Dodgers' Next Win In St. Louis Will Be Rare, Grand
by Eric Stephen on Aug 22, 2011 2:18 PM PDT
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The Dodgers open a series against the Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Monday night, hoping to reverse a disturbing trend. The Dodgers have not won a regular season series in St. Louis since 2003:
| Dodgers Recent History In St. Louis | |
| Year | W-L |
| 2010 | 0-4 |
| 2009 | 1-3 |
| 2008 | 1-2 |
| 2007 | 1-2 |
| 2006 | 0-4 |
| 2005 | 1-3 |
| 2004 | 0-3 |
| Totals | 4-21 |
Good thing the 2009 NLDS existed. At least the Dodgers have some positive memories in St. Louis:
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On the mound tonight, Nathan Eovaldi makes one of his final starts of the year, nearing his innings limit, before heading to the bullpen for September, if not before. Eovaldi has impressed in his first three major league starts, allowing four total runs in 17 innings. There might be a bit of concern that he has had more walks than strikeouts in each of the last two outings, but overall Eovaldi has pitched reasonably well. The last Dodger to begin his career with three games of five innings or more while allowing two or fewer runs was Jim Neidlinger in 1990.
Chris Carpenter has made nine career regular season starts against the Dodgers, dating back to 2004, and has allowed two or fewer runs in each of the last seven. Carpenter is 6-0 with a 1.57 ERA, with eight walks and 50 strikeouts in 63 innings. Carpenter has allowed four runs and four walks, total, in his last seven starts against the Dodgers.
Carpenter threw seven shutout innings at Dodger Stadium on April 17, a game more remembered for Ryan Franklin serving up a two-run home run in the ninth inning to Matt Kemp. In three starts against the Dodgers since the beginning of 2010, Carpenter has allowed one run in 22 innings.
Lineups
Don Mattingly changed things up today. This is the first time Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp have started at anywhere other than third or fourth, respectively, in the batting order.
Eugenio Velez, at 0-for-22, has a chance to pass J.D. Drew tonight.
| Dodgers | Cardinals | |||
| SS |
Carroll |
2B | Schumaker | |
| 1B |
Loney |
3B | Freese | |
| CF |
Kemp | 1B | Pujols | |
| LF |
Rivera |
LF | Holliday | |
| RF |
Ethier | RF | Berkman | |
| 3B |
Miles |
CF | Jay | |
| C |
Barajas | C | Molina | |
| 2B |
Velez | SS | Descalso | |
| P |
Eovaldi |
P | Carpenter | |
Notes
- The next win against St. Louis will be the 1,000th by the Dodgers, who trail the all-time series with the Cardinals, 1,001-999.
- The Cardinals were tied for first place in the NL Central with the Brewers at the All-Star break, and have gone 18-17 since the break. Unfortunately for St. Louis, Milwaukee has won 27 of their last 36 and now has an eight and a half game lead in the division.
- Albert Pujols homered on Sunday and has a .902 OPS, the first time all season he has had an OPS at or above .900 at the end of the day. Pujols has 13 home runs in 34 games since the All-Star break, during which he is hitting .308/.358/.637.
- Since trading Colby Rasmus on July 27, Cardinals' center fielders (mostly John Jay) have hit .252/.294/.369 with nine doubles, one home run and five RBI in 24 games.
Game Time: 5:15 p.m.
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I think that is all of Ethier's power
exploding out of his groinal area. He needs to start denying people his essence.
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'!
POE
Peace on earth
Purity of Essence
Maybe it is the floridation?
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Remember when
Kemp was ALL over the lineup?
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
Fun Fact
On Aug 17th Allen Craig hit a single, double and two home runs. For the rest of the month he is hitless in 17 at bats.
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Normally I don’t post too much, patricularly about the line-up, but this just makes no sense to me. I know it doesn’t make a difference at this point, but it does say something about Mattingly, right?
In 20 ABs, Either has a .900 OPS against Carpenter, Kemp .686 OPS (15 ABs), and Rivera is 0 for 7. Loney has an OBP of .118 in 17 ABs against Carpenter, Miles is 3 for 7, .857 OPS. Why all the shuffling? At least Carroll is where he should be.
In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened
I don't usually pimp my LAGConf. articles here
but I spilt a lot of ink, taking a look at minor league baseball and MLS, and why MLS has become the right bet for suburban communities.
We won our first GU8 scrimmage 5-0 last Saturday. My daughter scored her first ever goal. She says I didn’t see the goal, but I just told her I didn’t want to cheer and rub it in to the other team since I was an on-field coach. Lots of capri sun and orange slices were enjoyed afterwards.
fantastic
I think your kid would love a Galaxy game. Chivas tickets are cheaper, if that’s an issue, but I think it’s worth it just to show her soccer is loved by many people.
by Josie Becker on Aug 22, 2011 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
make sure she bets the under
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
David Beckham free kicks taken: 3.5
Maybe I setup a soccer simulation contest on Josie’s board. I will start G.Scott off at -25 just to speed things up.
let's see
Beckham free kicks taken:
Keane goals scored:
Players that remove shirts after the game:
How many minutes you spend explaining offside to the casual fan friend you bring to the game:
by Josie Becker on Aug 22, 2011 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
What’s a free kick
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usually what’s awarded when someone is fouled. there are two kinds, direct and indirect.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
I like my unicorn steaks blue and bloody myself
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
that’s not rarer, even if it be tastier
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Is offside when similar to Don’t touch me there?
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How hard is it to get a ticket to a Galaxy game, and what is the price of a budget friendly ticket? Is it a family friendly event?
It’s not terribly hard, you can get tickets for around $25-$35 and there really aren’t bad seats. It’s just a lower bowl and then a second tier over one sideline. Only the lower bowl along the sideline has seats though, everything else is benches.
Family friendly for sure, it really tries hard on that angle. There is some profanity yelled in spanish in unison occasionally, but that’s only a problem if your kids speak spanish
by Josie Becker on Aug 22, 2011 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Since trading Colby Rasmus on July 27, Cardinals’ center fielders (mostly John Jay) have hit .252/.294/.369 with nine doubles, one home run and five RBI in 24 games.
While Rasmus has hit .224 / .247 / .412
Everyone loses
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St. Louis also has to have Edwin Jackson.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 22, 2011 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
This video silverwidow linked last thread
is really really cute. I love Kershaw.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
for example
you find out why Kershaw wears #22
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
yes! and his soccer team picture is super cute, too.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
HA
so they’re talking about walk off and walk off celebration etiquette. They were like, “Why are you pummeling Matt Kemp for hitting a walk off?” Kershaw is like, “Well…he kinda started it.” Then they were like, “How come stuff isn’t more choreographed?” And he’s like, “Well, it’s fun if that’s your team but if it’s against you, you just wanna drill someone the next day.”
Ha!
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
Baseball chess at its best
Which reminds me of an old saying … “Never bring a checker set to a chess fight!”
Easy to have an offseason home in Dallas with that kind of Dodger contract.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 22, 2011 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
The locals call it Fort Worth
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I was at a conference at Ft. Worth once
and they forced us to yell Yee Haw.
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Eh-Yoo-Hen-Ee-Oh
Clap-Clap Clap-Clap-Clap!
Here’s the real question: Could Eugenio get a hit off of Loney?
Loney as a pitcher is better than Steve Nebraska.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 22, 2011 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Not if Loney is Bogarting
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Last game of the season
Probably Loney’s swansong – does Donnie give him one inning or at least one batter?
Maddz
Luke Zimmerman, the man narrating the iPhone video, responded to your comment in the links thread. :)
Met him in Vegas. Terribly nice person. Dick :)
by Eric Stephen on Aug 22, 2011 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
true story
Eric and I spent a fair amount of time with Rev Halo Fan of Halo’s Heaven
by Josie Becker on Aug 22, 2011 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
it was a sweet reply
but it made me think of the kid in Wonderfalls, that everyone called mouth breather, and then one time he was all “I’ll have you know I have a deviated septum, and I have to wait two years before I can have the surgery.”
The reaction for me wasn’t “aww you have allergies” but “why don’t you take the medicine then”
by Josie Becker on Aug 22, 2011 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Cake eater.
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
you won’t have Banks to kick around anymore : p
by Josie Becker on Aug 22, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
This team sucks so much this year
but in 2021 I predict we are still talking about it. If people are still talking by then. We might just be mind transmitting “Remember 2011? LOL”
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'!
Vowels won’t exist in 2021.
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unless we can get Larry David to convince everyone to not say LOL out loud.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 22, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Harder to get MLB draft coverage back int he day.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 22, 2011 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
They rewrote the part of Field of Dreams
to not risk Salinger suing them for using his name in the movie.
The original title of the book that was made into Field of Dreams
was The Kidnapping of JD Salinger.
Burt Lancaster will always rule.
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The problem with great actors teaming up with not so great actors. You can see how wooden they really are, like MarkyMark in the Fighter being paired with Bale.
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I know, Bale was like a cigar store indian in that movie
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Who knew - I've never seen a female version
Earlier cigar store Indians were almost entirely female (often depicted with a papoose), but it seems as though their male counterparts now dominate the tobacco advertisement industry. And while sidewalk obstruction laws have forced many American tobacconists to move their sculptures indoors (thanks again, paternalistic government, for looking out for our "interests"), today no stogie shop is complete without one.
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Where did you think the term “Woody” came from?
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
From the Beach Boys’ station wagon, of course.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Aug 22, 2011 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Mark W
Was good in a few movies tho. The Departed, I Heart Huckabees, Boogie Nights.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
by Pure Azure on Aug 22, 2011 4:05 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
three kings?
I mean he isn’t an actor with a huge range, and he probably isn’t going to win an oscar, but he is far from bad and I would argue is even good.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
he’s fun to watch because he makes fun movies, is he a good actor? I don’t think so, he can do one thing well and he does that well. He plays himself.
have to say I’ve seen none of the movies that Pure Azure posted above.
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if by amazing
you mean Scorsese-by-the-numbers, I agree.
Yes, i’m cranky today.
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
He does one thing well and he does it over and over
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I thought Shutter Island was his best film since Goodfellas. Also try King of Comedy and The Last Waltz. I also like the Christ movie a lot.
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by Pure Azure on Aug 22, 2011 4:25 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I was hoping one of the old preverts like Dave, Meercat, or Marty would start getting all wistful about Susan Sarandon and the lemons in this movie
but it looks like I am going to have to do it myself
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
He taught me how to cut coke, he was all sorts of wise.
Susan Sarandon has been a great and beautiful actress for a long long time, she has never given me a woody.
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Not me
and I’ll never forgive her for Thelma and Louise. I was throwing things at the TV when I watched 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'!
why would you watch it?
I am the only guy over 40 who likes those bug eyes?
How about her in Pretty Baby?
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
But that had a very different director than his usual Westerns – Louis Malle, the French director (ever see Murmur of the Heart?) I think that made a big difference to the tone and pace of Lancaster’s performance.
You think of Burt Lancaster as a Western Actor? I’d never have thought of him for that genre. I think of him as Jim Thorpe most of all then a Pirate, Circus man, Preacher, Birdman, Military commander, Swimmer, Airport CEO, and a local Hero with some Westerns mixed in.
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Yeah, you’re right. Judgment at Nuremberg, Birdman of Alcatraz, Elmer Gantry., The Leopard But I keep thinking that i saw him in some movies that included a Western or two. Just looked it up: Lawman, Valdez is Coming, Ulzana’s Raid are all westerns, all 1971-2. And Apache and Vera Cruz from back in 1954, I think those were ones I saw as a kid. Also I keep thinking I saw him in some with Kirk Douglas, but maybe not.
Watch Vera Cruz
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Elaine Joyce
70s game show participant and sometime Love Boat and Fantasy Island guest star in now married to Neil Simon but for some time in the 1980s was with J.D. Salinger. Salinger met her when she performed her nightclub act in Jacksonville but he had been writing her letters for the past 3 months.
When I first read Catcher, I was taken aback by the use of “David Copperfield.” I was like, the magician?? This was written in the fifties!
Holden Caulfield thinks silverwidow is a phony.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Aug 22, 2011 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I share your dismay
I just read a book and don’t know what to do with it – Moonwalking with Einstein
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
you haven’t gotten to Dickens yet, have you?
by Josie Becker on Aug 22, 2011 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
well
David Copperfield is a Dickens novel. #Themoreyouknow!
by Josie Becker on Aug 22, 2011 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
It took
me three months to finish that book and now I could not tell anything aside from where it took place.
I read so many books and recall so few
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I had a Total Recall once, wasn’t pleasant
by Josie Becker on Aug 22, 2011 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't get me started
there was a reason it was unpublished.
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 like Marty
but if you didn’t enjoy Raising Arizona, part of the fun part of the brain has died.
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Speaking of that, at the SB Nation conference did you ask about what it would take to make our rec’d comments blue?
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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.
Will Moneyball make more money then Conan? Then “The Smurfs”?
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Hey, respect for the Humma
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Humma was the only person that made those CGI horrors palatable. When cooked up the smell like stale urine and taste like fecal coated garlic.
Could be wrong but wasn’t the target audience like eight and under?
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ha ha, didn’t know the Smurfs had been around that long. If they screw with Super Chicken and Mighty Mouse I’m going to be one upset Meerkat.
Course I kind of understand. The debacle that was Bullwinkle still leaves a deep cut. I may have turned on Robert DiNiro after that movie.
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and thus condone smoking fatties and having sex for money
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
let's not stereotype
They also like euthanasia and pork ribs.
by kinbote on Aug 22, 2011 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I always thought the kids on that continent were cool
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Amber and Auburn will be delighted.
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What about
Summer and Autumn?
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I dont mind Velez playing.
His streak is one of the more interesting things about the team right now.
had this conversation yesterday
WAR, pronounced like the military conflict, or WAR pronounced like WAHR.
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NICE – will have to enable that option
I am going to Dallas tomorrow – I plan on going surly
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
That headline
made me think the whole team was headed to a good steakhouse. The Grand please. Cook it rare.
I am wearing
the last pair of shoes my dad bought before he passed
been a long time since, so it doesn’t feel creepy, it feels nice
My dads watch
just stopped today. Time to retire it and get a modern one.
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
So Memphis hired Luke Walton as an assistant coach..
http://eye-on-college-basketball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/26283066/31474978
Pastner has two AZ alumni on his staff – Damon Stoudamire and now Luke Walton.
Guess the NBA lockout is going to last quite a long time.
My friend’s step brother bet $9800 on the Dodgers to win at Milwaukee (one of the non-Kershaw games, don’t know which). I don’t get it either.
Must not have read the TBLA series preview
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For example
the 8/17 Eovaldi game was +185 on the ML for the Dodgers. So multiply the bet by 1.85 and that would be the payoff for that one game.
Will the Dodgers win their 1,000 against the Cardinals this series – favorable matchups for us Tuesday/Wednesday.
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Someone don’t read the week in review ;(
by Eric Stephen on Aug 22, 2011 3:55 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
KerShaw and Kuroda against Lohse and Garcia
Per Baseball HQ:
Matchup Notes: The Cardinals and their flagging postseason hopes need a three-game sweep in this series. Based on skills and recent performance, Carpenter is the only STL starter with a decided advantage over his Dodger counterpart. Since late May/early June, Kershaw (16 straight PQS-Dominant starts) and Kuroda (10-for-13) have combined for 26 PQS-DOM’s and 0 PQS-Disasters. Meanwhile, Lohse and Garcia have just six PQS-DOMs in their last 27 over a similar period.
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The Kershaw game is probably close to a 50/50 and we are dogs in the Kuroda game. But both favorable compared to today’s game.
Bet on Kuroda, easy win:)
about 9800 if you have it laying around
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My only prediction from the Kuroda game
is that there will be lots of sweating. Take the “over” on sweating.
Zach Greinke’s career slug is .321.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 22, 2011 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Since the expansion era there are 16 pitchers with 100+ PA with a slug greater than .344.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 22, 2011 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
How do you define Expansion era – 1969? Or when the Mets / Astro’s came in?
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I did learn how much better at hitting Micah Owings is than every other pitcher at hitting.
With the same search there are two pitchers with OPSes greater than .700. Brandon Backe is at .731. Owings is almost 100 points over Backe.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 22, 2011 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m surprised Backe had enough at bats to qualify, he must been a better pitcher then I remember
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Somehow stuck around for eight seasons.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 22, 2011 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
.650 OPS in the end. Had a nice run for a couple seasons though.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 22, 2011 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Since May 1st Andre has a .376
Yes that is not a typo that is your number 3 and now 5 hitter.
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So basically for most of the season Matt Kemp has been sandwiched between to pieces of shit.
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.755 ops for most of that span until this last month has really dragged stuff down
he wasn’t a piece of shit this entire year. Come now.
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 did say May 1st at the start of the thread and used “most of” to cover my ass.
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Well my argument is he was at least average from may 1st to the end ofjuly
and arguably higher because of his high OBP. He has been shitty shitty shitty this month though., Perhaps his lack of power really was a portent of things to come.
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Hey
that was funny
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hahahaha
if anyone ever wondered what my coworkers at 2K looked at, this video features a bunch of people I worked with, including my first lead.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
Do I need to watch, or can i just really accurately guess what they looked like?
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 22, 2011 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
well sure, but you can see test track and task tracker and nba2k12 and this guy will stanley who i nearly killed once
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
I’ll check it out after work since I’m sure he deserved it.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 22, 2011 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
if it can’t be fixed who cares how its broken
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I just hope we see Sands on 9/1. I also wouldn’t mind more Sellers. DeJesus, Oeltjen, why not? Maybe even a little Ellis/Hector. I’m just rooting for guys who have a chance to be with us next year.
Why would you root for those guys then?
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
sellers has a real shot at a backup gig
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joe block sez
Matttingly said moved #Dodgers RF Andre Ethier to 5th spot tonight to let him relax and take pressure off
and
Mattingly said he moved #Dodgers CF Matt Kemp to 3rd spot to try to get him that extra at bat
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
Mattingly, just waking up after a long summer’s nap….
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
What can it hurt?
new managerial mantra….
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
ethier is bad this month and loney is hot hot hot!
until he isn’t.
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McCourt legal costs
Shaikin tweets:
Bill from McCourt’s bankruptcy lawyers to #Dodgers for first month of services (6/27/11-7/31/11): $1,743,598.67.
Bankruptcy court asked to OK #Dodgers payment of $1,401,215.47 to McCourt’s bankruptcy law firm. That’s 80% of atty fees, 100% of costs.
for those who don’t have context that seems crazy, but lawyers got to eat too
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
and gold roasted babies cost money
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I can’t imagine anything being as good except maybe a GRB with caviar
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think they’ll have problems eating, but there sure are a lot of them at the trough:
From court files: #Dodgers have 25 men on team, McCourt’s bankruptcy law firm has 46 staffers on Dodgers case: http://t.co/RNNLjx5
yes, on TV they show far fewer lawyers than it takes in real life
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Society will have made major strides when Lawyers join the rest of the world in finding their employment limited
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happening now
it sucks to be leaving law school
by Hollywood Joe on Aug 22, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually
law firms have had major cuts and restructuring for a number of years. It may be the worst time ever for new law school graduates to enter the field in about 20 years.
I had a dream last night that McCourt sold the Dodgers to the Nationals’ owner. So Lerner ended up owning two teams.
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Aug 22, 2011 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey I got rid of McCourt in my dream. That has to count for something!
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Aug 22, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL NCAA Hypocrisy
`You have to put in place the kind of institutional control we have at Miami,’
Miami AD told LB State AD in 2008. http://tinyurl.com/3zqnex9
I think people misunderstand
when they say institutional control, they mean “Don’t let the fucking press find out”. Not “Don’t give them money and cars and hooker abortions”
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.
Joe Block tweets
Mattingly said he moved #Dodgers CF Matt Kemp to 3rd spot to try to get him that extra at bat
Matttingly said moved #Dodgers RF Andre Ethier to 5th spot tonight to let him relax and take pressure off
Nothing is ever easy.
no pressure at #5
so, its OK not to hit at the five hole, but not the three? OK, got 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'!
We have had tripe at 5 all year long.
Btw, meant to thank you for the Jake’s Roadhouse rec in Monrovia. I’ve been there twice, both excellent, most recently for some pancakes/eggs/bacon.
I do
I love the taste of syrup and egg yolk mixed together.
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 love syrup on all my breakfast items
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.
glad you liked 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 want bacon now
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Aug 22, 2011 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Had bacon / eggs for dinner last night. Cooked outside with the stars.
It did nothing to diminish the ridiculousness of the Dodgers having a Short Bench because they insist on having Velez in the lineup and Casey Blake not on the DL.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
How often does a guy get a “is this a career ending injury” article while he’s still on the active roster?
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 22, 2011 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly. WTF was all I could think.
If I move the wrong way I might hurt myself in such a way that when I’m 50 I won’t be able to turn my neck, on the other hand I’m healthy enough to sit on a bench and watch while every other single player gets used, and Andre has to hit against the LH setup guy because I’m the only right handed power on bench, and my neck hurts. Alot.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Maybe Ned just gets to work and plays Angry Birds all day at this point in the season.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 22, 2011 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
A.J. Ellis was a late scratch from the lineup in ABQ tonight. He was originally in the lineup, per Chris Jackson, but was removed in favor of Federowicz, likely as a precaution should Ellis need to be recalled.
But of course if the Dodgers are worried enough about Barajas getting hurt but also of the mind of “fuck it, let’s see if he’s healthy enough to start,” you never know.
by Eric Stephen on Aug 22, 2011 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Ichiro is back in Cleveland tonight
But rather than punch himself in the face, he jacked a home run to lead off the game.
the words ‘jacked’ and ‘off’ are too close in this sentence for me..
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Aug 22, 2011 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Just told our league commissioner I wouldn’t be playing in the league again, and he quoted me the prodigal son. nice.
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
Why not? Moving on to better things?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Going to play in the LA league since I spend my weekends up there anyway, and it’s better competition.
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
Yeah, but I’d look like I knew what I was doing and he’d start me off with a slider my next at bat and I’d make contact :)
"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamp post: for support, not illumination." - Vin Scully
Nothing against his first baseman
who fumbled two chances, the second time not tossing the ball to GScott in time to get the runner
that second time was kind of incredible.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
In Game 1 of a DH
Brewers blow it open in Pittsburgh. Putting even more pressure on St. Louis tonight.
Like Brad Pitt putting pressure on me for the title of worlds sexiest man.
@andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Aug 22, 2011 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
LLWS
Such a huge talent gap in Intl and American competition. Last night’s Japan vs. Mexico featured power pitching + defense. There was a U.S. before that was super sloppy.
Isn’t it something like 225 feet? My little league field was 180 feet, the big ones were 200. I’d say move the mounds back (infield bigger).
wooden bats
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'!
The one good thing about having a unique name like Plaxico Burress is that you can have the Twitter handle @Plaxico.
Or Josh Judy
who was just called up by the Indians. A name that sounds more like an exclamation.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
After his baseball career ends
Judy will begin a new career as a TV judge.
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Aug 22, 2011 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Rafy says he will Tuesday Night
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I Tuesday Night’ed once. Hurt like a bitch
by Josie Becker on Aug 22, 2011 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
No Monday Night Baseball
bumped for Monday Night Football and Little League. Ratings wise, probably the right decision.
I don't get MLB Network here
I think my cable company is the only one in the entire country that doesn’t offer it.
Nothing is ever easy.
by drulenarendes on Aug 22, 2011 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I think if I leave out a word every sentence
it will make for a less boring winter
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Siberia with skyline chili
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'!
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