Dodgers Send Kershaw, Kuo To Face Rangers
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 12:30 PM PDT
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Today is must-see TV, as the Dodgers battle the Rangers for the second straight day. This time the Dodgers are at home, and the game at Camelback Ranch will be televised on Prime Ticket and MLB Network. Clayton Kershaw will start for the Dodgers, making his fourth start of the spring, and Hong-Chih Kuo is scheduled to make his second Cactus League appearance on the mound as well.
Before the game today, the Dodgers made another round of cuts, optioning Jon Link and Russ Mitchell, and reassigning Roman Colon and JD Closser to minor league camp. There are 44 players remaining in major league camp: 21 pitchers and 23 position players.
Lineups
| Rangers | Dodgers | |||
| CF | Borbon | SS | Furcal | |
| SS | Andrus | 2B | DeJesus | |
| LF | Murphy | RF | Ethier | |
| RF | Cruz | CF | Kemp | |
| DH | Napoli | 3B |
Uribe |
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| 1B | Moreland |
1B | Loney | |
| 3B | Davis | C | Barajas | |
| C | Treanor | LF | Gwynn | |
| 2B | Blanco | P | Kershaw | |
In addition to Kershaw and Kuo, Blake Hawksworth, Ron Mahay, Oscar Villarreal, Travis Schlichting, and Ramon Troncoso are listed as scheduled pitchers for the Dodgers today. But if they all pitch that would be an awfully short outing for Kershaw.
Derek Holland will start on the mound for the Rangers, and be followed by Alexi Ogando, Cody Eppley, and Zach Jackson.
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Game Time: 1:05 p.m. PST
TV: Prime Ticket, MLB Network (Joe Block and Josh Suchon on the call)
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Good news. I was able to find a job today. Bad news, its elm special ed. Wow, is this tough.
by Tripon on Mar 15, 2011 12:32 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
hold their manhoods cheap
Shit, I knew I should have turned off my webcam while surfing for porn.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Full time gig?
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
by meercatjohn on Mar 15, 2011 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
No excuse for the Dodgers not to win today. If they don’t win it looks like a last place finish behind even the Diamondbacks.
Who gets hurt today?
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Glass houses etc. but your 2011 unstoppable dynamo Phillies lineup as of right now
CF Shane Victorino
2B Wilson Valdez
1B Ryan Howard
LF Raul Ibanez
SS Jimmy Rollins
3B I dunno, Greg Dobbs?
RF Ben Francisco
C Carlos Ruiz
@andrewngrant
Couldn't happen to a better catcher
Fuck you Ruiz.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Polanco still plays for the Phillies or did he go down today?
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
by meercatjohn on Mar 15, 2011 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Hee Hee
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
by meercatjohn on Mar 15, 2011 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
/jonnygomes
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
just a hyperextended left elbow; doesn’t seem serious, but a man can dream :)
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Other then Wilson Valdez is their a below average player in that lineup? Franciso should be fine against LHP, against RHP they will have Paul in a few days:)
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
by meercatjohn on Mar 15, 2011 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Ibanez, Dobbs, Rollins and Valdez are all below average.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 15, 2011 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh wait, was looking at last years roster they don’t have Dobbs anymore, but they can drop Delwyn at second and have Valdez play third.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 15, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
They picked up Delwyn?
Hopefully we don’t have to add a “Fuck You” to his name now too.
isn't
Brad Lidge hurt as well?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Mar 15, 2011 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
ManU and Marseille
held a minute of silence for Japan before their champions league match. Pure class.
difference in viewing audience is only a few million, give or take : p
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Nobody answered the trivia question from the prior thread
that was in the caption. Tim Redding is wearing #46 this spring, and the last Dodger player to wear that number in the regular season was Elmer Dessens in 2004-2005.
Who were the two people after Dessens to wear #46 for the Dodgers?
Negative.
One hint: both people had the same job
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Oops
Positive on Jauss; negative on Lett
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Then Bob Schaefer? I totally forgot about him too. I was trying to figure out who the damn bench coach was last year when Jauss popped into my head, who I can honestly say I never even thought about while he was with the team.
what exactly does a bench coach do? Cause I never remember hearing Schaefer’s name mentioned during a game
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
If what Schaefer does is part of the job description
Complain about whippersnappers on his lawn, I believe.
Who is this year's bench coach?
i am not an obnoxious asshole in person. i think.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 15, 2011 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
terry or trey, close enough.
i am not an obnoxious asshole in person. i think.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 15, 2011 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
who of course is wearing 45 because Redding special requested the number formerly reserved for bench coaches
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Depends on the manager
Sometimes they fill out the lineup card, sometimes they chastise the centerfielder. :)
Mostly it’s the catch-all advice man and general coach.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
so basically, Hillman is Mattingly’s secretary?
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Hillman is this teams token “Guy whos been there before” to help Mattingly through his growing pains. Even if his being there is managing the Royals.
Yep
More George Hamilton than Robert Duvall, as consigliere
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I would say last year Schaefer got more mention that most bench coaches.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
for some reason I remembered Bowa at the center of that controversy. But you’re right, he definitely made his mark
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
so the bench coach is that guy in sports movies that just repeats what the guy in charge says, but with more of a yokel accent. Like that guy in Bull Durham, cept he might have been a pitching coach
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
apparently shaeffer was the one making the lineups everyday. Apparently Torre couldn’t be bothered and was enjoying his farewell tour with the media.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
some journalist with the LA Times or Sports Illustrated needs to use this one detail to write a whole book on Joe Torre and the Dodgers.
Wait. Nevermind. I’ll write the book.
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
sometimes
sometimes he is Joe Maddon and is able to parlay that job into a head coaching gig
These hands will always be rough
It would be both cool and terrifying if managers started wearing Motorola headsets in the dugout.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
haha this must be the kicker, but man seeing the coach tower over a player is funny to me
These hands will always be rough
I didn’t think delias man could hate you more…
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
yahoo answers didn't even tell me gannon!
further proof all answers on there are by trolls
These hands will always be rough
The benching of Matt Kemp this week resulted in part from an argument he had with bench coach Bob Schaefer on Saturday, according to team …
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Camera operators are still in spring training mode, apparently
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
as are MLB.tv volume controllers (at least via AtBat)
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice inning, easy peasy lemon squeezy!
as opposed to when someone like Roman Colon or Javy Guerra pitches, and then it’s difficult-difficult-lemon-difficult.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
First time I’ve heard Joe Block. I hear a little Bob Eubanks in his voice for whatever reason.
Easy inning for Kershaw.
by Alex41592 on Mar 15, 2011 1:10 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Like Jon Miller pronounces Eric Chavez: Eric Chheevezzz
by chrisdodgers on Mar 15, 2011 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Let’s just say Jon Miller would be a perfect on-the-scene reporter for any local news station anywhere.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
He needs a name like Jonny Mountain or Dallas Raines, though.
by chrisdodgers on Mar 15, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe he'll ask Josh Suchon what is the most unusual place he's ever made whoopee.
(He does sound a little Eubanks-ish, but seems pretty solid in the games i’ve heard so far.)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Yeah, where the hell is Charlie Stiener
nearly giving me a heart attack with a long fly out to left center field?
i am not an obnoxious asshole in person. i think.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 15, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Excellent comp
I can’t wait for someone to call in DodgerTalk and say, “in the butt, Joe.”
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice patient at bat for the Bison
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Who is the guy doing color? Is that suchon or brock?
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Strangely
his voice sounds better here, then it does on Dodger Talk.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Shawn’s like, “Fuck, what’d I do?”
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Easy out
Dejesus singles to right
Andre dribbler misplayed by pitcher
Kemp, Uribe walked
Loney pop up
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Is there a rule
that would prevent Loney from using a metal bat?
by SeanMillerSavior on Mar 15, 2011 1:28 PM PDT reply actions
I was hoping to get three innings in at lunch, looks like I might only get one at this pace.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Question
If batting average is a poor method to evaluate a hitter’s abilities, isn’t Opponent’s Batting Average a poor method to evaluate a pitcher’s performance?
If so, is Opponent’s OPS really the best way to determine how well a pitcher has done?
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
OOPS is like a better version of WHIP. It’s not as good as OPS because pitchers have less control over batted balls than hitters.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 15, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
This is what I’m thinking. If a pitcher gives up a ball in the gap, it’s not up to him whether the guy was fast or not or if the outfielder takes a poor route and it becomes a triple.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
C'mon now
The idea is to simply try to extrapolate how much of the pitcher’s “results” were the work of him and how much was the work of the people around him.
Easier said than done.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
With everything that we've learned about DIPS theory
we just have to acknowledge that we can’t use the same measures to judge hitters and pitchers.
Opponents batting average is a poor measure because it is so heavily dependent on things that are basically out of the pitcher’s control. Opponents OPS is better, but is still subject to the same shortcomings.
xFIP or TRA are pretty inclusive and do a fair job of eliminating the white noise.
Suchon
just used more pitch numbers regarding kershaw then anyone has ever uttered since Ross Porter was in a Dodger booth.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Wild pitch but Barajas sure looked like he had his glove in the wrong position
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Scored a passed ball
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Official scorer at a spring training game has to be a pretty relaxed gig. Mainly because the results don’t matter at all.
This is the point in the movie
when after the game, just outside the press box at Camelback Ranch, the official scorer turns to our protagonist, grabs him by the collar, and screams, “THEY MATTER TO ME, DAMNIT. THEY….MATTER…TO….ME!!!!!”
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Only if it's a comedy.
If it’s an action-thriller, it’s the protagonist that says that line.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Definitely a comedy
It is immediately followed by the protagonist kneeing the scorer in the nuts.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I expected Tony Gwynn to throw left handed, I’m flabbergasted he throws right handed.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
I’m pretty sure Gilbert Gottfried held the mic with his left hand when he was voicing the AFLAC Duck.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Padilla
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Hendricks, son
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
She’s got nothing on Bride
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
That answers that question in the affirmative
[Q: Does Bride read True Blue LA?]
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
She’s not peeking — but you’re goddam right she’s peaking.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
See that is just in the range of too much for my taste
I will toss you in slow-rec softball
by robotmadeofnails on Mar 15, 2011 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
but they are real, and they’re fantastic
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I was only a couple hours late
with my question in the last thread.
Can you download MLB The Show from PS store, or do I have to go buy the disc?
If they move, Kill em
buy
I will toss you in slow-rec softball
by robotmadeofnails on Mar 15, 2011 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Predicting themes of the Dodgers 2011 season
Injuries
Errors
Solo HRs
It didn’t quite have the same oomph as Sutton/Garvey when Karros pushed Ismael Valdes in the shower. Scarred Ismael so much he changed his last name.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Plaschke articles about how it’s all because of the divorce
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
R²=0.06 seems to be about as low of a correlation coefficient as you can have and still draw that line, if my understanding of statistics is accurate.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Not as low as .01, but yeah, still very weak.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 15, 2011 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
The lousier the Spring record the stronger the correlation?
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
I don’t see that — do you? What I see is a big bunch in the middle, which tells me that teams that play average-ish in ST are more likely to play average-ish in the regular season.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
No
just bringing into what Joey showed us yesterday. I think we dismissed it to easily just because it was Joey.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
No, it was dismissed because it was a sample size of 10.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
My shared opinion is based more on the meaninglessness of the record. It’s erased on opening day. How can it matter? We can look back on records and try to figure out patterns, but I still say ST records have no predictive power whatsoever. As others have said, if the team sucks this year, it’s because it sucks, not because of anything that happened this spring (for example, our sucking).
Not really
a spring record of .350 or less having some correlation to the regular season. The sample size was very small 2003 – 2010.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
No
any given spring training percentage, from .350 to .750 has teams who then in the regular season have played ball from .400 to .600. When .400 is 98 losses and .600 is 97 wins, spring training winning percentage then has nothing to do with whether you have a top 5 draft pick or a bottom 5 draft pick.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Got it, you’re right.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I kinda see that, but we’re talking about a sample size of like five at that point.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 15, 2011 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
If only real life had a z button
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Ismael added a z because of True Blue LA
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Press z and find out.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
hit z on your keyboard when you aren't typing a commnet
and it will mark the comment that is focues read, and go to the next one.
These hands will always be rough
Pressing Z takes you to the next unread comment
Look at the top of the comments section…there is a summary of some special keys:
Press C to tab to new comments, Shift-C to tab backwards, X to mark as read, and Shift-A to mark all read.
The best: Z will simultaneously mark and tab forward, and R will reply to the comment that has focus.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
The other half of the battle is THE FUCKING BATTLE
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
“this is the worst part, the quiet before the battle”
“and then the battle isn’t so bad?”
“I forgot about the battle”
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Is DeJesus actually giving him a shot to make the team?
or is the team still likely determined to have him get starts down in AAA?
He looks better and better compared to the scrubs he’s battling with.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
You may be on to something. Any competition that contains Miles, Castro, Velez, and Sellers has to be termed “open.”
DeJesus has higher upside than MItchell
and can field better, but I know what you mean.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
DeJesus is "good' enough
that they don’t want him to be a backup though, so he doesn’t really count I think.
These hands will always be rough
Sometimes I think that BH is just as much of a gadfly/baiter as I am, but he has huge credibility and a wealth of baseball knowledge while I try to get by on not being as funny as I think I am.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha
I like to think I try to play both sides, if Kershaw has lousy luck in his inning than why can’t Holland.
But I know I run the risk of getting some really annoyed because of my aforementioned baseball knowledge so that I should know better.
I also forget that this is a DODGER site and no one should be expected to play both sides nor get penalized for only looking at things through Dodger-tinted glasses.
I don't know
Blyleven just got elected to the HOF, and Kenley Jansen seems to be doing OK.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
And that guy that Silverwidow posted about yesterday is 7’1" and throws mid-90s.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Boooo
Tilting windmills with that joke, man. ;-)
(But really, hee hee.)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
goede!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I’ll return to my van down by the river.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
(that meant "good" or "good one" btw. I think.
If it actually means “get bent” in Dutch I apologize.)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I read it like Napoleon Dynamite.
But I just wanted to get the “van” in there anyway.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
And by the way
good friend JJ24 and his bride are off to London, Paris and Amsterdam for their delayed honeymoon.
I don’t know if he will stop off and go to Humma’s restaurant in Paris.
I can already see the Plashke article once Kemp starts doing well about how it’s because Rhianna is gone and Torre/Shaeffer/Bowa are gone and he’s able to relax and how it Kemp’s walkup song is referencing these people leaving his life. “On to the next one” will be the last line of the article.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Needs editing
Not enough seven word paragraphs.
Man on 3rd no outs, Kemp does not bring him home, but Andre moves to 2nd.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
204 games for Matt kemp is now the longest streak in baseball? Yikes, weren’t we complaining last year when he did not start once in a blue moon?
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
2 run double for Uribe, was hit deep but Borbon seemed to play that poorly
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
though Suchon said "nice effort by Borbon". One of us is wrong.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Well then it sounds like something you tell a little kid
or someone who is “special,” not a pro centerfielder. ;-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Eephus just wants to remove terms like
“a real baseball player”
“a pitcher’s pitch”
“a big league play”
from the lexicon of broadcast radio
“professional hitter”
“niece piece of hitting”
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
If cliches were taken out of baseball
it would bore me.
i am not an obnoxious asshole in person. i think.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 15, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
" I’m just happy to be here. Ya gotta play ’em one day at a time. Just hope I can help the club."
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Raffy Furcal really goes the extra mile
with his cliches in his post game interviews.
i am not an obnoxious asshole in person. i think.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 15, 2011 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.
Think about that.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
If cliches were taken out of baseball
No one would ever talk again.
If I had a nickel for every time someone said that…
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Was it Hedberg, or maybe Demetri Martin
who said, “If I had a nickel every time ________ happened, that would be a weird way to get paid.”
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
He would have been a better DePo than Johan Hill, right?
In theory, at least?
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
referring to hits as a 'knock'
annoys the crap out of me.. usually because those words are being uttered by rex hudler..
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Mar 15, 2011 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I liked rex hudler
he wasn’t great, but he was 10x better then the crap that has followed him
These hands will always be rough
I liked that his nickname was the wonderdog and he loves to smoke weed, but thats about it.. Obv hes better than Jose Mota but not much else..
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Mar 15, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I 100% agree.
i am not an obnoxious asshole in person. i think.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 15, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Rex Hudler is the only man to use the word “Figgy” four times in one sentence.
Rehire Rex Hudler.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 15, 2011 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
did it go something along these lines;
“Figgy getting Figgy with it doing it only how Figgy can get FIggy with it.”
i am not an obnoxious asshole in person. i think.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 15, 2011 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Basically. I think it was “Figgy with the bunt, and when Figgy puts it down Figgy can get Figgy with it.”
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 15, 2011 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Just an FYI for iPhone users: watching video in the MLB AtBat app seems to drain the battery faster than it charges while plugged in
I can't even tell you to be an android one since those are still stupid expensive
and won’t be any good for a couple more months.
These hands will always be rough
thats probably why
doesn’t get as much juice that way I think, thought some USB plugs put out more power then other
These hands will always be rough
Even audio is killing the battery this year. It was always bad, but last year (and the year before) I was able to get through a whole game plus a bit on audio with the screen off. Now after 45 minutes on audio, screen off, battery is half gone.
On the other hand, maybe the battery didn’t start full (facebook notifications are going crazy for me today for obvious reasons… maybe that is killing my battery too).
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Could be. The thing is just over two years old. But I’m waiting until the summer to upgrade.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
you really only ever needed to use Thundershock. Thunderbolt was overkill by level 40.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
True Blue LA
Where off-topic is on topic.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t talk about religion and don’t talk about politics.
Pretty much everything else is fair game.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
haha, bleacher report is terrible. so no it’s not that.
by chrisdodgers on Mar 15, 2011 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I just know if the initials are "BR" it's grounds for blocking...
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
or what nolander said
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I like Truxton’s. And it’s easy to find.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Truxton's
Is that like Broxton’s son if he mated with a truck?
There’s a gasoline joke somewhere in there.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t blame you, it sounds like a cracker of a match
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
They *really* like and want Kershaw on the Rangers blog, heh
(in the comments like halfway down)
http://www.lonestarball.com/2011/3/15/2052432/spring-training-game-game-day-thread
like
Mike Young, Chris Davis
And every organ in my body for Kershaw.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I'm actually working!
Sent the parents on a wild goose chase to the grocery store.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Hee, no, they are already worried about tsunamis
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
My first look at Gwynn this spring
Are those Manny’s old pants, or MC Hammer’s?
"Baseball is the heart of America, I would never do anything to besmirch our National Pastime."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Mar 15, 2011 2:29 PM PDT reply actions
Can't believe Kershaw has allowed earned runs.
What a dick.
At least the club can save money by not having to get anything engraved just yet.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope he goes down and kicks so much ass they move blake into a platoon with Loney
These hands will always be rough
Yeah, but IDJ’s ceiling is utilityman (downgraded from everyday 2B). Sitting on the ML bench is no big loss for him.
Are we already giving up on him?
Is there really no hope that he was still feeling the effects of his injury last year?
These hands will always be rough
On three pitches.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Chris Davis “can” “play” “3rd”
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 15, 2011 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
There goes the last IDJ
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
He has a 3/21 deal
Uribe don’t have to live like a refugee
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Jay Gibbons' song
Runnin’ Down a Dream, Then Losing the Dream in the Lights, Sticking Up Your Glove and Having the Dream Bounce Off of It for an E-7
….not Petty’s catchiest tune.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe Humma already did with his Hendricks pic
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
okay, newbies should be required to put a winky or sarcastic face
when they are facetious until we get to know them.
:-P
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Hindsight and all that and I know they're trying to stretch Kid K but uh maybe they shoulda
pulled him earlier?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Not sure. Maybe his pitch count was still low and they wanted him to work from the stretch. Not sure.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably, but he looked like he was laboring at least a few of batters earlier
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Gotta learn to labour, hell, I’m upset they didn’t go stab him in the ankle, get that toughness up
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, Ms. Use British Spellings on Baseball Blogs ;-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
in my defence, that’s just how I colour my speech. I also sign my emails with cheers, and I’ve noticed that since I started doing that, my reply rate when I email publicists in the entertainment industry is up like 75% : )
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
It's just a side effect of spending a lot of time writing about futbol :-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
every now and again I have to remind myself not to write pitch, even though I hear Martin Tyler say it like every day, if I write pitch, I’m gonna sound like a Eurosnob. Then I write pitch anyhow.
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
some of my teammates call our uniforms "kits"
and only one of t hem is British. Used to confuse me, had no idea what “kit” meant.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
see the uniform is a kit, but the top is a shirt, and I find a bunch of the non brits were refer to their shirts as kits, thinking it another word for jersey.
which is another tangent, since jersey is a type of fabric, and it’s a lot like calling your baseball shirt a flannel
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep, if you aren’t Randy Johnson, that cut just looks terrible.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 15, 2011 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but you wouldn’t say a damn word to him cause he’d just hit you with a snow ball.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 15, 2011 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, free agency brought on a whole new era of players….
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
haha
i am not an obnoxious asshole in person. i think.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 15, 2011 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
well what do you expect from a league as young as the AL?
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Ban Ban Johnson!
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Suchon said on the broadcast Kershaw was leaving the ball up in the 6th.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
He was looking fine to me until the 6th
he had some bad luck, a little bad D, a few seeing eye hits, I saw maybe 2 hard hit balls until he tired in the 6th. In short, I wouldn’t worry about it.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Yeah someone had a lighter for his smoke finally.
i am not an obnoxious asshole in person. i think.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 15, 2011 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Does anybody know anything about hypnotism?
Has anybody here used itto quit smoking or anything like that?
i am not an obnoxious asshole in person. i think.
I used Schick Center to quit smoking
About as close to hypnosis as I’ve gotten
If they move, Kill em
What is Schick Center? Yeah I am going to look into hypnosis.
I smoke not because I am addicted to Nicotene but because I am addicted to wanting to go outside to smoke and sit on the computer and smoke. etc. etc.
i am not an obnoxious asshole in person. i think.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 15, 2011 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
What I want to do with hypnosis, I think,
is to block my brain from associating pleasurable things with smoking.
i am not an obnoxious asshole in person. i think.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 15, 2011 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha, this is one reason I want to stop smoking.
It is cold outside.
i am not an obnoxious asshole in person. i think.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 15, 2011 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I would beg to differ
Nicotine is the reason you are addicted to smoking. After a certain point, it also becomes a mental addiction, but the nicotine starts it.
If they move, Kill em
I feel it is easier to overcome the nicotine.
Sure, it is addictive, but I have been attempting to break the cycle of associating it with watching baseball or just having a beer. I am looking into hypnosis to help with that, but damn it is expensive.
i am not an obnoxious asshole in person. i think.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 15, 2011 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
my dad did
but I dont really have any more info other than that.. he relapsed for a couple months many years after but hes back to not smoking..
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Mar 15, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Overcoming the yips > four elbow surgeries?
Uh, no…thanks for playing anyways. Who are these dudes on the simulcast?
"Flame yo, hot man!"
"...Flame...yo?"
"[shrugs]"
See above
Josh Suchon and Joe Block.
What did they say?
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks, Eric
One of them said it was more impressive for Kuo to come back from “the yips” than from his two Tommy John’s and two clean surgeries…I liked the thought (Rick Ankiel came to mind), but it seemed ridiculous to me.
"Flame yo, hot man!"
"...Flame...yo?"
"[shrugs]"
haha yeah u got me. THough in my defense its been a very busy day and i just skipped to the comments. Not an excuse just a reason
If it was me, everyone would have to take a test before they could comment on a new post. Then again I’m of the misbegotten belief that anything I write is of the utmost importance when in actuality who gives a shit about Hector Gimenez.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
I read them.
I don’t understand everything all the time. But I read it.
i am not an obnoxious asshole in person. i think.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 15, 2011 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt's reaction was caught on mic
“Oh, gone…D’oh!”
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, so Casey Blake doesn't have an oblique strain
but how can this passage from Gurnick be anything good?
“They are sending the MRI to the doctor in LA and in north Phoenix to come up with the proper treatment. What they saw doesn’t fit into a category or package. The symptoms and the MRI don’t fit.”
I wonder who has seen the MRI and is making the determination that the symptoms don’t fit the MRI. If it’s Stan Conte — and it might be, I guess — he doesn’t have an MD, does he? Let’s wait and see what a doc says. Probably not good but a trainer is not a doctor.
If it’s an MD who’s made that determination and he’s like “fuck if i know, let’s show a specialist,” then that’s cause for concern.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Good point
Maybe he was like, “Damnit Jim! I’m not a doctor. Oh wait, I am a doctor. Still, I don’t know what that thing is.”
Casey then said, “My name’s not Jim.”
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, it seems that Conte holds credentials in athletic training and physical therapy and was — at the time of his hire by the Dodgers — going for his doctorate in physical therapy.
With all of that, I’d guess the following:
1. He knows how to read an MRI
2. 9 times out of 10 or better he can make the proper determination on what to do based on what the MRI says
3. When the shit hits the fan he’s gotta call in the big guns
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m sure that is the case. It makes sense.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Weird computer shit happened to be 2X today
When I just tried to navigate to TBLA via my bookmarks, while the site was loading, my PC all of a sudden switched to another site that looked that Windows security, the site did a “scan” and told me I had a bunch of viruses and wanted me to download a file to “clean them”
I smelled scam the whole time, nothing got downloaded, I disconnected my net connection and then shut down my browser
I have since run a real scan and am all clean
this has only happened on my way to this site
anyone else have this happen? any ideas?
You might have a virus that your scan didn't pick up :-/
or it might be spyware
These hands will always be rough
Joe, a lot of people have been having that problem on various SB Nation sites. I asked the tech team about it, and if you have time click on the “contact us” link on the bottom of the page and send all relevant info (operating system, exactly what happened, etc). That will help them solve the problem.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
We should start making some up.
A Colorado Beanbag is a lazy fly ball that looks like it’s an out, but carries out of the park for a home run.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I was trying to think of some
but I could only think of the Kansas City moniker from Blazing Saddles and didn’t want to type that.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
French Mistake
When a batter jackknifes to get out of the way of an inside pitch thats nowhere near that inside.
I’ve decided that should actually be called a Rocky Mountain Oyster.
I’ve also decided the San Francisco Treat is a fine name for a Double Play
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m down with both of those.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Sands struck out looking, if the audio was correct
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
Gabe Kapler has Mase’s “Mo Money, Mo Problems” as his at-bat music…haven’t heard that song in forever.
"Flame yo, hot man!"
"...Flame...yo?"
"[shrugs]"
wild pitch (Suchon/Block thought it should be a passed ball); X.Paul scored from 3rd
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Scored as a WP
Looked like a passed ball to me, though.
"Flame yo, hot man!"
"...Flame...yo?"
"[shrugs]"
Figured it out. The Math challenged front office is giving Velez the most ab’s to see if his average can reach zero. O course many of the people here could tell them that he already has a hit, and even with infinite ab’s he can only approach .000 as a limit.
Entering today, Velez had the 17th most PA in the spring.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 15, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Woo hoo the gritty scrubs and scrappy backups have lead a comeback!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
The statistics tell us it is still a lost cause! Our ST losses still too much to overcome!
abort abort!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Btw, the Rangers seemed to have left Ogando in there too long too
I know they have pitch counts and all but for a reliever that seemed to be pushing it…
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
This is why regardless of how good Hosmer or Moustoukas or whoever is, the Royals will always finish in last place.
Royals want Billy Butler to steal more.
Butler is so slow that at one point they were using Mike Jacobs in the field instead of him.
@andrewngrant
FWIW, Gameday has Hawksworth.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
And this note:
“Defensive substitution: Ron Mahay replaces right fielder Gabe Kapler, batting 9th, playing right field.”
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 15, 2011 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
What a terrible pitch from Mahay. Is this Sherrill II where he’s not capable of throwing anything good to a righty?
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Watching Mahay makes me even more frustrated with Elbert, who if he could just throw frickin strikes
consistently would be a lock by far over Mahay.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I tried. It hurt my scalp.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
So is this Mahay or Hawksworth?
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 15, 2011 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
why does that look more like a Village People album cover?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I’m pretty sure Rosie the Riveter is right behind them, taking the middle guy’s job
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
nah I’ll be at LMU all day, Thursday I’m in Beverly Hills I think
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
that would work better if we were UC Davis or Boise St. You could have said you were gonna drive our team extinct, but history already pushed all the Grizzlies back to Canada
by Josie Becker on Mar 15, 2011 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
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