Dodgers Make 11 Outs On Five Plays, Lose To Brewers 3-0
by Eric Stephen on Aug 15, 2011 8:10 PM PDT
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PrintThe Dodgers were a bundle of inefficient energy Monday night, shooting themselves in the foot several times, while the Brewers made their hits count, hitting three solo home runs en route to a 3-0 win. It was the 17th win for Milwaukee in their last 19 games.
The Dodgers put 12 runners on base, including eight in the first five innings. However, in those first five innings, the Dodgers hit into three double plays, a triple play, and had a runner (well, it was catcher Dioner Navarro so consider it a loose interpretation of the word "runner") cut down at the plate. For good measure, the final play of the game was also a double play, this time a line out to first by Juan Rivera in the ninth inning.
The triple play was basically your garden variety 4-6-3 double play (albeit with a nice flip by second baseman Josh Wilson to start it off) with the added facet of Matt Kemp trying to score from second base:
If you're scoring at home, that double play went 4-6-3-2. The last triple play the Dodgers hit into was on May 4, 2009 against Arizona, and that triplet killing was started, like tonight, by Wilson.
Ted Lilly was very good for the third straight start, allowing just one run on two hits in seven innings, walking two and striking out six. Lilly has allowed four runs in 21 innings over his last three starts, a 1.71 ERA, but his record during that span is 0-3, thanks to one total run scored by the Dodgers.
The lone run scored off Lilly was a solo home run by Ryan Braun, his 23rd of the season. The Brewers added two more solo home runs in the eighth as each Dodgers reliever was greeted with a first-batter jack. Jonathan Lucroy hit a pinch hit home run off Scott Elbert, then later in the inning Corey Hart took Mike MacDougal deep.
30/30 watch: Lilly allowed one home run and one steal on the night, both by Ryan Braun. On the season, Lilly has allowed 26 home runs and 26 steals. No Dodger pitcher ever has allowed 30 homers and 30 steals in the same season.
Chad Billingsley takes the hill Tuesday night, facing Yovani Gallardo.
WP - Randy Wolf (10-8): 8 IP, 6 hits, 5 walks, 5 strikeouts
LP - Ted Lilly (7-13): 7 IP, 2 hits, 1 run, 2 walks, 6 strikeouts
Sv - John Axford (35): 1 IP, 1 hit
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man
was this a crazy game
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 8:14 PM PDT reply actions
That is the quickest I have seen MLB make a video embeddable. Usually you have to wait a day or two before new videos get an embed code.
its pretty sweet
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 like the aggressive base running by wallach. But just not very smart running. Sending Navarro, really. Really. We can still take the series. Dodgers, let’s please not make it football season sooner than it has to be.
by Skunkburner on Aug 15, 2011 8:16 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
football season started in May if that is you gauge
this is baseball for the sake of baseball, the games are meaningful within themselves, interesting from a player development POV, but utterly without meaning otherwise
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 15, 2011 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Just got back from vacation
dodgers were 3-0 while I was away..i come back today and the losing starts over
This is a frustrating loss, but frankly, you don’t lose this kind of game very often. You get as many baserunners as the Dodgers got tonight — twice as many baserunners as your opponent — and generally, it works out OK for you. The idea that the Dodgers couldn’t plate a run tonight… again, frustrating, but maybe not this team’s biggest problem.
What a weird game.
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yeah, a freak game
only thing that wasn’t really surprising was it happened to the Dodgers :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
we have bought into our offense sucking
and therefore take huge, stupid risks, this depriving us of actual oppurtunities to score. That mattingly hasn’t figured out how rarely these shitty baserunning gambles have paid off is depressing.
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.
so loney grounded into a triple play
he always finds ways to surprise me.
Except Loney being tendered a contract next year. THAT would surprise me.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
And the bad news trifecta for John Savage
Padres pony up $3M for high school prep catcher Austin Hedges
Jesus
Reading that guy’s scouting report he sounds just like Frodo. That’s a ton of cash.
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by Pure Azure on Aug 15, 2011 9:31 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Gerrit Cole
signed
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 9:05 PM PDT reply actions
word
i was just stating it
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Remember folks wanting the Dodgers to draft another Josh Bell
he has gotten a $5M non-spread bonus from the Pirates
of the top 20
10, 13, 19, 20 went unsigned, as of this afternoon.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 15, 2011 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
i think his ceiling is higher than that
not a true ace ceiling, but a pretty strong too and the best likelihood to reach it.
Well
let the dust clear from the multiple signings being announced now but probably they signed 17 out of their top 20 picks, the highest unsigned pick was their 10th round pick.
Fedz has two more hits. Like him or not, he’s doing extremely well after a slow start.
Sands homered again.
also
yay Jerry! Warming up for his September call up, or maybe sooner!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
are they still in fresno?
thats not the moon! Sands is back!
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.
Holy shit. I thought he would get less than a million.
by Julio Nievas on Aug 15, 2011 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Minor league deal for Cole, per AP and Dejan Kovacevic
by Eric Stephen on Aug 15, 2011 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone who says anyone is the best __________ever is not to be taken seriously.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 15, 2011 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Let me settle this
The Third Man is the best movie ever made.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
You really know how to tweak my…. tweaker.
Hm. I didn’t know how to end that sentence after I started it.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Please
That’s like a cable movie compared to Third Man.
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by Pure Azure on Aug 15, 2011 9:42 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
AFI only has it at #57 on the top 100 of all time
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Just visit Vienna, and go on the Third Man walking tour (they take you down into the sewer!), then crossing the whole city just to go on the ferris wheel, then crossing all the way back to catch the Friday midnight show of the movie…
…Do all that, and you will also consider The Third Man the best movie ever made.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m sure that if my future husband proposed to me after taking me out on a boat and playing the banana’s song, Sabrina would be my favorite movie
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
as great as that film is
from these shores, Before Sunrise is my favorite film shot in Vienna.
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They knew what they were doing with the title. No shot at the top spot.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 15, 2011 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Pauline Kael said, famously, “Casablanca is the best bad movie ever made,” and she was right.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
you've said that before
i believe
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
the plot is generic, and it’s one of a dozen movies made probably that year with the same story, but it’s the best movie of all time
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
yet others say that distinction
goes to Citizen Kane
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Over-rated. Clap clap clap-clap-clap.
Citizen Kane is the most influential movie of all time, but it is boring as fuck with a twist ending that would make M. Night Shyamalan blush.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah
Peter Griffin saved me two boobless hours :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it really overrated?
Most people find it boring but acknowledge it to be arguably the most important piece of cinema ever made. Or influential. W/e
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 think it can't be overrated for its influence
but for its impact on a modern audience, it can be wanting. Basically because every other director ripped it off…that’s why they all vote it #1 every 10 years in the Sight and Sound poll.
I don’t find it boring tho.
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I bet sometime when I’m not as tired, nor have drunk as much gin, that I can name 100 movies that are better than Casablanca.
Casablanca is the Derek Jeter of movies. Casablanca is fucking awesome, but Casablanca fans can’t be satisfied with that; no, “fucking awesome” is not enough, they have to say it’s the best of all time.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
LOL
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
well you were the one throwing out the most meaningless phrase of all time : p
I think there’s a large shelf full of top shelf movies, and Third Man and Casablanca and Singing in the Rain and Shawshank are all on there
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Of those, Third Man and Singin’ in the Rain are 1-2 on the list of Best Ever
Casablanca is awesome.
Shawshank is enjoyable enough.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I refuse to believe in best ever lists. All those movies have a reason for being on my shelf. Shawshank is perfectly plotted, it’s like music.
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
not on YOUR list maybe ;)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
No Hakuna Matata for you
It means no worries For the rest of your days It’s our problem-free philosophy
by bhsportsguy on Aug 15, 2011 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
The Gay Divorcee for one
Young Girls of Rochefort is another. All That Jazz was mostly great. Dancer in the Dark, tho I only saw it once.
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Ha
yeah, I’d be willing but it just doesn’t get shown/screened much….hmm, wonder why
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I consider Hair a great movie. And dude won two Best Pictures for movies that weren’t even as good (in my opinion).
I dunno, Cuckoo’s Nest is pretty effin good.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
knew that would rankle
hard to separate music from memory, childhood emotions, etc.
also hard to separate “best” from “favorite”
And I threw out that meaningless phrase in the very first comment on this subject!
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Now I know our next lunch
conversation topic.
Though I do like Casablanca, I enjoy the original grouping of Bogart, Greenstreet and Lorre in “The Maltese Falcon” a lot more.
Casablanca’s main problem, you have to believe a lot happens off-screen for the movie to make sense.
if we’re gonna throw the word “like” in there and make this all subjective, then The Philadelphia Story and His Girl Friday shoot up in front of Casablanca for me : )
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
NOW you’re talkin’.
Love The Philadelphia Story. And it is Bride’s favorite movie.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Cary Grant could have had gay sex with me anytime he wanted…….what do you mean that’s not how it works?
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you kidding? Cary Grant can have gay sex with me any time he wants.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Am I strange for crushing the actress who plays
Stewart’s partner in the movie.
I hope at some point Bride told Humma he was yar.
by bhsportsguy on Aug 15, 2011 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, she has. She’s wrong, but that’s OK – I’m willing to let her live in a world where she thinks I am yar.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I like Singing in the Rain
but I like Meet Me in St Louis more. Maybe I am sucker for rather hearing Judy Garland sing than Gene Kelly dance. But while the plot is predictable, you don’t have two more iconic songs than The Trolley Song and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Plus Margaret O’Brien so damm cute.
The first time you watch
Double Indemnity, savor it because that is a great example of storytelling and twists and turns plus 1940s Los Angeles.
White Heat is good that, too, if my memory serves.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
speaking of LA noir
saw a ton of noir this weekend at a film festival here, Loophole and Larceny are two good (first is good, second is great) films from late 40s/early 50s with some cool scenes of old Hollywood and Pasadena, including footage of a Rose Bowl and the parade in Larceny. Both those movies are not available on DVD yet.
The Blue Dahlia was another excellent one with great footage of LA.
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If I remember, I’ll shoot you an email with a link to a Fresh Air interview with Hugh Martin, who wrote those songs. It’s great.
The lyricist had a conversation with the costume designer.
“Tell me, what might she be wearing?”
“Well, she’d have a high starched collar.”
“Uh huh.”
“And she’d have high-topped shoes.”
“I see. And tell me now, would her hair be piled high upon her head?”
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
If not, I’ll look for it tomorrow.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
That is a great movie. Nicholas Ray FTMFW
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
British film critics recently named it the second best British movie ever. Top spot went to Don’t Look Now.
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by David Young on Aug 15, 2011 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
only if you ignore everything that happened in the NFL prior to 1970
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
like other WRs not being as good as him?
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
I don’t think it’s possible to objectively compare NFL players across eras. The game fundamentally changed every decade
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
there is a point where even in this new era of passing offense
the only player to ever even have a chance at coming anywhere near his records is randy moss, and he never even got close. Seriously, its not really debatable no matter how many arguments about decades you through out there.
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.
Sure it's debateable
The rules for defenders today are incredibly more restrictive than in the 1960s and 1970s. Today’s prima donne would find it much, much more difficult navigating their way through a defensive backfield looking to mug them all the way downfield and clothesline them at every opportunity.
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by David Young on Aug 15, 2011 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I wil only accept LOLs from people who saw Swann play
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw him play
in college and in his Super Bowls. Now maybe my good friend and Steeler fan Hollywood Joe would like to chime in but in no way shape or form does Lynn Swann belong in the discussion with Rice, Hutson or Alworth.
Lance Alworth
is the only player on the AFL All-Time team and the NFL 75th Anniversary team, the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Kershaw is the best Loon ever
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by Pure Azure on Aug 15, 2011 9:40 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Juan Rivera is the best Dodger named Juan ever.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 15, 2011 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
What about Marichal?
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
If you take his career stats, though… he’s CLEARLY the top Guy Whose Name is Juan Who Played for the Dodgers.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Disqualified for attempted murder of a Dodger
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 15, 2011 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
If Roseboro can forgive him, so can we.
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Has the stigma of “well we just put together the worst hitting team of all time. How do we solve this? I know, Juan Encarnacion”
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 15, 2011 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
If you had Brooklyn fans on a particular October Sunday afternoon
who is the best Dodger named Sandy of all time, they would have picked the fleet footed outfielder Amaros instead of some bonus baby who couldn’t hit the side of a barn.
Mortal Kombat for the Sega Genesis
is the best video game ever
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
“Mortal Kombat sucks”
(or is it “Sega Genesis sucks”? I forgot!)
by Eric Stephen on Aug 15, 2011 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
no
Billy says: I disagree, it’s a very good game, but I think Donkey Kong is the best game ever.
Kid: Donkey Kong Sucks!
Billy: You know something? YOU SUCK!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Mortal Kombat 1 is amazingly bad if you try to play it these days.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 15, 2011 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
well yeah
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
you know what game aged amazingly well? The original Metroid.
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Not having a map of any kind really hurts.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 15, 2011 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
there’s a map in the instruction booklet! It’s not as bad as the original Zelda : )
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
That does not help on an emulator!
Reading this makes me wonder how the hell I finished Zelda when I was seven because there’s no way I’d deal with this today.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 15, 2011 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
funny how
as the games got newer, more complicated, and arguably more difficult, I believe I’ve beaten the newer Zelda’s at a far greater ratio than the older ones
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
because the new ones have mazes that you see as a person would see them. The originals have D&D mazes, and the Dungeon master is passed out with his hand in his pants
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Because they realized you can’t just drop a guy on the map with nothing but a “good luck, fucker”
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 15, 2011 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Nintendo Power
oh how you saved me
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t remember what I saw this in, but there’s some film or tv show where a character is discussing how you could just buy a video game, you had to buy the guide or it was just walking around aimlessly
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
What you expected a translation from someone besides the guy who went to burger king once?
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 15, 2011 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe that was how Lewis & Clark got started.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 15, 2011 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
well to be fair, they had a ten foot chain too
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
What about Dragon’s Lair?
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by Humma Kavula on Aug 15, 2011 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
thank you
game boy for me. just a perfectly addicting game. when you slept, you saw shapes falling . . .
The only right answer is there is no right answer
but a close right answer would involve half life metroid prime and chrono trigger
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.
Chrono Trigger!
FTMFW!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
this reminds me
of Thank You For Smoking
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
One went too long, one ended badly and another hasn’t ended yet and isn’t even the best show on TV right now.
Breaking Bad is, in my opinion, better than Mad Men.
And this season of Louie is making me seriously wonder if it is the best show on TV.
Breaking Bad relies too much on the threat of violence to create artificial tension. Like there have been episodes where nothing happened, but everyone thought they were gonna die so it felt like shit was going down. And then shit did go down and it was like woah, but whatevs
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I might be the only one
who liked the Sopranos ending. It was ballsy.
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Right
now the only first round pick that didn’t sign is Tyler Beede, a RHP, who is heading to Vanderbilt.
MLB deals
People are making a big issue of “MLB deals”. That means the signee goes straight on to the 40-man roster as of tomorrow? Or when? November? Earlier signees (of all types, MiLB incl.) already joined rookie and other leagues this summer. But those are closing down in two weeks. Surely it’s too late to anyone now? What about these MLB sighees? Do they get September callups without any training period? Seems very peculiar.
Yes
once they sign their contract, they must be put on the 40 man roster. Really, the main thing is that is speeds up the process for those players, gets them closer to having to be put on the 25-man roster, arbitration, etc.
Red Sox first round pick Blake Swihart, a switch-hitting catch, who they signed today is from my hometown, Rio Rancho, NM. Its a suburb of Albuquerque.
Funny part of that article is they say that his high school was closed so he had to drive 45 minutes to another high school to work out for them. And later they say he drove “across New Mexico.” Uh, no, he just drove somewhere into Albuquerque. His high school is pretty much in the middle of nowhere.
I enjoyed the chat with Hugh
cool to hear some eyewitness stuff about the guys down there, as well as the guys who were down there.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 9:36 PM PDT reply actions
So how close was the play for Kemp? Heard some rumblings on twitter
also, it was great meeting Underdog! He took us to his taco shop, Underdog’s Tacos. It was delicious. Also, I got jam out of the deal, so I’m always a fan. :)
Oh yeah, and GScott threw a Giants fan’s hat into the crowd at Outside Lands. Because fuck the Giants.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
I’m sure they instantly cowered in fear of the Dodger fan.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 15, 2011 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
GScott doesn’t have nearly enough tats to conjure up images of the Stow attackers.
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by David Young on Aug 15, 2011 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
It was during Muse and dude bro was jumping kind of on GScott, so he just plucked the hat off him and threw it. Dude bro was too high/drunk to notice.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
by Maddz on Aug 15, 2011 10:41 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Welcome back.
The play was kinda close, but kinda not that close. Ball did beat him clearly and it is unlikely that he evaded the tag. The picture in the middle of the article should play the video, and the text just before it is a link to the MLB video page of that play.
Agreed – fuck the Giants.
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by David Young on Aug 15, 2011 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Best musical sequences (nah, just my favorites)
1. Judy sings on the Trolley you can skip to 1:42 of clip
2. Blues Brothers sing this
3. And this really could be the best performance in movie history
My cousin’s husband did a perfect, dead-on Kermit singing that song in karaoke once. I was dumbstruck.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 15, 2011 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
if he sang
this song, you’d be in tears
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Just a thought
Maybe we conjured up some restless baserunning ghosts today speaking of Kent/Drew out at the plate.
We also discussed Shawn Green having a four-HR game. Didn’t inspire any slugger ghosts, unfortunately.
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by David Young on Aug 15, 2011 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Lilly doesn’t pitch tomorrow, so yep :)
by Eric Stephen on Aug 15, 2011 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
So Eric’s hostile glance is directed correctly?
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by David Young on Aug 15, 2011 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
if it’s okay to angrily stare at a mushroom for not being a leafy green
by Josie Becker on Aug 15, 2011 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Nothing (other than ratings) is preventing KCAL from running a post game show. On the other hand, the choice for viewers is something like A Martinez or Evelyn Taft.
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by David Young on Aug 15, 2011 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
The only thing I can say is the news at 10 always puts a loss in perspective
by NotJoeTorre on Aug 15, 2011 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
You don’t want to commit to the full responsibility of televising baseball, then don’t pay for the rights.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 15, 2011 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
but it involves jose mota
in which case having it is worse then not havving 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.
Fedz
Now at .351/.405/.676
Per this interview, he was too aggressive when he first came over (swinging for the fences) which led to more Ks than usual. He got some coaching to help clean up his approach and he’s used to it now.
Part of me wants to say, “That’s cool, maybe he does have something.”
Other side says, “Looks like Ned was right about AAA pitching.”
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Aug 15, 2011 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Did anyone see the video of Stephen Drew resetting his own dislocated ankle? Gruesome.
“I don’t know if the fans would have wanted to see what really happened if I got up that way…I don’t want to come out of the game and my foot be a 180. It was just one of those things where reaction took over and I set it back in place.”
i can handle bloody, graphical scene
but an ankle pointing in the wrong direction almost made me shit myself
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http://www.truebluela.com/2011/8/15/2364240/dodgers-8-15-11-minor-league-report
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