Chad Billingsley Opens Weekend Series In Atlanta
by Eric Stephen on Sep 2, 2011 1:27 PM PDT
in Dodgers Game Previews
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PrintThe Dodgers move on to Atlanta, looking for their 10th win in their last 11 games, opening a three-game weekend series with the Braves. Chad Billingsley has made three career starts in Atlanta, one in each of the last three seasons. He has struck out at least eight Braves each time:
August 16, 2010: Billingsley allowed one run on five hits in seven innings, with one walk and eight strikeouts. However, the Dodgers' 3-1 lead didn't hold up as Hong-Chih Kuo and Octavio Dotel coughed it up in the ninth inning.
August 2, 2009: Billingsley was dominant with nine strikeouts in five scoreless innings, but left early thanks to a cramp in his leg. He still got the win, however. This game was on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball and also featured a pinch-hit single by none other than Jason Schmidt.
April 19, 2008: Billingsley struck out eight in the first four innings and held a 1-0 lead, but the Braves rallied for four runs in the fifth inning to hang Billingsley with the loss. Billingsley struck out nine, and walked five, in his five-inning start.
That's a total of five runs in 17 innings (a 2.65 ERA) in Billingsley's three starts in Atlanta, with seven walks and 26 strikeouts.
Billingsley, who has thrown 241 pitches in his last two starts, is on five days rest tonight. This season he has made a whopping 13 starts on five days rest, and in those starts he is 6-3 with a 3.40 ERA, and a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 2.29, compared to 1.53 in his 12 starts on four days rest.
Lineups
| Dodgers | Braves | |||
| SS | Gordon | CF | Bourn | |
| 1B | Loney | LF | Prado | |
| CF | Kemp | C | McCann | |
| LF | Rivera |
2B | Uggla | |
| RF | Ethier | 3B | Jones | |
| 3B | Miles | 1B | Freeman | |
| C | Barajas | RF | Heyward | |
| 2B | Sellers |
SS | Gonzalez | |
| P | Billingsley | P | Beachy | |
Game Time: 4:35 p.m.
TV: Prime Ticket
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I can proudly say I have publicly urinated in Irvine. I went to college for three years at UCI and my best friend worked in the pub (which had just opened). Honest to goodness memory of reading The Fountainhead while downing a pitcher. I should’ve been picking up girls. Dammit! (I also probably partook in beautiful Aldrich Park . . .)
I was also there the year baseball got axed. My buddy was there to play, but literally our second year it was toast (1992).
end of rant right here
It used to piss me off when they would sell our dorm parking places for events at Bren. Parking was ridic there. First place I ever saw the hitch-to-your-car-for-your-spot move.
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY
i live in Santa ana but the better side ;) lol
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by Chuy Gutierrez on Sep 2, 2011 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
thats better as long as its not Santa ana/costa mesa border ;)
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by Chuy Gutierrez on Sep 2, 2011 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
….and in Southern (coastal) California.
If its most of the country, saying that’s half a mortgage payment would be high.
by Michael White on Sep 2, 2011 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
yes
I live in a shitty 1150 sq ft house at the base of the hollywood hills
If I coverted that to cash and moved to Nasvhille I am living in 4000 sq ft of lake shore livign
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 2, 2011 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
what I always wondered
do salaries in SoCal reflect that crazy cost of living? If a grocery store manager in SoCal move to Nashville with the same company, would their expected lifestyle be about the same?
Bingo.
If you are in many fields it makes sense to cling to big cities and pay the higher cost of living since that’s where most of the jobs are. If you’re a grocery store manager and you don’t care about living in Phoenix or Dallas, moving is the smart play.
by Michael White on Sep 2, 2011 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
On a related note, repo wars are reenactments of “memorable” repossesions they’ve done.
This is a show on TrueTV!
by Michael White on Sep 2, 2011 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
next you’re gonna tell me there is a show called Top Gear
What is next, Master Sprocket?
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 2, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Replacing the engine of a $250,000 Aston Martin with a 4 cylinder engine from a Honda Civic, and see it runs.
might not be the right guy for that
I did drop a new engine into a Dodge Dart about 1000 years ago and that cured me of car love
now I just want to stick the key in and have that sucker run
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 2, 2011 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
That's less than
600K for 30 years in payments, not sure where that breakdown in interest and principal.
The price of the house is the bigger consideration. Solid/good/elite/amazing credit will all be pretty similar interest rates.
by Michael White on Sep 2, 2011 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
the limbo of credit can’t get any lower or they will be paying us to take lowans
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 2, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
There you go. So you could probably buy* a 3 bedroom house in Fontana for double what a room costs in Irvine.
*Mortgage only. Not factoring in taxes, insurance or down payment.
by Michael White on Sep 2, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I would think so
there was never any qualifier on it. And if you are comparing renting a room in an apt for 800 bucks a condo mortgage makes logical sense as the comparison.
Right. So I’m guessing you can find a one bedroom condo in a few of the non-posh beach communities (so not Newport Beach or Manhattan Beach, etc.)
And that’s if you want/need to be VERY close to the coast. His question was simply near the coast which could mean 15-20 minute drive. Therefore, a condo in Anaheim or Garden Grove would (while pushing it) answer his question.
by Michael White on Sep 2, 2011 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I would have to be in a really unique situation (eg. a student at UC Irvine) to decide that renting a room made more sense than moving someplace less desirable and renting an entire apartment. I know for a fact that you can find a decent 1 bedroom apartment in Chatsworth for ~$800. I don’t know OC well, but I’m sure there’s a similar comp.
by Michael White on Sep 2, 2011 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
How wide of a geographical area are you searching?
I mean, if you MUST live in Irvine or very close by then you do what you need to do. $800 for a room seems quite expensive to me, but I don’t have much knowledge of south orange county.
by Michael White on Sep 2, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
doesn't matter
interest rates are the same for everyone, it just depends on when you buy. If you can put more down then your mortgage will be smaller.
not the same, but close enough unless you are a dirtbag deadbeat
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 2, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
FYI
That would get you about 160,000 worth of mortgage.
Rule of thumb
8.8 = 10%
8.1 = 9%
7.4 = 8%
6.7 = 7%
6.0 = 6%
5.3 = 5%
4.6 = 4%
Assuming 4.5% interest then $800 / multiplier of 5.0 gets 160,000
Going the other way if you want to quickly figure out a mortgage on a 5% / 400,000 note then it is 5.3 * 400 = $2,120
for quick and dirty estimates.
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@bravesorganist is unveiling his choices for music for hte Dodgers.
“Leave it to Beaver” for Billingsley
“The Pink Panther” for Sellers
“Hey Ya” for Ethier
“Thank God and Greyhound She’s Gone” Kemp
“Look at Me, I’m Sandre Dee” for Gordon
“Fortunate Son” or “Munster’s Theme” for Gwynn (heh)
“Casey Jones” for Blake (though he’s not playing)
“I Can Walk 500 Miles” for Miles
“All by Myself” for Loney
Any Rod Stewart song for Barajas. He’s still tweeting them…
all by myself for loney
is hilarious. and the one for dee is outstanding
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
because he hasn’t been horrible?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 2, 2011 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully not because Ned
thinks he’s our 3rd baseman in 2012.
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I forget
What’s the consensus on Sellers? Back-up infield at best? Any chance at starting 2b job next year? Too many variables I’m sure.
meh whatever, it’s just that I think Miles is the most easily replaceable of our vets. Next year I could see either Sellers or Dejesus easily replicating his numbers
What about IDJ’s post-injury career has you convinced he can easily replicate Miles’ numbers from this year?
by Michael White on Sep 2, 2011 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
2011 infield with possible 2012 replacements
Furcal Gordon/Sellers
Carroll Sellers/Dejesus
Miles Sellers/Dejesus
Blake Mitchell/Denker
Uribe Uribe
Denker will never get another major league at bat unless major injuries throw him on a roster.
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His die has been cast, he’ll never get another chance.
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history, once someone gets labeled not much they can do to change it. Denker was labeled a minor league player, no one was even interested in him, we did him a favor since he was originally drafted by us and signed him to deal to fill at need in A Ball. He is not in any Dodger plans.
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You were saying the same thing about Sellers a few weeks ago. If I had brought up Sellers in early 2010 when he was playing at High A you would have said the same thing.
Sellers is wildly exceeding expectations with a .710 OPS in 70 PA. He is not a good example here.
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That is an excellent rebuttal point. The Dodgers proved me wrong by having Sellers play in the spring on the major league team.
Yes, DeJon Watson has never told me that Denker is not in their plans. I simply deduce they started him off again in A ball for the second year in a row. The slow feet, bad hands has been part of his scouting report since he played in rookie ball for us. This is just my opinion that he is not in their plans.
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I think you are probably right, that he is not in their plans. It’s just something that I personally would not rule out. Him being a bench third baseman that is. I imagine he might get some play in spring training.
Though I noticed him getting time at 2nd just recently, it could be just to get Corey Smith in the lineup
is he playing third?
i thought he was mostly a 1st baseman now
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 2, 2011 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
lately everyone has been bouncing around
Van Slyke has been at first most of the year, lately the have had him in the OF
Erickson C
Wallach C
Gimenez C/1st/DH
Van Slyke 1st/LF
Herrera SS/2nd/3rd
Denker 3rd/2nd
Lemmerman SS
Silverio CF/LF
Castellanos OF
Galvez 1st/DH/OF
Smith 1st/3rd
They have been throwing people all over
see if Castle
can play 3rd :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 2, 2011 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Phil, he’s a almost a year younger than Mitchell, and has been one of the best third baseman at high A/AA this year. He’s read for AAA, and it’s easy to see him putting up ridiculous numbers at Albuquerque. From there all he needs is a crummy MLB thirdbaseman to shove aside….like……I don know…..Juan Uribe perhaps?
He’s a terrible infielder, with slow feet, and bad hands. This is just my opinion but I don’t think putting him on any plan for 2012 is realistic.
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All I’m saying is that if Mitchell deserves a serious look for a bench spot, it doesn’t hurt to consider Denker as well who is younger and has out up for impressive minor league numbers.
Mitchell is only getting a look because we put him on the 40 man when there wasn’t anyone better to throw on there and we don’t have enough good players in the organization for it to be worth throwing him.
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unless we sign Aramis
which we won’t
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 2, 2011 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Ian Stewart
Kevin Kouzmanoff
Andy LaRoche
Casey McGehee
David Freese (when Zack Cox pushes him aside)
really?
Andy again?
What is the purpose of this noise?
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 2, 2011 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll take a bounce back Juanny U if you dont mind
Juanny U! I love that nickname
make it happen
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 2, 2011 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Juan Uribe is our starting 3rd bagger, but a combination of health concerns, skill concerns, and wanting to play him at other positions means that he cant be the only guy on the 40 man or even 25 man roster with 3bagger skills.
it is enough to make me....
wish I was 18 again except for I would like to be
1) healthly
2) slight bigger – like 4 inches and 25 pounds
3) and far more talented than I was last time I was 18
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 2, 2011 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
i'd look at Stewart after his non-tender
though he’s a gamble
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 2, 2011 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
by far the most likely would be Sellers or Dejesus taking Miles’ spot.
I’m not convinced Mitchell can replace Blake, but that’s why I want to see him play right now…
No…..we had Uribe already, he wont be the only 3rd baseman on the 2012 team, I guarantee you. Uribe’s greatest strength is his ability to play multiple positions well.
Mitchell looked like he could mash lefties for a while.
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Stupid Bulgarians
Well, stupid isn’t nearly strong enough for this…
FA reports racist abuse allegedly directed at England’s Ashley Young by Bulgaria fans during the Euro 2012 qualifier in SofiaApparently Bulgarian fans were making monkey sounds while Young, who is black, had the ball.
for punishment, it was decided that those fans had to live the rest of their days in Bulgaria
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 2, 2011 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
apparently
the Irish word for “devil” literally translates to “black man”. Irish friend of mine told me that when black people started first coming to Ireland it freaked some folk out
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
I'm willing to accept that might be true
but,
“In Irish-Scottish Gaeilge, people of African descent were historically referred to as fir gorum, or blue men. People of this race were described as “blue” rather than as “black” because obviously the Gaelic word for black man meant the devil. This may explain why a particular musical style often associated with an African American influence is called “the blues.”
you're using wikipedia
I am using an Irish person I met in Ireland who was part of a Gaelige language restoration club at Trinity College Dublin.
And that explanation for the “blues” is so much no.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
I know the blues thing is hokum, but you can’t keep hiding behind “I met someone in Ireland” when I can’t find anything on the internet to back that up.
and then, I did
There is a simple explanation for Irish people calling black people blue men.
For centuries, in the Irish (Gaelic) language the Christian Devil was commonly called the Black Man, or an Fear Dubh. It is a very old phrase, and probably pre-Christian. The phrase is still used among native Irish speakers.
Because Ireland is an island off the coast of Northern Europe, Irish speakers of the past rarely people with “black” skins. When they first began to encounter them, the phrase “Black Man” was well established as meaning the devil. So they called them “blue men”.
Gee, look at that. My personal experience actually bears some sort of scrutiny after all.
It’s quite possible that people in Ireland that were Irish were telling me this because I was American and had no real reason to disbelieve them. But I don’t exactly trust that Wikipedia is the be-all, end-all bastian of cultural information.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
MMA has left me unable to resolve conflicts by anything except laying on someone.
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the blues thing makes no sense
it was a self-identification made by the people who sang, produced, and listened to the music. I very very very much so doubt VERY VERY MUCH that Black people in the Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction eras had any understanding of Irish-Scottish Gaelige.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
But I heard they were able to blue themselves when needed.
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Never knew that, Josie
As a longtime blues fan/hackneyed blues guitarist, I find that very cool.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Sep 2, 2011 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
wasn't the Braves offense considered pretty bad at one point?
When Chipper was down, and Uggla and Freeman weren’t doing much?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 2, 2011 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Freeman has been solid all year hasn’t he?
They have had a lot of injuries to Prado, Chipper, Heyward but as of right now when Chipper is in the lineup that is a solid lineup with the only hole being SS.
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IIRC
he struggled to start the year.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 2, 2011 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
you mean they both have dark curly long hair
that they whip back and forth? And are somewhat pudgy? So, not really?
I will admit to occasionally getting them mixed up at a casual glance, but they’re pretty different.
by Taylor Maricle on Sep 2, 2011 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
one is tall and powerful
the other is short and scrappy
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 2, 2011 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I like to think of them as big and little Shreks
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i was thinking Scooby and Scrappy Doo
now I’m gonna think “PUPPY POWER!!” if Miles hits a home run
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 2, 2011 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Strike outs to walks ratio
has been trending up the past few season.
Walks per 9 IP hasn’t been this low in 20 years.
Home runs are now less than 1 per 9 IP for the second year in a row.
well, homeruns averages in football haven’t changed in decades
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 2, 2011 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
you have to have Castle after Sands
don’t you? :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 2, 2011 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
If Gordon and Sellers platooned at SS next year, would that be the smallest platoon combo in history?
I’m going with Joe Morgan / Sonny Jackson combined weight of 315 lbs
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Twice
I maintain he is the only starting SS to win a series in both the NL and AL.
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Wow
smallest player ever to play 2nd/SS was a HOF?
Answer is in the question
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Ha ha – 125 Pounds
But Joe Tinker was 175 so they don’t get the prize
I can see someone like Evers buiilding the Empire State building and walking those iron planks 1,000 fee high.
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imagin this
a girl managed to become a mlb catcher, when signalling pitches to the pitcher, the pitcher got confused and yell “WTF are you trying to say, woman?”
a woman from 2011 could clearly play at the turn of the last century
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 2, 2011 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
given the expectations per position, I think a woman could either get away with pitching (knuckleball) or maybe (MAYBE) middle infield. The rest of the positions require a degree of power that appears (APPEARS) to come from the upper body, rather than the lower body.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
Heck, I’d been doing that for months if I knew I could get a happy face out of it.
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there was that Japanese gal
who was a sidearm knuckleballer. Played pro ball in Japan, and I think played a bit of indy ball in the US
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 2, 2011 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Weight wise
three way tie at 230
Arod
Hanley Ramirez
and……………………………………………
Juan Uribe:)
I’m just using BRef
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Not sure, maybe some of you might enjoy this while waiting for the Dodger game.
Games four and five featured Kershaw and Billingsley
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Why is poor Eovaldi the first to face that lineup? ;)
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Hello Dodger fans! This should be a good series, seeing Billingsley and Kershaw.
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by ChopMaster on Jun 25, 2011 7:25 PM CDT
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Welcome. Here we like to say it in the style of Vin Scully.
Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant good afternoon to you, wherever you may be.
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Welcome.
And we apologize in advance for forcing comments on Talking Chop like, “I can’t believe Aaron Miles hit it that far” and “Who the heck is Justin Sellers?” :)
{cue gif of cynical girls doing tomahawk chop}
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that replacement guy was worth .7 of a win?
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 2, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
No, Dana didn’t play all 9 positions on the field and provide all the offense.
by Michael White on Sep 2, 2011 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Zach Lee
So his first full season was only a modest success (disappointing to some I’m sure). Probably has a steeper learning curve having given up football only a year ago (i.e. he ain’t Kershaw).
ETA is probably 2014.
if the standard is Kershaw, plan to be disappointed
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 2, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Not his fault. Logan White was casually dropping the CK comp when the Dodgers signed Lee.
by Michael White on Sep 2, 2011 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
If you don’t dominate in the best pitching league in baseball in one of the most pitching friendly parks in baseball you should expect disappointment. I know I was.
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If you aren’t even the best 19 year old pitcher on your team….
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I was just about to head over to minor league central to look it up.
Gould had a better year?
by Michael White on Sep 2, 2011 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, a 3.69 FIP for Lee (before last night’s start) is a disappointing debut.
by Michael White on Sep 2, 2011 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
If he was not Zach Lee no one would be impressed from the stats but the scouts said he had good stuff………
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He's no Tolleson
Per the Loons team page on ML Central, Tolleson had the lowest FIP a <0.40> in 14 games/ 15 IP.
by Michael White on Sep 2, 2011 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
but Buster told me the cupboard was bare?
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 2, 2011 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
If those two aren’t the best 19 year olds in the league then
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He got out pitched by the guy who got traded for Wilson Betemit.
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Damn, you saying we could have traded Zach Lee for Boom Boom?
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Because I use 7/31 as the cutoff date but I could have made a huge mistake.
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Be a pioneer, instead of using age, allow us to filer by birthdate
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I’d have to make some changes to the database for that to work.
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Yep, born in November. Everyone born in July just got a year older.
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“I think you can in Paris”
/Not expecting anybody to get that movie quote
by Michael White on Sep 2, 2011 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
And I botched the quote
“I think you can in Europe”
by Michael White on Sep 2, 2011 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Funny thing – I know what over-whelmed and under-whelmed mean, but have no idea what whelmed means.
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basically not what you would think it would mean or want it to mean
An act or instance of flowing or heaping up abundantly; a surge
- the whelm of the tide
verb /(h)welm/
whelmed, past participle; whelmed, past tense; whelming, present participle; whelms, 3rd person singular present
Engulf, submerge, or bury (someone or something)
- a swimmer whelmed in a raging storm
Flow or heap up abundantly
- the brook whelmed up from its source
I have never posted before but I keep up with the site
What do you guys think about Edwin Encarnacion at 3rd. He’s having a decent season. The Blue Jays will probably pick up his option for next year though.
Every time a team tries him at 3rd they pull him fairly quickly. He’d probably make a decent 1st base option.
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Encarnacion .276 .335 .466, so he’s decent. A lot better than the options we have.
by Evan Mark Olson on Sep 2, 2011 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
That is higher than usual for him. I’d expect closer to the .240s. If he’s out there I’d get him but he could easily turn to Juan Uribe with no defense.
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True but there has to be a reason why the BlueJays would have rather have Bautista play 3rd then let Edwin. The scouting reports says he’s awful, team actions say he’s awful, metrics say he’s awful (-52 career) so I’m inclined to think he’s awful at 3rd base.
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If CK wins triple crown, he'll probably win the CY award, right?
oh, and any of you play Starcraft 2?
I know ghost of k3vo plays
as for CK, no idea
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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I’m 99% sure this is my company’s firewall being wonky but Google isn’t down right?
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x
ha ha
We should do a Silverwidow random question contest.
Who is better Alison Brie Paint Gun Queen or ……….Nevermind nothing was hotter then Alison Brie Paint Ball Queen
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The worst aspect of piracy is the metaphors it creates.
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I remember when I was growing up thinking how awesome it would be to have every episode of a certain series on tape at my disposal. I can’t remember the show in question at the time, but it could have been reasonably early Seinfeld.
Now, we have TV series on DVD up the wazoo, and while it is awesome, I think I have either taken it for granted or it’s just not that big of a deal. Probably more the former.
Having Season 2-9 of the Simpsons is handy when I need to explain to my girlfriend what it means when a fighter Homer Simpsons someone.
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LOL
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 2, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
The VCR
Was the first device to give us all our own TV station, so to speak.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Sep 2, 2011 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
The middle step of the DVD player is fairly important too. A whole TV season on VHS tape was like the size of an encyclopedia set
I been saying for 40 years that smaller is better
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TW(YH)SS
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The fun part was when one tape would get eaten, and the collection was no longer complete.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Sep 2, 2011 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
facebook is easily replaceable
google is a multifaceted company that has software used by even more people then facebook and you wouldn’t simply be able to go to another site and sign up for an account to replace it.
softwarewise sure, but for the user, google wasn’t always THE search engine. No reason Yahoo! couldn’t reenter the fray. Or Bing.
thousands of applications are built on top of their maps
millions use their phone operating system. Just to name 2 things. Google analytics, google advertising, google everything.
How many people have a G-Mail account that isn’t backed up anywhere?
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I bet as many people use the other things google provide
as people that use facebook. I’ll even venture to say more. I don’t think you realize how many services google offers.
I’d be bummed if Facebook went away and I had to set everything backup on Google+.
I’d be totally boned if Google went away.
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If Google went away, it would be like losing a family member.
I don’t have a shirt that says Uncle Facebook.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 2, 2011 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
Hey my code was great, my understanding of the age cutoff was the problem. :)
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the Chinese have declared cyber war and the intention to buy the Dodgers
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 2, 2011 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I tweeted this but thought I'd let Mad Men people know
netflix is streaming all four seasons! Get caught before season 5 (whenever that starts!)
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
I have such a bad memory that all I remember
is that Don suddenly proposed to Meagan.. everything else is a blur
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
dude! i assume you either watch Mad Men, or you don't
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
Sorry, more like "remind yourself of what happened"
since its been fucking forever since it last aired
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
I mean, Im a die hard fan
and I don’t even remember what happened in season four!
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
I’d care more about Mad Men if it was not for the fact that all those bright and healthy people are bedwetting themselves right now.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
wait wha?
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
I'll give it a go
the hard drinking, hard smoking people depicted on Mad Men as healthy adults, now need adult diapers in their 70s and 80s
that is probably not a good thing for your mental health
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
i feel ya sista
like will do that to you!
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
Well, cat's out of the bag
So typical to fall in love your secretary…yeesh.
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
at least she's hawt
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
Even in real life, hot secretary marries the boss or at least has an affair. Luckily secretaries are a thing of the past.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Now it's personal assistants
but, from my experience, they’re pretty much a secretary and personal service professional, shopper, caterer, etc.
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
don’t use personal experience here, it can’t be proven by the internet
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
working in a CPA firm
every partner had a personal assistant who was basically a secretary, kept track of all their shit, ordered them lunch every day, fixed their cars, picked up their dry cleaning, cleaned their office, everything. It was kinda disgusting. But they get paid much much better these days. And, they are usually pretty bossy bitches in their own right.
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
like, even as a professional personal (a CPA)
who did not mess with the assistants. They were scary.
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
i mean as a professional person
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
just that partners can't be bothered to do their own personal shit.
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
see rich people all over the world
if I had the money I would pay someone to deal with that shit for me in a snap.
I just looked at them
and felt EVEN making good money, I would feel degraded in such a position
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
Seems enough to create a job description – do everything I ask that does not involve sexual favors.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
not just bothered
it doesn’t make economic sense for them to do their own personal shit
Why not remove all the chore tasks of my job so that I can focus on the core value of my job and generate so much more money for the company billing out at 275 bucks per hour
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 2, 2011 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
oh go grind some bones for your bread
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
Fried Bananas?
Elvis dropping by for lunch?
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Sep 2, 2011 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Netflix is going to change a bit.
Since they lost Starz, its going to be old movies and TV series. Don’t know who gets netflix to be their blockbuster, but there you go go.
I've heard Blockbuster online is taking off like mad
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
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