Triples
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 2:29 PM PST
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I don't really have anything substantive to say regarding the Dodgers right now, so I will begin 2012 with a question: Which player will lead the 2012 Dodgers in triples?
The Dodgers' yearly triple leaders for the past few years:
- 2011: Jamey Carroll and Tony Gwynn Jr. each had six three-baggers
- 2010: Rafael Furcal had seven
- 2009: Juan Pierre had eight
- 2008: James Loney (!!) had six
- 2007: Pierre had eight
- 2006: Kenny Lofton had 12
- 2005: Jason Repko had three
- 2004: Cesar Izturis had nine
- 2003: Izturis had six
- 2002: Dave Roberts had seven
- 2001: Tom Goodwin had five
- 2000: Mark Grudzielanek and Alex Cora each had six
- 1999: Adrian Beltre, Raul Mondesi, and Grudzielanek each had five
In the last 13 years, 14 different players have led or tied for the team lead in triples, with only three multiple leaders during that span.
I'll guess Dee Gordon to lead the Dodgers in triples in 2012. He only had two in 56 games in 2011 but with his speed he might bunt into one or two. What's your guess?
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That’s pretty hard to do when you’re playing in AAA.
by lnickerson88 on Jan 3, 2012 2:46 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
alright I got dee
now you guys have to guess someone else
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damnit
why can’t loney just hit lots of doubles and triples and stop trying to hit it out of the park. OR, why can’t Loney learn to field/throw right handed and move to 3B, OR why can’t he learn to catch?
Since triples in DS are less about speed and more about getting the ball to bounce of something funny I’m going Mark Ellis.
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Some of his teammates are
How triples happen in Dodger Stadium:
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You be the judge (finally found it)
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The A’s have now outspent the Yankees, Red Sox, White Sox, Cubs, Giants, Mariners, Braves and many more this offseason.
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If he stays healthy
He’s worth it. To the A’s? Who knows. They really have no shot at the playoffs the next couple of years barring something strange happening. But he is probably between a 2.0 and 2.5 WAR player given 500+ PAs. This contract values him at around a 1.7 WAR player for this year and 1.3 the next.
stranger
like signing Prince Fielder, along with Pujols, Hamilton and Kinsler all missing the season. Then they have an outside shot.
Depends
How much credence you put on UZR or your defensive metric of choice. If you think his defense is worth one win or more then probably right around the same as long as you planned on playing him full time.
Well that’s the right answer but the other one is sadly “they’re probably the favorites in the NL West”
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Do the Rockies get Lou Gerhig, the Padres Babe Ruth, the Giants get Lefty Grove, and the Diamondbacks Charlie Gehringer?
WTF kind of question is this?
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Shhhhh
at least it is a baseball question. It’s not like he asked where the best Taco trucks are, or which wine goes best with a breakfast burrito.
Kenny Lofton, Brett Butler, Willie Davis and Maury Wills
are the only Los Angeles Dodgers to hit 10 or more triples.
I believe I read that somewhere……
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You’d think but for some reason, not really a triple machine. It is curious.
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I haven't really looked at his numbers in the minors but I would expect a ton
So that’s not really the case?
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Hanley Ramirez
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What happens
when Juan Uribe tries for triples:
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Got it, but his orange and black stink has to be addressed.
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Alfredo Silverio
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Who will be better in 2012, Aubrey Huff or James Loney?
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Loney
but he won’t be as good as Huff was when Huff was Jim’s age
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
Loney. Huff may be done, entering his age-35 season.
Loney is entering his age-28 season. Huff’s age-28 season: .261 / .321 / .428 / .749, 98 OPS+
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Jose Uribe
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
or maybe Juan
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James Loney
or make that Jim Loney will lead the Dodgers in triple plays next season. I was going to go with Uribe because most triple plays are started by a right hander pulling the ball to the third baseman but I think Loney gets way more plate appearances and hits into the most triple plays of any Dodger next year. I can’t believe someone actually picked Dee Gordon. I mean, come on! The dude is way too fast to hit in to that many triple plays.
James Worthy
was one short of a triple play in Houston once.
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Ok, next Dave is going to tell us that Kobe Bryant once rimmed out on a double double in Denver once.
I don't understand how the rest of that sentence relates to this:
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I hate those PC commercials
with a bunch of insincere assholes claiming to speed up your computer. People – it’s SPYWARE.
I felt lied to
after seeing it
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It was Ricky Gervais and Jennifer Garner. I hated it.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Boog Powell
Fred McGriff
Second coming of Eddie Murray
Kenny Lofton
Ricky Henderson
Juan Marichal
Cesear Cedeno
Hoyt Wilhelm
Frank Robinson
Jim Bunning
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The returns of Don Sutton and Orel Hershiser.
Jim Thome.
Ken Boyer.
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Can’t believe I forgot about those two
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I’m fairly certain no one under the age of 40 who is not a stathead appreciated how good Ken Boyer was.
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His brother
had a cooler name
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Definitely a great name for jocks.
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It's funny
Clete sounds like a cool name. But Cletis brings up images of a mouth-breathing knuckle-dragging hillbilly
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I was having trouble remembering this one: Rocky Colavito.
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I can play too
Moose Skowron
Garret Anderson
Phil Garner
Almost Lance Parrish
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Wikipedia says...
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they’d have to pay me at least 5 bucks to eat it
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
We are getting a FREEBIRD’S WORLD BURRITO and ZANKOU CHICKEN.. what the fuck are those places? time to google.
does it come
with an interminable guitar solo on the side?
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That zankou places is a ……To provide the most natural, fastest, freshest, and tastiest Mediterranean food in the world…. sweet, ill take it, need more food options, tired of trading off between Panda Express and Del Taco.
I found a hole in the wall takeout place in the high desert that has Persian food. I think it is called Kabob House or something like that, and it wasn’t half bad. I will definitely go back.
Cell kebab FTMFW
how does not 1/2 bad turn into a ringing endorsement these days.
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someone has a case of the mid-afternoon grumpies
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
If someone suggests that you should go to Freebirds instead of Chipotle for fake Mexican they probably hate you secretly.
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I’m not suggesting anything, never heard of any of these places, but I guess they are coming to Granada Hills, so we shall see.
freebirds is
a chipotle rip off, obvi. it started near UCSB in IV but also has a place in College Station, TX. odd.
Zankou is overrated IMO
But Beck likes them
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I tried the Van Nuys / Sherman Oaks Zankou Chicken last month for the first time. The chicken was surprisingly dull.
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What burrito is it that you want to eat?
(barely audible) “freebird”
What?
“FREEBIRD”
I heard that.
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I'm not a gaucho
but I’ve heard of freebirds, surprised nobody in this discussion has even heard of them, I thought they were more well known
um
You’d rather have “Champagne Room” at half the cost
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
It was Kinbote!
I just converted the metaphor
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
No he does not
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This just rings of fail
Quentin is a possible 30 hr bat, Rivera will be lucky to hit 15-20, and he won’t even provide any other real value either. Not only that, Quentin has walked a lot more than Rivera ever has. Yeah, I’d definitely take Quentin over Rivera.
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Juan will be lucky to hit 10 home runs.
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I'll say around 12 HR
Which makes me want to roll up into a ball and start crying as i’m sure he will be our 5th hitter.
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Quentin is better than Rivera but man Quentin is gonna be terrible in the outfield at Petco.
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Quentin is better but I take the under on the Puppy’s “possible 30 hr bat” and say no way he hits 30 while playing 99 games in SD, SF, and LA.
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Considering he’s only hit 30+ in 2008 that’s not bold.
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It's one of those "if he's healthy" things
He’s always been on pace for more than 30 home runs, he just hasn’t played enough to do it since 2008.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quentca01.shtml#2008-2011-sum:batting_standard
His per 162 game average for HR from 2008 till now is 37.
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He is moving from a very favorable hitters park to Petco. And having to play OF in the vast pastures of the NL West (DS is the smallest!) isn’t going to help the staying healthy part.
Also, very few players play 162 games.
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The point is if he plays 130-150 games he'll come damn close to 30
I don’t think it will be the parks he will be playing in that will hurt him, if anything it will be his health. If he gets 140+ games this year I think he could hit 30 HR.
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Depends on how long The Capang Duo last this year.
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60 Minutes
There was a story about a dude who was being paid up to $2500 to take people’s SATs. He was such a wizard at it that he’d actually fly from state to state for his “clients.”
Same show
had this guy FREE SOLOING rocks in Yosemite. So, like, the ultimate game of Russian Roulette.
How much did he get
if he passed them?
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Magic Johnson just tweeted congratulations to Lebron James for Lebron’s engagement.
Anyone else wondering what James gave to his fiancee since he obviously didn’t have a ring?*
*I do think Lebron will eventually win a title in Miami, perhaps as soon as this season.
Former USC running back Allen Bradford has signed on with the Seahawks and will play linebacker. His tweet:
I hung my RB cleats up and went to the dark side to pick go cop a pair of those LB cleats #TrueStory
Do linebackers wear different shoes than running backs? That might account for and explain some of the offensive advantages in football we talked about this morning. :)
it’s not like first baseman glove versus catchers mitt, but at least in association football some cleats are for speed, others are designed for stability. I imagine it’s the same in American rules football.
Bradford
was a highly ranked linebacker recruit. But USC said he could play running back for them so that is where he went.
yeah I didnt get why he was moved to RB early on, when I believe that was the time we had those 6 or 7 highly rated RBs….. though I guess none of those RBs really amounted to much….. but I always wondered what kind of LB he would of been.
was this when they had cushing mathews malaluga?
if so theres your answer
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Guy has one great game.
@adbrandt: If Matt Flynn received Franchise Tag, would be scheduled to make $14.5 million in 2012. Aaron Rodgers to make $8 million.
I made a few comments in jest on Sunday that clearly Aaron Rodgers was a system QB, but then I hear today that some clown on ESPN (I forgot who) said the same thing, but was serious.
Dan Patrick
Said that it was a ridiculous notion
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 4:49 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
two great games if you count the one against new england last year
someone, somewhere,at ESPN put his day in historical context – his argument is that bad QBs cannot have a day that good, and thus Matt Flynn is a bankable starter at worse
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I remember Flynn against the Pats last season
He played a hell of a game and nearly bet them then. I’d love to see Flynn get franchised then traded for a nice haul.
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Next new DC comics show is going to be Batgirl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTw2xfPFWes
The next Batman cartoon is still in the planning stages.
That would certainly be a lot for one movie
I hope they don’t Spiderman 3 or Batman and Robin this up.
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I’d like to see a con where a SAT wizard who actually sucks, cons the parents into letting him take the kids SAT’s and then when he blows their future out of the water, they can’t really say anything because ya know they were fucking cheating. Cash up front of course.
I guess it is funny one level but it is like the steroid discussion. Cheaters really fuck over the hard workers or those blessed with more intelligence (athleticism) then the cheaters.
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paddlin
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1. Keels
2. Hauling
3. Unfortunate victim
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did anyone live after being keelhauled? If so a nice vat of alcohol should do the trick
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I don’t think living was the desired outcome
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It was certainly the latter, then again I’m all for CAUP for certain individuals. Who cares if it is not a deterrent, make them feel pain.
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I'd imagine it screws your reputation
I know you’re supposed to get in big trouble if you plagiarize essays at the college level, heck, even high school too.
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Sounds like
it goes on your permanent record
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It’s funny in the abstract sense, where there are no tangible victims. But I love your first option. I’d watch that movie.
Silver spoon kids crying is always good for a rating bump
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yes!
I both love the way I grew up and hate all the opportunities I never knew about and missed
seeing some rich kid get raked over the coals of life appeases both side of that coin
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I have zero problem with rich kids, I have plenty of problems with silver spooners.
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We once got into a fight with the cast of Silver Spoons at my fraternity house
Alphonso is a punk
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A Very Special Silver Spoons
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from their wiki
In the Season 1 episode “The Best Christmas Ever”, homelessness was addressed when Ricky discovered a family living in a cave on his father’s estate, featuring future Gimme a Break! and Blossom star Joey Lawrence.
haha
n the Season 3 episode “Trouble with Words”, Alfonso is doing poorly in school, and an Olympic athlete, (Bruce Jenner), who is visiting to check out a new line of athletic equipment using his name to be merchandised by Eddie Toys, helps him by discovering that Alfonso has dyslexia, a condition which causes the mind to retain information differently, and letters are seen in a different way, usually backwards.
Hell no. The only Morse I know is e is dot, t is dash and what SOS is. I had to look that up, and I didn’t have the patience to spell it out.
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Still can't rub off
the stench of San Diego
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Still bandaged
I see the specialist tomorrow for a follow up. Seems to be no signs of infection, so I don’t think I’m going to be three-fingered Leadman.
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Football MVP: Awarded within two days of the regular season.
Baseball MVP: 2 months after the regular when nobody cares.
I like to bash Aaron Rodgers as much as the next guy, but I do think he should have won the MVP over Brees, if that is in fact the case. Maybe Rodgers should have played Sunday.
If Rodgers had played 16 games it definitely should have gone to him
Unfortunately Flynn strolled in and took his 400 yards and 6 tds :)
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Perhaps is running for the gop nomination. I predict he places 3rd in Iowa even though nobody knows he is running.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 3, 2012 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
really opposite ends of the teeter totter of life
Cougars and Prospects, that is
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
He got a girlfriend
been kind of low profile since
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young upstart
probably thinks he needs to actually do work when hes in the office.. that will change
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Signing a man whose bounce back year was a .701 OPS seems like a bad idea.
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This work business
after a long layoff is for the birds
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
especially when you have a hard deadline coming up
and didn’t get to start on anything for it before the break.
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Yeah
I’ve got 5 projects coming due the next 4 weeks and it was like they were sitting there, compounding insanity while I was off.
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Prince Fielder...
My un-named sources tell me he is working out with Kemp, gonna lose 40 lbs and lead the LEAGUE in triples…gonna sign the same contract as Kemp with the Dodgers.
Before you ask…Loney will be traded to Rockies…start 150 games and go .290/28/102
In case you doubt me…I am correct at least 10% of the time!
The most improbable part of that is Prince losing weight.
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this made me smile
Gracias
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 4:08 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Is this cone a good idea or not?
Apparently from a Parisian ice cream parlor.
I think I like the idea, but it probably needs to be bigger.
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How can it be a bad idea
it’s like two scoops of ice cream on breasts
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I have a particularly Freudian view of that dessert
but sometimes an ice cream cone is just an ice cream cone
Considering this is from france.
Might be more than a cone.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 3, 2012 8:34 PM PST up reply actions
Peanut butter ice cream is a bad idea.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Yes, adding peanut butter to home made ice cream tends to be a good thing.
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I sort of assumed the scoop on the left was a coffee flavor. Coffee ice cream is grand.
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I always wonder when people propose in public like that, jumbo tron or whatever, how many girls just say yes in the moment, then change their mind once they leave the sporting event, etc.
Depends on the relationship
If both partners have known for a while that they want to get married and have discussed it, but aren’t engaged, then it’s a pretty good proposal.
If it’s a surprise….well…
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by Taylor Maricle on Jan 3, 2012 8:35 PM PST up reply actions
and people on youtube calling her a bitch are horrible people
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well, she is sorta a bitch no? thats why im saying I think she should say yes just to save him the embarrassment, then back out after.
Nope, any fool who asks in front of big crowd is forcing her to say yes. It is a cowards way. He deserves skorn, not applause.
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FTR
I’m also not a fan of asking in front of the family.
That said, I wish I had been a bit more romantic then simply rolling over on the pillow and saying “I guess we should be married, we haven’t tried to kill each other for months now”.
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It's cute
that you call her “the pillow”
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I somehow forgot the whole get-on-one-knee part.
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I got it on video
but my wife always complains because her dog was barking in the background
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At you?
Maybe Mrs. Nolander should have taken heed of the mutt?
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He screwed up. Should have waited until he could do it in the remodeled Pauley Pavilion, not the dark, dank Sports Arena.
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Piece of advice
Don’t ask her to get Del Taco for you
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why not? Those 2 for 6 chipotle burritos they have right now arent too bad, its like a poor mans chipotle.
When someone here contracts scurvy I’m not going to be at all shocked.
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Haven’t been around since the fight on Friday, but your Brock pick didn’t hold up. That’s two heavyweight fights (of consequence) in a row where the elite stiker beat the wrester (JDS and Reem.)
Also, your boy Fitch took one hell of a shot. Diaz/Cerrone fight was great too. All in all a fun card.
by Michael White on Jan 3, 2012 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
Two HW fights in a row where the elite wrestler didn’t take a real shot on the striker and got beat up because of it.
I re-watched the JDS fight last night and Cain took one shot. Short of just trying to tackle the opponent immediately, the wrestler still needs to set up the takedown attempt. The Cain knockout just happened so damn fast. And Brock didn’t want to clinch with Reem after he took the first mammoth knee. Man, those were nasty.
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I think my whole commentary during that fight was
“Shoot Brock. Shoot Brock. Shoot Brock. /Brock shoots terrible single. Shit.”
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haha you guys are picky…. there is little in this world that I cant eat and be ok with….. if its nasty to me, then its really gotta be nasty….. I was born in america, the best I got as a kid was shake n bake chicken, that red clam chowder shit, and pizza on friday nights.
Makes me wish I wasnt american sometimes. We cook shit out of a box or can, and its just enough… 3 people eating? 3 pieces of chicken… no extras….. My mexican and italian friends, every dinner is for like 30 people, even if only 5 are eating, I love it!
probably just my house…. dad is a roofing contractor and always working, moms just wanted to make quick dinners so she could get back to drinking I guess.
or they where feeding you the correct amount of food
and not trying to make you an obese person
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Small independent donuts shops already won that battle on the west coast. Dunkin wouldn’t dare expand out here, Winchell already went out of business, and Krispy Kream is on its way to bankruptcy.
in the Downey/Norwalk/Bellflower area
it seems like there is a minimum 2 donut shops at every intersection
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Because it’s really hard to get a good cup of coffee around here
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I’m not really a big coffee drinker, but I know a shit ton of people that love Dunkin Donuts’ coffee.
Its the same reason why people like McDonalds, despite it not being very good.
Its the same damn thing every time. You’re paying for the consistency, not for the quality.
was the metric how scalding hot you can make the coffee?
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on the money
The magazine reported that McDonald’s was "decent and moderately strong. Although it lacked the subtle top notes needed to make it rise and shine, it had no flaws."
As for Starbucks, the magazine called it "strong, but burnt and bitter enough to make your eyes water instead of open."
The magazine’s final recommendation: "make your own coffee — just call it something special."
I hate Starbucks coffee (compared to Dunkin and McDonalds) but go there every morning because of the convenience.
by Michael White on Jan 3, 2012 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
Really? How inconvenient can it possibly be to find an alternate coffee provider?
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I live in WeHo and Starbucks is the only coffee shop in walking distance that’s open past 6pm. So I also go to Starbucks out of convenience.
I like how bitter Starbucks is
I like bitter
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
Bitter works well for being a Dodger fan lately too.
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if you develop a taste for bitter, life never gets too bad
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
Hm, there’s one a bit down Melrose, but I still think the Starbucks is closer. I don’t really give a shit about coffee though, I just go to get my work done. Given the choice I would rather pick a local place, but I’m not any more or less grossed out by Starbucks than I am any other corporate entity.
I only drink decaf, so that’s the first problem (many don’t have fresh decaf available) and parking is scarce in Pasadena. I’d rather settle for a less than ideal cup of coffee than park and walk when driving into the office (since saving time is important.)
And Coffee Bean pissed me off so they are dead to me.
by Michael White on Jan 3, 2012 4:46 PM PST up reply actions
seriously?
decaf?
I ain’t stopping for decaf
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
I also only drink decaf.
Out of curiosity, whyt the Coffee Bean hate>
It started with them not having decaf available in the morning. Not a huge deal but it aggravates me after a while. Next they propose an alternative solution which I’m a bit skeptical about because I don’t want sugar/carbs. They assure me that there’s nothing to worry about.
After I saw the “barista” dumping 3 teaspoons of sugar into the drink I had enough.
by Michael White on Jan 3, 2012 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
I like coffee bean
I drink decaf sometimes at night, but at least half of my coffee intake is to get a little buzz going
I don’t get the decaf
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
the best coffee shop is Urth Cafe on Melrose. Get the Spanish Latte, but you’ll have to duck the paparazzi
True.
That’s really close to me. But not really a “sitdown and pull my laptop out” kind of place after dark. Their desserts are unreal.
There's a Groundworks
downtown that’s a pretty good cup of coffee
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I never thought to look diagonally from Amoeba. I just always saw the JAck in the Crack across the street, and assumed everything west of the ArcLight was giznehtto
I grew up in San Pedro, what do I know of Hollywood except places to stalk TV stars and buy old records
I'm pretty sure Mike Watt has said those exact same words
well, maybe not the part about the tv stars
my high school band was recorded by the engineer who did the minutemen’s original tapes. It was pretty boss
shiiiit.
that’s awesome. can i hear it? the only time i’ve ever been to pedro was to see d. boon’s grave.
One of my great regrets
is not having seen the Minutemen when I had hundreds of chances. Double Nickels on the Dime is still one of my all time favorite albums.
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Umami burger is just north of Jack in the Crack and is Stout. Just west are some trendy clubs and “Happy Endings” sports bar.
just west is Mercantile which is a great wine bar across from my office, 3 miles west is my house (sort of) and an even better wine bar called Vintage
and a great place called Cheebo
West is the best
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 5:14 PM PST up reply actions
That should read as is Stout. There are two Hollywood locations for Umami Burger, but that is the location that sucks trying to get into. Stout has better burgers IMO.
Stout is the deal. Loteria up on Hollywood is the deal too. The Hungry Cat is the deal. Lou’s is the deal. Go Burger is the deal. Off Vine is the deal.
good options abound
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t date those gals anymore, I stopped hanging out at the Urth right around when you went to Kindergarten
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
I only ever drink coffee drinks in a social setting or if I want to do work in a coffee shop. I try to limit my caffeine intake, I only ever drink Coke, and even that’s about once a week. Caffeine = unhealthy.
Caffeine = unhealthy
For you? or everyone?
nothing I’ve read suggest that, I have heard the opposite
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
Really?
You’ve never heard that caffeine is bad for you? If you have one cup of coffee a day, you are addicted to caffeine. It is the most depended upon drug in America.
I’ve heard that people who drink coffee are happier, more productive, and live longer than people who don’t
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
It affects your entire nervous and endocrine system. I’m sure there are some beneficial side effects when taken in moderation, but almost no one takes it in moderation.
I call bullshit
I take it in moderation
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 5:04 PM PST up reply actions
I knew there was a reason
my joke alarm went off
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I stopped drinking coffee habitually in the office a couple years ago. I get a little caffeine from tea, such as English (or Irish) Breakfast tea, but ending the many mugs a day habit seems to work out well for me. I no longer get any tired spells during the day. I don’t get caffeine withdrawal headaches when I am away from the office for a couple days.
I still like coffee, especially with rich desserts, but sometimes I get it regular, and sometimes I get it decaf, esp if I know the place makes a quality decaf.
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No, I don’t drink that shit. Just a cup of decaf.
by Michael White on Jan 3, 2012 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
decaf? I dont get the reason for decaf… I guess some people really enjoy the flavor of dirt water… for me the caffeine was the whole reason I started with coffee. Otherwise I dont get the purpose of drinking it.
wait so I can go into starbucks and ask for coffee?? I dont even see it on the menu, thought all I could get is one of the specialty drinks on the menu.
Dunkin have terrible donuts. Krispy Kreme is ok. But I have the same perspective about donuts (here) that I do about pizza (from back home): why would you ever buy from a chain when you can have better quality at the same convenience from a local shop?
Krispy Kreme donuts are crappy donuts
I’m not even sure they should be called donuts, or just sugar rings
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I, myself, am a fan of Winchells.
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by Taylor Maricle on Jan 3, 2012 8:41 PM PST up reply actions
As they should have. Clearly superior product at just about every indy doughnut shop I have set foot in.
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Its the baker, and baking a fresh batch every night. A chain simply can’t hire a baker for every location they have. And shipping in donuts is a losing proposition from the outset.
Of course, the unsaid thing is that small indy shops are either being made by the owners themselves or paying somebody under the table to a baker willing to work throughout the night.
Serious question. If that’s true, how did Western Bagel penetrate the West Coast market? They can’t have a baker at every location.
by Michael White on Jan 3, 2012 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
There's a big
Western Bagel operation on Sepulveda. Do they maybe come from there?
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I believe they do, but if that’s acceptable, not sure why you couldn’t use that model for donuts as well.
by Michael White on Jan 3, 2012 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
The doughnuts age faster than the bagels.
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much faster
the dough composition and the method of cooking could hardly be more different
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 4:40 PM PST up reply actions
For Bagels
Try Brooklyn Bagels on Beverly, close to Alvarado. Really good bagels for west coast
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Sam’s Bagels in Larchmont is my go to Bagel
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
Added bonus
a bunch of signed dodger pictures on the wall
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I can remember my dad stopping for bagels at a location that fits that description in the 1960s. Is it an old place?
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yeah, been there 60 years or so
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Thanks, then that is the place. My mom used to work at St. Vincent’s (where I was born, back when they actually had a maternity ward – they took one look at me and immediately got out of the business), so we were in that neighborhood all the time. And of course Langer’s in the other direction on Alvarado.
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At every location? Its a mind numbing/soul crushing occupation, especially doing it day in, day out. And you’re doing it at in the middle of the night.
like there aren't worse jobs people do in the middle of the night
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Especially for the raised (glazed) doughnuts, freshness is super key.
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You have no idea
how much I want a glazed donut now
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I think I do
Sounds really fucking good.
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me too.
tbla is going to be abandoned for 15 minutes while we all go get donuts.
You guys also don’t have Tim Hortons out here. In old country, there are more Tim Hortons than Starbucks. Seriously.
They make me laugh. Next you’ll be disparaging Guess Who and Lorne Greene.
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Saw ton of them in Vancouver, Victoria this Fall. But the coolest thing by far I saw was the Steve Nash Fitness Center. He has his own chain of gyms (kind of like LA Fitness but more Canadian I suppose). I didn’t bother to look inside since I left my passport in the hotel that day, but they were offering a free 8 day trial.
I had a breakfast sandwich at tim hortons yesterday in the vancouver airport
/braggin
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 3, 2012 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
Where I spent my day:
Little ski area called Sandia Ski Area which is jut on the other side of the mountain from Albuquerque. Perfect snow today, no crowd. Not a bad way to spend a Tuesday.
by fbihop on Jan 3, 2012 4:21 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Matt Kemp
will have the most triples in 2012. And I want this reviewed next offseason so I can bask in victory.
I’ll also go with the Bison.
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Jan 3, 2012 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
One of my earliest memories of the NFL is the Bo Jackson game. I wonder if the Raiders & Bengals had made the playoffs this weekend if that would’ve been the first time together since?
Nope
Bengals have only made the playoffs now three times since that 1990 season: 2005, 2009, and 2011. Raiders’ last playoff appearance was the 2002 season.
The Raiders and Bengals
have met twice in the playoffs, the last time was the 1990 game in Los Angeles.
Boss
has been talking NFL football in his office with another co-worker for about an hour now. The conversation just changed to which movies they saw during the holidays. Killing me. :)
crazy stupid love bridesmaids moneyball and inglorious basterds
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i also watched 2 of those 4 during the holidays
and i rarely watch movies
I'm trying to get over my owen wilson hate
so I can see it
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it was good timing for me
Read “The Paris Wife”
Read “the Sun also rises”
three weeks later that movie came out
I am mostly over Woody Allen, but really enjoyed that one
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
I wanted to burn down the theater after watching that
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Jesus Marty, that and your hatred for the Doors…
somethings I just can’t get my head around
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
But that was cool in the sixties!
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“The Doors are drunken buffoons, pretending to be poetic. Give me the Guess Who, they know they’re drunken buffoons, which makes them poetic.”
I wanted that kids life so bad growing up, when I didn’t have any friends and could write well.
Just because someone almost famous wrote something doesn’t mean it rings true. The Guess Who wrote some solid pop songs but still they were pop songs. The Doors wrote generational anthems.
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One of my favorite bands of all time. Some jerk off crap to be sure – but on the whole I really dig them
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 5:13 PM PST up reply actions
I thought
Lester Banks said the drunken buffoons quote
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
fuck lester bangs, why should I listen to that guys taste. There is no rock and roll WAR, there is just what I want to listen to
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
Marty was the arsonist then…. someone burned Jim Morrisons old house, who the fuck would dare do that?
Doors fans
still go to the Encino intersection of Densmore and Morrison.
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all I heard was “maybe I should have been born in a different time” and “writer with ennui” and I was hooked. Then Fitzgerald came on the screen and I could have died. Died Marty
Never bought into
the time traveling. Dialogue was infantile. My friend looked over at me when it finished and apologized for making me go
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It was easy to imagine Woody Allen doing the broken nose lines. The historic male characters were awful. Especially the Hemmingway.
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Yes
The Hemingway guy was beyond the pale bad
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I think they were going for caricature with those roles
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
if it was caricature
Why would Wilson want to stay there? I don’t think woody could have been more off if he had been going for Charcuterie
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if you want Charcuterie you really need to go to Italy
The French have nothing on the italians when it comes to all the things you can do with salumi
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
F Scott and Zelda died before 50, Hemingway shot himself with a gun for Abercrombie and Fitch, such tragic lives
Without angst you pretty much can’t be an artist. JMO
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I hate that bullshit and call bullshit on that whole suffering for my art ideal
it is self indulgent crap
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 4:57 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Picasso recs this comment
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Cage too.
A lot of very happy, very brilliant artists.
Hmmm, I can’t think of one musical artist who I have ever listened to that did not have problems, mentally or financially.
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Didn’t he give a 9-figure settlement to Hoppy?
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 6:51 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
That was long after he composed good music though.
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Yep.
And still had millions and millions left over. Such financial hardship.
I told Verdell that Midnight in Paris ruined Rachel McAdams for me. No matter what she does going forward I’ll remember what a bitch she was. I would have stayed in Paris if I was going to meet that girl on the bridge. 1/2 of me liked that movie, 1/2 of me loathed that movie. Kind of what I’d expect if I’d seen 50 / 50 instead.
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Sounds like the message is
no matter how wonderful the past appears to be, we are products of our own time and it is best to live and deal with it as best we can.
every generation has an idealized past, every age wanting the good old days
the age you are in today is as good as it ever was – so love it for what it is
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
Sorta sounds like 500 days of summer
I will never like Zoey as much as I would have before.
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they are actors – I can separate
the only way she’d be ruined for me is if she did a full frontal scene and had a dick
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 5:07 PM PST up reply actions
SPOILER ALERT
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Once Guy Ritchie saw her in Midnight Paris he had her killed minutes into his latest movie. He was overheard telling Downy, “that bitch ain’t bringing down this movie, get me a gypsy”
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Need to see moneyball and inglorious basterds
Saw the first two and loved them both
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Moneyball is good. I think IB is great.
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I am of the same mind on both
the French gal from IB….wow
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
You can buy
Inglorious Basterds. Moneyball might be on DVD now
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I dunno – like 120 bucks maybe
it does not make espresso better than the metal stovetop
but it makes it good enough not to deal with the mess and works in my office because people can make whatever they want to drink
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
wat
wasnt the point of picking these two assy teams is because they travel and bring in that sweet sweet cash money?
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 3, 2012 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
Caramel Corn
yes or no?
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It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
in moderation
and like the gentlemen above, Kettle Corn is probably better, but also in small amounts
Ivar farmers market has a stand that makes really good kettle corn
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 3, 2012 5:32 PM PST up reply actions
Softball tournament
Does anyone know what time the games are going to be? I was going to pay today, but I checked my schedule before, and I have a baseball game that day, so I’m afraid I might not be able to play in the softball tournament unless the games aren’t til the afternoon
yeah, I figured as much, but when will the games start? I want to play, but I don’t want to pay if I am going to miss most of the games
With a three-game guarantee plus a single-elimination after that planned, sounds like it has to start pretty early.
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Five Things to Look For This Spring
1. Bounce-back Bills and Long-ball Loney
2. Cy/MVP* duo in camp and happy (contract possible on Kershaw)
3. Capangellisivera
4. DeeLite atop lineup/Ethier atop priss throne
5. Does Glendale have enough beer for the TBLA spring contingent?
5. Depends on whether or not Eric makes the trip.
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Angling for a 9-10 day trip this year.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 3, 2012 6:53 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Then the answer to 5. is “it might not”!
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I’m thinking I’m looking at a five-day similar to last year, a Thursday to Monday wraparound.
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interesting link
Jared Massey of La Dodger Report, has a profile on Blake Smith, complete with some youtube vids.
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6' 2" 225lbs
he a big boi
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 7:33 PM PST up reply actions
Not politics, just the horse race:
Rick Santorum is currently beating Mitt Romney by 13 total votes in Iowa with 88% reporting:
http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/state/ia?hpt=hp_pc1
I want to see an election decided by 1 single vote.
Has it ever happened in a sample size of 100,000?
A difference of 537 votes in Florida
out of 5,825,043 total cast for Bush or Gore.
I want 1 vote though.
I dont think its ever happened.
Until it happens, I can always use the “one vote never decided an election” argument for being too lazy or forgetting to vote.
I want a tie and then to find out what the tie-breakers are. Would be great if they went to the third or fourth tie-breaker and had to go to votes casted by one eyed pirates.
I was just handed
A ticket to the Kings game Thursday night in the corporate suite. Sweet!
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nice
have fun!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 8:40 PM PST up reply actions
And he will have a career revival there. Calling it now.
by Rihanna's Ex-Boyfriend on Jan 3, 2012 8:41 PM PST up reply actions
From Chick Hearn to whoever this guy is doing Lakers PBP…
Has to be a bigger drop than Vin to Eric Collins.
Bill MacDonald
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 9:23 PM PST up reply actions
he's not so bad
but I really wanted Spero Dedes to be the guy
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 3, 2012 9:24 PM PST up reply actions
0
Combined number of winning teams (based on final 2011 regular season record) that the New England Patriots and the Detroit Lions beat in 2011.
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4-20.
Combined record against 2011 playoff teams for New England (1-2), Cincinnati (0-7), Denver (1-3), New York (1-3), and Detroit (1-5).
5.
Number of playoff teams with winning records in 2011 against teams that finished with a winning record on the season: Houston Texans (4-3), Baltimore Ravens (6-1), Green Bay Packers (6-0), San Francisco 49ers (4-1), and New Orleans Saints (6-1). These same five teams were also the only squads with winning records against other 2011 playoff teams.
http://www.battleredblog.com/2012/1/3/2679790/2dh-in-denard-we-trust
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as for the pats
they beat seven teams that finished 8-8, so part of the reason those opponents weren’t above .500 was because the Patriots beat them.
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Heyman tweeting
Joe Torre has resigned his MLB job to join a group trying to buy the Dodgers.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 4, 2012 7:12 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Gosh.
“@TBrownYahoo: MLB announces Joe Torre resignation. He’s joined a group that will pursue purchase of Dodgers.”
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
by underdog on Jan 4, 2012 7:13 AM PST via mobile reply actions
due to
Significant interest
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 4, 2012 7:20 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Not sure I really like the idea of Torre being involved. Somehow I think he would be more inclined to keep Ned around.
by OB12 on Jan 4, 2012 7:23 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I dunno – he seems to like TBLA favorite, the local can do no wrong gal, Kim Ng an awful lot
I can see that story line
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 4, 2012 7:27 AM PST up reply actions
I can’t see old boys club vice president Joe Torre leading the diversity in baseball charge. I expect someone he either played with or someone ago played for him to be GM. How does Paul O’neill, GM sound?
by G.Scott on Jan 4, 2012 8:19 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
he liked Kim enough to hire her as SVP of Baseball ops
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 4, 2012 8:22 AM PST up reply actions
I doubt that's true about Ned, but yeah the idea gives me pause too
As part of a large group led by a billionaire though, I won’t mind it as much. Still rooting for Magic group though.
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by underdog on Jan 4, 2012 7:28 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
word
Magic/Kasten/Gugenheim FTMFW
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 4, 2012 7:38 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
just read
The guy heading the group is Rick Caruso. Real Estate guy. Don’t know more than that.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 4, 2012 7:44 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Now, I am going back to thinking that it would be a bad idea for Torre to be involved. He is not that far removed from the on-the-field product and my fear is that he would exert too much control over player personnel decisions. That concerns me.
by OB12 on Jan 4, 2012 7:48 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Caruso
The Grove
City Walk
Americana in Glendale
Dude will make the stadium a year round mall – bank on that. I don’t have a problem with that
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 4, 2012 8:12 AM PST up reply actions
I too would enjoy going to the stadium more in the offseason
by G.Scott on Jan 4, 2012 8:23 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
reg haz a sad
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 4, 2012 7:31 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Why is this making you cringe exactly?
by Julio Nievas on Jan 4, 2012 7:45 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
A) I’m tired of Torre being the face of the Dodgers even though he has absolutely nothing to do with us but drinking with Sandy Koufax.
B) I have no faith that Torre will just shut up and be a figurehead so that’s gonna lead to bringing in more old school guys and falling further and further behind the rest of the league.
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by regfairfield on Jan 4, 2012 7:59 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I never got the impression that Torre even liked Los Angeles
by Michael White on Jan 4, 2012 7:45 AM PST up reply actions
But he did that commercial!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 4, 2012 7:47 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I got the opposite feeling, what is not to love
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 4, 2012 8:12 AM PST up reply actions
Just read Caruso and Torre's release
Sounds like they want to improve DS first and foremost.
by Julio Nievas on Jan 4, 2012 7:55 AM PST via mobile reply actions
link?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 4, 2012 7:55 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
by Julio Nievas on Jan 4, 2012 7:56 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
thanks
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 4, 2012 7:56 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
The stadium is fine, sign good players first
by Michael White on Jan 4, 2012 7:56 AM PST up reply actions
Exactly
Sounds like deveLoping property is Caruso’s bread and butter and handing Torre the baseball state of mind. Count me out.
by Julio Nievas on Jan 4, 2012 8:01 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Apparently
Caruso wants to be mayor.
by funkyjam on Jan 4, 2012 8:12 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
For people who know
When the winning bid is announced, what happens next? How long does the whole transaction process drag out? Thanks
by Julio Nievas on Jan 4, 2012 8:10 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Depends on if McCourt accepts PayPal.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Jan 4, 2012 8:11 AM PST up reply actions
And no Whammy
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 4, 2012 8:26 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I think you have to take them all seriously
some menu items are just a little more appealing than others.
by G.Scott on Jan 4, 2012 8:26 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Matt kemp with 7
any day is a good day to be a Dodgers, Eagles, Penguins, Clippers, Texas A&M fan! except when they lose
I was born the year Brett Favre started playing.... amazing
If you're a troll, bandwagoner, or NNAMDI iZ SO GREATZ-er fuck off or i will go apeshit on you
by henry-dekoeyer-eagle-fan on Jan 5, 2012 10:54 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
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