Dodgers Cuckoo For Coco?
by Eric Stephen on Dec 14, 2011 10:11 PM PST
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Given that the Dodgers have 12 position players locked in for 2012, it seemed like Ned Colletti's work for the winter was pretty much done. Which makes the report that the club is interested in outfielder Coco Crisp, from Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors, all the more perplexing.
Dierkes reported that both the Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs are interested in Crisp to play left field. The 32-year old switch hitter hit .264/.314/.379 in 136 games for the Oakland Athletics in 2011 which an American League-leading 49 stolen bases. Crisp has stolen bases at an 84% clip over the last six seasons, topping 80% in five of those six years, while averaging 27 steals per season.
Signing Crisp would free up Juan Rivera to start in place of either James Loney or Andre Ethier against left-handed pitching, and would also mean the Dodgers will pay $4 million for a bench player in Rivera. It would also all but eliminate whatever small chance Jerry Sands had of making the team in spring training.
Crisp in his career has no discernible platoon split, hitting .271/.324/.417 as a right-handed batter and .277/.332/.401 as a left-handed batter. Though he did have a .749 OPS as a lefty in 2011 compared to .581 as a right-handed batter.
While the Dodgers' rumored interest in Crisp is to play left field, counting on him to play everyday would not be wise. He has averaged 114 games per season over the last eight years, and 2011 was just the fourth time in his career that he had enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting title. Crisp was limited to 124 games combined in 2009-2010 thanks to a multitude of injuries: surgery on both shoulders in 2009, a strained right intercostal muscle and a twice-broken left pinkie finger in 2010.
Crisp actually hasn't played in left field since 2005, as he has primarily been a center fielder for most of his career. He has generally been an above average fielder in center, though he was rated below average by both UZR and Total Zone last year. A move to left could boost his defensive value.
Crisp, like Adam Kennedy and Matt Treanor, would qualify as a local boy coming home to play for the Dodgers. Crisp was born in Los Angeles, graduated from Inglewood High School, and currently resides in Rancho Mirage.
Adding Crisp would give the Dodgers more defensive flexibility at the very least. Both Crisp and Tony Gwynn Jr. can play all three outfield positions; Rivera can play the corner outfield spots as well as first base; Juan Uribe can play third base, second base, and shortstop; Kennedy can play second and third base; Jerry Hairston Jr. can play pretty much anywhere.
Then there is the issue of cost. Crisp made $5.75 million in 2011 with Oakland after the A's picked up his option. With the 2012 payroll already at roughly $114 million, it's hard to see how the Dodgers have much more to spend, and that is before considering the question of why didn't the Dodgers just sign an impact free agent this winter rather than fill up their shopping cart with the not-so-bargain bin. Not to worry; Crisp can just sign a Colletti trademarked two-year contract with a salary around $X in 2012 and roughly $2X in 2013.
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He has averaged 114 games per season over the last eight years, and 2011 was just the fourth time in his career that he had enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting title.
Do you smell that?…. Go on, take a good inhale…. Get a good whiff….
…smells like… a two-year contract.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
LOL
at the caption
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 14, 2011 10:16 PM PST reply actions
Once upon a time, didn’t the defensive metrics define him as one of the best center fielders in baseball? Fickle little fuckers those metrics be.
Solid player, hardly who you’d want playing left field for a contending team, but if Kemp is the center fielder then you might as well have a left fielder who hits like a center fielder since you have a center fielder who hits like a left fielder.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
and that is before considering the question of why didn’t the Dodgers just sign an impact free agent this winter rather than fill up their shopping cart with the not-so-bargain bin.
cuz Ned is dumbpants
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 14, 2011 10:17 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
I think that is the biggest question of this off season.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Dec 14, 2011 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
and with every two year deal
it just makes me ask it louder and Louder and LOUDER!!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 14, 2011 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
It’s a snowball that keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger….
by Eric Stephen on Dec 14, 2011 10:19 PM PST up reply actions
Speaking of which, I woke up this morning to ice on the ground. Good stuff.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 14, 2011 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
I used to think that maybe we just didn't know the whole picture
that lots of things were going on in the background that we just weren’t privy too. But Ned’s move just no longer make sense.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
i still believe other then kemp he wasn't allowed to go past 2 years
or for some godawful reason put that restriction on himself. “Well uribe didn’t work out, 3 year deal are bad! Of course! It all makes sense to me now! 2 year deals for everyone!”
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Ned believes in the Mr. Potato Head philosophy of teambuilding — the more spare, interchangeable parts you have, the better you could look in just the right light, at just the right angle.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Dec 15, 2011 5:40 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
To Phil
I’ve heard a lot of people say it which is the only reason I spoke up.
Off the top of my head I can probably come up with a number of duo’s better.
Rondo(not a fan of his)/Garnett (he’s that damn good he boosts the duo high)
Parker / Duncan
Williams/Boozer (I like Williams as much as any PH in the league and Boozer was somewhat underrated there) In a few years Griffin will blow by Boozer but right now they are somewhat equal).
Nash / Staudamire
Did Jason Kidd ever play with a real good PF? Drawing a blank with him.
Now I’m not saying these guys are a lot better or anything and this isn’t really directed at you. I’ve just seen a lot of people talking up this duo as the next great duo and nobody else is close. I take issue with that general sentiment.
This is from the last thread. It’s not really worth getting in a big discussion about but I typed it up so I’m copying it here.
Find Coco Crisp in this picture
HINT: He is under the milk
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
Brad Penny will pay $500 for almost anything.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 14, 2011 10:20 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
That ain't milk
Welcome to the ragtag Red Sox clubhouse!
by Eric Stephen on Dec 14, 2011 10:23 PM PST up reply actions
Funny, it doesn’t look like fried chicken either. The mind boggles!
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Dec 14, 2011 10:24 PM PST up reply actions
It’s clearly the buttermilk with which to season/bread the chicken.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 14, 2011 10:26 PM PST up reply actions
But that doesn’t make any sense. The man’s name is Coco Crisp! Who puts buttermilk on their cereal? Nobody, that’s who.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Dec 14, 2011 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
Why settle for one when we can have both and Prince Fielder is still available?
/opens vein
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Dec 14, 2011 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
Coco for both reasons, and also for hair.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 14, 2011 10:27 PM PST up reply actions
I won't hate coco crisp
I’ll just be sad that he isn’t jerry sands
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I actually think this could be a good signing
but why are we paying rivera 4 million again?
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Name too close to Jerry Sandusky. Clear PR move by the Dodgers.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 14, 2011 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
So wait, I'm confused
If — and I know this is a big if — the Dodgers should lose out on Crisp to the Cubs… should I be… happy? sad? indifferent, as if it has no effect on my life whatsoever?
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
depends on how you feel about sands
if ned decides to start sands and rivera and sit loney and etheir against lefties, be happy. Then be sad that we are paying rivera 4 million. Then try to figure out why we have Coco Crisp and TGJ.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Sure we do. Our entire infield can’t hit for shit. We need the extra outfielders to make up for that, don’t we?
I mean, who says we can’t have 11 guys come up to bat? Is that a rule or something?
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Dec 14, 2011 10:33 PM PST up reply actions
Ned thinks baseball is soccer or football and we get 11 men on the field
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
are you counting hairston as an OF?
Gwynn
Kemp
Etheir
“Rivera”
Sands
Crisp
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I think Ned just watched this 80s ad and it went to his head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGdNKDC88B4
I’m sure when he wakes up in the morning he’ll be trying to sign Tony the Tiger.
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 would absolutely love Coco Crisp on the Dodgers if only for the headline possibilities.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 14, 2011 10:41 PM PST up reply actions
Indeed
but haven’t they mostly been exhausted by the 4 other teams he’s played for?
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 was always more of a fan of this cereal.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 14, 2011 10:46 PM PST up reply actions
Oh man me too
though that was basically like a box of dessert that you give kids for breakfast (no wonder we liked it and no wonder my parents never let me have it). Eesh that ad is kinda of terrible though!
Not that Cocoa Pebbles ads were all that great either for that matter.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Ive done it
its soooo good.
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
Was a fan of Cocoa Pebbles the cereal, but that couldn’t hold a candle to Fruity Pebbles.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 14, 2011 11:07 PM PST up reply actions
I was once on board with resigning rivera
I was irritated when we overpaid him, but not particularly angry. If ned signs coco and banishes sands to AAA he can suck on a tailpipe
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
by nolander on Dec 14, 2011 10:43 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Another positive
Crisp is likely the only good thing ever to be associated with Desert Hot Springs, aka the armpit of the Coachella Valley.
I can see the background story in the Times now:
Crisp grew up in Desert Hot Springs, just a long toss away from where famed Dodger Blogger Eric Stephen spent his formative years.
by KellyStephen on Dec 14, 2011 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
DHS is grim
but says he went to Inglewood High…Im confused..
by Lex in Brooklyn on Dec 15, 2011 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
Spent part of his childhood out there. Was grand marshal of the Desert Hot Springs 2008 Holiday Parade.
Currently lives in Rancho Mirage.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
Uh oh, I may have to unfollow Michael White on twitter. Too much Clipper crap. ;)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
by underdog on Dec 14, 2011 10:47 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Dude must be shooting a serious wad on twitter
by KellyStephen on Dec 14, 2011 10:49 PM PST up reply actions
Trayvon?
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
When I read this I was already expecting we signed him.
Ned has made me very cynical, or very realistic, depending on you look at it.
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
I may decide to like baskeball for one year
just so I can buy that shirt
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Did you read all the comments or something?
KCAL! FTMFW!
by robotmadeofnails on Dec 15, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
one of the shirts at the bottom gave away a key plot point.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
hahaha
that was good
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 14, 2011 11:35 PM PST up reply actions
I really like this move if it gets done. Too bad sands will start in albuquerque though…at least we will have fbihop and the albuquerque isotopes android app
by lnickerson88 on Dec 15, 2011 1:43 AM PST via mobile reply actions
coc crispy huh?
i seen that guy in Hollywood around Feb of this year driving in his Bentley…. We had direct EYE Contact !!!! just felt like saying that to you guys
Jerry Sands
The most sensible explanation I can come up on this is that Ned plans on including Sands in some sort of a trade soon. This apparent banishment to AAA makes no baseball sense – he showed enough in his second call up to justify including him in the 2012 mix. Most teams relish the thought of an inexpensive player with an upside…I guess Ned doesn’t.
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
Because someone (probably Coco Crisp) is gonna get hurt really fast then Sands gets called up.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 8:32 AM PST up reply actions
They were always a sweet couple
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 7:05 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Crisp rumors
are a negotiations ploy against Gwynn. Oh wait. Maybe we need some speed at the top of the lineup? Oh wait.
www.mlbtraderumors.com
There’s “buzz” that Toronto had a “whopper of an offer,” according to Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News (on Twitter). Grant suggests the Rangers bid in the $40-49MM range.
Over under on how long will people be able to hold off on “What I Like About Yu” headlines: 4 seconds.
Darvish to the Rangers makes a ton of sense, good for them.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 8:41 AM PST up reply actions
Toronto hoping to “take a bite” out of the division.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 8:42 AM PST up reply actions
Crisp is actually a good acquisition and is better than any available talent the Dodgers have, but it makes you wonder why we signed Juan Rivera.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
That and I think Crisp’s best days are behind him. Would be just another pointless depth signing IMO.
Is it depth if he’s a starting outfielder? Unless Crisp totally collapses he’s better than anything else we’ve got. At least while he’s healthy.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 9:05 AM PST up reply actions
It creates more depth whether he’s on the top or not. he’s not a big enough improvement over what we have to warrant spending the money.
If we can take back the moves we made to get here sure, but at this point that money is either going to Crisp or a reliever, so it might as well go to Crisp.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 9:18 AM PST up reply actions
I think they sign MacDougal or somebody else anyway.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
Entirely possible. But given the options of Crisp or nothing, I’m with Coco.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
He put up Gywnn like numbers last year
Do you think they will improve that much by leaving Oakland?
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
There is absolutely no way Gwynn would ISO .115 in Oakland.
He had a wRC+ of 100 last year which is perfectly fine for a centerfielder. Gwynn was at 88.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Probably a little, but Crisp would have been the second best position player on the team last year even though he only played 111 games so he has a way to drop.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
that's kind of how I feel
Why sign him if you have all these other OFs?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 9:17 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Who uses Androids?
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'!
Lonely people who don’t have real dolls.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
people who like being able to use their phone with either hand?
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I was just flame-throwing Nolander
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’ve never been jealous of 4.6 inches of anything
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'!
by mleadman on Dec 15, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Comment of the day
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 10:56 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Coco $$
The most he’s ever made is $6m, which—based on our other moves this offseason—means he will get more than that annually (let’s say $7m).
Assuming he gets a two-year deal (with a buyout) and assuming Eric’s formula above holds, we might be looking at 2y/$14.5m deal with the following breakdown:
2012: $4.5m
2013: $9m
2014: $1m buyout
He would fit in nicely at the top of the lineup. I wonder if he would bat 1st or 2nd with Dee in the other spot. Right now I have Mark Ellis batting 2nd. Oy.
so our team is a mermaid
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
by nolander on Dec 15, 2011 9:44 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Taco truck, taco truck, taco truck.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
haha
I think he’s moving this weekend
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
the audio visual experience of a player hitting a dinger in marlins stadium
can only be trumped by tron legacy
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Does it come with a Mike Stanton?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 11:39 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Hard to see him getting that contract after playing in 211 games the last two years.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 9:23 AM PST up reply actions
Need more room for MacDougal :)
2012: $2.5 million
2013: $5.5 million
2014: $6 million club option ($1 million buyout)
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
But as for the two-year deals
There have been five deals with two guaranteed years signed so far this season: Ellis, Hairston, Gwynn, Capuano, and Harang.
The 2012 salaries for those dudes are $11.6 million
The 2013 salaries for those dudes are $23.15 million
The one-thirds, two-thirds prophecy works!
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 9:25 AM PST up reply actions
It'll blow all my theories as to why Ned is spending like a moron
out the window
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
If we stretch it out
There are 10 Dodgers currently signed through at least 2013. This doesn’t include pre-FA guys not under contract like Kershaw, who will be here but their salaries are still unknown.
The 10: Kemp, Billingsley, Uribe, Lilly, Guerrier, Ellis, Hairston, Gwynn, Capuano, and Harang
2012 salaries: $55.35 million (x)
2013 salaries: $81.4 million (1.47x)
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
One stat where Uribe actually looks good!
"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 Dec 15, 2011 9:34 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
After Coco is signed
Then the real deal happens – Prince will be signed and Loney/Billz and possibly Eithier will be traded for AAAA 3B and Catcher prospects. Leaves Coco, Kemp and Rivera/Sands in OF.
I would like to find a way to keep Eithier until the new owner takes over and possibly do a trade in July if we’re not in the race.
someone get me his email address
then I will send him the animated gif.. didnt want to slow down tbla with it cuz they were all huge.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Dec 15, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
Hide your middle relievers. Hide your middle infielders. Hide your backup outfielders.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
they signing everyone (to 2 year deals) up in here
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Dec 15, 2011 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
What’s the final frontier: two-way players? Maybe Ned will lock up Micah Owings and Rich Ankiel next.
Brooks Kieschnick FTW!
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
He’s a real man. Tim McCarver said so.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
So, as for the question the other day best music of 2011, I took a sporcle quiz with the Billboard top 60 songs of the year. I did dreadfully, but what made me saddest is that I only will admit to liking three of the songs on the list, and two of them were by The Band Perry and Lady Antebellum. Dammit.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Speaking of "The Book"
from Frank McCourt, Tim Brown says he’s been told the book will go out to bidders by next week, ‘worst case,’ he says.
Andruw's Ashes
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Dec 15, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Sweet, we'll have 4 or 5 guys that can play nearly anywhere
Adding Crisp would give the Dodgers more defensive flexibility at the very least. Both Crisp and Tony Gwynn Jr. can play all three outfield positions; Rivera can play the corner outfield spots as well as first base; Juan Uribe can play third base, second base, and shortstop; Kennedy can play second and third base; Jerry Hairston Jr. can play pretty much anywhere.
Too bad they aren’t any good, lol.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
You see, the strategy is to confuse our opponents. Mattingly will run a random position generator (developed by Tamin) every couple of innings and the players will simply move around the diamond.
by OB12 on Dec 15, 2011 10:09 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Normal Dodgers box score
Gordon ss
Hairston ph
Kennedy 3b-2b
Crisp lf-rf
Kemp cf
Ethier rf
Jansen p
Loney 1b
Gwynn lf
Uribe 3b-ss
Ellis 2b
Rivera ph-1b
Ellis c
Kershaw p
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
one more try
Starters in bold:
Gordon ss
…Hairston ph
…Kennedy 3b-2b
Crisp lf-rf
Kemp cf
Ethier rf
…Jansen p
Loney 1b
…Gwynn lf
Uribe 3b-ss
Ellis 2b
…Rivera ph-1b
Ellis c
Kershaw p
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
I forgot to account for Kershaw coming out. I suppose a Treanor/Guerra double switch could have happened in the 8th :)
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
someone tell ned that you win games by scoring the most runs, not having the most possible lineup combinations
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Dec 15, 2011 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe this is Ned's tribute to Al Davis
He is signing all the over-the-hill castoffs he can find for one last great run
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
I was going to say “sign Brian Jordan?” before I realized you ventured into my little dark corner of morbid humor. :)
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
one of the revised Type As this season.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
Fangraphs as tweets: The Dodgers don’t have very much offense outside of Kemp and Ethier. Maybe Dee Gordon.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
Goddamnit Ned
This off-season, the Dodgers signed free agents Matt Treanor, Mark Ellis, Jerry Hairston, Juan Rivera, and Adam Kennedy. Rivera is the youngest of the bunch; he’ll be in his age-34 season in 2012. Treanor, Hairston and Kennedy will all be in their age 36-season.
From where I sit
it’s a veritable youth movement
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'!
In summary
the Dodgers will likely have a worse offense than last year, despite Ned signing a multitude of new players who are barely above replacement (if at all) and to make matters worse, we are stuck with all of them for two years.
its cool dude
we got stats on our side. ned has told me so.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Dec 15, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
Also they think Juan Rivera is signed for two years and that contract year performance exists. It’s a very lazy piece.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
Also fails to mention Sands at all and they should at least acknowledge Loney went bananas for two months.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
I think Ned's wife already owns that site
They call me the thread killer
by Greg Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
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130millionreasons.com
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
PresidentJamieMcCourt.com, PresidentJamieMcCourt.net, PresidentJamieMcCourt.org, PresidentJamieMcCourt.co.uk…
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
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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'!
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"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
For those looking for Christmas gift options
The Phillies’ Triple A affiliate, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, is selling a plush doll of this, named Chris P. Bacon:
if my parents boat caught fire
The first thing I’d save would be the bacon.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 10:37 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I’d save the bacon in the second or third wave. Let it get good and crispy first.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
If my parents boat caught fire
I’d be all “where’d you get the fuckin boat?”
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 would set up a fake Jeopardy set, and have all the questions have incorrect answers yet called correct just to see if she was paying attention.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
She probably remembers
Art Fleming
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 mean, you didn’t know from Weird Al? WTF?
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Irreparable damage has just been done.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, Alex Trebec introduced her last night. She was very happy.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Dec 15, 2011 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Anyone watch the 24/7 last night on HBO about the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers who are playing in the Winter Classic on January 1?
Didn’t yet, but looking forward to it. Last year was awesome
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
Is that his way
of saying he wants to come back top the Dodgers?
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 was cool with some of the moves that others here weren't but....
It has gotten out of control and this offseason has truly boggled and blown my mind….
by Lex in Brooklyn on Dec 15, 2011 11:01 AM PST reply actions
There is a fake twitter account parodying the Most Interesting Man in the World Dos Equis commercials. An example:
In grade school his teachers raised their hands to ask him questions
Red Card
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Dec 15, 2011 11:14 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
Save As → nedcollettiinshorts.jpg
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Absolutely
For the jersey alone.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I would have expected
cowboy boots
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'!
Holy crap. I'd kick butt if I was in the same league as one that has Ned in it.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
All you need to know
about this story is the final sentence:
None of the victims of the light saber assault needed medical attention, Simpson said.
I understand he is frustrated that he didn't get early access
but he only needed to wait one more day!
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
without reading
is Triumph the insult dog involved in this?
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 tried to taze a dude that had a lightsaber?
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Well you can't use bullets
he would just deflect them back at them
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Officers tried to arrest the man, but he kept swinging the light saber at them, Simpson said. One tried to use his Taser on the suspect but the device didn’t work.
Another officer used his Taser and made contact, but the man knocked one of the wires away with the light saber.
The power of the Force is strong with this one.
I just heard
There is brand of beer in Colorado called “Tebrew”
The mind reels
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 11:29 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Tebrew
I drink it.
He drinks it too
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'!
by mleadman on Dec 15, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
100 meercat bucks
for those who know what that references
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'!
Woody Allen
New Testament Cigarettes from Bananas
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'!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Rumfb5kyU
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'!
It was originally just water until Tebow got to it.
by fbihop on Dec 15, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
If I were a Ranger fan, I’d be too depressed to think about baseball.
by silverwidow on Dec 15, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, all that winning must be terrible
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
???
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Dec 15, 2011 12:39 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
This story just strikes me as incredibly cool
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Dec 15, 2011 11:48 AM PST reply actions
Next month, a 50-foot zither.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Played by Harry Lime.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Having some outstanding shrimp scallops, grilled chicken, pasta and salad. Now that’s a lunch; unlike yesterday’s BS.
I cobbled together some
mini ham and cheese sandwiches and chips and salsa from our holiday potluck leftovers
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
And to think just four months ago the season almost got cancelled because owners weren’t making enough money.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
Would be more accurate to say the season almost got canceled because the owners wanted to make even more money.
I'm just going to bury my face in the Sands
until this all blows over
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
that's the plan
besides, everyone knows cocoa krispies suck, cocoa pebbles are the shit.
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
The only Koko of any spelling that I care for is the one with the kitten.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Koko B. Ware
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Dec 15, 2011 12:44 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
so its open season on dodger tv rights?
BillShaikin Bill Shaikin
Judge issues opinion on ruling to let #Dodgers sell TV rights early: Fox-only negotiation “not enforceable against a bankruptcy entity.”
6 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply
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Judge ruled the other day; this is just the written opinion.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
I wrote a lot of words on Louis CK’s experiment in self-distributing his latest stand up special for the low, low price of $5 if anyone is interested.
That was an interesting read. Thanks.
Also reminded me that I hadn’t yet downloaded that.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
I have yet to see a single episode of his FX series, but I hope to rectify that in the next few weeks. I watched the scene with him and Dane Cook. Awesome.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
From season 1 the airplane episode is still one of my faves
season 2 is full of gems, and darkness. the Afghanistan one is classic.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
A friend of mine
worked with Stanhope. He said he is exactly like the character in the Louis CK episode
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'!
just finished the first season
and got bummed that netflix doesn’ thave the 2nd one for free streaming
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Nice!
Did you hear his Fresh Air interview. That was great. I even got my dad watching and loving that show.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
how did this dude slip under the radar
The Mets remain in dialogue with free-agent infielder Jack Wilson, according to Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com.
someone get this man a 2 year contract, forthwith
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Dec 15, 2011 12:33 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
Haven’t we already been linked with him?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 12:35 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Mets: We would like you to play for us, but we don’t have any, how you say, money. Perhaps we can reach a barter?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
or one fatted cousin
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'!
by mleadman on Dec 15, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
you can’t eat human meat, Marty. You’ll ge the hunger.
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
I dislike the “fat cousin” meme — not because I’m offended, not at all, but because I don’t know how far I can take the joke without offending someone else.
For example, way upthread, there was an exchange. “Fat Cousin Ale would be awesoke.” “And kosher for passover.” I wanted to add “And cheap!” but is that a bridge too far? It most likely is. And yet, here I am, unable to restrain.
The fat cousin meme makes me a man without a country — so many jokes, so few I can actually make.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
My two cents is that a place like this isn’t for the hypersensitive anyway. As long as someone is witty and clever about it, off-color jokes should be tolerated…even encouraged!
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Dec 15, 2011 2:09 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I don’t know about that. Nobody wants a replay of last weekend.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
I wrote a lot
and was generally stressed out. pass
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
But that incident was not witty, it was just immature. People with intelligence can walk the line. I’m not talking about insults, I’m talking about jokes while still operating within a code of etiquette and manners.
I communicate regularly with a guy in Panama originally from NYC and he is amazed at how uptight Americans are about some cultural things but then launch into personal attacks on messageboards over some imagined insult.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Dec 15, 2011 2:31 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
No, they really shouldn’t.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
I know where you stand
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Dec 15, 2011 2:20 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Are we not allowed to dance now either, pastor from Footloose?
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
mediocre play from mediocre players
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
Where's your android now
old man
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 at 4.6 inches
you aren’t glad to see me
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'!
Well, I bet that given nolander, 4.6 inches means he's glad to see you.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Dec 15, 2011 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
/popcorn
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
maddz you know all tall loud people have small dicks
its our cross to bear apparently
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
(Whistles silently to self, looking smug)
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 2:41 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Willingham’s contract is the same number of dollars and years as Uribe’s. SIGH
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
People don’t want an injury prone, defensively incompetent left fielder entering his age 33 season whose numbers took a big hit last year.
The money is low enough that it probably won’t be a huge disaster, but Willingham hasn’t cleared 2 rWAR since 2009.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Uribe hasn’t either.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
he at least didn't have a history of injuries coming into last year
and at least provided defensive versatility, which is less likely to go up in smoke then offensive ability(I think). Defensive ability is easier to come by then offensive ability though I suppose.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
But he did two years before his contract was signed.
I’m not saying Uribe was a good thing by any means, but juxtaposing his contract with Willingham’s doesn’t really work.
Willingham is the type of player that will fall off a cliff fast and is at the age when Pat Burrell and Adam Dunn both lost it. Dunn’s K rate shot up the year before he went to the Sox, just like Willingham’s did. I can’t prove this means anything, but that seems like it should have been a huge red flag. Just trying to apply the lessons we’ve learned from Dunn to Willingham.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
How can a guy like Dunn have his K rate shoot up
You would think there would be a ceiling on these things
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Went from 25% to 30% his last year in Washington.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Weren't you praising Crisp for hitting slightly better than Gwynn in 11 because he did it in the same stadium where
Willingham’s number took a “big” hit?
.350 wOBA is good enough, great for that stadium.
If you go off fWAR Willingham has never had less than 2.1 WAR.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
wRC+ dropped from 135 to 123. It’s still good but there’s a ton of warning signs around him.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
Don't you think it could have been the stadium hurting him a bit here?
His former career low for OBP was .356, so I wouldn’t be too worried about that being low again. The power is always in the mid to high .400s, I think he should be good for that again this year.
True his fielding sucks, but I’d still like to have him, and still think he’ll do well this year.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
wRC+ is park adjusted.
I could very well be making up this spike in K rate equals doom thing so who knows. From what I’ve kinda looked at Dunn is the only guy that had that warning sign.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
Stick to your guns. He was never “very good.” He was, at one point, above-average.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
He was never very good.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
depends on how much you value defense
and if you do, he was in 09 and 10
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
He knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men, but even Lamont Cranston says “Fuck if I know” when the subject of Dunn bouncing back comes up.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
I was hoping the Dodgers would trade for him last offseason.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Dec 15, 2011 2:04 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Picked up the BA magazine covering the NL West
Some interesting tidbits.
On Castle:
Watson was really impressed with his RF defense during the Fall League.
“Right now I think I’m ready,” Castellanos said. “I’m just trying to get that opportunity. Put me out there and see what I can do.”
Says Castle, “Somebody who will be on the Dodgers in 2013, fool.”
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
Garth or Dane?
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by underdog on Dec 15, 2011 2:20 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
The Iorg Report would be a cool name for a baseball blog.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
That would be ioutstanding!
(Seriously those bros had among the oddest last name in sports…)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
The Iorg Report: Rance and Raves
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Mulliniks Hijinx?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Barfield and Friends
"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 Dec 15, 2011 2:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It’s a good thing I’m not a Blue Jays fan. I might have had to start my own blog.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
John Mayberry R.F.D.?
Sorry, that joke lacked some Whitt.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Did you expect him to say, “Sure, I hit the crap out of the ball in AA. Most of the kids I faced were 3-4-5 years younger than me. I’ll probably kick ass in Albuquerque too, but even crapballs like Russell Mitchell put up monster numbers there.”?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
for some reason this is just about the only website that isn't dead on my work network right now
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Dodgers giving a tease
Waiting to hear what more of our 2012 bobbleheads will be? We’ll be unveiling six more in the Dodger Stadium Greats Series shortly!
No idea if shortly means today or whenever.
Rudy Law, Bobby Castillo, Matt Luke…
"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 want just a Darvish pitcher. We should get somebody who is totally Darv.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
twitter is telling me something about donovan
but I think i need to see it 3 more times before I know what it is
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
They call him Mellow Yellow.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Spawn asks me to sing this song, just so she can whisper that line.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
Folly’s only song request so far is “Old Macdonald Had a Farm.” She yells out, “YI! YI! YI! YI!” which kinda sounds like “E-I-E-I” if you slur it together. Bride had no idea what Folly wanted until I translated it.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
Folly can also say, “Ba,” so I’m trying to teach her “I Wanna Be Sedated.”
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
Barbara Ann can be a fallback plan.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Barbara Ann was the direction we went with Spawn when she was saying Ba. But I Wanna Be Sedated might be better.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
From the press release
The LA Galaxy announced today the club has reached an agreement to send midfielder Landon Donovan to Everton FC on a two-month loan that will see the Galaxy captain return to the Galaxy in late February. This will be the second time in three years that Donovan will have played for the Premier League club, appearing in 13 games for the club ahead of the start of the 2010 MLS season, scoring twice.
Donovan will be eligible to make his season debut for Everton on January 4 when the club hosts Bolton Wanderers at Goodison Park and will remain with the club through the Merseyside derby against Liverpool at Anfield on February 25.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
if there’s no one at the desk, I can write it up, but I just did 500 words for LAGConf
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
I see it’s already being done, jolly good
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
United States National Team Star Landon Donovan agrees to loan with Everton FC, the other team in Liverpool, where the Beatles are from.
Better?
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
I would prefer it in limerick form
but I guess this will have to do. Go Beatles!
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Galaxy loved Landon Donovan
but he had love that was on again
Everton he had found
he would always be down
For bad food and buckets of gin
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 2:07 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
The man with the band on the Galaxy
Says football in US is no fallacy
But he joined Everton
Which is never fun
But at least they are not Crystal Palace-y
"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 Dec 15, 2011 2:18 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
My dad wants to get a miniplan for the Angels again this year
but I couldn’t even sell tickets against the rangers last year when I needed to. Will Pujols really make that much of a difference?
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I had commited to buy like 5 gams worth of the 2 ticket per game package
but then it was constantly “hey no one else can/wants to go, do you?” and it got tiring. Then I got stuck with tickets I couldn’t sell an only myself to go with. Yeah, I think its best to just pass and get my tickets from stubhub
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
10 bobbleheads and they need to double up on one????
RT @Dodgers: Bobblehead #1: A dual bobblehead featuring two stars from the 1962 season, Maury Wills paired with Don Drysdale (4/28).
RT @Dodgers: Bobblehead #2: For the first time ever, three-time All-Star & Cy Young Award winner Orel Hershiser (5/15).
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
The other 4 of these 6
The record-setting Dodger infield of Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Bill Russell and Ron Cey that played together from 1973-81 is reunited for the third bobblehead on May 29. The group combined for 21 All-Star appearances during their time together, leading the Dodgers to four National League pennants and a World Series championship in 1981. This is the first Dodger Stadium bobblehead for Lopes and Russell and the second for Garvey and Cey.
The Dodgers will celebrate Mike Scioscia’s contributions to the franchise with the fourth bobblehead in the Dodger Stadium Greats series scheduled during the club’s annual Interleague series with the Angels on June 12. Scioscia is Los Angeles’ all-time leader with 1,394 games played at catcher and won two World Series during his 13 seasons with the Dodgers from 1980-92. This is the first Dodger Stadium bobblehead for Scioscia.
The sixth bobblehead brings together 3,639 wins, six World Series championships and two Hall of Famers with Managers Tommy Lasorda and Walter Alston. It will mark the third time that Lasorda has been depicted on a Dodger Stadium bobblehead and Alston’s first.
The ninth bobblehead in the Dodger Stadium Greats series will celebrate one of the most thrilling pitchers in Dodger Stadium history, Fernando Valenzuela. Valenzuela was an integral part of the 1981 World Series Champion Dodgers. He was named Rookie of the Year and won the Cy Young Award in 1981 and remains the only player to win both in the same year. This marks the fourth time that Valenzuela will be featured on a Dodger Stadium bobblehead, the most in Dodger Stadium history.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
From the press release. Gonna be a lot of weird multiple-people bobbleheads.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
Then again, I own a bobblehead of Jake Peavy sitting in a car, so perhaps there is no set style.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
Whoa. Scioscia is not one I was expecting at all.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I reaaaaally hope he finds a way to be on hand for that one, and does a mike drop
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
seems weird
and completely unnecessary to do a promotion during that series.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I’m gonna guess Scioscia finds a way to be on hand for that June 12 game against the Angels.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
“Thanks. I’d have more to say, but Albert Pujols wanted to speak to me, his manager, before the game.”
(drops mike)
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
The bobblehead schedule
Saturday, April 28 vs. Nationals: Maury Wills with Don Drysdale
Tuesday, May 15 vs. Diamondbacks: Orel Hershiser
Tuesday, May 29 vs. Brewers: The Infield: Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Bill Russell and Ron Cey
Tuesday, June 12 vs. Angels: Mike Scioscia
Thursday, June 28 vs. Mets: TBA
Saturday, July 14 vs. Padres: Tommy Lasorda with Walter Alston
Tuesday, July 31 vs. Diamondbacks: TBA
Tuesday, August 7 vs. Rockies: Sandy Koufax
Tuesday, August 21 vs. Giants: Fernando Valenzuela
Thursday, August 30 vs. Diamondbacks: TBA
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
I was gonna say, “what’s the..” but before my mind got to logic, I remembered it’s DS’ 50 year anniversary. I wasn’t in LA for the team’s 50th, was the slate this jam packed then?
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
Thursday, August 30 vs. Diamondbacks: TBA
Our biggest bobblehead yet, as we present a single bobblehead with every player who has ever suited up for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Thursday, August 30: Walk in the stadium. If you can’t spot the bobblehead within ten minutes, you ARE the bobblehead.
In Soviet Russia, head bobbles YOU!
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Thursday, June 28 vs. Mets: TBA: Owner's Choice
Could be Orel again, could be Garvey again, could be Torre, could be Larry King dressed as Billy Cox, could be Dirk Nowitzki dressed as Billy Grabarkawitz, could be Frank with a TV contract and bobbling middle finger action.
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 15, 2011 2:32 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Zach Lee notes
The scouting makes him sound like a Maddux with a plus fastball.
“He’s a strike-thrower who commands his fastball to both sides of the plate. He also has an advanced feel for manipulating the ball to make it do what he wants against certain hitters. He can make his fastball sink, or turn it into a cutter that developed into a true weapon.”
Also says his slider has made huge strides and uses to dominate lefties. Frontline starter potential.
He might do it?
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
Intangibles: Poise, leadership, does a good job controlling games and doesn’t get frustrated when things go bad.
MLB comp: Chris Carpenter
and doesn’t get frustrated when things go bad.
Chris Carpenter
doesn’t get frustrated when things go bad.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
He throws his hands up in the air sometimes.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
Wow. I'll take that.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Alfredo Griffin walked 40 times in his rookie year, and won the 1979 AL ROY. He only walked 30+ times once more in his career (1986).
I didn’t realize he batted .199 for us in 1988. His line was .199/.259/.253. He almost duplicated that exactly in 1990. If TBLA was around back then, he would’ve gotten it.
I remembered .199 like a badge of honor, as in “we won the freaking World Series with our shortstop hitting .199.”
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
In '88
He hit his first HR as a Dodger!
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Dec 15, 2011 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
At one point I wrote a “classic TBLA” column from the day of that trade.
I was unhappy.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
Fred Claire mostly.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
I think it’s like if the 2003 Dodgers after not scoring any runs decided to trade Hideo for Adam Everett and Ricky Stone.
Then they won the World Series.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
Webster notes
Plus pitches across the board when he’s on: fastball, slider, curveball, changeup. Fastball peaks at 97 and features sink. Changeup is his best.
One Dodger official compares him to Derek Lowe.
Silverio notes
All five tools are average or better. They think he’s Ethier’s replacement in 2013 (yeah right).
we'll see
its highly possible we pay more attention to the minor league clubs again due to colletti’s 75 wins or bust off-season strategy..
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Dec 15, 2011 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
Last time Kobe demanded a trade, the Lakers made the Finals.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
This is a joke right?
ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick reported on Thursday afternoon that the Cubs were “increasing the intensity of their pursuit” for the 27-year-old first baseman. But Cafardo is now hearing something completely different. Fielder has also drawn interest from the Mariners, Rangers, Blue Jays, Nationals and Dodgers, so he should have no trouble finding a monster deal even without the involvement of the Cubs. He owns a .929 career OPS and slugged 38 home runs in 2011.
Newbie
Scott, we’d like Prince Fielder. How’s 2/25 sound?
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
That “3 million the first year, 30 million the second” contract is lookin’ more and more likely.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
Of course they can. They can DFA any player at any time. But they’d be on the hook for all the salary that player is owed. Why wouldn’t it be different with Loney?
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
30 days termination pay if it’s more than 15 days before opening day; 45 days termination pay if it’s less than 15 days to opening day.
But then Loney and the MLBPA would file a grievance and win so that won’t happen.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
What Eric said, we’d have to prove that Loney didn’t have “sufficient skill” but the bar for that is well below James Loney.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
OK, that I don’t get. Why does he have grounds to file a grievance if there is language worked into the CBA that covers players under team control who get cut?
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
Here is the clause
from the old CBA (unsure how different in the new CBA, but I would imagine it is very similar):
A Player whose Contract is terminated by a Club under paragraph7(b)(2) of the Uniform Player’s Contract for failure to exhibit sufficient skill or competitive ability shall be entitled to receive termination pay from the Club in an amount equal to thirty (30) days’ payment at the rate stipulated in paragraph 2 of his Contract, if the termination occurs during spring training but on or before the 16th day prior to the start of the championship season. If the termination occurs during spring training, but subsequent to the 16th day prior to the start of the championship season, the Player’s termination pay shall be in an amount equal to forty-five (45) days’payment at the rate stipulated inparagraph 2 of his Contract.
The bold part would be how Loney and the MLBPA would fight and win a grievance.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
Yup, that’s crystal clear.
Of course, the REAL reason it won’t come to that is that Loney would have trade value.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed
They would just trade him if needed. But of course we are already far down a rabbit hole to a place that doesn’t exist. :)
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
I would just laugh hysterically and then break down and cry.
by Rihanna's Ex-Boyfriend on Dec 15, 2011 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
If the Dodgers get Fielder, and then it turns out that they miss the playoffs by a margin of a Hiroki Kuroda, I am gonna throw things.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
ha
ha ha
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 3:38 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
With trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket weavers who sit and smile and stare at their thumbs and toes and they’re coming to take me away, ha-ha!
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
From Wikipedia
The success of the single inspired a Warner Bros. album of the same name in 1966 (reissued by Rhino in 1985), most of which continued with the mental illness theme (for example: “Bats In My Belfry” and “Split Level Head” which features different vocal parts in each stereo speaker).
Wow.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
Just read the Wiki page, good stuff
In his Book of Rock Lists, rock music critic Dave Marsh calls “!aaaH-aH ,yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er’yehT” the “most obnoxious song ever to appear in a jukebox”, saying the recording once “cleared out a diner of forty patrons in three minutes flat.”
Unfortunately, my first experience with listening to the song went a littler more like this.
Newbie
cruel of them
to give us any kind of hope. :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
FF Championship
Should I start:
Lions D vs. Oakland
Falcons D vs. Jags
Obviously the Jags are really bad at scoring points this year, but Lions D creates a lot more turnovers.
Heard from someone on the inside that MLB Network will have a trivia show that will premiere next month. I know no other details. But I am excited.
Sounds fun
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 3:55 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
So they’re making the MLB Fan Cave into some sort of reality show contest thing:
Winners will hang with MLB stars and celebrities as you take part in exciting challenges against fellow fans to remain a part of the MLB Fan Cave Experience until the final pitch of the 2012 World Series.That sucks.
I mean, not like I’d actually get it, but… still.
Hopefully they won’t take up a whole segment of This Week in Baseball now.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
How about that.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Zombie Mel Allen emerges from the grave to say, “No, really, how about it. Also, braaaaaaiiiiiins.”
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Can we turn dudes watchin tv into compelling television. Let’s find out.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
It’s like Double Dare meets Survivor, but with 20-something males who never got through adolescence.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
I would love to know exactly how many pitch meetings have included the words “Double Dare meets Survivor.” I know exactly what you meant.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
Once again, Humma gets me to use google translate.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Dec 15, 2011 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
They don’t call me The Inscrutable H.U.M.M.A. for nothing.
Note: They also call me Lil’ Kryptiq.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
I thought they called you the Unscrewable HUMMA?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Bride solved all that.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
A fact I’m sure she reminds I you of daily. :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 4:12 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
(not sure where the “I” came from)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 4:13 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Reminds me of the U2 lyric in Red Hill Mining Town…“you I can’t live without”
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
well then
At least I made ya think
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 4:15 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I see it as Big Brother meets Fear Factor, with a little sex in it
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
Let’s not stop. It’s CSI meets Married: With Children! It’s Webster meets The Fugitive! It’s Masterpiece Theater meets Deadliest Catch! JUST TRY AND STOP ME!!!!
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, I would watch a show that was Webster meets The Fugitive.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
That was the Diff’rent Strokes episode with Gordon Jump.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
“Does political scare you? Cause it’s a political action thriller with a twist….The Gods must be crazy meets Pretty Woman”
/Humma might be the only person to get this
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
“Mrs. Robinson is still alive, but she’s blind….”
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
“It’ll be funny. Dark, weird, and funny. And with a stroke”
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
"It's Die Hard, in a building"
(actual pitch of a movie after Die Hard came out)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 4:16 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
“It’s Speed. On a boat.” Speed 2. Done.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
It’s The Matrix meets The Bible meets shittiness.
Both Matrix sequels.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 4:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
“We’ll write a script, stick it in a cannon, and then shoot what’s on the scraps at random”
The Pirates of the Caribbean sequels
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
Blues Clues meets Deadwood.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Blues Clues meets Deadwood = My house any time Blues Clues is on.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Anything is better when combined with Married With Children
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
"The Eternal Bachelor" more like, amirite ladies? {crickets}
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
For some weird reason all I can come up with is Hell on Wheels meets The Walking Dead.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Dec 15, 2011 4:15 PM PST reply actions
My Mother the Car meets The Wire! Make Room for Daddy meets American Horror Story! The Patty Duke Show meets Lost!
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
Antiques Road Show meets Six Feet Under!
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Kojak meets The Wonderful World of Disney!
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
Hoarders meets Big Love!
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
That’s the Duggars show.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Undercover Boss meets The Apprentice.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
America’s Most Wanted meets Toddlers & Tiaras
"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 Dec 15, 2011 4:28 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
American Horror Story meets American Horror Story would likely cause your TV to blow up.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Dec 15, 2011 4:18 PM PST reply actions
American Horror Story
needs to meet a gruesome death
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'!
Surprised no one is talking about Chicago Bears WR Sam Hurd.
Hurd was arrested Wednesday night after meeting with an undercover agent at a Chicago restaurant, according to a criminal complaint that says the player was first identified as a potential drug dealer over the summer as the NFL lockout was coming to an end.
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Hurd told the agent that he was interested in buying five to 10 kilograms of cocaine and 1,000 pounds of marijuana per week to distribute in the Chicago area, the complaint said. He allegedly said he and a co-conspirator already distribute about four kilos of cocaine every week, but their supplier couldn’t keep up with his demands. A kilogram is about 2.2 pounds.
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Hurd told the agent "his co-conspirator is in charge of doing the majority of the deals" while he focused on "higher-end deals," the complaint said.
I think too many people here were scared they were on the list.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
Buster Olney says: Hurd This… he’s going to jail.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 4:19 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
It’s good!
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
That’s why they call it money.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Wii users
according to Variety, use their console to stream media 33% of their total time on the console. That’s double what PS3 and Xbox 360 users reported, yet Wii is the only console without HD. Interesting.
They use their consoles for gaming less
then xbox and ps3 users do. Lack of not shovelware.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
so because Wii doesn’t have shitty games made for cheap, the consoles get used less for gaming?
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
sorry the wii has a lack of not shovelware
it needs more good games
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Netflix reports Wii is second only to PCs as an acces point. PS3 and Xbox were 4th and 5th. I assume either iPhone or Roku is third.
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
I believe the wii still has a sizeablely larger install base then the ps3 or xbox
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
37.7 mill Wii consoles to 31 mill Xboxes and 19 mill PS3s is what Variety is reporting
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
the most annoying feature of buying an xbox is not being told about gold
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
Netflix seems shittier on Wii, but maybe its just mine….. I have 360, and Wii, and IMO besides Netflix looking better on 360, I find it to be a pain in the ass on Wii, and freezes alot, then have to wait til it loads… hard to rewind or fast forward without delay. I have both wireless, so I dont get why.
that was why I was surprised, Netflix on Wii is not in HD, and Wii internet connection is not that great, so why are Wii users spending 33% of their time trying unsuccessfully to watch movies
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
Because it’s better than watching Netflix on a computer.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
which is still the way the majority of people watch Netflix : )
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
If you own an HTPC you are probably a giant nerd therefore you probably have an XBOX too :)
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
I want to build myself an htpc real bad
I’ll have one by april next year I think.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Got one too early, before people actually made useful interfaces for the thing. Would like to try again some day.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
its still kinda iffy for a lot of stuff
mostly because the content providers are dick bags, but its getting there.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
yeah I never play games or watch movies/shows on a computer. Too little of a screen for me. But I am probably in the boat where I mostly use Wii for Netflix, since its for my daughter anyways, but 360 is all gaming for me. No music, no Epix, and no ESPN. wtf do people need ESPN on 360 for anyways? But whatever.
If you wanna cut the cable chord, ESPN3 on 360 is a big step toward feasibility
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not sure you can get that if you don't subscribe to cable
I’ll try tonight
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ill O' the
ISP
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
It says Requires Xbox live gold membership, Fios TV and Inernet service. So yeah, Fios is needed. My TW contract is up in January, so maybe I will get Fios now.
Fios is required for the Fios thing, but ESPN3 should be available with the right ISP
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 5:13 PM PST up reply actions
I have a black 360, and to be honest, I dont use it for anything but gaming because im too scared to get that ring of death, so I dont want to use it for anything but gaming.
I thought the white ones were the ring of death ones
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
I realized today that some people live in a different world.
Check out this article and video at the bottom of this yacht I inspected today. http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Dennis+Washington+foot+yacht+test+cruise+along+Vancouver+Island/5371318/story.html#ooid=R4N2NzMjojfF1T6vqYbTtkrgHBUV3Vx8
Two dining rooms? One for the poor cousins?
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Dec 15, 2011 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
with the mutants at table 9
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
This guy knows what I’m talking about.
(Did he say ‘Sideburns’? I forgot)
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
sideburns lady
along with Fatty, and everyone at table 9
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
I think I was conflating Wedding Singer with Tommy Boy. My head is a jumbled mess sometimes.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 5:04 PM PST up reply actions
also Billy Madison (said to the janitor)
“What about you sideburns, you want some of this milk?”
Janitor: “rather have a beer.”
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
Ahaha
ESPNlosangeles: Former UCLA Bruins star Reeves Nelson to play in Lithuania – ESPN Los Angeles http://t.co/IfGAPot2
that has to be his plan, but I think his mental state makes him no better than a late 2nd rounder
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 5:13 PM PST up reply actions
its good work if you can get it
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Dec 15, 2011 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
Thinking of surprising the girlfriend and cooking dinner for her tomorrow night to celebrate her finishing the semester.
But I don’t really know how to cook anything. Any ideas?
spaghetti
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
Trust me
Invite Marty over to cook.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Dec 15, 2011 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
What was the recipe from the other day? Cook that. Just follow the directions.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
bold strategy Cotton
let’s see how it works out for’im
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 5:04 PM PST up reply actions
Watch the No Reservations Techniques special. It will show you how to make 5 or 6 things that take very little effort and taste great.
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by regfairfield on Dec 15, 2011 5:08 PM PST up reply actions
If Wilco doesn’t work out, Jeff Tweedy may have a future in reporting the weather on television.
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Falcons
that was quick
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 5:34 PM PST reply actions
……………….can I buy some pot from you?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 5:40 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
my chicago connection got busted :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 6:24 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
USC Women's Volleyball
on ESPN2 right now. UCLA won the first semifinal, which means a USC final means a USC-UCLA women’s volleyball final on Saturday. This would be the second time USC-UCLA met in the NCAA Championship this year.
in a championship it should read. USC-UCLA faced off for the Men’s Water Polo championship. USC won
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 6:15 PM PST up reply actions
volleyball and soccer were my sports growing up, since no one’s here I’ll just keep responding to myself. I was a blocker/spiker
by Josie Becker on Dec 15, 2011 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
o_o
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 6:36 PM PST up reply actions
after you ate the pineapple
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
What kind of jerkface puts original picasos on a boat?
seems unsafe
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
probably from orange county
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
sounds like a quote
said AFTER something happened
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
G. Scott, Maddz
have your kittehs caught any bugs or anything yet?
Just saw one of mine toying with a cricket.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 6:45 PM PST reply actions
we don’t have bugs, so they haven’t had the opportunity. mostly attacking their archnemesis: Yarn.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
the General says
that war is unwinnable
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 6:53 PM PST up reply actions
2 of em
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
eric would use the laser pointer too, but it’d be at the end of a rifle scope
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
lol
i was thinking that
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 7:21 PM PST up reply actions
The Yarn People from Nylar 4 need to watch out for your cats
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I really geeked out when you said what you did so i could find this picture
:)
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
Blaine Gabbert is so freaking bad. Jacksonville would be better off direct snapping it to MJD every play.
not watching JAX
does his line just not protect him, he really looks scared out there sometimes
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 6:49 PM PST up reply actions
should have taken Yates instead
its crazy a guy with such shitty fundementals could go so high
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
HE. JUST. WINS. college. GAMES.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 6:54 PM PST up reply actions
he was supposed to be super smart
like the Stephen Hawking of the NFL
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
laugher
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 7:04 PM PST up reply actions
Starting the Falcons defense on my fantasy team this week was probably the best decision I ever made.
Our league has a two-week aggregate for the semis and two-week aggregate for the finals. Going into the second week of the semis, I was down by 27. Thanks to Roddy White and the Falcons D, I’m now tied.
anyone see this show on MLBN "Outta here" ?
talks about odd things that happen in baseball
apparently, in 2006, Travis Hafner hit for the home run cycle in four games. Reverse natural cycle
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 7:40 PM PST reply actions
zing!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 7:47 PM PST up reply actions
another fun 2006 note
there was a game where Jose and Bengie Molina stole a base off each other.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
Rays walked 14 Yankees in one game
not one scored.
wow
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 7:52 PM PST up reply actions
(this show rules)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 7:52 PM PST up reply actions
i'm wondering
who is going to throw money at Yoenis Cespedes
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 8:16 PM PST reply actions
shocked if it wasn't the Marlins
to reel in (pun!) the Latin fanbase since they lost out on Pujols. Plus he is supposed to be good and all and they need a CF.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
I like these new Marlins, spending money instead of taking it from other clubs. That is good stuff.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 9:30 PM PST up reply actions
the money they’re spending is based on a hope and a prayer, and their accumulated welfare. This is why Albert didn’t sign there — they wouldn’t even give him a no-trade clause in case the house of cards falls.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
I guess that’s right. It sure looked like Pujols was gonna sign with the Marlins but for that lack of the no-trade clause. I don’t like no-trade clauses but they are part and parcel of the modern business. You’re gonna let Albert F. Pujols slip through your fingers by not offering one? There is only one reason for that: you are preparing for the possible need to blow up the franchise yet once more.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 9:43 PM PST up reply actions
Yep
They’re banking on revenue streams from the new park, but in a sluggish economy and with the noted fickle fans of South Florida, there is real risk there. They know it.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
the noted fickle fans of South Florida
I would argue that one of the many reasons that the fans of South Florida are fickle is that they have had two championship teams broken up on them. I don’t know if bringing in Albert Pujols for 10 years with a no-trade to back it up is the answer, but it is possible that the fans might start trusting the team again if that had happened.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 9:54 PM PST up reply actions
Man, I’d love to have two WS championship teams broken up. Bittersweet for sure, but still better than 1 playoff win in 20 years.
I’d say the stadium situation was a big factor, notably the heat and constant rain in the summer. You can never really count on a full evening at the park there. The retractable roof should help matters.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
Giving a guy a 10 year deal and adding in a no-trade clause would be extremely stupid for a team like the Marlins.
It’s stupid for the Angels, too… Except if they get six (or something) good years out of him and one WS championship, I’ll call that a win. I know the Marlins have a different business model/owner, but I gotta think that the basic economics of good idea/bad idea would be roughly similar.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 9:52 PM PST up reply actions
Owners do stupid things all the time
But with a financial situation that fragile a no-trade could be suicidal.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
Anyone seen this?
dylanohernandez Dylan Hernandez
Donnie Baseball will be wearing a dress on Saturday. Read why in the Evansville Courier & Press: is.gd/2hWl7O
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2011/dec/15/no-headline—-ev_mattingly16/
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
Mattingly will be wearing a dress in a play
all ye need to know
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
lol
He’s going to be Mother Ginger in the Nutcracker
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
Really not a different role than manager of the Dodgers.
/noideawhatimeanhere
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 9:47 PM PST up reply actions
/jews
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
/fatcousins
/threeginandtonics
/stopmebeforeikillagain
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 10:19 PM PST up reply actions
maybe my subconscious
was scared that my chair will break on me during the horah…. you never know :-)
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
Make sure your fat cousins are the ones doing the lifting :)
One of two things will happen. 99.9% everything goes fine and you uphold a glorious tradition. 0.1% something goes wrong and you are a YouTube sensation!
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I thought Kalil
was staying at USC
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 8:45 PM PST reply actions
There was speculation he was staying but he always said he was going to review it after the season. He’s pegged at top 3; that’s some pretty big dough to leave on the table. Now we’ll probably only block 4 kicks next year.
by KellyStephen on Dec 15, 2011 10:03 PM PST up reply actions
saw the Dodgers mentioned again as a landing spot for Prince
granted it was in the scroll on ESPN.
They were saying on MLBN that if he couldn’t find the deal he wanted, it might come down to WHERE he might want to play.
and why not sign a short term (with the potential for long-term) deal to play with his buddy Matt Kemp?
/batshitinsane
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 10:01 PM PST reply actions
why not sign a short term (with the potential for long-term) deal to play with his buddy Matt Kemp?
I’ll bite.
The answer to your question, which you already know, is that the only way to make this happen is to do a Ned Special version 1.0 (overpay on annual value, but for fewer years). Can he make that work with the Ned Special version 2.0 (underpay in 2012)? Maybe, but…….
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
LETS DO IT.
give him a 1 year deal for 30 million. He then gets to go back on the market as the best hitter next year(right?)
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
But the Dodgers don’t have 30 million this year. What you really mean is a two-year deal: $7 million in 2012 and, oh, $35 million or so in 2013. Wanna do that?
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
makes it all the more frustrating we signed all these scrubs.
but hell, maybe the TV rights sale win has empbolded McCourt
/sharight
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 15, 2011 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
I can't wait until he comes here out of the random
and your insanity is proven right.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
But our GM has a mustache that is only slightly less awesome than that guy’s.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
How bout the Maloof family
Real Housewives of Chavez Ravine
I’d watch it
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
Ned’s is buffoonish. This guy has a cool one like Rollie Fingers and Snidely Whiplash.
by The Dude Abides on Dec 16, 2011 12:30 AM PST up reply actions
It’s dastardly like a mofo
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Dec 16, 2011 7:27 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hope Darvish doesn't come to terms
I hear he might even ask for around $20 mil a year, which would be hard to shell out for teams if he wants more than three years because it’ll probably take $50 mil to win the bidding.
Next year I hear he can be a FA and would thus get all the money. I’d hope the new Dodger ownership would be ready to spend then. #deeppockets
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
No politics, I know, but Christopher Hitchens, dead at 62.
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A moment too late, but I have a link.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 15, 2011 10:22 PM PST up reply actions
He'll be missed
I always liked Suicide Blonde.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 15, 2011 11:23 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Not sure what the Johnny Walker company is going to do now…
BTW, his stuff on Princess Diana and Mother Teresa (even if some found it offenses) was serious wit…
And his public debate with George Galloway was epic entertainment on both sides.
by Lex in Brooklyn on Dec 16, 2011 7:21 AM PST up reply actions
Just noticed the latest poll results on the main page...
As a group, we are not happy campers these days. Verification of the obvious.
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
Rockies
To sign Cuddyer
Time to swoop in for Beltran, Ned
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
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