Thoughts On A Matt Kemp Extension & The 2012 Dodgers
by Eric Stephen on Nov 8, 2011 7:31 PM PST
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We know the Dodgers will have a new owner at some point relatively soon, but perhaps not soon enough to help create a team this offseason. Tim Brown at Yahoo! Sports wonders whether McCourt is motivated enough to sign MVP candidate Matt Kemp to an extension beyond his final year before free agency:
The Dodgers have told Kemp they would love to extend his contract.
Kemp has told the Dodgers he would love to have his contract extended.
The rest is in limbo, out there between McCourt’s exit plan and the coming auction and the next owner’s strategy and the timing of it all, because Team Kemp seems reluctant to negotiate during the regular season. So there would appear to be a deadline, too, if a soft one.
I am strangely unworried about Kemp's future in Los Angeles. I understand that Kemp and agent Dave Stewart don't want the distraction of an in-season negotiation, but Brown's mention of a soft deadline seems right to me. I have to think if the new owner wants to extend Kemp he or she will find a way to get it done, whether it is during the season or just afterward. Money talks, and the only question is timing.
Back to 2012 for a moment, Gary Scott and Andrew Grant both took the time to construct Dodgers rosters under the constraint of a $120 million payroll (including dead money). Take time to read both very detailed Fan Posts.
The projected payroll right now is at roughly $110 million, and that's with many placeholders on the roster that likely won't be there by opening day, but replaced by more expensive replacements. I don't have a full roster plan, but I do have some thoughts on what I think will happen this winter:
- Hiroki Kuroda will re-sign with the Dodgers to a contract similar to the one he signed last year (one year, $12 million, with $4 million deferred); but if he doesn't, the Dodgers will use that $8-10 million to sign another veteran starting pitcher.
- The Dodgers will spend somewhere in the neighborhood of $2 million on a veteran relief pitcher.
- One of Jamey Carroll or Aaron Miles will be back, but not both.
- I think both James Loney and Andre Ethier will be tendered contracts and the Dodgers will try and ride a healthy Ethier and a reborn Jim Loney to an improved season.
- I believe the desire to add a bat is sincere, but it's hard to see where the money will come from. The Dodgers could non-tender Loney and sign Aramis Ramirez to a backloaded three-year deal for instance (which would also open up a spot for Jerry Sands, either at first base or left field), but even with shedding Loney's estimated $6 million that would bring the payroll into the $130 million range, maybe higher.
Which brings me to this passage from Brown:
A friend of McCourt’s told me this week he’s inclined to leave the Dodgers in a position to contend in 2012...The friend told me McCourt still hopes to "repair" his relationship with Dodgers fans, in part by helping put the team together again, and that to leave the Dodgers short now would weigh on McCourt’s conscience.
For 2012 at least, that's what Dodgers fans have to cling to. I'll believe it when I see it.
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Jimmy Rollins, dropping hints
His tweet:
Young JRoll……..lol
With a link to a picture of him in a Giants uniform (can’t be copied, which is just as well).
http://media.whosay.com/89674/89674_la.jpg
You were saying?
by dodgerpreacher on Nov 8, 2011 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
I'd still rather they lock up Willie Bloomquist to a 4 year deal ;)
but Rollins to a 5 year deal would be fine too.
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Oh please oh please make it happen.
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Not surprised you like that one ;)
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Finally got around to listening to Ron Washington's speech
if that’s all they have, if people want to get offended by F-bombs, fuck em. That’s about the most mild and calm I’ve heard a coach in a big game in my life.
It was entertaining
but don’t really get why he kept calling the Cardinals cocksuckers. I mean, really?
He meant to call them fargin' *corksockin'* iceholes.
/johnnydangerously
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this
I call people we are competing against cocksuckers all the time in select company
makes me happy to do so and makes the right people laugh
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 8, 2011 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
When the sale of the Dodgers news broke, I was hoping for a usage of “cocksucker” from profane Vin Scully.
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George Carlin made a living by calling people cocksuckers!
And I thought it was funny as shit and still do!
I agree with most of your predictions Eric
though I have this feeling neither Miles nor Carroll will be back. Of course, that could be partially my “what should happen” take and not what the Dodgers will do. Honestly, as just a bench guy, and if he wasn’t costing much (presumably he’s cheaper than Carroll), Miles coming back wouldn’t be a big deal to me but still think they could fill that slot from within the org even far cheaper and just as (or more) capably.
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Moving laterally! That's our Dodgers.
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This news makes me want to punch a kitten.
Well, not really.
Btw, I think The Wire is much better (or at least far more compelling to me personally) than Boardwalk, but the latter is definitely well done. Worth renting DVDs/episodes at some point.
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I have never heard the word cocksucker used more in a western
or ANY show, then I did watching about 5 eps of Deadwood
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 8, 2011 8:28 PM PST up reply actions
“Boardwalk Elected Chairman of the Board, Pays Clayton Kershaw $50 (million)”
by G.Scott on Nov 8, 2011 8:19 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hey McCourt
Go to Jail
Go Directly to Jail
Do Not Pass Go
Do Not Collect $200
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Take a Ride on the Reading (of the Numerous Complaints Written Out Against You)
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Dodgers railroads
Short Line – Miles
Pennsylvania – Federowicz (I think)
B&O – Uribe
Reading (between the lines) – Ethier
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
McCourt would like to use the sack of money game piece, or the top hat
but instead I picture him as the thimble.
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And Jamey Carroll would be the little yippy terrier.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
random question:
anyone round these parts have some sort of connection to Holtsville? or am i just confusing things
What’s that? Sounds like a penal institution.
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Didn’t the Angels hold the first part of spring training there and then move the camp up to Palm Springs?
Quite back in the day.
by 68elcamino427 on Nov 8, 2011 8:50 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think Frank McCourt is inclined to do anything for the fans. What I do think is that this franchise is still a significant entity in one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country, and that the sale price for the Dodgers is not maximize by gutting the payroll a la Florida or San Diego, but by having a competitive product to put on the field in 2012 and beyond. Buyers expect to be buying some sort of solid infrastructure along with this franchise.
The only commitment the Dodgers have beyond 2012-13 is that last year of Chad Billingsley’s contract. IMO, the Dodgers can take on one longer term commitment to a legitimate (super)star and not reduce the sales price to Frank. The only real question is: is Matt Kemp that legitimate superstar?
(Kershaw has enough cost-controlled years left that that can be the new owner’s decision probably.)
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“Cocksucker.”
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by David Young on Nov 8, 2011 8:56 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I have no basis, so this is pure conjecture, but I have a feeling that Kuroda very much wants to pitch one last season in Japan, esp. for the Carp, before he hangs up the spikes for good, and he want be an effective pitcher for that. I’m guessing he’s deciding how much he has left in the gas tank, and in the arm, and in the neck, so that he can make a decision about returning to LA for 2012, and the Carp later, or if his homecoming season has to be now.
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He gave
David Beckham the Marcus Thames treatment, and honestly, I don’t understand how someone who writes for a newspaper can get away with write an article about how they couldn’t get an interview
that’s what Becks was promised including endorsement deals and whatnot. His contract is worth around $30 mill over five years
Beckham can blow him off and has.
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That article is such a waste of space, I wish I hadn't read it earlier when Dylan tweeted it
Simers acts like he’s the voice of all LA sports fans, and soccer fans. I get the feeling he could give a crap about soccer so he acts like no one else gives a crap either. Waa waa, I couldn’t get an interview so I’ll rip him mercilessly. Oh well, I’m sure Beckham saw worse back in the UK with papers like the Sun.
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i dont know how to fix this roster
Lilly, Uribe, Guerrier = 24.75 mils in 2012.
Another 20 mils of dead money to players not on the team.
Damn.
Get a new owner who is willing to spend with abandon to make things work right off the bat?
by 68elcamino427 on Nov 8, 2011 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
$24.75 million in dead money wouldn’t bother say, the Cubs. Which is where in terms of payroll we need to be.
An infusion of capital is whats needed.
I dont think even GM wizardry can fix what the Dodgers currently got.
How do teams get money? Sell more tickets and find the right price point to maximize revenue. Sell the broadcast rights. Sell naming rights to the stadium. Raise parking prices. Billionaires didn’t get to be billionaires by spending their own money, as Tim Brown wrote, they spend other people’s money.
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I actually don’t think that will happen. Yankee, Fenway, Wrigley, Dodger – should be big-big market franchise that don’t need to do that. Even Frank didn’t do it.
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Although in this town can you imagine? Dodger Stadium Brought To You By Dreamworks!
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The Wrigley naming rights should be sold — to Wrigley.
Can you imagine? The Cubs go to the chewing gum company, like, “We’re totes gonna sell the naming rights,” with their fingers crossed behind their backs, and the chewing gum people are like “O HAI HEREZ FIFTY MILLION”
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"And Kenley Jansen strikes out the side in the ninth inning here at Wrigley Field...
…with the score tied at 2-2. That takes us to
innings
Don't be silly, Eric.
Like D2X would ever put his closer into the game in a non-save situation on the road.
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Exactly why many of us were opposed to the signings of Lilly, Uribe, Guerrier…
I guess Lilly is the least offensive.
Guerrier is the least offensive to me. His deal is both the least expensive and the closest to actual market value.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Mac’s accidental effectiveness isn’t particularly relevant.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Point is random middle reliever can do what Guerrier did so you don’t give him three years.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
That’s fair. Although random middle relief can also be Ortizish or Lolancetastic. Paying for a known commodity is a reasonable alternative.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
If doubling your ERA in a year is a known commodity, sure.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
The only reason Guerrier was a “known quantity” is because his was artificially low for two years.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
Ah, so today ERA is the appropriate metric. His FIP was a career-best, his xFIP was exactly in line with career numbers.
But, more importantly, his ERA didn’t double. It went up less than a run.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
i think the point is
his x-fip sucks, so why pay him 5 million a year for 3
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Maybe not the point but my point would be why pay someone 4 Million to do something that someone can do for 435,000.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Isn't that implied in the point that I was pointing at?
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Because you could also be paying someone 900K to be Lolance, or 435K to be Troncoso.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
No one is forcing any GM to use lousy pitchers in the bullpen.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Good pitchers don’t grow on trees. Exiting spring training, they could not have predicted that Mac and Guerra and Lindblom would be effective and Tron and Lolance would be execrable.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
From the one bullpen of his I watched in early March
Mike MacDougal: Dude can still bring the heat. He throws with a three-quarters motion and puts hard arm-side movement on a harder fastball. His slider was okay, but the main problem was leaving the ball over the plate. Even with the great fastball, it still got squared up pretty good by more than one guy.
It’s not “this guy is gonna be good”, but it’s “I could see him being successful, and for$500k, F it”
Tron has been bad since mid-2009, that was pretty predictable.
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by Taylor Maricle on Nov 9, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
alaska super storm
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/superstorm-historic-alaska_2011-11-08
940 milibars!
thats like a strong hurricane hitting Alaska.
The National Weather Service in Alaska states that an historic hurricane-force storm system is moving into the Bering Sea on Tuesday. The storm, which is forecast to have sustained winds of 80 mph over an area the size of Colorado, is also predicted to produce storm surge effects on the Alaskan coast 8 to 10 feet above normal water levels. The Alaskan city of Nome is in its path.
The Alaskan city of Nome is in its path.
Poor Aaron Miles
by Eric Stephen on Nov 8, 2011 9:01 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
The Heater Hunter is the solution!
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I can see that storm from my house!
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by underdog on Nov 8, 2011 10:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
suspense
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 8, 2011 9:28 PM PST up reply actions
they made it sound like there were concerns about players getting fed info about what the other player has had
thousand card stare
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 8, 2011 9:31 PM PST up reply actions
this is why they should be allowed to smoke
a cigarette to the eye makes someone keep their eye on their own hand. :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 8, 2011 9:33 PM PST up reply actions
ESPN’s not even showing what these guys are holding…so there’s no excuses for this not being live instead of 15 minutes delay
but if players get fed info about how the last hand went down, they might be able to pick up on tells
too bad those cocksuckers won’t call it for a strike
by NotJoeTorre on Nov 8, 2011 9:30 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Wait a minute
Penn State students are rioting at Joe Paterno’s house… in SUPPORT of Joe Paterno?
/pours third drink
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their brainwashed fools
Joe Paterno may have covered his ass legally, but he sure as hell didn’t morally
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
e kids that were victims or whatever they want to say, I think we all ought to say a prayer for them. Tough life, when people do certain things to you. Anyway, you’ve [meaning the students rallying outside his home] been great.
Joe Paterno.
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I can't even...
“It’s a bummer, huh, when kids get diddled. Hard to come back from that. You guys are awesome though.” -Not Joe Paterno
A Gilbert is always the answer to LA sports problems.
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if the Red Sox are intersested in Beltran
it only stands to reason they will get Beltran, correct?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
john smoltz has a better argument
Be interesting if he makes it out of the “less than outstanding” pitchers.
Pedro, Maddux, Clemons, RJ, Glavine are the outstanding class.
yup
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 8, 2011 9:53 PM PST up reply actions
Not anymore.
I mean, he has an argument. Arguments are cheap. But he got less than 5% of the vote. He’s not on the ballot anymore. Some people were like, “He coulda been elected,” but nobody really gave a shit, because he alienated everybody.
He might be the best pitcher not in the Hall of Fame.
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True. In addition to the two who got elected, I’d have voted for Bagwell, Larkin, McGwire, Raines, Trammell, and, probably, Edgar (I want to vote for him but I might be wrong based on the DH argument).
And Brown. I would also have voted for Brown.
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Oh, and I’d be willing to be convinced about Larry Walker.
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I ain’t got no beef with Moose
but off the top of my head…Hall of the Very Good
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 9, 2011 8:27 AM PST up reply actions
Add a wing called “The Hall of Shame” where you put all the best assholes and criminals
they are important to the history of the game
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 9, 2011 8:31 AM PST up reply actions
about Edgar
if it’s a position, they should be eligible for the HOF
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 8, 2011 9:54 PM PST up reply actions
Pinch hitter is also a position.
I know that’s hyperbole. I don’t mean to get taken literally. But defense counts.
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sure, it counts
but if you’re never really given the chance, is it that players fault?
would Edgar be in if he was a shitty fielding 1B?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 8, 2011 9:58 PM PST up reply actions
Edgar goes in as
3rd/DH and Thomas should go in as a 1st/DH
Molitor should have DH somewhere on his info
Bonds will be an interesting case.
Palmero, 3000+ hits, 500+ HRs. such a shame
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 8, 2011 9:55 PM PST up reply actions
yeah, that second failed test was the last nail in the coffin
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 8, 2011 9:59 PM PST up reply actions
so what you need 5% to stay on, 75% to get in?
by Josie Becker on Nov 8, 2011 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
yes ma’am
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 8, 2011 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
ROFLcopter me all you want
but Pujols is 31, and I’ll believe that until proven otherwise
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 8, 2011 9:57 PM PST up reply actions
hahaha
that’s pretty good :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 8, 2011 10:11 PM PST up reply actions
and that was in the juice era
Not sure if Kevin Malone knew…but the old guys back then could still pitch great….RJ and Clemens were great into their 40s.
#fuckitjustoccupy
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 8, 2011 10:03 PM PST up reply actions
the most successful
#occupyTheAirplaceLavatory
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Reg vs G.Scott
I ran a simulation of their two rosters and posted the results in G.Scott’s rosterbation Fanpost to see who had the stronger $120M team. The results are shocking! Just shocking I tell ya.
That is awesome that you did that.
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I’m just thinking, “If I had known..”
Maybe if Phil opens this up as a czy eddie thread and we’re all allowed to create rosters, we can set it up as a single elimination tournament to see who would win a playoff series.
I guess you have to ask yourself a question, do you want to win baseball games played in 2012 or a simulation of baseball games based on 2011 performance?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
That’s a hell of a scoop for Brown. The headline should read:
SOURCE: Frank McCourt Has Conscience
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
MLB Network is showing the farthest HRs from the season
its basically Trumbo, Stanton and Upton going nuts with Kemp, Fielder, and Morse sprinkled in
Wily Mo!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 8, 2011 10:33 PM PST up reply actions
word
they have good stuff
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 8, 2011 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
Thought this was interesting.
One insider guessed that MLB currently has a pretty good idea of who the next owner of the Dodgers will be. That person recalls how Peter Magowan was able to take part in the Barry Bonds signing before being approved as the Giants’ new owner, which in theory could happen with the Dodgers and top free agents this winter.
If anyone has an insider account and can expand on this, would be appreciated.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
guessed
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
still interesting
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:18 AM PST up reply actions
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong next dodger owner?
When asked if he was leaning toward pursuing ownership or simply considering it at the moment, he said, “I’d rather not discuss. … This is something I’m not allowed to talk about, so I can’t make any comments, unfortunately, on that.”
this reads a lot like “i’m in.”
O_O
Soon-Shiong is the richest man in Los Angeles, according to Forbes and the Los Angeles Business Journal, with a net worth of over $7 billion.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 7:32 AM PST up reply actions
I KNOW!!!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 7:37 AM PST up reply actions
Soon-Shiong is the richest man in Los Angeles, according to Forbes and the Los Angeles Business Journal, with a net worth of over $7 billion.
Good drugs and great timing helped push the doctor’s fortune up 25% since last year.
That is insane!
Soon Shiang
banging fly bitches
swimming in poon tiang
when I drop my drawers
ho’s come running
when I show my cash
fools come gunning
I am bored now
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 9, 2011 8:23 AM PST up reply actions
The entirety of Brentwood is way outside (I assume) all of our price ranges.
by Michael White on Nov 9, 2011 8:28 AM PST up reply actions
The lone game I started came against Brentwood High
- in our division. Fuck them.
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by Taylor Maricle on Nov 9, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
should say number 1, stupid formatting.
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by Taylor Maricle on Nov 9, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
Gilbert’s kinda shady. he made his fortune by showing rich people how to avoid paying taxes. so i don’t know about him.
I would like a baseball guy to run my baseball team, not a basketball guy.
by Julio Nievas on Nov 9, 2011 8:24 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I believe the Doctor
would just be one of the money guys
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by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 8:49 AM PST up reply actions
this guy turned out alright
Soon-Shiong joined the faculty of UCLA Medical School in 1983. He left UCLA in 1991 to start VivoRx, a diabetes research firm. In 2011 Forbes estimated his fortune at $5.2 billion, ranking him #195 among billionaires.
Soon-Shiong founded American Pharmaceutical Partners (APP) in 1997. On July 7, 2008 it was reported that Soon-Shiong, who owns more than 80 percent of APP, agreed to sell his stake to Fresenius SE for $3.7 billion.
In 2010, Soon-Shiong sold Abraxis BioScience to Celgene in a $2.9 billion cash-and-stock deal. Soon-Shiong is on the Board of Advisors of RAND Health, is the Executive Director of the UCLA Wireless Health Institute, was a visiting professor of microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics and a visiting professor of bioengineering at UCLA in 2009, is Chairman of the National Coalition for Health Integration, is on the Board of Directors of the Mendez National Institute of Transplantation, and is on the board of directors for the Technology Council for the Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence at Northwestern University.
Hah hah Grant cracks me up
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/11/9/2549334/so-about-those-willie-bloomquist-rumors
Other Fan: I’m thinking if you can get Beltran and Rollins for the price of one Reyes, it’s not even a choice. That’s what you have to do.
Fan: I can see that.
The Offseason runs into the room, wearing a wrestling mask, no shirt, and a sequined cape. He is holding a Willie Bloomquist.
Fan: OH CRAP THE OFFSEASON
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From John Ourand
of the Sports Business Journal:
ESPN’s Sean Bratches asked Melinda Witmer if Time Warner Cable is bidding for the Dodgers. Witmer: “No comment.”
I think it was Shaikin who said this, but it does make sense. Instead of negotiating a new TV contract with a new owner (where Time Warner or Fox will end up paying a shit-ton to broadcast games), just buy the team outright and broadcast them.
by Michael White on Nov 9, 2011 8:23 AM PST up reply actions
Sure, makes sense for the network, and they do have motivation to put out a competitive team so people will watch (and thus sponsors will pay to reach those people), but what’s their motivation to do anything more than what Frank has done the last couple years?
still think we should raie taxes of everyone in the Dodgers TV area by 0.01%, make it community property, run by trustees, all proceeds go to personnel and facilities.
thanks
I was writing an actual critique – saved me
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 9, 2011 8:30 AM PST up reply actions
Apparently Willie Bloomquist and the D-Backs have made up
Per Peter Gammons:
Good for D’backs re-signing Willie Bloomquist
Aww. Well glad he's staying in division, but G fans must have breathed a sigh of relief.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
On the other hand when has Peter Gammons broke any news?
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His pants tweets are always the first to break us the news that his phone in his pants
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Kevin Towers has now given multi year contracts to Willie Bloomquist, Geoff Blum and John McDonald.
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Willie Bloomquist is an absurd hero. He has no hope of ever being a good baseball player: no power, can’t hit for average, ordinary speed, mediocre fielding. When his career is over, nobody will remember that he ever existed. And yet he continues to play.
-Willies B-Ref sponsor.
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wow
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
is Aaron Hill a FA?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
take a chance with him at 2B?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
draft pick be damned!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
right
i’d be down with Kelly Johnson.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
let the good times roll!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t care that it’s unrealistic, there are three great offensive plyers out there and two other very good ones, and 4 of the 5 fit holes on this team. I’m amazed how much a team can go from bad to playoff contender or mediocre to title contender with nothing more than money.
Come on, come on, love me for the money
Come on, come on, listen to the money talk
Come on, come on, love me for the money
Come on, come on, listen to the money talk
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
i won $70 in a football pool……….
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
Would be cool watching Kershaw pitch opening day with Reyes, Beltran, Pujols, Kemp, Ethier, Aramis, Uribe, Ellis behind him. :)
he’d smile, they’d all give up a thumbs up, and the collective masses of Dodger fans would say, “We Got This”
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
He was offered arbitration?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
And does it seem likely they will?
Because if not, then I’d be interested in a Kelly Johnson…
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I think many would if he's not offered arb
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
Kelly Johnson would be a damn fool not to accept it. I can’t see many teams blowing a draft pick on a guy who’s been terrible two of the last three years.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
so IYO
he won’t be offered arb?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
He probably will be, IMO
Toronto will probably try to retain him, and that way if they don’t they get a draft pick. Win-win.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Nov 9, 2011 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I think Toronto wouldn’t mind having him for one year, and even though he was lousy last year this team was using Aaron Hill before that.
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by regfairfield on Nov 9, 2011 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
Just ordered a breakfast burrito from the folks downstairs
you all should be jealous
in the words of Nolander: Nom, nom, nom
Small place next door to the building – Ponchik Factory
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 9, 2011 9:08 AM PST up reply actions
Perfect. Big East, spanning from Providence to San Diego.
by Michael White on Nov 9, 2011 9:04 AM PST up reply actions
What exactly is SDSU clinging to in the MWC that would warrant your displeasure?
by Michael White on Nov 9, 2011 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
Not so much the MWC
I just do not want to be in the Big East, when my alma mater resides within spitting distance of the pacific ocean.
My preference is do a total blowup of all conferences, come up with 16 12 team conferences with a logical geographic design. divide those conferences into 2 divisions. In football each school plays others in their divsion and half of other divsion each year and 2 non conference games each year, each conference plays a title game on first Sat in Dec, then 3 rounds of playoffs spread over the next few weeks leading to a national title game week before Super Bowl. In basketball each conference gets 4 berths in the dance. In baseball conference champ goes to Omaha.
The historic rivalries are already so screwed up I am beyond caring about them, lets move on to a new system.
by MammothDodger on Nov 9, 2011 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
When I woke up, someone told me, I think it was Jesus, that the NBA and players will strike a deal today!
the owners are debating whether to fire Amaro or imply beat him to a pulp.
Also, every move that’s made in professional baseball has ownership approval attached to it.
Maybe it was so bad
everyone else in Amaro’s office decided to leak it, hoping public backlash would change his mind
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Hahahaha public backlash about signing a proven closer.
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Weird shit you can do when you are the boss
Brought in a pair of slippers to wear around the office
this way I can take off my shoes and not have my feet get cold
I would likely never do this if I worked for someone
I am not the boss, but I have taken off my shoes in my office and walked around in my socks occasionally. That’s how I roll in the high desert.
Mrs HJ gave me the "you really gonna do that? " look
but I can tell you, I should have done it years ago
the slippers are a new level of commitment and comfort
WHAT TOOK ME SO LONG???? MINDLESS CONVENTION!!! BE FREEEEEEEE!!!
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 9, 2011 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
I worked with a dude in San Diego who hated wearing shoes. Absolutely abhorred the idea. He’s a real estate agent, but whenever he was around the office he would have his shoes off. Being the top producer in the office has its perks.
nope – I better stop talking about how to dress
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 9, 2011 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
FIP actually thinks guerriers 2011
was his best year in the bigs
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
x-fip is in line with his last 2 years with the twins
which means he was both lucky AND unlucky last year.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
HE IS WHO WE THOUGHT HE WAS!!!!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:33 AM PST up reply actions
(tips hat)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
Lucky on homeruns, unlucky on balls in play.
by Michael White on Nov 9, 2011 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
You must be happy! Are you sure you didn’t eat a burrito wearing slippers?
I am over finally Sunday
The nap yesterday launched me on a new happy trajectory
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 9, 2011 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
That’s what happens when you aren’t really good at anything.
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Because I know dick about cell phones
can someone tell me what it means if mine is perpetually stuck on “searching for network.” It’s a shitty old AT&T. Go get a new one, right?
Most phone issues are solved with “take out battery, put back in and power on.”
If you’ve tried it, get a new one. If not, try it.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Nov 9, 2011 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
if that doesn’t work
I call it a cocksucker
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 9, 2011 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
With phones, battery removal does better.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Nov 9, 2011 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
Pretty good article
On NCAA Football playoff possibilities.
http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2011/11/9/2549017/bcs-college-football-playoffs-2011
I personally agree with a lot of what the author writes.
I’m stupidly staring at my smartphone.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Turned on ESPN Radio a bit earlier than usual today. First words I heard, from Colin Cowherd:
“Turn in your friend if he is committing sodomy.”
Words to live by, no doubt.
the pornification of that photo would not be difficult
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 9, 2011 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
Sodomy’s cool, just not non consensual sodomy with a 10 year old.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
ahem
Sodomy’s cool, just notnon consensual sodomy with a 10 year old.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Also
Sodomy’s cool, just not non consensual sodomywith a 10 year old.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Non consensual is implied with a 10 year old, this one is better.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
Sodomy’sStuff’s cool, just not non consensualsodomy with a 10 year old.Stuff’s
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Snapple’s ad campains have gotten creepy
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:51 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Made from the best consensual stuff on earth.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
by Nolij on Nov 9, 2011 9:52 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
(fist pump)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
I am awaiting NAMBLA’s stance on this whole sheebang
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 9, 2011 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
"NAMBLA: 'We're Not Killers!'"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRLzrxnNwuI
(Mr Show FTW)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Interesting side story is the DA who went missing when went to investigate this case and has been declared dead
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
the 30 for 30 will be something
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Nov 9, 2011 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
the mute button on the speaker phone
is one of man’s greatest investions.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Nov 9, 2011 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
I feel like we have been called out
Challenged
I want to inflict damage to the self-esteem of others, I want to make them question all that they are, I want to turn players into losers
you know, just like the old guys did to the young guys in the TBLA game
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 9, 2011 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
Let’s not account for errors now, there were defensive holes that both teams suffered. We just have the class not to call out and mock ours….
and no one was catching that shot I hit to left center
by Hollywood Joe on Nov 9, 2011 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
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