Ethier, Barajas Sit Out Opener In Houston
by Eric Stephen on May 23, 2011 3:35 PM PDT
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As the Dodgers M*A*S*H unit opens a series in Houston against the Astros, without Andre Ethier or Rod Barajas tonight, and with Jamey Carroll getting a rare day off, our thoughts turn to others around the web.
- At Baseball Nation, Grant Brisbee tackles the latest edition of MLB power rankings, sorting by most annoying player. His Dodger selection:
It’s not necessarily Carroll's personally that puts him here, but the type of player he represents. Now that David Eckstein is relaxing at a beachfront condo somewhere in Middle-Earth, Carroll is the best example of a scrappy middle infielder. And, man, those guys tend to foul off 12 pitches before fisting a pitch over second for an RBI single. Carroll stands in for the entire genre.
- Mike Petriello of Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness took a look at three players now available on the cheap: first baseman Russell Branyan, and relievers Felipe Paulino, and Jerry Blevins.
- Jon Weisman at Dodger Thoughts took a look at the latest MLB standings, and found the Dodgers are looking up at quite a few teams.
Lineups
Clayton Kershaw faces Bud Norris. The good news is that, for now, neither Ethier nor Barajas will be placed on the disabled list, per Tony Jackson of ESPN Los Angeles.
James Loney is batting third for the first time this season.
| Dodgers | Astros | |||
| SS | Furcal |
CF | Bourn | |
| 2B | Miles | SS | Barmes | |
| 1B | Loney | RF | Pence | |
| CF | Kemp | 1B | Lee | |
| RF | Gibbons | LF | Michaels | |
| LF | Sands | 3B | Johnson | |
| C | Navarro |
2B | Hall | |
| 3B | Mitchell | C | Quintero | |
| P | Kershaw |
P | Norris | |
Game Time: 5:10 p.m.
TV: KCAL
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Loney third huh ...
well thats different
I admire your optimism, but this is over. RLB 2/5/11
by BetterDeadThanRed on May 23, 2011 3:38 PM PDT reply actions
No way
Wow, you think he’ll be ready by… Let’s say September? Might as well just save him until 2012..
by Julio Nievas on May 23, 2011 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
If he’s just now throwing off a mound he’s behind schedule. It’s been 8.5 months since his surgery he should be doing simulated games already and ready for rehab starts in 6 weeks.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
This is the National’s most important employee right now. I’m sure they don’t want to rush him at all and they want to take the most time possible to make him as healthy as possible.
by Julio Nievas on May 23, 2011 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Harper ROY 2012
Stras comeback player of the year 2012
Harper MVP 2013
Stras Cy Young 2013
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I saw Strasburg’s first game last night, man Washington was going nuts and the Nationals announcer was clapping after Stras K’d the side, gave me chills. Should be a fun team to watch next season
by Julio Nievas on May 23, 2011 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Our lineups are equal other then Kemp owns the clean up slot.
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Is Hunter Pence not as good as I imagine him to be?
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Ha Ha
I mean on this day, at this moment:)
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before the rapture
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by meercatjohn on May 23, 2011 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This feels more like they were off by a day or two…
That being said, I am enjoying his hitting streak just a little more than I ought to be.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
If he can keep hitting over .750
and we can get this team remotely healthy, I think we can make a run at the division. We are running out of time though.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Yup
at some point you have to win
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If the Giants win and the Dodgers lose tonight we’ll be 8 games back.
The biggest hole the Dodgers have ever climbed out of is 7.5 games.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Best thing about baseball, even though it has been played forever, every year something happens that has never happened before.
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by meercatjohn on May 23, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
I like this
this should be green
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on May 23, 2011 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t necessarily think what you are doing is bad, nor do I disparage you for it, but every time you say “[Player X] is hitting [OPS]” I cringe.
Being brought up on batting average is a hard habit to kick.
by Eric Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Cringing Eric
might rival the Bobblehead mania.
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hah
I wondered if the way I was phrasing it bothered people. I will try to to substitute OPSing for hitting.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
I don’t necessarily think you need to change. It’s a me problem.
by Eric Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
It is confusing
and/or weird and/or unwieldy when that phrasing has belonged to avg since forever though. It can’t hurt, and may even help!
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
If loney can keep his batting average over 750
no one can stop us
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
I understood you, and if it bothers Reg, it is almost worth it to continue doing it.
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I'm going to have to think long and hard about this
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joe_block
Mattingly said #Dodgers RF Andre Ethier could’ve started today, did not receive treatment and is available to pinch-hit
FTW
Elbertfan, his family, Scott’s family were okay after the Tornando hit Joplin
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by meercatjohn on May 23, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
joe_block
Mattingly identified Russ Mitchell as #Dodgers emergency catcher. Rod Barajas has a sore wrist and it sounds like it could be a couple days.
We love playing “stick Russell Mitchell at catcher” chicken don’t we.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Kenley Jansen waves hello with his dusty old catcher's mitt :-)
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Fun times
Navarro gets hurt, Mitchell goes to catch, Carroll to 3rd. Miles gets hurt, Castro to 2nd, Furcal aggravates knee in batting circle, Carroll to 2nd, Castro to 2nd, Sands to 3rd base.
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Fantasy leagues everywhere…well, do nothing, except maybe for Sands.
by Eric Stephen on May 23, 2011 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Still doesn’t top that time the White Sox had to put Jermaine Dye at short.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Fernando at 1B, Eddie Murray at 3B in one of those 22-inning monstrosities where Jeff Hamilton pitched.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Eric needs to recreate the game thread for that game this winter. Hamilton was throwing BB’s, Silverwidow would have had him down for the Cy Young the following year:)
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I would have made some terrible reason why Fernando wouldn’t have a long career, proceeded to talk about how Steve Howe was the better prospect than Orel Hershiser.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
That would be anachronistic. The game was, I believe, in 1989. Hershiser was just starting to refuse to believe his arm was shot and Steve Howe was snorting his coke in Texas or New York.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Alfredo Griffin was probably 0-for-72 in that game and the cries to call up Vizcaino or Offerman would have been loud.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Holy crap. He was 3-for-9.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU198906030.shtml
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
John Shelby went 0 for 10?
ouch
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MIke Davis 0 - 8
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As a pinch runner at that!
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Orel went 7 as a relief pitcher
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If Tim Crews had not blown that save
his life would have been so different.
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Part of the game thread will definitely be the hand wringing of pitching Orel with two days rest after he pitched 7 innings already. And “we need to give Ramon a chance” / “no matter what he does, they’ll just send him down anyway” reactions too :)
by Eric Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
i wouldn't be doing justice to my namesake
if i didn’t chime in that Scioscia had two put outs at the plate in that game.
That’s awesome.
I’m trying to remember why the Sox had to play Dye at short because the game only went 9 innings and they only used 10 players.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
[x]
I only know what his daughter looked like.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I guess an artsy picture with a snake is better than a tattoo of one
"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
I was so mesmerized by the snake
that I didn’t realize that that is not her, but a recreation. Here is Ms. Kinski, the original photo.
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For Rancho game attendees
Hawksorth’s inning tonight and Wednesday will be the first inning, as he is starting both games.
He should be back by Monday then, right? Or this weekend?
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It's Friday, Friday, Friday;
Gotta get down on Friday.
DodgerM*A*S*H*
Right now though, unfortunately, the team is more like less funny later episodes of M*A*S*H. More maudlin, less enjoyable, but still a lot of wounded.
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or
Ellis for Mitchell tomorrow
Blake for Ellis (or Barajas to DL) Friday
by Eric Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Barajas’ play didn’t look that bad though.
I’m more expecting Troncoso to be sent down for Hawk since Tron and Cormier share the same non-role and Guerra has been getting good innings in.
Also kind of expect Castro to be sent down since Miles appears okay and Furcal is back.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
my dad finally accepted my premise that the Dodgers are cursed to a comical degree
when I explained and then he saw the play in which ex Dodger Pierre contributed to injuries to two key Dodgers on the same frickin’ sequence.
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Was the lack of proper padding partially to blame for Etheirs "injuries"?
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It wasn't Andre's period if that's what you mean.
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by underdog on May 23, 2011 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
every time a guy makes a period joke all I hope for is that man to someday experience the entire cycle. that being said, i teared up this morning because a song on the radio was really uplifting.
"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
Oh,
I think we have all experienced the entire cycle
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by meercatjohn on May 23, 2011 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
there was this time when I was 13 and I thought I was dying. That was different…
"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
It is clearly a horrible thing that men thankfully don't have to deal with
but we live through it vicariously at least, with our mates…
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
You’re every woman, Dave.
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by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Everytime a girl makes a joke about being kicked in the balls...
everytime a girl makes a joke about castration…
everytime a girl makes a joke…
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Everybody knows that girls aren’t funny, nolander.
by Eric Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
It hasn't stopped the from trying
/stares sadly into the distant void
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
But there ain’t nothing funnier than a football in the groin.
It works on so many levels.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I find myself really emotional while listening to music on the way to work sometimes
it happens
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I would
but by the time the song is 1/2 way through, I’m there:)
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Not ready to accept Mitchell down yet instead of Castro.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I'm not ready to accept Guerra down instead of Cormier
We have Troncoso to mop up now
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Kershaw may have to pitch a shutout
to win tonight. Ugh.
Ray Guilfoyle
www.faketeams.com
www.sbnation.com
www.minorleagueball.com
Won’t matter. We have to score to win, too.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Sands and Gibbons are going to be driving Loney in all game long
its going to be awesome
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I hate the rally monkey
thanks for ruining it for me Fox. Dicks.
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go check the game logs and have fun with selective end pointing. Dude is a hall of famer if you look hard enough.
Last 5 games 1.156 OPS
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
He hits Lefties harder then Thames
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
HOFamers normally do
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im not going to do that but
it looks like he’s making the adjustments he needed to make. Pull the ball Jerry, pull!
Jose Bautista
has an OBP of .503.
There are 30 of 185 qualified players in MLB with a slugging percentage that high this season.
If you turn all of Bautista’s home runs into outs, he would still be hitting .221/.398/.287 this season, an OPS exceeded by only these four Dodgers:
Kemp
Ethier
Carroll
Sands
by Eric Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
and Blake, who has under the 2 PA/gm to quality per BBref.com
by Eric Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
If you take away all of Bautista’s hits, he’d still have reached base 39 times, a number only beaten by five Dodgers.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
lets just get this out of the way
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
I enjoyed the Kershaw themed Xeifrank contest today
Made it kind of hard to figure out exactly which parts of his domination was most likely
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done and done
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
I was gonna just check in to say
that that lineup up above is really terrible, but, like, what’s the point. The sun is going to burn out in four and a half billion years. We’re all doomed.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
Who cares what happens in four and a half billion years, you are all going to be dead in 20
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20? Dude, I have two kids.
They’re gonna get me in 7. 10, tops.
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by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
/Annie Hall
Alvy: The universe is everything, and if it’s expanding, someday it will break apart and that would be the end of everything!
Alvy’s Mom: What is that your business?
[she turns back to the doctor]
Alvy’s Mom: He stopped doing his homework!
Alvy at 9: What’s the point?
Alvy’s Mom: What has the universe got to do with it? You’re here in Brooklyn! Brooklyn is not expanding!
Doctor in Brooklyn: It won’t be expanding for billions of years yet, Alvy. And we’ve gotta try to enjoy ourselves while we’re here! Eh?
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Pedro Baez is gonna be one hell of a catcher.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Work baseball
Our league is sponsored by the Gasser Lounge in Redondo Beach, who is going to give us stuff like $5 drinks for $3 and get deals on pizza (delivered to the bar) from Papa Guido’s across the street. Found out last night there is a TBLA reader in our league (HJax? Didn’t quite catch the name) so that’s kinda cool. Nolij and I square off on June 5 and July 24, so that should be fun.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Cool, might need to catch a game, what park you playing at?
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Spawn loves that park.
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by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s a fun one. There’s like, swings and stuff.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
And a big spider-web-type rope thing that she likes to climb.
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by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I rememeber when parks where awesome
before the replaces wood and metal with plastic and more plastic, and sand with wood chips
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Wood Chips?
probably because the straw cats were using it for sanitary purposes.
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I also remember that. But here is my opinion on all that stuff:
We all say, “I remember when parks had all this dangerous shit, and I turned out OK!” But look around and it’s all plastic stuff. There must be a reason, and that reason must be that a lot of kids did not turn out OK.
Regarding sand: Sand is awesome until you are the person responsible for cleaning up the fucking sand.
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by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Nostalgia is bullshit
but I still insist that playgrounds use to be way more epic, and its really not the plastics fault, they could make the same giant fort they had made of wood at my playground out of plastic, they just didn’t bother.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
fucking sand seems to be problematic
"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
Especially if it’s hot sand at the beach, with a bunch of people watching.
by Eric Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
If we don’t cull the herd who will?
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I always think of him
on To Tell The Truth.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
teeter totters
Nothing more awesome/dangerous than those. Sitting on one, trying to time when you leap off to maximize your playmate’s terror but also worrying if you are quick enough not to have your chin driven up through your brain.
Ah, childhood
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
If baseball doesn’t get you there, and it shouldn’t, Papa Guido’s is legit pizza.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Never had Papa Guido’s, but Valentino’s is just around the corner and it’s not bad.
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by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
i’ve been ruined for Valentino’s. Ex used to work there and they treated their employees like dirt.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
That’s too bad. I’m swayed enough to try Papa Guido’s if they deliver north of Rosecrans.
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by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
This I don’t know. It’s on Grant and Aviation, so maybe? That’s like 3+ miles, no?
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I don’t understand. Are you saying that you don’t keep track of all south bay pizza places’ delivery radii?
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by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
not since I stopped delivering for Round Table in 2008. Who, coincidentally, started delivering north of Rosecrans in 2008.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I liked Round Table, was I wrong to do so?
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Round Table is the best of the big chains by far imho
even if they are super expensive
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The secret ingredient is way more salt.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven’t been there since I stopped playing club soccer. I’ve only ever been there for team parties.
by Michael White on May 23, 2011 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Love Round Table
I think Straw Hat deserves at least a mention in the big chain category.
And of course Shakey’s is great too.
by Eric Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Chain pizza discussion
has to include Numero Uno, does it not?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
They took numero uno away from us in the mid-90’s, so I don’t know. We have Pizza hut, Domino’s, Round Table, Little Caesers. They all have their own little niche’s around here, it’s kind of cool.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Little Caesars was only good in the “I have 5 dollars and want a lot of pizza” sense.
"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
I would still take it over pizza hut
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
I don’t go to Little Caesar’s precisely because you can get two pizzas for five dollars.
In fact, as time goes by, this is becoming a rule to live by: if the restaurant charges less for the meal than it would cost you to buy the ingredients and make it yourself, you do not want to eat there.
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by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't (can't) go there anymore
but every restaurant has their “hook”
by Greg Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Silly rule that I’m sure you don’t come close to living by.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
True.
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by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I like Pizza Hut more, Little caesers was great when you wanted to spend $5 on food for that day.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
my work had a deal with dominos
so I really have a hard time eating Dominos now
"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
I know, and they make that clickety-clack sound when you put them down on the table, and you can line them up and knock them down… Dominos are awesome.
I say this because I know you cannot be talking about the pizza.
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by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Its better
but I still think Papa Johns is better
Round Table > Papa Johns > Dominoes > Little Ceasars > Pizza Hut.
But I don’t eat at any of those chains anyways
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
I may have to try Papa John's
I got one once and I absolutely hated the sauce – and there was too much of it to boot. Maybe that was just a bad day there?
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
some people don't like it
I mean when you are talking about the big chains they all suck in their own way.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Closest pizza to my house
is Ameci’s, which is acceptable. Next closest is Z Pizza, which I like, but my wife does not.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
and
if you wanted it in 20 seconds
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I don't think they or Straw Hat qualify as "big" in the sense that I meant
I’m talking national
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
You know, I actually thought Numero Uno was national
but I guess not.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Really??
Have you ever tried Little Caesar’s? That is truly awful.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
agreed
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on May 23, 2011 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Define "big chain"
Pizza Hut is the ony one out here
Man, do I miss me some Round Table
by Greg Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Bigger then just LA at least
Round Table has 500 locations, so that sounds like a good starting point
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
How many In-N-Outs are there?
The furthest east is in TX. I’m not complaining, and since I’m in the minority here, I really don’t have a dog in the fight. But Round Table is not a big chain. Papa Johns, Pizza Hut, Dominos are the only pizza joints that qualify as BIG
by Greg Stephen on May 23, 2011 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
500 locations is big
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
I miss Dunkin Donuts.
"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
I hate their coffee
Give me Starbucks any day of the week
by Greg Stephen on May 23, 2011 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I want donuts. :(
"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
i want pizza
with donuts for dessert
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
I'm on a diet, kind of
it hasn’t been super successful as I’ve kind of just said “Fuck it” recently, so I have been thinking about all the food I can’t have. Donuts rate high up on that list.
"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
less calories then a bagel
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
While I know not to eat bagels, I am not craving them, so it’s moot. :)
"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
I am ok with a 400 calorie breakfast
as long as it is followed by a proper lunch
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Eat this not that is sometimes eye opening
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
seriously. one of the healthiest things you can eat for brekkers is actually an egg mc muffin w/o cheese.
"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
Seems like the “muffin” would screw that up.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
english muffins aren’t cake.
"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
Yeah, but it’s white bread which is no redeeming value.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
It fills up your stomach for like
30 minutes!
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
it’s better than anything else you can get there. And that was my point.
"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
Their oatmeal for example
has a lot of sugar and calories from what I remember. But low fat! Low fat is a sham.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Oh, gotcha. I thought you just meant in general.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Depends on what diet you are on
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
WITHOUT CHEESE?!
I shudder to think of such a world.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Its cheese product anyways
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Oh.
Well, as you know, I do not endorse cheese product.
Carry on.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
American cheese should not be considered cheese.
It should be considered evil, straight from the eighth Dimension
It isn't legally considered cheese
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
I haven't weighed myself for a few weeks
I’m not entirely sure how well I’ve done over that span, but I have been exercising. Oh please save me oh lords of the bike.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
well
I’ve gained like, 3 lbs in a week. Not sure if it’s muscle or water weight or what, but I’m sure the 3 guinness I had yesterday didn’t help.
"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
probably not much use worrying unless it stays for another week
dieting is stupid and hard
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
There is no reason for a chain donut shop
Almost every indie does a fine job with doughnuts. Just ask Tripon!
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
April is good, too.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I lamented that they never put a proper donut place into the university center across from UCI
any half decent donut place owuld have made a killing
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Can't believe
Tripon didn’t act on this bit of insider information. He could be a donut magnate instead of a sub.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Top 20 pizza chains
http://news.foodfacts.info/2008/09/top-20-pizza-chains.html
Round Table came in @ # 13, just behind Chuck E Cheese
by Greg Stephen on May 23, 2011 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah, by number of locations.
California Pizza Kitchen is in 32 states, plus 11 other countries.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
n and out has 258
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Super expensive
But the ingredients (at least at the one in Hermosa Beach that I worked at) were always fresh, stored properly, delivered every other day, and cooked to order. We were a good store and I made decent money doing it, I just couldn’t stay anymore (2004-2008) after my sister started working there and making her way through the kitchen staff.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
she have a number?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
shame on you sir
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Jerry had to many singles this weekend, now has 34 total bases with 21 hits totally screwing his 2 – 1 total base to hit ratio he had going.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Three home runs in Houston should help.
by Eric Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Hate to do this to you, but Sands was never close to 2-1. It was more like 1.5-1.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
CARROLL WOULD NEVER PITCH TO LONEY
oh kcal pre-game thing, you make no sense.
although I did appreciate Mattingly looking over his shoulder like, “oh, sup” while Billz looked knowingly at the camera.
"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
I... what?
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
There’s some wacky splash thing that they play right before the pre-game show. It has a bunch of the players doing things like “batting” and “pitching”
Lopes said it’s gonna take an extreme emergency for someone to catch. I was slightly distracted by my cat, but I’m guessing they were talking about Russell.
"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
apparently there’s another one handed pitcher in high school. He’s left handed. I will probably cry.
"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 sound just like a skirt.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
it happens to the best of us. but being a skirt allows me to wear leggings for pants.
"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
I assume, then, you have seen the “Am I wearing pants?” flowchart.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I have not, actually. but I am definitely not wearing pants right now.
"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
I do not want to see a survey here
of which commenters are and are not wearing pants right now.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
What commenters have jobs?
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That flowchart is horribly made
where the hell am I supposed to start? There should be one starting point, not 80
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
this
is a proper flowchart
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
This is a good example
click photo to enlarge in a new tab/window.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
raspberry appletini? wtf?
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
light on the tini
"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
would it still be an appletini though?
wouldn’t it be a raspberry apple martini? I don’t know, I would like to try one though.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
GScott has a book of cocktails. We should have a cocktail party!
"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
I’m going to Bartending School in like three weeks.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
are you really?
"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
Yep. At least the abbreviated version. Hopefully it covers more than put liquor in shaker, consume.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure they cover at least one more step in the process
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
hopefully, pour
"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
Not necessary if you take the lid off.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
rattle
and roll
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on May 23, 2011 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
mmmmmmmm sugar and alchohol
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
The list of allowable adjectives in front of martini
is supposed to be very limited. Dry, vodka, shaken, stirred, extra-dry, Bombay Sapphire, and so one. Names of fruits should not be on the list – those things are just alkopops desecrating a hallowed glass shape.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl says that you shouldn’t.
Most men will not have a problem with women wearing leggings for pants.
I used to be against it, then I wore leggings, and I was like dang but these are comfortable. And it was a thing you could do in Nashville without getting weird looks, so I did. I see them as grown up sweatpants.
"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
poor bastard
he never had a chance: being left-handed like that.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
A) Go to hell
B) Would work better if “being left handed” didn’t mean you instantly get a five year big league career.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
You still need to throw 88mph at least. Without the other hand, I don’t think he has the counter weight to bring his throwing arm forward with enough velocity.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
What if he duct-taped a similar-weighted object in place of his arm?
by Eric Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
really heavy glove?
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Ted Lilly totally disagrees.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope he makes out at whatever he does like a bandit.
by Eric Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
ok, the kid goes to Lawndale. He goes the Leuzinger. His umbilical cord wrapped around his arm, so he didn’t develop a hand. He can apparently play LF, 1B, and pitch. Looks up to Jim Abbott, watched video of Abbott to get mechanics and ideas.
"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
Jim Abbot the greatest story for me of overcoming adversity to excel at the highest level.
I played sports with a one handed boy who lost his arm in a washing machine accident. He was good enough before high school to play in all the sports but not once high school hit. The complexity of playing basketball, baseball with one arm is daunting.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
True story: I got crossed over by a one-handed basketball player in an intramural tournament in college.
We still one though. :)
by Eric Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
obviously college did oneders for you too
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
by mleadman on May 23, 2011 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I played on a rec league, 6’ & under, hoops team that was beaten by a team of deaf guys. We thought we could win by setting picks like crazy (how would they call them out?), but they had one guy who was just filling it up from outside. Torched me in the first half and lit up my backcourt mate in the second.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
That must have been one dangerous washing machine
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
Stick your arm into a working one with agitation mode, grind it the fuck up if your arm gets caught in it.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Phil's contemporary, so it looked like this
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I was thinking, how can you lose an arm slapping your clothes on a rock at the river. Drowning maybe….
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
http://www.cannon-dunphy.com/News/news_04.asp
In this case it was the spin cycle that ripped his arm off.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Official 100% Scientific and Statistically Accurate Survey of the Day
Baseball pants: worn extended to the ankles/shoes, or just below the knees.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
I’m sorry, is that a question?
"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
just below the knees
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
If your baseball pants aren't going to reach your shoes,
you should wear socks AND stirrups.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I tried!
Couldn’t find stirrups anywhere. Probably going to require an adventure this week after work.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
big 5?
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
tried Big 5, Sports Authority, Sports Chalet. no stirrups.
No Rafael Furcals were hurt in the making of this video.
Ebay is your friend
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Somewhere in between
but if I had to choose between the two, just below the knees.
by Eric Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Ankles, unless you look like John Axford.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
just below the knees
preferably with sanitary socks and stirrups
by Greg Stephen on May 23, 2011 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I wore them down to my shoes when I played first base, but cut them at the knee when I pitched.
by UCLADodger32 on May 23, 2011 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
eat an In n Out burger, take pictures, send them to 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
I would say pig latin
But that’s played out
by Michael White on May 23, 2011 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Buy 10,000 billboards predicting the Apocalypse?
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
every time I read Aaron Miles name
i hear the announcer from Super Punch Out!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on May 23, 2011 5:09 PM PDT reply actions
Game has started
is this the game chat?
Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk-ass bitches out there?
Loney is making this guy work for that third out.
"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
sure did
broke his bat though :(
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on May 23, 2011 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Reds
need to score more runs
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on May 23, 2011 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Game Chat Open
http://www.truebluela.com/2011/5/23/2186493/dodgers-colt-45s-game-i-chat
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I'm staying here for pizza time
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
when the announcers are spending time about how dude’s given name is not “bud”, I figure talking about pizza is ok.
"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
Good, it’s not just poor parenting.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
watch it, Bud is my grandpa’s nickname and my grandpa is awesome
"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
Is it short for anything?
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I have no idea.
"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
I would be shocked if anyone’s birth certificate said “Bud”.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on May 23, 2011 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
My father's nickname
until he left New Jersey was Buddy.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF US
Everybody stay here.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on May 23, 2011 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not leaving until dipshit tells me to
by Greg Stephen on May 23, 2011 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
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