Andre Ethier, On Wounded Knee
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 7:38 AM PST
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PrintAndre Ethier was interviewed by Mark Willard of ESPN Radio 710 in Los Angeles, and spoke about the knee injury that limited the right fielder to 11 home runs in 135 games and cut short season in early September:
"I've kind of dealt with this knee thing for the past two years, put it off for one off-season and then last season it just became a thing where a lot of things started multiplying and getting worse and something where I couldn't quite get back my swing … It was very frustrating and I learned a lot from that."
Ethier also expressed frustration at the Dodgers for not participating in any big free agent signings this winter, but noted, "Obviously it's going to get better from here on out because of the [sale] and getting new people in there." The interview will air on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. PST, which by then will make it about as fresh and timely as an interview by Lee 'Hacksaw' Hamilton.
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Clayton Kershaw caught up with Domingo Ayala (@DomingoBeisbol on Twitter) recently, and the two took part in a bullpen session together, and had a press conference for an upcoming "challenge" (hat tip to Xeifrank for the link):
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Thanks for taking care of the knee during the previous off seasons when it first started bothering you Andre. Nothing like sucking for a year 1/2 and coming into your free agent year to get that taken care of. Fuck you
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Does the writing job involve spray paint and restrooms?
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thanks!
I don’t post very much, but this site is one of my everyday pleasures. Thank you for your dedication to Dodger fans everywhere!!
Ditto
Can’t post as much as I once did, maybe this summer, but I’m here to read most every day. You do a great job Eric, all of you guys do.
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Jan 25, 2012 8:02 AM PST up reply actions
Mind as well get Clippers talk
started a little early today. Clippers vs Lakers tonight. My SRS has the Lakers as 6 point favorites and Vegas says Lakers by 3.5. Looks like Chris Paul is going to start.
Software Requirements Specification.
Oops, wrong world.
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by David Young on Jan 25, 2012 8:54 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Simple Rating System. B-ref uses it to power rank teams. Similar system used in BCS computer rankings and Pomeroy college basketball ratings.
This much debate over the meaningless NBA. Imagine if UCLA had a football team. Wow.
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 8:56 AM PST up reply actions
I wish Chris was a around
Would love to get his take on the friendly coming up on Feb 29th and if he thinks Rossi will be back by summer
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 8:57 AM PST up reply actions
Imagine if LA had a soccer team anyone actually cared about
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A former Galaxy player, used to play in our baseball league
Andy Oshay
he was probably the best player in the league, incredible athlete
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 9:07 AM PST up reply actions
A former Galaxy player used to be a barista at the Starbucks by my parents house. He quit soccer when he made shift manager.
by ishXdavid on Jan 25, 2012 9:24 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
the funny thing if you could substitute NFL practice squad and have the same story. Or minor league baseball player.
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 9:25 AM PST up reply actions
squat
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 9:27 AM PST up reply actions 6 recs
HITNG
Also, all the sunflower seeds they can eat.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve heard jersey chasers.
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by David Young on Jan 25, 2012 9:44 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
our backup catcher for my fall team wanted to be a MLB bullpen catcher/strength and conditioning coach, but he had trouble catching rec league pitching. I didn’t have the heart to tell him he should give up his dream.
no joke, i’m proud to say i can still get to 85, but I threw a fastball off this guy’s mask this fall. Give it up, bro.
skip a deuce
bust a nut*
*not the good way
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
nope
not sure I want to hear
did they bleed?
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
I retell this story when I hear about people playing without a cup
It’s second hand, but from a trusted source.
The coach who told me the story coaches high school fall ball teams for kids looking to get scene by colleges and scouts. He told me of a player he had who would catch without a cup. One day, batter fouls the ball straight down, and it comes up and gets the guy in the man berries. He has serious discomfort, so he goes to the hospital. Doctor says he ruptured a testicle, needs to have it removed. Kid has surgery to remove his testicle, gets an infection during surgery, dies from the surgery.
Crazy stuff.
I guess you can say…
One ball….
And you’re out!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
by ishXdavid on Jan 25, 2012 9:51 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I laughed harder than I should have at this
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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by Maddz on Jan 25, 2012 12:14 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I mostly
play without a cup
especially outfield
but even 3rd
damn you
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
That kid wasn’t as tough as Phil Nevin.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
hahah no not nfl practice squad you couldn't
those guys are actually really close to actually getting to be on the team.
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
it would be like saying Jerry Sands might quite baseball if he gets to be shift manager
at starbucks
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
theres only 8 guys on the practice squad
no comparison to minor league baseball
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
Peyton Manning said the day after they fired Caldwell and the execs, they changed all the keys to the practice facility.
they did
dumb too. why would you release the training staff as Peyton Manning is halfway through his recovery. Some new trainer is going to have to learn his medical history on the fly.
Its likely they will retain a lot of them in the end
but the new coach will get to hire his people.
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
I have a loyalty problem
so I’d pay him
but rationally, might be time to move on
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
the reason the bonus is coming due
is because peyton told his agent to give the team an out if his injury never got better. They negotiated a huge contract for him knowing he had his injury, they already did the loyal thing.
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
if he isn't healthy by then they don't pay it
and work out something else like eric says below.
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
If he stays, they would likely figure out a way to restructure that $28 million.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
writing on the wall “Thanks for the memories, now exit through the gift shop please”
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 9:33 AM PST up reply actions
so our the MLS reserves, but they both need side jobs
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
they make a lot more then them
Players on the practice squad can earn a minimum of $5700
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
So rank and file MLS ~= 2nd to 3rd tier athletes in major US sports. Got it.
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by David Young on Jan 25, 2012 9:42 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
Just temporarily, I hear it is the next big thing here.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 9:43 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Oh wait, I’ve been hearing the same thing since they told me about jet packs. Then again, they must have come a long way since they are putting the fear of god into the Panamians National Team.
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yeah, I’ve been hearing that about as long as I have heard the Clippers have turned the corner
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
Measure it out for me in World Cup portions that I can understand. Not woman, men, the three legged folk
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building stadiums
putting buts in seats seems like real measurable progress.
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
and the National Team now expects to qualify for the World Cup and make it through the group stage, that’s progress from 30 years ago
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
yes, yes I am saying that. Turned the corner in 1994.
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
But Alexi Lalas and his hair turned the corner in 1993
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 9:56 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Do the MLS teams play in any kind of cups/tournaments against teams from other countries? Kind of like they do in Europe?
CONCACAF Champions League, Galaxy are about to start the knockout round.
They won their group, which had Morelia (MEX), Alajuelense (Costa Rica), and Motagua (Honduras)
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
she loves when we ask these questions
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
oh trust me, it’s a definite issue. CONCACAF is in charge of that, and CONCACAF should never be in charge of anything.
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
You’re saying that soccer is essentially a minor league sport.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
no I’m not, I’m saying that it’s not knocking soccer to say reserve league players can’t live on their wages.
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
huh, I see references to him on the 2007 reserve team roster, neat!
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
Simple Rating System
From Basketball-Reference.com:
Simple Rating System; a rating that takes into account average point differential and strength of schedule. The rating is denominated in points above/below average, where zero is average.
Doug Drinen at Pro-Football-Reference.com has an even more detailed description of the system in general.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 9:23 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks
R_ind = 12.0 + (1/16) (R_bal + R_jax + R_cle + . . . . + R_ari)
R_pit = 8.2 + (1/16) (R_ten + R_hou + R_nwe + . . . . + R_det)
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R_stl = -4.1 + (1/16) (R_sfo + R_ari + R_ten + . . . . + R_dal)
That’s meant to be “simple”? I’m so thankful I have all you smart people to guide my opinions.
Math is the computers job.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jan 25, 2012 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
running towards and away from madness at the same time
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 9:28 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
That’s as good a description of that movie as any.
I did get a little choked up at the pens scene.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
Hahahaha rample
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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by Maddz on Jan 25, 2012 12:12 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
five little letters and a dot
hit our Josie on the spot
Trolling for laughs
Hoping for mirth
my ass better get back to work
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
I love that you say meaningless NBA when you are a soccer fan
:)
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the game of soccer is not meaningless. the day in day out of MLS is probably meaningless
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
none of it is meaningless…. to call any sports meaningless is insulting to that fan base. They may not be here to defend themselves, but all sports deserve respect IMO.
thank you for the statement of humanity Chris
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
in a world where Josie is being self depreciating after stirring the pot on a slow morning, one man will stand up for humanity
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 9:32 AM PST up reply actions
Josie is trolling this morning, may have something to do with that elusive corner
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the national team plays in Panama tonight, I’m a bit on edge.
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
The land of 240 Million against little Panama puts national soccer fans on edge. Funny, they have a population of 3.5 Million.
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Central America is like a soccer team death trap
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 9:41 AM PST up reply actions
and sometimes Central America is just a plain ole everybody death trap
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 9:42 AM PST up reply actions
table tennis is what the true sportsmen call it
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
Teach it to your children. It will be a good skill to have while meeting with Chinese businessmen later this century.
by kinbote on Jan 25, 2012 9:42 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Yes! That and Tai Chi, kite flying and badminton. They all seemed to be the rage over there. There was a badminton court under my hotel (2nd floor) window last time. Those guys get pretty loud.
I wouldn't have expected this from chris
But I love that it was said.
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blah, blah, blah
Sports are nothing, respect people
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
I have to commend you for enduring MLS soccer. I have a hard time watching it. I can watch European soccer, but watching MLS is like watching Turkish basketball.
but if you lived in Turkey, that bball would be the shit
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 9:42 AM PST up reply actions
Its tough to watch, no question…. It drives my Italian buddy up the fuckin wall…. But you know, gotta start somewhere…. and whatever helps make LA a title down, im all for, for the most part…. How can MLS get more money into it though??
Be interesting is a start
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But they cant be interesting without world class players. Cant get world class players without world class money…. Wonder what MLS plan is to eventually get soccer to that level.
devalue the Euro
prop up the dollar
Play dollar wages to players who sock money away and spend it in Euro countries
/not going to happen
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
right now MLS is a single entity, so much of it is being attractive enough to get great corporate partners, it’s also selling out the stadiums that have been built, and it’s being attractive enough for the David Beckham’s and Thierry Henry’s to want to come here
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
Carl’s needs to offer a Turkey burger in her honor
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
Arian Foster
I can see a number of teams putting in huge offer sheets for Foster (Restricted Free Agent). The new CBA only allows a 1st round tender (as opposed to 1st and 3rd) and the Texans are dealing with cap issues.
nola, are you worried about losing him?
Foster is no dummy
and the number of teams that would be able to put him in as good a position to succeed as the texans is… small. Not everyone runs a zone blocking scheme and arguably no one does it as good as us. And we should be able to match any offer anyways.
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
you are "playing" but I know you are not
players love kubes, its no secret, they talk about it all the time. And nothing I said about our ability to put him in the best position to succeed is wrong. Did you miss the last several years of amazing Houston offense?
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
haha ok, you are right, I just said im playing because I didnt want the comment to go anywhere….. Its not just this comment, but all the comments I have seen about the Texans, feel like you talk about the Texans like they are some kind of dynasty, or greatest NFL franchise ever. You put them on some super franchise level. But maybe im just getting the wrong idea…. Texans are a good team though, and on the rise……I would of just said Foster is no dummy, he is going to look for the most money….which IMO is what he will do. But I think Texans match no matter what. Mario sounds like the guy they might let go.
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
I think they try to retain mario
but they could go either way. They also need to retain Chris Meyers(best zone blocking center in football right now). I talk that way about the Texans because they are a classy organization on the rise, and yeah, they are a really damn good football team. If Schuab was healthy I think we would have been talking about them playing the giants in two weeks, not the pats.
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
this whole “your franchise is only good now but they haven’t been good forever so they don’t count” thing you have going sucks man. Today is what matters, championships are fun to point to and remember but if your team sucks they suck and if your team is competitive now then they’re competitive. You need to learn how to let fans of other teams have their moment and not make everything about your favorite team. Are you sure you aren’t from Cal?
dude, im a Raider fan, my team fuckin sucks…. Where did I make it about my favorite team?
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
Also, ive never said he shouldnt have his moment or be happy about the Texans, or be excited about the future. All I was saying is IMO, he talks about the Texans like its where every player wants to be, they’d take less money to play for Kubiack because he is the greatest HC in the NFL, Players want to be a Texan so bad they will take less money becayse they want to win…. Now he never directly said any of this, but thats how it comes across to me when he talks about Texans and I dont see it like that at all…. see, this is why I should of just stuck to my im just playin comment.
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
no I didn't say that at all
I did say players love playing for Kubiak. This isn’t idle speculation, this is culled from years of watching and hearing players say they love kubiak, that they believe in him and love playing for him. If you don’t like it, deal.
I didn’t say players want to be Texans just because like they would be Yankees, what I did say was a very specific thing about the scheme and strength of our football team, and how it benefits foster.
Reading Comprehension, do you speak it?
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
ok, thats fine…. I still think Foster goes for the most money, whatever system its in. But Id expect Texans will match any offer.
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
you always do this when someone talks about their team
as long as that team isn’t the lakers “man why you acting like your team is so good they aren’t a dynasty!”. Shit I wasn’t talking about dynasty I only have been talking about the current state of the organization and you always jump in with that.
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
We call that the Yankee / Laker / Celtic dick chip.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
if you use it in every convo
it stops being a chip and starts becoming a mockery of a sham
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
there will be no sham mocking here
pillow rights forever
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
You left out USC football.
I wonder how old usChris was during the Tollner and Smith years.
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by David Young on Jan 25, 2012 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
We will find out as he deals with the Mike Brown years
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
Well, im 33 now, 34 in May, so there ya go… I dont remember Tollner though.
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
I wish I didn't remember Tollner
My old brain has merged Tollner, Larry Smith and Paul Hackett into one big monster of coaching fail
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
I sort of blend them all together too, but Smith wasn’t that bad. At least until the Freedom Bowl loss to Fresno State.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
Did you all like Robinson or to early for you kids
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
I never knew his first tenure at USC, which was amazing, but liked him in his second turn with the Trojans.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
wait, cant Houston just franchise tag Foster??
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
If Clippers win tonight
They will win the season series against the Lakers for the third time in franchise history.
1992-1993 Clippers won 3 of 5 against the Lakers
1974-1975 Braves won all 4 against the Lakers (Lakers were so mad, they traded for Kareem that offseason)
was 92-93 the year the Clips had that blow out win that made Chick Hearn say “this is not a dream, there is nothing wrong with your tv set, this is actually happening”
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
We turned the corner that night
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Clippers are 24-9 (.727) in their last 33 games at Staples Center, dating back to last year (includes two road losses to Lakers).
During that same span, Lakers are 27-10 (.730) at Staples Center, including two road losses to the Clippers.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
Home team has won the last four Clippers/Lakers tilts, and 9 of the last 10
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
They have also sold over 19,000 tickets every home game since Feb 2nd, 2011. It was curious in the month of Jan, 2011 they had some 17, 000 and 15,000 ticket games, then they sold out to the Bulls on Feb 2nd, went on an 11 game road trip losing 9 of 11 but came home and basically sold out the rest of the season.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
Clippers lead NBA in Road Attendance
Road attendance is interesting. I’d say for the first time in history the Clippers are averaging more fans on the road then the Lakers 19, 482 compared to 19,329. Still extremely close and to early in the season to mean anything since they have not visited the same places.
In 2010/2011 the Clippers were 7th
In 2009/201 the Clippes were 29th of 30
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
are NBA arenas all about the same size? would it matter who they have played so far? Have the CLippers played more well-attended teams on the road than the lakers have? I’m just curious
Clippers have played only four road games:
at Golden State (Christmas night)
at Portland
at San Antonio
at Utah
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
so you start with a sellout opening night at that cavernous Oakland Arena, then go to basketball’s three best cities
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
In capacity
Utah (19,911)
Portland (19,980)
San Antonio (18,581)
Golden State (19,596)
That’s 19,517 average capacity, which is still great for the Clippers who are averaging 35 seats less than capacity using Phil’s numbers. 99.8% ain’t too shabby.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
Curious on the Portland Capacity because based on the box scores the Lakers drew 20, 444 and the Clippers drew 20, 381.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
the capacity is always deflated the appease the fire marshall, surprising that they’d release figures above capacity though
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Could be that Wiki isn’t updated.
I checked the Blazers game notes and it looks like their capacity is 20,510
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
Yes it matters
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
For Ethier (With Love and Squalor)
Darlin’ I can’t explain
Where did we lose our way
[Dre] it’s drivin’ me insane
And I know I just need one more chance
To prove my [team loyalty] to you
If you come back to me
I’ll guarantee
That I’ll never let you go
Can we go back to the days our [working relationship] was strong
Can you tell me how a perfect [player/team dynamic] goes wrong
Can somebody tell me how to get things back
The way they use to be
Oh God give me a reason
I’m down on bended knee
I’ll never walk again until you come back to me
I’m down on bended knee
by kinbote on Jan 25, 2012 9:53 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
yeah – 20 years makes a big difference my friend
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
Craig gave me a place, but it may be too expensive for us right now. Going to put on a wine event instead. A little easier to put on and a lot less per head. Need to find somewhere in Pasadena area that is going to let us have a private room and will do it classy.
Awesome. His clients are in clusters (nature of referrals, I suppose) so he has events either in Pasadena, Beverly Hills, West Side (I think Hollywood would work) and Newport.
Sure – give them my name – tell them it is Joe who rides a bike and drinks all of their Italian Reds.
They don’t have a private room, but they have closed the place for private events in the past
there is a wine shop in Alta Dena that has a great cellar for these kind of events too
how many people?
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
depends on the day and the hours probably – but ask them and see what you get
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
I know more options if you need it, but would start there
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Wghere in Altadena?
Do you mean Mission Wine on Washington in Pasadena?
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keep reading
mixed up Altadena with Atwater Village
not sure how, but I did
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Isn’t Beverly Hills closer to the Westside than Hollywood, generally?
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by David Young on Jan 25, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
I misread this at first.
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by David Young on Jan 25, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
No, biblioteca. ;-)
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by David Young on Jan 25, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
Im getting Bobbi's from Camarillo soon
Bacon, egg, and cheese breakfast burrito…mmmmm
Hopefully it’s good, I’ve never had from there before.
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Anthony Bourdain was eating breakfast burritos in L.A. last night on “The Layover.” Forgot the name of the joint.
he made his own breakfast one morning and I almost flipped out. so many wasted opportunities to go to awesome breakfast joints.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 25, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Dude! Bobbi’s is one of my favorite places to eat! Their burritos rock. Maybe I will grab one on my way over to the Nard this evening.
When I posted that I figured you'd know it
I’m hoping it’s good, and from what i’ve heard about it, I shouldn’t be disappointed.
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There’s a good Chinese dim-sum place a couple of doors down and of course Wood Ranch across the street.
I've never been to a Wood Ranch either
I need to get out to more places, lol.
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That’s where my 7 year old daughter learned how to make a free kick wall in soccer. I asked her after one of our games, how did you guys know how to make a wall in front of the goal? She said she saw it on the TV at Bobbi’s.
It’s my favorite AM food item round these parts. My coworker and I always go to the same place. They heat the huge flour tortilla, put on eggs, potatoes, and more thick, dark, crispy bacon than anyone should have. We skip the cheese and get salsa on the side (makes it too soggy). It’s really damn good. (I get jalapenos when I’m feeling frisky.)
Do you guys like superfluous amounts of hash browns in your breakfast burritos? It’s hard to find a place with just the right combo of eggs, meat and potatoes.
by silverwidow on Jan 25, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
by the use of the word “superfluous” you already have implied the answer
for me, it is an egg and salsa dish, the potatoes and meat are complementary players
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
I like potatoes in breakfast burritos but I don’t think they are necessary.
I enjoy meat, eggs, and salsa. Potatoes and cheese are welcome as well, but not too much (depending on the level of inebriation I suppose)
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
I love meat
give me all the meat you have
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
by nolander on Jan 25, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This is one of those quotes that should be screen captured and used out of context over and over again.
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by David Young on Jan 25, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
i went there thrice but never committed
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
Burrito Potato Content is linearly proportionate to Blood Alcohol Content. The higher your BAC, the higher your BPC needs to be.
by G.Scott on Jan 25, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I just made a breakfast burrito: eggs, bacon, cheese – seasoned with Lawry’s in a flour tortilla
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
but it’s great on eggs, salsa would have taken it in a new direction
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
You didn’t even know what it was! How do you know if you would or wouldn’t like the seasoning?
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by David Young on Jan 25, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
and MSG
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
Yeah
it used to have MSG, but then again what didn’t
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
interesting
I was practically raised on the stuff, wonder when they removed the msg.
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bacon in skillet, eggs on top of cooked bacon, Lawry’s, cheese, plate.
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
you cooked the eggs on top of the bacon?
or just in the bacon grease?
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
on top of, just made a big scramble. I usually do it with sausage, but didn’t have any
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
@Eric S.
great news on the new job Eric. Glad to hear you will be in Arz for spring training, will give us TBLArs great insight I am sure. I passed along a little beer money to you (day late, hopefully not a dollar short).
With the recent snowfall up here I hope we get busy and hire a couple more people, and I can get back to spending more time at my desk, and in turn more time at the computer so I can be on here more often.
anyone looking for a little ski/board time I can personally report that Mammoth Mountain has fantastic conditions RIGHT NOW!
by MammothDodger on Jan 25, 2012 10:26 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Not going to melt tomorrow is it? 87 here
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
forecast calls for low 50s in town today and tomorrow
Will stay in the 40’s on the mountain, then gets colder over the weekend. So should be fine, we are not Big Bear, town is 8500 ft and the Main lodge is at 9000.
by MammothDodger on Jan 25, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
I know nothing
are Mammoth and Big Bear the ones up the 2?
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
damn, this is crazy talk from a LA person born and bred
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Mammoth is in the Sierra
300 +/- miles up highway 395.
Big bear you can see on a clear day
by MammothDodger on Jan 25, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Mammoth is awesome, love camping there. I really want another Mono Cone.
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
sadly Mono Cone
is closed in WInter. But on the plus side, Matt Toomey, chef at the Whoa Nellie Deli in Lee Vining opened a to go place in Mammoth. So the best fish tacos in the world are availble to me year round now
by MammothDodger on Jan 25, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Cant remember if I asked you, but did that Bodie Ghost Town survive those high winds? Its still around right?
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
Winds plays havoc with ghosts
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
it has stood for a long time
so I would imagine it survived. I have heard nothing to the contrary at least.
by MammothDodger on Jan 25, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, only thing that hurt it was some fire a long time ago I guess…. yeah I havent been to Mammoth in a long time. Hope to go this summer. Went camping 2 summers there, I just remember the ghost town, mono lake, and the hot springs. Sulfer smells, but love the hot water coming from the ground.
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
the local news kept talking about people going up Highway 2 to some resort
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
ah Mountain High Ski Resort. That’s what I was thinking of
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
Mammoth is to Mountain High
as the Brazil National team is to the worst team in the MLS
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
I figured, but it’s the closest to LA so it’s the one the local news sends someone to whenever Stormwatch starts every year. Pretty sure I had my confirmation retreat there.
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
channel 7 and 4
have both had crews hear recently, first to say whre the fuck is the snow, then to say it came all at fucking once. people that have been around here awhile call this normal.
by MammothDodger on Jan 25, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
It was normal not to have snow by Jan 15th? That did not seem normal.
I miss skiing, it was the one sport my wife and I could do together.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
you no longer ski?
I see old people in the mountains all the time Phil
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
I could easily ski, but she no longer can (knee problems) so it would suck for me to sneak off and ski knowing how much she would want to.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
bummer….. I feel for you.
Mrs HJ is semi-retired, she has some knee issues, but she likes to Knit by fireplaces, so it mostly works out
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
I love knitting by a fireplace, with some basketball or hockey on the wireless.
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
Surprisingly, simply snow shoe hiking and digging tunnels into huge gobs of snow is fun. It is how I first knew I was meercat blood.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
I like snow shoes, long ago did at least one winter backpacking trip a year for about 5 or 6 years straight, sometimes 3 or 4 trips into the hills
I also like X-country, but have only done that a couple of times at Mt. Pinos
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
no doubt int was dry longer than most years
but there have been several years that were dry well into Dec and at least one since I have been here dry into Jan.
What I meant was snowfall is unpredictable. After last year, which was a serious aberation for a La Nina year, we had people who had been here for a very short time saying since it was La Nina again we could get a 1000 inches of snowfall this year.
Any attempt to predict weather more that 6-10 days out suffers from a huge SSS problem.
by MammothDodger on Jan 25, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
Quite likely. There is a retreat house run by nuns in Wrightwood, which Mtn High is just outside of. Way back in the day, I did a retreat there.
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by David Young on Jan 25, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, Mountain High I think is just the closest place to go for snow from the Valleys, and LA.
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
we really did the surf in the morning and then catch Mountain High in the afternoon or night skiing thing a couple of times just to say we did it
it was fun
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
I remember the 70's too
I did that a few time shortly after getting my drivers license and the family station wagon
by MammothDodger on Jan 25, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
the old family wago
one time I blew the radiator hose going up to Mountain High and some rough looking bikers in a pickup truck stopped to help me.
I was a little scared at first, but they fixed my car, gave me and my buddy a lift up to the mountain, fed me a homemade potato and bean burrito, and then drove us back at the end of the day
that is a cherished memory and a huge reminder to take people as they are, instead of how they look
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
Mt Waterman
is on Angeles Crest highway (2)
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how either of those men functioned in the real world is beyond me
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Spud might have had the greatest vertical leap in history
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Spud Webb is taller than Humma.
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Also, I can’t function in the real world.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
I can, Spud and I are eye level.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Spud is my height. What would the problem be for him in the real world?
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Gotta be Spud Web, one of my all time favorite College players.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
Man I have no memory of him in college. Only the pros, and the slam dunk contest that Dominique should have won (just like against Jordan in 1988)
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
From Wiki
NBA Slam Dunk Contest
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Webb was the shortest person to compete in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, winning the event in 1986. His participation surprised the media; including his teammate and defending dunk champion Dominique Wilkins, who had “never seen me dunk before,” Webb said. His dunks included the elevator two-handed double pump dunk, the one-handed off the backboard one-handed jam, a 360-degree helicopter one-handed dunk, a 180-degree reverse double-pump slam, and finally, the 180-degree reverse two-handed strawberry jam from a lob bounce off the floor. He defeated Wilkins with two perfect 50-point scores in the final round. Atlanta coach Mike Fratello said, “Spud kind of duped him. He told Wilkins he never had anything prepared, didn’t practice for it. So, Wilkins maybe thought his normal assortment would be good enough to get through”. Twenty years after Webb’s victory in the Slam Dunk contest, he trained New York Knicks point guard Nate Robinson (who stands at 5 feet 9 inches tall) to win the event. Webb tossed the ball to Robinson, who leaped over Webb and dunked, earning 50 points from the judges. Robinson went on to win, making him and Spud the only two people in NBA history under six feet tall to win a slam dunk contest
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
North Carolina State was my favorite team at the time after falling in love with them during the Valvano run to the championship.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
his dunks were awesome
not sure if Manute could dunk at all, seriuoly Tommy L like hops
by MammothDodger on Jan 25, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
look at those legs!
so skinny if he jumped any higher they would shatter on landing
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
Manute Bol was the one who came up yesterday
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
I know, figured most had no idea who Spud was
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
hell yeah, Spud Webb and Dominque Wilkins, classic Hawks for me.
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
Wilkins was the Clipper who helped them turn the corner
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
The corner turned into a dead end street, but you retrace and try another route.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
I'm already sick of draft talk
and the football season isn’t even over yet
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I hear ya - I tell myself
you don’t have to watch
they have to fill airwaves
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, and the dam draft isnt until end of April, so still a long way to go to hear about it daily…. Wonder why they dont have draft end of February, or early March, get it over with.
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
There’s more sports going on in April than in late Feb. Hockey and Basketball in both periods, but you also have baseball in April. Seems like late Feb would be a better time to “cash in” on the exhiliration that is the NFL draft.
by Michael White on Jan 25, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
yeah I agree… The NBA Finals is in June, Draft is in July. Though I know NBA has a much shorter offseason as well. Anyways, would like to know where the NFL came up with April for its draft, basically 3 months after SB.
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
they start cashing in as soon as the super bowl is over
they have a nonstop amount of draft talk and buzz for two months. Not sure if the boost they would get in tv ratings for the actual draft itself earlier would offset that.
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Right, but hasnt the NFL Draft been in April for as long as there has been a draft?? Before ESPN and all the coverage stuff?
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
ah, a buddy of mine said maybe its because of school…. so players can “finish school”… Otherwise some would just drop out right after being drafted in February. That is probably it I think.
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
Which probably also explains why baseball draft is in June, when HS is out…. and NBA draft is in July when school is out.
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
For baseball, it’s more about getting high school and college kids into workouts outside of a competitive setting.
For basketball, it’s when the season ends.
Football makes no sense.
I think it’s to maximize Mel Kiper’s visibility.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
It all fits into their off-season plans
Free agency starts in March, workouts begin then. There is the combine in February but the top players don’t workout there, they workout at their schools in Feb – April.
More importantly, it keeps football talk going on throughout the year.
by bhsportsguy on Jan 25, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
The top players certainly do workout at the combine
some of them don’t, but most do.
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got these networks that need to fill airtime
got these ads that need to be scene
got these people who will watch it rather than doing something else
sounds like money to me
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
his hair does that already
I do admire his ability to make a thing out of his thing
The Football Scientist on ESPN pretty cool too
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
It makes sense for the reasons I said above
I don’t like it, but it is what it is.
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
For most fans right now though, it's all we have to "look forward to" sad though that may sound.
At least in the near future. Draft is overhyped but it’s still important. Though chris shouldn’t have to worry about it too much. ;0)
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many texans fans will tell you its the highlight of our season
I won’t because thats stupid, but its a thing.
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
I like the draft, because if you are a Steeler fan you have come to rely on it
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
I enjoy it
but I don’t want to watch X player get hyped for a month, then see Y player get drafted, see everyone flip their lidsa t first becuase they thought we where getting X, only to find out Y is actually also highly rated and turns out to be the better player or just as good..
You can insert Cameron Jordan for X and JJ Watt for Y. Or matthews and cushing respectively.
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
I have no reason to watch this year, since the Raiders don’t pick until May or so.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
hehe
yeah that was my joke for chris above.
yeah, joe, that’s how others should model themselves, after how the steelers have done it.
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(Especially with so many free agency busts, or unwieldy contracts)
really respect teams that have built up primarily through good scouting and drafting
anyway, mel kiper can go stuff himself, but i still enjoy following draft.
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Why I stopped watching ESPN:
year round football coverage that usually trumps baseball even in the offseason.
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current breakdown, according to deadspin
NFL: 225.5 minutes (40.2%)
NBA: 106.5 (19%)
College basketball: 76 (13.6%)
College football: 55 (9.8%)
MLB: 16.75 (2.9%)
NHL: 13.5 (2.4%)
Other sports: 18 (3.2%)
SportsCenter staples (things like the “Top 10,” “Encore,” “What 2 Watch 4,” etc.): 48.75 (8.7%)
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
NFL might come down to a more reasonable 25%, NBA and MLB switch would be my guess
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
Anyone ever snowsled down a hill with their dog?
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nope, I dont want to give my dog a heart attack.
by uschris0304 on Jan 25, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
my dog loved the snow, but that is something we didn’t do
he was also 90 lbs. I did get him to mush for about a 100 yards but that was it
sounds fun
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
damn dog thoughts make me cry
here is my guy – Bodhi – he is missed
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
Love the scarf
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
and walking stick
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
you've got an eye for quality
made it myself, in the woods of North Carolina, with the same dog, in the winter of 2003
this was thanksgiving weekend a few years back in Idlewild.
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
He was well fed
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
yes, these were his comfort years
this hike was his last great adventure, he has to be 10 years old at the time. Busted his butt on one heck of a hike. Slept for like 16 hours the next day. Mrs HJ and the Dachshund was also along for the hike, she calls it the “Thanksgiving Death March” to this day
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
I like how you had the Dachshund take the photo since Mrs HJ was probably sitting on a rock.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
my kids have tried
without much success at keeping our dog on the sled.
by MammothDodger on Jan 25, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
Nope. My dogs probably wouldn’t take to that. I have friends whose dogs do love the SeaDoo ride though.
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From the Clips Nation preview
Kobe’s 38.8% usage rate this season is the highest in the history of the stat.
For reference
Usage Percentage (available since the 1977-78 season in the NBA); the formula is 100 * ((FGA + 0.44 * FTA + TOV) * (Tm MP / 5)) / (MP * (Tm FGA + 0.44 * Tm FTA + Tm TOV)). Usage percentage is an estimate of the percentage of team plays used by a player while he was on the floor.
Kobe was at 38.7% in 2005-2006 when he led the league in scoring at 35.4 points per game. This year Kobe is at 38.8%, and for his career he is at 31.7%. Kobe led the league in usage rate in 2006 and 2011 (35.1%).
Jordan’s usage rate when he scored 3,000 points (37.1 ppg in 1987) was 38.3%, his career high and one of eight times Jordan led the NBA in the stat. For his career, Jordan’s usage rate was 33.3%.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Kevin Love signed a 4 year extension today. He said he would have gone 5 but the team only wanted to give him 4.
Umm, what the hell TWolves?
Love Love Love
He’d be my favorite Laker the moment he joined the team
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
The Houston Love
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
The Houston Whitney’s
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Too lazy to reply to exact comments so here they all are.
1. Andre Ethier joins a long list of players who thought they could play through something but end up getting surgery later. A pox on Andre for that.
2. I heartily endorse Vintage Enoteca. Wonderful people there.
3. I am glad to see that someone here watches local news.
4. This is my take on the whole Clipper/Laker thing, for right now, this season, there is something to these games. You can’t compare this Clipper team to any other team in their past because Paul and Billups bring a dimension and presence lacking in their history. Will go beyond this season, let’s hope so for LA, it will add a new dimension to the NBA.
5. Lucky Boy on Arroyo in Pasadena still makes the best breakfast burrito.
6. Seeing those seasoned salt shakers at Lawry’s Carvery at LA Live the other day reminds me of the old California Center and of course, Lawry’s Prime Rib. I don’t use the salt that often anymore but it was a stable back in the day.
I read that as Vintage Erotica.
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The porn these days leaves nothing to the imagination!
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Bettie Page FTW!
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Okay to be honest
the first time I met HJ there (and it is in Hollywood on Sunset Blvd). I saw the sign and thought, hey did HJ send me to an adult book store.
Then I saw the wine.
An aside, the owners are two very lovely women who are both knowledgeable about wine and very personable.
by bhsportsguy on Jan 25, 2012 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
it doesn’t look like an adult bookstore – it looks like a charming wine bar / cafe
the dirty minds on this site can’t read. if the invite says local wine bar Vintage Enoteca (Italian for wine store) then I think you are safe
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
I thought Erotica from the get go.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Gary’s clients might be bummed if at first glance they think he took them to an upscale erotica store only to find out it was a wine cafe. Emotional roller coaster:
awesome
disappointment
this is cool
awesome
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
I have taken about a half dozen business meetings there and have never had that fear
I even invited women clients there without issue
Maybe we all should just call it Vintage from now on
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
Yes it does look like that
it is really a great place, hope to go back soon, like maybe tonight.
by bhsportsguy on Jan 25, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
since I’ve decided to go all in with this cut the chord business, local news is how I see sports highlights.
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
it’s crystal baby, compares quite favorably at least the U-verse’s HD. And the sound is mixed much higher, makes for a richer experience all together
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
I visited a friend of mine a few weeks back and he did the same thing, ditching DirecTV. I had no idea you could get an HD picture over the air.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
what chord did you cut?
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
The diameter would be a good choice.
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Insist on a perpendicular cut into two equal pieces and you can guarantee the usage of a diameter.
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the cable chord. I’m trying to make OTA my habit so when I move out I don’t need to buy cable
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
soccer games are OTA?
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
I have been investing time getting to known the Mexican Premiera Division, I will admit.
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
¡Vomonos Tigres!
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the money I save not paying a cable bill I could put into a mini plan, plus KCAL (let’s hope), and radio is still an option. Plus, if I do get on with __, I may never have to buy tickets again : )
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
I don't think you understood my question
There are 162 Dodgers games. 162 of them need to be seen. Not saying 100% is always achieved, but the option has to be there.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
I hear what you’re saying, I really do. I’m just, I’m trying to find a balance. When I reach a financial point where I’m just sitting on money, then I’ll revisit
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
I respect the decision to want to cut costs.
There is always the option of only having cable from April through September, and go six months without during the offseason. :)
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
I mean really for me, I’ve noticed once I stopped thinking I needed to see the sitcoms on FX, IFC, BBC America, and Comedy Central I haven’t missed them
ESPN and the RSNs are the reason to get cable, but with ESPN3 streaming it comes down to just RSNs
and emotion divorced, it seems silly to pay for 1000 channels to watch two
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
hulu has you covered anyways
or netflix a year later for bbc america
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
Yes it does, I was bummed that Obama did not address that last night. It is my number one issue.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
I'll let you know if my proxy stuff works out
then you can just use your computer
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
You mean if your stealing pans out?
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
yeah I won’t be doing anything against the law. When I was a kid I thought people who stole cable were evil
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
it should remind you of the episode where she cut her father’s illegal cable : )
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Sounds like what he wants to do
is pay for something like MLB.TV but use a proxy that shows that he is sitting in a non-blackout area.
by bhsportsguy on Jan 25, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
I bet Prime Ticket is like “sweet, that’s awesome, go do that!” #not
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
yes
because blackout rules are stupid and I hate them, even if they are the things that allow the team to get 3 billion dollars from Fox
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
Ah, I am totally behind your plan.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
Wouldn’t it be easier to simply find a man to take care of you?
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
beat me to the punch
I was looking forward to that call back
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
it’s LA! Where am I gonna meet a man unless I hit him with my car? : )
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
TBLA references the movie Being There unintentionally
all the damn time
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
Sellers at this best or worst?
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Can I vote neither?
How about his most unique.
I love that movie.
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Yes you may.
I also love that movie
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
its a good barometer – that film
I like to watch
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
cut the chord business
You flat all the third and make all the majors minors??
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I’d have offered you all some prime rib but by the time I remembered it was all gone
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
We miss the old California Center too. Had a few fun dinners out on that patio. Probably was overprices for what it was, but the atmosphere was totally SoCal.
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In 1995
the Mariners turned down a trade that would have sent Tino Martinez and a reliever (Jeff Nelson, Bill Risley, or Bobby Ayala) for Sterling Hitchcock and Jorge Posada.
Soon after, the Mariners sent Tino Martinez, Jeff Nelson, and Jim Mecir for Sterling Hitchcock and Russ Davis.
Ouch
ha ha, I do remember the much hyped Russ Davis. For a while after that he was the poster boy for over hyped Yankee prospects that got hoisted onto other teams.
The Mariners at least had Jay Buhner for a while to remind themselves they were not complete idiots.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Jay Buhner one of my favorite players of the 90’s.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
I was a Buhner fan.
Is Jayson Werth a stretch as a comp? Werth is a better fielder, but they remind me of each other. Maybe it’s their swings.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
I’m pretty sure I had Davis on a fantasy team or two.
Those Mariners, damn. That trade, and two years later at the trade deadline…Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek for Heathcliff Solcumb. Just absolute killers.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
Counter point taken and noted. MW prevails.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
The Mariners got theirs in the end, famously becoming The Team That Did the Least with the Most Talent™.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
Mid 90s Indians want in on that action
by Michael White on Jan 25, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
You can talk about single-year teams, sure, but I mean over a period of years. The late-oughts Phillies have a WS win and another WS appearance. The late-90s Mariners got to a couple of LCSs and blew it.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
The Indians went to the WS twice in the mid-90s. The Mariners are still looking for their first LCS win.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Tipping point in your favor
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
Ya, I guess I was defining it as “world series win or bust”
by Michael White on Jan 25, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
stole seems to not be the case
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Possession is 9/10 of the draft.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
Only in the same way the Dodgers stole home field advantage from the A’s in the 1988 World Series.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
Not that we needed it:)
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
Delias Man once told me that the Mariners were a coin flip between Dreifort and Rodriguez. Damn coins!
by Michael White on Jan 25, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
The Lakers won a coin flip with the Chicago Bulls for the first pick in 1979.
Whew.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
You believe him? That they would take a college reliever over the best high school SS anyone had ever seen?
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
He’s old enough to remember, I’m not.
So, yes.
by Michael White on Jan 25, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
Myth
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
The reality is that ten old fucks were sitting around the table. They started asking about who they should draft in the second round when some young whippersnapper says maybe we should consider taking the Witchita Sate kid and the nine other folk said STFU.
That punk kid then started spreading rumors it was coin flip.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
This article
seems to say that while the Mariners thought about Dreifort, they chose A-Rod.
Manager Lou Piniella felt that Dreifort, a near-ready college pitcher, represented a quick-fix possibility for his bullpen.
“In some ways Dreifort made more sense,” Jongewaard said, "but we kept going back to see Alex and felt he was just too special not to take.
“He called the night before the draft and said he wanted to play for the Dodgers, but I said I was sorry, we’d made a decision.”
by bhsportsguy on Jan 25, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Ross Newhan
While the Dodgers waited in the No. 2 position, the Seattle Mariners, who have the first pick in today’s amateur draft, reversed their field Wednesday, deciding to take shortstop Alex Rodriguez of Miami’s Westminster Christian High over Wichita State relief pitcher Darren Dreifort, who will now be selected by the Dodgers.
The Mariners had been leaning toward Dreifort as a pitcher who could become the bullpen closer when Norm Charlton possibly leaves as a free agent after the 1994 season. However, a club official said Wednesday that the Mariners were now favoring Rodriguez because of his potential as an everyday player and the physical gamble involved in drafting a pitcher. Roger Salkeld, the club’s No. 1 pick from Saugus High in 1989, had reconstructive shoulder surgery in 1992.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
So is Tim Kurkjian
The Mariners, who held the first pick in the free-agent amateur draft last Thursday, considered making Wichita State reliever Darren Dreifort the No. 1 choice because he probably could have helped them in a pennant drive this year. But in the end Seattle chose Miami high school shortstop Alex Rodriguez because his raw talent was too great to pass up
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Neither story says anything about a coin flip, just a bunch of men who finally came around to the only possible decision.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
I think it was much closer to a coin flip at the time than you are remembering.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
A coin flip is a coin flip and this was not a coin flip.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Was it a roll of the dice?
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
Did they play Rock Paper Scissors?
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
Did it come down to Eenie Meenie Miney Moe?
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
One Potato Two Potato
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
damn
what was the name of the game with the baseball bat, where you’d toss it to the other guy and go hand over hand until someone topped the bat and they got to be home team?
Bottle cap?
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
I’d also love the name of that game.
We did not do it for home team, we did it to see who got to pick first. It was always a sad game for some. In time it came to be known as Humma Time.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
It will come as no surprise to anyone that I was always the last picked.
I got my revenge in fourth grade kickball. The captain of the other team and possessor of a mighty left foot mocked me as he did not pick me. Somehow I was chosen to roll to him. He mocked me again. I rolled it to him real good, his left foot reared back and he shot it directly into my waiting arms. He was out. Then he moved away and I forgot his name.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Awesoke
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Trivia Time
Get the upper hand
Meaning
Take a dominant position.
Origin
Various suggestions have been made as to the origin of ‘get the upper hand’ (or ‘take the upper hand’). Prominent amongst those is that the phrase originated in American playgrounds, in the way that children select sides for impromptu baseball games. The method is for one team captain to grab the bat at the bottom, then the other captain takes hold above the first’s hand and they progress hand over hand along the bat until the top is reached – the one left holding the bat having the ‘upper hand’ and getting first choice of player for their team.
Out Josied by Gary
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, no way that was what we called it.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
We called it “wanna choose teams?”
we didn’t have a name for it, we just knew what to do.
jeez, that sounds like a line from a bad romance novel.
cheesy and full of innuendo
Just another night at Chez Kavula
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
It was a simpler time.
When Smear the Queer was an acceptable name for a game to say out loud.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t believe for a minute that that’s where the phrase “get the upper hand” comes from.
Generally speaking, if you have an idiom, there is not a cute story that gets attached to explain that idiom.
I think it’s just a general feeling up “upper” = “stronger.”
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
that explanation is from the Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase origins, but also includes:
It probably derives from an English game of chance that has been traced back to the 15th century and was played in the same way as the sandlot choosing contest
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
the Brits can stick it up their arses, its ours, ours, ours, and even if it was theirs its now ours, like their musicians, their language, and their pluck
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
I’d see what J.E. Lighter has to say in the Dictionary of American Slang but I don’t have the volume that includes “U.” I only have the first two volumes that Random House published. Did he ever finish that dictionary?
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think we ever got volume III, you’re right
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Random House was supposed to publish the third and final volume in 1997. That didn’t happen.
Then Oxford University Press was supposed to publish volume 3 (P-S) in 2006 (then 2008), but it never happened as far as I can tell.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Geckos
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
We simply called it “top the bat”.
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So I have a mini plan. Should I just suck it up and upgrade to season tickets. It seems like with the perks this year it would be worth it. Plus with new access I could just stroll down to the field level every night
Really depends on your availability to attend the games. If you can make it to 70+ games, I would say go for it.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
mini plan is for 15 games. Season tickets are twice as much. So I would only need to attend 30+ to break even. I have a 3 and a half year old that loves to go, but we like to show up early and he suckers one of the players into giving him a ball every time. Problem is with a mini plan we would get nowhere near the field. With season tickets they would let us in early. Sounds like a no brainer but $500 is still $500
by The Stuntmen on Jan 25, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
yeah partner backed out. I was going to do this. I just suspect this might be the last time season tickets are affordable
by The Stuntmen on Jan 25, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
It will be, you should get the tickets, when they are in last place in Aug you will have no trouble sitting at the field level for every game.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
But it does mean the resale value of the rest of the tickets starts to approach zero.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
still would have to deal with DS’ notorious no seat hopping ushers
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
In the past they are easy, you probably just looked like you did not belong:)
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
you actually have had a problem with this? I have never had a problem as long as I don’t try to sneak into baseline box or something
by The Stuntmen on Jan 25, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
well they have the people at the top of the row checking tickets, though I guess you can just walk past them if you’re Conny enough
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
they don’t bother me at all. Of course i have a little kid distraction. Or maybe it was because the ushers were as apathetic as the fans last year
by The Stuntmen on Jan 25, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
IF this is true...Holy $hit
RT @JonHeymanCBS: LA billionaire Patrick SoonShiong (who bought magic’s 4.5% stake in lakers), will likely join johnson-kasten dodgers group
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
We have a clear winner
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve been wondering why he was not into this party
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
yeah, well, the Tigers were definitely not signing Prince Fielder, so.. we know how that goes. ;)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
the Tigers GM said they were out on Fielder (and were) until Victor Martinez went down. This guy was asked months ago if he was interested in buying the Dodgers and he basically said “no, I like basketball”.
That said, there’s a lot of ammo in that 3 gauge
no the tigers gm said that 6 days ago
victor went down 8 days ago. I think I have the timeline righ there.
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
entirely too much credence is put into what people say in public around here
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Especially since what people say in public is largely scripted by assholes like me.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
for a purpose
only fools and madmen say something in public without a purpose
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
color me a madman
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
or a guy with movies not worth seeing unless they also involve Chris Farley.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
you don’t need to like baseball to like making money
by court168627 on Jan 25, 2012 12:18 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
and like to be the swinging dick in LA
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
Probably a billion different things you can do with a billion dollars to make more money then purchase a sports franchise.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
Yes, as HJ said the big dick in the room has lots of appeal but lets not equate investing a billion dollars as a money making scheme compared to other things he can do with that billion dollars.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
It’s no trick to make a lot of money if all you want to do is make a lot of money.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
this is michael jordan doing a ballet move
http://www.nba.com/jordan/hoop_mjonmj.html
It’s like my logo. I wasn’t even dunking on that one. People think that I was. I just stood on the floor, jumped up and spread my legs and they took the picture. I wasn’t even running. Everyone thought I did that by running and taking off. Actually, it was a ballet move where I jumped up and spread my legs. And I was holding the ball in my left hand.
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I could have sworn there is video of the photo shoot of that pose/logo all the way back in Come Fly With Me.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Come Fly With Me is a pretty amazing NBA video, right up there with the 1980s classics Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers, Superstars, The Drive For Five, Back To Back, and eventually Always Showtime.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Oh yeah, there was also Awesome Endings.
[insert joke here]
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
There’s more than joke insertion going on.
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the more he talks
the less he plays
the less likable he becomes
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Harmon Killebrew insists that it’s actually him.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Oh, look, now Killebrew is fighting with Jerry West over who it is. Crazy!
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
The Houston Logo Changes
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
The Houston ®s
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
nothing wrong with
The Houston Clippers
if the shoe fits
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Best thing about the Whalers logo
is the negative-space H:
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Houston 68’ers and I’ll owe her one later
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by VeroJoe on Jan 25, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
heard they were turning the corner then
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
I imagine the jersey would have looked like the Vancouver Grizzlies
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
No one cares
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
you don’t even find this mildly interesting what if stuff?
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
what about the Clippers wearing LA Stars throwbacks this year?
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Delias might, but it is coin flip
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working hard, semi-call back
I see you
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
and really
were you even alive to know?
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
I would have been seven, so not really. Apparently it was official enough to make it into some style guides, but they scrapped plans before the season started.
by Josie Becker on Jan 25, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
How bad would Dwight Howard have kicked the hell out of Jermaine O’Neal last night if shit really broke bad?
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by VeroJoe on Jan 25, 2012 12:38 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
first “throw hands”
now “broke bad”
dude – you are the best
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
I’m just the generic version of you HJ
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
Costs way less, tastes a little worse but still totally worth it.
by fbihop on Jan 25, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
plus I’m made with real bits of panther so you know it’s good
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by VeroJoe on Jan 25, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
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TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
Question on Frank's Parking Lots:
Do you think any of the groups are bidding with the thought that they will be leasing those lots from McCourt?
Seems like part of the communication process right now would include, “OK Frank, what’s your price for those lots?”
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
I want to believe that billionaires want the land/lots included and don’t want to be renting them back from Frank.
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shit broke bad = throw hand (for Eric)
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Love ya bro….no homo
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by VeroJoe on Jan 25, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
What is the record for errors by an infield? And what are the odds that the 2012 Tigers beat the record?
I wish Baseball-Reference had a play index for fielding stats.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
The 2010 Nationals made 88 errors in the infield. Just to pick a recent high-error fielding team.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
I doubt they make many errors but an infield of
Fielder / Rabun / Peralta / Miggy might have the smallest range of any team I can remember. This is based on visual and does not include any range metrics in the computation of them comment that was just completed before I started this sentence.
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
I know somehow
this would be related to FIP or something like that.
by bhsportsguy on Jan 25, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Jeez
Facebook material for their team page
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HAHA
“Right with slap” … that’s awesome.
Other than Xeifrank, I don’t know anyone else on the DT team. I’m not even sure I can gauge what DT’s demographic is, so I will not be so bold as to rebuke your statement.
David is a solid ballplayer. What he is best at, however, is getting very mad when he pops up. :)
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
That happens in like half the at-bats in slow pitch, no? People trying to jack the ball… oops pop up.
Eric, how long does it take you to get from home to games, and vice versa? Seems like a long time, love the commitment though.
He spends the weekends at various TBLA member houses. That is part of the package when you became a member.
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hell yeah!! I’ll have Eric over on a friday, show him how the valley do it baby…. I know you dont smoke weed, I know this, but im gonna get you high today. Its Friday, you got a Free Lance job, and you aint got shit to do!
I’m starting to picture you as the crazy guy in hangover
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Thanks man
It used to take me 90 minutes door to door to an from games, without traffic, but I would bunch up the weekends to do 2-3 games at a time, either staying at my cousin’s apartment or with friends.
I will be moving to Pasadena for the season though.
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The hunt for silverwidow turned really serious apparently.
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That's my freelance gig
Mike and Delia’s Man hired me to do the leg work.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 1:40 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Does your cousin read this?
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I will have to hire you now
to work for my company JB Surveillance just so it is legit. We have been in business since 1995.
I knew you were a Dick
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 1:50 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
The Houston Shamuses
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
The Houston Questioners
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Manager: Frank Gorshin
House Band: ? and the Mysterians
You may say, “But baseball teams don’t have a house band.”
I answer, “They do now.”
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
Out of position, but
1B – Chin-Lung Hu
2B – Eddie Watt
SS – Juan Castro (because I don’t give a darn)
3B – Dick (I) Dono-van
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
The Houston Pounds of Flesh
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
All the FBI knows of JB Surveillance is an empty office suite in Chino with one single working phone line, and no copper wires in the entire building.
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Is the side project to find Tommy Blackjack
I believe some torture with Dr Pepper is on the docket.
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if she’s newish, then she likely has a fat cousin
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 1:42 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
I thought they took up connubial residence elsewhere.
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But Eric can babysit for robotmadeofnails now.
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Langers – $12.95
Canters – $11.75
The Hat – $7.79
Johnnies Pastrami – $10.50
Marios (Glendale) – $6.95
The hat is good, only one I know of is in Simi Valley. Next time I go I must try that huge ass plate of chili cheese fries someone posted here the other day.
gravy fries are good too
I magically ended up living just down the street from the only one within an hours drive of me
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Impressive
My Pastrami Pizza at Uncle Ernie’s was 8.16 with tax
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Lucky Boy
also sells a pretty good pastrami sandwich for $7.05 (BTW, never knew that so many places now have websites and menus posted).
It is well documented that taller people are happier and make more money then shorter people but we do have some advantages
Another advantage of smaller people is that they are less likely to die in auto crashes. One study found that people weighing less than 132 pounds had the lowest risk of dying or suffering serious injuries compared to bigger people.
Probably because they make us sit in kid seats now.
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We may be poor and depressed but at least we get more time on earth to be poor and depressed.
by fbihop on Jan 25, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
All you have to do is make a pact with the devil. It worked for Tom Cruise…he’s not exactly tall.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
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I never knew people in shows and movies were short as fuck for the longest time… Id say thats the biggest advantage… no wonder I cant get no role.
Did you know that Mark Walberg was an original member of the New Kids on the Block but then quit the group before they hit it big because of their bubble gum pop image?
Now you know…and knowing is half the battle
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
It makes sense since his brother Donny was in the band
I knew Mark was an underwear model thanks to I Love The 90s, lol
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So is Miggy going to 3B
I saw some stuff about it, but I wasn’t sure what the verdict was.
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Likely will get a look
in spring training. But even he does play 3B, I can’t believe it will be “that” much. Inge probably still starts half the games there, no?
he can play 1st when fielder dh's
and dh when they went to get inge in there I guess
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Right
Three main scenarios
1. 1B-Fielder, 3B-Cabrera, DH-Someone
2. 1B-Fielder, 3B-Inge, DH-Cabrera
3. 1B-Cabrera, 3B-Inge, DH-Fielder
I'm not sure Inge gets half the games though
maybe a 1/4, possibly more. Maybe Leyland can get them to be happy about DHing a lot though.
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It is all he has
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yeah he can't hit anything anymore
was he ever a good CF? What an athlete he must have been(and I guess still is) before those back injuries.
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
If he gets -- ahem -- cut
Will he be the Angry Inge?
Thank you, I’ll take my answer off the air.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll send the answer by my owl.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Saw the show off-off-Broadway before it was a movie. Had no idea what to expect. Thought it was great. Still listen to the cast recording sometimes.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
Find out Google’s prediction on your age and gender as well as what interests you have! Based on search activity, I believe.
It gets me well, says I’m a 25-34 year old male. Though it says one of my interests is cats which is, well, not even close to true.
No interest or demographic categories are associated with your ads preferences so far.
I’m guessing my firewall probably makes every search from my plant site look like one user.
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and they all like porn and hooker sites
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Just the (plethora of) vice presidents.
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oh yeah once I leave incognito mode
I get different stuff. Apparently I’m into accounting and auditing. Must be tax season.
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According to them I am also a 25 – 34 year old male
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Google has me pegged
Arts & Entertainment
Arts & Entertainment – Movies
Games – Board Games
News – Politics
News – Sports News
Reference – General Reference – Calculators & Reference Tools
Shopping – Apparel – Clothing Accessories – Watches
Sports – Team Sports – Baseball
World Localities – North America – USA – California – Southern California – Los Angeles
World Localities – North America – USA – Pacific Northwest – Washington State – Seattle-Tacoma
Seattle – Tacoma came up because I read Dan Savage’s blog at The Stranger a lot.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
Mine's pretty close
Arts & Entertainment
Arts & Entertainment – TV & Video – TV Shows & Programs
Computers & Electronics – Consumer Electronics – Game Systems & Consoles – Sony PlayStation
Food & Drink – Cooking & Recipes
Food & Drink – Cooking & Recipes – World Cuisines – Asian Cuisine
Games – Computer & Video Games
News – Politics
Sports – Team Sports – Baseball
Travel – Cruises & Charters
World Localities – North America – USA – California – Southern California – Los Angeles
They think I like Cruises because I was searching for the tipped over boat
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I guess I should post mine.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts & Entertainment – Comics & Animation – Comics
Arts & Entertainment – Music & Audio – Radio
News – Politics
News – Politics – Campaigns & Elections
Online Communities
Online Communities – Forum & Chat Providers
Pets & Animals – Pets – Cats
Sports – Team Sports – American Football
World Localities – North America – USA – Southwest (USA) – New Mexico
The comics one is because I read a lot of webcomics. I have no explanation for the cat one, other than I linked to this story once.
Eric's
Pets & Animals – Pets – Cats – Beheading
Pets & Animals – Pets – Cats – Death
Pets & Animals – Pets – Cats – Murder
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Computers & Electronics – Programming – Java
Finance – Accounting & Auditing
Internet & Telecom – Web Apps & Online Tools
Sports – Team Sports – Baseball
World Localities – North America – USA – California – Southern California – Los Angeles
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
It didn’t list
Home Decor – Basements?
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Says 18-24 Male then these incredibly correct categories
Your categories
Below you can review the interests and inferred demographics that Google has associated with your cookie. You can remove or edit these at any time.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts & Entertainment – Humor
Arts & Entertainment – Movies – Science Fiction & Fantasy Films
Arts & Entertainment – Online Media – Online Image Galleries
Computers & Electronics – Software – Operating Systems – Windows OS
Games – Computer & Video Games
News – Sports News
Sports – Combat Sports – Wrestling
Sports – Team Sports – Baseball
World Localities – North America – USA – California – Southern California – Los Angeles
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by David Young on Jan 25, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I was not impressed with the two contestants last night on Baseball IQ. I think I could have done better, and I’m not exactly a baseball trivia whiz. These guys were statistical analysts for the Mets and Philles!
I mean, they couldn’t even name the top SF Giants in terms of games played other than the obvious ones (McCovey, Mays, Bonds) since the Giants moved west?
How many here can name 7 of the top 20, say, Baltimore Orioles in games played since 1960?
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
Brooks
Blair
Buford
Ripkin
Powell
For my quick five
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Aparichio
Belanger
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sounds good
I was talking to the TV last night. Speier! Aurilia! Will F’ing Clark!
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
Probably easier for Dodger fans to do the Giants than anyone other then Giant fans
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Understandably
That was why I threw out the Orioles here for Dodger fans. I’m thinking if you follow baseball like us, much less WORK in baseball as an ANALYST, it wouldn’t be too hard. Maybe they just froze under the hot lights.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
One ex Dodger on the Oriole list I would not have expected
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Dempsey is on it but Mike Devereaux was the surprise to me
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x
Player G From To OPS Pos
Cal Ripken 3001 1981 2001 .788 *65/D
Brooks Robinson 2592 1960 1977 .732 *5/46
Mark Belanger 1962 1965 1981 .580 *6/45
Eddie Murray 1884 1977 1996 .868 *3D/75
Boog Powell 1763 1961 1974 .826 *37/D9
Brady Anderson 1759 1988 2001 .794 *879/D
Paul Blair 1700 1964 1976 .694 *8/5D7
Ken Singleton 1446 1975 1984 .833 *9D/7
Al Bumbry 1428 1972 1984 .725 *87D/9
Melvin Mora 1256 2000 2009 .793 *5687/49D3
Rick Dempsey 1245 1976 1992 .674 *2/973D
Brian Roberts 1233 2001 2011 .769 *4/6D
Rich Dauer 1140 1976 1985 .653 *45/D3
B.J. Surhoff 1001 1996 2005 .792 *75/D93
Rafael Palmeiro 1000 1994 2005 .886 *3/D
Davey Johnson 995 1965 1972 .709 *4/65
Nick Markakis 946 2006 2011 .818 *9/783D
Chris Hoiles 894 1989 1998 .833 *2/D35
Mike Devereaux 878 1989 1996 .711 *8/97D
Doug DeCinces 858 1973 1981 .751 *5/463D7
Gary Roenicke 850 1978 1985 .803 *798/D35
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Generated 1/25/2012.
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Devereaux didn’t come to my mind Phil, but I swear I knew he was a Dodger because of a card of his I had way back in the day. Does anyone remember the baseball board game called “Classic” it came with a ton of baseball cards. That’s how I I new Devereaux played for our Dodgers.
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
Dodger fans couldn’t even name all of the players who had played 10 friggin’ years for the team since they moved west.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
Baseball trivia isn't acceptable to you either?
WTF?
by Michael White on Jan 25, 2012 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
You have a history of complaining not of being funny
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fuck you you fucking fuck no fucking cussing is allowed on this fucking blog.
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
The first rule of TBLA is there is no fucking rule one.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
The first rule of TBLA is
Fuck You
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by mleadman on Jan 25, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Bill Bellicheck used to have a soul
http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/cooking-with-bill-belichick/
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Does anyone know
if you can buy episodes of the NFLs SoundFX show on DVD or blu ray? Man I woudl pay a lot of money for some of the footage they have
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I hate their video player and commercials though
alas! They should take all their good clips of ref player interactions and put them in one place. Love that stuff.
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
Chuck Pagano is the new coach of the Colts
goodbye cover 2, I’m going to miss their run defense being a joke.
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Have a great night everyone!
Houston Clap (FTMFW)
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
Houston 5-clap
clap clap, clap clap clap
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 2:06 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Anyone - first Dodger question
Los Angeles Dodgers @Dodgers
Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw went 5-0 against SF in 2011, who was the last Dodger pitcher to go 5-0 in a season vs. Giants? #ThinkBluman
I'm gonna say
Kaz Ishii. Why not?
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
Why not?
Because it’s Kaz fucking Ishii, that’s why not
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Are we going back before LA?
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Sal Maglie
Don Newcombe
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Van Lingle Mungo
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
Crap. I was really hoping for Van Lingle Mungo.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
For this one, yes
I would imagine for the contest on TV, probably but they have 50+ years to cover so maybe not.
lol how come all trivia is always way before my time?? I cant wait til im 60-70 years old so I can play.
Who won the Cy Young last year?
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Ooh, ooh, I know this one. Van Lingle Mungo?
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Shit, which one doesn’t?
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
Alternate answer:
Amen, Sailor!
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
What Dodger threw a no – hitter at Coors
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How many total bases did Shawn Green have in his four home run game against the Brewers?
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19.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
What Dodger pitcher had one of the best names in baseball history?
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
When Steve Finley hit that GS vs the Giants to clinch the NL west in 04, what 3 Dodgers were on base??
Derek Lowe was at second base with Carolyn Hughes.
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by Nolij on Jan 25, 2012 2:24 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
The final Dodgers.com question
Which two players (one inducted as a Giant, the other as a Dodger) played their last games for the other club.
Snider
Marichal
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Technically
you could accept Hoyt Wilhelm too because his HOF plaque shows him wearing a NY Giants cap, he retired in 1972 as a Dodger.
Jackie Robinson says, “Not me!”
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:14 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Van Lingle Mungo
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
Quote of the day
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Fuck You
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Okay
name the last 8 Dodger Rookie of the Years and list the year they won the award, will only accept answers with all 8 listed go.
96 Hollandsworth
95 Nomo
94 Mondesi
93 Piazza
92 Karros
82 Sax
81 Valenzuela
80 Howe
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
1965 Frenchy
1969 Sizemore
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How in the hell did Lefebvre win over Joe Morgan that year?
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Also, RBIs, Pennants.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I thought about RBIs, but Joe scored 100 runs!
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Joe was short
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 2:29 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Never forget
Don’t write Kemp’s name in ink in lineup
September 26, 2007|Bill Plaschke
The kid gloves are off.
After watching their youth movement crash and burn against a wall of reality last week, the Dodgers are quietly mulling a slight change of direction.
The kids are no longer untouchable.
At least one of those kids could be the centerpiece in a winter trade that could bring the team a badly needed veteran star.
That kid could be Matt Kemp…….
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
That’s not fair we have all said stupid things. The problem with Plashke is two fold
He says ALOT of stupid things
His quest to smear Depodesta
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Also, he says a lot of stupid things in one-sentence paragraphs.
That’s not Plaschke’s worst offense, actually. That was the Sasha Cohen column, which was simply horrible. But I hated this one.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
Might be the worst ending in journalist history:
If the Dodgers can get zinged, so can Sasha Cohen, and she deserved it Thursday night.
She didn’t want to be there.
She didn’t want to be there?
In my island nation, he would have been tarred and feathered for that Cohen column
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
and he gets to do it from very visible platforms.
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Cespedes officially a FA
and Jim Bowden says the likely players are…
1. Cubs 2. Marlins 3. Orioles 4. White Sox
75% chance he won’t have a chance to make the playoffs in 2012.
Saw Xeifrank on Yahoo
On the Yahoo Baidu Message Board. Was that you? Too bad about what they were saying about you… Just kidding..
Cespedes is a Top 30 prospect and Zach Lee is our #1 prospect. How much do you think Zach Lee would get as a free agent if he were one today? Same question for Bryce Harper who is likely #1 overall?
Harper 6/90
Lee 5/10
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Lee gets 2 years at 5mil. why risk 5 years of contract on someone who can’t get out Lo-A hitters? If you’re talking free agent contracts, you are expecting them to step in now, and that simply isn’t the case yet with Lee. Harper could easily get a 10 year deal.
I think Harper would only want a 5 year deal. It sets him up nicely for the bigger pay day in his prime while giving him a serious check for the next six years.
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Have to remember Charley Finley here
A lot of these FA values are inflated because these are very unique, major league ready or nearly major league ready players and the supply of them is very limited.
If Lee were a free agent, he would get a lot if he was the only pitcher like him available. But if there were say 10 or 15 19-20 year old pitchers with similar pedigrees the prices would go down.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
The A’s top six prospects’ names are all English words:
Parker, Peacock, Gray, Cole, Choice, Green.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, well, just wait until the baby comes. They’ll be up all night.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
If you cite Dylan, is it really a rip off?
Case in point: Sam Fuller and Jean-Luc Godard are at the Cannes Film Festival. Fuller is drinking and drinking and drinking and he’s finally had enough and he goes up to Godard and says, “You French frog fuck, all you’ve done is rip me off your entire career.”
Godard says, “Een Eenglish, ‘reep off.’ En Francais, homage.”
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
If we consider Bootie and the Hoefish music,
it’s called a musical allusion. Been done for centuries.
I have no problem calling Hootie and the Blowfish music
It’s totally non-substantive, and it pretty much sounds like four dudes just having some fun, but it also has no pretensions about being anything more than that.
Besides, Stephen Stills sang backups on “Hold My Hand”. Who am I to argue with Stephen Stills.
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For what it’s worth, that was the first album I ever bought with my own money.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I’ve never heard it, apart from the radio singles. I did inordinately like that one Counting Crows album with Mr. Jones on it tho . . .
who didn’t?
Hell, I used to listen to Offspring so loud on the way to go surfing that I still hate myself for it
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
Me.
Also, you’ve gotta keep younger Joe and current Joe separated.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
It’s a bad habit.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I am large, I contain multitudes
there was also a period where I was convinced that surfing was the sporting manifestation of Jazz and would only listen to Parker, and Davis, and Baker, and Coltrane, and Monk on the way to the beach
and always Hendrix, and Lou Reed, and phase of way too much Clapton
and a fair amount of KUSC after getting out the water
but yeah, the offspring, a mistake. Just got me so damn pumped, would be bouncing in the car, loved the violence surging in my arms, felt like I was going to explode.
I surfed best on Jazz I think, but I got more waves on bad loud music
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
whatevs
The Offspring have some great songs. They have some terrible songs, but they also have some great ones.
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
I liked No Doubt too
Forgot about that
and still listen to Beck on airplanes. For me, Beck was made for traveling
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
I hate
No Doubt. I love Beck. Wilco is the best band in the world IMO
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With only that much to go on (Marty: I love Beck, nolander: Beck sucks), I would choose to listen to Beck.
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Very much so, but I don’t know how you conclude that from my saying that with the lack of any evidence I would always choose Marty’s musical preference over yours.
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Last Jeff Beck
concert I went to, I wondered out loud
how many people were here to see Beck.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Jan 25, 2012 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
More than thought they were seeing Jeff Buckley?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
There were a lot of people looking sheepish, but nobody spoke up.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Jan 25, 2012 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
I still want to know if Beck ripped off Them.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
What I got — Nothin’.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Is
Beck a he or a they? I thought it was one dude.
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he is the frontman I guess
I don’t know if any of the other members are static or just dudes he hires for albums and touring ala NIN
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He plays all the instruments on the album, I believe. I think Reznor does the same thing.
Could be wrong, though.
from the wiki
the earliest Nine Inch Nails recordings, Reznor was unable to find a band that could articulate the material as he desired. Instead, inspired by Prince, Reznor played all the instruments except drums himself.14 This role remains Reznor’s on most of the band’s studio recordings, though he has occasionally involved other musicians and assistants
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inspired by Prince
Like he was the first. Stevie Wonder put out a few phenomenal records in the 1970s where he used very few other musicians. McCartney’s first solo record (a mixed bag) was entirely himself.
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that doesn't mean he was inspired by them
if he heard tha tprince did it and said “wow that sounds great!” It means he was inspired by Prince and in no way is a slight to anyone else.
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For what it’s worth
Nicely done.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
“Buffalo Springfield” or “Cracked Rear View”
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Dylan
and Hootie and the Blowfish reached settlement regarding the unauthorized use of lyrics from Tangled Up in Blue in 1995.
Link.
Hootie & the Blowfish reach an out-of-court settlement with Bob Dylan. The band had used a portion of Dylan’s lyrics in its hit “Only Wanna Be With You.”
Glad this is settled. Now is Mark Ellis really batting #2 for us or will D2X go outside the box and bat Loney there?
In 2014, the Dodgers reached an out-of-court settlement with Joe Torre over a dispute regarding batting crappy players second.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:01 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
More famously
George Harrison had to pay over $500K for his recording of “My Sweet Lord” sounding too similar to the Chiffons’ “He’s So Fine”
Other artists who have paid settlements for sound alike songs include:
The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan and Janet Jackson.
I knew about all of those except Steely Dan.
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I could listen to Rebel, Rebel all day long.
Another karaoke number?
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I like the line “just you and your idol singing falsetto”.
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Reg did this at karaoke.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
Musta been the night I missed out on.
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Yes, and, I believe, give him credit on the song.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
and Suge Knight
After Suge held Vanilla over the balcony.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
I heard he flipped a coin with his right hand while holding him with his left hand to decide his fate
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and told him to “call it, friendo”?
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It was Queen featuring David Bowie.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
All five lads share the songwriting credit.
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I like “My Sweet Lord”
I don’t have it like that, but I am glad he does
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t need no wah wah
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
Didn’t know you guys spoke Peanuts adult
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
I think that is one of the most well produced songs of all time. Just love the way it is put together. Phil Spector may be a nut job that murdered a woman, but he did know how to produce a pop record.
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which should get him a pass
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by meercatjohn on Jan 25, 2012 4:24 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Put on a little Dylan…
Ain’t Bobby so cool…
One could argue it is homage and quoting more than rip off.
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The whole damn verse uses Dylan lyrics (including some from Idiot Wind – “Said I shot a man named Grey, took his wife to Italy…”) and even named Dylan in the song.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
I just heard that song (Idiot Wind) was about the media. I always thought it was about an ex-girlfriend.
It’s about Bill Plaschke on Around the Horn.
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Only Hootie is left and he is forced to make commercials for Burger King as penance for his previous career lowlights.
I wonder if Hootie has ever seen the movie 24 Hour Party People, and if he has, when Steve Coogan says in that movie, “My epitaph will be, ‘He never sold out.’ I protected myself from ever having to sell out by having nothing to sell,” I wonder if Hootie thought, “Yeah, I’m going to do the exact opposite of that guy.”
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
Hootie is now a huge Country Star
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And the country music industry is beside itself with joy. They’ve been looking for an African-American star forever.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Was Charlie Pride that long ago to be called forever?
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Probably been a good 30-35 years since his heyday.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
I was thinking up to the mid-70s.
I also remember him being a baseball guy, which is cool.
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Ex-Professional Baseball Player
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Wiki
Though he also loved music, one of Pride’s life-long dreams was to become a professional baseball player. In 1952, he pitched for the Memphis Red Sox of the Negro American League. He pitched well, and, in 1953, he signed a contract with the Boise Yankees, the Class C farm team of the New York Yankees. During that season, an injury caused him to lose the “mustard” on his fastball, and he was sent to the Yankees’ Class D team in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Later that season, while in the Negro leagues with the Louisville Clippers, he and another player (Jesse Mitchell), were traded to the Birmingham Black Barons for a team bus. “Jesse and I may have the distinction of being the only players in history to be traded for a used motor vehicle,” Pride mused in his 1994 autobiography.4[dead link]
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God bless Baseball-Reference, for at least having 7 innings and parts of other two years chronicled.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
Charley is months shy of being the same age as my mother.
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I didn’t realize he was still alive.
My mom loved him, and his Christmas album was a staple at the Stephen Compound growing up.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
B-R has him as a year older than my mom. Discrepancy!
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Pretty sure Darius Rucker has said, “I’m not Hootie”, it’s just a band name. BUT WTF DO THEY EXPECT? YOU NAME A BAND “X AND THE Y”, THE FRONT MAN IS X!
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Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson would say you don’t even need an “and the.”
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Did you ever hear Alice Cooper interviewed on Fresh Air? It was amazing. The guy gave a completely laid-back, unpretentious interview.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
This is for you to listen to once School’s Out
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
No more Mr. Not-Nice Guy, I guess
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I’m gonna sing that at karaoke one night.
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I dig that the guy is a total golf nerd
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know his exact handicap, but it is reportedly very low.
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he now co-owns a restaurant in Arizona (?) with Randy Johnson. They sell a 2 foot hot dog called “The Big Unit”. When you order the Big Unit, sirens and lights go off and the waitress who brings it to you carries it to your table shouting BIG UNIT, BIG UNIT.
FTFY
and the waitress who brings it to you in her mouth carries it to your table shouting MRPH, HPRM, PHRM.
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
This sounds like a Simpsons episode
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Million dollar birthday fries!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 25, 2012 3:28 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Called Cooperstown, right? Heard that Cooper eats there often and is nice to people who approach him.
Phoenix
their web site. The real question is, it is worth a visit during Spring Training?
Probably yes for those lucky fuckers who will be there for six weeks.
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I found a place to stay like 12 miles from CBR too. Very central.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
Spring Training party at Eric’s!
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It was on an episode of No Reservations (streaming on NetFlix. Episode is called US Southwest). Place looks bitchin. It’s a sports grill to the sports grilliest.
Like his voice, thought he could enunciate better (at least in the Hootie heyday). But not over-enunciate like that guy in Creed.
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I always thought the start of the song sounds like the intro to “No Sugar Tonight” by Guess Who.
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I always thought that the start of Beck’s “Devil’s Haircut” sounds like Them’s “I Can Only Give You Everything” with a key change.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
Luckily Bob Seger could not sue himself for using the same chords over and over
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John Fogerty was actually sued, accused of ripping himself off.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
I think he won that case? (He was sued by the owner of the publishing rights to the CCR material, which was Saul Zaentz or his successors.)
Fogarty did some playing on the stand to demonstrate something or other. Now that would be cool jury duty.
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That said, “The Old Man Down the Road” sure sounds a bit like “Run Through the Jungle”, which in turn does sound like a reworked “Green River”.
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He was not able to argue that it is impossible to rip oneself off.
He took the stand with his guitar to show that “Old Man Down the Road” and “Run Through the Jungle” were constructed in a completely different manner.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
Zaentz also sued Fogarty for defamation or slander or libel or something for the song “Zanz Kant Danz”, claiming it was clearly about him. Later editions of the album change the title (and maybe altered the vocal) to “Vanz Kant Danz”. I believe my brother still has the vinyl in original form. (He also bought the Lynryd Skynyrd “Street Survivors” album with the band in flames on the cover before the plane crash.)
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According to this Fogerty won and eventually was even awarded attorney’s fees after the Supreme Court got involved on that issue.
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I think that is called “diddling yourself”
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
I’m so bloody rich!
I own apartment buildings and shopping centers!
And I only know three chords!
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Earache my eye! How would you like a butt-ache?
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
I didn’t know that “So Sick” was a thing.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
So Sick, I have dysentery.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
Once again with no numbers nor explanation
Forbes announced their list of the NBA Franchises worth the most money:
Lakers are No. 1 at $900M
Clippers are No. 20 at $324M
I think DTD payed something like 12 Million
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Jerry Buss paid $67.5M for the Lakers, AND the Kings, AND the Forum (which I assumed included the parking lots), and a ranch.
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George Steinbrenner. $30million.
We're all snobs in the areas which we consider ourselves to be an expert.
I never saw George with a bevy of young skirts though.
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Strangest thing – sorry for the long story. We had seats at the forum and we all knew where Jerry and the skirts were. He would send his people around and they invite the purty young things upto his area for fun dining and what not. We had a couple who knew this and we used to laugh about it. One game they brought their daughter who was home from college to the game. She got invited up and went. They were all excited that Jerry Buss had asked for their daughter! It was so strange, they knew the old fuck was going to fuck her that night and yet the idea that Jerry Buss was going to do the fucking was okay.
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maybe they just thought she would hang and then slip out
before he slipped her the check
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I imagine Jerry invited up more than left with him. He was old then and older now, he can’t fuck ’em all.
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The hell he can’t.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 4:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I am sure Jerry shared with his friends, doesn’t seem like the kind of guy to bogart all the ass
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
I thought he paid something like $10 million
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
Touche
On January 3, 1973, Steinbrenner and minority partner Burke led a group of investors, which included Lester Crown, John DeLorean and Nelson Bunker Hunt, in purchasing the Yankees from CBS.11 For years, the selling price was reported to be $10 million. However, Steinbrenner later revealed that the deal included two parking garages that CBS had bought from the city, and soon after the deal closed, CBS bought back the garages for $1.2 million. The net cost to the group for the Yankees was therefore $8.8 million.12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Steinbrenner
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Is there always weird stuff about the parking??
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Worst band that you will cop to listening to
We all know Eric’s, that chick band that he loves. What was yours?
and it has to be past the age of 13. Like I listened to shit in the late 70’s that I will not be held accountable for…
go!
I still like some of their older older older stuff
They just went tooo… hip hop pop
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The best cover of Faith is by a British band called The Boy Least Likely To:
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
Their version of Faith is terrible
by court168627 on Jan 25, 2012 3:51 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
i often talk about the difference between good/bad music and music that i like/dislike. i think Elton John is bad music but i like Elton John
by court168627 on Jan 25, 2012 3:39 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Way Benny & the Jets is though
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I was going to sing that at karaoke, just for Phil.
I don’t get the hatred though, that is such a harmless nothing song.
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Don't hate it
just not any good
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i guess i just think of his music as supremely uncool. yet, i love tiny dancer.
by court168627 on Jan 25, 2012 3:42 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
It depends on which Elton John we’re talking about. The stuff that made Elton famous? Nothing wrong with that. Late-period Elton? Oy.
Stevie Wonder, same thing.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
good call on this, for both artist
whatever happened to the Lionel Richie that sang Brick House? How do we go from that to “Hello?”
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
Brick House is still funkadelicious.
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i think that goes without saying. i generally assume that most pop musicians later output is terrible, especially wjen their career lasts longer than a decade
by court168627 on Jan 25, 2012 3:46 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Except The Kinks. 60s British Invasion group? 80s stadium rockers? I’ll take ’em all.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
i said generally. of course there are exceptions. however, i dont see the kinks as one
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i hate when people take one example who is above and beyond the norm and use it as evidence against generalities.
However, in this case, I was just curious of your opinion.
im completely ambivalent towards Justin Timberlake’s entire careering
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didn't JT write most of NSYNC's songs?
which would make sense why he is the only one to actually have a career afterwords
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i strongly doubt that any member of that had significant contributions to the composition of their songs
by court168627 on Jan 25, 2012 4:00 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I love them too
but something about them makes me want to say they are bad music
Only a sith deals in absolutes.
Because they are
The one thing I give Styx is music like theirs pushed me into punk rock
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by mleadman on Jan 25, 2012 3:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m surprised there hasn’t been a stage musical based on the music of Styx yet.
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The Cars
Boy George
Romeo Void
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god do I love the Cars – still do
I knew better than Boy George
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
I also still love The Cars. Those songs are little 3 1/2 minute power pop masterpieces.
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His solo stuff? You really are scraping bottom there.
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I was thinking of Hard to Say I’m Sorry and You’re the Inspiration, but those are both Chicago songs. So I retract my Cetera choice.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
He did one song with Amy Grant, and Glory of Love. That’s all I can remember solo.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I’m back on board for Glory of Love alone.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
He did that hilarious duet with
Cher, where he was singing higher than her.
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They were cool
when they were The Bangs
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hmmm
Bands is hard, I listen to 80s music :)
Artists? Probably Kelly Clarkson, and its only 2 or 3 songs I actually have on my itunes.
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I will still listen to my way overly pretentious Emerson, Lake and Palmer records.
I can hear Marty retching from here.
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Album has one of the worst lyrics ever
Every day a little sadder
A little madder
Someone get me a ladder
Well, it rhymed.
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Any song
On Pictures at an Exhibition if great.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Jan 25, 2012 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
I prefer Hut on Fowl Legs to Great Gate of Kiev. Or are we not talking Mussorgsky?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
ELP
put out a live record of them playing their version of Mussorgsky. It is pretty damn pretentious. I played it a lot in the mid-70s. I once used elementary electronic chips on a breadboard to have it play the melody line of Promenade. Lame.
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that's ok
I really liked The Moody Blues and even went to see them at the Hollywood Bowl when they had all passed their expiration date
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
Weird lineup choices
I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan for the first time at the Forum. Backup band for The Moody Blues.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Jan 25, 2012 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
Living Colour
Guns n’ Roses
Rolling Stones
I got so wasted during that show that I passed out twice
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
A friend of mine reported back from this Coliseum concert:
Rolling Stones
J. Geils Band
[some other act]
Prince
He thought Prince was great and was stunned he got booed off the stage. He was also surprised how much the J. Geils Band sucked. But their front man was boning Kathleen Turner in her prime years, so there’s that.
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How can you be surprised how much J. Geils Band sucks. My blood runs cold just thinking about them
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
I was there!
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Nope
That’s who I wanted to see most. That was like 1980, and the Stones were already past it for 5 years
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I was a huge Prince
fan up until Purple Rain
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Among the post-Purple Rain stuff
I like the Sign o’ the Times album.
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end of the Stones
I was too young to know what I was singing, but I loved “Miss You” so much when it came out that I can today sing that whole song word for word
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
Sticky Fingers
was the first album I bought
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People think I’m Crazz zy
What’s a matter witchu boy?
good stuff
I think the Stones, while not my favorite band of all time, and the greatest band of all time
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
I was tempted to boo Coldplay at some KCRW concert, but was scared I would be trampled by all the grey haired ponytails
so I sat on my hands miserable
the band for that night was this Mexican rocker group called Café Tacuba. Check them out
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
Alan Parsons Project are a bit of a guilty pleasure for me.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I wouldn’t want to be like you.
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Erasure
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I really liked Pearl Jam when I was 18-22
Now I am a different person
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
Alive is my second favorite song to sing on Rock Band, behind Everlong by the Foo Fighters.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 25, 2012 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
i know exactly how you feel. i loved pearl jam wjen i was 13 and i don’t really dislike them now, but im pretty far from a fan
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yeah – I can still listen to Nirvana, but the sound of Pearl Jam makes me want change the station
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
Music I heard for the first time that I said wow
Hendrix
Bowie
Sparks
Bruce Springsteen
Dire Straits
X
Nirvana
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Sparks didn’t do it for me – but I think I saw them about 1000 times at Magic Mountain
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll always remember the riff from “this town isn’t big enough for the both of us”. The songs that became hits were passable but the second album from the song above was something I’d never heard before. I don’t think any song from that album was played on the radio. By the time they became big I’d moved on, but still love that one album. Or maybe not, have not heard it in 25 years.
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Sparks played my high school (grades 7-12) c. 1973 or 1974? – somehow I missed that.
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the rest of your list lines up with me
I also love The Doors – which I know Marty, but it hit the spoke for me
These days have a bunch of electronica on my Ipod, things like Shirley Bassey re-mixes and Thievery Corporation and other stuff I bought because I heard it on Jason Bentley and was so surprised how much I loved it. That music for me is traveling and driving
God, did I love Dire Straits for a while
and Nirvana was so fresh when I was done with everything
Hell, you know who I like. I like Jack White and every thing he does. His album with Loretta Lynn might be one of my top 5 of all time.
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Dire Straits
The Mark Knopfler can really handle that fucking axe.
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And wrote a perfect soundtrack to The Princess bride.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Trying to decide if Spawn is old enough for this movie. Scary stuff that I can remember are the screaming eels, the ROUSes, and Wesley dying (well, almost dying). I dunno if she can handle that stuff.
I won’t even tell her the name of the movie, though. All I would have to say would be the words “Princess” and “Bride” and she would be all in.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
I got about 2/3 of the way through reading the book with my 4-year-old (cleaning it up some along the way), little bits every night, then he asked me to stop. I think the idea of Count Rugen “being mean” to Westley was too much for him.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
You know you want
to hear her say, “My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father. Prepare to die.”
But probably not “INCONCEIVABLE”
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That was my kid’s favorite part.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
A few months ago at LA County Art Museum
they did a reading of The Princess Bride script:
The players were:
Paul Rudd as Westley (originally played by Cary Ewes)
Mindy Kaling as Buttercup (Robin Wright)
Cary Elwes as Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon)
Nick Kroll as Count Rugen (Christopher Guest)
Patton Oswalt as Vizzini (Wallace Shawn)
Bill Fagerbakke as Fezzik (Andre the Giant)
Goran Višnjic as Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin)
Kevin Pollack as Miracle Max (Billy Crystal)
Collette Wolfe as Valerie (Carol Kane)
Fred Savage as The Grandson (Fred Savage)
Rob Reiner as The Grandfather (Peter Falk)
One of the great things and unfortunate things is that this was not recorded so it was a singular performance at LACMA.
Mrs HJ does a mean
Marwhiage, oh Marwhiage
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
Zat bwessed eventuh, zat dweam wiffin a dweam
and wuv, twoo wuv, wiw fowwow woo fowevvah
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 4:40 PM PST up reply actions
solid
/oldmansayings
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I didn’t find out about that til the day before. I was very sad to have missed it.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Yes
so I was I. They said that the crowd roared when Savage read the first line of the movie and that Rudd glanced at Ewes when he said “As you wish”
shit man, I might have to listen to it tonight
Watch the Lakers on mute, glass of wine and the Mrs feet in my hands, Loretta singing about the Little Red Shoes
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
I remember where I was when I first heard Sultans of Swing, Freebird, and that Kennedy had been shot.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Jan 25, 2012 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
I remember that for American Pie.
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Me too with this one.
When a buddy got married in England, one evening close friends gathered in his parents’ back yard for dinner. At one point one of his parents’ friends took out a guitar and began playing. Well, at one point, he started playing American Pie, and all of the parents’ friends groaned — not because they didn’t like the song, far from it, but because they could never finish it.
Well, we did it, and everybody else trailed off, but I got ’em through it and remembered all the words and got a standing O. It was a proud moment, for some reason.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
Shorter then Coconut:)
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You’re such a silly woman.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
for sure
that song, along with Carly Simon’s “You’re so Vain” are the songs in my head from my earliest memories of our family camping trips
Lake Cachuma FTW
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
Did you get ticketed for peeing in Cachuma?
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Jan 25, 2012 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
The Campgrounds
Up Los Osos Road are some of my favorites. Adding in a concert at the County Bowl makes for a great weekend.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Jan 25, 2012 4:40 PM PST up reply actions
I love it up there
trying to talk Mrs HJ into a 4 day Cachuma weekend, buying wine, grilling out, drinking said wine, camping
even promised a run into Solvang
She is on the fence
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
She’ll love it, of course, and demand to go there many more times.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Jan 25, 2012 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
that’s the plan
I also love Refugio down on the coast. Was a great place when I was a teenager. El Capitan pretty nice too
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
I bet it’s hard to get into Emma K Woods now. But there’s always Tin Can Beach, across the highway the the sand dune.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Jan 25, 2012 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
yeah – hard to get in everywhere these days.
I had a party at Emma Woods once that was the closest thing to a television commercial I have ever been in. We cut small holes in watermelons days before and soaked them with vodka, we had a bonfire, we danced all night long, girls in bikinis, skinny dipping, everything.
We didn’t even know we were going to stay there, we just knew we wanted to party at the beach, some how we talked out way into that park, night to remember.
I am saving that one in the memory banks, when I am old and done and in a bed where I just can’t move, I hope to go back to that party, walk around for a while, visit with my friends
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
Emma not the slut she once was?
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by David Young on Jan 25, 2012 5:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’ve camped El Capitan a few times, but never Refugio. Cachuma as a kid with the family once. Whole region is fantastic.
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El Cap has better surf when the west swell comes in, but I think (or at least thought) that refugio was a prettier campground
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
For years now, almost all my camping has been at lakes where we can take the SeaDoo. I think the last place I camped that wasn’t like that was part of a summer vacation maybe 8 years ago that included camping in the coastal redwoods up near Crescent City, which was fabulous.
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SO WHEN IS THE TBLA WEEKEND CAMP OUT?
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that would be fun
Vin Scully on the radio while camping is about as good as being an american gets
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
Totally agree. Vinny painting the picture in one’s mind while gathered around the campfire pit.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Jan 25, 2012 5:08 PM PST up reply actions
About a hundred of us used to spend Easter Week at Refugio in the 70’s. Great place to camp. Did that seven years in a row-took over the whole campground. Set up our portable volleyball net on the grass by the restrooms. Did nothing but play volleyball, surf and drink beer.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
sounds awesome
you ride a pin-tail single fin ride out of Free Ride or 5 Summer Stories?
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
Nope. 7’6" Weber Austrailia. We would take a day trip up to Jalama, or bring a boat and motor up to Hollister Ranch. The point at Refugio had to have a large north swell to be rideable.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
You are the MAN
I have wanted to boat up to Hollister my whole life and it just never came together
Yeah, the swell window at Refugio is really small, so is El Cap, but when they go off they are great
Does Bobby know just how cool you are? Do sons every know? Because that is awesome stuff in a great time that you were into…
Damn – that must have been paradise then….
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
The stories I've heard make my dad sound like a legitimate partier back in the day
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I found video footage of you
look for the cameo of Bobby
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 5:23 PM PST up reply actions
I cannot tell a lie. I like the shot at the seven-second mark.
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I like singing Mick Jagger’s part.
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My list would have to include Elvis Costello.
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First 2 albums
are genius
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
Grass Roots for Office fans
Bad Music – Monkeys?
Maybe Sparks but not sure they are bad music
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love the monkees, hate sparks. but i think the whole point of that band was “so bad it’s good” . hj had a good line about tjat phrase once, but i don’t remember it
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Joe said:
so bad it’s good, is rarely good so bad it’s good, is usually just bad
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
The Beatles. Those guys suck!
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
Everyone Wang Chung Tonight - while I hated this song
I had a Wang Chung period
Loved “Dance Hall Days”
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Rafael Betancourt signed an extension with the Rockies today. He was already under contract for…
2012: $4m
2013: $4.25m mutual buyout ($250,000 buyout)
Now it’s
2012: $4m
2013: $4.25m
2014: $4.5m mutual option ($250,000 buyout)
Also gets annual bonuses, per AP:
In 2012, $200,000 for 55 games finished
In 2013 and 2014…
$50,000 each for 40 and 45 games finished
$150,000 for 50
$200,000 for 55
$250,000 for 60
Ned gives 2 year deals
and the Rockies give extensions when they are absolutely under no pressure to do so.
Still think that in the past eight months, the Padre group has made better moves than all the other West teams combined.
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no doubt.
Hell, they traded Mat Latos for Mat Latos, Yonder Alonso, Grandal and a bullpen piece.
We're all snobs in the areas which we consider ourselves to be an expert.
They sat together in the park
As the evening sky grew dark
She looked at him and he felt a spark
Tingle to his bones
‘Twas then he felt alone
And wished that he’d gone straight
And watched out for a simple twist of fate
“You’re the Best Around”
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
—Andy LaRoche
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Shhhh! That’s the joke!
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 25, 2012 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
This is what I used as my walk-up music when I got to pick last year. At least I think it is. I can’t check youtube from here.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Pat Sajak - Drinking through WOF
In “Wheel of Fortune’s” early format, Sajak found himself with two-and-a-half-hour dinner breaks while they changed up the prizes. So he and his right-hand woman Vanna White would go out to Los Arcos, a nearby Mexican restaurant in Burbank, for some margaritas.
“Vanna and I would go across and have two or three or six and then come and do the last shows and have trouble recognizing the alphabet. They’re really great tapes to get a hold of,” Sajak said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/pat-sajak-wheel-of-fortune-drunk_n_1232065.html
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by mleadman on Jan 25, 2012 5:31 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
In that time frame I wouldn’t have minded knocking back a few tequilas with Vanna White, eh?
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exactly
I have heard stories that she was a bit of a party girl back in the day
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 25, 2012 6:02 PM PST up reply actions
Enough for early years photos to end up in Playboy.
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This was big news at the time!
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Presented without irony
“I’m kind of happy,” [Ruben Amaro] said. "Really happy. Because if I would have had to put an 8- or 9-year deal on [Ryan] Howard’s deal right now, that would be a little disconcerting. Right now, we have Howard for the next 5 years. I kind of like that idea rather than having to do an 8- or 9- or 10-year deal.
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20120125_Rich_Hofmann__Ruben_likes_Howard_pact_even_better_now.html
Howard's 5/$125M (avg 25/year) extenstion starts now
That’s for his age 32-36 years. Prince Fielder just signed through his age 36 season. 9/215 (avg >24/year), or so, right?
Ned signed Matt Kemp for 8/160 (avg 20/year) for ages 27-34.
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