TBLA 2011 Community Review: Kid Kershaw
by Phil Gurnee on Jan 13, 2012 1:46 PM PST
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| Year | Age | IP | BB/9 | K/9 | ERA | FIP | x-FIP | tERA | ERA+ |
| 2008 | 20 | 107.2 | 4.3 | 8.4 | 4.26 | 4.08 | 3.96 | 4.37 | 98 |
| 2009 | 21 | 171.0 | 4.8 | 9.7 | 2.79 | 3.08 | 3.90 | 3.10 | 143 |
| 2010 | 22 | 204.1 | 3.57 | 9.34 | 2.91 | 3.12 | 3.64 | 3.03 | 133 |
| 2011 | 23 | 233 | 2.08 | 9.57 | 2.28 | 2.47 | 2.84 | 2.52 | 163 |
| 2011 Projections - Age 23 Season | |||||||||
| Year | IP | BB/9 | K/9 | ERA | FIP | ||||
| Bill James | 213.0 | 4.1 | 9.3 | 3.13 | 3.22 | ||||
| Marcel | 179.0 | 3.7 | 9.4 | 3.07 | 3.15 | ||||
| Baseball HQ | 189.0 | 3.7 | 9.2 | 3.14 | |||||
| ZiPS | 193.2 | 4.0 | 9.4 | 3.02 | |||||
The experts did not see the huge command gains or the ERA drop that goes with it.
TBLA members expected great things from Clayton but only a few took it to the level Clayton took it.
I think Josie wins this:
ERA: 2.251
WHIP: -1
IP: 203
Ks: 215
W-L: 20-3Kershaw is Aces. I once saw Kershaw pull a woman from a burning building, that he set on fire, just to test himself.
Dodgerblue looks good
IP-215
ERA-2.85
WHIP-1.03
Ks-230
19-6A bit of a stretch but I can wish can’t I?
Mammoth nails Cy Young
ERA: 2.69
WHIP: 1.078
IP: 219
Cy Young: 1Hating the Giants for going on a half century and counting!
Musicfan did offer much but just about nailed the win / loss
All-star
20-6
Yours Truly
ERA 2.49
WHIP 1.04
IP 232
K 219
Cy Young Voting – 3rd Place due to only 18 wins"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Michael and David both had Clayton posting plus 3.00 ERA's. Punks
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Post it, if wins were below 18 or ERA above 2.60 I cut it off.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Ok, I was really close on his numbers for 2010, let’s hope I can do the same for 2011
Kershaw 2011:
2.55 ERA
1.10 WHIP
235 strikeouts
222.2 Innings
75 Walks
170 Hits
Top 3 in Cy Young voting
“If we hit that bull’s eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate”
by Ivdown on Feb 8, 2011 12:13 AM PST actions
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Yes, you should have been mentioned. Excellent job
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I had no clue you had him with such a great season
I always thought I was on the highest side of his projections.
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I don’t know what your prediction was, but I will say that
Yes, you are nuts
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 13, 2012 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
Crazy, they’ve been debating the Clippers playing under Lakers banners debate, and if Clippers would dare hang a division champion banner next to the 16 world championship banners… they must read TBLA.
The idea of a Clipper Division winner is new, expect all sorts of bizarre conversations. They might want to wait until 50 games are played
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A Laker win tonight
would mean that tomorrow would either mean a virtual tie for first place or the Lakers and Clippers with the same number of losses but the Lakers would have twice as many wins as the Clippers.
I think we have a back to back to back next week to start making up for the easier schedule.
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I’d hang a division winning banner, but would probably draw the more likely line of hanging a #7 seed banner.
you cant hang no division banner, this is LA… this aint Sacramento… Dodgers dont even hang division banners. I dont think.
Not to metion Ive always though of winning a division in basketball as pretty meaningless… Ive never felt YEAH! We won the pacific division!!
We aren’t you, a Division win would be big in our world.
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How big though?? Would it really be that big? it would look pretty hilarious next to 16 championship banners…. I think you guys should wait til you win the whole thing… it will be that much sweeter.
well it should be…. im not saying its a dick measuring contest…. im just saying a division banner shouldnt be raised in the NBA, for anyone…. but nobody cares what I think…. Lakers fans will have fun with it though when the commercials play “Come out and see your Clippers raise the 2011-12 Pacific Division Banner” Ofcourse you guys dont care what Laker fans say either.
I thought your filter eliminated Clippers chat.
by Michael White on Jan 13, 2012 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
Michael, relax man, I feel like you are getting defensive as in im bashing the Clippers and im not, its just conversation and opinions.
this isnt about who has what about of titles, or Clippers and Lakers, its about if raising a division banner in the NBA is worth it.
Well, the answer is yes
It’s PR 101. Anything good that happens to the team/company should be marketed
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Hey Chris...
As Lakers fans, we must practice “noblesse oblige”. Not every fanbase is privileged to have grown up rooting for the Lakers. There are different goals for every organization. There was a time in the 1960s when Celtics fans looked down their noses at lowly Lakers fans, who had the misfortune of seeing their team annually come just short of a championship. Old Brooklyn Dodger fans know the feeling.
Just because the Lakers have had the fortune of sustained success over a long period of time doesn’t mean we get to set the parameters of success for every other franchise.
by ishXdavid on Jan 13, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
I’m jealous of this ability to properly articulate an intelligent thought.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Thanks, Phil!
Sometimes I’ll close my eyes and swing as hard as I can, and amazingly, the ball will find the bat!
Or what if Clippers win the division, but Lakers win the championship, then what??? that would be crazy. But for real, then what?
We’ll all find someway to persevere, some how, some way.
by Michael White on Jan 13, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
no, I meant would Clippers still raise division banner then? would you still want division banner raised??
You’re like an 8 year old who keeps asking questions. Why? What if? Then what? It’s driving me crazy.
by Michael White on Jan 13, 2012 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
Its not driving anyone else crazy, or they arent going all crazy about it… if you cant handle it, dont be involved then. Others seem to be ok with it…. if nobody answers my questions, then I will know that nobody cares.
people are tired of telling you they find you annoying
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
ha ha
but yeah Chris you have taken this to an annoying place.
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if it annoys people, why do they respond then? thats what I dont get. when nobody responds to what I say, then I get the hint that nobody cares… but if they do respond, I take it as they do care.
My guess is that after a while it comes across as trolling. And trolling does usually incite responses. Just keep in mind I am not complaining. Clipper talk > Watch talk imo.
I find Clipper talk only topped by Dodger talk
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Seems like TBLA could easily spin off a half dozen or so IPO blogs for SBN. Just winging it here…
Clipper Bashing Nation = uschris0304
Light Saber Babble = Josie, but she would have to hang up her LAC cleats.
Drinks and Diapers = Humma
The Wine Cellar = HollywoodJoe
Gambling Rambler = Me
Because we need a Firefly page...
’round the ’verse = Me and about 7 others Im sure
pretty sure Light Saber Babble would include Firefly
by Josie Becker on Jan 13, 2012 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
the crew sure, but the Alliance had lasers
by Josie Becker on Jan 13, 2012 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
The wine cellar = HJ
The whine seller = me
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Jan 13, 2012 9:08 PM PST up reply actions
by the way, one more thing, I ask alot of questions because I respect the sports knowledge alot of you guys have, or knowledge in general, and like to pick your brain to increase my sports knowledge. Or to get a different perspective of how a fan of another team thinks.
Ha, I don’t believe you give one iota what other fans think. It is a way of asking and then telling us how the great Laker fans do it as a way of reminding us that we root for a franchise with little history of success and even if we have some success this year it does not mean squat in your eyes.
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I’ll admit things I say will come off with an arrogance that lets you know my team rules! But I dont ask things im not interested in knowing the answer to. I really think alot of you guys are very smart with sports, and more. Much smarter then me in some areas lol, and I come here to raise my game, the best I can.
So how do you Clipper fans handle being so pathetic compared to the mighty Laker juggernaut? Does this brief moment of success make up for decades of failure? I’m just asking questions.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
I'll second this...
The sports banter here on TBLA is far superior than any other community I frequent. My coworker just moved here from Ohio and is a die-hard Reds fan. I was relaying information from TBLA about potential Reds prospects for trade, and he was astounded that Dodger fans were so knowledgeable.
I’m a member of a SBNation college site where dissent is not allowed. The moderators ban members who they deem to not toe the company line. You guys are awesome. Stay Gold!
Sure we do. I especially care that if the Clippers do win the Western Division Championship that Laker fans can relish the fact they get to pay twice as much for a ticket to watch an inferior team.
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Exactly. Chris, did it sink in that if the Clippers have a West Div banner, that means they bettered the Lakers?
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Did Clipper tix
go up this year? Or did the strike kill any price hike across the board?
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Let them raise whatever banners they want
As a UCLA fan, I revel in pointing out that only NCAA championship banners are hung in Pauley Pavilion, unlike at North Carolina and Kentucky, where everything from conference titles to Sweet 16s to NIT championship find their way onto the rafters.
Yet another LOL Clippers post.
Get off it already.
by Michael White on Jan 13, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
The Kings have their banners from the 90s. Conn Smythe trophy, shit like that. I think it’s comparable.
by Michael White on Jan 13, 2012 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
Conn Smythe trophy is the Stanley Cup MVP??… we have had that? or you mean western conference champs?
Uh, guess it wasn’t Conn Smythe then. I thought the divisions used to have names like that (before they changed it to geographical terms.)
by Michael White on Jan 13, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
I think the Kings were in the Smythe Division of the Campbell Confrence.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
I miss the old NHL Division names
I always thought there was something regal about Smythe, Patrick, Adams, Norris, Campbell, and Wales.
Baseball should name its six divisions after an obscure dead baseball figure.
Phillies are back to back Rusty Staub league champs!!
There better be an Old Hoss Radbourne division. How about a Johnny Dickshot division?
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American League switched to the Sultan of Oman confrence.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
The Ottoman Conference
would be awesome. Also Ming and Visigoth
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I went through a phase where I was obsessed about the Ottoman empire. Read everything I could get my hands on. This came after my Byzantine phase so I guess it was a natural progression.
by Michael White on Jan 13, 2012 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
I never got into it that much. I would much rather put my feet up and relax.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 13, 2012 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
I thought the ruler of the Ottoman Empire was Dick Van Dyke. He sure ended up showing who was the boss.
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by David Young on Jan 13, 2012 2:26 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
that’s a rec, but I’m pretty sure the Ottoman won in that case
by Josie Becker on Jan 13, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, then you don’t exactly get it.
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Just want to say, I only saw DVDS after I was older and everytime MTM said that line I wanted to hit that in a good way.
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She did know how to wear those capris.
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There is more than one opening. In the original opening, he trips over the ottoman. In later years, he is about to trip over the ottoman and then deftly sidesteps it.
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ah, yes, I remember the alternate opening now : )
by Josie Becker on Jan 13, 2012 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
Best Sitcom ever. (with apologies to Bob Newhart)
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Really, probably the father of at least a certain style of sitcom. You can see the influence from then on, including Newhart’s various ones.
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I’m doing late antique studies!
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
No wonder you like Marty.
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by David Young on Jan 14, 2012 9:48 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Le Grande Orange is still alive and kicking
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Vin loved Rusty Staub
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Something’s gotta hang
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Clippers Division/Conference Banners?
The Clippers should be able to hang whatever banner they see fit because Staples is their arena too. I don’t think they should put it on the same wall as the Lakers though, or do ALL banners have to go there? I know the Kings and Sparks also have banners on the wall, so if they must, at least make it bigger than the Sparks banner but smaller than the Lakers title banners.
If the Clippers win the title, they deserve a full-size banner. I wonder if the Clippers have a title banner design chilling in the front office hard drive?
I think
he lost a contact
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
He was singing hymns to himself in the dugout during Game 5 in Oakland.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 13, 2012 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
Thank you, I'm saving this picture.
In 1989, I played my first year of organized baseball. My team, the Giants (UGH!), was terrible. We were winless going into the last game of the season, and the manager gave me the ball to try to salvage what was left of our 9-year old pride. I ended up going the distance (no pitching limits back then), and when I struck out the last batter, I knelt on one knee just like my idol Bulldog in the 1988 NLCS. If it weren’t for Orel capturing my 8 year-old heart, I wouldn’t be the fan I am today.
This is his “how did you like that fastball, Howard Johnson?” pose.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 13, 2012 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
Ah, glad somebody took the bait.
1. It means my prediction system is sane.
2. It means Kershaw had an incredible season.
The one titled, “I’d rather have a pitcher who smokes pot than one who builds houses in Africa” gave it away.
by fbihop on Jan 13, 2012 2:45 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Hey Frank
I occasionally browse MCC and Fangraphs, looking for you to put peons in their place. Keep up the awesome work!
If there's a question that looks like it needs to be asked
I’m likely someone who will ask it :)
Projections for pitchers always seem too low, much more so than for hitters i’ve noticed.
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Dammit Bobby we were going to leave him hanging
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Definitely not a bad thing
He’s the assistant manager for Strickland Propane, I tell ya hwhat.
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Until now, I had no idea that Fangraphs linked back to TBLA right alongside the Hardball Times.
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I remember that working relationship being established. I thought that was part of the reason we started linking to their box scores on game recaps and stuff.
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This Friday on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s series finale, watch Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant help collect clothes and coordinate relief for residents of Joplin, Mo., a town devastated by a tornado last May.
I wonder if they bothered to give Elbert a call
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Kobe asked Ethier for Elbert’s phone number. Ethier didn’t know who the fuck that was.
by Michael White on Jan 13, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Watch your daughters Joplin!
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
There were no chairs left to be bent over.
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by David Young on Jan 13, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I did pause briefly before clicking post.
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Dr. Jay32 is making his first trip to Camelback Ranch this year, and wanted to know some suggestions for what to expect or any tips from spring training vets.
He put up a fan post. Help him out, won’t you?
Shouldn’t he be linked to that great fanpost someone put up about everything you’d want to know about Camelback but were afraid to ask?
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I did find that post, by JJ24,, and gave Dr. Jay the link as well.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 13, 2012 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
I was just reading through that again. A really informative guide by JJ24.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 13, 2012 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
I've only been to Camelback once or twice 2 years ago
But if you see Kershaw walking somewhere, go up and talk to him, don’t not, like some people >.<
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did I even enter a prediction?
I feel like I would have guessed something extremely optimistic and won this if I had.
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by Taylor Maricle on Jan 13, 2012 2:20 PM PST via Android app reply actions
Yeah, see
I’m so optimistic that i’d probably be up there in the post.
Take my 2.90 ERA for Billingsley prediction, for example.
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by Taylor Maricle on Jan 13, 2012 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
Eric – based on the time frame we started these previews last year we have about a month to go before they start. Yikes, I can’t wait to write about this team.
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Kershaw, Kemp, Jansen, Lindbom, Elbert, Loney, Ethier, and Billingsley
The only previews I can think of right now that would feel at all optimistic about.
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On the bright side
you write one for Jerry Hairston and it can pretty much get C&P’d to all of the FA signings this season.
Yeah, I was working out the schedule earlier this week. I’ll email you guys. I think February 13 or so will be the start date.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 13, 2012 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
Heavy or light? Isn’t he coming up a weight class?
by Michael White on Jan 13, 2012 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
11 pounds heavy, moved up from welterweight to middleweight. I bet he just thought it would be easier to cut and didn’t work at it as hard as he had.
But, yeah, if he get knocked out, he might be looking for a new place to fight.
They’ll still let them fight with that much of a weight disparity? I guess it’s overseas, but I didn’t think that would get sanctioned.
by Michael White on Jan 13, 2012 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
In boxing it would have to be called off, or made a non-title fight, no belt at stake. Would it be the same in UFC?
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What I’m concerned about is that Rumble knew he was gonna miss weight, knew no one ever backs out because their opponent missed weight, so he just said fuck it and decided to not cut most of the way. So he’ll come in mostly healthy and just slaughter Vitor.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
That’s why it makes sense for the title not to be at stake. (Is it belts in UFC?)
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It is belts. This was non-title to begin with.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, since he was so far off, he probably just said, “fuck it.”
If they miss by a pound or two it usually means they worked as hard as possible to cut down there but didn’t quite make it so are way drained.
In this case, however…
Vitor has fought at heavier weights, though, so it won’t be completely new to him.
Ya, Johnson would have had to be walking around at 225 a few weeks ago to fully cut and still be off this much.
Says the guy who’s never cut weight in his life.
by Michael White on Jan 13, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
Fighting Rumble vs. Walking Around Rumble
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
There was footage of him training for this fight and he’s way bigger than Rashad Evans.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
Totally, he’s one of the smaller guys at LHW.
Rumbles going with “I got sick this morning and the doctors made me drink fluids otherwise I totally would have made weight” as an excuse. Could be true, could be his body telling him don’t try to cut 40 pounds, dummy.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, if he stayed in some sort of shape, besides pear-shaped, between fights, he would have made it easily.
I thought you only miss a weight by being heavy. If you want to fight way under the limit, that’s your prerogative.
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I assumed that’s what he meant, just surprised since he’d been fighting at WW
by Michael White on Jan 13, 2012 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
There is a minimum weight; Dan Henderson weighed in at 207 when he fought against Fedor — 1 pound over the minimum.
So I ASSUME that means the minimum is 1 lb over the next lightest class but can’t find confirmation anywhere.
This is true.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
For those of you interested in such things
Clayton Kershaw will be signing copies of his new book Sunday at the Ralph’s in Porter Ranch / Chatsworth (on Rinaldi).
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In fact, Clayton says that as we pursue our dreams, we need to build a relationship with God, build solid relationships with others and become givers from the start. Clayton says, “I want every pitch and every batter faced to be about something more than a game.”
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Clayton is going to be one of those people who will remind me on a daily basis what a piece of shit human being I am.
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I thought you had a wife for that.
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The keywords in the Amazon title:
Arise
Faith
Dreams
Whatever
Yourself
kinda sums up my religious experiences in my 37 years on the planet.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Jan 13, 2012 9:19 PM PST up reply actions
Porter Ranch is in Chatsworth?!?!??! I had no idea. When I think of Chatsworth, I think of the pr0n industry. Is Porter Ranch a gentrified section?
They live above the smell of the Northern San Fernando Valley and risk being blown away every day
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Pretty much. And a 5 degree break from the heat too.
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Porter Ranch is Northridge. The store is kinda where Northridge and Chatsworth border.
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if you live in Porter Ranch, your mail doesnt say Porter Ranch right? Says Northridge? So Porter Ranch isnt an official city I guess… shit I asked too many questions.
Northridge is not a city, but an official community of the city of Los Angeles, as is Porter Ranch. Northridge is also a post office “area” of some sort. The Porter Ranch post office is for the Northridge zip code of 91326. The post office says you can address letters to 91326 as either Porter Ranch or Northridge.
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I thought Porter Ranch is on its own, and Chatsworth and Northridge are below, maybe a section of Granada Hills too.
Chatsworth tried to hang a banner in Porter Ranch but it blew away
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I love you threw B Timm in there. He’ll be happy to know he’s added about 15 years:)
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so he isnt old… I guess he just says he is old because he said he cant stand drunk people at Dodger Stadium around him, and I said its because he is old… and he does work at a library from what I know.
If only I was hung
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 13, 2012 2:56 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I can’t stand drunk fans either, and I’m not that old.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
the problem is when they start throwing peanuts
by Josie Becker on Jan 13, 2012 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
you can experience again, just do a search
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 13, 2012 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
you trolling the SBNation search engine?
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Yeah, I don’t get that. Don’t any one care about proving someone wrong about something they said six months ago?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
When there is the google domain search as a nice workaround, meh.
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ive always said if you just mind your own business, you wont be bothered… its when you get brave and start asking someone to stop that, or be quiet, that your problems begin.
It is impossible to mind your own business when someone else is throwing shit at you.
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Btimm is the smartest guy I know… well dont know, but have seen on the internet… so dam smart… I dont get 75% of his jokes because I have no idea what he is talking about he is so dam smart.
Victory (Blvd)
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
It was a weak Apocalypse Now reference.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
He never said he lived in Porter Ranch.
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Technically
Porter Ranch is one of the three or four zip codes for Northridge.
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Chatsworth is the porn capital of the world… but I bet some of the scenes are shot in homes in Porter Ranch.
yeah, but I think the outdoor scenes by the pool where you see alot of huge ass boulders in the background are in Chatsworth… Thats like Chatsworth park or something, people like to climb those boulders,
I thought he was talking about the girls
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well you do have to get a handhold
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
exactly!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
Had lunch last week at a Thai place with a table full of Eastern Europe Porn ladies behind me. It was fun watching my foodmates try to eat lunch without looking to hard.
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you are missing an “o” in your last to
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 13, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
nah man, you never see any porn stars here, I dont get it…. I cant say I have seen 1 dam porn star, its like they are ghosts.
33 years in valley, been watching porn for 30 of them, and I still havent ran into one yet…. not at the mall, not anywhere… where do they go when they arent filming? I’d love to know.
Let's play Match Game PM
they are difficult to recognize without a ______ in their _______
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 13, 2012 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
Stated watching porn at age 3?
What was that, your parents stratagem for babysitting (onscreen vixens)?
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Jan 13, 2012 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
Burbank Karokee bar is loaded with them.
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There is a gym on Topanga Canyon and Nordoff?? or some street close to that where some of them work out… but I havent gone to see yet.
Used to work in the building on the corner of Independence and Nordhoff. That gym was right behind us, and acroos the street was a porn production company. Girls in and out (literally) all day.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
I read an article about that once. I don’t think I want to use the mic after the porn stars have.
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problem is
they keep dropping the mic all the way down their throats
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 13, 2012 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
Bleep blorp.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I am proud to have contributed to another TBLA meme. Bleep blorp my friends. Bleep blorp.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 13, 2012 9:23 PM PST up reply actions
what you don’t want to use is the remote control in a hotel room
certainly don’t want to change channels with your teeth
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 13, 2012 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
I just remembered that I took my car in for service a few months back and a girl wearing a Vivid Pictures T-Shirt was just leaving. I suppose anyone can buy those, but it did cause me to double-take to make sure I read it correctly.
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BTW
Which Thai place? The one on Devonshire just west of DeSoto?
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It's the nice part of Chatsworth
I know I know, who knew there was one.
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That's like
West Mars
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'!
BTimm
is from the SFV.
I lived in the SFV for 10 years.
GScott was a South Bay guy for most of his life.
All true but BTimm cannot be called a TBLA person. He never made the jump, he’s DT true and true. For some reason he seemed to take offense when I mocked his hatred of Florida. For a smart guy he has a lot of hatred.
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Unlike many, he did not feel the need to say fuck once in a while. Isn’t that why most of you are here?
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I second the fuck yeah…. on of my 1st posts on DT was writing “Padilla is the opening day starter? wtf” He was like 1) using profanity or any euphemisms for profanity… seriously? I cant even write wtf?? and I dont even know what a euphernism is.
Its like kindergarden over there with all the rules haha… im jk, I love DT too, I dont wanna rag on DT, but the rules are too much.
At least DT is trying to salvage
some respectability on the ESPN site. Those comment boards are the dregs of the sports internet.
On the last two sites that hosted Dodger Thoughts
Both the LA Times and ESPN will take down comments that use profanity or anything that can be interpreted as profanity.
Sure, it was Jon’s rule on Baseball Toaster about the profanity and he probably would have continued it at the next two sites but nevertheless those are and were the rules there.
I love Jon and his writing, he is a must read
the commenting format here is much better
and while we are all fools from time to time, some of us more than others, I could suffer some of the fools on the ESPN site no longer
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 13, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
He didn’t say they all stayed there.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Bob is tall but he’s one of those tall people who does not seem comfortable being tall, he always seems to be holding back his height. So, not stately.
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Who never cursed? Btimm?? I thought he has cursed on twitter before?? Its Jon that I want to see cuss..come on Jon, tell me to shut the fuck up, give me 1 bad word. .. he seems too goody 2 shoes for me, but I guess thats how he is.
Jon is a regular person with great talent who would tell you to fuck off in person but not on his board. He’d simply ask you to move over to TBLA.
I remember you on DT. You were annoying.
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Jon is a gentleman. Nothing less.
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While Eric runs a blog that openly incites violence
by Michael White on Jan 13, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
A couple days ago, I copied a snippet of Lasorda’s Bevaqua rant and even edited out the curse words, but it got deleted anyways.
No. When DT started migrating, its commenting software got so awful I couldn’t stand it. At LAT and then even worse at ESPN. Now it’s better but I spend more time here. Occasional fuck is OK but it’s not so occasional here. Lots of noise here, but fun. DT sometimes too prudish. Still, if I have something IMPORTANT to say, I’ll say it both places because I’d like Jon’s approval, or something.
Gary doesn’t live in the South Bay anymore? Anyone else from the South Bay, in case we can carpool when I make my TBLA meet-up debut?
There are a few of us in Culver City. That might be the closest.
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Some consider anything West of
Downtown the Westside.
Me, I think West of the 405 or at least Overland Blvd.
Actually
for West LA, I tend to think to Venice or maybe MDR. LAX is it’s own thing. South Bay begins on Rosecrans.
The 90 works for me. Keeps me on the Westside instead of unincorporatedville.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
If you are unincorporated, wouldn’t that make you MDR basically?
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MDR for roughly a month more then who knows.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
Poor El Segundo
All on its own.
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Venice for me as well. Anything south and I think South Bay
by Michael White on Jan 13, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
I always thought of South Bay as the San Jose area. Was confused when I heard people from LA talking about it. I thought where the hell is this bay at? Bob T told me to look at a map. Yeah, I guess there is a little indentation or curve in the coast line but a bay? I don’t know about you but I hold my bay standards a little bit higher than that, it will always be nothing more than a bight to me. So who here lives in the South Bight area?
I am South Bay. I live under the railroad trestle at Rosecrans and Aviation.
I work in Culver City at a Famous Motion Picture Studio.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Jan 13, 2012 9:26 PM PST up reply actions
originally though, the Coachella Valley
by Eric Stephen on Jan 13, 2012 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
Im almost the reverse of this
originally the high desert, now I split my time between eastern Riverside co and north SD county.
I'm in the real valley
San Gabriel. Altadena FTW
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'!
at least a few of us are from Santa Barbara
though I now grace another SF (San Francisco) with my presence.
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 did some brief living there too. I assume we are talking the bay that is near SF, not the Santa Monica bay. :) Which city if I may ask?
Live in West Hills
Work on edge of Canoga Park and Woodland Hills (at the epicenter of heat)
by BoilerAero on Jan 14, 2012 8:27 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Eli vs Rodgers
first time 2 super bowl mvps will have ever faced each other in the playoffs
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
you are just pissed because he is making all your proclamations about him not being good
look silly
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I'm just pissed because of the 2007-2008 playoffs
He screwed the Packers (my favorite team) then the Patriots (who I wanted to destroy the Giants after). He’s been on my shit list ever since.
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Hey Josie!
Who’s your EPL team? I’ve been getting into the EPL more now that I have the Fox Soccer channel.
excellent
I support Manchester United for three reasons 1) they’re the easiest club to follow cause their games are always on TV 2) they feature in two of my favorite Brit shows: State of Play and Life of Mars 3) They win a lot.
by Josie Becker on Jan 13, 2012 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
Being a Dodger fan, I’ve gravitated toward Arsenal because of the similarities between the two organizations: strong tradition, most of the success happened generations ago, and we both believe we still belong with today’s elite.
And you get to say “Tee-air-ee On-ree”
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
you can get that supporting the New York Red Bulls
by Josie Becker on Jan 13, 2012 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
Arsenal is my second favorite. Never been relegated in over a hundred years, strong tradition, both Arsenal and ManU are traditionally catholic clubs, and always a threat to win even if yeah, not a shoe in as in past years. Have you watched Fever Pitch? It’s a must if you’re considering Arsenal
by Josie Becker on Jan 13, 2012 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
I’m glad you told me that Arsenal is a traditional Catholic club! I love rivalries… Dodgers-Giants, UCLA-USC, Lakers-Celtics, and especially Catholic-Protestant.
ManU-Liverpool is the bigger rivalry. (I’m a Liverpool supporter)
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I liked Liverpool’s Carlsberg shirts better than the ones they have now. I also like Barca more when they had UNICEF on the front instead of Qatar Foundation. I hope that doesn’t make me racist.
It most certainly makes you racist and a blight on the human race
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Four Horsemen 2012 version
I am bringing back this gimmick for the 2012 MiLB season. Here are your members:
Criteria: Zero MLB experience. Silverwidow favorite.
Zlee, Webster, Withrow, Gould?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
That is a sad group of horseman, maybe you should call them the ponyman
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Castle looks like Lugo so I don’t like him already. Plus he looks like an infielder. He also looks weak.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 13, 2012 3:35 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
And I heard his girlfriends ugly. Lacks confidence
by Michael White on Jan 13, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Now I want Sno-Caps.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
It was interesting to me
because most of the dialog didn’t scream Sorkin to me. It lacked his usual rapid fire style.
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What does it matter? Jonah Hill as “Peter Brand” not really like DePodesta at all.
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well
for one arte howe’s character in the movie was likely not an amalgamation of multiple real people, but just based one the one.
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No more so than “Peter Brand” really being DePodesta. Brand isn’t primarily an amalgamation either.
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Looks like a dude you’d give up for two months of Rafael Furcal.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
Since It's Slow
The #Mariners are moving closer to a trade for a young impact hitter, two baseball sources confirmed.
It’s a "significant trade,’’ says one source. And Brandon League is not part of the return package.
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Not worth it for the Mariners to get someone for two years at this point.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
This says Pineda is going to me. Montero? Bruce? Joey Votto and Yasmani Grandal?
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
Damn that joke doesn’t work any more.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
I would trade Felix before Pineda. Not that I think he is better, just that he is cost controlled and the Mariners aren’t sniffing the playoffs for a while. But I’d make sure I got something good and cost controlled back for Felix. Then again it is #6Org. They are due for a good trade though, or at least one that works out for them.
I’m just trying to think of teams that would be in a position to take on Felixs contract and have a good young hitter to deal and I’m coming up blank.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
Might work, I think Gordon already hitting arb might be a deal breaker though. Hosmer might jive a little better.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
Was wondering when someone would say this lol
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 4:17 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Felix
per b-ref.
2012 26 Seattle Mariners $18,500,000
2013 27 Seattle Mariners $19,500,000
2014 28 Seattle Mariners $20,000,000
Like the deal, the Yankees seem to be serious about this not crossing the luxury tax threshold though.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
If the Indians really don’t think Santana can stick at catcher Pineda for Santana then signing Carlos Pena makes a lot of sense.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
Pineda for Billy Butler
Pineda for Adam Jones
Pineda for Santana
Pineda for Belt and fast dude
Pineda for Rasmus / Snider / Lind
Pineda for Moustakas / Meyer
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
You racheted it up a notch over my group
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Why stop there? Pineda for Stanton. Pineda for Bryce Harper.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Try not to think about it. That way lies madness.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 4:22 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Interesting
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 4:13 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Loney for Smoak
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
10 TBLA points, redeemable to your local Chuckie Cheese for the most correct guess (limit three guesses).
Trayvon Robinson for Jeff Mathis
Chone Figgins for Juan Uribe
Chone Figgins for Loney
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Steal of the century for the Angels on both of these.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
Tony Jackson
reports that as expected, Ethier, Loney and Kershaw filed for arbitration today, figures to be exchanged on Tuesday.
Seattle trade
JonHeymanCBS Jon Heyman
Sea does have deal according to @jcrasnick. @stonelarry hearing rumblings it MAY involve pineda and montero
what has montero done recently to prove he deserves such high billing?
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Did pretty good in his cup of coffee
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 4:33 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Was one of the youngest players in AAA this year and was damn amazing the last two months. Then went to the bigs and raked.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
ah ok I guess I missed his last couple months
because before that hadn’t he not really done anything for a year and a half?
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.289/.353/.517 as possibly the youngest player in AAA in 2010.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
And not in the interplanetary league.
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not as fun as I thought it would be……
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
scraps
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
Well that solves the problem of not having anywhere to put Montero.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 4:40 PM PST up reply actions
That boom you heard Dave Camerons head exploding.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
He likes the idea if not the execution. Thinks they should [maybe] move now to replace Pineda (with E-Jax?] which is cheaper than Fielder would’ve been.
But Pineda and Fielder is several wins better than Jackson and Montero.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 7:41 PM PST up reply actions
they need more then 1
and this is salary neutral for them right?
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Yeah, but at least the word is they don’t want to add much payroll.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
Though if they do, they do need a DH now and Prince still needs a home…
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
so a trade that makes neither team happy
does that mean it was a good trade?
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would neither team be happy?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 4:49 PM PST up reply actions
apparently lookout landing and the yankee sbnation site are both up in arms
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Greg Johns:
No confirmation from team, but source says Mariners sending Pineda and Jose Campos to Yankees for Jesus Montero/Hector Noesi.
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Don’t know anything about the other guys but numbers wise Campos seems like a prospect and Noesi seems like roster filler which doesn’t really even this out.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
Sickels has Campos as a B and Noesi’s ceiling is middle relief so who knows.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
isn’t Safeco death to righty hitters?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 4:58 PM PST reply actions
i've been told
less so to LHH
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
When you think you can get a Votto and get a Montero I can see the outcry, but honestly, couldn’t Montero based on his minor league pedigree be better then Votta very quickly? Okay probably not
Are the Mariners the new Kansas City Athletics for the New York Yankee’s. That seems like a great deal for them. Pineda’s 2nd half ERA was over 5 but his 2nd half peripherals were even better then his 1st half.
Still those Mariners badly needed some offense.
Interesting trade, not one you see very often. I’m trying to think of a comp, coming up empty.
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Seattle sent Cliff Lee to Texas.
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RIght but Cliff Lee was old, I’m talking about two young studs, one a pitcher for one year and the other the best minor league hitter in baseball.
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You just don’t see this unless my memory is simply blank.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Not quite a match but Delmon Young for Matt Garza is the closest thing I can think of.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
In some of those three-ways the A’s were in, maybe two stud prospects moved?
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I meant as a counter to the KC/NY analogy. NY isn’t the only team benefiting from Seattle.
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I'm not an expert in Thai
But Thai Town east of you has a good reputation. Sapp’s Cafe for their boat noodles is good
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 can tell you the spiciest Thai in town
Its pretty good but spicy
Jitlada Restaurant
Phone: (323) 663-3104
Address: 5233 W Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027
Hours:
Mon. 5:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Tue-Thu. 11:00 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Fri-Sat. 11:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Sun. 11:00 a.m. – 10:30 p.m
I am pretty sure they don’t take reservations and parking is a chore.
Okay – let’s try this
Who was the best young pitcher to be traded that you can remember?
Who was the best young hitter to be traded that you can remember?
Let’s try for less then two years major league service time and the pitcher has to have already made his mark in major league baseball.
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Does Pedro qualify?
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 think so, meets my guidelines, kind of the reverse deal but it works.
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Max Scherzer?
Justin Smoak?
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
Babe Ruth comes to mind
though I don’t really remember it, I’m not that old
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'!
Jack Curry from YES Network tweets (and Jay Jaffe retweets)
Big night for the Yankees. They have agreed to a 1-year deal with Kuroda, pending a physical. Deal will be between $10 and $11 million.
Good Luck Hiro
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
so then
CC
Pineda
Kuroda
Burnett
Garcia
right?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 5:28 PM PST up reply actions
Yep.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 5:28 PM PST up reply actions
At least to start AJ is probably on a really short leash though.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
Nova?
1 LHP CC Sabathia
2 RHP Michael Pineda
3 RHP Hiroki Kuroda
4 RHP Ivan Nova BP#8
5 RHP A.J. Burnett
per MLB depth charts.
Depends on if the money Garcia is getting is a deciding factor.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 5:46 PM PST up reply actions
Also the draw of having every pitcher in your rotation having a name that ends in A.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
just remembered
they have Phil Hughes to throw in……..fuckers……..
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 5:54 PM PST up reply actions
Indeed
I still believe a lefty can after a bit master third base
by DodgerofTrolleys on Jan 14, 2012 7:35 AM PST up reply actions
Hey remember 20 minutes ago when the Yankees number two starter was Ivan Nova?
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 5:27 PM PST up reply actions
lol
forgot about Nova
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder if the fact that hes 37 made Ned look elsewhere.. granted getting slightly younger and significantly more mediocre is probably not awesome
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 13, 2012 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
Considering most of Ned's crappy deals
He might have thought 37 was too young
by preacher roe on Jan 14, 2012 7:19 AM PST up reply actions
If he was willing to move, it would have been nice of him to accept the trade.
Still love Hiro, though.
by UCLADodger32 on Jan 13, 2012 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
how did he settle for less than last year?
by eitherethier on Jan 13, 2012 6:02 PM PST up reply actions
The marketplace. And he is 37.
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Me, too.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Jan 13, 2012 9:32 PM PST up reply actions
Stupid Yankees.
Their rotation suddenly went from erratic to looking very good. Sigh.
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There was no way they’d let it stay erratic, they already went through that last season.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
I was starting to wonder though.
But I shouldn’t have.
Hope for the Mariners’ sake Montero is as good as the hype. I’m a little doubtful but we’ll see.
I love Hiro too but am also wondering if, or for how long, he’ll hold up next year.
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Makes a lot of sense to throw 2-3 million Johnny Damon’s way right now.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
Or just say screw it, sign Carlos Pena and platoon him with Andruw Jones because you are the Yankees.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 5:51 PM PST up reply actions
well
not for the first 50 games
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
So Kershaw is meeting with the media at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday to, according to the press release, promote his new book.
Sounds like the perfect time to announce his new contract extension to me.
Also, fuck the Yankees.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 13, 2012 5:44 PM PST via mobile reply actions
an extension would be awesoke
I’d love something that made me smile about the Dodgers rather than roll my eyes and sigh.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
You already got Kemp’s extension. Damn you’re needy.
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incredibly
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 7:04 PM PST up reply actions
Boston only has 15 points
in the second quarter…..
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 5:48 PM PST reply actions
20 Greatest Games
Episode on game 1 of ’88 series is on again. Can watch this over and over again.
In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened
Jon Weisman linked to a YouTube video of John Candeleria’s no-hitter against the Dodgers in 1976. The whole game is up there, with all the ABC Monday Night Baseball graphics and all. Great stuff.
Al Michaels, Bob Gibson, and Norm Cash on the call. Bill Russell, FWIW, introduced himself as from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. (callback)
Heh
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Now playing: Monty Python’s The Life of Brian Cashman .. the story of how a man named Jesus was mistaken for a savior by a bunch of Mariners
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Yankees/Mariners
I am currently re-running my simulation of the entire 2012 season with rosters updated for the Yankees and Mariners (swags on lineups and games played per player). Should be ineteresting to see the win total jumps. Yankees should have a jump with the addition of Pineda/Kuroda and loss of Montero. Not sure if the Mariners will see one or not from the addition of Montero and loss of Pineda.
Previous baseline was…
NYA with 91.2 wins
SEA with 71.8 wins
reg is nostradamus
Heyman reports Yankees have Carlos Pena “on the radar”
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 7:22 PM PST reply actions
Jeter
Granderson
Cano
A-Rod
Teixiera
Swisher
Pena
Gardner
Martin
Welp.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 7:26 PM PST up reply actions
Yep.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
when the teams with the most money also get smart
Pena vs righties = 252/370/513
Jones vs lefties = 263/363/504
no more inefficiencies in baseball..
Too Much Moneyball
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 7:37 PM PST up reply actions
Casper Wells and Charlie Furbush.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 7:29 PM PST up reply actions
When Fister stops being Cliff Lee it will look a little better.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 7:31 PM PST up reply actions
# 6 Org
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Charlie Furbush (!), Francisco Martinez, Casper Wells, Chance Ruffin
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good thing
there will be two wild cards next year :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 7:29 PM PST up reply actions
Better way to look at it is Pineda and Kershaw’s age 22 seasons aren’t that far apart (Pineda was worse since Safeco helped his home runs). Pineda has five years of service time left, Kershaw had four. Would you have even considered giving up Kershaw at this time last year?
Compared to what three years of Gio Gonzalez and four years of Mat Latos returned the Mariners got absolutely scammed. Hell, the return for four years of Trevor Cahill isn’t too much less.
Montero has more upside than almost any offensive prospect but Harper, Trout and Profar but the most likely scenario is a DH with a 125 OPS+. That’s just not nearly enough return compared to what other teams got.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 7:40 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t claim to be a SME on Pineda, but Mariner fans say he doesn’t have a change up and has some injury concerns.
Entirely possible. I know nothing much beyond his numbers (a similar strikeout rate and much better walk rate than Kershaw at his age) and maybe he’ll never get better. But what if he improves that change up? What if he stays healthy?
It’s totally possible that the Mariners win this in the end but it seems like it’s betting on a best case scenario from Montero and a worst case from Pineda. If anything it should have been the Yankees throwing in a decent prospect, not the Mariners.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
Does this trade remind anyone else of Hamilton for Volquez a couple years ago?
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 13, 2012 7:33 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Phil’s probably glad you reminded him
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 7:36 PM PST up reply actions
which is now his father in-law.
weird.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 13, 2012 7:41 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
He'll have plenty of time to perfect his mustache twirl when he's unemployed in 8 months.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
If the Rangers sign Yu, the Nats trade for Trumbo and the Blue Jays deal for Smoak, then the only place left for Prince to go is back to Milwaukee for a one-year deal. :)
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
or a backloaded one
from the Dodgers
/BSI
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 8:08 PM PST up reply actions
Olney
One exec today believes WAS, TEX, CHC may ultimately get this Fielder contract structure: 6 years, opt-out after 3 years, 22-24m a year.
First off, does this mean that’s what Boras would offer? and Second, can’t we do this? CAN’T WE?!?!?!?!?!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 8:19 PM PST reply actions
We have so little money we had to backload a contract for Mark Ellis.
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by regfairfield on Jan 13, 2012 8:22 PM PST up reply actions
reg
you cut straight to the bone
……i picked the wrong month to stop drinking
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 8:38 PM PST up reply actions
Every month is the wrong month to stop drinking.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Jan 13, 2012 9:41 PM PST up reply actions
I told
Folks in last September that team wouldn’t have any money based on their bankruptcy filings.
by bhsportsguy on Jan 13, 2012 10:26 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously, that sounds… quite reasonable for Fielder. Especially considering the deal that Pujols got. I would give him that deal.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Jan 13, 2012 9:41 PM PST up reply actions
Three year opt out on Fielder
Wonder if Fielder would accept 3 years at 25 per from the Dodgers
#TypicalLakers #someoneotherthankobeneedstoscore
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 9:45 PM PST up reply actions
40 points
3 games in a row for Kobe!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 13, 2012 9:48 PM PST reply actions
Kuroda pitched the first Dodgers game I ever saw live. And he won.
Sad to see him go to the Yankees, but he will still always be a favorite of mine.
by fbihop on Jan 14, 2012 12:37 AM PST via Android app reply actions
I don't wish him Ill
but fuck him for the “I’ll veto any trade to the East coast” thing and then costing us a prospect during a futile season
Just realized my Twitter severely lacks Dodger Baseball.
Can someone recommend me some good Twitter handles to follow, so I can keep up with all the latest news?
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