2012 Dodgers Player Profile: Tim Federowicz
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 17, 2012 6:00 AM PST
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PrintFedEx was acquired last summer when Ned Colletti was asked to facilitate a trade between the Mariners and Boston. Seattle wanted something Boston did not have so Boston got Ned involved and by the end of the day the Red Sox had Eric Bedard, the Mariners had our Trayvon Robinson, and we had Fed Ex(Tim Federowicz), ScrapMetal (Juan Rodriguez) , and a Fife.
FedEx was originally a 7th round draft pick in 2008 by the Red Sox. His game is defense, and if the scouts are to be believed he might be the best defensive catcher Dodger fans have seen since Steve Yeager. Which basically means most of you have never seen a defensive catcher as good as FedEx play for the Dodgers. Time will tell if the scouts are right. Baseball HQ had this to say:
Solid offensive contributor, with a quick bat, moderate power, and decent plate discipline. Defensively has good footwork and a strong throwing arm. Nailed 37% of baserunners in '11 and made his mlb debut. Will compete for the starting job in LA in 2012.
The question is, will his bat be enough to be a major league starter
on a competitive team? He has many doubters, he may be the one prospect with the most varied expectations. Ned doesn't trade prospects for prospects, so his scouting department clearly saw something they wanted and went and got it when the opportunity arrived. There was a lot of howling when the trade went down, but given the initial struggles of Trayvon Robinson, he might have traded high. While I was once a huge critic of the deal I've become a believer, hopefully he won't make a monkey out of me or I'll be taking the last train to Clarksville.
Coming into 2012 FedEx is not a top prospect and this does not bother me at all. Baseball America ranked him our 10 best prospect. Baseball HQ ranked him number 14. TBLA voters ranked him 9th. He will probably be somewhere between 10 - 20 on Brandon's list. So while not a top prospect he is the Dodgers top catching prospect.
For fun I took a look at catchers who had posted a career OPS+ > 100 since 2000 who had caught at least 200 games. Eighteen catchers made the cut.
Eleven of the Eighteen were ranked by BA (top 100 prospect list) before they became full time major league catchers (Mauer, Martinez, McCann, Piazza, Javier Lopez, Soto, Montero, Pudge, Varitek, Leiberthal, and Weiters).
Mauer and Weiters were both ranked number one. Of those Mauer and Weiters were number one picks so they basically were in the top 100 from the time they were drafted.
That means seven of the eighteen were never ranked in the top 100. These players include Mike Napoli, Jorge Posada, Alex Avila, Greg Myers, Ryan Doumit, Nick Hundley, and our own Russell Martin.
Pudge skews the age since he started catching in the major leagues at the age of 19 but for most of these catchers full time work came in the age 23 - 25 seasons. Jason Varitek did not become a full time catcher until age 26.
Anyway the point is not to worry to much about FedEx not being ranked in the BA top 100. His calling card is his handling of pitchers and shutting down the running game. Plenty of catchers have done as little damage as he has in the minor leagues and gone on to have solid major league careers. I think his glove will get him the opportunity that others never get, his bat will be secondary, and like Yeager it will be enough to ensure he has a long career but maybe never a 400 at bat per season career.
Trivia
Got nothing on FedEx but my favorite comp for him is Steve Yeager. By 1981 Steve was basically done and had only 86 at bats in our Championship season. Okay that was a strike season but still Mike Scioscia had almost four times as many at bats. During the 81 season Yeager hit three home runs and had on OPS of .598. In the postseason he hit two home runs and had slugging percentages of .600 / .500 / 1.052 in the three postseason series. He played in all six games in the World Series and ended sharing the World Series MVP with Cey and Pedro. Impressive post season work for a washed up backup catcher.
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Stats
| Year | Age | PA | HR |
Runs | RBI | BA | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
| 2010-Salem A Ball |
22 | 450 |
4 | 47 | 67 | .253 | .324 | .371 | .315 |
| 2011- Portland AA Ball |
23 | 382 | 8 | 46 | 52 | .277 | .338 | .407 | .334 |
| 2011-Isotopes AAA Ball |
23 | 102 | 6 | 17 | 17 | .325 | .431 | .627 | .448 |
| 2012 Projections - Age 24 Season | |||||||||
| Year | PA | HR |
Runs | RBI | BA | OBP | SLG | ||
| Pecota | 62 | 1 | 6 | 13 | .230 | .278 | .334 | ||
| ZiPS | 540 | 9 | 37 | 43 | .236 | .289 | .345 | ||
2012 Outlook
FedEx is only an injury away from being the Dodger starting catcher. FedEx is only a bad start by AJ Ellis from being the Dodger starting catcher. At some point FedEx is going to become the Dodger starting catcher. Or AJ Ellis is going to be one of the few players who became starters at the age of 31 and held on to it all season.
At some point this spring, the talk will be about how pitchers love throwing to FedEx. Many will say this is unimportant, ex-pitchers will nod quietly to themselves, remembering the difference between throwing to a great receiver and throwing to MIckey Tettleton.
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I started wondering if FedEx would become the blogosphere’s least favorite Dodger if he starts, a la Pierre, then I remembered all the better, better paid candidates.
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Feb 17, 2012 6:34 AM PST reply actions
I don't get the comparison...
Why would FedEx become a least favorite? Because he was traded for Trayvon?
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Yes, I fear that has his starting well behind the starting line.
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Feb 17, 2012 8:36 AM PST up reply actions
Hm maybe but I think fans will forgive and forget rather quickly if he looks like a solid hardworking player
not like LA fans really saw Trayvon at all, just knew about him. As Phil said, after Tray’s memorable first week he kind of struggled a lot in his debut and the K’s are a major concern, so this could end up looking like a solid trade. I think he’ll be ok with the fans.
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If FedEx plays well, I agree. I talked him up to an extent last summer. But if he struggles, specially as a starter, he’ll be regularly chased with pitchforks and torches here. But my larger point is, he’s still safe as long as Uribe and Harang are around.
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Feb 17, 2012 8:49 AM PST up reply actions
Nah, Trayvon lost his luster last summer. If he had never gotten to whiff at major league pitching and continued to tear up the PCL I believe you would be 100% correct but he did get to face major league pitching and he did not look any better then Xavier Paul, so I think most have put their faith in our scouts that they did the right thing.
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as in significantly so
he could bounce back but I wouldn’t put money on it
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If he plays well defensively I will mostly LOVE him
JP played a defensive position meh, and an offensive position better than meh
Fedco doesn’t have to hit much, if he is great behind the play
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 17, 2012 5:17 PM PST up reply actions
hopefully one day
Him and Griff form an awesome catching tandem
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 6:53 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Agreed. I’m a believer in Fedex and think he has the potential to be a starter some day. If the defense is there all he needs to do is produce some consistent offense. There are signs he is improving with the bat. Catcher might not be the organizational void many of us think it is.
Top 10 reasons FedX makes it big...
1) He’ll sell a lot of shirts
2) We never need to learn how to pronounce his name
3) He’s gotta end up being good with a great nickname
4) The motto “He Delivers” moves from Salt Lake in the NBA to L.A. in MLB
5) I’m not gonna make it to ten
"rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength"...Eric Hoffer
“BUT CAN HE PLAY WITH JEREMY LIN!!!?”
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 7:25 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I don’t mind not having to root for him, but it is going to be tough to do much damage in the playoffs if Foye is our SG.
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They have to at least try and trade for a wing. Bledsoe got another DNP-CD yesterday so it’s pretty clear he’s not going to crack the rotation in a tough game (and I don’t really disagree with that) but he’s young and was held out of the Paul trade for some reason. I have to think he has some value on the trade market.
by Michael White on Feb 17, 2012 8:21 AM PST up reply actions
Not sure if anyone is on the market that we could get with our trade exceptions/Bledsoe that is a clear upgrade to Foye. Mo Williams may need to be sacrificed. Not sure how that works either. He kind of bugs me.
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Bill Simmons (noted Boston Celtics homer) just tweeted that he would trade Ray Allen to the Clippers for Bledsoe, Foye (expiring contract) and Cook (expiring contract.)
Uh, hell yes. Celtics get Bledsoe. Clippers get a championship. Works for me.
by Michael White on Feb 17, 2012 8:34 AM PST up reply actions
If FedEx makes it to the point where he’d be washed up I’d be ecstatic.
He seems like a good candidate to make it into the brotherhood of backup catchers which will fill his bank account 800K at a time, but won’t make one lick of difference to the Dodgers.
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by iiidown on Feb 17, 2012 7:30 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m sorry I don’t think our 15th best prospect has any future?
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 7:35 AM PST up reply actions
Do you think any of them do?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 7:41 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I’m not as high on Lee as most but he can still make it is a mid rotation guy, same with Webster. Eo and Withrow probably will slot in the bullpen at the very least.
After that we’re getting down to projection and wishes.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 7:48 AM PST up reply actions
Projection and wishes. His numbers really weren’t any better than Lee’s and people aren’t nearly as high on him.
Only 5% of minor leaguers ever make it to the show. Only 14% of people that make it to the show have any kind of notable career. If your farm system has more than a couple future regulars in it you’re ahead of the curve.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 7:54 AM PST up reply actions
I’m sure those percentages are correct, but I’d be more interested in what percentage of teams top 20 prospects actually make it to become contributors. I mean really we are not talking about all minor leaguers, we are talking about our highest rated, for whatever that is worth. I would think the rate would be higher. Just this year we are going to see Gordon, Sands, Guerra, Jansen and Lindblom become regulars.
Right, assigning that 5% to all minor league players seems misleading
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For example in our TBLA top 20 last year:
Gordon, Rubby, Jansen, Lindblom, Sands, DeJesus, Paul, and Eovaldi all made the major leagues.
Not to mention Guerra who did not make the top 20, and Fed Ex from another teams top 20.
Jansen, Guerra, Gordon, Sands all played significant parts.
Lindblom and Eovaldi did there share.
Paul, DeJesus, and FedEx just got tastes.
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Making the big leagues honestly doesn’t mean a whole lot for me. If you make it to the big leagues but could be easily replaced by Todd Coffey I don’t really care. I’m looking for difference makers from a far system, the kind of guy you can’t easily replace in free agency and the only one of the guys you listed that I’m positive will reach that status is Rubby.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 8:21 AM PST up reply actions
Hell, almost half the time top 10 prospects, the best of the best, never amount to squat.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 8:22 AM PST up reply actions
Dagobah?
I’ve never heard of Dagobah.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 9:47 AM PST up reply actions
hm
do I watch Warrior tonight or Empire Strikes Back? Choices choices
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usually movies that weren’t shot in 3D just have added depth, like looking at one of those crosseyed posters
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
that sucks
You were hella excited about it too. The Phantom Menace just never disappoints in disappointing.
haha, well I said it was my least favorite of the star wars movies, but I was just excited because I thought the 3D would be better. I realize it wasnt shot for 3D, but thought they’d atleast be able to do something with the lazor beams, and light sabers, but not really. I also realized nothing goes into hyperdrive in that movie, so hopefully they can do something with that in the other movies… if they cant make that into cool 3D, then that sucks.
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
By notable career I mean made it to 5 WAR. This either means a couple years as a decent starter or several years of bench work. None of the guys you listed are anywhere near guaranteed to reach that level.
I don’t have that number for top 20 prospects in an organization but I do have this. ~75% of the prospects rated 20-100 overall bust. Not even in my don’t start for more than a couple years definition, I mean in a not even make it top 1.5 WAR status bust. The most likely scenario for the guys that are just one step below the elite is never amounting to anything. You can extrapolate from there.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 8:19 AM PST up reply actions
Sorry, misrepresented that. Meant to say that 75% of the time a top 100 prospect won’t average 1.5 WAR during his cost controlled years.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 8:25 AM PST up reply actions
If you believe being a strong defensive catcher makes a difference -- and I certainly do--
I think you’ll be wrong, and probably wrong this season. Now if his bat improves, too, that’s all the better obviously.
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Brotherhood of backup catchers is filled with guys that are good defensively that can’t hit a lick. It’s not a terrible thing it’s just a very replaceable thing.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 8:32 AM PST up reply actions
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 8:35 AM PST up reply actions
OK, so we didn’t overpay for a backup catcher this year. We decided to overpay for crappy middle infielders.
yeah
Get it right dude. :)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 8:50 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I guess I suspect he'll hit better than a lick
and be better than solid defensively, but possibly excellent.
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Scouts really call him the best defensive catcher since Yeager?
.212/.300/.365 in 220 plate appearances
No
, and if the scouts are to be believed he might be the best defensive catcher Dodger fans have seen since Steve Yeager.
May have worded that poorly but if the scouts are right about his defense, in my opinion he’d be the best starting defensive catcher since Yeager.
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It has been hammered in my head
that Charles Johnson was the best defensive catcher the dodgers ever had.
I’m very intrigued by what AJ Ellis does. Given his minor league numbers he should be drummed out of major leagues in no time at all. His only skill was his on base skill and why pitchers in the major leagues would not throw him strike after strike given his inability to hurt them would be a mystery to me.
On the other hand he has more than held his own so far at the major league level but with such limited at bats I’m not sold. I hope he is the ultimate late bloomer and can really get on base at a .350 clip which he will need to do since he has such limited power to be useful. His catching skills seem okay. Pitchers seem to like throwing to him. Plus Kershaw seems to really like him.
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FedEllis might en total = a good catcher, eh?
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Semper FedEllis!
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LA is just getting those new coke dispensers?
shoot we have had them in OC for quite awhile now.
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Yes
I saw in an article that were put in Orange County back in 2009. But that was part of a test market phase, it was limited to 3 areas. Coke is able to do get much more specific marketing feedback from these machines and also test new flavors.
I was always worried they would cause longer lines at the machines since it takes longer to make your choice
but I’ve only actually used them at Pei Wei so there haven’t been any issues yet, we’ll see what happens when they arrive in say del taco
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my favorite thing about them is they have a large variety of Coke/Fanta zero flavors
yay dieting. (What do you mean eating at Pei Wei isn’t dieting!?)
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if you’re dieting you should just not drink soda.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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but it has zero calories!
I don’t stock any soda at home, but I will induldge in a diet soda(just one, no refills) on “go out to eat with coworkers for lunch” mondays
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Mrs HJ and I tried fasting Mondays for a while
tough with my travel schedule
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 17, 2012 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
Us old Catholics remember meatless Fridays, not just during Lent. My father to this day refrains from meat on Fridays as much as possible.
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health is overrated anyways, shit were all gonna die anyways, but atleast im eating and drinking what the fuck I want.
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
Everyone says that until the first heart attack and than it is holy shit
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
I had the same attitude
Then I turned 50 and things started to breakdown. It’s amazing how that changes your attitude.
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moderation
means you get to eat for of what you like for longer
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 17, 2012 5:20 PM PST up reply actions
I believe in moderation in all things, including being excessive. It’s ok to be excessive a moderate amount of the time.
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by David Young on Feb 17, 2012 5:21 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
What are y’all talking about?
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these
http://www.jeremyperson.com/new-coke-dispensers/
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Yeah I've only seen those in the Anaheim area
Specifically at The Block in Orange at the movie theater. Pretty cool.
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The only place I've seen those
Was at the [Rave?] movie theater in the Howard Hughes complex near Sepulveda, Centinela, and the 405. They are pretty cool.
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by David Young on Feb 17, 2012 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
#8 is really great just for how blasé everyone reacts to the pitch
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10 Favorite Weezer songs
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that is very useful
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I don't follow them closely enough to remember 3 songs off the top of my head
let alone 10. If I hear anything they released in 2004 or later though I immediatly run away screaming.
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I remember the popular ones I liked:
Buddy Holly
Say it ain’t so
That song “I’ll take my car to work, you take my board”
by Michael White on Feb 17, 2012 8:41 AM PST up reply actions
Of the newer stuff, I liked Troublemaker
by Michael White on Feb 17, 2012 8:43 AM PST up reply actions
That’s Surf Wax America IIRC
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Tracks 1-10 off the Blue Album.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 8:35 AM PST up reply actions
Yes.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 8:39 AM PST up reply actions
Say It Ain't So or El Scorcho
I love Buddy Holly but think it’s in large part due to fondness for video
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Buddy Holly
Surfwax America
Sweater Song
El Scorcho
Across The Sea
Hash Pipe
My Name is Jonas
Tired of Sex
Mykel and Carli
Jaime
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 8:49 AM PST up reply actions
ha ha, the Sweater Song
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Say It Ain’t So
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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In the Garage
My Name is Jonas
Buddy Holly
Island in the Sun
Troublemaker
Only in Dreams
Say It Ain’t So
Pork and Beans
Perfect Situation
Holiday
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Say it ain’t So
My Name is Jonas
I used to LOVE Weezer. In fact, the first place online that I posted often was the Weezer messageboards.
I bet they were big into the fight games
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
I have heard of Weezer
But I am unconscious as to what songs I may have heard are theirs. And the titles in this thread are not helping.
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mediocre band
not worth getting up off the couch to find their songs
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Exactly other then the Sweater Song I do not know which songs I’ve head in the past are their’s. I’ve been told for a decade that I would like them, this morning I decided to find out.
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I will buy the vinyl and put next to my White album
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I have the White, Red and Blue albums pressure on the matching colored vinyl. A white vinyl record is pretty trippy.
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Entire Blue Album (start to finish)
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by robotmadeofnails on Feb 17, 2012 3:49 PM PST up reply actions
missed you this past Saturday, I think you’d have been the difference between us advancing to the playoff round
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You have no idea how sad I was to not be there.
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by robotmadeofnails on Feb 17, 2012 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
You would have had a lot of fun.
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as long as he played on the TBLA team and not the DT team
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I would have played with you all
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by robotmadeofnails on Feb 17, 2012 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
"And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda"
Pogues’ version, Skids’ version, or other? Just sent the Pogues’ to my World History class after the expressed surprise that Australians fought in World War I. But perhaps I missed a better version.
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by Little Blue Bicycle on Feb 17, 2012 8:38 AM PST reply actions
Pogues version is awesome
to bad the singer couldn’t handle the drink
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Used to love the Pogues but have not listened to them going on 15 years
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
you should start a SBNation fashion blog
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I’ve pitched Tyler on starting an SBNation Entertainment blog
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 8:51 AM PST up reply actions
the bats and balls are not only redundant, but make it way too busy
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 8:55 AM PST up reply actions
Prospects
I’m starting to get a little bullish on our minor league system. Obviously the depth of mid-level arms is our strength, but he also have some real high-end pitchers with a lot to prove this year. Even a level like AAA where it seems we often have little in the way of prospects could feature Van Slyke (ready for a shot some time this year?), Castle (a true wild card), Fedex, IDJ2 (not a believer), Tolleson, Eovaldi, and perhaps Silverio. These are hardly the ’29 Yankees but there is some upside there.
As for the lower-level outfielders, we have some cause for optimism. By all accounts, Joc, Baldwin, & Garcia have the tools to succeed. I realize they are longshots to make it but if one breaks out, yippee. 3b remains a tough spot. It’s hard for me even to recognize Santana as more than a zygote in the prospect sense. Signing (or trading for) a long-term solution there is a must.
Finally, there are the Sands and the Gordons and the Guerras who have to give us at least faint hope that our system is capable of producing serviceable players. Bottom line: I think our system is on the uptick, however incremental, and the willingness of management to plug these guys in when there’s a need bodes well for the continued development of our young players and our overall talent level.
With all the crappy reviews on the Dodgers so far, and it seems unanimous, are we talking a mircale here for the Dodgers to make playoffs? Would it be one of the biggest upsets in Dodger history if they win the division? Also, I’d like to know if anyone can tell me the last team that was reviewed this poorly that ended up making playoffs, and even more so, won it all??
that was reviewed this poorly that ended up making playoffs,
See 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks
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Padres 2010 came close to meeting this requirement
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on the flip side
The 2011 Red Sox were called the best team since the Murderer’s Row Yankees, and missed the playoffs
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 9:27 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
sometimes baseball is haha funny
and other times its throw yourself off a building funny
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also
“I can’t see the Cards really making a good run if Wainwright is out for the year.”
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 9:28 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Their pitching was miserable though
I actually drafted a bunch of Tigers that year in fantasy. I think I did alright in the end.
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Sweet, so very recently. Thats good. Im just looking for angles to feel confident about this season and have hope. I just want to make sure its not miracle level hope I need to have.
If our young players pan out
and our old players have one last dying gasp of a good season and billingsley goes back to awesome it could work out well
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Shoot
If Mark Ellis is a good 2b, Uribe legitimately bounces back, Capang don’t crap the bed, and we have production from LF, we in this!
all that has to happen AND the K & K boys have to have the same success.
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I think there’s a statistical term for when you need a lot of variables/conditionals to occur in order for something to happen. What’s it again?
always the ifs
If Uribe can just kinda suck rather than be a black hole of suck. If Andre is healthy and regains his form. If its “Jim”
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 9:32 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
If Uribe even plays average I will be surprised. One of the worst acquisitions in Dodger history. (With apologies to Jones, Schmidt, DeShields, Stanhouse & Goltz)
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
I’m very confident that the current team would not be very good if they got to chance to play 162 games.
I can also buy into the idea that the new owners will not setttle during their first summer that many changes will happen this summer and what we see on opening day will not resemble Sept 1st.
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Yeah, I remember team previews of the Dbacks saying they were going to be terrible, almost assured of fighting the Padres for last place.
My opinion is complete BS, but I picked them for last. In my poll for where the Dodgers would finish, I wrote this as one of the choices:
4th Place – ahead of Arizona only?Ooops.
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Way too many realists here. We need some fans! This is our year! Kemp and Kershaw will carry us!
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
You are too old not to be a realist. Dude, just take a look at ivdown. ;-)
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Chamionship.....
Maybe the 2003 Marlins, coming off a 79 – 83 season
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Jurassic Park performed well despite poor reviews
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 9:28 AM PST up reply actions
we were up against it, but as we say in Berkeley, “The Bear does not quit; the Bear will not die” : )
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 9:31 AM PST up reply actions
Jurrasic Park was awesome… Another movie I think got bad reviews was Armageddon, and I fuggin love that movie!! I remember people shitting on it, and giving that other astroid crashing into earth movie with Elijah Wood much better reviews, and IMO they got it twisted. Deep Impact sucked, and Armageddon rules!!
I agree with this. I found Deep Impact to be fairly boring, but Armageddon is a guilty pleasure of mine.
If you guys didnt cry in that scene where Bruce Willis says goodbye to his daughter because he is about to blow himself up, then you arent human, or have no emotion…. That shit makes me ball everytime.
The part that got me was when Will Patton’s character goes to see his estranged son before the mission.
That movie was loaded with good character actors………. and Ben Afleck
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
There is nothing wrong with Affleck
save perhaps his role choices
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sometimes he’s okay, sometimes he’s wooden. I liked him in Town though I thought the ending was incredibly bullshit. I am also one of the few who seemed to enjoy Daredevil.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions
I used to think he just didn't try if he wasn't in a movie with Matt Damon
but yeah you are right sometimes he is pretty good other times he doesn’t seem to be trying, but usually thats in really shitty movies.
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I've never seen it
but I did watch part of Elektra, and it was in fact terrible
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Yes, I think Elektra was the reason why Marvel Studio’s was born, they could not take a chance on another studio fucking up a franchise. They storyline had everything going for it. One of the hottest actresses in town, a cool character, and they screwed it up royally.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
eh
I doubt that to be honest. I think they would have their own studio regardless, they just couldn’t do it sooner because they needed Fox to pave the way for comic book films to be profitable.
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my ex-girlfriend
Had a ton of nerd rage towards Jennifer Garner as Elecktra. It was awesome
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 10:14 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I've said it before
The one Frank Miller Daredevil comic book when he fought Bullseye and saved him from dying is the best comic book I ever read.
was there a hooker in it?
Bet there was a hooker in it
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 10:22 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
hah
beat me to it. its a shame Frank turned out to be a crazy asshole and misogynist
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woah woah woah
some of our great writers are misogynists? No way. Tell me more!
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t know what a misogynist is, but I’m guessing someone who draws big tits on woman and gets paid big money to do so?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
misos is greek for hatred. If you know what a gynecologist is you can figure out the rest.
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
there are other issues with him
but they get political.
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yeah that was good too. I just love action movies with action and emotional stuff mixed in…. Feels good to cry something, I enjoy crying when I watch TV shows or movies haha
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
I keep hearing about how great the first half of the movie is
and how terrible the 2nd half is
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Danny Boyle’s not for everyone. I liked the beginning of Trainspotting (a classic opening sequence) and respect the accomplishment of 28 Days Later but could leave the rest.
liked 28 days later and slumdog millionaire
haven’t seen the rest of his stuff
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It's almost true, though better than that. Basically
(spoiler alert) it’s 2/3 really good and interesting and then there’s a WTF?? ending that kind of effs it up. Still worth seeing though.
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One of my favorite first 20 minutes of a movie was “Always” (1989), the rest was forgettable, but the beginning kicked fire fighting ass in an airplane.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
But I liked that whole movie even though the premise was irritating. Hell the fight death scene is literally the most incredible scene I’ve squirmed through.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
The opening minutes (is it about 10?) to Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first time I saw it, which was a sneak preview, was amazing.
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maybe the only time a movie starring Robert Duvall is preferred.
I’m shocked to find that the actor who made Armageddon worth watching has not been mentioned. Liv Tyler FTMFW
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I got it backwards.
Maybe the only time a movie starring Robert Duvall is not preferred.
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I’d settle for number 7 draft pick:)
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Spoiler
We’d take a 6’3’ 195 lb. projectable HS RH with a clean delivery, advanced secondary pitch, and good makeup.
I hope he sends her more then a basket with an autograph
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
why? So he tests positive on his PED test?
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
Isn’t he a dirt bag, you are turning on a dirt bag?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
i only like the basketball team
so much so i got it in writing from them that my donation this year ONLY goes to the men’s basketball team
Wow
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
I do the same thing. I assumed that was a standard practice.
by Michael White on Feb 17, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
That was not my Wow, I was just stunned they cared enough to give him a signature on a $5 donation:)
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
they force you to give a donation for my bad ass season seats that cost as much as the season seats.
blows
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
tax write off, so i get half of it back
not the end of the world. and i get to be called a “booster”
but since you’re a booster, you can never ever ever contact a potential recruit, even on twitter : )
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Just make the check out directly to Casper Ware.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
Did I say check?
I meant duffle bag full of cash, Matt Nover style.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
casper is already old news
this guy only has like 8 games left in an LB uni. looking forward to give out cash.
Do they have any junior college help or recruits coming next year?
Seems like Ennis and Caffey at guard, then not much else.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Del Ennis and Jason Caffey?
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Ennis Del Mar and Charlotte Caffey.
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yes they do....
Dan Jennings from West Virginia 6-9 250ish
Keala King from Arizona State is really good
2 other not so exciting transfers and a couple promising players that were on redshirt this year. They can be fully loaded for 2013-14, but i think solid at least next year.
I forgot about King; he got kicked off the team in January just before ASU played USC.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 11:50 AM PST up reply actions
Longo and Tulo are my two favorite non-Dodgers because of the Dirtbag connection. Interestingly enough, I don’t feel the same affinity toward Weaver even though he had the more accomplished college career. I guess my distaste for the Angels is stronger than my ties to my school.
crazy
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
probably colored by things I heard about him when he was at LB
nothing scandelous, just not flattering. No real stories just general impressions.
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and only girls like this were allowed to hitch a ride with him
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
yeah my bro was going to LB State when those 2 were on the team I believe, and wasnt their atleast one season where Jered Weaver was on the team with those 2 as well?
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
all 3 where never on the same team
but there was some overlap
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oh, yeah I wasnt sure… Bro went there from 2002-2006, something like that.
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
That is the start to one hell of a team. I’m sure this has been done but a team full of college alma maters, who wins?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
I think they actually would have a good 1-3 rotation if we put them all on the same team
weaver, vargas and whorley?
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Damn, Worley is also a dirt bag?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
yeah
so was espinosa. Shit they have a full infield if you count giambi.
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great name for a playmate
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
never could
I finally broke down one time and told this one girl Yes I saw the dinosaur. She would not let me away from it until I saw it.
I could never do it either, still dont get it.
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
It’s a sailboat
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 10:05 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I read once where anal types could not decipher these while slackers easily could.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
I think Tommy just proved that right:)
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
frigate
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
It’s supposed to be a shark, but I can’t see it
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
spoiler
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
maybe he’s a lousy slacker?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
lol
Burn
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 10:12 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
if anal types do magic eye pictures do they get magic pink eye?
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I never could until
I saw one that was framed with a glass front. The trick was to focus on my reflection (people always told me not to focus on the picture, but on a point beyond it), then the magic eye image popped out. Once you’ve “felt” how to do it, it becomes much easier to do ti.
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I never could and refuse to spend any more time trying
my coach would have called me a quitter, but screw him
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 17, 2012 5:22 PM PST up reply actions
30 Rock
finally made me laugh out loud this year. Liz Lemon was on fire.
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I stopped watching after season 4
I would love for it to get awesome again
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Yeah, it has been awful this year but last night was awesome
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
“Irish Arguments Weekly, America’s only all-caps magazine.”
Also, it had Steve Buscemi. He looked so out of place, I had to blink.
he might be the best defensive catcher Dodger fans have seen since Steve Yeager.
Whither Mike Scioscia?
Just my opinion, Mike was awesome at one thing, blocking the plate. I may simply be holding onto the past but I have never seen a catcher as good as Steve Yeager, other then prime time Pudge and a young Johnny Bench.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
Of course your point is valid. Very good chance that FedEx will never measure upto Mike defensively. If I did not say anything controversial we would be discussing Weezer all day
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
Mike was awesome at one thing, blocking the plate.
Fair enough.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
He could throw from his knee’s. Johnny Bench looked like he could your 90MPH heater barehanded.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
that’s the funny thing about patches. They date authentics for the collector types, but it photo’s they’re usually just smudges of color, same thing from the stands.
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
they also look stupid on hats
I’m looking at you Angels throwback hats from last year
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oh those World Series hats where you can have like four patches going on? Total hot mess tranny hot mess.
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
oh no no
like this:
The patch looks terrible in person
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yes I know my son, I was just riffing off that onto the WS hats
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
I dunno, I saw it on the SNL skit making fun of Project Runway
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
I think hot mess is bad, tranny hot mess is really bad, and fierce is good
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
You think the runner would be somewhere in that photo or did Mike knock him into the stands?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
140 PA, .270/.315/.350, 2 HRs
Fedex plays serviceably but not well, Treanor stays on the team much longer than he should, as we’ve seen in dodger teams of old, but eventually his back or knees give out, forcing their hand
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Oh wow, this one's original.
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by Taylor Maricle on Feb 17, 2012 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
64 PA, .161/.188 /.226 with uninspiring defense
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dirtbag
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Popeyes Chicken
I had two of the greasiest pieces of fried chicken last night from Popeyes (leg & thigh for 99 cents on Tue and Thurs). Also had to wait forever because the place was overrun by people ordering massive amounts of this shit.
Not my highest recommendation.
You were clearly more baked then they were
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 10:45 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Fried Chicken is all about timing. If you get the first chicken fried in the new lard, you will rejoice, if you get the fifth batch you will not. You want goo chicken you go first thing when they open or 04:20, most places start cooking the dinner batch at 04:00.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
step 1=get faded, step 2=?, step 3=get fried chicken
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
if anything, it would probably be 1 get faded, 2 eat chicken, 3 get re faded…. personally I like getting faded after I eat, because if you smoke before you eat, the food will counter act your highness, you wont be that high anymore, and I dont like to waste weed. However smoking after I eat gets me hungry again, so I guess either way im screwed. Hopefully weed growers are producing a weed that doesnt make you so hungry.
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
Jack in the Box will kill the chemist
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
I know we don’t have rules about these things, but do you want to tone down the daily drug comments?
by Michael White on Feb 17, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
really?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
Then I’d suggest the Z K, I honestly find the wrestling and fight comments tiresome but I’m not asking anyone to stop doing it, I simply make fun of it.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
I should stop but I can’t. Drinking comments are cool, pot comments are not. It is like I’m back in high school in 1975 as someone explains to me how a drunk is okay but a pot smoker, will fuck, put him the fuck in jail.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
yeah thats cool with me man, I mean, Im not the one that usually brings it up 1st though IMO, I just comment on it when it is brought up, but no problem.
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
You’re my new favorite poster.
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for content who was your previous poster
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
Do any of those chain places use lard anymore?
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I doubt it
which is why it doesn’t taste good
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 havent, would like to… Whats the name of the chicken place Puff Daddy says he owns 20 of in that movie Get Him to the Greek?? I cant remember the name but never even heard of the place. Would like to try it though.
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
KooKooRoo is the name I found out, never had it.
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
delicious
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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I miss the old school Pioneer Chicken. By far the best fast food fried chicken place. The ones that bear that name these days are a far cry from the original.
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I didnt really like the skin from what I remember of it.
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
You are not old enough to remember the old school Pioneer Chicken. Those days are farther back than the last Dodgers World Championship.
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The last time I ate KFC
was about 20 years ago. I bit into a thigh and got a grease facial
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I don't usually use this "word", but
Ewww.
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HOW HAS NO ONE SAID….
TWSS?
jesus half way around the world on a few hours sleep and I gotta pick up the slack around here
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 17, 2012 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
Because I couldn’t get past the Marty getting a facial part.
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WAIT
You are in India, WITH YOUR WIFE, and you are commenting on here? Sick bastard.
I guess it is something like 3:50 A.M. Saturday out there, though?
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maybe so then… The Pioneer Chicken im talking about was in reseda close to Reseda HS, close to Las Fuentes sort of. Cant remember those streets now, maybe Vanowen and Lindley??
Damn I miss Las Fuentes. I used to live in Reseda, about 1 mile from there.
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I was a Pioneer Chicken Asst Manager
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
Steve Yeager and I share a birthday not birthdate
Still I was more a Fergy fan back then because I loved the offense. However Yeagers 1981 postseason dramatics made him one of the most important of 72 – 81 Dodgers and for that I’ll always have fond memories of him.
Joel Guzman will always be an extra disappointment to be because we also shared a birthday
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Joel Guzman was the reason I started following our farm system, which is how I found DodgerDugout, DodgerThroughts, then eventually TBLA.
Dodger Throats would fit with The Loin King and Shaving Ryan’s Privates above.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
6-9-2 Double Play blog
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Eric, have you ever met the guy that runs dodger dugout at a blog night at dodger stadium??
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I love Steve Yeager – as I have said a million times – he was my manager at Dodger Fantasy Camp and the coolest, foulest, saltiest guys ever
and Phil – I smiled
While I was once a huge critic of the deal I’ve become a believer, hopefully he won’t make a monkey out of me or I’ll be taking the last train to Clarksville.
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 17, 2012 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
Ha, no else got that far:)
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I also liked using Mickey Tetttleton as the example of a shitty catcher to pitch to. I just forget most of what I read in the article when I don’t comment until after catching up on 300 comments.
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Dodgers Talking to Bard
The Dodgers are talking to journeyman catcher Josh Bard about a Minor League contract, but no deal is in place and are also considering other free agent catchers. A.J. Ellis has been named the Dodgers starter with free agent Matt Treanor signed to back up, but Bard would provide depth and competition in Spring Training. The Dodgers acquired Tim Federowicz from Boston in the Trayvon Robinson trade last summer with the hope he’d be ready for 2012, but manager Don Mattingly said Tuesday that off a September callup he felt Federowicz was "young and didn’t have enough time yet to be here." Bard, 34 next Spring, played only 26 games in the Major Leagues with Seattle last year and hit .210. His best season was 2006 when he hit .333 with nine home runs in 100 games. — Ken Gurnick
Key to Dodgers 2012
Bard is not the answer. IF AJ can be consistent and play good defense, and the Dodgers are able to stay close through June, then I think there is a good chance that new ownership might be willing to try and do something with this roster. Giants over under number for wins according to info up here is 87.5. Does anyone know the Dodger number?
The same numbers are used as the over/under for both teams’ managers hat sizes.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Xie had it somewhere between 77 and 80 depending on who you ask.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
are you talking about food again? Good lord.
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Until Pedro Guerrero comes around. (Please note the word “around.”)
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there should be a relevant gif of stifler for trhis
but for the life of me I can’t find it
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No, not at all. The players (and coaches) have their own separate eating area both at Camelback Ranch and Dodger Stadium.
The media has a separate area for eating in both places (attached to the press box in LA) where we can purchase a meal. Drinks are provided for free in both press boxes, and at Dodger Stadium popcorn, cookies, and soft serve (and hot dogs around the fifth inning or so) are free, too.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
It is important to note that the free hot dogs for the press are steamed, not grilled.
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Fast Start?
Our first 10 games are against SD/PIT. Then we get MIL/HOU for the next 6. (Braves, Nats, Rockies follow.) If we’re not above .500 after 16 games I might panic.
May looks to be easiest month
I split the 162 games up in to six 27-game chunks. Here are the win,loss,wpct for each chunk.
(1-27) 13.19 – 13.81 0.4886
(28-54) 13.46 – 13.54 0.4985
(55-81) 13.19 – 13.81 0.4884
(82-108) 12.70 – 14.30 0.4703
(109-135) 12.93 – 14.07 0.4788
(136-162) 12.21 – 14.79 0.4522
#FF @TheRealMattKemp @JamesLoney_7 @JavyGuerra54 @AJEllis17 @SellBlock_12 @BlakeHawk425 @JoshLindblom52 @ToddCoffey60 @skinnyswag9
Maybe Coffey was necessary to bulk up the twitter lineup.
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Coffey will become a fan favorite
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve already unfollowed two of those.
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why does @SellBlock_12 not surprise me
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
Hue Jackson is a Bengal
Cincinnati Bengals
Team announces former #Bengals WR coach and ex-Raiders HC Hue Jackson is joining Bengals as asst. coach helping secondary and special teams.
There was a wrestler called that in WCW over a decade ago.
by silverwidow on Feb 17, 2012 11:46 AM PST up reply actions
Those predate The Simpsons. We laughed over “names” like that in grade school.
Signed,
Miguel Caza
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from Eli Kaberon (PFW)
So Hue Jackson trades two early picks from #Raiders to #Bengals for Palmer. For that, he is fired by OAK. Now he’s hired by CIN. Weird.
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I thought he was an offensive coach, thats weird. Not sure ive seen a fired NFL HC or OC/DC switch to the other side of the ball before.
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
It happens more than you think
Even ex players… I used to think it was weird that ex-Broncos linebacker Rick Dennison became an offensive line coach, and a good one, but he used to play both sides of the ball in college or HS I think. And if you know the game well, you know all facets of it. Especially if you had a good mentor above you.
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Baking with GScott. This can only go well.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
Hris' ears just perked up
he’ll be over at 4:20.
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bro, can you tell me where this Hris came from? I must of been absent that day but am dying to know now lol
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
It’s not complicated. There’s only one C in your screen name. So since you are uschris and a fan of USC, it follows that you must be USC Hris.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
yep ^^^^^
sort of like my twitter handle.
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right, yeah I understand all that but ive seen others call me Chris so figured people knew its Chris, but started this Hris stuff lord knows why. But its all good, could be worse…. Now I go by The Chrisuation.
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
haha, that works, cuz everyone knows when I walk in the room, or blog, we got a Hrisuation on our hands.
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
baking update
letting the cakes cool, hopefully is not a disaster
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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Someone dug up an old Sabean quote that shows where Ned got his offseason plan from.
In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Jim] Brower, [Scott] Eyre, [Matt] Herges, [Dustin] Hermanson, [Brett] Tomko, [A.J.] Pierzynski, [Pedro] Feliz, [J.T.] Snow, [Jeffrey] Hammonds, [Dustan] Mohr and [Michael] Tucker—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
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The Giants did win 100 games in 2003.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
A) Which had very little to do with the presence of Jim Brower
B) AJ Pierszyski on the list says that’s from 2004.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
That’s weird. Why’s he talking about Vlad then?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
If we had spent the money on Vlad last year we wouldn’t have been able to afford a bunch of spare parts this year.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 11:56 AM PST up reply actions
Vlad was a free agent heading into 2004, as all Dodgers fans should remember. :)
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
I thought the Angels signed him immediately after they won the WS. Obviously, I was misremembering.
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Dodgers signed Vlad, then Angels signed Vlad.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
I want to buy a PS3 whenever I go to Best Buy, but I end up settling for some DVDs from the $5 bin.
/Colletti’d
Hey don’t sell your self short you get 60 of them.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
you’re missing the hundred pounds that she’s missing
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
I agree – barring injury to Ellis or Treanor. Otherwise, why would he be called up – for his bat?
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
plus I dont think AJ Ellis has ever been on the DL
and i’m counting on Grif’s bat being way better anyway if they really wanted to call up an offensive catcher.
Because Treanor and Bard suck?
And someone always gets hurt. I’m willing to bet he’s up before September.
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Philosophical question: if Treanor sucks…why sign him in the first place? I would have been OK with FedEx as the backup going into the season. But since the Dodgers have Treanor, use him (my opinion). He does have years of backup experience…for better or worse.
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Because Ned sucks?
Okay, that’s little flippant. Treanor is supposedly a capable defensive catcher which is about all you expect out of your 2nd stringer. So yeah I’m sure they expect him to look adequate enough to make the roster, and for FedEx to start in the minors. But I don’t think they’d be afraid to cut ties with Treanor if he looks bad and if FedEx looks ready.
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Regarding Gary Carter, someone reminded me today about the 1980 Denver Bears
had to have been one of the better minor league teams in modern times. Won 92 games. Had Carter, Tim Wallach, Tim Raines, Bill Spaceman Lee, Bill Gullickson, etc.
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One of the all-time stacked minor league teams.
I love looking at some of Tim Raines’ early SB numbers.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
They won the AA West Div title but lost in the championship series
They clinched the west title two weeks before the season ended.
cool recap here: http://www.milb.com/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=37
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Carter would have been in Montreal then. He came up in 75 or 76 I’m pretty sure. Maybe he did a rehab stint?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
You're right! My friend is off. Carter was gone by then.
Just looking at roster now. Still an impressive team, hoo boy.
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I should've heeded the warnings...
You guys are corrupting me. I’ve been spending the week going through applications for biology jobs that my organization is offering for the summer. The great majority of the applicants are college students or people that just graduated from college. I keep finding myself thinking of smartass, snide comments for some of the things they write in their cover letters. I didn’t use to do that.
just refer to this text book for suggested style for your response
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I miss Mad magazines.. I loved that one page that you would fold together and it showed something else.
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
I’m sure its funny, but I better not read it; it might make things worse. I used to read Mad Magazine a lot when I was a kid.
It was around back then?
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, it must have started in the early 1900s since I’m 75. The wonders of botox and plastic surgery. My eye shape is really due to that rather then my asian heritage.
as the 2nd oldest commentator I’m allowed to make agist comments with impunity
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
You’re 75 and you’re just not getting currupted??? Wow, you lasted way longer then most.
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
You should hang out with
delias man more often
by bhsportsguy on Feb 17, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
let me know if you change your mind
by delias man on Feb 17, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
hahaha
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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Yeah young people am I right.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
We were all better people once. Even BHsportguy the nicest person on the planet has been a tad corrupted.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
assuming 12 pitchers
Sands may have a tough time making the team if they keep all the veterans Ned signed.
Looks like it’ll come down to Sands or Sellers, although I hope they keep both and just dump Kennedy.
I don't think Sellers or Sands makes it
and it ends up being some other 5th of ala oeltjin. I don’t think they are going to give Sands the starting job, nor do I think they will be platooning etheir and loney enough to justify to themselves keeping sands on the roster instead of giving him regular at bats in AAA.
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platooning loney and ethier should be a given
which would give plenty of ABs for Sands and Rivera to have..
should is nice and all
but I’m talking about what donnie and ned are likely to do
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I though thtat
then was reminded that Loney didn’t get platooned as much as I recalled and Etheir was only getting platooned while injured.
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Maybe not Ethier so much, but they really didn’t have anbody to do that with since Rivera wasn’t acquired until the ASB.
I do agree that if Andre was not put on the DL he would have seen some at bats taken away by Rivera or Sands.
However I think they forget this and in the beginning neither Loney or Andre are platooned until they realize we suck against LHP.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
BTFOOM
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
I’m not sure why Oeljin would make much sense when we already have TGJ. I’ll concede that Sands may not make the OD roster, but I feel pretty confident that he will be with the team prior to Memorial Day.
They are going to come to realize that Rivera is best suited as a lefty masher and Sands will be starting.
maybe
maybe not, either way I was only talking about opening day roster. Unless Rivera or Etheir is injured or maybe even Gwynn Sands probably doesn’t make the team
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If Sands doesn’t win a starting spot (which means LF), he is very likely not making the team.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
That leap seems extreme. He has 2 option years remaining
by Michael White on Feb 17, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
i just dont think the Dodgers think much of him..
If they wont put him on the roster.
Its rare for players (especially older ones) to have multiple tours in AAA and THEN finally get a chance at the MLBs after that…
I think if Sands doesnt make this team this year, he’s done as a Dodger.
I believe Eric is only saying Sands won’t break camp with the team. He didn’t last year either and still spent quite a bit of time on the major league roster. And your narrative above doesn’t hold for Sands. He’s already had a shot at the MLBs and will certainly (in my mind) get another this year. He was not buried in AAA for multiple seasons before getting a shot at the big league squad.
by Michael White on Feb 17, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
rivera wasnt on the team at the beginning of last year either...
and Sands got sent down in June and never came back till Sept…
the team doesn't share your enthusiasm for players making huge adjustments to their mechanics
while playing for the big league club
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Right
Sands has played all of 94 games at Triple A. He is not John Lindsey.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
I just hope he’s not John Bowker
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
I can follow his logic on this, Ned will trade him to someone for a middle reliver that we don’t need. this will be the straw that breaks the Camel’s (and Dodgers) back and it should be the last we see of deal the prospects Neddy.
I like making jokes about Colleti too, but that cartoonish depiction of him isn’t that true. I guess that sort of happened with former top prospect McDonald, but that situation was a bit different with Logan White suggesting that McDonald didn’t train seriously in the off-season and cry-gate.
by Michael White on Feb 17, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Ned has traded alot of filler prospects for other filler prospects. Top 10 Prospects are limited to Carlos Santana, Josh Bell, James McDonald, and Trayvon Robinson.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
You probably said the same thing
when James Loney was sent down to start the year when he was blocked by Nomar.
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I am with Eric on this. Sands will have to rake during spring and not against spring training fillers. I do not see Jerry breaking camp with the big team, and I don’t see Sellers doing it either. I do see both of them being called up during the season due to a number of players being injured and if Jerry rakes there they will not be able to send him down. I really don’t see Sellers being more than the 7th infielder and the Dodgers will keep him in AAA to keep him playing on a regular basis.
sellers seems more likely to see the team then sands to me
I could see him being an injury replacement sit on the bench guy when one of th emillion old infielders gets a case of being old and injured.
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who else can play SS outside of Gordon?
I dont think Ellis or Hairston are up to the task.
Uribe’s not going too.
Hairston can easily do it. In 2010 he played plenty of SS.
Then you have Sellers.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
On the major league roster, Uribe and Hairston. If Gordon is hurt for an extended period, they can always recall Sellers.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 12:54 PM PST up reply actions
Curious, what is the normal amount of pitchers? 12 or 11? What do most teams carry??
by uschris0304 on Feb 17, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
I had the days broken down at some point, but I’m fairly certain the Dodgers had 12 pitchers all season (the 25-man roster period here), outside of the first week or so of the year when Garland was on the DL and with an off day the team only needed four starters.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
I think most go with 12.
Though for a large part of 2009 i believe we had 13.
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by Taylor Maricle on Feb 17, 2012 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
Sands
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Not being very positive. I expect Juan Rivera to suck as bad for us as he did for the Blue Jays. He may be the starter on April 1st, he will not be the starter by July 1st. JMO
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
This. Management is going to see that he is overmatched at RHP and not being that good defensively, he’ll be relegated to spot starts and lefty mashing.
well yeah he is getting paid more then sands
so he must be the best
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uribe is getting paid more then sands
so he must be the best
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thats how they think
its really too bad..
guys with the guaranteed contracts get many many many chances to fail
david grohl is getting paid more then kurt cobain
so he must be the best
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Which is why Andruw Jones and Juan Pierre played full-time until their contracts ran out. Puh-lese. One thing Ned does do eventually is cut bait. For that matter, Esteban Loaiza got released too despite his ill-advised contract.
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Ned does cut bait
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Juan Pierre’s salary didn’t keep him in the lineup. (Eventually)
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This deserves a separate fan post but I don't really get how new ownership can make any substantive changes
during the season. There are no free agents and the Dodgers don’t have the kind of prospects that would get back a really good offensive player.
About the only thing new ownership could do during the season is increase spending in the international draft, use their full allocated amount in the regular draft, cut prices and show plans on how they plan to refurbish Dodger Stadium.
Major front office moves are likely to take place after the season because unless there is some person available right now, they will more than likely keep the current people in place. Could they allow more flexibility to add payroll during the season, sure but again what players could they acquire that would need that adjustment?
This isn’t 2006, there are not 5-6 players waiting in the minors ready to make an impact on this team.
I disagree about the really good offensive player part
That is if you think David Wright is still that good. If not then nevermind. But i think David Wright will be a real possibility this June or July.
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Also, I'm off to cut my wrists after this depressing post, lol
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Agree it will be very difficult to make meaningful changes during this season.
Good for the future – Kemp and Kershaw, Jansen
Worth one question mark – Ethier, Gordon, Billingsley, Guerra,
Worth three question marks – Loney
Every other position now is being help by a place holder C, 2B, 3B, LF, #3 SP, #4 SP.
The Major changes to the front office should take place immediately.
There is no advantage to waiting, get the new program underway asap.
by 68elcamino427 on Feb 17, 2012 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
Taking on salary is a thing
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If the team can stay competitive through June they can trade for Wright which in my mind is the upgrade this team needs.
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Wright is in the last year of his contract
He can void the club option (which may seem moot since $16M seems like a decline) if he is traded and the Dodgers would get any compensation picks for him.
So if you get him in June maybe you pick up $8-10M in salary, if you trade better prospects, maybe a little less.
But that’s precisely the sort of thing that a new well capitalized owner can pull off
by Michael White on Feb 17, 2012 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
How much debt is the new owner going to take on
There has never been this much money spent on a professional franchise in the U.S. and it could be the most ever spent on a sports franchise. They already take on the budget for this season after paying McCourt. Sure 8-10M in the universe of spending 1.5-2 billion is pretty small but it is not like the Dodgers are going suddenly start making more money this season once the new owners come in.
Plus, supposedly all the prospective ownership groups were not thrilled with the long term deal for Kemp. If that is true, what makes anyone think new ownership will come in throwing money around?
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Discussed in yesterday’s thread – from Twitter….
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no its a real article
it was just found throw a tweet of a blog post that was pointing to the article
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came up yesterday
http://newhanonbaseball.blogspot.com/2012/02/is-15-billion-ceiling-or-merely-floor.html
Those sources also revealed that none of the investors are particularly happy with the Dodgers’ eight year, $160 million, back loaded signing of Matt Kemp, and the two year, $19 million contract to Clayton Kershaw.
"Who with the Dodgers is giving out those kinds of contracts at this point?" said one of the sources. "I mean, two years to Kershaw when you are not buying out free agency or arbitration? That’s almost as much as (two time Cy Young Award winner) Tim Lincicum got from the Giants."
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and I agree with Delias, they talked to Fred Claire
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dead on on the kershaw thing
it makes no sense to buy out what they ended up buying out…maybe they just wanted to not have any hard feelings with kershaw if they had to go to arbitration
There is value in having known costs, even at full market value, and avoiding arb next year, for both sides. Ethier and Kemp both went this route as well. If Kershaw has a very good season again, the Dodgers may have even come out ahead.
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Just me, but that quote I feel is BS. Not like all 11 ownership groups where queried on how they felt about the Kemp contract. I feel they talked to a couple and extrapolated that opinion.
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I pray that it is not true. If it is, the implications are ominous.
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fair warning
I may steal this line and spam it over and over again
it the structure of a sentence that can be applied to any thing, yet always seem a little over the top
I strive for that quality
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 17, 2012 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
Machiavelli
will promise us Pujols and Fielder, fuck the Angels and Tigers
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
Is Alfonso Soriano better than Juan Rivera one brave teams decides to find out.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
………Atlanta?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 2:13 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
my question is what were we going to give up in the CC deal, or the Blake deal, had we be willing to take on the full salary?? Do we not have prospects just as good as those then??
since then the issue hasn't been money in trades
its that no one seems to want our prospects
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well it seems that our prospects arent good enough if were trying to get a good player AND get him paid for… But maybe our prospects are good enough if we take on the full incoming salary. Or maybe not, but im not sure.
As I speculated before, the Dodgers would have enough to get Carlos Lee, if they paid most of his salary. Certainly guys like Alfonso Soriano or Jason Bay could be had for little more than a willingness to take (some of) their costs off their teams’ hands. Better prospects means less salary relief would be needed.
In the Manny deal, the convo between Ned and Ken Williams went something like
Ned: We will eat 2M of Manny’s salary if you give us X good prospect.
Ken: No
Ned: We will eat 1M of Manny’s salary if you give us Y decent prospect.
Ken: No
Ned: Fine. The bastard’s yours.
This time we could be in the buyer shoes in theory.
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There was a rumor somewhere
That the Blue Jays wanted to accept our offer for Halladay but he wanted to go to Philly.
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by Taylor Maricle on Feb 17, 2012 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
See below
Halladay is a train only in Florida guy.
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Yes. If the Dodgers are in contention in July, they could swing trades for relatively expensive players, but nobody will be available before then to help the team out, and if they are 40-50 or something, there’s no point.
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agreed....this current team is old and mediocre
Maybe new ownership can get something done at the end of 2012
Blake DeWitt
If he clears waivers, he has the right to become a free agent (3 years of service). So it’s no given that he’ll stick with the Cubs.
FedEx
his biggest 2012 moment will be a Clayton Kershaw no-hitter that he catches at Dodger Stadium in July.
The kids
probably think you are talking about beer
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The kids
have never heard of that beer.
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Blake
Just got this in the mail from the CLippers. Evidently i and 9 other STH won this.
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NCAA tried to do that to
Sweet Lou Alcindor
more than tried
They did it. Which contributed to Sydney Wicks’ greatest moment
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Old toledo Blade newspaper
with old fart coulmnist saying the dunk should remain illegal. Some interesting other articles on Bob Lanier, Oscar Robertson and Spencer Heywood
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19700325&id=tO9OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vgEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5710,2914494
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The old fart columnist redeems himself later though
with the reference to “Southern Cal”.
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And Long Beach States Ed Ratleff, called “the black Pete Maravich” (!)
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The big winner on that page though
is the
groovy new ideathat ad for the “vest suit”. Awesoke.
Thanks for that link Marty.
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Make layups 2 1/2 points
and see how many dunks you get
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Make basketball an exhibition of guys throwing bounce passes back and forth.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
I like the cut of your jib
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well done with the period correct compliment and all
also, Jib makes for a fine scrabble word when you need it
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 17, 2012 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
Why would anyone have had Harang in fantasy anyway? He was a one-category pitcher last year, and his ERA wasn’t even that good.
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1) Because they think it’s 2006
2) Because they are in fbihop’s 14 team league
by Michael White on Feb 17, 2012 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe not relative to the fact he was pitching in Petco but his ERA was 25th among starters in the NL and that is a category helper. He pitched enough innings to K 124 so he’s not killing you.
Mixed team, a problem NL only, he had value.
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He won 13 games with a mid 3 ERA
2 category pitcher last year :)
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At this point, Guerra is worth a draft pick. Pretty much all closers get drafted and as of now he’s the closer for the Dodgers.
by Michael White on Feb 17, 2012 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
I hope he’s great, then traded for David Wright:)
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Guys who show they can not blow saves are worth a lot in trade :)
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It would be great if many of us were wrong and they win 100 games, the NLCS, and the CHampionship with a team packed full of crash test dummies.
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Recent Mock draft
We need these guys to step up this season!
17. Ted Lilly (LAD – SP)
18. Javy Guerra (LAD – RP)
19. James Loney (LAD – 1B)
20. Jerry Hairston Jr. (LAD – 2B,3B,OF)
21. Jerry Sands (LAD – OF)
22. Scott Elbert (LAD – RP)
23. A.J. Ellis (LAD – C)
9. Andre Ethier (LAD – OF)
11. Dee Gordon (LAD – SS)
12. Kenley Jansen (LAD – RP)
Bills was available towards the end of the draft but picking up Kuroda instead
by funkyjam on Feb 17, 2012 3:16 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
billingsley is the entire key to the season..(imo)
if he’s goes back to being great – then the Dodgers can be good.
If he just goes along with the way he’s been going…they win 75-77 games.
One player is a ten win difference?? (Assuming “can be good” means something like 85-87 wins or more)
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yeah..
i have a feeling of Billingsley goes on at his current pace, the Dodgers will go like 15-25 in his starts…and vice versa if he’s really good.
He's going to make 33 starts at best, I think.
If they don’t skip starters, everyone starts 33 or 32 times. If they skip #5 a few times, obviously that can climb, but 34-35 is a clear max.
Sounds like BS to me. You lose enough 2-1 games and win enough 7-6 games, and have the pen blow enough times, to keep those kinds of big swings from happening.
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I think you are getting to specific. If Chad can be great our chances are better that the team as a whole can be competitive.
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I agree with that non-specific idea. 10 wins is too much for me to believe.
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Neither Bills nor LA were very good last year
LA was 16-16 in Billingsley’s starts. I still think your swings are huge.
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They were 16-17 in Lilly’s, 14-18 in Kuroda’s.
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it’s a lot closer to 14-18/18-14, but your point is valid.
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14-18 in Kuroda’s [starts]
The pitcher being good or bad isn’t the only factor in play. Bills sucked and they went .500 in his starts anyway. Some factors offset others. I think the swing based solely on Bills sucking or not is smaller than we think.
According to B-R, the swing between Bills best and worst seasons is 3.1 WAR. Not a perfect comparison, but something.
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Last non-knuckleballer to make 40 starts or more
was Jim Clancy in 1982 for the Blue Jays. Before him Dennis Leonard and Mike Flanagan in ’78.
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Now a days Clancy can’t even sing
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Leonard blew his shoulder out, Flanagan blew his brains out.
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Some people should have the option when they have financially screwed themselves up so much they can’t bear to tell their loved ones, that they get re-identified and sent out in the world to serve humanity for a year.
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As you stand on the edge of your feather.
by The Dude Abides on Feb 17, 2012 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
Why should I mind If I step right out of line….
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(Gotcha!)
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
Hey, I only dropped by to pick up a reason
:P
by The Dude Abides on Feb 17, 2012 7:04 PM PST up reply actions
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in.
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by The Dude Abides on Feb 18, 2012 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
agreed on guerra
Jansen is the best reliever on the Dodgers and the best relievers almost always become the closers.
John Carter may be biggest flop ever
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The Sci Fi equiv of Mars Needs Moms?
Disney should stay away from movies that involve Mars
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But they just greenlighted
The Mars Blackmon movie!
/notreallytrue
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One of my favorite album titles
For youngsters, the title is across the bottom.
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I'm actually hearing some surprisingly positive buzz on that from people secretly on twitter and from Europe
the studio is assuming they have a dud and they may not. They may not know what they’re doing either. A film blogger I know went to a screening where thy had a strict embargo— can’t talk about it and certainly no pictures of the screen, until the embargo date is clear. So strict that they took his Kindle (!!), as if one would bootleg a movie via Kindle. Anyway… it might be Conan the Barbarian type goofy fun with better effects, or it could be a bomb. But I am gonna bet it won’t be THE all time flop.
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I'm intrigued mostly because its based on a sci fi book from the 30s
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I read em all as a kid
Covers all had large-breasted females drawn on them which sucked me in
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Yeah I don't get why they changed the name from John Carter of Mars
which at least more clearly reveals the genre and makes it more fun. “John Carter” could be about someone’s accountant or like that terrible Tom Hanks movie from last year.
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the embargo intrigues me. Only screening I went to with an embargo stated was Somewhere, which only made $7mill. Looking up that fact I learned that The Kids Are Alright only made $4mill. How on earth is that a true thing?
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
beautiful woman in skanty clothes doing heroic things, how can you say no to this?
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You will see it
You will like it
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You can trust me when I say I will never see this movie
And if I did I would not like it.
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I've been over this before
But I don’t like ever movie I see, and that’s because I see movies I think I will like.
For most movies that aren’t good, I can still find certain things in the movie that were enjoyable. Some movies just don’t have that though.
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I heard a Jeremy Lin pun today on the radio
that was actually new to me. I would couch it this way: A certain guard was given new life to the Knicks, he should be introduced to the song Lin-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
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100 at bats, hits .280/.360/.520 which sets him up to be the 2013 starter as we let Ellis walk, then he hits .220/.290/.390 over 450 at bats next season.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
I could live with that 2013 season
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We were cool with Samurod.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
You’re imagining an awful lot of power.
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Topps credited the surgence of Mickey Mantles career with their own success and honor him in this way
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11 Catchers since 1958
have had an OPS+ > 120 by the age of 26 with over 1,000 plate appearances.
In honor of Baseball IQ can you name them?
Eight of them are names any real student will say, yup once they hear them.
One should be known but may not be
Two are “are you fucking kidding me”
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Piazza, Bench, Posada, Simmons, Pudge, McCann, Mauer, Victor Martinez, Kendall, Munson…?
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
Piazza 1, 151
Bench 5, 130
Posada did not start full time catching until later
Simmons did not make cut, 119 OPS+
Pudge is not even on my list, hmmm
McCann 9 , 122
Mauer 2, 136
Martinez 9, 121
Kendall, 10, 121
Munson 11, 121
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3 and 4 should be easy
one is still nosing around here and one is just about the greatest catcher ever no matter what the age group was
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McCarver
Freehan
Berra
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Fisk is one of the obvious ones.
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
The other is obvious, he simply isn’t known anymore as a catcher but was at age 26
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Napoli too old?
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by regfairfield on Feb 17, 2012 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
Do you like Baseball IQ? I really do because of the questions, but I think it’s a bit over-produced.
And regarding your comment above on Ferguson/Yeager, I was a Ferguson fan (mainly for the catch/throw from right field in the 1974 Series) at first, but then I really grew to like Yeager. Plus, he’s in “Major League”.
by KellyStephen on Feb 17, 2012 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
Bless you Kelly
I liked Fergy for his home runs and in 1980 he hit one of my favorites
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I was 13 when he made that throw…was a huge baseball and Dodger fan and I can still see it in my mind. Stepping in front of the Toy Cannon, catching the ball with one hand and then throwing a frozen rope to Yeager, who got popped but held onto the ball. Fuck, that was an awesome play.
I was watching the game at my grandparents house in Palm Springs (Eric knows the house well)…ahh…the memories of youth!
by KellyStephen on Feb 17, 2012 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
As you know, you and I are the same age. I remember that play well. Very well.
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Do you remember your first MLB moment? Mine was the 1969 World Series. We were looking for a new TV on a Saturday and one of the divisional games was on. We bought the TV and took it home and I remember watching the Series the following weekend. I already liked baseball, but then I was hooked.
by KellyStephen on Feb 17, 2012 3:59 PM PST up reply actions
69 was the first year I could watch TV, and yeah that 69 season was a good one to cut your teeth on. That World Series was oh so awesome. I was rooting so hard for the Met’s because most of the Oriole team was the same one that had whupped our ass.
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Television, no, but the ’69 WS would definitely be among the first memories. I remember seeing the newspaper headline when Drysdale retired.
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’63 World series. Koufax, Drysdale and Podres. I was the happiest kid in California. Finally destroying the Yankees. A sweep!
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
That must have been something, facing that lineup and Koufax setting that record.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 17, 2012 4:48 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Nice Job
no one is going to guess Romano or Wilkins
Rk Player OPS+ PA From To Age HR RBI BB BA OBP SLG OPS
1 Mike Piazza 151 1592 1992 1995 23-26 92 304 122 .322 .375 .557 .932
2 Joe Mauer 136 2994 2004 2009 21-26 72 397 368 .327 .408 .483 .892
3 Carlton Fisk 134 1342 1969 1974 21-26 61 164 114 .274 .344 .496 .840
4 Joe Torre 131 3635 1960 1967 19-26 132 497 300 .297 .359 .473 .832
5 Johnny Bench 130 4587 1967 1974 19-26 212 745 451 .270 .340 .483 .823
6 John Romano 130 1102 1958 1961 23-26 42 158 122 .289 .372 .477 .849
7 Rick Wilkins 125 1009 1991 1993 24-26 44 117 97 .275 .352 .474 .825
8 Brian McCann 122 2938 2005 2010 21-26 112 466 274 .289 .360 .489 .849
9 Victor Martinez 121 1423 2002 2005 23-26 45 209 139 .293 .365 .463 .827
10 Jason Kendall 121 2682 1996 2000 22-26 45 265 252 .314 .402 .456 .858
11 Thurman Munson 121 2283 1969 1973 22-26 44 224 214 .283 .355 .407 .763
12 Ted Simmons 119 4162 1968 1976 18-26 82 569 348 .297 .356 .434 .790
13 Gary Carter 117 3344 1974 1980 20-26 126 444 321 .267 .339 .452 .790
14 Bill Freehan 115 3210 1961 1968 19-26 94 367 293 .262 .343 .411 .754
15 Jim Pagliaroni 115 1460 1960 1964 22-26 50 166 181 .259 .358 .429 .787
16 Lance Parrish 113 2408 1977 1982 21-26 102 328 170 .266 .320 .468 .788
17 Terry Kennedy 112 1446 1978 1982 22-26 29 191 86 .286 .329 .423 .751
18 Earl Williams 111 2642 1970 1975 21-26 108 364 247 .252 .327 .432 .759
19 Earl Battey 111 1322 1958 1961 23-26 42 148 133 .274 .353 .440 .793
20 Javy Lopez 110 1678 1992 1997 21-26 74 227 99 .288 .335 .486 .821
21 Darrell Porter 110 3097 1971 1978 19-26 88 364 389 .244 .342 .401 .743
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For you Sci-Fi fans out there:
Ender’s Game is a go. Filming to start in NOLA
http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/nonso-anozie-joins-harrison-ford-ben-kingsley-and-viola-davis-in-enders-game/
One of the best sci-fi novels I've ever read
Liked it just as much as Dune and the Foundation Trilogy, and more than Stranger in a Strange Land. I wonder how old Ender will be in the movie.
by The Dude Abides on Feb 17, 2012 5:57 PM PST up reply actions
for some reaosn they keep giving these huge IPs to shitty directors
foundation movie is going to be shit too
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Timothy Zaun's Thrawn Trilogy is still tops for me
Though it’s tied with the original 3 Halo Novels. Holy crap those were so much better than i expected them to be.
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by Taylor Maricle on Feb 17, 2012 7:08 PM PST up reply actions
look
those are nice and all(ok The Flood really wasn’t that good but the first Halo novel was), but shut your pie hole and read foundation and dune. You are embarrassing yourself.
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by nolander on Feb 17, 2012 9:01 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
NERD RAGE!!
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 9:11 PM PST up reply actions
I hope not too much older
And it’s really important they get some kids who can act and a director who knows how to direct. Young Anakin Skywalker is the floor for bad child actors…I hope Ender Wiggin doesn’t plunge through that floor.
by The Dude Abides on Feb 18, 2012 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
It’s crazy that the White Sox vs. Astros was actually a World Series. Now they’re two of the shittiest franchises around.
How did the White Sox become one of the shittiest franchises around? They might have a better team then we do.
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how many games did we win last year?
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Right
Then again I expect some White Sox blogger this very minute is saying the Astro’s were in the World Series this decade and the Dodgers were in the NLCS as recently as 2009 how did those two franchises become two of the shittiest franchises around.
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anyway a shitty franchise is a last place franchise with little hope for the future and recent crappy past. I dont’ think the White Sox qualify in any way to be called a shitty franchise.
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i agree
i dont think they are shitty…they are pretty average and have an average payroll….
shitty franchises are still the Royals, Padres, Orioles, Pirates
The worst farm system in recent memory, plus outside of a few bullpen pieces nobody really good that is under 35
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
Wow that is so wrong
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I’m fairly sure you could not name the White Sox rotation or the staring nine.
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danks, floyd, humber, peavy
are all 30 or younger…their starters arent bad.
alexi ramirez, lillibridge arent bad position players that are still in their primes
Brent Lillibridge is not remotely worth getting excited about. At least Gordon Beckham had a good year at one point.
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sale is their fifth starter. Their rotation from top to bottom are all under 30 are all good. Sale is a ? but the kind of question mark I’d like to have.
Ramirez might be the most underrated SS in the league. Their best prospect is now the starting RF. He’s kind of like Sands. Flowers is a better catching prospect then anyone we have. Eric simply made a BS comment.
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That is within the realm of possibility. I say they win more games then the Twins. Beer?
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oh boy, the Twins seem pretty bad. But sure, I’ll take that.
The usual :)
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
Foot high Melons
Yet they show a picture of a leg
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Ah, College Baseball opening day
it’s good to here the sounds of baseball again, too bad West Coast college baseball is almost never on TV
That is a good thing. College baseball blows.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
Was watching Bauer pitch his last game as a Bruin there during the playoffs
And there was a scout behind me, he was talking about various things but once Cole was pitching he would take out the gun and record pitches. Once Cole finished, he picked up his stuff and left.
Sad but true
I work at the West LA VA and have yet to watch more than 1/2 an inning of Bruins Baseball in one game.
which is a higher level of baseball...
Dominican Summer League
Rookie League
BCS Conference Baseball
no idea, and little to no interest in watching any of it.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
ha ha
I’ve tried watching college ball but have found that until the World Series is being played and I’m looking at people who were drafted I can’t get excited.
I imagine DSL baseball is awful
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I dont think the DSL Dodgers could win many D1 games…
A good rookie league team i think could advance to the college world series though.
Very rarely does everyone on a college team get drafted, whereas almost everyone on a Rookie league team has been drafted. The occasional superstars that will bypass Rookie League altogether are in college, but they are few are far between enough that I’d expect the pro ballplayers to still be better.
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in order
depends what you mean by BCS Conference Baseball. If you mean a team of the best in college, or an average D1 program.
1) D1 college all stars
2) Rookie League
3) Average D1 team
4) D2 all star team
5) Good D2 team
6) D3 all stars
7) DSL
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BCS = major six conferences (in football)
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
Eric probably won't be there
Bill Shaikin
Not to say Pujols’ spring arrival news conference is a big deal, but MLB Network will air it live Mon. at 11 a.m. PST #angels
Why not, isn’t he moving in this weekend?
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I might end up going Monday instead of Sunday. But if I am there I will for sure be at that presser.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
what are the dodgers lodgings like at spring training?
Do the players stay in dorm type accomodations on site?
I thought they were working on building dorms on site either two years ago or last year, but it may have been delayed.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
Based on the last CBA
If a player lives away from the team’s ST facility, there is a weekly allowance (plus supplemental) of about $315 a week. Meal money is about $75 per day. On top of that, players get $25 per day as room allowance.
No dorms at the camelback
I cover this point in my thing which I wont look for now
players make too much these days
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 17, 2012 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
What the market will bear. And what collective bargaining can demand.
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The one thing I'm sure of
Roy Halladay stays at his Florida home.
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Fuk’d her.
/Preston Mattingly’s twitter
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I don't even know what to do with this GIF
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 4:13 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I know something you couldn’t have done with it.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Sounds like it is fortunate that it is blocked by my firewall, so I see nothing.
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At long last the Clippers have played 28 games, the Lakers 29.
As of this moment Portland and Utah are out of the eight spots but only two games separate the Lakers and Portland. I wonder with the short schedule if we will have separation or the last week is going to be crazy.
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The Clippers have turned many a corner but leading the Lakers in home average attendance might be the biggest shocker.
http://espn.go.com/nba/attendance
+ 1500 per game from 2011
+ 3000 per game from 2010
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The Lakers attendance has been consistent
Their high mark since 2001 is their current attendance of 18,997, which they averaged for the last several years.
The Clippers configure Staples for a larger capacity, this season they have finally begun to reach their potential.
So it is more that the Clippers have generated more interest than the tickets sales dropping for the Lakers.
Makes sense, how do the Clippers configure Staples for that many more seats?
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making tbones
sear both sides on a cast iron and finish in the oven?
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Tripon'd
But that was Bh’s advice, I think.
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the b looked like a h and I wondered for a minute what thones was.
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thones
skimpy undergarment that is a bit askew.
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i’m trying to help, and the internet doesn’t have consistent advice for how to cook the steaks
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
we don’t know how high the oven should be or how long to sear/bake
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Okay, partner…slow down now…just back away from the cooking area…make sure all the flames are out…
…how long have you been using? Don’t worry, big fella, we’ll talk you down…
by KellyStephen on Feb 17, 2012 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
Calm down.
It should be fine as long as you don’t over cook them. My guess would be 3-4 minutes aside and then about the same in the oven (figure 375 or so). The sear is to carmelize the steak, the oven is to finish cooking without the direct heat of the pan.
My wife has told me that if I use Calm or Settle down I will not live to see Kershaw win his 100th game
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she has also taken “chill” off the table.
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So…..sounds like someone had an awesome valentine’s day!
by KellyStephen on Feb 17, 2012 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
I do 4 minutes on the stove top
flip and into the oven in one swoop for 4
or so I remember in my jet laggy ness
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 17, 2012 5:38 PM PST up reply actions
1. Are the steaks room temp?
2. If so, good, if not, let them sit out a bit.
3. Lightly salt and pepper both sides (I’d recommend some chopped fresh rosemary and garlic powder as well, but not needed)
with me so far?
by KellyStephen on Feb 17, 2012 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
steaks are at room temp and have been marinading for a couple hours in a wash of olive oil, rosemary, salt, pepper and garlic.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
You’re golden.
Start the oven at 375, get the cast iron at medium-high heat, sear both sides for 2-4 minutes, then lay the pan in the oven. Watch that you don’t keep it in there too long; that will vary depending on thickness.
I am heading out to dinner; great luck.
by KellyStephen on Feb 17, 2012 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
I prefer a grill. If unavailable, I’ve heard this approach to be good. Or you can broil in the oven…although you’ll end up with a potentially charred outside.
by KellyStephen on Feb 17, 2012 4:51 PM PST up reply actions
Do you worry about flare ups with the grill
perhaps with steaks, there isn’t a lot of fat from the steak that catches on fire.
Nope…spray bottle handy, and a bit of flare up does the same as a hot cast iron; kinds of sears the outside. I typically start hot and taper down to get the temp I want.
by KellyStephen on Feb 17, 2012 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
NFW. i like him a lot but he’s to safety conscious for my taste.
by KellyStephen on Feb 17, 2012 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
BTW, finally saw MoneyBall the other night. I liked it a whole lot more than I thought I would. After reading the book (which I liked) and hearing they were going to make a movie out of it, I kept scratching my head trying to figure out how they would make it entertaining. I was pleasantly surprised. I just wished they would have quoted, by name, Joe Morgan to show what a dipshit he is.
What I heard about the experience of making the movie
It’s incredibly hard.
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Especially in Chatsworth
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I had an offer about 8 years ago to go see a day’s shoot there one time. Logistics didn’t work out, and somehow I figure’d the wife would find out. I still wish I would have gone.
by KellyStephen on Feb 17, 2012 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
I would expect a “big-budget” shoot for a movie that attempts to have an actual plot to be rather boring with a lot of down time. I would expect being on site for the plotless scenes to be rather skeevy.
Just a guess.
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Went to a shoot once in West LA
A tennis student of mine was a distributor for Vivid. The shoot was at a family’s mansion, which they were renting out to the film company. At one point, the male star urgently had to urinate mid-scene, so he took off for the bathroom with his flag flying high, but opened the wrong door…the wrong door being the mansion owner’s mother-in-law’s guest bedroom. The resulting shriek and repeated apologies had the entire set in stitches.
by The Dude Abides on Feb 17, 2012 6:06 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I refuse to believe Josie has never heard of “Vivid”.
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Largest porn film company – would be example of “big-budget” shoots I mentioned above. Have a big building with their name on it in the north end of the Cahuenga Pass, basically across the canyon from Universal.
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oh I didn’t think it was funny. Just really strange that someone made it a GIF
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 6:10 PM PST up reply actions
Despite living in the SFV for over 25 years now
I’ve never crossed paths with what appeared to be a shoot for that industry. At one time we did own a house that we rented, and we received a faxed application once from a couple that I showed the house to that had the company name across the top of each page as a header. I don’t remember what it was now, but it seemed a bit unusual, so I looked it up and sure enough, porn company. Since the house was directly across the street from a school, I doubt they were going to use my house for production purposes, but I still didn’t rent to them. I have always wondered though which one of them worked there.
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Different times though right? All-Star game is daytime?
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About the same time.
Game time is at 4:30 local time, Oscar broadcast starts at 5, though red carpet is at 4 or so.
Recollection is that the highest rated Oscars in recent history was the one where Titianic won all the awards.
In fact, looking it up, that broadcast was seen by over 55M whereas last year’s was about 37.6M
Last year
The NBA All-Star game on TNT drew 9.1M viewers, the most since 2003.
The Daytona 500 starts at 10:00 a.m local time and will probably draw over 15M viewers (it is on Fox)
This was more of a victim of the lockout
and it is on TNT
This will be a so so year for the Oscars though Billy Crystal will help.
Daytona 500 is also that Sunday, usually the second most watched motor race of the year. Gonna be an interesting day ratings-wise
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 5:22 PM PST up reply actions
When is the oscars – have to plan to be out of town
that and the damn hollywood xmas parade are the two worst times of year for me
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 17, 2012 5:40 PM PST up reply actions
one day back
I leave on Friday, get home on Saturday
Play baseball on Sunday
I expect to be road kill by Sunday night
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 17, 2012 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
lemme queue up the ’copter and we should be set
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 17, 2012 5:53 PM PST up reply actions
the stretch of Hollywood Blvd in front of Kodak Theater shuts down Monday I believe. Cray-cray
by Josie Becker on Feb 17, 2012 5:55 PM PST up reply actions
yeah – I miss most of the annoying part
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 17, 2012 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
well I was going somewhere here
we are in the 29th floor of our hotel, and we are right on the ocean, the window is set back a bit so you cannot see the street below from our window, only the sea
Mrs HJ approached for a look and did a whole Lucy Ricardo “woah” lurching like she was dizzy and grabbing the chair I am in for support.
when she goes into Lucy mode, I think my heart my is going explode in my chest
so damn cute
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 17, 2012 5:56 PM PST up reply actions
I think you meant
that you heard is going to ’splode ….
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internet memes
Where does this “arrow to the knee” come from?
Who comes up with this stuff?
And how does it get popular?
don't know the meme you are talking about
but someone finds a funny pic, makes a joke, people laugh then decide they want to make a joke with the pic.
thus a meme is born
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 9:19 PM PST up reply actions
video games have story and pictures and dialog and stuff
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I have no idea how this statement was even said
As if video games aren’t things, lol
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 9:18 PM PST reply actions
normally I want any Ned pick up to fail because I want that asshole fired..but since he will probably be fired once a new owner comes to town I want this one to work out
I don't agree with his team building philosophy
therefore ned is an asshole
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
i don't like what someone said
so i will make them sound childish
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 9:32 PM PST up reply actions
I used to be civil like you
then I took an arrow to the knee
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
lol
i don’t know what that means, but that made me laugh
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 9:36 PM PST up reply actions
give or take half a decade or two
most of my best friends are annoyingly smart so I have to keep on my toes
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
yes. asshole. but he is probably a real cool guy to hang with and have a few beers with..
by Jason Ungar on Feb 17, 2012 10:35 PM PST up reply actions
yeah i can see that being interesting
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 9:42 PM PST up reply actions
free tacos at Staples
just barely
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 10:03 PM PST reply actions
You think they were making steaks for each other?
by KellyStephen on Feb 17, 2012 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
Probably making them for their damn cats.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 17, 2012 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
lol
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 17, 2012 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
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