Kuo Set For Debut, Loney Back Too, As Dodgers Face Mariners
by Eric Stephen on Mar 9, 2011 11:30 AM PST
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PrintHong-Chih Kuo is scheduled to make his long-awaited spring debut today, and luckily the game is televised, as the Dodgers battle the Mariners at Camelback Ranch. Kuo missed a lot of time last spring, pitching all of two innings in Cactus League play (he retired all six batters he faced of course, striking out two). He began the season on the disabled list with a sore left elbow, but ended up pitching 60 innings on the season, with the lowest ERA in Dodgers franchise history.
James Loney also returns today, after missing four days with a swollen left knee. The first eight of today's Dodger lineup today will most likely be the opening day lineup, minus the designated hitter of course.
UPDATE: Andre Ethier was a late scratch; Gabe Kapler is in right field in his place.
Lineups
| Mariners | Dodgers | |||
| RF | Ichiro | SS | Furcal | |
| 3B | Figgins | 3B | Blake | |
| CF | Gutierrez | RF | Kapler |
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| DH | Cust | DH | Kemp | |
| 1B | Kennedy | 1B | Loney | |
| 2B | Ja.Wilson | 2B | Uribe | |
| LF | Saunders | LF | Gibbons |
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| C | Bard | C | Barajas | |
| SS | Jo.Wilson | CF | Gwynn | |
Jon Garland makes his second start of the spring, and will be followed by Kuo, Ramon Troncoso, and Jon Huber.
Doug Fister gets the start on the mound for Seattle. Other pitchers listed by the Mariners as available to pitch today are David Pauley, Brandon League, Garrett Olson, Dan "Mimbo" Cortes, Edward Paredes, Royce Ring, and Chaz Roe.
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Game Time: 12:05 p.m. PST
TV: Prime Ticket (DodgerTalk hosts Joe Block and Josh Suchon will call today's game)
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I feel like the day will be lost if there aren't enough Fister jokes.
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Fister really shoving it into the zone here.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 9, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
Fister working both sides, top and bottom, and really opening up the zone
gags
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Too bad there's a DH
cuz it could be Bard at the plate, Wilson on deck and Fister in the hole
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
Fister really putting his whole arm into it.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 9, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
well, the scouts have been saying all along his delivery is all about the arm action
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 9, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Fister has really opened the run valves and this game is going down the drain for the Mariners.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Fister really performing a kinky sex act now.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 9, 2011 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Fisters arm looking a little tired, he has a history of shoulder problems
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
He really doesn’t have the stamina to go all the way at this stage in his career
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 9, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
We really need a player
with Goatse for a last name
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
that ship has sailed fortunately
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 9, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
Fister’s like, “I’ve never heard any of these.”
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 9, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
I notice
that Phil usually typos De La Rosa’s first name as “Ruddy”. I wonder he will do the complementary thing to our nickname for our rookie reliever phenom – “The Dutch Rubber”?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Love the recent tweets from DodgersGM and Dodgerblues.
by DodgersKings323 on Mar 9, 2011 11:34 AM PST reply actions
Gordon
Tony Jackson has a LONG article on Gordon up at ESPNLA. Pretty good read, and the most interesting part to me was that Ned/Watson have no intention of ever moving him off SS. Tony speculates that Furcal could be the one moving to 2B next year if the pieces fall right.
So we’re going to move our shortstop whose best asset is his arm for a guy that couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat?
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 9, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
I assume this means if Gordon begins to show the club something (anything) at the plate to warrant a callup.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
I was talking about his throwing arm.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 9, 2011 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
On the one hand, that makes sense since Furcal is getting older and you want the rangier young Gordon playing short. On the other hand, Furcal still has that rocket arm which is wasted at second base.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
I think range trumps arm – hard to make throws on balls you never get to
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
In the end it doesn’t matter, an outs an out no matter how you get it, so I want the guy who can get the most outs.
As of now, it’s the person who didn’t have as many errors as the Reds for a while.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 9, 2011 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Eh, Furcal made 34 errors in his last season in the minors before making the jump. If Gordon is ready next year, it will work out.
Hopefully, it’s hard to be a plus shortstop when you’re turning 40+ balls you get to into hits.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 9, 2011 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
to be fair, Dee Gordon is fast enough that he gets to balls hit into the parking lot.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 9, 2011 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
He’d be great at Lee Carvelo’s Putting Challenge.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 9, 2011 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Except I'm not sure there is a "Power drive" option for him.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 9, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
or sometimes the teams totally screw them up
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
I guess it just becomes a question of which would be better defensively…
2B Furcal / 3B Uribe; or
2B Uribe / 3B Furcal
by Eric Stephen on Mar 9, 2011 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Because
Furcal would be better at 2B than Uribe – more range, more nimble, at least as long as the back holds.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
… and 2B being the more important defensive position.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Yep
I would think the only reason to put Furcal at 3B would be to keep his back healthier.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 9, 2011 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Despite his non-athletic looking exterior, Uribe has actually been a pretty capable middle infielder.
From what I recall anyway.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
He has over 7700 career MLB innings at SS and a career UZR that is positive. He is at least a capable SS. So yeah, maybe the difference isn’t so obvious. Perhaps Furcal at 2B and Uribe at 3B makes more sense to me because Uribe has some experience at 3B (> 1100 innings) and Furcal doesn’t.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Jody GFY Reed
Perhaps the primary focus of Gordon’s game now is his defense, which isn’t as raw as it used to be. He has worked with Matt Martin, the Dodgers’ minor league infield coordinator, and longtime major league infielder Jody Reed, who manages the Dodgers’ Arizona Rookie League team
works for the Dodgers? are you kidding me? This is a travesty, no one has done more harm to the Dodger franchise then that piccadillo.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
what the heck did jody reed ever do to the dodgers?
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 9, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Turned down a multi-year deal, which led to the Dodgers needing a second baseman, which led to Pedro for Delino.
Then Reed signed a one-year deal for crap.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 9, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
i was thinking it had something to do with this
since he played during that era. yeah i can be on board with GFY jody reed. dickbag.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 9, 2011 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
Dodgers offered 3 years, $7.8 million.
Reed signed with Milwaukee for $350,000 base (plus $650,000 in incentives that dickbag never achieved).
A smaller scale Juan Gonzalez
by Eric Stephen on Mar 9, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Podboy
didn’t learn his history very well.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
i hope someone
reminds him of this someday.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 9, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
turning down that contract
is probably why he still has to work as a minor league coach.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 9, 2011 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
Hee Hee
sweet, not just as a minor league coach but as a minor league coach in a rookie league, in Arizona, in the middle of summer. Still not enough revenge for me.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Baseball-Reference has Reed getting $400,000 of those $650,000 of incentives.
So for the 3 years post LA Reed made $2.2 million.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 9, 2011 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
hopefully his children
went to really expensive colleges.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 9, 2011 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Jon Weisman wrote about it way back in 2003...great stuff
by Eric Stephen on Mar 9, 2011 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
Man, that is good stuff.
I will toss you in slow-rec softball
by robotmadeofnails on Mar 9, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
when he was hired by the dodgers
i was thinking he somehow had infiltrated the dodgers organization to further the cardinals crushing of the dodgers.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 9, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
The joke was on him as he was almost killed.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
I submit that Jack Clark was simply terrible as a hitting coach. And they don’t even do anything. Just the wrong choice all the way around.
I remember Clark once quoted as a player as saying that he goes to the plate trying to hit the ball harder than he ever has before, which makes him a batting coach in the Dwayne Murphy mold perhaps? Maybe I want Clark coaching James Loney on hitting – wouldn’t mind him being the next Jose Bautista.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Not buying the hype? Head on straight?
As I understand it, Senor Skinny Swag googles the shit out of himself to find more hype. I think he very well may have the mental makeup to progress and become a productive major leaguer, but empty platitudes really are, well, empty.
by Nolij on Mar 9, 2011 11:54 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Senor Skinny Swag googles the shit out of himself to find more hype.
Hilarious.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
what happens if Gordon is ready to succeed Furcal before Furcal is ready to be succeeded.
Ya, that discussion is very premature.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
His bat wouldn’t play there, but Furcal could probably play third.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I thought 3b suck now
and our idea of big bopping 3b from the steroid era doesn’t really jive with todays realities.
Is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?
could be. But I think you need to make up for the power elsewhere, and if we’re already trying to make up for a loss of power at SS and 1B, 3B is the last place you want no power.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Loss of power at SS?
How many SSs in the league have power?
Is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?
either way we are making up for it
with Uribe and Rod bringing power from unlikely places
Is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?
Maddz
Check my response in the last thread
I will toss you in slow-rec softball
by robotmadeofnails on Mar 9, 2011 11:46 AM PST reply actions
Maybe I should rethink my career change lol
Yea, I think their tuition is way cheaper and that is only 8 units total
I will toss you in slow-rec softball
by robotmadeofnails on Mar 9, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I checked out their tuition and it’s much cheaper than all the intensives I’ve found in the LA area for the summer…plus then I could work a regular job with hours ranging from 7 to 6 or something and that’s a relief. I mean, as much as I’d love to do a Latin intensive, if I can get a Greek one relatively cheap….
Who's Dioner Navarro?
Anybody else watching Our America with Lisa Ling – Transgenders……..
by DodgersKings323 on Mar 9, 2011 11:48 AM PST reply actions
Current ratio of posts to Fister jokes
41:19
Keep up the good work.
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Worth it just for “Ramon Ortiz(notes) jumped up and cowered in his locker, screaming, "Mire el pollo grande! Mire el pollo grande!"”
by DodgersKings323 on Mar 9, 2011 11:52 AM PST reply actions
Outfielder Reggie Willits has transformed his rookie assignment six years ago into an annual tradition, taking a few newcomers with him to Toys ‘R Us to buy thousands of dollars of toys. They wrap and distribute them to players with newborns or whose children will visit during the spring. The sizable surplus goes to a battered women’s shelter.
I assume a fair number of those players are minor leaguers not making a ton of dough, so this is doubly nice. I approve of Mr. Willit’s endeavor.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
what else would you expect from such a scrappy gamer?
Is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?
James Loney has a gold glove at 1B and drives in a bunch of RBI, look at him go.
by DodgersKings323 on Mar 9, 2011 12:07 PM PST reply actions
With Andy LaRoche’s sweet line drive swing?
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 9, 2011 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
Well the excuse is he hasn't played all spring basically
and it did seem to take a slightly weird hop but still a routine play. He lost it in the sun! He lost it in the white shirt crowd! He… uh… yeah. Don’t do that James.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Don’t do that James
nice,
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 9, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Former MLBer Luis Salazar got hit in the face with a ball
Had to be airlifted to a hospital. I hope he’s ok. Always liked him even though he was a Padre.
Not a great defensive start overall in this 1st inning.
Garland did give up one legit hit, too. But meh… figures the first game I get to see on MLBTV gets off to a rusty crummy start.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
And now MLBTV audio is broken. Feh!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
and the video is behind audio. I guess I will go home for lunch…
by Eric Stephen on Mar 9, 2011 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
That was a really hard play. It was one of those medium hops that never take consistent bounces. James really is terrific scooping balls out of the dirt.
by UCLADodger32 on Mar 9, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Scoop is a bad choice of words
It was a good read of the hop; the ball bounced well in front of Loney
by Eric Stephen on Mar 9, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
I think your glove has to be within 6 inches of the ground and make an upward motion to be called a scoop or a dig
otherwise we just say “nice play”
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Theres really no arbitrary mark for calling something a scoop. Basically anything a first baseman takes off of the ground, unless its one of those astroturf like halfway throws, is a scoop. Furcal’s ball was in the no-mans land for first baseman, too close for a big hop, but too far for an easy pick. Thats really just an instinct play, and its definitely a scoop.
by UCLADodger32 on Mar 9, 2011 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
At the ren faire there is flesh to be seen, but the ratio of what you want to see vs. what you don’t want to see is a bit low. But they do have ale tents.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I think what you are saying is that there are some things that you can never un-see
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
My wife worked a ren faire or two.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
For all you kids that don't think punctuation is important
Doug Fister versus Doug fister
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capitalization rather.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 9, 2011 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
I'm blaming Aaron Miles' dreams of pitching.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 9, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
The man we knew was hurt got hurt? Shocking.
Makes my roster contest entry look great though.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 9, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
M’s announcers said apparent injury to his side?
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Mar 9, 2011 12:36 PM PST reply actions
The train to Redding cannot be stopped, even by Denzel.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
haha! When I brought up my idea that all Denzel movies could be avoided by asking the question “Why you gotta be fuckin’ with Denzel?”, someone brought up the train movie as a counter.
Then my sister knocked it out of the park by stating that the train was a metaphor for oppression. Hilarious.
Who's Dioner Navarro?
Let’s see:
I’m going to go with the old guys
so either Barajas, Furcal, Uribe, Blake, Gibbons, or Thames
but 93% chance it will be a pitcher. So Broxton.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Russell Martin
Oh wait.
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 prefer wishful thinking. I’ll go with Miles. He’ll pull a groin trying to fool people into thinking he’s taller than Sellers in the old back-to-back.
I think Merkin Valdez will be the next injury, with a pull to his first name.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 9, 2011 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
It’s like you have your computer set up to automatically post “Sheesh” in response to my comments today.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 9, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
One per thread, the rest of your life
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
That’s an even bigger commitment than Bride has made.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 9, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
WAlked off holding his left side, near his abdominal region
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Mar 9, 2011 12:39 PM PST reply actions
It *sounds* like an oblique pull or something?
Not a hugely terrible/serious injury at least from what I gained…
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Good thing they taught Ely to throw on the other side of the rubber or we’d be in trouble.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Good thing Elbert got it all sorted out in that bullpen session the other day, or we’d be in trouble.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 9, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Will be dumb if Redding gets the call instead.
by silverwidow on Mar 9, 2011 12:44 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Prepare for dumb.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 9, 2011 12:45 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
seriously, I rec you more than anything else. This needs to be on a t shirt.
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by Ghost_of_K3vo on Mar 9, 2011 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
I got home just in time
to see the replay. Hard to speculate, but it looks like an oblique or something in Garland’s side. Much better than walking off the mound holding your arm.
I hate it when they walk off holding my arm
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
One pitch to end the second. Still in now.
Comebacker by Ichiro, off Tron’s glove, into center field for a single.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 9, 2011 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Figgins singles, then caught stealing. In Rod we trust.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 9, 2011 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Gutierrez out on a grounder to Furcal. Ichiro has to stay at third. Two out.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 9, 2011 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
Cust Ks. Well done, Troncoso.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 9, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
TRONII
is better then the movie
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Pure speculation
but if Garland’s oblique is hurt and he isn’t ready for opening day, the Dodgers don’t have to use their fifth starter until April 10 (that’s really the only time they can skip though).
So they could start the year with either an extra reliever or an extra offensive player on the bench…perhaps an extra week for X.Paul?
Easier to sneak X-Man through waivers on April 10 than March 30? Doubtful (Pee Wee was claimed after the season started), but just a thought.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 9, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
Probably a little. Everyone will have claimed their XPaul a likes before then and probably won’t be bored of them just yet.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Mar 9, 2011 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
X Man will get claimed
no matter when he’s put on waivers.
Last year some of us were worried the knuckleballer would get claimed. I’m worried about the amount of time I’ve spent worrying about incredibly pointless things.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
You haven't begun to worry
until you have found yourself lying awake in bed at 3am, unable to sleep, thinking about Charlie Haeger.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 9, 2011 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
The bigger point is to put off DFA’ing X.Paul until you absolutely have to. You never know when a veteran will separate his shoulder sliding into second base.
by Eric Stephen on Mar 9, 2011 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Right
and then Davey Lopes can dance in their faces and tell them again how stupid it is to side head first when you consider the consequences versus the reward.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
According to Shaikin's
tweets, Ethier is not injured and was scratched as a “manager’s decision”. Wanted to protect Andre from the Fister, I imagine.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Donnie two times was reported saying
Andre’s still a little tight this time of year and we’d like to see him a little looser before we expose him to something like Fister. You’d hate to see a guy get rushed and tear something…
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Best Fister joke yet.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 9, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t expect him to be very good, but I think I will continue to like him in spite of it all
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
I will cheer for him
The alternative (booing him) just isnt right. Dance with the ones that brung ya
There’s no reason to boo Barajas. I don’t know that I can go to full-on HJ-style “like in spite of it all,” but I won’t actively dislike him, either.
Rather, I’m gonna stick with my “sit with a scowl” plan from the other day.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
In Rod we trust!
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 liked that on the telecast they had him listed as from Westflake Village, CA
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
by G.Scott on Mar 9, 2011 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
i need some advice.
let’s say you are saving a PDF doc to a PC and a MAC. The same document, no difference. Would you say the directions to saving that PDF doc to your desktop on both computers is the same?
If you have to give directions to someone on how to save an e-mail attachment, they should be using e-mail to get their documents.
The answer depends on how detailed the directions have to be. They will differ in the minutiae.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
upon re-reading
Don’t know why I thought you were talking about e-mail attachments.
If you are saving from something like Word, then, yes, about the same.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
well what i am saying is this:
if you were to go to some database or to google and you find a pdf doc with a search. if you are using a mac or a pc and using different browsers like internet explorer or firefox would the directions to saving that PDF to your computer desktop all look uniform? let me know if i am not making sense.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 9, 2011 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
to expand,
you go to “file” and then “save as” and then choose “desktop” to save on the desktop. would those directions would all look uniform on any browser or computer?
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 9, 2011 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
ok thanks.
then i am wrong. much appreciated.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 9, 2011 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, very similar. If anything, it just requires a person to slow down and read the actual instructions.
I will toss you in slow-rec softball
by robotmadeofnails on Mar 9, 2011 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
Totally OT but speaking about obliques
Shaq had his share of oblique issues but one thing to note about the the all-time scoring list, Kobe is around 1300 points behind Shaq. Shaq started playing 4 seasons prior to Kobe coming into the league and Kobe’s first full-season as a starter was in his 4th season. In the beginning of that season 1999-2000. By that time Shaq was around 10,000 points ahead of Kobe/
In the seven seasons since Shaq was traded by LA, he has scored around 6500 points, Kobe has scored 15,000
better to be on the right side of 30 then on the wrong side of the 30 in that battle. We all knew Shaq was not going to age well, but the fact Kobe has stayed serious injury free while playing through many injuries that would sideline a Clipper for life is extremely impressive.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
by meercatjohn on Mar 9, 2011 1:13 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Do you guys (Laker fans) think Kobe is a better player than Shaq?
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know how everybody is going to answer this.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
BTW, I don’t mean now. I mean, when looking back on their careers.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
I think debating a shooting guard against a center is tough to do, the jobs are so different. At times in their era they were both the best player at their position. I think Shaq may have the season peak while Kobe has the career peak assuming he continues on this current plane.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Shaq's peak
Shaq had 3 seasons (in a row) where his PER was over 30. That’s so effin awesome.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
Wilt also had 3.
Hakeem had none.
Kareem had none
Russell had none
Not sure how strong PER holds up for Wilt and Russell, but it shoudl be pretty comp for Hakeem and Kareem.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
Also
Shaq will be rightly measured against Russell, Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar, and Olajuwon and where he fits there will be hotly debated.
Kobe is more difficult, as a scorer, the only other wing player scorer to be both among the highest ranked scorers and members of championship teams is Jordan. Magic and Michael are the two guards on my All-TIme first team and that probably doesn’t change even if Kobe wins a few more titles. But Kobe has now eclipsed Oscar and Jerry and he is probably now among the ten best players of all time whereas Shaq doesn’t come close to that ranking.
Of all the players mentioned the two players I really wish I’d seen at their peak would have been Oscar and Baylor. Oscar had the bad luck of never being able to leave a bad team.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
I got to watch Baylor at his peak.
Quite a sight to see. He was Magic before there was a Magic.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
I only got to see the old guy with the bad knees shooting jumpers from the outside before Jimmy McMillan took his spot and he retired.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
To review the top ten all-time scorers and rings
1. Abdul-Jabbar – 6 rings
2. Karl Malone – none
3. Michael Jordan – 6 rings
4. Wilt Chamberlain – 2 rings
5. Shaquelle O’Neal – 4 rings
6. Kobe Bryant – 5 rings
7. Moses Malone – 1 ring
8. Elvin Hayes – 1 ring
9. Hakeem Olajuwon – 2 rings
10. Oscar Robertson – 1 ring
Nice but I don’t really equate “scoring” with best in basketball. Otherwise Iverson would be on some lists and he was not a good basketball player.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Which is why if you had to pick one guy, you pick Shaq over Kobe.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
The team I’d most want to see on the floor is not the same as the greatest players for each position.
PG – Magic
SG – Oscar
PF – Baylor
C – Bill Russell
SF – Dr J
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
If that’s the case, keeping in mind my age, I’d have the most fun watching:
1 – Magic
2 – Kobe
3 – LeBron
4 – Blake Griffin
5 – Hakeem
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
ha
Freaky stuff, the Clippers are selling out on the road.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
I couldn’t think of a more athletic PF in my time. Otherwise, Duncan would be on there.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I’m often more impressed by the guys who are really good at basketball moves, shooting, footwork, etc. than guys who rely more on pure athleticism (not that those guys aren’t really exciting to watch).
Same here. I love the guys who can do the damage below the rim. That’s why I develop the mancrushes on players like Zach Randolph and Kevin Love.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 2:31 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t really know pure basketball moves enough to discern a difference. Pau would be up there if I didn’t think he was too soft for his talent.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Pau, Love, Duncan, Randolph are your classic back to the basket post players.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
Yes.
And he was traded for nothing {weeps}
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
Why
would you enjoy watching Magic/LeBron/Blake/Hakeem watching Kobe play basketball?
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
How about TMac’s one year peak in 2003 for SG?
I remember thinking he was the best player in the NBA and he was only 23. Didn’t work out….
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
Ralph Sampson at Center
I’m tempted to go Walton because I think he had best-ever potential, but decided against it.
Good starting point
best team of superstars who were done by 25
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
TMac averaged 32 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 5.5 assists that year. And everybody else on that Orlano team sucked.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
Wow
had forgotten just how awesome he was.
Can Weber get on this team?
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Nah. His best years statiscially were years 26, 27 and 28.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
2. Karl Malone – none
Still makes me smile, and then cry when I realize 2004 happened.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
2004
is part of the reason I stopped being a Laker Die Hard fan. I rooted against us that year and that broke the 35 year love story.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
I also thought it was circumventing the spirit of the CBA/salary cap, but if players are willing to make less money to chase a ring, I have a hard time arguing against it. Especially since as 2004 proved and I’m hoping 2011 will prove, it doesn’t guarantee anything.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I was adamantly against the idea of life long losers like Malone and Patton trying to piggy back on Shaq/Kobe to get a ring. At least when Oscar did it with Kareem, he took a rookie, and led that team to the title by the nose and wasn’t carried.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Shaq’s career PER is higher than Kobe’s best season PER wise.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
Shaq’s a better center’ Kobe a better guard.
Tought question. In both of their primes, Shaq was a more dominant player because, IMHO, a dominant center can truly control a game while it’s harder for a perimeter player to do so. At the end of their careers, Kobe will have more titles but a lot of that is because he stayed on the Lakers while Shaq moved on. Had they been able to exist together you’d have a different end tally and, boy that would have been fun.
All facets of the game
yes.
However, until the zone defense rule was changed, no one was more impossible to guard than Shaq after Jordan retired.
No one has ever been more impossible to guard than Wilt (or so they tell me) but I still think Jordan is better
These are the problems when you compare really tall athletic guys to genetic freaks that would have towered over Goliath
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
Wilt
was as athletic as they come.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Shaq is pretty nimble too, thus genetic freaks
Wilt is rumored to be the best volley ball player ever and a lover of many women
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Saw
him play volleyball so that is not true. Maybe if he played when he was 20 instead of 40.
I do remember him autobiography where he was always trying to prove to people he was an incredible athlete and not just tall.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
I read this when I was like 10 years old
“Wilt: Just like any other 7-foot black millionaire who lives next door”
apparently I was missing many of the adult themes in the book
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
I think the bizarreness of Jack Wilson homering off of HC Kuo caused TBLA to break.
That was one of those Only in Spring in Arizona moments for sure.
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I wish they woudn't be so oblique in their response.
Ugh. Sorry.
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The big difference being, one was Kuroda, the other is Garland, so not that big a deal.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
If Redding gets you as worked up as Eric Milton did, then kinda.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
I could live with Redding or Ely for one month since we are in March. Then again I’m not the biggest Garland fan here.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Why?
as a likely rarely used spot 5th starter for a couple of starts it’s not that terrible an option. Plus there are other things in the world that are more deserving of a head-exploding. :-)
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I don’t like how soft he throws. I don’t think it makes for long-term success without having the location or movement of a Maddux.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
well i can see that... though some soft throwers can still be okay even if not Maddu
but my point was more that you should be able to survive a couple of starts in April. :-) If he’s for a full year our 5th starter I might be more grumpy too.
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he's just upset
that I got all worked up over taking a picture with Ely at camp.
Who's Dioner Navarro?
I thought it stood for "The Wrong"
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so the dodgers lack a power hitter
at the traditional power positions of 1st, 3rd and left field. does anybody see a potential trade target come the trade deadline? any coming free agents on the horizon that someone is going to want to unload? any potential disgruntled players that would be traded for just a little like manny was?
ha alright
just thought i would throw that one out there.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 9, 2011 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
The Manny deal
was a gift from heaven and we still couldn’t get to the World Series. That will never happen again. Everyone is happy in March, ask us in June.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
until we trade Paul and Schlichting for Pujols after he makes it known that he’s angry at the STL front office for not extending him.
/sp7’d
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I said this above but
is 3b really a power position anymore?
Is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?
The NL champions
have a Polanco at 3rd base, so no, not really
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
FWIW (and this was really surprising to me) 3rd basemen had more home runs than left fielders last year.
In terms of slug, they’re behind the other corner spots, but well ahead of center fielders and even further in front of middle infielders.
@andrewngrant
Have they ever in history been behind the middle infielders? Is this supposed to be a revelation?
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
No, just trying to counter the idea that they’re closer to a middle infielder than a power position.
@andrewngrant
It should be a power position, but its not so much these days because there are less than 10 good ones.
Why should it be?
It seems none of the top 3b prospects can field the position well enough to stick these days. In the post steroid era, maybe those who have the ability to play a good defensive 3rd base simply aren’t going to have the kind of power we used to associate with the position.
Is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?
Just because it is more likely to find a guy who can hit for power and play 3B, than 2B, SS, CF, C, and ideally you want more than 3 guys in your lineup with some power.
There aren't a lot of 3b that have power and are good hitters
Is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?
now we are going in a circle :-p
We also might only have one of those
Is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?
Yeah, but there aren’t many bad ones.
There were more 3rd basemen with 20 home runs than left fielders.
@andrewngrant
Plus a lot of guys like Blake, Kouzmanoff and Peralta that you don’t think of as power guys but still hit 15+.
@andrewngrant
more platooning happening in LF then 3rd base. I’d be curious what the home run ratio is for the positions. It is a good thing when the Soriano’s become human again.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Players with 20+ last year
C: 3
1B: 15
2B: 5
SS: 4
3B: 10 (11 counting Bautista)
LF: 9
CF: 9
RF: 14
@andrewngrant
Thanks but I meant HR/AB ratio
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Thanks
Since you did that so fast, what was the ratio in 2004?
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
% wise
that is a huge difference. BELTRE
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
I know, which is why I picked the last year of testing. But as we have been told recently, the decrease in home runs has little to do with testing.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
As or left field...
Gibbons may or may not suck, but if he does’t suck I would expect him to not suck with power, and Thames certainly has power.
Is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?
Yeah that's a fair point
the Dodgers bigger worry this year may be OBP. I think they may surprise in the power dept Loney will probably disappoint again but I actually expect him to hit some more dingers this year, and Gibbons and Thames both have power at least, as does Barajas. Blake has power too, though with his age and decreasing bat speed the HRs will probably keep declining. But looking at the rest of the NL Blake doesn’t look that bad.
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If I was not a Dodger fan I’d be very curious to see where this power /no OBP experiment takes them.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
To infinity and beyond?
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We have a power-hitting LF
He’s starting in RF though.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
We have a power hitting RF
He’s starting in CF though
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Since I gotta get back to work, can someone tell me which inning
something interesting will happen so I can check back? ;-)
not really that excited about the rest of the scheduled pitchers…
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I get this question all the time
I will toss you in slow-rec softball
by robotmadeofnails on Mar 9, 2011 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
Rotoworld fail
Jon Garland has confirmed that he suffered a left oblique injury during his Wednesday start.
Garland was pulled after throwing just 1 2/3 innings because he reported feeling discomfort on the left side of his body. If he suffered a strain, it could put him on the sidelines for up to two weeks. The Padres are expected to provide an update on his status soon.
They certainly aren't tweeting a correction
no updates since October, heh.
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Do you think the Padres will let us know his status anyway?
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
I hope they got a good training staff over there, we need that guy back
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
Rotoworld corrected their goof, for those who were worried
Oh wait, I was supposed to be working. Why am I watching this crappy inning?
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 cant tell if that was Thames being Thames or a tough play
Looke like it carried like crazy but he shoulda had it.
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That guy better hit 30 dingers this year, to make up for that defense.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
he won't hit 30 but might hit well enough for us to almost forget how horrible he is on defense.
Almost.
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Career .929 OPS
in 87 plate appearances. Might be the best in baseball.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Are we reading the same splits?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=thamema01&year=Career&t=b
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
I’m saying it doesn’t matter what he has done over 87 PA. Might as well think he’s good based on his 80 PA of 2010
I love eric for this answer
please repeat it always, every time you are asked, for the rest of your natural existence
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
That’s the tradeoff. You want supposedly good defenders who can’t hit, or bad defenders who can hit a little bit.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
Assuming Paul is a better fielder then he has let on
I would rather let paul play and possibly get better. Maybe. I don’t like cutting Paul loose before we know if Gibbons is going to shit the bed or not. Bleh.
Is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?
I don’t hate the idea of trying to go with a defensive team, but they didn’t really build it that way and they aren’t going to move Kemp out of center. So really, you have to take the good with the bad with Thames/Gibbons and if they are hitting, it won’t matter how shitty they are in the field.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know the numbers, but off the top of my head, I kinda hate the idea of stressing defense in LF. I just can’t imagine that the defensive difference between Paul and Thames will be more than the offensive difference between them.
Terrible LF defense will look awful and be frustrating, but I can’t imagine it will lead to all that many extra runs over average/good defense. Am I wrong?
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
remember that inside the park home run last year?
Is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?
No, I agree
The sooner people realize that Thames is a good hitter and a crappy fielder the more we can all be at zen with both those things and enjoy it. :-) (Well not as much the crappy defense. But again, most LFers are there for a reason.)
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Or you can roll the dice on Sands, who (probably) can’t hit well enough at this point to be an upgrade over Thames and can’t field well enough to be an upgrade over Paul/Hoffmann.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
Well thanks to Huber's atrociousness I can now officially return to work.
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 really but to watch more interesting players
to see how certain players fare, etc. Huber’s not gonna be a Dodger and is not interesting to watch pitch so I’m more likely to turn it off than if Kuo or Rubby are pitching or if Sands is hitting :-)
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Well I kinda had to go back to work regardless ;-)
but fortunately I did turn it back on in time to see Sands hit.
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If our shortstop were calling pitches
Huber could say, “Gee, Gordon…Liddi?”
by Eric Stephen on Mar 9, 2011 1:59 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
fuck
i hate trying to create a document for work and then having to submit it to 7 different people for critique or advice. i end up getting back 7 different asnwers and what is supposed to be a way to improve upon our work only ends up micromanaging it from 7 different perspectives. just make a template we can follow so it works for everyone and i don’t waste my time for 2 days.
yeah that
or just start my own business.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 9, 2011 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
You can supply chairs to save parking spaces so those fine folk don’t ruin their own chairs in the snow.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
it took me a minute to get this reference
and then i started cracking up. that is actually not a half bad idea.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 9, 2011 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
Huber?
Did he win a radio contest “Pitch in a Spring traing game if you know who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb”?
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
It did seem Ned went a little overboard on his NRI’s this spring.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Well Donnie
likes to spread the work around apparently so like carrying a extra catchers, you have NRIs because someone has to pitch games until the rest of minor leaguers show up and are in condition to pitch.
If it makes you feel better
everyone thought we weren’t making the playoffs anyways
Is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?
It’s one thing to lose to the Lakers. It’s another to welcome them into your home and fix them a sandwich.
Hawks players don’t like this, nor does management. Neither does ownership. But they’re seizing on the economic possibilities. Kobe Bryant T-shirts were being sold for $30 a pop at the Hawks Team Gear store. You couldn’t miss them because they sat on a table, right next to the Al Horford shirts that were being sold for $25.
The Bryant T-shirts sold out before the game. Selling a hockey team should be so easy. It’s a good thing the Lakers weren’t in town for a three-game series or the Atlanta Spirit might open a Lakers Team Gear store.
When told the team was selling Bryant shirts, guard Jamal Crawford responded: "In the arena? Are you serious? Unbelievable."
Seriously
I used to go to Dodger Games as a kid looking forward to buying the pennant of the opposing team. Even had a Giants one for awhile. Selling visitor’s gear is both smart business and fun for collectors who are too young or unable to travel.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I see that Maddz Daddz is changing his name, adding GScott’s G, in honor of your impending nuptials.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
I want a limerick in lieu of a gift at the after-after party. It’s going to be a theme party. Tell your friends.
In all seriousness, I talked some baseball with my Grandpa today, and he asked me something about going to watch the Dodgers instead of hanging out with him, and I said “Fuck the Dodgers, I want to hang out with you guys.”
He goes, “I say ‘Fuck the Dodgers’ all the time!!” :(
Then he gave me money and made me swear I wouldn’t use it on Dodgers tickets.
Who's Dioner Navarro?
I never had the stones
to curse in front of my grandparents
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
well, I didn’t either, until my grandmother started to deploy “GFY” regularly at family events.
Who's Dioner Navarro?
Actually, I’m pretty sure I did that too. That was the way I collected pennants.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
I always wondered who purchased pennants.
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Kids. I had them all over my bedroom until I got too cool in high school.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
same. Had them up around the trim on the inside of my room until I came home from college one break to see my dad had repainted my room blue for me.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I had the Richie Cunningham decor too
plus the Farrah Fawcett poster
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 2:36 PM PST up reply actions
I was more Richie Rich than Richie Cunningham. Macaulay Culkin was a bigger boss than Tony Danza.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Rick Schroeder and Alfanso (Alanzo?) tried to crash our fraternity party – he was treated harshly
an enjoyable memory
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
could be worse dude
could come home to find all of your stuff in boxes in the garage, your brother in your room, and your ass relegated to a freaking closet.
/bitter
Who's Dioner Navarro?
yeah, that was almost 5 years ago, so you know, message received. I moved out two years later. Now I’m back. It’s a little awkward.
Who's Dioner Navarro?
It’s more that I am the shortest. My brother could no longer fit in his bed, so he took mine. :(
Who's Dioner Navarro?
You’ve seen my room, you think you can fit a queen sized bed in there?
Well, they left some of it there, but then my brother started complaining that he couldn’t have girls over because of all the Justin Timberlake posters.
Who's Dioner Navarro?
QUITE FRANKLY SLEEPING ON MADDZ’S COUCH WAS A MUCH BETTER IDEA THAN HAVING MY GIRLFRIEND PICK ME UP AT 2 IN THE MORNING.
@andrewngrant
We were definitely alternating rounds at one point but I probably lost count somewhere.
@andrewngrant
this plot is definitely
payign off more now.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 9, 2011 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
I’d say Reg dove on a grenade for me, but that’s not quite accurate. he did investigative reporting and determined that I was not making a great life choice. which made Drunk Maddz sad.
Who's Dioner Navarro?
yeah i would have probably
given you bad drunk guy advice. something along the lines of “why not, you only live once and it is better than being bored.”
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 9, 2011 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
i was totally
waiting for this plot to peak and and then payoff. i was sorta dissappointed. but it was a good ride.
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 9, 2011 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
The Giants PhoneBooth park goes out of its way to not sell gear for any teams not the Giants
it drives me batty. I wasn’t surprised they didn’t have any Dodger gear or like that, but they don’t even have generic MLB gear or a few other things.
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 am trying to remember when I went to the NBA Finals last year
they had a large set-up selling NBA Finals gear but I don’t think there was any Celtics stuff there.
I do seem to recall the store at Coors Park had caps for different teams (as does the Dodger store at Universal City Walk)
Funny Orlando newspaper column on SVG rant
We are going to wake up someday soon and Stan Van Gundy will be gone.
Gone without a trace.
Nobody will know where he is. Not his family. Not his team. Not the police.
Not even Chris Broussard of ESPN.
Let me just say this in defense of the NBA commissioner: There’s a big difference between David Stern and Moammar Gadhafi. Stern, at least, spells his name the same way every time.
Let’s face it, it doesn’t really matter who Van Gundy was talking about; what matters is Stern is the focal point of Van Gundy’s complaint. And that’s not good. If Van Gundy’s lucky, he will just get fined, but I think he gets worse. I think Stern exiles Van Gundy to his secret gulag where other outspoken NBA rebels have been imprisoned. Think about it: Has anybody seen Stephen A. Smith lately?
quite frankly, i kinda like
that he says quite frankly a lot. but i was mostly asking to did he do something specifically to piss off david stern?
by Ian Capilouto on Mar 9, 2011 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
Felix has impressed me!
but maybe more so because he followed WDLR and Huber.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Nice to see
And what’s with all the yahoo fans reaching over to try to grab that ball? New to baseball? Hey, let Flash run!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Down the line past 3rd base
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 still don't get the swag part of this meme...?
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 still don’t get what everybody is talking about with Catch 57. Or Gimenez.
by Michael White on Mar 9, 2011 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
Catch-57 is just a joke
The only way to raise one’s stock enough to make the roster is not to pitch.
By converse: the pitchers on the bubble who pitch in the games watch their stock fall — meaning the pitchers who are off that day see their stock rise.
Just a joke.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
Whoever makes the roster via Catch-57
will forever be known as “Yossarian”
So let it be said, so let it be done
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
If “The Mayan” doesn’t stick, call him Dune Buggy: big power, good wheels.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
I am not mocking or blocking The Mayan. I endorse The Mayan. But we don’t always control what sticks. And if it does not stick, I offer an alternative, a backup.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
Over at DT a few guys are on "Quick Hands Sands"
I think that makes him sound like the guy you wanna be next to at a circle jerk
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
Because he ceases to exist after 2012? (I have not caught up to this Mayan thing yet.)
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
You just used the word “sucks” following a Eugenio Velez flyout, and yet you did not reference Velez.
That’s ten laps, son.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
Woo hoo! LIndblom in, starts off with 2 Ks.
He says, sucK on that haters!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
It looked good n zippy to me but no idea on the exact number
didn’t see a radar gun or hear from announcers.
but it looked lively, and had some movement on offspeed
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Gollllleeeee! Yes he does.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Claude Osteen waves hello. But maybe Lindblom can be called “Pyle”.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Walk and two strikeouts for Lindblom.
Excellent, Catch-57-defying performance!
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
A coworker dropped his iphone in the toilet. His solution is to dunk it in isopropanol, then let it dry in a 60 degree Celsius hyb oven. Anyone think this is a good idea?
SERIOUSLY RIGHT? No one wants to bring that up but wtf is he doing with his phone while dropping a deuce?
browsing the internet
playing games
checking email
following the dodger game.
Is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?
Previewing the porn he was going to look at for the post poop tug
Seriously, stay off the phone when on the john. Is that really so hard. I read the newspaper on the john, but I don’t hold it up against my face later in the day
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 3:02 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
LOL
mostly at your concluding sentence.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
You can put your phone away before wiping you know
Is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?
I dropped my phone in the toilet once
but see, it was freshman year, I was wasted, and I had it in my back pocket.
Who's Dioner Navarro?
I did something so stupid with one of my phones that telling the service guy I dropped it in the toilet was much less embarrassing.
@andrewngrant
Did it involve Fister?
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
by mleadman on Mar 9, 2011 3:03 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Surprised this wasnt brought up. Maybe the worst few seconds of officiating in history. I take back what I said yesterday about Pac-10 refs….sort of.
Can't help but notice that we haven't seen Eric since I told him to run 10 laps.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
He had a terrible run?
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
by Humma Kavula on Mar 9, 2011 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
or he’s really enjoying the "paddlin’ "
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
NFL: Agreement reached on rookie scale
Huge if true
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=jc-rookiewagescale030911
Is it better to live as a monster or die as a hero?
woo. indeed
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
God you eat a lot of shitty-ass food.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Del Taco:Mexican food::Little Caesar’s:pizza
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
What did you think of
Tacos Baja Ensenada?
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
Marty – what do you think of King taco?
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
It think it's a fine taco
But there are plenty of places just as good or better for less money. It’s gotten a little too commercial.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
fair points
but as a point of reference and an occasionaly stop when I am on the 5 I am glad its there
by Hollywood Joe on Mar 9, 2011 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
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