Winter Meetings, Day 2: Dodgers Looking To Trade For A Bat
by Eric Stephen on Dec 6, 2011 7:00 PM PST
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PrintIn addition to the Dodgers resuming a full three-game Freeway Series exhibition set against the Angels for the first time since 2007, and talking with the agent for relief pitcher Mike MacDougal, general manager Ned Colletti told reporters on Tuesday that he was working on a trade, though nothing was imminent. Tony Jackson of ESPN Los Angeles has the details:
[Director of baseball contracts, research, and operations Alex] Tamin said two of those were the Dodgers' hitting against lefties and what Tamin referred to as "ballpark effect." By that, Tamin explained, he meant the fact the Dodgers play almost 100 games each year in three pitchers' parks, those being Dodger Stadium, San Diego's Petco Park and San Francisco's AT&T Park.
Colletti also said, when asked if the player he is trying to acquire is an everyday player, "He has been."
That would seem to suggest a veteran in the twilight of his career, a right-handed hitter and a guy who is more of a gap-to-gap, line-drive hitter than a power hitter. Colletti specifically said he wasn't looking for a flyball hitter.
Let the speculation begin.
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daz no a trade
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 7:06 PM PST up reply actions
no ma'am
he’sa a free agent
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 7:11 PM PST up reply actions
you heard Jar Jar from that?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
@KenDavidoff:
The #Mets and Frank Francisco have agreed to a 2-year deal, pending a physical.
I always liked Frank Francisco. Solely because of his name.
How about this on for size: Francisco's deal is 12M over those two years
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And
RT @TrippingOlney Not Buster Olney
WELL, THE METS COULD HAVE RE-SIGNED JOSE REYES FOR THE PRICE OF APPROXIMATELY NINE FRANK FRANCISCOS.
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Jon Morosi
Frank Francisco’s deal with #Mets is 12M over two years, source says.
This free agent market is insane. Stupid GM’s.
Joe Sheehan
Frank Francisco is a one-inning reliever who has never had an ERA in the 2.00s and has never thrown 65 innings in a season. #mets
Best FIP over a season: 3.13. Best fWAR over a season: 1.5.
Good job, Mets, on trying to get your financial house in order!
we can gripe all we want
but we’re not as bad as the Mets.
and they couldn’t get a better package than that for Pagan?
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
Isn’t Pagan getting expensive for what he is?
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Yeah I was gonna say, he's more a utility guy than an everyday player
a solid player, maybe a minor win for the Giants but seems close to meh, I mean, even.
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I thought they had
fired Omar Minaya.
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deal done
Pagan to the giants for Torres and Ramirez
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When Ned said that he is looking for a hitter, I bet the GM for every other team in the league perked up and started rubbing their hands gleefully.
Except for the Astros.
Wish Ned could trade himself to the Astros
Solving both team’s issues!
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Random guess..
Kevin Youkilis? He hit over 32 doubles last year. Plays 3B bats right handed. Has played 358 games the last 3 years. Will be 33. Hit 17 homers, not a lot but could fill Casey Blake’s hole. Plus we need another infielder don’t we? haha
How much would he cost?
As a bench guy I’d like having him but another Ned (or Mets) Special 2 Year Overpay wouldn’t excite me.
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Youkilis is one of the best 3B over the last 5 years
I would sure as hell love to get him, even if he is a little injury prone from what it looks like.
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Colletti also said, when asked if the player he is trying to acquire is an everyday player, “He has been.”
o yeeahhh
more bench players for the dodgers… yeee
"Colletti trades for Mark Ellis! Before realizing he already signed him and didn't have to."
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lol
colletti and trade aren’t good words to put together in a sentence
by dodgerpreacher on Dec 6, 2011 7:23 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
What regular position could Ned possibly think to himself he hasn’t already covered? Catcher? If he trades for a 3rd baseman it’s an admission that Uribe was a mistake.
it sounds like a player who will plattoon and play almost exclusively against lefties
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
wouldn't mind that
a bit injury prone, but still fairly young and not completely past his prime
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 7:37 PM PST up reply actions
yup
he does not exist to Ned
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 7:38 PM PST up reply actions
Names I was thinking of, and not all of them would necessarily fit, were Scott Rolen, Marlon Byrd, Brandon Inge, and Placido Polanco.
I like – in the omigod that would be so Ned sense – Phil’s suggestion of Carlos Lee.
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Yeah, that’s certainly out there too. Hard to find anyone that fits the criteria mentioned in the Jackson piece though.
At least anyone worth a damn.
He only played 65 games last year, but the years before he was very good
If he’s healthy for 130 games I think we would see some pretty good numbers.
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Wasn’t he an All-Star this year? I remember being blown away by the bad third basemen in the NL, and I thought Rolen was named.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I doubt actually it would be an infielder. Just throwing out names that are close to fitting the criteria.
"Dodgers trade Dee Gordon for Andruw Jones
sign Omar Vizquel"
i would have liked Polanco on the Dodger
before Ned signed 20 infielders
Wow
Eric Karabell and Keith Law simply savaged our free agent signings on their podcast.
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=7322860
The Dodger discussion takes place from approx 19:00 to approx 24:00.
To be fair, Law almost never likes anything Colletti
and is a cranky mofo. To be fair again though, he’s usually right about that.
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Law wondered why Ned was blocking Eovaldi (who he said could be a decent starter) and Webster by signing Capuano and Harang. He said you have to see if these young guys can start, and if not, throw them into the pen. They cost relatively nothing compared to veteran free agents.
by The Dude Abides on Dec 6, 2011 7:31 PM PST up reply actions
So he ignores the fact that neither of them are actually being blocked? The contracts signed by Capuano and Harang (if it happens) aren’t going to stop a young pitcher from starting if he earns the spot.
An understandable and predictable and slightly debatable point
I still think, a) history has taught us that pitchers will get hurt and you always need more than you think and b) by 2013 new ownership and GM could try to jettison some of those guys anyway. I still expect that Eovaldi will get some time in 2012 and maybe Webster, too. No one expected Eo, Rubby, Guerra, et al would get any time in 2011, blocked as they were by Lilly, Garland, Padilla…
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No, yeah I see him as a 4 starter
and still a work in progress. I like that Law is high on him but I think to hand over the keys to him and Webster (or another guy making ML debut) seems too much to ask. I could debate signing both Harang and Capuano, but not at least one of them.
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Is this true?
Chase Carey, News Corp exec, executed the piazza trade to bolster FOX’s ratings in Florida?!!!
Carey is perhaps best remembered by Dodgers fans as the News Corp. executive that arranged the trade of Mike Piazza to the Florida Marlins in 1998. Fred Claire, then the Dodgers’ general manager, has said that Carey executed the trade without involving or even informing him. Claire said the trade was designed to further Fox’s television interests in Florida.
“There have been shocking trades before, but never one orchestrated by a television executive whose first priority was to improve a team’s lineup of stations rather than its batting lineup,” Claire wrote in his book, “My 30 Years in Dodger Blue.”
Claire was bitter that as GM he wasn’t part of the deal. I highly doubt that was Carey’s reason for trading Piazza.
That said, Chase Carey can eat the bowl of dicks that Philip Rivers has on his menu.
Claire traded Pedro Martinez for Delino DeShields
… one of the worst trades in baseball history. At least for Piazza we got Sheffield.
Can't wait! Was a longtime reader of the comics when I was little.
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i remember watching the cartoon as a kid
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
Oh yeah, the Canadian-made series? They showed that on HBO. Remember it too.
Was pretty faithful to books though not super high quality.
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i think so
it was on Nickelodean, that’s all I remember
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 7:57 PM PST up reply actions
Me too
I still believe a lefty can after a bit master third base
by DodgerofTrolleys on Dec 7, 2011 6:10 AM PST up reply actions
Logan White ...
… being interviewed for Houston’s GM position. why not stick around? the Dodgers will be looking for a new GM once Magic’s group takes over the team.
the seat he is sitting in today will not be warm for long
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 6, 2011 7:52 PM PST up reply actions
… no guarantee new ownership won’t sweep out all the middle mangers?
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Yep. Though 2012 GM Kim Ng may like him enough to try to keep him around ;)
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Gurnick
Without offering a name, he said one player he is targeting has been a starter at his position and would be “payroll neutral,” indicating that either the player he would send would be of similar salary or the other club would pick up part of the incoming salary. Colletti said he didn’t expect a deal while at the Meetings, which end Thursday.
I’d trade Bills for a quality third baseman … or should i say the ‘wright’ 3B … zimmerman will due as well.
If it was for an actual good player
I’d love it, though still hate to lose Bills (and then our rotation would be a 1, possibly a 3, and two 4 or 5 pitchers unfortunately at that point).
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Yeah me too. And that it's Ned we're talking about is why we're all worried.
Trading Billingsley would be acceptable to me in certain circumstances. But with Ned those are mostly dire.
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I was thinking of Lilly as POSSIBLY a 3 starter
and Capuano and Harang and 4s, 5s at the absolute worst. But I think you’re right, they could teeter up to the 3 spot.
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so the other team is picking up the difference between this hitter and Billingsley’s $9 million. Carlos Lee it is :)
Ugh
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Also, this
Colletti said new research director Alex Tamin did the number crunching that drew attention to three areas the Dodgers were mindful of with acquisitions — trouble their left-handed hitters had against left-handed pitching, defense up the middle and the effects that the three pitchers’ parks in the division (Dodger Stadium, Petco Park and AT&T Park) have on pitchers and hitters.
So can we blame this “number cruncher” on all of these signings? :)
At first glance i thought this said, ‘so Ned just picked his nose with his middle finger’.
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 6, 2011 7:57 PM PST up reply actions
Ned smoked a joint and then went to see ‘Moneyball’
by Freddy V on Dec 6, 2011 7:58 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Haven’t many blogs already come to those conclusions for free?
When you have to play Aaron Miles at 2B a lot, and a fat, injured Juan Uribe, isn’t your “defense up the middle” going to suffer?
81 games at DS, 9 games at Petco, 9 games at the phone booth. Those 18 road games matter, but the 81 home games matter more.
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and this on Kuroda
“We gave him the chance to be creative,” Colletti said when asked if Kuroda had the chance at a discount. “I had more conversations on him than anybody. He’s a very loyal guy. We tried. Our interest was in trying to find a way to get him back.”
Jackie Mason has to play Colletti in the biopic: “You got your one year deal. You got your two year deal. This that. Bang boom. Done. Creative.”
by kinbote on Dec 6, 2011 9:29 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
G.Scott just broke a window
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 7:59 PM PST up reply actions
hey
maybe it’s Kendrys
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 7:59 PM PST up reply actions
wrong LA team :(
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 7:58 PM PST up reply actions
Crasnick
I just talked to two #Angels people who seemed shocked by report that they’re the Albert Pujols “mystery team”
CHAOS!!!!!!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 8:26 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I was in the show. I was in the show for 21 days once – the 21 greatest days of my life. You know, you never handle your luggage in the show, somebody else carries your bags. It was great. You hit white balls for batting practice, the ballparks are like cathedrals, the hotels all have room service, and the women all have long legs and brains.
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candlesticks make a nice gift
maybe you can find out where they’re registered, maybe a silverware set.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 8:18 PM PST up reply actions
Is Jeffrey Loria a genius?
The guy has taken major league welfare payments forever.
He cons Miami into building him a free stadium.
Now, he’s going to take those accumulated welfare payments, his free house (stadium), and buy a dream team.
Genius.
Or Evil Genius?
If he winds up in jail then I’m going to have to go with no.
That’s not even accounting for all the other crap he’s done while owning MLB teams.
I just think the other owners have to hate the guy.
Here they were…giving him welfare all these years.
Then he’s going to turn around and spend all that money to beat those teams.
The players union has to love it…but to me revenue sharing is a joke.
This is a prime example of it.
he’s just doing what they told him to do
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 8:27 PM PST up reply actions
Plus he’s apparently going to land Pujols without a no trade clause…which means after they win another series he can start another fire sale if the new stadium doesnt draw fans.
i would laugh and say whatever deal he's sign with them would be like a NTC
but hell, we’re getting new owners, let’s trade for’im!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 8:30 PM PST up reply actions
Surprised no one mentioned Carlos Lee
He is a perfect Ned guy this winter, he plays two positions (none of them well) and we already have two guys that do the same thing. In other words he is Perfect!!
Didn't read the whole thread or Eric's tweets I take it?
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I remember
Terry Francona saying yesterday he used to walk into the lobby during Winter Meetings and just say random made up rumors to see if they made it into an article
I could see why people would find that dickish
but i find that hilarious
that’s fucking awesome
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 8:41 PM PST up reply actions
Josh Bard a Dodger
Jon Heyman
Josh bard agrees with #dodgers. Believed to be $750,000 for 1 yr
There can be no possible way Bard or Treanor starts...right?
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No, Ned probably forgot he already signed Treanor.
by jrock247 on Dec 6, 2011 8:45 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Not quite yet, as far as I can tell.
11:39pm: The Dodgers are still talking to other catchers and the Bard deal is “not a slam dunk,” says Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times (via Twitter).
I still believe a lefty can after a bit master third base
by DodgerofTrolleys on Dec 7, 2011 6:17 AM PST up reply actions
trading Ellis?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 8:48 PM PST up reply actions
Ned, I like you and Imma let you finish
but your offseason has been the best offseason OF ALL TIME!!!
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Yep
Probably.
Luke Adams
Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times hears that it’s a minor league contract (Twitter link).
I still believe a lefty can after a bit master third base
by DodgerofTrolleys on Dec 7, 2011 6:19 AM PST up reply actions
he’s doing it wrong
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 8:49 PM PST up reply actions
I totally understand now
After seeing Russell Martin burn out after catching too much, Colletti has learned his lesson. The team will carry all three catchers — Ellis, Bard, and Treanor — splitting the duties equally. None of them are gonna burn out, not on Colletti’s watch.
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it seriously makes no sense
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 8:51 PM PST up reply actions
If you had told me
That the Dodgers had this much money to spend this offseason, then, when I was done telling you that you had best check yourself into the Chavez Ravine Home for the Criminally Insane, I would assume we were getting (1) Kuroda or (2) Fielder or (3) both.
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I have gone totally off the deep end and assumed that the Dodgers have signed Stetson Kennedy.
But didn’t he die earlier this year at age 94, I hear you cry.
The answer is yes. But he still has better range than Adam Kennedy.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 6, 2011 8:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I have two little kids, neither of whom sleeps. And I live in the south bay, which makes trips to Hollywood time consuming.
That said, I want to go. Whether I go on Friday or not will be a last minute decision. I will not be leaving the south bay before 8:00 or 8:30.
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Man, I leave for a half hour and Josh Bard is aboard? Stunned.
Could possibly be a minor league deal with a $750k salary if he makes the majors, but we’ll see.
moral of the story: don’t ever leave
by Josie Becker on Dec 6, 2011 8:58 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You just insulted Pretty In Pink, so I suddenly find myself against you again. You may be my nemesis
ooo – ooo {squeezes testicles} OOOOOO NO BABY PLEASE DON’T GOOO
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whew
that’s better
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by Ray Guilfoyle on Dec 6, 2011 8:59 PM PST up reply actions
calming down
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 9:00 PM PST up reply actions
ok good
don’t have to photoshop Bard until later this season
by mintxcore on Dec 6, 2011 9:01 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah Heyman left out just one, uh, minor detail there.
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Question: is $750K a high salary or just about right for a minor league deal like this one?
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Wonder if that is guaranteed, or only guaranteed if he makes the ML roster?
In which case it’d be about average.
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Is it silly to think Bard could be coming in to push Treanor?
Or is Ellis definitely boned?
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I wouldn’t say definitely, but it wouldn’t shock me to see Bard and Treanor in San Diego on April 5.
Hector Gimenez made the last Opening Day roster so bodies wouldn’t have to be lost. (Yes, I know Dioner Navarro was injured.) Ned craves depth. He needs an experienced MLB C to be in AAA with FedEx. He won’t want to risk Ellis, who is out of options, to waivers. Barring injuries, complete flameouts, or a really unexpected trade Ellis and Treanor are the opening day catchers.
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by David Young on Dec 6, 2011 9:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Ellis will break his froynlaven on the first day of Spring Training and solve this mess.
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Is that Yiddish for ball sack or something? I don’t know that I’ve ever seen that word before.
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Or that. Frink-ese.
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It's Jerrylewis-speak for "Claven!"
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Wow I'd already forgotten Vector was on opening day roster. Seemed like just a weird dream.
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I am hating this deal less and less. Assuming that Ellis and Treanor start, the backup was FedEx. If two of those guys get injured, the team is screwed*. Yeah, I can accept Josh Bard on a minor league deal.
*NB: The team is screwed anyway, but you know what I mean.
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Mike DiGiovanna
Spoke to one prominent AL GM, whose response to #Angels’ rumored pursuit of Pujols was: “No way.”
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
"All a misunderstanding. Angels were after Luis Pujols as a roving instructor."
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by underdog on Dec 6, 2011 9:06 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Making chocolate chip ice cream
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I hear it's 5/150 from the Angels to Pujols
I don’t think he will do it because it’s less years, but if the Marlins only offered about 200-240 or so, maybe he thinks he can do this then get one more pretty good contract after.
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…and if he ever loses his day job, Capozzi can fall back on his art photography skills.
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Snap, Crackle, Pop
and Ken
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 9:26 PM PST up reply actions
Two Kavulapoints
go to the best answer for what Rosenthal is listening to on his phone.
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I’m gonna go with this one. Rhythm is gonna get you, and you’re gonna get Pujols. Tonight. Oye, oye.
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Insane Clown Posse
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I stumbled on to those jokes on a late night talk show and heard the song once, which is stupidly catchy.
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Zzzt! It actually IS Belle and Sebastian, but “Lazy Line Painter Jane.”
“You will have a boy tonight! Or maybe you will have a girl tonight!”
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Not "Sleep the Clock Around"?
And for once in your life you’ve got nothing to say
And could this be the time when somebody will come
To say, “Look at yourself, you’re not much use to anyone”
He's trying to figure out
who this Siri person is who keeps talking to him
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'!
Your shower shoes have fungus on them. You’ll never make it to the bigs with fungus on your shower shoes. Think classy, you’ll be classy.
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by David Young on Dec 6, 2011 9:41 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
and the press will think you’re colorful.
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I have to do a last minute grammar notebook for my latin class
the last 10 or so sentences have been about a cat and a dog
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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Maddz
I forgot, I need to ask you a question. How do you say “shit is fucked up” in latin?
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Hmm. I will inquire and tell you tomorrow. The worst thing I’ve learned in this text book is “iste” which is basically like “damned” such and such. The people who translate/teach latin in textbooks tend to be giant prudes. FWIW my favorite verb in Latin is “irrumare” which roughly translates to “face fuck”.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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I need to know because today I contended at work that the phrase “shit is fucked up” was given to us by God for the sole purpose of expressing how fucked up shit is. To prove my point, I need to know how to say it in Latin.
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God speaks Latin, not Hebrew?
I believe excrement is derived from the Latin excrementum.
Would excrementum irrumare be close enough?
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Shit face fuck? I’d do anything for love but I won’t do that.
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I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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ummm I would say that it’s “merda perfututum est”, which is like “shit having been totally fucked”
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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but obviously that’s me using wikipedia
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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Useful
I like this actual quote:
Sed nemo potuit tangere: merda fuit.
But nobody could touch it: it was shit.
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Also hilarious
Some of the cited works are making LMAO.
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Dear god help me
Figgins is due to make $9m in 2012 & $8m in 2013.
Uribe is due to make $8m in 2012 & $7m in 2013 (w/ $1m payout).
Payroll neutral.
Calling Figgins a “bat” is stretching the language a bit though. Colletti wouldn’t tease us for him would he?
Figgins and Juan Pierre are good buddies
Coincidence?
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 6, 2011 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
They were in the minors together in the Rockies’ system
by Eric Stephen on Dec 6, 2011 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
It's really incredible
How similar the two of them are… In completely opposite ways.
Question is, which would you rather have? Or maybe better, which would you hate the least?
What? No! Not again Ned!
by Bard in Black on Dec 6, 2011 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
My feelings exactly
I would take almost anyone over Uribe, and it seems like Figgins’ OBP is worth more to us than Uribe’s SLG.
Anyone have any idea if the Mariners would ever do this?
What? No! Not again Ned!
by Bard in Black on Dec 6, 2011 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
come back into the light
there must be a better alternative
have we become this desensitized by this recent rash of Ned signings
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 6, 2011 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
Figgins is only a couple years removed
from a 6.9 WAR season… Seems to this very-tired-of-Uribe-fan that’s worth a shot. Not saying he’ll get back to that level, but I still say his OBP has value on this team.
What? No! Not again Ned!
by Bard in Black on Dec 6, 2011 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
People really have to remember that Uribe was as awful as he could be last year
He almost literally could not be any worst in 2012 than 2011. And I’m betting he’s better by a big margin, which will still be about average.
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A Relevant Story from an Old Guy
I once worked for the Walt Disney Company. I owned stock in the company at the time.
A certain large shareholder faced a margin call and sold many, many millions of his shares all at once and the stock price dropped precipitously. I got worried.
“How low can it go?” I asked my boss.
“‘How low can it go?!’” he quoted back to me. “Zero!”
That is how low Uribe can go. Zero.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 6, 2011 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
He can go even lower than that, in OPS+ terms: LESS THAN ZERO.
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Oh, man. We should totally nickname Uribe after Bret Easton Ellis. B.E.E. — Bee?
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 6, 2011 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
He is old
He is fat
If he plays to his career average
He will be booed as Broxton was
by 68elcamino427 on Dec 6, 2011 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
I feel a bet coming on, short man
:P
The loser buys the winner a drink after the season. The terms for the bet:
Over/Under Uribe’s OPS in 2012: .715
I’d be glad to take the over on this one.
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You're on
It’s win-win for me. Either I get good(-ish) Uribe or I get a free drink.
If I lose, I’d be happy to buy you the drink of your choice, and the umbrella to go in it.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 6, 2011 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed, I'd rather have Uribe than Figgins
Surprised that people forget that Uribe can at least hit home runs and slug a bit, when healthy, and at least is a very good fielder. He’s not this utterly useless Velez type player. Even if he was definitely useless for much of last season.
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Some people just assume Uribe is a shitty fielder because he doesn’t look the part of a good fielder.
by Michael White on Dec 7, 2011 8:39 AM PST up reply actions
Yep
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I like his defense
But I think the connection is that his poor conditioning leads him to miss games during which he can’t play his good defense.
On the other hand, Figgins has taken pitches. Either way, you’re talking about an expensive low-production player.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Yeah but my argument is Uribe at least is likely to produce more in the power
(XBH + HR) dept than Figgins. I guess I just think Figgins is horrible at this point and Uribe could still have some value next year.
Of course he could be traded this week. Who knows.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 9:49 PM PST up reply actions
Banned are sheer and see-through clothing, tank tops, one-shouldered or strapless shirts or clothing exposing bare midriffs. Also listed in the guidelines are skirts, dresses or shorts cut more than 3-4 inches above the knee.
Eric and I are gonna need new wardrobes.
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see I linked before I read, and now I’m realizing this is essentially a “female sideline reporters, stop dressing like whores” clause
by Josie Becker on Dec 6, 2011 10:00 PM PST up reply actions
I think there is more to it, but I haven’t found the official stuff yet.
by Eric Stephen on Dec 6, 2011 10:00 PM PST up reply actions
Foiled are my plans to try the short-shorts to get an exclusive interview with Dave Stewart.
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by David Young on Dec 6, 2011 10:09 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
if you’ve ever watched a spanish sports show, imagine those women in the locker room.
by Josie Becker on Dec 6, 2011 10:02 PM PST up reply actions
step 1: Type in "Deportes Telemundo" on google
step 2: get this result, from the Telemundo website:
by Josie Becker on Dec 6, 2011 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
Bud Selig says, “I smell a clause violation! Come closer so I can be sure that is what I smell.”
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 6, 2011 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know man, I’m still in shock that Telemundo is hosting that photo of one of their “reporters”
by Josie Becker on Dec 6, 2011 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
it was the second result on google images! What is wrong with this earth?
by Josie Becker on Dec 6, 2011 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t see how she can accidentally butt-text in that outfit.
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I
See that Josie is now mocking the upcoming Spanish language U.S. broadcast rights holder for FIFA World Cup events from 2015-2022. I guess even soccer isn’t sacred to her.
only reason I have an opinion on this topic is cause the spanish language reporters wear heels and short skirts when they’re covering Galaxy practice : )
by Josie Becker on Dec 6, 2011 10:24 PM PST up reply actions
Welcome to L.A.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 6, 2011 10:26 PM PST up reply actions
z
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 6, 2011 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
THUS THE NEW CLAUSE
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 6, 2011 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
There’s a restaurant in St Louis called Johnny’s that the waitresses serve food in those outfits/lingerie
There’s a house called Chez Kavula where…..
…I’ve said too much.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 6, 2011 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
Imagine what the Bleacher Report guy would do with her around
by Eric Stephen on Dec 6, 2011 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
He still bemuses me, but I have to stop making fun of him. Apparently he’s a bit Radio, if you catch my drift.
by Josie Becker on Dec 6, 2011 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
I just recently found out that King Kaufman went to B/R. I like King Kaufman but I have never read B/R because I am told it sucks. Does it still suck, even under Kaufman’s tutelage?
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 6, 2011 10:19 PM PST up reply actions
Yes.
Having Rob Neyer on the SBNation roster hasn’t changed Gaslamp Ball either.
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Too bad. I like King Kaufman.
Does anybody employ Tim Marchman? He was one of the two things that made the now-defunct New York Sun worth the time. The other was its crossword, edited by Peter Gordon, which was as good as the NY Times’ puzzle. I am quite serious; the Sun had a great puzzle.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 6, 2011 10:24 PM PST up reply actions
Strategically placed
TT
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Many, many moons ago, in Manhattan Beach, at Rosecrans and Highland, there was a restaurant called the “Chili Bordello” where the waitresses dished up the hot stuff in their, well, hot stuff.
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What, where that mexican place is now with the brick facade? Never been in there.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 6, 2011 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
Is that Pancho’s, which is on the southwest corner? Chili Bordello was near the northeast corner, in the building behind the parking structure. I was taken there once as a newbie by the co-workers. I don’t think it survived the 80s.
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Ah, I see. That is an office building now.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 6, 2011 10:22 PM PST up reply actions
And yes, that is Pancho’s.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 6, 2011 10:22 PM PST up reply actions
Pancho’s is exactly what you think it is. Passable ordinary SoCal Mexican food that you pay a bit more for because you can see the beach from there.
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What is wrong with me
Apparently it’s was a chain. From 1985:
by Josie Becker on Dec 6, 2011 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
Never stopped me from wearing condoms.
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HAHAHHAHA
Oh that was delightfully inappropriate
by Josie Becker on Dec 6, 2011 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
That would be the right time frame, but
I have never worn a sweater vest.
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Torrance still has
Texas Looseys I believe. The staff does that too
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Dylan saying
Bard deal, “is not a slam dunk” and the team is still talking to other catchers.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
ned thinking
“If only the team had someone better than JD Closser…..all our problems would be solved.”
Just want to say
This thread has made my night. Thank you, everybody.
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from the NESN blog
Joe Capozzi, who covers the Marlins for The Palm-Beach Post, just tweeted that his sources tell him the Fish are “very confident” Pujols will sign with them.
Looks like that hideous center field sculpture is gonna get a lot of work.
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by Humma Kavula on Dec 6, 2011 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
Whats the market for Prince Fielder?
Seems the Brewers have no interest in resigning him.
Dodgers out of play.
Anywhere but SF i hope..though if he went there i think his power would drop way down…he aint pulling balls into the cove on a regular basis.
This is okay
No matter what the Marlins put in his contract, Pujols will go in the HOF as a Cardinal
Bill Shaikin
MLB, #Dodgers file sale agreement: “McCourt shall not retain directly or indirectly any interest in the assets that comprise the team.”
Bill Shaikin
Initial bids for #Dodgers due by Jan. 13.
Interesting
Bill Shaikin
#Dodgers sale agreement: “The decision to enter into a telecast rights agreement shall be in the sole and exclusive discretion of the buyer”
Bill Shaikin
“McCourt .. shall not participate directly or indirectly .. in any media transaction entered into in connection with the sale of the team.”
Even more interesting.
Bill Shaikin
McCourt gets “sole and absolute discretion” over whether to sell parking lots. New owner gets lease that would allow for parking structures.
A lot less interesting.
I hate this.
Thought this info came out a few weeks back
by Eric Stephen on Dec 6, 2011 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
Honestly, I wouldn’t really mind parking structures.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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yeah but they do'nt have all 20k showing up at one time
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neither do the Dodgers, and Disney doesn’t have the same 20k for one day. it’s at least somethin to consider. stick it out in center field, charge people premium parking to not park there, set up a dozen trams to run from the structure to the stadium.
the dodgers have most of those people show up in a 2 or 3 hour window I would think
Disney has them show up over a much larger period of time then that.
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Me neither. Other then shopping malls I avoid parking structures at all costs.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
having to pay 20 dollars to not park in the structure
is just another reason for me not to go to games
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true enough, point still stands I think. I’ve always thought getting that many cars out of a stadium parking lot when everyone is trying to leave at once would be a hassle, but then I see Disney’s model and it works on a scale that’s as close as you can get to replicating.
I am impressed by the structure though
Everyone thought it would be terrible and ruin everything when they announced it, and it turned out great.
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so then
there will not be an auction of the TV rights until there is a new owner?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
It
Means even if the Dodgers win their hearing and they get to open the bidding for the future rights now and let’s say Time Warner bid 3.25 Billion for 20 years, that bid would not be a contract assigned to the new owner without their consent. As Shaiken has reported, a new owner will probably exist with the Fox deal until the exclusive period ends late next year and then open the bidding up for everyone.
McCourt just want to say that valuation in place to raise the purchase price.
i see
Thanks!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 6, 2011 11:04 PM PST up reply actions
Commonywhatnow?
BillShaikin: McCourt gets “sole and absolute discretion” over whether to sell parking lots. New owner gets lease that would allow for parking structures.
I was more interested in the parking structure part
by Josie Becker on Dec 6, 2011 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
The irony
McCourt came to the Dodgers from a big parking lot in Boston…and he’ll depart the Dodgers with another parking lot in LA .
Somehow, I think this was his plan all along.
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
The bat that Ned is looking for
I am wondering if the Dodgers are looking at Ryan Ludwick for perhaps Loney or maybe trying to get Quentin for Uribe. Uribe played for the Sox and is originally from Bellflower, Dodgers would have to add a pitcher.
maybe quinten
cause the sox may be selling…
as long as
Colletti trades away another andy laroche/blake dewitt and not a carlos santana, I’ll be fine.
by lnickerson88 on Dec 7, 2011 12:12 AM PST via mobile reply actions
does anyone even think we HAVE a carlos santana in our system?
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What does that mean? Andy LaRoche and Blake DeWitt were completely different prospects than each other. You’re saying you’d be ok with trading guys who don’t pan out instead of guys who do. That’s not saying anything at all.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
figurehead?
The exact dollar figure the Marlins offered isn’t known. But in addition to the dollars in their proposal and the added value that would be derived from Florida’s lack of a state income tax, the Marlins have added provisions that would position Pujols as a figurehead of their franchise after his playing career is finished.
This must be how Ned got Bill Mueller to sign.
Reading back through the thread
I am going to say that Chone Figgins is the target. I think Ned and the rest of the coaching staff have no confidence in Uribe and would like to be rid of him. Figgins could form what could be a pretty nice platoon with Hairston at 3B if he can bounce back.
I’m not opposed to Figgins at all. I think it’s great that he’s trying to trade for a bat. For all the questioning Dodger moves for the offseason, you have to give Ned credit that he’s certainly making efforts to improve the team. I think in no way they are punting for next year and barring a little jolt to the offense via trade I think that we are certainly putting ourselves to be in competition in the NL West. Time will tell, but I dislike Ned less.
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
Yeah, I’m kinda intrigued by the idea really. We would certainly be losing some power potential in Uribe, but if Figgins could rebound and get back to his good OBP, then we could potentially have a dynamic lineup.
Also, the comment attributed to Tamin indicate to me that Rivera was signed as a quasi-starter and lefty masher. I see Sands getting plenty of playing time.
I hope your intuition is right. I think Sands is the real deal and we definitely could use his power since our farm seems to be pitching rich. I never believed in Uribe and I don’t think anyone else did as well, but here’s hoping he can bring something to the table but in a limited role. I’d much rather put my faith into someone else at 3B. If it is Uribe who they are trying to replace than we are going to certainly have a glutton of infielders (glutton/uribe no pun intended it just happed that way) ;)
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
Yes
Last year as soon as Sands hit his double and sac fly in his debut I said to my brother.
“I think he’s going to be another Kemp or Ethier.”
I still believe a lefty can after a bit master third base
by DodgerofTrolleys on Dec 7, 2011 6:21 AM PST up reply actions
I think I am going to stop berating Ned
and turn my attention to Alex Tamin.
CBills to Reds.... for Yonder Alonzo.. and..
CBills and his $9M to reds for Yonder & a PTBNL..which gives us a solid power1b..
Loney and his $6M ,we pay $3m to Rays..for prospects..
we sign Kuroda for his $12-13M….to replace CBills..
I must be crazy
Because I think Billz is worth more than Alonso
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 7, 2011 7:03 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Gandalf the Grey, but not the White. He has more power.
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 7, 2011 8:19 AM PST up reply actions
He wouldn’t walk anybody either if he was a pitcher.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Which reminds me, there’s a rumor than Ned is about to sign Gimli as a utility infielder.
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 7, 2011 8:25 AM PST up reply actions
You people may be nerds, though my Harry Potter knowledge gives me away ;)
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Kreacher has the height and gritty veteran attitude Ned likes.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
yes!
I know it’s not a women’s integrated league, but Winky looks like she’s got some speed.
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I love the idea of getting a young cost-controlled player, but its not happening.
by BFDC on Dec 7, 2011 7:19 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, when they talk of a cost-neutral move, I gotta believe that they are talking about moving Uribe. Bills maybe, but I just don’t see Ned moving him after he just filled the rotation. So we are looking at a player with and unfavorable contract.
Carlos Lee is sounding likely
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 7, 2011 7:25 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Would make sense given Ned’s loading up jn infielders. But could there really be a market for Uribe?
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 7, 2011 7:31 AM PST up reply actions
Why would Frank McCourt keep the parking lots? Nobody is going to give him any money to develop any kind of real estate on DS land.
Is the NFL stadium idea at DS totally dead?
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 7, 2011 7:36 AM PST up reply actions
Per the original deal
McCourt paid $100M for that land, parking revenue is probably 6-10M year, he charges Dodgers say 2M for their lease. Plus if the new owners plan to expand, they need to go to him.
Thanks
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 7, 2011 8:01 AM PST up reply actions
I want Uribe to come back this year
he won’t be as bad imho, and then I don’t have to listen to people thinking making jokes about their phone autocorrecting uribe to urine is clever and original.
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Wokka Wokka
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by Tommy Blackjack on Dec 7, 2011 8:25 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I agree 100 percent
I feel there’s no way he can be worse, and I have a drink to humma riding on this!
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oh he can be worse
but if he is healthy I think his D makes him a valuable piece anyways. 3rd basemen suck these days.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
It is nigh impossible that Velez can be worse than last season, but I don’t want him back.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Luckily Velez suck levels were much higher than Uribe's suck levels
You’re right about the defense, but I also think Uribe will OPS at least .720.
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I think if the Dodgers are actually going after Headley, Kenley Jansen is exactly the type of reliever the Padres (or anyone, I guess) would want. High strikeouts, low walks, throws hard.
I’d like Headley. Not sure how he fits though, unless there’s another deal to move Uribe.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
MSTI suggests Uribe + prospect for Lee and then Headley for (I think this is what Mike is alluding to) Bills.
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Dec 7, 2011 8:40 AM PST up reply actions
If Ned turns Javy Guerra and something into Chase Headley I’ll kiss him on the lips. If he trades Kenley Jansen I’ll kick him in the nuts. .
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Dec 7, 2011 8:30 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Having a great bullpen at the end of the year
was much better than having a shit bullpen for the first 2-3 months. We should keep Jansen unless it’s for someone actually good.
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Its nice to want things.
Actually, isn’t the argument that the SD ballpark allows the Padres to go after “pitch to contact” guys. Compared to other clubs, they have less need of a strikeout pitcher (though as you say, anybody would want Jansen)
by Michael White on Dec 7, 2011 8:30 AM PST up reply actions
It’s a good thing this blog is called TRUE Blue L.A. and not Nearly Almost Mostly Blue L.A.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Marlins Talk
I am surprised at Reyes and maybe Pujols given they have young and cost controlled star in Gaby Sanchez, a decent 23 year old SS prospect in Osvaldo Martinez and a potential guy in 22 year old 3b Matt Dominguez.
Obviously, carpe diem in Miami
Dodgers 2012 needs.
1. New owner
2. New General manager
3. A 3rd baseman that has power, 20 hr and 80 rbi’sand at least a 280 batting average and a fielding percentage better than 90% , he can steal 20 bases and has at least 6-10 good years left in them. We dont need twilight players, we don’t need utility players we need an everyday third baseman who can compliment, Kemp, Eithier and Loney and please no more broken down pitchers or steroid induced power hitters we owe a ton of money to players not even with the team anymore.
by California Mobile CPR on Dec 7, 2011 2:23 PM PST reply actions
You are asking for the impossible!
No 3B has done that in the 2010s. If I remove the 20 SBs part, here’s the guys who have the other numbers in at least one of the last two years and qualified for the batting title:
Rolen – too old for you
Aramis R – too old for you at 34 for 2012
M Young – not really a 3b anymore, older than Aramis
Beltre – not available, will be 33 next year so too old (only guy to do it both years)
D Wright – if you trade for him, you only get him for one year, then he’s a free agent
Casey McGehee – he tanked last year
Ryan Zimmerman – good luck with that
Evan Longoria – good luck with that
BTW, if you can’t field better than .900, you don’t play that position in the bigs.
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