2012 Dodgers Player Profile: Jerry Hairston, Jr., The Six Million Dollar Man
by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 6:00 AM PST
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PrintTwo years ago the Dodgers signed a good fielding, right-hand hitting utility infielder with a career 83 OPS+ to a guaranteed two-year contract for his age 36 and 37 seasons, for what many observers, including this one, considered a bit too much money and a year more than necessary. But Jamey Carroll silenced his critics by being a league average hitter while accruing far more playing time for the Dodgers than most imagined.
Carroll has moved on to Minnesota, so enter Jerry Hairston, Jr., who begins his Dodgers career with similar baseball skill credentials (86 OPS+, not quite as good an infielder, but a better outfielder, right-handed), with an equal-length, but richer contract (two years, $6M), and while also viewing his age-35 season in the rear-view mirror.
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Carrying a lot of gloves in one's baseball bag, and being able to wield them decently can be a profitable exercise, as Hairston has parlayed those skills - he has appeared at every position except pitcher and catcher, and at least 436 innings at all of those spots except first base - into a 14-year career encompassing nearly 4500 plate appearances, and about $15 million in career major-league earnings.
As an offensive player, Hairston's career breaks up into three segments:
| Years | 1998-2005 | 2006-2007 | 2008-2011 |
| Ages | 22-29 | 30-31 | 32-35 |
| OPS+ | 87 | 38 | 96 |
Perhaps wisdom of age allowed him to figure something out about his swing and turn him into a league-average hitter, but one might think that betting on that continuing at age 36, and for two seasons, may not be the wisest course of action.
Trivia:
Hairston hails from a multi-generational baseball family. His brother Scott Hairston will open his ninth MLB season this spring in his second year with the New York Mets. They are the sons of Jerry Hairston, longtime White Sox pinch-hitter / outfielder, and nephews of John Hairston, a cup of coffee Chicago Cub of the ill-fated 1969 season. Going back another generation, the father of the elder Jerry Hairston, Sam Hairston, finished his major league career with a whopping .400 / .571 / .600 batting line!
Because Jerry debuted before his brother Scott, he became the first third-generation African-American major-league baseball player.
The Dodgers are Hairston's eighth team. The journeyman has called every division of the major home except for the AL Central.
Ring in a box: he's got one. Hairston was a deadline day acquisition of the 2009 New York Yankees, and has appeared in more playoff series than Matt Kemp despite 2009 being his first post-season appearance, having returned to playoff action last season with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Contract Status:
(Sponsored by Ripley's Believe It Or Not) For his age 36 and 37 seasons, Hairston will earn $6 million guaranteed, or about $1.9 million more than any two-year span in his career. $2.25 million of that backloaded deal is due in 2012.
Previous Dodgers Player Profiles:
2011: Jamey Carroll, Gritty Grinding Gamer
2010: Jamey Carroll, the Multi-Year Man
Stats:
| Year | Age | PA | HR |
Runs | RBI | BA | OBP | SLG | wOBA | |
| 2009 |
33 | 433 | 10 | 62 | 39 | .251 | .315 | .394 | .312 | |
| 2010 |
34 | 476 | 10 | 53 | 50 | .244 | .299 | .353 | .287 | |
| 2011 |
35 | 376 | 5 | 43 | 31 | .270 | .344 | .383 | .323 | |
| 2012 Projections - Age 36 Season | ||||||||||
| Year | PA | HR |
Runs | RBI | BA | OBP | SLG | |||
| Bill James | 311 | 5 | 38 | 28 | .254 | .323 | .369 | |||
| Pecota | 548 | 8 | 58 | 51 | .248 | .304 | .352 | |||
| ZiPS | 377 | 6 | 48 | 37 | .259 | .319 | .373 | |||
| (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) | ||||||||||
2012 Outlook:
Hairston would appear to be cast in the bench/utility player role for the Dodgers. If he accrues a large number of at-bats in 2012, that would probably indicate that things went south for one of more of Juan Uribe, Mark Ellis, or Dee Gordon. (It is unclear to me if the Dodgers would be willing to go with Hairston as an everyday SS, but the other choices would seem to be Uribe or Justin Sellers, so take your pick.)
If Pecota's playing time projection for Hairston is right, especially with a TSL like that, the soft flesh of my wrists will look mighty tempting to my kitchen knives. Of course they list his "comparables" as "Art Howe, Mike Lowell, (four-time batting champion) Bill Madlock", so take that for what it is worth.
Other than that, the projections generally are in line with my expectations, so I will guess that Hairston bats .251 / .329 / .368 while scrapping up 288 plate appearances.
What is your guess for Hairston in 2012? Be sure to guess BA/OBP/SLG, and anything else you wish to guess.
Thanks to baseball-reference.com and fangraphs.com for the statistics.
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.250/.315/.350
Hairston’s career BABIP is a low .282, and he is even worse the last three years at .272 so his .301 last year is probably a fluke. Reduce his ISO a bit since he’s leaving a hitter friendly park for Dodger Stadium and general aging, and you get the kind of performance you’d expect from a spare infielder.
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This will also be the best offensive performance we get from a non-Loney infielder.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 7:01 AM PST up reply actions
Gut punch
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 7:08 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
On the bright side there’s a real good chance this won’t be the worst hitting infield in recent memory.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 7:34 AM PST up reply actions
you know reg
Mr. Sunshine :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 7:39 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
What do you want me to do when Jerry Hairston is one of the better hitters in the infield? Not research the worst infields of the last 50 years?
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 7:42 AM PST up reply actions
I would never kill your fun
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 7:58 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
You’re the best.
If anyone cares there’s no way we beat out the 2003 Pirates unless “first baseman Adam Kennedy” becomes a regular thing.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 7:59 AM PST up reply actions
Nightmare fuel…..
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 8:01 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
It kills me to say this
Who would be worse, Kennedy now or Phillips in 05?
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cut my wrists now
Let’s see:
2007: Saenz – 92 G .191/.295/.345
2008: Sweeney – 98 G .130/.250/.163
2009: Loretta – 107 G .232/.309/.276
2010: Garrett Anderson – 80 G .181/.204/.286
2011: Aaron Miles/Dioner Navarro – 136 G .275/.314/.346 / 64 G .193/.276/.324
I might not even put Miles as a pinch hitting option with how many games he played/started. This team has not had a good (or anywhere near decent) main pinch hitter off the bench since Saenz freaking mashed in 2006 slugging over .530 in 100+ games. We are really paying for that season.
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Should’ve picked Marcus Thames for last season. God that guy sucked.
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
I went more for the main pinch hitters
2011 had more crappy pinch hitters, though I think Navarro and Miles were the main culprits. But yeah, Gibbons and Thames really made Loretta’s 09 look good.
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The Dodgers would cut Juan Uribe first over Jerry Hairston. The entire offseason was finding people they could play over Uribe.
I doubt the Dodgers would outright cut either of these players with the amount of time and money left on their contracts.
Slip something in his cookie dough milkshake.
by kinbote on Feb 15, 2012 8:49 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Juan Uribe
drinks your milkshake! He drinks it UP!
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
Look who woke up on the sunny side of the bed this AM!
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 8:02 AM PST up reply actions
Who is like Hairston on this team?
Can Adam Kennedy play SS and the OF
Can Mark Ellis play SS and the OF
Can anybody in major league baseball do what Happy Hairston can do? Bloomquist?
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i didn’t realize we were talking about cf
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 9:22 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
And doesn’t really have the arm for 3B.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
i didn’t realize we were talking about 3b
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 9:24 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Hairston can play 3B and OF admirably. Carroll can’t. So, what are you trying to defend?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
haha.
the terms just mutated before my eyes. it went from “who can play ss and of” to “who can play 3b and cf.” a bit unfair to change the question after I’ve given an answer, no?
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 9:29 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
Sure, but the main question was:
Who is like Hairston on this team?
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
excuse me for not meeting the unspecified demands of such an insanely general question.
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
Who you calling insane?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
No one.
My goodness. People on TBLA seem to have reading comprehension issues today.
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
You meant
LINSANE!
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Hairston, Happy to be a Dodger? He’s got six million reasons to be, but if he makes this play in 2012, he’ll probably hear it from the TBLA commentariat.
That would seem to be the ideal time to head first into first so that the 1st baseman cannot do a sweep tag
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Hey, you look through Jerry Hairston pictures and try and come up with something! At least I dropped a Laker reference in there.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 9:39 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Seems to hit RHP and LHP equally
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Is it possible that UCLA receives the most admission requests because they are the number one “safe” school?
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I’m not sure about UCLA acceptance standards, but I think they’re high enough that you probably wouldn’t call it a “safe” school.
My guess as to why it’s #1 in applications: it gets a lot of international and out-of-state applicants. Most major universities on the coasts get a lot of international students, but I think (and this is a hunch) UCLA probably gets more out-of-state applicants because young people just love flocking to Hollywood. Combine that with the fact that it’s the cheaper option of major university in the second most populous city in America.
That,
and it’s consistently ranked in the top 3 public schools in the entire country.
It’s the safe school for people that go to Stanford.
It’s the first choice for people that go to UCI.
A nice middle ground.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 8:43 AM PST up reply actions
It is, quite possibly, the second-best public university in the world. And being in the best city in the most populous state in the nation makes it pretty appealing.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Not really?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
maybe by calling los angeles the best city, but everything else you said is factually true
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 9:26 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
well San Francisco doesn’t have a major university, and that’s really the only competition, City-wise.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 9:29 AM PST up reply actions
if I say anymore, I’m gonna sound like more of an ass than I already have
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 9:32 AM PST up reply actions
they have the most people so they must be the best!
lets just replace best with biggest draw
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It has 3, depending on how you're defining that, but other than that...
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Sure, SF State should really give UCLA a run for its money.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Oh shaddup. :) I went to both schools (UCLA just for post-grad year of adult ed)
(and UCSB for 1 year before transferring to SF State for its film program).
Let’s not be getting too subjectively snobby here.
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we are talking about overall admission here
does SF state offer the same breadth of well ranked programs as UCLA?
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Wasn't really sure what we were talking about, frankly. So I just wanted to defend my alma mater generally. ;)
It offers different well-ranked programs than UCLA, but no probably not in the same category. But it does have very well regarded education, cinema, business, MA/MFA programs in creative writing (i couldn’t even get into theirs, it was so competitive) and philosophy, physical therapy (top 20 in nation), and so on. Y’all would be surprised. But yeah, it’s obviously a different environment, more of an urban integrated school than many UCs.
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It is a fine school. There is not a stinker among the public universities in California (except for Davis MOO!), but SFSU is not like UCLA.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
No hate, it is an agricultural school, it literally smells
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Maybe most people think it was named after the author of Garfield.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
nor is USF, Now trying to decide if Underdog is counting the medical school, the law school, or the art school as #3
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
Not really, no.
Unless you mean in the same way all UC schools are administered by UC regents at Berkeley.
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when UCSF opened it was known as
“The Medical Department of the University of California.” Davis grew into a full university, SF is still just the UCs med school. And the UC regents are in Oakland
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
I honestly don't care as much as it seems but I think you're not quite defining it fairly
UCSF was the 9th separate UC school. From the official site: in 1964, it gained administrative autonomy, becoming the ninth campus in the UC system. In 1970, the UC Board of Regents renamed the campus the University of California, San Francisco in recognition of its diversity of disciplines.
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can an 18 year old Californian interested in Engineering or business go there?
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 9:59 AM PST up reply actions
They can go there, but only to study medicine or health fields. ;)
(Just as I can go to UC Davis, but not to get a creative writing degree. Obviously, Davis, as an example, has far more programs to offer than UCSF though, which is a very specific school unusual to the UC system.)
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No, they can’t. Well, unless they Doogie Howsered their way through undergrad already.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
UCLA has a med program. Cal doesn’t, because it’s always had UCSF. This was really my only point
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
fun fact
the University of California only wanted to have one school with a graduate religion department so as to avoid theology students (UCSB). Then, they just simply did not have any other schools with graduate departments in religion due to politics.
It has been concerned quite a coup that Riverside now has a PhD in religion.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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Finding a higher power might be the most exciting thing to do in Riverside.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
But would a loving God create the 909?
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
I think this is the phil signal
or is that only when I mock other geographic locations?
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that the 909 wasn't simply an accident?
it really is a huge assumption
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If you put a bunch of chemicals in a box and shook it up they wouldn’t just form meth.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 3:40 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
This was my method
for every chemistry set I got as a kid. Inevitably the result was green and smelly
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I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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to my heathen brain that seems like a question
worthy of scholarly pursuit
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Was counting UCSF, one of the top med schools in the country
and one of the top reasons my damned tram line is always crowded.
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UCSF has like 500 students total. That’s not the same thing at all.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
3,000 (not counting residents and post-docs)
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UCSF is Berkeley’s Med School, essentially. And the N would be crowded anyhow : )
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
Wrong. And true.
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no where, because there is no place like LA. for the weather, women, and the weed, sticky green…… where else can I live with beach and snow within an hour drive?
Do I really need to sing you guys the song? I hate NY city, its cold and its damp, and everyone is dressed like monkeys. Lets leave Chicago to the eskimos.
yes I realize that, but if Newman didnt think they were important enough to call out, they arent even close to LA level then.
You mean like Indianapolis?
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
hates California, its and its damp
that’s why the lady, that’s why the lady, is a tramp
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 9:42 AM PST up reply actions
how often do you drive to said beach and snow in any given year?
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These are just minor reasons why LA is the greatest, but I dont go to the snow very often. Im not into snowboards or skiing, or buying snow gear. The beach, alot during the summer, its where to be. Especially in Leo Carrillo where I can bbq, drink beer. Beer is great at the beach. In Ventura, we do fires on the beach too, love it!
I did it from orange county for the first time in a long time this month
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I moved two blocks from the beach this past July. I’ve been snowboarding 6 times since then, and I’ve taken a dip in the ocean exactly ZERO times.
I lived in San Diego for 14 years, and went to the beach less than 10 times.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, probably because were not all cut up… its easier just to stay home… but fug that, I just leave my shirt on and go into the ocean, im not worried about meeting girls, or what I look like, at the beach.
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
well, maybe that will change this summer…. jesus man, how can people not like the beach??
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
I love beach weather, but I’m not chiseled enough to fully enjoy all that living in the South Bay has to offer.
yeah im not either… but still enjoy it… I just love being in water, ocean, lake, river, pool, I love swimming.
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
we had heard the stories so wanted to try
we did it a couple of times in high school and in my first year of college
surf in the AM, night ski at Mtn High
it is more fun as a story than in reality
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
Rolling Hills Estates doesn’t have a major university.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
“oh check out this marshland, don’t you want to build a school here it’s so pretty”
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
Palos Verdes?
There are no marshlands in PV. Fun fact: Palos Verdes is actually one of the Channel Islands, it’s just that the LA basin filled with so much sediment that it created the Palos Verdes “Peninsula”.
Josie confused PV with Playa Del Ray
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
both of you assumed I was talking about PV and not Westwood
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
see I was describing the shady real estate deal that put UCLA in Westwood instead of PV
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
this describes my alma mater pretty well
University at Buffalo
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
the way i read the story
UC regents came to town to pick out a location. a real estate developer was touring them. He had hundreds of acres in “Westwood” he was stuck with. They drove to Pasadena, and they were told it is too hot year round here. Drove to PV and saw it was cloudy and windy and he told them every day was like that. they had a train to catch and they hurried to westwood, took a quick look and were like “whatever”
I think they did quite well. Who the hell would want to naviagate all the city streets to get to PV. They are in a perfect spot. JMO
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
and with no street lights, who’d want to take a night class up there
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
The entire southern california freeway and road system would be different.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
2/3s of what he said where true
and the other one is subjective, but LA is a big draw for many
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Cal grad giving love to UCLA what the hell is going on here? I’m guessing BS from Cal and now he wants a masters from UCLA.
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Most of my family went to UCLA and my wife went to USC. I have no ill will toward either of those institutions.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
he said second best. which personally I think is unfair to UNC, Michigan, and Virginia
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
every ranking perennially has ucla and virginia sharing the #2 and #3 slots
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 9:31 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
right, which is sort of my point. Best is relative, and it’s more accurate to say UCLA is one of the top public universities and leave it at that
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 9:34 AM PST up reply actions
I think we should get more specific and rank each of the under grad programs.
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It’s not like US News & World Report ranks them every year or anything.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
because schools that don’t offer masters programs are often awesome at undergrad
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 9:37 AM PST up reply actions
well
it used to be, its still a lot cheaper though but UC tuition has doubled in the last 8 years
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I'm pretty sure they haven't doubled
they aren’t actually affected by the budget issues nearly as strongly as state schools I would imagine.
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Josie or BH will clear this up shortly
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USC IIRC was around 35k 10 years ago, now around 40k
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
looks like USC is 40k a year?
and UC tuition used to be about 8k, now its closer to 15k. I think USC tuition was around 40k 8 years ago.
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So a four year grad pays 60 at a UC while 160 at USC. UC folk need to stop whining.
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bus fare doubling affects the riders more than plane tickets going up 15%
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
i think this is a very good analogy
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 9:36 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
UCLA is a “safe school” for those Californians applying to Stanford, the Ivys, and probably the Claremont colleges.
UCLA is probably “better” than Pitzer or Scripps. UCLA has 10x the students of Pomona, CMC and Harvey Mudd. It is not a safety school for those. People who are interested in small liberal arts colleges are not by and large looking at major universities as their safeties.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
My nephew is a freshman at Harvey Mudd. His two top choices were HM and Cal Tech. UCLA was his safety school.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Or because they have this recruiting video
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
If Hairston is not the perfect bench player I’m not sure what it would be. Can play everywhere and do it well. Can pinch run. Can “hit” either LH or RH pitching.
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That said his contract is ridiculous
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Jamey Carrol totally warped our perspective on what a backup infielder should be.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 8:44 AM PST up reply actions
In order to avoid a discrimination lawsuit
I urge you to make the 2 softball teams Team A and Team 1
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You're WHITE?!?!?!
That’s going to rank up there with finding out Xeifrank is white.
I will not explain my reasoning because it’ll break some kind of rule, written or unspoken.
do you not see my pic? yes im white, all american, tall, blonde hair, blue eyes, im as white boy as they come, on the outside…
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
I feel more ethnic then I do white. Thats what happens growing up on the streets of Reseda son haha
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
Not that Reseda boy!
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
There’s a freeway running through the yard.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
That lyrics meets one of Humma’s rules. There are no freeways within the borders of Reseda. The 101 does run through the hoity-toity communities of Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Encino and Tarzana though.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Reseda Blvd is an off-ramp too of course. (Maddz and) I went to middle school in Tarzana, just off Reseda.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
SOCE, yes? Was it SOCE when you were there?
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
Portola. SOCES is just on the other side of the 101, I think.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Right.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
my exact thought.
that was kind of a weird thing to throw in there.
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
lol, no, ok, I fucked up… I didnt mean it the way it sounds, but yeah, im white.
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
How about if we just give everybody trophies before any games, just to soothe fractured egos? Then we can go get pizza and cokes.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Will the trophies...
…feature a female or male figure?
…be blue or red?
…be Tebowing?
"rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength"...Eric Hoffer
right? I think some here have gotten so obsessed with winning, that they forgot whats important! Which is friendship, and fun. As soon as you ask you friends to be on a B team because they arent good enough, you’ve already lost!
oh no you might be on a team of friends instead of a team of friends
wait whats the problem again?
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You're going to be on the team full of Mods so they can watch over you :P
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I’d rather be on the B team. Less pressure.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
but if the A team wins
You can light up a cigar and say, “I love it when a gameplan comes together.”
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 9:18 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
the big question is
Which team will Tommy Blackjack be on :)
More like will Tommy Blackjack ever come to any event
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Nice write-up
I think he’ll be a valuable play-everywhere guy for us. He seems like a good piece on a championship-level team, but with us he’ll probably force his way into the lineup more than we’d like based on the Reg Principle of the rest of our infield sucking.
Awesome…and from the Stephen Bros’ hometown no less.
by KellyStephen on Feb 15, 2012 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
I was disappointed; I expected when I clicked on that video to see an unauthorized recording of our family reunion basketball games.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
Random
I spontaneously picked up a baseball preview mag at the market yesterday. I chose Athlon because it’s the one I seem to get these days. It’s very good. Their team write-ups are thorough and well-researched. I haven’t looked ahead to where they picked the Dodgers, but I did see Texas over Philly for all the marbles.
My bold prediction:
Phils don’t even make the playoffs.
doing my best Eric Stephen impression:
The only team to play in three consecutive World Series and lose at least two of them was…..
(of course)
The Yankees – won in 1962 and then lost in 1963 and 1964
by stevesaxaphone on Feb 15, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
and the 1921-1923 Yankees! and 1911-1913 Giants (lost all three!).
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
damnit. i should've not been so lazy and kept going back.
at least the three teams to have done that are the Giants & the Yankees. something fun for us dodgers fans.
by stevesaxaphone on Feb 15, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
.275/.330/.370, 120 games,
about 430 PA
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Feb 15, 2012 9:01 AM PST via Android app reply actions
I'm going low so I become really happy when he beats this.
.265/.312/.367
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i would be completely ok if hairston achieved those numbers
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 9:18 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
I'm hoping for around a .350 OBP and whatever the hell else
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If Jerry Hairston plays more than Jerry Sands this season I'll be unhappy, but otherwise don't care that much, and think...
he could be Jamey Carroll-like indeed. I’m ok with Dodgers signing Ellis and Hairston but wish they hadn’t pointlessly also signed Kennedy. Oh well. Anyway, no predictions from me…
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Who didn't see this coming? Man Suffers Cardiac Arrest While Eating ‘Triple Bypass Burger’ at Heart Attack Grill
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All that matters
Did they comp him the burger?
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If he was over 350 they did.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
Basically, though it's pretty sick.
They’re giving both food and health a bad name.
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Is it?
are they? I mean if you ate that on a regular basis you are a fool, but who doesn’t sometimes want to do something extreme and stupid and have a little tongue in cheek fun while doing it?
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I guess, i mean if you are, say, otherwise healthy and go there once as a dare kind of thing. "I hate this crazy ass burger in Vegas!"
but there are obviously people going there who should no longer be eating that food at all. America is collectively unhealthy, so a place like this just looks worse when compounded with our general health, is my larger point.
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ate, not hate.
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This isn’t the first guy this place has killed.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
yeah i was trying to remember, didn't another incident like this happen there before?
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575 pound spokesman died last year.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
The cause of death is currently unknown, but friends are speculating that it was the result of his contracting pneumonia after a bout with the flu.
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all that thesaurus packed in that head, protected by your hair halo which also functions as an antenna to receive alien transmissions, and that’s what you come up with?
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
The guy is 300 pounds over weight and dies at age 29 and it was because of the flu?
I have my doubts.
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I’m mostly impressed at how they even get a burger up to 6000 calories. Ridiculous burgers in the “we start with a pound of ground beef, add six slices of thick cheddar cheese, throw on some applewood smoked bacon, add half a pound of our famous in house cooked pastrami and top it all off with a fried egg” vein end up somewhere in the 3K range. 6K is just intentionally trying to kill you.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
X
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by nolander on Feb 15, 2012 9:32 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
whatever makes you happy Kobe
Another come-from-behind victory for Kobe Bryant … sucking face with the woman who has now taken all of his homes, Vanessa Bryant … and now TMZ can confirm the two are working on a reconciliation.
Buy her another 1 Million dollar ring Kobe, that worked last time. You married a whore, I’m sure she has a price.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
She is going to be filthy rich if she wants
she isn’t going back to him for money.
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attention
Big gap from Mrs Kobe to Mrs ex-Kobe
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
I used to work out with Fee Waybill years after The Tubes were a thing
trippy guy
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
Now that was an erotic song the first time I heard it.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
And the song they wrote with uschris in mind
White Punks On Dope. Video features Fee in his Quay Lewd persona. Clearly an inspiration for Lady Gaga.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
I saw them
at Cal Poly Pomona a long time ago. They wee not memorable
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Yes
I think that was during my acid period
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?
For some reason, one time at lunch in HS, some local band was allowed to play in the “quad” area. They played White Punks On Dope and during the song produced a giant “joint”, that seemed to be made of butcher paper stuffed with lawn clippings. At the time we thought it hilarious.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
Sounds like my high school
Monrovia 69 – 73. There were really no rules and we could attend or not attend classes as we saw fit. I used to hang out in the smoking area with a vice principal
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?
There were at least 3
instances of teachers marrying students in the senior class ahead of mine.
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?
No one left behind was not a rule at the time
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
more like no behind left alone
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
She realized 180 Million and being nothing but an ExKobe was not as appealing to all of it and still being Kobe wife. Once you divorce the star your star diminishes to the point of going black hole.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
It can never be a positive reason, can it?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 10:02 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Sure the reality is they are probably doing it for the kids.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
they found that being apart is harder than being together
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
thank you for accepting the possibility
You may now return to your hate-hole. I know the light burns you out here. :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 10:06 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
You never leave the hate-hole
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 10:09 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I acknowledge that Phil and I have been huge pains in the asses now that the Clippers are better than the Lakers.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
Well… the old saying “act like you’ve been there before” doesn’t really apply, so just enjoy your moment :)
The Dodgers were good twice! (assuming you count 2008 when they were average at best most of the year)
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
just noticed yesterday
They both have the same number of wins (17), but the Lakers have 3 more losses since they’ve played more games. I thought the Clips had more wins.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 10:17 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
until the Clips have a banner to hang (any banner’ll do) it’s difficult to claim they are better than the Lakers
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McADOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
So until they have past accomplishments, it’s hard to claim they are better than the Lakers in the present.
Got it.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
You can claim it all you want, but there really isn’t enough separation in the standings at this point for that to be anything other than Fanboy at this point. Give it another month. :)
3 games in the loss column is pretty significant.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
I think we are fairly even myself.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
Guess that is why the Dodgers are better then the Angels headed into 2012. Those 88, 81, 65, 63, 59 champions loom large over todays team
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
No, but after all thats happened in the past, now you have a better record after less then 30 games and you’re better now… ok
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
Dodgers have a storied history but nothing much to show for the last 23 years…
Angels have been Champs and contenders for a long time now (and they have the rally monkey).
Clippers?…Crickets as far as accomplishments
"rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength"...Eric Hoffer
It’s still irrelevant.
The two teams in the NBA finals last year were the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks? How storied are those histories? They had good players and therefore won a lot of basketball games. It’s really that simple.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
Heat…Finals, Banner Hanging
Mavericks…Banner Hanging
Clippers…hopeful
"rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength"...Eric Hoffer
You’re nitpicking. The Mavericks did not have a banner going into the playoffs and yet somehow still managed to win. Miami (while having a ring in a box) has an equally terrible history until they hit the draft lotto and picked up an established star (sound familiar?)
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
Dallas had a Western Conference champs banner,
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Okay, I don’t think any Clipper fan argue that. But the main point is that you were using the history of the storied Laker franchise to say we can’t say we are as good if not better then the current iteration of the Purple and Gold.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
You can hang on to the great past, we (Mike and I) will focus on the present and future. The one that includes the two best young players in the city.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
well lets do it then baby… series is at 1-1 right now… Lets see what moves these teams make between now and March 15 and lets see…. hopefully we do play eachother in the playoffs.
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
So 30 games was too insignifcant of a sample size for you, but comparing the 2 games head to head is not a problem?
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
Look, my honest opinion right now is Clippers do have a better team, especially if they end up landing JR Smith. But Lakers can still do things from now til March 15th, maybe even after, so if Clippers being up 3 games in the loss column after 27 games or so, then cool. But saying you guys have been a pain in our ass? Shit, ya’ll dont even know how to be a pain in the ass yet. Clippers fans can say whatever they want, its cool with me. This isnt the 1st time the Clippers have had their day in the sun, were the better team, only for that shit to get dark real quick.
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
But saying you guys have been a pain in our ass?
no one has said that here.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Mike did
I acknowledge that Phil and I have been huge pains in the asses now that the Clippers are better than the Lakers.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
True, but he was talking about us not about the Clippers.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
I said it. I said it as a joke, but I didn say it.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
Ah, I can’t reply to Eric so I will do it here. USCChris does think we have been a pain in the ass yet. I say we can be.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
nah man, you guys are just learning. Its takes alot of success to master the craft of being an arrogant cocky asshole.
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Nolander and Maddz think I’ve mastered it
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Chris is more playful
Maddz is a tiger and tigers play too rough
Nolander is a teddy bear
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
If your storied Lakers hadn’t choked against the Suns we’d have already done that dance:)
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
yeah I know…. Shit hurt man…. I really want to see a Lakers vs Clippers series, would be alot of fun.
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
What does history have to do with the present when one is discussing the current state?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
History means NOTHING during the season
As a Lakers fan, I’m glad the Clippers are doing well during a Lakers down-year. I can’t imagine a stronger impetus to improve than having your roommate grab all the headlines, priming itself for a deep playoff run. The Lakers have rarely wallowed in mediocrity for an extended period of time, but now more than ever, the front office has to see that the status quo is unacceptable to the fan base.
All this talk about the Lakers history is great for trivia shows and offseason banter, but it’s akin to Britain and France’s claim to geopolitical relevance because of the Victorian Age and Napoleon.
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by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
phil just wants to rile folk up and forgot to switch accounts
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so thats all it is? he switches names when he wants to F with people more then usual? I thought maybe it had something to do with which computer he was using, or work/home. idk.
Third behind Kemp and Ethier?
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
You’re counting Albuquerque?
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
Dodger PR
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Can Ned even see over the sink?
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Feb 15, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Timothy Leary’s Dead.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
He’s on the outside, looking in.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
by iiidown on Feb 15, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Saw them live in Long Beach in 1981
Hell of a show.
by The Dude Abides on Feb 15, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
I called him. He couldn’t help me either.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
That because
while you were trying to tune in, the call dropped out
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
TBLA Fantasy Baseball Mountain Edition (Or TBLA:FBME which looks like something a teenager would text to ask someone to be their Facebook friend) is full. And it is 14 players because I screwed up. So someone is getting Jerry Hairston. As a starter.
Cool, more teams the better. Since you only went with one catcher and 3 outfielders it should not be so bad
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
14 teams will be interesting
involves a bit more strategy and forces people to dig for gems
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
That sounds like a lot of fun actually. Really tough fantasy league. I now wish I had signed up.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
These are the Dodgers main pinch hitters the last 5 seasons
Let’s see:
2007: Saenz – 92 G .191/.295/.345 65 OPS+
2008: Sweeney – 98 G .130/.250/.163 13 OPS+
2009: Loretta – 107 G .232/.309/.276 59 OPS+
2010: Garrett Anderson – 80 G .181/.204/.286 29 OPS+
2011: Aaron Miles/Dioner Navarro – 136 G .275/.314/.346 84 OPS+ / 64 G .193/.276/.324 67 OPS+
I might not even put Miles as a pinch hitting option with how many games he played/started. This team has not had a good (or anywhere near decent) main pinch hitter off the bench since Saenz freaking mashed in 2006 slugging over .530 in 100+ games. We are really paying for that season.
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Dioner Navarro was 10th on the team in pinch-hitting PA (11; which was 11 too many) in 2011. Trent Oeltjen was first with 31 PA (.167/.286/.208), but the next two were good as PH (Gwynn, .333/.407/.458 in 27 PA, and Miles .438/.444/.438 in 18 PA).
Ronnie Belliard was second to GA in PH PA in 2010 (45 to 52) and was especially awful: 7 for 41, .171/.222/.220
Loretta had 66 PA as a PH in 2009, but Juan Pierre was awesome in his 51 PA (.326/.396/.419)
Sweeney was everyday Mark in 2008 with 92 PA as a PH, but Delwyn Young was .292/.393/.333 in 58 PA as a pinch hitter.
Saenz had 75 PA as a PH in 2007, but Boom Boom was terrific, hitting .320/.485/.760 with 2 doubles and 3 HR in 33 PA.
Dodgers pinch hitters overall…
2011: 90 sOPS+ (11th in NL)
2010: 72 sOPS+ (16th)
2009: 107 sOPS+ (7th)
2008: 90 sOPS+ (12th)
2007: 123 sOPS+ (5th)
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
Oh ok
I guess I should have said main bench/utility player. It’s good to see the pinch hitting wasn’t as bad as I thought, though the last 2 years sucked.
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Dave Hansen, player-coach. Make it happen!
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Crazy TCU drug scandal
12 students arrested, including 4 football players (1 All american). All kicked off the team.
TCU coach Gary Patterson: “As I heard the news this morning, I was first shocked, then hurt and now I’m mad.”"
by Julio Nievas on Feb 15, 2012 10:08 AM PST via mobile reply actions
apparently they were selling…..to teammates
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
In other words nothing different than any other campus except these guys were dumb enough to get caught.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
The drugs being sold, including in hand-to-hand transactions to undercover officers, included marijuana, cocaine, acid, ecstacy and prescription drugs, McGee said.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/02/15/3736441/many-current-tcu-students-arrested.html#storylink=cpy
by Julio Nievas on Feb 15, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
“Why didn’t I go to TCU?” -Hris
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
haha, nah man, I can get whatever they get right here, and cheaper too…. but can I ask, whats up with this Hris? I just wanna know lol
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
Aren’t you USC Hris?
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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ha ha
I never noticed that until now
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I think its been talked about before
but what do I know
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probably the late crew
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no one noticed me calling him "hris" before?
well, i may have only done it here once or twice.
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He’s got bargaining, depression and acceptance still to come. (I lump “hurt” and “mad” as anger.)
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
Boring mostly.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
that makes sense, perfect place to smuggle drugs to
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
Is there even a supermarket on the island? How about real restaurants (not those hole in the walls that tourists go to)?
by silverwidow on Feb 15, 2012 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
seeing a bunch of little restaurants, a catholic church, country club, but no supermarket. Liquor store though
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
there is a Von's there
or a Ralph’s or one of the big supermarket brands. not a huge store, but it’s there
by Brandon Lennox on Feb 15, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
still got a mini-golf course there
but they renovated it so it’s all new now. still fun
by Brandon Lennox on Feb 15, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
How about real restaurants (not those hole in the walls that tourists go to)?
In many cases, hole in the walls are real restaurants. Lest we open up the chain restaurant bashing again…
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, as long as there is beer, chips and salsa, and tacos, its all good man.
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
On the mainland, sure. Not really at Catalina.
by silverwidow on Feb 15, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
If I could buy and live in Wrigley mansion that would be cool
otherwise boring
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What do you do right now with your life that you could not do on Catalina?
Play video games – Check
Watch TV- Check
Blog – Check
Walk Dogs – Check
Play with Dogs – check
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:41 AM PST up reply actions
Vons (and they deliver)
Post Office (and they don’t deliver)
19 bars
"rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength"...Eric Hoffer
Yeah, this question was specific to Nolander
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
be a software engineer
see my friends with ease
see my family with ease
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SWEET!! Is that on tuesdays? hmm, you just gave me a great idea… only thing better then Taco Tuesdays is Topless Taco Tuesdays!!
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Drive to work?
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?
being a software engineer means telecommuting is an option compared to most. My friend works for Investors Daily based in Culver City but has telecommuted from KC for the last four years
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
yeah finding a new job that lets me do that will be so easy
I actually like the job I have now anyhow
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Well none of that is the point. You said it would be boring. You are already boring, nothing would really change related to that.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:53 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
me being boring is irrelevant to this conversation
me being bored is what is at stake. Should I copy paste the rest of my comment above? Nah you’ll just ignore that too, because you are LAME!
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This is getting out of hand
“Boring” is bad enough
but now you’re playing the “LAME” card
"rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength"...Eric Hoffer
Making fun of my limp is a low blow
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
The equivalent of calling deaf dudes Dummy.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
way to breath
No Breath
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 11:49 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I’d assume if I lived on Catalina I’d own a sailing boat, a dive boat, a ski boat, a kayak, and a yellow submarine.
I’d be as happy as a pig in mud.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
Boats and Ho’s
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 11:47 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Paddle them both.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
The beauty of my quoting
is normally half of it will be wrong
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The nina, The Pinta, the Santa Maria, ill do you on the bottom while your drinkin Sangria!!
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Hairston
.255/.321/.370
345 PA
In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened
Kinko’s guy by Alabama didn’t even blink at that request.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
That guy should pay royalties to Marty Feldman.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions
Normally I'm all against narcissism these days but that bug-eyed dude rocks
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One of my relatives dunking there.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
DT Rules!
Ok, I decide to take a peek into the darkside and I checked out the TBLA blog yesterday. To my surprise, I find out that you guys have been talking about me! I thank my few defenders, but I think I need to speak up for myself. I’m tired of the liberal media elite and their gotcha questions! I was not expecting to be questioned about the DT site and was momentarily tongue tied. If I was given enough time to answer, I would have come up with at least 3 or so of the rules: Thank you for not: 1. using profanity 2. making the same point over and over again and 3. um, uh, umm I can’t think of the third one….
I realize this is close rule 5 violation, but I’m posting it anyway
by 75Dodger on Feb 15, 2012 10:38 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
RINGER
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
I’m tired of the liberal media elite and their gotcha questions!
woo hoo I’m now part of the Liberal Media Elite. Wait until I tell my wife.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
She’s posted here. Now she has to play for us next time!
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
No worries, as I mentioned on DT, my Japanese genes require that I stay on the same team until my contract expires.
How about a combo DT / TBLA over 40 Team (assuming you are over 40, I hope I did not just place my foot in my mouth but it is a daily ritual)?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
Nope, I’m 39 (though I’ve been stuck at that age for several years now).
by 75Dodger on Feb 15, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
tread lightly, the more you innocently post here, the harder it is to leave. TBLA is like quicksand, we have trapped many a DT regular here and while they yearn to return to DT, the holy hell these people are idiots force is a strong one to leave.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:02 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
then you saw our poor grammar and said
“No, this will not do”
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 11:54 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
twice
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
where? at one of the one hour photo stores all over the la area? : )
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
the comma saved grandpa!
“Let’s go eat, Grandpa.”
by ishXdavid on Feb 15, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
No, it ain’t.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
However, sentences sound more pretentious when started with however.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t anything about grammar but Phil and Meercat have been called a double negative
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
Nonetheless, people use words like that all the time.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Usually, it’s when trying to make a point in an academic paper. However is academic prestidigitation.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Absolutely, but what about the children?
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
So modest
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 12:43 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Quite a proposal.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
this comment made my brain make the connection
I never did read the excerpt from the book I was supposed to in US History, but the description of the book left quite the impression
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
you should swiftly amend that issue.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
but I need to read hunger games and the last 4 fire and ice books
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Hunger Games is a quick read
and fun from my ancient history perspective
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
SEE!!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 11:58 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
"...And such small portions."
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Unless they post you
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 10:58 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Maybe we can work a trade.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
mary mary oh contrary
but I had the same thought at first
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Thought it was then I realized his username would be JOSH MACCIELLO
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
And he would have posted “when i buy the dodgers we will win lol and i have a billion dollars and a pony and i make movies with woody from cheers lol buddy”
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
If we speak his name one more time he’ll show up ala Beetlejuice.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
to much pressure
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Fortunately, I’m not sore anymore. Maybe playing tonight will help get that residual lactic acid out of your system. Good luck with your game tonight!
You seem really nice. I’m not sure you’d fit in here.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
We all started out nice. I can remember when Eric had a friendly smile with boyish charms, Michael was still opaque not quite white, while David was still young.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
TMI
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
You really don't look 75 at all!
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 was a Dodger in 1975 for the Northside Little League minors team. It was the first year they let girls play. It was also my first time playing organized sports, I had no interest in playing softball then.
See in a span of one hour you have now posted more on TBLA then you have done in the last year of DT. The hook has been set, it is simply a matter of how long it takes to real you in, and hopefully it can be done before the sharks smell the blood in the water.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Oh that's a better story than anything I thought of (namely, was your birth year...
or you love minor league NRI guys in spring training with jersey number 75)
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Hi Mary
Love your profile pic. It is awesoke.
(Good luck catching up on the jargon.)
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
HITNG
Good luck catching up on the jargon.
Awesoke FTMFW
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
What do HITNG and YCTPYDWFPYD mean?
by ishXdavid on Feb 15, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
spy, you can’t take our secrets to DT
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
Liar, anyone who lives here knows our nomenclature. Just admit Jon sent you here as one of those smarmy rodents who live underground, are pink, and no eyes.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
Hmmm
the opposite of GFY would be to stay home and have tons of women stop by for willful servicing?
I don't know HITNG
Hint: the latter refers to trades.
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by Taylor Maricle on Feb 15, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Speaking of Angels better than Dodgers
Angels are televising 18 Cactus League games, compared to 15 for the Dodgers.
Good news for us is that the March 12 Dodgers game at Tempe will be televised on Fox Sports West.
How much do you plan on covering the Angels (for your SBLA duties) this year?
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Considering I got an email this morning saying the Angels have decided to not allow credentials for online only media outlets, closer to zero.
(ignoring for a moment that MLB.com and ESPNLA.com don’t appear in print)
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
Don’t you know the PR dude?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions
I believe they’d say “The MLB Network and ESPN” then drop the mike
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
If I saw Halos Heaven I wouldn’t want anything to do with them either.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
I covered two games in Anaheim last year and I thought it was cool until I looked two seats over and saw a placard for a dude at Bleacher Report.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
8 nicest racks on the girls that shoot T-Shirts into the stands a BR exclusive.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Which reminds me...
I just left a fantasy league because it had too many d-bags in it. One of the guys made the claim that almost all baseball analysis on the internet is BS and that he prefers fun things like “Justin Verlander has a nice moustache; why not draft him?” He then went on to reveal that he has an internship with Bleacher Report this summer and everything just fit so well.
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
"Justin Verlander has a nice moustache; why not draft him?"
This is much better advice than you’ll get on 99% of the Internet.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
Brendan Ryan has a nice moustache and I can think of many reasons not to draft him.
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
I feel like a couple of teams are throwing out the baby with the bathwater, but I guess if you credential one online outlet, you have to credential them all if space allows
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
“Hey if SBN gets in why can’t Jeff from jeffshaloblog.com get in”
“Because you’re worse.” Click.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions
I see no reason why teams can’t selective screen who they grant credentials too.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
I added an “o” to counterbalance Phil’s shortage of them.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
damn you too
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
I imagine it goes something like:
b/R: But we’re featured on LATimes.com, are you saying they’re terrible too?
Sports team: *grumble
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Or “no, don’t be dumb”. Click.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
Dodgers don’t let every Tom, Dick, and Harry Dodger blog have access to the Blogger spot. That is Josh has Blogger Night so he can meet the neerdowells.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
is jeremy lin story closest thing to Kurt Warner since Kurt Warner?
I think it is.
Cut, non-drafted, bench warmer thrust into the spotlight and immediately shines.
I’m just wondering who’s going to play the Mike Martz role…
I saw a tweet today that compared Jeremy Lin to Victor Cruz which makes MUCH more sense than comparing him to Tebow.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
there's undrafted NFL players make it all the time..
and WR isnt near as important as QB or PG on a basketball team.
weird
because victor cruz is a rookie who had a phenomenal season and won a championship. jeremy lin is not a rookie and has had like 6 good games.
by stevesaxaphone on Feb 15, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Actually
He spent 2010 on the practice squad so maybe he is a rookie.
by Mel Gibson's Liver on Feb 15, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions
David Eckstein gets the Baseball role
Not on 40
Rule 5’d
Barely makes team
Never played Ss
Becomes Starting SS
Team Wins World Series
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
Not that year
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
but he’s still the trivia answer to starting SS on World Champion Teams in both leagues
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
He can complicate them himself.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
also – how to coach extremely entertaining teams.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
Clearly he was your inspiration this weekend.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
Lin has a long way to go before even becoming John Starks, let alone Kurt Warner.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Sure, but the start is similar.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
oh for sure, it has been amazing and out of nowhere.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
The out of nowhere is the part that has captured the nations heart.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
The “in New York” part is why the nation can’t shut the F up about it.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
capital of the capital of the capital of the world
or so they tell us
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe,
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
I call overstatement
ask those ladies at work, the brownies babes, see if they know who he is
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
My wife knows thanks to the Today show. And Ellen. So I think that covers most of the female base.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
I’m just shocked that he’s not a Laker because usually when the team is meh, something like that happens. Instead of trading for the best center in basketball (Wilt, Kareem, Shaq) or getting incredible draft year number one’s in Magic or trading used Fords for Worthy’s, or having the smarts to draft Kobe, it would have not been surprising if Lin had made it to the Lakers and kick started the season in to higher ground.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Almost happened
When Lin went undrafted he had offers from the Lakers and the Warriors, choosing the latter.
I think the corner turned when the league said no to Paul.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
Totally agree
The Paul deal would’ve been just another example, such as the ones you provided, of the Lakers being on the lucky side of history. There are a lot of free agent and draft busts that cripple franchises for a decade, and the Lakers have been lucky to have everything magically fall into place. Personally, the NBA nixing the Paul deal was shocking because it was a deal that the Lakers have historically made.
It is good for the NBA to have the Knicks relevant again.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
So Bill Simmons tells me
its not like they mostly have not sucked
they suck, so what
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
shitty teams in the big apple are bad for all sports.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
NBA popularity was at an all-time high last year, and people were fascinated by a playoff series involving teams from Memphis and Oklahoma City.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
You are honestly going to tell me that the rating would be higher for a Thunder / Memphis championship series then for Knicks / LA?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
If you want facts, the Grizzlies and Thunder can’t play each other in the finals. So there!
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
1) No
2) As a sports fan, I couldn’t care less about the ratings. It’s not like they’re going to cancel the World Series or NBA finals due to low ratings.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
I could add here that the NBA, NFL or MLB don't really market to anyone
who participates in blogs like this one. They have you.
by bhsportsguy on Feb 15, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Now if Jeremy Lin
gets someone like meercat’s wife to want to watch a game, that is what they are looking for.
by bhsportsguy on Feb 15, 2012 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
many games
one is cool, many is the goal
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
they have succeeded
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
not to mention the island of Kuo
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
bummer that the Lakers already played them and the Clips don’t have them on the schedule this year.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
just not at home
Final game of the regular season is Clips at MSG on April 25.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
That does not help me sell any tickets
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Shockingly I had five Laker games up for sale that no one was touching. Yesterday I sold three of them in a span of two hours.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
ok
You get coffee
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 12:14 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
David Stern needs to go out like Frank Pentangeli.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
Frankie five angels to us in the family
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Heh
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 12:16 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Yep
The Lin family was told that the Lakers were planning to select Jeremy with the #58 pick, but then nobody selected Derrick Caracter, and the Lakers took him instead of Lin. Then when Lin tore up the summer league, the Lakers offered him a one-year, non-guaranteed deal at minimum salary, but the Warriors offered him two years, partially guaranteed, and the Lakers declined to match, because they’re loaded at point guard with Steve Blake and Derek Fisher.
by The Dude Abides on Feb 15, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
I cannot, not laugh
because they’re loaded at point guard with Steve Blake and Derek Fisher.
Kupchak had a good run, but I can’t help but feel Jim Buss stuck his nose in here because he thinks he knows basketball
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I also suspect that Kupchak wanted to let Lamar cool off for awhile
But Jim Buss told Mitch to ship Lamar out. I’m also stunned that they re-signed Fisher to a three-year deal, when one year at a higher salary than Miami was offering would have sufficed. They had to know that Phil was leaving soon and the triangle might go away, thus rendering Fisher completely ineffective on offense (he already had been completely ineffective on defense for several years). My guess there is that Mitch was expecting to keep continuity and hire Brian Shaw, and now that Jim Buss insisted on Mike Brown (ugh), we’re stuck with an ancient Fish.
by The Dude Abides on Feb 15, 2012 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
Latest rumor is that JR Smith may sign with the Lakers after having a conversation with him last night
by Julio Nievas on Feb 15, 2012 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
That would be a pleasant surprise
But then the minutes of our fourth best offensive player would be cut down to zero, unless they decide to start Blake and let Goudelock be the backup PG.
by The Dude Abides on Feb 15, 2012 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know
but I do know I want to buy Jeremy Linoleum
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?
That’s not bad.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
espn
compared it to fernandomania which is insane.
by stevesaxaphone on Feb 15, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
Sometimes they itch?
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
RLOL
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Not LMIAO?
"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 15, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
We are the dark side. How cool is that?
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our softball colors should be black over black
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Our thought our Black and Blue worked very well
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Where the Dodger Dogs Are Always Burned
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
last time I saw those girls they cleaned me out of singles
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions
Aw man, the new fantasy sports money leagues for Yahoo are only public leagues, I was hoping to get a private league going for the 20 dollar buy in.
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Well when you are busy calculating the odds of a win from Derek Lowe or AJ Burnett
we may be taking money from you.
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How would that be a way to launder money
Or rather, it’s such a low amount that it can’t really be that big of a concern, can it?
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if you leave the money in your jeans and put them in the washing machine.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
I can still remember
doing laundry before packing for a trip to Vegas. I went down to the laundry room to check on it, opened the washer and saw a bunch of $100 bills floating around because I left my gambling money in my pants
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?
Every damn day I come to work and say I’m not going to post anything today and every damn day you all make it hard to fulfill that promise. Damn you all to hell and back.
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I love myself a little better when I avoid during the workday and hate myself a little more when I don’t
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 11:49 AM PST up reply actions
I feel you man…. sometimes I go home, get faded, and start thinking man, I need to chill on the TBLA some, it takes up alot of my 8 hour day…. but then I come to work the next day and I open up TBLA before I do my work email.
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
If that doesn’t say B team cornerstone then I just don’t know what does
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
So the wife and I fly to India on the morn
Do you think she’d mind if I downloaded the SI Swimsuit app to her iPad?
have fun
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
that Alex Morgan is one sexy soccer player
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
I thought
She was traveling separately
by bhsportsguy on Feb 15, 2012 12:23 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
just on the return
Our upgrades just cleared too. Stoked.
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Have fun
whatever happens in Mumbai, stays in Mumbai
by bhsportsguy on Feb 15, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
Just a little secret between you
and 15 million* other folks.
*guess-timated. I have no idea what the actual population of Mumbai is, outside of “large”.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
i wouldn't be surprised if the pop is actually pretty small
seems like an expensive place to live
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It’s incredibly expensive, as expensive as any city in the world, including places like NYC and Hong Kong
It is the most crowded place I have ever been to
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
I was thinking of Dubai
I know next to nothing about Mumbai
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I googled most expensive cities and found this
Mumbai is the world’s least expensive city
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
I should say – property is expensive
food and other things, can be affordable
though a glass of scotch will set you back 36 bucks
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
the billion poor are happy to drink urine
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yep
it does take a certain amount of numbness not to reach out of your car and pull the street urchins in
the first time there it made me cry, now like most, I hardly see it
I’ll file this under
sad, but true things about yourself
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Probably closer to 20M these days
Australia has few people than Mumbai, yet Australia is larger than India in land mass
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Abbey Road photo outtakes
http://laughingsquid.com/the-beatles-abbey-road-photo-shoot-outtakes/
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not quite
The Walrus
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 12:29 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
All Hail Lennon and Marx
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Lenin with the bad ass facial hair at a time when the U.S. presidents had given up the hirsute practice.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
wow. this koke doesn’t even make sense but it’s really really really funny.
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 3:27 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Gotta go back to Taft, right?
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
Taft was post Teddy.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
Huh, would you look at that. Then yeah Taft.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
George looking kinda Charlie Manson there.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Ringo is the only one looks sharp there
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
Paul is the only one with his right foot forward. That means he was dead.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
I guess the Knicks are the best
KWright44: The cheapest ticket for the Knicks game tonight $88. The cheapest ticket for the nets game is $0.01.
per Molly Knight, the NY Post has a Lin pun to top (bottom?) them all
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
He still is! Strangely enough, our masthead is at the foot of the page.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Takes an act of God for Eric to remove someone from the Masthead.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
Boy that Jeremy Lin sure has Seoul. He’s definitely Peking at the right time.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Are you aboard the Lin bandwagon? Ye Siam
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
I’m wishing a lot of VioLince on the Post headline writers.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
some crackpot told me Pad Thai isn’t from Siam but instead PF Changs
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
she must be sexy and an On-Base percentage machine
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
and catches every popup that comes her way.
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by David Young on Feb 15, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Time Warner to start popular package where you receive no Nets games.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
there were times last year you could get admission to DS for a penny
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
seriously? shit who would even sell tickets for a penny? might as well give them away, or throw them away. whats a penny gonna do?
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
that is simply the beginning EBAY price.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
oh, that makes more sense, so its a bid starting at a penny and not just a straight penny per ticket? (before fees and taxes)
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Yes
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
also the price on Stubhub, before fees and taxes
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
Well that's not entirely true
with the service charges and delivery cost
by bhsportsguy on Feb 15, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
You’d find one on Catalina:)
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Is that where they keep the Hardon Collider?
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
I said "Super Collider, I just met her."
Then I built a super collider.
/futurama
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I always wanted to use a hyperbaric chamber but was not keen on getting the bends to make it happen. It was nice knowing when diving the channel islands that the chamber was close by. I’ve often wondered how often it gets used? Can you find out Josie? You are so good at that
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
I was lucky enough to get to go in a hyperbaric chamber when I took a diving class at UC Davis (yes the “cow college”). It was a blast! Our dive instructor said he had students begging him to let them go again!
(Super nerdy joke warning)
If you were a little more eccentric, you’d be functionally rational.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Manning possibly had a 4th surgery and will also possibly need another surgery in the future even if he plays next year
SI.com has learned from NFL sources that Manning actually underwent a fourth, unreported, medical procedure in the past two years, not three as has been widely known.
the Colts organization is under the belief that it is nearly inevitable Manning will at some point require further surgery, and possibly another fusion procedure, even if he does successfully return to the field in 2012.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/don_banks/02/15/peyton/index.html#ixzz1mUBi5toq
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if true the chances of the colts not cutting don't sound good
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dude, Peyton is a gangsta, took 4 surgeries to the neck and still going strong.
by uschris0304 on Feb 15, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
He’s fusing, so he’s not lying to us
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by meercatjohn on Feb 15, 2012 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
Eric / Brandon – do we have the timeline for when the 11 – 20 and 0 – 10 prospect lists are going to be posted. Might help with some of the community profiles.
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I think it’s Thursday-Tuesday-Thursday
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Is Johan Hill going to play Lin in the movie?
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Heh. Knowing Hollywood though, they'd probably get an actor of a different Asian background
to play him, i.e. Japanese or something. (A la John Cho playing Sulu.)
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yep, at first I thought weight was just going to his hair and beard, but now
he looks a bit blimpier. Maybe he wants to be funny again! Chubby is funny!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Don't you mean "weightist"?
But seriously, I wonder if he put the pounds back on purpose, rather than it just happening.
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Buffalo Wild Wings
Opening this Sunday in Pasadena, bitches! Come for a silverwidow meet-n-greet! I’ll be signing from Noon-2.
NBA on ABC Sunday
Dallas at New York, 10am
Orlando at Miami, 12:30pm
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 2:08 PM PST up reply actions
CBS will be showing golf, I assume. NBC, some olympic sport. Fox will have I love Lucy!
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
nahuh
Cal wins, I want you to ship me Oregon’s finest microbrew
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
Kinbote lives in Oregon?
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No way DT can compete with the total quantity of topics discussed on TBLA on any given day.
(Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
I imagine Jon is okay with that
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I’m sure y’all sent Mary running back to the safe clutches of DT
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yeah it wasn't the creepy dude telling her she is doomed
to burn in hell tbla forever now that she started posting here
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We didn’t invent but this place goes places no one has ever wanted to go
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"I told you I'd take you places, I just never said they were places you would want to go"
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This place is like an addicting reality show that you know you shouldn’t be watching, but you do anyway. DT is more like NPR (or PBS if you want to stay with a TV theme), interesting, informative, and classy
by 75Dodger on Feb 15, 2012 1:19 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I do enjoy PBS, they have animal shows!
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
and British shows
Like “Do Shut Up!” and “Shut Your Gobb”
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 1:24 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
If you watch even one second of PBS and don’t contribute you’re a thief. A common thief!
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
if you donate now
You can choose between our famous tote bag, or this umbrella featuring a picture of our famous tote bag.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 1:27 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
That’s where I used to watch British soccer …er football.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
PBS: The Brits are better at this that US.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
and while our comments may be a reality show, out CONTENT is interesting, informative, and classy, thank you very much.
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You missed DT after dark
Where aside from random cursing, it was pretty basic cable, perhaps not Cinemax but beyond USA Network
Yes, of course. I enjoyed it as a staple then, and have spent the past three years regretting that it’s gone. The thinking that somehow it didn’t exist only twists the knife.
don’t worry, I don’t think Bobert was a DT regular
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
Nah, never heard of it before posting on here
This was my first real Dodger blog.
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Toaster time was the best of times, but many here never even heard of the Toaster, it is like the 88 Championship, they can only dream they lived during those times
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FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Lifechanging.
by JonWeisman on Feb 15, 2012 1:42 PM PST up reply actions 7 recs
YES
Now Jon will never leave
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personally, my worldview is now shattered
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
At 1:44 PCT, the world changed
when Jon Weisman let his hair down
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this is worse (better?) than Vin and “bullshit”
I am ruined (or freed?)
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
YES!!!!!! thats now 2 items off my bucket list within an hour, SWEET!!! Im going to print and frame this. Before thanking myself, id like to thank God for allowing this moment to happen, without him, none of this is possible.
what ever the dosage is today
mark it down and replicate
you are well on your way to winning the Noble prize in blog commenting
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
and it was the blurst of times...
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I have no idea -- who is this nick underdog of whom you speak?
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And we can retire "craigunderdog" thankfully since I won't be posting on ESPN
(or at least not for Dodger related stuff)
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Oh, haha, I think that was miscaptioned.
I think someone pointed that out to me even. Whoever captioned that mistakenly put me in that group even though I regrettably wasn’t there.
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I enjoyed looking at those photos on DT Jon… Nice to get a face to go along with who im talking to. And I finally got to see a pic of Btimm!! Cross that off my bucket list.
Cross that off my bucket list.
on fire
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Been in the basement since 5 AM. Sure got surprised when I finally went outside.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
Jorge Soler
Is drawing comparisons to Mike Stanton power-wise
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 1:10 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
19 year old Cuban prospect
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 1:11 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
From who?
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
"Scouts"
Rosenthal wrote a blurb on him
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 1:17 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Blergh.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
lol
I’m sure someone you respect will write about him soon
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 1:20 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Hah. Just really not a fan of anonymous quotes since one scout saying “the next Mike Stanton” gets way more hits than 100 other scouts saying “the next Brad Hawpe”.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
We should give him Prince’s money that we never had
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Just an email from Jon Chapper. Interesting he calls it his Daily Clips
and he has links to papers and blogs. This column was the last link. I’m curious he will try to do this on a daily basis. Jon is our link to the Dodger PR Department.
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This is a kind of crazy situation, emphasis mine
With Yoenis Cespedes now on board, the A’s have ten players — Cespedes, Allen, Ka’aihue, Coco Crisp, Collin Cowgill, Seth Smith, Josh Reddick, Jonny Gomes, Daric Barton, and Chris Carter — competing for five roster spots: first base, DH, and the three outfield positions. The San Francisco Chronicle also says they’re expected to sign Manny Ramirez in the near future, so make that eleven players for five spots (though Manny can’t play until he serves a 50-game suspension).
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/out-of-options-trade-candidates/
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moneyball
1. acquire unathletic 1b/dh/of types
2. ????
3. profit!
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Feb 15, 2012 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
So crazy it... just... might... work!
Or not. Some potentially good hitters in that mix, for sure. But yeah, will be weird and hard to try to mix them all in.
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Seems more like 8 playres competing for 3 spots
or is cespedes going to go to the minors?
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and coco is obviously going to break camp with the team
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Luckily for them Ka’aihue, Cowgill, and Carter blow chunks
Allen and Barton might blow chunks
Gomes might be done
If they end up with Smith, Gomes / Crisp / Cepedes in the OF
Barton at 1st
Manny at DH
they could be the best last place team in baseball, But still in last place
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Kila has very good patience and could still be worth something
Cowgill seems to be a good backup, Carter was a top prospect just 2 years ago so I’d still have some faith.
Allen has very good power, worth giving a shot. Barton has had very good patience and fielding at 1B, so he should definitely be near the top. Gomes is whatever, platoon option possibly.
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4down
The anti-reg
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 1:56 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
It is a good size in that it is easy to hold in one hand even with my relatively small hands.
Doesn’t do as much as my girlfriend’s new iPad, but it does video really well and I can play Words with Friends and look on twitter.
Unfortunately, the SBNation App doesn’t work on it.
its great for what it is
I just didn’t realize how small it was until I saw it in person and it took a bit of hte luster off
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I would love the streaming app on my android phone or another android tablet
as I actually have purchased a lot of content on amazon streaming. alas.
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My friends that have them love them. Then they take them everywhere. Then they get drunk and lose them.
If you’re gonna drink and Kindle Fire make sure you do it in the safety of your own home.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
no one ever cried over losing their paperback copy of The Great Gatsby
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
I got’s one that I have had for a long time
would cry if I lost it
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
oh man I’m gonna watch that movie so hard
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
Is Hollywood just using Entourage for movie ideas?
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
That’s actually happening. Doesn’t Aquaman have the same problem as Night Boat?
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
I haven’t watched that show since early in season 2
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
Depending on how this movie goes
Leo might catapult into my top 3 favorite actors after this one
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lol
He’s close, I just have other, worse actors who I like better ahead right now.
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Mel Gibson, Steve Zahn, Gary Oldman (though he's really good), Alan Rickman (again, really good)
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well thats not terrible
Mel Gibson isn’t active enough to count right now. Rickman isn’t in very much stuff. Goldman is in my top 3 probably maybe
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I love that you called him Goldman, haha
Yeah I suppose they aren’t bad actors, just not as good as Leo, I just appreciate them so much as actors. It’s not really for their current roles, most of my liking of these actors is for their past roles:
Gibson – Lethal Weapon Movies, Payback, The Patriot, , Ransom, etc…
Oldman – New Batman series, Air Force One, Harry Potter series, etc…
Rickman – Dogma, Harry Potter series, etc…
Zahn – National Security, Daddy Day Care, Joy Ride, etc…
Leo is right behind them though.
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Can't be any duller than the 70s attempt at Great Gatsby, which was so dull and lifeless.
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I left my Kindle on a plane weeks ago
Holding out hope against hope that it finds its way back to me
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
Isn’t that the beauty. You lose nothing but the hardware, simply get another kindle and repopulate. You don’t seem like the type of person who gave it a name and talk to it.
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I didn’t give it a name
But I hate wasting money. I don’t mind spending, but hate wasting, so I will wait until I am sure it is gone until I buy another
and I will suffer from lack of books in the meantime, I love to read, which is a just punishment for losing something
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
Won’t you regret this waiting, on the long flight back and forth from India?
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I will miss it terribly and that is the point. Next time I will make sure I take it with me when I get off the plane. The sad part is, I put it down helping a woman get her stuff from the overhead. I know just when and where I placed it.
My wife thinks I am nuts, she was like ready to order me a replacement that night, but I think I deserve a time out for losing it
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
but I think I deserve a time out for losing it
This explains alot
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I’ve had an older kindle for a couple of years and absolutely love it. if you do any sort of travelling and like to read, it’s a necessity.
by KellyStephen on Feb 15, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
I'm reading Chris Jericho's book
Just got to the part where he storms into Vince McMahon’s office and tells him to go fuck himself. Jericho was pissed cause he heard rumors that Vince was going to take the world title off him after like a week. So he’s all expecting to get shit canned after his tirade, but instead Vince gets off on it and tells him that’s the attitude he needs to see in his champ.
To all of the non-wrestling fans (everyone), you can just ignore this. :)
See Jon, shit no one cares about
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jericho's anti-push
with hhh and stephanie was one of the main reasons I quit watching.
that and the necrophilia shit with kane..
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Feb 15, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
yeah there's way too many dumb angles
Right now Natalia has a farting problem…ugh.
Sometimes they actually do the angles right, and when they do it is awesome.
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I got a recap for it, didn't get to watch
But it sounded alright. The Kane-Cena thing took a turn for the “maybe Cena will actually turn heel”, but probably not.
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They all get a piece of their merchandising. Champions have a higher profile and sell more merchandise, so they make more money.
champs
Are the ones who draw fans
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 2:01 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
yup
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 2:04 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I was thinking about how amazingly charasmatic the Rock is and was
I honestly haven’t seen any other wrestler with the ability to do what he does, and be liked by just about everyone. Hell, even if you were a fan of heels and rooted against the Rock, I don’t think it would be easy to not like him.
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I was a fan of the heels (HHH) and easily rooted against the Rock.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
writing that I knew you were the exception
I just can’t get in the mindset of rooting for a hardcore heel like HHH was.
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yeah I remember when he came to the ring with a butler,all of a sudden he was all that… Thats when WCW and Hogan were taking over no?
HHH started off as this weird regal rich character, idk what the hell it was, lol.
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Ya, he started as Hunter Hearst Helmsley and played the blue blood type. He shortened it to HHH, gained about 50 pounds of muscle and was telling the crowd to “suck it” within a year.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
I like the tease. You might invite me. I’ll be actually awaiting the invitation.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
ok
it depends if i ever get my front yard landscaped. i cant find the right guy to do it and i dont want to invite anybody over until it is done
any tips on bush murder?
not sure how best to deal with the roots
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i am an expert in this
you have to use your muscles and a shovel. spend a day digging and cutting. You will have such a sense of accomplishment afterwards.
I was afraid you would say that
at least I have a good strong reticulating saw to work with now
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You can use your own muscle and feel accomplishment, or you can hire someone who can feed his family for a week with the $80 you would pay them so you could spend time with the dogs. Your choice
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none of my neighbors have much foilage
all the stuff outside our back yards is handled by the hoa and the yards aren’t very big. Yet for some reason the crazy lady decided to plant giant bushes all around the fence. Feels so much more open now that some of them have come down.
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previous owner
she did very little to maintain the house over the 30 years she had it, and everything she did do was wrong in some obnoxious way.
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/everysingleepisodeofkingofthehill
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 3:56 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
30 years old or so
good location and good layout, but needs a little elbow grease.
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"condo"
only walls I share are my garage wall is also their garage wall and my bedroom wall is also a wall of their backyard. No one above or below.
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You can’t find a landscaper? In Los Angeles?
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
didn't your mama teach you
not to give away your landscaping to the first bloke who offers?
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I can understand that, if your roses aren’t right, TBLA will light up with gossip.
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i just know he google searched my address yesterday
and that picture is really old BTW! I have painted my house since then!
well shit, everyone is too scared to post a pic of themselves on these blogs… so drastic times call for drastic measures lol… plus it was on DT.
Jon posted my flicker photo’s
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Holy Shit the one game was Jon's 5th anniversary.
That was the Matt Kemp game. Damn those five years went fast.
Mr Eric before he was Mr True Blue LA
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I really do.
I’ll be DVR’ing the Fuel show but I want to make sure I watch the main event before I go to bed tonight. You going somewhere to watch it?
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
Dude is sounding all Biblical
1st Corinthians 13:11 FTMFW
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
Dude you really don't get it
In a movie do you want to be an extra or supporting actor? You want to be the lead actor, which is what being the champion would be.
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well yeah, but he still was a popular wrestler at the time, plus doesnt the title switch hands quite often, or no?
If you want the title to have credibility you want a wrestler to look strong and keep it for a while, like months if possible. If someone is losing the heavyweight title a week after they win it, they really look bad.
Alberto Del Rio won the title twice in 2011, and the way he did it (beating someone after they already did a match and getting a finisher from someone else after) wasn’t strong, and then he lost the title pretty easily so he looked really weak. Now he’s injured but even if he wasn’t he wouldn’t be getting a lot of attention right now.
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That got me to think about boxing…I would probably read a book about Michael Moorer (who I thought lost to Holyfield when I was in high school)
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
that's pretty cool
I hope he wins the Elimination Chamber on sunday, or gets beat by punk so it continues to set up their Wrestlemania showdown.
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Man it's so sweet
If I was rich I would buy a bunch of them just because, lol. So you’re currently watching wrestling, or just following Jericho?
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is the rock still doing wrestlemania? when should i start watching raw to get into the buildup? beginning of next month?
I think he will be on Raw starting like March 13th or something
I’ll give you an update when he’s scheduled.
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Just want you know Josie, I hate wrestling talk 100 times more then Soccer talk
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speaking of basketball
i went to SD for Bash at The beach 98? for the big main event tag match of Karl Malone/Lex Luger vs. Hogan and Rodman. It was electric.
My dad took me to see wrestling twice I believe…. once was Hogan vs Macho King Randy Savage, the other I think was Hogan vs Zeus. I wonder if No Holds Barred is on DVD now, I miss that movie… Rip Em!!!
Suburban Commando was better
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 2:06 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Oh yeah
It is like a coin flip between Nascar and wrestling as the two most irritating things about America
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
don’t and won’t know what that is
I miss most things these days, which isn’t missing much at all
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
Those 2 are?
Man, your perception of America’s problems are just a tad warped :)
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He’s right though. Studies have shown that individuals who enjoy both of those entities account for 83% of our problems.
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lol i'm sure
One day don’t be surprised when i’m stealing your tv.
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now that they gave me a soccer place, you’ll note soccer talk is rarely started by me : )
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
they played awful in venezuela last night (0-0) draw
and there may have been some hurt feelings on the plane and some words said with riquelme and according to twitter all the players side with riquelme. seems like a mini-mutiny.
oh good gracious
Arsenal just lost 4-0 in Milan, and all these folk on twitter are like Wenger should leave the team blah blah blah. These tournaments really seem to make fanbases who have awesome domestic runs hate their lives.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Landon Donovan won Player of the Month for Everton. MLS players are rockin’ it in the EPL right now. I think he’ll go to Everton after his Galaxy contract is up, then maybe the Galaxy go after Clint Dempsy : )
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
Honestly, I wish Landon would just go now. I know it will never happen, but I want to see him play at a higher level.
And I would be surprised if Dempsey doesn’t go to a top-tier team soon.
we’ve seen him play at a higher level, and he’s kicking butt at Everton. You can’t hate on him for sticking with his domestic league.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
Germany was never going to be a fit for him.
Don’t know why his dumb agent didn’t steer him to UK a dozen years ago.
I believe the argument is that because MLS is to soccer as the Mexican league is to baseball, he’s hurting himself not going to the big show, LA be damned.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
Well then whats the point of even starting MLS if we want to see all our best homegrown players go play overseas??
oh bless your heart. That’s the counter-argument, and the one I personally subscribe to.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
who wants to go to Arsenal? They’re the New England Patriots of English Football
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
Using that logic, people who like winning.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
How long ago do you think 2005 was?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
you know how many people have been born since January 2005?
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
Dempsey/Van Persie would be sick though
by Julio Nievas on Feb 15, 2012 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
Landon’s contract expires after this season, Dempsey will be 29
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
so
you are asking for some perspective based on the long history of success and not to focus on what has been at best an inconsistent team featuring a player or two having a great individual season.
yes. this is absolutely what I’m saying.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
Who knew wrestlers could write?
(Or that wrestling fans could read, for that matter?)
by KellyStephen on Feb 15, 2012 1:57 PM PST up reply actions
I doubt
His book is as funny as Foley’s
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 15, 2012 2:00 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Didn't he win the belt off HHH and lose it back to him within 1 episode or Raw once?
That was back when I was watching.
HHH and Stephanie forced the ref to reverse the decision, then fired the ref and beat the shit out of him.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
So
are Mathew and Mary cursed lovers? Can Anna find some happiness in her life? Will the Dowager be rid of Voldermoldt forever?
last I saw his winkie got a twitch. So that’s a good sign.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
Take that shit downton, buddy!
;)
All I know is Shirley MacLaine will be on the 3rd season as whasterface’s mom.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
and that Mary remains as pretty as ever.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
oh man, that is one pretty cast. Sucks the war is over, S3 is gonna be all about everyone having enough to survive and America being awesome
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
interesting that Doctor Who who be acceptable here while Sherlock would be a DT topic, despite both being BBC programmes by the same showrunner.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
speaking of Doctor Who
it’ll be interesting to see where the show goes now that Pond is leaving. They’ve spent the last two series’ convinced she was the most important thing in the world.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
Doctor Who
reminds me of the Wild Wild West, not really a genre I could get into but I recognize that it has a loyal fan base.
and quit hazing me with the superfluous e
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
honest to god I didn’t even realize I did it.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
I might watch if it were named Doctour Who.
(no I wouldn’t)
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
I appreciate the attempt at humour but that’s a superfluous u.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
Just trying to class the place up
Will you bring back an old DT standby on Sunday, the tv show thread?
We could discuss Whitney and P&R
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New Girl has really found it’s voice lately, and is fun to watch
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
yes
personally I think its been pretty great since the 4th or 5th episode. They need a way to highlight that the true stars of the show are the dudes not zooey.
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Sitcom history tells us
that rarely do a group of individuals break out on a show, normally you get one breakout character (Fonzie, Urkel, Alex P. Keaton) who will become the focal point of the show. Now, not seeing an episode of said show, I don’t know if one of the male characters has that within him but if he does, it would not surprise me if future episodes don’t exploit that.
You are right BUT
I feel like the show is missing out on a huge audience because the perception of the show is its all zooey all the time(I’m assuming but probably right on this), when in reality the other characters are what bring me back to the show. I do enjoy her on the show, especially since she seems to be almost playing a parody of the whole manic pixxy girl thing.
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Seinfeld wasn’t always about Jerry. It’s a show that hasn’t finished it’s first season yet, calmate por favor
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
Generally
shows like Seinfeld, MTM, Bob Newhart, Dick Van Dyke are more about the lead’s reactions to the characters around him or her than being all about them.
hm
new girl is kind of the opposite, with zooey being craaaaaaazy with everyone playing off of that and trying to deal with her oddness.
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she keeps the plot moving, I think it works
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
Or Two Broke Girls and Two and a Half Men (which incidentally add up to 4.5 reasons to stab myself with a rusty carrot peeler).
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
more like
two broke girls, one cup
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 3:02 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I hope The Good Wife gets renewed. The Once Upon a Time/Good Wife two hour power block is good TV, though I guess I could switch to watching Downton Abbey live.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t know, I don’t know, I enjoy it a lot
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 15, 2012 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
I just finished episode 3 of Luck. I guess I’m semi-committed to it. The one guy reminds me a lot of Fredo from GF.
i am just 2 episodes in
hard to watch because I need EVERYBODY in the house to be asleep just so i can focus.
If the Dodgers could sign Andre for 3 years and under $40 million, I would do it immediately.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
Yup. I’ve come around on this too. The team will be worse if Etheir is not a Dodger next season
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
Well, I just wrote an article yesterday, so I’ll have to recharge my batteries. That takes about a month.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
Considering the market
I would agree with this idea and I like the idea of having at least two position players go into their FA years with the Dodgers
Willing to believe it for 2013, not sold after that. He’s getting to the age where the guys I compare him to fell off a cliff.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
Who cares about the last year of any contract
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It’s the second year.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 2:35 PM PST up reply actions
I was assuming the three year deal would involve 2012/2013/2014.
You can’t find any comps of left handed hitting right fielders who were still good by age 33?
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What about these guys
Age 30 – 33, 300 minimum games, Left handed, Right Fielders, Since 1958
Player OPS+ G From To Age PA BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
Larry Walker 157 497 1997 2000 30-33 2073 .359 .444 .657 1.101 *9/7D8345
Reggie Jackson 148 550 1976 1979 30-33 2282 .283 .366 .518 .884 *9/D8
Paul ONeill 140 521 1993 1996 30-33 2193 .315 .404 .520 .924 *9/7D3
Tony Oliva 140 446 1969 1972 30-33 1914 .322 .362 .514 .876 *9/78
Bobby Abreu 127 635 2004 2007 30-33 2817 .292 .406 .481 .887 *9/D8
J.D. Drew 125 532 2006 2009 30-33 2141 .278 .391 .489 .880 *9/D8
Tony Gwynn 122 525 1990 1993 30-33 2301 .324 .369 .438 .808 *9/8
Rusty Staub 122 625 1974 1977 30-33 2704 .280 .360 .434 .794 *9D
Ichiro Suzuki 118 645 2004 2007 30-33 2989 .337 .383 .434 .817 *98/D
Jim Northrup 118 528 1970 1973 30-33 2016 .274 .347 .433 .780 *978/3D
Jeromy Burnitz 112 599 1999 2002 30-33 2467 .242 .354 .472 .826 *9/D
Bobby Murcer 111 579 1976 1979 30-33 2383 .268 .362 .425 .788 *9/8764
Roger Maris 111 390 1965 1968 30-33 1389 .249 .327 .395 .722 *9/8
Shawn Green 110 624 2003 2006 30-33 2606 .277 .351 .458 .809 *93/8D
Jay Johnstone 110 410 1976 1979 30-33 1312 .289 .348 .419 .768 *9/738D
Jim King 110 507 1963 1966 30-33 1647 .234 .323 .424 .747 *9/7
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 2/15/2012.
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Paul O’Neill probably the best comp to Ethier on that list.
Like I said if you can get 2012-2014 on a discount because 2011 stunk go ahead, it certainly won’t hurt anything. Extending it past that is where it can get ugly.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah the guy just won a gold glove for crying out loud!
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Oh that’s fine then, I was thinking 2013-2015.
The two main names that come to mind when I do comps are Jason Bay and Brad Hawpe and they both fell apart at 31.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
Then again unlike Ethier they were very good at 29.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
Ethier is brittle and inconsistent.
He will be on the team this year and the team will still not fare well.
Trade Ethier at the break and let the new owner reshape the team.
by 68elcamino427 on Feb 15, 2012 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
Big problem with that plan is what the heck are you gonna get for Ethier and will it be worth more than a draft pick?
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
If Ethier is performing well, something good could come of it.
Why throw money at a problem?
by 68elcamino427 on Feb 15, 2012 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
Because no one wanted Josh Willingham when you could get Josh Willingham + a draft pick. Can’t get draft picks from guys you acquire at the deadline any more.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
Well you can
if it was like Cole Hamels who would probably fit within the new CBA, Ethier would be on the edges
The Dodgers can get a draft pick for Ethier if he’s good this year, but if he gets traded the team that acquires him can’t.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
Ethier sucks!
/expects to be able to trade him for something
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
He is great against right handers, when healthy
by 68elcamino427 on Feb 15, 2012 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
so, he’s the reverse Jonny Gomes then
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
This year is gonna decide if he enters FA as Jason Bay or Jason Kubel.
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by regfairfield on Feb 15, 2012 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
I am betting
that offense continues to trend downward and that given the availability or lack thereof, Ethier will remain one of the better alternatives the Dodgers will have. It seems if you take Jerry Sands out of the equation for the moment, you have Silverio and Pederson as the best position prospects and neither of them would be expected to outperform Ethier this year or next year.
So, I think if it is possible they make an offer to extend or keep him for the season.
“hey, I only worked from 9 to 2, there can’t be that many comme….1100? Did we sign Roy Oswalt?”
Shoulda known Cal was the culprit.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
by G.Scott on Feb 15, 2012 2:41 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I just Xeifrank’d the crap out of this thread.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
Ah, you probably missed some gold
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Smash
Liked the second episode too. This is starting to disturb me.
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’s Glee for adults, but at least in Smash you aren’t wondering where a high school glee club got money for a laser budget
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:54 PM PST up reply actions
Glee doesn’t even pretend to make sense.
The football players sang during the game to help them win.
by Michael White on Feb 15, 2012 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
I remember pulling for the Falcons in that one. I like the Dirty Bird guy
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
Fact:
The team with the better singing quarterback has won every super bowl for the past 26 years.
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 3:18 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I hate Glee
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 wish I could just leave work now
and do the rest of my work later tonight when I’m a million times less distracted. Damn you to hell corporate America!
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Baseball Prospectus 2011 correctly predicted:
The collapse of 2010 stars Vernon Wells, Trevor Cahill, and Austin Jackson, as well as serious regression for Josh Hamilton and Ubaldo Jimenez
Strong comebacks for Pablo Sandoval and Carlos Beltran, as well as Dan Haren’s strong finish with the Angels being a better indicator of 2011 performance than his pre-trade struggles with the D-Backs
Breakout seasons from Michael Pineda, Desmond Jennings, Danny Espinosa, Craig Kimbrel, and Jeremy Hellickson
That Albert Pujols plus the Cardinals’ starting rotation would still be a recipe for success
That the Diamondbacks had a much brighter immediate future than the typical last-place club
That Dave Dombrowski’s roster restructuring in Detroit would lead the Tigers back into contention
One could argue that Hellickson did not have a break out year.
Wells was an odd year gimme
Jackson was a BABIP gimme
He can take credit for Cahill
Sandoval was 50/50
Beltran just needed to be healthy
Nice call on Pineda, Jennings, and Espinosa.
Anyone who saw Kimbrel pitch in 2010 was expecting big things in 2011
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When I was a kid
I was in children’s choir for maybe a year, we got to sing at the Carnation Plaza at Disneyland. They put you up in the D-Land Hotel overnight if you’re chosen to perform at the Plaza. Forgot about that memory until just now. Fun times.
nice
Carnation plaza really gets forgotten about these days, but they still seem to constantly have some group of children singing/playing something over there
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apparently it’s still got a full slate of acts (tis what triggered the memory) but is slated for a repurposing soon, after the Main St. stuff is done
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
I saw Ricky Nelson there in his “Garden Party” period
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?
he’s the guy who sang La Bamba. I think he lives in Pasadena now.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
or is dead
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
Both
are deceased, thought Lou Diamond Phillips did just win a celebrity cooking contest on Food Network.
Rick or Ricky Nelson was one of the original teen idols, died in a plane crash in the mid-80s. He was known for songs such as Travelin Man and I’m Walking. Later he wrote and performed Garden Party.
Richie Valens (Valenzuela) from Pacoima was known for La Bamba and he died the day the music died on the same plane as Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper
this is the best description of Ricky Nelson ever written.
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 4:16 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Ned Colletti is all in this season. His career as the Dodgers general manager is on the line. It is every season, of course, but more so in 2012, with the Dodgers about to undergo new ownership.
/Signs 3 crappy infielders and 2 back-end starters
“That should do it!”
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Feb 15, 2012 3:48 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Man, everyone forgets about Rivera.
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MATT KEMP
FTMFW
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byut he wasn't leaving this year anyways
its a great signing, but not one that is done to save Neds bacon.
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*4 crappy infielders, two of which also play LF.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Feb 15, 2012 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
The boss left for the day until Tuesday I believe
The next two days are going to be awesome
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Kershaw
looked very buff in that new workout video with Buster Olney. Maybe he’ll start throwing 97-98 and shit.
depends on the kind of muscle and where.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
if Kershaw has been doing bench presses, that’s bad. But I doubt he’s that dumb/would be allowed to do that
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
Yeah, that’s exactly what he was doing. Looks like fucking Tarzan at this point.*
*slight exaggeration
bench is okay in moderation. It could have easily been “Hey Clayton, ESPN, can we get a couple shots of you bench pressing?”
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
Right
and there is most definitely a ‘too much’ and it isn’t super swole.
Disclaimer: I haven’t seen the video with Olney, nor would I make a claim even if I had.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
This is why I error on the side of caution and don’t workout. Just sayin, I ran 6 days a week and lifted 3 days a week, got shoulder tendonitis. Started eating more donuts and cheeseburgers, no more shoulder problems :)
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
oh and your mechanics
were dumb
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
well, and I pitched in games 4 times a week, but that’s beside the point.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
You have to love the consistent narrative about 2004 and 2005.
They hired Paul DePodesta, about as miscast to lead an operation as Barney Fife. He was gone after two quick years.
Dodger Stadium FanFest on May 19
Fans can join the Dodgers on Saturday, May 19 for Dodger Stadium’s 50th Anniversary FanFest presented by State Farm. FanFest will take place from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. prior to the 7:10 p.m. game against the St. Louis Cardinals. FanFest will feature autograph sessions with current and former Dodger players, question and answer sessions with Dodger players and coaches and family-friendly games and activities. Entry is included in the price of a game ticket for that day. Several Dodger sponsors and broadcast partners will be on hand to help celebrate with various giveaways and promotions.
Just my two cents but
FanFest is supposed to be a preseason event, to get people at DS to sell them season ticket packages.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
new owner?
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
unless “appear at fanfest” is in the new owner’s contract, I don’t see the correlation
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
Frank probably can’t afford putting on the ritz, so to speak
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
They usually have event when
they start selling single game tickets in March and they have some former players there but since that happens in the middle of ST, it would be hard for them to logistically put something like that together.
Just sayin’ the Giants and A’s both have an event called FanFest every year in Jan/Feb, where you can go get autographs, look at ST/Mini plans, tour the locker rooms, etc. Galaxy just did one last weekend, meet the newly signed players, tour the facilities. Seems silly to have something like this before a game, which already attracts it’s own crowd.
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
Right
It really is something that can be done during the offseason. Cubs, White Sox, D-Backs, Mariners, just to name four teams that immediately came to mind, do it too.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 15, 2012 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
i went to la gran fiesta last year and loved it. i left with a bag full of autographs and old promos.
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 4:14 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Why is Don
pointing to his dick?
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?
Telling the batter to “suck it”, of course.
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They kept “This is my town” for two seasons, but they kill “It’s time for Dodger Baseball” after one?
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 4:18 PM PST up reply actions
Josh Rawitch left
now they got some new hotshot who wants to put his own stamp on things?
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
New Hotshot
Maybe he’s working on Kate Upton
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?
Josh was in charge of Public Relations not Marketing, big difference.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
seems like a bit of a desperate attempt to prevent fans from defecting to the angels
by court168627 on Feb 15, 2012 4:20 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I just hope it leads to a series of commercials with old time LA Dodger footage
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 4:22 PM PST up reply actions
What?
I’ll be happy when they just settle for one.
by DodgerofTrolleys on Feb 15, 2012 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
Apologies Eric if you've written about this and I missed it
2012 MLB on Fox schedule is out.
Dodgers have four dates at the moment:
Saturday June 9 7PM: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Seattle Mariners
Saturday June 23 7PM: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Los Angeles Angels
Saturday June 30 7PM: New York Mets @ Los Angeles Dodgers
Saturday September 8: Los Angeles Dodgers @ San Francisco Giants
the Angels are the West coast option three of the first four weeks
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
i’m guessing first four weeks of the season
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
ah yes, I was not referring to those weeks, but the first four weeks of the season. Eight appearances for the Angels in total this season
by Josie Becker on Feb 15, 2012 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
What's the record amount of comments on a given post?
by DodgerofTrolleys on Feb 15, 2012 4:37 PM PST reply actions
That would make it the best post
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?
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