Kershaw In Select Strikeout Company
by Eric Stephen on Jul 15, 2011 2:33 PM PDT
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Clayton Kershaw made his first All-Star appearance Tuesday night in Phoenix, and three days later he takes the same mound, though this time in a road uniform, as the Dodgers open a three-game series with the Diamondbacks. Kershaw is tied with Justin Verlander of Detroit for the major league lead with 147 strikeouts. The list of Dodgers to lead the majors in Ks is a short one:
- Fernando Valenzuela (1981)
- Sandy Koufax (1961, 1963, 1965-1966)
- Don Drysdale (1959-1960, 1962)
- Don Newcombe (1951)
- Van Lingle Mungo (1936)
- Dazzy Vance (1923-1925, 1927-1928)
Tonight is game number 93 of the season, and Kershaw has a chance to join some select company tonight, if he hasn't already done so.
| Most Strikeouts By A Dodger Through 93 Games | ||
| Pitcher | Year | Strikeouts |
| Sandy Koufax | 1962 | 208 |
| Sandy Koufax | 1965 | 204 |
| Sandy Koufax | 1966 | 185 |
| Sandy Koufax | 1963 | 170 |
| Don Drysdale | 1960 | 162 |
| Hideo Nomo | 1995 | 161 |
| Bill Singer | 1969 | 159 |
| Sandy Koufax | 1961 | 157 |
| Sandy Koufax | 1964 | 156 |
| Fernando Valenzuela | 1981 | 156 |
| Dazzy Vance | 1925 | 153 |
| Don Drysdale | 1963 | 151 |
| Clayton Kershaw | 2011 | 147 |
| Since 1919; Source: Baseball-Reference.com | ||
That Koufax guy was pretty good.
Lineups
| Dodgers | Diamondbacks | |||
| SS | Furcal | LF | Bloomquist | |
| 3B | Uribe | 2B | Johnson | |
| RF | Ethier | RF | Upton | |
| CF | Kemp | CF | Young | |
| LF | Rivera | SS | Drew | |
| 1B | Loney | 3B | Roberts | |
| C | Navarro | C | Montero | |
| 2B | Carroll | 1B | Nady | |
| P | Kershaw | P | Saunders | |
Notes
- Matt Kemp (.868 OPS in 19 PA), Andre Ethier (1.000 OPS in 13 PA), James Loney (.924 OPS in 19 PA), Rafael Furcal (1.500 OPS in six PA), and Dioner Navarro (1.333 OPS in six PA) have all homered off Joe Saunders, tonight's starter fro Arizona.
- Kemp was last caught stealing on April 20. Since then, he has 19 stolen bases (and 19 home runs) in 73 games.
- Loney in his career has seven home runs in 34 games at Chase Field, hitting .424/.469/.652. By contrast, Loney has seven home runs in his last 122 games at Dodger Stadium, hitting .250/.308/.341
- Among the hot Diamondbacks in July (10 games into the month) are Kelly Johnson (.286/.390/.657) and Chris Young (.324/.419/.541)
Game Time: 6:40 p.m.
TV: Prime Ticket
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because you never saw the hills of Irvine
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKzobTlF8fM
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
SERIOUSLY
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Saw Frishberg perform this live at the Jazz Bakery. Horace Silver was in the audience.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Mungo at least had baseball skill, this guy, however, would never ever be remembered without that song.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Max Lanier gets name-dropped in that song, too. Max Lanier is famous for being the father of Hal Lanier, who just might be the worst player in MLB history.
I know that title is up for debate, but Lanier is on the short list.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Except Hal was a brilliant fielder according to Bill James was he not?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
He would have to be. I should have said “batter,” not “player.”
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
No problem, short, angry, drunks make those mistakes all the time.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Don’t forget “talentless.”
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
There comes a point where it doesn’t make up for it. Bill Bergan is the right answer anyway.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 15, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d think with 14 K championships we are in the top five all time.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
14 out out of the last 90ish years
seems pretty good
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.
Don’t know if you noticed but we led the league in strikeouts every year from 1959 – 1966 except for 1964. Anyone know who that dick was to screw up our streak?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Someone like Bob Veale or Vern Law?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I’m thinking more along Gibby or Marichal but I wonder if Maloney snuck in
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
It was veale
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
I have a couple of cards with HoFers that Veale snuck his way on for NL K leaders.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
He had a good run. I remember a big beefy left hander.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Led the majors in both walks (124) and strikeouts (250)!
by Eric Stephen on Jul 15, 2011 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Veale is delicious.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Surprisingly, Veale wasn’t that young when he led the league in Ks. He was 28.
by Eric Stephen on Jul 15, 2011 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Or Juan “Dick” Marichal.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I’ll take “Least Likely to Have Retired a Dodger” for $200, Alex.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
gibson?
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.
Veale and Gibson.
But it was mainly Koufax pitching a paltry 223 innings that year.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 15, 2011 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
missed it by that much
Veale had 250 to gibsons 245
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.
Funny story about strikeout leaders
I accidentally clicked on the batting strikeout leaders year-by-year. Anyone want to guess the last Dodger batter to lead the NL in strikeouts?
Matt Kemp
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 know this is wrong
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.
Matt Kemp.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
shit!
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably not
because of Howard Reynolds and Dunn
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.
He is the only LA Dodger to lead the league in (batting) strikeouts
by Eric Stephen on Jul 15, 2011 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
hint in there :)
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
Drysdale?
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
So you’re saying it wasn’t Drysdale?
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
negative
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
Hmmm, felt certain he held the record for most K’s by a Dodger for most of my lifetime.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Grabarkewitz also played when Bobby Bonds played.
by Eric Stephen on Jul 15, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
You going to give MelGibsonsLiver his due?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Bad time for shitty work computer to have Firefox crap out.
by Eric Stephen on Jul 15, 2011 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I loved the abbreiation in the box scores: “Grbkwtz”
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Well, close. According to Wikipedia, in the list of characters of Pogo"
Grundoon: a diapered baby groundhog (or “woodchunk” in swamp-speak). An infant, Grundoon speaks only gibberish, represented by strings of random consonants like “Bzfgt”, “ktpv”, “mnpx”, “gpss”, “twzkd”, or “znp.”
That’s what I was remembering, I guess.
Pogo (a somewhat seditious comic strip) ’s most famous quote, best remembered, is:
We have met the enemy, and he is us.
Nope
Another hint: He once drove in seven runs for the Dodgers in a game.
by Eric Stephen on Jul 15, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, talk about leaving the poor man hanging
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Norihiro Nakamura
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
No correct answers yet.
HINT: He was (at least) once on the cover of Sports Illustrated
by Eric Stephen on Jul 15, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
MLB kept records on walk-off hits dating back to 1974.
In 2009, Andre Ethier’s six walk-offs broke the record of five, shared by three people, including the player in question (though he had his five walk-off season with another team)
by Eric Stephen on Jul 15, 2011 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
From the Dodgers game notes in September 2009
Andre Ethier leads the Majors with six walk-off hits, four of which are home runs. The six walk-off hits are the most in one season for a Major Leaguer since at least 1974, one more than David Ortiz’s five for Boston in 2006, Kent Hrbek’s five for Minnesota in 1987, and Cory Snyder’s five for Cleveland in 1987. The four home runs are also the most for any player in a season since at least 1974. Several players have hit three walk-off blasts in a season, most recently Justin Morneau’s three in 2007 with Minnesota
by Eric Stephen on Jul 15, 2011 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Sandy not tops with 208?
So Sandy Koufax got the most strikeouts ever – in his career and in the entire life of the Dodgers franchise, in 1962, with 208, but still didn’t top the majors that year? (You say 61, 63, 65-66.) Who got more?
Through 93 team games in 1962
Koufax: 208 K in 23 games, 22 starts
Big D: 131 K in 23 games, 21 starts
Koufax pitched a total of 9 2/3 innings over 5 games the rest of the season. Drysdale made 20 more starts (and won the Cy Young)
by Eric Stephen on Jul 15, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Koufax got hurt
Ended with 216 K. Drysdale had 232
by Eric Stephen on Jul 15, 2011 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t Colletti suggest that very thing?
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Kershaw looks like he’s trying to hang himself
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Per Eric’s trivia everyone in the top 10 was guessed except for one man who struck out 138 times and is someone we all know
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
top 10 of what
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
Sax or Strawberry
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Sheffield
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Garvey
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Kemp
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Kemp
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Kemp
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I think people don’t realize how much this guy strikes out. I certainly didn’t until I saw the list
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Loney.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Casey Blake
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
Really.
Who is the top 10?
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
Rk Player SO Year Age G PA HR BB BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 Matt Kemp 170 2010 25 162 668 28 53 .249 .310 .450 .760 *8
2 Matt Kemp 153 2008 23 155 657 18 46 .290 .340 .459 .799 *89
3 Billy Grabarkewitz 149 1970 24 156 640 17 95 .289 .399 .454 .852 *564
4 Cory Snyder 147 1993 30 143 570 11 47 .266 .331 .397 .728 *953/678
5 Matt Kemp 139 2009 24 159 667 26 52 .297 .352 .490 .842 *8/9
6 Casey Blake 138 2010 36 146 571 17 48 .248 .320 .407 .727 *5/3
7 Mike Marshall 137 1985 25 135 564 28 37 .293 .342 .515 .857 *9/37
8 Raul Mondesi 134 1999 28 159 680 33 71 .253 .332 .483 .815 *9/8
9 Juan Samuel 133 1991 30 153 659 12 49 .271 .328 .389 .717 *4
10 John Shelby 128 1988 30 140 545 10 44 .263 .320 .395 .715 *8
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 7/15/2011.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
so who are #9 and 10?
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
Juan Samuel was the first Dodger I ever hated
My grandmother taught me that “he’s a bum”
by Michael White on Jul 15, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Phil knows who my first hated Dodger was
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Yes
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
easy to hate
Strangely enough, in the foolishness of youth, the two guys I hated first were both actually pretty good
Mike Marshal and Charlie Hough
Any relief pitcher that gave up a win when I was watching one of the few games on TV was immediately a mortal enemy
I was shallow at 7
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Hough was the guy that I had the most ill feeling towards. To this day, I still believe that a knuckleballer has a place at the back end of rotation as a possible innings-eater, but, by god, I still would hate to have one come in for short relief.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Hoyt Wilhelm and Wilbuuuuuuuuuuuuur Wood have no idea what you are talking about.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Stanhouse and the other clown the Dodgers dropped. Can’t remember his name.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Assclown?
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember, when refering to them in tandem, they were "Stangoltz’. As referencing the bottom of the barrel.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Whatever else he did he was my mortal enemy for blowing chunks in the 1980 playoff game with Houston.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I also had a somewhat irrational dislike of Honeycutt and called him “Honeygoltz”
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Zach Wheat?
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
poke Marty with sticks at your own peril
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
What was to hate about him?
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Can’t process gluten, maybe?
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
people with 9 letters in their full name upset me.
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
full name
You totally counted M-A-D-E-L-E-I-N-E on your fingers before adding the word “full,” didn’t you?
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
G-A-R-Y S-C-O-T-T
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
(counts on fingers)
Shit!
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
The Artful?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Jammy?
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I loved him when he was on other teams, extra base hits and speed. Oh well
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Why are you bringing up Delino DeShields again, I thought we chewed that topic to death
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
ha
I first followed baseball when growing up in Philly, and he was on those awful Phillie teams. He was a stat sheet filler, had his best years there. Nice fro too.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
So what you’re saying is, when I said Kemp three times, I was right.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Only Mike Marshal had a slug% over .500 among that group. Shocking shit.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Somebody ask mintxcore
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, because you have to be rich to waste your money on magic rocks.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 15, 2011 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Also a good life lesson. If you’re going to invent something make sure it’s something pro athletes would like because they provide a nice mix of rich and stupid.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 15, 2011 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Is that some team mascot?
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Watch a bazillion little leaguers start wearing them in the LLWS. I thought it was sooo dumb when they started painting their faces like assclowns just because Harper does it.
If they wants be 13
Silver widow says knock that shit off
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Associate Assclowns
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Deputy Assclowns
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Intern Assclowns
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Special assistant to the General Manager Assclown.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Little Lebowski urban Assclowns
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Every thread is the assclown thread.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
A guy wore one in my league
I guffawed in his face
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I love it when you use that
I asked him why he was wearing a waterski rope around his neck
I later asked him to invest in my hedge fund
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve listened to Bowling for Soup for about an hour straight, and in no way is that upsetting.
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
Of course not. Your brain would still have to be in your head — rather than have oozed out your ears 54 minutes ago — in order to be upset.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Something entertaining about 20 year olds doing a cover of “Summer of ’69”
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
At the other end of the spectrum
I thought it might be ironic if I tried to karaoke Alice Cooper’s “I’m Eighteen”.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
do Hey Nineteen instead. less ironic.
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
Man things got rough for Sugar Ray.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 15, 2011 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
They do the Phineas & Ferb theme song. I will keep beating this horse.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I am so stoked that I know nothing of what anyone speaks
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Me to, but now I live in fear that I’m going to come home someday and Verdell will say “have you seen Bowling for Soup?”
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
1985 is a fun song.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
There’s always room for J. Lo.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Why? Cause it’s shitty? Everything I write is shitty!
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
You have enough personality I will have to make you the centerpiece of my next TBLA piece of fiction.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
The short, angry drunk, stared at himself in the mirror. Not liking what he saw he inexplicably picked up his pen, and stuck it in his eye. It did not succeed in easing the pain that flowed through his brain like an Amtrack out of control as it careened back and forth from temple to temple
The gin didn’t diminish the pain, the morphine, the heroin, the pot, he knew what he had to do. With a deep sigh, he clicked on the TBLA icon and fell head first into the only thing that could reduce his pain. He manically searched for the Tripon comments that were so tempered with hate, they, and only they could help him.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jul 15, 2011 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Your mind’s eye is a webcam, too.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
In my minds eye you are wearing an cliff huxtable sweater as you wrote that
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Your mind’s eye must be a web cam!
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, because in my (younger than you old people) perspective, you just dropped a quote from the Kevin and Bean morning show circa five years ago.
On Ralph’s showbiz report he used to say that shit every morning.
by Michael White on Jul 15, 2011 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I told you it was shitty. I stand by my judgement!
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not chasing her, she has to come to me.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I hope you aren't timing it
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
For what?
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Half right.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty girl, but doesn’t do much for me
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
this took longer then expected
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 will be my season favorite tweets from Tony Jackso
dodgerscribe Anthony Jackson
Chance of Uribe breaking up no-no vs. chance of me dating Mila Kunis?
9 Jul
dodgerscribe Anthony Jackson
Looks like Mila and I are never to be
9 Jul
Now Mila on the other hand….
She is pretty enough to cut yourself on
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Guessing a woman's age is bad idea but
what would people guess is the difference between Jennifer Lopez and Mila Kunis ages?
got two damn years til I reach that silvery age
by Josie Becker on Jul 15, 2011 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah thought Lopez was old
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.
Wait, how old is Phil? If he’s, like, 55, then I was really, really close!
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m the one who’s 55 around here
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Knew I shoulda said Marty!
But saying Phil was funnier.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I am going to guess that Mila is half Phil’s age, and Lopez is three-quarters of Phil’s age.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Phuck you and the midget train you rode in on
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Dude
The preferred nomenclature is HO train
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
It is 14 years
Lopez will be 42 later this month, Kulis will be 28 (yes for about 3 weeks Lopez will 42 and Kulis 27 but that doesn’t really count).
Without going into details, I believe Humma is off of his guess.
midget train
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
How come the FBI doesn’t have an anklet on that perv?
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Because it isn’t funny you stupid little fuck.
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by David Young on Jul 15, 2011 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
J Lo is age appropriate for me and Mila is not. I’d guess a dozen years in between ’em.
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The JLoMila sandwich is what dreams are made of
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The (slightly) older woman teaching the younger woman porn fantasy. They’d be perfect.
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by David Young on Jul 15, 2011 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not every one of us is lucky enough to have lived the real thing, Joe.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 15, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
google Sonia Aquino
little known Italian actress/TV hostess, she played Sophia Loren in the Peter Sellers bio film for HBO (I think?) some years ago. Va va voom.
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when the subject of pretty women comes up
she is always the leader in the clubhouse to me…and nobody knows her so she’s not talked about to death! We all have our faves I guess.
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For those to lazy to google her (though they really should)
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Next go-round
(Shaikin tweets):
Statement from spokesman for Jamie McCourt: "Frank’s hypocrisy and deceit knows no bounds. It’s inexplicable that Frank has ..
“… single-handedly destroyed the value of the Dodgers in the nearly two years since Jamie was last involved with the team …
“… If Frank’s personal financial situation is so dire, why doesn’t he just sell his half of the Dodger assets?”
new favorite person
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
Yes
though this from someone speaking for the woman who owns 7 houses and won’t sell any of them? (Reportedly at least.) I find it hard to feel for either of them at this point, but yes, I like that she is on the side of pressuring him to sell already.
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If you met Jamie McCourt you would hate her with all your passion.
If you met Frank McCourt he would listen as you told him how to throw a fastball.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
hold it here and throw it as hard as you can Frank
no, not like that, like this
ah fuck it frank, are you even a dude?
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Jaime, stop, I have a girlfriend
Seriously that tickles!…and like you’re old enough to be like an older cousin or something…Second cousin
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
If you haven’t figured it out
those are Gary’s conversations with Frank and Jaime
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
See, you said Gary would hate Jaime, but kinda get along with Frank and I thought that maybe these would be the conversations that someone who was like Gary, but also not like Gary, might have if they were going to meet Frank and Jaime, not together per se, think more apart, but still the conversation of this Gary who is not Gary would have with them you see?
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I just thought you where fantasizing
out loud
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, this still doesn’t address the fact that she is collecting $600K per month and that is not exactly a sympathetic position to be in.
while owning 7 houses
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 Frank didn’t okay stealing so much money, he’d have to pay less alimony.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 15, 2011 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Baseball America updated their 2011 MLB draft signings
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/draft/2011draftdb.php
Looks like Dodgers have signed roughly half their picks.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/draftdb/2011xteam.php?team=1011
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I wont be
dudes around here love the kiddies, someone is always pimping someone who shouldn’t be pimped
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
No matter how good or bad a prospect is, someone on the Internet will make a comment about them that could be called insane hyperbole.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 15, 2011 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Just thinking Bridger Hunt was a prospect was insane hyperbole:)
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Hey he slugged like .800 for some crappy D3 school it worked for Jerry Sands okay
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 15, 2011 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
did we draft some guy named Ho?
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maybe worse than the J. Lo joke, surely worse
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
equally bad? We'll call it a draw.
{clink}
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Also
I’m cautiously excited about Wingo, and Dickinson, and maybe Maynard. Sanchez will be intriguing to follow. I wouldn’t be surprised if some other dudes end up being pleasant surprises. I definitely don’t remember (not that he’s proven anything in the bigs yet but just as example) thinking, “Oh Shawn Tolleson, he’s gonna rock it!” Yeah, I don’t think this will be considered one of the Dodgers great draft classes. But bet there are still some gems that come out of it.
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No, nor is he related to Mongo from Blazing Saddles or Trey Wingo
or Debra Wingo.
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If I’m still here in three years someone stick a fork in my eye.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
want a preemptive fork sticking?
for here is where you will be found
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 15, 2011 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Also
(from Jim Callis)
Only seven 1st-rders signed so far.
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Probably even harder being a Dodger scouting director + GM these days...
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FYI
mark cuban is gonna be on Real Time tonight (with Marc Maron too!).
And I assumed there was a large discussion last week about the LA Dodgers owner on Curb that I missed out on
don't know about large but it was mentioned here and on DT, I couldn't get over it
was laughing very hard. Gary Cole! Perfect as faux Frank. Even though his office was fake they filmed one exterior scene at Dodger Stadium (wonder if they, uh, showed them the script before getting approval?)
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hahah
yeah, i noticed that they actually got some footage in the park hahaha would ahve liked to see him a bit more…. sleazy. I wonder how much of this was done before all the financial trouble stuff too
free extra innings weekend ftw
I’m hiding out at my gfs in the valley for carmageddon. Wasn’t sure what id be able to do when she is out of the house but it doesn’t seem like that will be a problem now..
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jul 15, 2011 4:17 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
If only Eric would
tell us the lineups.
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can't come soon enough
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.
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/conversations/_/id/6773354/los-angeles-dodgers-frank-mccourt-petitions-pay-ex-wife-less
seriously? he can’t even pay his wife now?
thats been posted several times
and uh, he is paying her 600 k a month. Can you pay that?
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 you have to pay someone $600,000.00 a month I think she should have to look like Sonia Aquino.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
can we make this a law?
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.
in the tone of
“Does he take sugar with his tea?”
or
“Does he take a stiff one up the arse?”
by Josie Becker on Jul 15, 2011 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Juan Pierre
13 stolen bases. 10 caught stealing. Yet Ozzie is still in love with him. We traded him to te right team, only wish it was sooner.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jul 15, 2011 5:24 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
so
We claim Wily Mo yet?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 15, 2011 5:36 PM PDT reply actions
Jon Weisman's Game Thread Title
Kershaw CIII: Kersharmageddon and the Deathly Hollows
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
watching plenty of games
with this extra inning thingy…why does Felix Pie still draw a paycheck for baseball?
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even this reminds me of Sonia
I might have a problem
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He just butchered another play in left
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jul 15, 2011 5:53 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
you know you're in too deep
When you have extra innings and you get excited about cle/bal and kc/mn
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jul 15, 2011 5:54 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
heh
I like watching teams I don’t see much or at all.
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Withrow with an interesting 1st innning
walked the first two batters, threw a wild pitch, had an error on a pickoff, and struck out Goldschmidt
1IP 0H 0R 2BB 2K
by SeanMillerSavior on Jul 15, 2011 5:43 PM PDT reply actions
Ben Zobrist with a grand slam and then gets walked with the bases loaded.
Andrew Miller is not Hiroki Kuroda. Hell he’s not even Ted Lilly. Hell he’s not even Scott Elbert. Oh wait, have I gone to far?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Tigers kicking themselves
could’ve had Verlander/Kershaw as 1/2 for years…unless they would’ve traded CK to Florida for Miggy. Wonder if they would’ve…by late 2007 they would’ve known CK was legit.
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I think they’re totally happy with having Miggy.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 15, 2011 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
no doubt
got him for a song…still, that would be a wicked top of the rotation.
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Marlins have to be the team kicking themselves
Tiger made a big mistake but obviously rectified it before it came back to bite them.
Jeffrey Loria just keeps raking in the $$$$
but yeah, the people who actually care about baseball, very much so
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Red Sox Need Kuroda
Their rotation is a mess right now and could use a good reliable starter. I think we match up with them best for a trade as they have a good 3B and C in the minors
by dodgers4life on Jul 15, 2011 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I could imagine Kuroda
refusing a trade to Boston or Detroit, but accepting one to New York. Reasonably sizeable Japanese/Japanese-American population in NYC area, but not so much in the other two.
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Not like I know his priorities, but I wonder how important that would be for a 3 month stretch. Obviously for a whole season or longer I’m guessing that may matter, but as a rental who knows. To the extent his family visits often, maybe any East Coast move may be problematic. Doesn’t seem to be a lot of clarity on this.
Curse you, #6 Org for not being more of a playoff contender!
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We’re missing out on those sweet Seattle prospects like
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 15, 2011 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
the Sounders got a good thing going though
by Josie Becker on Jul 15, 2011 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
We’re missing out on those actually acquirable Seattle prospects like
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 15, 2011 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait that was a soccer thing wasnt it.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 15, 2011 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m gonna have to try to enjoy soccer at some point of my life arent i.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 15, 2011 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
But...but... they're the #6 Org! Surely they are loaded with prospects!
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I would advise against shitting on the picture
by Josie Becker on Jul 15, 2011 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I would advise a Google Image search...
…with Safe Search turned off
by The Dude Abides on Jul 15, 2011 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
We need to promote Withrow to pitch in Colorado to do a similar thing.
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I'm on board!
“You hit Dinger, you get a raise.”
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Aroldis Chapman
is doing his Withrow impersonation right now
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Game broadcast has begun
at 6:30, with Vin. No game thread? (Just in case you may have set it for 7:00.) Game about to start.
Or this is it? (Marked Game Preview)
Game has started.
by berkowit28 on Jul 15, 2011 6:41 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
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