2011 Fab Five Results
by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 8:33 AM PST
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Michael usually writes the Fab Five story in February and since it has been about a year, we thought it might be a good time to display last years results.
Based upon hand counting so numbers may be off by one or two, about 63 ballots were cast. Might have been more but what we do know is that Kershaw was on 63 ballots and all numbers are based on that starting point. If you want to get more scientific feel free to peruse the above thread and do the count yourself.
Kershaw received 39 1st place votes
Billingsley received 13 top spot votes and was on 46 ballots
Matt Kemp received 8 1st place votes and was on 46 ballots
Kuo received 5 1st place votes and was on 45 ballots
Andre Ethier received 3 number one votes and was 34 ballots
Hiroki Kuroda received four 2nd place votes and was on 24 ballots
Rafy Furcal received three 2nd place votes and was on 18 ballots
Kenley Jansen received one 1st place vote, two 2nd place votes and was on 17 ballots
Big Jon Broxton received one 1st place vote, and was on 14 ballots
James Loney received one 1st place vote, and was on 13 ballots
Jamey Carrol was on seven ballots
Casey Blake was on six ballots
Mr. Padilla received one 1st place vote on five ballots
Jerry Sands was on three ballots
Gibbons, Guerrier, and Hoffman all managed to make one ballot.
Should be big changes this year, with long time Fab Five members Kuo, Kuroda, and Broxton saying good bye. Also gone are Furcal, Carroll, Blake, Padilla, Hoffman, and Gibbons.
Of the 17 players who received a vote nine of them are gone. Can't imagine any of the new members of the team cracking the list. I'd expect the average Fab Five this year will be Kershaw, Kemp, Andre, Jansen, and an assortment of whackjobs as players like Sands, Gordon, Rubby, Rivera, Ellis & Ellis, Uribe, TGJ, Guerra, Lilly, and Capang try to weasel their way into your hearts.
| Name | Points |
| Kershaw | 275 |
| Billingsley | 161 |
| Kuo | 130 |
| Kemp | 140 |
| Andre | 87 |
| Kuroda | 63 |
| Furcal | 34 |
| Jansen | 38 |
| Blake | 27 |
| Loney | 11 |
| Sands | 5 |
| Broxton | 32 |
| Padilla | 10 |
| Carroll | 14 |
| Gibbons | 1 |
| Guerrier | 4 |
| Hoffman | 1 |
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I click on the link
for last years results and Google tells me there is malware attached to it
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No problem in Mozilla. It is a simple TBLA link back to Michael’s original story. Nothing phishy
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Just to be safe, Marty should email me his social security number.
by Michael White on Jan 20, 2012 8:45 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
no need
it’s on myssnumber.com
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Yours is easy to guess
Three digits, tops. :)
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
yeah
my first phone number was 4
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His first phone call
Marty, come here. I need you.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
here's hoping
he’ll probably make my top five. dude is just plain fun to watch.
It’s a little scary how much we’re depending on him to be an integral part of our team. I’d prefer he be surrounded by more talent in the infield during his first full year. Oh well, maybe he’ll rise to the occasion. We could sure use it.
i agree.
he still hasn’t proven any long-term ability to get on base at the major league level. i’m hoping he can perfrom like he did in september, but i know he probably can’t sustain that over a whole season.
The younger Ellis. James Loney.
So yeah, it will be Dee
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
Hopefully Dee leads off and never stops leading off for the rest of his Dodger career.
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I’d agree except we all know Dee would lead off even if he on based .280.
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by regfairfield on Jan 20, 2012 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
if dee doesn't?
maybe gwynn, maybe one of the shitty infield grounds crew, probably kennedy or hairston.
On the other hand maybe Ned decided to put stiffs beside him so that if he struggles he’ll still be the best player on the infield.
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I only know one thing about this season. Clayton is going to be just as good peripherally as he was last year.
Two things, Jansen is going to monster up.
oh, three things
Uribe is going to “bounceback”
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Name Points Kershaw 275 Billingsley 161 Kuo 130 Kemp 140 Andre 87 Kuroda 63 Furcal 34 Jansen 38 Blake 27 Loney 11 Sands 5 Broxton 32 Padilla 10 Carroll 14 Gibbons 1 Guerrier 4 Hoffman 1
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Let's watch Billingsley drop half way down the list this year
:(
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What leads a person to love Vicente Padilla that much.
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But people who pitch more than 70 innings a year and do not resemble the Budwiser Frogs also do that.
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by regfairfield on Jan 20, 2012 8:50 AM PST up reply actions
Pitchers who have won playoff games for the Dodgers since 1988
Lima
Lowe
Billlingsley
Kuroda
Kuroda
Weaver
Sherrill
Padilla (Clinching Win 5 – 1Score)
Kuo
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Probably my second favorite game ever that I've been to
Being there after the win was amazing.
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Besides the big grand slam in game one, Loney had the key two run double that led us to the 3 – 1 victory.
Does anyone remember where he hit that? Down the line, gapper, off the wall?
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I thought that was the game DeWitt hit the triple in the 1st inning to get us going but no. So which game was that?
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That's what I thought, but I think that may have been the game 3 against the Phillies
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That’s the one Manny scored from first on right?
If so, that went to right field
by Michael White on Jan 20, 2012 9:21 AM PST up reply actions
I don't remember the double
But I was looking over the box score the other day for my gigantic Kuroda article that no one read and saw Loney’s double on there.
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goddamn I miss that cpk meter
so many bad phrases were launched in its honor
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 20, 2012 9:23 AM PST up reply actions
I was there!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 9:18 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
So of the players still on the team in the spring of 2011, everyone who had one a playoff game was on someone’s fab five ballot. Kuroda, Billingsley, Kuo, and Padilla.
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Leaving only Billingsley on the current roster as a pitcher with a post season victory notch on his belt.
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with the dodgers or with anyone?
if the latter, then wow. i’m legitimately shocked.
Looks like Harang has never even seen a postseason game
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Lilly
has two losses in two starts over five games. Has really been whacked in the post season.
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Mac the 7th, no post season appearances.
Guerrier has thrown 4.2 innings, no Wins,
That covers everyone possible, right?
Unless Hawksworth vultured one.
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by regfairfield on Jan 20, 2012 9:06 AM PST up reply actions
only pitched one inning
against the dodgers in game one of the 2009 nlds. struck out mr. matt kemp
Someone cue the gif of Lilly after the SCY home run
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 9:08 AM PST up reply actions
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI200710040.shtml
Damn, four years ago and Drew, Young, Upton still on the team.
We have Loney, Kemp, and Andre left.
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Didn’t the police in Colorado ask the same question?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 8:51 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
Waiting for official confirmation from Dodgers, but I updated the right sidebar and the minor league deals post to include both Griff Erickson and Matt Wallach, who appear to have been invited to big league camp.
If Griff and Wallach are in fact invited (no reason to believe they aren’t, other than MLB.com not always being the most accurate in these things) there are currently 59 players invited to camp. 60 with Belisario.
Shane Lindsey my pick to click this spring
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I think one of the lefties make it (Grabow or Ledezma), with Josh Fields having a good shot to take the final bench spot.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 8:50 AM PST up reply actions
Josh Fields having a good shot
Nooooooo :(
But looking at what we got yeah that’ll probably happen.
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by regfairfield on Jan 20, 2012 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
Right another lefty has to make it, not saying he’ll make the team out of spring training, but I expect he’ll make some waves. I like having him and Guzman stashed. Hopefully a steal from each of the Chicago teams. Always loved Guzman’s stuff, health is the problem, perfect NRI.
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Man I'm gonna love when Griff slugs his way onto the starting day roster :)
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I for one can’t wait for starting day.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 9:08 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
At this point April 30th is the only day I care about.
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The final day of the month, before May. But that’s not important right now.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 9:16 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
February 21 is the day they actually report, but that usually involves just checking in. Not sure if they do physicals and weigh-ins that day or the day of the first workout.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
big George Washington fan?
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Wasn’t there a report a few months back of Etta James’ death? She apparently has died this week, but I swear I already made an “At Last” joke.
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/story/_/id/7475039/los-angeles-dodgers-situation-comedy-drama
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
Looks like I need replacements for Kuroda and Kuo this year
Kershaw
Billingsley
Kemp
Kuroda
Kuo
Wow lots of Ks in there, lol. I had Broxton…but I felt like I had to get Kuroda in here, he has afterall been the only winning pitcher in 2008 playoff games that I attended.
“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 12:23 AM PST actions
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I don't see it happening
Unless Ned wants to say screw the kids.
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I suspect Kenley will have the largest % increase fro last year to his year and that Gordon will have the highest points for someone who was not on the list this year.
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Good point
Off the top of my head probably two of Jansen, Sands, and Dee.
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Kemp
Kershaw
Ethier
Billingsley
DEEEEE
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
This is a result fab five article not the upcoming fab five article that Michael is feverishly working on.
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oh….my bad. I didn’t think it was unreasonable to list him at #5.
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
Someone voted for Hoffman last year, is anything unreasonable?
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this list is nuts
but we got 2 of the top 5! Im sure this was posted already but its new to me, dammit.
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7480753/bill-james-100-best-pitchers-duels-2011
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 20, 2012 9:05 AM PST reply actions
I saw #36 in person
it was at DS, not in San Diego. I was hoping it would be on this list. Dueling no hitters between Rubby and Harang. Harang’s lasted 8.2 innings until Uribe and Navarro double teamed to break it up and walk off. awesome.
I was at 23 and 25 (probably more but that's where I am right now)
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I have a business question
If you make a contact and they hand you a business card, what’s the etiquette for the next step. Should my first email have my resume as an attachment? Or a more informal inquiry?
Completely depends on the context of your meeting with them.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 9:17 AM PST up reply actions
I was in a media scrum, he pulled me aside, asked me who I worked for, handed me the card saying he liked my question. He’s VP of Communications for a large company
by Josie Becker on Jan 20, 2012 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
Hmmm…
Seems sending your resume right away might be too forward. Maybe an email on Monday saying how nice it was to meet him. Then say you’d love to know more about his company; perhaps you could get together for some coffee to discuss.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
this is why I asked, this is new territory and a great lead, I don’t want to scare him off
by Josie Becker on Jan 20, 2012 9:23 AM PST up reply actions
Tell him you want at least three kids and a house in a gated community with your own set of mailboxss.
by Xeifrank on Jan 20, 2012 9:58 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
only if I have to pass three sets on my way home
by Josie Becker on Jan 20, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
Research the company anyway, although you may already know enough about it. If he declines the coffee follow up, I’d think it would still be prudent to inquire in a second e-mail about opportunities. Hopefully he suggests the resume and you send it then.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
also remember VP titles are like ass holes these days. Everyone has one.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
I guess I am unable to shit.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
at a large company, it still means something. You gotta go up a lotta management levels in my company before you hit a VP.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
I found that to be different, large company’s have many VP’s. Title worship doesn’t really exist at small companies.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
All companies and fields are different. At my company, there are many VPs (just not me). At Bride’s, the VP is a big deal. Bride will take two days to prepare for a meeting with the VP.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
I don't even think my company had a VP till a few days ago
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You saying I can’t make a blanket statement and make it stick to every aspect of the business world?
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
I’m saying no such thing. Hell, don’t listen to me. I show up drunk, open my office door, take a nap for nine hours, drink a fifth of gin, and then head home. Work, work, work.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Might be VP of SBNation soon
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
Bride’s company ~= my company.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
And many, many employees. If you employee > 150,000 people, you should have a fair number of VPs. She’ll still be heading up a sizeable organization.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
or “Josie Becker, Fake Business Card Maker”
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
“Potential free lunch recipient”
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by regfairfield on Jan 20, 2012 9:24 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
FTFY
"Potential free lunch breakfast recipient"
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
The next step really should be just you entering their contact info into whatever you use for such a thing.
But if the meeting was more, “Here is my business card, feel free to contact me, we’d love to have you aboard,” then by all means shoot them your resume.
Resume or not, an email to them would be cool, saying it was a pleasure meeting them at [Event X], and including your contact information in the email at the very least.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 9:20 AM PST up reply actions
Carlos Pena
Going back to Tampa
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 9:25 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Remember that the Red Sox lost nothing and would have cruised to the playoffs easily if 999 things went wrong instead of 1000.
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by regfairfield on Jan 20, 2012 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
was one of those problems
A bitch?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 9:30 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Cool, wonder who the right handed 1st baseman is going to be.
Also now wonder where Kotchman ends up.
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Indians or Pirates?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 9:30 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Brandon had Wallach at 65 last year. We anxiously await his 2012 ranking!
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
Always need lots of catchers in camp.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Shane Lindsey is going knock out at least two of them
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
UFC on basic cable tonight; UFC on FX. Jim Miller vs. Melvin Guillard is the main event which should be a good scrap.
Prelim fights on Fuel TV (if you’re one of the lucky 30 million or so who actually get Fuel TV).
The prelims might be worth it just for Kamal Shalorus vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov. Not because of the fight, but just because of the names.
Nermal
smashing the cartoon gender binary. has eyelashes, is a boy.
Recording it. Will probably watch the Clippers game live and catch the FX fights tomorrow.
by Michael White on Jan 20, 2012 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
There’s gonna be a whole lot of groin kickin in that fight.
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by regfairfield on Jan 20, 2012 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
Interesting
From SB Nation Clipper Steve:
The 2009 NBA Draft. The 2009 Draft has produced the last two NBA Rookies of the Year. Could it produce it’s third in a row? Blake Griffin was the first overall pick, but injured his knee during preseason and missed the entire 09-10 season. That left the door open for Tyreke Evans, the fourth overall pick, to win ROY in 2010 (hey, somebody had to win). Griffin made his debut last season, and was a unanimous choice for 2011 ROY. Meanwhile, Rubio spent two additional seasons playing in the ACB in Spain after being the fifth pick in the 2009 draft, and is a leading candidate for ROY this season. Other candidates will emerge over the course of the season, but for now it looks like a two man race between Rubio and 2011 first overall pick Kyrie Irving.
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Yeah, I saw a note about that last week. Should be fun watching Rubio tonight. Haven’t seen him play yet.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
The Curt Warner one is making me angry
its like its trying to go for some tron look… but then calling him the blade runner.
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My Favorite
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
If I’d been your ages, I’d also would have had that adorning my wall. I think all I had were black light psychodelic posters.
Bo was a beast, the best there ever was.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Course this one works too
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
ha ah
Jim Everett had a poster
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
Yes
Kenny Easley and Ronnie Lot made the cut.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
When Jim McMahon was the Bear QB
that may have been the only time I rooted for the Bears.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
Ronnie Lott was a fantastic ballplayer. Lester Hayes was a bit of a stretch.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Ha, Cory Snyder got a poster.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Lester Hayes poster stuck to the wall by itself.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Now that Al is dead, is it time for me to return to the Raider fan fold? I don’t think I’ve actively rooted from them since Jim Plunkett was around.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
Only if they move to LA, rooting for a team in Oakland is only done by vagabonds and vagrants.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
So it should be OK for a blogger?
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Bloggers have a home, though: their mothers’ basements.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
The worst one
Kevin Mitchell the Bat Man… Really? Stupid gnats
In retrospect, Mitchell should have been the Cat Man
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
Excellent find
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
The ad for the hotel sponsoring the poster event could not be anymore provocative
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Sure it could.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
haha
andrew mccutchen @TheCUTCH22
24m
Im in Miami at the mall…PEOPLE, I AM NOT JOSE REYES!lol
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by nolander on Jan 20, 2012 10:03 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
What is the Fab 5?
Maybe you already mentioned it but can somebody briefly explain?
by Dodgerblue8188 on Jan 20, 2012 10:08 AM PST reply actions
Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and some other guy.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Ray
Jackson, he never played in the NBA
by bhsportsguy on Jan 20, 2012 10:16 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
We asked everyone who, at that moment, were their favorite five Dodgers
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
Most of our stories have links embedded referring to what we are talking about. The above story has the link the defines what the Fab Five is in the first sentence. Any part in blue can be clicked on.
If you click on this you will go to the posters of the 80’s
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
Verducci effect
Only one Dodger on the list this year. Link
5. Nathan Eovaldi, 21, Dodgers (+39 1/3). The youngest pitcher on the list, Eovaldi made six starts for the Dodgers after his August promotion from Double-A before they put him in the bullpen for most of September due to innings restrictions. Eovaldi had Tommy John surgery as a high school junior and never before had topped 100 innings in a season.
Kemp. He was my favorite before last year and this is no time to abandon ship.
Jansen. A pitcher comes out of nowhere to show he can be the next closer? I’ll take two, please.
Kuo. Any pitch could be his last. We are lucky to get to see him.
Carroll. Wanna know what I think a "gamer" is? I think it’s a guy who shows up every day and does his job the very best he can. It was real, real easy to root for Carroll last year.
Kershaw. He is the Dodgers’ best player. Of course he is a favorite.
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by Humma Kavula on Feb 7, 2011 1:51 PM PST actions
I think I oversold myself on Jansen.
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Also from that thread, I found out that Aaron Miles anagrams to “Amen, Sailor!”
Gosh, I wish I had remembered that during the season.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
Also in that thread: a visit from Ornake. Oh, Ornake, whatever happened to you? Did you get the GFY?
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Gee, that’s too bad. I liked making fun of him.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Dee Gordon anagrams to Good, re: Ned
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
You mean the guy who has the record for K/9 inning? That guy? lol
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I think I oversold myself on Jansen.
How so? how could he have done any better?
Jesus I keep forgetting how awesome he was:
From June 18 – Sept 28th, 2 earned runs in 32 innings, 61 K’s, 12 walks.
Heck those two earned runs is 1/3 of an inning of work for Guerrier (five runs in 5 innings in Sept for Matilda)
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
Relief pitchers don't have a bunch of value
But the Dodgers sure as hell have had a handful of extremely valuable relief pitchers over the last decade haven’t they? Gagne, Saito, Kuo, Broxton, and now Jansen.
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how much are they again? So they are out now, sweet, swing by Ralphs on way home.
by uschris0304 on Jan 20, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
oh, I see. So someone at work made you feel bad and so you ordered them? ha
by uschris0304 on Jan 20, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, the GS cookies (and everything else) are cheaper.
Downside: you gotta live in fucking middle america.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
I think….Let me ask.
$3.50 is the price.
I ordered 4 boxes the other day. No idea they went to $3.50
Well, if I’m only going to save $0.50 on a box of cookies, there’s no way I’m gonna move to Arkansas.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
also Gary’s mom like runs the SB girl scouts. if I don’t get thin mints this year I am kicking G to the curb
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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curbstomp
Brutal
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 21, 2012 6:12 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
DUDE PROMISED ME COOKIES LAST YEAR AND GAVE THEM TO THE OTHER GIRL HE WAS DATING. HE OWES ME.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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(fetal position)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 21, 2012 6:30 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Do you get less like an Arkansas education:)
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Even better: Meth Mints
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
That’s because of the discount you get by the case. No one in Arkansas would order less than a month’s supply.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Clearly, it’s because you love transgendered people.
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who doesn’t
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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Blake Hawksworth?
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by regfairfield on Jan 21, 2012 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
whattttaaaaa douche
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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He did just move up to my second least favorite Dodger so he’s got that going for him.
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by regfairfield on Jan 21, 2012 6:32 PM PST up reply actions
Dodgers file for reorganization
Shaikin tweets:
Dodgers file official reorganization plan with bankruptcy court. Court hearing for approval set Apr 13, plan to exit bankruptcy Apr 30.
Dodgers bankruptcy filing lists $573 million in debts.
Dodgers confirm they plan to pay all creditors in full after sale of team, which is foundation of reorganization plan.
Dodgers: We’ll challenge Bryan Stow’s bankruptcy claim, and any liability “may be covered by insurance.”
Dodgers: After bankruptcy, new owner will assume deferred compensation to former players.
It looks like the court, or some settlement, will still have to make clear whether it’s present ownership (McCourt) or future ownership who will have have to pay any remaining Bryan Stowe liability not covered by insurance. (And we can probably expect a lawsuit against insurance company too if that’s still McCourt.) I’m pretty sure that new owners will need to know what laibility they’d be taking on before they buy, so I would expect present ownership to be stuck with this unless they can settle with Stowe and insurance before selling date.
That's a lot of debt.
Shaikin:
McCourt owes $573m in team debt, $131m to ex-wife, up to $200m on tax liability. That’s up to $904m, with any Stow liability TBD.
It is considering how much he paid for the team. Still looks to run a company into bankruptcy and come out smelling like a rose if he gets his One Billion plus. Pays off witchbitch and will have some nice change for his future.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
He will come out without his parking lot assets though. Considering the amount the team has appreciated, he will walk away with an appallingly low amount of money.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
He came in with a parking lot and will walk away with at least 300 Million before taxes. Not bad for Chap 11 work.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
and a divorce
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
that parking lot ended up being worth more then he is going to get in this sale
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
No way he walks away with that much. But even if he does, that means the team appreciated more than 800M and he found a way to make half a billion dollars disapppear.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
he never had any of the money
it was always all loans.
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Yes, he screwed up, my only point is that he will still be looking pretty after the sale is done considering how he let himself get into this situation. Turning 180 Million in equity into 300 Million even after a divorce is not a bad trick.
Your other point about why he wouldn’t have at least 300 Million before taxes I’m not sure on
Sell for 1.1 Billion
Creditors 5.73
= 527 million
- 200 Million to Jamie and I get 327 Million before Taxes.
5
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
131M to Jamie, 200M in sale-related taxes/costs
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I did say pre tax all the way through.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
But those monies get taken away immediately. That money cannot be seen by Frank at all. There are other tax costs he’ll have to incur come next April.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
whatever
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
But I am curious why you say that. I pay my Capital Gains Tax same time I pay my other taxes, why would the Dodger Sale be treated any differently?
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
The $200 million in tax liability is previous taxes owed by McCourt.
So from your $527 million, you’d have to subtract both the $200 million in tax liability and the $131 million to Jamie. So it’s roughly $200 million ($196m) instead of $327 million.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
I would have expected that previous tax liability to be part of the total amount of the creditors. If not, that makes sense, interesting that he may have 200 Million in previous Tax Liability and an estimated 200 Million Tax from the sale, and that the estimated tax on the future sale is included in the creditor amount but the previous 200 million tax liability is not.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
I guess I could simply read the story and not work from comments.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
I stand corrected
The article notes that the $200 in tax liability would be a result of the sale.
So it seems McCourt will clear something like X minus $900 million or so after the sale. At least it seems that way on the surface.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
From the link in the article:
In case of a sale, McCourt would have to pay off taxes as well as debts. In July, McCourt told the divorce court that “a sale would result in … the incurrence of between $80 million and $200 million in tax liabilities.”
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
big difference between 80 and 200, I wonder what the low and high end estimates are on the sale price.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
He still has the Dodger parking lots. They are not part of the bankruptcy. They’re his best chance for a profit over his debts. Hopefully, he’s so deep in debt that he will sell the parking lots to the new team owner at the same time – for a hell of a lot – rather than hold onto them to lease out and/or develop later.
$200m of those debts are estimated taxes on the team sale itself.
I would think if he can just walk away from the sale even with zero, but not owing anyone, but still keeps the parking lots he’s in pretty good shape. 14 million a year for the parking lots til 2015, then it goes up, then goes up every 5 years after… He has no wife, no kids to raise anymore, I think he’ll be alright. Plus he still keeps those lots in Boston?
by uschris0304 on Jan 20, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
Damn Chris that would barely pay the yearly expenses of a society lady
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
Last I heard (two months ago) the parking lots were part of the package being offered for sale. Has that changed?
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/01/sports/la-sp-1102-dodgers-sale-20111102
This is no longer correct
settlement between MLB and McCourt specifically left out entity that owns the parking lots
by bhsportsguy on Jan 20, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
a part of me would like Frank to keep the parking lots and somehow develop them into an awesome commercial venture that does not impede on the view of the hills from within the Stadium.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Frank’s track record as a developer is spotty at best. He never developed the Boston parking lots despite making a lot of noise. Might be better off with that dude in the ownership sweepstakes who built The Grove and Americana for that.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, I don’t care if they do get developed, I just would not mind Frank sticking around. He does not bother me, his wife did.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Right
although I still expect any billion dollar offer to demand the inclusion of the parking lots. They won’t want to be dealing with Frank after the sale.
That is Jon Weisman’s stance too.
As I’ve said in the past, though there’s a risk that some group will buy the Dodgers without the land, no one with the sense of a bullfrog should be willing to take the risk of remaining beholden to McCourt after the sale. Pay the man up front and get him out of Dodge.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
that is easily taken care with a long term lease for parking rights during the sale negotiation.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
If it’s valuable, the billionaires will want it. You know they will. Frank will have a price. It will be meetable.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
One thing I am sure of about my list for this year
is that it won’t include Blake Hawksworth.
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That old man Kershaw, he’s ancient!
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
Who?
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
Thinking about it now
I think I might include Elbert. I’ve been big on him for 5 years.
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I remember listening to an Elbert start in a Pioneer League game in my office at Paramount, which means it must have been 2006. He struck out 14 and walked one.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
He was truly awesome back before his first arm injury (elbow I think) back then
I first saw him going through BA’s top 100 prospect list and he was in the 30s I think. What could have been…
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Is this because of the Twitter thing? For people not on Twitter like myself, is there a news item somewhere on the web where one can find out what he said?
I tried googling it when it happened but there was nothing.
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by Pure Azure on Jan 20, 2012 1:01 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Mediocre Middle Reliever Demonstrates Intolerance on Twitter didn’t make international headlines? WTF?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Well, I thought somebody would care because everybody cares about something on the internet.
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by Pure Azure on Jan 20, 2012 1:08 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I can’t get into it here. E-mail me (address linked at the bottom of the page) if you really want to know.
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I was curious myself, so when you email Pure can you CC me.
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Sure. It’s nothing unexpected.
Let’s just say the Kershaws are a lot more savvy than Hawksworth.
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From the LFP blog
Would you like to meet Josh Macciello? Come on out to big League Dreams in West Covina on Saturday Feb 11 and you will have your chance. Josh will be paying for the LFP Facebook page team. So mark your calendars and head on out. If you do decide to attend. Please bring a bag or box of food to donate to the LA Food Bank while you are there.
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I guess we can try and sniff out how real or phony he is.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
Food is nice
but after visiting the Food Bank, even $5 is so much better for them since they can purchase food at much better rates than we can.
by bhsportsguy on Jan 20, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
They get a big a rice and they will like it.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
True
I am just saying what I found out.
by bhsportsguy on Jan 20, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
Right. They don’t want your expired can of tomato paste. They want your money.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
They also prefer the tomato paste in tubes.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, money is better than random old food.
All across America, charitable organizations and the food industry have set up mechanisms through which emergency food providers can get their hands on surplus food for a nominal handling charge. Katherina Rosqueta, executive director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania, explains that food providers can get what they need for "pennies on the dollar." She estimates that they pay about 10 cents a pound for food that would cost you $2 per pound retail. You’d be doing dramatically more good, in basic dollars and cents terms, by eating that tuna yourself and forking over a check for half the price of a single can of Chicken of the Sea.
I’m sure he’s real, but I doubt he’s a real player for ownership. He’d be fun to get behind if you like the maverick type.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Someone make sure to spike him to see how well he reacts to bad situations
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Maybe we should see if Peter O Malley will sponsor our team.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
You love Frank
You hate on Peter
You be a strange dude
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Once you start down the rabbit hole, it doesn’t pay to go half way.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
That is true, he fucked up, was not a visionary, sons can rarely be what their fathers were.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
I think when he pissed on Al Campanis’s grave it took a huge toll
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
I blame Charles Ebbets.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I blame Ban Johnson! And Abner Doubleday! I blame Doubleday twice!
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Based on that comment I gather you feel:
A. Ned stays or if he does not, another old style GM will replace him
B. That we don’t increase the payroll budget
C. That we don’t increase the international scouting budget
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
I would argue that
A. Could very well happen
B. When they get the new media deal, this will be hard to for the new ownership to do
C. Given the new restrictions, they should be able to increase it and not impact the bottom line too much
by bhsportsguy on Jan 20, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
I’m expecting
a. A complete overhaul of current management with no one making the cut from Ned to DeJon by this time next year.
b. At a minimum 120 – 130 Payroll but would not be surprised that within three years they are not knocking at 150
c. A huge splash within 24 months
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
Thats sure as hell what im hoping for Phil… I know spending doesnt promise success but we should have this NL west on lock down.
by uschris0304 on Jan 20, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
KEITH
your wife and kid(s) must be keeping you busy right now
by bhsportsguy on Jan 20, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
It’s nice to see you have long term goals
by Michael White on Jan 20, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Does FIFA have MLS teams and season, MLS cup, etc?
by uschris0304 on Jan 20, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
I’d ask Garvey but I know he does not have the money
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
Does SoSG have a team?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I hope so, they have enough bastards running around.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Yes
From the LFP*:I want to thank the following blogs for 100% payment to field a team.. Sons of Steve Garvey, Opinion of Kingmans performance, LFP Facebook and True Blue La. Quite a few of the other blogs are close to the 100% so please get your few remaining players payments in as soon as possible.
.*Links to their blog front page. Their lame software doesn’t have a permalink for the current article, only after it becomes old.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
Jon needs to put the whip to his DT folk.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
is there anything more boring than jury duty?
I get here, sit around til 11:30, the get kicked out for lunch. Where this court i, there’s no place to go except McDonalds or a corner chinese buffet joint. i opt for the Chinese food, it’s horrible. I’m back in the waiting room now whining to faceless people on a blog.
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'!
We haves faces
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Norma Desmond agrees.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Mmmm, never go for the nameless Chinese unless you know it or it’s been recommended or there are good reviews on Yelp or something.
McDonalds is horrible, too, but I will take the horrible I know over the horrible I don’t.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
You could simply not each lunch, I understand Billions of people do it and while a % die the following day, many make it to dinner.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
nothing worse then staving while you’re bored as fuck…. He had to eat, otherwise he just sits and things about how hungry he is the rest of the day.
by uschris0304 on Jan 20, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
my pokicy is
I only eat McDonalds at airports
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'!
You have that policy because of the restriction of choices at airports.
I would argue that you are in a similar situation at the courthouse.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
especially airports in countries not named America
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 21, 2012 9:25 AM PST up reply actions
ive never been to jury duty before (knocking on wood) thank god.
by uschris0304 on Jan 20, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
Have you ever voted?
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
yes… I mean Ive gotten jury duty notices, but never had to actually go in…. it has been awhile since ive even gotten a notice though, and as I say that, probably means there will be one in my mailbox today.
by uschris0304 on Jan 20, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
They use voting records
and DMV records now
by bhsportsguy on Jan 20, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
voting isnt a requirement
registration is the key
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
registered? but as BH said, now they use DMV
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Nah
Politics aren’t my thing, and I’m not going to vote not really knowing anything about the people I’d be voting for.
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I try to bring up the subject of politics and Eric tells me to shut the fuck up. Come to think of it I try to bring up any subject and Eric tells me to STFU.
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
And they reciprocate by not making any decisions that affect you.
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ha ha
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
That does not explain
your sports behavior
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Me
He’s saying I talk about sports even though I don’t know anything about them, lol.
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All in jest I’m sure…..because I’ve learned quite a bit from you over the last couple of years
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
The only thing I’ve learned from Bobby is not to tell a group of fucking strangers who would make the clueless girls look nice, anything about my private life that was true related to romance.
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damn right he was
And you people, except for Nolander, couldn’t post anything about it? Bastards!
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Consider it the silent treatment, like when the pitcher hits a home run and everyone hides in the clubhouse
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Should we front page him over the weekend when we don’t care what the content is?:)
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I've learned a lot from 2010 Bobby as well
That guy is a dumbass. 2012 Bobby knows to keep his mouth shut a lot more, haha.
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guess that means
You’re gonna have a bounce back year
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 1:18 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
Me specifically?
That’s cool, though it’s likely just about Clayton Kershaw or Albert Pujols if you learned it from me, haha.
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Of the regular posters on here I don’t think I’ve ever thought to myself “he or she doesn’t know shit about baseball”. I feel like intelligent conversations can be held by all.
There is a troll however I couldn’t make that statement about….while keeping a straight face
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That's true
Just about everyone brings something to the table. I really enjoy your stories about the young players that you’ve met and watched.
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:) It’s sad that I don’t see anyone anymore, except for Sandy, Tommy and Uncle Ron. All I have are stories now :(
It was also a sad day when Sandy said I was too old to call him Uncle Sandy anymore
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That’s what Sandusky asked the kids to call him.
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Those kids also can’t listen to Enter Sandman any more.
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and right now that price seems high
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At least you have the internet! Remember when your only entertainment for jury duty was that day’s newspaper and a crossword puzzle book?
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Even worse now that no one wears skirts, not even a gam to gander at.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
this comment brought to you by the 1940s
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 21, 2012 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
they have jigsaw puzzles here. I’d bet $1000 that there’s missing pieces in every one
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
You have an Ipad, what on earth can you be complaining about?
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
i’ve got both a laptop and my ipad. i’m still bored. This will result in unneeded ipad app purchases
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Write a Fan Post! Tell us about attending the first game played by the Hollywood Stars or something.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
Given your comments
that is a victory for anyone who could end up with you on their jury
by bhsportsguy on Jan 20, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
I’d love Chris on my jury
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
EG Marshall was the last to turn, but he did eventually turn.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I thought that was Lee J. Cobb.
EG Marshall turned when he realized that nobody sleeps with their glasses on.
Lee J. Cobb said, “Goddam kids, you work your HEART out!”
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
That’s what I meant, thanks.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I love E.G. Marshall when he turns. He brings up the whole subject, and then they all start arguing about whether or not she had the pinch marks from the glasses on the bridge of her nose, and the argument gets more and more heated — with Marshall saying nothing — and then the movie iust cuts to him and he says, “I saw them.” And it’s QUIET. And he says, “Nobody sleeps with their glasses on. Nobody.” And he’s turned.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
I like when Ed Begley is finally humbled
Just holding his head in his hands. “not Guilty”
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'!
Lee J Cobb was definitely
channeling Johnny Friendly in that movie
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
yeah…. If im every on a jury, just go on the stand, have your defense lawyer ask you what your favorite sports teams are…. If they are atleast 1 of my favorite teams, then I know dam well you wouldnt do something like that, and ill set you free baby…. I got my fellow fans back…. I aint sending no Dodger/SC/Laker/Kings/Raider fan to jail.
by uschris0304 on Jan 20, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Bryan Stow’s attorney is taking notes.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
To bad I root for the Angels / UCLA / Ducks / Chargers / Clippers
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
yeah, then I cant help you…. But maybe I can suggest the possibility of parole for you…. Maybe 5 years of hard time will change your mind on what teams you want to root for. Or just move your trial to the OC then.
by uschris0304 on Jan 20, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
really?
I hate raider fans. i would sentence one in a minute. even innocent ones.
by delias man on Jan 20, 2012 1:09 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I like delias man pretending that innocent Raiders fans exist.
by fbihop on Jan 20, 2012 1:51 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Click on his handle
delias man
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yeah I already know he is a Raider fan, not sure why I asked… but he said he wants to send all his fellow fans to jail, and took Al Davis off his pic, maybe he flipped…
The woman in love with her cell phone is Larissa Riquelme, IRC. Her photo page has auto-playing audio and is visually NSFW.
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i also dont like dodger fans for the most part
i just had al up for a while as a tribute. it was time.
I can picture you sitting at a game, in the middle of the fans, listening to all the ignorant conversations going on and screaming into your brain ’Chris, you are all fucking idiots".
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Mocking the hipsters at the game gives him great pleasure
by Michael White on Jan 20, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
HATE HATE HATE HATE
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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I’m expecting Ice T to show up
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 21, 2012 6:18 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Where are the good courts for lunch while on jury duty?
Downtown? Burbank? Glendale? Maybe San Fernando?
I got stuck out at Lancaster once for two days, there was nothing within walking distance, but at least driving a few miles there is easy.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
Malibu
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
As I recall, Santa Monica wasn’t bad, but maybe I’m mistaken.
I hear LAX courthouse is a disaster, but I could be wrong.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
The one at the 405 and 105? Nothing in walking distance, but easy drive into Manhattan Beach.
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
downtown court is next to the red line, so I’d go to Langers for lunch. This one is on Hill and Washington, so its by the blue line, but i don’t know the stops for the blue line, so i decided not to venture onto it
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'!
Pastrami burps in the courtroom!
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by David Young on Jan 20, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Speaking of which
I had no idea you could get it dry at Tops Jr. It is excellent that way.
by silverwidow on Jan 20, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
I went to the Lazy Ox last time I was downtown
put down a couple of glasses of wine and a good meal
made the afternoon dreamlike
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 21, 2012 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
Downtown is getting
better. I have been to a lot of court houses in my day. Torrance may not be bad. Redondo Beach is all right.
by bhsportsguy on Jan 20, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
downtown is awesome
I hopped on the metro and met my mom for lunch.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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I think I’m done with Thursday Night NBC Comedy lineup.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I liked The Office last night. 30 Rock was underwhelming.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Big Bang Theory is my new favorite show
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
Welcome to the party :)
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Where’s the gin? Where’s Humma when you need em’?
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
Not watching Big Bang Theory, I tell you that much.
Not that I gave it a fair chance. I watched the first forty-five seconds of the show and decided that I didn’t need to watch a show that made fun of people like me and my wife.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Jan 20, 2012 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
On Wednesday Night, Jon Stewart showed a clip of some Congress Fool discussing the Internet Freedom bills and he proclaims “Let’s just bring the Nerds here”. Jon did his classic double take, then quietly said " I think he means experts".
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 20, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
The show doesn’t really make fun of the nerds, just Sheldon, and noone is really like Sheldon. If you don’t watch anything that makes fun of short fat cousins, well, then, you’re missing a lot of shows.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
people like me and my wife.
Bride is obviously one of those smart dudes, so you’re the hot chick?
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my parents watch it
because it reminds them of me in high school.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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Then you must not think real scientists spend their time playing role playing games, having take out every night, can’t talk to women, speak fluent Klingon, read every comic book, and basically still act like………
a 13 year old
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I have been watching it more and more recently, but I still don’t think the show is laugh out loud funny, though it does it get a chuckle fairly often. I identify with a lot of the content, the Green Lantern shirts and whatnot, but the humor does seem a little too forced.
Ms. Kuoco is nice to look at, btw.
Is that the blonde?
That’s the only reason why I’d watch an episode now.
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I don’t know what this means.
To a minor league contract?
by Michael White on Jan 20, 2012 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
Ha Ha but no Mike. He signed him to the GUnit label….plus 50 is in the head phone business following Dr. Dre’s footsteps. So he’s got Pauly D set up for his own line of DJ headphones.
you guys who like hip hop should check out www.rapbasement.com
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
between 2 and 3 hundo. The Dre phones are fucking sick though. I’d never pay that for headphones but they are the best I’ve ever heard.
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
people who buy headphones like that
Probably own an Italian made chestnut roaster.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 1:27 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Ron Fucking Swanson
http://samspratt.tumblr.com/post/11078621613/sam-spratt-ron-swanson
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'!
24 years ago on Sunday was a great day for the Dodgers
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Morse long term deal
NationalsPR Nationals PR
#Nationals agree to terms with OF/1B Michael Morse on a multi-year contract extension, thus avoiding salary arbitration. (cont)
Hey look, a stud who did not blossom until he was 28
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
SVS
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 1:35 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Some guys just need a chance. Which is why Sands should start in LF
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 1:45 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
That’s Jerry’s new uniform number.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Wild guess: Do you think it was Sands’ request? Rivera got 21, which was something he had in the past.
Probably. I bet he took 47 because that’s what Mitch Poole told him to take last year.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
What was the old joke: Dean Smith was the only person who could hold Michael Jordan under 20 points a game?
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
The Purple One wants to buy from Frank?
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It was pretty stupid. So, the game plan is to do a “will they/won’t they” with Andy and the receptionist? Original.
by Michael White on Jan 20, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
The Gabe/Ryan thing where they were trying to show Robert love was great.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I’d rather they give the new brunet some play. It was a lame night all around 30 Rock should fold it’s tent. Tina seems to have run her course. The only thing that made me laugh in P&R was Andy running into the ambulance but since we had seen the trailer 2 Zillion times, it kind of lost it’s mark. The whole Bobby thing was lame.
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They’re clearing moving towards the new brunette having feelings for Jim…the way she asked where he was a few times last night. Again, this show is now as subtle as a dump-truck.
by Michael White on Jan 20, 2012 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
Here’s a great pic of the 1991 Dodgers. Brett Butler must be glad that Greg Smith was there to go between (skinny!) Tommy and him.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
At least two of those players are dead: Tim Crews and Mike Sharperson. And both of Kal Daniel’s knees.
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He raked for my 1987 Strat-O-Matic team!
Dude hit .300 / .402 / .514 / .916, 151 OPS+ through age 26 in just over 500 games, almost 2000 PA, and then the knees were shot. Hit .247 / .330 / .391 / .721, 104 over the next two seasons and was out of baseball.
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But Tim Crews isn’t in that picture.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I just assumed; he was on that team. Who’s the mustachioed goof behind Butler?
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The old guy on the bottom right is Rod Dedeaux. He’s dead.
by KellyStephen on Jan 20, 2012 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
When Marty's jury duty came up as a topic
I was thinking that it’s been awhile since I’ve had to serve. Sure enough, what’s in today’s mail? Yup, a jury summons.
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I almost got selected once, which I thought was kind of cool cos they didn’t eject me once I said my father was an attorney, but the DA (like, peon from the DA’s office, really) and the defense attorney messed up and poisoned the jury pool. I heard later that it was like the 3rd group they had to scratch. Judge was PISSED.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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i appreciate this zinger
by court168627 on Jan 20, 2012 4:29 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
thats funny…. I thought it would be me since I said that…. but it was you… I knew it would be someone in the valley.
My company will actually pay for unlimited days of jury duty.
I just remembered that I did have jury duty early last year but I called in for my five days and they never needed me.
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Just follow this simple rule,
If they are charged and in the courtroom
They are guilty!
by 68elcamino427 on Jan 20, 2012 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
My commute would be a lot shorter. They’re sending me to the San Fernando court this time.
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Memory is spotty but I thought you could ask for any court? I remember being told that the Malibu court is easy to call in and never get used to so I transferred to them and never had to go in.
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Looks like you can change the date but not the location.
I wouldn’t mind serving. The commute break alone will be like a mini-vacation. With my laptop in hand, Eric might get an article out of me.
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i could meet you for lunch. I could meet Marty for lunch. Maddz too.
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A Brief History of Gatorade Showers
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/sports/football/a-splashy-football-tradition-gatorade-style.html
The best one is the Kentucky/LSU one halfway down the page.
Regarding the NRI uni #s (from the last thread)
Isn’t it customary for NRIs that have had more than a smidge of MLB experience to be issued numbers in the lower half of the range of 00-99?
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Yes, although Juan Rincon was #90(?) last year. And Scab Mahay had a high number too IIRC.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Yep, Mahay was number 80. LOLance was 81.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
Any players left in MLB not with the players’ association? I know Millar and Donnelly were two of the last ones. And Bonds of course.
Doesn't look like there are any more
This article from 2009 lists five replacement players still playing at that time:
Brendan Donnelly
Matt Herges
Ron Mahay
Jamie Walker
Kevin Millar
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
didn’t someone offer an nri to mahay?
by court168627 on Jan 20, 2012 4:34 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Yeah, but sometimes it depends on availability I suppose.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
New Dolphins Head Coach
AdamSchefter Adam Schefter
Filed to ESPN: Miami plans to hire Joe Philbin as its head coach.
dam, was hoping Raiders would hire him if they end up filling their HC spot with a GB guy. Dont really want Moss. Packers D wasnt good, why promote one of thier defensive coaches? Raiders better move soon before everyone is gone… Need to fill every coaching spot pretty much.
I will refer to the players and staff as Philbin’s People.
When he asks his staff a question and they respond, does he ask, “final answer?”
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No Andrea Bargnani for Toronto tonight. Wonder if he will still be out Sunday against the Clips. Not that it should matter.
The more important question, will CP3 play on Sunday?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
On one hand, I think yes because Paul will be chomping at the bit to play. But on the other hand, VDN could say, “look, it’s fucking New Jersey. Take Sunday off and we don’t play until Wednesday against the Lakers.”
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
Except it’s Toronto but that’s not important now
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Toronto is like North… New JERsey.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Jon Weisman has a great post up about Every other team’s most valuable Dodger. An idea so great, I wish I would have thought about it.
Because Al Downing won 20 games for both teams, not many pitchers have ever done that
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Someone put in Furcal which gives Jon a SS, he has to drop Baker but I like the choice. I’m trying to find a KC better then Belcher.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I had suggested Offerman but Furcal is the better SS choice. Gibby for KC works if we can find a better Tiger then Belcher. Belcher did not do much for KC. You’d think in the long history of Dodgers and Tigers someone had a better dual career then Belcher.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I only noticed in passing as I was at lunch that the Indians acquired Kevin Slowey for Zach Putnam and immediately thought it was a deal with Minnesota.
But the Rockies acquired Slowey in December, for Daniel Turpin. Which means the Rockies had Slowey for all of 45 days. Weird.
They will regret that deal as much as they regret not giving Paulino a chance. Nice git by the Indians.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Right, glad he got out.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Really like the Indians next season.
The pitching staff is really underrated. Good mix of contact and strike out guys in the rotation
Add Prince to that team and they are the choice for AL Central Division. Except you don’t like Prince right?
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I like Prince because we are getting him
by NotJoeTorre on Jan 20, 2012 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
Apparently the Angels really are trying Mark Trumbo at third base, or at least having him work out there this offseason. He was on 830 AM talking about it earlier today.
Suck it Xeifrank
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pujols must really want to play 1b
by court168627 on Jan 20, 2012 4:35 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
all time Dodger / Red Sox team:
Not as easy I thought, very very few trades between both teams:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/trade-partners.cgi?franch_ID_1=BOS&franch_ID_2=LAD
1st –
2nd –
SS – Nomar
3rd – Glen Hoffman
Catcher – Fedex
RF- Reggie Smith
CF – Dave Roberts
LF – Manny Ramirez
SP – Pedro Martinez
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fuck him
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 5:49 PM PST up reply actions
no Babe Ruth?
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'!
Fuck that guy, too
(sorry, just felt like saying that)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Jayson Stark per MLBTR
One team executive said that “Next year this time, the Dodgers will be THE team calling up every marquee free agent. They’re going to have serious money. They’ll be the Yankees West.”
If Jayson had said this two months ago he might be right, how many free agent agents will be answering the phone on Jan 20th, 2013?
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Here's some...
Cole Hamels
Matt Cain
Zack Greinke
B.J. Upton
Andre Ethier
Shane Victorino
Mike Napoli
Josh Hamilton
Napoli? Scioscia said he’s a lousy catcher.
by KellyStephen on Jan 20, 2012 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
Bills better show me something this year. Dude pissed me off last year.
Cain feels like he’s on the verge of some major arm issues to me. Otherwise, we’re cool.
by KellyStephen on Jan 20, 2012 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, i stopped reading when I realized “Shane Victorino” and “prime free agents” were in the same list.
by KellyStephen on Jan 20, 2012 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
thank you
the pitchers intrigue me but…
Call me crazy but I’d rather just fill in the roster with prospects from our system (mostly anyway.) Unless its a position we are short at like, 3rd base, 2nd base, catcher(GO GRIFF!) We have plenty of pitchers and outfielders so close to the bigs, I see no reason to sign anyone next year, any of those guys anyway. Just because we have the money doesn’t mean we should go out and spend it and we probably will
but I’m no expert. this is just some romantic notion I have. Can anyone understand what I’m saying.
If we've got plenty of money to spend,
Getting a Hamels or a Cain blows anything we’d get from Webster or Eo out of the water.
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by Taylor Maricle on Jan 20, 2012 5:59 PM PST up reply actions
Hamilton is awesome
when healthy.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 5:54 PM PST up reply actions
More of a Hamels fan, myself.
Greinke has had a lot of mediocre seasons.
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by Taylor Maricle on Jan 20, 2012 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
If we will have so much money
I say sign Victorino, then never play him
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'!
Plus Prince Fielder, after he signs a 1 year contract in Milwaukee ;)
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Eric, fuck yeah.
There’s a dude that comes by with home made potato chips and i buy a bag, pour some lime juice and tapatio… All for a $1
by Julio Nievas on Jan 21, 2012 11:17 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
i can’t, has offense left LA? (Clippers notwithstanding)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
I’m going to petition the league to let the Lakers play all their games at home.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 20, 2012 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
i’ll sign it
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
Are the Lakers posing as the Washington Generals while in Florida?
by 68elcamino427 on Jan 20, 2012 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
Not watching the game at the moment but just checked: Bynum/Gasol a combined 3/10. Why are those two shooting 3’s?
by KellyStephen on Jan 20, 2012 6:35 PM PST up reply actions
just leave Anderson open
what could happen?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 6:00 PM PST reply actions
Way OT...
…just read that John Glenn and Scott Carpenter are the last two remaining Mercury astronauts. For some reason that surprised me.
BTW, tried the Tapatio fritos and was not impressed w/any heat.
by KellyStephen on Jan 20, 2012 6:13 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think the point of Tapatio is heat
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
Agreed…just responding to Eric’s earlier comment on Tapatio Ruffles.
Tapatio is a great w/fries, eggs, potatoes. Not hot enough for tacos/burritos.
by KellyStephen on Jan 20, 2012 6:23 PM PST up reply actions
Tapatio, Cholula, Pico Pica always at the ready
by Eric Stephen on Jan 21, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
Alan
Shepard was 37 when he was the first American in space in 1961 (Shepard died at age 74 in 1998)
Gus Grissom died in a launch pad accident at age 40
Wally Schirra died at age 84 in 2007
Gordon Cooper died at age 77 in 2004.
Deke Slayton died at age 69 in 1993, he did not fly in the original Mercuy program but later flew in 70s.
John Glenn (age 90) and Scott Carpenter (age 86) are the last two remaining Mercury Astronauts.
One thing to note, all of these men were in their mid-late 30s or early 40s when the program began over 50 years ago.
I truly had no idea that they were that old during the Mercury heyday. I read the Right Stuff and have seen the movie countless times but the only reference to age that I recall was them saying Yeager was too old.
Thanks for the info.
by KellyStephen on Jan 20, 2012 6:33 PM PST up reply actions
Yeager was actually
about the same age as these pilots, he is 88 now. Not sure why he didn’t try to be an astronaut, he did not graduate from college.
every update about Prince Fielder lately seems to be
The Rangers might be able to sign Prince Fielder, but they probably won’t
or
The Rangers might not be able to sign Fielder, but they might still try.
Humma must be happy to know his First Law rings true in the Lone Star State
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 7:44 PM PST reply actions
or the same thing with the nationals, mariners, and marlins. at least one of these teams has to be lying. i can’t imagine gms are actually not as interested in him as they’re saying
by court168627 on Jan 20, 2012 8:13 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
i'm sure they want him
just can they sign him to a deal he wants?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 8:16 PM PST up reply actions
Found this on a dodger forum. SOOOOO PRETTTYYYYY.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 20, 2012 8:45 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
sweet
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 8:47 PM PST up reply actions
ain't it?
even seen it from the inside?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 9:44 PM PST up reply actions
2-ish miles
depending on one’s definition of downtown. Here is a photo from 2007:
by Eric Stephen on Jan 21, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
any of you heard of jenna marbles (aka mourey)?
This is good stuff.
I think she writes comedy for some minor internet sites but i think she has the talent to really get famous.
Shes awesome. She did a make up tutorial that was hilarious
by NotJoeTorre on Jan 20, 2012 10:41 PM PST up reply actions
Reds looking for infielders on the trade market that can play SS
too bad we can’t foist Uribe on them
though I have no idea who’d play third for us if we did.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 9:51 PM PST reply actions
No mo Mo
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 9:56 PM PST reply actions
Lots
of teams failing to cover well on the last second inbounds pass of late (Dallas, Dallas, Clippers).
you’re so sure
WHAT DO YOU KNOW!?!?!?!?!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 20, 2012 10:52 PM PST up reply actions
Cryptic tweet from Loney
jamesloney_7
Wow! We are really going to win a World Series this year!!!! Y’all better get ready!
Loney must be back on that stuff that made him go crazy.
by Joey Joe on Jan 21, 2012 9:29 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Great confidence. Let’s do it!!!
by funkyjam on Jan 21, 2012 9:55 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
He seems excited about something…unless he’s just a goofy bastard, maybe there’s more to this.
Or not.
by silverwidow on Jan 21, 2012 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
TBF it doesn’t surprise me that James Loney doesn’t understand that if we get Prince Fielder his butt is gone.
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by regfairfield on Jan 21, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This is probably Loney just being goofy, however, if Ned did decide to make a play for Fielder they would likely tell Loney early on that he is going to be working out in LF during spring training.
by OB12 on Jan 21, 2012 11:07 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
i dont think loney is tradeable anyway
Nobody wants a first baseman at his salary that puts up his numbers.
If the Dodgers did sign Fielder, I think they’d keep Loney as a bench bat unless they just wanted to salary dump him (meaning they’d have to eat at least half his salary).
now that
Is intriguing
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 21, 2012 1:15 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Clint Dempsey is good at futbol
by Julio Nievas on Jan 21, 2012 11:12 AM PST via mobile reply actions
first hat trick in the EPL by an American. Boss
by Josie Becker on Jan 21, 2012 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
Sounds like a deal can be made soon
Tim Brown (the Yahoo! reporter, not the should-be NFL Hall of Famer) said the Giants offered Lincecum 2/$40m and Lincecum countered with 2/$44m.
Not sure why Giants want two year deal, but they should probably say yes to that counteroffer and be done with it.
Hey TEX XAS Rangers is totally clean.
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by regfairfield on Jan 21, 2012 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
I guess they’ve only seen the jersey when their kids were making them (hates self)
by Josie Becker on Jan 21, 2012 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
That was a good joke.
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by regfairfield on Jan 21, 2012 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Bob Nightengale
Prediction on #Dodger sale: $1.73 billion, meaning that team will be sold for about $1.3 billion higher than McCourt paid for team #MLB
I just don’t see that number being possible.
with the TV rights up in a year and the expected value to be around $1 bill, it makes sense to me
by Josie Becker on Jan 21, 2012 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
I don't
See someone paying that much unless they plan to bring in Fox and keep the payroll around $120M.
by bhsportsguy on Jan 21, 2012 2:03 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
everyone thougth forbes was crazy when they said a billion
skys the limit
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Forbes values the team at some odd $700 million, and in a bidding war the winner always overpays
by Josie Becker on Jan 21, 2012 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sportsmoney/2011/11/02/how-the-sale-of-the-dodgers-could-reach-1-5-billion/
Forbes said recently the sale could reach $1.5bil.
and I know March 2011 was $800mil
not sure if they do them every march, but if they do, it’ll be interesting to see how close they get to the Dodgers sale price that will be announced only a couple weeks later
huh. It’ll be interesting to see how much control MLB has over the sale. But I can’t imagine a group bidding $800k and expecting to be a player
by Josie Becker on Jan 21, 2012 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
well yeah, but in March 2011 I don’t think anyone expected people to seriously be talking about a $1.2-$1.5bil sale price.
Hell, in just the last couple months we’ve heard $800m-$1b and thought “Wow, that’s a lot”. Then we heard “$1-1.2b” and though “Wow, that’s a lot”. Now, we hear $1.2-$1.5 and we think “Wow, that’s a lot. What happened to $800mil?”
Some of it has to do with what exactly is for sale having changed, some of it is the type and number of bidders involved that weren’t there last time, some of it is simply being a year closer to the Fox tv deal expiring. The only thing I know is, no one knows a thing.
frank mccourt financial genius
Buy an asset on credit.
Sell asset for large profit.
Large profit pays off interest on debt and whats left over makes you even wealthier than you were before.
a financial genius would have made hundred of millions off the parking lot he lost
he messed up, but he did get to ownt he dodgers for awhile.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Could have had much more if he and Jamie kept their mouths shut.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 21, 2012 3:51 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Oh wow
Per Bruce Feldman, JoePa’s family has been summoned to the hospital to be by his side. He may not make it through the weekend.
http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/24156338/34494852
Saw that. Everything related to Paterno makes me sad now, in every direction. :(
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
“Despite controversy later in his life….”
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by regfairfield on Jan 21, 2012 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Despite his controversial decision not to punch someone who was diddling little boys…
by Josie Becker on Jan 21, 2012 5:04 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
We’ll be lucky if ESPN doesn’t put this as JoePa’s “struggle to overcome adversity”
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by regfairfield on Jan 21, 2012 5:08 PM PST up reply actions
It’s okay JoePa James Loney has your back!
@jamesloney_7 My prayers are with Joe Paterno and his family. He is a tough man who can pull through. I still can’t believe they fired him! #unbelievable
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by regfairfield on Jan 21, 2012 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
Ashton Kutcher still doesn’t know why he got fired
-Gscott
(PS, thanks for coming by!)
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
Any time.
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by regfairfield on Jan 21, 2012 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
James Loney doubling down on his terrible opinions
It’s funny seeing people argue on Twitter about people’s opinions.#justsaying
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
This made me do a doubletake. Had no idea that Todd was on MLB radio
Rangers assistant GM Thad Levine acknowledged that there are “active discussions internally” about improving the team when speaking with Todd Hollandsworth and Jim Memolo on MLB Network Radio
(from MLBTR)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
via mlbtraderumors
The Rockies have acquired Marco Scutaro from the Red Sox in exchange for Clayton Mortensen, reports ESPN’s Jim Bowden (on Twitter).
As of this second Mike Aviles but I’m gonna guess that they didn’t trade their shortstop away for nothing and more is coming.
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by regfairfield on Jan 21, 2012 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
Looks like. Reports are that they’re gonna put that money towards Oswalt and I guess even if they don’t upgrade at shortstop the difference between Oswalt and Wakefield is greater than the difference between Aviles/Punto/Iglessias and Scutaro.
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by regfairfield on Jan 21, 2012 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
everyone in the al east really like money ball
and wants to play billy beane?
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I guess they’re serious about the luxury tax thing.
I didn’t even realize that Wakefield isn’t actually on the Red Sox right now so their fifth starter is Daniel Bard. Move makes a lot more sense in that context.
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by regfairfield on Jan 21, 2012 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah I think the Sox are realized that’s a real bad idea.
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by regfairfield on Jan 21, 2012 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
So the Dodgers can trade them Jerry Hairston for top prospects right?
/fantasy baseball
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Nonono
Sellers for Lester, mirite?
Maybe throw in Hu.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 21, 2012 5:35 PM PST up reply actions
Throw in a guy we no longer have? I like your style, let's do it!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Man
So sad, everything associated with that story, with him, with PSU, now totally sad.
RT @katz CBS reporting that Joe Pa has died. He was 85:
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Yeah, what a story
What. A. Story. Really saddening.
by Julio Nievas on Jan 21, 2012 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
Hm. Or not dead yet, just resting, etc. ?
RT @markcviera: Dan McGinn, Paterno family spokesman, at 8:57 p.m. on reports about Paterno’s death: “Absolutely not true.”
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Penn State not going to burn down for a couple more hours.
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by regfairfield on Jan 21, 2012 6:24 PM PST up reply actions
JoePa just trying not to ruin a great weekend of football.
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by regfairfield on Jan 21, 2012 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
Random things you find on the internet:
Don Carman’s post game interview list
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
finally saw Moneyball
Great film
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 21, 2012 6:13 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
right? with all the baseball and the numbers and the Brad Pitt
by Josie Becker on Jan 21, 2012 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
movie would have been 2.5 hours if it allowed for a “players who were actually good and still on team” storyline, but both players had cameos
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 8:18 AM PST up reply actions
Watched haywire last night
and was very happy to realize that they didn’t try to pad the length out and left it at a brisk 93 minutes.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I will say this for the Rihanna/Matt Kemp
All the girls at my laser tag gig know about Matt Kemp now. I can have somewhat basebally conversations at my second job!!!!
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
btw, a fab five preview
Dylan
Dylan
Dylan
Dylan
and Dylan
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
Cuz I spit hot fire
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 21, 2012 6:32 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
Top 50 moments from the 80s on MLBN
- 1 Bucker
- 2 Gibby’s HR
East coast bias
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 21, 2012 7:01 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
one won Game 1 for a team that won the WS 7 years prior. one extended a championship drought that reached something like 70 years with one ground ball. Both had Vin Scully.
pink ranger does the best Ichiro impression.
by G.Scott on Jan 21, 2012 10:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The red one never has seen baseball, apparently.
It’s like he’s shoveling things with a windup.
Blue ranger knows what’s up.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 22, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
disagree. blue ranger holds the bat like jerry sands did when he first got called up. red’s hands are weirdly far apart, but he’s got his elbow in the right place
by court168627 on Jan 22, 2012 2:03 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Doubleheader at Staples tomorrow
Raptors vs Clippers a 1230PM
and in the night cap, the main event, the grand daddy….
Pacers vs Lakers at 630PM
I will take a swag. Clippers win by 10 and Lakers win by 6.
Oops
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jan 22, 2012 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
Bummer. Prediction looked great for most part of the game. For a team that is so highly ranked defensively they sure do a crappy job (not very athletic) job of guarding the three point line and sure give up a lot of easy gimmes under the hoop.
Indiana and Philly two biggest surprises so far.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jan 22, 2012 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
Indy’s good? I can only name like 1.9 guys on that team.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Granger and 9/10 of a Collison?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jan 22, 2012 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
I was thinking I’m only 90% sure that Tyler Hansbrough is on the team, and I’m not 100% sure how to spell his name.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
And when you say Collison, I still don’t know if you mean Darren or Nick.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I figured a Pac whatever person would know it was Darren
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jan 22, 2012 10:33 PM PST up reply actions
I remember when he was on the Hornets. Indiana has just always been officially where players go to disappear. Austin Croshere, where have you gone?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
First Shaq/Kobe Championship was won by defeating this team
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jan 22, 2012 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
Sure. I remember that team. It had Reggie Miller, and Rik Smits, and… [mumbles incoherently]
Maybe Derrick McKey?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
10 – 4
David West
Bunch of solid players, no superstars, no stiffs
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jan 22, 2012 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
The Hat FTMFW
Dude forgot pickles and tomatoes on the chili cheese fries.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 21, 2012 11:15 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Aren’t the chili cheese fries also missing…cheese?
I’d probably try that with pickles. Tomatoes can stay the hell away from my food though.
its under the chili
and there is a lot of it
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
by nolander on Jan 21, 2012 11:53 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I live 4 blocks from the one on pasadena
Last thing i ate in socal.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 22, 2012 1:09 PM PST up reply actions
I had planned on being in SoCal the last week of April for a family thing but I just now found out it has been pushed back to the 2nd week in April. I’m thinking I might need to find my way to Dodger Stadium for a game now.
(Somewhat) Educated Guess
04/05 Kershaw @ SD
04/06 Billingsley @ SD
04/07 Lilly @ SD
04/08 Harang @ SD
04/09 Off
04/10 Kershaw vs. PIT (Home Opener)
This would push Capuano’s starting debut to 04/14 vs. SD. Second pen lefty in the meantime?
Reg we have our savior, the NY Times
darrenrovell: 37% of 1st sentence in Paterno’s NYT (19/51 words) deals with scandal http://t.co/l7UY2Ymx
Seems legitimate to me
It would be like ignoring Watergate in Nixon’s obit
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'!
My prayers are with Richard Nixon and his family. He is a tough man who can pull through. I still can’t believe they impeached him! #unbelievable!
by G.Scott on Jan 22, 2012 9:17 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
lol
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 22, 2012 9:21 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
There
Is a difference Nixon actually did commit crimes against the USA, Paterno was not an innocent bystander but Penn State could have dealt with it a lot better than it did.
Didn't impeach him
just drove him out of office. I remember being at a store in 1974 and telling the clerk “I’m going home to watch the president resign”. You don’t get to say that very often.
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'!
Gotta admit--It was a good resignation speech.
To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home.
Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office.
It’s no “tough life”.
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
That was BS to cover the immunity from prosecution and presidential pardon he was given if he shut up and quit. He wasn’t so concerned (though others may have been) with the time and attention that would have been devoted to his “personal vindication” as the certain personal consequences he’d receive when he failed to do so: immediate impeachment, trial by congress, loss of presidency, subsequent trial in court, and jail time – like his subordinates in crime all served. He received some of the shame and ignominy, but missed the jail time. Ford – and, some people felt at the time, the country – got breathing space and an end to the crisis. Others felt the country would have done better to judge and punish the chief miscreant.
Which is how it should be. Yesterday I was saying this would be handwaved as “controversy” or worse “facing adversity”.
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Blame Tebow
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 22, 2012 9:27 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Why did I read Simers today? Not sure.
But sure, can’t disagree that it would be nice if the Dodgers ended up saying screw it, let’s sign Prince Fielder. The longer he sits there, the more tantalizing that has to be. Maybe McCourt can take a poll of every prospective buyer and see how they feel about it.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
This is getting ridic
Stuff I heard and learned at BBWAA dinner: 1) surprising number of execs think #Dodgers will ultimately be in play for Prince Fielder (cont)
https://twitter.com/#!/Joelsherman1/status/161126691786326016
I didnt even bet Delia’s man but if Prince signs this offseason with the Dodgers I will buy Delia’s man a beer of his choice
by Eric Stephen on Jan 22, 2012 9:53 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Does totally seem like a Boras move
to hold out more then he would normally thinking that once the sale goes through, he could sell the new owners on a massive splashy contract. I wonder if he’s had a conversation with Prince yet about how he feels about possibly missing the first month or so.
With all of this crap being said
Would anyone be shocked if we some how got him?
I realize it’s not likely, but a lot of people have talked about it as a real possibility.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
The University of Oregon is currently tied with Cal for 1st in the Pac-Whatever. They didn’t receive a single vote in the last AP or USA Today Top 25. Their statistics include the following:
POINTS PER GAME
69.3
156th
OVERALL
REBOUNDS PER GAME
33.7
236th
OVERALL
ASSISTS PER GAME
13.2
161st
OVERALL
FIELD GOAL PCT
.448
122nd
OVERALL
I’m going on record as saying that conference is not very good at basketball.
probably only one bid in the tourney if the regular season champ wins the tournament. Absolutely shameful for a Big Six conference
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
I thought Arizona was gonna be great this year?
At least all the U of A fans here were chirping about it.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
U.S./Iran conflict heating up
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/20/nude-iranian-movie-star-ignites-firestorm/
I’m done. Have a great day everyone. I’m clearing my schedule so I can get wasted and watch football today. I’ve already gone grocery shopping with the boys, helped my first-grader with his science project, and cleaned up my messy house. Peace and love and chicken wings to all assembled.
oh jesus
yes, wine and pig and pig skin
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Not to sound insensitive but
is JoePa actually dead this time? All I heard on the radio this morning was he was reported dead, but the family came out and said he wasn’t.
not to sound insensitive either
but what does it matter
dude is dead, now or soon, story has been written, tale has been told
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
last night he was reported dead by CBS Sports repeating a Penn St. blog and doing no actual reporting, family denied it. This morning the New York Times published his obit.
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
is there anyway
for both the Ravens and the Patriots to lose?
trying to motivate myself to get my ass to the batting cage before football. Having a harder time than I would think
I’ve been up since 8, watched Arsenal-Man Utd live, now Toluca taking on Tigres. Football next.
But if you go to the batting cages, you will have accomplished more than I have sitting and watching things : )
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
biked to the ivar market
bought a pound of muscles and some veggies
steamed muscles for lunch!
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
I know you were all on pins and needles
the mussels were all time. ate the broth as a soup
awesome
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
i was there today too. bought an ass load of winter vegetables for curry tonight
by court168627 on Jan 22, 2012 2:16 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
the Chard and Kale was off the charts
got some cauliflower for roasting
made veg soup last night
What do you put in your Curry?
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
tonight im gonna do potatoes carrots cauliflower and broccoli. i wanted green beans but i actually couldnt find any good ones at the market so I’ll probably just run out to ralphs
by court168627 on Jan 22, 2012 2:19 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
also, i realize that broccoli is kind of a weird vegetable for curry, but i like it
by court168627 on Jan 22, 2012 2:20 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
what time? I saw some early
Curry – Japanese or Indian or ??? style?
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
i was there late. im not really sure what kind i do. im assuming Indian? i just follow the same basic recipe that I’ve always used
by court168627 on Jan 22, 2012 2:23 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
unless it is in abundance, early bird = worm
good food stalls there too
that place is awesome
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
yeah i assumed i missed out on a lot of good stuff. it was kind of a last minute decision to go
by court168627 on Jan 22, 2012 2:27 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Me and the Mrs used to go every Sunday, now we just go when I don’t play baseball
outside of Wednesday in Santa Monica, it is the best market in the city
the eggs are off the charts great, seafood is good too. Lots of Chefs there early
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
For anyone looking to watch an awesome action movie
Haywire with Gina Curano was awesome. The fight scenes actually seemed realistic, and each one of them were great to watch. I remember hearing half the theater oowing and awing during them, haha.
Definitely worth the price of admission.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
yes
it was not what I expected outside of the fight scenes, but not in a bad way. Very “clean” movie, no shaky cam nonsense
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I thought some of the directing was...odd
Like in the scene where she’s being followed on the street, it took a really long time before anything happened. Also the scene in the snowy woods it showed lots of driving and getting away, though not much actually happening.
Still overall i really liked the movie.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
Personally I really enjoyed both of those scenes
builds tension
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Agreed. Saw it last night and the fight scenes were hard hitting and brutal. Real good action flick.
by OB12 on Jan 22, 2012 12:22 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I got +9 this morning
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 22, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
I hope
James Brown was given a sizable bonus for agreeing to a skit interviewing the E-Trade baby making bad jokes
ravens offense is losing this game for them right now
can’t keep giving them great field position
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
terrible throw
tyree smith saving flaccos hide. Seen him do that before.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Kubiak was into having too many tight ends before it was cool
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I would love this lineup
Gordon SS
Ellis 2B
Kemp CF
Fielder 1B
Ethier RF
Rivera LF
Hairston 3B
Ellis C
was just thinking about that this morning, except i would swap Ellis and Hairston. i have no idea how colletti could dump loney if he signed fielder. good thing je doesn’t actually have to worry about that _
by court168627 on Jan 22, 2012 2:07 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
O's, Bucs, Jays could all use 1B I suppose
Maybe even the Cubs for 1 year
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
i guess i meant the dodgers wouldn’t get anything for him if the other team knew they were desperate to dump him
by court168627 on Jan 22, 2012 2:37 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
We could probably at least get a decent reliever for him
Which would be at least useful. Think Theriot for Hawk.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 22, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
true
but still, if by some miracle the dodgers end up with prince, tendering loney a contract will have turned out to be a complete waste of money
by court168627 on Jan 22, 2012 6:32 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I’m flaccid for Flacco.
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
If I had a little Mike Ditka coaching me....
I’d grill him up and eat him in a taco with some Cholula
FUMBLE!!!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 22, 2012 2:16 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
jeez man
Special teams god of fumbles favoring the ravens in these playoffs
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
still frustrated by both of those
we gave both of them away on turnovers
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I hate the Ravens
but I love Brady and Bellicheat losing again at home in the playoff
this is what is like to hate both dogs in the fight
I want ill
No matter how much I want to see the Patriots lose I just can’t make myself root for the Ravens.
Go 49ers…
Delias is on team Frank
I am on team NFC
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
I’d rather not see a Manning do well either so the 49ers are my only hope at this season not having a crappy ending for me.
I harbor no ill will for the younger Manning
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
Gronk, ouch
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 22, 2012 2:24 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Pollard is heroic, if only he can take out old Bill Belli
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
BRILLIANT
player to player coaching telling him to get down
Only bad things could have happened on the return. That was AWESOME heads up football
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 2:26 PM PST up reply actions
I actually hate the Giants more than the Pats
but that stems from my childhood in Philly and won’t go away. I don’t really hate the Pats as a franchise, I’m more indifferent toward them.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
Rams
They played BY FAR the hardest schedule this year (their opponents’ combined winning percentage was .590).
Saints played the easiest schedule (.441).
part of the reason why the Rams schedule was so tough as a percentage was that all those teams won games against the Rams
Saints was easy for the correlary reason
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
Also the Saints and the Rams didn’t have to play the Saints and the Rams.
It’s why an unbalanced schedule is actually fair.
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
aaaaaaaaaaggggggggggg
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
Terrible throw
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 22, 2012 2:45 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
we finally got the run game going, what should I do?
throw a pick!
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
and you get a pick! and you get a pick! and you get a pick!
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
that
Was awesoke
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 22, 2012 2:48 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
I sure how twitter upgrades their servers for the Super Bowl
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
“We can now handle 11,000 people tweeting “Flaccowns” a second"
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
nice
one of those situations where having a text buddy is better than twitter (thanks K3vo!)
apparently though, it’s not tweeting that crashes twitter, but the refreshing for new tweets. Which happens everytime you tweet. It’s confusing.
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
Makes sense. Tweeting is simple. “Put ‘Flaccowns’ into the database”
Receiving tweets is harder. “Get all of the people that this person follows then check if any of them have made tweets since they last refreshed.” First one is straight forward, second one involves a lot of sorting through a gigantic database.
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
right, and most of the twitter apps make a call to the server every time you get to the top of your feed, which is why it’s the refreshing that kills twitter
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
the decision wasn’t bad
low percentage for the kicker and even if you make it Brady only needs 3 to beat you
the failure was Flacco getting sacked on a 3-man rush
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
hate to see someone be that big of a goat…he is instantly infamous
"rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength"...Eric Hoffer
someone in Baltimore
just said Billy Cuntlick
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
i blame lee evans
even if Cundiff makes that kick, the Ravens could have still lost in OT.
If evans makes the TD catch…its over
Lee Evans = Jackie Smith
Bless his heart
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
No Harbowl
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 22, 2012 3:12 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Congratulations Billy Cundliff that is what you will be known for the rest of your life.
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I love the kicker pushing away the camera
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
The Ravens just can't get it done the last decade to make the SB even though they've had so many great teams
Then again the AFC has had 3 other dynasty teams in the Pats, Colts, and Steelers to contend with.
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if tv execs care about Super Bowl ratings
They are probably glad the Patriots won.
They’ll get either Pats-Giants rematch.
Or they get Pats-49ers (best offense vs best defense)
It's a game of inches...
…but the Ravens lost by a foot
"rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength"...Eric Hoffer
Yeah, hate to see games lost by kickers. That 3rd down pass in the end zone was pretty close to a catch. In slow mo, he easily had one foot down in the end zone with possession (before ball got knocked loose), not sure what the rule is.
incomplete
gotta complete the catch
no controversy here
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
the rest of us were refreshing out beverages
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
oh you mean that Arizona green tea cooler bull…
I imagine it’d go well with Tennessee Whiskey
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
no I brewed it myself
and then added a lot of honey. First time ever I didn’t burn it!
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
they key is not using boiling water : )
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
But there’s no Tom Brady
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
The goofy looking one!
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
Relatively!
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
thats a silly flag
all he did is stand there. NO FUN LEAGUE
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right?
he just STOOD THERE. Really terrible imho. Ref had to based on the rules I guess, but the rules are stupid.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
well and you don’t need to go on the PA and talk for five years while everyone is cheering. This goes back to public speaking thing.
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
hoculi is the best at explaining what happened most times
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
apparently lambeua leap is only valid now
becuase its grandfathered in. If a rule is that lame that you have to grandfather that in…. man.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Using the VRTK (Value Relative to Kyle Kendrick) scale that’s about right.
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
He will get 23-25 million a year
Give him 8 or 9 years and he comes close.
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I love you hockillee
thank you for actually making the effort to explain
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I’ll give him credit for that, even if he stammered
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
yes
instead of adding an exception when someone pointed out that they where outlawing the leap, they should have just taken a long hard look at what they had done and how stupid it was.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
we need to make sure TO can’t be a dickhead, so let’s ban fun
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
I hate the penalty
but I also wish players could be trusted not to do elaborate look at me displays
it was beyond getting stupid
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
hate to say it, but let's be honest
there is a racial component. NFL and NBA have strictest showboating laws, while you can beat the shit out of someone in hockey and it’s fine.
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
what’s Hockey?
I don’t like whiteboys showboating either – Gastineau was the father of a bunch of that shit and I hated his ass
Joy and enthusiasm are great – displays of ego are ugly for me
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 22, 2012 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
In New York, New England, hockey definitely a thing, but I see your point
I guess my point is that black culture in America historically has a component of showboating. And historically that, and whiteboys like Elvis copying that, has been met with strong resistance
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
But it is considered unsporting to do the Dirty Bird after pulling someones jersey over their head.
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
How dare Lastings Milledge high five fans Ty Cobb would have never done that I mean sure he probably killed a guy but he respected the game.
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
“I am legitimately angry that Prince Fielder untucked his jersey” – The St. Louis Cardinals.
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
The worst thing Barry Bonds ever did was spin around during a home run even though no one but Bill Plaschke ever remembers this.
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
Also
it apparently predated internet photos since i can’t find one anywhere, but Carlos Perez used to celebrate every single time he struck someone out, like he had never done it before and would never do it again. Surprised he didn’t get drilled more often. Maybe because the other pitcher didn’t want to get drilled back. They should have though, since Perez was more likely to miss his target than hit it.
yes but if people showboat in hockey you then proceed to beat the shit out of them. Self-policing works best, but Svengali don’t like it.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
that’s basically my point, sports with black people need rules to prevent fights, whiter hockey and baseball are fine with fights and beanballs
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
soccer is played by more black people than any sport in the world
are there rules preventing celebrations there?
Hmm.
There’s less fighting now in the NHL than there was before the strike.
I wonder if there was antishowboating in the MLB before integration.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
Mostly
there is less showboating in baseball because it is easily moderated by the players.
In football, hockey or basketball, if you go after a player on the other side for showboating, it’s you who gets the penalty. In baseball, the enforcer gets a warning and the showboater gets a “Told you so” look from his own manager.
I mean, there’s still showboating, but then you get Kersh screaming “BRING THAT SHIT TO ME”
it’s just …more muted. Baseball: Sports, but quieter
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
not that I'm disagreeing with Josie's point
I’m just curious about the precedents set before Blacks were allowed to play with the white kids.
Also, I feel that there is a degree of showboating in the NBA that we consider normal that in another sport (like baseball, which is probably the most extreme…or golf, I guess, cos that would be just a huge dick move) wouldn’t fly.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
I tied it simply to race, but it’s a flawed thesis. Truly, these NBA and NFL “no fun” rules came about not only when black athletes became the majority in the sports (late 80s, 90s) but as black culture was mainstreaming AND inner cities were becoming murder pools.
I feel like the rules were reactionary to that mess, and no longer applicable to the current climate…but yes there is an allowed about of showboating in the NBA and NFL that would get you plunked in the nuts in baseball, and probably does get you punched in the nuts in the NFL.
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 8:35 PM PST up reply actions
i’ll tell you this much, the guys who celebrate the most on TDs meet one or more of the following criteria:
A) They don’t score often
B) They are attention hounds
C) They aren’t the receivers who go over the middle very often.
Linebackers fucking love when a guy celebrates in the endzone because next time he runs a slant route, if the ball goes to him, he’s getting leveled.
if they aren't trying to him them as hard as possible on every play anyways
they are a fail linebacker
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
fair enough, but no doubt there is a difference between wanting to make the tackle, and wanting to lay someone out
like when the bengals linebacker nearly murdered the pit reciever after ward broke that guys jaw
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
it’s not flawed, i just wonder about things :)
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
oh no, with you, I just have this paper I wrote last year on the language of baseball as it relates to the ideal of the pastoral, that my professor wanted me to tie into baseball’s resurgence in popularity during the late 80s, 90s, specifically as it relates to the renaissance of the baseball movie…
we had this theory that it related to inner city violence, but I could never connect everything, just correlate
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 8:50 PM PST up reply actions
wonder if it was a move back to American values in the face of Communism though the 80s is way late for that.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
I’d tie the rise of the NFL/Rambo/Rocky type films as American values in face of Communism with Baseball/?/? films that reached for pastoral values as cities were crumbling.
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 8:55 PM PST up reply actions
it was the return of "family values"
and all that with Reagan.
Hmm. I’m not all up on my 80s movies as I should be, but all I can think of is Point Break and that seems wrong somehow.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
oh that would be good, not just looking at pop culture but tying in political rhetoric.
I think we have to look at the resurgence of the family movie (Disney, Jim Henson, et all) as the movie tie in.
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 9:11 PM PST up reply actions
The Hunt For Red October and A Few Good Men were after the wall fall, but that’s all I got
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 9:15 PM PST up reply actions
directly, and indirectly caused Space Jam #mindblown
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 8:56 PM PST up reply actions
it’s your chance do your dance at the space jaaaaam
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
NFL decision making process:
Use a patchwork rule change that solves the wrong problem
Profit
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
someone should do the Ickey Shuffle
to challenge the logic of that rule
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
someone did the Dirty Bird the other day, while playing the Falcons
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
is that a euphemism
or double entandre?
"rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength"...Eric Hoffer
From Mike Pereira
MikePereira: The Lambeau leap and dunking the ball over the goal posts were the only two acts grandfathered in. Nothing else was. Can’t jump on camera st
so spiking the ball is technically against the rules, interesting
is the ball considered a prop?
so you can’t use it as a phone for example?
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Oh that’s just BS.
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
also can’t use it as a grenade, like in Any Given Sunday
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
How about if you hold on to it to do a Heisman? Is the ball considered a prop then I have to know this NFL.
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by regfairfield on Jan 22, 2012 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
I hate it...
it’s probably going to be called “pulling a Billy”
"rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength"...Eric Hoffer
heh
I still wish the NFL had a real minor league, but it will never happen. I blame practice squads.
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the NFL could follow the MLS model, have the practice squads play games in a reserve league
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
Not when you can get
trained head knockers who are called “students” from the so called state university system.
to be fair, the CFB system was there first, and players aren’t required to declare for draft. And I don’t think we’ll see a day where the draft is dissolved and colleges are affiliated with different pro teams
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 6:57 PM PST up reply actions
must be a pretty big Giants contingent at this game
cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuze
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Chip Kelly to coach at Tampa Bay
It’s been real, Oregon
by Julio Nievas on Jan 22, 2012 5:54 PM PST via mobile reply actions
the SEC wins all the titles, but it’s the Pac12 coaches keep getting poached.
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 6:00 PM PST up reply actions
Peter King and a number of other reporters are saying there is no truth to this rumor.
Petersen would probably go to Oregon (unless he is worried about sanctions) so I hope they are right.
On
pitching changes, on Giants radio broadcasts, they say “When it’s time for a change, think Speedee Oil Change”. Thank you, kind sir, for unlocking this memory.
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 7:01 PM PST up reply actions
just starting to get into it on twitter : )
I like that he used sudden death to explain the proceedings, but still started with exception and then reiterated old rules
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
I don't think it's ever going to be easy
It’s a complicated rule.
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It’s still sudden death overtime unless the receiving team scores a field goal on their opening drive. Then both teams will have opportunity to possess the ball.
Think about these weird loopholes. If the team that received the kickoff fumbles on their opening drive, the defense advances the ball, and then fumbles itself, and it’s recovered by the offense; that offense could win the game with a field goal.
With me? If after kicking a field goal, the scoring team recovers a fumble on the kickoff, they could win it with a second field goal. Because the other team had the opportunity to possess the ball.
Confused? Read my opening sentence again.
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
With me? If after kicking a field goal, the scoring team recovers a fumble on the kickoff, they could win it with a second field goal. Because the other team had the opportunity to possess the ball.
They wouldn’t even need a second field goal. They would win right when they recovered the fumble.
its an easy rule
You can no longer win the game simply by winning the coin toss and kicking a FG on your first posssession.
If that happens, the opposing team gets a chance to have the ball.
FUMBLE!!!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 22, 2012 7:27 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
rookie on sub decides Super Bowl participant. This is why everyone hates Golden Goal sudden death overtime
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 7:29 PM PST up reply actions
they both got the ball like... 4 times
this was far from sudden death, they both failed hard
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i agree – they shouldn’t have been in a position for the rook to fail like that, but that the breaks
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
hell and they both had 2 oppurtunities at the end of the game
it was a stalemate
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Itsover%
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 22, 2012 7:32 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Rematch time
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 22, 2012 7:35 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
first LSU v. Alabama, now this. Worst. Football. Year. Ever.
Congrats to Mike White though, cool beans for him.
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 7:36 PM PST up reply actions
Right
this is two teams, years later, who won multiple playoff games against very good teams (the Giants winning on the road) who deserve to play for a championship.
LSU and Alabama probably deserved to play for a championship too, but this one leaves no room for argument.
and ya know
the last time they played in the super bowl it was awesome instead of lame
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I hated that Super Bowl. Stupid underdogs ruining history
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
eh, neither the Mets nor the A’s had anything like a Perfect Season to cap off
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 8:41 PM PST up reply actions
this begs the question
which is the best i can come up with given the circumstances of both sports
Game 7 of the World Series, Broham is pitching a perfect game: what do you do? GO
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
serious answer
what inning, how many outs, what’s the score, what batter am I in the lineup, are we playing in an AL or NL park, how is our pitcher doing, what is the momentum of the series like, who is available in the bullpen for both teams?
Well, it’s game 7 of the World Series.
If you don’t go balls out for victory, do you really deserve to be there?
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
I think as an athlete, you pay thinking you can win no matter what the circumstance, but as a sports writer, I’d be pissed if Broham hit a dinger. Like throwing my laptop on the field pissed.
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
so you can't wear team colors
or cheer but you can defenestrate laptops?
interesting gig, sports writing
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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I believe Cristiane Amanpour defenestrated her laptop after the failed annexation of Puerto Rico, adding “Come On!”
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 9:02 PM PST up reply actions
oh man no it was amazing
I laughed so hard
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
New revalation
The two teams I hate the most are named The Giants. Pretty convenient.
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any reason other than your team played its worst game of the season and they happened to be on the other side of the field that day?
apparently of all the shitty people in football
he has chosen eli to be the one he hates the most.
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if I were Eli I would be sad because not only am I the lesser Manning, I do not get to hang out with Justin Timberlake all the time.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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It's not one game
It’s been the 2007-2008 NFC Championship game then 4 years of hate building up, then culminating with a 15-1 season down the drain then the Giants making the Super Bowl again.
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Hollywood Joe...
…just saw your comment on Band of Brothers. The series is outstanding; I own it and watch it every now and then.
Here’s the thing…the book is even better. You should check it out.
Dude’s dad should have done a better job at generally managing his family roster.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 22, 2012 9:45 PM PST up reply actions
With the Pats and the Giants in this year’s Super Bowl, I’ll probably just end up rooting for the E-Trade baby.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Pau Gasol is having his worst scoring year of his career so far. Derek Fisher is having his 2nd worst shooting season of his career (only topped by his rookie year where he only started 3 games). I feel bad for Kobe.
My NBA Power Rankings
based off of strength of schedule, record and average margin of victory and ALL computer generated.
1. Chicago Bulls
2. Philadelphia 76ers
3. Miami Heat
4. Atlanta Hawks
5. Denver Nuggets
6. Oklahoma City Thunder
7. Dallas Mavericks
8. Portland Trailblazers
9. Memphis Grizzlies
10. San Antonio Spurs
11. Los Angeles Lakers
12. Indiana Pacers
13. Orlando Magic
14. Utah Jazz
15. Minnesota Timberwolves
16. LA Clippers
Or they will start to lose more games as the Lakers have done since the opponents got tougher.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jan 22, 2012 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
I want the Sixers to win the East this year…face Portland in the finals
by Josie Becker on Jan 22, 2012 10:19 PM PST up reply actions
average margin of victory seems pointless
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jan 22, 2012 10:23 PM PST up reply actions
For example the Clips were winning by 20, pulled everyone and let their second team play the Raptors second team and who cares how the reserves do against each other in the fourth quarter of a blow out game? This happens with every blow out game.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jan 22, 2012 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
it’s not pointless. Not the highest weighted thing but definitely NOT pointless. Do better teams win by more points on average? Are better teams favored to win by more points than bad teams? Yes, Yes.
Eh, I’d think the travel schedule is more important these days.
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by Phil Gurnee on Jan 22, 2012 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
Celtics are reminding me of how bad the Red Sox got out of the gate last year. 6-9 is amazing.
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