Navarro Has Strained Oblique, Will Likely Begin Season On DL
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 12:03 PM PDT
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The Dodgers got the results of Dioner Navarro's MRI today, and the backup catcher has a strained oblique. The Dodgers say Navarro will miss "weeks, not days," meaning Navarro will almost certainly be one of four Dodgers to open their season on the disabled list, joining Casey Blake, Jon Garland, and Vicente Padilla.
The injury to Navarro opens up a spot on the roster for the out-of-options Hector Gimenez, or possibly A.J. Ellis, though Ellis still has an option remaining. As we stand here on Friday, March 25, here is my guess as to what the opening day roster will be:
- Starting Pitchers (4): Clayton Kershaw, Chad Billingsley, Ted Lilly, Hiroki Kuroda
- Relief Pitchers (7): Jonathan Broxton, Hong-Chih Kuo, Matt Guerrier, Kenley Jansen, Blake Hawksworth, Scott Elbert, Mike MacDougal*
- Catchers (2): Rod Barajas, Hector Gimenez
- Infielders (6): James Loney, Jamey Carroll, Rafael Furcal, Juan Uribe, Aaron Miles*, Ivan DeJesus
- Outfielders (6): Andre Ethier, Matt Kemp, Marcus Thames, Jay Gibbons, Tony Gwynn Jr., Xavier Paul
*The Dodgers currently have 39 players on their 40-man roster, so if they add two non-roster players in MacDougal and Miles they will have to make a corresponding roster move, something like designating John Lindsey for assignment.
Today's Game
The Dodgers are playing the Diamondbacks in Tucson, with proceeds from the game going to the Tucson Together Fund, benefiting victims and families affected by the shootings in Tucson on January 8. The game is at Kimo Veterans Memorial Stadium, which was formerly Tucson Electric Park, spring home of the Diamondbacks until this season.
Tim Redding makes submits his final piece to his fifth starter resume this afternoon, while John Ely gets his chance tonight in Peoria against the Mariners. Rubby De La Rosa is scheduled to follow Redding on the mound today for the Dodgers.
Lineups
| Dodgers | D-Backs | |||
| CF | Gwynn | 3B | Roberts | |
| SS | Carroll | LF | Parra | |
| RF | Ethier | RF | Upton | |
| LF | Gibbons | CF | Young | |
| 1B | Loney | 1B | Miranda | |
| 2B | Miles | 2B | Ransom | |
| C | Ellis | SS | Owings | |
| 3B | Sellers | C | Blanco | |
| P | Redding |
P | Galarraga |
|
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Game Time: 1:05 p.m. PST
TV: None; no radio either
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Carroll starting on opening day and most of the time until Blake returns. IDJ with a few starts, too.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
"I remember [Lakers general manager] Jerry West coming down from the stands after just a little while and saying, ‘Shut down the workout,’ " Vaccaro said. "He didn’t need to see any more. That was it. Game over."
.
There was no way to get Bryant to drop all the way to the Lakers, so West began working potential trades. If Kobe could get to Charlotte at 13, he said, the Lakers could trade Vlade Divac for the young phenom. Team Bryant wanted it to happen.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
by meercatjohn on Mar 25, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Blake
I think he will be back some time relatively soon, like April 12-15 or so, with Padilla likely a week or two after that.
IMO the order of return will be…
Blake
Garland
Padilla
Navarro
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh
but dodgers.com really wants me to believe Padilla can be back by the 2nd series!
These hands will always be rough
Second week, maybe (but a longshot). But no way second series.
Best case scenarios…
April 6: Blake
April 12: Garland
April 15: Padilla
April 15: Navarro
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Amazing what injuries will to do to an opening day roster:)
Good news, these are all minor, all of them should be back before the end of April. Still would not count out Padilla
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Tony Jackson's story about today's charity game also said
Mattingly said he has ruled out the possibility that Padilla will be ready by opening day, but says he definitely believes Padilla will return sometime in April.
by bhsportsguy on Mar 25, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
In the roster prediction, I have Navarro instead of Gimenez, Ely instead of Paul, Castro instead of De Jesus, Mahay instead of MacDougal, and Blake instead of Furcal. How am I doing?
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
Winning*
*by Charlie Sheen’s definition
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I guessed the wrong injuries but since I had Gimenez and DeJesus and they were bubble babies, the Mayhem roster is looking strong. Knowing they would only need four starters kept me from wasting a spot on the Reddings or Ely’s for opening day.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
by meercatjohn on Mar 25, 2011 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL@OED?
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Who’s Hector Gimenez?
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
by meercatjohn on Mar 25, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Just so you know, I do blame you for Navarro’s injury.
If you had simply told Navarro of this story immediately he would have laughed hard enough to stretch out his oblique to the point where it wouldn’t have been strained.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Vector’s people got to her
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
by meercatjohn on Mar 25, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Not a ghost of a chance he’d blame K3vo.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Good point
I’ll blame G.Scott though, since I had a beer (or 10) with the Ghost.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Navarro’s father was a champion kickboxer in Venezuela, you two would have had so much to talk about.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
by meercatjohn on Mar 25, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t do dishes
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
by meercatjohn on Mar 25, 2011 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
This is fact. I was going to surprise the lass next weekend by showing up on her doorstep, but she had work the day I get in so I had to tell her so I wouldn’t end up driving around nashville by myself until 5pm.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
seriously
his new sig g scott ♥ g scott
by delias man on Mar 25, 2011 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
We have to create the Maddz/GScott fanpost
It will be 75 nonsense words just to create it but then we could just always link it and say take it to your own thread.
:)
by bhsportsguy on Mar 25, 2011 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
you guys really needed it this morning
If this was yahoo chat 15 years ago, you would leave the room and go private.
The funny thing is
she’ll probably be out with Hollywood Joe having pie and coffee.
by bhsportsguy on Mar 25, 2011 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I do recall
GScott telling us about how romantic he is, though that was in a galaxy long ago and far far away.
by bhsportsguy on Mar 25, 2011 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
A $12 million question
per Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register:
Interesting answer from Scioscia today when asked if Kazmir had earned a spot in the rotation. “Define ‘earn.’” Scioscia said.
Great answer, coincidence but two 12 Million dollar left handed pitchers that have ties to the Mets. That Santana guy not doing so well either.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
by meercatjohn on Mar 25, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
In this case earn means “dude is making 12 million and who the hell else should start? Hisanori Takahashi?”
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
The Angels have a shockingly lack of PVL pitchers in camp, I was hoping I could have used someone like Todd Wellemeyer.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s nice when Kazmir sucks and you have someone to turn to besides Hisanori Takahashi.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
They can't afford that!
not while paying Vernon Wells salary at least.
These hands will always be rough
Their real problem
is their entire infield is going to be made up of middle infielders. Yeesh.
These hands will always be rough
Exhibition Games Next Week
If anyone wants 4 good tickets to either one of the two games, let me know and I’ll send them your way.
Today's winners
North Carolina
Kansas
Ohio State
VCU (upset special!!!)
The first three seem like gimmes.
At this point
I would take Bodhi’s picks over yours :)
by bhsportsguy on Mar 25, 2011 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Bodhi seems like a very intelligent young cat.
by silverwidow on Mar 25, 2011 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
The No. 11 David toppling the No. 10 Goliath!
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
To be fair to Silverwidow, FSU is the same 4-point favorite over VCU that UNC is over Marquette.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m looking pretty good as long as the top 3 win today. North Carolina makes me the most nervous.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I feel like I should remind people that your picks yesterday failed pretty miserably
by Michael White on Mar 25, 2011 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
My only chance now is if Ohio State shits the bed just like Duke did.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
that's personal
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 know we have some tech guys here, so I'll ask:
My video card fried last night, and I tried to buy a new one but it was too big for my computer. I play a lot of demanding games on my computer at a high resolution, and have the computer processing power and 8GB RAM to back it up, but I think the video card I just picked up isn’t what I expected. It’s a GeForce GTX 430. Should I return it again before I open it or will it be okay?
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
the first card was $307 after taxes, the second one was $120 before taxes. The computer is a lot of my entertainment so I don’t mind paying up to $300 bucks for a good one. I think I need a single-slot card is my problem. My other problem is that all the wires in the computer were zip-tied together directly in the center, so when I get home I’m going to have to clip that and re-tie them along the edges. Any issue with leaving them unclipped?
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
No issue with having them unziptied other then it becoming super messy. I use velcro zip ties to try to keep things in order. If you absolutely must have a single slot card for some reason, then you might have to get an aftermarket cooler to replace the stock one, but that might void the warranty. There might be some that come stock with a single slot solution that will probably cost extra. What processor do you have, and what resolution do you usually run?
These hands will always be rough
I’d have to tell you when I get home. Whatever the max res for my computer is. The one that fried was a Nvidia GeForce 9500GT and did okay. i was hoping to use this as an opportunity to upgrade.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Travel roster to Tucson
Pitchers:
78 Rubby De La Rosa, RHP #
93 Steven Ames, RHP*
71 Jon Huber, RHP#
97 Cole St. Clair, LHP*
52 Oscar Villarreal, RHP #*
Catchers:
79 Hector Gimenez (S)
89 Keyter Collado *
Infielders:
94 Travis Denker*
92 Wilberto Ortiz*
96 Corey Smith*
Outfielders:
87 Brad Coon (L)*
49 Trent Oeltjen (L) #
3 Xavier Paul (L)
91 Alfredo Silverio*
I'll take a stab
’# is NRI
’* is minor leaguer
No symbol is on 40 man roster
by Michael White on Mar 25, 2011 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Pound is for non-roster invitees, asterisk is for minor leaguers
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks. Huh. So Rubby dlR is an NRI but not a minor leaguer? Really? Villareal is the only one who’s both? I’m somewhat confused.
Rubby hasn’t yet been reassigned to minor league camp. Villarreal and Huber have been though I think I deleted an asterisk during the cut & paste
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Very nice and poignant
Dodgers tweet
Pregame ceremony starting in Tucson. Dallas Green Jr. to throw out first pitch to Mattingly with John and Roxanna Green looking on
With all the AZ teams in the Phoenix area, this isn't much of an issue
since everyone is pretty much within 30-45 minutes, but the Dodgers play tonight in Peoria against the Mariners, then tomorrow in Peoria against the Padres.
If the teams were more spread out like Florida, that would mean an overnight stay.
For that reason, the Cactus League seems much more fan friendly than the Grapefruit League
by Michael White on Mar 25, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I would agree with that.
Cost wise, I don’t know about that.
by bhsportsguy on Mar 25, 2011 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I loved Peoria’s complex. I learned two things there: their batting cages are hard to see in when you’re hitting, and Cici’s is a terrible idea for breakfast.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
BH & I went to see a game there last spring. It was a great game for Withrow, and J-Mac’s implosion. Nice stadium, with a giant batters eye in CF that Will Venable hit a ball over off Kuroda.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t get to play in that stadium unfortunately. The showcase was setup as a tournament and we only played three games. IIRC we were supposed to get the stadium for one game because we were the Yankees’ representation, but it got moved. Ended up playing all three games on the back fields. Still cool though.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Apologies. I meant Mimi’s Cafe. Never again.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
It was the only thing I remember not liking about Peoria. That year we had a team dinner and a couple of the dads came along. I enjoyed watching Adam Sorgi of future Stanford acclaim hit on the waitress, get rebuffed, then watch as his dad got her number.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
That was the year I roomed with Sorgi, Trumbo and some other dude I don’t remember. Sorgi was a legit person though.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
As someone old enough to be Adam Sorgi's father
I like this story.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
The dad had the best pickup line of all time, though
“Hey, you know that kid that was just hitting on you? That was my son. I’m sorry about that. I’d like to teach him a lesson and bust his balls a bit. Nothing would embarrass him more than seeing his old man get your number. Whaddaya say?”
The reason I cannot be nice to people is because I am an asshole
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe the line was
Good call not taking his number. He still has to ask me to borrow my Viper. Care to show me around town?
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
If I was Sorgi, I woulda said
But Dad, what’s Mom gonna think about that?
The reason I cannot be nice to people is because I am an asshole
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t find out until we were leaving that there are Cracker Barrels in the Phoenix area. Cracker Barrel!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
The Dodgers’ broadcast press release from a few weeks ago said KABC would broadcast today’s game (and tonight’s game), but there are no options for audio or video for the game using Gameday.
FWIW MLB At Bat is faililng even to come up with a Gameday link, never mind audio.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorrry, Gameday just showed up, but no audio.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Tonight's lineup in Peoria
SS Furcal
2B DeJesus
3B Uribe
CF Kemp
LF Thames
RF Kapler
C Barajas
1B Sands
P Ely
Travel rosters tonight
Pitchers:
36 Blake Hawksworth, RHP
38 Ramon Troncoso, RHP
56 Hong-Chih Kuo, LHP
74 Kenley Jansen, RHP
91 Juan Rincon, RHP
97 Merkin Valdez, RHP
Catchers:
17 A.J. Ellis (pulling double duty, though I doubt he catches tonight)
93 Matt Wallach (L)
94 Gorman Erickson (S)
Infielders:
13 Juan Castro
87 Elian Herrera (S)
89 Jaime Pedroza (S)
98 Steven Caseres (L)
Outfielders:
90 Leon Landry (L)
92 Kyle Russell (L)
95 Brian Cavazos-Galvez
96 Blake Smith (L)
is tonight’s game on TV? I want to see landry play!
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
If you have DirecTV, yes!
It’s on ROOT Sports (Seattle broadcast)
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
If you have MLB AtBat on your iPhone, you can watch it for free on your phone.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
So does mine
When I place it on top of my hand and flick my thumb.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s pretty remarkable. I watched the guy name the starting defensive backfield of the 78 Falcons.
by Michael White on Mar 25, 2011 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
To win that show, you have to have a very solid background in the major sports (in order to even get to the finals) but you have to be an expert in a niche sport and get lucky to have that be a category in the final round. One of the guys I saw win it was clearly a boxing fanatic, and that was a category chosen. The guy immediately started picking off those questions in the final round and was able to win.
by Michael White on Mar 25, 2011 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Reminds Me Way Too Much Of This
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
minimized. gross.
"John Ely? I don't want to sound like a jerk or anything, but I don't know who that is. Who is John Ely?"
One day I’m gonna find the source of the .gif, and I’m going to relentlessly mock the person who thought it was a good idea.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
this is really funny
and nauseating
I like when everyone is right
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 25, 2011 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Awesome, it’s like he’s playing Jim Walsh on the opening credits of 90210
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Mar 25, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
So, if I got an IPAD and MLB.TV, and I brought it to work with me everyday with the intention of being able to watch Dodger day games, would this work, or woudl I get blacked out? My office is in Los Angeles.
You’d probably get blacked out.
"John Ely? I don't want to sound like a jerk or anything, but I don't know who that is. Who is John Ely?"
You might be able to get a Slingbox and watch the game on TV on your iPad
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I see. So there’s not yet a slingbox type app for the IPAD or XOOM?
by Michael White on Mar 25, 2011 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice. That’s not at all expensive. I was expecting a few hundred bucks.
by Michael White on Mar 25, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I think thats only for the ipad APP
the hardware is sold seperately
These hands will always be rough
I know the ios has it
but I don’t know if they have released on for android, they where working on it as of a year ago
These hands will always be rough
I guess this is what you call
In all seriousness, it sounds like a good cause, good luck to them reaching their goal.
And the Dodgers take the early lead
with two out, Miles doubled, Ellis singled in home, and then Justin Sellers doubled in Ellis.
2-0 with two out in the bottom of the second
Miles, Ellis and Sellers got hits? Is the guy on the mound Russ Ortiz?
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
They say the hitters will let you know if what you’re throwing is good or not. Bad hitters will let you know more than good hitters because bad hitters need bad pitching to be successful whereas good hitters can hit you even if you’re throwing well.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Hahaha
So we will have our season ended by Arizona?
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
They lost Monday night.
7-1-1 in last 9 though.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
This needs a name and a glossary entry
The Joey Joe Principle?
The Joey Joe Correlation?
The Joey Joe Prophecy?
help me smart people, I have been interviewing sales people, my brain is fried from all their lies
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 25, 2011 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno
I will think he has a child
"John Ely? I don't want to sound like a jerk or anything, but I don't know who that is. Who is John Ely?"
Folly is taken.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh shit
Now Humma becomes Liam Neeson and starts kicking ass.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude
5’5", 140. As small as you can be and still shop in the mens’ department.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
The .350 mark could be the Joeyjoeza Line
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
by Nolij on Mar 25, 2011 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Works for me.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Eating a club sandwich at lunch. Either I was really hungry, or this is the greatest club sandwich in history.
A club sandwich
is on toasted white bread with bacon lettuce and tomato on the top layer and turkey on the second layer, with mayo
I know what a club sandwich is, I was asking which drive-thru it came from.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I really want a pastrami sandwich right now.
"John Ely? I don't want to sound like a jerk or anything, but I don't know who that is. Who is John Ely?"
I’m a corned beef guy, but the pastrami at Katz in NYC is beyond ridic. /notwantingtostarthugesubthread
Dodger stadium used to have good corned beef. They sliced it thick. Yum.
I knew BBQ one upsmanship was a thing, but this might be the first I’ve seen Deli oneupsmanship.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Have you missed the various deli subthreads here?
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably.
I guess smoked meat just brings out the competitor in everyone.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
When is our Canadian smoked meat-up?
"John Ely? I don't want to sound like a jerk or anything, but I don't know who that is. Who is John Ely?"
I’m not an authority on this by any means, but there’s a place in Redondo to get some smoked meat.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
there’s a cafe in Redondo that does Canadian smoked meat, Berokwit was really excited.
"John Ely? I don't want to sound like a jerk or anything, but I don't know who that is. Who is John Ely?"
Yes, it’s right next to my old place.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Either Avenue G or H and PCH. Redondo Beach Cafe. Smoked meat was good but it’s the only place I’ve had it so I can’t compare.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
We were going to have it in Tennessee in October.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
That’ll be awkward, since I’m moving back to LA
"John Ely? I don't want to sound like a jerk or anything, but I don't know who that is. Who is John Ely?"
Tsunami risk condition: Orange-Blue
0oo0oo0000oo0o00ooo0oo0o0ooo0o0o0. . .. . . . . .
by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 25, 2011 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
turkey, ham, and bacon. From Farmer Boys.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d never been to the pitchersandpoets blog before, but I’m now reading through some of the articles on the site. They are very well-written and good reads. I especially like the article on Milton Bradley entitled “Encino Man.”
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I’m doing the same thing. I liked the article about Pointless Sports Debates of the Recent Past.
I may have to subscribe to the podcast.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
From last thread
thanks for the advice, David. It’s hard not looking at money being lost and wanting it to stop, even though I know it’s a long term investment.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Your welcome
I am not a C.P.A. or any sort of qualified financial adviser of any sort so take it for what it is worth. The best cure for your problem is “don’t look”. That’s why one should have a fixed periodicity to look and rebalance.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
welcome back. Apologies for the upcoming loss.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I’ve heard that for 4 rounds. If Az stays hot they will beat UCONN.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 25, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
you mean if
Derrick Williams stays hot.
That guy is RIDICULOUS
"John Ely? I don't want to sound like a jerk or anything, but I don't know who that is. Who is John Ely?"
Williams only had 7 of AZ’s 55 points in the 2nd half. The whole team is knocking down shots right now.
0oo0oo0000oo0o00ooo0oo0o0ooo0o0o0. . .. . . . . .
by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 25, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
You will have to cut him some slack
he went from if someone makes a play that 8 year olds do everyday (inbounding the ball) his team is out vs. the best 15 minutes or so of basketball that I have seen in this tournament.
The follow dunk he had was outstanding.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
you could hear it coming. Once he beat his guy and the lane was open you could hear the crowd buzz in anticipation. Was awesome.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 25, 2011 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I am really glad that somebody is so fucking hip that they have to tweet (and re-tweet) about some business (I’m guessing) using quotation marks incorrectly to advise that they will be at a funeral.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I assumed that whoever posted the sign is really at a funeral and is using quotation marks incorrectly to draw attention to that word.
But I’m a humorless fuck today. (Maybe every day? Hmm.) If I’m wrong, pay no attention to me.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I took it the same way, thinking that there are people (like my grandfather) who stick “quotes” randomly all over the place. He also underlines words indiscriminately.
I think the person who tweeted it took it as sarcasm, whether or not it was. You and I lack the context to be able to tell which of the two it was.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I took it as what you tell your boss you’re doing when you really need a day off. Use either “funeral” or “explosive diahrea”. Neither will be questioned.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
step?
If you mean strep, then yes, I agree. If you don’t mean strep, I have no idea what you meant.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Curb Your Enthusiasm
incest with a step relative still counts.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
And both are perfectly plausible explanations. If it was, say, Commodore Bobby’s House of Mutton at the same time as the Vanderbilt basketball game, you could likely assume it was sarcastic. But bad grammar is at least equally likely.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Oh man, if we had that place on campus or in Nashville you KNOW I would be there.
We have a place called “Grins”, pronounced “greens”, and it’s vegetarian and kosher.
"John Ely? I don't want to sound like a jerk or anything, but I don't know who that is. Who is John Ely?"
OK, I get vegetarian, but fill me in on the joke about kosher.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
In Hebrew transliteration, the “i” is pronounced “ee”
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
That makes sense.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
It was retweeted with the joke:
Sorry for your “loss”
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
and I laughed because I have a morbid sense of humor.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
As I said, I am a humorless fuck today.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Chris Young singles on a ground ball to third baseman Justin Sellers.
Hard to tell with Gameday just how that was hit.
I'll guess
Dribbler in front of the plate, Ellis does not field it cleanly, throw to first is too late?
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
AKA
What Ruiz should have done on Halladay’s no-hitter.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
“third baseman”
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 25, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Anyone with good Photoshop skills want to take a stab at this...
put Tim Redding’s head and slightly change the name on the card
If Spawn could read this card, she would say, “My teacher calls farts ‘toots.’”
And I would respond, “That is appropriate in this instance.”
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Uh oh to the Tim Redding Marching and Chowder Society
After giving up a two run home run and then a single, Game Day says “Injury Delay” and now Rubby is in the game with one on and no one out in the bottom of the 4th, 3-2 Dodgers
GScott will be crushed, because my boy Ely is coming back
"John Ely? I don't want to sound like a jerk or anything, but I don't know who that is. Who is John Ely?"
Is it crazy to want him to start instead of Ely?
probably I guess, but, I mean, come ooooooooooon
These hands will always be rough
Dude really needs some work if you expect him to be anything more than Kenley Jansen.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I mean it would be for one or two starts
while Garland is out. I don’t want him as the 5th starter indefinitely right now.
These hands will always be rough
Seems a stretch to add him to the 40-man roster for 2-3 starts.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Trent Dilfer might be a loon
Per Schefter:
“I can’t tell you how much Aaron Rodgers I see in (TCU quarterback) Andy Dalton.”
Maybe he couldn’t tell him because it’s a secret.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
dude has spent lots of time in dugouts
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 25, 2011 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Per every analyst ever
I can’t tell you how much [Insert QB who just won the Super Bowl] I see in ([School] quarterback) [Any of 10 of this year’s quarterback prospect]
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Not true
Nobody ever compared anyone to Trent Dilfer as a compliment.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
People tend to go the Brad Johnson route when citing “game manager”
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember when Brady and Roethlisberger were called game managers
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 25, 2011 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
That tends to happen when you are young
and have a good defense and running game to rely on while you learn the ropes.
These hands will always be rough
I can’t tell you how much I hate the using a negative to express a positve sentence structure. It is annoying
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 25, 2011 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
That brings back memories. Anyone remember the other free agent starters we were considering signing when Looper was available? I know he was in the final three.
I’ll always remember him for being the preferred way of telling people how bad your fantasy team is.
“You think you’ve got it bad? I’m running The Loop out there as one of my starters”
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice
So 2 IP for Rubby today so far. No runs. No hits. 2 Ks. Nice, nice, nice.
Sounds like Redding, by comparison, was… meh.
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Oh damn. Too bad.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 25, 2011 2:39 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
same, but i read it and laughed.
0oo0oo0000oo0o00ooo0oo0o0ooo0o0o0. . .. . . . . .
by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 25, 2011 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Rubby putting a headlock around the spring rookie award that I’ve forgotten the name of already.
Mulvey?
Mulchay?
Malaria?
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Mulva? Rhymes with mulva?
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I would love to see both AJ and Gimenez have spots on the team with Navarro out
but I know that’s unlikely. I get the fascination with Hector Vector, I do, but Ellis has paid his dues, is solid behind the dish, solid OBP, not the power potential Gimenez has but seems like he deserves it. But the options thing is the key, I guess.
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With Redding off the tracks and the amount of injuries piling up I suggest we do an injury contest. Instead of guessing who will be the next to go down, how about we simply list those left standing
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Are we still sure that Gibbons is a roster lock?
has he shown anything since having new eyes?
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“The numbers will speak for themselves,” Gibbons said. "If I go out there and hit .100, they can very easily get rid of me and people will say, ‘I told you so.’
Signed,
Jay Gibbons, .105
by silverwidow on Mar 25, 2011 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
He’ll be collecting a check, either on the roster or on the DL
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Right, but might be sunk costs. At this point do they already owe him the full amount
or is there an out to save some $ if he’s cut before __ date?
I’d rather pay him to not be on the team than pay him to make team worse, but that’s just me.
But hopefully I’m wrong and he’ll come on like gangbusters when season starts!
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It gets to the point again of how much do you value spring stats though? They thought enough of Gibbons to sign him in the offseason; there is no reason to stray from that, especially when the bulk of his spring was with him not being able to see.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
From the point of view that I think Gibbons sucks and should not have been signed this offseason, I’m all for whatever keeps him off the roster, even if the thing that keeps him off the roster — his spring stats — makes no sense.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Because I am an asshole. Didn’t we cover this below? Jeez Louise.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
What’s with this “below”? I’ve seen it before. Do some people read TBLA upside down? Is there a pref somewhere (which I would not take, myself) to have newest at top instead of bottom?
I apologize for not scrolling to see where the conversation took place before writing the word “below.”
The reason I cannot be nice to people is because I am an asshole
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Some of us just sit here all day, and there are different threads of conversations going on at the same time.
by Michael White on Mar 25, 2011 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah true. But I had just come in, having been out a couple of hours, and was z’ing methodically downwards. The z key does not respect indentations or true chronology of commenting – thank goodness. Imagine if you went flitting all over the place. It just keeps going down, down, down, cutting through the integrity of different conversations, until you hit bottom. Then is starts again at the top with new comments that came in above whatever you were reading at the time. Anyway, on this particular occasion, having been following Humma’s grumpiness and sharp comments, I was aware that “below” was above. For me, anyway.
If you are in the thread as comments come in, several comments could come in below this one. But if someone replies to a comment, it stays threaded to that particular conversation, and above other, older comments.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m saying none of that matters because the team already made their choice.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
You make it sound like variables don’t change from Nov to April. Did Ned know at the time he signed Gibbons, that he would eventually also sign Thames and Gwynn? That Gibbons would have more eye problems? That Paul would come into camp bulked up and maybe all of these things together are enough that, hey you were depth but we may not need you now.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
There’s a real chance that Paul or Gwynn could end up the platoon LF, but Gibbons will still make the team. That is what I am saying. And I will continue to say that until I am proven otherwise by the Dodgers doing something they haven’t done in something like 15-20 years.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree with you about spring stats in that sense it wouldn't be fair
and I’m not anti Gibbons at any rate… but while he had a nice brief run with the Dodgers late last year I kinda figured it would be a bit much to expect that over the season (though they may still be thinking of him as a bench player anyway). I guess my other point was whatever at bats I’ve actually seen of him this Spring he’s looked rather poor at the plate. Though only about half those at bats were after his eyes were supposedly checked and “fixed.”
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Well keep in mind we are going to have like 4 players on the DL
might as well give him some at bats in real baseball with all the roster spots we have
These hands will always be rough
My coworkers sent the temp down to some sketchy neighborhood to buy the office lotto tickets. I called this “silly.” They called me out on it. “Why can’t you be nice to people?” They asked.
I am an asshole.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
In this scenario, they sound like the assholes though.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Point of information: the temp is in on the pool, and he wanted to go to the sketchy neighborhood.
Further point of information: I could have just kept my trap shut like I said I was going to.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
because people buy them in volume there
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 25, 2011 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
and he wanted to go to the sketchy neighborhood
got crack
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 25, 2011 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Well yeah, everyone knows you can be an asshole to the temp.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually think that’s an unwritten rule.
"John Ely? I don't want to sound like a jerk or anything, but I don't know who that is. Who is John Ely?"
It’s the 24th amendment actually.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Well done.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Ethier, Gibbons and Ellis out
Trent Oeltjen, Paul, and Giminez in.
Rubby allows bunt single by Upton
Err been away from the game but why did Redding leave? Saw Eric’s tweet about injury delay. WHo got hurt?
Redding left after the injury delay. That’s all we know.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 25, 2011 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Ned may have signed him for his hitting, but Kim Ng signed him for his catching abilities.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Rec’d.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
sure but if this site is consistent, who cares about spring stats. The man threw out 34% of the runners in 2010. He has always had a defensive reputation from the day he was signed. His defense was the reason he was once a prospect not his bat.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Can I pimp my fanpost again?
I said Gimenez looked like the best defensive catcher in all drills.
I’m convinced he’s not throwing out guys because of the pitchers.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I can’t say enough that if G Scott doesn’t love himself G Scott can’t love anyone else
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 25, 2011 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Mostly, I was just saying “heard this: I said this 2 weeks ago”
because sometimes I’m a dick.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Join the club.
The reason I cannot be nice to people is because I am an asshole
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
It was a weak attempt at a dilfer callback
out of practice, been working most of the afternoon
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 25, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
But the guy that most people ranked number one is smashing the ball too…
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
YCTWHISTAAITTBLAPP
You can’t take what happens in spring training and apply it toward TBLA prospect polls?
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Also while you’re begging Tim Redding to be kept off the team.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Gimenez is older I think.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Navarro is our youngest catcher of the four
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
As I understand it, all strains are tears. What differentiates is the severity of the tear.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Mar 25, 2011 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d invite Will Carrol to educate us, but then the problem would be that Will Carrol is here
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Actually
I did see he was coming out to LA for the SABR convention and thought about trying to arrange something for the Dodger blogs.
Like I said we went through exactly the same thing with Cutler in the playoffs
These hands will always be rough
But in this case
a strain oblique is the term used for a tear
Also at the bottom of the article cited above
Navarro suffered the oblique injury in batting practice Thursday. He has not been on the disabled list since 2008.
The oblique strain is the Dodgers’ second this spring. Fifth starter Garland has been out since March 9 with a side strain suffered while pitching, and he is close to returning to the mound
.
Are we above the Joeyjoeza Line yet?
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
by G.Scott on Mar 25, 2011 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
um, this needs to be green until it is firmly in the lexicon people
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 25, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
In the same sense that now that I posted this comment, I’m going home in a couple hours.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Oy. Who comes after Ely on the depth chart then?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
/Timmermann’d
The reason I cannot be nice to people is because I am an asshole
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe that Brent Leach guy can start a game.
Oh right
by Michael White on Mar 25, 2011 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Would he be before hawk?
how bad does it have to get before we see Monk
These hands will always be rough
It is March 25 and the fifth, sixth, and seventh starters are all injured. Buckle your seatbelts everybody.
The reason I cannot be nice to people is because I am an asshole
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
But our 1-4 are really good and really healthy. There are quite a few teams who wish they could say the same.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I was mostly kidding around, being an asshole and a humorless fuck, etc.
The reason I cannot be nice to people is because I am an asshole
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
as long as the injuries keep happening to 5 – 50 we are good shape. If any of the big four go down, watch out below.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Right. we just don’t have the offense or defense to hold down the fort while either Kershaw or Billingsley misses multiple starts.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I was gonna say the following: But that is like any team. If one of the four best players on any team misses extended time, that team is in trouble.
But then I remembered 2009, when the Dodgers’ best player missed extended time and they won 95 games.
The reason I cannot be nice to people is because I am an asshole
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
It was a good time for JP to have a month long BABIP-bonanza
by Michael White on Mar 25, 2011 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m still convinced that it is that month that turned Juan Pierre into a tradeable commodity.
I do not care if this is 100% False.
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by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought they said he’d be strictly a reliever? Maybe Monk?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
That seems like a reasonable guess.
Guys who are stretched out to start: Ely, Monk, Rubby. After that you starting getting close to Withrow.
by Michael White on Mar 25, 2011 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Padilla will be back before Monk can injure himself. Even if he’s strictly a reliever when he first gets back, at some point they would say, OK, you’re starting, right?
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by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I doubt it. You don’t want to rush Padilla back and then run him out into the starting lineup without him getting his arm stretched out. As long as Garland is not out for the year, you just bite the bullet and throw whatever minor leagur you can find out there and take the loss if necessary.
by Michael White on Mar 25, 2011 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Though I have no idea why you keep Hawksworth if you’re only gonna use him as short relief.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Because he’s better than the other bullpen alternatives.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Sure it’s debatable, but that’s why they’d keep him.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Blake Hawksworth does not have the pitching ability and repretoire necessary to be successful in the major leagues.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
If the outcome of the Dodgers’ season depends on Hawksworth being a reliable starting pitcher, we’re probably screwed anyway?
The reason I cannot be nice to people is because I am an asshole
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Hah! I very nearly made that statement almost verbatim (crediting you of course), but figured I’d leave it for you.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
That line is Reg’s.
The reason I cannot be nice to people is because I am an asshole
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s very little difference between Hawksworth and Cormier.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Cormier, 30 — career ERA 4.93, WHIP 1.620
Hawksworth, 28 — 4.07, 1.473
Hawksworth is younger and better
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I was going with, he’s a middling reliever, they’re all the same, but Cormier does suck a lot more than I thought he did.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe were thinking of ol' Rheal instead?
He sucked less, at least.
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Probably. I still think they’re the same guy more often than not.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
man, I just looked it up, Rheal had 16 ML seasons (!)
didn’t realize he was around that long. More decent than I remembered. Mediocre but not terrible, had staying power.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cormirh01.shtml
Yah, Cormier 2.0 is the one that sucks.
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How come they keep signing all of these old guys?
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I was making a “these guys are in their mid 30’s, that’s OOOLLLLLLDDDDD” joke.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Mat Latos is also hurting, will probably miss the opener.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
And one thing we can all agree on... losing Latos for any length of time >> losing Redding
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 and me. Have a disease.
Venereal gives up the jack to Goldschmidt.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Dandy Andy LaRoche with his fourth spring home run as he tries dearly to earn a major league spot.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
We actually have no idea if John Lindsey is a 4A player because he never got a chance to play in the major leagues for an extended time.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
well yeah, now that he’s old. I more think of guys like Alex Gordon, Andy LaRoche, Brandon Wood and Dallas McPherson when I think 4A.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Of those Alex Gordon is the starting LF for the Royals, Marte might be a good substitution, or Gordon could suck and he’d fit right in.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Gordon has gone up and down because he can’t hit like-handed pitchers. Marte is good, I’m ready to put LaPorta on that list as well.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Two weeks ago you told Reg keep LaPorta instead of Fowler! You can’t change your mind two weeks.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
and never will. He never got the one break to get extended time to find out. Then when he has a chance to got to Japan he breaks his wrist.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
True or False
being good in the minor leagues, not getting a callup, then being good in Japan still doesn’t prove you’d be a good major leaguer.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Maybe his back is finally healed?
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe anybody can hit anything over 50 PA, especially in Spring Training, and it means nothing at all?
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by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey we said that about Jose Bautista last year. /denial.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Not like Andy did not have value in 2009.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
I don’t really know how WAR works… but… I wonder how much that single game raised his WAR in 2009.
The reason I cannot be nice to people is because I am an asshole
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
He can also always look at Brandon Wood
and feel better about himself. yeesh.
These hands will always be rough
Fun thread. Andrew from PR chimed in and stillnotah8er hadn’t been banned yet.
2009 was fun.
by Michael White on Mar 25, 2011 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Yikes, we were awful confident weren’t we, not knowing we would keep losing and losing.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
It was so outrageous to consider they would blow it. Losing 8 games in a row the first of which saw JB on the mound in the 9th with a lead to get the save would have been unreal.
by Michael White on Mar 25, 2011 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh. And even though we eventually did get nervous, the Phils and Cards played like shit too, and the Dodgers ended up with the best record in the NL.
by Michael White on Mar 25, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Super Yikes
You can’t possibly be even the slightest bit worried about the Division
.
You are just making stuff up to make it more interesting. No team in history has ever lost six games in a row and had the team chasing it win six games in a row when three of those games are on the road against the team they are chasing.
.
by meercatjohn on Sep 28, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Man, Bills of the second half of 2009 must have been really screwed up. The next game the Dodgers sent CB to the hill in Petco (where he owns) against a guy I’ve never heard of making their first major league start.
Apparently, we didn’t win.
by Michael White on Mar 25, 2011 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I still contend Pennington over Favre would have gotten the Jets to the playoffs
I recall Favre single handedly losing games with stupid picks for the jets near the end.
These hands will always be rough
In that thread you wrote this
in a reply to Andrew Fisher:
We should do a SBNation get together in spring training 2010So it was a year late, but….
by Eric Stephen on Sep 28, 2009 1:57 PM PDT
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Hey, I’m sorry that the Dodgers didn’t give Andy the chance that the A’s are giving him. I wish he were here.
My only point is that spring training means nothing.
The reason I cannot be nice to people is because I am an asshole
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I think some have taken spring training means nothing to a level where it does not belong.
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
Spring training outcomes are not a reliable indicator of future performance
Spring training evaluations can be quite useful
and I wish the Dodgers took a flyer on Andy
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 25, 2011 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Sean Burroughs is in for Arizona
Didn’t we establish that Yankees need to get in on this action?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Kip Wells isn’t good enough for this situation?
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Dare I say Tyler Skaggs was boss for Arizona? He pitched 3 scoreless innings in relief to get the win.
If everything works out he might become another Dan Haren.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 25, 2011 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
theres a ton of dan haren posters in tempe
by the angels complex. I would be pissed if I were a dbacks fan and had to see his mug all over angels posters in my hometown.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Mar 25, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
They cannot lose the game with Skaggs and skip out for beer during commercials because this game it was not televised.
The reason I cannot be nice to people is because I am an asshole
by Humma Kavula on Mar 25, 2011 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
True or False
When Butler stops being the Underdog, that is when they will lose?
Whenever fortune smiles on you, someone else got the frown
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