Dodgers September In Review: A Strong Finish
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 11:55 AM PDT
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PrintThe Dodgers in August had their best month in a calendar year, going 17-11. In September, they were even better, at 17-9, and finished the season with a winning record.
Dodger Batter of September: Matt Kemp needed a big month to get to 40/40, and he nearly did it, ending with 39 home runs and 40 steals. In the season's final month, Kemp hit .343/.419/.667 with eight home runs. Kemp also scored 28 runs, one of the top run-scoring months ever by a Los Angeles Dodger:
| Most Runs Scored, Single Month, LA Dodgers | ||
| Player | Year | Runs |
| Jim Gilliam | Jun 1959 | 29 |
| Davey Lopes | May 1979 | 29 |
| Maury Wills | May 1962 | 28 |
| Adrian Beltre | Aug 2004 | 28 |
| Matt Kemp | Sep 2011 | 28 |
Honorable mention goes to James Loney, who hit .348/.400/.587 with 11 doubles and three home runs; and to Jerry Sands, who hit .342/.415/.493.
Dodger Pitcher of September: Clayton Kershaw finished his fine campaign by going 4-0 with a 1.30 ERA and 36 strikeouts in five September starts. He gets the nod over Ted Lilly, who was 3-1 with a 1.76 ERA. Kenley Jansen also must be mentioned, as he was third on the team with 32 strikeouts. He pitched 13 2/3 innings.
Dishonorable mention goes to Chad Billingsley, who had the fewest innings of the five starters (ignoring Nathan Eovaldi's one September start) yet still allowed the most walks and runs on the staff.
September Record: 17-9
120 runs scored (4.62 per game)
92 runs allowed (3.54 per game)
.619 pythagorean winning percentage (16-10)
| September National League West Standings | |||||
| Club | W-L | Pct | GB | RS | RA |
| Dodgers | 17-9 | .654 | --- | 120 | 92 |
| Diamondbacks | 16-9 | .640 | ½ | 119 | 89 |
| Giants | 14-11 | .560 | 2½ | 110 | 95 |
| Padres | 11-14 | .440 | 5½ | 79 | 82 |
| Rockies | 9-16 | .360 | 7½ | 109 | 132 |
Season Record: 82-79
644 runs scored (4.00 per game)
612 runs allowed (3.80 per game)
.523 pythagorean winning percentage (84-77)
| Final National League West Standings |
|||||
| Club | W-L | Pct | GB | RS | RA |
| Diamondbacks | 94-68 | .580 | --- | 731 | 662 |
| Giants | 86-76 | .531 | 8 | 570 | 578 |
| Dodgers | 82-79 | .509 | 11½ | 644 | 612 |
| Rockies |
73-89 | .451 | 21 | 735 | 774 |
| Padres | 71-91 | .438 | 23 | 593 | 611 |
Game of the Month: The final home game of the year was great, as Matt Kemp said goodbye to the Dodger Stadium fans for the season with three doubles and a towering home run against the Giants, in what could have been Hiroki Kuroda's final home start as a Dodger. But the game of the month was two days earlier, on September 20, when Clayton Kershaw dueled Tim Lincecum for the fourth time this year. Kershaw pitched into the eighth inning and left with a lead, but his 20th win hung in the balance as there were runners on first and second base with Pablo Sandoval and Carlos Beltran due up. Kenley Jansen came in, threw seven pitches, and blew both away, ending the rally, and helping to preserve the win for Kershaw.
Award Worthy: Dee Gordon hit .372/.398/.451 with 12 stolen bases in September, and his 42 hits in the month were second in baseball only to Jacoby Ellsbury's 43 safeties. Gordon was honored with the September National League Rookie of the Month honors.
Pinch Hitting: For the month, Dodger pinch hitters had six hits in 34 at-bats, including a home run, hitting .176/.263/.265.
Runners in Scoring Position: In September, the Dodgers hit .273/.381/.446 with runners in scoring position in 284 plate appearances.
They had a runner on third base with less than two outs 60 times, and got the runner home 29 times, or 48.3% (the entire NL scored 399 of 879 times, 45.4%).
They had a runner on second base with nobody out 43 times in September, and the runner advanced 26 times, or 60.5% (the entire NL advanced the runner 310 of 602 times, 51.5%).
September Weeks in Review: September 4 | September 11 | September 18 | September 25 | September 28
Previous Months in Review: April | May | June | July | August
September Stats
| Player | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SB/CS | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Kemp | 117 | 102 | 28 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 11 | 5/4 | .343/.419/.667 | 1.085 |
| Loney | 102 | 92 | 15 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 1/0 | .348/.400/.587 | .987 |
| Sands | 83 | 73 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0/1 | .342/.415/.493 | .908 |
| Gordon | 119 | 113 | 21 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12/4 | .372/.398/.451 | .850 |
| Carroll | 63 | 56 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0/0 | .304/.371/.357 | .728 |
| Rivera | 97 | 85 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 2/1 | .259/.330/.365 | .695 |
| Barajas | 54 | 48 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0/0 | .167/.259/.292 | .551 |
| Miles | 83 | 73 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0/1 | .219/.305/.219 | .524 |
| Sellers | 67 | 60 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0/0 | .150/.227/.217 | .444 |
| Starters |
785 | 702 | 105 | 206 | 41 | 4 | 16 | 99 | 65 | 20/11 | .293/.359/.432 | .790 |
| Ellis | 36 | 31 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0/0 | .323/.417/.516 | .933 |
| Mitchell | 27 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0/0 | .200/.259/.320 | .579 |
| Ethier | 19 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0/0 | .188/.316/.250 | .566 |
| Gwynn | 31 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3/2 | .214/.258/.286 | .544 |
| Federowicz | 16 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0/0 | .154/.313/.154 | .466 |
| Oeltjen | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | .067/.125/.067 | .192 |
| Velez | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .000/.125/.000 | .125 |
| Bench |
154 | 135 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5/2 | .200/.288/.289 | .576 |
| Pitchers |
62 | 51 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0/1 | .118/.167/.118 | .284 |
| Totals |
1001 | 888 | 120 | 239 | 45 | 5 | 18 | 117 | 81 | 25/14 | .269/.337/.392 | .729 |
| Pitcher | G | W-L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP* |
| Kershaw | 5 | 4-0 | -- | 34.2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 1.30 | 0.750 | 2.13 |
| Eovaldi | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1.50 | 1.333 | 6.02 |
| Lilly | 5 | 3-1 | -- | 30.2 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 1.76 | 0.946 | 2.04 |
| Eveland | 5 | 3-2 | -- | 29.2 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 3.03 | 1.146 | 3.19 |
| Kuroda | 5 | 2-2 | -- | 29.2 | 31 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 3.34 | 1.146 | 4.50 |
| Billingsley | 5 | 1-1 | -- | 22.2 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 5.16 | 1.765 | 4.83 |
| Starters | 26 |
13-6 | -- | 153.1 | 128 | 53 | 46 | 43 | 133 | 2.70 | 1.115 | 3.33 |
| Ely | 3 | 0-0 | -- | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.00 | 1.250 | 1.77 |
| Jansen | 14 | 1-0 | 3 | 13.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 1.32 | 0.732 | (0.78) |
| Elbert | 10 | 0-0 | -- | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1.50 | 2.167 | 3.19 |
| MacDougal | 9 | 2-0 | -- | 7.1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2.45 | 1.636 | 2.88 |
| Guerra | 12 | 0-2 | 8/9 | 12.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3.00 | 1.250 | 5.27 |
| Lindblom | 10 | 0-0 | -- | 9.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 3.86 | 1.179 | 0.66 |
| Hawksworth | 6 | 0-1 | -- | 5.2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4.76 | 1.765 | 4.61 |
| Kuo | 10 | 1-0 | -- | 8.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5.40 | 1.080 | 4.34 |
| Guerrier | 8 | 0-0 | -- | 5.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7.94 | 1.765 | 2.14 |
| Troncoso | 6 | 0-0 | -- | 5.1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8.44 | 2.063 | 5.83 |
| Eovaldi | 4 | 0-0 | -- | 2.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10.13 | 2.250 | 7.52 |
| Relievers | 26 |
4-3 | 11/12 | 80.0 | 70 |
39 | 34 | 42 | 104 | 3.83 | 1.400 | 2.90 |
| Totals | 26 |
17-9 | 11/12 | 233.1 | 198 | 92 | 80 | 85 | 237 | 3.09 | 1.213 | 3.18 |
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Those should go to KJ, I believe.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I like where you’re going with this.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Gonna be hard for Cy Young voters to avoid voting for a 30-win Clayton Kershaw
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Chad only loses 1 September win though.
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Anyone worried about Stewart's saying if Kemp isn't extended by start of season, that'll be the last chance?
I’m actually not. I think the Dodgers will extend him over the winter. May be naiively optimistic but I think they kind of have to. Already in too much trouble with fanbase.
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Not worried
It’s fairly standard, as players generally don’t want the distraction during the season (though it’s not like Kemp won’t be asked a ton about it during the season anyway)
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Guerrier got BABIPed like nobody’s business.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Guerrier got squared up like nobody’s business.
by The Dude Abides on Sep 30, 2011 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Bill Shaikin tweet
Bankruptcy court sets key #Dodgers hearing Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 2, 4. “The Court expects the Commissioner and Mr. McCourt to testify in person.”
"Champions last year," he said. "Not this year." - Rubby De La Rosa after shaming the Giants in ST
Bill Shaikin tweets
Bankruptcy court sets key #Dodgers hearing Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 2, 4. “The Court expects the Commissioner and Mr. McCourt to testify in person.”
Big loss for McCourt — Judge Gross: “This hearing is a not a referendum on the Commissioner or other baseball teams …”
Time to come out
and take his whuppin
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'!
interesting
so why does the Commish need to be there?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
To testify on his dealings with McCourt and the Dodgers
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
but it sounds like
McCourts lawyers aren’t going to be able to confront him about “unfair treatment”
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe this is what we call “tough titties.”
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It
Is a slippery slope. Let’s say the Court rules that the Dodgers can sell their rights and MLB cannot stand in the way since it will be in the best interest of the business and creditors. MLB will not have much to use in terms of rebuttal if they are precluded in bringing in examples of why they should be allowed to block the deal in the best of baseball since they cannot talk about other teams.
All Court rulings should be viewed with skepticism because what is sometimes seen as a victory one minute may not be viewed that way later.
by bhsportsguy on Sep 30, 2011 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
TWO MEN ENTER ONE MAN LEAVE!
"Champions last year," he said. "Not this year." - Rubby De La Rosa after shaming the Giants in ST
Is it wrong if I have my 10 year old go out on Halloween
in a Judges Robe holding a McCourt head on a noose?
by Greg Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Does this change the October 12 date
Is October 12 the date where media rights are going to be discussed?
[Jerry] Jones said during a Friday appearance on KRLD-FM that the league’s memo reminded teams that mimicking cadence is grounds for a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct.
What’s the baseball equivalent of this? Calling “I got it!” for a pop-up while rounding the bases?
pretending that there is throw coming in order to make the batter slide
you can dick with me all you want, you make me slide when I don’t have to and I will expect someone to throw at your ear flap
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Swesoke
Kenley Jansen also must be mentioned, as he was third on the team with 32 strikeouts. He pitched 13 2/3 innings.
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On the flip side
Guerra was third on the team with 8 walks. He pitched 10 innings.
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by David Young on Sep 30, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
(32/16.666666666)*9=HOLY CRAP ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
13.6 with a vinculum, but you know where I’m going.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Right. 21.07, which is, as was noted above, both insane and ridic.
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by David Young on Sep 30, 2011 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
in two years
he went from being a no-name catcher, to a Major League record holder.
Way to go Kenley.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Pedro Baez, take note.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
what are the odds
Donnie keeps Kenley in as the 7th/8th inning fireman and leaves Javy in to collect easy-ish saves in the 9th? Or does he just get unimaginative and pencils Kenley in for the 9th no matter what?
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 30, 2011 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
This gets brought up a lot, but the 9th inning is so inherently high leverage that it’s almost always gonna be the most important inning.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
If you had a system like “Kenley pitches 1 or 2 run saves, Guerra pitches 3 run saves” it might work, but as long as you have a defined closer, he’s always going to be seeing the highest leverage innings.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I think they like Kenley where he is
I think he may be more valuable in his current role rather than as closer. Javy’s handled the closer role well. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Not that Guerra is a long time vet,
but I see this as more of a “waiting in the wings” type of thing
by Greg Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
perhaps they keep kenley in 7th/8th
and once Javy falters, he gone, so to speak..
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 30, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Tuesday night was about as faltering as it gets. ;-)
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by David Young on Sep 30, 2011 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Tigers Lineup
Jackson 8, Ordonez 9, Young 7, Cabrera 3, Martinez DH, Avila 2, Raburn 4, Peralta 6, Inge 5
Verlander 1
by Alex41592 on Sep 30, 2011 12:47 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Quite a feat for a guy who was released by his team to starting in the first playoff game.
I guess Leland was unimpressed with Boom Booms career numbers against CC
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I always thought Inge was washed up like 4 years ago. Looked at his career numbers; he’s never been that good. Hit 27 hr twice but always with low .BA/.OBP.
In other words, 2012 Dodger starting 3B.
Terrific defense at 3rd, basically the white Uribe
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What did you call me?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Not emo enough
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and simultaneously too hipster with that chin hair.
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This might be closer
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Querey
Four options for following the Rangers/Rays tilt.
- TBS
- ESPN Radio
- local radio through MLB.com app
- Gameday
If all four are available to you, which do you choose?
If I'm at home
TBS HD.
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by David Young on Sep 30, 2011 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
If I’m at work, Gameday or TBLA comment thread.
If I’m in the car, ESPN radio.
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by David Young on Sep 30, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
i'd choose TBS
Because that would mean i was watching on TV.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
1.
Unless it’s a Brewers game. 1 and 3. Sync it up. Uecker.
by Alex41592 on Sep 30, 2011 12:56 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
huh, I had gotten the impression that folk were none too fond of the TBS announcing crew.
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
There is a mute button on my TV. Moving pictures for the win.
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fair enough. I think I’m gonna go ESPN Radio, 2pm is too early on a weekday to be tied to a television box
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Radio is great, esp if you are doing something else at the same time, such as enjoying the fall sunshine and sipping a mint julep or something.
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who has the better home radio crew
tampa or texas?
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 30, 2011 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
i kinda tune it out
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Eric, I really enjoyed your various reviews this season
and appreciate the work that goes into them. Weekly, monthly, year in thirds, you are on top of it all.
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+1
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Most definitely
and thanks to the work of everyone who has contributed as a writer here, especially Mike with his Top 5 post ;)
Seriously, great job to all of you guys.
Thanks
But the worst part of this comment is that I forgot about the year in thirds. So that will come next week (or this weekend) :)
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Phillies NLDS roster
Position players: Francisco, Gload, Howard, Ibanez, Martinez, Mayberry, Pence, Polanco, Rollins, Ruiz, Schneider, Utley, Valdez, Victorino
Pitchers: Bastardo, Blanton, Halladay, Hamels, Kendrick, Lee, Lidge, Madson, Oswalt, Stutes, Worley
We sorta point to
Aaron Miles almost qualifying for the batting title as one the sign that the season went terribly wrong. Yet there’s Wilson Valdez of the Phillies, getting 300 PA and hitting a whopping .249 / .294 / .341 / .634, 73 OPS+. Of course he also earned 0.1 WAR by pitching a scoreless inning for a win.
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by David Young on Sep 30, 2011 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
You rock Josie
Last stab at Phil’s new catchphrase
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"There’s something about an underdog that inspires the unexceptional"
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by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 11:55 AM PDT reply actions
That is my mindset in a nutshell.
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I approve
I think this is how my mom thinks about this one sometimes ;-)
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Of the Thursday NBComedies, I only watched The Office last night, but damn that was funny. I was cracking up at just how productive everyone was after Andy’s meeting. That was well done.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
it was crazy to think that’s the level offices are expected to run at, but never do cause people have souls and whatnot : )
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
says the gal who has never worked in a sales office:)
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that’s true, never worked in sales. Two government offices, but yeah that’s not even close
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Sales are like baseball where no matter what you try nothing works, then one day each client looks as big as a beachball.
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I remember the office in Wall Street, they were at a high level of chatter/productivity
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think that was the expected level of production
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I still have no clue how Jerry Sands did not garner
one vote for Rookie of the Month
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those same folks did not want to vote for 2 dodger outfielders in the same month?
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m sure playing time went into it (83 PA vs 119 for Dee, for instance), but yeah, perplexing.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Right, not saying Sands should have won, but when you saw all the other rookies who got a vote, Sands smashed them statistically.
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Maybe they watched Moneyball and decided they didn’t want to vote for a BABIP fueled month :)
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Dee Gordon Sept BABIP = .404
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
ended up .354 on the year
seems reasonable for a burner. Especially one who is 7 for 18 on bunt attempts for a hit!
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I’m not saying it’s unreasonable, just that his winning month was just about as BABIP-fueled as Jerry Sands’ zero-vote-getting month.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I know
but I still wanted to point out that both jerry and dee’s overall season numbers do not appear to be babip driven.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
and overall they are average
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better then replacment level!
I think they both ended up with .8 war according to fangraphs in around 1/3is of a season
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
This will never get old
Kenley Jansen also must be mentioned, as he was third on the team with 32 strikeouts. He pitched 13 2/3 innings.
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Great call on game of the month
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yes, best time I had at the stadium since that ball bounced off Holiday’s nuts
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
You should have come up and said hi, then you’d have been very very nervous.
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you guys
would have thrown him to the wolves wouldn’t you?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
The Jackels would have devoured his puppiness
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yes, would have been awesome
he would have been overmatched
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I was only scared because I was married
single HJ would have called some bluffs and seen who was really ready to party
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
tweet from Andy Richter today
@Andy_Richter The worst part about hooking up w/ a cougar is when she sprays urine all over your apartment.
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by underdog on Sep 30, 2011 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
the victims counseling that followed wasn’t as fun, but hey you play you pay
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Most perplexing stat of the month - Juan Rivera .695 OPS - 22 Runs Batted In
Doubt you see that very often
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Juanny on the spot
Would be interesting to see his hit ratio to RISP for the month
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Juan Rivera in September
RISP: 11 for 28, 3 doubles, 1 home run, 4 walks
0 on: 11 for 57, 0 doubles, 1 home run, 6 walks
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
That last line isn’t nobody on base; rather, it includes when runners were on first base, too.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
National League RBI leaders since August 1
Matt Kemp 44
Prince Fielder 44
Juan Rivera 42
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn, that might crack a 2.5 Million deal. Can we do a Loney lookup and see how many times he came up with runners on base compared to his peers?
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Loney had 381 runners on base when he batted, 24th in the National League.
Kemp had 471, second to Prince at 473.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks, but I meant for Rivera, we used to use the logic that Loney had more RBI chances then anyone which was why he had so many RBI’s for such a pedestrian hitter.
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He doesn’t walk much, for a pedestrian.
"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 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Rivera for the season came up with 366 runners on base, 72nd in MLB.
With the Dodgers he came up with 176 runners on base. He was with the Dodgers for the final 69 games of the season, so prorate that over a full 162 games, and Rivera is at 413 runners, which would have been 12th in the NL this year.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
So, those RBI numbers seem impressive
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As a Dodger, Rivera came up with a runner on third base with less than two outs 22 times. The runner scored 18 times.
*As B-R notes, it may or may not be RBI. So, something like a run-scoring double play with 0 outs would count.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
by the way – Timmy Wallach thinks this is AWESOME
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Wallach just likes meeting friends at or around 3B
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
“How’ve you been, Hubie?”
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
The McCourt/Judge Gross news today is actually kinda huge.
Takes away McCourt’s hoped-for ace in the hole. Legal equivalent of this for him…
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Late to party does this new date, replace the Oct 12th date?
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Yeah. We can enjoy the playoffs before the courtroom comes calling
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Yah. This feels like a re-set, and then all of it taken care of in one fell swoop? All I know is:
Bankruptcy court sets key #Dodgers hearing Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 2, 4. "The Court expects the Commissioner and Mr. McCourt to testify in person."
If court schedule holds, we could have answer in early November about whether McCourt can hold onto #Dodgers or MLB can kick him out.
Of course with appeals process and blah blah, it would still be rather awhile before there would be, say, new ownership process, alas. Still, this is progress.
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So by Nov 4th, McCourt will be allowed to re-auction the TV deal, makes deal with Time Warner comes out of bankruptcy on Dec 19th and is quickly taken over by MLB followed by Fox’s lawsuit. Fun days a head.
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experience makes cynics of us all
I prefer to call it “wisdom”
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I am jealous
eat fish and chips with mushy peas – I love me them mushy peas
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
NICE
I am going to some place called “Palate Food + Wine” tonight with clients
Seems like a terrible name, but they are staying in Pasadena and this place is in Glendale with solid reviews
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah – Me + Mrs HJ + a very nice woman client = can’t be in a place with the game on
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Wilde
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I love this one
“The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.” – Phil Fisher
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Oscar was definitely a wild ass lefty.
by kinbote on Sep 30, 2011 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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Really?
you might be the least cynical person I know
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Or, another way to put it,
via @jay_jaffe: Judge Gross handed a drowning McCourt an anvil.
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by underdog on Sep 30, 2011 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
LOL
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I will heed bhsportsguy’s word of caution above regarding the ruling.
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Did they mention how Kemp was not a viable MVP candidate because the clubhouse was to loose and thus played under no stress?
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Or that he had to overcome more since his leadoff man was a freakin’ baby?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
and his catcher was a mother
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I should say Big Momma
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I think Rod
has a new nickname
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
anyone seen catching hell yet?
the best part was when Rod Blagojevich said this regarding Bartman:
“If someone ever convicts (Bartman) of a crime, he’s not getting a pardon from this Governor”
I caught 5 minutes and it was so interesting I recorded the full one for later. Looks to be very well done. The bit on the history of scapegoating was great. (We don’t need the image again, thanks.)
It was incredibly well done
They interviewed maybe 5-7 key people who were at the games or involved with the games in some way for games 6 and 7. The takes on them were very interesting.
at least when Boston made an unfair scapegoat they made it a player
the Chicago fans don’t go after the millionaire that boots the double play ball, but instead the geeky kid wearing headphones
people are dorks
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
They had Buckner on the show too
I feel so bad for what happened to him, even now you can tell it hurt him so emotionally how Boston treated him.
As for Bartman, he seemed like a really strong person for essentially not reacting the way he did. Very impressive.
Whereas Calvin Schiraldi (sp) is off the hook
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Alex Gonzalez was the luckiest man in the world that night after the game
just for the fact that Steve Bartman existed.
Come on, easy peasy play, big moment, he muffed it, he has to deal with it just as Durham has to deal with it.
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No question Buckner should get grief
But Bob Stanley threw the wild pitch that allowed the tying run to score with 2 outs. Nobody cares
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
You don’t hear about Grady Little too much anymore. If Manuel does that with Halladay, everyone’s singing praises . . .
For the record, I was pro-Grady in 2003. I would have left Pedro in.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Me to, unlike Humma, you look at Pedro, you look at the pen, you look again at the best pitcher in baseball, you look at the pen, you walk away. JMO
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And then you take your lumps and get fired. Pedro was done, done, done. Everybody knew it.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought the Posada double was a lucky bloop.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh, just saying, there’s a reason that moment is famous. You can call it second guessing if you like. But the Red Sox fans were thinking, Holy Shit, thanks, Pedro, you did awesome, now they gotta hold it for you and get this done, and Grady walked out, and they said, Good, let’s get it done, and then Grady walked away, and everybody said, WHAT??? NO!!! And then Matsui.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Thought it was Giambi
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With one out…
Jeter doubles. Williams singles. Grady goes out, Pedro stays in. Matsui ground rule double. Posada doubles, scoring two. Grady pulls Pedro.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Heck, if the does pull him then Matsui and Posada go back to back. What’s the beef? Those were prime guys in their prime.
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Timlin and Embree got out of the inning after that with no more runs scoring.
Look, I am the number one guy for leaving a pitcher in. I think managers have a quick hook so often or make a replacement too early even for a good reason like a platoon advantage… I think the number one rule for pitching changes should be “Do not replace an effective pitcher with an ineffective pitcher.”
Pedro had done a great job, but great as he was, he had tired to the point that he was no longer Pedro. He was no longer an effective pitcher.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Timlin and Embree did not have to face Matsui or Posada. Just saying.
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and thus it lives and loves and dies again
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I enjoyed that doc. Lots of great footage of that night. Some crazy eyes in the stands that night, looking for blood, literally.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Things I did not know
Nova was picked by the Padres in the rule Five draft but was returned to the Yankees
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Padres returned Victorino. Obvious lesson learned: claim on waiver the Rule 5 guy San Diego returns.
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LA Dodger All Time leaders in BABIP, 2000 PA minimum
Rk Player BAbip PA 1 Matt Kemp .352 3158 2 Mike Piazza .341 3017 3 Brett Butler .332 3342 4 Pedro Guerrero .330 4089 5 Manny Mota .330 2187 6 Andre Ethier .323 3363 7 M Grudzielanek .316 2568 8 Tommy Davis .315 3216 9 Rafael Furcal .314 2802 10 Raul Mondesi .313 3765 11 W. Crawford .312 3198 12 James Loney .311 3018 13 Steve Garvey .311 7027 14 Reggie Smith .311 2055 15 Mike Marshall .309 3546
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3 of the top 4 hit some of the hardest line drives I have ever seen at DS
Butler makes sense
the Grudzilanek is the only surprise
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I was surprised Willie Crawford made the list, but he did get helped late in his Dodger career by seeing a lot less LHP.
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Love this list.
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No penguin!
I assume Sheff didn’t get the Abs
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Sheff had enough – .296. His career BABIP is only .285. It’s .293 from San Diego to the Yankees though, throwing out his early years in Milwaukee (ages 19-22) and his last three years.
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The bottom 10
Rk Player BAbip PA 36 Ron Fairly .275 4529 37 Ron Cey .273 6108 38 Alex Cora .271 2203 39 Ken Landreaux .271 2980 40 John Roseboro .271 4503 41 Jim Lefebvre .270 3417 42 Jim Gilliam .269 4893 43 Mike Scioscia .263 5056 44 Joe Ferguson .262 2525 45 Steve Yeager .257 3869
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This is like
a PVL HOF
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'!
Ron Cey and a bunch of catchers and middle infielders
Ron Cey?
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Hit dingers, walked a lot, wasn’t beating out ground balls.
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Only 45 LA Dodgers reached 2000 PA? Seems low.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Indeed
Willie Davis leads with 8035. Who’s second with 8020, nearly 1000 more than #3?
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Wills?
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'!
White Bill Russell
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Natch. He was here a loooong time.
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The answer always seems
to be Bill Russell. Which is depressing
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'!
38 Alex Cora .271 2203
That’s only ’cause 18-pitch plate appearances that end in home runs do not count as balls in play.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Interesting overlap between the bottom-10 of BABIP and the all-time LAD BB leaders, same min.
Rk Player BB PA 1 Ron Cey 765 6108 2 Jim Gilliam 631 4893 3 Davey Lopes 603 5308 4 Mike Scioscia 567 5056 5 Wes Parker 532 4835 6 Ron Fairly 522 4529 7 Eric Karros 517 6624 8 Bill Russell 483 8020 9 Maury Wills 456 6744 10 John Roseboro 434 4503
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This
gives away the answer to your quiz
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'!
If you want to score points with your SO tonight
go home and show them this video. She will be crying by the time it is over. Then she will turn to you and punch you in the arm and ask you why you can’t be romantic like that.
http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/alumni-marriage-proposal-creates-216406.aspx
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Good god
Saturday, the couple walked through Ackerman Union, and the company that Tran hired to organize the dance, Flash Mob America, helped sneak a microphone onto him in the men’s bathroom before the couple headed outside where the surprise was waiting.
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“Hey Greg, I have an idea for a startup company. We’ll organize, wait for it, flash mobs.”
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
it’s the effort and focus guys, not what he ended up doing
Flash mob doesn’t float your boat – do something else
the romance is not the action but the months of planning and thinking about what she would enjoy
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea
you have to be impressed with how he put it all together. Having her family sprinkled in among the group was a perfect touch. Plus the song selection was right on.
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My wife would murder me in cold blood
If I ever did anything that would put her in a spotlight like that. She likes BH’s seats at DS because its too dark there to be on Kiss Cam randomly. But doing something well thought out that is focused on the other is a winner.
It works both ways, my wife planning a secret vacation to New Orleans + cruise was amazing. I’m still stunned she pulled it off.
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True story
I did not propose to Bride. We just got married.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
fair enough, you get a pass
and I love me some mushy peas
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
If Josie wasn’t limeying it, then it wouldn’t be Josie.
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Just larking about. I also love breaking out into a West Texas accent, and a real bahd Boston accent
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
do I look like a communist?
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
by nolander on Sep 30, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nope, but I have been known to occasionally strike through a Z, but not always.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
if I am writing a long number and it also has ones in it then always
other wise intermittently
Daddy was a sign painter, I can write me some pretty add numbers
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I slash my zeroes in some contexts, but never 7s. You only have to slash 7s if you have exaggeratedly pointy 1s, which is rare west of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Vin says “and” in the middle of numbers, especially years, “nineteen hundred AND sixty-five”. I always notice because I was taught not to do that, and only to use “and” between a whole number and a fraction, like “three and three-quarters” or “two dollars and ninety-five cents”.
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always
not coincidentally, I only started doing this after my time in Europe. The first chapter of my life was slash-less.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Yes.
Started doing so a few years ago. Just sorta happened, wasn’t really aware I was doing it. And I didn’t have a need to, as one can easily differentiate between my "1"s and "7"s.
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Does Matt Moore last four innnings?
I’m thinking adrenaline and stuff get him through three, then trouble in fourth, knockout in fifth.
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Just a thought
On a scale of 1-10, how shocking would a three-year Loney contract this offseason rank? Would be Billingsley-like in timing.
3.7 if signs for something like 3/24
9.9 if he signs for something like 4/44
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How shocking?
My monocle would pop right off my face.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
His monocle would drop
into my flute and ruin my Dom
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'!
If we’re going to be talking contract, avoiding arb, what’s the harm in floating some numbers? Seems like each side could be made happy with a deal.
Because eight weeks ago, Loney was a for-sure, book-it, lock-it-up non-tender.
Eight weeks have changed that, to the point that maybe the Dodgers are thinking about bringing him back for 2012. I don’t support that, but I could be convinced. I cannot support letting eight weeks determine the Dodgers’ fate for the next three years.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
From the AP Style guide
Postseason vs. playoffs
The terms aren’t interchangeable. Postseason encompasses all the games after the regular season ends _ the first round of the league playoffs, the AL and NL championship series and the World Series. It takes 11 wins for a team to go through the postseason and become champions. Playoffs refers only to the first two rounds that determine the World Series opponents.
These are been a tremendous help to us all
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the AP just wants to turn us into better people : )
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
makes sense to me
Playoffs get you to the event, but are not the event
works for branded events like World Series and Superbowl
Not as good for NBA
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
they brand the NBA Finals pretty hard. It’s uninspired, but it’s something
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
But market the finals but struggle to build a brand because they don’t have a name
need a name
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Did not know this
The NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The series was named the NBA World Championship Series until 1986.
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Hoopageddon
they should call it Hoopageddon
I would never miss Hoopageddon
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
My gosh, even I would watch Hoopageddon.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d watch Hoopageddon
HJ better trademark the name before I do.
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run with it baby, just throw some crumbs my direction when you make bazillions
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm anti all things
aggedon, palooza, and gate
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
The Stanley Cup finals could be called Ragnapuck
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by Nolij on Sep 30, 2011 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
“Hey fellow administrative team members of the unnamed Toronto basketball club. Did anyone see Jurassic Park this weekend?”
“That’s it!”
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Utah Jazz is a really stupid nickname.
Also, frankly, Los Angeles Lakers is a really stupid nickname.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
New Orleans and Utah could switch nicknames and I wouldn’t mind.
I’d be pissed if Minnesota and LA switched nicknames
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
the only name for a new LA franchise is
Cougars
I feel very strongly about this
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
BASEketball quote time!
The Lakers moved to Los Angeles where there are no lakes
The Oilers moved to Edmonton where there is no oil
The Jazz moved to Salt Lake City where they don’t allow music.
The Oakland Raiders moved to LA and then back to Oakland, no one in Los Angeles seemed to notice.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
At least there is a Lake Los Angeles. Kind of. There is nothing jazzy about Utah.
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Well, Kenny G is kinda Utah.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
OO
thanks for reminding me I wanted to write an article about the history of the LA river!
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
The only reason to write
about the LA River is to write about why it’s encased in concrete. Write about the great 1938 flood
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I just wanted to dig a bit, write about the flooding, write about the different offshoots, what they lend their names to
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Might want to check in with Friends of the LA River, they are the powerhouse behind turning our concrete encased flood channel into a breathtaking, natural waterway that would make the San Antonio River blush.
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The LA river
will never be like the San Antonio river
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Also FYI – you can now Kayak on parts of the LA River
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Just remember that Phil lives near the headwaters.
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And Balboa. And Rikki/Veronica/Carnell
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
God I loved Carnell at UCLA and then the Steelers
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I would root for the
Toronto Poutine
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 Montreal, isn’t it?
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
But nobody can understand what they’re saying, so we’re hanging up
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Have them call back
when I’m not here
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 Poutine
knows no Canadian bounds
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'!
Total nonsense and completely untrue. There is no such thing as Toronto poutine. The idea is ridiculous and repugnant. Poutine is from Quebec, including Montreal.
by berkowit28 on Sep 30, 2011 7:28 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
you play-off to get to the world series
then you post the season
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
semantically
MLB, after the regular season (or postseason) has playoffs to determine the participants in the World Series. NFL, NHL, NBA, MLS are all the same way
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Does MLS have playoffs and a championship of sorts?
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
yes, 8 team playoff to determine who plays in the MLS Cup.
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Cup at a neutral site, this year it’s in LA!
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
had to bow to pressure and call it a “cup”
would have been boss if they called it the “MLS Star spangled HARDBANK Trophy” and it was trophy in the shape of a predator drone
that would have made it america’s game by god
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
HARDBANK would never charge $5 to use your debit card, that’s for sure.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
this is full of rec
MLS Clubs compete in up to three competitions each year. The MLS Cup, the US Open Cup, and the CONCACAF Champions League
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this the game thread?
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yes
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
123 for CJ
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The graphic representation of the Ballpark at Arlington
shows an ad on top of the scoreboard, in Coca-Cola script, for “Kola Kola.”
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That’s in Gameday.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
it’s in Gameday because it’s in MLB: The Show, right?
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
OT
Decent story about late USC great Ricky Bell:
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/story/_/page/heisman-los-angeles-week3/ricky-bell
your dad never graduated?
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
What's funny is
MY dad never graduated high school
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
My dad dropped out in the 8th grade
I am come from scrappy stock
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Mine dropped out at 17
to join the Marines (and get away from his family)
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Used to love the USC running backs.
Charles White
Rickey Bell
Marcus Allen
Anthony Davis
Mike Garrett
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before my time
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Umm
so was Garrett
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Damon takes Wilson deep!
only allowed 2 HRs to lefties during the season
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it is both fun and depressing
Zen and the Art of Go Fuck Yourself
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I need special reasons
to root against a team from the division one of my favorite teams is from?
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Tony Reagins officially out as Angels GM.
On the one hand he traded two guys in this game right now for 100 million dollars on dead weight.
But at least he got Dan Haren for Joe Saunders.
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Opening for Ned
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
If Scoiscia is as powerful
as all indications, this might be more or less meaningless. Nothing the new guy can do for a year or two either way since they are now stocked up on overexpensive outfield dead weight that will prevent them from spending money in free agency.
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They should just name Scioscia manager/GM.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow 102 million already tied up with arbitration coming to Kendrick, Aybar, Morales and Mathis.
At least the Hunter deal has been better than anyone thought it would be.
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah
they are almost out from under it too, but its still 18 million commited to him next year. Abreau for 12 million next year…
Basically pray that trout destroys the world next year and Kendrys gets healthy.
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If Mike is as powerful as all indications are then he would be taking more blame for Napoli on the Rangers and Wells on his team.
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could be
mike gets blamed for wanting to be rid of napoli, but reagins gets the blame for the shitty return. It’ll still be another year chock full of mathis while conger tries ot figure out how to get traded to the rangers.
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tell that to Napoli
Napoli was GLAD to be traded because he was sick of dealing with Scioscia
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I contend that Ned’s job wasn’t on the line.
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by Humma Kavula on Sep 30, 2011 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
the sports commentariat
always have nothing but nice things to say about Ned.. seems like the only people who dont approve of his tenior are people who pay the most attention, ie: us
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 30, 2011 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
He signed winners and Frank McCourt never once gave him any money. What can you do?
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by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Moore is from Moriarty, New Mexico. I had no idea. Same place as the Padres’ Kyle Blanks.
It is probably a bad sign that I know who Kyle Blanks is.
It's a bad sign
you know where Moriarty New Mexico is.
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of his own accord or was he forced out?
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he was seen driving away in an Acura
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
on his own accord?
seasons only over 1 day and theres already a bloodening.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 30, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
got my postseason picks in 20 mins before game time
saw that others submitted them past the posted deadline, so I did as well.
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CJ blowing it?
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maybe I shoulda picked Rays in 3 instead of 4 :)
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Wilson
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Helen Hunt was the problem with that movie
I’m surprised Hanks didn’t go to that island on purpose
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I thought she was kinda pretty
but Wilson does have more curves
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it was a nice scene
the kiss in the rain
damn Marty
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I've never understood Helen Hunt
Annoyed me in everything I’ve seen her in
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I want to see Marty’s reaction to movie starring Helen Hunt with a soundtrack that is all Eagles.
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Marty would call it “As Bad As It Gets”
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
The Marty Clockwork Orange situation would be a movie played 24/7 starring Helen Hunt and Nick Cage
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did he like Adaptation?
Cage was great in that, twice!
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Kiss of Death and Peggy Sue Got Married
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Hah hah. He's definitely stranded on a desert island right now.
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Interesting
I’m on MLB.com and they say I have to pay to watch the postseason that my one year subscription did not include the postseason. However when they give me options:
1. AL/NL Division play 3.99
2. Al/NL Division play + NL Championship Series 5.99
No option for all playoff series.
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yes there is, the World Series isn’t a playoff series : )
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
My options are missing the AL Championship series
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and you don't get proper feeds right?
just fixed cameras?
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I thought that was just TBS’ free feed, I imagine if you pay for it, it has to be the real thing
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Looks like you are right, only fixed camera feeds. Bogus
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I was able to load the audio with no problems. I should probably check that credit card statement now :)
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course I glossed over the worth “watch.” Carry on.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Not the 100,000,000 pitcher……….
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How much do you think he will get?
I’d love to see us go after him if Kuroda leaves for Japan. 5yrs/75M?
by dodgers4life on Sep 30, 2011 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn't touch him with a straight edge razor
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Got it. He would be a great #2 behind Kershaw. Since there has been talk about giving one free agent a nine figure deal I’d use that money to get two free agents instead of one. Signing Wilson and Ramirez would be a better way to spend that money than signing someone like Fielder
by dodgers4life on Sep 30, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it too late to change my ALDS pick for this series?
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Damn that was a nice catch and throw
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That was outstanding.
Now you’re ejected.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
i think it is park dependent
at DS you are ejected
correct?
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
You should be. Most places eject you for throwing objects of any kind on to the field. HR ball included.
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I always think throwing the ball back is stupid. But the execution here is simply excellent.
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Imagine never catching a ball in all your years in DS, and finally a ball come your way, and you snag it, but it is Matt Stairs’ NLCS HR ball. Like injection a dozen speedballs, “OH YEAH! OH SHIT.”
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If you caught Matt Stairs’ home run, it would have likely broken your hand, unless it went completely through the body of the person directly in front of you.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
"Intentional Walk" urban dictionary word of the day
When an individual feels pity for a fellow being and gives them a free pass to “first base”.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Intentional%20Walk&defid=5838742
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
as long as it wasn’t on a bus with 5 year olds, its cool
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
You had a solid hit, she slipped and fell, then said ah the heck with it?
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sucks to be a baseball fan on the other side of the globe
I can’t make up my mind on whether to get a mlb.tv subscription
most games finish by the time I get home from college
Women
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
Natalie Portman is a pretty, fat bitch?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
a girl that is pretty and nice is easy, a girl that is pretty and smart is a bitch, a girl that is smart and nice is fat. A girl that is pretty, nice, and smart is Natalie Portman
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I understand what it is trying to say. I also understand how Venn Diagrams work.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I know, but you were first, shaq4 just got insults
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
dude
did they not teach ven diagrams at your elementary school?
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you all are really bad at ready Venn Diagrams
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Either way if someone does not understand a Venn Diagram you educate them not mock them.
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I think they know something about 7 – 0 ?
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I would be soooo piiiissssed
If I was at Arlington and paid good money for these playoff tickets..
I’ve only been to two Dodgers playoff games and remarkably they were both the only home wins against Philly in the last two NLCS’s..
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 30, 2011 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, where were you during the Stairs game?
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Watching the Ray Game when they were losing 7 – 0 I thought back to the Goltz game and said to myself, I understand how you Ray fans feel. Then the won. Fuckers, I wanted that feeling. For 31 years I wanted that feeling.
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I started watching that Rays-Yanks game
when the Rays had the bases loaded and scored their first run, starting the rally. I’m glad I stayed home that night and witnessed that crazy baseball madness.
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I was getting ready to go to Rosh Hashanah services when things started heating up, and I stayed and watched baseball. If G-d had wanted me to go to shul, he would have made the games more boring.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Helen Hunt?
Eagles?
Goltz?
all someone has to bring up is The Doors or FullPack for Marty’s day to be complete
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Phil:worse/worst::Eric:went/gone
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I was laughing because I made that same correction in your article last night. (Anal, I know.)
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haha
I bought tickets for NLDS game 4 but I didnt need them because Chicago got owned. I changed my flight from SF to get back for it and everything! Didnt feel too bad about paying to change it since things were looking up.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Sep 30, 2011 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m 2-3 in the postseason. Victorino/Stairs, Holliday’s nads, Pedro vs. Vicente.
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I think I’m below .500 overall, but I was at 1988 NLCS Game 7 (the best game I have ever attended) and WS Game 1.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
You could be 2-10 and that would be awesome
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I was going to go full hyperbole and say 2-100, but man that would get annoying.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. I’ve had a pretty good run. Also Denny Martinez’ perfecto, Steve Finley, LoDuca 6-6…
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hot damn
were you in Milwaukee for Shawn Green’s 4 HR game?
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He was in Texas for Clayton Kershaw’s conception.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
He was in the room when Kenley Jansen decided, “yeah, I’ll try this pitching thing!”
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by Pure Azure on Sep 30, 2011 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Nolij was off to the side watching Jansen catch a bullpen and said aloud, “Nice arm. You should be on the mound.”
Then, Charlie Hough raised his eyebrow.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Or as it was later called, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
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4-5 for me
Game 2 of the 1988 World Series
0-1 in 1995
1-1 in 2004
0-1 in 2006
1-2 in 2008 (closing out the Cubs, 3-4 of NLCS)
1-0 in 2009 (NLCS)
plus 0-1 for watching the Angels lose Game 5 of the ALCS
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
What move did the Angel’s make?
pedrogomezESPN: MLB Hot Stove League off and running (W/Sox, R/Sox, Halos) before first playoff game. What will be left for Winter Meetings?
Can't let Longoria have all the fun.
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Russ Mitchell’s buddy just signed a three year deal for 8.25 Million
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When the mirror on the wall told him he was no longer the best pitcher from Alvin, he just let it go to hell.
"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 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
“Have you tried chewin on your glasses? I tell ya, it’s tasty”
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
see you can mock him without politics : )
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
“You know, Nolan, I was leader of the free world.”
“Dur dur dur, I’m George Bush. I have no no-hitters.”
"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 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
If he took an Advil he could go another nine innings.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I never liked him, he seem to get all the praise that should have gone to Tanana.
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Frank got top billing once
Tanana and Ryan and two days of cryin’.
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The Phillies this year ruined chances to make such fun nicknames for a short rotation.
“Halladay, Lee, Hamels, and we still have Roy Oswalt? What the fuck are we crying about?”
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Yet, still, Sterling went with Dunleavy.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
something, something
Natalie wood
something
Carol Rosenblum
snark, snark
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
bitchy comment
bitchy comment
dick joke
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Was saving Matt Moore till the post season designed?
The league hasnt seen him and seems to be a huge advantage.
Worked with David Price too. The key to secret weapons is having weapons worth keeping secret.
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Indeed. It’s a hell of a pantry from which to choose.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Mike Vacarro tweeted something like “so the Red Sox and Rays were headed for Thursday with a thin pitching rotation, and one team was looking for Bruce Chen while the other had Matt Moore?”
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you sure?
It even worked with James McDonald.
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So Kershaw only gets one year of being the best left hander in baseball:)
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and he’s a middle infielder not a 1st baseman
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yeah but matt sweeney sucks
and the other guy was a lh pitcher
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Sean
is a 2nd/SS/3rd not a 1st baseman
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I have no idea why
but James Loney just seems like the kind of guy that would thrive in Tampa.
he would top their payroll
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They signed a Cuban guy (Leslie Anderson) a few years ago but he has not done much. They have mostly pitching prospects but two good SS.
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and OF prospects
or the did till they called them up and they mashed
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Leslie Anderson sounds like
a 50s/60s actress name. Would have co-starred with Peter Lawford and the like.
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Potato, potato
lets call the whole thing off
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I said those both the same way in my head
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'!
Grady Little resigned from the Dodgers, too.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
just trying to give the man some dignity : )
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
When an owner says what Arte Moreno said, which is “We remained short of our objective in winning a championship. In moving forward, we felt a change was needed,” it is more than Reagins resigning.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
“looks like we’re gonna lose no matter what, might as well have some fun and mess with their head a bit”
have a feeling TBS is cutting this one off at the three hour mark no matter what, then showing 37 minutes of the Yankee logo
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone take the 10 – 1 Ray Shutout odds?
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Mike White’s in Vegas, I hope he put some down
by Josie Becker on Sep 30, 2011 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Reyes can’t hear the laughter. He’s too busy polishing his batting title award (he bought a placeholder until he gets the actual award)
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently it rained
out here awhile ago. The mall is all wet
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I guess we know the answer to this question today
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Harry Nillson?
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
You're missing The Point.
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How did you kn...
Oh. Yeah, C.J. Wilson
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
MLB Gameday
has a new dropdown results tab for each series at the top of the screen. I really like it.
I hate it
Its annoying, the popups are huge and sometimes simply don’t go away obscuring the info I do want to see.
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If his stuff is that good
he’ll be a good 4/5 starter for the Rangers next year.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
If you mean Tim Beckham his luster was restored a bit this year.
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21 year old SS already in AAA
putting up a .750 line, nothing to sneeze at.
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Not at all, he’s 21 in the AAA. Get a grip
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Scouts loved what he did this year compared to the past. If he turns 24 and is still in AAA then they blew the pick but he’ll probably be in the major leagues next year as a starting major league SS, so blowing the pick seems extreme in evaluating a 21 year old minor league prospect who has not stalled but made it all the way to AAA.
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what did they like?
2010 – 256/346/359 (119ks/62bbs)
2011- 271/328/408 (120ks/42bbs)
He did hit 12homers in 2011, so a spike there…but i’m not seeing anything about this player that screams he’s going to be good.
Speed and (somehow) defense. Becks clearly isn’t Dee’s league on speed, and his error totals don’t make me think his defense is a plus-plus tool.
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Has anyone seen how many errors Andrus made in the minors? Hes the best defender in the league now.. can’t really use stats in the minors for defense. Scouting is the real tool there.
he was a great athlete and ok baseball player
they liked the projection
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
The projection has worked for Matt Kemp.
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Good to see him playing better this year and I agree if you removed the former 1st overall player tag, he’d be a player worth watching. His so-so defense and so-so bat keep him from being a top prospect, but there is still some offensive potential and he has youth on his side. Might not become an all-star, but might yet have a serviceable career and the Rays still believe otherwise they wouldn’t have him at AAA.
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Was blowing him part of his lustrous contract?
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Just imagine Hosmer added to that team.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Dodgers got Dee Gordon in the 4th rd of that draft.
Looking way more productive at SS than the #1 overall pick….and Dee’s nothing great.
If you want to say they blew the pick on what they could have got I can’t argue, if you are going to call him Matt Bush then you are off base.
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When I see Tim Beckham play
I’m reminded of a young Eugenio Velez.
JK.
I have no effing clue who you’re talking about.
Matt Bush – #1 overall HS SS…light hitter…never recovered
TIm Beckham – #1 overal HS SS…light hitter…continues to be light hitter
If the Dodgers had drafted Beckham and he put up the numbers he’s had…i’d say there was very little chance he’d ever be a productive MLB’er.
MLB is full of light hitting shortstops these days. Matt Bush never made it out of A ball. Still don’t see the comparison.
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I’d like to see Craig Gentry and Jason Bourgeois play in the same outfield together. The highest class outfield of all time.
The Gentry would never stand to be in the same outfield with the Bourgeois
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Moore
Price
Hellickson
Shields
Neiman
Davis
Boston is drooling as they go slack jawed, knowing they are spending more money on Jon Lackey then that rotation combined.
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$42M – right?
the whole fucking shebang
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Cots
5 years/$82.5M (2010-14), plus conditional 2015 option
.
signed by Boston as a free agent 12/16/09
$3.5M signing bonus
10:$18M, 11:$15.25M, 12:$15.25M, 13:$15.25M, 14:$15.25M
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ahhh, I see
$42M is the Rays payroll this year
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
yet more proof
that buying wins on the free agent market is an inefficient way of running payroll.
well, if you got the cash, it can work
but not the only way to skin the cat
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 30, 2011 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
didn't say it doesn't work.
just said it’s inefficient.
Shields 4.25
Price 1.25
Davis 1.00
Niemann .900
Hellicksonson .420
Moore – whatever
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if they win the World Series
i expect a sequel
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
a straight-to-dvd sequal.
starring david schwimmer.
all of the Tampa deals are. They give their rookies money in the beginning, something no one else does.
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Price isn’t a free agent until after 2014.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Someone didnt alert Cots then:
David Price lhp
6 years/$8.5M (2007-12)
* 6 years/$8.5M (2007-12)
o signed Major League contract with Tampa Bay 8/15/07
o $5.6M signing bonus (paid in 6 installments each Aug. 31, 2007-12)
o 07:$0.5M, 08:$0.65M, 09:$0.75M, 10:$1M, 11:$1.25M, 12:$1.5M
o salaries in minors: 08:$0.1M, 09:$0.15M, 10:$0.2M, 11:$0.65M, 12:$1.2M
Cot's is correct
That was the contract he signed when he was drafted. It doesn’t affect his free agency.
Check Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier on Cot’s. They both signed multi-year deals through 2011. Are they free agents now?
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
An MLB contract doesn’t create service time out of thin air.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think so, isn’t that simply the end of the major league deal he signed in the beginning? He has to still be under Tampa control. Eric?
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I would imagine they will try to sign Price to a long-term deal this winter. He will be a Super Two.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
The Rays manipulated Price’s service time to perfection. He was optioned at the start of 2009, then recalled on May 25. Price is eight days shy of another full season of service time.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought if you signed someone to a MLB contract when they were drafted…their 6yr clock automatically started then…3 non arbitration years..then 3 arbitration years
Nope, it puts them on the 40-man immediately and starts burning option years.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope, you just have to put them on the 40 man.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Sep 30, 2011 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I must have been hallucinating. Could've sworn Rangers had Josh Hamilton sac bunt down 8-0
I didn’t see that, right?
Probably just side effect from snorting cocaine.
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Yeah
that 3 team trade was all win
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 4:36 PM PDT reply actions
With EJax flipped to the Chisox for Dan Hudson, then going to St. Louis to help them, yeah everyone won. Except the White Sox.
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Don’t forget the Blue Jays in this scenario.
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That trade was always short term vs long term. Cards got the short term benefit, but now the Jays need Rasmus to provide the long-term part.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Right. Toronto’s story is still developing.
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Seattle got one nice HR-robbing catch, Boston got a guy who pitched a few decent innings, but couldn’t stop the bleeding from the training room and we got 2 hits from a AAA catcher. Hooray for everyone.
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heh
sorry, i thought everyon was watching the game
I was talking about the D-Back/Tiger/Yankee trade.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Right
in that trade EJax went from Detroit to Arizona. Then later traded for Hudson, thus the discussion above.
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ah
i should have read your post closer, and Nolij’s less closely.
no offense Nolij
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
i just got compared to a sawx
Fan because of my Steeler alliance. I may be kicked out by game #2 of my daughters basketball league
by Greg Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 4:38 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Per Danny Knobler of CBS Sports
I hear pitching coach Don Cooper, who got contract extension with White Sox, pushing for Francona as mgr
Hmmmm.
That’s just crazy enough to suck.
probably know each other
Francona managed for the White Sox in the minors…he was Michael Jordan’s guy.
Yep
Never on the same coaching staff, but Cooper was the minor league pitching coordinator in 1993 and 1994, which were Francona’s first two years in Birmingham.
In 1992, Francona managed in South Bend in the Midwest League while Cooper was the pitching coach in Birmingham. Both in Sox organization.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 30, 2011 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
2nd MLB start
7 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, 2 walks, 6 strikeouts. Against a team that averaged over 6 runs per game at home.
Welcome to the grand MLB stage.
this bleeping job is not that bleeping easy.
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someone should ask Ron Washington
his opinion of Shoppach’s performance
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Matt Moore
Postseason Winner
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by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 30, 2011 5:10 PM PDT reply actions
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