thought I’d give it a try.
a win on November 26 (at Wisconsin) and December 3 (Big Ten title game) will make it happen.
I do think Wisconsin will win though.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
I would love for this to happen
Right up my twisted alley.
Who’s the grand marshall this year? Hopefully someone like Captain Kangaroo
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'!
If they were not maroons, it would be Matt Kemp or Clayton Kershaw
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Despite his Cincinnati ties, it would have been awesome if Charlie Hustle was the grand marshal of the Rose Parade once.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
What’re the odds?
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'!
Turns out the 2012 grand marshal is this dude.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
since when has that stopped Marty?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Once, I was walking in the sand, and I saw only one set of footprints, and I know that it was Marty’s mocking of truly inspiring people that carried me.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 2:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm working on it
but it’s a tough one
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'!
Oh, sure, go with the inspiring guy instead of somebody I can mock incessantly. WTF, Tournament of Roses?
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
When I first clicked on that page and saw the picture, for about half a second, I thought it was Seal.
I’m not sure if that makes me racist or just an asshole.
by fbihop on Nov 17, 2011 2:55 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Why stop at one? Could be both!
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
She needs to end up with Charlie Sheen to make this complete
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
by meercatjohn on Nov 17, 2011 2:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
And then Sheen has to tweet:
Winning?
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
I would like Sheen to hook up with Danica McKellar if only for the tweet “Winnieing”
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 2:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
well off?
i really have no idea what kind of judgment you’re trying to pass here, but the only thing that comes to mind is that i’ve never had enough money to buy an official jersey
are going to be fucked hard by their husbands when they get home?
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by meercatjohn on Nov 17, 2011 2:49 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Delias Man longs for the day when men will once again wear coat, tie, and hat when outside.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
it doesn't help that people buy them huge
no one wears well fitting clothes these days
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I found the jerseys sized weirdly
They had to buy something like a 44 so that it wasn’t tight across the chest (and I’m a little guy – 5’7" 150), but the thing goes down to middle of my thighs.
I only wear it to games as a fan.
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serious? I wear all kinds of jerseys out… I mean, not out to a club or whatever, but out, or in Vegas, or even better disneyland… It lets everybody know where the fuck im from…
I dont wear them everyday, like this hockey fan at my work wears a hockey jersey every dam day. But when im going to a public place, thats isnt fancy, then yes I do… Its fun, especially in Vegas… be in Vegas on saturday or sunday during football, EVERYONE has a jersey on… Even the women!
Most of the women I notice in Vegas on the w/e seem to be wearing little black dresses. We almost applauded the young lady that walked through the casino in a little red dress instead.
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A Few years ago, when Nebraska came here, I wore my SC jersey to disneyland knowing sure enough alot of Nebraska fans would be there… Sure enough they were… It was fun having a shit talking fest at disneyland… even Mickey got involved.
I find shit talking about games I am not playing in to be about the most pointless of pursuits and a poor reflection on the person I strive to be
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
Good way to inadvertanly get the fuck beaten out of you, too.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Nov 17, 2011 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
It’s all fun and games until you’re curled up in the fetal position getting jumped into the “Mouth Writing Checks My Ass Can’t Cash Gang”
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Nov 17, 2011 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
yeah, im a huge guy, 6’6… im not even a fighter, but at my size, people dont even want to fight anyways.
You play softball?
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by meercatjohn on Nov 17, 2011 3:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You know that thing I said earlier about embracing the “dbag USC fan stereotype”? I didn’t mean it, buddy old pal.
nah for real, I dont like fighting, at all…. I could be a dbag though. But IMO a dbag fan is a bandwagon fan. Ive been a Lakers and Trojans, USC Raiders, etc etc my whole life… Why would I not enjoy their success??
IMO people who say USC or Lakers fans are dbags or arrogant is only because their team hasnt won shit… If you team was winning, you’d be doing the same thing we are… But it isnt, so you arent.
or they could just be reading your comment here
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
I am a Laker fan and a huge Steeler fan
I never confuse what the team achieves with what I have done in my life. I give myself no credit for rooting for the winning team – just joy, no credit
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
What is rooting for a winning team?
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll take acting like a jackass for 1000 Alex
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
ok, ok, good enough… So wait, is Delias old and thats why he doesnt like jerseys? I cant find the answer
No, he’s not old.
he ain’t young either
he’s a tweener whose best days are probably behind him but he he doesn’t know it yet.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 17, 2011 3:41 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Cause you’d look like a doof walking around dressed as Gandalf too.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
So thats why you have so many dam steelers on your fantasy team..> I knew it…. is this your 1st or 2nd year of fantasy by any chance?? Got leave them loyalties alone when itcomes to fantasy football… but just my style on it anyways.
Desean Jackson is killing me. Huge bust considering where he was drafted.
Though if you have Rodgers you’re probably winning the league
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
have no idea, haven’t checked since the draft.
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
For example, owning Ben and Mendenhall IMO is a no no. Reason being if Steelers get shut down, your fucked. Or alot of times one or the other will have the big game for the STeelers, but not both. I like all my guys on seperate teams because if gives more of a chance they can all excel. A QB and WR on same team is acceptable though, but I really wouldnt suggest a QB and RB on same too, usually.
my QB is Brees
but you there have been great QB/RB situations in the past
Manning / Addai
Rivers / Tomlinson
Warner /Faulk
I am sure others
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
yeah man I said usually. Obviously there is those combos like Warner and Faulk Id say is better then all of those… but im not sure Steelers offense is in that boat, or majority of offenses… You can do if you want, I just dont like it
Just worked out that way – most of the time I don’t have many Steelers
We play in a keeper league so your choices can be limited
Mendenhall is a disappointment
Brown is great and a steal
The Steeler D was probably my only reach -
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
Bryan Stow
wishes someone would of told him this before opening day
I have always wondered what “hris” meant.
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I was ranting about this the other day too – Positive Nationalism – what is it and why do we need it
but my rant about the Brits being bad went so south that I am stopping right here
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
blind nationalism is bad
but some pride in where your from is cool
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I was thinking more on the lines of…
Everybody seems to want to get their piece of American, but not too many people (myself included) are doing all that much to help America
but yeah, I get you
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
I bought a house
and an american made car. I did what I could.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Like not out source jobs?
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well, it is a little more complex than that
I think the work I do now helps in ways that are not entirely obvious
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
It is always a little more complex than that when it is a topic you know a lot about.
Fortunately I am always spared that problem.
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What constitutes “an American car”? Corporate HQ in the US? The assembly line was in the US? What if the both are in the US but 51% of the parts on the line were made in other countries?
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Any of them yes, or all of them yes?
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So the, say, Chrysler from a Mexican assembly line is ok. A Toyota from a Kentucky assembly line ok. DGAF where the parts were made. Got it.
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I've got at least 2/3 there
too lazy too look up where the parts come from
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They talked shit 1st haha… I allow others to fire the 1st shot, then its on it after that… You aint coming into my city wearing another cities gear on and think you can talk shit. Im the regulator… Im also fuil of shit too.
I'm calling BS on something
Nebraska fans are generally considered some of the nicest fans, and at Disneyland (so a place they presumably brought their kids) they decide to talk shit to the local who is 6’6?
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
But you are right about the trash talking part… we didnt talk shit…. It was just something like I hope you enjoy your time today, because tomorrow your team is getting its ass kicked… There were kids around man, cant get too crazy
Also, when was this?
Nebraska played in the Rose Bowl in 2002 but that was against Miami not USC. Did they play a regular season game against USC since then?
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
Got it.
Say what you want about USC cheating, when they were at the top of their game they scheduled like they weren’t afraid of anybody. Not like a certain conference who likes the talk about how great they are.
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe they just really like crappy ruby cream soda?
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Nov 17, 2011 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
ha ha
but do traveling football fans really bring their kids? Hard enough to get tickets for the Alumni much less the wife and kids.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
In Pasadena around Rose Bowl time, you see a lot of families who made the trip.
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
yes
warmth + football
those people from Nebraska are the people you see wearing shorts in the winter and taking the roofless tour buses around town when I am wearing a coat and scarf
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
I think alot of outsiders make the trip to LA to go to disneyland, among other things. Its not something they can do often
oh so its LA when we talk about D-land
but the angels are terrible for putting LA in there name? You can’t have your cakeand eat it too
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by nolander on Nov 17, 2011 3:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
you can take a shuttle from LAX to D-land, but not to Angel Stadium
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
nah
OC loves USC for some reason(Oh right its cause their rich assholes)
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But if you were rich, you’d be an asshole too. See it all comes with the territory… We get upset with people for acting a certain way, because we cant be them.
and we shouldnt judge people for acting the way they act if we havent been where they’ve been. Or have been in their positions. Its like, Im not rich, so I need my dad… But if I was rich like Floyd Mayweather.. I too would be like get the fuck out my gym dad… I did this, you didnt do it… I did it… im kidding, sorta
I was never a high powered coach
at a major college. I guess I can’t judge Sandusky.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
but you did shower naked with boys so maybe you can
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Yes you can, what is the point of having cake if you can’t eat it?
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because then its gone
and you don’t have your cake anymore. Its binary.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Best way to think about it is to reverse the famous phrase. Make it “You can’t eat your cake and have it, too” and it makes more sense.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
The Nebraska fans were unbelievably obnoxious when they rolled into town for our game back in the day.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I wear a T-shirt that I wrote “The Streets” on in Sharpie to accomplish the same thing.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Nov 17, 2011 3:20 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I've never bought
and probably will never buy nor wear team gear other than a cap
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'!
What is the point of a jersey? To be worn at home? On the couch?
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I dislike the jersey as a regular piece of clothing
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
I dislike bosses wearing slippers while I have to wear shoes
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by meercatjohn on Nov 17, 2011 3:14 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I go to a sports bar every Sunday to watch the football games and about 50% of the people wear jerseys.
Sports bar on Sunday: acceptable setting
Dinner with your wife on Friday: Not acceptable
Office on Friday: Not acceptable
Because you have nothing else to wear: Not acceptable
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
I think you can wear a college jersey on Friday, think that’s alright.
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
if you’re in high school you can wear your jersey on Friday, and get sex
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
that was never stipulated
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Only thing worse than a jersey in public is one of those jerseys that aren’t evena replica sports team, like a Woverine X men one or something like that.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Nov 17, 2011 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
casual friday means casual friday
unless you still can’t wear shorts then the whole damn thing is a sham
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
some places casual friday means you don’t have to wear a tie
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
Not "casual friday" but perhaps relevant
The French Laundry has a dress code. Jackets are required for men. Ties are optional.
This means that no one who goes there wears a tie.
I wore my suit, an open collar, and my Dali cufflinks.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
funny how expensive it is to get laundry done in France : )
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
What about Breakfast In America? (Was that the name?)
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Dali cufflinks
I hope they didn’t melt into your pate.
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If I can't wear shorts and sandals it isn't casual enough
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Apples and VWs
You’re technical, I’m business. Casual for me should probably be polo and cotton pants
Every day is casual Friday for me. Yay, entertainment industry.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
I wear very casual in a business setting
Most dressed up is Dockers and long sleeve button up. Normal day is jeans and Polo. If i am lazy jeans and tshirt. Summer time shorts are the rule.
But of coarse I live and Work in Mammoth Lakes.
by MammothDodger on Nov 17, 2011 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
man I work in El Segundo. It’s as casual as casual gets in the area. But I work aerospace/defense, so our manager’s manager’s manager is always worried abou a congressman or two walking through and thinking we’re unprofessional.
We engineers can go as casual and jeans and a decent T shirt most days. I tend to be the dockers and long-sleeve, button-up shirt guy, short sleeves if warm, but I have a “leadership” position.
If you have to come in on the w/e, all bets are off then. That’s shorts, sandals, Dodgers T shirt time.
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yea somewhat different than my job
I work for a developer/resort operator. Do IT, HR and $, even when the head of the company comes here he dresses down to resort level. And if we see a politico here they are usually in ski clothes or golf attire.
by MammothDodger on Nov 17, 2011 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
That’s because they like to wear a big sign that they are a Bears fan, or Steelers fan or whatever. It’s like the guy who wears a Lakers jersey to a Clippers game. It’s basically a big sign that “I got these tickets for free, so I’m here, but I’m no fan.”
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
My wife found a pair of old Dodgers cufflinks on ebay and bought them for me as a gift. It’s the perfect amount of outward fandom expression.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Nov 17, 2011 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
Does anyone even know what a cuff link is, if they have not been in a formal wedding?
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We dapper fellows do from birth.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Nov 17, 2011 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
That’s more true of a cummerbund than cuff links
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
Cummerbund
sounds like some sort of porn accessory
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I've got two shirts
rolled up in my closet because I didn’t notice they were french cuffs when I bought them
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 love french cuffs. Gives a nice polished look without being ostentatious.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Nov 17, 2011 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
40% of my work shirts are probably french cuff
I probably own 25 pairs of cufflinks
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
Lookit mister fancypants
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 didn’t mean it that way…but yeah
I just meant in the way that a gentleman dressing like a gentleman is not some anachronism to the Jurassic or even Madmen
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
I know that
I just don’t own cufflinks, other than old Marine ones from my father. Since I rarely wear a sport coat, there’s not much use for french cuffs. I did wear a suit last week though for a work function
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 have cufflinks
that I purchased at the Dali museum in Figueres, Spain, in the shape of his famous melting clocks from his painting The Persistence of Memory.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
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I have a few shirts with french cuffs. Two pairs of cuff links that I was given as gifts.
Oddly, I rarely wear those shirts with a jacket. Other than the french cuffs, they are actually a bit casual.
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At my wedding, I wore cufflinks that were made out of silver and pieces of old wooden seats from Dodger Stadium. Aside from my wedding ring, the cufflinks are the only male “jewelry” that I own.
I guess so, but I don’t really consider the watch jewelry unless it’s like the ones that Matt Kemp wears
Some day I’monna buy me a real nice watch.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Nov 17, 2011 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
he must be bored
because he shows up at the pyramid wearing a black and gold suit and i just upsets me so much!!!!!!
Or maybe he is simply a Laker fan who wants to wear his jersey but can’t afford Laker tickets. You pay $100 bucks for something you should be able to wear the fucking thing without anyone thinking you have whack motives about it.
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fair – bad choices are ok too as long as they don’t harm others
wear ill fitting unflattering clothing that makes one look more boy than man – that is a personal choice!
I wear my Torre jacket to the stadium
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
And his nose
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by meercatjohn on Nov 17, 2011 3:21 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
they go together
this nose is an aphrodisiac
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:23 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Can you name the teams that are covered by these 40 SB Nation blogs (from NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB)?
I got 30/40. Hockey really screwed me up.
That seems like the kind of work only Josie would enjoy
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lots of people enjoy stimulating their brain every now and again, not all of us just let it atrophy
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
can I have a T-Shirt instead, trophies just gather dust, while a T-Shirt has many uses.
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you can have an A-shirt, can’t afford the sleeves
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
his brain is too atrophied to understand what you just said
you should know that
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I thought we were melding and you treat me this way?
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Beat ya. 31 out of 40. Hockey also screwed me up
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
I got 33 out of 40
5 of the 7 missed were NHL
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
Wow, you guys really are geeks.
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26/40
Gave up before timed out. Some of those names are pretty lame.
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35/40. I’m not bored enough to spend those last 7 minutes just randomly guessing stuff.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Try the presidents one
http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/presidents
i’ve got like half, most of them are the original 3 and the last 80 years, lol.
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25/44
got: 1-3; 6,7,10, 16, 17, 22, 24, 26, 31-44
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
40/44.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
44/44. Shame on you guys.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
History teacher?
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Math.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
39 – all the guys I forgot where the lay abouts from the 1800s
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
The chart looks positive. Longest stretch we have a had a president not die while in office since the great experiment started.
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William Henry Harrison ruined it for the old timers.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah he did. I always forget Pierce and Tyler.
Kind of amazing that more of them didn’t die in office given the times.
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Chevy Chase: making Americans suppress Presidential names.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
damn
I need to take another history class
by eitherethier on Nov 17, 2011 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
I know that I know them all
I don’t need to take a frickin’ sporcle test.
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Mike Digiovanna, covering the owners meetings:
Dodgers owner Frank McCourt on his plans after team is sold next spring: "I love L.A. and plan to stay in L.A." Dodgers fans, discuss.
Call it Bullshit Vin Scully
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think Vin would approve
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Frankly, I’m not sure their is a point.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
Yah
It will be funny and all but why for the sake of a laugh or two should you throw some gravel on his last days on earth.
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Or, if he doesn’t, we can just start up the Twitter account for Zombie Vin Scully. “Braaaaaaaaiiiiiins! Now let’s get back to this one.”
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 3:12 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’d be like in Julie and Julia when Julia Child didn’t think the girl with the blog was serious about cooking
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
Still owns the LA Marathon
What happens to the Dodger charities like Think Cure? Can the new owners simply cease a charity like that?
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Still owns the LA Marathon
And the land beyond the parking lots at Dodger Stadium.
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by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
The LA marathon can also be bought.
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Everythings for Sale
You just haven’t talked price yet
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
might as well
We have tons of douchebag Boston transplants living in LA. I’m looking at you, Simmons.
LA is a town that loves comebacks
Frank buys the soccer team and turns it into a winner
dies decades later a beloved city figure
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
because he turned a soccer team into a winner? I think they have been winning and no one other then one very notable person has noticed.
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I laid that trap out and the wrong bird stumbled into it
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
wait, what soccer team you talking about? Galaxy is already a winner… I suppose he could buy Chivas USA
ok, ok, – I was screwing with Josie, but ok
Frank buys the Kings and the franchise goes on a Montreal type run over 2 decades
Kids grow up on skates because global warming results in minnesota type winters in Los angeles
we all enjoy back bacon
Frank is an LA immortal after his second successful term as Mayor. He is most known for clearing out the Occupy LA protesters in 2043
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
AEG are so cheap, they’re building an NFL stadium
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
jesus christ, don’t fuck with the narrative
it is the comeback
since Elvis in ’68, America loves a comeback
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
McCourt will be a wino within ten years
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
that’s the easy story
mine is more interesting
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
also improbable. Who’s gonna lend Frank money now? Gecko?
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
Was Frank losing the Dodgers partly because of the Unoccupy Dodger Stadium movement?
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by David Young on Nov 17, 2011 3:20 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I believe it’s a joint venture between the city of Glendale, the White Sox and the Dodgers.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Nov 17, 2011 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
Looks like it, by whatever the %’s are. I wonder what shell company that rolls up under.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Nov 17, 2011 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
didn’t Frank form a holding company for all his baseball interests?
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
Sporcle for Mike
1,500-point scorers in the NBA in the 2000s.
I was shameful, only getting 53 of 83.
I barely beat you. 58 out of 83. Then you see the names you miss and it’s frustrating
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
Bosh was the highest name I missed. Really sad on my part.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
after reading the first sentence
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Based on this thread I’m going to buy a french cuff shirt and put on my fancy cufflinks, then wear my Fernando Jersey over it.
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And I’ll join you for dinner at the Olive Garden.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
FTR my wife was appalled that I wore jean shorts.
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Pretty sure I last did that in the 80s, maybe early 90s.
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Everybdoy cheats on their diet, so keep on going. Don’t use that as an excuse to start pounding pizzas and taco bell.
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
Fuck that, die happy
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I’m not there yet. I did drop 40 lbs since Memorial Day (when I started the diet and new work out program)
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks. The first 20 lbs came off quick. After that, it got a lot tougher and I feel like I’m at a plateau
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
he had more to start with then you.
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Probably. Actually Nolander and I are pretty similar body types, around the same height
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
Right, but I’m going to guess you had him by 20 lbs before you started your diet.
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Wow, never mind. I’m ending my weight guessing career right now.
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down in the 210s now
almost back to my playing weight!
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I don't want to be 'skinny'
so its time to hit the weights
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
If it’s any consolation, it wasn’t that.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
You too can work for SBNation(warning east coast bias)
http://sbnation.theresumator.com/apply
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140 more days until kershaw pitches again
by Ben Delbick on Nov 17, 2011 4:12 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I think so
people looking like clay at times
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
Next week you’ll wonder what you were talking about
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'!
totally expect that
and facial flaws – so refreshing to see facial flaws on people
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
news anchors suddenly look way less hot and more old
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t watch the news, but I can imagine that
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
You and USChris
have something in common
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'!
We also both have the penis of a man 6’ 6"
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 4:33 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
you are not 6’6 man, you’re Italian
by uschris0304 on Nov 17, 2011 4:36 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Whether or not you stick around for the meteorology report
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
How about Jim Hill, because I’ve seen him from six inches away and SOB, he looks good.
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oh Jim Hill is a flawless man, but I’ve only ever seen him in person
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
You have never seen Jim Hill on TV? Ever? He was on TV the day you were born, the day you were potty trained, the day you fell in love, the day you broke your first heart, the day your heart was broken, the day you ………., the day you cried about it, the day you hated your parents, the day you loved your parents, the day you decided to be a Cal Bear because the Tree rejected you, the day you were a hippy, the day you came home, and the day you found TBLA and stopped wondering what life was all about.
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by meercatjohn on Nov 17, 2011 4:33 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Stevie Wonder has seen Jim Hill on TV.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 4:35 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Kershaw Pay
1. Kershaw is just going to keep improving. Only an injury can impair his ability.
2. Last season he logged 233 innings and as a strikeout pitcher he frequently exceeded 100 pitches per outing.
3. Kershaw has thrown 716 MLB innings to date.
4. Only 240 pitchers in history have met or exceeded 2,500 MLB innings pitched for their career.
5. If Kershaw stays healthy until he logs 2,500 MLB innings pitched and averages 230 innings per season, he will have been in service 7.756 more seasons.
6. I would create a contract that would guarantee his services for 8 years tonight.
The most hyperbolic statement in the history of hyperbole
from Jim Bowden:
This labor negotiation between MLB and the Players Association was the most professionally handled negotiations in Sports History…CONGRATS
yeah I know, I didnt even know they had them… Maybe it went so smooth because MLB has no power vs that union anyways, or so im told.
There has probably been a mention or two about the negotiations most days here for the last few weeks.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
Summary: we felt that small market teams were getting a little too fiesty, so we fucked em good and hard.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
Also we hope people from Latin America decide to play soccer instead of baseball. We will then wonder why no one wants to play baseball anymore.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
What happened on this front? World-wide draft?
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
Cap and floor on Latin American signings.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
Not sure how it affects Japan.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
A run on assistant college coach pedophilia
per John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal:
Uh oh. ESPN reporting that a Syracuse basketball assistant coach is being investigated for molesting a former ball boy. via SportsCenter. ESPN’s Mark Schwarz is reporting the story on ESPNews right now.
Dirty laundry airing time. Sure we molested, but only once. Keep focused on Penn State.
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by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
Isn’t that why they’re called ball boys?
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'!
also known as slobber boys for a reason.
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this didn't happen
last time. The Lutherans didn’t suddenly come out with dirty laundry : )
by Josie Becker on Nov 17, 2011 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
Brand on Wood = Louisville Slugger?
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Could platoon with Stewart until the stud muffin is ready
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that would be the most interesting
and judging by last year, worst platoon ever
by eitherethier on Nov 17, 2011 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
they made up for being uninteresting with being bad
by eitherethier on Nov 17, 2011 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
I’d like you to plot all these points on a graph. I look forward to that Fan Post :)
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
Heyman says Wood will get $100,000 over the minimum salary if Wood makes the team.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
things to love about Mrs HJ
She has been sick with a cold while I was in Vegas. She is still sick, and I am not feeling so hot myself. Just beat to shit.
She calls – "I know you are tired, but I don’t feel up to making dinner – wanna pick up some In and Out burgers on the way home and we can eat them while watching the footsballs (think Bobby Bouchet) on the new TV.
Damn, I got lucky
Significantly better looking than Kathy Bates, too.
by Eric Stephen on Nov 17, 2011 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
She is to me
but not if you’re into squared headed thick ladies with a distinctive manishness to their nature
then you go Kathy every single time
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
BTW Joe
I’m liking Matterhorn. About 300 pages into it
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'!
So glad!
I get a tremendous amount of joy when someone likes I book I turn them on to
Jarringly real – eh?
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
I thought he was talking about the new vincent chase movie
by Michael White on Nov 17, 2011 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
Matterhorn will arrive Monday for me. And World War Z!
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Nov 17, 2011 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
I married a 14 year old
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
by meercatjohn on Nov 17, 2011 4:38 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
There was a diner in my hometown
Called BeeJays. Rumor was it was owned by Lesbians, so I’m sure they got some chuckles
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'!
Somehow this leads you to Phranc.
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Capitalized the L
Lesbians as in from Lesbos?
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Nov 17, 2011 4:41 PM PST reply actions
I have always wanted to go to that Island. Must be crazy with chicks getting it on.
other dumb things I have done and said:
Years ago, when I was in my mid-20s and looking for adventure, me and a buddy went to a lesbian bar on Santa Monica blvd hoping for I don’t know what….we just thought “hey no competition from any other guys….let’s see what happens”
Nothing happened other than every woman in the joint assuming we were a gay couple and the ones the figured it out wanted nothing to do with us
not my best night’s work. I learned a lesson though: “It doesn’t matter if your product is good and there is no competition, if there isn’t a market, there isn’t a market.”
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 17, 2011 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
Had a female friend
who used to drag me to this gay bar on Santa Monica called Revolver back in the early 80’s. That’s where I saw the Thriller video debut. The crowd went wild
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'!
You’d be amazed how many guys fail to learn that lesson.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Nov 17, 2011 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
“There would be a market if I was the product.”
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and as far as i see not a single complaint about it slowing down, ahh the power of Clayton
I switched to firefox and it fixed the slow problem for me.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Nov 17, 2011 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
Dodgers, most Cy Young award winners in MLB
Did not Know this.
"Next year, we're definitely going to make the playoffs."
-MVP
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