Broxton Apparently Out As Full-Time Closer...Or Not
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 1:09 PM PDT
in Dodgers Game Previews
Email
Print
Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti was on The Peter Tilden Morning Show on KABC Tuesday morning in his weekly appearance, and indicated that Jonthan Broxton has lost his gig as full-time Dodger closer. The audio from the interview isn't yet up, but Ken Gurnick of MLB.com heard the interview and has a quote from Colletti's interview:
"We hope to get [Hong-Chih] Kuo back Friday. [Vicente] Padilla's been back a few days. We hope to give [manager] Donnie [Mattingly] three choices or so at the end of the game and let him make up his mind based on matchups or whatever until Broxton can get his confidence back and get settled."
Broxton got his first blown save of the season last night against the Marlins, and has struggled all season. Broxton has allowed 19 baserunners in 10 1/3 innings, with eight strikeouts. Moving Broxton from the closer role could solve the Dodgers' bullpen woes, but the larger problem is that Broxton simply needs to pitch better. Even if he's not closing, Broxton will likely be used in high leverage situations, whether they are in the sixth, seventh, or eighth innings. A productive Broxton, in whatever role, is still a major key for the Dodgers to have an effective pitching staff.
Kuo, who pitched on back-to-back occasions just four times last season (twice facing one batter in the second outing, and once facing two batters), is scheduled to pitch again tonight for Class A Rancho Cucamonga on a rehab assignment after pitching one inning last night. Kuo is eligible to be activated from the disabled list on Friday.
Padilla's last save situation came on September 28, 2000, while with the Phillies.
UPDATE: Per Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times, Broxton was told in a meeting with Mattingly today that Broxton is still the team's closer.
Paul Claimed By Pirates
Following the Delwyn Young path (not to mention Andy LaRoche, James McDonald, and Andrew Lambo, who were traded), outfielder Xavier Paul was claimed by the Pittsburgh Pirates today. He was designated for assignment last Monday when the Jerry Sands era began. Paul, who was out of options, made the opening day roster this year and made two starts in left field, but quickly moved to the far end of the bench. He managed three singles in 11 at-bats, but only saw four plate appearances (all strikeouts) over his final 10 days as a Dodger.
Lineups
Juan Uribe (left thigh) is out of the fourth straight game, and Casey Blake (swollen left elbow) is out for the second straight night.
| Marlins | Dodgers | |||
| CF | Coghlan | 3B | Miles | |
| 2B | Infante | SS | Carroll | |
| SS | Ramirez | RF | Ethier | |
| 1B | Sanchez | CF | Kemp | |
| RF | Stanton | LF | Sands |
|
| C | Buck | 1B | Loney | |
| 3B | Helms |
C | Barajas |
|
| LF | Bonifacio | 2B |
DeJesus |
|
| P |
Volstad |
P | Kershaw |
|
Podcast
I was a guest on The Replacement Level Podcast, with Jeff Creps and Chase Garrity. Full episode can be found here.
Game Time: 4:10 p.m.
TV: KCAL
806 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
Another quirk in the schedule - repeated for your enjoyment
The Dodgers and Marlins play a "getaway" game tomorrow at Noon Eastern Daylight Time but neither of those teams play on Thursday. The Dodgers may get home just past 48 hours or so before their next game on Friday night and the Marlins have short (less than 3 hours) flight to Cincinnati for a 3-game set that starts at 7:05 p.m. on Friday.
doesnt the home team get to pick when they play the last game of a series if theres travel involved?
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Apr 26, 2011 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I was going to go with "Yawn"
but I liked your reaction better.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Rolllllll Onnnnnnn Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Dodgers?
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
by G.Scott on Apr 26, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
rec’d!
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
You know, you just mine as well ban me at this point
nothing personal, don’t need a GFY or anything, not saying it to anyone else. A lot of the comments are great and all, I love the insight, etc. etc.. But the snark has just gotten way too much for me. Sorry I seem to get on people’s nerves with some of my sarcastic comments. It’s supposed to be kind of cathartic, but it’s pretty much had the opposite effect for me for a while, and this is pretty much my breaking point.
Anyway, good luck to everyone, and again, go Dodgers.
that makes me feel bad
(Personally I didn’t think your comment deserved the snark it got, though i’m sure it was snark and eye rolling with love, like that comes from a brother to another. ;-) )
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
sarcastro09 has been around here a lot longer then the moderators, I thought OB12 was funny, the rest of the comments didn’t need to be made.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Stupid Work
I missed all the action. I must say that this community is so much better than the other SBNation blog I frequent, which shall remain nameless. The moderators on that blog are pompous, self-important fascists whose grip on the opinion make Kim Jong-Il jealous.
they don’t just hand out extra roles like babies in China : )
No, not from experience. Writers never get laid
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
When swivel-arm action hit the G.I. Joe scene, that was a big deal. They could be manuevered in ways other than stiff elbowed karate chops.
I could recreate the arm-breaking-during-the-arm-wrestling-match scene from “Over the Top” with Flint and Destro.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 26, 2011 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
oh man, GScott showed me Over the Top, what a fuck of a movie
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think you’re using that word right.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 26, 2011 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
oh man, GScott showed me Over the Top,what a fuck of a movie>
This would have been more interesting
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
or if she had simply left the i off ‘movie’
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
:(
then I’d have to kill both of you
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
right, exactly, and I don’t want to die
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
really?
but you flirt with that line so precociously when you say hurtful things like “Star Wars is lame”
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
You didn’t like a movie in which the central character wins custody of his son by winning an arm wrestling tourney?
What’s wrong with you Josie?
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure, in abstract it sounds silly, but once you add Kenny Loggins….
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 26, 2011 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
to be fair, she got about a 15minute youtube clip of Sylvester stallone arm wrestling. I don’t even think she saw him turn his hat around.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
it was all very funny, in that way that 80s sports movies take themselves way to seriously despite being about obscure ESPN2 sports
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s like watching the Godfather with Tom Hagen edited out.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, you mean Godfather III?
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
UNNNNNNNNH
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
20 tickets and 10 preferred parking passes are included
they also have a couple half price suite days that bring the total cost to just over 2 grand.*
*made the cost up
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
ha ha, thought it was way under
so grips is a cost valuation?
how much is a gripe worth?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
gripes get you free Mannywood t-shirts. a grip is roughly 300 dollars, but varies on an individual basis.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Oh man, I assumed a grip was $1,000. It’s been a while since I have regulated anyone.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Just to make me feel better today can we get this day's 2005 lineup?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Never mind, here it is.
Wheee!
C Izturis SS
H Choi 1B
J Drew RF
J Kent 2B
M Bradley
J Valentin
R Ledee
J Phillips C
S Erickson P
A lot of scrap and weird mixes there. Not all terrible, some of them were hitting decent that month at least… but gaaah…
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
lost to AZ 3-2
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=250426119
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Drew, Kent and Bradley wasn't a bad middle of order at all
but 3 players it was kind of hard for me to root for…
Jason Phillips catching… Ledee… Valentin…
At least we have some prospects playing now.
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 did like Choi a lot but he was so disappointing to me.
Dude had such raw power but just ended up a big clod.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
easily my favorite game of 2005
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Yah and
he hit six home runs in that three-game series!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Yessir :D
He also represented HR Derby I think that year haha, which Yahoo say he is the worst HR derby participant ever:
Well he got into Derby just because of promoting of World Baseball Classic anyway.
At least he showed up to the derby, unlike Piazza (twice) and Mondesi.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Gilbert Gottfried?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Nate Robinson
fuck that guy and his three illegitimate titles. :)
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Gilbert Gottfried, aka The Aflac Duck
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
high five
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Freeze Five!
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
I’ve watched it once
I’m going with Blake Griffin
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
That one brings back some memories, for sure.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Sands is gonna hit a HR in his first AB today
and I won’t be able to see it.
/crazyprediction
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Apr 26, 2011 1:16 PM PDT reply actions
in fact, rumor has it that he likes it when we watch
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
This Day in History: April 26, 2000
Lineup (vs Braves)
Hollandsworth CF
Grudzielanek 2B
Sheffield LF
Green RF
Karros 1B
Hundley C
Beltre 3B
Vizcaino SS
Gagne P
This Day in History: April 26, 2001
Lineup (vs Pirates)
Goodwin CF
Reboulet 2B
Green RF
Karros 1B
Bocachica 3B
Grissom LF
Kreuter C
Cora SS
Brown P
Doris Kearns Goodwin was our leadoff hitter?
/callback
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
That was terrible, underdog.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Smallmouth was my favorite for a while. Don’t ask me to explain it, though…because I can’t.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
Batting fifth and playing third base, Hiram Bocachica.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
TBLA currently has 289,000 page views this month, the previous high was 304,000 (Aug 2010) which should be broken by Thursday Night. Eric’s posting every two – four hours is having the desired effect.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I come here
for the asinine comments
by bhsportsguy on Apr 26, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I come here to give flowery responses to asinine comments : )
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Argh my brother in law who is a teacher and pretty smart guy
says “expresso” all the time when wanting an espresso. I think he says it at this point this to annoy my sister (also a teacher).
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
If I ever ordered an expresso I would do the same knowing it would annoy espresso drinkers but alas I don’t waste money on small amounts of silliness.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
well even lattes and mochas are officially "espresso drinks"
but with more substance. i like mochas, ain’t ashamed to say. i say mocha but sometimes people say ‘espresso drinks’ and… blah who cares….
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
what kills me is the cappuccino with desert
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
You and every other Italian. Almost as bad as calling Leonardo “Da Vinci” for short. Give the man his due!
it would be as if some country adopted a cherished american food…apple pie or hot dogs maybe, but then ate them at the wrong time with the wrong foods
scratch that
A hot dog for breakfast is not nearly as profane
hmmm
Apple pie as an entre with sides of mashed potatoes and carrots, might be
I also eat my salad last
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
hips don’t lie
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
its the other drinks that suck
the entire nation of Italy disagrees with your value system and taste buds
I am going to into the kitchen to make myself a dopio in protest right now
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
A true macchiato, in Italy, is n espresso “stained” (= macchiato) with just a few drops of milk that take the edge off. Wonderful. A Starbuck perverted-meaning “macchiato”, now adopted America-wide, is an espresso with a huge pile of whipped milk (i.e. really a poorly made, or unorthodox, capuccino without the milk in the coffee as well) or cream (so actually a Viennese coffee “mit schlag” and not Italian at all) on top.
Which did you mean?
I worked at Peet’s Coffee, I meant a dopio stained with a dollop of steamed milk
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
berk
its a good thing that I am married and not gay, because otherwise you keep talking like this and I might fall in love
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I heartily recommend it
now off to make my hot and tasty beverage
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
oh my, a nation of mama’s boys disagrees with my value system. What shall i do?
Actually I have no idea if they are a nation of mama boys, that is what 60 minutes told me once. Plus my own pet theory that anyone who had balls immigrated leaving them with a nation of soccer players.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
by meercatjohn on Apr 26, 2011 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That is incredible and fantastic news
Next year we’re going to be paying for info.
(kids)
by Julio Nievas on Apr 26, 2011 1:24 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I came here for Sarcastro
and now he’s fuckin gone.
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
by mleadman on Apr 26, 2011 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
So like
This is where Kuo’s incentives are coming in huh? I guess until he is fully back we will have Padilla?
for whatever reason I’ve always imagined he’d sign with the braves
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Apr 26, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
You mean, retire?
If so, that means I comfortably win my bet with delias man
by Michael White on Apr 26, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Not unless he gets about 3 mph of fastball velocity back somehow.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
remember that arbitration is not reflective of your perceptions of the player or even his actual talent/success levels, it’s your perception of what the player and his agent think the rest of the league thinks about the player, and what value they might assign to the player as a result.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Sure, but shouldn’t the decision about whether to offer arbitration relate to the player’s actual skills and perceived ability going forward?
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
There are two scenarios in which arbitration should be offered:
A) You think the 1 year deal you would get through arbitration would represent a better deal than what it would cost to sign the player on the free agent market
B) You think the player thinks the 1 year deal he would get through arbitration would be less appealing than what he could get on the free agent market.
If either A or B is met, offer arbitration.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
As of now no, in the 50% chance that Kuo’s arm explodes and our bullpen heading into next season is Matt Guerrier, maybe.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
no way
Brox is offered arb….
Ray Guilfoyle
www.faketeams.com
www.sbnation.com
www.minorleagueball.com
It’s April 26th.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
by G.Scott on Apr 26, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
From The Last Thread
Miles did have one season where he had a 2 WAR.
His second best is .1.
@andrewngrant
You have led me astray
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
His career is -.7 I think that qualifies as one of the worst.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
How is he employed as a major league baseball player? Can’t people just get called up from the minors to more cheaply replace his terrible production?
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Plays game right way, scrappy, veteran, etc.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
He may be bad but he has been good over the past week
and given the Dodgers scarce options and injuries to Furcal Uribe and now Blake I feel less like calling him out as a scrub because he’s helped, even if he’s still… a scrub.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
There are worse options than Miles.
There’s um…
um…
um….
um….
Oh fuck it. Miles is useless.
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Apr 26, 2011 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
isn't even that good these days...
but yeah they could have gone outside the organization and picked up someone better, at least on waivers… not sure who…
but for this week at least I’m giving Miles a pass on scorn.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
But Castro actually hit a home run for us a few years ago. In Miami if I’m not mistaken. When has Miles gone deep?
Hell even Theriot homered last year.
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Apr 26, 2011 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
a few years ago, when he was still in his 40s?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Who are the middle infielders in Albuquerque?
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Anybody can be good over a small sample size. Juan Pierre can be good. Emilio Bonifacio can be good. The problem is, over the long run, you know they won’t be good.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
You have to be aware when to stay, when to abandon a hand, when to leave the table, and when to exit quickly from the casino.
you gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, and when to run
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
You never count your money when your sittin at the table, there’’ll be time enough for countin when the deallin’s done.
I’m still superstitious about that to this day
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 26, 2011 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
also, after you’ve walked away and counted your money, don’t go back
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I always cash out immediately after I walk away. Except when I don’t have any money left.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 26, 2011 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought that was mob money.
Mob money is always good. At least, that’s what the mob guys told me.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
But of course. I don't expect Miles to continue to be good.
My hope is the other guys get back and we won’t need him. But just saying he has already contributed more than I expected. The other problem is, as pointed out above, the team has no decent depth below him. I was kinda rooting for Sellers but his defense looked kind porous in ST (like, even worse than Miles). Gordon… maybe next year. Castro… maybe last decade. But as I said they probably could’ve found someone better through other means.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Couldn’t we have picked up Brad Emaus, or Josh Rodriguez, or ANYONE else?
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I think "Emaus" is German for Miles. :-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
But younger and cheaper and with at least a small chance of an upside!
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
yah but we already have that guy in Ivan DeJesus
but I agree with you in general, would rather have someone like that than the guy you know is crummy.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
leading off with MLB assuming control of the team. Matt’s having a hard time hearing him.
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah boo on this, Rome wants Kemp to shame the Dodgers to make Rome’s point, no way in shit Kemp says anything
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s just the long periods of dead air in between Rome’s comments.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 26, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
and in his comments, too.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Like him or not
The one thing I can’t stand about Rome is his self back-patting after an interview. It’s the equivalent of Eric writing post after post complimenting his own writing.
by kinbote on Apr 26, 2011 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
It’s the equivalent of Eric writing post after post complimenting his own writing.
I LOL’d at the thought.
Broxton
I find there is a distinct difference between his spring training and first couple regular season outings and how he has looked these last couple outings. I point to the game Sands debuted when Honeycutt went out to talk to him without the catcher coming out and Broxton throwing three subsequent 97 mph fastballs. In the last couple outings he has been throwing his offspeed pitches more effectively and has been hitting spots better (still not perfect, obviously). case in point, From season inception through Sands’ debut on April 18, Broxton’s ERA was 6.14. Since, he’s had three outings allowing 0 ER. Sure, his walk totals are a bit staggering, but of the 4 BB at least one was intentional and he still has 3K in 2.2IP. It’s a small sample size, but it was promising regardless.
I find removing him from the closer’s role to be superficial, premature, and disappointing.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
It’s his lack of velocity that’s the most alarming to me. I really think there is something wrong with him.
I remember when he blew away Soriano to close out the ‘08 NLDS. He was filthy. He’s nothing like that now.
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Apr 26, 2011 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
kids today, all about numbers on guns
speed, speed, speed
what the man was saying is that he liked the way Brox was pitching of late, not that he was worried about the gun
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I can only think of a dozen or so reasons why someone would be throwing harder closing out a playoff series sweep against a former 40/40 than a game in April.
Yes, as HJ says, the man has been “pitching” better the last few times out. Even with his velocity “down” he’s still throwing 94-95. Last I checked, that’s still fucking fast.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
in spots it is
changing speeds it is
location and speed change is pitching
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
if he can't rely on speed to simply blow people away
then he better have some modicum of control to go with his pitching.
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
If you properly mix in a well-located, properly accelerated offspeed pitch, 95 is devastating.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Yeah, but has Broxton ever been able to do this?
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
His slider is filthy. The splitter he threw yesterday was stupid good. He just needs to put them in the strike zone more often. It’s not re-inventing the wheel, it’s polishing up the rims.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I agree, especially on the splitter, if he starts that a tough higher so it looks like a strike out of the hands….unfair
the only problem I had with brox yesterday was the walk, the walk was remedial baseball, but everything else was cool with me
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
So Broxton just needs to learn to be an entirely different type of pitcher
Kazmir thinks that should be easy.
These hands will always be rough
This isn’t jason Schmidt throwing 82 and thinking that’s good enough. This is a dude who went from 97-98 to 95-97. It’s a drop, sure, but it’s still among the fastest fastballs in the league. Don’t discredit how hard it is to hit 95 as opposed to 98 just because the results haven’t been there.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
BTW
I’m sure this has probably been discussed, but…
What are people’s thoughts on Jansen’s poor start to the season? Is it mostly bad luck (.400+BABIP) plus a couple mistake pitches that went for home runs, and he’s actually pitched better than his numbers (2.73 xFIP?), or have people noticed something concerning about his pitching? I haven’t been able to watch this season, really.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s striking out a ton of people still, so I’m hoping it’s just bad luck. Any reason why he can’t supplant Broxton by the end of the season?
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
The last outing I saw where he got shelled he was throwing nothing but 92 MPH “cutters”.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Now he throws The Equalizer
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
No
He throws the Masturbator
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Apr 26, 2011 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Does that indicate some sort of underlying arm/health issue?
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Ideally he wouldn’t be “throwing nothing but” any one pitch.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
OT
Fox Soccer uses the Fox NFL Sunday studios for their UEFA Champions League coverage. Much like Fox Saturday baseball using the football music, it just feels pandering or something like. To make matters worse the NFL Sunday host is hosting the show. He said pitch the way some teachers say expresso
he called Real Madrid-Barcelona the Spanish Classic. I’m gonna smash a guitar.
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I guarantee there’s a pages long thread on Bigsoccer about this.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 26, 2011 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
Donnie Two Face?
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
“i heard they had a different name for me down in CIC”
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Dylan Hernandez dylanohernandez
Broxton heard TV analysts say #Dodgers would go to closer by committee. Mattingly called him into his office to clarify that wasn’t case.
Awesome
Now I can overreact to other stuff. :-)
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
If it wasn’t for overreaction, I wouldn’t have any reaction at all.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Kiss of death, he’ll never get another save
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
“Broxton, I have called you into my office on this, the wedding of my daughter”
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
At least Peter gave Lois the whole piece of cake.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
lol
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Apr 26, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know if he is correct or not
but I love him for this
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly. This bodes really, really well in regard to my comment earlier, about the lessons learned from 2005 and all that.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think Tracy was a jerk
And most everyone who has met and dealt with Tracy say the same.
Not accepting responsibility and/or blame is not the definition of a jerk.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
How about starting Jason Phillips at 1B? That’s a pretty dick move, if you ask me.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Lookin’ out at the noonday sun
I used to feel like I’d been fired
And when I knew Big Jon had blown another save
Lord, it made me feel so tired
Before the day I got here
I wore the Yankee stripes
But now I think I gotta keep up with your gripes
Cause you make me feel
You make me feel
You make me feel like a natural jerk
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
You spit that out fairly quick, I used to think you had ghost limerick writer who you were trading PR work with to make you appear brilliant.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
K3Vo has exclusive rights to all ghost limericks here.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Mah, it’s kinda second-rate. “Save” doesn’t rhyme with “sun,” so I blew that. And mostly I just changed the last words of most of the lines. I’ll do better next time.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
you blew the save huh? WAY TO GO JON
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
by Maddz on Apr 26, 2011 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
And the change to the headline!
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
The lesson, as always
It’s best to listen to the full audio of something rather than rely on text transcripts.
Tone matters.
As does Tone Loc.
I prefer
Tony! Toni! Toné!
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
timely
raphael saadiq was just profiled in the LAT
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Cold. Funky Cold Medina.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
is that the West Virgina version?
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Have you heard the full audio? I have not. Was the tone really so different that the overall takeaway could be 100% wrong?
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope
The good thing about Ned Colletti is that he will almost always give you an honest answer. The bad thing about Ned Colletti is that he answers honestly, without a filter most times.
What we know Colletti said is that he is concerned about Broxton, and that he said he would give Mattingly 3 options to make up his mind. Apparently Mattingly has made up his mind. :)
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
The good thing about Ned Colletti is that he will almost always give you an honest answer.
I am starting to think that the reason he is not in PR anymore is that he isn’t any good at it.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
My “nope” BTW was that I haven’t yet heard the audio.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
would be alot cooler if it could sing or like fly or something.. instead of just looking shitty.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Apr 26, 2011 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
What if it was a fighting cactus like this dude?
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
by TomasC on Apr 26, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
too Mexican for Arizona's taste
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
by mleadman on Apr 26, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
HITNG
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
It'd be a hit with the kids
looks like a Pokemon. Gotta catch em all!
lol
was just looking for a properly sized image of this
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Apr 26, 2011 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Can't believe my brain went to Amingo
before a Cactuar…[shakes head]
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
Should have a set of keys hanging from it
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
the press conference means the ballots should be at the stadium by next home stand. Are you ready to chose this year’s NL entry in the battle for home field advantage?
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
yup, balloting begins today according to MLBPR. Let’s start the Kemp, Ethier campaign now!
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
That is simply obscene.
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Apr 26, 2011 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah Jon you're still my closer
now go get your fuckin shinebox
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
by mleadman on Apr 26, 2011 2:00 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I am especially enjoying the cruelty of your humor today
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
“Keep that mother fucker here”
I’m shocked, SHOCKED, that they figured out Tommy killed Bats
by Michael White on Apr 26, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
BTW
when visiting Italy, never get an espresso to go, drink it at the counter. That will save you some euros.
I thought it was the other way around
They charged more if you sat down and less if you took it to go
by Michael White on Apr 26, 2011 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
i assume this means they also don’t have a 1 line to a register setup. More like a bar here in the US where you go up and wait for the barista to serve you?
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I’m gonna say yes, since barista translates to bartender
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
The general set up is
you pay for the drink then you hand the receipt to the barista/attendant who then gets you the drink.
They perfected that in West Baltimore
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
Do I have to stand and eat it?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Pretty close
There are a few seats outside. It’s great gelato, but not the most atmospheric of locations
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
I’m going to die soon, I like sitting, my feet like me sitting.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
in my imagined Dodger party at the house
will have the wife make her homemade almond and honey gelato
I will kick up some ricotta gelato
we will serve two little scoops and it will be so good you will punch yoursel in the face
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
It's so good you have to KILL yourself
/Big Night
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
For me, part of the joy of drinking espresso is sitting and not having anywhere to go. Yes, I paid more for the privilege, but I would sit and watch the world pass by and I had a great time doing it.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
fair
maybe you had a cornuto with that? maybe a roll?
nice
I like to do that with a small bool of gelato and the view of my wife’s smiling face
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
If I ever go to Italy again it will be for the chocolate ice cream, may have been Gelato I was but a brat at the time.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
it was gelato and it is the best ice cream in the world
my people were the inventors of ice cream, made from the snows of etna, and we eat it for breakfast in the middle of a sliced brioche
on days when it is not an espresso and some smokes
I skip the smokes
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
My people are the people of the dessert
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
Are you a MOT? I thought we were the people of the brisket.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I read this as Desert and was going to ask how you survived Anikin.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
it's a semi-inside (lame) joke
There was a building in Pasadena that for years had a big sign on it that said “My people are the people of the dessert, said T.E. Lawrence picking up hid fork”
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
That’s not a bad joke.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Kind of a Tom Swiftie, yes?
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
…Anakin
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
…
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
atta girl
when you poke with sticks, make sure they are sharp sticks
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
do you build your fence with poles or pikes? : )
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
You need a pike to stick the head on don’t you?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
You flew 4500 miles so you could stand with people your own size and watch the world go by?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Yes. Don’t you have meercat babies to make?
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
General principle was pretty much the same: sitting outside costs more than not.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
that is true silverwidow would be annoyed since service charges are pretty much mandatory in Western Europe (and really) almost everywhere else in the world
annoying that people expect to get paid for providing a service, don’t you agree Eric?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
from what I remember
wait staff at restaurants in Europe to have the same sort of conception of “time” so it takes a lot longer. Also, you don’t really tip nearly as much in Europe as you do in the States.
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
service is not always about food, sometimes it is about information
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
they make more, thus the prices for sitting are higher + service tax which is a tip + you leave some additional tip
waiter is a profession, there are actually schools for it
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
The Harvard School of Drama for example.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I graduated with a PHD from the prognostication school, is that the same thing as a waiter in Europe?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
The term “to wait” comes from their service times.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
its a trade off
you trade pimples and snot
for attitude and distain
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Heavens to murgatroid!
Exit, stage left!
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s funnier to read your limericks in that voice.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
when you are done borrowing it, I would like my brain back please
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Thats Euro cleaners
Can you get distain out of my shirt?
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
Then why are they called the waiters, if the patrons are doing the waiting?
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
So if I call him Uribe he'll magically play tonight?
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Apr 26, 2011 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
No
You asked why you felt a certain way.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You can trim fat before you pull pork
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 26, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
FWIIW – not a fan of “fatty” as a nickname. Booribe was great, Yearibe was better, but that is like chanting Giants Suck, lacking in imagination.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
i like how your anagram
is free of contractions :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Apr 26, 2011 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
and really, he’d beat the shit out of any of us on any athletic tasks so I don’t get the joke
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I prefer Urbie, more subtle.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
sounds like the name of an Olympic mascot.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d be scared shitless if I was four-years-old
by Julio Nievas on Apr 26, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
So would I
Because your use of email, blogging, and texting would be remarkably advanced for a four-year old.
Then again, how many symphonies have you written, Mozart! :)
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Arizona could replace the ASG cactus with that and it would actually be an improvement.
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Apr 26, 2011 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I cant’ stand that everything about Izzy is symmetrical, except for one eyebrow is a different color. Is that supposed to make him alternative or something?
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s to get all the Olympic Rings in there.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Ewwww, reebay.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Jazz Hands
still makes me laugh
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Apr 26, 2011 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Trey “Shitty Manager” Hillman?
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
最後の場所
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
by G.Scott on Apr 26, 2011 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
teehee
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
since that paper was pushed back to next Tuesday
I am now instead writing the 15-20 page paper I have on Romans 13.
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
Roman Colon has only worn 40, 43, and 56 in MLB. He wore number 60 in spring training this year.
He has never worn 13.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
obviously she’s talking about Billy Romans, who hit .176 one year for Martinsville
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Had to be written by Paul, a little of his Saul bullshit coming through there
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Romans 13 was much better than the dreck that was Romans 12, but not as good as Romans 11. I love Romans 11.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey Maddz, when did Vin say the quote in your signature? That’s great.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I tried to respond but I think I hit cancel instead, whoops.
Found it here while doing some research. So I have no idea when he said it.
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
My translator on my toolbar switched your name to “Stephen Eric”. Amusing.
Also amusing is Gary’s comment.
by Julio Nievas on Apr 26, 2011 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh
DodgersGM:
Broxton out as closer. It’s closer by committee. Committee consists of Broxton. There is no committee. I don’t think I could be any clearer.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
If any of you are listening to my interview on The Replacement Level Podcast
My part starts at about 31:50.
Jon Broxton is fat/just a big mother fucker.
get over it
Welcome to Thameswood / You'll be the first to go, unless you think
he's a brickhouse?
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
Made of cheeseburgers and mental instability
Welcome to Thameswood / You'll be the first to go, unless you think
that sounds really familiar…
/looks in mirror
Hey!
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
He is mighty, mighty
but has yet to let it all hangout.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
You are in error, sir. This thread is not about Broxton being fat.
It is about Uribe being fat.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
All my fault.
I need to learn to keep my big mouth shut.
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Apr 26, 2011 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Wouldn't be April without Coletti
calling out someone on the Dodgers. Atleast he picked someone not getting it done this year instead of Kemp.
To recap from last year, since almost nobody got it right, everything Colletti said about Kemp last April, when asked questions about him, was absolutely correct. The one thing Colletti fucked up on was to bring up Kemp’s two-year contract (which Colletti offered him BTW) as a reason for his poor baserunning and defense.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a feeling you will be setting the record straight on that one for years to come
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
From what I remember not to many questioned what he said but the fact he felt the need to say anything. Ned could have said no comment to the question or answered in a way that said nothing, he went with the honest approach which I found refreshing but because Kemp was the target and not Loney, all hell broke loose. We had quite a few conversations about it that seemed to last all summer.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I find it funny that Sands is getting a large pass here, press, everywhere, for his defense thus far, if Kemp took those routes it would be hell fire and brimstone
in fact, within 30 seconds of writing this there is an 80% chance someone will be telling me about Sands arm
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Because Sands isn’t “atheletic” or “toolsy” and hasn’t “started playing baseball late in life”
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 26, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Sands has been described as “athletic” with “good mental makeup.”
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
“White?”
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Gee thanks Captain Navajo Code Talker, now everyone knows what we’re talking about.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 26, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Just wait until Sands hooks up with Ke$ha.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Those would be some fug kids
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 26, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Amazingly
his arm is part of his defensive ability. Its like if someone said man, I wish Dunn would strike out less, and then said, but I guess you assholes are going to bring up his homers within the next 30 seconds.
These hands will always be rough
So is Kempo's arm
which I think was the point
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
Sure
but in the super small sample size we have of Sands, he hasn’t been the worst thing ever in LF, and his arm has allowed him to make some plays. I’m sick of HJ acting all high and mighty about Sands.
These hands will always be rough
I just think his point was
Kemp got hammered by the press for his outfield gaffes, and Sands hasn’t. Nothing more than that
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
Except for the part where he has spent the last week and a half
trying to hammer down anyone who speaks remotely positive of sands
These hands will always be rough
He wants all of us to be grounded, I prefer to let the electricity run amok
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I mean no one was saying sands was tearing it up
he would jump on comments talking about how he hasn’t seemed totally overwhelmed at the plate, which, well, he hasn’t.
These hands will always be rough
here is where you are wrong, I said that he wasn’t totally overwhelmed even though his swing and miss percentage was high…I was pleased that he wasn’t chasing shit
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I just want it honest
I want Sands up, I want him to keep playing every day…
but I am not going to lie to myself about how he has performed. There have been some great signs and some red flags – it does the discourse a disservice to highlight one without the other
and FWIW, I don’t think he has mechanical problems in catching up with the fastball as I have heard here and other places, I think the issue is that he is not quickly recognizing pitches. So he figures out that it is the fastball or even a strike it tends to be late. This allows him to foul off a bunch, but hasn’t allowed his to really extend and turn into too many pitches. His recognition goes up, swings in misses might stay high, but results should improve
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m a fan of guess hitters. Sure, you’re wrong a lot, but when you’re right, you’re right.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
This is what I want Loney to become, and was my wish for Kemp last year. Kemp has done a great job sitting on pitches in counts and knocking the shit out of them.
by UCLADodger32 on Apr 26, 2011 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m pretty sure Kemp was guessing (wrong) a lot last year.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 26, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Kemp was all fucked up last year, but i dont think he was guessing when it was advantageous for him. This year hes guessing early in counts or when he has the count in his favor. If anything, last year he was guessing offspeed when down in the count because he couldnt hit anybody’s fastball and was constantly late.
by UCLADodger32 on Apr 26, 2011 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
If he was guessing he was really bad at it – how couldn’t he guess that the slide in the dirt is what they’d throw next
my guess (keeping the theme) is that Kemp was seeing, not guessing – he saw pitches that looked like strikes until they weren’t
and as G Scott will attest, even a bad pitcher will let a hitter get himself out all day long
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I could be wrong
but I don’t remember anyone talking poorly about Kemp in his first month or two in the big leagues despite some of the rookies mistakes he had made.
I think the next TBLA night needs to, rather than a Dodger game, be on the set of American Gladiators for a series of commenter duels.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Settling our war once and for all?
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just told by television that it’s Nerf or nothing. Perhaps that could be used to settle our differences
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I like that for all the things I act high and mighty about, it’s Sands that broke the camels back
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Come now
Sands is getting a pass because he’s played in the big leagues for a week and isn’t in one of the most demanding defensive positions on the field.
Kemp had plenty of his own route problems when he was a rook.
No one was crucifying Kemp one month into his career, everyone was in love with his long balls.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
different point
I thought we were talking about defense
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
If sands had gone 0-5 yesterday
instead of 2 singles and a double, I"m sure he would be getting more flack.
These hands will always be rough
We’re all just a bunch of baseball hipsters who want to be able to say, “I liked Sands before he was popular.”
“But now I hate him since he’s an All Star”
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 26, 2011 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
“I liked Andre when he was an A’s prospect”
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
“I prefer Loney’s stuff from his Jacksonville period”
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Really?
cos I thought that he was pointing out that Sands has gotten a free pass whereas that wouldn’t have been the case for other outfielders, like Kemp.
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
this gal
she is a smart one
and for the record I love Jerry Sands, it got a little dusty in DS when he got his first hit. I screamed so loud in joy that the two cute ladies a couple of rows in front of us looked back in fear
just keeping it real
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
it's one thing to acknowledge a defensive gaff
and another to either completely ignore it or be like ZOMG HE IS TERRIBAD as he’s a recent call-up.
so when people were like “GOD DAMMIT JAMEY CARROLL YOU ARE THE WORST” without really saying “And also, Jerry Sands fucked up” I found it to be a bit…odd.
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
Was Sands playing the OF in AAA?
Welcome to Thameswood / You'll be the first to go, unless you think
Hell
The ball hit to sands was hit hard, and that is a poor reflection on broxton ie fips and shit.
These hands will always be rough
thats right
theres blame to go around! I blame Kemp too for not taking Sands under his wing and… ok bad example I blame Gwynn for not taking Sands under his wing and teaching him to take better routes.
These hands will always be rough
Because before yesterday people were going out of the way to call his awful start pretty good.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
There is a difference between saying there have been good signs
and saying he is playing pretty good.
These hands will always be rough
That’s just the fans in us. It’s the same reason our community projections for Kemp coming into this year were optimistic and why we think guys like Kyle Russell can turn the corner.
by Michael White on Apr 26, 2011 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Right, but there’s no doubt that Sands is being held to a different standard than James Loney.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
well, for one, his OPS+ is about 400% better.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
a week of suck versus a whole month
hell Sands probably has more XBH then loney already.
These hands will always be rough
This
is really silly talk. Why should a guy one week into his career be held to a standard of a long time veteran?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
He also isn't the starting CF
he is in LF. That matters. God you seem to hate people liking him for some reason.
These hands will always be rough
Sheesh.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
He should call James Loney a pussy and get it over with
Welcome to Thameswood / You'll be the first to go, unless you think
There is venting and then there is namecalling
I am not sure what crosses the line but that crosses the line with me
sorry I guess.
Have you seen my comment history?
Welcome to Thameswood / You'll be the first to go, unless you think
Big news of the day
Daniel McKeague, 36, a father of three from Hugo, Minn., beat out 12,500 other contestants to replace actor Gilbert Gottfried and become the new voice of the reinsurance company’s duck mascot.
Executives listened to the three finalists and chose McKeague for his range and his ability to embody the duck. “We thought he was the best by far. I can’t explain to you why. It just was. Maybe it is part of the mystique of the Aflac duck,” said Dan Amos, Chairman and CEO of Aflac.
How many ways can you say Aflac?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
dude is going to make low six figures for saying Aflac. Plus I bet he gets some pussy from the gig that otherwise would have passed him by.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
that’d be awkward, seeing as he’s a father of three.
“Daddy, why did that woman just leave barefoot, carrying her high heels?”
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
Also
“Daddy, why are you dressed like a duck?”
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
bahahahahahaha
furries
bahahahahahahaha
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
Great
now I won’t sleep tonight. Thanks Josie.
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Apr 26, 2011 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Aargh, you beat me to it.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
“Say it.”
“I’m not gonna say it.”
“Say it.”
“I’m not gonna say it.”
“All this can be yours. I just need one thing from you. One little word…. come on, say it.”
“…..Aflac.”
“Take me!”
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I never knew Gottfried voiced the duck until he was fired.
shows how much I know.
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Apr 26, 2011 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Same was meercat, me, Phil, and Toy Cannon
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently — if we include Mr. Gottfried — at least 12,501.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
On twitter from actor
JamesUrbaniak :
A Minnesota sales mgr has won the role of the Aflac duck. Mitigating factor: I’m the new head of human resources at an Ohio accounting firm.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
TBrownYahoo
Source: Frank McCourt flying to NY for meetings with MLB on Wed. Does not expect Selig to attend. Pitching Fox deal, fighting trustee.
Maybe he can change the team name to the Los Angeles Trustee Fighters.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
For something longer than a tweet
“I am traveling to New York to meet with executives at Major League Baseball tomorrow to discuss a number of matters,” McCourt said in a statement, "including practical concerns regarding the monitor and the details of the Fox [television] agreement.
“The agreement reached by the Dodgers and Fox for a new media rights deal provides financial stability for the ballclub for years to come. The media rights package is fully negotiated, and it is one of the most favorable ever reached by a baseball team.”
Does he really think he's going to be able to keep the team
after all he’s done? How naive.
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Apr 26, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
The NFL and the owners probably spent a whole lot of money
getting ready for their lockout including securing money from their TV contracts for games that might not be played.
However, there was an out, going in front of a third party who only gets to look at facts and apply applicable law as they see fit., right now the NFL has lost both of their legs they were planning to stand on while sweating the players out.
So again, Bud appears to have all the leverage but if Frank can get passed the language of his franchise agreement re not suing MLB (which is strong but never tested), MLB will be entering a world they have no control over.
Whistling past the graveyard means you are upbeat when everything is going to shit. Is that what you mean?
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Colletti needs to STFU
Isn’t Mattingly the manager and Colletti the GM? Colletti has ONE job in which he doesn’t even excel. He should let Mattingly do the job he was hired to do.
Heard this
Securing rights to a new closer song to play for Padilla’s entrance was not allowed by Tommy S
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
So it’s gonna be Handel’s “Messiah” since it’s in the public domain.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 26, 2011 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I will refrain from bashing Ned for his comments until I hear the audio.
But I will instead use this interim to praise the Angels for, at the very least, getting everyone in the org on the same page regarding things.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Ned should wait about 3-4 years
and then throw Donnie under the bus like Brian Cashman threw Torre a few weeks ago.
The problem is that our manager and GM
are not nearly as entertaining as Ozzie and Ken Williams in Chicago.
ba. Colletti has ONE job in which he doesn’t even excel
This made me laugh.
by Michael White on Apr 26, 2011 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Sight unseen
You can have a “good player” or a “young player”
This all of the information you’re provided; no stats, no ages. Who do you take?
Well it turns out you just took Nick Punto over Jason Heyward. Way to go, Goofus.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey I have this quote by Tony LaRussa right hear that says
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude, you got the wrong game.
That’s not “good player”/“young player”.
That’s “bad player”/“good player”.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I fire the person who gave me that information.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
I was writing what a stupid game this was, but I like your answer so much better
and I take the good
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the random poll questions SW throws out
by Michael White on Apr 26, 2011 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
People take them too seriously
its meant to be fun and silly. I think.
These hands will always be rough
we need a color for bad comments or questions
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
right? Sometimes I want an opposite of rec, that isn’t the damning flagging
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Green!
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
by mleadman on Apr 26, 2011 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I choose this
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
by mleadman on Apr 26, 2011 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
overrated
there, I fucking said it. Yes she is good looking and has huge knockers. I’m moving on with my life.
These hands will always be rough
What more is there? Give her a PhD in astronomy and she’d be poifect.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Apr 26, 2011 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Those things are so huge I wouldn't know what to do with them
bigger isn’t always better.
These hands will always be rough
And that's a bad thing?
Yes, they’re huge but at least they’re NOT proportional to her belly and arms
She's already got the planets
amirite
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
by mleadman on Apr 26, 2011 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
she was also trained as a “companion” isn’t that worth gold or something
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
when her an Inara were being all steamy. Good times
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Man
The pace of comments here is just overwhelming. I don’t know how you guys manage to keep up and get anything else done!
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
see there's your problem
we don’t get anything done
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Yeah, I knew that last bit might be a bit presumptuous :)
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
things don’t get this fast paced on the CGB from what I’ve seen, though I’m yet to brave the DBD
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
This is like the DBD on steroids and then squared.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno, man. Pretty much every time I’ve dropped by in the past couple of months it’s been this way.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
TMI two times
from Dylan H:
Mattingly shaved his goatee. Said he grew it because he had a cold sore on the left side of his lip
D2X took the slumpbuster for the team.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Apr 26, 2011 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
damn it, I had a good one for that, but it involves paying for relations
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
You seem to be obsessed with paying for relations
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
by mleadman on Apr 26, 2011 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
You guys are gonna miss me when I get a job
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
He donated it to charity so Jamey Carroll could grow some facial hair.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Speaking of facial hair
my GF won’t watch a game with Padilla pitching until he grows a Blake-esque beard… from his forehead down.
Indie sports movie recommendation of the year
Worth the 2 hours and 13 bucks
Warning: there are no superpowers, naked chicks, explosions, or spaceships
still worth it
my circle of friends
are highly recommending this. I gotta go catch it while I have the free time
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I liked it more than you
I also loved The Station Agent
and really enjoyed Cedar Rapids
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I also love Amy Ryan. Hell, anybody from The Wire gets my nod of approval.
by UCLADodger32 on Apr 26, 2011 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
For now
you’ll have to settle for Barbarella.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Apr 26, 2011 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Then, of course, there’s always Life Force.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Apr 26, 2011 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Best movie of the year that I’ve seen
Did you know the kid was a real state champion
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
not hard to believe – can’t fake some things
when you own a skill, it is beauty
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
You and I are on the same page with this one. I thought it was great.
by UCLADodger32 on Apr 26, 2011 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
fairly good movie, would have been better without the divorced guy
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
that was the weak part, he’s been in his movies so maybe he had to fit him in where he didn’t belong. He added something but I didn’t like the background, mansion, wife bonking contractor.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
that character accomplishes something important in that film
1) he is successful every way the lead isn’t
2) you expect him to be in the power position in the relationship, but he isn’t even though he is richer and better looking
3) the surprise and re-evaluation the leads family considers him with when it is revealed that he was the superior wrestler back in the day
Yeah, some of his jokes were cheap, but it was critical for understanding the regard of the lead
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
i can see that, he establishes the lead’s value.
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
and the lead has love, real love
which is his success
maybe it was a little clumsy, but a nice stroke all the same
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I read that as “real estate champion”.
California Golden Bears: 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at!
by atomsareenough on Apr 26, 2011 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
isnt logan morrison a rookie?
if so, how about him
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Apr 26, 2011 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
fuck it Im voting for him anyway
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Apr 26, 2011 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
JERRY FUCKING SANDS
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
by meercatjohn on Apr 26, 2011 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I hope so...
I have a fantasy baseball side bet of who finishes better in ERA, WHiP, Ks, and Quality Starts… Pineda or Matt Harrison.
Hellickson could easily make that a two person contest.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
No, Tyler is doing good work for what he got brought up into but his competition will kill him this year.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
So far?
Pineida I would guess. Maybe Freddie Freeman or Britton.
By the end of the year? Chapman or Kimbrel.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
The voters are weird, I doubt Kimbrel gets much love.
Welcome to Thameswood / You'll be the first to go, unless you think
All I care about
Trumbo gets enough PT that he qualifies this year, then Morales comes back with enough time that Trumbo doesn’t get votes, then doesn’t qualify next year.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Dum da da dum
TBrownYahoo
Dodgers being told to expect Tom Schieffer and EVP John McHale as early as Wednesday.
I thought it said Kevin McHale and got nervous.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Seeing DeWitt on the ballot is funny.
Weeks, Philips, Uggla, Kelly Johnson, Uribe
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Darwin Barney write-in time!
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I guess he’d be the natural selection.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Apr 27, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
FWIW
There are 18 players in the NL with at least 10 games at 2B this year, and Aaron Miles’ 56 OPS+ ranks 17th. Only Brad “Return To Sender” Emaus (with a 21 OPS+) was worse.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
fortunately
you only need 1 all star starter per position.
Drop a vote for Brandon Phillips and let’s go buy Game 7 Dodger Stadium tickets.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Players on the ballot
Infielders no longer playing:
Brandon Belt
Blake DeWett
B Emaus
Donnie Murphy – ridiculous
Ian Stewart
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Ian Stewart
really thought he was gonna be a great player.
Welcome to Thameswood / You'll be the first to go, unless you think
Didn’t Donnie Murphy play yesterday
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Holliday over Rasmus/Braun? Tough call
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I think you have to vote for a shit 3rd player for the OF, gives Kemp and Ethier the best chance….
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Afternoon everyone.
Good day for Dodger baseball or what?
It’s always a good day when you wake up knowing Clayton Kershaw will be pitching in Dodger Blue that afternoon.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
My coworker is arguing that Padilla is a better option to replace Broxton than Kuo when he gets healthy. Should I jump over my cubicle and beat the bejesus out of him?
its not an unreasonable argument with all factors considered
but as for now, it is a moot argument for the Donnie has spoken
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Am I in that cubicle because I don’t think that is crazy until we see how Padilla adapts to the role and how Kuo comes back from his latest mental/physical problem.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
that would be
“all factors considered”
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Is one of the factors considered “he is Vicente Padilla?”
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
sure
great talent, nickel head
I love watching him pitch, when is not being an idiot he can be a joy to watch
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
and his .680 OPS against as a Dodger
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
How does that compare to most relievers, honest question?
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
2011 NL relievers
.239/.315/.351, .667 OPS against
by Eric Stephen on Apr 26, 2011 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, lower than I thought.
Padilla should benefit from moving to relief in theory.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that a fair question since he has to pitch in relief until this past weekend?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
your question is sure as shit the right question
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
If you consider that Padilla is going to get better as a reliever I don’t see why not.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Kuo has a mental problem?
I usually rely on Plashcke et al to inform me about the mental fortitude of the Dodgers…when did Kuo develop a mental problem?!
That was tongue in cheek, but in all seriousness, I didn’t know that Kuo’s mentality was being questioned…unless you mean his historically atrocious Aprils?
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
He has a mental problem in the sense that his brain is sending the wrong singles to his arm so he’s lost some motor control.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
in related news
he keeps on stabbing himself in the cheek with his fork every time he tries to eat
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm just biding my time until Tolleson makes his rounds
I have a gut feeling he’s our long-term fix at closer and we don’t know it, yet…
I had a gut feeling I was hungry and I was right
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Betting on old single A closers would normally leave you empty handed. Forget normally, how about just about always. I’m interested in any historical comp
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
his K rate is off the charts – or am I thinking about someone else
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope, off the charts, really off the charts
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
that is the only thing that doesn’t make Rosin’s suggestion completely merit less
there are people that defy the rules, you win more betting on the norms, but not everyone fits
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I would have just said its way too early with Tolleson.
I still think Kenley will end up being the closer for at least a couple seasons. That’s all they’re good for these days anyway.
probably right
but he has done enough that now I want to see it
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t understand why you want to piss in my cheerios because…
forget it, I can’t even fake it
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Some people thought it was way too early for the Angels to bring up K-Rod, and he goes on to carve up the opposition in the playoffs on their way to a WS title. In baseball, you just never know how these things will turn out.
It is why we love the game
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
True, but even K-Rod had like 3.5 years in the minors and dominated in AA and AAA. Tolleson is older so he could easily be here by his 3rd pro year, but its still early.
Bear in mind that much of his time lost was due to TJ recovery. Beyond that, he’s been pretty much light’s out since entering pro-ball. He needs a real challenge soon.
roll the dice with him, at his age no sense in protecting shit
throw him up a level or two and see if the wolves get him
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
He does need to be in AA very quickly, not fair what he’s doing to the kids. I would love for this story to continue but my blue heart has many scars so I don’t give the love so easily anymore.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
amen
I can see Phil looking wistfully towards a AA mound and saying under his breath….
“Baby we can go the distance but you are going to have to make me fall in love with you”
by Hollywood Joe on Apr 26, 2011 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Time machine to 4/26/2010
I’m just biding my time until Jansen makes his rounds
I have a gut feeling he’s our long-term fix at closer and we don’t know it, yet…
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh hey
Mosley and Pacquiao are fighting
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
pacquiao and mayweather
still only fighting about that stupid defamation claim manny sued mayweather over re comments about drug testing.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Apr 26, 2011 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh
and I still haven’t graduated beyond the 16-bit era. Man, I’m so old…
oh goody, FS Marlins
I HAVE SEEN THIS STUPID WALKOFF HIT FIVE TIMES ALREADY
"The Dodgers are such a .500 team that if there was a way to split a three-game series, they'd find it." - Vin Scully
What do you want them to do, interview some fans about it?
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Apr 26, 2011 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
“excuse me, ma’am. Can you tell us what you saw?”
“Well that guy down there in the pinstripes, he swung that bat and I heard a…like a crack sound, and next thing I knew this baseball was flying right toward us.”
by Josie Becker on Apr 26, 2011 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
They'd have to actually *find* some.
Too hard!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on True Blue LA
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
In Association With
Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
- Eric Hosmer redefines the Baltimore chop with infield double (Video)
- College player makes impossible over the fence catch to save tournament game (Video)
- Security!: Camden Yards guard collides with Royals’ Mike Moustakas
- The Juice: Nelson Cruz matches career high eight RBIs, Pujols stays hot in Seattle
- Benches clear at Fenway as Red Sox-Rays rivalry heats up
