New Year's Eve Dodgers Links
by Eric Stephen on Dec 31, 2011 11:52 AM PST
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On the final day of 2011, here are some various Dodgers links:
- Carlos Quentin is back in the National League West. The outfielder has been traded from the Chicago White Sox to the San Diego Padres for minor league pitchers Simon Castro and Pedro Hernandez. Quentin has one more year of arbitration eligibility after making $5.05 million last season. South Side Sox has more information on the deal.
- Clayton Kershaw and Arise Africa are back in Zambia. Robert Baly has the details at Vin Scully is My Homeboy.
- A few days ago, Jon Weisman at Dodger Thoughts gave a broad overview of what lies ahead for the new ownership group, which is four months away. "I want them to spend, but to spend wisely. This franchise has so many needs, on and off the field, that new leadership can’t afford to be irresponsible," Weisman said.
- Mike Petriello at Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness had a nice post about the Dodgers' lack of international spending in recent years, noting that the Dodgers only have seven players on their 40-man roster from outside of North America.
Happy New Year everybody.
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Happy new year to all:
Let us hope that the New Year brings prosperity to all.
Peace and prosperity
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Dec 31, 2011 12:52 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Gee, was it only a year ago that a few of us were beating the drum for the Dodgers to get Quentin?
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 31, 2011 12:41 PM PST reply actions
The Padres management has kicked our ass the last two years. We’re lucky we have Kemp and Kershaw.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Dec 31, 2011 12:56 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
there was a point
where he was looking like a sure fire HOFer
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 31, 2011 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
Happy New Year TBLA!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 31, 2011 1:24 PM PST reply actions
Dominican Republic is also in North America.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
(As are Puerto Rico and Curacao). The only current Dodgers from outside of North America are Juan Rivera and Trent Oeltjen, neither of whom was originally (MLB-wise at least) signed by the Dodgers.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
By what criteria? Many of the Caribbean islands (but not Cuba) are on a tectonic plate separate from either North or South America, which also includes part of Central America. Curacao is under 150 miles from the South American coast.
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- The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
By the criteria used to determine what in on what continent. North America consists of Canada, USA, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Continents are not determined by tectonic plates. I don’t know what/who they are determined by, but most certainly they are North America.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Central America and the Caribbean islands have not been traditionally considered as part of any continent
In a more updated sense, geographers consider Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean islands as an amalgamation known as Middle America.
by The Dude Abides on Jan 4, 2012 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
agreed
he told Dana White after the fight, he think he broke a rib.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 31, 2011 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
I knew 30 seconds into the fight it would end with Lesnar getting TKO’d, didn’t see the body shot though.
Diaz destroying Cerrone made me really sad as well. Bad card for people I wanted to win. Not as bad as UFC 136 (only main card fight that went my way was Phan vs. Leonard Garcia and I really didn’t care about that), but still not a bad night for people I wanted to win.
yeah
i hate Diaz, but he flat out won that fight
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 31, 2011 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
I thought so at first but then he kept walking around like no big deal after the fight was over
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
well
he just said he thought he did.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 31, 2011 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
Can’t recover from a body shot.
Grantland had a great article on it (though about boxing) earlier this year:
I’ve taken a five-finger death punch like that, and let me tell you how it feels: A punch like that causes all sorts of strange satellite pain, express-delivered by your scrambled, panicking nervous system. You can feel a punch like that in the arches of your feet, in your balls, in your back, in your eyes. A punch like that somehow leaves you gasping for air and feeling as though you’re full of air all at once. A punch like that makes you feel, frankly, like you’re going to shit your trunks. But more than anything else, a punch like that puts a terrible picture in your head: You can see this black, spreading stain just under your skin, all of your body’s essentials bleeding out and filling spaces where they don’t have any business. A punch to the head can make you feel dizzy or woozy or sleepy, but it doesn’t hurt, exactly.Tito Ortiz can tell you how it feels, too, after his last two fights.
i'm not doubting that it was a brutal blow
just that he broke a rib on it
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The Raiders just need 4 more penalties for 11 yards to break the NFL all-time penalty record.
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Lakers steal the game
nice
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 31, 2011 2:54 PM PST reply actions
MWP had an awesome game.
It looked as if he was trying to help Denver win with the way his shots looked. Not sure why Ebanks didn’t see any playing time with how MWP was playing.
Anyways, the Lakers need to pray that a decent PG becomes available for cheap sometime this year.
i’d like to see them give that Morris kid some PT.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 31, 2011 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah I have no idea why Ebanks sat, he’s looked pretty good so far this year.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Dec 31, 2011 6:47 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Buon Anno!
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Dec 31, 2011 6:45 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Happy New Year!
I am very thankful I got to meet Josie, Maddz, Gary, Phil, Dave, Bobby, Eric, et. al. Thank you so much for brightening my day most everyday. Here’s to a great 2012, the start of a new owner and a new era of Dodger prosperity and personal prosperity for usall!
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
and Craig :-)
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
One of the great
tracking shots ever
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'!
Best shots ever.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Dec 31, 2011 11:06 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Ban me forever I have not seen it. 64 Russian top of wish list.
I have to nominate the car scene from Children of Men as my personal fave among several others from that movie, including the battle sequence. The underappreciated shot in that is the birth scene, which begins with an “ascending the stairs” that’s straight out of Vermeer if not Rembrandt.
There’s also one in 400 Blows that knocks me out. Happy new year all.
You’re obviously not a true comrade.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Jan 1, 2012 2:21 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
About 1000x better than that boring ass Tinker Tailor movie I just saw.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Dec 31, 2011 9:58 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
The funny part is that I didn’t notice the date on that and didn’t realize how old that link was. I have used that headline again.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 31, 2011 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
Speculation that Norv Turner will be fired Monday:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/dec/31/turner-era-coming-close-many-predicted-it-would/
I found the link on the ’Phin Sider.
LOOKING FOR A HOT STOVE
I went looking for a hot stove to get a fix of Dodger Blue
I went to TBLA and was scolded…YOU DON’T HAVE A CLUE!
"If it’s Dodger talk you’re wantin’ go ahead and type your mind"
But I ain’t the type to type because the keys are hard to find
and then someone said “eat me” and I replied fast as I could
eat me? really? eat me? I must be in the wrong neighborhood
So now my old hands are stumblin’ and it’s too hard to find the keys
You see that’s me right there with Vinny back in 1963
And now my eyes grow weary and I’m running out of rhymes
Maybe I’ll junk this old computer and just read the L.A. Times
HAPPY NEW YEAR
by BaldBilly on Dec 31, 2011 5:14 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
humma kavula
does a bunch of song lyrics parodies and limmericks around these parts and yours was on par with his quality! meant to be a complement, if not a bit of an obscure one hah
exactly...
I was hoping the the picture would give me some cred and then the “old hands” thing might be pitiful enough to get a little compassion
Hey, no need to be so thin-skinned. Happy New Year
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Dec 31, 2011 6:56 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
nice el camino
my brother had a gold one back in the early 70’s…we backed it up to the hill on the first small parking lot to the right of the Stadium Way entrance and tailgated (yes you could) and sat in the left field pavillion ($1.50 I think).
Any time
you want to talk Dodgers or baseball just hit me up.
Happy New Years or as they say in my house, Xin Nian Kuai le
and Xin Nian Kuai le to you as well
here’s hoping “Xin Nian Kuai le” is not an inside joke I don’t understand :)
Thank you for a great 2011 and to a better 2012...
Thank you to Eric, Craig, AJ, and everyone I “visit” here at TBLA everyday. On the surface, there were a lot of ups and downs to the Dodger season, but win or lose, baseball provides a nice background to the story of our lives.
As for my story, in 2011, my wife and I celebrated one year of marriage and we bought our first home. Looking to 2012, we’ll be expecting our first child, with the due date of 7/7/12. I thought I’d make the announcement here on TBLA, doing my duty to increase the Dodger fan population by one.
So here’s to great memories from the past, and even better dreams for the future!
Happy New Year Everyone!
NICE!!!
congrats jason!! we celebrated year 2 of marriage this year (7/3!) and bought our first home as well (in santa barbara, no less). No upcoming future Dodger fans thou… that’s another year or two away.
Glad you peaked your head over in these parts! Did you buy in Mar Vista area??
Thanks – and Congrats to you too! I think we’re at the age where we really need to pause to appreciate and celebrate life’s milestones.
We moved south to Signal Hill, though we are up in LA quite a bit. Next time we are in SB, I’ll hit you up – time to get drinks and get a whiffle ball game going!
Happy New Year!
On this New Year’s Eve, have to say thanks to everyone that makes this my favorite community online. Glad I discovered this site this year and hope for many more years of reading and making dumb callbacks and jokes that only people here will get.
I raise my glass to you and say, Happy New Years’ Eve!
by fbihop on Dec 31, 2011 5:54 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
The Baseball Hall of Fame Collection
I picked up this book yesterday for $10. It’s got some really good pictures in it and a lot of cool stories about most of the players (maybe all of them) that are in the HoF. The best part about the book though is it comes with a bunch of replica memorabilia. It has a 1940 opening day ticket for the Brooklyn Dodgers. On the back of that ticket it has their entire home schedule. Also included is Sandy Koufax’s scouting report card.
I have only had the chance to glance through this book so there is a lot for me to still see.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-baseball-hall-of-fame-collection-james-buckley/1104250412
I just tied a tie for the first time in my life. Pretty sure it looks terrible, but my girlfriend didn’t say anything.
/stressedonNYE
From Wkipedia
To tie the half-Windsor, place the tie around your neck and cross the broad end of the tie in front of the narrow end. Fold the broad end behind the narrow end and bring it forward on the opposite side. The left and right sides of the narrow end, and the inside of the loop around your neck, form a triangle. Continue folding the tie over the sides of this triangle, rotating around the triangle in one direction. The sixth fold should bring the broad end up over the top of the knot from behind; push the end down through the loop in front of the knot between the fourth and fifth folds, work out any wrinkles, and pull the knot tight. If the tie is unbalanced, untie the knot and try again giving yourself more or less length to work with.
The steps are: Start with the wide end of the tie on your right and extending a foot before the narrow end, Cross wide end over narrow and turn back underneath, Bring it up and turn it down through the loop, Pass the wide in from the front, from the left and to the right, Then, end up through the loop, and put it down through the knot in the front, tighten the knot carefully and draw it up to the collar.
I always go with a pratt knot.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Dec 31, 2011 9:12 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Whatever that was, it went way over my head.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 1, 2012 1:32 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
the effort is worth more that the outcome – I am sure she likes you just fine
to be pedantic about it – the knot really should be driven from collar width and tie type, along with personal style
but that doesn’t matter on a night like this – kiss her good when the clock hits 12
by Hollywood Joe on Dec 31, 2011 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
merry new year
Beef jerky time
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 1, 2012 12:06 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
never seen
Trading Places?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 1, 2012 12:53 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
“I am svedish. Would you like some svedish meatballs?”
by Josie Becker on Jan 1, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
“But, your wearing lederhosen?”
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 1, 2012 12:55 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
We really could not have traded Chris Withrow and a lower prospect for Carlos Quentin?
sigh
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
assuming kenny williams didn't love the guys he got from the padres
as much as ned loves fedex
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
well if the titans can't win today
they really don’t deserve it
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tj yates being sent to the lockeroom after our first drive
you gotta be kidding me
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it may happen
and I still would predict a W. 2nd game though… don’t feel good about our secondary against the ravens or patriots ability to spread the field
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with Snake Delhomme?
Didn’t he throw 5 or 6 interceptions in his last playoff game, on his birthday, when he was many years younger?
I know the 6th seeds aren’t exactly a murders row, but Snake?
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 1, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
top 3 defense
top 3 running game. So yeah, I think we can do it.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
we beat the falcons and bengals
with a rookie 5th round pick in his first two starts in the nfl
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
thats why kissingsuzykolber
is called kissing suzy kolber
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by nolander on Jan 1, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
New years prediction:
Emo Juan
240/300/410 17HRs 60RBIs 70Runs
That’s a win
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Jan 1, 2012 2:31 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
1.000/1.000/4.000 600 HR, 600 RBI, 600 Runs. Somehow nobody ever gets on base in front of him.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I predicted a .715+ OPS
So a couple more HR and it should be good :)
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
nolander
Has a bruise on his forehead right now. Shaped suspiciously like his own palm.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 1, 2012 1:09 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
merry christmas titans
grats on beating our backups by 1 point
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
ha ha
And almost lost
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 1, 2012 1:12 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
yeah
we had no interest in risking injuries in OT, otherwise we kick it and the game is still going
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
yeah
Really didn’t have anything to lose
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 1, 2012 1:25 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I miss the days when quarterbacks didn’t wear dresses
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 1, 2012 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
New Orleans
PAY THAT MAN!!!!!!!!!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 1, 2012 1:55 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
White Sox at it again
Frasor back to Toronto for two low minors pitchers
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Jan 1, 2012 2:32 PM PST reply actions
We will have somewhere around the 20th pick in the draft (My lack of faith in the Broncos and Raiders has made me already give up on the playoffs).
i'm almost dissapointed
even if the bengals lost they got in?
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Broncos going to back into the playoffs.
Tebow better play good in the playoff game, or there’s going to be some controversy. He’s been really bad the last 2 games.
DeMarcus Cousins is demanding a trade. If his attitude could be controlled he’d be a pretty good big man for a team like the Clippers (or any other team) to pickup.
he's on the Kings right?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 1, 2012 4:25 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Broncos/Steelers will be horrible…but Pittsburgh will win pretty easily.
Texans/Bengals from earlier this year was a 20-19 classic. Should be exciting.
Lions can’t keep up with New Orleans.
Steelers only beat Cleveland today 13-9.
I expect a close game with Denver, similar to the Denver-Jets game.
With the way the Patriots are playing, they have to be overwhelming favorites in the AFC to reach the Super Bowl.
Saints/Packers probably a toss up in the NFC.
Super Bowl
will almost certainly be 1/2 vs. 1/2
I’m pulling for Ravens vs. Saints/Packers. Hate New England.
With the way the Patriots are playing, they have to be overwhelming favorites in the AFC to reach the Super Bowl.
things people have been writing since 2007
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 1, 2012 6:34 PM PST up reply actions
not in 2008 or 2009!
I look forward to watching them go one and done again.
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Poor Chargers – only team in the AFC West with a + point differential, and they are going to miss the playoffs and probably fire their coach.
the dudes an asshole
but you can’t deny the job he has done acquiring talent
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Bynum playing this well is only good news for the Lakers, trade or no trade
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Jan 1, 2012 5:30 PM PST via Android app reply actions
Burn Hollywood Burn
This is strange stuff
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by Pure Azure on Jan 1, 2012 6:25 PM PST via Android app reply actions
I’m just surprised they still get so much publicity in the football media. Guess they still have a “brand name” no matter their record.
all the bandwagon fans from the 90s haven't died yet
if they keep being irrelevant in the playoffs they will eventually
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what he said
I mean they have a history of winning so they are going to have a big fanbase, but if it keeps going this way they are going to start thinning out
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sure
but does that really warren the knob slobbering by the media in present day?
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He needs to play better vs the Steelers.
Cant have 3 straight stinkers going into the off-season with Elway there.
He’s already had 4 bad games in a row so if he sucks next week it will be 5 bad games to end the season.
vs NE he went 11 for 22 194 yards. He did have 93 yards rushing with 2 TD but also fumbled 2 times. That isn’t good. Not even close.
vs CHI he went 21 for 40 236 yard 1TD 1INT. He also fumbled 2 times in that game too. That’s bad.
When your completion % is around 50% or below you aren’t playing well. When you are fumbling the ball in a majority of the games you play in that is bad. He had 13 fumbles in a total of 12 games played. If your one strength as a “QB” is how you run the ball then you better make sure you hold onto the ball.
vs NE he went 11 for 22 194 yards. He did have 93 yards rushing with 2 TD but also fumbled 2 times. That isn’t good. Not even close.
If he hadn’t had 2 fumbles that is close to good. with the 2 fumbles thats bad.
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He only lost 1 of those fumbles.
His QB rating was 80.5 and that doesnt include rushing yardage.
Anyone that thinks he sucked against the Patriots doesnt understand what matters in football.
He didnt play great, but to say he sucked isnt accurate either.
QB rating isn't really a great stat
turning the ball over is bad. Recovering one of those fumbles is nice, but if he is fumbling 2 times a game and or throwing picks he is a bad QB, he doesn’t do enough to make up for turnovers. 200 yards + 90 rushing yards is good but 2 fumbles negates that.
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Steve Blake playing well tonight. Derek Fisher is being Derek Fisher. Of course this all means that Fisher is in for the final several minutes…
Oh and Kobe should have stopped shooting in the first quarter when it was obvious he wasn’t going to be on tonight. 5 for 25 right now, I think.
Kobe finished 6 for 28 (1 for 8 from 3)
Lakers were outscored 9-0 in the last 2 1/2 minutes to lose 99-90.
yeah, real bad
kinda sloppy game all around, but a good shooting Kobe gets the Lakers a win there I think. Hopefully the day off helps him out.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 1, 2012 7:42 PM PST up reply actions
Shameful
He was a selfish fuck tonight.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Jan 1, 2012 7:59 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
the Uncharted series
is great fun. I’m almost done with the second one
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 1, 2012 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
uncharted 1-3 are amazing
Bioshock of course but you already had that. I need to know more about your gaming habits though to recomend games. Infamous is good if you like open world games.
If you play asscreed 1 and don’t like it or find it repetitive please still give asscreed 2 a chance. Try the heavy rain demo.
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i dont have bioshock yet
its on my list but im worried that game is too… involved for what i have time for right now.
im looking for a game that i can pick up and put down… something with multiplayer… i like fps but im not super serious about them… right now AC2 and Borderlands are on the top of my list, but AC2 i fear may get tedious and i was never a big GTA fan so i dont know how those two compare…. and borderlands i like because it seems you can pick up and put down and theres also multiplayer/deathmatch, right?
Bioshock can be picked up and put down
but it might hurt the atmosphere.
AC2 is a LOT less tedious then GTA4, it does run a bit long, but you can ignore the side quests. They are both “open world” but AC2 is a lot more structured.
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im really down to
bioshock, borderlands, or ac2 right now – advantage for border and ac2 is i can download them thru psn
oh AND
Arkham City and Arkham Asylum. Arkham City is a masterpiece
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Clippers move back in to first place tie
with win over Portland tonight. When is the last time they were in first place this late in the season? :)
Pretty cool :)
W-L: 17-7
IP: 224
ERA: 2.85
WHIP: 1.16
K: 227
by silverwidow on Feb 7, 2011 7:14 AM PST actions
Kershaw’s neutralized stats:
Kershaw: 17-7, 2.62 ERA, 223 innings, 57 walks, 237 strikeouts, 1.076 WHIP
I skimmed the story but didn’t see mention of the Dodgers. Was he wearing a baseball cap or something?
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Jan 2, 2012 12:26 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Whoa
They fired Polian?! Maybe he refused to trade Manning, or refused to keep him.
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by Pure Azure on Jan 2, 2012 12:07 PM PST via Android app reply actions
Apparently Manning’s greatness was disguising an otherwise terribly run team. Who knew?
by Josie Becker on Jan 2, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
I’m also in Los Feliz/Hollywood. Haven’t been here in years.
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by Pure Azure on Jan 2, 2012 12:08 PM PST via Android app reply actions
Hey if you are in the Los Feliz area:
let me know if the Rustic is still open.
Is that a club? I’ll be hopping around, maybe camping and such.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Jan 2, 2012 12:37 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
nfl
was listening to sportstalk all morning while driving. the “consensus” seems to be:
1. New Orleans big over Detroit (bad match-up for DET)
2. Pittsburgh completely shutting down Denver
3. Cincy over Houston (has to be one trendy upset pic)
4. ATL/NY coin flip but likely favoring NY
no Mendanhall for PIT
torn ACL
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
MSTI new article
talking about the newest acquistions and if they are really going to help the team.
Spoiler: no they don’t.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
what was the spread going into the game?
(i hope i’m asking that right)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
Not sure what it was
but I heard it went over in the 4th quarter. The 2nd half over/under line of 42 points was under though.
craziest youtube video i have ever seen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5oXUX1ydFE
talk about tempting fate..
is it weird that im still afraid to click on youtube videos
because of fear of rick roll?
rickrollphobia
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
if you have weak nerves like i do
do not watch this video. i seriously almost had a panic attack watching this.
When I was bout 12, I crawled up to the One Mile Drop at the Gand Canyon. I peeked over the edge and immediately got dizzy. My Mother was screaming at me to get away from the edge. Same thing happened at the Washington Monument and the Empire State Building. Strangely enough, flying does not bother me.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
I’ve been bungee jumping and sky diving. Bungee jumping was a rush I’ll never forget but I’d love to do again. Sky diving, outside of the initial jump out of the plane, was honestly a bit boring for me.
The weird thing is that since my liver started getting real bad I will have that same feeling most people get from bungee jumping while just watching the video of my jump. I once had a dream about it and it woke me up because it felt so real.
Standing up on tall buildings like the Empire State Building or The Stratosphere in Vegas never bothered me. I actually almost got kicked out of the Stratosphere as a teenager because I was laying on the glass windows that looked down to the ground. Security didn’t really have a problem with it as they walked by me and didn’t say a word. It wasn’t until a lady started freaking out that they asked me to get up.
Man, I totally had forgotten that Brandon Weeden was once briefly a Dodger farmhand.
Guess he made the right choice in switching sports.
Too bad I’ll miss most of that game because my stupid soccer league decided to schedule a game tonight despite it being a holiday. :-/
Crazy Rose Bowl game, as expected.
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oh, and Happy New Year everyone!
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Girlfriend is making me spaghetti and meatballs. I’m going skiing tomorrow with my dad. Who cares that I have less than $200 for the rest of the month?
Life is good.
happy for you :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
How's this for journalism?
"There was Vicente Padilla, erect, proud, shining, and solid. Oh, how exquisite! "
Saw the link over at Dodger Thoughts:
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/02/vicente-padilla-erect-proud-shining-and-solid/
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'!
Sports journalism is very rarely evenhanded and journalism in some country is as much advocacy as reporting. Wouldn’t be surprised if Nicaragua had a very polarized press and that sportswriters deified their best athletes.
yup
though I hear he’s been doing very good down there pitching. The Marlins (of course) are said to be in on him.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 9:10 PM PST up reply actions
Coco Crisp
has decided on his team, and “just has to let them know.”
i’m scared…….
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2 years, 1.5 million in the 1st, 336 million in the 2nd.
by Rihanna's Ex-Boyfriend on Jan 2, 2012 8:10 PM PST up reply actions
typo?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder how much of that is
“Leave me the fuck alone already!”
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 6:00 PM PST up reply actions
Turkey Soup FTW
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'!
Duck Soup FTF
for the funny
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 7:10 PM PST up reply actions
Its amazing how long Weeden was away from football and then step right in as a walk-on and not miss a beat
indeed
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 9:10 PM PST up reply actions
BUFFALO WILD WINGS!!!!!
I’m not even there
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 2, 2012 9:15 PM PST up reply actions
lol
heard this joke on two different blogs.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
some intelligent members of TBLA
hate the kicking aspect all together
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 2, 2012 9:16 PM PST up reply actions
Good/great kickers are to be cherished (i.e. Janikowski/Lechler). But I’m semi on board with throwing out the baby with the bath water here.
semi?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 9:18 PM PST up reply actions
if Kickers are done away with, which can be done, then the name of the game needs to be changed from Football
and that is important why?
maybe we should demand the return of peach baskets in the NBA
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 2, 2012 9:40 PM PST up reply actions
There’s a reason the slang “hoops” caught on.
Follow @DavidYoungTBLA
- The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
and someday, we’ll call American Football “tackles” or some such
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
It was suggested kickers would be done away with. Nothing about getting rid of punters was mentioned.
Oh, this is a smartass conversation if I’ve ever seen one. Now, that stated, where do we draw the line then? Are we just banning goal post related kicks? Are there still kickoffs?
start the ball at the 20 every time
no punting, you go for it on 4th down. Lots of number guys out there claim you should never punt and always go for it
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Turn the game into NFL Blitz basically.
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by regfairfield on Jan 2, 2012 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
There’s still plenty of reasons to call it football without kicking.
Just ask Ndamukong Suh
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Kickers in college are a whole nother bread then kickers in the NFL
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shankapotamus
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 9:22 PM PST up reply actions
some blame should go on Stanford coaches for those 3 strange calls on OT on offense
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 2, 2012 9:32 PM PST up reply actions
/highfive!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 9:22 PM PST up reply actions
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
den
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 9:24 PM PST up reply actions
Wow.
In an unfortunate moment, the Stanford kicker misunderstood and confusingly decided it was time to “Suck for Luck.” #FiestaBlow
(Man, I feel bad for him.)
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still a chance of a fumble or some wacky shit like that
I really wanted 45 minutes of OT
like 3 more TDs each
and I kinda want Stanford
I'd rather
trade my 2nd to Green Bay for Flynn
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 2, 2012 9:26 PM PST up reply actions
could take more then that
could take 2 2nd rounders and a swap of first round picks
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it would
probably ruin the rest of my life
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 2, 2012 9:28 PM PST up reply actions
He's at Stanford
He’ll probably own some of the other players eventually
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
rich and bitter is no way to go through life Marty
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 2, 2012 9:35 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
the sex change is really the toughest part
by Josie Becker on Jan 2, 2012 9:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
he's a soph
He’ll still have a career.
The Boise State kicker from last season probably hasnt forgotten his shanks though
wow
someone actually said on the field they were going to enter the draft.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
can we wait till he succeeds in the nfl before saying that?
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
mlb rumor
Adam Jones to Atlanta for (possibly) Jurrjens with Coco Crisp signing in BAL to replace Jones. #MLBInsideNews
le gasp!!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 9:41 PM PST up reply actions
isn’t he a FA soon?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 9:43 PM PST up reply actions
Good NBA news
OKC and Miami got their first losses and with the GS loss the Clappers and Lakers are now tied for first place among themselves. Oh and Ginobli broke a bone.
they haven't used peach baskets since 1903
we should call it something else
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 2, 2012 9:42 PM PST up reply actions
hoops
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 9:43 PM PST up reply actions
always weighing in. The foot can stay in football, simply remove the ability to score by kicking. Punting, quick kicks, dropkicks, and kickoffs after touchdowns all good. Reward should be for getting into the end zone, not for moving the ball fifty yards and counting on someone who doesn’t ever break a sweat to score points.
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of course, Josie was being funny so I was not going to give the practical answer
drop kicks score points = pedantic Joe
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
wade phillips had a big tumor
. According to Bum in remarks at the Gridiron Legends reception, Wade had "a tumor the size of a volleyball that encompassed his kidney and his gall bladder, so he had them all taken out. He’s got a scar about this long." At that point, Bum held his hands about a foot apart. Bum also said the tumor was not malignant. In visiting with Wade, it was obvious he’s lost a lot of weight. He said he’d be restricted to working from the upstairs for as long as the Texans season goes . . .
http://panews.com/sports/x1477837466/Little-Joe-Bum-officially-Gridiron-Legends
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holy shit
glad it wasn’t malignant.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 2, 2012 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
Ay caramba
I can’t even imagine having a tumor that size in that area of my body, though Wade’s, uh, of larger girth than I am. Wow. Anyway, here’s to his recovery. Always been a good guy.
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Everything
on Uncle Tupelo’s No Depression album
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
start
The day taking mass transit to the Rose Bowl. End it with a wonderful meal of escargot, rabbit three ways and dessert. And copious amounts of wine.
by bhsportsguy on Jan 3, 2012 12:52 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
You know I love the wayback machine - Dodgers IHOP placemat
Can anyone guess the year? (I honestly don’t know)
Bonus: LA Rams
There were also NBA and NHL placemats, but Fleer Sticker Project didn’t have the Lakers or Kings.
69 or 70
Only years Mota / Parker / Garbrielson were on the same team
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so
49 days……..
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 8:28 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Congratulations to the Ducks, 95 years is a long time
What a great Rose Bowl game. Wisconsin had a hell of a 12 months, losing on a two point conversion in last years Rose Bowl, losing two games to hail mary’s this year, losing this year, but making for an exciting 9 seconds.
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Nothing more exciting then someone blowing by the scrimmage, and flat out outrunning everyone else for 90 yards.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I think a marshawn lynch or Mike Allstot style run is more exciting personally
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Lynch is a major reason why I am getting a fat fantasy winners check in the mail
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
Those two runs by De’Anthony Thomas, for 155 yards by the way (77.5 per carry, not too shabby) but him at 595 rushing yards on the year on just 55 carries, an absurd 10.8 yards per carry on the season. Oh yeah, and he also led the team in receiving yards and was two receptions behind the awesomely named Lavasier Tuinei for the team lead.
Did blackmon get rose bowl player of the game?
dude was kicking ass
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The Badgers record in the red zone, frigging awesome
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I saw a note yesterday that Stanford was 67 for 68 in the red zone (as in, they scored a TD or FG every time but once once inside the 20, which is unheard of) before that final drive of regulation.
I could be wrong but I thought Brett said the Badgers had scored a touchdown every time they had a first down inside the 10 this year.
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i was really thinking as I was watching these games yesterday, trying to figure out all this offense. Are the offensive coaches just that far ahead of the defensive coaches? I see that high school games are increasingly going the same direction, high scoring shootouts. Are proper defensive techniques not being developed anymore? Are players too fast now? It is not just the passing game – huge gaping holes and long runs are all part of the game as well.
Then you have LSU and Alabama. Snooze Bowl coming up.
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I think teams are choosing where they’re gonna focus their talent. LSU and Bama’s of the world are putting their fastest and strongest on D. Oregons and Wisconsins or the world are putting their fastest and strongest on O. I don’t think the talent pool is deep enough for any team to fill all 22 spots with world class athletes.
Perhaps it’s where teams are allocating all of their athletic recruits. Are you telling me that one of the half dozen running backs Oregon had couldn’t be a defensive back?
by Michael White on Jan 3, 2012 9:00 AM PST up reply actions
I assume all those guys played ironman in high school. Might want to bulk them up some, but I wouldn’t think it’s a huge learning curve otherwise.
by Michael White on Jan 3, 2012 9:04 AM PST up reply actions
at least an full year
coverage skills are skills
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 9:13 AM PST up reply actions
lots of little changes, over the decades, finally tip into the shootout era
pro and college – the accumulation of changes limiting the defense have changed the game
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
devils advocate
And what does it really work out to? 20 yards per game, over three decades, or about two/three receptions per game, or one extra reception per game per decade, which can easily be attributed to the increased athleticism of WR’s/TE’s. (Why is the NFLPA so against HGH testing, hmm I wonder.)
Or, about +1.5 yards per rule change (20 ypg / 13 rule changes).
http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/nvtri/fuck_it_someones_gotta_say_it_the_nfl_being_a/
1978 is when shit got real for offenses
http://i.imgur.com/GJS4L.png
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1978 is the Mel Blount rule
they did that to thwart Mel
He still owned
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
It’s fun to look at some of the offensive stats from the 1970s NFL. 3,000 rushing yards? No problem!
it is also fun to look at average size of offensive linemen by decade
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
Imagine in CFB if players could get back up and run when not down by contact. What is the reason for that rule in college anyways? a safety thing I assume.
its just
one of those things that “makes college college” like the clock stopping after first downs
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yeah dont really like that rule either… I like the pro style, 2 minute warnings, etc. That clock rule was just done in the past few years right? Not too long ago, wonder what the reason for that was as well.
a lot of these rules are holdovers. The original rule is down is down, it’s why the QB can take a knee and slide still. The NFL changed it to contact to increase excitement. The 2 minute warning was back before every game was televised, to make sure the stadium clock at the official’s clock were synchronized. Now the officials on the field don’t keep time. The clock stopping to move the chains is just to give the chain gang time to get set, back when that was the only tech available to mark first down yardage.
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
I’m guessing in many college football games (the majority of CFB games don’t involve BCS teams) you still don’t have any better way to mark first downs than chains. The same rule is in place for high school.
by Michael White on Jan 3, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
right, a booth official can mark the first down line faster than the chain gain can get there, but the rules have to be universal
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
I was actually surprised that CFB allowed reviews for that reason. Quite a few games are not televised compared to one or two games (on CBS or ABC) which are national broadcasts with 15 different cameras to be used in a replay. Seems like CFB got comfortable without having true uniformity.
by Michael White on Jan 3, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
that was a conference by conference decision, though I’m surprised conference were allowed to make that decision. Same goes for Boise St. not being allowed to wear their blue uniforms at home
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
Almost every conference has a tv contract with some station. Boise State, while in the Mountain West, had all their games shown on The Mountain. The smaller conferences probably have real small regional deals but you don’t need the best tv contract to be able to do play reviews.
Boise is the top team in the conference and not indicative of the MWC. Did Wyoming have all their games on TV? If not, that’s the point I’m making.
And it’s not just D-1A. You have D-1AA, D-2 and D-3 uniformity is out the window.
by Michael White on Jan 3, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
All MWC games were filmed each week even if they weren’t the game being shown locally. Most schools had their own teams games on in their local markets. Games that for some reason weren’t shown live we available on replay during the week.
You’ve got to remember that these channels show only conference related material so there is a lot of air time to fill up.
Okay. In any case, I know for a fact that not every Oregon State game was on TV, so that would seem to be the problem for me.
That said, if the schools/conferences don’t care about the unequal footing, I don’t either.
by Michael White on Jan 3, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
All hail Larry Scott and the new Pac-12 Network!
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
more cameras=better angeles=unequal footing
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Mike, did you see Portland hoops is on Fox Sports West on Saturday night against Pepperdine?
I assume you already knew this, and somehow pay DirecTV to get Portland games on a closed-circuit feed anyway though. :)
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
I did see that. Unfortunately Portland has returned to the level of play that I experienced back when I was in college, which is to say: poor.
by Michael White on Jan 3, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
Seems like BYU coming aboard, plus Gonzaga already around, has translated into more TV games for the WCC.
Though I’m also certain that I wasn’t paying as much attention in previous years.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
Gonzaga games in LA especially have usually been broadcast on some nat’l network
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
I have the sports package through DirecTV so I already got a surprising number of conference games on TV. Gonzaga has all their games on TV and I think BYU has their own station. The bay area games are shown on an RSN and I’m local for the Southern California teams.
by Michael White on Jan 3, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
a number of the LMU and Pepperdine games though are webcast only
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
That’s alright. Gives me an excuse to go to one of the games anyway.
by Michael White on Jan 3, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
If you are planning to go Saturday, February 18 at Pepperdine, let me know. I might go too.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
I’m failing to understand why Carlos Quentin is not a Dodger today instead of a Padre.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 3, 2012 8:50 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Ned
Is dumbpants
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 8:52 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions 2 recs
there's a Star Trek joke here
But I am not the one to make it
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 8:57 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
neither am I – I didn’t even know I was queuing (Q-ing?) one up
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 9:00 AM PST up reply actions
Ned shot his load on Rivera before his pants were even off.
by kinbote on Jan 3, 2012 8:57 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
New NICKNAME ALERT
Juan “Champagne Room” Rivera
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 8:58 AM PST up reply actions
Why?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 9:00 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
had to check the mobile site
As the load blowing comment didn’t show up on the app
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 9:04 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
why did he go to the padres for so little?
is it kenny williams being dumb, every other gm being dumb, or does carlos quentin secretly suck
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el-oh-el
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 9:28 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Probably has a boner for Simon Hernandez if I had to guess. This would be against what everyone thinks about him (has one plus pitch, ceiling is setup man) but who knows maybe he sees something.
Carlos Quentin doesn’t secretly suck, he’s just a DH that will probably put up -30 defensively in Petco. Pure DHes rarely get paid.
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That’s what I was thinking the other day. Withrow and a not top 10 prospect should have gotten it done. Castro was awful last season
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by Ivdown on Jan 3, 2012 1:03 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
The folks at Epic Meal Time are at it again, with an all-meat pizza. This one is kind of gross; probably NSFW, or at least watch with the audio down or off
Because when I think hipster I think hossing out on pork products?
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if it comes with a t-shirt
it just might be hipster
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
Are they eating meats that you probably haven’t heard of?
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I think the “you probably haven’t heard of them” part of hipsterdom is being phased out as the culture caricatures itself as overly ironic
So the only way to be cool is to actually be uncool. Damn that’s smart.
I will go get my Duran Duran records.
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the t-shirts for sale, the ironic hats…I watched some of their other videos, it’s the girlfriends, the overly theatrical style, BACON!, ironic use of rap style, beards…
While I mostly agree isn’t “BACON!” an opinion everyone shares.
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yes, but the cult of bacon is a hipster thing. The “bacon is a vegetable” Diesel Sweeties T-shirt. Knowing what Diesel Sweeties is. The bacon tattoo, etc.
OTOH fat nerds consuming multiple pounds of bacon daily.
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hipster means what it always meant, trendy to the extreme, but now with a mix of ADD smart phone culture
It now means “person I don’t like”
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by regfairfield on Jan 3, 2012 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
bacon isn't trendy
bacon is bacon and has always been bacon and will always be bacon
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I feel somewhat comfortable saying fifteen years ago you couldn’t find such an item outside of gag gift stores….
That’s what hipsterdom is! It’s the celebration of the gag gift!
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
hipsterdom isn't anything anymore
its a vague term thats been made vaguer to the point of losing any real meaning
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you can’t tell me Epic Meal Time and say Drunk Kitchen exist in the same cultural medium.
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
I can tell you Epic Meal Time all I want!
I"m not sure what that means though
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so basically you’ve come for the semantics but you didn’t read the source material : )
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
whole thing started cause I called Epic Meal Time hipster posturing. We then debated what elements of EMT lead me to that conclusion. We are now debating whether any of those elements are exclusive to this subgroup classified hipster.
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
oh, trying to establish a baseline of someone doing a similar youtube concept, who isn’t going out of their way to be ironic, act hard, etc. That there is something to what EMT is doing that is specifically hipster.
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
to try and be entertaining is hipster!
not to try to be entertaining is hipster!
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
I still say that’s more nerd pandering than hipsterdom.
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by regfairfield on Jan 3, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
now we’re getting somewhere, cause yeah a lot of it is nerd pandering, but of course any performance is pandering
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
so epic meal time is hipster
because their main demographic is the internet and the internet is a bunch of hipsters or likes hipster things?
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yeah I feel comfortable going there. Their audience are hipsters so they put on a hipster performance
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
so I'm a hipster
and anyone who likes watching people make ridiculous food is hipster. Everyone is a hipster. I for one welcome our new hipster overlords.
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not necessarily. If your youtube video is aimed at goth punks you probably dress in goth punk attire. If your youtube video is aimed at hipsters/nerds you wear an ironic Mortal Kombat hat in your video.
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Liking mortal kombat is not ironic
their audience is large, larger then maybe you are willing to acknowledge
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I am beginning to tire, and am afraid nothing will be accomplished by continuing.
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
I still think you’re confusing nerds with hipsters.
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by regfairfield on Jan 3, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
I think it’s nerdy to play video games and it’s hipster to buy retro video game apparel at the mall
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
I had a shirt depicting old school Donkey Kong
Is that hipster?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 10:38 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
if anyone wants me I'll be in my room
Crying
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 10:42 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
which is not to say some "hipsters" who are not nerds don't do it
but I know plenty of nerds who are no hipsters who buy retro video game apparel
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which is why this whole tangent started with the phrase “worn ironically” say what you will, I don’t consider a swole guy in VG gear a nerd
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
you are taking a small number of people doing it ironically
and therefore saying its ironic when anyone does it, both for the shirt and epic meal time
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I mean sure, I’m making a judgement, and maybe he did play MK for 6 hours a day by himself because he had no friends. Or he could be wearing it cause retro stuff is hip.
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
Mortal Kombat is still relevant josie
they just released a very well selling and critically acclaimed game in the last year.
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look, you’re focusing on one tiny part of what I said, and I never said video games=hipster.
It’s the whole package. It’s two references to rap videos by a white guy with a beard within the first minute. It’s the bacon candy testimonial from the guy with an emo faux hawk. It’s the girl wearing an O’Neil trucker hat, wearing too much makeup.
Unnecessary posturing as hard or tough. Sunglasses worn indoors. So much plaid and beards. And yes, an ironically worn MK hat.
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
Since it is a fine line how about this
If you do all this stuff and actually look cool doing it: hipster
If you look a dork: nerd.
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by regfairfield on Jan 3, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
so
Are you a stat hipster? :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 10:58 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
you have taken a meaningless designation to a new level of utter meaninglessness
and calling things hipster is clearly the most hipsterest thing of all – it is the Escher of hipster
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
never seen the appeal
Bacon is the Jennifer Aniston of meat to me
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With the sound off, they clearly ruined it by using shitty cheese and not melting it on top. Weak.
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The Demarcus Cousins story must be discouraging for King fans.
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Was talking with someone about that yesterday, and saw a tweet that said “Cousins to board a plane to Memphis with team” only I didn’t see the “with team” part at first and was trying to figure out just what the Grizzlies were giving up for him. :)
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
and after the Kings looked so good against the Lakers
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
Jon Heyman wrote about the Hall of Fame. Yet another “here’s a bunch of great reasons to vote for Jeff Bagwell no I didn’t not vote for him”. Also more arbitrary criteria to get Jack Morris in.
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so remind me why gil hodges isnt in the hall of fame?
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 3, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
From a stat dork stand point he never really had any fantastic years and was just constantly very good which really kills his peak value.
From a national standpoint where “number of times reviving a Cy Young vote” works who knows.
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by regfairfield on Jan 3, 2012 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
Juan Gonzalez: He may be the greatest player only to receive 5 percent of the vote in any year, as he did last year to barely stay on the ballot.
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by regfairfield on Jan 3, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
Didn’t Albert Belle drop off the ballot his first year? Belle was a better player.
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Close
7.7% his first year, barely staying on the ballot, then 3.5% in year two, and off the ballot.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
Dammit now I’m kind of curious if this is a true statement if we take it completely literally.
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Answer is either Dwight Evans or “Was Harold Baines better than Juan Gonzalez”
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Back to Coco Crisp for a second
He will announce his decision soon, with his agent saying “we just have to let the team know.”
Susan Slusser says A’s unlikely; Jim Bowden says an unconfirmed source says Crisp back to Oakland.
From A’s reporter Joe Stiglich:
Crisp’s agent, Steve Comte, says to expect announcement today or tomorrow on where Coco signed. Comte wants to let team announce it.
Comte ruled #Cubs out on Crisp. He wasn’t specific on #Athletics, but my impression is Crisp may very well return to Oak.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
If you want to place an early wager on the Super Bowl, you can bet on the NFC now with Bovada (formerly Bodog) and give 4.5 points.
Broncos
are 8 point underdogs at home against the Steelers. Wonder when the last time a home team was such a big dog in the playoffs.
So, not to long ago?
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hipster=looking cool, not actually cool. Cool is even more relative than hipster!
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
then I don’t know where to go from here
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
You could stop and no one would mind
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but….someone on the internet disagrees with me!
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
sometimes TBLA hits new lows
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by meercatjohn on Jan 3, 2012 11:03 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Apparently
Mike Martz is resigning from the Bears job. How often do you see a coach resign without another job lined up?
Besides HJ after an Indian trip?
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
by mleadman on Jan 3, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
If someone would only tell Martz that football is a timed sport, he would do great as a head coach.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Their GM got canned today; perhaps Angelo was his biggest champion in the org.
Also, Martz’s contract was up; he just said he wouldn’t come back.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
I greatly enjoy the fact an obnoxious Bear fan told me 367 days ago the Bears would cream the Packers in the playoffs. The only bummer is that I’ll never see him again to rub this in his face.
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Did he die, or just move away or something?
Or was it chibearface?
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Just a random person at a Rose Bowl spread we go to about every other year. He was contractor working on the house we went to. I’d have given him some work if he had not been such a Bear tool. Verdell could not believe I would not call him back just because he was an obnoxious Bear fan. When I pointed out she would have acted the same way if he had been a Kobe tool, she agreed.
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Orioles busy
A’s trade Jai Miller to Baltimore for cash, Orioles send Brandon Snyder to Texas for cash.
I honestly have no idea who Jai Miller is.
He rules. Toolsy as all hell, huge dude, has speed, can play defense the complete package.
Well everything except being able to make contact with a baseball.
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by regfairfield on Jan 3, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
So, Kyle Russell?
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Toolsier and less contact.
Miler lead the PCL in:
Strikeouts with 179
At bats per strikeout (2.29, second place wasn’t anywhere near this)
Strikeouts swinging by 20
strikeout percentage at 37.7. By comparison Trayvon was at 29%
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by regfairfield on Jan 3, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Miller only made contact 59% of the time he swung. League average in the PCL is 80%
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by regfairfield on Jan 3, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
It’s a natural nickname.
We doubled the daily record for SBN LA yesterday by the way.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
College Football not even related to Los Angeles?
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Sure, but since no LA teams were involved I would not have expected that to be a windfall in the hit area.
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We covered the shit out of the Rose Bowl, hitting just about every angle, and it did gangbusters.
139,437 unique visitors on January 2.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
Wow, big numbers. I’m guessing this is why we are still celebrating the New Years thread:)
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we are still here so that when we move on the hipster thread will be forever forgotten and burried
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
I do apologize for my part in that, too much coffee I suppose
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
I was going to put up a new post at some point yesterday, but there wasn’t much going on.
I’ll get something later today.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
the Rose Bowl is the most Los Angeles football event of the year!
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
I was looking at the BCS press guide yesterday, we’d need to average 1mill per month for 12 months before we could apply for a credential under the SBNLA banner. Wonder if the CFB hub is there yet.
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Natural Nickname???
Better than Champagne Room?
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Nothing here today has been better than that. Cork’s off to you, sir.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Am I forgetting someone or is the Orioles best pickup this offseason Dana Eveland?
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by regfairfield on Jan 3, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
To me two teams scoring on every possession gets incredibly boring incredibly fast
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It’s impossible to be bored when Oregon has the ball.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
DVR’s were made for games like that. Otherwise how could you ever take a pee break?
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what does it matter if you miss one of 28383982382397832 scores?
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It’s why I avoided citrus flavor Gatorade yesterday
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
always a good idea to never reach for the open one
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
puntfests are no good either, the best games are somewhere in the middle. But I don’t feel like that’s news
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
being a Steeler fan, I have enjoyed many a game with scores in the teens provided that they are well played
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
if puntfests involve guys being turned into paste
it can be very entertaining
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yes
Me and Nolander are on a lovefest of agreement! I love 2012!!!
Fuck the Mayans
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
we were talking extremes, so my puntfest ends 6-3, not in the teens
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Someone please look it up
are there less than 10 games that ended 6 to 3 in the last decade
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
how many games ended up like last night’s Rose and Fiesta Bowls, which nolander was obviously referencing?
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
Since 2000
27 college games ended 41-38, including the best (and most soul-crushing) one
note: Neither list include yesterday’s game, so add one for each score
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Four NFL games since 2000 (12 years) that ended 6-3
Four 6-3 games in FBS (Division I) during same 12 years.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
well, that settles that
if the 6 – 3 was an animal, the EPA would be up the NFL’s ass right now
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
I backed the California Grizzly, you backed the California Condor: they’re both endangered.
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
what are you smoking?
there are tons of high scoring games
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
there are 39 since 2000 on the level of yesterday’s bowl games.
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
In 2011 alone
There were 220 college football games in which both teams scored at least 30 points.
There were 15 college football games in which both teams scored 10 points or less.
There were 46 college football games in which both teams scored 14 points or less.
There were 135 college football games in which both teams scored 20 points or less.
It’s a scorers world.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
huh, I thought it’d be closer. Would I be correct then in saying the average college football game will see both teams score at least three touchdowns?
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
just by those numbers, I’m assume the average game has both teams 20<n<30
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah but touchdowns aren’t the only way to score.
I looked it up…
604 games in 2011 in which both teams scored three TDs
490 other games
So that sounds about right.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
right, my statement wasn’t specifically broad enough. And I have so much academic practice!
The average college football game will see both teams with a score 20<n<30 whereas n represents each team’s final score?
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
One is extinct, the other is endangered.
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Unless of course the lonely Grey Wolf who just wandered down into California in the mistaken belief he’d find a mate bring a Grizzly with him.
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no you’re right the California version of ursus arctos horribilis is extinct
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
Then there was this
Perhaps the greatest score in football history. Iowa 6, Penn State 4, in 2004.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Or Auburn 3, Mississippi State 2 in 2008
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
I want to see a 4-2 game. Ok. No, I don’t.
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We want there to be (or have been) a 4-2 game.
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I believe 6-3 was the final score in Corvallis when OSU upset the O.J. Simpson-led Southern Cal Trojans on an extremely muddy field.
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Frisco neither
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
the more they tell me they don’t like it, the more fun it is to say
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
Dude – so glad to see you posting
I noticed your absence, was terrified that you might have been the Hollywood Arsonist, glad to see you alive and well (and not in custody!)
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Alright. A baseball rule question. I know this must seem really stupid to most of you, but it’s always puzzled me that with 2 outs and a runner at 3rd base, the TV cameras never seem to keep an eye on the 3rd baseman, and, as far as I can see, if the batter is thrown out at 1st base, there seems to be no way at all that the guy at 3rd can ever score a run. Is that a rule? It seems wrong to me, but what do I know. With 2 out, surely it’s less important than usual to hang around to see if the ball might be caught in the air – if it is caught, it makes no difference what the guy on 3rd did, the inning’s over. So without the need to ever tag up, it’s surely worth making a run for home. Yet I can’t remember ever hearing that a run was scored before the batter was thrown out at first. That would imply that there’s a rule that a run can’t score on a 3rd out, even if the runner makes it home before the ball gets to the 1st baseman. Is that the case?
Yes, if the 3rd out is made at first no runs can score.
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by regfairfield on Jan 3, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Force out is different then a tag out. I think Reg needs to amend his comment.
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if the runner is tagged after rounding first, that’s not being thrown out at first
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
but if he is tagged before touching the base, same rules as force out apply
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Will Steelers cover?
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They very well might pitch a shutout, but 8 is a big number with Roethlisberger being injured, Mendy out, and Ryan Clark ruled out
but we get back Pouncey, Legurski, and Woodley -
I say yes. Steelers win 17 – 6
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
giving the broncos 6 points eh?
feeling generous today are we?
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Shutouts are tough – could see a silly INT, poor punt from the end zone, good return off a kick off…..
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
Meaning that the 3rd out could be made at 2nd or 3rd via a force play for the 3rd out and the run would not count.
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but that would have to happen before the runner crossed the plate, no? If they caught a guy in a pickle between 2nd and 3rd, batter reaches first, runner crosses plate, the run would could, right?
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Any play involving a pickle is not a force out
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AH, nevermind. I misread the implication behind the word force
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
why would they pickle someone in a force out?
if the 3rd out occurs via a force, then no run scores
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
runners on third and second, looks like there’s no play then catch the runner on second looking?
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
OK, thanks. I guess this saves countless arguments about which happened first in tight situations, with probably different umps viewing home and first base.
and there is an underlying principle here – to score on a ball in play with two outs, the at bat itself has to not cause an out
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
or just that the batter needs to have reached first base safely. He could cause an out by going for a double, but run counts.
once he reaches first base the at bat doesn’t cause the out, it is a hit. It is the runner who causes the out
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
But with on outs, or 1 out, a run can score in this situation (before a force out at 1st or other base)?
if the ball hits the field of play, sure
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
as long as the third out isn’t made by a force play on that play, as many runs as possible are allowed to score whenever they touch the plate.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Right. But here, the 3rd baserunner does have to be sure it’s a ground ball, since if he doesn’t tag up on what turns out to be a fly ball, he will end up causing a double play (and ending the inning if there was already an out) rather than scoring a run. So the situation will usually only occur on an infield ground ball, at which point he’ll also have to be very fast since the fielding team might throw home to get him out rather than to 1st/ It’s a much more competitive situation. So I can see that’s a good rule about no runs on a 3rd out. I wonder when it was brought into the game. 19th century?
I was thinking two outs runner on third, which might not have been exactly the situation you asked about. But in that case if a high fly ball is hit to the outfield and the runner on third touches home before the ball is caught the run still does not count and there were no force outs.
The rules on force plays have been in effect since the modern era (1901) if not earlier
The famous “Merkle incident” occurred as there were two runners on base (Merkle at first) when the batter singled to center. Merkle, as was customary at that time, ran off the field before touching second so after a mad scramble for the ball between the Cubs and Giants, Johnny Evers (of Tinker to Evers to Chance) alerted the umpire of Merkle’s failure to touch second, thus he was ruled out and the game remained tied.
If Merkle thought he was still “in”, why did he run off the field? Was he being replaced by a pinch runner, or what?
he didn't
He thought the game was over
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 12:18 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Thanks. I’d read about this game before, but i don’t think I appreciated the “3rd out no run” story.
Hmmm. So if not for this play, the Giants, not the Cubs, might have won the pennant after a playoff game(s), and it would now be 104 years, rather than 103, since the Cubs last won the WS. In the long view, well, … In 1908, however, very big deal.
Now, to throw a wrench into this
We can all look fondly back at Easter Sunday 2009, when the Dodgers scored a dubious run thanks to the ‘fourth out’ rule.
/Head explodes
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Or do you mean he made oit all the way to home plate, scoring a run on the single, but for having missed 2nd base?
Merkle never got to second. He simply ran off the field in celebration as the fans stormed the field.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
I’m old enough to have read of it as “Merkle’s Boner”, clearly published before it became a double entendre.
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certainly the rest of the AFC West does!
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that one game resulted in job security : )
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
I guess I see it. Unless you could get Bill Cowher, whom else could you really get that would be a clear upgrade? Chargers started off well, then had alot of injuries to OL, and to some receivers are certain times in the year…. They never really got crushed during that losing streak, and once the OL came together, Gates got healthier, and Floyd returned they started killing teams (minus the Lions game) and won 4 of last 5.
Damn
I wanted him to be the Bears OC.
Also, a reason why fans dying for a team to come back to LA should not want the Chargers.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
they would be Chargers under new management, however
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
not new ownership
The Spanoses are very conservative and seemingly loyal to a fault, unless their coach goes 14-2, however.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
I mean, AEG has said that whatever team they move into Farmer’s Field they want to purchase, not rent to
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
My favorite football game to watch provided it is not during the postseason is one that involves rain or snow but never freeze.
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I love big games that get a fly over by the airforce after the national anthem…. Gets me teary eyed everytime. On TV or in person….. Think I saw it atleast 3 times yesterday, the winter classic, the rose parade, and rose bowl game, every time I cried haha. Just so awesome…. I prefer the tomahawk jets over the stealth fighter though….. Stealths are too quiet, I like the roar of the tomahawk, or whatever it called.
one time, the Cal home opener got a B-52 flyover. That was hella cool
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
made famous for
A) Launching a Steeler win run that ended in the superbowl; and
B) Being Jerome Bettis’ last 100 yard game; and most importantly
C) Being the play where Bettis runs over Urlacher
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
I was a huge Steeler fan that day because:
1. Jerome Bettis will always be a Ram to me
2. Bears are the SF Giants in my football world
3. Sentimental victory for Bettis
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I always did like Bettis, which is rare for a Notre Damer.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
That is a pretty sweet picture.
Am I remembering correctly that they also beat the heavily-favored Colts in Indy during the playoffs, in a game where the dude on the Colts who had a stabbing incident from his wife that weekend had a clear path to the house but Roethelisberger tripped him up?
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
Yes!
Bettis choked up the ball on the icing TD score
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
and the link is video, which is crappy youtube, but still great
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Famous Crunches
Not in greatness order:
Bo Jackson rolling over Boz
Bettis rolling over Ulachcer
and ………..
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Every Earl Campbell run, but specifically the one where his jersey almost got ripped off
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Ask Isiah Robertson about Earl Campbell
seen here
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Back of the end zone wall vs. Gus Frerrotte’s head.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
James Harrison versus drunk browns fan
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Cleanest hit any NFL player named Harrison has ever made.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Who was the guy on the Colts from the late 1960s / early 1970s who completely destroyed a fan?
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Old enough to have watched that one live!
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
The standard to judge from
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I miss long sleeves jerseys, even though I was never alive to see them
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t understand how football players don’t cover every square inch of skin they have what with all that clutching, grabbing and scratching going on.
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I would wear something like those skin-tight full-body suits that sprinters/skiiers are/were wearing. Try and grab that, probably more slippery than the epidermis.
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Those stands
on the right side of the field look pretty steep unless they are some kind of optical illusion or it’s just some sort of giant hedge.
The Rose Bowl in the 21st century has had it’s share of great games.
Texas / USC
TCU / Wisconsin
Oregon / Wisconsin
Shockingly none of these games were 6 – 3.
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Texas / Michigan was great too.
I enjoyed the four USC wins too but from a biased standpoint of course.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
I'll say this
seeing DeAnthoy Thomas in person yesterday made me believe he might be the fastest runner in football, pro or college.
Was something to see him outrun the DB’s no matter the angle they had. We call that a Blow By
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Normally
a run up the middle with no time left in the quarter, a few yards and then the whistle blows. The one thing about being at any game but to some extent it happens in baseball and football more, it really seeing how a play like that develops. You see Thomas hit the gap and then he gets to about the 20 and you start looking for other players. You realize that all of sudden he could score which seems ridiculous because it is a 90+ yard plus play but Thomas is almost straight lining it up the field and there is one Wisconsin player with an angle. And then he blows by that guy.
Both runs, as soon as his shoulders squared up after hitting the corner…Boom, gone.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
if the NCG is a 9-6 repeat or whatever LSU-Alabama pt.1 ended up, I will not call it better than the Rose Bowl
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Between
Alabama’s last game and their next game, they could’ve fit in 6 games on a normal schedule. They should be well rested.
Might as well make it a Football Day
Favorite NFL QB you have watched?
Favorite College QB you have watched?
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2002 was awesome. The Sunday night game against the Steelers when Gannon completed several hundred passes to win in Pittsburgh was so great.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
Considering my dislike for the Raiders, they have employed three of my favorite quarterbacks:
Blanda
Stabler
Plunkett
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Also two of my favorite running backs
Bo Jackson
Marcus Allen
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Daryle Lamonica, the Mad Bomber!
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Gannon was 43 for 64 for 403 yards in that 30-17 win.
Raiders ran 70 pass plays and 17 run plays.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
NFL – So far Terry Bradshaw but Aaron Rogers is giving him a run for his money
College – Cade McNown – only time I had UCLA season tickets starting with his freshman year, ending with his senior year.
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Wish I had seen “The Dutchman” play
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For Josie
Wikki
Van Brocklin was drafted in the fourth round (37th overall) of the 1949 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams. He joined a team that already had a star quarterback, Bob Waterfield. Beginning in 1950, new Rams coach Joe Stydahar solved his problem by platooning Waterfield and Van Brocklin. The 1950 Rams scored an (at that time) NFL record 466 points (38.8 per game – which is still a record) with a high octane passing attack featuring Tom Fears and Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch. Fears led the league and set a new NFL record with 84 receptions. Van Brocklin and Waterfield finished 1-2 in passer rating as well. They were defeated by the Cleveland Browns in the 1950 title game, 30-28.
Fucking Browns
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I hate the Browns
not as much as I hate the Ravens, but since the Ravens are really the Browns, I feel like I get to enjoy hating them both
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
I guess watching Jim Brown run was almost as great a thrill for you as it was for me to watch Norm Van Brocklin pitch a football.
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Jim Brown, I like.
He was in all those cool movies like Dirty Dozen, 100 rifles, Rio Concho
if you were in westerns or war movies in the late 60’s / early 70’s – I loved you
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
Spoiler Alert
My brothers were very upset when Jim bit the dust in the Dirty Dozen
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me too
Welch in 100 rifles!!!
Cue Dave with gratuitous Welch photo
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Is there such a thing as a gratuitous Raquel Welch photo?
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- The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
yeah – he didn’t like the way Franco stepped out of bounds at the end of runs
frankly, neither did I, but Franco played a long time and doesn’t limp or have brain damage so what do we know
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Jim was not a fan of Franco’s trademark, to the sideline run. Or as it was commonly called the Duck and Run
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I never liked Dickerson. I think Lawrence McCutcheon was my favorite Ram running back.
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Dick Bass!
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'!
Outside
of his numerous arrests – one conviction – on violence related charges, several against women.
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I assumed the historic Brown hate transfered with the Ravens, and then the new Browns became annoying as well
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
I'll never love him like Bradshaw
but Roethlisberger is one hell of a fun QB to watch and cheer for
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
you know Bradshaw
was almost a Raider?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 12:25 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I loved Bradshaw so much
I remember the name of his first wife, the figure skater JoJo Starbuck
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Randall Cunningham
Colt Brennan
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I’ve never heard of Colt
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Hawaii QB a couple years ago. Threw for a billion yards.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
when I was a big football gambler
the Hawaii game was often the play to get even on Saturday losses
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
James Harris, because he wasn’t fucking Pat Haden.
Gary Beban. (OK, I’m not quite that old.) Troy Aikman perhaps. Or Cade McNown.
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- The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
So there's this new product
called pizza prints, they’re:
Pizza Prints™ Edible Image® decorations are flat-printed edible designs for pizza. They are made of starches and printed with FDA-approved edible food colors. The natural cheese flavor of the Pizza Prints™ image complements the pizza toppings.
Ala:
I’ll spare the link, as it has an autoplay ad with audio
you don’t want to add some party to your pizza?
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
but the natural cheese flavor compliments the pizza toppings. You can even use it on takeout!
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
so would my ass
let me sit on a pizza and I guarantee it will taste better than that
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
it's a terrible idea
but it was only a matter of time before someone said “wow, edible images on cake! what a future! I wonder if you could put it on pizza?”
“But Greg, pizza is savory. Those images are sugar paper.”
“Yes they are Steve. Yes they are.”
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
I look forward to a future where all of our food can have advertising on it.
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by regfairfield on Jan 3, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
imagine, in the future, ATT will pay you to put their logo on a pizza for your Super Bowl party
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
But you will have to order the pizza online because you can’t get service on your phone. :)
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
I can imagine a future where Pizza Hut receives a large sum of money to put their logo on a pizza.
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by regfairfield on Jan 3, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
see, everyone is getting monies from this idea!
by Josie Becker on Jan 3, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
So the date for the Colts is March 8. They have to pay Peyton Manning a $28 million bonus by that date so that’s as good as a deadline for a decision on their future plans.
Matt Flynn is like fucking Peyton Manning better not screw up my market demand
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Apologies for bringing up baseball ;) (ducks) but one tweet from Robothal
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal
Votto market after ’13 could be ridiculous. #Mets, #Dodgers should be off life support by then. #Rangers, others also could bid. #MLB
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
want
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 12:49 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Might work out okay for Dodgers to just ride with Loney this year and then...
BOOM. Swoop in and sign Votto.
Oh wait, after 2013. Crap. Can’t wait that long. #StuckWithLoneyForever
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
maybe that's why Ned isn't playing the prospects
Don’t kill their value by having them struggle in the majors
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 12:55 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
He thinks we’re not gonna re-sign James Loney.
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by regfairfield on Jan 3, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
eh, by then Loney will be better then Votto
/crazycommentofday
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Im still hoping for Fielder haha… My dad bought me a 15 game plan for christmas, there has to be a reason for it.
No, I wish though….. but I was playing…. he got the package for me and my bro and it has all the friday night fireworks games and thats probably why he got it, not realizing Dodgers are probably gonna suck this year and no way was I planning to go to 15 games. But maybe something unexpected will happen.
Hyperbole anyone?
The 6-foot-5 Darvish pitched in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was a member of the Japanese team that won the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Darvish, who turned pro in 2005 at age 18, has superb control and throws seven effective pitches.
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Anytime I hear that, I assume it is of the David Cone or El Duque variety, where he comes from different arm angles so one pitch can become three or four.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
how soon you forget
jeff weaver did this too
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 3, 2012 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
It’s missing the qualifier “against Japanese players”. He was throwing 7 different pitches there. Hell almost certainly have to lose half of them.
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In case you missed the 11 touchdowns yesterday in Pasadena
Here is every score from the Rose Bowl, in GIF form:
For Nolander
Can you also show us the Gif for the highlights of the last LSU/Alabama game.
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It wouldn’t even have to be animated.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
like national politics
extremist views are encouraged at TBLA
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d8067ec4b/Giants-17-Patriots-14
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
no one ever got 15 million by asking for 8
but plenty of people got 8 million by asking for 15
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
Stuck in Hollywood
Friend bailed on me, I have a rental car and want to see a site or two.
Hearst Castle is too far for a one-day trip…anything of natural beauty that I can check out in an afternoon in the vicinity?
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Jan 3, 2012 1:19 PM PST via Android app reply actions
The Body Shop on Sunset
Oh wait, you said “natural beauty”
Drive up coast to Santa Barbara, get good meal, drive home.
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
While in Santa Barbara visit the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
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there is Descanso Gardens or the Huntington Library
Malibu is pretty nice
San Gabriel mountains
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Topanga Canyon State Park is close by and you get to drive on PCH to get there.
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The Getty Center
should have nice views and of course, beautiful artwork there.
Huntington Gardens in Pasadena is also nice.
She’s not to far away:
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Who is this fair creature?
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Jan 3, 2012 1:22 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I have no idea but she showed up under Natural Beauty and I’m not about to argue.
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Now we just need the ladies of the site to tell us how ugly she is
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
she is a denizen of the Fey realm
She seeks to lure men to ruin.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 1:24 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I do my best
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 1:26 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I made my saving roll, charmed enough to have sex with her, but not enough to buy her dinner
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
Man, just where did you put those stat points
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 1:32 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Lay off the silly socks. Can a man have no quirks?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 1:57 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Josie is in a mood today – give her wide berth
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
how bout idiot who doesn't wear a helmet when riding his motor bike
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I didn't watch his PC
But if he’s pissed, I kind of understand. All the goals he set for his last college year were not reached. No Heisman, no NC, not even a bowl win.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 2:01 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
TBLA has two things going for them on 1/3/2011 related to the Softball Tournament.
The most players registered
The most players who have yet to pay
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CHConfidential
Who’s the next Matt Kemp? The next Clayton Kershaw? @joe_sheehan gives Brian Kenny his 2012 predictions at 5:30 & 7:30 ET.
When you’re right 52% of the time you’re wrong 48% of the time.
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LOL
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 2:32 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Jeez, not Matt Moore:)
Hopefully it is Colby Rasmus
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That’s actually a better one.
Bumgartner actually might have reached his ceiling Brandon Morrow might be a better choice.
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Too rich for Ned?
Buster_ESPN
Coco Crisp is signing with Oakland, for a $6m salary in 2012, a $7m salary in ’13, a club option of $7.5m for ’14, with a $1 m. buyout.
I just got off my lazy seat and paid for TBLA softball team
but also put down Dodger Thoughts if I am needed there – not sure there is room for all of us on TBLA
More delays
BillShaikin
Due date for opening bids for #Dodgers delayed from Jan 13 to Jan 23, all for “substantial interest of potential bidders,” per spokesman.
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