2012 Dodgers Player Profile: Matt Kemp, The Real MVP
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 6:00 AM PST
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PrintWe begin our annual series of daily player profiles of the 2012 Dodgers with the man who should have been named the National League Most Valuable Player in 2011. Matt Kemp was due for a comeback year in 2011 after a poor 2010, and he delivered well beyond our wildest expectations.
Kemp hit .324/.399/.586 on the season, the first full-time center fielder since the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles to slug .500 in a season. He led the National League in total bases, home runs, runs, and RBI, the only Dodger ever to do that. He led the NL in adjusted OPS+, and Wins Above Replacement by both Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference versions.
| 2012 Dodgers Player Profiles |
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Kemp was one home run shy of becoming the fourth member of the 40/40 club, and finished second in the league in stolen bases. He was the first player to finish in the top two in his league in both home runs and stolen bases since Hank Aaron in 1963, and then was honored with the Aaron Award as the top offensive player in the league.
The season had by Kemp in 2011 was why we watch baseball. It was the realization and actualization of a player's full potential. And Kemp was rewarded in November, signing an eight-year contract worth $160 million.
There is risk in giving anyone an eight-year contract but Kemp, especially through his age 27-34 seasons, is one player I would bet on. His 2011 season was the equivalent of Chris Rock's standup special Bring The Pain, a game changer that catapulted Kemp to national prominence. Hopefully Kemp's next eight years produce more performances like Bigger and Blacker than like Down to Earth or Head of State.
Trivia
Kemp has the longest active consecutive games played streak in MLB, playing in 365 straight games dating back to August 2010. Kemp is a mere 742 games shy of Steve Garvey's team record of 1,107 consecutive games played.
Contract Status
Kemp signed the largest contract in National League history, an eight-year, $160 million pact through 2019, his age-34 season. Kemp will receive $10 million in 2012.
Previous Dodgers Player Profiles
2011: Primed For A Rebound
2010: Star
Stats
| Year | Age | PA | HR |
Runs | RBI | BA | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
| 2009 |
24 | 667 | 26 | 97 | 101 | .297 | .352 | .490 | .367 |
| 2010 |
25 | 668 | 28 | 82 | 89 | .249 | .310 | .450 | .323 |
| 2011 |
26 | 689 | 39 | 126 | 115 | .324 | .399 | .586 | .419 |
| 2012 Projections - Age 27 Season | |||||||||
| Year | PA | HR |
Runs | RBI | BA | OBP | SLG | ||
| Bill James | 676 | 31 | 103 | 104 | .293 | .362 | .516 | ||
| Pecota | 677 | 26 | 90 | 94 | .289 | .348 | .480 | ||
| ZiPS | 647 | 31 | 101 | 104 | .280 | .348 | .503 | ||
2012 Outlook
Expecting Kemp to repeat 2011 is unfair, but there is plenty of room for Kemp to slide and still be great. I think Kemp outperforms those projections, hitting .306/.373/.542 with 36 home runs and 31 stolen bases.
What is your guess for Kemp in 2012? Be sure to guess BA/OBP/SLG, and anything else you wish to guess.
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Hey. That was was I wanted to project, more or less.
.313/.380/.550, 41 HR, MVP, 45 SB, 130 RBI, leads OPS in NL.
by DodgerofTrolleys on Feb 13, 2012 6:49 AM PST reply actions
I've been wrong a lot when erring on the side of caution..
So Im gonna say
315/410/530
36hr 112rbi 38sb
Lots of intentional walks.
by Lex in Brooklyn on Feb 13, 2012 6:54 AM PST up reply actions
Thank you for clarifying
I thought those were his pre all-star break numbers
by SeanMillerSavior on Feb 13, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I would be OK with this from Kemp:
.286/.350/.500
32 HR 105 RBI
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
He's just getting started
331/412/595
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
.290/.362/.545
42 hr 32 sb
rop 10 in mvp
by court168627 on Feb 13, 2012 7:25 AM PST via Android app reply actions
and by rop,
i, of course, mean top
by court168627 on Feb 13, 2012 7:27 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
AND
another full season without missing a game
by court168627 on Feb 13, 2012 7:30 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
This made me laugh, anyway.
“@JensenClan88: Basically, Eastbound & Down writes itself. RT @JoseCanseco Leave on redeye tonite 2 start spring training with quintana roo tigers tomorrow”
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by underdog on Feb 13, 2012 7:32 AM PST via mobile reply actions
.280/.340/.480
he goes 27/22
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by G.Scott on Feb 13, 2012 8:14 AM PST via Android app reply actions
I wanted to project something like that, but the Matt Kemp fanboy in me wouldn’t allow it
by Michael White on Feb 13, 2012 8:17 AM PST up reply actions
Ethier is the only other guy on the team reasonably capable of putting up that line
by Michael White on Feb 13, 2012 8:19 AM PST up reply actions
Body is still sore from Saturday softball but I am sucking it up. Hope to be pain free by Wednesday.
I was impressed with your play. You must play in at least a rec league to keep those reflexes sharp.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Oh thanks. I play in a league here in Camarillo (spring, summer, fall). The DT team would probably be the 2nd best team if it were in our league. A few of the guys on the ringer team that came in first place in the blogger tourney actually play in my league on a team that always went undefeated. They broke up their team now, so a few of them play on different nights. I just loved playing on those replica fields!!!
Watching a ball fly toward the green monster was fun, and I loved the *thud *cheer you would hear anytime someone hit one into the bullpen at DS.
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
that sucks man. Hey can I ask what was your name on Dodgerdugout? Been curious since you mentioned that site.
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
baller
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Managers should manage:)
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
9 innings of baseball on Sunday felt ok while I was doing it
not so much any more
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
meanwhile
I feel pretty ok. Gotta love cardio for recovery!
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
Bison blasts to a 290/380/500 season
with 35 hrs and 32 SBs
PLEASE KEEP HIM HEALTHY INJURY GODS. {points upward like most athletes}
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.295/.360/.500
35 homers and 38 SB’s
by SeanMillerSavior on Feb 13, 2012 8:26 AM PST via mobile reply actions
thing in Dodgers.com new season preview
Not bringing Miles back was a bit puzzling, as he was a clutch switch-hitting bat off the bench (7-for-16 pinch-hitting) who could fill in at second and third. But as his workload mounted in the second half, his offense tailed off.
Hrmph.
Pretty decent preview overall though.
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Have to say if the choice is Adam Kennedy or Miles don’t you go with Miles?
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Yeah basically. Or Hobson?
Miles was cheap last year but he might have cost the same as Kennedy or more this year no? Plus Kennedy’s D is slightly better. But… i really want neither, frankly.
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In case just tuning in this morning here is the spotty recap of the TBLA day on Saturday.
http://www.truebluela.com/2012/2/12/2794398/great-scott-and-jolting-josie
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.303/.346/.485
36 stolen bases
33 HR
Two walk off home runs.
Three near maulings of teammates when they hit a walkoff hit.
Eight GIF-worthy moments with Dee Gordon.
After seeing these projections,
I probably shouldn’t take him with the overall #1 pick in my fantasy league. Is M Cab the consensus #1, or should I be considering Pujols/Kemp?
Even if your league doesn’t count centerfield as a seperate position 40/40 potential guys are almost always first picks.
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by regfairfield on Feb 13, 2012 8:42 AM PST up reply actions
If you’re in a league where you need a specific CF (rather than just three outfielders) Kemp has a good case for #1 overall. If you only need outfielders (not necessarily a CF) then perhaps not.
by Michael White on Feb 13, 2012 8:42 AM PST up reply actions
I'd say go for Miggy or a 1b first
And right after that Kemp. I personally would go for Kemp, but that may or may not be a good idea.
by DodgerofTrolleys on Feb 13, 2012 8:49 AM PST up reply actions
I think Kemp will be in the top 10 this year
but toward the back end, I’d go with Miggy.
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Minor thing but if you’re predicting Kemp is gonna hit 30 dingers you should have his ISO over .200.
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Iso = Slg – BA, yes?
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by David Young on Feb 13, 2012 9:04 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Yep.
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by regfairfield on Feb 13, 2012 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
Sorry, I meant to say...
5×5 Rotisserie, with 5 OF. Clearly 40/40 potential is a #1 pick, but the average of Pecota, bill james and Zips is a .287 average with 29 bombs. Even if you add 35 steals to that, is that worth a #1 pick? I’m considering trading down to the third spot and having a better 2nd round pick because I think I’d be happy with any of Kemp/Pujols/Cabrera.
Many are taking him with the first pick but I would not. He does not have the history of Miggy or Pujols. Think of how many teams shot themselves in the foot when Hanley Ramirez was being picked number one. Miggy or Pujols may not end up with the best season but you know one thing going in, they will play every day, they will hit the snot out of the ball and they will not cost you a championship. Kemp might have another MVP type season in him, or he could kill you if you pick him 1st and he does not fulfill the expectation. You don’t need to gamble with the number one pick when you have a Miggy and Pujols on the board. JMO
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That is a lucid, intelligent, well-thought out argument. Thank you.
I’m leaning towards Miggy, especially since he will probably get 3B eligibility.
Right, I forgot about the 3B eligibility. Great call.
by Michael White on Feb 13, 2012 9:01 AM PST up reply actions
It also depends on your goals as a fantasy owner. I want to win, but I also want guys on my fantasy team that I like to root for. I almost never draft Yankees or Giants. I’d probably take Kemp #1, because I like him.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Excellent point, but you also don’t want to start hating your favorite player when he starts costing you money.
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I would love to take Kemp, but this is a pay league and I don’t think it’s the right move. I know its highly unlikely, but maybe Kershaw will be available at #28. If not, I’ll get the next Dodger off the board in the 22nd round.
I’m surprised you already have your draft order. My league won’t get around to drafting until a week before the season starts.
by Michael White on Feb 13, 2012 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
One Los Angeles Dodger
Has had a season where he had A batting title qualified year with an OPS over .900, 20 or more SB and 25 or more home runs. Matt Kemp will be the second, who was the first.
I rarely play this game but I will predict
.315/.367/.550. 24 SB. 41 HR
by bhsportsguy on Feb 13, 2012 8:51 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Will be curious if Kemp can have back to back seasons like Green did in 2001 / 2002.
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Actually
Forgot the part about doing it at age 27 (Kemp’s 2012 season age). That was Guerrero (who remains the only LA Dodger to do this twice in 82 and 83). Mondesi and Green also had one of these seasons.
Best back to back seasons?
Green 2001/2002
Sheffield 2000 / 2001
Piazza Pick any two –
Pedro 1982 / 1983
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After hitting .234/.299/.403 in April, he gets ripped in the press by a just-fired Ned Colletti in early May. He puts up a lifesize cutout of Ned in his locker, ripping off one moustache hair for each hit he has the rest of the way. Kemp ends the year at .312/.391/.602 with 44 HR and 31 SB.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I am hoping that Vernon Wells can nail an OPS+ in the 120 range just for the symmetry.
2006 – 129
2007 – 85
2008 – 122
2009 – 86
2010 – 126
2011 – 83
He signed his huge debacle of a contract after which season?
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So last year on my fantasy team
Since it was mlb.com, my first two picks were Bautista and Kemp. I was last of twelve people to get picks. so my first picks were 12 & 13. Guess who I got?
by DodgerofTrolleys on Feb 13, 2012 9:06 AM PST reply actions
Bautista and Kemp
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Yep.
Sadly, those were my only good players.
by DodgerofTrolleys on Feb 13, 2012 9:08 AM PST up reply actions
It is fairly easy to answer a question that has the answer in it.
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It actually didn't
because other people could have selected them first.
by DodgerofTrolleys on Feb 13, 2012 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
my first two picks were Bautista and Kemp.
Maybe I’m misunderstanding.
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Last year
My first two picks on my fantasy team were Ryan Braun and Claytin Kershaw (NL only league)
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by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 9:18 AM PST up reply actions
Macciello to keep Coletti as manager
He’s keeping Don Mattingly as Dodgers manager and Ned Colletti as general manager. He’ll invest millions into an on-site security to make everyone feel safer. If fans aren’t crazy about “Don’t Stop Believin”’ played after the seventh-inning stretch, he’ll let them pick the song.
pick the song with a text to vote contest?
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
like anyone could actually get a text out at Dodger Stadium.
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by G.Scott on Feb 13, 2012 4:06 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
More security doesn’t always make people feel safer. Lots of people don’t like having police around.
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yup
after Opening Day people complained about the “police state” atmosphere
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
He did an interview on ESPN with Mason and Ireland last week. He kept on referring himself in the 3rd person and railed against Frank McCourt for keeping him out of the bidding process.
Macciello didn’t make the 2nd round.
it is minute 13 and Andy Warhol is looking at his watch inpatiently
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously?
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by regfairfield on Feb 13, 2012 9:33 AM PST up reply actions
LOL baseball media.
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by regfairfield on Feb 13, 2012 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
That had to have been the stunning news of the day
It makes me happy, gives other teams hope, keeps him away from Marlins, and made me laugh, too. Not sure how Beane pulled that off on the A’s payroll but more power to him.
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Shocked
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 13, 2012 10:13 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Susan Slusser has the breakdown:
2012: $6.5m
2013: $8.5m
2014: $10.5m
2015: $10.5m
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
.315/.415/.590
With 43 HR and 41 SB. And an MVP of course! (I know this is very optimistic, but I’m hoping he has essentially the same year as last year).
by Barbaroi on Feb 13, 2012 9:30 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Kemp 2012
315/401/485 w/35 HR’s, 35 SB’s, 115 RBI’s
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Why would people today know about a guy that’s been dead for 40 years?
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by regfairfield on Feb 13, 2012 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
The reports of his death are an exaggeration
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
Her certainly died as a productive musician 40 years ago.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
hey Wings had that one hit, and that Christmas song!
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
He is no Grohl
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by nolander on Feb 13, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Five CenterFielders
who have had back to back OPS+ > 160 since integration are:
Four HOF, one was more known as a RF but he did play the majority of games in CF two seasons in a row.
Three played in the same state at the same time
One would shock everyone
Matt Kemp can make join some incredible company if he can match last year.
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jim edmonds is one..
I was gonna guess without looking it up, but I did, and I was right.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Feb 13, 2012 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
No, but that is bad on Baseball Ref, he did meet all the requirements but only his 2004 season showed up not his 2003. Since his OPS+ was 160 I wonder if it was a round thing. He had enough plate appearances at 531 to qualify.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
just looking at bbref
his run from 2000-2005 is legit – ops+ of 146, 149, 158, 160 and 170
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Feb 13, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
No doubt, one of my favorites
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
160 is not > 160, it is = 160.
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Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle have to be two. Robin Yount? Stab at the random guy — Len Dykstra?
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Two down which should make it easy to get the 3rd one given the hint. No on lennie
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
This is a Dodger blog
And nobody has guessed The Duke? Even with the clue?
by Dave Pomerantz on Feb 13, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
Right, I guess they are trivia’d out. Bobby Murcer was the shock, Aaron played more games in CF then RF for his two years.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
Totally missed that clue, was too focused on trying to figure out if Clemente played CF.
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Wonder if Clemente ever had an OPS+ higher then 160 without looking
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
It would be awfully hard to hit without looking.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Tell Bobby that:)
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Age 32-35 171-152-168-160, only times in his career over 150. He could still rake as an older dude.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
His World Series ranks with Brooks Robinson as one of my all time favorites that I got to see on TV
Clemente
Robinson
Stargell
Orel
Puckett
Fucking Nettles
Fucking Reggie
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
It was his glove that did the damage
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
That's not a bad prediction
in a non-Dodgers league, you’d probably get Kershaw.
My money on taking Kershaw is either Bobby Down or Taylor Maricle.
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by G.Scott on Feb 12, 2012 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
Though depending on who’s left, I think i’ll look for a big bat first, and then if he’s (somehow) still there for my 2nd pick I’d go for Kershaw. At this point I’m thinking maybe Longoria if he’s there, though maybe someone with more average.
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Always a great idea to tell your league your strategy before you start.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
in a league that drafts on March 1, who really cares? :)
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
All I hear are naysayers
Oh don’t draft on March 1st. Don’t eat dinner at 5pm to get the early bird specials. Don’t vacation in Hawaii during monsoon season : )
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
I love that Josie is making them draft early. By the time the season starts some teams will already be quitting due to injuries. Also no one will get drafted because they hit five home runs during the spring against minor league pitchers.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
there will be a run on jerry sands on the waiver wire after spring training though
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It's a friendly league
Wait, it’s with you guys…shit.
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by Ivdown on Feb 13, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Whoever draws a walk with Eugenio on deck should be awarded 2nd base.
by ishXdavid on Feb 13, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Brilliant
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
Did anyone on your team or playing you get that
and the girl take first? That happened once against us, I thought it was kind of lame of her to do it.
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Nope
Our pitcher, Mary, had Cliff Lee-esque command. She struck out 4 batters in our first playoff game. In one inning, she struck out the first two batters, then induced a pop-up to herself. She was like Kobe hogging the ball.
lol that's funny
Gary pitched for the first time in slow pitch and really got the hang of it 3rd inning on. He struck out two in a row in the 4th I think.
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She was more of a Greg Maddux in my mind, because I remember her gobbling up a lot of ground balls that would’ve gone by me up the middle. Mary was old school good.
If only she had known rule one
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Excellent point
I do hope Jon knows I was just having fun for the story.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
I think so. I even think Mary caught on to your shenanigans/heckling at the game. How many beers did you end up downing? Who drank the most on your team, you, David or HJ?
had to have been phil or HJ
But hard to tell which one, haha.
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So you guys were drinking beers? lucky haha
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
I did not have much but I had enough that I lost my windbreaker which had my keys.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
I've been eating a lot of breakfast burritos lately
My favorite at the moment:
Eggs
EZ Hashbrowns (don’t want them taking over the flavor)
Charbroiled chicken
Veggies (onions, bell peppers, etc)
Cheese
[raises hand]
What are “EZ Hashbrowns”?
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
I got that part. What makes them easy?
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
he buys them instead of making them
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
What makes them easy? It’s the opposite of “extra” I guess. :)
by silverwidow on Feb 13, 2012 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
go easy on the hashish.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I question the breakfastness of this burrito when it has chicken instead of sausage and/or bacon…. Sounds like you are eating a Lunch burrito, or maybe a Brunch burrito since it does have eggs.
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
I cant say ive ever had chicken in my breakfast, unless I was just eating some leftovers for breakfast or something.
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
thats just like your opinion man
really why did that not get said 18 times last night. I’m dissapointed in myself
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It's not even on the menu
But I asked if they could do it for me, and it was fabulous.
by silverwidow on Feb 13, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
and what about salsa? Yeah this is no breakfast burrito, this is what I call a “wrap”
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
dam, fish tacos are bomb though forsure.
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
That's true
I hate that Rubios only has the $1.50 special on Tuesdays beginning at 2:30 p.m. Not like I can just leave work and get them.
by silverwidow on Feb 13, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
ah, god. I can’t believe they didn’t consult you. The fuckers.
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
I only eat fish tacos at one place in LA
Tacos Baja Ensenada in East LA. Closest thing to real Baja street tacos I’ve found
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That place is incredible. Been wanting to go back.
by silverwidow on Feb 13, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
I keep a google doc of restaurants people recommend or I want to try. I copied and pasted your post above on my document. Then I noticed an entry I already had on my document.
“3. Tacos Baja Ensenada in East L.A. for fish tacos just like in Mexico.”
I’d love you to share that with us
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:54 AM PST up reply actions
The only requirements of a breakfast burrito are a tortilla and eggs.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
or Tapatio, I can pour that stuff on anything, so good.
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
My favorite breakfast burritos are those with eggs, green chile, bacon and some sort of potato product. In that order.
But Chili’s is not an acceptable Salsa substitute
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
wait so this isnt salsa verde? but strips on green chile??
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
I eat chicken as my breakfast meat all the time. Also, McDonalds, Wendy’s and Jack in the Box all have chicken breakfast sandwiches on their menu, so you are not in line thinking chicken is not for breakfast.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Im going to investigate this. Ive never seen chicken on Jack n the Box breakfast menu. Or McDonalds for that matter. But im more confidfent in Jack in the Box menu. Ill let you know of my findings haha
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
If you were not the model for the guy ordering 99 Taco’s at 2 in the morning you should have been
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
They do have it on the food truck at my work though, its called a Breakfast Malibu.
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
Oh, you’re right on that one. My bad. I get the Steak and Egg Burrito at JitB, but McD and Wendy’s for sure have them.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I don’t remember ever seeing breakfast on the menu at Wendy’s, but I don’t go there too often.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
yeah its rare I go to wendys, so I have no idea.
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
How can you say no to square hamburgers?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
McDonald’s breakfast menu includes a Southern Style Chicken Biscuit
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
I’m kind of with Hris on this – maybe as a chicken sausage but chicken isn’t really breakfasty to me
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by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
I though it was like his coffee
Thick, black, and hot
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by Greg Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
I like to think of myself as a breakfast burrito snob. In my burrito I put:
Eggs
Fresh Hashbrowns
Spicy Italian Sausage
Ham
Bacon
Tillamook Sharp Cheddar
sour cream
various salsas
occasionally I’ll add grilled peppers/onions
I need to eat some of these burrito’s before I die. I’m usually an omelette person when I order breakfast out.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
I never make a breakfast burrito; that is more of a convenience purchase for me. If I have time to make breakfast, I would rather have scrambled eggs or an omelette.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Philling in for Josie
According to the founding legend of the annual giant Easter omelette of Bessières, Haute-Garonne, when Napoleon Bonaparte and his army were traveling through southern France, they decided to rest for the night near the town of Bessières. Napoleon feasted on an omelette prepared by a local innkeeper that was such a culinary delight that he ordered the townspeople to gather all the eggs in the village and to prepare a huge omelette for his army the next day.5
Per Wiki
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Seems like a dick move to order all the eggs.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
if Napoleon was good at anything, it was dick moves.
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
Wasn’t he the guy who said “swing a big dick but blow softly”?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
I’ll have to make a big tray of them sometime if we have a morning event. Maybe I’ll use that as an impetus to get a softball game going.
I would not be able to play if I ate a breakfast burrito.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
I’ll play if you need bodies.
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by regfairfield on Feb 13, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Since you're gonna be commish
we’ll call the first league TBLA Pacific, and y’all can be TBLA Mountain.
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
I posted this late last night
but Kevin Goldstein’s top 101 prospects are out, and the Dodgers have just one in the top 101, Zach Lee at 70
We should all tweet in unison asking him why Garcia did not make the list
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
It's hard to see him repeating
But I’d like to think:
.295/.360/.545 32 HR 112 RBI 103 Runs 34 SB 11 CS
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I guess those who follow the NBA already know this:
Jeremy Lin scored more points in his first three starts than any NBA player since 1976.
per www.rotowire.com
Who was the player in 1976 to do this?
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Marques Johnson?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I don’t know the answer
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
and we all know the NBA didn’t exist pre-merger. Nor did the NFL exist pre-Super Bowl. Except when talking about championships.
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
That’s just how I saw the stat presented first, on Friday.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
oh this was not a critique of you sir, just always funny how there’s a statistical cut off, but the Lakers count championships from before the league was called the NBA
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
The Lakers count
one championship when they were a member of the BAA back in 1948 (one year prior before merging of the BAA and NBL).
Modern baseball generally uses a cut-off from 1901 (though players like Cy Young, Cap Anson and Sliding Billy Hamilton are justly honored for their exploits prior to that).
by bhsportsguy on Feb 13, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
POP QUIZ!
What six NBA franchises were members of the BAA? Tie-breaker=use as many original franchise names as you can
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
Sheboygan Sheep
LaCrosse Lambs
Ypsilanti Ewes
Racine Rams
Ann Arbor Angoras
Waukegan Woolgatherers
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by Nolij on Feb 13, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
is this 1949? Wiki shows the 1948 one as NBL, and counts 17 titles… but Lakers.com doesnt list the 1948 one, and shows 16 championships starting from 1949.
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Then I call BS, you are saying it was done by a ABA player who was merged into the NBA. So if you think of that as BS who was the last real player to score that many points who had never played professionally before?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
it could have been done by an NBA player too, I dont know…. its just saying Lin is the 1st player to do it SINCE the NBA/ABA merged…. guess you’d have to look it up to see what NBA, or ABA players did it before then, if any.
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
anyways, I just saw Lin called Super Lintendo… I like that.
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
I think the only reason that cutoff is used is because game-by-game stats are spotty for much of NBA’s early history.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Ah
If it was Dr J or David Thompson then I’d still call BS, do you know who it was?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
This isn’t a contest I am actually asking this question because I want to know so no need to keep me hanging if anyone knows the answer.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
There is no answer, its not saying he is the 1st player to do it since so and so, its saying he is 1st player to do it period, since the NBA and ABA merged. Now if someone did it in the ABA or NBA before they were merged, I have no idea how to look that up.
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
But doesnt mean it happened in 1976 either.
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
Oh, I guess I’m lame, I did not grasp that concept.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
I tried to look it up, but couldn’t find the answer
by Michael White on Feb 13, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
No idea
All of the Knicks notes say “from the merger” and cite the Elias Sports Bureau, who guards their info more fiercely than Baseball Prospectus guards their faulty PECOTA formulas or than silverwidow guards his anonymity.
BTW, Lin is up to most points in his first four starts since the merger, with 109 points, beating Allen Iverson’s 101.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
I’d have bet on David Thompson
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
no game-by-game ABA stats that I know of, so we don’t have Thompson’s first season (1975-76), but in his first NBA year and second NBA season Thompson scored 78 points in the first four games.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
Right, I was thinking his first four ABA games with Denver. I guess I could check the paper, I just remember him being a sensation and he might have had a crazy start to this career.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
Lin scored 133 total points in his first 39 career games, and that included a 25-point performance off the bench for the Knicks just before his insertion into the starting lineup. And he has 109 points in four starts.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
I saw Odom go for 33 in his Clipper debut. I’ve always wondered how many guys had their career points scored in their first start.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
For instance
Wilt had 120 points in his first 3 NBA games (150 in his first 4) back in 1959
Oscar Robertson had 72 points
David Thompson had 58 points
by bhsportsguy on Feb 13, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Kareem?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Kareem had
107 points in his first 4 NBA starts (games).
by bhsportsguy on Feb 13, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
you are saying it was done by a ABA player who was merged into the NBA
That’s not what it is saying
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 11:01 AM PST up reply actions
.279/.363/.604
With 47 HR/41 SB
Kemp swings for the fences more to compensate for not getting 40 in 2011 and initially loses BA and OBP, but gains OBP back once pitchers fear the sight of him.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Feb 13, 2012 10:56 AM PST via Android app reply actions
Interesting
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
I mean to the point where
many won’t even have the guts to exploit that he’s swinging for the fences
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by Taylor Maricle on Feb 13, 2012 11:18 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Not that anyone who played should be insulted but I would love to have known how a team with JRock, BaldBilly, Robot, Xeifrank, and IsxDavid would have done along with Gary, HJ, David, Matthew, Brandon, and Delias.
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And me
…on the other team so I can give up inside-the-parkers from RF
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by Taylor Maricle on Feb 13, 2012 11:11 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
If only we weren't all so spread out
or if gas weren’t so expensive. It would be awesome to play in a league with you guys on a weekly basis.
Yeah, I should be in shape by then! (And fifteen years younger!)
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
best shape of your life?
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Bobby’s Dad looks like a character in a movie. His hat owned the joint.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
I'm telling you, I've never seen it before
But I got the sense of a private eye character with the hat on
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In witness relocation program or a guy from brooklyn, who retired to Miami, and is now trying to track down his niece who came to LA for stardom but got lost in LAs seedy underworld of sex, drugs, and softball
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
Saul
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
by G.Scott on Feb 13, 2012 4:31 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
bob odenkirk FTW
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still haven’t impressed the skipper enough to make the A team : )
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
You were solid
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
girl needs some cleats
:)
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
Would’ve gone 2-1 and lost in the semi-finals if that team had our schedule. :)
If that team somehow got on the other half of the draw from the LFP Mashers, then maybe a 2nd place finish. But with your schedule that team could’ve gone 3-0. Seems like your first and last games were winnable.
Sounds right
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
I like how the LFP Mashers were “saving” their home runs in the championship game for when they really needed them. It must be nice.
and I remember somehow being happy when they used up all their HRs against us, but then said again when they showed how skillful they were at one hopping the wall.
No kidding, right!
I think we were still covering the spread when we were down 7-16, and I thought we were in good shape since they were out of home runs. Then, they dropped a 15-spot on us on laser singles. Death by paper-cuts is still death.
the great TBLA comeback was born out of singles and walks. Sometimes ya gotta play small-ball
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
but without the big boom from Gary all those walks and singles would have just been shits and giggles.
And Matthew started it all with a triple.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
gotta have people who can get on base, gotta have people who can hit for power. It’s a good combo when you can get it
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
That was a FUCKING awesome game
If it weren’t for Dottie fucking Henson, you guys would’ve had them.
Think I’d rather lose to Dottie then win and get beat 40 – 5.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
I'm suprised no one has alluded to why I did not catch the ball at home plate
on the last play. haha
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No one noticed
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
gotta block the plate man, you’d be a father now
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
I’d have taken one for the team I’ll tell you that
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
I think I remember your favorite part being the time she was adjusting her rack when she was on third base. She was definitely very proud of herself.
I benched myself for a reason
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
If only a photographer on the level of the Dodger photographer had been on hand to catch the history.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
If marty is worthy of having taken the pictures from the stands
We might be seeing her again! lol
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perhaps if we say his name three times he’ll appear with the photographs:
Marty, Marty, Beetlejuice!
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
They're on Dave's camera
I have a couple from my ipad I’ll try to upload and post here
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
perhaps if I say Dave’s name three times he’ll appear with the photographs:
Dave, Dave, Beetlejuice!
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Dave’s not here, man.
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by Nolij on Feb 13, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Dave told me Marty forgot to take off the lens cap
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
My body is thankful we only played 3
I’m hobbling around today a bit, good luck to me if an alien attacks happens, i’ll be walking away in terror
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Who was the #3 seed? If they were also 2-1, I wonder how we lost out on the tiebreaker since we went 31-4, 2-11, 20-5 in pool play.
We lost a game by 24 runs in the semis. Quite a spread of talent among teams. The outliers were killing the outliers.
The biggest shock to all of us was finding out the Home boy team you beat in the 3rd game came into that game undefeated because they were the worst team we had seen upto that point.
We also found that if you don’t score as many runs you are not as tired:)
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
We were a little worried when we saw that they had won their first game 16-1 and we “had” to beat them to advance. We scouted their 2nd game and were pretty confident we could beat em, but not by that much. I felt bad for their pitcher because he was struggling so much to get the ball to the plate and he probably took one for the team and volunteered to pitch because nobody else could or wanted to. #TeamPlayer
I guess they were hoping the cute SS would distract you.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
a late reply, but in our defense...
we were killing the ball pretty good in the first 2 games, with our 1b even hitting one out of Dodger Stadium. I went 6 for 6 in the first 2 games, with a triple and 2 doubles. We actually felt pretty good entering game 3, with only one bad defensive inning in game 2.
However, it all fell apart in game 3. It was a combination of things:
- Honestly, we got tired – our bats dragged and what were line drives in the first two games were not ground balls.
- Our pitcher, who was expecting to play OF was asked to pitch b/c no one else wanted to. He did okay for the first game and a half, but lost the feel by game 3. He ended up walking the bases loaded at least 3 times. I ended up replacing him in the playoff game and just lobbed the ball out there like it was BP. I have no idea how to put any controlled spin.
- Also, your pitcher was like Greg Maddux dropping it wherever she wanted to on the plate. And, you had good D out there.
It was all fun though. Yet, on fresh legs I think we could be very competitive with TBLA’s team :)
Yeah, we only saw game three, the SS kept us interested but no way she could have thrown out anyone other then face plant josie on any ground ball. You did look like a fun team to play as was your other team. Bummer about the pitcher, so important when starting 1 – 1, not easy to throw strikes in that situation.
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I’m thinking three teams must’ve gone 3-0. Dodger Bobbles? They could’ve had an easy 2nd and 3rd game?
I know they won the second game against MSTI in their last at bat.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Mike Brown got to award himself with a huge trophy! :) But kidding aside, that trophy was huge. We were joking about what we’d do with it if we had won. Someone suggested treating it like the Stanley Cup, letting everyone have a week with it.
I’d rather have a hour with ………… then a week with a trophy:)
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
That one team (was it DT’s first opponent?) had a catcher who was easy on the eyes and could ball. Maddz was impressed by her serious hair bump.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I would have really liked to engage in conversation with her
but I naturally assumed she was somebody on the team’s girlfriend. and of course i am a natural enemy with any “save the dodgers anti-frank” website.
That is why I asked Bountiful Buffy. When she said she did not know anyone on the team until she showed up today, I went with the assumption she was boyfriend free. I did however forget about the boyfriend who shows up to watch his gal play so when I asked for a hug from her to break my broken heart over losing, Paul Bunyon picked me up and deposited me in a trash can.
/or not
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by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
That last at bat win tore our hearts out, but we thought we could beat them in the playoffs. Nope. We got crushed.
by Dave Pomerantz on Feb 13, 2012 5:06 PM PST up reply actions
We (Team MSTI) were the 3 seed.
We went 17-4, 8-9, 24-4. First tiebreaker was runs allowed, we just squeaked it out.
by Dave Pomerantz on Feb 13, 2012 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
Also, fortunate we got to play Sons of Steve Garvey – and in our 3rd game, after they had plenty of time to get liquored up.
by Dave Pomerantz on Feb 13, 2012 5:13 PM PST up reply actions
Just wondering...
Who are the best players the Dodgers have lost in the Rule 5 draft? Shane Victorino comes to mind, but who else?
Lol Bob
Didn’t they call him that for a long time because they wanted to americanize him?
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I still love that he basically said, “F you, my name is Roberto.”
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 13, 2012 2:06 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
True Blue LA fantasy baseball, Mountain edition. Read all about it and join if you want to or even if you don’t want to and we still need some people.
I am late to the party, but this is what I see in the magic 8ball:
Cloudy with a chance of .325/.390/.615 41 hr (30 before all star break) and 50 sb (20 before the AS break) and 45+ IBB (25 after the AS break).
If he hits 30 before the all-star break
he better hit at least 50! lol
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Put Ethier, or a similar bat behind Kemp and he might get 50 HR.
With what is available for a line up on the Dodgers roster today, Kemp will have to really bear down to come close to his performance last season.
by 68elcamino427 on Feb 13, 2012 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
He hits 30 going into the AS break and plays the derby. The derby kills power hitters and the rest of NL throws him nothing but sliders away for the rest of the year. He will adjust on the sliders but less Boom stick action…………………….
Random thoughts
1. Sorry I missed meeting iiidown on Saturday.
2. I remember hearing a piece on NPR about this one New Mexico restaurant that is particularly known for their use of green chiles on everything they serve, sounds tasty.
3. I believe ESPN.com wrote a similar article to this one a few weeks ago http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/building-through-the-draft-best-of-the-best/
4. Jeremy Lin, great story, hopeful he will embark on a solid career in the NBA
5. Breakfast burritos, maybe have 5-6 in a year, always choose sausage.
I think there are a lot of NM restaurants that are known for using green chile in everything. Couldn’t find the piece that you referenced on the NPR website, though. How long ago was it?
Not sure
I will search and let you know.
by bhsportsguy on Feb 13, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Wow - Happy Valentines Day honey
Craig Calcaterra
So @AaronGleeman (single) and I (filed for divorce five hours ago) are talking about proper etiquette in romance. That makes sense.
Filed for divorce five hours ago?
COLLDDDDDDDDDBLOOOODDDEDDDDD
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Kemp 2012
.312/.388/.578, 36HR, 44SB
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For Mike and Delias Man
Mountain West and Conference USA to merge in 2013:
If everything remained as-is, the new conference would consist of Air Force, Colorado State, East Carolina, Fresno State, Hawai’i, Marshall, Nevada, New Mexico, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, UNLV, UTEP, and Wyoming. McMurphy also reports Temple could be in the mix.
I’m still pissed about this whole thing. Mountain West lost Utah, BYU, TCU, Boise State all in two years.
I had to look it up…got confused myself.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t see why the Big East, MW and Conference USA think becoming a larger turd somehow makes them more attractive. It’s the jumbo Mountain West conference all over again, no way these whole country spanning conferences are sustainable.
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
The teams will be in divisions that based on location. An east coast team will only play a west coast team in the championship game (with maybe 1 cross division game per team). It might not be a good league but it is better than having 2 crappier 8 team leagues.
better in what regard? Still not BCS-able. Still no more attractive as a TV contract.
by Josie Becker on Feb 13, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
The conferences disagree with you in that it doesn’t make them more attractive as a TV contract. Whether that is true or not I don’t know. I do know that neither conference would survive for long as 8 team leagues.
This will also make a decent basketball conference (not that that has anything to do with why they are doing this).
I saw a tweet too about football having both a conference championship game and two semifinal games.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
And here is a tweet about that
Diamond Leung
Hawaii would be the 17th school involved. There would be a championship football game and semifinal match-ups.
by bhsportsguy on Feb 13, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
In football only I assume, for Hawaii?
thought they’d signed on for the Big West in everything else, starting next year — 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.
I hate schools joining two different conferences. So lame.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
It is lame. Though in this case it was the only way to get Hawaii into the Big West
since there’s no football in that conference.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Supersize it
Diamond Leung
Schools from the Mountain West and Conference USA have announced they are discussing a 16-member conference to begin in 2013-14.
by bhsportsguy on Feb 13, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
It's a whole new world
Diamond Leung
With the exception of Hawaii as a football-only member, all sports would be involved. The future would be 18-24 schools.
by bhsportsguy on Feb 13, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
I guess it is a whole new world for a bunch of college sport programs no one cares about
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
It is content
and content that you can show on your Big Ten, Pac 12 RSNs which make them attractive for cable companies.
by bhsportsguy on Feb 13, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Boise State looked to them for their other sports but instead joined the WAC. I doubt the WAC will last much longer so we’ll see where they eventually end up.
the astros one was my favorite
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Feb 13, 2012 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
I can’t equate Dos X to the Giants, that beer is just too manly for the Giants. I would have voted them the old generic beer can beer. Or Billy Beer.
Token stereotype answer — Schmitt’s Gay.
But really, the Giants aren’t beer at all, they’re white zinfandel.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
by Nolij on Feb 13, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
How is Colt .45
not the Astros beer?
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
Is ours a Bud that was made in 2008?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
by meercatjohn on Feb 13, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
Nuff said
The season had by Kemp in 2011 was why we watch baseball. It was the realization and actualization of a player’s full potential. And Kemp was rewarded in November, signing an eight-year contract worth $160 million.
Matt has basically been the Dodger bloggers poster boy coming of age as the bloggers come on line. When he hit the game winning home run at the Dodger Thoughts game, it was just a matter of time before he reached his current heights.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
only decent photo I have on the ipad
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
Then He’ll sign it for two years
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
“we feel that this puck is a significant addition to our club. its round, can be struck firmly and to be honest, it plays the game the right way.”
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Feb 13, 2012 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Tim Leary and Matt Luke will sign autographs in the concourse.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
My guess is that Tim and Matt
are part of the Dodger community service team.
Current players are getting ready to head to Arizona and they did their caravan last week.
nah, he had this
http://www.cosmeticsurgery.com/articles/archive/an~244
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I figure Andre will have a big year and they'll walk Matt a bit more
the 40/40 is wishful thinking, I’ll cop to it.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
I can’t remember if I mentioned this last week or not, but Rockies beat writer Troy Renck was a guest on AM 830 last week and talked about Jerry Dipoto, whom Renck covered as a player and got to know when the pitcher was hurt then eventually retired and worked in the Rockies’ front office.
Renck spoke of Dipoto in glowing terms, but the thing I loved was that apparently Dipoto had (at least a few years ago) something signed by every living baseball Hall of Famer and has a great collection of baseball memorabilia at his home.
If you read the ESPN mag article about how he signed Wilson and Pujols you will want to punch him in the face.
Written by Sam Miller. I haven’t read that article yet but I have been meaning too.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
they had to blow wilson for 5 weeks, and moreno said one magic word to pujols and that deal came together in 36 hours.
best part of the story
one big reason wilson came to so cal – because he write screenplays and wants to be close to hollywood LOfuckingL
coming to a theater near you
straight edge racer: the movie
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Feb 13, 2012 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
I look forward to him getting hammered in the playoffs again
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
Kemp
.297/.381/.520
34 HR, 30 SB
In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened
Pirates are dumb
if they pay any more than $5-7 million for AJ Burnett over 2 years. Yanks have no leverage, and Burnett is really pretty much done as his velocity was down last year. Getting out of the AL East would help, but not enough.
I heard they might pay him up to $13 million over 2 years to lessen the prospects in return. He’s 35 now. OK, Pirates are dumb.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
They can't spend it on big draft bonuses anymore
But it seems like a waste. I know Edwin turned them down, maybe it’s reactionary. I just hate teams bailing out the Yankees.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
"My Strange Addiction"
Last night they showed a dude who was french kissing his car and a woman who eats cat food all day.
I'm guessing he doesn't believe that people
actually make sexy time with cars
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Hris, please don’t change.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
well, I mean, I could see someone loving his car so much he kisses it… and I suppose its not that crazy a lady eats cat food. Seriously, in this world, nothing should surprise anyone anymore.
I wonder if he stabbed the car that was riding his date from behind.
by uschris0304 on Feb 13, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Next episode is going to feature people who wear cheap plastic baseball helmets in public. Blog commenters will call BS.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
by Nolij on Feb 13, 2012 1:51 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Nobody has a problem with it, it’s just a tad silly.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I’m thinking .325/.385/.575
Also, I know I’m Triponing myself, but I was nicely surprised to see Keith Law rank the Dodgers farm system 11th
Photo
… and thanks for the nice, alternative photo of Kemp this time! A Dodgers uniform suits him and his infectious smile well.
Just smile and nod
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 13, 2012 2:32 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
alshon jeffries is a WR who would be a 1st round pick if he just showed up in shape
instead he is 250 pounds and is running a 4.88 40. Terrence cody is this man http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/656/008/terrence-cody-weigh-in_display_image.jpg?1295627643(warning moobs). Basically dudes who tried their best to not make millions of dollars by being really overweight.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
These rumors are false. The guy has been in Tampa Bay since Jan 8th (not in Indy like the rumors said) working out with a personal trainer. He came into summer practices for USC last year overweight and slow, but he was able to get his weight down and his speed back. If he was able to do it then then I’m guessing a month or two with a personal trainer will put him in great shape for the combine.
I’d be worried about a guy that lets himself go (if there is the slightest bit of truth to this rumor that is) every offseason though.
2012 MVP Year
.338, 40 HR, 128 RBI, 425 OBP, 585 SLG
"Oh ville lumière, sens la chaleur de notre coeur, vois-tu notre ferveur quand nous marchons près de toi. Dans cette conquête, chasser l'ennemi, enfin pour que nos couleurs brillent encore..."
"Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap) et nous chantons en choeur (clap clap clap clap). Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap), fidèles à nos couleurs (clap clap clap clap). Lololo lololo, lololo lololo"
Kiss my Aul[ass], hahaha
Yeesss!!!!!
I’m back!!! :p
"Oh ville lumière, sens la chaleur de notre coeur, vois-tu notre ferveur quand nous marchons près de toi. Dans cette conquête, chasser l'ennemi, enfin pour que nos couleurs brillent encore..."
"Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap) et nous chantons en choeur (clap clap clap clap). Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap), fidèles à nos couleurs (clap clap clap clap). Lololo lololo, lololo lololo"
Kiss my Aul[ass], hahaha
Josie will be thrilled, she has found a few more soccer friends here but you were first.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Yeah!!!
More and more soccer fan in L.A.!!!! Maybe we can build a soccer team!!! a TBLA Soccer team :p
"Oh ville lumière, sens la chaleur de notre coeur, vois-tu notre ferveur quand nous marchons près de toi. Dans cette conquête, chasser l'ennemi, enfin pour que nos couleurs brillent encore..."
"Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap) et nous chantons en choeur (clap clap clap clap). Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap), fidèles à nos couleurs (clap clap clap clap). Lololo lololo, lololo lololo"
Kiss my Aul[ass], hahaha
2012 MVP Year .338, 40 HR, 128 RBI, .425 OBP, .585 SLG (Edit)
"Oh ville lumière, sens la chaleur de notre coeur, vois-tu notre ferveur quand nous marchons près de toi. Dans cette conquête, chasser l'ennemi, enfin pour que nos couleurs brillent encore..."
"Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap) et nous chantons en choeur (clap clap clap clap). Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap), fidèles à nos couleurs (clap clap clap clap). Lololo lololo, lololo lololo"
Kiss my Aul[ass], hahaha
Sorry for the flood :p
"Oh ville lumière, sens la chaleur de notre coeur, vois-tu notre ferveur quand nous marchons près de toi. Dans cette conquête, chasser l'ennemi, enfin pour que nos couleurs brillent encore..."
"Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap) et nous chantons en choeur (clap clap clap clap). Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap), fidèles à nos couleurs (clap clap clap clap). Lololo lololo, lololo lololo"
Kiss my Aul[ass], hahaha
got sidetracked by a nice looking piece of ass
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
????
Sorry I don’t fully understand :s :s
"Oh ville lumière, sens la chaleur de notre coeur, vois-tu notre ferveur quand nous marchons près de toi. Dans cette conquête, chasser l'ennemi, enfin pour que nos couleurs brillent encore..."
"Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap) et nous chantons en choeur (clap clap clap clap). Nous sommes les parisiens (clap clap clap clap), fidèles à nos couleurs (clap clap clap clap). Lololo lololo, lololo lololo"
Kiss my Aul[ass], hahaha
take a listen to this little ditty :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Back
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Somewhat entertaing piece by Brandon McCarthy at SI
It’s so, so, so LONG: It’s six weeks of practice and pretend games. It just never seems to end. It’s like our version of Oregon Trail. By the time camp ends, someone’s died of Dysentery, there’s a bunch of new kids that have been born, and your feet are killing you.
Every spring training clubhouse smells like a distinct mix of sunscreen and coffee farts.
The article starts out interesting and kinda goes downhill.
@TElciram
not as cool as dallas braden
and his (fake) tattoo of rollie fingers riding a dolphin over a rainbow
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Feb 13, 2012 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
Damn Iverson
Entourages are not cheap.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I never understood the concept of an entourage. Why would you need to pay people to hang out with you? You’re a mulch-millionaire! You should be getting free stuff!
it would be kind of cool to have the two most selfish players in the history of basketball on the same team
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
It’s easy to look up on BKref that he made 150M, but he only saw ~100M of it what with taxes and stuff. I’m not sure how much he made from his shoe endorsements and stuff, but to repeatedly throw out that number like that is poor journalism.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
The way this writer kept calling diamonds “ice” made me wonder if he was implying a drug problem, but then when I read the rest, I came to realize he’s just trying to be clever.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
no diamonds have been called “ice” for a long time now…. havent you ever heard the term “my wrist is froze”?? That means he is wearing something on his wrist thats basically all diamonds.
The Grizzlies kicked him off the team after like 4 games and nobody else even bothered. He was whining because OJ Mayo was starting over him.
by Michael White on Feb 13, 2012 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
How much did they sign him for? I remember when he signed with Memphis he was saying God has let me here… No money led you there, and maybe they were the only team that wanted you at the time.
He only ended up being paid $437,608. Per ShamSports he ended up being bought out in November 2009 for the games he played in only.
by Michael White on Feb 13, 2012 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
I hope he has success there
Though it would probably piss Phil off more.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
No, I am all in on Kuo being great. The only thing better for me is he becomes a starter and kicks Kuo ass. I will dance on all your graves.
Reality is – Odds are what 50/50 he does not make April on the active roster?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Kate Upton
is possibly wearing the least amount of a swimsuit ever on this week’s SI cover (aka Swimsuit edition)
shes juggy
but not ‘hot’. sorry dudes.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Feb 13, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
I was gonna say the same thing, this isnt that great a picture of her, cant believe this is the shot that makes cover.
her face is really much prettier then that in the other pictures I just looked up on my phone
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
and she’s only 19? DAAAMN YOU, SANCHEZ!!! Was there any truth the rumor that Sanchez was banging Kim K on the side while he’s been dating Kate Upton?
yeah why do girls care about things other then sports playing ability?
super lame. Since Eli won the SB he should be able to choose any single woman in the world nad make her marry him on the spot.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Mea Culpa
Marko Jaric is probably a charming man who strokes her hair and tells her how much he loves their conversation and that he hopes she becomes as wonderful a woman as her mother. It was wrong of me to insist that supermodels be as shallow as blog commenters.
by ishXdavid on Feb 13, 2012 3:49 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
well basically…. yes you are correct…. and he basically could…. He could go to a club right now with a truck and load chicks up in the back like it was home depot.
Chris with the commodity view of women, always a charmer
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
He gave something, so he could get something.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
this is a prime notion I teach young deal makers
never give, without a get
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
But even with this not being the best pic of her she still looks hot… how can you say she isnt hot? You could possibly say ive seen hotter, and get away with that, but either way, she is hot.
If she sells a lot of SIs
than she is the best, by definition
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
by mleadman on Feb 13, 2012 3:48 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
the MOST SIs, a lot won’t do for the best
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
good lord that wax must have hurt
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
Oh, they wax?
I thought models were naturally hairless
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
She didn't need to wax
I would’ve volunteered for the laborious task of using tongue-friction to rid her bikini area of unwanted follicles. Look! No bumps or rash!
by ishXdavid on Feb 13, 2012 4:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
her thighs touch
theres something new
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
Can't tell if
“she’s such a ho her legs are never together”
or
“oh look, a model that isn’t a size 0, go curves!”
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
the second one :-)
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
curves ftmfw!
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
I think B-Ref changed their OPS+ formula because its giving a 191 OPS+ for Matt Kemp’s… 2010 season.
maybe they've come to realize
that the past is only what we make it out to be
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
To be clear, there is obviously an error here.
He didn’t have a 185 OPS+ even if that’s what BB-Ref is currently showing.
by Michael White on Feb 13, 2012 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
Don’t let the past remind us of what we are not now
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 4:01 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, they’re something wrong with 2010 and 2009, for all players. It just seems funny to me.
There really was an offensive explosion in the aught years!
More than that. Per your link, Loney has a career OPS+ of 170 or so
by Michael White on Feb 13, 2012 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
I think it’s all years actually.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
the headlines
Formula error on baseball stat sight
Hundreds found dead in mother’s basements across the US
Sales of online Dungeons and Dragon gear plummets
Marvel shuts down two comic presses
Jack Morris inducted to the Hall of Fame
Film at 11
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 4:06 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Barry Bonds career OPS+ is now 309.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
He is a hundred short of being known as The Formula
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
It would be funny if there was a corresponding drop in pitcher ERA+.
Randy Johnson, ERA+ of 25
by Michael White on Feb 13, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Aw man, RIP Freddie Solomon
always liked that dude :(
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
What I'd be doing on Feb 20th, if I wasn't in Mumbai
you have no excuse, except for poverty, go forth and be filled
I'm not sure what this is
but it looks like it’s at Guelaguetza, which is a fun Oaxacan restaurant
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
I love that place – used to work right across the street
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 4:07 PM PST up reply actions
I like it like this
Have you been to Norwalk? No muchas gracias
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
it looks like
they are inflating a macy’s day float
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
Ned to himself: Go for the buckle, go for the buckle, for the love of god pleeeease go for the buckle"
or
Ned to himself: Think about baseball, think about baseball, think about aaaarrrrrhhhhhhhh
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
Not sure I can fit, “I bend over for handsome GM’s” here Ned. How about we shorten it up to ’Rape me, I like it"
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
two tattoos for a million each with an option for a 3rd
done
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
i also would have accepted
“tribal tattoos provide veteran experience and know what it takes to win a championship.”
This is some
hair transplant procedure, right?
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
you have the gall to say that
after the comment you just made?
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
why are these pictures readily available? Egads...
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
are they drawing blood from his cranial area?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Reminder that I will make several times a day until we get 12… there’s a second TBLA fantasy baseball league for people who didn’t get into the first one. Unless you want to do both, which I’m fine with.
Hopefully
one of the leagues is an amputee
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
Writing penthouse letters
in the late 60’s and early 70’s must have been the greatest gig. Now that i’m older and know better those people must have laughed all day on that job.
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
it must have been the highest job on the planet
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 13, 2012 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
Matt Kemp, The Real MVP
Truer words.
by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Feb 13, 2012 5:47 PM PST reply actions
truth
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
295/345/550 40 HRS runner up for MVP again
and i need to get a bfast burrito now, never had one! sounds delicious and greasy and good hangover food
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
oh and 45 SBs and 140 RBIS
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
that guy is going to have 140 RBIs with Dee Gordon, Mark Ellis and Peg Leg Ethier hitting in front of him?
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
Im relying on Loney eventually hitting second and having a huge season
or Ethier and Loney hitting second and third and both having huge seasons
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
More importantly
Why even bother to list RBI?
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Feb 13, 2012 7:05 PM PST up reply actions
Up here in the NM State Senate press gallery. Got a shout out from the Majority Leader for being a fellow Dodgers fan.
by fbihop on Feb 13, 2012 6:41 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Last year, he came around a corner and said, “Hey, you!” to me and my mind was racing, thinking, “What did I write that he’s pissed about?” Then we talked about the Dodgers for five minutes. Was pretty cool.
Though I was absolutely terrified of him. He is very intimidating for some reason. Must be because he’s a trial lawyer.
Apologies if this was posted earlier
But Russ Mitchell got an invitation to big league camp. Dodgers camp now at 63
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 6:52 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Got bored and started watching videos of minor league pitchers.
Forgive the amateur eye i have for mechanics, but it seems like Webster has a clearly higher release point for his breaking ball.
The camera angle might make it more clear than it would be from the batters perspective , though, since with a curve you don’t have the top of your hand covering the ball so it might look like it’s higher than it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoq88CcXXQU
@TElciram
hitters would have a better point of view than that camera angle, not worse.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
dude’s gonna blow out his shoulder if he doesn’t learn to follow through.
Throwing 95 and having your shoulder take all the recoil is bad mmk
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
for anyone who has ever been curious, my pitching mechanics are incredibly similar to Webster’s. He’s 2 inches taller and in WAY better shape now than I have ever been in, but it’s like looking into a mirror.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
It's so hard for me to follow through properly.
Whenever i’d try i’d just end up exaggerating it and i’d lose velocity. What precious little i had.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Feb 13, 2012 7:17 PM PST up reply actions
Noticed that too.
That’s sorta how I would pitch, except i didn’t use a full windup and i threw under 70, so there wasn’t really a chance of me blowing out my shoulder.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Feb 13, 2012 7:17 PM PST up reply actions
Ozzie Guillen
"They look bad," Guillen said Monday. "But if we win, those are going to be the best uniforms in the game."
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-optimisticmarlins
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
Belisario
Eric, does he have to be activated from the Restricted List to pitch in MLB Spring Training games?
Yeah, i think so.
But he still won’t get paid until he’s with the club simply because of his drug suspension.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Feb 13, 2012 7:18 PM PST up reply actions
Hopefully Eric can find out for us. It’s important because someone will have to get kicked off the 40-man.
I'm pretty sure that if it qualifies as a rehab stint it might be allowed.
But a six-week rehab stint? I don’t know….
Either way, Belisario > Troncoso, so you might as well just add him.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Feb 13, 2012 7:23 PM PST up reply actions
I asked for clarification
I’m not quite sure myself.
My guess is he needs to be added to the 40-man roster first before pitching in major league spring games.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 13, 2012 8:37 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I'm still pretty baffled
That the A’s signed Cespedes
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 13, 2012 8:07 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Tough Clippers Loss
Butler with an amazing chance to win it at the end. But he missed. Mark Cuban on the court right afterwards to shake hands with the players. Yuck.
he'll hit as well as the best projection
plus pitch an inning of no-hit relief.
the Roy Oswalt situation reminds me of Orlando Hudson signing with us a couple years ago.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
I’d have rather had him than Harang
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 13, 2012 8:30 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Mighty flimsy branch you’re on there Tommy. Dave Grohl is a better musician than Kurt Cobain ever was. Some things are obvious and don’t need to be said. :)
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
My Kung Fu allows me to stand on flimsy branches
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 13, 2012 8:44 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
That flimsy branch must be made of Oak if anyone is questioning wanting HarangaTang over a quality arm like Oswalt.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
shhhh
I’ve almost got them convinced I know Kung Fu
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 13, 2012 8:49 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
how do we know
What condition his arm is in?
by bhsportsguy on Feb 13, 2012 9:08 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
there's no need to harang Ned! He prematurely bid against himself the best he could!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
This exchange made me chuckle...
Dee Gordon skinnyswag9
"YonderalonsoU: @skinnyswag9 was up buddy!!! Hope u good c u soon man!!!!" yesssiiirrr! How you doing big dawg?
Yonder Alonso @YonderalonsoU
@skinnyswag9 doing good man!! Getting ready almost D-day getting pumped!!! And u? Tell me you’ve gained some weight since last year haha
Dee Gordon @skinnyswag9
@YonderalonsoU bruh I’m like 265 lol
Yonder Alonso @YonderalonsoU
@skinnyswag9 yes!!!!! Hahaha u still got MAD swag!!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
or grams?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Well guh, neither am I! But we both watch Breaking Bad!
Anyway, Dee is probably measuring in decagrams, didn’t want to be too insulting to him.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
yeah yeah its peyton manning
but we would have to completely change our offense system to accomidate him
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
how optimistic of you?
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
Actually
That is a fair estimate and probably pretty realistic
by bhsportsguy on Feb 13, 2012 10:24 PM PST up reply actions
This Might Be The Best Thing Javy Guerra and James Loney Do All Year
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