Matt Kemp & The Triple Crown
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 2:30 PM PDT
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Now that Clayton Kershaw is in the lead, either outright or tied, in all three pitching triple crown categories in the National League, let's check back in with Matt Kemp, who still has a shot at the batting triple crown.
Here are the stats through three completed early games (Astros/Reds, Brewers/Cubs, and Padres/Rockies) on Wednesday:
| Batting Average | Home Runs | RBI | |||||
| Jose Reyes | .331 | Albert Pujols | 36 | Matt Kemp | 113 | ||
| Ryan Braun | .330 | Dan Uggla | 35 | Ryan Howard | 113 | ||
| Matt Kemp | .321 | Matt Kemp | 34 | Prince Fielder | 112 | ||
| Joey Votto | .31349 | Mike Stanton | 34 | Troy Tulowitzki | 105 | ||
| Hunter Pence |
.31282 | Prince Fielder | 34 | Ryan Braun | 104 | ||
Kemp needs a Jerry Sands-like run (16 for 30) over the last eight games to get to a batting average of .332, so he likely needs a slump from both Reyes and Braun to capture the batting title.
Kemp is at or near the top in a few other counting stats as well:
| Runs | Total Bases | Stolen Bases | |||||
| Matt Kemp | 104 | Matt Kemp | 320 | Michael Bourn | 56 | ||
| Ryan Braun | 104 | Ryan Braun | 319 | Matt Kemp | 40 | ||
| Justin Upton | 102 | Justin Upton | 311 | Drew Stubbs | 38 | ||
| Albert Pujols | 99 | Joey Votto | 306 | Cameron Maybin |
38 | ||
| Joey Votto | 98 | Fielder / Pujols | 299 | Emilio Bonifacio | 38 | ||
Kemp is nearing uncharted territory here, as the Dodgers almost never lead the league in offensive categories. The last Dodger to lead the National League in...
- Batting average was Tommy Davis, at .326 in 1963
- Home runs was Adrian Beltre, with 48 in 2004
- RBI was Tommy Davis, with 153 in 1962
- Runs was Brett Butler, with 112 in 1991
These are the only Los Angeles Dodgers to lead the league in these categories. Davis led the NL in batting average in both 1962 and 1963.
No Los Angeles Dodger has ever led the league in total bases. Duke Snider was the last Dodger to do so, with 378 total bases for Brooklyn in 1954.
The last Dodger to lead the league in steals was Davey Lopes, with 63 swipes in 1976.
Tonight's Game
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Game Time: 7:10 p.m.
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I think Dee might be able to win the Preakness.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Just would hate to see him break a leg...
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I don’t know why but those tables just sent my MVP vote from Kemp to Braun and I never vote for a 3rd place MVP.
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Braun better in batting average. Otherwise roughly equal with Kemp or worse in all categories. That’s what I see anyway.
I suppose if you are a dude what thinks that in case of a tie, you can give extra credit for lifting one’s team to the postseason, then you are likely to vote Braun over Kemp. They are very close.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Less walks, homers, steals, more doubles, less strikeouts.
We’re kind of splitting hairs here.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
3 less HRs, 9 less SBs. Not that much.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
We’d all vote for Kemp, but we are all biased. Ryan Braun is a perfectly fine choice. If Braun wins, we will complain, as is our God-given right.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t complain at all, although I think Kemp deserves it. Al Rosen is not all that much to hang your hat on.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
We’ll always have Koufax.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Braun is hitting slightly better than Kemp but Kemp is a centerfielder in a pitchers park so he should be up by a lot.
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by regfairfield on Sep 21, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
The pitchers park thing I can get behind
But I hate using the “he plays centerfield” logic when Kemp is arguably the worst defensive CF in baseball.
by Michael White on Sep 21, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I was gonna counter this but the only terrible CF I can think of off the top of my head is Melky Cabrera, so maybe it’s true.
Braun is a terrible left fielder though so it kinda evens out.
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by regfairfield on Sep 21, 2011 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
this year according to fangraphs
kemp has been 2 runs better then Braun
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He’s really not. He’s a middle of the pack, average centerfielder.
We know he was garbage last year, but in 2009 and 2011 he has shwon himself to be average.
by UCLADodger32 on Sep 21, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s not how I read the UZR (I’ll admit, I’m no expert.) Below average this year, above average in 2009 and the worst centerfielder in all of baseball in 2010. Not sure how that speaks to his true talent level as being average.
by Michael White on Sep 21, 2011 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
i’m just throwing out last year. Obviously it happened, but I dont consider that to be the kind of player that Matt Kemp is. I dont think we will ever see him that unfocused in the field again and making those kinds of mistakes.
This year Kemp is 8th in DRS and 12th in UZR (out of 20).
In 2009, Kemp was 11th in DRS and 7th in UZR (out of 18).
On baseball reference, he had a DWAR of .6 in 2009 and is .9 this year.
That all screams average to me.
by UCLADodger32 on Sep 21, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
not sure how that is all below the middle. He was above average in terms of Cfers in DRS this year, but below average in 2009. He was above average in UZR is 2009, but below average this year. In each case he is never extremely high or extremely low. He’s an average CF for the years 2009 and 2011 and the numbers, along with the scouting perspective, bear that out.
by UCLADodger32 on Sep 21, 2011 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I just like how you guys are using median to argue about average or not.
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In mathematics, an average, or central tendency1 of a data set is a measure of the “middle” value of the data set.
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“middle” is quoted for a reason. The middle in set of sorted values is the median, not the average/mean.
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by definition a UZR of 0 is average right?
he is in the negatives.
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But still in the margin of error for average.
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by regfairfield on Sep 21, 2011 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Trying to be as objective as possible, I don’t see the logic of throwing out 2010 but not 2009. Kemp’s aging and (I assume) getting much bigger and stronger which would limit his range. 2009 was a while ago and those days are coming back again.
by Michael White on Sep 21, 2011 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
the mvp isn't for 2010 or 2009 anyways
kemp hasn’t been horrible this year and isn’t the worst CF in baseball this year.
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I’m saying that judging him this year by using his defensive numbers last year doesnt tell any of the story of who he is today. He was much closer in 2009 than 2010 of who is as a defensive player today. Obviously its not correct if we want to be completely statically accurate, but i’m considering 2010 such an outlier that I’m not even considering it. How he played last year is so far away from what he is this year that I just dont see any merit in using that to determine what kind of fielder Kemp is now.
by UCLADodger32 on Sep 21, 2011 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Average, slightly below average, whatever. The fact that Kemp is a passable CF means he’s given the team more defensive value than Braun as a middling LF has given his.
Also extra-base taken % favors Kemp also, 61 to 55%, FWIW.
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1. All this time I simply expected him to drop some production compared to his peers
2. At the all-star game the team was terrible and no matter how great a player is, in my view (mine only) no MVP can come from a terrible team.
However as your tables show, he not only has not dropped he’s gained and simply dominates the tables. This might be the greatest offensive season ever for a Los Angeles Dodger. When you consider his home park is Los Angeles it just adds fuel. Add in the fact his team has had a renaissance as one of the best teams of the second half, he’s my MVP
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OK
I was just mostly confused, because you said you were switching from Kemp to Braun, which is a certainly a defensible choice. I was just wondering why.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
This means Ivdown is going to rag on me and then read the comments.
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by Phil Gurnee on Sep 21, 2011 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
This time I decided to read through before I posted anything :)
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by Ivdown on Sep 21, 2011 5:33 PM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
For a little bit Kemp was tailing off in RBI, and I assumed he was well off the pace, then yesterday I noticed both runs and RBI were in bold on Kemp’s Baseball-Reference page. Kind of a nice jolt to the system.
Through September 2, Kemp was four runs behind Bruan and tied for 4th, and three RBI behind Fielder, in 3rd.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Loney being on base when he bats second
Loney driving him in when he gets on base when batting fifth
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Jim Loney, steak dinner recipient in late November.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
As good as Kemps season has been, there’s no way he catches Piazza 97 in any category except maybe RBI.
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by regfairfield on Sep 21, 2011 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Just to put that in perspective, Kemp would need to go 17 for 30 with 5 doubles, 10 home runs, and 10 walks over the final 8 games to reach a 185 OPS+, assuming the current league and park factors.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Just wanted to add
If Kemp is going to go off at the end of the season, might as well make that 18 for 30, since that would give Kemp 200 hits :)
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
meh, I’m having a hard time caring about the Piazza years these days.
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by Phil Gurnee on Sep 21, 2011 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
1. Braun is a beast, but
2. Kemp is my favorite player, therefore
3. Kemp is the MVP
QED
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Frum = extremely religious Jew, as ya might guess.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Often used somewhat pejoratively to more observant Jews who dismiss less observant ones.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
can you really have degrees of pejorative?
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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I believe it is used pejoratively both ways: i.e., by less-observant Jews toward more-observant Jews, and by more-observant Jews as a badge of honor.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
There was some mad love for Kershaw on the Fitz and Brooks show on KNBR here this afternoon
both from them and from a surprisingly knowledgeable caller (who I couldn’t tell if he was a Giants fan, probably not a Dodgers fan and mostly just a baseball history fan), all were raving about Kershaw’s curve ball being as good as they’ve seen in decades. (Though one of the hosts did give props to Zito’s curve in its prime, but added Zito didn’t have the other weapons Kershaw has.) Basically said even Giants fans need to step back from the rivalry and just appreciate how good he is.
Also were talking about Beltran being frozen for strike 3 down the middle but were more critical of him than they were complimentary of Kenley Jansen.
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adam wainright will tell you a tale of beltran getting frozen in a big situation too
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 21, 2011 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm guessing
no contract incentives kicked in
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Earliest the Dodgers can clinch second is Tuesday.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
FWIW, Jayson Stark is one of 32 voters for the NL MVP.
He just said on ESPN Radio that if he had to choose today, it would be Braun.
Heh
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
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their jalapeno kettle chips...
so good
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by nolander on Sep 21, 2011 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
So how does the team "rally" for Kemp
Like they did for Kershaw. I mean they are all hitting pretty well, not much more they can do, right?
WHAMMY!
knock out the good starters
quickly so he can feast on bullpens?
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Good point
A massive hitting rally would really help.
Also can we petition the Giants to put Aubrey Huff in Right Field?
WHAMMY!
Better for Gordon and Sellers to take and fight off dozens of pitches from the starter in the first inning.
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vols. rangers. galaxy.
also get on base in front of him
so he can knock them in
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And distract the pitcher by being rabbits.
cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.
If Matt Kemp can hit a few more home runs and finish first or second in the National League, he will be the first player to finish in the top two in both homers and steals since Hank Aaron in 1963.
The MVP and his 8 friends
Gordon SS
Carroll 2B
Kemp CF
Rivera LF
Loney 1B
Miles 3B
Sands RF
Ellis C
Eveland P
I like Eveland, too, but I don’t think he’s the MVP.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
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by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 21, 2011 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Mitchell
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 21, 2011 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Why uribe
This is why the Dodgers have to hope that Uribe comes through next year and at least plays his defense and hits 20 HR’s
Re-signing Cey, starting him
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Loney at 1st?
Rivera in left? Fail donnie. Put Loney in LF where he belongs.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
We are there already, eh?
Structuring our team for the arrival of the Prince? Maybe we should get through this season before we tip our hat to Fielder’s agent of our grand plans.
WHAMMY!
that sucks
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Was sporting a sweet Isotopes cap at our game last night.
Bad Guys
Christian CF
Keppinger 2B
Beltran RF
Pill 1B
Belt LF
DeRosa 3B
Fontenot SS
Stewart C
Vogelsong P
he can't hit right handed
so he’s out against Eveland.
I think Bochy said he might need surgery in the offseason
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 21, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
on KNBR
They were hypothesizing about the following 2012 lineup:
Reyes
Sanchez
Posey
Beltran
Sandoval
Huff
Belt
Anybody in CF
Did they say
Anything about off season acquisitions? Anything they were looking for? That offense is still so anemic man, and this coming from a Dodgers fan.
WHAMMY!
Evidently
Beltran has shown a willingne$$ to re-$ign. That and Jose Reyes would be two huge FA signings. I don’t see how they could afford both. Would definitely stretch the budget to the limit.
I'd be fine with that
Let them bankroll Beltran and Reyes. Beltran won’t do much, and as fbihop pointed out Reyes will be hurt most of the time.
WHAMMY!
I wouldn't be so sure about that
and they only need them to be good and healthy for one year with the pitching they have
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The always fun “ha ha what a dumb GM” /easily wins division.
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by regfairfield on Sep 21, 2011 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Hard to poo-poo ther pitching. It’s been amazing. I think I heard Lincecum has had zero runs scored in 10 starts this year. 19 times 2 runs or fewer.
and in those games he is 0-13.
/not really
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Essentially, the story of the Giants this year is top-to-bottom: incredible pitching. On the hitting side, aside from Sandoval: most has gone terribly wrong. We certainly know the feeling.
Someone should make a video ringtone of the Posey play.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think they have much in the minors, right?
So we could be seeing the Giants fall apart in a few years.
As long as that rotation stays together they’ll be fine.
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by regfairfield on Sep 21, 2011 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
that might not happen
cain could leave after 2012, vogelsong could remember he isn’t this awesome. They would still have Bumgarner and Timmy though.
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Well yeah I’m not counting Vogelsong but Lincecum, Cain and Bumgartner will be sticking together.
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by regfairfield on Sep 21, 2011 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, funny to note they are talking about 2012 already
They know, deep down, this season is over. They won’t catch AZ, and the Cards are gonna steal that WC spot.
“Search your feelings Giants fans, you know this to be true!”
WHAMMY!
1st Rule
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WHAMMY!
After the loss to the Mets on July 6, the Dodgers had a record of 19-27 at home. There have only been three seasons, out of 50 (well, 49 before this year) that the Dodgers did not have a winning record at Dodger Stadium.
Since then, the Dodgers are 22-11 at home, and last night’s win clinched a winning record at home his season. They are 41-38 with two home games left.
Well if ever there were legit reasons for them to have a losing record at home
This was that season. Everytime they show up to work and think about who’s in the owners box, it must make them vomit a little in their mouth.
WHAMMY!
Something to shoot for
If the Dodgers outscore the Giants by 15 combined runs tonight and tomorrow, they will have a positive run differential at home.
This is absolutely essential. Being outscored at home is treacherous.
by dodgerpreacher on Sep 21, 2011 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
The real question
Does it hold a chill?
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Ghetto is of Italian origin blah blah blah.
by kinbote on Sep 21, 2011 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Fun with selective stats
Peter Bourjos just tripled, and is the first Angel ever with 25 doubles, 10 triples, 10 homers, and 20 steals in the same season.
Which is so much more impressive
than being the first Angel ever with 25 doubles, 9 triples, 10 homes, and 20 steals.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Having 10 homes
is indeed impressive. He’s working on stealing the record from the McCourts.
by EMDarrow on Sep 21, 2011 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Except for 25. Dirty, dirty, dirty!
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure, if you’re missing a hand
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wish I could claim that joke as my own. It’s stolen from Tom Lehrer.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
From New Math? It’s not coming to me right now.
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Yep.
He does the subtraction problem in the first verse, then says, “Now that was not actually the answer I was looking for, because the textbook I got this problem out of wants you to do it in Base Eight. But don’t panic. Base Eight is just like Base Ten really — if you’re missing two fingers!”
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasted brain space
You can’t take three from two, two is less than three, so you look at the four in the tens place. Now that’s really four tens, so you make it three tens, regroup, and change the ten to ten ones. You add ‘em to the two and get twelve and take away three, that’s nine. OK? Now instead of four in the tens place you’ve got three ‘cause you added one that is to say ten to the two but you can’t take seven from three so you look at the hundreds. From the three you then use one and you know what four plus minus-one plus ten is fourteen minus one…
…’cause addition is commutative, right.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope you can sing that song. And I hope I find it on the next karaoke machine we are both at.
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I can do most of it, but
I get stuck halfway through the second verse, after the “64. How did 64 get into it, I hear you cry” stuff.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions
But I can do the whole thing of “Ya Got Trouble,” which (a) is more likely to be on a karaoke menu, and (b) should surprise no one.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah
I forgot is was the base 10 to base 8 joke, not a 10 to 5 joke.
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angels up 1-0
boston down 1-0. There is hope for a collapse yet.
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of course one of those games
I would bet the over, so lets not get ahead of ourselves.
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From the Dodgers game notes
Since August 1, runs scored in the NL (coming into today):
1) Rockies: 214 runs
2) Dodgers: 213
2) Brewers: 213
Top NL hitters with RISP since August 1:
1. Jesus Guzman, SD .436
2. Will Venable, SD .423
3. Carlos Ruiz, PHI .407
4. Juan Rivera, LAD .395 (17-for-43)
5. Rod Barajas, LAD .393 (11-for-28)
T6. Matt Kemp, LAD .385 (15-for-39)
T6. Justin Turner, NYM .385 (10-for-26)
14. Justin Sellers, LAD .346 (9-for-26)
17. James Loney, LAD .342 (13-for-38)
18. Aaron Miles, LAD .341 (14-for-41)
Juan Rivera leads the NL with 37 RBI since August 1
Fuck you Ruiz!
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by David Young on Sep 21, 2011 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
To sum this up
107 games through July 31: .229/.325/.324 with RISP, 48-59 record
Dodgers, 46 g since Aug 1: .280/.377/.419 with RISP, 29-17 record
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I suppose it would depend. If there are underlying reasons for hope going forward in the good-then-bad scenario, like injured players getting healthy heading into next year, I wouldn’t mind starting well, then fading.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Everything happened in reverse, Uribe started out injured and healed. The Dodgers signed Navarro, traded away Juan Rivera, and somehow Broxton came back from the dead.
by dodgerpreacher on Sep 21, 2011 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
James Loney was a legitimate MVP candidate until June, etc.
by dodgerpreacher on Sep 21, 2011 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
The other way around since as nice as this winning streak is, it would mean much more if it felt relevant.
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by regfairfield on Sep 21, 2011 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Going into this season, I kind of thought they’d be average-ish all the way through — on the cusp of being a contending team, but never quite getting there, and finishing up in that same way.
I would hate to see a team start hot and fade out of the race.
A team like this year’s Dodgers that finishes so hot can almost — almost — convince me that I’m wrong about the talent level on the team and that this month’s success can translate into an entire year of playoff-bound baseball in 2012.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
In the caption of one of the Kershaw pics in our photo queue is this sentence
Kershaw hears the Cy Young Award talk swirling around him, although he won’t indulge it.
Jon Weisman linked to a Daily Mirror piece on the final Dodgers regular season at the Coliseum, which was 50 years ago yesterday. In that game, Sandy Koufax got the complete game win with this line:
13 7 2 2 3 15
According to this, he threw 205 pitches! And after making a 2 inning relief appearance on his throw day.
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The Cubs starting catcher that day has the fantastic name of
Facundo (Cuno) Anthony Barragan. Coincidentally, he was later traded to the Dodgers along with Jim Brewer (for Dick Scott – good trade), but seems to never have played in the majors or minors after that deal.
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Just think, if Crowded House had put a period in the middle of the title of that song, it would have had a much different, and much more crushing meaning :)
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t period; dream it’s over.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Nolander will insist Eric means
Don’t drea.m it’s over
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by David Young on Sep 21, 2011 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don’t, per I (odd), ream, it’s over.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice
I gave up after trying Doper I OD, but the n’t had nowhere to go.
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Heh
The placement of that period is exactly “average”. ;-)
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Wow, that is some next level shit right there.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I print out Dodger Thoughts every day, so it’s no big deal.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
put it in your Weisman binder, with the lock of his hair on the cover? : )
by Josie Becker on Sep 21, 2011 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
You should have a Jon Chapper to do it for you.
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on an unrelated note
apparently facebook is either going to start letting users embed hulu and netflix content, or its made deals with studios to have streaming content available. Either way, Zuckerberg sure does seem obsessed with making people spend their entire e-lives on facebook
by Josie Becker on Sep 21, 2011 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
“This is living!”
/crazy girl on the toyota commercial
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 21, 2011 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
“there’s no way that’s a real puppy”
our generation is dumb and really poor
by Josie Becker on Sep 21, 2011 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
yes
those commercials make me sad
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 21, 2011 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t watch commercials anymore. I used to watch commercials, but now, when a commercial comes on, I check my drink, find I have emptied it since the last commercial, and I get up to get another one.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
when you’re a stranger
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 21, 2011 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
women seem wicked, when you're unwanted
streets are uneven, when you’re down
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 21, 2011 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
&
hand you a
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by David Young on Sep 21, 2011 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
People are annoying.
Which is why I do all my drinking at home, alone.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m thinking so many terrible thoughts now
by Josie Becker on Sep 21, 2011 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
That commercial is so odd. That woman clearly drives an Acura in SimCity
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
This morning on my commute I passed TWO women in an Acura. I shuddered.
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I hate that both Matt Kemp and Ryan Braun have doppelgangers in the b-r database.
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Agreed. I have taken to typing in “Matt R Kemp” in the search box when the need arises.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 21, 2011 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Would have been cool had Braun’s middle name been Matthew instead of Joseph.
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I usually have a tab open to b-r at all times already.
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The only baseball link I have open at all times is TBLA. Nowadays all others are New Mexico legislature stuff. At one point today I had 18 tabs open to the New Mexico legislature website or articles on what was going on in the legislature.
And TBLA on the far-left.
TBLA: Always your far-left tab.
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No politics.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I usually just google Matt Kemp
its the first result anyways
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
This will need to be seen on Quick Pitch
for context. Per Bill Plunkett:
Ex- #Jays teammates Romero, etc. sitting in dugout with black beaks taped to noses as #Angels Wells steps up for 1st AB. Trying not to laugh
Variety is so full of tasty nuggets
You ever notice that it took forever for Disney to put Pixar stuff in Disneyland? It’s cause Disney only has the rights to distribute Pixar films, they don’t own the characters. This prevents Disney from making their own Finding Nemo 2, but also means they weren’t included in the park cause Disney doesn’t like negotiating to use outside characters.
They’ve made two exceptions so far, for Star Wars and Indiana Jones, and apparently they just negotiated for the rights to Avatar.
But Disney owns Pixar now.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
they did
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 21, 2011 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I think there was a tense shift in Josie’s post.
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you gotta read me closely, only way you can see what words I dropped because my mind runs faster than my fingers/mouth can move
by Josie Becker on Sep 21, 2011 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, I’m not sure this is right. I’m pretty sure Disney was going to make their own Toy Story 3 before Disney bought Pixar. Then Disney bought Pixar, Disney scrapped what they’d been working on, and Pixar made Toy Story 3. If I have this right.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, not sure. There were different deals. They made Toy Story, and maybe Bug’s Life (but maybe not), but then there was the five-picture deal, and who knows which movies fell into that and who owned the characters. So it’s possible that Disney could do what they liked with Buzz/Woody, but not Nemo. I don’t know.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Are we sure Disney’s Toy Story 3 would have included Woody/Buzz et. all? Cause they coulda used the name but not the characters, like the threatened Buffy reboot
by Josie Becker on Sep 21, 2011 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure? No. But seems like we woulda heard something along those lines if that was the way it was gonna go down.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
wiki says
According to the terms of Pixar’s revised deal with Disney, all characters created by Pixar for their films were owned by Disney. Furthermore, Disney retains the rights to make sequels to any Pixar film, though Pixar retained the right of first refusal to work on these sequels. But in 2004, when the contentious negotiations between the two companies made a split appear likely, Disney Chairman at the time Michael Eisner put in motion plans to produce Toy Story 3 at a new Disney studio, Circle 7 Animation.
Not sure what the revised deal refers to
by Josie Becker on Sep 21, 2011 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
that’s sourcing this article: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1204709,00.html
by Josie Becker on Sep 21, 2011 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
thank you for focusing on the important part, Disney is developing blue people rides
by Josie Becker on Sep 21, 2011 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
No ups and downs to that ride at all. Call me for the Hendrickscoaster.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
although it could be cool
its just like, #3993939393993 on the list of things I would like to see at disneyland
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Best ride at Disneyland will always be the Matterhorn Bobsleds.
The great and powerful Kavula has spoken.
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quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 21, 2011 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
they paid a bundle, it’s not going to be like Star Tours, they want to do a whole Avatar Pandora land like the Harry Potter world at Universal Florida.
by Josie Becker on Sep 21, 2011 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
"Every living thing out there wants to kill you!"
“Bring the Kids!”
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 21, 2011 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you see
Chad’s Loney article?
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Red Sox
losing 6-4
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 21, 2011 6:41 PM PDT reply actions
Vernon Wells needs to reach base with 2 outs in the 9th for Peter Bourjos (double shy of the cycle) to get another AB
My daughter, who works at The Counter
agrees wholeheartedly with delias man that the English muffin is the way to go.
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C'mon WHERE'S THE BUZZ
for Dana Eveland’s start???
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Frickin’ SBNation – that showed up on my screen AFTER mine showed as posted.
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Game Thread
http://www.truebluela.com/2011/9/21/2441257/dodgers-giants-game-xvii-chat
Will it have the lowest comment total of any game thread this season so far?
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