Dodgers Hire Alex Tamin As Director Of Baseball Contracts, Research And Operations
by Eric Stephen on Sep 29, 2011 6:32 PM PDT
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The Dodgers on Thursday hired Alex Tamin as Director of Baseball Contracts, Research, and Operations, essentially taking the role of Kim Ng, who left the Dodgers at the end of spring training to become a Senior VP of Baseball Operations with MLB. Tamin has been hired by various MLB teams in the past 15 years for arbitration cases, including working with the Dodgers.
Tamin, who got his law degree from UCLA in 1995, will work with General Manager Ned Colletti on all contract matters, and will be the lead person on all arbitration cases.
Ng famously helped the Dodgers to win their arbitration case with closer Eric Gagne in 2004 after the bespectacled reliever win the National League Cy Young Award the season before. The Dodgers could have another reigning Cy Young winner heading into arbitration this winter in Clayton Kershaw.
The Dodgers haven't actually gone to an arbitration hearing since 2007, when Ng and the Dodgers won their case against Joe Beimel. But just because a team doesn't see the inside of an arbitration hearing doesn't mean there isn't a lot of work going into it. There is a tremendous amount of research done by both sides even before filing a salary figure, and that work on the Dodgers' side will now be done in house by Tamin.
For a wonderful look inside the arbitration process, I recommend listening to an interview with John Coppolella of the Atlanta Braves, from earlier this year with Kevin Goldstein on the Baseball Prospectus Up & In podcast.
For the Dodgers, Tamin will also oversee the day-to-day baseball research and operations. "Alex will be a tremendous asset to the baseball operations staff," said Colletti. "His background has given him a wealth of experience in contract negotiation and arbitration cases and we think he adds an important element to our team."
Here's hoping Tamin's first orders of business are dotting the i's and crossing the t's on a pair of long-term extensions for Kershaw and Matt Kemp.
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Here’s hoping Tamin’s first orders of business are dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s on a pair of long-term extensions for Kershaw and Matt Kemp.
GIT-R-DONE!
Should’ve been done before now.
by Real DL on Sep 29, 2011 7:14 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
If it doesn’t happen, Eric will be dotting the i’s of several kittens.
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If
Derrick Hall still worked for LA, I would be stretching for a Tamin y Hall pun right about now.
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Well done sirs
In the 19th century, they announced political maneuverings via Tweeder.
{sorry}
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Alex Tamin anagrams to…
I, Next Lama (I didn’t know that Kim Ng was a Lama)
Nix Tamale (always a bad move at Dodger Stadium)
Lax Inmate (I did hear that DS can feel like a prison these days)
A Lint Exam (Navel gazing?)
I Exalt Man (Always necessary if you work for Frank)
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice. I'll take the Lax Inmate for 100, Alex.
And as a reward, you can place yourself in this sketch by Hymn Pony Tot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyb-dlVrrz4
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that last one
reminds me of the Dawn of Man sequence from Kubrick’s 2001, which must bear a striking resemblance to the Dodger front office.
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USC favored by 12.5 over Arizona
This looks like such an easy bet for Zona. Its like stealing from the casino
by SeanMillerSavior on Sep 29, 2011 7:57 PM PDT reply actions
Anyone else notice
How Aaron Miles has regressed to lower than his career average slash line?
Career: .281/.320/.352
2011: .275/.314/.346
For an OPS that’s .12 below the career average of a horrible player (.672 vs. .660)… Can we please move on next year?
it's funny
When he was hitting the ball we were losing. When we started winning I’m assuming his numbers went down. If I remember correctly he was batting around .300 for most of the year.
by Dodgerblue8188 on Sep 29, 2011 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
If you adjust it for ballpark
His OPS+ was 84 this year, compared to a career 73 before this year.
He got over .300 on June 11 and dropped below it for good on August 3.
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Still,
an OPS+ of 84 is pretty bad… And it’s probable that he regresses again next year. I’m just saying, he didn’t have the stellar Lasik-fueled season some seem to think, and I’d be more than happy if he went somewhere else next year.
by Bard in Black on Sep 29, 2011 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh he's definitely a 25th man type, nothing more
and when your 25th man type nearly qualifies for the batting title…..
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by David Young on Sep 29, 2011 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Kings fans
Will be happy to know Doughty signed.
8 years/56 million
by Alex41592 on Sep 29, 2011 8:43 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
YES!!!
glad they worked it out, will head to Jewels From The Crown now. I guess he got his yearly figure, the Kings got the contract length they were aiming for. Can’t wait for the Kings season.
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me neither
and I’m not even really much of a Kings fan.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness
I want to work for MLB or a baseball club!!
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
Send your resume and a nice letter to Alex Tamin, Los Angeles Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 1000 Elysian Park Avenue, L.A., CA 90012.
I’m quite serious. Do it today. Congratulate him on his new position.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
that might not be such a bad idea!!
At the very least, congratulate him on his new position
i love it.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
I will
I don’t want you to be disappointed at all.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
Yep
She got huge breast implants, sold a billion records, and got world famous!
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
if I had a GF I would want mintx to get all disappointed in her
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
family values have been documented to impede breast development
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Pretty Blonde walks into a void in an alleyway and a backward-talking midget gropes her.
Enter Crispin Glover.
Something happens in a darkly-lit theatre on stage that is inexplicable. Radiators sing and time bends slowly.
Silencio.
{curtain draws}
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I wanted to let the script breathe. I figured the dwarf and Glover would do something weird and violent together.
Y’know, improvisation and all.
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my friends and i
made the coolest school video project ever in the 9th grade. we had scenes from to kill a mockingbird (i think) done by different directors. Tarantino and Lynch were the ones I remember the best. the lynch one had a kid dressed as an old lady, holding a log, while I squirted ketchup on a flower.
You really dont. Unless you are one of the big dogs, it aint all its cracked up to be.
by UCLADodger32 on Sep 30, 2011 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Question:
Does anyone here remember/know anything about GEnie and/or Delphi – early online services from back in the day?
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
awesome
I was on Prodigy and bought a flight using Sabre
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
what's sabre?
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
there is this thing called the internet and you can search and learn about things like
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1563/is_n2_v12/ai_13990655/pg_2/
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
i JUST learned what Gopher was today!
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
I've got a document that explains it all
I can send it to you via Kermit
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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by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
if you have such a document,
please send!!
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
I believe
Sabre is still the main ticketing system for airlines, though they may call it something else
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'm trying to get some more info on them
like names of people who were involved in it.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
hahahaha
gonna get my Infinite Jump on!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 7:42 AM PDT up reply actions
basically, i'm curious to know if those services
allowed you to store personal files on them.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
any file that you upload to the server
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
Eugenio Velez was the vibrant, pulsating rainbow of the 2011 season
without him I couldn’t have made it out alive
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it’s really, really great. my freshman class is learning how to blog “the right way” (i used some TBLA posts as an example) and my other classes i have been doing a lot of mentoring and stuff. super cool
I'm sure he's happy to know
he’s corrupting minds through a proxy now. :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 7:43 AM PDT up reply actions
As the negative voice of reason, let me say that there was nothing disappointing about the 2011 season.
One can only be disappointed if outcomes fail to live up to expectations. But take a look at the predictions thread: as a group, we pretty much nailed it. It looked like an average club, and that’s what we got.
But the way we got it! I will take a CY and MVP season, with the team playing its hottest baseball at the end of the year. What better way to convince oneself that things will be different next year?
I had a good time this season, and I’m telling Spawn not to worry — we’ll get ‘em next year. And I’m almost ready to tell myself that, too.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
right…
two sips of juniper juice and he becomes this total hope slut
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Slut yes
Hope no.
Bride is named Tiffany, making her the only Ph.D. astronomer with a stripper name.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
smart girls with bad taste in men is where its at
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Clink!
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll drink to that as well.
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by David Young on Sep 29, 2011 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, I'm gonna feel bad for Francona
this was just posted:
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/manager-terry-francona-expected-to-part-ways-with-red-sox-092911
I know the collapsed and all, and that he should’ve done some things differently maybe, but given their pitching woes, the Crawford signing, lots of other factors, seems like he’s being scapegoated a bit here. But guess it’s not surprising.
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Plus, the last time the Red Sox fired a manager, he deserved it.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Was that our homespun guy, Grady?
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It was. How you feelin’, Pedro?
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
"You know it's going to happen sooner or later. Tonight, it happened."--grady
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“I’m not the kind of person who yells at his TV. And I’m not a Red Sox fan, so I didn’t have a dog in this fight. And I was barely watching. But even I was like WHAT THE FUCK, GRADY? HE IS TOTALLY DONE!” – my neighbor, the next day
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, I read the article
Epstein said that club officials already had been meeting to discuss how the team crumbled, and that, "nobody blames what happened in September on Tito."
“That would be totally irresponsible and shortsighted," Epstein said. "As an organization we have to look at our successes and failures, and what happened in 2011 — we take full responsibility for it. All of us collectively look at it as a failure. I’m the general manager, so I take more responsibility than anybody.
"But I know we don’t believe in scapegoats, particularly blaming Tito for what happened in September. We all failed collectively. We’re all together in this; we’ve got to live with that. We’re not pointing fingers at any one person in particular."
I have seen some scapegoating in my time, but… seems like Epstein is going out of his way to (a) be conciliatory while (b) denying Francona whatever it is he wants (more power in the organization? more money?).
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
It's true, I'd just seen Ken Rosenthal's tweets about the article and only read the first half before posting it
reading the rest, seems like they are not scapegoating him in any way… Except Francona may still be gone.
But given his contract situation allows for a parting of ways without any axing the timing is certainly interesting and gives them an out to not officially scapegoat. Still… you’d think a who lead them to their two WS victories of the modern era and is still very respected would get more rope. But yeah if there’s power struggle on top of it, seems it’s more than just a simple scapegoating/
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"a manager who..."
This isn’t Dr. Seuss, underdog!
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pretty sure theo understands
that a manager is mostly irrelevant.
So i think Francona is probably safe.
That's not the sense I'm getting (that he's safe)
Another update via MLBTR:
Francona will ask the Red Sox to decline his option years, reports Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times. A Major League source tells Van Schouwen that Francona “has had his fill of the whole thing” in Boston and wishes to leave.
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So rather than scapegoating, he's goat-scaping?
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Goatscaping
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Ouch. I asked for that, really.
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sounds like
it was a mutual thing
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Parks and Rec with the nerds doing spreadsheets in their mothers basement joke. Well done Ken Tremendous.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
Lots of great jokes in that one. Hilarity ensued.
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Lifetime's GIRL FIGHT
looks great. or horrible. or both. or neither.
it’s like FIGHT CLUB but about young girls FOR old ladies.
I’m trying to decide whether to watch Penn & Teller’s new series.
On the one hand, they might be enormous gasbags whose annoying bullshit takes away from the things they do well.
On the other hand, I always want to like them.
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I got comped Penn and Teller seats at Bally’s in Vegas
Sat right next to the stage
endlessly entertaining and amazing in person
Never need to see them ever do anything ever again
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Discovery. Wednesdays after Mythbusters.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Beautiful photo on www.latimes.com
I believe The Dude Abides is our resident bioluminescence expert.
trippy man.
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by David Young on Sep 29, 2011 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
That is one fine ass
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I just ate
an Italian sausage sandwich with Italian sausage sauce. Meat on meat FTW.
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Meat on meat FTW.
Lucky Pierre!
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh
Yes, it just occurred to me that one might term my meal a “sausage fest”.
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by David Young on Sep 29, 2011 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
True or False
MLB Network has a lot of airtime to fill.
Before you give your ruling, point of information:
They are about to break down all eight playoff teams and rank them position-by-position.
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true
but hearing Bowa absolutely rail against UZR was worth some chuckles
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 7:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Josie True Story: late night edition
Lousy literally means louse+y, over covered lice. When someone is lousy, they are probably full of crabs.
Old Boys' Life joke
Grandma: “Johnny, there are two words that I want you to stop using. One is ‘lousy,’ and the other is ‘swell.’”
Johnny: “OK, Grandma. What are they?”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Reading the jokes in Boys’ Life was a mirthless affair.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
are you sure that wasn’t:
Highlights for Children
Best doctors office magazine of all time + Goofus and Gallant
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Positive
I was a Cub Scout and received Boys’ LIfe.
My Jewish mom wouldn’t subscribe us to Highlights for Children and their vaguely pro-Jesus content.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t seem vague to me.
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'!
because we were 10 and you were, um, older
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
The really seditious publication
was My Weekly Reader
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 fact they still used all these publications when I was in school just shows how monopolized the kids literature market really is : )
by Josie Becker on Sep 29, 2011 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Also
If you think I was the shittiest Cub Scout in existence, you’d be right. They disbanded our troop before I could become a WeBeLo.
Hm. At least, that’s what they told me. I suppose I don’t really know for sure. Maybe they just all continued on without me!
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve got a VHS tape somewhere that says you’re wrong!
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Webelos wobble but they don’t fall down.
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by David Young on Sep 29, 2011 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't realize I was an atheist back then
but I hated the boy scouts from the word go
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 was never a cub scout, but ended up, somehow, as a boy scout for one year, whatever the youngest year is (11?). It pretty much sucked, but there were a couple guys in the troop that really added to my dirty joke collection, which was a plus.
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by David Young on Sep 29, 2011 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
at least you avoided the 13 year old circle jerk
I was with Marty, I had older brothers who mocked the boy scouts so I mocked them too
I would do anythng they told me to
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I was the oldest, so I had no example in the house to follow.
I’m sure y’all like Tom Lehrer’s take on the boy scouts.
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by David Young on Sep 29, 2011 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course! From memory:
If you’re looking for adventure of a new and different kind
And you come across a girl scout who is similarly inclined
Don’t be nervous, don’t be flustered, don’t be scared…..
….Be prepared!
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
It was actually the first Tom Lehrer song I ever heard, but it was a cover! My father had a 10" EP of Tom Lehrer songs sung by some guy that he bought in his college days, class of ’55. I believe they would have all been from his first album then. Be Prepared was the first cut.
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by David Young on Sep 29, 2011 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Although someone did have to explain to me what “Don’t solicit for your sister, that’s not nice” meant.
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by David Young on Sep 29, 2011 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
…unless you get a good percentage of her price!
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I still think that if Betty White can host SNL, Tom Lehrer can be the musical guest and give us some new songs.
I would bet that he’s kept his hand in it over the years — and seeing no reason to spoil his legacy by releasing new songs while he is alive.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m Spending Hanukkah in Santa Monica wasn’t enough to satiate you?
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And Shavuos in East St. Louis!
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Those Eastern winters, I can’t endure ‘em
So ev’ry year I pack my gear and come out here til Purim
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Fuck em
Goofus was an idiot and Gallant was a kiss-ass
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'!
what about the search for hidden items thingy?
you rebel
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Taught me how to find fiddles hidden in trees and that Goofus was a total dumbass.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Sep 29, 2011 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Dealing with dumbasses: highly useful life lesson as it turns out.
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by David Young on Sep 29, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually had a subscription
didn’t have to wait to go to the doctors office
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I remember a long involved joke about a scoutmaster fixing his stuck car horn. The punchline was him saying, “Beep repaired.”
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by David Young on Sep 29, 2011 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I never understood the thing with swell. It’s just a dandy, like dude, but I guess people didn’t like dandies back then
by Josie Becker on Sep 29, 2011 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
“Dude” has completed the long road from pejorative to just another word.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I heard my mother say “sucks” the other day
I was floored – I vaguely remember getting smacked for using that word in 1976
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
My mother washed my mouth out with soap one time
When I said the N word
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'!
from age 7 to 15 my best friend was African American, and we were at each others houses all the time
One time I said “She sleep” in-front of his mother instead of “She is sleeping”, I was immediately lectured by my friends mother on proper English and how it would not do for me, a white-ish kid, to talk the way that they did when they were at home together. She ended it with a hug.
it was all very caring and incredibly memorable
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I got smacked for “smells.” Specially, for saying that I wanted Oreo cookies, and not the knock-off Hydrox brand, because “Hydrox smell.”
My mom threw a fit. I didn’t understand then, and I don’t understand now.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
What I imagine you were punished for
Cookies don’t have noses! Bad ones stink, but do not smell.
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by David Young on Sep 29, 2011 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I imagine it was more like when I wouldn’t eat the store brand peanut butter, and then my mom threw it out the front door
by Josie Becker on Sep 29, 2011 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course, that’s my mom for ya. When Bride and I came back home to visit before we were married, we had this conversation:
“Where is Girlfriend of Kavula sleeping?”
“What do you mean? She’ll sleep in your room and you’ll sleep in the basement.”
“Isn’t that kind of silly?”
“I want to set a good example for your sisters.”
“They know we live together.”
“I feel I owe it to Girlfriend’s mother.”
“She bought us a larger bed, so we could sleep together when we visit them.”
“Humma, drop it. I know what you do out there…….. in California.”
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I love that your mom calls you Humma
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
well sure, but i’m more interested in why folk hated the dapper set so much. Like zoot suits. The fact that they were a thing and upset a lot of people makes no logical sense to me
by Josie Becker on Sep 29, 2011 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Class warfare. Might as well be wearing a Journey T-Shirt and womens jeans.
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by regfairfield on Sep 29, 2011 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
the problem with Zoot suits was the chicanos, blacks, and Eye-talians wearing them
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
According to my dad
Who probably would have joined in in beating them up if he had the chance back then, zoot suiters were considered homosexual to the local military people.
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'!
So they really were the hipsters of their day.
Is he gay, or does he just really like v-necks?
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by regfairfield on Sep 29, 2011 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
hipsters are so ironic they don’t even realize the irony of thinking a sixty year old term is new
by Josie Becker on Sep 29, 2011 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I love this part
hipster (n) a person, especially during the 1950s characterized by a particularly strong sense of alienation from most established social activities and relationships.
These were kids that felt there had to be some other form of music than top 40, and started listening to pirate rock radio stations. New hipsters are just mad KROQ doesn’t get their setlist from pitchfork
by Josie Becker on Sep 29, 2011 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
everybody is looking for the new sound Honey but its still rock and roll to me
B. Joel
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey you find a station that plays Wilco.
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by regfairfield on Sep 29, 2011 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Surprisingly you’re asking the wrong guy.
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by regfairfield on Sep 29, 2011 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve heard the new Fleet Foxes is good
by Josie Becker on Sep 29, 2011 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Should check that out. New Art Brut was surprisingly weak so I need something new.
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by regfairfield on Sep 29, 2011 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
surprisingly weak
Yeah, I’m shocked, shocked, that that group turned out to be just a joke that got taken seriously.
The first album is a lot of fun, but…..
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Next two didn’t live up to the first one but were still solid. This one just didn’t work.
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by regfairfield on Sep 29, 2011 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t honestly call myself a big fan of Wilco, not because I don’t like them — I do — but because they have some HUGE fans.
That said, “Jesus Etc” off of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot? What a song.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw them on the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot tour, Jonathan Richman opened! Sunken Treasure was great live.
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I saw Jonthan Richman as a headliner. Dengue Fever opened. They were something — you could tell they were gonna break out.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
awesome
one of my fondest concert moments came when i saw Nickle Creek and they did “I am an American Aquarian Drinker” during an encore. I just about lost it.
X, The Blasters, Ackerman Ballroom, UCLA, 1981. That is all.
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I see where you get that — “tall buildings shake” — but I’d prefer not to think that.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
it doesn't have to be
just a great great song. documentary of them playing at tipotina’s in n.o. is great too.
I'm a huge fan
Sky Blue Sky is probably my favorite album. I think I’m in the minority on that
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'!
it's great
i love it and YHF, and Being There is amazing. Can’t say I listened to last one that much.
is Rodney Bingenheimer still doing his Sunday night show on KROQ?
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just watched Mayor of the Sunset Strip on cable
it’s quite a sad portrait really, the guy is just a music junkie who never figured out how to manipulate people…it’s rather romantic, to be honest.
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If you like that, I think you’d like 24 Hour Party People. Steve Coogan plays Tony Wilson, the Factory Records guy.
SPOILER ALERT
At the end of the movie, when he’s lost everything, he gives what is for my money one of the best movie lines of all time:
“My epitaph will be, ‘He never sold out.’ I protected myself from ever selling out by having nothing to sell.”
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, Ian Curtis
I actually liked 24 Hour Party People more, which was not a biopic but more about the Madchester scene
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hey josie
what do you call a sticker that goes on a window? A decal? I’m thinking of a ranger rick sticker on a bedroom window.
Hopefully you've got call waiting
because the Greeks are on line 2
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'!
when your society puts women and small boys on the same social level, but small boys are actually better because they’ll turn into men….you can’t really call that gay
by Josie Becker on Sep 29, 2011 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
probably “awesome” is the word you are looking for, but now we are just talking symantics
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
seem to recall that if you were gay in some native american tribes it was cool, you just had to live like a woman and everyone was down with it
not sure if that is true, but I heard it somewhere
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn’t that in the movie “Little Big Man?”
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Magic 8ball is foggy – says ask again later
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 29, 2011 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Little Big Man
Would you like to come in and rest on soft furs?
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 bow in Marty’s direction.
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by David Young on Sep 29, 2011 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve seen that move at least 20 times.
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'!
movie
Yikes!
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'!
Wow. I have seen it exactly once, on VHS, 10 years ago or more.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 29, 2011 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Very quotable movie
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'!
is THAT what that title meant?
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by David Young on Sep 29, 2011 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
This is one of those
doesn’t everyone know that things for me. I’m always using that word like “I’m lousy with meetings today”, etc.
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
That’s how my dad used it.
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by David Young on Sep 29, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Chad Moriyama's take
on the NL MVP race.
Anyway, my own formula of WAR has Matt Kemp at 8.4 and Ryan Braun at 7.4, a clear advantage as far as objective analysis goes. Additionally, before any accusations of bias seep in, I would just like to state that the far easier way to go about this would be for me to cite fWAR (8.7/7.8) or rWAR (10.0/7.7) or WARP (8.1/6.9), metrics that all have Matt Kemp beating Ryan Braun quite handily.
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Because every race should simply be decided by WAR
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Bringing you the best punk, post-punk, and noise rock from the US/UK and beyond!
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This contest is over!
Give that man the $10,000!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Alex Tamin helped Represent the Angels when they beat K-Rod in Arbitration before the 2008 season
Rodriguez, the American League’s top fireman who was coming off three consecutive seasons of 40-plus saves, sought a salary of $12.5 million. The Angels offered $10 million.
On Feb. 22, at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort in St. Petersburg, Fla., Rodriguez sat on one side of the conference room table beside his attorney, Jay Reisinger, and the players’ union general counsel, Michael Weiner. Rodriguez, in a brown-pinstriped suit, never spoke.
He faced Angels general manager Tony Reagins on the club side, followed by Rosenthal, fellow attorney Alex Tamin, MLB officials and observers from the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees and Blue Jays.
From the OC Register.
He’s very frequently mentioned alongside the late Mark Rosenthal, as the two often worked together on arbitration cases, as they wrote this article together on sponsorship exclusivity. Mark Rosenthal argued Gagne’s arb case (though I don’t know if Tamin worked on that as well).
Last Chance
http://www.truebluela.com/2011/9/29/2458303/fifth-annual-tbla-postseason-contest
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So Matt Moore is good enough to pitch the first game of a playoff series but not good enough to start in August?
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yes
/JoeMaddon
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Also don’t forget the Post seaon Xeifrank contest.
http://www.truebluela.com/2011/9/29/2459572/9-30-lds-simulation-contest
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Tamin is going to be a busy man this winter
1. Ink Extension for Kemp
2. Ink Extension for Kershaw
3. Sign some bloke to a 9 Digit FA Contract
4. Defeat Loney in Arb
5. Defeat Andre in Arb
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Yankee's Versus Verlander
PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPSNick Swisher 54 48 8 2 0 3 7 6 19 .167 .259 .396 .655
Derek Jeter 33 28 10 1 0 0 0 4 7 .357 .455 .393 .847
Jorge Posada 26 21 7 3 0 0 5 4 3 .333 .462 .476 .938
Mark Teixeira 26 22 3 0 0 1 3 4 7 .136 .269 .273 .542
Robinson Cano 25 23 4 1 0 0 0 2 4 .174 .240 .217 .457
Alex Rodriguez 25 21 4 1 0 1 4 3 4 .190 .320 .381 .701
Eric Chavez 15 15 3 0 0 1 1 0 4 .200 .200 .400 .600
Brett Gardner 13 8 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 .375 .545 .375 .920
Curtis Granderson 7 6 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 .167 .286 .667 .952
Andruw Jones 6 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 .200 .333 .800 1.133
Russell Martin 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800
Ramiro Pena 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .600 .600 .600 1.200
Eduardo Nunez 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Greg Golson 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total 245 212 50 9 0 8 23 28 58 .236 .333 .392 .725
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long term contracts
Can someone explain why Ned keeps mentioning Ethier in the same breath with Kemp and Kershaw when talking long-term deals? He’s not in that class, nor would you want him to be the face of the franchise because of his volatile personality. In fact, I’s love to see him be moved. What gives? Doesn’t Ned give credence to his comments and behavior? Or does he think Andre has crossed over into PVL territory? I’m confused.
flip it around
maybe he sees things we don’t, or don’t want too. Maybe he thinks he’s an actual good player who likes LA and wants to stay?
I’m just playing devil’s advocate, but let’s not steamroll Andre out of town just because you may not like him.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Or maybe he’s trying to depress Kemp and Kershaw’s value by comparing them to Andre.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Or maybe he doesn’t want to rip on Ethier in public and he might have learned something from the Kemp situation?
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
or maybe his public comments
don’t matter and we shouldn’t spend 5 hours debating them
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Hey let’s not go too far.
They matter when they help me prove whatever point I’m trying to make.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
20 minutes is okay though
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Ya know not every question is asked by someone who knows everything already. A simple honest answer might be all they are looking for. Not everyone reads every post and every comment here.
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kinda funny watching that thread develop
just got snarkier and snarkier.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Like Kemp his contract expires in 2012, Andre has a career OPS+ of 123. You will be hard pressed to find many rightfielders with a higher OPS+ over the last five years who are not making uber money. Up until this year Andre has been the better hitter.
From a PR spin you don’t ignore the guy in the same boat, it does not hurt anything to include Andre in these comments even if you don’t think you will be signing him to a long term deal. You never know what might happen, Kemp could blow off the team while Andre may decide to sign a team friendly deal.
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nor would you want him to be the face of the franchise because of his volatile personality
Nonetheless, he was still getting the biggest cheers in the stadium until Matt Kemp’s MVP run, and even that somewhat coincided with Ethier’s season ending.
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Tigers Versus CC - watch out for the BOOM BOOM
PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPSMagglio Ordonez 79 71 19 5 1 3 18 7 8 .268 .329 .493 .822
Brandon Inge 67 58 11 1 0 1 3 7 15 .190 .299 .259 .557
Victor Martinez 27 25 6 1 0 2 3 2 4 .240 .296 .520 .816
Ramon Santiago 26 24 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 .292 .292 .333 .625
Ryan Raburn 25 23 4 2 0 0 3 2 8 .174 .240 .261 .501
Delmon Young 24 24 3 1 0 0 0 0 7 .125 .125 .167 .292
Miguel Cabrera 22 16 9 1 0 2 11 4 3 .563 .591 1.000 1.591
Jhonny Peralta 21 17 1 1 0 0 1 3 5 .059 .190 .118 .308
Austin Jackson 14 14 4 1 1 1 2 0 7 .286 .286 .714 1.000
Alex Avila 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286
Wilson Betemit 6 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .600 .667 .800 1.467
Will Rhymes 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Omir Santos 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total 371 332 81 16 2 10 45 29 71 .244 .305 .395 .700
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Buster Olney is an idiot
For his work, and for his importance to the Brewers’ success, Braun should be the NL MVP; Matt Kemp had a spectacular season for the Dodgers, but Los Angeles — hampered by ownership issues and the team’s inability to spend on needed improvements last offseason — never contended this year
And this is what the actual MVP instructions say:
It is up to the individual voter to decide who was the Most Valuable Player in each league to his team. The MVP need not come from a division winner or other playoff qualifier.
i wonder how many voters
actually know that
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I have been
To put up with Olney all season, I gave up. The man has his own east coast bias, and I don’t think that he is a true Dodger fan any more.
Buster Olney: I’m smarter than you, and here’s why
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I belive that is
a blockquoteIndeed.inside another blockquote.
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Josie doesn’t scare me simply because she’ll use a bunch of words I wont understand. Which will prove my point.
or is it that you’re just awe struck by my prestidigitation?
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I got Maddz revenge one time after a trip to TJ
by Greg Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
You’re not supposed to interact with the donkey.
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Oh, man. I had a weekend. We went down to, uh, Tijuana, Mexico, ya know. And there was this guy there and he was all, “Hey, you gotta come and check out one of these shows.” And, you know, it’s a woman fuckin’ a horse. And you get there and you’re thinking “Oh, a woman fuckin’ a horse.” And you get there, and it is not as a great as you thought it would be. It’s kinda gross. I mean, it was really givin’ it to her. To be honest, we all just felt bad for her. Kinda felt bad for the horse.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ve been merging that story with my own TJ story for years and no one ever picks up on it.
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
There were no backrooms in your TJ story that I can remember.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
remember, my friend went in the backroom with the lady of the night, while my other friends were watching the (horseless) show, and then my friend ran out the room with his pants down screaming “She called her pimp!”
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
There were many layers to this story.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
It should be presented in indented blockquote form then.
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by David Young on Sep 30, 2011 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I really have to tell it in person, tipsy, to get all the expressions and hand gestures in
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I am certain JLS23 had sense drilled into her by her mom.
And DodgerSF has the good sense to remain loyal to the Dodgers in the face of living in enemy territory.
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2012 World Series Champion Los Angeles DodgersStarting at Third Base, David WrightStarting at First Base, Prince FielderDodgers ink Matt Kemp to a long term contractDodgers lock up Clayton Kershaw long-termMatt Kemp named 2011 National League MVPClayton Kershaw wins National League Cy YoungMLB forces McCourt’s sale of the DodgersishXdavid is fast asleep at his desk ZzzZzzZz
by ishXdavid on Sep 30, 2011 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m getting vertigo.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
You just returned Rope to Netflix?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Qwickster©
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
it’s like a birds eye view of old Azteca
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
or
are you looking into a pit?
your mind=blown
(drops mic)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
In some dying thread once
I took block quote nesting to the max. The result surprised me a little.
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can you make this into an image?
because this needs to be facebooked.
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
It wasn't on purpose
I thought I had 2 separate quotes going
by Greg Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
The Dodgers didn’t have an inability to spend last winter.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions
e.g., Uribe and Guerrier? But was that spending “on needed improvements”?
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MVPs that were not on playoff teams post-WW2
AL
Alex Rodriguez – 2003
—end wild card era—
Cal Ripken – 1991
Robin Young – 1989
George Bell – 1987*
Don Mattingly – 1985*
Jim Rice – 1978*
Rod Carew – 1977
Jeff Burroughs – 1974
Dick Allen – 1972*
-—end division play——
Brooks Robinson – 1964*
Jackie Jensen – 1958
Al Rosen – 1953*
Bobby Shantz – 1952
Ted Williams – 1949*
NL
Albert Pujols – 2008
Barry Bonds – 2004*
Barry Bonds – 2001*
Larry Walker – 1997
—end wild card era—
Barry Bonds – 1993* :)
Andre Dawson – 1987
Mike Schmidt – 1986*
Dale Murphy – 1983*
Keith Hernandez – 1979**
Dave Parker – 1978*
George Foster – 1977*
Joe Torre – 1971*
Willie McCovey – 1969*
--end division play——
Roberto Clemente – 1966*
Willie Mays – 1965*
Maury Wills – 1962*
Ernie Banks – 1959
Ernie Banks – 1958
Hank Sauer – 1952
Stan Musial – 1948*
Bob Elliot – 1947
- signifies team was a very close contender (2nd place finish or w/in 3 games of playoff spot)
- signifies a shared MVP
by StolenMonkey86 on Sep 30, 2011 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
(drops mic)
StolenMonkey86, he out!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Good Stuff
ha ha on Bobby Shantz, his bio might have been the first baseball bio I ever read when I was but a teapot. Bit remarkable he won the MVP as a little left handed pitcher whose team did not make the world series.
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ll give you this, Whitney did get better.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
see? It just needed time. Even the Office pilot wasn’t a breakthrough in comic technology
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
They could make it… better?
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Sadly it was still a long way from good.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m fully ready to admit Whitney is probably a “see if it gets renewed and then go back and watch it on Netflix” show
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
she has an enormous mouth
pretty girl, but an enormous mouth
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I do like that it swaps the traditional sitcom roles around so it’s the woman that comes up with crazy schemes and the man is around solely to make sure she doesn’t drink bleach but even with that it needs to stop being a beat for beat replay of a King of Queens episode.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Lucille Ball
wants a word with you
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'!
thank god for old people, if not for us these kids would think they invented the fucking world
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I think Ms. Cummings is acutely aware of sitcom history. She even does the “Whitney is performed in front of a live studio audience” voice over.
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Ricky kept her from drinking bleach and he played the bongos.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
When he wasn't
porking every skirt in sight
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'!
it was the accent
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Some things in Hollywood (Not Joe version)
never change
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'!
Not to nitpick, but that’s a lousy catchphrase.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
“This bar is lousy with birds tonight”
I hope someone says that on a TV show sometime soon
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
what was the last sitcom
with a British star?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Mr. Belvedere
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
he played Bowser in a Nintendo Ice Show
might be one of the greatest things I have ever seen
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
is this a rhetorical question? just US sitcoms?
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
If you consider House a sitcom, then House.
If you don’t consider House a sitcom, explain why not.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I have never seen an episode of House
notta one
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Here’s what you’re missing:
1. It’s never Lupus, except when it’s Lupus.
2. House is an asshole
3. In the last five minutes of every episode, the B story line will miraculously give House the missing answer to the A story line
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
What he is missing
is Hugh Laurie. Gotta get some Hugh Laurie up ins your cranium.
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Just stream a bit of A Bit of Fry and Laurie on Netflix.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
the formlua is simple
the result is always awesome.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
shit they are the same thing aren't they?
As opposed to stand up comedy and sketch comedy, a situation comedy has a storyline and ongoing characters in, essentially, a comedic drama
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no they’re not. One’s half hour, the other is a whole hour
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to be honest
even if thats true, its stupid.
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yes, wikipedia is always right! I don't want to hear it Joe!
Can be either half-hour or hour long episodes. However, shows which use a 30-minute format tend to be more comedic with dramatic elements that keep storylines going forward, while shows which use a 60-minute format tend to be more dramatically based with humour used throughout the show as either comic relief or to punctuate certain scenes.
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Characters’ backstories tend to have a greater overall effect on story line. Often something a character has done in the past will catch up with him or her, as opposed to more traditional sitcoms where a character’s backstory is unlikely to be referenced by the story of the week.
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it is a fine reference tool for things you don’t really care about
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s 60 minutes long.
/rigidity
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the answer of course
is every sitcom in the UK, you boob
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
while i freely admit my boobery
i meant American sitcoms
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
riddle me this Josie
has there been a UK sitcom with an USA born star?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Kristen Schaal was developing a show, but I never went to series. The answer is yes, Will Arnet and DAvid Cross starred in the Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I would say they are moreso
seeing as how US television keeps ripping them off.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
truth, this is truth. Although they copied Law and Order
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I remember seeing commercials for a show on Showtime
about a married couple who had written a successful British TV show, that was going to be adapted in America. It was all about how the Americans wanted to change everything and the couples trials and tribulations.
it had Joey from Friends in it as well.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Episodes, supposed to be a strong show
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I just laughed how in the commercial
the big TV exec tells them how much he loved the original show, then the coulple hears later that he’s never actually seen it.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
That's three catchphrases for the week, vote for your favorite!
“What? I went to Vassar.”
“Suck it, Mr. Crabs.”
nah, I’m changing it
“I’m Brita, In a cage!”
nah, only Mr. Crabs works out of context
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
I liked one last night but I’ve already forgotten it and it was none of those.
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm gonna guess
“I’ll just put on my star wars pajamas, sit in my mom’s basemen, and pour over some spreadsheets”
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
That was great, but it was kind of comment that was used, made me laugh, I repeated it, my wife laughed, and I said I’ll have to find a great place for that (thinking of TBLA) and goddammit I’ve already forgotten it.
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
The problem with P&R is that the obvious is too obvious and you are simply waiting for them to get to where they need to go. Rob Lowe also needs to stop wearing haircuts as though he’s under 35.
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm just gonna keep throwing spaghetti - easily TBLA applicable
“Oh, are we playing a game where everyone says something stupid?”
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I mostly had no problem with any minute of Parks and Rec last night, thought it was hilarious from start to finish
(including everything about the entertainment center and the NBA stars hanging around)
Except I did think Rob Lowe’s bit got a little tiresome.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
and Rob Lowe’s story had a crap ending. But yeah everything else was solid
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey tech people
I’m having trouble using this site in Chrome. It doesn’t update properly, meaning I can’t Z and I can’t comment or reply.
IE is working OK, but IE sucks when the thread gets big. Chrome generally works better, except when it’s broken.
Any advice? I cleared the cache, but that didn’t work.
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I use Chrome often (mainly with videos or flash games) but never for this site. I use Firefox for this site and most other sports websites I go to.
So basically, I am of no help and am just typing for the sake of typing.
wasn't that
the Twix catchphrase?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Chrome is also working just fine at home. It’s on the work computer that I’m having issues.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Writing copy for the Smurfs has made your computer rebel against you.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
by Nolij on Sep 30, 2011 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Quiet, you!
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I use Firefox for TBLA without problems.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Ditto. Both home (Mac) and work (PC).
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I’ll try downloading Firefox this afternoon.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
If Firefox doesn’t work, I’ll try that. Thanks.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I use chrome exclusively
and never have any problem. Re-install
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 only use Chrome now
I’ll guess you’re just too damn old and are doing something wrong, much like Kelly, except he’s at least 3 times as old.
I use Chrome most of the time
and I only have problems when I have so many tabs open that they don’t show icons anymore.
by StolenMonkey86 on Sep 30, 2011 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Eric is running with the big boys
@dylanohernandez Thanks to everyone who read/followed me this season. Special thanks to @stevedilbeck, @BillShaikin and @truebluela for their help.
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by David Young on Sep 30, 2011 9:34 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Hey
there was a time when all those “@” would have tried to autoformat that thing. Did they take that “feature” out? Cool.
@test@test@test @test @test @test
Yep.
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Is Dylan on to something new?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
When your team is done, it’s like year end for the beat reporter. Time to close up last year and start the cycle again.
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He might be covering a playoff series or two for the Times. As of like a month ago I don’t think it was decided yet.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
EXTREEEEEEEEEMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Were your ancestors slaves in ancient Egypt?
by Greg Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
no
they were probably Aztecs
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Make this into a jpeg image
it’s awesome!
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
For some reason
I just realized that Humma is close to halfway between my age and my daughter’s age, about a 15/13 split, IIRC. That is somewhat disconcerting.
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Not bad for an English major.
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by David Young on Sep 30, 2011 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Disconcerting that Josie knows you and Humma’s age.
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Like Brandons, who were the Top TBLA Member Prospects in 2011?
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
is there a
Rookie Poster of the Year?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd be intersted to see a dumb awards thing for posters here
That just takes up time as a filler and has absolutely no point.
You have room on your mantle:)
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
look at him try to act like he doesn't care
he’d put it in his sig if he won one. :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn't mind winning some awards
though I’m sure they wouldn’t be friendly awards, haha.
“Most Naive Poster goes to….”
I think you got the
“lol” title wrapped up. And you did it legit!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
or can just solve word problems like a boss
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
If Craig was in his normal seats on the Reserve, and Josie was in the Field Box Section 124, who would get to Maddz/Gary in the Loge section 101 first if they both started at 07:23?
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
me, because Craig would stop to talk to Hollywood
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Not to mention the texting while going down the stairs
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I
Claim this is a false question since a person cannot go from the Reserve Level to the Loge Level in a normal circumstances.
by bhsportsguy on Sep 30, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
It is a “trick” question, not a “false” one.
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
i heard this line
with Marisa Tomei’s voice from My Cousin Vinny.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Also you because you can go up without a ticket, but not down.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Nailed it
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Anderson Cooper just did a piece on Reddit being the Internet’s go to source for pictures of underage girls, so I’d start looking for a new news aggregator.
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Gawker’s been examining this for a while.
If you want SFW evidence, just Google reddit.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
reddit is funny sometimes
but you can tell the average user is 17 yo boys
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 30, 2011 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Considering it has
what, 20 million users? Thats not really true.
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to me it seems like stuff that gets a ton of upvotes is from college freshman
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 30, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Mentally at least.
I’ve got way too wrapped up in this thing and the average user is in the 18-29 range.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
the facts just so people don't get the wrong idea
when he says underage, he means jailbait. None of it is illegal, none of it is kiddy porn. None of it is forced upon users of the site, you would have to actively seek it out to view any of the content. Its not added by the people who run the site, but linked to by the actual users. Those are the facts.
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sounds a lot like
“that ain’t mine officer. I didn’t buy no kiddie porn!”
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
people should be looking at 4chan then. on second thought, dont look at 4chan. ever.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 30, 2011 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
good advice
dont look at 4chan. ever.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I have no idea what 4chan is and I never intend to find out
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
good, good
for the love of all that is good and decent, forget you ever heard that name. I’ve never been there myself, but i have been described some the things that go on there. I wish i could bleach them from my mind.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm certain half the members of MCC are on 4chan
There’s a TON of hackers on there for some reason. Hackers and nerds.
theres just a ton of young
tech savvy people. The site gets a ton of traffic.
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only thing I think is kinda funny that come from there is pedobear. esp since some polish newspaper thought pedobear was one of the vancouver olympic mascots.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 30, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s also one of the most popular sections of the site (like I said, just google reddit and see the results).
It should be easy to add a “hey don’t post pictures from 15 year olds girls Facebook” rules.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
The second they do that the site dies
they have a staff of seemingly less then 10 people, and when they tell their users they can’t do something, its going to end up the same way Digg did with that stupid HD-DVD key code or whatever it was, users will rebel and post the stuff everywhere and they will simply not have the manpower to stop them.
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Fair enough, they need to hire more moderators, or hell, get volunteers, the Internet is full of people who want some tiny amount of power.
Regardless of how true it is, a major news network has labelled Reddit as pedophile world and if they don’t try to stop it, the only ads they’re gonna get are from stolengirlfriendvideos dot com.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I am actually really interested in the sociology of Reddit. The commenting system creates an echo chamber effect and it seems like over time this leads to more and more repugnant views gaining legitimacy.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I spend a prodigious amount of time on Reddit. Any of the major reddits, the ones that are by default added to your “front page” are pretty crappy. /r/politics for example is pretty horrible. If you want to get the most out of reddit you are better off finding the smaller, better moderated communities and specialize in things, such as /r/fitness /r/gamernews etc.
Most subreddits already have mods, when you create a reddit you become the “head” mod and can then deputize others. Most subreddits though have a hard enough time as it is now just dealing with spam.
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/r/blahblahblah
Makes it sound like it’s just yet another way of presenting the (now ancient) newsgroup concept. Be careful when poking around the alt.* newsgroups.
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by David Young on Sep 30, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
It kind of is
you make posts to a “subreddit”(group) and then people can comment directly on that post, be it a rant or a link to a different website.
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They are very picky about who they let advertise on their site actually
but when it comes to the content they really want to take a free speech above all approach. Right now the prevailing opinion on reddit is that its a slippery slope so as long as something isn’t illegal it shouldn’t be censored on the site.
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And I guess that’s the problem is that an “anything goes” mentality on the Internet leads to it becoming a haven for people with horrible views since anywhere else kicked them out long ago.
If they’re fine with being the number one result on Google for jailbait that’s their choice, but this isn’t a problem that’s going to just go away.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Somewhat amusingly
/r/jailbait which is the result you are reffering to has actually been banned due to some unsavory moderators by the admins(admins run the site moderators are users who run subreddits). Of course people just made other subreddits, so the content still gets posted.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Uhhh…that’s actually not a link to the site and is SFW.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
its a link to the gawker network
even worse then nsfw content
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for a more balanced look, here is the post describing some of the good
that has come from reddit. http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kwdvm/with_all_of_this_negative_publicity_that_reddit/
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The Dodgers coaching staff will return intact in 2012
Don Mattingly – Manager (second season)
Dave Hansen – Hitting Coach (second season)
Trey Hillman – Bench Coach (second season)
Rick Honeycutt – Pitching Coach (seventh season)
Ken Howell – Bullpen Coach (fifth season)
Davey Lopes – First Base Coach (second season)
Manny Mota – Coach (33rd season)
Tim Wallach – Third Base Coach (second season)
Likewise
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
i was kinda worried
That Wallach might seek out one of the managerial openings.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
it got out that BA RISP is his key way to judge talent
Theo decided he was going in another direction
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Really?
Worried we might lose the windmill? Really?
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
really
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
New Red Sox manager :-( I could see it!
But glad he’s sticking around indeed.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I don’t think Ken Howell lost any digits this summer.
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’d bet he did.
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by David Young on Sep 30, 2011 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
If not for the exorbitant
Cost and time spent away from family and friends, if I had the interests that Josie and Maddz had, the UK would be the place to be. Soccer and religious artifacts at every corner, proper English and there are places where one cannot but find a pub every 200 feet.
So if you were a girl, London is the place to be?
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Bucky Showwalter hates bunting
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The bunting draped on the railings at stadiums during the playoffs at least.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
he’s the Del Harris of baseball
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Phil replaced Del, didn’t he? Or was there some turkey in the middle?
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Rudy was interim, did you know he is a scout for the Lakers?
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Meant, interim between Phil’s.
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t necessarily mean to discount how good Doug Fister has been for the Tigers, but I can’t remember a bigger dropoff in starters from Game 1 to Game 2 than CC vs. Verlander to Fister/Nova.
Fister is a rookie correct?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Third year.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Nope. He’s a good four years in.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Nope
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fistedo01.shtml
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
wow
really hadn’t heard jack about him until he went to Detroit
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh Tommy Blackjack
Fister? I hardly know her! He was a somewhat breakout guy last year, just not as good as this year.
You know, I heard that Chin Lung Hu might have hit a single.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah
i don’t really pay all that much attention to the Mariners
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Fister walked five guys in 70 innings for the Tigers.
Five.
He walked 32 in 146 for the Mariners.
WTF
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I predict an exploding Nova on game two
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Google has offered Hulu 4 billion dollar allegedly
hm, maybe I should get that 99 dollar Logitech Revue
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
i don't know what this means
Rangers Lineup via BaseballPress.com
1. Ian Kinsler® 2B
2. Elvis Andrus® SS
3. Josh Hamilton (L) CF
4. Michael Young® 1B
5. Adrian Beltre® 3B
6. Mike Napoli® C
7. Nelson Cruz® RF
8. Yorvit Torrealba® DH
9. Craig Gentry® LF
by Alex41592 on Sep 30, 2011 10:31 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
game starts a 2pm
right?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
gracias
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Wat
Napoli is catching and Yorvit is the DH?
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Leyland put all five of his starters on the playoff roster. Clearly, he’s going to use a 5-man rotation, because Verlander is meh.
Actually, I like the plan. When Penny is getting bombed in the 2nd of game 4, Porcello will come in for the next 4 or 5.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Shocked Penny is on the roster.
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Netflix has now dropped from a July 13th 304 high to currently 128.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
stock?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
laughter
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I'll just leave this here
Non-beige homes approved in Irvine
http://www.ocregister.com/news/irvine-319425-fivepoint-city.html
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
this
is fucking hilarious
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Reading the current Jayson Stark chat is greatly entertaining. Almost every question is why he has Braun over Kemp for MVP, and its pretty amusing to see how many cliches he spits out while poorly defending his rationale.
He was
Basically said that he gave the nod to Braun because he had great numbers during the Brewers stretch run to the post season.
This is fucking bull shit.
by Julio Nievas on Sep 30, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Is it?
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
This is what I know
other then a few.
If the Dodgers were in 1st place
If Ryan Braun’s team was in 3rd place
If Ryan Braun had Matt Kemps season
If Matt Kemp had Ryan Brauns season
And the media was talking up Ryan Braun as the de facto MVP, Dodger fans would be going ballistic.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
who is this new voice of reason at TBLA?
It would make me happy for Matty if he won, but I make few judgements and hold fewer grudges over this
When do we hear the results anyway?
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Awards are mid to late November. MVP is last.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Damn
Won’t they be sooner this year since they started the playoffs sooner? Still a long damn time.
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
that’s what I thought, like after the WS….
sheeeat, I am done talking about this as of right now.
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
This is irrelevant to what I’m talking about. I’m talking about why Stark gave the nod to Braun, because he got hot in September, yet Kemp had better overall numbers.
by Julio Nievas on Sep 30, 2011 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Clearly we'd have it both ways
But in the current situation, it is BS that the reasoning for Kemp losing the MVP would be Braun being on a playoff team. Make it about the offense, defense, and the numbers. Also, the teammates, because Kemp didn’t have Fielder :)
Need more action here
http://www.truebluela.com/2011/9/29/2459572/9-30-lds-simulation-contest
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http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nba-arenas-20110928,0,6853678,full.story
I had no idea the Lakers paid rent based on ticket sales. So for every game canceled Staples takes a double hit if the Clippers have the same plan.
For example, the Lakers don’t pay rent at Staples Center but pay an undisclosed percentage of their games’ ticket sales to the arena, according to one source familiar with the arrangement who was not authorized to comment publicly.
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file that under things that seemed like a good idea at the time
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Staples should start scheduling a shitton of concerts
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Michael Jackson is dead
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by meercatjohn on Sep 30, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Favorite phrase from my childhood I am looking to revive
“a month of Sundays” – meaning literally 31 weeks, but really just means a very long time
Usage: “I haven’t seen her in a month of Sundays, don’t know what she is up to these days”
OED first usage
“1759 H. MURRAY Life & Real Adventures Hamilton Murray I. x. 121 The commander..swore he should dance to the second part of the same tune, for a month of Sundays.”
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
fwiw
My buddy’s sister used to work for KEEI. She texted him that Francona resigned. /dontkillmeifi’mwrong
I never know if that is actually re-signed or resigned
Because I wrote them both as resign(ed) because i’m usually a lazy grammatical poster.
sounds like
he asked the Red Sox to decline the options he had for the next two years.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
getting out before told to get out? Or were those locker room issues as bad as he claimed?
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
A Major League source tells Van Schouwen that Francona “has had his fill of the whole thing” in Boston and wishes to leave.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Ken Williams has probably already called his agent.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
some crazy stuff is starting to come out
like something about how the pitchers who weren’t starting that day would go and drink in the clubhouse.
Whether this was allowed or just kinda tolerated by Francona, I don’t know.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
he just thought they were drinking water, but he knew something was up when they started throwing up between innings
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
This is a thing?
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
they were saying it on SC this morning
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Sure but it seems mostly harmless.
How many players play hungover?
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
something that the public will gasp about, but has been going on forever
guys drink beer when they get pulled out of the game too
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Mickey Mantle like to drink and sleep around?
SAY IT AIN’T SO!!!!!!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I wonder
does drinking in the clubhouse constitute drinking at work? Even if you aren’t scheduled that work that day?
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
My Dad was a set painter in the 70’s – they used to have a tool box with a full bar
Full disclosure – I sometimes have a drink with lunch or a glass of wine at 3PM if I am not seeing a client that day. When with clients I have two!
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
drinking at work is only a problem if your job prohibits drinking at work
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Walter Payton did what?
ARE THERE NO HEROES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I won’t read it, even if true, seems like more of a dick move than throwing the ball in the face of some intern
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think guys on days off having a beer is probably that rare or crazy
now if they were drunk fools…..
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
where are the potential openings?
The two Chicago teams are the only ones I can think of.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
really? the heavy CGI show with no discernable plot let you down? Can’t believe V, Falling Skies, Terra Nova let you down
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I needed something to watch this fall. Boardwalk Empire isn’t gonna fill an entire week
by NotJoeTorre on Sep 30, 2011 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Off the top of my head
Walking Dead is returning, Luther, Bedlam on BBC America, Playboy club has leggy women, other stuff
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
They filmed an ep of IASIP at my school last year. Danny Devito was spewing a stream of profanities in the hallway. I gave our AP a small amount of whatfor for allowing them to do that with students around.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I missed the beginning, I assume it didn’t matter?
by NotJoeTorre on Sep 30, 2011 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
short-haired Inara couldn’t save V eh?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
she tried, but one can only act so hard infront of a green wall
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Rays Lineup
Rodriguez ss, Upton cf, Longoria 3b, Zobrist 2b, Damon dh, Shoppach c, Kotchman 1b, Jennings cf, Joyce rf
Moore P
by Alex41592 on Sep 30, 2011 11:45 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Rodriguez led off only three times this season.
by Alex41592 on Sep 30, 2011 11:56 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
ME TOO.. I woke up and was ready for some baseball.
I thought the Rays game was at 2 Eastern
imdumb
by NotJoeTorre on Sep 30, 2011 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
coming back to the Dodgers or retiring?
by NotJoeTorre on Sep 30, 2011 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
George Sherrill got how much money from the Braves?
by NotJoeTorre on Sep 30, 2011 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Last stab at Phil's new catchphrase
“There’s something about an underdog that inspires the unexceptional”
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