Bullpen Sessions Galore
by Eric Stephen on Feb 26, 2012 2:05 PM PST
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The big guns were busy today, as four of the five Dodgers starting pitchers threw bullpen sessions on Sunday. Clayton Kershaw, who skipped his first bullpen session on Wednesday as a precaution with tightness in his back, threw his second bullpen session today. Manager Don Mattingly said Kershaw was not yet 100% but at the same time he is not worried about his ace.
"It's still something we'll have to pay attention to. Nobody has really turned him loose to let it go so he's still trying to hold back a little bit. But it's not anything that has slowed him down or kept him from throwing at all," Mattingly said on Sunday.
Kershaw was in the same group as Chad Billingsley, Ted Lilly, Aaron Harang, and Mike MacDougal. Here are a couple videos of that session, one wide shot showing all five pitchers and one close shot focused on Billingsley and Kershaw (my apologies for the shakiness of the videos).
For the later sessions, Mattingly stepped in the batters box for a few pitches to get a feel for his pitching staff.
"Guys in general are nervous when I'm in there. If I get up there toward the plate, they kid of miss and don't really let it go," Mattingly said. "I just want to get a view of what their ball looks like or if they have any deception or how they are getting people out."
Earlier in the day, Maury Wills was giving bunting instruction to the catchers
And the pitchers worked on pickoff moves on Field 6:
Here are some more pictures from today:
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They have that piping in here at Camelback Ranch.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 26, 2012 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
It was either that or listen to a fat guy breathe heavily.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 26, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
Who are the composers? I don’t have much of a sense of repertoire for that kind of music, but all of the ones you picked sound like late 18c/early 19c, probably from the viennese school (except for the one of the bunting session, which I have no idea about). I bet berkowit28 would get these, though!
I only know the last two:
no. 3 is Satie’s Gymnopédie no. 1 (a piano piece), French late 19th c. (about 1890) transcribed for oboe and piano.
no. 4 is one of the 33 Diabelli Variations, op. 120 for piano by Beethoven, his last major work for piano.
no. 1 is most intriguing: it sounds like a work by a lesser composer, or possibly an early work by a better known composer, from the generation that followed Beethoven and Schubert, Viennese in style if not place. It could be (maybe) Czerny but sounds a bit too salon-like and post-Schubert, maybe someone like Pleyel (French) or Hummel. I suppose it could even be early Mendelssohn but doesn’t really sound like him. I’d like to know what it is.
no. 2 may be English, late 17th or early 18th c. It’s sounds like Handel, but could easily be an English composer of the time, or Telemann. Even Italian baroque in a pinch, though I doubt it.
interesting that it was Beethoven’s last major piano work. it sounds pretty out there harmonically and i couldn’t tell if it was Beethoven or a later 19c composer.
by court168627 on Feb 26, 2012 9:04 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Dwight Howard Update
Holy Christ – Latest rumor is that this deal will be done by March 1
The Magic send Howard, Hedo Turkoglu and Jameer Nelson to the Lakers for Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum. The Toronto Raptors are also part of the rumor sending Jose Calderon to Orlando, although no one is quite sure what would complete that part of the trade.
Wow. No, really. WOW.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Sucks to lose both
But as a non-hardcore Laker fan and basketball fan (aka not knowing exactly how great these players are minus Bynum, Gasol, and Howard), it looks like it should improve the team.
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Did the spreadsheet for Matt Kemp's prediction thread.
The average TBLA reader expects a .306/.381/.545/.926 season with 37 HR (rounded up from 36.7)
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by Taylor Maricle on Feb 26, 2012 2:34 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Oye
This couldn’t possibly set us up for disappointment, haha.
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A .926 OPS isn't an overestimate
That still has him losing a good 60 points of OPS and hitting 2 less HR.
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by Taylor Maricle on Feb 26, 2012 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah but only a greedy person would be unhappy with those numbers. I would take them in a heartbeat.
I feel like i'd rather see him go 40/40 just for the sake of it.
So i’d hold out for more HR.
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by Taylor Maricle on Feb 26, 2012 4:52 PM PST up reply actions
and includes mine which I’m sure brought it down. Non-GScott division was .400/.500/.800 with 68 HRs
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
There were over 40 different predictions,
so yours of a .820 OPS or whatever it was didn’t sway it by much
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by Taylor Maricle on Feb 26, 2012 8:45 PM PST up reply actions
Como Va?
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by David Young on Feb 26, 2012 9:44 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
The lefty-hitting catchers in that video… Wallach and Erickson?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Also, someone had mentioned John Ely was in camp? He’s not on the sidebar, should he be?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Ely is not in major league camp. He is on the minor league side, which won’t begin workouts until March 5. Brent Leach, signed earlier this week, is there too.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 26, 2012 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
Got it, and the “Others on 40-man” refers to guys on the 40-man who are also in minor league camp?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Those guys on the sidebar are on in major league camp.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 26, 2012 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
So guys like Withrow and Wall are in the big camp, but not Ely or Leach? Hopefully those guys take it as motivation to improve.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
In case you were wondering
In the first bullpen group today…
Bard caught Lilly
Ellis caught Kershaw
Treanor caught Bills
Federowicz caught MacDougal
Wallach caught Harang
Second group
Bard caught Angel Guzman
Ellis caught Jamey Wright
Treanor caught Lindblom
Wallach caught Fernando Nieve
Erickson caught Wil Ledezma
Third group
Ellis caught Ryan Tucker
Erickson caught Scott Rice
Wallach caught Withrow
Bard caught Antonini
Federowicz caught Eovaldi
Nieve continued to work on his delivery, not throwing to a catcher, but following through with no ball
you get a lot done
When not busy shooting the breeze with a visitor
by bhsportsguy on Feb 26, 2012 2:43 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Good stuff, Eric
Also, some serious ivory tickling in that first video :)
by The Dude Abides on Feb 26, 2012 3:34 PM PST reply actions
A Fantasy Baseball Question For Anyone Who Might Have An Opinion...
If you had Ryan Vogelsong in a Scoresheet League (where ERA is the most important thing for a starting pitcher) and someone proposed a trade offering Wandy Rodriguez, would you say yes or no to the trade? I guess what I am asking is what do people think are the chances of Vogelsong having a lower ERA than Rodriguez in 2012.
Think Wandy is due for a big time drop in performance, but I still like him better than Vogelsong.
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by regfairfield on Feb 26, 2012 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
Six players are under contract for 2019
Zimmerman, Kemp, Braun, Tulowitzki, Fielder, and Pujols
(via Amanda Comak of the Washington Times)
i think zimmerman is great, and i think the nationals were right to make that deal
but i just don’t see him in the same class as those other five.
I know i'm 100% wrong for saying this.
But i’d rather have him than Tulo
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Feb 26, 2012 8:00 PM PST up reply actions
who the hell did he have to sign to a two year contract to get into that party?
by court168627 on Feb 26, 2012 6:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
He stole Billy Crystal away from the Mets.
by The Dude Abides on Feb 26, 2012 6:43 PM PST up reply actions
and here I thought Billy was still fighting Bob Costas over who gets to hold on to Mickey Mantle’s shriveled dead cock
/ yeah – I went 0 for 3 today in a losing effort
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 6:45 PM PST up reply actions
I literally thought everyone was making the same joke about someone with a wig on the Oscars or something.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 26, 2012 6:49 PM PST up reply actions
He is..with the Dodgers (oh, that’s what you meant).
:)
by Eric Stephen on Feb 26, 2012 7:13 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
WHYYYYYYYYY
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
I'm freaking out here man
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
It’s okay. Capuano will get his work in tomorrow, I’m sure.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
haha colletti at the oscars just renewed my distaste for him weirdly
why isn’t he at camelback?
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
Because he is terrible at hitting fungoes?
Colletti was there yesterday, and I would bet he will be back tomorrow.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 26, 2012 7:30 PM PST up reply actions
oh eric, you and your reason and logic and fairness
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
I hope he shows up all tore up in a dirty tux with lipstick on his shirttail
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 7:35 PM PST up reply actions
yeah like he has game..is he married btw?
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
that’s how he gets’em……..
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 26, 2012 7:46 PM PST up reply actions
uuhhhhhhhh......
that be big fat no
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
if we're talking offense
then i would agree with that
Full list
1) Napoli
2) Mauer
3) M. Montero
4) Posey
5) Avila
6) Santana
7) McCann
8) Molina
9) Wieters
10) Ruiz
also
i think buster posey is good, but i think the love for him is overblown. the guy still hasn’t really played a “full season”
McCann at 7 while Napoli is 1 is offensive.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Fuck you Ruiz!
Had to be said.
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by David Young on Feb 26, 2012 9:49 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
In these trying economic times its good to see that Bruce Villanch is still getting work.
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Huh. Guess he trained his successors well.
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by regfairfield on Feb 26, 2012 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
Here would be my ordering of that list.
Napoli
McCann
Mauer
Montero
Molina
Posey
Santana
Wieters
Fuck You Ruiz
Avila
And...Figwit wins an Oscar!
What is this world coming to?
by The Dude Abides on Feb 26, 2012 7:24 PM PST reply actions
and my wife heard me say “Fuck you Billy Crystal”
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
lol
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 26, 2012 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
“Front row, you know what I’m thinking? Why don’t we all chip in and buy the Dodgers?”
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 26, 2012 7:26 PM PST up reply actions
haha i missed that
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
I hope
she doesn’t choke on a grain of rice during said meal :O
by The Dude Abides on Feb 26, 2012 7:30 PM PST up reply actions
Listening to actors is insufferable
really, can you imagine baseball players talking about baseball in the same way?
ugh, the ego
We had it right in generations past when actors were vagabonds and scoundrels of the lowest order
Waiting for Humma
Was Becket’s working title
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 7:37 PM PST up reply actions
Come on, Errol Flynn was a saint. A saint I tell you!
by The Dude Abides on Feb 26, 2012 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
they do get a “role model” pass that athletes don’t – these entertainers can do what the hell they want, who the hell they want, and we mostly applaud them for it
and no one complains about how much they make either
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 8:13 PM PST up reply actions
hey Chris Brown beat the shit out of his girlfriend, and he sang at halftime at the NBA All Star Game. I think celebrities in general get a pass, but few athletes become celebrities.
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 8:14 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think so, I think ball players of all sorts are held to a different standard than entertainers
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 8:16 PM PST up reply actions
Michael Jordan could pee on the Washington Memorial and everything would still be cool
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 8:17 PM PST up reply actions
they kicked him out of the NBA for 3 years for gambling
and counter point Tiger Woods got kicked to the curb in a way no actor every would
no one ever gives entertainers the “role-model” mumbo jumbo. Arnold, Sly and every other meat head shoots themselves up with a holy pharmacy and no one screams “what about the high school kids!”
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 8:20 PM PST up reply actions
this is the first I’ve heard of this “Michael Jordan was asked to leave” theory. Tiger Woods is still golfing, still the feature of any golf broadcast. Yea he lost sponsors, but that’s something unique to solo athletics. Films don’t get their bankroll from Pepsi, so there isn’t that pressure on them.
Athletes are role models because youth athletics is highly valued in our society. Youth theater isn’t. So yes, young, impressionable types are trying to match Bonds’ swing and Kobe’s jumper, and they hear when those athletes screw up
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 8:25 PM PST up reply actions
tell it to someone else
I cannot be moved
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 8:26 PM PST up reply actions
well yeah
you’re sick and you just played a baseball game
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 26, 2012 8:27 PM PST up reply actions
Actors get kicked to the curb all the time. It will be years before we see Charlie Sheen act again. Robert Downey, Jr. can tell him what it’s like.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
RD Jr would be kicked out of baseball rather than starring in superhero x and sherschlock homes
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 8:29 PM PST up reply actions
If a baseball player did that to their body, they’d play themselves out of baseball
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
I am unmovable
Actors and entertainers get off pretty damn light while we hold our outrage for the Athletes
Do you know how much Actors make? Why is that not news? Why don’t they compare them to teachers
I don’t like it one bit
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
you know that comparison is made all the time, right? Like, all the time.
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 8:50 PM PST up reply actions
Josh Hamilton doing okay for himself.
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by regfairfield on Feb 26, 2012 8:35 PM PST up reply actions
yes there are exceptions, sure
but as a I rule, I remain stone like in my integrity
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 8:37 PM PST up reply actions
Mickey Rourke didn’t find work for like two decades. We haven’t seen Anne Heche in years, or Wesley Snipes, and not by their own choice. Like reg says, Josh Hamilton is a perfect analog.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
yeah, but there is no social outrage against them
we are not harranged that Anne Heche betrayed her fans, her art, her country
she is just unemployable, but not pilloried
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 8:39 PM PST up reply actions
Of course there is. You just read sports blogs, not entertainment blogs. The outrage over PEDs is ridiculous though and it infuriates me probably as much as it does you.
If you want more extreme social hatred, how about Lindsay Lohan? Michael Jackson? Maybe when Manny dies, he’ll get some love.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
saw more than a few tweets saying Emma Stone is what everyone had hoped for Lindsay Lohan. Girl hasn’t acted in years, and yet every time she is picked up by the cops it’s news
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
maybe if you consider Sun news
by court168627 on Feb 26, 2012 8:57 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
maybe if you consider Sun news
by court168627 on Feb 26, 2012 8:57 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
i see a lot of LiLo Elizabeth Taylor comparions
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
both beautiful although Lilo has destroyed her looks
both very troubled
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
no one loves any film the way sports fans love their team. But, if it came out that Mark Hamill ate a plate of coke, some Star Wars fans would be up in arms, I guess.
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 8:53 PM PST up reply actions
i agree with HJ
to me the best example is tiger woods. yes he’s still golfing and making money, but the media firestorm around him was insane. do you know how many famous actors and musicians are adulterers? and that news will rarely ever make it past the tabloids if reported at all.
by court168627 on Feb 26, 2012 8:56 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
can’t lump “athletes” into that. Baseball players, yes. But Shawn Merriman tested positive for steroids a few years back while with the Patriots and the question wasn’t “should he play again” it was “can the Patriots win the Super Bowl again with him missing four games”
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
A. Rod
“I did steroids. Now watch me hit some dingers!”
“OOOoooooOO”
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
really
has there been a greater athlete more dragged through the mud and universally mocked?
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 10:33 PM PST up reply actions
I thought the line was “no longer allowed to do the thing they’re good at due to ‘role model’ clause”
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:35 PM PST up reply actions
not what I said…
that whole allowed to do, but whatever
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
The focus group sketch was the academy telling the watchers exactly what they think of them.
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by regfairfield on Feb 26, 2012 7:43 PM PST up reply actions
I have read this comment about 5 times and I am still lost in the pronouns
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
The Academy thinks you are dumb.
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by regfairfield on Feb 26, 2012 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
midnight in paris really? cmon now
we all know that movie was a B-
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
I thought it was smart and the most entertaining Allen has been in years
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 7:35 PM PST up reply actions
it was eh- watchable but compared to Allen's earlier works a complete meh
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
That’s true about most films these days, sadly enough.
by The Dude Abides on Feb 26, 2012 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
I hear in the olden days, kids stayed off lawns without having to be told
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 8:04 PM PST up reply actions
we didn't have fences then
we just used rock salt in the 12 gauge
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 8:09 PM PST up reply actions
I appreciate y’all not using buckshot : )
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
TBF the Academy is trying really hard to convince us how much better the old days were.
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by regfairfield on Feb 26, 2012 8:11 PM PST up reply actions
I’d say is more self aggrandizement about “the movies” in general, not specific to any time
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
I’m like a second cousin once removed : )
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
They’re trying really hard to convince us Billy Crystal is remotely relevant.
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by regfairfield on Feb 26, 2012 8:14 PM PST up reply actions
eh, he’s not winning but he’s not losing either
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
He was last in a relevant movie when I was seven.
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by regfairfield on Feb 26, 2012 8:21 PM PST up reply actions
Analyse this was 1999
If you count voice roles its been more recent but its still been awhile
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
During the James Earl, Oprah thing
they cut to the audience and there was a dude in a Turban who looked like an extra from
Coming to America
that is my oscar
and by the way, you might not think this, but I think, Oprah Winfrey is a lot of things, but above all things, a powerful source of good
I damned near pissed my pants when I saw this. My loving wife, unfortunately, wasn’t as impresed as I was.
Thankfully, there’s always the kids to save my ass.
by KellyStephen on Feb 26, 2012 8:32 PM PST up reply actions
When “The Artist” kept winning, all I could think of was the beginning of Dylan’s “She Belongs to Me”
“she don’t look back”
Also, “Don’t Look Back” is the title of a great documentary on Dylan from the 1960s. Must see.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 26, 2012 8:46 PM PST up reply actions
don’t forget its fucked up little brother Eat the Document. not quite a must see, but there’s certainly some kind of value there for Dylan fans
by court168627 on Feb 26, 2012 9:01 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
You know I have never seen that. I need to though.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 26, 2012 9:14 PM PST up reply actions
Spitting image of what I would expect his grandson to look like
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 26, 2012 9:14 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Favorite Peter Lorre movie…Maltese Falcon?
by KellyStephen on Feb 26, 2012 9:17 PM PST up reply actions
Brian Kenny's Top 5 GMs
1) Friedman
2) Daniels
3) Jocketty
4) Cashman
5) Mozeliak
Rob Neyer’s
1) Friedman
2) Daniels
3) Jocketty
4) Beinfest
5) Anthopolous
Where is the love for Michael Hill.
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by regfairfield on Feb 26, 2012 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
Daniels has come along way since the padre trade
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 26, 2012 9:15 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Amazing he has been in Texas that long. Time flies.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 26, 2012 9:21 PM PST up reply actions
Is the artist going to be the best film no one has ever seen?
can’t imagine there is a big market for silent films these days(I haven’t seen it yet but will watch it when it hits netflix)
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
It was one of the few nominees I actually saw
it was wonderful
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 9:16 PM PST up reply actions
Yes
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 26, 2012 9:17 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I guess the costar really did sleep with the director
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 26, 2012 9:24 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Eyes Eyes Eyes
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 26, 2012 9:27 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
of the best picture nominees
I only saw the help and moneyball, but I’m usually a couple years behind movies wise
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Saw The Help on my last flight to India, was very nicely done
A fan of Moneyball too
and Midnight in Paris – though that one was clearly not Best Picture material
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 9:21 PM PST up reply actions
I've somehow managed to never see any Woody Allen films
I’ll see myself off your lawn
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
not a huge fan
I liked his early slapstick but the schtick and the formula got old
I like Midnight because it doesn’t feel like a Woody Allen movie
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 9:25 PM PST up reply actions
Early Woody movies did make me laugh
At least back then. I also have a soft spot for The Purple Rose of Cairo.
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by David Young on Feb 26, 2012 10:04 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
wow
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 26, 2012 9:28 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I love
Sleeper
and
Take the Money and Run
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 9:31 PM PST up reply actions
My favorite WA film was one he was not in
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 26, 2012 9:37 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Saw about 90% of the overall nominees with moneyball being the big exception
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 26, 2012 9:27 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Saw
Tree of Life, Moneyball, Midnight in Paris, The Help, and Rango. Plan to see The Descendants, The Artist, and Hugo as soon as they’re available on Blu-Ray
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 9:39 PM PST up reply actions
oh its available on the 28th
thats what that note on netflix means.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Comes out Tuesday, at least on Redbox. I’m not really in a “buying movies” position
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 9:42 PM PST up reply actions
yeah I was confused because netflix let me add it to my queue as if it where released
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I used to do that all the time with Netflix, fill the top of my queue with movies that weren’t released yet so they’d arrive day of (if I timed it right)
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 9:44 PM PST up reply actions
Killed Hugo at the NO
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 26, 2012 9:16 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
box office?
Hugo made 115 million, Artist made 72 millionish. I didn’t expect that the Artist had made that much, makes me happy to see though
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Mrs HJ loved it
Marcie May Marlene…whatever was really great too
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 9:20 PM PST up reply actions
The only one of the nominees I saw was Moneyball. That was my co-favorite with The Muppets and HP7.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Little surprised maker fans are okay with trading two big guns for one
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 26, 2012 9:20 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I am a little worried, but baseball is starting so I really don’t give a shit
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 9:20 PM PST up reply actions
i don’t think it’s gonna happen
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 26, 2012 9:24 PM PST up reply actions
Last night
Eric and I had dinner at a pizza place that Ken Gurnick recommended (everyone there think Pizza Bianco has too long a wait and is pretty small). So we get there fairly early (6:15) and get seated right away at their pizza counter.
Anyway, we have a drink and the food comes out and it is good, so the waiter comes by and I ask for an IPA draft. He looks at me funny and walks away. Eric says to me, didn’t you just order drink. I thought, no, but then the waiter comes back with a Moscow Mule and I ask him, did I order that just before the beer, he said yes.
Lesson to be learned, be wary of sweet alcohol drinks, you forget a lot.
good lesson
I have done bad things on White Russians
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 9:38 PM PST up reply actions
You wish
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 26, 2012 9:39 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Dark and Stormy where once the rage
are they still?
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 9:45 PM PST up reply actions
i had my first one on friday
and second on last night, soooo good :)
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URIBE
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 26, 2012 9:35 PM PST via mobile reply actions
CONTEXT?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 26, 2012 9:36 PM PST up reply actions
Catching up
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 26, 2012 9:38 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
we are alone
on team Uribe
He is developing into a pet rooting project for me
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 9:43 PM PST up reply actions
I mean to my knowledge he is a good team mate
doesn’t scuffle with the media or fans, and puts in his work. I can’t hate a guy like that. I can dislike his hitting ability, but hate? Naw.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
i don't hate him either
he seems like a good dude.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 26, 2012 9:45 PM PST up reply actions
hoping from a bigger season from
Sands or Uribe?
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 9:45 PM PST up reply actions
odd question
hope? Sands, he has years of upside ahead. But I am documented in my Sands concerns, though I think he has a chance to be a starter
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 9:47 PM PST up reply actions
if there were only one good season to be had between the two, who would you rather have it?
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 9:48 PM PST up reply actions
Sands, though a good season from Uribe would mean better things for the Dodgers…likely
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 9:49 PM PST up reply actions
“I got an idea. We’ll mix the whole movie super quiet, then when the train crashes, we’ll blow everyone’s eardrums!”
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 9:47 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I thought it was just a bad blu ray mix when I watched it this week
apparently though it was that way in theaters too. I was flabbergasted. The explosions where pretty though.
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wasn’t that the movie where the Hogan’s Hero dude watches dirty pictures
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 9:55 PM PST up reply actions
Jon's winning line
I was a bit surprised that Meryl Streep edged Viola Davis in lead actress, but perhaps voters felt Streep’s 2-14 record in Oscar noms entering the evening was getting a little too Anthony Young-like.
http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/2012/02/26/a-night-at-the-neds/#disqus_thread
maybe they just shouldn't nom her every time she is in a movie
I was surprised to but they did give the supporting actress to the help
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The Help met it’s quota, just like Push by Sapphire a few years back. The awards are more political than they are merit based, Streep won for all those times she lost, just like Sandra Bollock a few years back.
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 9:55 PM PST up reply actions
Nevermind Bollock, here’s the Sex Pistol
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 9:56 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Oi, what’s with all these bleeding Thatcherites being all self congratulatory on the tele?
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 9:58 PM PST up reply actions
Well
SAG Awards 3 out of the 4 were the same (Viola Davis won SAG), BAFTA and Golden Globes recognized the 4 who won today (as well as George Clooney and Michelle Williams as Golden Globes recognizes Comedy and drama separately in major acting categories).
So while it could be a career award for Streep, it wasn’t as if Davis was or even deserved to be considered a shoo in, though SAG is usually a good indication since the same people vote for both.
by bhsportsguy on Feb 26, 2012 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
well thats kind of why I thought she would win for help
but I underestimated the streep factor
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classic case of russel crowe winning for gladiator but not the insider.
f’ing academy
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
it usually shakes out in the end, so long as you make another good movie
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 9:57 PM PST up reply actions
Actually, we did an analysis in Variety this year and found that so-called lifetime achievement awards in the acting and directing categories are much more rare now than they used to be.
so you're saying viola davis is screwed?
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
why? you think that will be her last great role?
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
it might be, you never know
its hollyweird. sometimes you only get that one great role.
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
Anne Hathaway should just give up acting.
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
i actually like her
but she needs to find THE role… like i said, its hard to come by even if you’re young and beautiful
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
Oh I love Hathaway, but according to a Fox PR person I know she doesn’t test well.
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
When they were doing the build up for Love & Other Drugs, I was told that Hathaway doesn’t test well with their focus groups
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:11 PM PST up reply actions
their focus groups are dumb and don't have penises
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
by nolander on Feb 26, 2012 10:11 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
haha
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
And this matters when it comes to the Academy Awards
In some way
by bhsportsguy on Feb 26, 2012 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
all that has happened here
is that we were told make-up Oscars are a thing of the past, I noted Hathaway has been nominated and lost, and then made a passing remark to something told to me in passing.
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t think that movie did her any favors. I’m sure the Princess Diaries and Devil Wears Prada folks would say otherwise, and I certainly don’t think she gets a chance to host the Oscars if the scoop on her is that she’s a turnoff. I would be very wary of making any generalizations about Hathaway based on Love & Other Drugs.
I actually really liked her in One Day
runs away and hides
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
I wouldn’t use that Oscar broadcast as evidence of her appeal. Anyhow, we all know focus groups are dumb.
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:15 PM PST up reply actions
Nudity aside
I had no problem with her in Love & Other Drugs. She was fine in it.
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by David Young on Feb 27, 2012 12:07 AM PST up reply actions
Anyway, I’m still not clear on the reason for saying “Anne Hathaway should just give up acting.” Surely not because of the Focus Group lady.
“Actually, we did an analysis in Variety this year and found that so-called lifetime achievement awards in the acting and directing categories are much more rare now than they used to be.”
“so you’re saying viola davis is screwed?”
“Anne Hathaway should just give up acting.”
Quick and dirty joke because Hathaway lost before. And I remembered how when she was nominated someone said “don’t worry, you’ll be up here many more times”. Shoulda dropped the sarcasm tag. (we may need your rules)
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
OK. Yeah, I missed the sarcasm. The ensuing line about the focus group person only made it seem more non-sarcastic.
see, I assumed everyone knew I was joking (thought it was ironic enough, since I love Hathaway and think she’s awesome) so moved onto Hathaway thoughts.
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:26 PM PST up reply actions
I spend too much time by myself, it’s had a negative impact on my social development (and made me super quirky)
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:28 PM PST up reply actions
Here’s the link:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118049795/
Streep winning this year was more of a surprise than a fait accompli.
I getcha. I’m a little too young for those lifetime achievement type things for Pachino, et all. Was thinking specifically of Bollock, Steep this year, Plummer this year. All roles of merit, but outside of maybe Plummer not the best example of the actor’s work
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
Bollock? you mean Bullock?
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
That the thing ain’t the ring, it’s the play.
So give me a stage
Where this bull here can rage,
And though I can fight,
I’d much rather recite.
That’s entertainment."
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 10:30 PM PST up reply actions
Remember when someone asked Eric if Ned was at spring training and everyone was all, “Where else would he be?”
laughing at moneyball losing
SEE! SEE! THE PEOPLE OF SPOKEN he yells
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I'm still trying to figure out why they needed phillip Seymour hoffman for that movie
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Because he’s Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Apparently his role in The Ides of March, in the play it’s based on, was written for a black man. #notsarcasm
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:31 PM PST up reply actions
felt like it had no idea who to focus on, with Gosling and Clooney to chose from
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:33 PM PST up reply actions
and those drugs
with reporters around
and no one asks where and why she had them?
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 26, 2012 10:34 PM PST up reply actions
i saw it on friday night with eric, HATED it sans goslings scenes
and couldn’t figure out SPOILER
who she was impregnated by
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
was it though? they never explicitly said it
she said she was preggers way after she screwed gosling.
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
but Gosling put Clooney through the ringer over it, blackmailed him over it
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
but even he didn't know whether Clooney knew or not
Clooney just knew he had sex with her.
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
point is the plot had holes
i honestly thought the scene with clooney and PSH in the car he was gonna shoot him …just had little direction
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
the skirts aren’t batting too well tonight, are we? : p
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:41 PM PST up reply actions
dude, when you refer to us as skirts how are we supposed to bat
::remembers a league of their own::
but still!
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
I love the uniforms in A League of their Own. I would have worn one to softball, but they cost a lot
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
theres like shorts underneath right?
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
biker shorts, like the more modest cheerleaders if I remember correctly
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
they were in the car for so long i thought he was just gonna off him instead of firing him
i dont know it was bad movie.
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
but paul giamatti was excellent as always
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
the guy who played hatteberg was good and um, yummy
who was he?
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
You must not watch Parks and Recreation : )
His name is Chris Pratt
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
ah yes, good stuff.
no, i can’t stand network TV for the most part, sans the voice
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
and the new girl - SCHMIDT!
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
Schmidt is one of the great clueless characters, in the tradition of Dwight Schrute and Kenneth from 30 Rock
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:40 PM PST up reply actions
I just saw the V-day episode, dont ruin anything for me
I totally am down with the Cece hookup, but Jess and her box o’ condoms would be ok too. I’ll be right behind them, husband #4
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
Not at all :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 26, 2012 10:22 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Was Ned the guy in the blue tux at the beginning of the show?
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?
actually he was the guy banging the tamborine in the white suit with will ferrell
"I was a little scared he was into that Oakland thing. We swing here on 3-0." Grady Little on Andre
I had been wondering how you did in your Oscar pool. #sarcasm
by Josie Becker on Feb 26, 2012 10:33 PM PST up reply actions
You cut off that pickoffs video
Right before Rubby De La Rosa took the mound!
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by David Young on Feb 27, 2012 6:54 AM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Pitching
for the dodgers will have a drop off after Kershaw, Harang-utan and Bills.
http://westsideculture.mlblogs.com/tag/nl-west/
good work on these photos
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I was born the year Brett Favre started playing.... amazing
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