First Time Look at the Nationals
by Phil Gurnee on Jul 22, 2011 11:51 AM PDT
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PrintManager -Jim Riggleman
Manager - John McLaren
Manager - Old Friend Davey Johnson
Outlook: The Nationals are only two games under .500 fueled by a June record of 17 - 10. They are treading water in July at 8 - 9. If the Nationals can finish around .500 it will be a huge achievement considering that the large expenditures on Werth / LaRoche have basically been worthless, the huge mistake in trading Nyjer Morgan, the injury to Ryan Zimmerman, and the dismal sophomore play of Ian Desmond. This team has a very bright future with the best position prospect in baseball getting ready to help in 2012, and the infamous Stephen Strasberg getting ready to start pitching this Sept. Luckily for the Dodgers this young team does it's best work at home with a 28 - 18 record compared to the 20 - 32 road record. Going forward into the 2012 unlike the Dodgers the Nat's will be set at 2nd base, SS, 3rd base, catcher, right field, and left field. Must be nice. To bad we are going to miss the NL debut of Chien-Ming Wang who I think gets to pitch next weekend after several years of rehab.
Disabled List: Stephen Strasburg , Ivan Rodriguez, Adam LaRoche, Chien-Ming Wang
Positions:
1st Base: Luckily for the Nat's Adam LaRoche got hurt, before he was hurt he was the WORST offensive first baseman in baseball (.172/.288/.258) in 177 at bats. The Nat's are paying him $8,000,000 for that type of production. From what I gather they can buy him out of next years $10,000,000 option for 1 Million. I wonder what they are going to do? Talk about Night and Day, Michael Morse is now the everyday 1st baseman and his TSL is (.312/.361/.553) which ranks him among the top five NL 1st baseman. Morse is another in the extremely long line of Ex - Seattle Mariners who have gotten a chance to play everyday and flourished. Morse is not slowing down either, he has a .974 OPS in July.
2nd Base: Danny Espinosa at this point in the season looks like a lock for the ROY award except for the fact Kimbrel is still considered a rookie.. The slugging 2nd baseman leads all rookies in home runs (17), run batted in (55), runs scored (47), and ISO (.217). Just for fun his WAR is almost double of his next ROY competitor, teammate Wilson Ramos. Freddie Freeman and Ramos might have a say in this but given that Espinosa appears to be a defensive wizard, a 2nd baseman, and hitting at the same level as Freeman, he's my choice. Compared to his 2nd base peers hes also a top five 2nd baseman.
Shortstop: Everything is not golden for the Nationals. The SS of the future Ian Desmond may not be the SS of the future. The more Desmond plays the less he looks like an everyday SS. Little average, no plate discipline, no power (.226 / .268 / .312).
3rd Base: Ryan Zimmerman entered 2011 as the best 3rd baseman in the NL, maybe the best in baseball but he's had a tough go so far this year. He missed most of the year to injury and upon his return has been lackluster. We know what he's capable of, I would not pay much attention to the stats, he'll get going.
Catcher: Is Wilson Ramos a reason to not pay attention to AAA stats? He entered 2010 as a fairly highly touted catching prospect for the Twins (ranked #58 by BA) but had an OPS of only .625 in AAA when the Twins traded him to the Nationals for Matt Capps. A trade the Twins gravely regretted in 2011 when Mauer went down and they had no catchers to replace him as they sank to the bottom of the AL West. Ramos free of the Twins minor league system went on to post an .835 OPS over the final month. He hit the ground running in 2011 as the Nat's everyday catcher, the 23 year old is now one of the best young catchers in baseball. Plus he just keeps getting better. His OPS in July is a robust .989. That's right. .989. On July 22nd, the numbers one and two ROY candidates are playing for the same team.
Right Fielder: Statistically Jayson Werth has been very bad even if he was making the minimum, factor in the mammoth contract he signed this past offseason and you can understand if some Nat fans think they got shafted. Werth has not been this bad since he broke his wrist in 2005. His eye is still good as he still has that 100 point spread between batting average and on base average. The problem is the batting average is .218 and the slug% is .370. He has not slugged below .400 since 2005. Many will say he's simply paying the price for not playing in Philly anymore, but I'm going to reserve judgement, after all it has only been 3 1/2 months into the contract. For now he's a colossal disappointment, but things can change.
Center Fielder: Mistakes in judgment might have cost the Nationals a real shot in 2011. They had Nyler Morgan, they decided he did not fit and sent him packing to the Brewers, where he is doing his best work to help lead the Brewers to a Central Division Pennant. To replace Morgan they brought in Rick Ankiel who was typically terrible. They are now using speedster Roger Bernadina who is a big improvement over Ankiel but he's no Nyler Morgan. To be fair, this may be the best baseball Nyler Morgan ever plays.
Left Fielder: If you had looked at Lance Nix a month ago you'd have said, wow, what a season he's having. On June 5th he had on OPS of .911. Since then .648. Bringing us to his current OPS of .798 which is still good for a left fielder these days but a far cry from his pre June 5th work.
Bench: Guess who sits on the Nat bench waiting for Broxton?
Starting Pitching:
| xFIP/tERA/SIERA |
Matchup | Fave | Win% | Total Runs |
| 4.10 / 4.58 / 4.29 |
John Lannan versus Hiroki Kuroda | LA | 57.36 | 6.8 |
| 3.99 /4.26 / 3.70 |
Tom Gorzelanny versus Ted Lilly | LA | ||
| 3.75 / 4.42 / 3.91 | Jason Marquis versus Chad Billingsley | LA |
Lefty Lannan doesn't strike out anyone but so far he's getting the job done. Lefty Gorzelanny could always strike people out but command was his problem, so far this year his command has improved and now he's the second best pitcher on the staff. Tom did turn an ankle but is expected to make this start. Is it any surprise the Cubs traded the good pitcher and kept the crappy ones. Has anyone noticed who the Cubs have been using in their rotation this year? Keith would be pleased as more then any TBLA member he was big on Gorzelanny. Marquis is actually pitching well. Shit happens
Bullpen:
Setup:Henry Rodriquez has the second most innings out of the bullpen in July but has a strep throat so he may not pitch much this weekend. Look to see Tyler Clippard, Todd Coffey, and Ryan Mattheus, with lefty Sean Burnett getting the Andre call.
Closer: Drew Storen won the job and has not given up a run in July to go along his his six July saves.
I like this team. Put Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw on it, and this would be the team I'd want to watch play for the next 10 years.
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Riggleman
is not the manager, unless the Nats are more forgiving than your typical DC institution
by truemontenegro on Jul 22, 2011 11:57 AM PDT reply actions
Good God, what an oops.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jul 22, 2011 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Fixed again
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jul 22, 2011 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
eventually this Neutering will stick.
by Grimjack on Jul 22, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Repost
McCourt had argued he, like all debtors, entitled to use business judgment to pick loan. By not disclosing his personal financial stake …
… in proposed loan, judge said McCourt betrayed that judgment and opened door for court to consider loans on strictly financial terms.
Finally, McCourt suffers direct consequences as a result of being shifty and deceptive. Entirely for that reason. Judges don’t like deceit.
because he is the boss
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.
Yep
Judges can do whatever they want (certainly within the law).
by bhsportsguy on Jul 22, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Which is also why
MLB will wait a while before asking the Court to put Schieffer back in. I have other thoughts about today’s ruling, I’ll post a fan post tonight.
by bhsportsguy on Jul 22, 2011 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Sounds good!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Well
he was slightly more deceitful than MLB
by bhsportsguy on Jul 22, 2011 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
yes, you have to wear a very black hat to put Bud on a white horse
way to go Frank! You make Bud look like the hero!
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
So when is the earliest this gets settled? some time next year? the only thing I can see happening is McCourt getting steamrolled in the next 1-2 months or this not ending ever.
by NotJoeTorre on Jul 22, 2011 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m going to assume that Frank McCourt will lose the TV rights motion. The question is does Frank McCourt finally see the writing on the wall and sell, or does he keep on trucking along?
Sell their 45 houses and live fairly comfortably?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Fucker killed the bike marathon. I’m almost more pissed about that than about what he did to the Dodgers.
by TopDeckTrueBlue on Jul 22, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
you were an
almostaway from really taking some punishment here
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s gonna truck and appeal until the Dodgers are ripped from his cold dead hands.
Then he’s gonna retire to some Caribbean island and spend the rest of his life drinking mojitos.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Footnote
There’s an interesting footnote on p. 4:
Mr. McCourt blames the Commissioner for Debtors’ woes while the Commissioner alleges Mr.
McCourt’ mismanagement and self-dealin are the cause. It appears that their dispute will shortly be before
the Court. Their acrimonious relationship and Mr. McCourt’ belief that the Commissioner is hostile toward
him is an unhelpful distraction which obfuscates the uncontroverted testimony from Debtors’ representative,
Mr. Jeffrey Ingram, that Baseball is not hostile to the Debtors.
Note last sentence – “uncontroverted testimony”. I think this will allow Selig’s case for taking charge (in that 11-page letter he wrote to McCourt, published earlier today) to be considered on its own merits without much chance that McCourt’s claim that this letter somehow demonstrates biased hostility to get in the way.
I enjoyed that :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
To wit:
This entity owns the Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball team (the “Dodgers”) whose
rich and successful history is of mythical proportions. Its great fonner players, managers and executives
couldjustify their own hall of fame. Formerly the Brooklyn Dodgers, the team name is derived from fans
who used to “dodge” that city’s trolleys.
by berkowit28 on Jul 22, 2011 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
OT but this cracked me the hell up
RT @ConanOBrien I have arrived @Comic_Con. The air is thick w/ the smell of Cheetos & celibacy. #SDCC
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 thought you should know you have a doopleganger. Undadog posted on LAGConfidential this morning
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
really? just coincidence or a imposter?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
(an)
and that’s cool, I will post there soon and show him what’s what.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
just a coincidence. I imagine he wanted your name, saw it was taken, and just went with the a. His avatar is also the underdog dog.
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
5 simple words
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!! (then you slice his head off)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
i haven't seen that
have you never seen Highlander, Josie?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Gibbons
should have gone to that doctor
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
He tried
but could never find the office.
by Eric Stephen on Jul 22, 2011 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
He told the Gnome he is full of it
for Gibbons, evidently seeing is believing
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
apes and gnomes apparently don't speak the same language
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
He got a free exam
from Dr. Menger
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'!
Either move seems pretty fair.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
More power, less walks, but yes.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Even more reason for the Brewers to do it then.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Taken from BTF.
Detroit Tigers broadcaster Rod Allen made an unfunny and inappropriate attempt at a joke about Latinos during Fox Sports Detroit’s telecast Thursday night.
Allen, a color analyst since 2003, said the postgame meal in the Tigers clubhouse at Target Field should include rice and beans, because most of the team’s lineup against the Twins had Latino heritage.
You see, the Latinos just love them some rice and beans, as the stereotype goes.
Would Allen, who is African American, make a joke about a Tigers lineup that was mostly black requiring something stereotypical to eat? Would he stoop to make a watermelon joke? Maybe he would. Maybe he has. But that wouldn’t make it right, or funny.
Allen: "Tigers pretty much got a all-Latin squad out there tonight."
Impemba: "Ordoñez, Cabrera, Martinez, Peralta, Guillen, Avila, Betemit. Jackson and Boesch don’t qualify."
Allen: "They’re gonna have to get some rice and beans for the postgame spread tonight."
Impemba: "[Nervous-sounding laugh]. Yes, they are. … Two and two!"
I honestly don’t know what I think about this
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
so I am going ot stop thinking about it right now!
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
what about the plantains?
/steve lyons
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jul 22, 2011 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Well that dude is clearly to dumb to hold down a job.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
yes
my gamut of feelings goes from
What’s really the big deal? He is talking food sterotypes, not that the people who eat those foods are less than in anyway…if they were all Italians and he said put out the lasagna spread would people care?
How could he say that! Outrage! Because any characterization of culture associated with race now gets that first reaction from me…conditioning I suppose
to finally arriving at:
That guy is not too smart, just avoid the topic, because no matter what you say someone is likely to be offended so say nothing at all
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
And he wasn’t being sensitive to Magglio’s gluten allergy.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rod Allen: Smart
BTW, this is Rod Allen
by Michael White on Jul 22, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
baseball players are mostly dumb
I said it
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
can only imagine his quotes on Japanese-heavy lineups. (If there were such a thing in MLB games)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
At first I read this as
Allen, a colored analyst since 2003
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'!
hope you guys caught LOUIE last night btw...
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
not yet
I’ll watch it tonight
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'!
I shall say no more...
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
A man changing the subject as fast as possible.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm serious
He was changing the subject back to the call of the game.
by Eric Stephen on Jul 22, 2011 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
less offensive
than Lyons saying Latinos were gonna steal his wallet
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
yes
to me there is a difference
are all characterizations unfair, or just the negative ones?
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
razor's edge
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve decided we’ve gone too damn far. On the one hand, the argument is in suggesting all Latinos like a certain food, you’re characterizing an entire race. On the other hand, name for me a Latino restaurant that doesn’t serve either rice, beans, or both.
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
playing the race card
is the equivalent of upending the board. no one wins.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah the problem is that while there are grades/levels of offensiveness I suppose
and this comment on the surface isn’t the most offensive we’ve heard, it is a) not funny, so not worth it; and b) something he still should’ve thought, if he had a modern, sharp brain, “Hm, this may be offensive, better stop my mouth before it speaks it”
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
yup
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
clearly stupid to say it
but it is also stupid that as a society every association with not just race, but culture, becomes so sensitive that you have to pretend that you don’t know that the majority of latinos diet consist of the staples of rice and beans
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
which it does
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
because they are delicious
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.
political correctness run amok
it drives me bonkers
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Is a latino harmed if I assume that they like rice and beans?
I guess, if I invited them for dinner….maybe depending on the menu
People can assume I must eat a bunch of italian food, they should, its true
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
You’re OK as long as you don’t offer an Aussie a Fosters. Those commercials lie.
by Eric Stephen on Jul 22, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I've heard that
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
don’t offer a Brit a Newky Brown either
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
what about
a Heineken?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
that’s fine, just don’t give it to a Dutchman
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
have your travels ever taken you to Ireland, HJ?
do they drink Guiness there?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve been to Ireland about 10 times – I spent a bunch of time in the west in a small town called Balina – lovely
Yes, guiness is better and they drink copious amounts
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
word
once knew a girl who grew up near Belfast. Didn’t know she was Irish as she had gotten rid of her accent due to teasing as a child.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen was a drunken tourist in Dublin trying to get on the stage at a pub during some live music. The lead singer kicked him off because he was holding a half-pint!
Also, don’t call it a Newky Brown. In some circles that might get your balls grabbed.
by Eric Stephen on Jul 22, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
James May calls it Newky Brown, so I’m calling it Newky Brown
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
James May not say that again.
Also, who is James May?
by Eric Stephen on Jul 22, 2011 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I did this. They called it “Dog.”
I said, “I like Newcastle Brown.”
They said, “We do, too.”
I said, “Why did you call it ‘Dog?’”
They looked at each other and said they didn’t know. But everybody in England calls it Dog.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Hah!
I can contribute to mindless pop culture thread for once.
I have just opened a bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale I had at home. On the back label appears this note:
FACT: Nickname
Newcastle Brown Ale is affectionately known as “Dog” by those in the know. “I’m gannin’ to see* a man about a Dog” and “I’m taking the Dog for a walk” were often used by Geordie men as an excuse for visiting their local to sample their beloved tipple.
*I am off to see
[Geordie means someone from Newcastle area]
Ooo, I love talking Brit culture
To be a true Geordie, you have to be from Newcastle or it’s environs, you have to support Newcastle United, and you get to use the versicle phrase “Why aye”
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Moe Howard
was a Geordie?
Why aye oughtta….
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
once walked into a bathroom in a hostel
where I was staying in London, two Aussies were going at it in a shower in the men’s loo. They were both hammered, the hostel was full of Aussies. Well, they were TRYING to go at it, the dude had one too many drinks I suppose. I had the urge to interrupt and say, “Is this Australian for sex?”
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
well if you saw Oeltjen fucking, you’d tell the board about it too!
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
when I was flown up to Berkeley for Black Recruitment Weekend, they served fried chicken and cornbread. I wasn’t offended, but I wasn’t really hungry for chicken.
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
At Brandeis, they had a lot of kosher meal options.
I call shenanigans!
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I love Italian food…….so much……nom nom
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
The harm comes from the fact that he’d never make the Waldorf Salad comment. It’s othering the Latino players while assuming whitey likes all the diverse joys of the spread.
It’s not the worst possible thing he could have said, but he shouldn’t have said it.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
this comment should be framed and placed at the front of announcer booths. Don’t other people, and if it’s not funny/entertaining/on topic, then stfu
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I am going to make schnitzel jokes every day this week and report back what happens
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
make sure you laugh heartily after saying it, be sure to poke the dirty Kraut too, if they aren’t laughing
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Those Germans aren’t all sunshine and rainbows you know.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I assume that the vast majority of your family are mafioso.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
there in lies the difference
If I assume a latino is in a gang, clearly a negative = BAD and almost always not true, for me the offensive stuff should be stuff that is almost always not true. The stuff that is almost always true is not offensive…heck, it is often culture.
Even though all mafioso are italians, very few italians are mafioso – so apart from it being a bad thing (crime), it is mostly not true
and yes Dave, damn you, some members of my family were deported in the 1950s
Even though a high percentage of gang members might be latino, still very few latinos are in gangs – mostly not true
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
yes
that’s the bad one for us Italian-Americans. Hell, Curious George has an offensive “Italian” character. Luckily it’s so bad it’s semi-harmless.
I’m certain most of my ancestors on one side were inscrutable opium dealers.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
my wife is happa, she and her other asian girlfiends make fun of asian drivers
I think, that becuase I married an asian, I am given a pass into the club and can make the same jokes. I critique the rice! Why can’t I critique the driving?
they, in thier wisdom and graciousness, have rule against me with considerable ferocity. I don’t push it
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the same thing
and my wife lets me get away with it
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.
As a Jewish person, I guess I should feel thankful that
a) not that many people like “our” food (though dammit potato kugel and latkes are delicious) and b) not that many of us in baseball for that matter. ;-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
jewish deli’s are important
when I lived in North Carolina my wife and I drove to DC several times just to eat in a real jewish deli
Los Angeles is great
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah the main culinary thing I miss after leaving SoCal is probably that
LA has far superior Jewish delis than up here. Not NYC good but as close as it gets on the west coast. So, yeah, good deli food is the bomb.
Gefilte fish, not so much.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Depending on where in NC, that could have been a 10 hour drive!
by Michael White on Jul 22, 2011 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I needed a pastrami on rye with a bowl of matzo ball soup
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Crap!
The Jewish food discussion went on down here! I misplaced my comment!
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I need a Langers fix
but I’m no longer close to 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'!
I suppose if he was equal opportunity and if he saw the Cardinals lineup went “better break out the waldorf salad” it would be okay.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I seriously
almost started laughing really hard at my work.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
my mom likes to make an enchilada casserole. Cause rolling things is too hard, apparently
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
it takes time and is messy
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 am all about Cholula
I had friend who were Tapatillo people, they scoffed at Cholula, so we did a blind taste test…all four of us went with Cholula
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
high
fucking
five
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.
ive been using topatillo
but i dig Cholula too. I’ve also been using El Yucateco, its not vinegar based and its HOT! but its good! I’ve been using Crystal for my vinegar based hot sauce lately (but thats NOLA, not mexican ahha)
Hold on to your butts
/SamJacksonJurassicPark
Hopin' and prayin'
Gotta think we need 3b,c, and maybe 1b help longer-term 1st year of A,AA,AAA types at the deadline. Wouldn’t young pitching be more at a premium and therefore, maybe, just maybe, we could get youth here at the deadline rather than vice versa for a change?
I’d hope that Kim has a day job that would miss her
but it would sure make for a good TV movie if it went down that way
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Haven't been a fantasy book guy in 25 years or so
but have to share, really enjoying
The Game of Thronesbooks
great political machinations in a fantasy world that is both familiar and fresh
I dig it
i might check them books out
the show has gotten rave reviews
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
the 4th – a feast for crows or something like that
been reading them one after the other, kind of like eating a bag of chips
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I was told the 1st book was 800 pages
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
all the books are long
but it is fantasy literature so you can read fast
not like working your way through the russians, or Joyce, or Faulkner, or anyone of that ilk
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I beg of you
Please don’t drop any spoilers on us who picked it up watching the show.
by Michael White on Jul 22, 2011 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
not a word from me
the books are fun if you go that way
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
If anything I might read the first one now that the first season of the show is over, but I don’t want to read ahead. I enjoyed the show too much.
by Michael White on Jul 22, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I struggled with that myself, but gave into the urge
One book = one season
thus far anyway
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
as it should be
/rhymes with marry potter
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 made me laugh for some reason
@mlbtraderumors MLB Trade Rumors
Yankees Asked About Shields, Rays Said No http://bit.ly/peVh1p
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
rays reject yankees offer of derek jeter's autorgraph for shields
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jul 22, 2011 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
/kemp and kershaw for montero
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 would have went with “Yankees Ask About & Rays Put Up Defense Shields”
by Eric Stephen on Jul 22, 2011 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Comedy Death Rays!
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 were the Rays GM
I’d send Brian Cashman these:
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
“Can we have Shields? Pretty please? With sugar on top?”
by eitherethier on Jul 22, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
“be your best frieeeeennnnnddd……”
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I can only imagine the crap the Yankees offered up
Our top 12 prospects are untouchable, but we’re willing to make an exception by pairing Ivan Nova with the recently acquired Marcus Thames.
So I walked the four blocks to the food trucks
looking forward to trying this sushi burrito thing and the J-something truck mintxcore promised me was a no-show! The other one he mentioned, Rebel Bite, was there. I tried the “Rebel Style” — cheddar cheese, bolognese/marinara sauce, caramelized onions and/or caramelized kimchi slaw, ‘Molotov Cocktail’ sauce — “Karl B. Marx” — pieces of marinated Kalbi short rib — grilled sandwich. It was pretty darn tasty and a pretty reasonable deal at $5.50, I thought. It’s nice to have more options around here.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
I hit up the burnt truck and the baconmania truck
my heart still hearts from all the bacon
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.
yay!
i was actually there but didnt see you obviously hahah I’m glad you liked Rebel Bite! It’s quickly become one of my fav food trucks because its simple but unique and good for the money. I love the chili too, and if you wanna go crazy there nutella banana cheese quesadilla is weird and awesome.
Jogasaki was there wednesday and I think they just go on Wednesdays and Rebel Bite are there only Fridays.
glad you went and sorry we missed each other! You would have been the first person besides JLS to meet my wife
so New Orleans and Nashville are in the PCL
the fuck?
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
the PCL absorbed what he International league or something like that, n’est ce pas?
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
The old American Association got swallowed up some time ago, making one giant PCL.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
The 1969-1993 Atlanta Braves and a few decades of New Orleans Saints agree with your question.
by Eric Stephen on Jul 22, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
because a 8 hour flight sucks donkey balls?
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Unless you’re flying with Wade Boggs.
I guess it would suck if he had the window and you had the aisle.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
and he kept having to go to the bathroom every half hour
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, that was the joke. Because he’d be drinking a lot of beer.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I ruined your joke. I’ll buy you another one.
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
50+ cans
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.
They still do it anyway, If I’m a baseball player, I rather make two trips a season to New York and Chicago instead of three trips to Phoenix and Denver
…I don’t think you thought this through.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
A (more) balanced schedule would probably include 12 games with say, the Cubs. 6 home and 6 away games with the team. They would probably want two home and away series.
Contrast that to the current 18 games(on average 3 home and away series) vs. a rival and 6 games or so against everyone outside the division.
if you’re a baseball player you wouldn’t have time to get out and see New York and Chicago. It’s not like you’re in The Rolling Stones, you have to sleep to be good at your job
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
If you’re an owner in the west, you’d rather pay to charter more trips to Phoenix and less to New York.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
You’ll make more money on average if you can book more games against the Cubs, Cards, and Mets than you would against the Rockies, Padres, and D’Backs.
You would lose the Giants games though, but well, fuck the Giants.
but properly cooked it becomes delicious!
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
this is good if you are going for the girl in every port plan
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
To bad we are going to miss the NL debut of Chien-Ming Wang
Emma Span recently tweeted that she wondered if her proposed headline for an article she wrote on him would survive the editor: Wang Rising In Minors.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Wang for Shields?
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 wonder what would have happened if when the Yankees had Randy Johson and Chien-Ming Wang, they also had RA Dickey and JJ Putz. And just for good measure, Dick Pole as a pitching coach.
by StolenMonkey86 on Jul 22, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
NCAA to let Ohio State off the hook
not surprising
(I'm not going to continue this topic but)
Doesn’t the NCAA deserve their share of blame? Is any program “clean”? I can’t even keep track of all the penalties, etc.
yeah, that's pretty clear now
Garrett basically spit in their face, and hence the ridiculous hammer. Hadens’ pandering is really starting to piss me off, but no doubt he’d have kissed enough ass to have gotten off.
Cool
only one comment about the preview and it related to the error.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Does Davey Johnson smell like embalming fluid?
there, three
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
mike morse is big and hits the ball 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.
i wish we had him
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Wilson Ramos is doing very well for a man that had six walks in 2009.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
its the Nats
Who gives a shit until Strasberg and Harper are there
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'!
You know that franchise that people like to make fun of? Our team is worse than them, and there is no help coming.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
It is true, our franchise is currently in worse shape.
It is not true that there is no help coming though.
But it may be too long before help comes in the form of new ownership, if that’s what you mean…
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 knew I should have gone with “things are gonna get worse before they get better.”
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
That works.
/cue the It Gets Better (for Dodger fans) video I’ve concocted in my own head.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
The Nationals seem to have good hitters
do their pitchers suck? The ones we are facing don’t look that bad.
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 covered that in them having good hitters
they have other good hitters other then werthless
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 am pleased he sucks
His sucking, sucks on my ego!
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
They’ve given a lot of plate apperances to bad players to end up with this lineup.
At least 200 to:
Roger Bernadina (.689 OPS)
Jerry Hairston (.722)
At least 100 to:
LaRoche
Alex Cora (.565)
Pudge
Rick Ankiel (.624)
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
From Jayson Stark
The Yankees, Tigers, Red Sox and Rangers are among a bunch of teams that have asked the Dodgers about Hiroki Kuroda, but those teams are still waiting for word back on whether Kuroda would approve a deal. Clubs that have spoken with the Dodgers say they’ll almost certainly move Jamey Carroll. And there are indications they’ve gotten some nibbles on Rafael Furcal.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
link
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 Ned manages to get a decent return for Carroll or especially Furcal (!) and/or even more miraculously Aaron Miles
I will no longer think him terrible, will bump him up to mediocre.
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 he gets a decent return on those guys, I will expect he feeds the next Dodger stadium crowd with 7 fishes and a buck of water he turned to wine
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
What's decent though?
Furcal is legitimately a DFA candidate, so a warm body probably qualifies as “decent”
by Michael White on Jul 22, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
pretty sure all we'll get is franks favorite player back
Cash Considerations
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jul 22, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s the one thing that won’t qualifiy as decent for Furcal.
In my opinion.
by Michael White on Jul 22, 2011 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Yet others might be fine with that because it means that Gordon becomes the starting SS immediately
by Michael White on Jul 22, 2011 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t give a shit about cash though. The saved money isn’t going to help next year. I want a player.
"Fast just got Faster"
Right
But some are lobbying for Furcal to be DFA’d. This is basically DFA’ing him.
by Michael White on Jul 22, 2011 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Seems pointless to me. Even in august we could waiver trade him for something I bet.
"Fast just got Faster"
Manny Ramirez didn't bring anything back in a waiver deal
And he wasn’t looking down the barrell of one of the worst seasons in LA Dodger history
by Michael White on Jul 22, 2011 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Right. For Furcal more than that, a warm body who can be decent minor leaguer
would be a decent return.
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’ll only need 7 fishes, because the attendance will be 7
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
go back to your bridge
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
You’re just prejudiced against the short, angry, and ugly.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I hoping
that if the Dodgers trade enough away they might call me up before seasons end
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
“Now here comes Joe, affectionately known as ‘Hollywood’, in his season debut for the big club, he looks at a ball in the dirt, 1-0.”
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I just peed myself reading this
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
i'm hoping you knock a run in
so I can hear, “and Hollywood Joe, now stands on the big stage and makes the most of it.”
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
By September you’ll be “Hollywood Joe, the big butter and egg man.”
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Lotta Eye Tyes out there today
I hope they ordered enough pizza
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'!
by mleadman on Jul 22, 2011 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
“Ya know, they say the Mediterranean diet is really the most healthy way you can live, and it sure is delicious.”
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Furcal and Hawksworth for Ryan Wheeler.
by dodgers4life on Jul 22, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
For all the shit Ned gets for not selling
If he sold EVERYBDOY on the block, we’d have to be impressed
by Michael White on Jul 22, 2011 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
He hasn’t done shit yet.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
John Ely contributed to a major league roster
That’s a fine return for some of the shit we’re trotting out there
by Michael White on Jul 22, 2011 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
amen
as bad as he is, he was a good return
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
So this is a soccer comment (bear with me)
There is a dichotomy to the DP:a older star begets a different profit(tix,jerseys)than a younger one(transfer fee);still a profit
A DP is essentially a big contract player, and a transfer fee would be like a bunch of prospects in baseball (something traded to get the right to an up and coming star)
Right now we have Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp, and most people want to keep at least one of them, because they can sell tickets and jerseys in the future (and play well but this is just economics here). I guess my question is, is the notion of a young star becoming a veteran superstar for the same team still viable? Should every team be looking for their Albert Pujols? Or is there now a dichotomy where a player can only get one big contract from a team (either initially in his 20s, or brought over in his 30s)?
Don’t think there is one right answer to this, but obviously you see less and less of a player staying with one team.
"Fast just got Faster"
I guess it’s a big of an abstract. I guess I’m trying to say being a GM must be a near impossible job. It’s not just plugging holes, you have to trade young talent so you can afford to keep some of your young talent, and well as bring in some old talent, and stay within budget. And how do you know which of your young players is the guy you have to keep lest the team fall into oblivion.
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
most people want to keep at least one of them
I believe that’s actually an understatement. I believe everybody wants to keep at least one of them.
I deserve every bit of crap that Michael White gives me about wanting to sell the team off and try to rebuild, because it’s not an inaccurate statement of what I think needs to happen, and even I want to keep Matt Kemp and build around him for a generation.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Second graph should not be in a quote box.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
right. I think I’m just having that moment where I realize we can’t keep Kersehaw, and Kemp, and Andre, and Billingsly, and expect the team to just get better. But don’t know how you decide which ones are worth it.
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Kershaw Kemp and Billingsley. Use saved money to sign Prince.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
so basically you want to give Andre’s money to Prince. Would that be enough?
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
er, Andre and Loney’s money, and then we need a left fielder
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
that's what
Jerry Sands is for
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
plus Blake and Uribe are going to need replacing
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
we're stuck with Uribe
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought it was just two years. Three years…..gee whiz
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
yarp
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
indeed
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
:)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions
ah well, that's where it could be interesting
Put Jerry there and play Trayvon in LF?
Move Kemp to RF and put Gywnn in CF?
Kyle Russell?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
My prediction: It is not enough in 2012. But Prince is extremely good and that is the kind of guy you pay for.
Fortunately, two things will happen: as the Dodgers stink, they will get high draft picks that will turn into useful players, and the bad contracts/dead money will come off the books, freeing up money for role players who can actually help. Having Prince around will be a godsend at that point.
Aim for 2013 or 14.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
so you get paid to lie about crappy products (no offense), how do you sell Prince on “we’re gonna suck next year, but these eggs are gonna be fantastic chickens”
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
With extra dollars (see below).
One of the reasons I didn’t advocate getting Werth last offseason was that I thought he’d get crazy money. Turns out he got even crazier money than I anticipated. I don’t think Werth is good enough for that. But Prince is different— I think he’s good enough to overpay for him. I think that overpaying for him will pay off in wins.
But we all know the Dodgers’ situation, and I don’t expect this will happen.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Should we sweeten the pot
with ethnic food?
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'!
“Hey Prince, do you like girls? Our new Beaver Squad can take care of that for you. Just point ‘em out in the stands and they’ll be at the clubhouse door lickety-split, if you know what I mean.”
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
By the way, Marty, two Kavulapoints to you for the “Don’t break your glasses” comment. I had totally teed that one up and I’m glad someone knocked it out.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I am a fountain
of useless information
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'!
That said, if I’m Prince, I don’t sign with the Dodgers unless the money is crazy. If the money is roughly equal, I go somewhere else.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Then we pray Andre gets traded for something useful and some number of our prospects pan out and we convince some body Trayvon Robinson can be useful.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m just goofing with you. And besides, we figured out we’re not that far apart on how to move forward (we’d both trade/waive existing players to go after Fielder) just that our expectations thereafter are different.
by Michael White on Jul 22, 2011 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I have no comeback for this. And you’re 100% right
by Michael White on Jul 22, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
We’d have to clear a lot of space. The man is big.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I know. We’re good. Besides, I can take it.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
A McDonald’s manager in the Atlanta area is accused of punching a mother after she brought her autistic children and a service dog inside the restaurant, authorities said.
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2011/jul/22/cops-mcdonalds-boss-punches-mom-service-dog/
Things probably not said by reasonable people in reaction to this story
“You know, I’d like to hear the whole story first.”
by Eric Stephen on Jul 22, 2011 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I have had experience with a woman and her service dog. One of them was a bitch.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Which one got serviced?
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Have some new fast internet please dont use it too much
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Doesn't somebody on this board (nolander?) think 4G is bullshit?
by Michael White on Jul 22, 2011 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
its not as fast as the original standard
but it still approaches home broadband speeds.
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.
Isn’t that because 4G IS bullshit? I don’t know much about this subject, but I have read some things that imply that what the networks are currently selling as 4G isn’t true 4G — that is still a few years away — and people are gonna get confused when true 4G comes along.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup
That’s basically what I was referring to
by Michael White on Jul 22, 2011 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
LTE is a real step forward
but even that is not real 4g. There are 4g phones that are not lte, and they are bullshit incarnate.
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.
Gizmodo from last November.
Right now, every major carrier in the US is touting a “4G” network that’s either available or being rolled out. Sprint is pushing WiMax. AT&T and Verizon are pushing LTE (Long-Term Evolution). T-Mobile is pushing HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access Evolved). They’re all faster than the “3G” speeds than we’re used to, with WiMax and HSPA+ delivering consistent, real-world speeds of anywhere from 3Mbps-12Mbps today. But a rep for the ITU told me flatly, “The fact is that there are no IMT-Advanced—or 4G—systems available or deployed at this stage.” Calling their newer, faster networks “4G” is “completely marketing” by the carriers, says Gartner analyst Phil Redman.Still faster, though.
5g
is where its at. More Gs is always better
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'!
http://www.theonion.com/articles/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades,11056/
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'!
Saw her last night on my TV. She’s cool
by Julio Nievas on Jul 22, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
S-Widow want’s a trade?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
That's exactly what I said 4 months ago
when I quit my job
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'!
Finishing the last two papers in order to recieve my masters.
I think I will pass these classes anyway, but this will turn the minimum B to the A+ that everyone gets.
BerniesCrew
ESPN’s Jim Bowden says #Brewers “trying hard” to acquire Jamey Carroll from #Dodgers, but are having trouble matching up on prospects.
Read: Brewers don’t have any prospects
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
make em sweat ned
I’ll miss gamer. Parting is such sweet sorrow
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.
Gamer for Gamel. Sold.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Gamel is not a prospect but I’d make that trade.
by dodgers4life on Jul 22, 2011 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Gamel is like the third pound angus burger at McDonalds.
In the grand scheme of things, it’s terrible, but when you’re looking at the McDonalds menu it looks amazing.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
It's not a bad return for 2 months of Jamey Carroll, is what I'm saying.
Especially given Brewers don’t really have any great prospects right 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.
Yeah, I think it’s fair, but the Brewers might be clinging on to him way harder than they should.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Could be. Especially given that... they don't have any great prospects right now.
Which is why I’d sorta prefer the Dodgers trade Carroll elsewhere, but on other hand not like they’re gonna get much for him regardless.
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’m more a grilled chicken club (no tomato no lettuce) guy myself. It’s more believable. Do the Brewers have a prospect analagous to that sandwich?
by StolenMonkey86 on Jul 22, 2011 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, this could be fun. Who is the prospect equivalent of a 99-cent 6-piece chicken mcnuggets made from mechanically separated chicken?
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Trayvon Robinson. If you’re drunk he looks really good but in the morning you wonder what the hell you were thinking.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
We are all like Dorothy saying goodbye to the Scarecrow at the end of The Wizard of Oz. We’re all wiping away tears, and thinking, “Why am I crying, it’s just Jamey Carr—- ooohhhhh, snifff….”
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
It honestly makes me sad to think he could stop being a dodger soon
aww shucks
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 just makes me again reference
this song
(sorry)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
looks like Captain America doesn't suck
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.
Didn't phil?
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 like the pi question
to make a computer melt down
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'!
batman begins
the dark knight
the rest.
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.
spiderman 2
iron man
The incredibles
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.
really liked the first two xmen ones too
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 no particular order
Superman (first)
Dark Knight and/or Batman Begins
Iron Man
Spider-Man 2
The Incredibles :-)
Superman II
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 like all these and would raise you an X-Men 2
by eitherethier on Jul 22, 2011 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I dislike Iron Man. It was fun and all but it makes no sense. You have to be like Guy Pearce in Memento as you watch that movie, because if you remember any part of the plot as you go along, you’re like, “Why is this happening? It makes no sense.”
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
You are wrong about Ratatouille, btw, I’ve decided
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m totally right about Ratatouille. It is a movie about how the filmmakers are geniuses and you’re not.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
no it’s not, it’s a movie about how everyone’s a genius, but if you ask a fish to climb a tree it’s gonna be shit at it
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s what it should be about, but it isn’t.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel like we’ve taken extreme opposite positions about the same thing and I don’t know where to draw the battlefield
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Rattatoillie is great
just enjoy it and know that humma is a fool!
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 he’s not, is the thing. We’ve both watched the same thing, noticed the same details and come to different conclusions. I’m more curious than anything.
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I think that is an interesting, and arguable, take on that film
that is also a mighty cynical take that I am glad I still don’t have. ;-)
But I can understand that interpretation.
When rewatching it this week mostly I noticed how beautiful the backgrounds were this time, the look is amazing. And the food appreciation really gets me.
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 agree, it’s cynical. But it was interesting to see Ratatouille after noticing that element in The Incredibles, too — Dash and his mom get into an argument that ends with Elastigirl saying “Everyone’s special, Dash,” and he says, sarcastically, “Which is another way of saying no one is” — implying that they REALLY ARE special — and that is an idea that goes unchallenged for the rest of the film.
In fact, the non-sarcastic reading of that line is correct. No one is special. You have to treat everybody the same.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyway, I noticed that in The Incredibles, and it bugged me, and then I (felt like I) saw a whole movie about it in Ratatouille.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
but it’s about embracing what makes you exceptional, not about putting down those who aren’t exceptional at what you are. Mr. Incredible’s biggest mistake was not recognizing that Buddy had a gift for inventing.
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
No, it’s about feeling like you are exceptional and that you deserve recognition, and not just that, but special accommodation because of it.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think that Incredibles or Ratatouille argued for special accommodation. I think it said you should find your gift and you should be free to use it.
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
But what about all the other characters in the movies? Take the chick chef in Ratatouille, for example. She’s been working her whole life to be a chef, she’s paid her dues, she’s damn good. Then the fucking rat comes in, and she’s just supposed to be, like, OK, you’re the genius! I’ll back the fuck off! Sorry boss!
That movie takes the phrase “Anyone can cook,” which has an actual meaning (“you may think you can’t cook, but even you, if you learn, can cook”) and perverts it to fit another meaning (“you never know who the genius will turn out to be”). The actual meaning is warm-hearted and generous. The latter meaning is egomaniacal.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
The chick chef in Ratatouille is like Natalie Portman in the beginning of Black Swan. She’s worked hard and is damn good, but can’t let herself go into her art. Everyone else in the kitchen knew that sweet bread recipe was horrible, but she was hellbent on sticking to the recipe.
Some people, no matter how much they work at something, are never truly great at it. That’s not egomaniacal, that’s fact. No matter how hard he tries, or how much he bulked up, Tony Gwynn Jr could never be an acceptable replacement for Matt Kemp.
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not saying that he can.
What I am saying is that if Matt Kemp then came into the clubhouse and started bowling over the Tony Gwynns and saying the Dodgers were going to do things his way — which is what the rat does in Ratatouille — then that would make him an asshole.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
But the rat doesn’t do that in Ratatouille. The Rat in Ratatouille knows his swing, and he’s not gonna have some hitting coach tell him that it could be improved.
And maybe it could be improved. But it’s hard to be really good at something if you’re willing to assume you could be wrong.
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
The rat DOES do that in Ratatouille. He makes a fucking nest in a dude’s hair and works him like a puppet! That character has no purpose in the world that the filmmakers set up except to serve the genius.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Linguini was a terrible cook, but he was a great small business owner!
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Only because the genius worked there. He owes everything to the genius that works him like a puppet.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
he was good on roller skates
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 happy for him, and I’m sure the rat would be, too, if the rat gave a shit about anybody else, which he doesn’t.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
didn't giving a shit about the other rats
land him in trouble? He gave them food!
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.
Guess he learns his fucking lesson, then, huh? See what doing for other people gets you? Trouble, that’s what.
The movie sets up entirely false choices in order to make a hero out of an asshole.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Linguini USED Remy! The rat wanted to run away, but Linguini used him so he wouldn’t get fired.
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
codependent
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.
More to the point. He owes everything to the genius.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
he’s a talent scout. He recognized someone’s gift and give him a place to use it.
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
You know how talent feels about agents, right? That they do the hard work and THAT GUY gets 10%. For what? Nothin’.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s not nothing to negotiate deals and look out for their client’s best interests.
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
That is my point. It is not nothing.
But talent treats it like it is nothing.
And the movie treats it like it is nothing, too. In my opinion, it is a lot to read into Ratatouille that Linguini’s experience proves that each individual can find the thing they are good at and succeed. Really, the movie is only about Remy.
And for all of Linguini’s busting his ass, he wasn’t a success until somebody else used him like a puppet.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
hours later, we’ve hashed out all the details, and we still just see them differently
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed to disagree.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
You guys rock...
just for bringing this back somehow to the Dodgers. :-)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
born talent is a cheap notion. I hate it when people say I am a natural sales person. It cheapens the years of effort I have put in hoing my craft.
effort is character
I side with effort
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
The lesson learned growing up with the message “everyone has their own special talent”
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, people should grow up with the message of “you want something , bust ass”
not, find the thing that makes you special and embrace it….
by Hollywood Joe on Jul 22, 2011 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
*everyone has their talent
*realizing talent takes a ridiculous amount of practice
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I always thought
Salesmen ho’d their craft
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'!
by mleadman on Jul 22, 2011 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Holier than thou?
;)
Yeah very few perfect ones, that’s for sure.
And X-Men 2 could go on list, too, yeah, best of those movies that’s for sure.
Is Hellboy (and II) superhero movie?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
hellboy 2 is a damn fine movie
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.
1) Superman II
t2) every superhero movie with boobs
by Eric Stephen on Jul 22, 2011 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Batman Begins
Iron Man
Superman
Thor
Spiderman
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
THOR?????
Really,
I thought that X-men First Class was better than Thor.
What about Blade. The first one only.
X-men First Class would have been better than Thor, except it was so fucking concerned with being able to dovetail into the first X-men movie. Really, the entire Hellfire club is gone because you needed to say the word Brotherhood by the end of the film? Not to mention it ret-cons Xavier and Magneto starting the school together.
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
carrying about continuity in comic books or things based on them only leads to madness josie
not that its your fault
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.
Back in the early 90s Magneto filled in for Charles and “if I remember correctly” was shown to be a silent partner with Chuck and the school.
Magneto is definitely a dick, but I don’t like how the X-men movies, despite being about the ambiguity of fighting for people who hate you, need to have Magneto be a clear cut enemy. All the work they do showing his troubled past is wasted cause they make him such an unlikable adult
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
like basically, the world would be a better place if the Nazi’s killed Magneto. That’s the worst story ever
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
But that is the thing, Magneto goes from being a “clear cut” bad guy to being the dark side of Wolverine. Magneto has deep ingrained issues that have never truely been sorted out. You can’t just brush him off as the great bad guy. He has tried to go off on his own, and create a stable socioty, only to have others come and hunt him down for his past transgressions.
The Dark Knight
Kick-Ass
Batman Begins
X-Men
X-2
And I’ll say best soundtrack goes to Tim Burton’s Batman theme.
by StolenMonkey86 on Jul 22, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
fuck I forgot Kick-Ass. But it only truly works if you’ve seen lots of superhero movies. Like I love Sullivan’s Travels, but it works a lot better if you’ve seen a bunch of old movies
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know if you need to see a lot of superhero movies
to appreciate a 13 year old girl cursing like a fucking sailor and chopping people up.
by StolenMonkey86 on Jul 22, 2011 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
It was. But she's great in the remake.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
oh yeah. that one counts! I would add that to my list.
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 really have a bad memory
when it comes to superhero movies, which is why i asked for the list. thor, captain america, green latern… just cant get excited about any of those at all.
Thor actually tried to do more then most super hero movies I think
whether it did it well or not is up for debate.
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.
does Green Hornet count as a superhero movie? Because that one...
…effing blows.
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 didn't like the ending sequence
it broke everything else about the movie for him to be using a rocket launcher and jet pack
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.
is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles a superhero movie?
it might be, if so, that one.
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.
Not News
Borders liquidation kinda sucked. I had $70 in gift cards that need to be used. bought a NOLA cookbook and some bargain books (Best American Travel Writing and Comics). Still have $40. huzzha :\
I’m thinking of going later on when the temperature drops below 95.
by StolenMonkey86 on Jul 22, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah that blows
i used my last gift card already but spent money at beginning of year on the rewards club. Good timing. Still gonna go use that and grab some 40% off stuff at the one store still left in SF.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
they’ll still have their online store, n’est ce pas?
by Josie Becker on Jul 22, 2011 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah that is lame
though with my reward club thing they say i can get additional discounts on some items.
but man for someone desperate to move inventory you’d think they’d be less greedy at this point.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Thanks for the reminder, forget we had gift cards. One of the perks of being an elementary teacher is that the parents are fairly giving at Xmas and end of school year. I doubt that Junior and Senior High teachers get much from parents other then blow jobs.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
is that before or after they get the phone number?
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Nats lineup
per Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post:
Bernadina CF
Espinosa 2B
Zimmerman 3B
Morse 1B
Werth RF
Nix LF
Ramos C
Desmond SS
Lannan P
Oh there's a game? ;-)
Gonna finally see HP tonight so will catch game on the rewind (or rebound or whatever).
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Before you read the game thread, do a search for the number of times the word “fuck” appears. If it’s more than 10, don’t read the thread.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Good advice!
I may do that before deciding whether to watch tape of the game.
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 saw the Nats game where they blew an 8 run lead to the Cubs
I got up to go to the bathroom and get a beer (they had Newcastle on draft), and the lead was almost all gone.
Davey Johnson not only left Livan in to give up a billion hits, but also ordered Espinosa to bunt in the top of the 9th with a man on first. Espinosa couldn’t get the bunt down after 2 attempts, and then took a ball and struck out on the next pitch.
I’ve seen Espinosa homer at Nats Park and Camden Yards.
Federal Baseball with a transcript of Vin Scully telling the story of how Livan Hernandez defected. Since Hernandez won’t be going this series, worth a look.
Take all top 100 lists, and throw them out.
Everyone else is the list.
by Eric Stephen on Jul 22, 2011 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Sounds like a sandwich
I’ll have a large Scarpetta, Cody-style
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'!
his last name
is Italian for a small shoe or cleaning one’s plate with bread i.e. pasta sauce. True story.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
The real (super)heroes
Gwynn LF
Furcal SS
Ethier RF
Kemp CF
Rivera 1B
Uribe 3B
Barajas C
Carroll 2B
Kuroda P
Look, up on that ridge…………………………..
It is the Great Lakes Avengers.
.
.
.
Yes, that is a comic book reference, look it up.
Kuroda isn’t getting traded before the 31st because all GMs are cowards.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t bet my life on it, but yes.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Unless he gets hurt tonight.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jul 22, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
this isnt meant to be political
but imagine how much better the world would be if Eric Stephen was writing the headlines for the debt talks right now:
“Boehner Shrinks After Long Meeting”
“Could Debt Talks Result in a Boehner Killer?”
Boehner in talks for 4 hours, then collapses
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'!
“Mispronouncing Boehner On Purpose Leads to Many Phallic Jokes”
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
The one in the NY Times was, presumably unintentionally, along similar lines...
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 would feel bad about missing best comic book movie if we hadn’t done it 10 times before and are sure to do it again. Just glad Chris Evans was picked to be Captain America, he, Thor, and Iron Man should have some great screen moments in the Avengers.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Perfect timing. Saving us from more boner “jokes”.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Those aren’t jokes. And you mean ;DD.
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by Humma Kavula on Jul 22, 2011 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
amen
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jul 22, 2011 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
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