Clayton Kershaw: Spahn (Award), Sane (Contract Extension), And Pray For Reign
by Eric Stephen on Jan 27, 2012 1:17 PM PST
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PrintClayton Kershaw was in Oklahoma City on Thursday to accept the 2011 Warren Spahn Award, an award named after the Hall of Famer who won 363 games, given annually to the top left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, based on rankings of wins, ERA, and strikeouts. Kershaw led the National League in all three categories last season.
Kershaw was asked about his pending salary arbitration hearing at the event, and told Yahoo! Sports, "I’m not worried about it at all. My court date was set. We’ll see what happens. Hopefully, it will be settled before then but you never know."
The Dodgers submitted a salary arbitration figure of $6.5 million for Kershaw in 2012, while the southpaw countered with a request for $10 million, which would set a new record for a pitcher in his first year of arbitration eligibility. I still think it is likely that the two sides settle before an arbitration hearing, which would be in early February, but if they don't come to an agreement it will be the first arbitration hearing for the Dodgers since 2007, with relief pitcher Joe Beimel.
But hey, since that Prince Fielder money didn't get spent maybe a long-term extension for the reigning Cy Young winner is in order.
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Kershaw will join Matt Kemp in Kansas City on Saturday night at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Legacy Awards in Kansas City. Kershaw is the 2011 recipient of the National League Bullet Joe Rogan Award for pitcher of the year, while Kemp will be presented with the Oscar Charleston Award as the NL MVP.
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I kept getting a weird error page with what looks like a simple ink drawing of an exasperated Jackie Chan.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
This board was deader than Cher for a while.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
generalissimo francisco franco is still dead
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
Two links while we were away
Hiroki Kuroda talked to Dylan Hernandez about leaving the Dodgers.
Steve Sax turns 52 on Sunday
Also, while of course Dylan framed the article, I do think it is telling that Hiro wasn’t particularly excited about reuniting with Russell.
"It’s easier to be with a catcher who knows you," he said.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Sounds to me like Dylan provided the context of the question that led to that quote:
He will at least be familiar with a catcher, former Dodger Russell Martin.
"It’s easier to be with a catcher who knows you," he said.I didn’t come away from that with your interpretation.
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BLOCKQUOTE FAIL
Sounds to me like Dylan provided the context of the question that led to that quote:
He will at least be familiar with a catcher, former Dodger Russell Martin.I didn’t come away from that with your interpretation.
“It’s easier to be with a catcher who knows you,” he said.
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they never made him a formal offer
and he aparently could have gotten more then the 10 mil he got from the yanks. First part makes ned look like a goddamn buffoon.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
See also: My contention that Ned wanted to make it look like they tried to sign Prince.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
such headlines
Prince going to the Paupers!
Penniless McCourt produces Princely sum
Possum playing paupers procure Prince
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
Clayton Kershaw has also formed a bond with Kuroda despite the language barrier, something Nimura appreciates.
“(Kershaw is) one of the few people that made the effort to understand Kuroda,” Nimura said. "We need more people like that, people who are willing to understand. …
Different article but man Kersh is a nice guy
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
I never fully appreciated Kuroda till last season.
He started the season our No. 4 started, and ended season as our No. 2.
When the Yankee fans chant his name, I’m gonna be so mad.
Can’t get mad if you’ve written off the season. Dive on in, the gin is ice cold!
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
Didn’t you give up on this season two years ago?
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Yup – before a single game was played in 2010.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
Love the headline, Eric. Nice work.
In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened
In case anyone was wondering, the Dodgers photo day is Friday, March 2.
True or false: Ronald Belisario will be present for photo day on March 2.
First and foremost, let me praise prescience?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
What was that old SNL skit, perhaps a commercial…a psychic was selling a book called “I Knew You Were Going To Buy This Book”
by Eric Stephen on Jan 27, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
whew
for a second there I was getting updated comments but coulnd’t comment. Refresh fixed that though.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Happy birthday, Tripon.
:)
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
by Nolij on Jan 27, 2012 3:26 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
So, I’ve always assumed Tripon was pronounced “try pawn” and meant “three (whatever pon means in Latin)”, but then I wondered what that thing happened to be. So I googled and apparently “tripón” means something like “fatso” in colloquial Spanish. Is that the source of his nickname and I should therefore pronounce his name as “tree pone” or is it something else?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
You would think I would have more productive
but this is the least productive I’ve felt all weeek
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
It coincided perfectly with when I happened to take my lunch today.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 27, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
that sounds better than my lunch
but I had a dread morning and now it is gone
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
I had string cheese.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
Stating a fact?
I didn’t really have lunch. I’m kind of hungry.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
I am scared of my wife when I let her get too hungry
Hungry women are amazonian in their fury
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
We get hangry
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
by Maddz on Jan 27, 2012 4:30 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Gary would like to agree with you
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
That is, he’d like to, but he’s busy in the kitchen preparing food for Maddz.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 4:31 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
but he’s icing his face after telling me “we” should go to the gym tomorrow
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
MORE COOKING LESS AGREEING WITH HJ BITCH
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 4:31 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
trying to think of a place to eat
before i piss everyone off and eat velveeta with shells
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
hmmm – who is going to pick where we’ll eat, possibly the most stressed 6 minutes in any day
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
gary has suggested no less than 10 things and I have shot down all of them. I am being extraordinarily difficult today
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
there is his alibi right there, walk carefully Maddz, the man has just cause
help the guy out, he’s a good guy, tell him what you want and get it over with for gods sake.
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
I said I wasn’t feeling mexican and he suggested a mexican place.
He’s trolling me. He is not long for this world. Say your goodbyes.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
Two words: Olive Garden
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
hahahaha
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
I honestly don’t think there’s one anywhere near me
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
Trust me, it’s worth going out of your way for
by Eric Stephen on Jan 27, 2012 4:40 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
He’ll learn the Cesar Milan trick to managing your lady
1) don’t let her get hungry
2) if she gets hungry feed her
3) if you cannot feed her immediately, say calmly yet firmly, without hesitation or fear “Be nice, or you won’t get fed”
4) Run
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
5-3-1
he suggests 5 places, she eliminates 3, you pick 1 from the remaining 2.
"We'll see" said the Zen Master
ah bliss!
I came home to a woman with a cold who has to wear a ball gown in a few weeks
I made boneless skinless chicken taste as good as it can be taste. Farmer’s market Brussel sprouts FTW
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 7:47 PM PST up reply actions
He said “the counter”
I didn’t immediately reject it
He slammed my laptop shut and said WE’RE GOING
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
I had vegetables.
But it is Friday and you know what that means: Chinese food!
We Kavulas are creatures of habit.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
I have had lunch with you on Fridays
and not once had we had Chinese food.
Plus, I defy you tell me where there is decent Chinese food by your place of work.
I need Chinese food by my house
my favorite was Chef Mings, but he moved to Beverly Hills
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
Chinese food for dinner. I should have been more specific. I apologize.
We get it from China Grill in the Manhattan Village. It is completely inauthentic I’m sure but they use good ingredients and it’s tasty.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 4:24 PM PST up reply actions
BH defied you, defied!
that is awesome
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
That’s the story of my life. All defy, no deify.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
Nuts!
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 4:28 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I can see you tugging at your collar while you say that
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
well
at least we agree there is not much to choose from in the Chinese food land where the 10 and the 405 meet
Going to be in KC tomorrow night?
Dodger All-Star center fielder Matt Kemp and National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw will be honored tomorrow night at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum’s Legacy Awards ceremony in Kansas City. Kemp will be on hand to receive the Oscar Charleston Award as the National League’s Most Valuable Player, while Kershaw will be recognized as the National League recipient of the Bullet Rogan "Pitcher of the Year" Award.
if they sign kershaw long term
we should have a party.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
Revisiting Bob Timmermann's blog has me convinced of one thing
Henry Clay sure didn’t like a lot of people.
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But wasn’t he the great compromiser? If he hated all those people, dude was a true pro.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 27, 2012 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
Question
Did Hunter Pence ($10.4m) get more in his arbitration settlement than he would’ve on the open market? It’s hard for me imagine what kind of contract he could get next offseason. After Jason Werth, nothing’s shocking.
I know some like to cite stats like
WAR but I am sure someone will sign Ethier and say he is such a great clutch hitter.
sure
but they are close enough that if etheir is going to get paid bourne will too
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
talking about Pence, not Bourn.
But Pence would have gotten more than that for next year, and for the next two or three years too
"We'll see" said the Zen Master
(they both have averaged about 4 war ovver the last few)
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Ned would have offered just under that.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
It’s like he’s playing limbo: find out what the bar is, and go juuuuuust under it.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
Michael Cuddyer hit .277/.341/.431 with 34 home runs and 151 RBI in his last 2 years, and signed for 3 years, $31.5 million.
Hunter Pence has hit .298/.348/.481 with 47 home runs and 188 RBI in his last 2 years
Since Cuddyer hit a big year in 2009 though…
Cuddyer 2009-11: .276/.341/.465, 117 OPS+, 66 HR, 245 RBI
Pence 2009-2011: .293/.347/.478, 122 OPS+, 72 HR, 260 RBI
And Pence is four years younger than Cuddyer.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 27, 2012 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
Also Pence is just shy (16 days) of having five full seasons, so he is partially inflated due to his Super Two status. He and Ethier are fairly similar offensively
Pence 2007-2011 (4.156 svc time): 734 G, 3099 PA, 157 2B, 114 HR, 388 R, 412 RBI, .292/.343/.485, 120 OPS+
Ethier 2006-2010 (4.153 svc time): 719 G, 2812 PA, 165 2B, 98 HR, 353 runs, 388 RBI, .291/.363/.491, 124 OPS+
by Eric Stephen on Jan 27, 2012 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
So what you’re saying is that in his sixth, Pence none the richer?
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 4:41 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, if Pence just has a good year but with no home run power he will get an 18% raise, while one of his teammates who performed much worse will get a 31% raise.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 27, 2012 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
Eric is clearly not indulging any Pence puns this afternoon.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
Josie would be like a pig in shit for some old timey limey words
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
HITNG?
In a Dodgers-Astros game awhile back, Hunter reached base on an error by the SS and I got to make a similar pun: “Not ruled a hit; E-6 Pence none the richer.”
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old friend alert
Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com reports that Brad Penny is drawing interest from teams in Japan.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 27, 2012 4:13 PM PST reply actions
Jerry Crasnick is no friend of mine
oh, you meant Penny
sorry
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
I look forward to seeing which kind of random japanese celebrities he hooks up with in defiance of all common sense.. unless he’s married.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 27, 2012 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
I honestly don’t know if you’re referring to common sense or marriage.
Or both.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
carson
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
Speaking of Kit Carson, which reminds me of other Kits…
I worked once with a Chris Marlowe. Christine, I suppose, but she went by Chris. I couldn’t believe it. I called her Kit.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
foxy
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
How about a car?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 27, 2012 4:40 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I get one thing wrong on my california tax info and the last 2 hours of my life have turned to hell
It won’t even let me fix the problem online!!!
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
My Federal went through
I apparently put the wrong 2010 AGI on my california return, so I got the correct amount from the IRS, now HR Block is trying to help me find where to put the correct amount, because they tell me they cannot edit it, and it looks like all the numerical information is gone and I cannot edit that anymore.
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I just read your link
I don’t think it accepted it because it says rejected for state.
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That's good, I'm glad one won't hold up the other
So it looks like there’s not much HR Block help people can do right now, just gotta see if it goes through the 2nd time or not. It’s definitely my fault because I put in the wrong number, I just wish this was stupid people proof and could be edited after rejection! lol
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
In Soviet Russia, IRS audits Y— wait.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
Even when I get the correct number to put on my tax forms
it won’t let me edit my REJECTED tax forms. Hats off, HR Block online.
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Who was the last Dodger to win in arbitration, anyway? Was it more recent than Mike Scioscia in 1985?
Ownership FINALISTS
Bill Shaikin
#Dodgers ownership finalists include Magic’s group, Caruso/Torre, Steven Cohen. Not sure who else.
I have really appreciated all of Shaikin’s reporting throughout this process, but this tweet is telling us nothing.
I sure about all the gas giants. If they didn’t, we’d notice. Or at least astronomers would and would tell us. Their gravitational effects on us are easily measurable, I think. And on this topic, Plaschke and Simers are still employed by the LA Times.
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Damn that is great. Good for them.
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Rock solid reporting there…along the lines of “One ball itches…not really sure about the other one yet.”
Shaikin’s tweeting is actually pretty annoying. I’ve seen him post 10+ tweets in a row that are pretty much 140 letter chunks of his story, as opposed to writing the story and then sending one tweet to reference it.
by KellyStephen on Jan 27, 2012 5:43 PM PST up reply actions
Yep, includes "all the heavy hitters"
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Who was cut
So who were the two that were cut?
1. No one confirmed there were only 10 bidders.
2. No one identified the “8” that Shaikin mentioned
3. The Monday deadline was a soft deadline and they can accept additional bidders after that point.
In other words, no one knows yet.
I’d suggest keeping all clothes on at this point and not getting too worked about anything.
by KellyStephen on Jan 27, 2012 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
I Guarantee one was
that Miccelio guy
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?
Go Magic!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 27, 2012 5:56 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
so then
These are the guys McCourt will choose from? They were approved by MLB.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 27, 2012 5:58 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
That last sentence should be a question
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 27, 2012 5:58 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
No
these are the folks who will pay MLB $25K to get vetted and then from this group, MLB will be select the finalists for McCourt to begin negotiations.
I would expect this to take until sometime in late February if not later.
ok
Thanks BH
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 27, 2012 6:14 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I guess Jack Del Rio is my team's new DC
Which is cool.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Heh
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
he sucks at having a team with not shitty offense
but defense, the guy knows defense. I would be excite about a JOhn Fox team with Jack Del Rio running the D.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Return of the King is on TNT
goes with red wine!
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 7:03 PM PST up reply actions
Bought your TJ cheapie Italian red suggestions but haven’t tried them yet.’
Killed an Aussie Shiraz last night instead, which was good with my wife’s prime rib leftovers.
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they are drinkable, in fact thinking of creeping down to the cellar for one more bottle
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 7:08 PM PST up reply actions
mission accomplished – the more I pour the better the movie gets!
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 7:41 PM PST up reply actions
Check out
The Invisible Man on TCM tonight
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?
still gotta wonder
Who the owner will be. And I’ll wondering if the team signs Cespedes.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 27, 2012 7:37 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I don't think he would sign with us for 5
but I don’t see why we didn’t just throw him 8
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
hell we could probably have got him for less, but more then 5
unless he is like lee and doesn’t like the west coast
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Didn’t Oswalt turn down a higher offer from Detroit because he didn’t want to go there?*
I’m sure he has a price, but if offers are reasonably close it sounds like he’s going to stay close to home.**
- I can’t blame him for avoiding Detroit.
- The man would rather live in Mississippi swamp than on the beach in SoCal. “Rational” people sometimes make strange decisions.
Ned looks even more stupid now
Somehow, it was possible.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 27, 2012 8:04 PM PST up reply actions
Shaikin tweets:
Sources: Mark Cuban and Dennis Gilbert did not make it to second round of #Dodgers bidding.
Don’t know what Cuban’s bid was, but McCourt thinks #Dodgers could fetch $1.5 billion. Cuban said that was too high:
Gold/Disney, O’Malley, Kroenke also into second round. Gold and O’Malley have NOT merged.
not surprised about Cuban
I wonder if Gilbert just didn’t have the money
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 27, 2012 8:39 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Gold/O’Malley SHOULD merge. Gold has the money, O’Malley has the name. That’s a dream team.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 27, 2012 9:45 PM PST up reply actions
Gilbert
Believe that Gilbert was under capitalized, wondering if he would try and get involved with O’Malley group……I think Magic Johnson group with an infusion of some more Money could be the big winner at the end.
Magic's money people
Control $125 billion in assets
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 27, 2012 9:47 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
how many eggs you going to count as chickens tonight?
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 9:53 PM PST up reply actions
How drunk are you Joe?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 27, 2012 9:58 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
And
Exactly how do they plan on using that on the Dodgers.
I am skeptical of anyone who controls assets that are not liquid,
I’m just saying Magic’s group has money
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 27, 2012 10:16 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Maybe
I mean Guggenheim Baseball Management company is part of a larger Guggenheim Partners that manages 150 billion dollar portfolio.
Stan Kroenke and his wife Ann Walton Kroenke are both billionaires.
by bhsportsguy on Jan 27, 2012 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
are you saying
that you’d like them to show you the money?
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
I
Am saying having money tied up in financial assets is to me, the same as owning a parking lot.
by bhsportsguy on Jan 28, 2012 12:20 AM PST up reply actions
In other words, you’d like to see piles of money with no ties to it? If so, we need a South American drug lord as an owner!
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Dwight Howard calling out his teammates
Counting down the clock until he’s a Laker
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 27, 2012 10:00 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Howard and Love in 2015 is going to be awesome
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 27, 2012 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
Interesting if they do get Howard…I really think that Deron Williams would be a better fit if they don’t have to give up Bynum. Why trade the number two NBA center for the number one center? How much of an upgrade would that really be, considering Gasol would have to be a part of it too?
by lnickerson88 on Jan 27, 2012 10:58 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
also
Interesting that two of the bidders I considered secondary and left out of my fanpost did not make the first round’s cut. Maybe my powers of prediction are better than I previously thought.
by lnickerson88 on Jan 27, 2012 11:00 PM PST via mobile reply actions
honestly
As long as it’s not Cohen, I’ll be happy.
by lnickerson88 on Jan 27, 2012 11:04 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Juan Pierre
joins the NL (Phillies). You can’t teach on base percentage speed, you can only hope to contain it.
At his age
He will show that speed, in fact, does slump
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?
Fuck
Trapped in conference room listening to boring-ass lecturer on the American Frontier. I only do this for pay, son.
Continuing education?
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
No, it’s a professional development that pays $1000 if I go to three saturday sessions and a week at UC Davis. I’ve been maxed out on units at my districts for years.
Best I can say is good coffee, lots of food, and merciful 8:30-2:30 timeframe. I teach U.S. History (along with English), but I’m far more interested in European history, especially Russia :)
Ah comrade
I really like the 1840s to the Crimean War. Metternich was my dude.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
You should at least get a free weekend at a time share in Mexico out of it.
/reg’d
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2012 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
So Cuban is out of the mix…..has this already been covered in the comments?
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
Yes
and speculated for months. Cuban has said forever that he wouldn’t pay an outrageous amount.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2012 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
No Orel Sax
Shaikin tweet:
Confirmed: Garvey/Hershiser group not selected to advance in Dodgers bidding.
You should yell it out in your conference room to try it out first.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
This figures
My California return got rejected 2 days ago, they said I had my 2010 AGI (not sure why they needed that anyway) wrong, so it was rejected. I got the correct total and tried to get it fixed with HR Block online, I ended up sending in the return again, though I was unable to change anything.
I realized an hour later the number I got from the IRS was the same exact number I entered in originally. I checked my email today, the return was accepted this time, with the same exact info. Hooray technology!
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
Here’s hoping that whichever ownership does take over that our payroll adjusts to correlate to the size of our market.
Meaning
Yanks
Red Sox
Dodgers
Phillies
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
Here’s hoping that it becomes a reality
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
okay, but you’re ruining a perfectly good stereotype. What’s next, unfried chicken? Regular milk biscuits?
by Josie Becker on Jan 28, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
We covered this a month or so ago…..
Fat Keith gets nothing good to eat or drink.
Although I did have some awesome Duck last night
I had this and it was awesome
Maple Cured Duck and Duck ……… 25
Maple cured Culiver Farms duck breast with smoked duck croquette, pan fried cabbage and black eye peas; finished with brandied orange reduction
Kobe is 13 field goals behind Kareem for the most in Lakers history, and three free throws behind Jerry West for the franchise lead.
A big night in Milwaukee for Kobe could see two Lakers franchise records fall tonight.
FWIW Kobe has made 13+ field goals in eight of his last 13 games.
what NBA franchise is consider your hometown franchise?
by Josie Becker on Jan 28, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
Everyone here is a Laker fan or a mavericks fan
Wait, what? I honestly can’t remember who here is a Mavericks fan. Phil and Mike lead the Clippers brigade, whose numbers are growing.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
you are no idiot, despite my calling you a fool : )
by Josie Becker on Jan 28, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
Where I come from when someone else calls you a Ninny, throwing hands ensues ;)
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
LOL :) You’re on a roll today Josie….what did you have for breakfast?
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
Attagirl…..do you pour a ton of sugar on your Wheaties?
My breakfast usually consists of a protein shake and a Rockstar energy drink (Breakfast of Champions)
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
I just throw in a bunch of raisins, nature’s sweatener
by Josie Becker on Jan 28, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
trying to find a protein powder i like
whatever i’m trying right now does not mix well with liquid. however it is kind of delightful.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
which means a foolish person, a derivation from the word innocent
by Josie Becker on Jan 28, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
The hometown of Keith’s heart roots for OKC
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
as a child he had posters that read Oklahoma City, and featured a basketball on an empty court. And he hoped.
by Josie Becker on Jan 28, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Anyone here have an opinion on Matt Flynn and or his ability to potentially become a Franchise QB
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
Best quarterback on Green Bay’s roster.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 28, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
worked great for Kansas City and Matt Castle
by Josie Becker on Jan 28, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
As a phin fan I’ve been trying to figure out all offseason what we are doing at the QB position. Plans have been foiled once Matt Barkley returned to USC. Now it’s down to the scenarios of the following (in no particular order)
Trade up for RGIII
Acquire Flynn (most likely scenario)
Run with Matt Moore
Sign Peyton if he’s cleared
"They will never ketchup to all of the energy that I've mustard"
NPUT
http://www.truebluela.com/2012/1/28/2754753/prospective-owners-are-pared-down-gilbert-cuban-are-out
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
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