Dodgers Re-Sign Mike MacDougal
by Eric Stephen on Jan 5, 2012 1:45 PM PST
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The Dodgers have signed Mike MacDougal to return to their bullpen for a one-year deal, worth a reported $1 million according to Ken Gurnick of MLB.com. Yeah, I was expecting a two-year deal, too. This deal could be two years though, as there is a club option for 2013.
MacDougal will get paid $650,000 in 2012, and the club option in 2013 is worth $2.35 million with a buyout of $350,000, per Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times.
MacDougal had a weird season in 2011. It looked superficially good with a 2.05 ERA in 57 innings and a career-high 69 games, but the peripherals were not as strong. He walked 29 batters in 57 innings against just 41 strikeouts. MacDougal allowed opposing hitters to post a .352 on-base percentage, and his walk rate of 4.6 per nine innings was actually his best mark in five years.
While MacDougal didn't allow many runs against his own ledger, it seemed like MacDougal allowed all sorts of runners that counted against other pitchers. But MacDougal wasn't that bad at allowing inherited runners to score (33.3% versus a league average of 30.0%), he just happened to seemingly always enter games with runners on base. MacDougal inherited 51 runners in 2011, sixth most in the National League. He allowed two of his 13 inherited runners to score over the final two months.
The return of MacDougal means there are five locks for what will likely be a seven-man bullpen in 2012: Javy Guerra, Kenley Jansen, Matt Guerrier, MacDougal, and Scott Elbert. Gurnick mentions Josh Lindblom as a likely bullpen candidate, but there is also Blake Hawksworth, who is out of options. If the Dodgers want a second southpaw in the pen to go with Elbert, the other left-handers invited to spring training are Michael Antonini, Alberto Castillo, Matt Chico, John Grabow, Wil Ledezma, and Scott Rice.
In other words, spring training isn't expected to feature many battles for jobs, with either 22 or 23 of the 25 opening day roster spots already set.
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it is a good deal
I don’t hate it
but I have no residual Ned hatred so I try to see each deal on its own merits and not part of a larger conspiracy to make me angry
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
is it cool if I like the deal but hate mcdougal?
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 5, 2012 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
It’s an okay deal, it’s what a guy who is threading the line of NRI status should make.
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Hate the pitcher
like the contract
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Bill Murray says
he’s going out back to smoke a J if anyone wants to join him.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
Could have been worse
It could have been a true two-year contract with money deferred until 2018. Also, I guess there’s almost no chance Kuo gets brought back now, is there? If not, it’s a damn shame: he’s been one of my favorite players for a long time now.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
don’t make me start quoting Branch Rickey
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
Is that one of Rickey Henderson’s multiple personalities that enjoys tree-dwelling to stealing bases?
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
I know who Branch Rickey is Joe
Don’t lose all hope!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 2:05 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Cherry Lime
In a movie, all the boys would be crazy about a girl called Cherry Lime Rickey
She’d dress tarty and have the rep of a slut, but really be a good girl
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
Humma!
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
and I have been in the office all week, waiting around every day, for someone to make me laugh
mirth tease
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
it's true
He was demanding stories today
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 2:11 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
The only stories I have at the moment involve my children doing their kids-say-the-darndest-things act, and nobody here needs to hear those.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
The nature of the fickle relief beast
I might be misremembering, but I recall Tron being lights out a couple of years ago…crazy that he, Kuo, Belisario, and Broxton are nothing but fond memories of years past now.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
Do they need to activate Belisario in order to play him in spring training games or does he stay restricted till his suspension is over?
by Lincoln Kupchak on Jan 5, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
ok... need help
I have finished in second in my football pool which means i get second pick. the top 12 advanced to the playoffs, everyone drafts one team to win it all for the grand prize. will not be a live draft… i should say my top two selections to win it all are……
Packers
Ravens
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The Ravens would be up there if they actually gave the ball to Ray Rice more than 10 times a game.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
In the battle between the future MVP and record-breaker.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
Those are teams I think have the top two chances to win it all.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 5, 2012 2:06 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
why no love for the 9ers? They say defense wins championships and they have the best D of the NFC teams.
because a world in which the 49r’s win a Super Bowl is a sad world only suited for fecal matter.
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and bullshit oaky chardonnay
don’t forget the bullshit oaky chardonnay
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
You have no idea. Begin, Reagan, Palestine. Terror on the Airline. Ayatollah in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan.
And Wheel of Fortune.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
people buying surround sound systems despite nothing being broadcast in 5.1. people then buying laser disc players, but the technology never catches on. People buy waterbeds, giant 4:3 televisions, projection televisions, video games with 8 bits.
The 80s were so bad, someone invented Rotisserie baseball : )
But Hulk Hogan body slammed the 850 pound Andre The Giant in front of 235,000 screaming Hulkamaniacs, brother.
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5 seconds of a whale jumping and a roided man going along with negate the fact that Cindi Lauper was a thing?
She had pipes, talent, and an angle
Not my music, but no reason to shit on Cyndi
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
WHATCHA GONNA DOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 2:21 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Man I miss Hulk Hogan, my favorite wrestler… Love it when Kenny Powers comes out to Hulk Hogans Real American theme song.
The Macho King
Still makes me smile.. go to youtube and look at some of those clips of him. Best one is with Debo from Friday
jingoistic – I am bigger than the team – Tom Cruise bullshit
It was “All the right moves” with airplanes
and that volleyball scene was the closest thing to gay porn I’ve seen outside of accidentally stumbling on Monday Night Raw in 1994
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
ya’ll crazy… the fly bys are great… when that general dude or whatever says I want some Butt, I want it now, ive had it… coffee guy crashes into him… God dammit, thats twice… I want some butts…. how is that not funny?? Then Goose dies, I cried, still do….. Then Tom Cruise disengages, God dammit maverick… then re engages, fucks all them boggies up…. you can be my wingman anytime, bullshit, you can be mine…. come on, Top Gun one of greatest movies ever!!
I could do without the lovey dovey shit though, and Kelly McGillis isnt even that good looking, certainly no where near Tom Cruise level… Kelly McGillis should of played Tom Skerrits wife, or Goose’s wife… had to be someone hotter for Tom Cruise back then.
god dam, ya’ll dont like star wars, you dont like top gun, wtf do you guys like? besides advanced stats, minor leagues, and Dr Pepper??
:P
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 2:24 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
My girlfriend fell asleep
after the first 45 minutes of the original Star Wars: haven’t managed to convince her yet she should try watching the entire (original) trilogy.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
haha, well he doesnt have to marry her… Ive never met a girl that likes star wars either. The only once ive seen are on TV, that dress like princess Leia.
I understand those of us who saw Star Wars in the theatre liking it. I have no clue why anyone 40 and under would find it enjoyable. Then again I have no clue why Gilligan Island run forever in the repeat world. It’s not like it was the Man from Uncle.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I feel that way about the Tron sequel. It’s a terrible movie, but it was so pretty to look at in the theater
it was way better then terrible
but short of good, but who cares with those visuals and that soundtrack for sure.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Yeah, I went because of how much I loved Tron. Like you said it was pretty to look at, but having been a Tron fan, how can you like what they did with him, the end did not make up for it. But it sure was pretty, lots of lights and things:)
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It's funny
I still don’t consider Tron a Disney movie even though they produced it…kinda similar to how I don’t really consider The Nightmare Before Christmas a Disney film. My brothers were clueless about that until they played Kingdom Hearts I and II.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
I understand that Disney Movie has a meaning beyond a movie made by Disney, much like Xerox has a meaning behind copier company, but focusing only on the kid oriented cartoon ignores much of the Disney catalogue
Having never been exposed to Jungle Book, Snow White, Bambi until after my 30’s it was interesting to see the dark side of these animated classics.
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outside of the overt racism, fairy tails and childrens stories used to be pretty damn dark
how better than to prepare kids for the world
what in the fuck did Strawberry Shortcake ever teach anyone about making it in life???
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
I can't bring myself
to watch Bambi again: I remember being bored to tears as a kid. Maybe I should give it another shot…I know watching The Black Cauldron and The Rescuers as an adult gave me a renewed appreciation for them.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
Agreed
I was compiling a list for my girlfriend of all those “Disney Movies” that she doesn’t yet own on DVD and I was blown away by all the films that Disney had a part in making.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
I think it is the perfect movie (and I really don’t mean to be as big of a shit as I sound here) for ages 7 to 17-ish
it was revolutionary when new, remains somewhat thrilling, but ultimately shallow
everything about the movie is cardboard
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
The expanded universe is one of the best things about star wars
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I love how Mara Jade
went from background filler to Luke’s future wife.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
expanded universe
unless you like books she is inconsequential to you
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I was including the games in this
there are comics too.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
KOTOR has a great story
too bad you are missing out on that
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
So is Luke still alive? how many kids he has and they are jedis now? What was the 1st rising of the Sith Lord after Vader killed the Emperor, and then Vader died? Make Luke had 2 sons, one became a Sith Lord, the other a Jedi.
JESUS CHRIST
WHERE IS BALD BILLY
WE NEED YOU BALD BILLY
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
I am your father!
Or at least old enough to be…I grew up when the big debate was Maryann or Ginger…watched Gilligan the other night and decided that Mrs Howell is a hotty…ME OLD!
"rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength"...Eric Hoffer
I tried looking this shit up on wookiepedia… holy shit, like 100 siths, fuck all that, ill just stick with what I know.
well the history doesn't just go forwards
it goes 1000s of years into the past
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
and why doesnt George Lucas make movies with this stuff instead of making DVDs with the same movie 100 times?? Atleast redo the original 3 movies… I hate how the light saber fights are like 100 times better and faster in a time that was suppose to be before the original 3.
With all the time and effort
he’s put in redoing special effects and making Gredo shoot first and stuff like that, he could have made six trilogies of SW films by now.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
shit don’t click that – was joking, not sure where it goes
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
you fucked up Chris
Should have studied harder and right now you could be at Industrial Light and Magic as Lucas’ protege and living your dream man
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
No because George Lucas wouldnt let me do it, he still has the say so….. I think like the Raiders needed Al Davis to die, Star Wars needs George Lucas to die for the better of the franchise… there is so much that could be done.
in the first 3 movies your seeing 3 an old dude
trapped in a metal body fight a kid who never recieved full training and is a fledgling in the force.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
He pretty much pretends that the extended universe
doesn’t exist
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Enjoyed Top Gun as an unrealistic portrayal of that world. Popcorn movie at it’s best.
Enjoyed “The Great Santini” as the best and most realistic movie of that world. The guy who recently let his jet crash into civilian housing did not watch the Great Santini. Maybe he should have.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
ive never watched a movie expecting anything to be realistic, ive always felt thats why it called a movie…. I dont want to be one of those guys thats always like that would never happen, thats bullshit.
I’m more intrigued by what isnt real, then what is real…. why do I want to watch real life stuff that I live everyday?? I want to fantasize about how I wish it could be…. like nerds getting the hot chick…. etc etc.
Love those movies
from a strict entertainment sense: story telling, acting, semblance of plot are all terrible. CGI and action sequences are top-notch: in other words, your typical Michael Bay film.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
I LOVE “The Great Santini”
The hoops scene is great
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
Pretty much any film involving George Lucas
has those aspects to it.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
If you count the volleyball scene there’s like half an hour of good movie in two hours of movie.
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On a curve low and away, you managed to pull it for a home run.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 5, 2012 2:16 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Gotta outscore the Saints, Packers, and (maybe) Patriots. Don’t see it
by Eric Stephen on Jan 5, 2012 2:10 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I cry that we have a hobbled Ben
I love this Steelers team otherwise, even without Mendenhall
This team is built to beat Patriot ass
sniff, sniff
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
in that game
Packers won, you won’t hear me debate that, they made the plays
but in that game.
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
When we jettison Cody next year that will be a thing of the past
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but honestly they won't
they have the 1st ranked rush defense, but the 16h ranked passing D. Thats not going to get it done against the Saints and Packers
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
MacDougal contract
dylanohernandez
Mike MacDougal will earn $650k next season. $2.35MM option for 2013 or $350k buyout. #Dodgers
Well if Mike McDougal is on the Dodgers in 2013 something must have gone right.
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but his 2011 happened and all he got was $1mil 1 year. why wouldn’t that mean the option gets turned down and he gets another $1mil in 2013
by G.Scott on Jan 5, 2012 3:06 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I wonder how long they had to negotiate that option to be $2.35 million instead of 2.3 or 2.4. I mean for an option has about as much of being picked up as I do in a trendy bar. This is for all intents and purposes a $1M contract with $350,000 deferred to next year.
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So my mom and dad are going to San Diego in May to see Roger Waters live. Wish I had an extra $500 to spend on something like concert tickets.
$500 bucks is cheap to see someone reanimate Roger Waters
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
Are you saying he’s comfortable numb?
"It takes a special fan to root for a last place moribund bankrupt franchise."
by Little Blue Bicycle on Jan 5, 2012 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
Would that even cover the flight from New Mexico, much less the cost of the tickets?
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Whaaaa?
David Young is supposed to be in charge of organizing the TBLA team.
by meercatjohn on Jan 5, 2012 1:02 PM PST
Dude, if I am charge, this is what you get: we all show up at the field on the day of the games and wing it.
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Luckily with the signing of McD, the Shawn Tolleson era will have to wait in line.
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Shaikin says Time Warner isn’t really interested in owning the Dodgers, just owning the rights to broadcast their games. But if they have to buy the team…
Huff declined Thursday to comment on scenarios in which TWC would buy the Dodgers outright or partner with a prospective owner. However, according to a person familiar with the Dodgers bid process, TWC has signaled to at least some prospective owners its interest in securing those television rights, in whatever way might make the most financial sense to the owner.
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In essence, TWC is exploring whether it would be more prudent to wait for the TV rights to come on the market — with potential owners well aware of what would be a bidding war between Fox and TWC — or pursue ownership of some or all of the team.
Hey guys, need some advice
I need a new watch. Well, a second watch. My first watch, an antique, mechanical winding Wittnauer, has fritzed again. I am getting it fixed but the guy at the watch shop says I just live too hard for to wear an antique every day. So I need a new, modern watch.
I want to spend some money, but not crazy money.
Any suggestions?
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
The number I have in mind is $500 but I’m flexible. I don’t want to go to $1,000 but if what I really want is $750 I will bite. Less than $500 would be better though.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
Victorinox also sub $500 bucks – very sporty
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
you have no idea how much watches cost do you?
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
Oh I know they can be really expensive depending on brand, etc…. but a watch isnt something useful enough for me to spend 500 on…. Im cool with Fossil watches, etc….. If I did spend alot of money on a watch id go 50 cent and get an all diamond one…. now were talkin, bling, bling!
I have owned three watches in the past 27 years
Two Seikos (that my wife bought long ago) and a Citizen (that my company gave me). Similar watches are probably ~$200 today, I’d guess.
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Dude
That’s a lot for a watch. I’ve had some nice looking watches in the 50-100 dollar range.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
I have a nice Tissot that’s around 5
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Jan 5, 2012 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
They do take a licking and keep on ticking.
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Where can I find you with no one else around?
Not that I’d like to take your future super expensive watch, or anything. .
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
Hamiltons are nice
and give the feel of an antique without being too dear
Braun makes one call the The Analog for like $250 bucks
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
My Mido looks something like this
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Jeez, that came out kind of big
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
That watch is gorgeous. My Wittnauer looks something like that — it is solid 14K gold — with hidden lugs (there are gold bars where the face meets the band, giving it a nice neat transition from watch to band).
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
Might be an age thing, I’m not either.
My watch is silver
by Michael White on Jan 5, 2012 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
It looks like this
But mine has numerals instead of hashes around the face.
Also, I wear a black band.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
nice watch
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Thanks all. Bride bought it for me for my birthday 10 years ago or more.
I was going into jewelry stores all the time to look at the vintage mechanical watches, but I could never pull the trigger on any of them. She got this for me and I love it. It is the best present I ever received.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
I meant to write
See? The legacy of a watch is something you can never replace with an iPhone
it is among the greatest things a man can truly have and to get it from someone you love
well shit, I love that story and Bride for making it happen for you
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:47 PM PST up reply actions
My new watch (with my other Christmas present from my friend :] )
I don’t get the leather bands and things like that, maybe it’s an age thing.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
if you are spending 50-100 bucks you are getting a "leather"
band.
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The one I don't get is the silicone
I think it looks cheap and weird.
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I have the same problem
Have an antique Mido that constantly needs repairs now. So I should buy an every day watch
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I thought you were going to comment on your physical body.
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Tie, rings, cuff links. Have to wait for tie tacks, tie bars, collar bars to come back.
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hard to wear a tie and/or cuff links at my work
without looking silly
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My dad always wanted, and one year my mom gave him, silver collar stays. Now tell me, what is the point of silver collar stays? No one can see the collar stay. Why should it matter what it is made of? Besides, I am always forgetting to take out my removable collar stays when I put my shirt into the wash. Cheap plastic collar stays, why not?
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I bought some stainless steel ones
in the hope that spending a little bit on them would motivate me to remember to take them out or make them easier to find. So far only one of those has panned out
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that dude
is impressive
horatio fucking alger right there boys
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
Nice. Mustache wax is one of the fond memories I have of my dad. He waxed his well into the 90’s. He used to starch and press his shirts and shine his shoes, sometimes with fire, each and every day before work.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Jan 5, 2012 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
fucking men
they don’t make ’em any more. I would have liked to have known your dad.
My dad shined my shoes and pressed my shirts better than anyone ever will. When he was sick, he would iron my shirts and tell me that looking sharp is an advantage and a courtesy. My dad learned how to press shirts in jail, had an 8th grade education, could be as nasty mean as could be, and the most charming gentleman you ever met
fucking men, we are all boys
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
amen brother
mine is holding me in the top left corner of this photo -→
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
My best baseball memory of my dad is that he tried.
My old man was from the generation that showed their love by working their ass of to pay the mortgage and put dinner on the table. He wasn’t athletic at all, but he was the strongest man in the world, at least how I remember. My mom used to actually catch me when I was playing youth ball, dad never was particularly into baseball. But I have a vivid memory, one time, he took time off of work to come and umpire one of my games because the league needed volunteers. He didn’t know all the rules, his strike zone was iffy, but I was so proud of my old man, Blue for a Day.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Jan 5, 2012 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
Nice.
My dad wasn’t the most athletic guy either, but he did take the time to hit me tennis ball fungoes out front, on our hilly residential street.
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My love for baseball comes directly from my pops
built us a mound in our backyard, and coached many of me and my brothers little league teams. When he wasn’t doing that he would umpire.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
my dad was one of the strongest people i've known
from hoisting sides of beef in the stockyards. Once he won a strong man contest in Vernon over a guy who lost out to Steve Reeves for the Hercules part.
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
by mleadman on Jan 5, 2012 4:05 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
My Dad built me a baseball field behind our house when I was six. I used to watch him play baseball and fast pitch softball at least three times a week. He was a little guy: about 5’-7", tallest in his family, and was the fastest sonofabitch I ever saw. Never saw him get thrown out on a bunt.
He’s 85 now, and getting smaller every day, but in my mind’s eye, I still see him as that 28 year old giant, showing me how to play the game.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
by iiidown on Jan 5, 2012 7:27 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Have you not posted much the last year? haha
He’s mythical until he actually comes to a TBLA event, just like Tommy “Don’t Give Me A Dr Pepper” Blackjack and Silverwidow.
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Read more carefully, young man, and count your Roman numerals..
Your father, iiidown, has been postingall year. Phil keeps referring to him as iidown, which makes iidown mythical.
But now, yiour father iiidown, refers to his father, who is the TRUE iidown by the same process that made Ivdown’s father iiidown.
Yo the best of my knowledge, this is the first time that your grandfather – iidown – has made an appearance in a story at TBLA. That’s what I was referring to.
Short version : ii, not iii. Pay attention, Iv.
Actually, I’m just happy that you didn’t get your own nickname right – didn’t you say you actually meant to call yourself ixdown? (9) That would have made your father viiidown, which is just too many roman numerals to have to type. And would also pit your family history far too deep into the mists of time; we’d never get to the end of it. The way it is now, we can hope that someday in the future, the ur-parent idown might even make it into a story.
lol, that's right
I’m glad it worked out the way it did anyway, i think it works well.
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Amen
My dad, who is still with us, is not nearly so colorful (he ended up a CPA after all, his membership in Rutgers Scarlet Barbarians notwithstanding), but I do have memories of watching him shave with a classic double-edged razor, lathering his face with shaving soap in a cup, applied with a shaving brush.
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I hear thats making a comeback
josie would call people who use it hipsters I’m guessing
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
not everything urban outfitters makes is terrible
terribly made though.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I have a brush and cup
I go back and forth between that and some other stuff the wife brings home
it is a nice ritual
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
I still use modern blades
i just use brush and cup to apply shaving soap
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
I’m blessed with weak, spindly facial hair. I can get by with an electric unless I go a weekend without using it.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Jan 5, 2012 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
I use gel and a three-blade razor, so I’m kind of wimpy, but when the daughter was home for Xmas, she saw me shaving and remarked, " [ex-BF] used an electric razor, which seemed wimpy to me, probably because I always saw you shave with a blade."
On a related note, I really need to try a really good barbershop style, straight-razor shave some time, hot towels and all.
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That is the absolute best. Last time I had surgery, I didn’t shave for weeks and the shave I splurged for was so awesome. Having that straightrazor on your neck is a bit unnerving, but that’s because I’m not a tough guy.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Jan 5, 2012 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
I only wear watches when im going out or whatever, otherwise, just use my cell phone for everything…. I always bang my watches up against things and scratch it, so I hate wearing it.
Does anybody really know what time it is?
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I dont really care…. old folks do…. they love knowing what time it is… my grandpa has clocks, watches, all over, always wants to know what time it is.
more expensive watches are harder to ding up
or so I’ve been told
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I have an Omega that I got when my Dad died
it is among my dearest possessions and toughest pieces of equipment
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
The way your dad looked at it, this watch was your birthright. He’d be damned if any slopes gonna put their greasy yellow hands on his boy’s birthright, so he hid it, in the one place he knew he could hide something: his ass. Five long years, he wore this watch up his ass. Then when he died of dysentery, he gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable piece of metal up my ass for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the watch to you.
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by David Young on Jan 5, 2012 3:26 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
“You see this watch? It’s so encrusted with jewels, the hands can’t move! What kind of watch do you have?”
“Oh, well, I just drew it on.”
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 3:30 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
tried to find it on youtube
but I couldn’t :(
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
I could be wrong, but it was this episode, right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZzCGHeNUQs
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yup
“Now, life is hard right?”
(everyone agrees)
“WRONG!!! Life is EASY!! YOU SUCK!!!”
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
i tried finding the entire clip and i couldn't
That’s one of my 3 favorite simpsons moments for sure, hahaha
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It's great
I always crack my brothers up with it
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 7:46 PM PST up reply actions
Close
My Dad was a lifelong gambler and pretty much a lifelong losing gambler
the year he got sick, we shared a bookie, and he won every single weekend of that football season. He was able to play through early December, before he got too sick and passed away in early Jan
Before he died, he told my Mom where he kept the cash from the book, it was in the interior pocket of a sport coat in his closet, told her to divide it up among us 4 kids as the last present from him.
I wanted to get something I would always have, so I bought my watch
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
Nice story
I was brought up in a gambling family too
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
as a kid
Christmas time for me meant family trip to Vegas!
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
Christmas time
was for many years a big poker game in our living room that would last a couple days with various people going in and out of the game
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I love colorful families even if every now and then I wished I grew up sane
I was, as I am sure you were too, fixing drinks when I was a kid
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
At one of my parents parties
when I was 13 i volunteered to be bartender. I was hammered by 9 pm and my dad had to pour me into my bed
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Timex makes some cool ones in the 150 range
I like the Military for J Crew
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
I wear a watch every day, like coffee and never eat donuts (but I do like donuts.)
by Michael White on Jan 5, 2012 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
I feel lopsided wearing one and they always manage to rip a few wrist hairs out when I tried to wear one. I tell time by the sun, moon and stars and sometimes by my stomach.
I feel off when I don't wear one
and I haven’t worn mine for a couple months now, since I haven’t gotten around to going to the jeweler
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Not while playing ball, right?
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no baseball, sex, surfing. Sometimes in the shower
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
C’mon, you remove your watch for those afternoon quickies? Puh-lese.
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it is a big fucking watch, no one wants to get hit with this thing
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
it is like 45.5 or 46MM
no one wants to get bumped in the head with that sucker
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
I wear it playing golf though
and I find it pretty irreplaceable in the kitchen, especially if I am baking.
I like it golfing, but it can bruise my hand
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
Never wear mine golfing. Or bowling.
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I like a leather watch strap
and anything that makes me sweat tends to ruin the strap, so I try not to wear it golfing. Not that I’ve golfed for a couple years
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
The only time I ever really wore a watch was when I was 16 or so. I don’t remember the brand but I do remember spending over $100 on it. I stopped wearing it all the time a few months later when I started golfing. It absolutely drove me insane and I used to golf around 4 times a week (Kids under 18 golfed for free at a lot of the courses in Vegas).
So, golfing is actually what made me stop wearing watches and I haven’t worn one since.
That watch is fantastic.
What a monster! I’m not sure I’d be able to lift my left hand.
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Same here
It drives me crazy. I’ll look down to my wrist 20 times a day and get frustrated every time.
by Michael White on Jan 5, 2012 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
You might look at the J Crew watch made by tourneau that resurrected an older brand.
http://www.jcrew.com/mens_category/JCrewingoodcompany/MouginPiquard.jsp
This is what I’ve got my eye on, but it might be too ridiculous.
http://www.watchismo.com/retrowerk-retrograde-R011-watch.aspx
What say you? Ridiculous or awesome?
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The predominance of 9 and 3 being the only highly visible numbers makes me think of Boss Radio, 93 KHJ.
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I’d be worried about those moving parts at that price range. Have you handled it in person? Definitely not one to order off of sight alone. Very interesting and cool if it matches your style though.
Yes, I will have to find it in person before I buy it. As you know I’m a small guy. My wrists are very small, too, and this is a big watch (44mm). I will have to see if it looks OK on me.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
I saw this watch today
And I think it looks real good:
http://www.christopherward.co.uk/men/aviation/c8-1/c8skt-mk2.html
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very much my style
I liked the funky one, but I would wear the shit out of that
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
I'd wear that watch
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
How much in real money
is 255 pounds?
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Right, but see where it says 212 pounds for non-EC, which is you. That makes it $328.
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That's a good price
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
You guys are talking my specialty!
I love watches. I have close to 20, but i dont like buying rolexes or wittnauers. The all look the same. I like watches that have a different look to them. Nixon has really cool modern watches, this is one of the one’s i won and i love it:
http://www.watchismo.com/nixon-rotolog-dark-wood-watch.aspx
Also I have this Vestal watch and i got a lot of compliements on it too:
http://www.watchismo.com/vestal-rsw004-rosewood-watch.aspx
I am hoping to buy this one next month if possible:
http://www.watchismo.com/vestal-zr3006-watch.aspx
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by dodgerporvida on Jan 5, 2012 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
I saw that Nixon watch on the site. I really liked it! Not sure it’s for me, but I really like it. Jump hour is cool, too.
Do you have a recommendation for a dude with a very small wrist?
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I have very small wrists too.
Actually my girl sometimes takes my watches and wears them. All of these fit fine. The last one the face is a little large but it honestly looks real cool just sitting on my wrist when i was trying it at the store.
This is another one i have been keeping my eye on:
http://kennethcoletime.com/product-details.php?pid=68
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by dodgerporvida on Jan 5, 2012 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
This is the one I wear when I go out
Concord Mariner, bought in 1990
by The Dude Abides on Jan 5, 2012 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks
Bought it because it looked elegant but not ostentatious.
by The Dude Abides on Jan 5, 2012 11:01 PM PST up reply actions
That's a big word there at the end, lol, but i will say
It doesn’t look overdone at all, which is definitely a good thing.
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I’m very happy with a Citizen “Eco-Drive” watch that runs on solar power and never, ever needs batteries or winding. It just runs forever (about 6 years so far). It’s also extremely slim and very elegant – simple face with simple strokes at the 5-minute marks (a double-dash fro 12:00 only). They have other faces too. I got a leather strap but they make others. I’ll see if I can find a photo.If I remember correctly it cost only about $200+, but I might not have remembered well, I’ll see if I can find it.
I bought my wife and Eco Drive. Forgot it was an Eco Drive. Took it to the watch shop to get the battery replaced. Was reminded it was an Eco Drive.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Jan 5, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I give the guy credit. At least he didn’t stick it under a lamp while I walked around the mall and charge me 15 bucks for changing the battery.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Jan 5, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
http://www.citizenwatch.com/CUK/English/browse.asp
Stiletto – about 30 models. Mine is one of them as I described it – $200. (These here have Roman numerals.)
There are hundreds more on the site.
I have two Raymond Weil's
Swiss watches – one was around $1K and the other was a a little more. Very light and low profile (very low off the wrist). One has a black face and teh other has a gold face. Had them both for about 10 years – no problems.
I have a small wrist
That is why the Weil worked good for me. I saw on Ebay where you can get different models for under $500.
Russian Military Watches are where it's at
I have what’s called the “Vostok Komandirskie”, though the strap is metal, not leather.
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by Taylor Maricle on Jan 5, 2012 6:34 PM PST up reply actions
Got it when i was 10 from my then-stepfamily in the ukraine.
I still bust it out for special events. Wore it to prom, etc.
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by Taylor Maricle on Jan 6, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
My grandpa left me his rolex...
Dunno if I can ever bring myself to sell it tho, it’s all I have of his.
What? No! Not again Ned!
by Bard in Black on Jan 5, 2012 9:12 PM PST up reply actions
Looks similar to this one
What? No! Not again Ned!
by Bard in Black on Jan 5, 2012 9:12 PM PST up reply actions
don’t ever sell it
giving it to your kids or your grandkids will be better than money
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 9:52 PM PST up reply actions
Hey droogie don't crash here
There’s only room for one
and here she comes, here she comes
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Rebel rebel, you tore your dress
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David Bowie and Lou Reed will probably be the first celebrity deaths I take pretty hard. Maybe not so much for Reed cause he’s kind of a dick
He’s taking a walk on the walker side.
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by David Young on Jan 5, 2012 3:43 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
What’s that mean anyway? Google yields nothing, no acronyms, no urban trash-talk slang, nothing at all except texting or lazy abbrev for “hitting”, which I know you don’t mean. No one knows your acronym in the big world, and neither do I.
E.g.:
List words containing hitng
www.morewords.com/contains/hitng/
List words containing hitng. … No words containing hitng found in this word list. New Search.
Some random words: oil adapt re nekton foal jigged kantar …
TBLA specials. But I was here when it happened. (Personally, I think swesoke should be obliterated. It was forced on us by someone or other who kept insisting. Totally contrived. awesoke is good. It happened naturally, by hazard.)
I wasn’t here for HITNG, and am getting irritated. You’re pretty well the only one who uses it, with the occasional exception.
So Josie answered my question way back. I thought she was commending my first comment. (I didn’t really understand why either, but who am I to argue?) Pride goeth before a fall. Oops.
“swesoke” was created when someone literally typoed “awesoke”. I think that was keithC. I loved it from that very moment.
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holy shit look at all those people….. is it one of those things that if you didnt go you would be killed kinda deals?
It’s North Korea. There’s not much else to do unless you like forced labor, being unjustly imprisoned or being hungry.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Jan 5, 2012 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
I missed that pic the first go round. That’s pretty cool how their old limo grew out a mullet.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Jan 5, 2012 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t worry, the VinBot 3000 will be well into production by then.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Jan 5, 2012 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
Two Bowie Duets are memorable
I always enjoyed Bowie and Mick Jagger singing “Dancing in the Streets.”
I find the David Bowie and Bing Crosby Christmas song medley somewhat strange.
Under Pressure is so memorable, Vanilla Ice stole it!
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I don’t know anybody that doesn’t like that song
by Michael White on Jan 5, 2012 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
I bought this one
back in September It’s nice and no battery to worry about.
On Star Wars, I was watching “Return of the Jedi” and like “The Godfather” and other old movies I have seen over and over again, I enjoy the familiarity of the story and events but I do think that as characters, the main trio really don’t change much during the films and in some respects, the story is somewhat confused (is it about Luke facing his father, is it about the Rebellion taking down the Emperor).
I noticed it on him the other day and meant to say something about it
it is nice looking
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
I like it
My Citizen is also eco-drive, which has worked great so far. No numbers at all is my solution! The calendar is unreadable for me except from the first to the ninth.
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Unlike when we were in there and there was no food at all! My expectations food-wise are zero.
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St. Joe's basketball coach is a dick
O’Brien graduated from Saint Joseph’s last May. The NCAA allows students who have earned an undergraduate degree to transfer to another school, enroll as graduate students, and play right away as long as they have some remaining eligibility and the new school offers a graduate area of study his old school doesn’t have. It is almost unheard of for a school to refuse to release a player in this situation. Martelli, however, refused.
I’m sure the guy is a dick, but I always thought that was a bullshit loophole.
by Michael White on Jan 5, 2012 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
and the new school offers a graduate area of study his old school doesn’t have
I believe they somewhat recently dropped this part.
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I was actually wondering yesterday when we were talking about this graduate student transer thing….. I wonder why more players dont do it that are good, but on a not so good team, to have one shot at winning a title before going pro?
Armond Armstead is thinking of transferring to ND (from USC) so that he can play his final college year with his little brother (who is being recruited by ND). Because USC held him out all of last year for medical reasons Armond would be allowed to play right away.
The only problem is USC has to give permission to him to go to USC and most schools wont let their players go to another school that they will play against. USC has no interest in playing him next year and he’s pissed at the school for not allowing him to play last year (he got medical clearance from a number of doctors but USC didn’t clear him).
Is USC wrong for not allowing him to transfer to ND (if that’s where he chooses)? Or is it just a smart move by the school? Is it any different from what St Joe’s coach is doing? I’d love to pick him up as a ND fan just because it will almost guarantee his brother chooses ND but I can understand USC’s side of it.
this is bullshit
schools using NCAA rules to control players they don’t pay
fuck them
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
sure it has value – I don’t dispute that
but when it allows schools to control kids who want to go to another school – I call bullshit
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
sure and then he can’t play with his brother
I think its bullshit
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
I really don’t care
I’m just giving opinion
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
I’m piecing things together from what I know about transfers. I could be wrong but I don’t think I am. I think he is eligible to transfer anywhere he wants but when it comes to scholarships his current school has to approve of him going to his new school. If they don’t approve of that new school then the student has to pay his own way for a year.
Didnt the little bro originally commit to SC, then backed out, but still has SC as a possible destination?
He backed out because of how they treated (or how his family felt they treated) his older brother. As far as I know he is no longer considering USC.
The best I can answer the question is most likely the school will only allow a player to leave to a school they approve. I would think ND would not be a school they would approve of. I guess you could call it a dick move, but I also see it as a player chose to commit to that school, and is getting a free ride, and shouldnt be a cry baby and want to run away because he isnt getting the PT he thinks he should get. If you are good enough, you will play, so work hard to get PT, and you will.
But im going to look more into this because I never really heard of this story, the part about him being cleared by doctors, but not SC, and see what that is about.
Actually because of the sanctions, he was free to leave to any school, without sitting out a year, so why didnt he then? I dont know if the door has closed on players being able to still do that or not…. I dont get why SC wouldnt clear him though if he isnt hurt, weird.
http://usc.ocregister.com/2012/01/03/uscs-armond-armstead-to-visit-other-schools/103449/
Although he hasn’t ruled out returning to USC next season, defensive lineman Armond Armstead is strongly considering transferring after the school wouldn’t clear him to play in 2011.
"Nothing’s set in stone, but I’m going to start taking visits and checking some other schools out," Armstead said by phone Tuesday night. "I’m not 100 percent sure what’s going to happen."
Armstead, a 6-foot-5, 290-pound senior from Elk Grove, has three options to choose from: Return to USC, transfer or enter the 2012 NFL draft. Based on conversations with him and his father, transferring seems like the most likely outcome, returning to USC the least. Armstead listed Notre Dame, Auburn and Arkansas as three possible destinations.
After starting all 12 games in 2010, Armstead was hospitalized in March ’11 because of an undisclosed medical condition. Despite passing numerous tests and being well enough to work out with the team, Armstead never gained medical clearance from USC’s doctors and redshirted.
The school’s reluctance to clear Armstead was a source of frustration for him and his family and led his brother, top-rated two-way lineman Arik Armstead, to decommit from USC.
"We haven’t been real happy with the process and some of the procedures about how everything was handled," said Guss Armstead, Armond and Arik’s father. "Because of that, it may be time for him (Armond) to move on."
Neither Guss nor Armond Armstead would say whether USC has cleared Armond to play in 2012. But the uncertainty of that situation clearly is a deterrent.
Armstead is confident that other schools would allow him to play. A similar situation unfolded with one-time Trojan Jarvis Jones, who transferred to Georgia after USC’s doctors wouldn’t clear him.
"All the tests the doctors gave me, I passed," Armstead said. "I’m confident that I’m healthy. I’m confident that nothing is wrong with me.
"I just want to play football. I missed playing. It’s what I love to do. I’ve been playing since fourth grade.
Go to the link to read the full story (this is just the first story I found when searching for it).
I was going to cut it down a lot more but then I read the last two quotes from him and figured they should be mentioned.
That was still only about half of the article though. ;)
yeah weird… what is the medical condition I wonder?? Why cant they say? wonder what it usually is when they dont want to say what it is? like an STD or something? I think SC can fix this with him though, I cant see why they wouldnt want him to play if he can play.
It’s possible (not really sure on this) that while out for medical reasons that the scholarship isn’t counted against the schools total number of scholarships. If that is true and USC was up against their cap then not clearing him medically would make sense. This is just a wild ass guess of an assumption though. No clue if any of it would be true. Something like that could be the reason behind holding him out.
Or they don’t think he’s healthy enough to play but he was plenty of healthy enough to workout with the team all year long.
As for why the medical condition isn’t released. All patients have the right to keep their medical history private. In a lot of cases the schools can’t discuss specifics even if they student allows them to.
Maybe Eric knows better…. but I cant remember USC ever allowing a player go to a Pac 10 school or ND, ever…. but maybe…. Only player I can even think off right now that left for a top school was Emanuel Moody to Florida.
Most conferences
frown on inter-conference transfers.
You will see players who get released from programs sometimes go to a school in the same conference but that is still pretty rare.
My biggest problem with McDougal is Donnie seems to think he is really good
as alluded to by the fact that he seems to be the go to guy with runners on.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
If you want to impress
I still say, nicely groomed hair (you can have facial hair but just make sure it is neat). A watch. A nice suit. Nicely shined shoes.
yes I agree….. unless you’re cut up like the Situation… then you can just walk around with your abs showing, he gets all the chicks
What about these cocky pricks who wear ripped jeans and have messy ass hair? They attract women, too.
amen
and that shit gets old as you get old. Cute when you are in your 20’s but not so cute down the road
and that is a cultivated look and trying, which counts some
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
true, true… I realized that after, that he didnt even say women, it could be for a job interview, or whatever… thats just where my mind took it 1st I guess.
just anywhere
being dressed well (which doesn’t have to mean expensive) gets you treated better, with more respect, from nearly everyone you interact with
it may not be fair, but it is certainly true
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
I should have been more clear
I meant to impress in business settings though I still think if the occasion calls for it, dressing nice and neat will not cause demerits from their dates.
oh, and you gotta smell good… and wear a nice cologne… I like aqua di gio or whatever its called. Thats good right?
A woman’s nose should be nearly touching your neck before she smells it – it should draw her in rather than push her away
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
Cologne’s different for everyone’s PH.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Jan 5, 2012 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Ironically or unironically?
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Jan 5, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
cause one answer makes you a hipster and the other makes you a lover
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
speaking of axe
Does it bother anyone when people say “AX” instead of “ASK” when saying…Can I ASK you something"..
Drives me crazy and the other day i was actually listening to this announcer do a high school game and he used “AX” the whole game.
It it that hard pronounce the word the way its spelled – A-S-K?
Why was an announcer at a high school game asking so many questions?
by Michael White on Jan 5, 2012 4:33 PM PST up reply actions
It was television.
He’d be announcing the game and say something like “Ya really gotta Aks yourself…what were they thinking fouling the 3pt shooter?”
Stuff like that
Okay, that makes more sense.
I figured a high school announcer (at the game) would be saying things like “30 second timeout”
by Michael White on Jan 5, 2012 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
Just drives me nuts.
I can deal with listening to people say “ya know, you know” over and over again in an interview bc when publically speaking…sometimes its subliminal and using transitions in public speaking can be difficult.
But AKS drives me bat shit crazy! and i usually dont care about anything.
You are not alone…. The AX over ask thing has been debated for along time…. made fun of all the time too. Stu Lantz kinda says that I think too no? or some other words he doesnt pronounce correctly, or so my dad says. He’s also a Kobe nut hugger according to my dad.
I don’t say Aks, I correct my nephews when they say it
that said, I think complaining about it is pretty much bullshit noise. It doesn’t harm anyone and what is being communicated is clearly understood.
I don’t know if Joey falls into this category or not, that is up to him, but the people I’ve known who seem to get the most worked up about this seems to be doing it to feel better about themselves by mocking someone else. Which can be fun from time to time, but is mostly ugly and often racist
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
If you are a public speaker, you should probably make the best effort to speak in a manner that is clear and understandable. If I am on a tour and I can barely make out what the tour guide is saying because of slang or over use of “street talk” then I am not going to enjoy myself and likely complain. If I am in a casual conversation with someone then it doesn’t matter to me. Aks instead of ask is probably not crossing the line in the sand for me.
my wife not from United States but even she started using it and i’m like…A-S-K"…is the sssssssK so hard to say?
seriously
people need to remember we speak American here
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im kidding about the racist….. but some brothers say ax instead of ask…. why I dont know, maybe it is hard for them…. either way, you understand what they mean, thats all that matters.
I think the bigger question here is why are you watching HS basketball on TV?? There better be some kind of Lebron James type player in that game…. im just kidding man.
New York American or Boston American or Alabama American or West Texas American or Hollywood American or Chicago American or
thank you
intelligence is always welcome
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 4:40 PM PST up reply actions
we should bring back the stocks
for people who spell words with a superfluous u
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I am sure you would enjoy my sometime conversations with my colleagues
as we schedule meetings around holidays and talk about how his football team did on the old pitch the other day.
In caribbean english speaking countries, natives will usually ignore the “h” in a word like “things”..so they’ll pronounce it “tings”, or three = “tree”..they dont like using the “th”
you mix colonial period English, with an Irish influence, combined with many African languages and you get a different set of sounds that form the building blocks of sound
“Like” doesn’t have anything to do with it.
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 5:11 PM PST up reply actions
I'm honestly concerned you where taking me serious here
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just a couple more watch suggestions
and this slick looking Michael Kors watch.
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Ditto this. Mine passed 12 months ago yesterday.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Jan 5, 2012 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
My dad’s almost 60, looks like he’s 40, think like’s 20, and acts like he’s 10.
He’s fun to play board games with…
Step Kids right? Never saw it, but the trailer was on one of the TMNT movie tapes i had
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 4:40 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah
Although I’ve always known it as Big Girls Don’t Cry They Get Even.
I can really relate to Hillary Wolf’s character.
Can't really complain
mine lived a good life, died not quite 2 years ago. Unfortunately, the last game he probably watched was the Lakers losing (though they did go on to see win the title that year).
My dad is 52 and is in better shape than I am. Goes on 40+ mile bike rides, runs sprint triathlons (400m swim, 20K bike ride, 5K run) and I went skiing with him on Tuesday; I could barely walk and he had no problems. He took up soccer when I went to high school and only stopped because he blew out his knee.
Mine’s been dead and gone 37 years
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I don't like my dad
Good thing I don’t ever talk to him or see him.
<.<
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sounds like you smoked up an appetite first
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 5, 2012 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
In other news, I have no had five Wienerschnitzel chili dogs, total, in my life.
We now return you to Watch Thoughts.
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me either… no reason why, just not something I think of when thinking of fast food, kinda like Arbys, or wendys….. Is a weinerschnitzel dog good? better then cupids?
I had Der Weinerschnitzel
in the old days. Probably none in 20 years or so.
But then that was about the last time I had a corn dog from one of those stands at the mall too.
my house is filled
with the smell of lasagna
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
Delicious
My niece got mad years later when she figured out that the occasional “chicken” dinner at my sister’s house actually had a name.
I have read about people passing off cat as rabbit. Possibly apocryphal.
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Game On
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
The new Nike AirMax model is really uncomfortable
they look really cool but they hurt my feet.
Not cool Nike
I, for one, blame Urkel
per Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals to issue announcement regarding Duncan stepping down tomorrow. Family matters to be cited.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 5, 2012 6:01 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
I just watched Robot Jox again after decades
it’s a horrible movie, but now I enjoy it in all new ways! sooo funny
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
One of my favorite things about watching old movies is seeing all the old school pepsi or coke designs, or Doritos, etc.
hahaha
yeah
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 6:10 PM PST up reply actions
“One of my favorite things about watching old movies is seeing all the old school Facebook designs”
-uschris0304, year 2027
“Lol, facebook, what a fad that was”
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
FACEBOOK HIPSTER!!!!!!!!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 6:42 PM PST up reply actions
lol
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 6:16 PM PST up reply actions
God I miss that Kobe…. you are making me tear up a little… Ill never see that Kobe again ever in my life…. rookie year? one of my favorite Kobe moments was his rookie season in a preseason game at the UNLV areana. Kobe dunked on someone from the free throw line… Thats the moment I fell in love with Kobe, and knew he’d be the one to lead my sports life to glory haha
Between Chick Hearn, Vin Scully and Jim Murray, Los angeles sports fans have been spoiled for a long time. There will never again be such a trio.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
I would add Dick Enberg calling the Rams to that.
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The Chad Tracy that used to be on the D-Backs is not Jim’s son.
The Chad Tracy in the Texas system is Jim’s son.
Actuall this one is Jim Tracy’s son.
D’Backs Chad Tracy is in Japan.
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Tracy’s son doesnt seem like much of a prospect.
1b/LF, 26yrs old…put up 259/339/475 in AAA last year
Sounds like the kind of guy you trade for Greg Reynolds.
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more i look at that draft..
what were the Rockies thinking taking him #2 overall?
He wasnt even dominant in college…his k rate wasnt good there, and was even worse in the pros.
It was a “he’s low ceiling, but he can help us almost immediately” pick. They probably liked that he’s a ground ball pitcher.
These kind of picks never work. Especially considering how fast Longoria made it to the bigs.
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On talent
the draft should have been Lincecum, Longoria and then you could probably argue between Andrew Miller and Kershaw. We all know how it turned out but no one was going to take Clayton until maybe Detroit at No. 6.
I definitely remember Andrew Miller as the consensus number one in that draft but he was going to be expensive. Didn’t Lincecum slip because of size issues?
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that
and no one liked his mechanics
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 6:43 PM PST up reply actions
He was affordable
and the Rockies never think they can get FA pitchers there. Plus as a college pitcher, he would hopefully be ready sooner.
Heck, the Royals took a guy who hadn’t pitched for almost a year.
You may be right, but isnt drafting more about projection, then stats? I have no idea what the projection in him was.
How much projecting can you do when the guy had already completed college?
I’d never draft a college player unless they were completely dominant at that level
But that goes the other way too
For pitchers, you have players that have for one, have not gotten hurt for at least 3 more years and you have an idea of what they can do. A high school player is nothing but projection, you have no idea if he can get another pitch or pitch to more advanced players.
Hitters, I’d agree but since few college hitters are drafted in the first round anyway, it really never comes up that much.
Sinker ball pitcher
who they thought was gonna be a work horse. Exact reason why you draft the best players and dont draft based on roster needs. It was a good idea, just not with the 2nd pick in the draft
Jim Tracy has a son named Chad that plays baseball, but its not that one.
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citizen watch
Worked for a division of Citizen from 1985-1999. my favorite watch was a dive watch but have not worn a watch in 10 years. Seem like jewelry now, not practical for everyday use but I understand . I only regret we are not wearing our phones on our wrists. I felt robbed of a part of the future promised to my generation
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by meercatjohn on Jan 5, 2012 6:06 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Gin
So, a week or two ago, I was on my way to an annual party where the hosts make a big deal of preparing various “martinis”. Only they;re not really martinis – they’re vodkatinis. I’m old school – martini means gin and dry vermouth. The only variables are 1) which gin 2) how little vermouth? 3) shaken or stirred 4) lemon zest or olive. My father taught me to make them for parties when I was about 11 or 12, though I wasn’t allowed to taste until I was about 16 or so. (I copme form a more enlightened place than the US.) I’d pretty well forgotten all about martinis years ago, but this year, after demurring the vodkatinis for several years, I decided to put my money where my mouth was, and bring some gin and accoutrements to the party.
Going back to my father’s day (we’re talking 1960 here),. I was prepared to bring some Tanqueray.But someone I know clued me in that there are now superior premium gins. He recommended Hendricks. It’s fantastic! It was a hot at the party (all gone well before the end – I was kept quite busy). It’s great all on its own. The “botanicals” are amazing. But I have to admit that it’s even zingier with a tiny bit of Noilly Prat. I’ve refuced my proportions – my father’s were 5 or 6 gin to 1 vermouth. So a jigger (if anyone knows what that is – 1.5 oz) gin to a tablespoon of vermouth. With Hendricks, I’ve reduced the vermouth to a teaspoon – it still “wakes up” the gin. With a lemon twist mostly for the ritual.
I quickly got through another bottle over a week or two, and I’m now experimenting with other premium gins – Bombay Sapphire and Citadelle so far, others to come. Each has its own character (Hendricks spicy, Sapphire more floral, Citadelle more herbal).
It’s a real pick-me-up. I’ve got to watch it – I’m completely captivated.
my friend is a hendricks gin snob.. Im more or less down for whatever..
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 5, 2012 6:39 PM PST up reply actions
It’s kind of hard to find, but the Oregon Brewing Company who makes Rogue beer makes a Rogue Pink Gin that’s a spruce gin aged in Pinot Noir barrels. It’s neat.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Jan 5, 2012 7:00 PM PST up reply actions
Always gin for martinis
At first I thought this was a Humma comment until I got to the first parenthetical. I still like about 5:1 for my Bombay Sapphire martini, or roughly halfway in between the 3:1 (jigger:tablespoon) and 9:1 (jigger:teaspoon) you mentioned. I use a shaker for convenience, but I don’t violently shake it, more of a gently swirl to chill the drink will imparting just a small amount of the water.
I have never tried Hendricks though.
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The best way is to keep the gin in the freezer and the vermouth in the fridge. That way you don’t need ice at all, so no dilution, and barely-stirred is all that’s needed. When that’s not possible, then i agree with your lightly-shaken method.
Hendricks is great, as are Bombay Sapphire and Citagelle. Next in my sights (they were sold out last week): Martin Miller Westbourne and G’Vine Nouaison. See here: http://www.tastings.com/search_spirits.lasso , and select Gin.
I’ve been waiting for Humma and HJ to comment. (Yes, I’ve seen Leopold’s too, and will try eventually. The guy at the store told me Anchor Steam are now alsop distilling small batch gin.) Maybe HJ doesn’t imbibe gin by choice.
I’ve also been wanting to try Genever, which is a similar spirit to Gin out of, I believe, Scandinavia. I hear it’s really something.
When I know what it is, I’ll let you know.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
Holland (Netherlands) and Belgium, not Scandinavia.
It’s very different, I’m told, since it ages in casks, like whisky. I’ll try sometime too. I looked for it last week, but they didn’t seem t have it. They did have Plymouth and Old Tom though, so sooner or later I’ll try those.
Here’s an interesting blog I found a while back that may interest you.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Actually jigger:tablespoon is 6:1 and jigger:teaspoon is 18:1! (A jigger is 1.5 oz; 2 tablespoons to an ounce, 3 tsps to a tb).
With “regular” gin I’m happy with 5:1 or 6:1. But with these premium gins, I’m coming around to an overflowing teaspoon, so somewhere around 12:1. You’d think it would be undetectable, or if detectable at all, would not improve the gin. (I don’t like the taste of vermouth on its own at all.) But, amazingly, it does seem to enhance the taste and increase the zing! factor.
I liked a story I came upon about Winston Churchill, who claimed that the correct proportion is achieved if you merely waft the vermouth cork over the glass of gin a couple of times. ;-)
Humma and I say, “Feh! It’s not a martini without a bit of vermouth”.
Tom Lehrer said, “Hearts full of youth, hearts full of truth, six parts gin to one part vermouth.”
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Right. They have a word (well, a phrase) for a martini with extremely little or no vermouth: “a glass of gin.”
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
As a part-mathematician, I suck at arithmetic. 5:1 puts me in the neighborhood of your jigger:T ratio then.
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I drink Sapphire, generally, but it’s mostly by accident. I go through a lot of the stuff and the big bottle is inexpensive at Costco.
There are several different kinds of gin. The one we’re talking about here is London Dry Gin and that is good but I like other kids as well, particularly Old Tom, which is the gin one uses in a Tom Collins if you’re making it right. It is much sweeter than London Dry, and in fact, I like it in a G&T.
I hear that the truly great gin is Leopold’s, which is handmade in small batches. I haven’t tried it but I should; I hear it’s wonderful. It is expensive, though; the 750mL bottle costs twice what the 1.75L bottle of Sapphire costs.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
at the Plymouth brewery, over in the UK, they allow you to come up with your own combination of herbs and make your own gin right there at the factory!
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
My gin would be made with licorice root and shake n bake
by court168627 on Jan 6, 2012 11:36 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
combination of herbs
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by David Young on Jan 6, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
nah
Arnold always has a quip :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
“Fuck you, asshole” is a hell of a quip.
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"Remember when I said I'd kill you last?"
“I lied.”
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 7:00 PM PST up reply actions
lol
well played
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 7:00 PM PST up reply actions
Running Man is up there.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Jan 5, 2012 7:01 PM PST up reply actions
Maria Cristina Alonso – “I feel like I’m going to throw up.”
Arnold, wearing a Hawaiian shirt – “Go ahead. It won’t show on this shirt.”
by The Dude Abides on Jan 5, 2012 7:03 PM PST up reply actions
lol
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 7:04 PM PST up reply actions
Dylan H tweet
Are the #Dodgers done with their free-agent shopping? “I think so,” GM Ned Colletti said.
I know this is not really news, but still (sigh)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
Just a feint until the Dodgers land Prince Fielder and… wait, why hasn’t Prince Fielder signed with anyone yet?
Boras almost always waits
until the last minute
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
or the BSI theory
collusion in the form of MLB asking Boras to wait until the sale process for the Dodgers is a little more clear, and then he signs with us.
(maniacal laughing)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 8:37 PM PST up reply actions
SWEET!! Raiders hire Reggie McKenzie as their!! Finally, there is hope!… Will he keep Hue Jackson as the head coach is my next question?
good for them
do you want them to keep him?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 5, 2012 9:56 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not sure, I really liked Hue early on, but not so much 2nd half. Losing McFadden for 2nd half, and Ford, Moore to injuries for a few weeks hurt as well. But there have been some crazy rumors about what he’s been doing the finally few weeks, some kind of mani/pedi story, and I didnt really like the way he called out his team after the loss to SD. Its true the team didnt show up, but as the HC, its his job to get them ready and prepared, and IMO he should be the one taking the blame for it, not pushing it all on his players, and DC.
Starlin Castro allegedly does his best Josh Lueke impression.
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I'm going to go ahead and guess
that this will not be resolved to anyone’s satisfaction
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Wow……
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 8:50 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Anybody listen to am 710 yesterday
Mason and Ireland had this “perspective Dodgers” buyer named Joshua Macciello , seemed pretty fishy to me. I admit, I can be a bit pretty cynical person.
he sounded kinda shady
in that he talked super fast and had an east coast accent. do not want.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 6, 2012 9:10 AM PST up reply actions
roberto balley has an email exchange with the guy
http://www.vinscullyismyhomeboy.com/2012/01/is-espn-playing-around-who-is-joshua.html
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dude is allegedly commenting, too
Pretty sure we wont need to keep tabs on him cuz Im kiiiiinda sure he wont get past the mlb screening process..
I will say, he did handle mason and ireland like a pro.. But I will also say that might not be too hard since those dudes are morons.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Jan 6, 2012 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
I can see calling Mason a moron, not saying I agree, but I get where some would say that. But I think Ireland is a pretty smart guy, not in sports, but in general. But maybe not.
I think they play dumb more than they really “are” dumb. Their whole schtick where they take opposing views on issues, debate them, then have people call in and pick sides can make one or both look like an idiot trying to defend something that makes very little or no sense. We have a local ESPN affiliate up here now that I try to listen to so I don’t have to listen to those guys. They do play the national stuff but at least I get some local stuff which is more interesting than the blathering and I can always switch over to the blathering if I want it.
Maybe you are just fooled by Ireland’s impressive landing-strip forehead.
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I saw that, made me even a bit more skeptical that somebody like him, would be responding so quickly to emails and making account names for, in a way defend himself on a blog. Maybe he’s just a different type of cat, just gave me a weird feeling.
by gdl on Jan 6, 2012 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
are you the guy that called in to Mason and Ireland and laid into them?? I missed the interview with this Macciello, but some caller was really, really pissed they actually talked to this guy for whatever reason.
I heard that part
And I think they were right on, cause as you read Macciello’s comments on Baly’s blog, you realize that he isn’t actually a billionaire, and this whole thing about money from mining sounds more like he’s got some sort of prospective development opportunity. But that scares me, because then it just sounds like another McCourt situation, east coast dude leveraging himself to be able to make this deal happen. If that’s the case he isn’t making it past MLB.
WHAMMY!
Also...
Since he is pretty slippery, it makes me think he is using Mason and Ireland to try and curry favor with Dodger fans, which perhaps he thinks will help him get more support with MLB.
Its interesting that both Mason and Ireland called him a billionaire, he doesn’t correct them, and then now he’s backtracking. Also, according to Ireland, supposedly Ramona Shelbourne is working on an article on him, hmmm.
WHAMMY!
Was somebody murdered in the stadium and/or parking lot?
Signed,
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by Michael White on Jan 6, 2012 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
To my responders
There’s a laundry list of crap for Philly. Booing Santa, booing Mike Schmidt, booing Mcnabb when he was awesome. Ungrateful sports town.
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I have been to Phillies games in Philly and I have been to Dodger games – I didn’t find the Philly crowd to be any worse than the usual assortment of knuckleheads on the reserve section of DS
in fact, they were probably less rude
but – assholes are everywhere
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
Wow. I’ve never seen that at a Kings game. I’ve seen plenty of Kings fan sing along (myself included.)
by Michael White on Jan 6, 2012 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
Obviously it was Chris’ friends booing that day
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
no, it was me
Canada knows what they did.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 10:13 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Damn Canucks forced Tommy to down a liter of Maple Dr. Pepper.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 6, 2012 10:15 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
the 28th flavor
A whole new level of vile.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 10:17 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I like how you pretended not to know that Dr. Pepper has 23 distinct flavors, not 27.
Nice try, Tommy. Nice try.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 6, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
whenever you say that
I can somehow feel my hair being tussled. :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 10:18 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
perfect perception!
made me smile broadly
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Finally figured out why Tommy likes baseball so much
by Eric Stephen on Jan 6, 2012 10:20 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
how did it take us so long to get there?
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
me too
another fail on the pile today
where is that fucking bottle?
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
LOL
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 10:26 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I think hard core USA hockey fans dislike Canada, and thats where that comes from. Im sure some in Canada do the same, and other countries as well. Oh well.
Then they must like shitty hockey
because if it was nothing but Americans…
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I don’t believe Chris’ statement to be true at all.
by Michael White on Jan 6, 2012 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
I thought so, maybe not. The hockey fans I know hate Canada, while else would they other then because of the hockey rivalry? who knows.
by the way, just to clarify my possibly wrong statement, I didnt mean a dislike Canada for anything other then a hockey angle, not personal against the country.
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The girls in Montreal are enough for me to never hate Canada
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
At any given time, how many members of the Kings roster are Canadians, eh?
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I believe I’ve asked this in the past, but there’s not a huge need to pre-order tickets, correct? You can just show up and buy tickets day of game.
by Michael White on Jan 6, 2012 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
Might be different this spring, pent up demand to see the newcomers (Ellis, Kennedy, Treanor, Capang) has to be huge. Probably rivals Angel fans hoping to get a look at their old 1st baseman and new fourth starter.
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I can’t remember if there were any sellouts at Camelback last year, but IIRC the Cubs generally are a good draw so you might want to plan ahead (maybe) if it’s Dodgers-Cubs.
Capacity at CBR is ~13,000
with 3,000 of those lawn seats.
In 2011 spring training, here were the Dodgers home dates that sold over 10,000 tickets:
Friday, March 4 vs. SF: 11,261
Saturday, March 19 vs. Mil: 12,141 (no doubt because Dave & I were there)
In 2010, there were only three home dates over 10,000:
Thursday, March 18 vs. ChC: 13,391
Saturday, March 20 vs. SD: 13,506
Saturday, March 27 vs. Sea: 13,582
In 2009 (first year at CBR), there were six:
Sunday, March 1 vs. CHW: 11,280 (first game at CBR)
Saturday, March 7 vs. Sea: 11,896
Sunday, March 15 vs. Col: 11,175
Tuesday. March 17 vs. Cubs: 13,046
Sunday, March 22 vs. Tex: 11,259
Sunday, March 29 vs. SD: 10,561
In other words, keep an eye on the weekends or against the Cubs, but you should be fine getting seats the day of the game.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 6, 2012 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
That Friday game against the Giants last spring was a night game BTW. I believe Maddz, Gary, and Ghost of K3Vo were in attendance.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 6, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
That’s a wino statement HJ
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 10:11 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
if you had the morning I am having….
you’d simply call it “good sense”
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
I believe you’re allowed beer and wine, but no spirits until later
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
Every moment spent asking the question is a moment you could have spent drinking.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 6, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
there is a similar problem for Western Philosophers, every moment spent examining life are moments where one is not truly living
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
Butterscotch, Butterrum. Got a little business on the side, eh Wonka?
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Very western thought
The eastern philosophers see that equation different
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
I am a thought slut
I fucked them all before I found them all lacking
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
At least you are aware there are other ways of thinking
my biggest peeve is people who can’t think outside their own box and examine things from others perspective, or who can’t even admit there could possibly be another perspective worth having.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
hahahah.
i like it. philosophy doesn’t really get too interesting for me until the 20c. it’s always important to knoe the oldilocks (because the newbies always reference them), but i can’t really picture myself sitting down and burying my nose in Hume for a couple weeks like i can with 20c philosophers/theorists.
Here's one that summarizes HJ's claim above:
“Life is crazy don’t try to figure it out your just wasting time”
courtesy of Shawne Merriman
via Matt Kemp
British Empiricism FTW
But, but, but Hume
set in motion Kant and influenced Adam Smith
the world is very different without Hume
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
I get it. And by set in motion, you mean “allowed Kant to rip him apart.” Kant is one of the few pre-20c philosophers that I enjoy reading (not necessarily because of his thought, but because of his readability). My point is that philophy becomes a very different animal in the 20c, for better and worse, and that I find it much more enjoyable at that point.
I did mean this
"allowed Kant to rip him apart."
the progression of thought dies when we agree with what came before us
I think the last half the 20th century we lost the soul of philosophy and thought ourselves into a corner. In some ways, science is killing philosophy as we knew it and not sure where it goes from here
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
A former co-worker of mine, in a discussion with me and another co-worker who double majored in philosophy and mathematics, “Locke and Kant were arrogant morons.” That still makes us laugh over a decade later.
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But he was right!
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
It is the phrasing that make it funny!
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sweet – I love the outpouring of support
scary thing is, I have the means to do just that. 4 cases of wine in the supply closet at my office and one bottle of scotch in my lower left desk drawyer
Problem is, drinking at work is like opening a bag of M&Ms, if you don’t to eat the whole bag then you better not open the bag at all
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
the problem with being the boss is when you get “sick”, everyone else stops working
I need them to work while I soak my brain
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
I am missing a “want” somewhere in there, will leave it for you to find it
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
KEITH!
So Arkansas is back in the Cotton Bowl, except they didn’t win the SWC, and are in the SEC now, and they were third in the SEC, and it’s not at the Cotton Bowl, it’s at Jerry-World, and it’s being broadcast on Fox.
But I bet you’re still pretty pumped : )
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
Per BCS rankings, they were the best team in the SW
Would have liked to see Arkansas vs. Houston during the season though.
by Michael White on Jan 6, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Arkansas vs Houston would be fun to watch. Kansas State should have taken on West Virginia in the Orange Bowl
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
I would drink that shit out of that
think big time brunch food
maybe poached eggs over a brisket hash complimented by an order of French Toast with a Maple Dr. Pepper reduction syrup (that would be good) and a side of bacon
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd for
Maple Dr. Pepper reduction syrup
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sounds like a 50's radio jingle
A beer buzz is better with buzz beer bud
Drink Buzz wherever fine beers are sold
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Drew Carey
FTMFW
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 10:37 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
If you can find a bar with sports it’s cool.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jan 6, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
Oh lord, that is sexy
There is an old man baseball tourney there in January
don’t have the time but really want to go back and play
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
that’s the White Sox side, I pretend that side doesn’t exist
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
funny you should bring them up
I just found out yesterday that Roger Waters is not dead
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
Surprise two for Joe: Roger Daltry – also not dead.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Jan 6, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!
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Of all the R&R deaths, seems to me that Jim Morrison is the only one who fronted a big name band from that era who bit the dust. The other lead singers just seem to keep on ticking, most are in their 60’s now. I guess you could say Janice fronted her band.
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People whose name are on the marquee I think of differently then
Who
Led Zepplin
Rolling Stones
Doors
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Janis Joplin?
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
And that’s what I get for not reading to the end.
Janis certainly fronted Big Brother and the Holding Company.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
all them limeys is related
Townsend, Waters, Daltry
The Wall, Tommy
they cousins
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
leads to a long and happy life
A client sent me a case of a hangover recovery drink for xmas called “Code Blue”,
Not sure what he is hinting at
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
Have you tried that stuff yet? I got an email about getting a case for half off and was thinking about it…
um, yeah
mostly inoffensive taste a like diet gatorade type drink
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
the dodgers do have one of those fields – basically it is just an infield for all kinds of drills
if you see the 4 diamonds in the top center left, the diamond facing towards us is a mini
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
That’s on the White Sox side. Might just be for baserunning, and small quick one-on-one instruction.
And for the players kids.
On the Dodgers side, just beyond the building beyond the left field wall, there is a similar little private area where the Dodgers’ kids play and where Maury Wills does sliding and bunting drills.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 6, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
@MLB:
BREAKING: @Cubs acquire 1B Anthony Rizzo and RHP Zach Cates from @Padres for RHP Andrew Cashner and OF Kyung-Min Na.
I don't understand this trade from the Padres perspective
Other than just Rizzo being blocked by Alonso. You’d think they could have used Rizzo as part of a package to get someone better than Cashner though.
yep! more names here:
RT @Padres: #Padres acquire fRHP Andrew Cashner and outfielder Kyung-Min Na from #Cubs for INF Rizzo and RHP Cates
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
meh, fbihop beat me too it.
So, Cubs should be excited about Rizzo, right?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Must not have liked him
Or they would have gotten someone besides Alonzo in the Latos trade, though maybe they just went for best value regardless.
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Shrinks the possible field for Fielder
Who’s left?
Mariners
Nationals
Orioles?
Dare I say…Dodgers? I don’t dare
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dare if you might
but be prepared to be mocked as a delusional fool
you wouldn’t be the first to find wisdom in what others call delusion
by Hollywood Joe on Jan 6, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
The problem with me saying that is that if the skies open up, a miracle occurs, and the Dodgers sign Fielder, I’ll be derided as the naysaying asshole. But if the 999,999 out of a million odds are right and the Dodgers don’t sign him, no one will care that I called him delusional. I guess always take the long shot, because once it strikes you’ll look like a genius.
Why do you think I'm making so many proclamations this year :)
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guess they won't be using LaHair after all
Sucks for him.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 11:31 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
you dig the Coldplay? Huh, but they’re so…..yogurt
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
never said i liked them
just saying they’re popular is all. it’s my usual response to “how could anyone like [insert popular band?]” My response is, “I don’t know. Ask one of the millions of people that bought their record.”
oh for sure, Coldplay can play their instruments and carry a note, but if you put Coldplay and Muse in a room and you chose Coldplay, you have chosen…poorly
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
1. Can’t stand the Thom Yorke wannabe vocals
2. Can’t stand the humorlessly pretentious prog thing they’re going for
3. Can’t stand the unbelievably crappy lyrics
Knights of Cydonia is the greatest rock song written that begins with the word Knights.
/waits for someone to bring up Knights in White Satin
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
Just impressed you’ve heard of the song
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it was included on a mixtape featured in the book The Perks of Being a Wallflower, which was basically the written version of My So Called Life
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
Night and Day, you are the one……
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
That’s because it is “Nights…”
Breathe deep the gathering gloom….
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Watchlights fade from every room
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 12:07 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
while I’ll accept your critique as valid, I would use that same exact metric in judging Radiohead : )
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
All in all
I dislike Muse and Coldplay. I really can’t think of any contemporary rock bands that are doing something that I find interesting.
Musically interesting? Probably not, but I find the aforementioned Muse, Arctic Monkeys, the Wombats, and Silversun Pickups to be a lot of fun
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
I hear Silversun Pickups on the radio occasionally and they might be the only exception to my claim. I have enjoyed every song I’ve heard by them.
saw that in concert at the Greek. Which was double awesome cause the Pickups lived in Silverlake when they were getting started. Lead singer, Brian, was like "I used to sit in those trees to watch concerts just a few years ago : )
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
My feelings about rock and roll can be summed up this way:
Somewhere along the way, somebody decided that melody, harmony, and lush orchestrations were a bad thing. This was a mistake.
There are some bands that still think The Beach Boys were the greatest rock band of all time and make music influenced by them. I like these bands.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
I love the Beach Boys, but I totally disagree with you. After punk, lush orchestrations really are a bad idea in rock music IMHO.
Most people disagree with me, as you can tell just by listening to the radio. That’s okay with me.
I see the value in a garage band sound; it sets an equal playing field in music. A kid who listens to that says, “Well, hell, I can make that sound in my garage, too.”
But I like a big, overproduced record. I like big harmonies and catchy tunes you can’t get out of your head.
In short, I like music that is designed to make people happy.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
hahaha.
i say this without a hint of sarcasm. generally speaking, i fucking hate music designed to make people happy.
And that is why the world don’t move to the beat of just one drum.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
you realize the Beach Boys were a garage band. They played in a garage that is now part of the 105!
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
Of course! Just north of where I live now. Hawthorne represent.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
I like good vocal and harmony work, as in a great Beach Boys song like God Only Knows.
Hell, I like listening to Eagles records (sorry Marty) because of the singing.
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To quote some crazy redneck guy on WTF last week, “The Eagles are nothing but the country Monkees of the ’70s.”
Get outta my fuckin cab
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I could name a couple like TOOL or The Mars Volta that are doing very interesting things musically. Whether or not you like them is a different story.
Their last album (Octahedron) is probably their best album since the first. The 3rd album was by far their worst.
x
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
and of course
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, we had this debate re:TV, how the critically acclaimed shows never overlap in the vein diagram with the most watched shows.
I think a lot of people just want Pizza Hut
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions
hahaha.
exactly. hipster is undefinable. it basically just means “i don’t like your taste in something.”
My girlfriend tried to get me to get skinny jeans but they were too uncomfortable. How do people wear those things!?
I went from uber big 559s to 505s
took a bit to break them in but I love them now
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
My jeans criteria:
(a) on sale at Banana Republic or J. Crew (never full price)
(b) fit well enough
© don’t showcase my religion, if you know what I mean
(d) not terrible fading/style
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
I have no clue. I just try jeans on and if they’re comfortable and not some weird color, I buy them. I do this about once every other year.
then how can I trust you to know whether they where truly skinny jeans?
how? HOW?!
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I figured since G.Paltrow went all fake British, Madonna style, you would like Coldplay. :)
by Eric Stephen on Jan 6, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
I can’t stand the fake British, bloody wankers the lot ’o them : )
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
I'd say more Daniel Powter with Bad Day when you know it's bad
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Just heard on a radio news update that Floyd Mayweather’s jail time was delayed to start on June 1, clearing the way to fight on May 5.
Pacquiao back on?
I just read this…. Arum was suppose to be flying to Phillipines Sunday to present the 4 options to Manny. Lets face it, the 4 options suck IMO. Actually any option that isnt Mayweather sucks so hopefully this fight becomes reality…Arum said it was because Floyd was going to jail, but if Manny doesnt fight Floyd next, he cant fight him end on 2012 either, which means we’d have to wait a whole nother year, fuck all that, make that money guys, DO IT!!!
Jim Rome leaving ESPN and heading to CBS Sports Network.
Apparently there is such thing as a CBS Sports Network.
“Steve! Steve, have you seen this? ESPN has a website.”
“Yeah so.”
“Should we have a website? We broadcast college sports every now and again. We could get Jim Rome, he’s good”
I like this skit because the punchline is Jim Rome is terrible and would only be hired by manatees.
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
the scary thing
is what blowhard is going to replace him on espn
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Craig James, after he fails in politics
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
I feel comfortable saying I do not get the CBS Sports Network, but that Rome should be thrilled to be the lead in for Wichita St. vs. Mid-Tennessee St.
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
@ESPNBook says that ESPN had been jerking Rome around. Including this:
Jim Rome evidently found out he was being moved to ESPN2 when they came out to do a promo campaign for the show. ESPN2 was in the script.
So wait, there's a CBS Sports Network as well as this new NBC Sports Network
Do they all not realize its not 1996 anymore, ESPN has already established themselves as the WWL in sports. It’s all over!
That is if you believe ESPN.
WHAMMY!
well ESPN has thrown down some Disney money to get the rights to just about every major sport save hockey. So NBC took hockey and soccer and made a network.
And CBS was like, that’s awesome, we’ll build a network on the model of the Big 10 network and show C games nobody else wants. And everyone was like, why?
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Ironically, that's how ESPN started
By airing the scraps left over from the Big Boys table, of course now that 24 hour sports exists on countless channels, I’m not sure what CBS hopes to gain from this. What excactly is their business model?
WHAMMY!
Tiddlywink was the bomb back in the day
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Actually, never mind, I know the answer
When asked to see their business model, the execs at CBS presented Starla!
WHAMMY!
I understand the Big10/Pac-12/Longhorn Network. That’s just trying to make nat’l broadcast revenue off of games that would have been on local sports channels or worse, webcast. But why CBS wants to buy games from that same pool…
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
Because they had a lot of money
And someone else already made almond milk.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 12:17 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Padres are the only team in the NL
Who make cool moves
by Lex in Brooklyn on Jan 6, 2012 11:40 AM PST reply actions
I think it was Grant Brisbee who said
That the Padres were the only team in the NL West who know what they’re doing.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 11:49 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Kubel was a head scratcher
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 11:59 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I’d agree but then I’d be labeled a Padre lover by the labelers.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
to label you so
Would be libel
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 12:03 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Padres still have a stable of 1st baseman
Jesus Guzman
Yonder Alonzo
Kyle Banks
but now have another solid pitching prospect who is not really a prospect because he served his MLB time on the DL last year. He was the answer to the question, who was a big time college relief pitcher ala Reed who transitioned into a starter. He won a rotation spot in 2011 but like Ruddy was never able to pitch. Though Ruddy did last longer.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf_IIbT8HGk&feature=related
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Which three lefthanded starters have won double digits in each of the last nine seasons?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
even with Lilly being on that list he only ranks 8th in total wins for a lefty in this decade. Using 2000 as the starting point.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Has anyone ever watched "Literal" music videos?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZaiB9jYCxI
seriously great, there’s a bunch, even for video games, movies, etc…
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take on me
And total eclipse of the heart are both hilarious.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 12:21 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Im 2 minutes through Total Eclipse of the Heart
and I’m worried im gonna start bust up laughing and get in trouble, lmao.
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Community coming back
http://news.yahoo.com/nbc-chief-says-community-coming-back-194836342.html
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
That meant nothing
It was in limbo, and just about everyone was writing them off as dead. The fact that they are now saying openly that it is coming back, is a good thing, IMO.
WHAMMY!
This is your NBC President
Greenblatt said “we had a really bad fall, worse than I had hoped for but about what I expected.”
Sounds like something I might say after the 2012 Dodger season.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
NBC is the Dodgers of broadcast TV. CBS is the Yankees, ABC is the Red Sox, Fox is the Phillies, and the CW is the Rays
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
And the History Channel is the Pirates!
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
I was gonna say, “The Phillies. Fuck you, Ruiz,” but I see that Josie has already made Fox the Phillies. Hmmm.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
ooo, Cable opens up a world of possibilities....running out of steam, need help on blanks
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – Syfy – You can rebrand all you want, we know who you are
Oakland Athletics – FX – turned low budget affairs into mild success
Texas Rangers –
Seattle Mariners – USA Network – remember USA? You used to watch wrestling on it.
Chicago White Sox –
Cleveland Indians – AMC – their hits are mild, but the movies are fun to watch over and over.
Kansas City Royals – G4 – A bunch of kids playing video games, maybe it’ll come to something
Minnesota Twins –
Detroit Tigers -
Boston Red Sox – ABC – Solid and well run, but will go experimental. Haven’t produced a hit lately though.
New York Yankees – CBS – Everything they do is #1, but no one really likes them.
Toronto Blue Jays -
Baltimore Orioles -
Tampa Bay Rays – CW – they’re probably doing some interesting things, but nobody is watching
Chicago Cubs -
St. Louis Cardinals –
Milwaukee Brewers –
Pittsburgh Pirates – History Channel – remember that time when that thing happened?
Houston Astros –
Cincinnati Reds –
San Diego Padres – Nickelodeon – Nick is kids!
Arizona Diamondbacks –
Los Angeles Dodgers – NBC – Once great, now struggling to find fan base again. And a hit.
San Francisco Giants – TV Land – All the vets, and they have that one hit
Colorado Rockies – ABC Family – guilty pleasure, but still shows 700 club
Atlanta Braves – TBS – Duh
Washington Nationals – C-Span
New York Mets – TNT – Another cop drama? Just tell me when the Knicks are on.
Philadelphia Phillies – No real history before 1990, but recent big hits have made it a major player.
Florida Marlins -
by Josie Becker on Jan 6, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Cubs are Food Network: always fun to watch, especially at Wrigley Field, but usually a second or third option.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 6, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
You have USA wrong. USA is the top-rated cable station. Which team best fits this description: “They have more fans than anybody else, but no one you know.”
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I was thinking Rangers.
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
That’s the Rangers! “Oh shit, they’re in the World Series again? Huh.”
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by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
It fits well
What network or channel should the Cardinals be?
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Fox News
They make big splashes, they get big ratings, but I’m not interested and neither are you. But their big time in the midwest.
WHAMMY!
This is great.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 12:42 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
No way do the Indians get AMC
Breaking Bad? Mad Men? 1st Season of Walking Dead. I don’t recall seeing anyone on the Tribe’s recent roster that can stand up to Mr. Don Draper. AMC produces quality TV shows.
WHAMMY!
Major League is about the Indians. They get whatever they want!
by Eric Stephen on Jan 6, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, that seems to be the Rays to me.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
I think AMC fits Josie's description of the Phillies
Relatively new success, before that they were just old B&W movies, but lately they have been acquiring quite the team of stars.
WHAMMY!
How come they rarely show movies anymore on American Movie Classics? Same reason there isnt music videos on MTV? wtf is going on with TV these days….. Next im be watching Monday Night Football on the Playboy channel.
Well, you lose brand recognition if you change your name
And if you decide to go in a different direction with your programming…
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 6, 2012 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
Astros – O Network, since they are switching leagues next year
by Eric Stephen on Jan 6, 2012 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Cardinals – Comedy Central. There are reasons to watch, but if you watch too much of it, it starts seeming like the same shit over and over.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
The Brewers are the Discovery Channel. It’s cool to say that you like them, but they’re actually kind of shallow.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
Then I vote that the Blue Jays = Cinemax.
Its the place to go to see copious amounts of sex and nudity. Just ask the camera operators at the Sky Dome, errr Rogers Centre.
WHAMMY!
And I still stand by Toronto = Skinimax
For proof, find Deadspins run of the C-Roll footage, just uh… don’t watch it at work.
WHAMMY!
They should put sports on Showtime or the movie channel… worst premium channels IMO. I mean, if you’re into their shows I guess you’d disagree, but im not, and IMO they have the worst dam selection of movies.
Not quite yet...
From Alan Sepinwall, who asked the NBC president directly:
Take “Community,” which aired its last regularly-scheduled episode last night. Though Greenblatt insisted that the show isn’t canceled and would return later in the spring on a night and time to be determined (though likely not leading off a night again), that wasn’t so much news as Greenblatt clarifying something that was only implied when “Community” wasn’t mentioned at all in the mid-season press release. The show’s future for a fourth season is very much up in the air – when I asked him about it, he said, “I don’t know. Those are really hard questions to answer right now.” – because, despite its cable-esque levels of adulation, its overall ratings have been terrible for a while now.
Anyone travelling to ST to see a game between 3/20 and 3/26?
And wouldn’t mind a dumb 18 year old college kid on spring break tagging along (providing some gas money, of course)?
@TElciram
Still working out details of my trip, but good chance I will at least be there at CBR that weekend.
by Eric Stephen on Jan 6, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I don’t know yet if i’m even coming back or not for break but my girlfriend and most of my friends will be gone, so if i come back i kinda want to do something for myself.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 6, 2012 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
So this is more of a
“Will i be able to get there if I come back”
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 6, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
How dumb we talking’?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 12:31 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
The Dumb Smart Kind.
136 IQ but prone to not knowing what he’s talking about.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 6, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Man, it’s like looking in a mirror.
When Taylor sees me, he’ll be thinking, “Old Man, look at my life, I’m a lot like youuuuu werrrrre……”
Well, he would, if he was old.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Jan 6, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
you know your IQ?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 12:37 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Took a test a while back, maybe 3 years ago.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 6, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
was it one of those online ones?
Because I hate to break it to you, you’re not getting a free iPad.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 12:39 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
It was online, I think it was from a website my 8th grade english teacher directed me to.
It wasn’t a spam ad on the side of a meme website or anything, though.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 6, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
Well, he is willing to accept "free rides" from complete strangers he met on the web
I bet he also considered taking up the mustachioed man in tan ford van who was offering “free candy” because, f-it the dude seemed legit.
WHAMMY!
I've met a lot of people here before
I’m really only open to people i met at the softball game.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 6, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
That doesn't mean
she didn’t molest you
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I'm gonna wait
Until I know you’re not gonna be there.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jan 6, 2012 12:36 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
To be honest
the only issue I see is going out at night to some of those places in Scottsdale if they require ID – plus if I am around, absolutely no underage drinking permitted by me in my presence.
You meant to reply above, huh?
Yeah, i thought about the underage bit, too.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 6, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
im sure to no surprise, im surprised how many of you want to go to ST games. Curious of the reason…. just a pure love of baseball that it doesnt matter if you watch meaningless games and players that wont make the team for half the game? Or to get pictures and authographs n stuff?
I normally don't care much at all.
But i happen to be on spring break with nothing better to do.
Autographs are cool though.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 6, 2012 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
right, thats what im thinking, would be cool if you can go for Spring Break, drink the whole time, meet some players and get pictures, etc. Is that Lake Havisu or whatever close by?
It's not about the drinking, though.
By then i’ll have just left 10 weeks of college.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 6, 2012 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
I go for many reasons
I love the facilities
I get to visit K3vo
It makes for a nice vacation
I get to spend time away with Maddz
I get to satisfy my passion for scouting
I get to watch major league baseball players act like big kids and remember they have personalities as well as wOBAs
It’s dirt cheap to go to games
Getting closer to major league players and personnel than at any other possible situation
but mostly, because it means that MF BASEBALL IS BACK
by G.Scott on Jan 6, 2012 1:29 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
who is K3vo? and yeah solid reasons man….. how much is beer though, just curious… and is there areas you could tailgate, drink your own drinks, etc?
Very relaxing atmosphere and you can get your fill of baseball in many forms. You can watch everyone in major league camp go through a full workout all from a viewing distance of no more than at a standard little league game. You can get autographs from the players if you are into that or if you have kids (or your kids can simply see their favorite players up close).
You can walk around the whole complex and watch all the minor leaguers either work out or play games, many times sitting next to some of them while you watch. As you are walking the complex, you might run into Tommy Lasorda, pass Ken Landreaux, say hi to Mike Davis, or talk for five minutes with Maury Wills.
Then, if that wasn’t enough, you get to watch nine innings of baseball under the sun, seeing many of the players you know and many of the players you don’t have a chance to see if you don’t live near Albuquerque or Chattanooga.
Only insured for my mom’s Taurus, but that’s your problem, haha.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Jan 6, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
I’m driving this year. Just working out the when
by Eric Stephen on Jan 6, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Sure
no seriously, I would not want to be put in a position where I would be in any way responsible for that type of behavior. The underage person might get a slap on the wrist, the one who should know better could get in a lot more trouble.
So um
I think this is the worst case of sports hoarding I’ve ever seen: http://snaggingbaseballs.mlblogs.com/2012/01/03/ben-weil/
I kept wait for either a) he sells jerseys on ebay, this is his warehouse. When that didn’t come, I was expecting b) his family is so wealthy he doesn’t have to do anything. Then I saw his mom. The whole thing is sad and I just have more questions.
Will he be found dead under a pile of jerseys, or a pile of baseball cards?
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
He’s the kind of guy that wears a “Ho’s Depot” shirt in public.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
Prove it
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
I don't subscribe or anything
but saw the issue at the bookstore. The girls have ridic bodies. That is simply a fact.
yes widow, I was critiquing you reading Maxim, not the fact that you said shes “giving you a SERIOUS boner”
Does Josie talk about her muff being doven often?
This is just getting hweird.
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You know that she'll always be able to take care of you financially later on :)
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Article says
95k per month. I heard on tv yesterday it’s 95k per episode, so 380k per month
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
her salary that is
not her savings
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Yeah, good point. 22 episodes at 95 would be about $175k per month
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Pro-rated for 12 months
if we just go by her series money that’s slightly around 50K per episode. That sounds about right for a first year run of a 30 min sitcom for an unestablished lead actress.
Probably doesn’t include movies or other sources of income that change from year to year.
Having people do that for you
costs money
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Cell phone with internet access is about
$80 to $100, the other money could be what her satellite and DSL package costs. Maybe she even uses Hot spots for WiFi.
so 200 dollars for internet?
tv doesn’t really figure in to cell phone and email, could be the guy ust gave it a crappy label
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
She is destined to marry Roy Hibbert.
What do you think is a dumb way to spend money?:
“Anybody who probably lives alone and they have three or four cars, that’s probably somebody that’s spending a lot of money that they don’t need to. I’ve got one car and got one for my dad and I try to live modestly.”
.
Give us another example of living modestly:
“I’d just have to say I don’t have an entourage. I make sure I keep everything tight, checking on my bills. Going to restaurants, I make sure if I have a coupon, I use it. I try to live like I’m a normal person.”
I will go out on a limb and say
It’s gotta be a hell of a lot easier to save close to 100 grand a month when you’re a millionaire with around 20 or more movies (im assuming at this point) and a show on Fox.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
NPUT
http://www.truebluela.com/2012/1/6/2688083/los-angeles-dodger-owner-handicapping
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I find I’m so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it’s the excitement only a fan of a playoff team can feel, a fan at the start of a postseason whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it until tomorrow. I hope to see the Texans play well, and to see them win. I hope Reliant is as loud as it has been in my dreams. I hope.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
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