Juan Uribe TBLA Community Projection Review
by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 9:17 AM PST
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Eric Stephen did the Juan Uribe preview in 2011
His most telling quote:
But what if Uribe isn't an upgrade, or a marginal one at best? Remember, Uribe spent his age 25-28 years hitting .241/.284/.409, a 77 OPS+ with the White Sox. He does have a career on-base percentage of .2998, after all. There is the fear that Uribe could revert to his almost-out-of-baseball status at any time.
| Year | Age | PA | HR | Runs | RBI | BA | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
| 2008 |
29 | 353 | 7 | 38 | 40 | .247 | .296 | .386 | .296 |
| 2009 |
30 | 432 | 16 | 50 | 55 | .289 | .329 | .495 | .351 |
| 2010 |
31 | 575 | 24 | 64 | 85 | .248 | .310 | .440 | .322 |
| 2011 |
32 | 295 | 4 | 21 | 28 | .204 | .264 | .293 | .250 |
| 2011 Projections - Age 32 Season | |||||||||
| Year | PA | HR | Runs | RBI | BA | OBP | SLG | ||
| Bill James | 537 | 19 | 59 | 69 | .243 | .296 | .410 | ||
| Marcel | 531 | 18 | 58 | 68 | .256 | .311 | .434 | ||
| Baseball HQ | 482 | 17 | 55 | 68 | .260 | .311 | .436 | ||
| ZiPS | 510 | 20 | 53 | 66 | .239 | .288 | .426 | ||
We all know Uribe suffered through an injury plagued season of under Hollywood Bridge urine proportion. Did anyone see that coming? Not the experts, shockingly they expected the same production in 2011 as he delivered in 2012 with slight dips in OB and Slug.
How did our community do?
Michael White was extremely optimistic: .267/.320/.450 in 560 plate appearances
Eric not as optimistic but still in the camp that Uribe was more then useful: 257/.316/.444 with 21 home runs
Tripon felt Uribe would replace Casey Blake just fine: .248/.320/.407 for 2011.
Kinbote: .262/.305/.411 19 HR. His defense regresses.
Even Andrew bit into the Uribe vibe though he did it with humor: .260/.300/.445 25 home runs, 32 RBI.
Wineraquet might win for most optimistic given his OB projection: 255, 20 HR’s and 355 OBP
David Young was two years late:
Uribe 2011
.254 / .299 / .421 17 HR, 110 games at 2B, 8 SS, and 35 at 3B.
Uribe 2013
His rapid decline will be difficult to watch.
I'm a bit surprised no one went with total failure given how many of the community were not happy with the move. Based on the comments this winter it sounds like the community is expecting a bounceback for Juan. That is easy, when you are the worst player in baseball you can count on a bounceback just as you can count on some regression from the best player in baseball. For the Dodgers, the big question is how much of a bounceback will Uribe have? Back to his White Sox days when he was still lousy, or all the way back to his very useful Giant days? Even before the injuries, Juan was a free swinging mess. Can time cure that?
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leading the team
In eleventh inning doubles
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 9:30 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
He will play a decent 3rd base, with a few games mixed in at 2nd. Everyone on the team will appear to like him a lot. Everyone here will hate him. He will hit 10 home runs.
by Lex in Brooklyn on Dec 29, 2011 9:28 AM PST reply actions
Giant TTO sluggers tend to be fine, then completely fall of the map and never recover.
Juan Uribe is a two true outcome guy, he’s done.
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Just curious who these are
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Dunn, Burrell, Sexson, Nevin, Greg Vaughn, Mo Vaughn…
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by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
The Off The Cliff Posse
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 9:46 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
But we’re not done with him!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 9:31 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
It's hard to think anyone could be worse than his career numbers
I’m a bit surprised no one went with total failure given how many of the community were not happy with the move.
But he and Andruw Jones have shown me anyone can fucking suck at any time, so it’s hard to bet against sucking now for some players.
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He is lousy
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 9:31 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Andruw Jones has increased his OPS every year since he left us, all the way back to the mid 800’s.
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We should have converted Andre to first base….
/trolling
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
We’d still have a 1b who can’t hit lefties.
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by Pure Azure on Dec 29, 2011 9:39 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Or at least played Andre there 5-6 times
Hell, he could’ve won a gold glove at two positions!
/RafaelPalmeiroGGer
Someone other then Ned figured out he couldn’t hit right handers anymore and put him in a position to succeed instead of fail. Peter Brand definitely would have figured this out.
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I doubt we really saved that much money from deffering his contract
but I could be wrong
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I’ve always maintained that if Jones had been good enough in 2008 that we never trade for Manny Ramirez and the 2008 team never does enough damage to make the playoffs.
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Alex Tamin gave him a crash course on the wonderful world of splits.
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by Pure Azure on Dec 29, 2011 9:41 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Not when Bradford is pitching!
Saw Moneyball last night at the $2 theatre in Irvine. Good comic timing, restrained drama, the tone was right in keeping with the theme of cerebral rethinking of the game. They did a good job.
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by Pure Azure on Dec 29, 2011 9:47 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Peter Brand would have seen this coming.
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by Pure Azure on Dec 29, 2011 9:36 AM PST via Android app reply actions
He would have been so cute and cherubic while doing so too
by Lex in Brooklyn on Dec 29, 2011 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
just read
The Astros are interviewing Keith Law for a FO position
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 9:43 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
That would be cool, we could call the Astro’s the Lawmen if they ever amount to jack.
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and if they continue to suck
we can just call them the Lawmen of Reno 911.
Nothing against Ryan Madsen but I’m loving the fact he’s still out there after almost being the first and worst signing of the winter.
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You know Ned wants him bad
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by nolander on Dec 29, 2011 9:49 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Guess the Clippers are not going undefeated.
Is San Antonio better suited for the 66 game season because they probably need no preseason since they have all been playing together since Bobby was wearing diapers, or less so because of the age factor and the tight schedule?
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the Lakers are old and started super slow without Bynum. The Spurs won that game that one time over he Clipps. We know nothing
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
Not sure either comment has anything to do with my question
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
it’s really a fluffed up version of NoLa’s comment
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
I thought you aspired to more than “fluffer”.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
he’s been missed
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
same 5 starters, same coach
Equals hit the ground running
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 9:52 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Apparently Duncan took his fitness regimen seriously this offseason for the first time, according to one pundit/insider.
So what, he became the greatest player of his era by eating Doritos?
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by Pure Azure on Dec 29, 2011 9:57 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Shaq did, so did Barkley.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
Not knowing what Duncan did differently, I read about how Zach Randolph changed his off-season regimen a few off-seasons ago. It’s not that these guys don’t work out in the off-season. Zach did quite a bit. But his work-out schedule in the off-season was just playing a ton of basketball during the summer. At the gym everyday playing pickup games and stuff like that. Two years ago he got away from that and started working with a trainer and it was focused on weights and running. He ended up dropping a bunch of weight and turned in his two best seasons the past two years (All Star team, all NBA and a playoff run where he’s the star.)
A lot of times these elite atheletes just do their own thing, but simply tweaking how they train in the off-season can pay some pretty big dividends. Physically, Duncan looked great last night.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
So this is what Juan Uribe is doing this off season too?
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 29, 2011 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
He’s going to come back and shock you all by leading the teams in BB%
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
I wish
if he did that I would love him, but I’m sure we would hvae seen some fluff from his agent if that was the case
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Ned told him too. Seriously. Ned said he flat out told him he needed to be in better shape
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 10:06 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
It worked for Ronnie Belliard?
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by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
I mean whats Ned going to do?
NOT pay him? Eat his contract and trade him to the Pirates?
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shrink his uniform
So his belly sticks out
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 10:09 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Best shape of his life
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by Pure Azure on Dec 29, 2011 10:12 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Shawn Kemp
is an example of what NOT to do.
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by Pure Azure on Dec 29, 2011 10:13 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Speaking of Barkley, WOW on the Weight Watcher commercials.
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it’s just a pale fire, stolen from the sun #literary
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
So Apple is going to start making TV’s?
From a Motely Fool article related to Disney and Apple, with Steve Jobs being Disney’s largest single shareholder when Disney acquired Pixar.
However, a rumored component of Apple’s 2012 entry into making actual TVs will be a Web-based service where customers can choose which cable stations they want. Disney has carved a cozy living with ESPN included in most cable packages, even if subscribers don’t care for sports. It has also been able to wedge a bundle of lightly watched kid channels with its namesake Disney Channel. If consumers can actually cherry pick the channels they want, cable networks won’t be happy.
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They already "make" monitors
the hard part is already done for them, they can just buy the display from someone else and stick it in their own box.
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I’m more intrigued by the Web base service and cherry picking your Cable Stations. This is what we all want, it has been amazing to me that this has not happened before.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
Going that route what stations would you purchase?
Fox Sports One and Two
ESPN
MLBTV
Food Network
Discovery
HBO
History
TCM
Sundance
I think I’m done.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
HBO has gone on record in the last month
as saying they will not do this.
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Not a deal breaker for me
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
sure
but their attitude is shared by most companies imho, and they are one channel that I certainly think could make a killing by going this route. I never have subscribed to HBO but if I could do it without being tied to a cable provider would give it a shot.
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I’m going to have to check my Hulu Plus stations or Roku stations. Seems to me I don’t need anything but the Sports Stations for my local teams.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Most hulu plus content can't be streamed to your tv through anything other then an actual pc
its terribly frustrating.
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Using Roku, it is no problem.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
I don't believe you
If you can get house hunters on there let me know, but I’m 90 percent sure there is a ton of content that cannot be streamed to any device thats not a PC.
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Okay, I can only say it has had every show I’ve been interested in watching.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
Says the man who wants to watch House Hunters?
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
It’s a legitimate reason.
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by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Concur
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
HBO isn't part of your basic cable package
which means they only get paid when someone opts specifically for their package. Right now ESPN gets sweatheart deals with the cable companies that for every subscriber to the basic package they get X dollars, even if that person never ever ever watches ESPN. Those deals go away if ESPN starts offering their services alacart. They would have to charge a lot I think to make up the difference.
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But maybe I’d get ESPN3 (I currently don’t) like I get HBO GO now.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
That said, it’s very rare that there’s something I want to watch on ESPN3.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
Its great for soccer honks
but yeah I don’t use it much.
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I’m confused. They’re the only one of those he listed that you now have the option to either buy or not.
Or do you mean that they won’t let you buy HBO East and that’s it? Now it includes HBO East and West, HBO 2 East and West, HBO Zone and HBO Spanish.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
to get hbo go you have to already have a cable supscription
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Unless they try to claim this isn't a streaming service
which it clearly is. from sbnation sister site theverge
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AMC
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
My wife would riot without AMC or TMC even though I’ve mentioned enough times that every movie she watches can be streamed when ever she wants.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
My wife used the shit out of the DVR while we had it
now that we don’t booting it up through Hulu to get the same content is just something she has declined to do. She isn’t angry… yet, but we’ll see how long that lasts.
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don’t get me started on the pointless use of the DVR
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
OMG WE HAVE TO WATCH THIS SHOW I WOULD NEVER CARE ABOUT OTHERWISE
OR IT WILL BE ERASED OF THE DVR.
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as opposed to the pointful uses of the DVR.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
Your wife does not record stuff she never plans to watch but you can’t delete?
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Pointless?
Could be for some people I guess. I record 4 or 5 shows that I never watch when they are actually on, so I can watch them whenever I feel like it. I get a ton of use out of mine.
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You are not getting his point.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
He’s not married
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
My parents regularly DVR movies they actually own DVDs of, simply because they find the DVR easier to use. Even in many cases, recording movies off TV with commercials intact.
I'm like that too
I’ll watch a movie if its on, even if i have the dvd, just because I don’t feel like going and putting the DVD on. Plus I feel like with it on tv i can do other things instead, with a DVD i feel like i’m committing 2 hours to the movie.
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I need AMC
solely because of Mad Men and Breaking Bad.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Both available on Hulu Plus via Roku – right Nolander:)
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
both available on netflix for streaming to my ps3 xbox wii and blu ray player
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Not for the current season. I don’t like to live my life in fear of spoilers.
That said, I didn’t watch either show from the beginning, so I got into them by streaming them from Netflix.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Hulu Plus, one day late, not a one season late.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
8 days
and then you can’t stream it to your tv unless its on fox
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I’ve found Netflix streaming content to be spotty. The Swedish Tatoo was nice to watch, on the IPad mind you, while on the couch:)
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
whatever channel the dodgers are on
bravo(for the love of my life)
Food Network(again for the love of my life)
HBO maybe sorta maybe not
…
no that’s it. I can get the local channels from an antenna just fine.
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They like the big fat guaranteed checks from the cable companies
it doesn’t surprise me one bit, but it does frustrate the hell out of me. We’ll see if they actually get cable stations anyone wants, and how rediculiously priced they will be if they do.
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Powerful entities hate competition.
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by Pure Azure on Dec 29, 2011 10:16 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
don’t you think competition has made them better?
do you remember cable before DirecTV? Before the internet?
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
Which is why everyone is playing so fairly
when it comes to streaming.
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no one wants to compete, but the best companies are better for it
what does fair have to do with anything?
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
honestly its impossible to talk about this in any real depth
without getting into politics
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Verizon, ATT, and Time Warner Cable are unsuccessful?
If you’re really getting technical about it both Verizon and ATT are considered phone companies, not necessarily cable companies, but they do tv as well.
Directv is really the only satellite company that’s any good. Dish Network has nothing special about it, a shitty on demand section, and their layout for menus is just dull.
But there are always people out there who:
A) Don’t want 2 year contracts
B) Hate having a dish on their house
C) People who live in apartment complexes that don’t allow dishes to be put up
Satellite companies will never fully dominate the TV market with so many other options out there and for the 3 reasons above.
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The real question though
is how long will it take them to release the white version for everyone to go gaga over?
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
For the Man or Woman
who have everything but nowhere to put them. I present the Scottie Vest
Cool concept, they actually have an Ipad Pocket, holes in each pocket for the ear buds, and more pockets and more pockets for every possible gadget currently in use.
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I like it
I wear sport coats when traveling for two reasons
1. the better you look, the better you are treated
2. pockets
um and 3. sometimes I go from the plane to a meeting, but even wear sportcoats when I am flying on vacation
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
Traveling with a pocket on your chest is underrated. I’ve made a point to travel with button down shirts for that reason.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, the demise of the pocket was a crazy bad trend. Internal pockets are must have as far as I’m concerned for any coat, vest, jacket.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
A good sports coat
and nice overcoat are necessities for the business traveler.
by bhsportsguy on Dec 29, 2011 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Going to the snow? They look nice and warm
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
You’re all set for TBLA Antartica night.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
ha ha
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
Also a must so any time you reach in your coat it looks like you're about to pull out a gun
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Sometimes you need to pull out that gun, just to keep them on their toes.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
I just have a hard time remembering that my jackets DO have pockets
because I’m not used to it.
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For Tripon’s theory that the IPad will be with everyone as they go through their everyday tasks, it will take an IPad pocket to help that momentum. Parents can’t hold their childs hand in one hand, their coffee in the other, and the Ipad between the butt cheeks. Something has to give.
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They don’t seem to be indestructible, are they?
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
but really, what does an iPad do anyway?
how many toys, and how much time for toys, can a declining economy support anyway
When do people work?
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
but really, what does aniPadNotebook do anyway?
how many toys, and how much time for toys, can a declining economy support anyway
When do people work?
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yes, I see so many people working (like real work, where you get paid for the effort) on the ipad
it is an office productivity revolution
it is a wonder we ever used keyboards at all
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
theres an attachment for that!
The Asus Prime is a better example really, it plus keyboard dock are about 2.5 pounds. Pretty nifty.
As to doing work on it, well, obviously we are in different fields but I can tell you there are lots of GIS customers going gaga over it.
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It is weird what is driving technology these days. When I started working, the cutting edge computer was on my office desk (well, the terminal was, the computer itself was in its own frigid room). Now the cutting edge computer is in my pocket and called a “phone”.
As a guy who writes software and uses computer applications, I look forward to an iPad / iPhone type interface on my work computer. Of course, I really want wall-sized displays for this too…..
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
I think I'll hold out to buy a tablet till I can get an affordable windows 8 version.
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I recently got a Playbook mostly because it was cheap and I liked the size and I’ve found I actually like it a lot more than iPad. The size is perfect and the performance is great.
The only thing it doesn’t have right now is the millions of Android/Apple apps, but 1) I don’t really care that much and 2) the next software update is supposedly going to allow it to work with android apps and store.
My company is still running XP. I’ll be retired by the time they get to 8. Also not looking forward to the unswipe-able blue screen of death.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Us to. Out of 50 workstations, only the workstations purchased in the last three years has Windows 7. So about five:)
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
my company is actually
all on W7, and Office 2010. It’s unusual for me to be current at work.
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our wifi sucks and we don’t have vpn, only Citrix access for remote.
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Citrix seems to have purchased all the remote access sites.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Evidently, XP is the most stable Windows thus far. We’re still running it for AutoCad 10 and 11, but I’ve got Windows 7 at home and it seems to be OK. (The IT guys at work are superstitious, and if it fails once, they dump it.)
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Pretty much all of management at my company uses it as a note taking device.
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by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
So many companies want it because its a shiny new toy
with no clear reason as to why they need to spend a ton of money on them. They have their uses, but people need to cool their jets
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I think they’re using their personal ones mostly. It definitely has its use as a computer you can walk around all day with.
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by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Sure
but I know my wifes company is running out to buy a bunch of them for their field techs even though they have perfectly fine laptops and I’m pretty sure all their going to end up with is a bunch of broken ipads.
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I find it to be amazing, but still not something I’d take with me anywhere that would involve me carrying it.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
Until I get my Scottie Vest:)
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
The only use I would have for one would be for travel and surfing while on the couch
and thats not worth the 6 bazillion dollars they cost
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you can’t surf on a couch, unless you’re on a houseboat
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
if you are surfing on a houseboat, not only are you doing it wrong, but that boat is in trouble
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Surfing on a Houseboat sounds like an AIR song
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
I'm one of the few I guess
who don’t consider the ipad cost prohibitive. And I’m no Bazillionaire
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'!
When I compare it to a laptop
it seems really expensive.
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That chick from Bridesmaids think they can
you just need some tape
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by nolander on Dec 29, 2011 10:41 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
iHands
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 10:40 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Oh, I like this. Something around the waist with hands?
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
not unlike
Doc Ock :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 10:45 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I’ve expected a Doc Ock for a while now. Seems doable, the 21st century human simply needs more then two hands.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
they only need to figure out how to tap directly into the brain
should be easy
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If they would let us experiment on prisoners and the poor this type of research would go much much faster.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
until the chip shorts out
THEN THEY ARE IN UR BRAINZZZZ!!!!!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 10:52 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
How many of you’s new year resolution will be “don’t waste time on blogs and do something productive with my life”?
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Loved that list.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
I basically re-wear my socks until the dog sniffs my feet and passes out. That is my sign.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
you disgust me
I guess its because I wore sandals through much of high school, so when I would work 8 hours being forced to wear socks there was no greater triumpth then being able to finally take them off. Maybe I just have extra sweaty feet
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I’m always shocked when anyone believes anything I say that is clearly over the top.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
I rewear socks because I’m too damn lazy to do laundry. But I’m in the ivory tower. All I ever do is sit on things and walk between things that I sit on, so my socks are not sweaty and my hands are not calloused.
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Heads up Verizon users
@BreakingNews: Verizon Wireless to start charging $2 ‘convenience fee’ for bills paid online or over phone
Businesses love competition.
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by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 11:22 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
that sounds like someone who doesn't know
how to pull themselves up by their bootstraps
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yeah thats bonkers
sprint is going to start charging customers 2 dollars who DON’T pay their bills online
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how is that going to work? After you mail it in, you get a postcard saying you owe us two bucks or we’re going to slash your tires?
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
If you don't go to electronic billing and cancel your paper bill
they tack it on I imagine
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Probably like how my bank does it: Force you to go online and sign up for “paperless statements” or else get charged monthly.
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
you get a postcard saying you owe us two bucks or we’re going to turn off your phone.
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by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
thank you for responding to my humor with humor : )
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
That is better at least
I wonder when ATT will start screwing me.
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The “convenience charge” is the shittiest grift in business. I hate it. If something is more convenient for everyone, why not just shake the customer down for a couple extra dollars?
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
My favorite one is that Ticketmaster charges you to print out tickets for yourself.
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by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
providing hyperlinks to pdfs is expensive!
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
I haven’t used Ticketmaster in years, but I remember trying to buy tickets through them when I was in high school and there was literally no way to avoid the convenience charge. I tried buying online, over the phone, and in person and every method charged a fee. It was all too convenient!
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
You guys want a service but no one wants to pay for the service.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Does anyone actually want Ticketmaster instead of just buying tickets directly?
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by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Pearl Jam tried that once, it was a nightmare
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
well it would be a terrible idea to try to improve on their failed attempt
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Because they were just too cool and righteous to charge less more than 25 bucks for a show. Now Eddie Vedder charges >65 for his solo shows.
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
I’m sure venues were able to distribute tickets to people before ticketmaster existed.
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by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
demand has changed though, as have the methods of distribution. This isn’t a bunch of teenagers lining up outside a concert hall in Erie, PA
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Before Ticketmaster/Ticketron you had to go to the venue box office to buy/choose tickets. That sure was convenient. Mail order would work for some things.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Did they charge you a convenience fee when you drove to the venue?
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Not back in the day.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
It is now all in one Ticketmaster database.
I could be wrong but back in the day, Tickettron had so many tickets in their system , the Dodgers themselves had so many tickets. You walked up to Dodger Ticket office and each little Ticket Kiosk had their own tickets which they just handed to you. Now they will print the ticket from the Ticket Master database, every Kiosk has access to every open ticket in the building.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
this is truth, even when you get on the horn and buy tickets from someone in the FO, there’s a ticketmaster fee cause it’s a ticketmaster ticket
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
Back in the day
As in, before I had a credit card, buying directly meant driving down to Dodgers Stadium to buy tickets for the game (I was young and didn’t want to risk just showing up without tickets.) I tried to go to Tower Records (since they had a TicketMaster) but they didn’t sell Dodger tickets. In hindsight, I would have paid a “convenience fee” to buy from the ticketmaster near my house rather than driving down to the stadium.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
THat’s precisely what Pearl Jam sued them over. And lost.
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
I’m perfectly happy to pay for a service. Just don’t charge me extra when there’s literally no way around it.
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
sometimes gratuity is included in the bill : )
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, Ticketmaster is a service, they charge fee’s for the service, everyone uses Ticketmaster to provide tickets for their events, Ticketmaster must make money by providing this service to these events. Instead of the events paying for the Ticketmaster Service, the end user does.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Yet you can't avoid convenience fees
even if you get in your car and buy directly from the venue.
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because the venues don’t handle the ticketing. That service is subcontracted
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
You just don’t like the semantics they use. You would prefer Screwed Fee?
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
They shouldn't charge the fee at all
if they need to charge more just build it into the damn ticket price.
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This is definitely one of those “it is what it is” type things for me. I have no problem paying the fees with StubHub either. That convenience is worth a fee for me.
Other than sporting events, do you guys really buy tickets all that often? I haven’t been to a concert in probably close to a decade.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
Like i said, I haven’t used ticketmaster in ages, I’m just going on what I remember.
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
At least with stubhub, if you see a Dodger ticket go for pennies on the dollar, its usually worth it to pay the $5 fee.
But you’re paying full price with Ticketmaster + plus the convenience fee.
I got 2 front row loge seats the last game of 2010 at home
for 32 bucks overall with the fees. I was a happy guy.
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Nice.
I’m skipping opening day because the cheapest seats are going for 60 bucks on stubhub, wheras the second game of the season (where Kershaw gets his Cy Young Award) the cheapest seats are 6 bucks.
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
too bad Kershaw won't be pitching that day
We need opening day starter Vicente Padilla!
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yeah, that's the bummer.
but i’ll have plenty of opportunities to see Kershaw pitch this season. i wish i could afford opening day, but i can’t…someday, maybe…
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Spending premium money for an opening day following a crappy season seems pointless. You are doing the right thing by going to game two.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
you could pro’lly go to the entire freeway series and the Cy Young presentation for the same it’d cost to go to opening day and see the roster introduced
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
Which reminds me of the first Kershaw Vs Weaver start this year
Man, so aweome!
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I honest to goodness would
if the price of tickets where not driven up 15 dollars from face value. I would go, but my friends always drop out when they remember that that 30 dollar ticket is 50 bucks.
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On top of it all
The new thing that really pisses me off is that ticketmaster allows their systems to be manipulated by bots so scalpers get all the tix.
Because the Backstreet Boys don’t tour anymore?
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
I paid something like 80 dollars in extra charges for two Coachella tickets. Something tells me Ticketmaster did not put 40 bucks worth of effort into each ticket.
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by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
but seriously
i want to pay the face value of the ticket. if they want to work the cost of convenience into the price, im fine with that. but i hate showing up to buy a 25 dollar ticket and getting charged 30 dollars.
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
Face value of the ticket is determined by the venue. Ticketmaster slaps on a charge because they’re handling the ticketing and they can. Ticketmaster cannot raise the face value of the ticket
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
No.
Ticketmaster’s cut is in the face value.
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
to Ticketmaster.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
I don't think the guy working in the ticket office works for ticketmaster dude
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I remember going to the Irvine Ampitheater, or whatever it’s called now, and the folks in the ticket office were wearing ticketsnow t-shirts.
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
verizon wireless amp
the guys at house of blues don’t wear ticket anything w/es, just HOB shirts
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No. Ticketmaster’s cut is already built into the cost of the ticket. Then they slap another fee on top of that because they know you will have to pay it.
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
There is currently a large class action suit because of this. Its just going to end in some bullshit settlement though.
There is a class action thing about them
where they charged something they shouldn’t have and for each purchase you get like 2 dollars back. My friend got a check for 45 bucks, but I haven’t gotten anything back yet I’m pissed! lol
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no they still get to tcharge it
they just have to put some small print on the site now
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Yeah but they didn't before, which is why people are supposed to get something back
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that way they get their money back as soon as you use it
its brilliant really
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“we can’t give you your money back, we can only let you have store credit”
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
Processing payments does cost money. I’m guessing this means those who go directly to the Verizon On Line site and make a payment compared to those who simply use BillPay and transfer a payment from their checking account to their Verizon account.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Sure it costs, but since all customers have to pay, the cost of processing payments should simply be built into the fee.
I assume that charging for some forms of payment is their way of attempting mass behavior modification in their customer base to move to the forms of payment that are most financially beneficial for the company. NTTAWWT.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Seems reasonable to me from a business standpoint.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
NTTAWWT
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
From
Customers who pay with an electronic check or enroll in an automatic payment option will be exempt from the fee.I guess they are really pushing to get people to have the automatic payment.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
I feel lied to
its that way at a TON of places I have to pay bills online.
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We’re tired of collecting late fees! Convenience chargers are way cooler!
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
As someone who enrolls in auto pay options for almost all bills
this fee will not affect that option.
by bhsportsguy on Dec 29, 2011 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
I hate auto-pay. I’m scarred from the experiences of auto-pay with AOL where they charged you for a year after you said you wanted to cancel.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t mind auto-pay for a bill that is a fixed amount every month, but I dislike it for bills that vary.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
You’ll make more by accepting money for stopping your breathing. ;-)
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
Do you have a plastic bag for the ones who don't want to pay it?
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dumb
and I work for them. I can understand over the phone, because time is money when you’re calling in like that. But come on, online? So stupid.
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Do they mean phone payments made through a person, or an automated phone service? For example, I pay my AT&T wireless bill by dialing *729 and it’s all automated.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
Seems like they mean any
payment made over the phone.
by bhsportsguy on Dec 29, 2011 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
But wait, you see, somebody gotta pay for that website with all that kooky graphics and spinning animation
That's true
But take this for instance:
At time warner cable, I was a sales rep, but they also had me taking techinical calls, reschedules, payments, etc… Every time I got a call that wasn’t a sales call it hurt my numbers, aka my paycheck. Not only hurt me, but every call that isn’t a sales call is money lost for the company. TWC charges a 5 dollar convenience fee for helping a customer pay their bill over the phone (the Automatic system with no human on it is free), and the rep has the ability to waive the 5 dollar fee, which I always did.
You’re definitely right that there is a designer that needs to be paid as well, but I think of it more as a job or jobs that get completed periodically and you could just keep the same design for as long as you wanted, without ever having to pay them again (i’d imagine). Whereas with live humans over the phone hourly salaries have to be paid.
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websites don’t just appear and then work forever, there’s daily maintenance that has to happen. Do you think TBLA never undergoes any maintenance, that the new code just appears in a dream?
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
Even our small company has a full time Web Developer.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
There’s a utility of the website. How much does it really cost to run a website? What is it function for? If you’re over designing something and asking your customers to directly pay for it, I would have an issue with that.
Design a more basic website if you really need to charge me $2 to fund your current one.
because a basic website is awesome when you’re dealing with people’s private information and financial information
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
thats not handled by the website
its handled by the backend. Yes they are different things.
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by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 12:00 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
I predict “retro internet” will be cool very soon.
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
is it?
i don’t think it’s old enough to make that claim.
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
I imagine there are bugs and things like that that IT guys need to fix
But those aside, something like a payment page, how often would that need to be updated? Any web designers in here with insight?
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If that's true then thats why I think it makes more sense to pay to speak to someone to pay a bill
and have it free online.
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I am completely ignorant to how any of that works
As Phil knows this is my style! lol
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I dunno, I just known SBN has a handfull full time staff to handle the myriad of tech complaints and occasional breakdowns
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
Verizon's
There are numerous payment options available to our customers where the fee is waived or where no fee applies. They include:Funny that they don’t want to charge a fee to handle paper checks. I’d have guessed that’s the costly option for them.
1. Electronic check online (My Verizon Online, My Verizon Mobile/Handset). Fee waived.
2. Electronic check via telephone. Fee waived.
3. Enrollment in AutoPay using credit/debit/ATM card or electronic check; fee does not apply
4. Online from the customer’s home-banking service provider website; fee does not apply.
5. Credit/debit/ATM card, electronic check or cash at a Bill Payment Kiosk, Panel or with a representative at a Verizon Wireless Communications Store; fee does not apply.
6. Use of a Verizon Wireless Gift Card or Verizon Wireless device Rebate Card to pay a bill in-store, online or by telephone; fee does not apply
7. Paper check or money order mailed to the VZW remit address on customer’s bill; fee does not apply.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
So isn’t an electronic check what happens when you a bill on-line and provide the bank’s tracking number and your checking account number?
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
Basically use a credit card, get charged because they get charged. I’m not sure why there is any commotion over this.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
like at smaller restaurants where there’s a 50 cent fee to use your credit card
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
Because I’m gonna guess they don’t get charged two bucks a transaction.
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by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
I think because the originally tweet is misleading and Verizon’s statement isn’t very clear. Verizon should have stated exactly what they are charging a fee for, not just what they will not charge a fee for.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
z
Mike be Billy the Kid fast
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DAMMIT
The fucking screen auto-scroll because of a new post just as I was clicking “post” and my click hit a user name and went to their profile page. Now I’m fucked. No way to go back without losing what I typed AND the unread posts revert to something really old. Shit.
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I agree. If you’re not in the midst of posting, the auto scroll is nice. But you sure have to be careful while posting. The same thing has happened to me a couple of times.
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the autoscroll thing happens so infrequently
I think its a bug not a feature
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you can reload the page
and you might get lucky and get close to where you were.
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You can still reload in cases like that and get messages as unread again
Though it may just take you back all the way to when you first came in the thread.
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So I’m guessing the TBLA app collecting a penny a comment is not going to fly here if we call it The Commenting Convenience Fee?
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Half the time I can't even find the newest post
is there some other way to get directly to truebluela articles?
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Yeah.
You have to “follow” it or something like that. All I know is it’s in my “lineup.” I just click that and it goes straigth to tbla.
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
No I did that
and the articles still don’t show. For example the christmas post never showed up. And brandon’s articles don’t always show up.
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i had a weird problem like that earlier, in that it only showed the fanposts. I think I just went back and clicked tbla againa and it fixed itself.
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
even then
until it syncs comments with the full site, the comment section is mostly useless to me unless I only use the mobile version. I still think it not going to landscape is terribad too.
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woah woah woah. Websites and apps need maintenance and updates?
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
as it is its barely useful imho
we’ll see how long it takes them to get some of these seemingly basic features into the app.
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Do you have the "next unread post" button?
The iphone one started off without it and it sucked.
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hah yeah I have that
but since it doesn’t sync with the full version its mostly useless. Might be good for game threads if I’m on the go though.
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If i've already been in a thread it sucks
but for a new thread it’s good.
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Yes, not sure why Nolander does not like the app. It seems to do just fine if you checking in from your phone.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
how useful is that really
if I still have to go through all the comments I read on the full version?
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I assume its the same issue I have.
I don’t want a SBNation app, I want a True Blue App. I want the app to go directly to TBLA, and it doesn’t.
this is a big part of it too
I don’t want a million stories from different sites, I WANT TBLA. I think I’ve laid out my complaints clearly here.
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then design a TBLA app. I’m sure Eric will pay you tens of Schrute bucks
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
I have to click 2 things to get to TBLA's page
Not too big of a problem
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except for all the reasons I've laid it
outs not TBLA’s page
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You know whats funny?
I got the happy holidays post from beyond the boxscore but never from TBLA.
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I have a guess as to why that happened. There is an option to promote a post beyond the community, which is a check box and an option to provide a brief summary of the post, mostly used for SEO purposes. But I did not click that option for the Christmas post because it wasn’t a “real” post in a sense, but rather a placeholder for a couple of days.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 29, 2011 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Another mystery solved by Nancy Drew and her pudgy friend Bess!
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Also, because I did not wish the people who only read True Blue LA via the SB Nation app a Merry Christmas. :)
by Eric Stephen on Dec 29, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
This was actually my thought as well. I don’t promote posts like the TBLA Survivor Pool or game threads.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Not sure. I like that I set my favorite teams and it scrolls through all the recent stories. But ya, I could see how getting directly to TBLA might be tough. Haven’t had a need to do that yet.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
as Court said, you put your favorite blogs in the Lineup.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
It all depends how well the convincing fee goes over.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 29, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
It feels more inconvenient to set up some kind of payment option for only a penny
that would be my gripe :P
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no, the Scranton-Wilkes Barre Yankees are way worse
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Think they’re playing many of their home games in a ballpark in Rochester, NY sharing a field w/the hometown Rochester Red Wings.
by padrecarroeselmer on Dec 29, 2011 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Scranton-Wilkes Barre-Rochester Yankees?
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Lord knows
what the convenience fee for that is.
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'!
Might not even be the worst in their division.
Astros and Padres are pretty clearly worse.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t think the Padres are bad at all.
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Pitching staff is god awful, offense is relying on Nick Hundley to be any good.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
We disagree
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Top 5 Worst Teams (based on who wins the least number of games)
1. Astros
2a. Padres
2b. Pirates
2c. Mariners
2d. Athletics
The Astros are a clear cut worst team with the next four all within a win of each other. A moderate jump to the Cubs and Royals.
What is your over / under on the Padres?
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As currently constructed
simulator spits out 71.3494 wins for them in 2012. This could of course change if they sign someone like Prince Fielder. :)
I don’t know if they’re quite as bad as the A’s, but the Mets are pretty close too.
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
All I know is that I just looked a Laker game ticket in the section that I am familiar with
and the ticket price is same price that Season Ticket holders pay and there was a $10.25 convenience fee attached to it by Ticketmaster.
don’t Season Tickets have a ticketmaster charge attached to them?
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
No
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
BTW
I could see Ticketmaster doing that for that a one time event or concerts but since most sports teams have ticketing departments and the teams have their own infrastructure, I could see Ticketmaster just being another option when it comes to selling single game tickets so that their arrangement is on a per sale basis and not built into the ticket price itself.
by bhsportsguy on Dec 29, 2011 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
The Dodgers charge
$10 fee for a season ticket transaction.
That was the same fee when I bought a half season package too.
The current mini plan fee is $37.50
Right now, I don’t know if that is something being charged by the team or Ticketmaster.
by bhsportsguy on Dec 29, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Checking prices before getting back to me:)
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by meercatjohn on Dec 29, 2011 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
No
I just didn’t think that Ticketmaster’s fee was already included.
by bhsportsguy on Dec 29, 2011 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Going skiing for the first time in two years on Tuesday. Only about a 75% chance that I will be killed.
I thought about putting run in quotes, but I’m glad I didn’t have to.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Want to increase that percentage?
Play “drunken backwards skiing while throwing a football.” It’s a Kennedy tradition!
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Back when I went skiing often, my friends and I would load up a backpack full of beer and drink them on the lift up.
Or one time Red Bull was having some sort of event and was passing out free Red Bull, so we were mixing that with coconut rum that we had.
It really is a shocker that I’m still alive.
Yup. The snow here is supposed to be really good too — best snow in the country since like three big storms hit us over the past few weeks.
And the ski area should be pretty empty on Tuesday. I hope.
z
http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2011/12/29/2668443/cam-newton-carolina-panthers-racism-2011
Bohami Jones (Of Around The Horn fame) goes postal on Cam Newton (and his critics)
I know SB Nation hired Bomani Jones but I really have no idea who he is. Is Around the Horn really what he is known for?
by Eric Stephen on Dec 29, 2011 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
I think he used to write for Page 2 as well
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
SBNation, “Oh ESPN fired you? Would you like contract?” : )
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
The truth is in the middle somewhere.
Jones is right in saying that a lot of criticism towards Newton was just racism. But Newton understands why its being directed at in part of two others prominent African Americans QBs. (Of course, why Newton is being compared to those two in particular is probably a lot of what Jones is criticizing.)
is it just me
or is the writing terrible? Regardless of his opinion his writing style is hurting my head.
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Why don’t you call it the Skip Bayless syndrome? Huh? What do you mean you people?
#humour
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Bayless and Smith yell at each other all the time
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
wait, what?
are we talking about the same Skip Bayless?
by court168627 on Dec 29, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
I would rather read a column by Simers or Plaschke than listen to Bayless for one minute
by Eric Stephen on Dec 29, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Then there’s Newton’s peculiar time at Florida, where many say Newton outplayed Tebow in the spring of 2008, before he transferred, largely because he would never start over John Brantley. You read that right.
I don’t think I read this right. too many commas.
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gramatical breakdown
Then there’s Newton’s peculiar time at Florida a school where many say Newton outplayed Tebow in the spring of 2008 the year before he transferred away largely because he would never start over John Brantley. You read that right.
/RunOnSentenced
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
I mean I got it eventually
but I had to reread it a couple times. He really shouldn’t put you read that right right after poorly constructing a sentence.
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I saw a Kellen Moore jersey at Ross for $15. Also a whole bunch of Red Bulls Thierry Henry jerseys for some reason.
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
I've heard some things about him
It makes sense that you like him, lol
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Oh I think she asked for it
I just think what she asked for was a consensual thing
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He asked for it
I think she said no. He then took it anyway
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'!
The circumstantial evidence
was heavily in Kobe’s favor, and the defense had a number of her friends lined up to testify that she was falsely accusing him.
by The Dude Abides on Dec 29, 2011 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
Although I truly believe this encounter between us was consensual, I recognize now that she did not and does not view this incident the same way I did. After months of reviewing discovery, listening to her attorney, and even her testimony in person, I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter.
That’s rape
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
What if the reason for that
is because she is batshit crazy and views reality differently then sane people?
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That's crafted attorney-speak
for letting both the defendant and the plaintiff exit the proceedings as gracefully as possible.
by The Dude Abides on Dec 29, 2011 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
instead of politely requesting
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I’m sure the Indianapolis Colts could beat Cal at Cal too, not sure what this has to do with the price of tea in China
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
The Indianapolis colts could beat Boise state on any field
so could the 0-16 lions team.
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it might be close if they played say
the 2002 National Champion Hurricanes. Maybe. They would still win.
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Of course he didn’t steal it, the cops just didn’t believe a black man could own a laptop.
#Everyblackcomicever
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
you see
white people talk like this, and black people talk like that!
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I love it when they won’t fall for the banana in the tailpipe trick
by Eric Stephen on Dec 29, 2011 12:32 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Heh. That actor is actually a friend of mine, though it’s been awhile since I’ve seen him. Played on a number of softball teams with him. Auditioned for the part of Pedro Cerrano.
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he also posts this list
http://rivals.yahoo.com/texas/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-1479
as proof that the white QBs who are dual threats where trusted with their arms. Now, first of all, I’ve never heard of any of them other then newton. Second, newton is ranked 5 stars.
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shit the top 2 guys are not white
and one of them is newton.
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I guess Howie
ain’t Jewish
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 are correct. he’s got a good grip on Mel’s, uh,
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
From the AP search site
Actor Mel Gibson is lifted across the shoulders of Los Angeles Raiders defense lineman Howie Long on the set of “Lethal Weapon” in Los Angeles, Ca., Sept. 23, 1986. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
by bhsportsguy on Dec 29, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Howie Long was in Lethal Weapon? Mel Gibson was in Lethal Weapon? I have never actually seen Lethal Weapon.
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
I’m getting too old for this shit
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
by VeroJoe on Dec 29, 2011 12:49 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Thank you Mr. White…how is Mr. Pink by the way?
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
I’m still waiting for Eric to tell me to shut the fuck up
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
I’m too busy being angry at “Mel Gibson was in Lethal Weapon?”
by Eric Stephen on Dec 29, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
my youth gets me in the hottest of waters : )
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
Some
Like It Hot
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 1:05 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
The Misfits
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
So she knows Marilyn Monroe movies
…but not Lethal Weapon? I vote we stop letting her claim to be too young, and instead call it what it is: shes a damn movie hipster!
heh heh
Of course you do :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 1:15 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Neither has
replaced Tommy Blackjack hates Dr. Pepper.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 1:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
yeah
But I wear that with pride
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 1:59 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
oh....lord
How in the holy hell have you not seen any of the 4 leathal weapon movies? Especially when the first two are awesome.
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i was so happy when he ditched his mullet
you know, or when i saw movies of him without it.
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the picture works because she is exposed, vulnerable, and lovely – without it being a beaver shot
and she is lovely
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
youth is beauty
her legs are better looking than anything about me
and what you can see of the rest of her, in larger versions of the print, well she is certainly lovely enough to be lovely to me
and lovely is not just looks, but the whole package, and in that photo, her carriage, her head reaching for his, the intimacy amid chaos and violence….lovely is a nice word.
Her dude looks to be handsome too, handsome fellas often fall for lovely girls
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
I delete images without a title. Any replies to that image are also deleted
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
was there an image in the reply to the lebron posey pic?
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I only deleted the Vancouver riot photo.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
I made one too many black comedian-esque jokes today, I went over my quota
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
if you grew up with a typewriter
Why does “White-out” cover up your mistakes? and “black-out” means no lights and rioting mutha fuckas busting windows downtown to steal some tvs? What kind of shit is that?
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
Wow…who said that in a stand up?
I went to the Hard Rock Improv for my Birthday last week and got to see David Ybarra & Adam Ferrara (Rescue Me)….they were great
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
um, just made it up now
inspired by Josie (aren’t we all from time to time?) and wanted to do my best bad black comedian-esque impersonation
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
I like Ferrera
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 1:34 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
He was good. He talked about Top Gear quite a bit and had some great jokes about people from the south (he’s from NY). He is an angry man ….but it makes for great comedy. Total road rager!
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
speaking of angry
I saw Lewis Black in concert one time. Hilarious
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 1:39 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
lol
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 1:46 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Black-Out also means a marketing ploy to sale Alternate Jerseys
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
I just find it funny that in that Laker-King game, the Lakers were wearing the LA Kings original colors, and the Sacramento Kings were wearing the LA Kings current colors.
A lot of copying a franchise without a championship : )
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
I take it you don’t like the Kings very much.
by Rihanna's Ex-Boyfriend on Dec 29, 2011 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
I’m an American outside the Rust Belt, I don’t like hockey very much
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Yet the similarities with soccer can’t be denied
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Or days you can’t visit Disneyland
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 1:35 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
there were no alternate jerseys when typewriters ruled the earth
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
The A’s introduced their alternate in 1972! : )
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Charlie O is always fucking ruining something or other
thank god we are not playing with the orange baseball
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
Refreshing bit of perspective
From ESPN
The mother of a Texas firefighter who died reaching to snag a baseball thrown by Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton this past summer said Wednesday she wants the star player to keep tossing souvenirs into the stands.
SuZann Stone said that taking home a game ball is a special memory. Her plea to Hamilton was in a letter sent not long after 39-year-old Shannon Stone died when he tumbled over a railing and plunged 20 feet onto concrete July 7 during a game at Rangers Ballpark.
Shannon Stone was trying to catch the ball for his 6-year-old son, Cooper, who witnessed the incident.
The late firefighter’s mother says it would be a shame for Hamilton to quit tossing balls to fans.
“I just didn’t want him to stop,” SuZann Stone said. “How sad that would be because that’s what little boys and their daddies go for. This was just an accident.”
Longoria says he doesn’t want a trade.
"I don’t have any idea where that rumor came from! It’s completely false,‘’ Longoria told the Times via text. "I’ve said from the start I love Tampa, I love the direction we are heading as a franchise and there is no better place for me to continue to grow as a player and person.’’
clearly
he’s a fucking liar
I have been to Tampa
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
I was there once. Seemed nice enough if you liked fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, and Hooters.
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I flew there to watch the 1990 Davis Cup Final
After the US clinched the cup on the second day, I skipped the meaningless matches on the final day and went on an airboat tour of the nearby wetlands, then drove down to Sanibel Island for some beachcombing. That was a cool weekend.
by The Dude Abides on Dec 29, 2011 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
It was held at the crappy Suncoast Dome
which became Tropicana Field when the Devil Rays moved in.
by The Dude Abides on Dec 29, 2011 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
Ok. I played one weekend at Saddlebrook and nailed Martina Navratravolta (sp?) with an errant two handed backhand during a tennis clinic drill.
LOL
A. Martina Navratravolta
Q. What is the name of the daughter who resulted from the secret affair of Martina Navratilova and John Travolta?
by The Dude Abides on Dec 29, 2011 7:19 PM PST up reply actions
I like fishing in the Gulf of Mexico
If you know what I mean
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 29, 2011 3:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
But a MLB intern totally told me you wanted a trade. Who do I believe?
(Also, was that intern fired, because I sure would have canned his ass after that.)
I don’t think he’s asking for a trade, but I think he’d love to come home to Los Angeles
by Josie Becker on Dec 29, 2011 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
I would hit my head on the ceiling jumping for joy
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
it would be hard
but kershaw has one less year of team control and an arm more likely to go boom
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Did you outpiss your opponent?
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both of us are fairly wet, but he is all the wetter
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
One is the best at what he does, the other simply has a great contract who has yet to be great.
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was this a reminder for you?
it is not through ignorance
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
Longoria has definitely been great
His average isn’t great, but he gets on base, hits for good power, and has elite 3B defense.
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No. But he could switch and would be better.
I also pulled a 4down and didn’t look at stats before answering this one so wRC+ might disagree with me once factoring in league and park.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
wRC+ is pretty damn close the past two years with Tulo slightly better.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
wRC+
always makes me think of some radio control car wireless standard
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
heck who was a better 3rd basemen last year?
Maybe Sandoval?
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Over the last 3 years I don't think there's been 1 better 3B
Zimmerman being the closest maybe
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Yes, he's great, but I would still never consider trading Kershaw for him.
Would you have traded Sandy Koufax for Ron Santo in 1962. Because we are about to get the five best years any Dodger has ever pitched since the Koufax era.
If you use WAR, Longoria is clearly the class of the 3rd baseman, but if you take a suspect defensive metric out of the equation, Longoria’s offense is still at the top but with at least five other 3rd baseman bubbling below him.
ince 2008:
Rk Player OPS+ WAR/pos From To Age PA BA OBP SLG OPS Pos Tm
1 Evan Longoria 136 24.3 2008 2011 22-25 2414 .274 .360 .515 .874 *5/D6 TBR
2 Chipper Jones 135 15.0 2008 2011 36-39 2023 .293 .397 .477 .874 *5/D ATL
3 Alex Rodriguez 133 15.2 2008 2011 32-35 2152 .284 .375 .521 .896 *5/D NYY
4 Pablo Sandoval 129 12.3 2008 2011 21-24 1869 .307 .356 .501 .857 *5/32D SFG
5 David Wright 129 13.8 2008 2011 25-28 2470 .289 .372 .484 .856 *5/D6 NYM
6 Ryan Zimmerman 126 13.8 2008 2011 23-26 2202 .293 .362 .486 .848 *5/D WSN
7 Adrian Beltre 117 15.9 2008 2011 29-32 2255 .288 .334 .492 .826 *5/D SEA-BOS-TEX
8 Scott Rolen 112 12.7 2008 2011 33-36 1808 .278 .347 .452 .799 *5 TOR-TOT-CIN
9 Michael Young 111 12.1 2008 2011 31-34 2708 .306 .355 .457 .811 *56/D34 TEX
10 Casey Blake 110 13.1 2008 2011 34-37 1976 .266 .343 .437 .780 *5/3764 TOT-LAD
11 Chone Figgins 86 10.0 2008 2011 30-33 2264 .265 .350 .327 .677 *54/D7 LAA-SEA
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 12/29/2011.
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Santo would have been an awesome Dodger
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Chipper and ARod are HOFers, admittedly this time period is past their peak.
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Not that WAR is be-all end-all stat
but it is a decent indicator. Among position players over the last three years, Longoria trails only Albert Pujols in rWAR.
Rk Player WAR/pos
1 Albert Pujols 21.7
2 Evan Longoria 20.5
3 Adrian Gonzalez 19.9
4 Miguel Cabrera 18.7
5 Ryan Braun 18.6
6 Matt Kemp 18.1
7 Troy Tulowitzki 18.0
8 Joey Votto 16.9
9 Robinson Cano 16.0
10 Jose Bautista 15.9
11 Chase Utley 15.9
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Dude is great
I am not trading Kid K
but the Dude is not approaching greatness, the Dude is great
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
Guess I’m still irked from his piss ass postseason performances the last two years.
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Oh, I see. You return to advanced stats when it suits you :)
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
theres advanced
then theres advanced advanced like woba, then theres advanced advanced advanced like wRC+.
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seriously though
who flipped the switch in the last few months and decided wrc+ is cool now and woba is lame
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When comparing two diffferent players in two different leagues and ballpark (Tulo and Longoria,) you’d want to use wRC+.
When we’re just talking about Dodgers it doesn’t really matter.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
I like wOBA but if I used that to pump up Tulo without acknowledging the significant park factors it would be fairly misleading.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
If you count the World Series in 2008 in which he super sucked he has struck out 21 times in his last 59 postseason plate appearances. I don’t think BABI is his problem
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having a babip under 200 for his postseason career
obviously isn’t affecting him at all!
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Still helps to make contact if you want to have some luck with batted balls.
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for the love of Tebow
the guy is great
how great, well the future will tell, but don’t pretend he is not great
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
Did you miss this?
Yes, he’s great, but I would still never consider trading Kershaw for him.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
i did
I only saw this
One is the best at what he does, the other simply has a great contract who has yet to be great.
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ok there it is
maybe i did read it, but then the next comment I saw was you pissing on him as joe said.
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pissing on him. I posted a table showing he was the best offensive 3rd baseman in baseball over the last four years. If complaining about his lack of success in the postseason is pissing then yeah, I’m pissing about him, and it is one long fucking piss at a trough that crosses streams with everyone and may even go 360
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I can acknowledge he’s great, and still be irritated he sucked in the postseason thus helping end two great Tampa Bay Runs. And he did suck terribly in the 2008 World Series. Those things will not leave me easily. When you are the best hitter on your team it helps when you hit like it when the pitching gets tough.
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The only people who would prefer Tampa to Los Angeles are old retirees.
Which is ironic because Ned keeps signing old guys who are soon to be retired.
just want him to rest
should be the Browns with Batch
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
Longoria
could be his generation’s third baseman. But his ceiling is more of a healthy Scott Rolen or Chipper Jones without the switch-hitting, he’s not Mike Schmidt.
Clayton Kershaw (though this isn’t a competition between them) has a chance to be the second home-grown Los Angeles Dodger HOF. His ceiling may not be Koufax but he can be a recognized All-Star for many years to come and someone who in a great year, could be a CYA.
What Craig said
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Longoria has a better chance at being the next David Wright then Chipper Jones.
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I am, at this point in their careers Longoria is exactly where David Wright was. He can go either direction, I’d expect him to take the Wright direction before I’d expect him to take the Schmidt or Chipper Jones direction. JMO
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and kershaw could go the same rout as all the guys we always see posted
who have struck out X guys by age X. Out of baseball in a couple years.
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I will wash your mouth out with a bar of soap
no argument is ever worth uttering that kind of filth
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
its my entire premise!
I love kid K to death and if he goes the rout I will hang myself out of sadness. But…
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I will say beetle juice and voldemort
I will call out beezelbub and lucifer without a care or thought
but I will not let those kind of words pass through my Dodger blue lips
somethings are not worth saying
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, this is opinion. My opinion is that Kershaw is about to go on a Koufax run and be the first LA Dodger Pitcher who is a bonafide HOF pitcher (sorry Don Sutton), and I don’t have enough faith that Longoria will have that kind of career.
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Oliver Perez's best year was slightly better than Kershaw's first full season
and has never come close since.
Off the top of my head this is the only guy I thought of right now :)
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who could have guess that Wright would have taken that direction
Wrights turn largely befuddles me, so I don’t expect Longo to copy that turn
Beside, Longo is an Italian name, so he has that going for him
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
His power and defense have really taken a hit the last 3 years
I believe the power will return this year.
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I believe my hair will grow back
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That's totally fair
Wright was great, but injuries happen. Jones is a no doubt HOFer. Simply nobody profiles out to that.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
Mike Schmidt is one of the greatest 3B of all time, if not the greatest. His basic batting stats from ages 22-25: .248 / .366 / .491 / .857, 134 OPS+. Longoria compares favorably to that and his peak years should be ahead of him.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 2:20 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Chipper Jones is a HOFer
Rolen is a border line if he has another 2 or 3 good years. Maybe just Hall of Great, but either way not a bad thing.
Plus he’s still young, his power could develop higher.
I’ll take Kershaw 10/10 for sure though, he’s not going to be special, this kid is special.
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I have mentioned this before
in 1978, there was a proposed trade of a package of players (including Pedro Guerrero) to the Mets for Tom Seaver. I think had Tom Seaver led the Dodger rotation in 1978, that Dodger team has a great shot to beat the Yankees.
I loved and hated Seaver
would have been great to have him as a Dodger
but without Guerrero what happens to 1981?
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
ah, we win anyway. Besides if we win in 1978 we don’t need 81 as much as we did.
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but Mo!
81 was my favorite championship
and while 78 was heartbreak and Reggies fat ass all in one, I don’t think I’d want to give up 81
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
What David said. We were clearly the better team in 78, I’d rather have the championship with the better team. All those great games we remember in detail from 81 would instead have the 78 games etched. Davey Lopes would be a hero.
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That said, having Tom Seaver may or may not have meant squat.
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He might only pitch one game and we lose 3 – 2. Or he might pitch two games and pitch the deciding 7th game. We had Koufax in 66 in his prime prime and he still lost two games. Just saying………..
that I reverse my previous comments and do not make the trade, and enjoy 81.
Screw revisionism.
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Somehow
The opening day DH for the ‘81 Yankees was Jayson Werth’s dad, Dennis. The dude had only 172 MLB PAs, but he can say he was an opening day starter for the AL champ Yankees. But at least he can’t say he was an opening day starter for the world champion Yankees.
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If they win in ‘78, one doesn’t need the catharsis of ’81.
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Ya, the “what if” game doesn’t seem so urgent when the Dodgers ended up winning a World Series a few years later anyway. See how much fun we’d have with the “what if” game if the Dodgers suck for another 20 years and we argue for hours about drafting Lincecum instead of Kershaw.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
in un-related to anything news that matters only to me
Dream update:
I had a dream last night that I went 0 – 4. I woke up confused and angry. It wasn’t until about 3 minutes ago that I realized it was just a dream
You must have been dreaming about being Longoria in the postseason:)
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Come on, didn’t that make you laugh?
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My body is all out of wack after the holidays
after the feasting of the weekend I spent 3 days needing only to eat a couple of meals at odd times to get by, now I find myself starving tryign to go back to the 3 meals at normal times thing
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he's eating right now
Eating your rage
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 2:39 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
who have you become?
I don’t even know you anymore Tommy
next thing you’ll tell me is that you are hopped up on Dr. Pepper and a jar of pickles
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
if I say that
Someone hacked my account
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 3:18 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
just for fun
3rd baseman seem to burn out a little earlier then other positions. This is just my perception. Here is a list of 3rd baseman since 1900 who are 25 or under but have garnered at least a .130 OPS+ career.
It is not like I make things up when I say he could easily become David Wright. Or Richie Hebner, or Jim Ray Hart, or Bob Horner.
Rk Player OPS+ G From To Age PA HR RBI BB BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 Dick Allen 164 596 1963 1967 21-25 2579 112 365 284 .311 .387 .558 .945 *5/764
2 Eddie Mathews 154 880 1952 1957 20-25 3808 222 586 561 .281 .388 .556 .943 *5/7
3 Jim Thome 142 500 1991 1996 20-25 1989 93 284 310 .288 .404 .530 .934 *5/D
4 Home Run Baker 141 451 1908 1911 22-25 1918 17 276 100 .308 .350 .449 .799 *5
5 Bill Madlock 141 421 1973 1976 22-25 1747 32 207 147 .337 .398 .478 .875 *5
6 David Wright 139 703 2004 2008 21-25 3047 130 489 340 .309 .389 .533 .921 *5/D
7 Harmon Killebrew 138 540 1954 1961 18-25 2100 130 337 291 .262 .367 .528 .895 *53/47
8 Evan Longoria 136 563 2008 2011 22-25 2414 113 401 270 .274 .360 .515 .874 *5/D6
9 Jim Ray Hart 135 634 1963 1967 21-25 2600 116 371 222 .289 .352 .499 .851 *57/9
10 Mike Schmidt 134 465 1972 1975 22-25 1843 93 266 274 .248 .366 .491 .857 *5/643
11 Bob Horner 132 657 1978 1983 20-25 2716 158 457 221 .282 .341 .521 .862 *5/3
12 Richie Hebner 131 631 1968 1973 20-25 2510 80 306 235 .286 .359 .471 .830 *5/3
13 Pinky Higgins 130 310 1930 1934 21-25 1269 29 189 121 .320 .387 .493 .880 *5/46
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Dick Allen, Jim Thome, and Harmon Killebrew all were moved off of 3rd base. So I’m saying there is a 40% chance that Evan Longoria is not Mike Schmidt or Eddie Mathews.
Kershaw’s odds of being Sandy Koufax are even longer, but honestly, what Dodger fan trades Clayton Kershaw for Evan Longoria. Maybe someone who was a fan of Desperate Housewifes, no one else does it.
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Richie Hebner
dug his own grave.
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by David Young on Dec 29, 2011 3:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I got it
and rec’d it
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
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Notice how many names from the great 25 and under group are not on the 26 and over group and why Mike Schmidt is what he is. To help you I’ve bolded those on both lists:
Rk Player OPS+ From To Age PA BA OBP SLG OPS Pos Tm
1 Mike Schmidt 155 1976 1985 26-35 6326 .272 .388 .548 .935 *53/64 PHI
2 George Brett 152 1979 1988 26-35 5554 .316 .393 .535 .928 *53/D796 KCR
3 Chipper Jones 150 1998 2007 26-35 6165 .312 .413 .565 .978 *57/D6 ATL
4 Alex Rodriguez 146 2002 2011 26-35 6387 .296 .391 .564 .955 *56/D TEX-NYY
5 Wade Boggs 138 1984 1993 26-35 6901 .331 .423 .451 .874 *5/D3 BOS-NYY
6 Al Rosen 138 1950 1956 26-32 4309 .287 .386 .500 .886 *5/364 CLE
7 Eddie Mathews 136 1958 1967 26-35 6236 .266 .370 .483 .853 *53/7 MLN-ATL-TOT
8 Home Run Baker 135 1912 1921 26-35 4484 .309 .370 .439 .810 *5 PHA-NYY
9 Bobby Bonilla 131 1989 1998 26-35 5946 .285 .361 .493 .854 *59/3D7 PIT-NYM-TOT-BAL-FLA
10 Ed Lennox 131 1910 1915 26-31 1099 .284 .375 .424 .800 *5 BRO-CHC-PBS
11 Whitey Kurowski 130 1944 1949 26-31 2698 .291 .380 .468 .848 *5/46 STL
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Generated 12/29/2011.
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ARod is not on the first list because he burned out early on SS. He had a 141 OPS+ through age 25.
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Right, he wasn’t a 3rd baseman, why would he be in the discussion? We are talking about young 3rd baseman, not players who converted to 3rd baseman.
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I’m just saying he didn’t burn out as a hitter.
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The odds of becoming an HOF 3B are incredibly long no matter what, but that is still Longoria’s ceiling, which is pretty good for a guy with 3.5 years of MLB play behind him.
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I don’t make the trade either. But Evan Longoria has been great.
It is relatively easy to move a 3B to 1B, but there isn’t really much of a downgrade to make for a 1B or corner OF.
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Longoria is great
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I disagree and will use uRwrong+ to show you why.
by fbihop on Dec 29, 2011 3:11 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Do you know how badly I want to kill you right now?
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by nolander on Dec 29, 2011 3:16 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I wish KC had traded Alex Gordon when he was struggling.
Can anyone think of a number one pick that a team stuck with all the way until his age 27 season before he lived upto his promise like Alex Gordon? He seems a bit unique to me.
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@RAFAEL_FURCAL Hola tweeps. Need a DD for NYE any volunteers?
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There goes my idea
of posting pics of the well-endowed Gaby Ramirez.
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When you need a wonder woman just click your heels
To bad those painted wonder woman photo’s are not allowed here……
yowzaaa
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or watch tv
or have any interaction with popular culture?
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Impressive
Especially since John “Run-On-1st-2nd-and-3rd-Down-and-Then-Punt” Fox is in Denver now.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
See Davis, Terrell
Also see Anderson, Jamal or Davis, Stephan.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
Good call
Always forget about him…he was a damn good back. Eddie George always gets forgotten, too.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
Those football players who retire early in good health must not give a shit about their kids
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We should ask Barry Sanders.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
I loved to watch him, but would have hated him as primary back on my team
I want runner to get positive yards on every play.
I hate: loss, loss, no gain, no gain, big fucking run
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
As a defender
you had to imagine your best bet was to take a chance tackling him the first time, then if you missed, wait on the grass/turf until his inevitable return the other direction.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
I think you would have liked
Ron “3 yards and a cloud of pies” Dayne.
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I wanna some breakaway with a whole lotta north and south
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
Can't you just turn on the Titans game this sunday instead?
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But a Barry Sanders highlight of him getting -1 yard would be running back and forth for 5 seconds before finally being tackled.
On just about every Barry Sanders highlight, the other team has one or two players in the backfield that he has to dodge. If the Lions had a decent offensive line, Sanders might have ran for 2,000 yards every year.
/hyperbole.
VegasBlues will tell you its the same situation in Tennesseee
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At the time, wasn’t he planning on going to medical school?
I know Tiki Barber ended up regretting his decision to walk away.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
I always preferred Ronde to Tiki.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
he was an asshat long before he was an analyst, being an analyst just gave him a forum to display his asshat for all to admire
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
I remember when the Steelers knocked Eddie out cold in a playoff game to force a fumble
it was a glorious moment of me that I both relish in and am a little ashamed of
If Fantasy I called Eddie “3.4”, because that is what it seemed his yards per carry were
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
So
Double that if you are a Bronco running back
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Damn, I was sure one was Duckett. Didn’t feel confident about Turner because (as HJ says) those guys don’t stick around.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
are they going to win any postseason games?
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They are the new texans
amazing offense, terribad defense
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Actually, I thought he was asking about the Falcons
Not the Panthers.
If the question is ever, sure, the Panthers will win a postseason game at some point.
by Michael White on Dec 29, 2011 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
Along with 20 throwing TDs
Kid’s legit.
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you do know they never run the ball in arena football right
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The guy who voiced the creepy intro to Iron Maiden’s “The Number of the Beast” died at the age of 80.
Every time I hear an Iron Maiden song, I turn it up even though I generally don’t like bands in that style.
Goatees
So every other dude on the street seems to be rocking one these days. I feel like a truck driver not having shaved it off yet.
nah
I look 15 without mine
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 3:48 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
oh right
The exact opposite of how I look
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 4:03 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
that’s good
if you were a newscaster I was going to be so bummed
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
Wouldn’t mind being a sportscaster, but I could probably only do baseball
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 4:15 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
was not very good. the best part of the movie were all the cool jackets Daniel Craig wore.
It suffered from both James Bond syndrome and Return of the King syndrome.
How is that ending sequence any different from a scene from Hackers? Or Austin Powers. or Missions Impossible 4: GHOSTSHIP?
If you want a good, bloody crime thriller, check out the Red Riding Trilogy. Lots less goth-punk rape too.
This is why you are the best poster.
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by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 3:53 PM PST up reply actions
I have wanted to see the Red Riding series. I couldn’t go when it screened near me, and when it plays on Sundance it seems to always be in the middle of the night.
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by Pure Azure on Dec 29, 2011 4:53 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
its on
Netflix Instant! Super great, big variety between each “episode” but pulls the thread all the way thru really nicely. hard as hell to understand thou, damn thick british accents
Kind of like Sweet Sixteen and the thick Glaswegian brogue. Doesn’t Netflix provide viewing options like subtitles?
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by Pure Azure on Dec 29, 2011 5:57 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
cool – let me clear it with the boss
should be great weather
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 29, 2011 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Longoria is the greatest
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Buster_ESPN
In other words: Teams that have great outfields. Like the Dodgers, who have Kemp and Ethier filling 2/3 of their OF.
Dammit now I have to read Buster to get context.
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by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
…………….did you get it?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 5:23 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, making a list of great outfields. It was boring.
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by regfairfield on Dec 29, 2011 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
NPUT
http://www.truebluela.com/2011/12/29/2669462/marcus-thames-tbla-2011-community-preview
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oh man
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 29, 2011 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
HEY MEERCATJOHN...THANKS FOR TALKING ABOUT BASEBALL HERE...
I was gonna comment on the article but apparently more people on here watch the Kardashians than watch the Dodgers…Dragon Tatoo? Red Riding Series? Goatees?
Eat me
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by Pure Azure on Dec 29, 2011 6:13 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Pure Azure (reference to Dodger Blue?)
just read your most recent posts. REALLY? Eat me? That is how you defend your weak movie reviews on the TBLA…“where the dogs are always grilled”? Eat me?
Nobody is stopping you from posting something baseball-related. I do all the time, when I want. Plenty of people do.
Nobody wants to hear from someone who doesn’t contribute anything (like you) telling people what they should be talking about.
Don’t piss on anyone else’s rug and you should do OK in life.
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by Pure Azure on Dec 29, 2011 6:58 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Yeah I can recommend some Korean BBQ tacos in Chicago!
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