Dodgers Think Coffey Is For Middle Relief
by Eric Stephen on Feb 3, 2012 2:40 PM PST
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Just when you thought the moves for the offseason were complete, Ned Colletti threw us a curve ball on Friday. Or maybe it was a slider, the preferred offspeed pitch thrown by right-handed relief pitcher Todd Coffey, the newest addition to the Dodgers bullpen. The 31-year old has signed a one-year contract with the Dodgers worth a guranteed $1.3 million, pending a physical, plus a club option for 2013, as reported by both Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports and Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times.
UPDATE (5:15 p.m.): The Coffey deal is now official. The reliever will be paid $1 million in 2012, with essentially a deferred payment disguised as a club option. Coffey's option for 2013 is worth $2.5 million, with a buyout of $300,000, per Hernandez.
Coffey was 5-1 with a 3.62 ERA in 60 innings last season for the Nationals, striking out 6.94 batters per nine innings, pretty much inline with his career rate of 6.67 strikeouts per nine. He has also pitched for the Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds in his seven-year MLB career. Coffey is perhaps best known for his Leffertsian sprints from the bullpen to the mound, which should earn him at least an extra strike or some sort of tangible benefit.
The addition of Coffey to the staff gives the Dodgers six pitchers I would call locks for the bullpen: Javy Guerra, Kenley Jansen, Matt Guerrier, Mike MacDougal, Coffey, and Scott Elbert. This essentially means that Josh Lindblom and the out-of-options Blake Hawksworth will battle it out along with the various non-roster invitees for that seventh and final spot in the pen.
Ronald Belisario, now that we know he actually exists again, could be a factor, but he will have to serve a 25-game suspension to begin the year anyway so he is not a concern in shaping the opening day roster.
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I kind of like the Coffey signing. Not a bad deal for a solid reliever.
Solid around the middle, too, hahaha. (Sigh.)
But seriously, seems a good signing. Solid vs righties. Just wish they hadn’t bothered to bring Macdougal back.
Still expect youngster or two to come up and be surprise help this year, whether Tolleson or Withrow or someone else.
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He’s got quite a rack.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Salad Dodgers
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
by G.Scott on Feb 3, 2012 7:28 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
HITNG
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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by Maddz on Feb 3, 2012 7:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Wow was I beaten to the punch on this one.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Feb 3, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
Looks like he’s on the Paula Dean diet
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?
the Paula Deen special
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and in case you think I'm kidding
http://www.pauladeen.com/index.php/recipes/view2/the_ladys_brunch_burger/
Her diabetes has to be the least surprising news story of 2011.
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SHE IS TRYING TO KILL US ALL
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No, but endorsing a diabetes pill while cooking up those things is a bit surprising. Very enterprising on her part.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Enterprising is one word for it. I also have another. ;)
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reminds me of this from awhile back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjiTQwMCgxk
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
For a game this year when Coffey has to fill in for a tired back end of the bullpen…
“Pen Wary, Pen Loss: Coffey For Closer Doesn’t Work Out For Dodgers”
by Eric Stephen on Feb 3, 2012 2:56 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
For some reason, Felix Hernandez intentionally walks Todd to load the bases and a big rally ensues
Seattle Star Bucks Coffey, on Every Corner, Dodgers Cause Flood
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
well done, you both.
Nothing about “Rockies Put. That. Coffey. Down.” ?
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by underdog on Feb 3, 2012 3:15 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Coffey
Looks like a pretty medioce K rate for a reliever and a below average walk rate. His GB/FB has been on a steady decline fwiw and he seems to be trending towards throwing more sliders and less fastballs than he use to.
I haven’t looked too often, but you don’t see too many pitchers throw their sliders ~45% of the time
You don’t see too many pitchers who EAT sliders 45% of the time amirite
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Coffee puns and jokes about him being overweight! I LOVE THIS GUY
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Feb 3, 2012 3:00 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I wish you good luck
but you wouldn’t know what to do with it.
by bhsportsguy on Feb 3, 2012 3:02 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
But if he’s used against lefties it’ll cause a latte problems
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
by G.Scott on Feb 4, 2012 7:15 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
So Eric always has a kitten to punch
http://www.randomkittengenerator.com/
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One of the kittens does have one eye closed, so maybe Eric already got in a jab.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Feb 3, 2012 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
BHS
Was it the Mariners at the end of the list with 4.6 WAR?
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Stupid move..........
We already have 7 RP…
jansen and Guerra as CL.
Hawks and Guerrier as ML/su
Lindblom and Elbert
MacDougal..
duh…
we can’t even put troncoso,bellil or tolleson or eovaldi in bully.
Colletti is imploding ..what awaste of $$$
I guarantee the Dodgers will use more than 7 relievers this year.
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Hard to get worked up about a minor deal for middle relief.
Someone will get hurt and someone will suddenly not be able to get someone out.
with a fatigue problem? Then DFA?
Weak Coffey Dumped.
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by David Young on Feb 3, 2012 3:13 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
If he hits the Cubs' presumptive 1B with a fastball
Strong Coffey Plunks LaHair on Chest
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
by Nolij on Feb 3, 2012 3:17 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
When Jeff Francouer of all people hits two home runs off of him and we make fun of his salary
Overpriced Coffey Churned in Frenchy Press
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by Humma Kavula on Feb 3, 2012 3:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Ned may have strong views on Hawksworth’s right to hold down a big league job. Lindblom closing in AAA is not a bad idea. Eo should start all year. Tron is almost as valuable as Randy Keisler at this point, and Bellisario is barely even a thing anymore.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Lot of bodies, other then Jansen I don’t have any faith that any of them will get anyone out like we are used to. This is a one punch bullpen.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I have all the faith in the world in Janesn and Elbert
Lindblom and Guerra are actually just right behind that class as well for me.
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Ned agrees with you and has so much faith in Lindblom he just moved him off the opening day roster.
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does that mean Jansen (and less so Elbert) is near the bottom of the middle of the MLB relievers?
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There is no Kyle Russell scale
He’s above everyone all by himself :)
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BTW
the answer from the last thread, Seattle has a total of 4.6 WAR from players drafted from 2002. Cleveland is 27th with 12.2
Other bottom dwellers includes the White Sox, Houston and the Cubs
Wow. Brandon Morrow probably was responsible for most of that then.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Dustin Ackley last year: 2.5.
Must be a lot of negative value in there.
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Morrow, and Morrow, and Morrow creeps in his petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time and all his yesterdays have lighted the Mariners the way to dusty death.
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I am old enough
to have made coffee puns to this:
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Now I know how Magic got it.
“The team’s locker room, and its sauna, had been a place where the star and other players had entertained women, even right after games,” Lazenby writes. “Johnson would retire to the sauna after a game, have sex, then put on a robe and return to the locker room for his postgame media interviews.”
well, yeah I knew that, but never heard of this other stuff before, not that its shocking. I just thought it was new because the guy that did this book is the guy that was tweeting Kupchak was leaving the Lakers a few days ago. Ive never heard of the guy before that.
Lazenby
I think he was a one time James Bond, strange he’s now doing NBA stuff.
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On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. It was dreadful.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
He looks like
The English Johnny Carson.
by jim hitchcock (railway) on Feb 3, 2012 5:04 PM PST up reply actions
I’d be shocked if Magic contracted HIV from traditional straight sex, unless he’s uncircumcised, in which case I would take it back.
by The Dude Abides on Feb 3, 2012 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
I
huh?
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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Just saying that the only way he could have gotten it from conventional straight sex is if he’s uncircumcised, and even then it would have been still highly unlikely.
by The Dude Abides on Feb 3, 2012 11:57 PM PST up reply actions
or like, if the person he had sex with has aids.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
Probably 50 to 100 times less likely for transmission to go from woman to man than man to woman
by The Dude Abides on Feb 4, 2012 12:02 AM PST up reply actions
Lack of circumcision cuts those odds to about 5 to 10 times less likely. However, you can throw those odds out the window if it was unconventional straight sex.
by The Dude Abides on Feb 4, 2012 12:05 AM PST up reply actions
If straight conventional sex, a high number of partners is not nearly as important a factor as a high number of times with only one partner who’s high risk. This is why women whose partners are on the down low have seen some of the highest increases in HIV rates over the past 20 years.
by The Dude Abides on Feb 4, 2012 12:57 AM PST up reply actions
true, but it appears that the study you are siting was done in Africa, which has a) the highest number of HIV/AIDS case and b) one of the highest percentages of circumcised males.
So.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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It was several randomized control trials plus dozens of observational studies, and your (b) sentence is completely wrong, as sub-Saharan Africa has one of the lowest rates of circumcised males in the world, not one of the highest.
by The Dude Abides on Feb 4, 2012 2:51 PM PST up reply actions
More coffee humor
JERRY: Oh, I’m glad you’re here, so we can get this all straightened out. Would
you like a cup of tea?
BOOKMAN: You got any coffee?
JERRY: Coffee?
BOOKMAN: Yeah. Coffee.
JERRY: No, I don’t drink coffee.
BOOKMAN: Yeah, you don’t drink coffee? How about instant coffee?
JERRY: No, I don’t have—
BOOKMAN: You don’t have any instant coffee?
JERRY: Well, I don’t normally—
BOOKMAN: Who doesn’t have instant coffee?
JERRY: I don’t.
BOOKMAN: You buy a jar of Folger’s Crystals, you put it in the cupboard, you
forget about it. Then later on when you need it, it’s there. It lasts
forever. It’s freeze-dried. Freeze-dried Crystals.
JERRY: Really? I’ll have to remember that.
That whole sequence is so funny that Jerry has a hard time containing his smile.
by Michael White on Feb 3, 2012 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
Best scene from any episode of Seinfeld ever
PETERMAN
Elaine! May I say a few words.
ELAINE
Oh, god, yes, Mr. Peterman.
PETERMAN
Ahhh.
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forget Susie—ahhh. And most of all, I will never, forget that one night. Working late on the
catalogue. Juuust the two of us. And we surrendered to temptation.
And it was Pretty Good.
JERRY
[proud to PEGGY, under his breath] Yeah, but he didn’t sleep with both of ’em. [winks]
[ELAINE (who has returned to her seat) catches JERRY’s eye. Though we don’t see her face, his drops and he sobers it up.]
PETERMAN
But Iiii never heard her Cries for Help. [sighs]
An’ nowww.. Susie is gone.
MIKE
[running in, still hoarse, desperate!] Hold on! Hol—on!
Susie didn’t commit suicide!
[rushes up to podium!] She was Murdered, by Jerry, Sein-feld!
[While MIKE’s pointing at JERRY and everyone’s looking, JERRY looks back at PEGGY again.]
JERRY
[smugly, under-his-breath] Not only that, I broke his thumbs.
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I was one of the six people who watched “The Loop” for however many episodes it was on, and Bookman was great on that as well.
such an old episode
But so good.
“He’s a library detective and his name is Bookman?”
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Doug Gottlieb does not understand the concept of the center position in the NBA.
“Why isn’t Kevin Love starting the All-Star Game over Andrew Bynum? Why isn’t LaMarcus Aldridge starting over Bynum?”
I’m going with “Because they play different positions.”
If Andrew Bynum is the second best center in the NBA is that an indictment of the center position in todays NBA or a barometer for how good he’s become?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I actually bought a kickass microphone a few months ago with hopes of starting a podcast. I just haven’t had time. Maybe I can start one up during spring training.
I’d listen if once a week you got shitfaced, then read an entire thread, doing special voices for each commentator.
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Feb 3, 2012 3:48 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
I am going to be so high pitched
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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The microphone came with some software, but I have no idea how to use it. I don’t anticipate doing a ton of editing anyway, but I just need to carve out time to record it.
How much mixing does one have to do to record a couple of human speaking voices? It’s not like we’ll need Eric autotuned or anything.
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You mentioned doing podcasts a year ago didn't you?
It could be something pretty good IMO
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Coffee Randomness from Eddie Izzard
I like my coffee like I like my women. In a plastic cup.
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When I was a kid, another kid was eating an ice cream cone and gave us: “I like my women like my ice cream.” He took a big lick and walked away.
One of my buddies responded, “Cold and slimy?”
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Hah
“Requiring I take a pill to digest her?”
jokes only we lactose-intolerant think of
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One college night at 4 A.M. at Norm’s (you know nothing good is coming of this already) in West L.A., a bunch of us were at a table and I ordered my eggs, “over easy [pause] like my women”. Another dude, a couple seats around the table orders his eggs, “scrambled [pause] like my women.”
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by David Young on Feb 3, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
D is for Dodgers, I guess.
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by Humma Kavula on Feb 3, 2012 3:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Take it to the Coffey puns thread
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Feb 3, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
Dodgers Community Caravan is Tuesday and Wednesday
Tuesday: Dee Gordon, Tony Gwynn, Kenley Jansen, Adam Kennedy, Josh Lindblom and Ramon Troncoso; Tommy Davis, Al Ferrara, Shawn Green and Dennis Powell and Dodger broadcaster Eric Collins
Wednesday: Andre Ethier, Javy Guerra, Jerry Hairston, Josh Lindblom and James Loney; Bobby Castillo, "Sweet" Lou Johnson, Kenny Landreaux, Derrel Thomas and Fernando Valenzuela and Dodger broadcaster Charley Steiner
No word on whether or not Loney is driving the Caravan on Wednesday.
Heard this: Steve Howe isn’t
by Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache on Feb 3, 2012 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
I told my officemate about the Coffey signing, and he laughed in my face! He’s a Reds fan and still harbors bad feelings about Coffey’s playing days in Cincinatti.
Is Gary around today?
I’m wondering if hijinks like this happened during his playing days at Dominguez..
“Defendant Hughes was highly intoxicated on this date and time, and decided in his drunken stupor that it would be a good idea to shoot bottle rockets out of his anus on the ATO deck, located on the back of the ATO house…
“Defendant Hughes placed a bottle rocket in his anus, ignited the fuse, but instead of launching, the bottle rocket blew up in the defendant’s rectum, and this startled the plaintiff and caused him to jump back, at which time he fell off of the ATO deck, and he became lodged between the deck and an air conditioner unit adjacent the deck.”
Really. Everyone knows a bottle rocket has a long stick (that’s what goes in the bottle) and there should be tons of clearance between the fuse and your ass.
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Therein lies the problem
We know that because we had tribal knowledge passed down to us from generations past. Today’s instant gratification generation sees a video on youtube, then immediately tries to mimic it with painful results.
Good god, today’s kids do know about lotion, don’t they?
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I gleaned from this
that he must have put it in the wrong way and was trying to shoot it further up his ass
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he's currently asleep
we took some photos today, they should be hilarious
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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Bottle rocket story
We were in Baja, surfing. There were eight of us, in two cars. We surfed all day, then went into Ensenada to get some beer and food. On the way we passed a fireworks stand, so we bought an assortment of fireworks. We got back about 5:30, ate and pulled out the bottle rockets and M-80’s.
My buddy Lee sat on the edge of the cliff at K-55 and started lighting matches, lighting bottle rockets and throwing them over the cliff. He would get two bottle rockets from one match, so I lit a cigarette and handed it to him. He was delighted, and started lighting and throwing the rockets. The bottle rockets were in a pile beside him, and he just kept lighting and throwing them. Someone called to him and he turned his head to see who it was, and for some reason, he put the cigarette in his other hand. He picked up another rocket, lit it, and threw the cigarette over the cliff. Realizing what he had done he dropped the rocket right onto the pile of bottle rockets. The one he dropped lit another one He jumped up and ran behind the car, and for the next few minutes bottle rockets were flying everywhere.
He blamed me.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
by iiidown on Feb 3, 2012 6:24 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Sounds like that cigarette may not have been regular tobacco.
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bottle rocket fights
were sort of a tradition at 4th of July in my group back in the day. Until we shot one and hit someone in the eye. Luckily no damage was done.
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I put it to you
My two squares are Patriots 6, Giants 5, and Patriots 8, Giants 1.
The question: Do I care about the Super Bowl?
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When the Bears won the SB (85? 86?) over the Pats, one of the guys that I watched with was from Chicago, a Bears fan and in a 10-person pool, each paid $50 for one digit, the least significant digit of the total score. That game had a “meaningless safety” late in the game for the last score, making the final 46-10. Yes, my friend had “6” in the pool.
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Poll
Kobe Bryant needs 70 points pass Shaq for 5th place all-time on the NBA scoring list. Lakers play Denver tonight, Utah tomorrow.
Does Kobe pass Shaq this weekend?
Seems highly unlikely. If Kobe doesn’t pass Shaq this weekend, he will likely do it Monday in Philadelphia, his “hometown” (if he really had one)
Me too!
The first CDs I bought, in order: Another Bad Creation – Coolin’ at the Playgound, Kris Kross – Totally Krossed Out, Boyz II Men – CooleyHighHarmony. I wish I would’ve kept the long-boxes.
The long boxes, classic
CD number one in the Eric Stephen Collection was Poison by Bell Biv Devoe.
Now ya know.
Utah, no one will be scoring so he will go off for 42 after a 31 tonight
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
This signing is not a big deal
but as regfairfield sort of indicated earlier, Dan Wheeler is a kind of similar pitcher to Todd Coffey and Cleveland signed him to a minor-league deal. (Wheeler is three years older though, 31 vs. 34.) Hard to get too excited about it one way or the other though.
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Tron was going to be dfa d before this.
by lnickerson88 on Feb 3, 2012 6:00 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Not That'll Happen But
The Dodgers have the option to pay Mike MacDougal and Todd Coffey 5 million in 2013.
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I really hope Coffey takes Hawksworth’s spot in 2012.
by lnickerson88 on Feb 3, 2012 5:56 PM PST via mobile reply actions
ok honestly
homie must not get called in to a lot of games because if you sprint like that every time, you’d think he wouldn’t be round.
dude needs to mix in a salad
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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and this is after he LOST weight
used to be 265 when he was with the reds
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
it’s hard
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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Not if Pedro Guerrero got there first.
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Since Coffey is good against righties and sucks against lefties
you know this is going to be like Dioner pinch hitting. He’s gonna face a bunch of lefties, it’s going to cost us a couple games, we’re going to be pissed off, it won’t matter.
If used correctly, this signing is the type of signing winning teams make.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
we were kind of in your area today taking pictures. Ever been to orcutt ranch?
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
I’ve driven by it a lot, but never walked in. Have always meant to. That’s closer to Phil than me though. Daughter’s HS was not too far from there.
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it’s a pretty fun area. picked an orange right off the tree. it was very tasty.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
I will go one day. I will eat oranges. They will be juicy and the juice will run down my palms.
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someone mentions oranges and I think of the
Scene in the Grifters when the tough guy wraps the oranges in the bath towel and then uses that as a weapon.
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We can laugh all we want at Rod the Mod
But that dude has scored some incredibly high quality tail for many years now.
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He certainly has a type – blonde, long-legged, thin. Too thin, really.
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The theme for my high school graduation was Whatever, Man.
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Seriously: my high school economics teacher addressed our high school graduation. In a conservative crowd of jackets and ties, he wore a T-Shirt that read “Question Authority.”
This dude was a character. One day he started class this way. “Bowl!” he said, cupping his hands into a bowl. “Bowl!”
Then he held up his thumb and forefinger about a 1/2-inch apart. “Marble!” he shouted. “Everybody see the marble?!”
He mimed putting the marble in the bowl, then began shaking his head back and forth, making a sound effect of clearing his throat. “Chchchchchchchcchchchchhh!”
Then he looked up. “Everybody got it?” he asked. “Talk to your friends, talk to your friends.”
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your graduations had themes? I know prom had a theme (which I don’t remember), but graduation’s theme was “GTFO”
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
We tried to get as our prom theme
“Dazed and Confused”. We did succeed in getting it qualified for the ballot, but not voted in.
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Best oranges in all of California. They have a public picking once a year, $2 a bag, we pick about eight bags. Those orange tree’s have been there forever.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
If my wife ever gets arrested it will be because she snagged an orange off one of their tree’s during the non picking season. They don’t like that.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
we had oranges in our hands the whole time and staff were driving passed us the whole time, not only did they not say anything but they were very friendly. I’m sure the management is less friendly, but the staff didn’t seem to care.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
It is a great place, we used to walk there all the time, not lately. They have a community garden on the West Side, the East side has a great grapefruit orchard, rose garden, wedding stuff, old old old tree’s.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
we were mostly in the immediate area right by where you park. furthest we went was to the orange trees on the east side, but we didn’t venture far.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
The Arboretum in Arcadia
And Descanzo Gardens are nice too. And the Getty Center.
by bhsportsguy on Feb 3, 2012 7:59 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
probably not in your pictures
Completed about 1926, the Orcutt residence reflected both the owners’ and the architect’s interest in the architectural styles, crafts, and symbols of the American Southwest. Integral in the decorative program at the Orcutt Residence – as seen in the lintels above the windows and doors, on ventilation grills, and in courtyard patio – is the symbol of the Native American swastika. The swastika is one of the world’s oldest known graphic symbols, predating even the ancient Egyptian Ankh.
by bhsportsguy on Feb 3, 2012 7:53 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
none of our pictures had swastikas in them, but there is a big sign at the entrance explaining why there are swastikas there.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
I was under the impression that the native american swastikas and the nazi swastikas are mirror images of each other, but I could be mistaken.
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winning teams dont make these types of signings
if they have other weaknesses that they dont address.
One year ago
The Texas Rangers signed 31-year old relief pitcher Dave Bush for $1M w/out really ever addressing their revolving door third OF or the underperformance at 1B (M. Napoli looking out of place on his occasional foray there notwithstanding).
The St. Louis Cardinals signed 40-year old relief pitcher Miguel Batista for $750,000 w/out addressing the shithole middle infield they had (Theriot, Schumaker) or their lack of a fifth starter (ultimately trading for EJax later).
These were the 2011 World Series participants.
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Holy shit Dave Bush had a job in 2011.
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by regfairfield on Feb 5, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
Brenton
After skimming the last post I must admit that I have never seen my full name, Brenton, written so much in my life. I usually go by Brent, and I don’t commonly post. Nonetheless, I’m excited about the softball tourney.
Eric, et al
have you guys considered putting a donate button the the sidebar like LFP does? Granted you have ads up and their refusal to do ads is why they have the donate button, but the ads aren’t exactly your choice. Does SBN allow you to setup a paypal donation button on the site?
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
I thought
These were SBN ads.
by bhsportsguy on Feb 3, 2012 8:47 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
actually
I am not sure even Eric asking for donations is particularly right since SBN pays the cost to host the site.
by bhsportsguy on Feb 3, 2012 8:49 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
not
Saying you shouldn’t do it, just saying if it was a site hosted by a newspaper or other major media, you wouldn’t ask for donations.
by bhsportsguy on Feb 3, 2012 8:51 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Home run rule 3, -1
I’m thinking that is 3 max home run over the fence per team, you can only hit one more home run then the other team at any given time with a max of 3. I’m surprised they are doing that for our tournament. They usually only do that for the real tournaments and the motley group of Dodger blogs is not at that level.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Everybody but Kobe shooting well tonight
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Whew.
The Lakers beat the best team in NBA history, if I understood Xeifrank’s rankings correctly :)
by Eric Stephen on Feb 3, 2012 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
crazy game
Glad they pulled it off
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 3, 2012 11:15 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Did you see that play
where that European guy faked getting hit in the face, and the ref actually fell for it. Not only did he fall for it but he gave Barnes a TF. What are the chances that dude grew up playing soccer?
Rudy Fernandez flopped twice in the span of about a minute. Very frustrating.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 4, 2012 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
He’s a punkass
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 4, 2012 12:06 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Homage
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 4, 2012 1:16 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
She’s earned it
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 4, 2012 5:15 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Hmm
Kenyon Martin is a Clipper now.
Always thought he’d be a beast in the NBA but he’s been largely average.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
That's what they told Coffey
But he thought they said tits
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
He's more largely than average
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Harper
So if he starts Opening Day in Washington, he’ll be at 19 years, 172 days. Youngest in MLB since……………..?
felix hernandez, trout, but arod was 18yrs and change when he debuted.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
Felix was 19 years, 118 days in his MLB debut in 2005. I was trying to run a Play Index search but I keep getting an error. Trying to find the youngest to play on opening day.
Andruw was 19 years, 343 days on opening day in 1997.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 4, 2012 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
Ken Griffey was 19 years, 133 days old when he started on opening day for the Mariners in 1989.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 4, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Jose Rijo was 18 years, 328 days old when he pitched in relief for the Yankees on April 5, 1984. It was their third game of the season, but Rijo made the opening day roster.
In the same year, Dwight Gooden made the opening day roster for the Mets and pitched in their fourth game of the year, on April 7, but was older than Rijo at 19 years, 143 days old.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 4, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks for this
Btw, any chance that the player removed from the 40-man was a) traded; or b) just not informed yet?
Don’t know why this interests me so much. :)
Eovaldi
Is he going to be starter in AAA?
Giving Coffey (or any non dominant reliever) 1.3mils seems a waste.
Almost certainly.
The Dodgers are basically paying 500K to replace Ramon Troncoso with Coffey. It’s not gonna really change anything, but the team got slightly better for nothing.
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i think they got worse and more expensive
I figured Eovaldi was going to start in the pen like Billingsley did and be the long man/ 6th starter or just be a reliever like most thought he would.
You’re still replacing a higher upside guy in Eovaldi with a proven mediocrity.
That he’s less mediocre than Tron is fine…but both shouldnt be on the roster anyway.
right
Capang took Eovaldi’s spot
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 4, 2012 1:17 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
even worse
I thought Lindblom earned the right to be a reliever this year.
I also dont think the Dodgers will only carry Elbert as the only lefty in the pen. I think Grabow will also make it.
So if you have: Jansen, Guerra, Guerrier, MacDougal, Coffey, Elbert, Grabow…
That means Lindblom/Eovaldi are both off the 25, and to me they are better arms than over half the pen.
If you look at signing Coffey as simply upgrading the 40 man (taking Tron off and adding Coffey thats fine..)…but if the caveat for Coffey is that he’s guaranteed a spot on the 25 man…this its not a good move.
none of our relievers will get injured and we will only need 7 all year long
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
i'm not worried about injuries
i’m worried about veterans being ineffective and keeping their spot on the roster bc they are on guaranteed mlb contracts
Hawksworth
He’ll need to be DFA if your prediction is accurate (since I’m sure he’ll be heathy by April 5).
There is almost zero chance Eo was gonna start the year in the bigs. That spot was either Lindblom’s or Grabow’s.
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I don’t get Ned’s overall lack of faith on players coming up through the minors.
I would have much preferred that Ned spend all this chump change he diddled out for free agent signings on one good free agent, and take our chances with the Eovaldis, Lindblooms, Sands, Sellers, etc.
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
Ned's made plenty of dumb moves
but this signing of Coffey doesn’t seem like one of them. Not worth getting panties in a bunch (proverbially) ;)
Bullpen depth and injuries are always a concern, as it is with SP. As I said above, we’ll still see young guys come up and contribute this year regardless of how it appears right now.
And we’ll also see Ned dismissed at some point this year, too, so there’s that.
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I think this has less to do with faith and more to do with depth
lindblom will see significant time in the pen this year unless he implodes in the minors
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What about Tolleson? Ames? Wall? I would gamble that one of those guys will be ready to pitch for the Dodgers this season, and early on, potentially. To me, that’s depth in the minors for the bullpen.
You’d never know that just watching Ned sign free agent relievers this off season. You’d think the Dodger system had no quality arms coming soon.
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
It could very well be that the dodgers FO has decided it is better for these kids to see more regular playing time in the minors and/or spend more time with those trainers to refine things.
besides, it’s before spring training. there’s no telling what will happen and whose arms will blow up (or obliques, but that was so 2011)
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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Playing time
This is the best rationale for these moves. If we break guys in, they should have legit roles, not back end fodder.
innings are innings..
These guys can throw the same amount of pitchers (as relievers) at the MLB level as they would at the minor league level.
I dont mind Hawksworth getting DFA’ed, but they still need a long man and I dont see it unless EO makes it.
if innings are innings, then why have the minors league teams at all?
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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I wonder how many people that have a reaction to this signing beyond “whatever” or maybe “okay” can name how many pitchers the average team uses in a year.
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I imagine just about every team has a fungible RH relief pitcher with a certain amount of MLB experience making around 2-3 times the minimum on their opening day roster.
I wonder what that number is excluding Sept./Oct. Still pretty high, I imagine.
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Yeah don’t know how to do that. I do know that the Giants used the by far the least in the league last year at 17, then four teams after that (including the Dodgers) used 21. Average is 23 or 24.
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Unless something really weird happens every usable pitcher on the 40 man, plus many other pitchers will see work.
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Pretty much seems that way. So many injuries, plus ineffective guys.
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Guerrier makes ~10x the minimum
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he brougth back mcdougal and signed coffey
you make it sound like he spent a fortune on relievers. He didn’t.
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But if we would have saved that 800 K over the minimum they make combined we could have signed another player. Like Mike MacDougal.
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the money is just an annoyance
The real problem is that better pitchers will not be on the roster.
Coffey’s the type of guy that should be signed as an NRI and you stash him at AAA just in case someone gets hurt. He should be the injury replacement depth signing….not relegate the kids that are actually better pitchers with way more upside to that role.
At this point, you're underselling Coffey
This isn’t Lance Cormier, this guy is actually pretty decent at the MLB level. Average middle reliever.
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by Taylor Maricle on Feb 5, 2012 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Loved this stat per Sam Miller
Barry Bonds has a 5.000 OPS against 23 pitchers, including Guillermo Mota.
Bonds has face Mota nine times: one home run, eight walks (five were intentional)
There was a shocking amount of civility at the weigh ins. Diaz is totally gonna piss hot for weed.
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What is the argument for weed being banned? Just because it is illegal or is there supposed to be some sort of performance-enhancing aspect?
I think it was the “it’s a painkiller” argument or something equally invalid.
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I’m now predicting that Werdum is going to tap out Nelson, btw. Only change in my predictions from a few days ago.
I feel like it’s gonna turn into a gasfest and Nelson is at least functional in those, Verdum just starts butt scooting and daring people to jump into guard.
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if baseball writers
Elected the caliber of players that Pro Football Hall of Fame committees does every year, we would see the Dale Murphy and Steve Garveys already in Baseball Hall of Fame
by bhsportsguy on Feb 4, 2012 4:18 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
who makes the elections now?
"They say The Jet's lost a step or two... but I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here."
for
Football HOF, a group of 32 or so writers meet every year at the Super Bowl and basically lobby for players to get in.
by bhsportsguy on Feb 4, 2012 4:53 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Things would be so much better for him if he wasn’t missing an ‘h’.
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It got a little heated at the Burger King
in Camarillo today. Sitting in the back of the restaurant with my daughter when what turned out to probably be a slightly autistic teenage girl in the front said loudly to her dad, “turn around and look at that man sitting behind you!”. I figured she was talking about the guy wearing the bowling shirt at the table next to me. Then she says, “he’s wearing an Angels shirt. He likes the Angels!”. Well, that was me… sporting my Angels jersey. I playfully pointed at my shirt and put up a #1 finger. She started (talking loudly so everyone could hear her) about the Angels being lucky that they got Pujols and Wilson and started going in to great details non stop chattering about both teams and how the Angels are the only team who can beat the Angels. She said the Dodgers have better pitching than the Angels because of Kershaw. I really didn’t say anything back as it was pretty entertaining listening to her chatter. Then she quickly changed topics and asked people in Burger King who they thought was more clutch, Brady or Eli Manning. Then gave a treatise on why she thought Kobe Bryant was more clutch than both. Actually, I was kind of proud of what a great Dodger fan she was. But I didn’t quite expect to get heckled by an autistic Dodger fan at Burger King today.
by Xeifrank on Feb 4, 2012 4:46 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Im so proud of her. You got what you deserved wearing an Angels shirt, and her knowing Kobe is more clutch then both clearly shows she knows exactly what she is talking about. Hope you learned your lesson! :).
by uschris0304 on Feb 4, 2012 4:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
and she’s not a teenager, IIRC.
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I wonder if I will still be considered a friend
Of HJ if I make a bacon cheeseburger “pizza” tomorrow for Super Bowl
by bhsportsguy on Feb 4, 2012 5:09 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
my band is playing a house party tonight
“LIVE ART” some artists are like painting or something while bands play. mostly death metal bands. and us. should be interesting. i think im getting too old for this.
what's the name of your band???
what kind of music so you play?
by court168627 on Feb 5, 2012 7:47 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
the mothras
we do “karaokexcore” in which we sing others peoples music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYVII1DZ-e8
open scoring in boxing
is crazy.
If you get up by a certain number of rounds, and know that – you can just stall the rest of the fight.
they will
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by nolander on Feb 4, 2012 10:25 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
"he didn't hit me"
Yeah, that’s why your face is all jacked up you chump.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 4, 2012 9:56 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
i was entertained by his honesty
So many guys after that fights like that, even they think they won, are still diplomatic about it…but Diaz was just like “this is bullshit and i’m done with UFC”..
OK...
So, so happy that Diaz lost.
I was also happy that Condit won, but more happy that Condit lost.
I was at a table at Buffalo Wild Wings (you’re welcome that the fight went all five rounds!) and there were two white trash guys (I honestly have no better description of these two guys. Seriously. I’m being nice.) behind us who were obviously HUGE Diaz fans.
I’d say 90% of the bar was cheering of Condit (He was born and raised in Albuquerque and trains in Albuquerque now and is widely acknowledged as a nice guy) bu these guys behind us… man. Anyway, the bar was more or less indifferent until the co-main event. Nelson got an oddly mixed reaction and the crowd was hot for the first round, but the fight ended up boring the crowd.
But when Condit and Diaz came out… the place was CRAZY. Booing Diaz, cheering Condit… it was great. And it was the quietest it was all night when they announced the decision. And the loudest it was all night when they announced that Condit won.
Decent card, great atmosphere… Man, I love UFC. Anyway, Coffey, eh?
I feel like the difference in this fight was that Condit seems like a relatively smart human being that could function in society. Pretty much every Diaz win involves looking at a guy that has giant holes in his game and deciding “i’m just gonna stand in front of this guy and punch”. Condit is the first guy in forever that had a game plan against a Diaz and stuck to it.
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Also lol to anyone who saw Diaz crumble to someone using basic technique and decided “you know, Diaz would be a great boxer”.
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exactly
He’s mad that a guy was doing stick and move to him the octagon, just wait until he tries boxing.
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 5, 2012 9:19 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
octagon is a lot bigger than a boxing ring though
so countering and then running away is more effective there. i can see why Diaz was upset but i dont think he was robbed..it was a close fight. Usually close fights the win goes to the aggressor, but not last night.
Aggressor being the person who threw and landed less strikes.
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i've read a few people want to make UFC unlimited rounds
Then it’d prevent people from winning fights on points.
So they want fights where both guys gas terribly to go on forever?
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Yep, all fights end with either one person quitting or being knocked out…I think an easier way to do it though would just be to go to boxing rounds.
12 – 3 minute rounds.
5 – 5 minutes i think leads to more fatigue.
Lay and pray becomes really effective with shorter rounds.
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that is indeed how copyright allegedly works
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by nolander on Feb 4, 2012 10:24 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
AWRIIIIGHT!
Perfect timing for me to release my Michael Jackson cover album on my 119th birthday later that year.
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Got a tweet from Tony Jackson re: roster move
hasn’t been made yet. Apparently the paperwork isn’t totally done on Coffey. Until then, they don’t have to make a move.
My house smells so damn good!
Pulled pork FTW!
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I wised up this year and went with pulled pork and chili. Now I can actually watch the game instead of cooking till the 4th quarter.
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Nice
My house smells of meatballs I’m making for the party I’m going to
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?
Going to Charles Barkley’s house?
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 5, 2012 10:18 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I’m doing my first exercise in baking in probably 20 years. Making some peanut butter brownies up in this piece. Hopefully they’re really hard to screw up.
by hee came hee seop'd he choi'd on Feb 5, 2012 11:07 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I lazied out and just made bean corn quinoa dip
since I’m not hosting.
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7-11
I put a Slurpee in one of those plastic Big Gulp cups and the cashier said “Next time, use a Slurpee cup.” Man, how is this wrong? I’ve seen others do it countless times.
Dude
All those places inventory by the cup. They expect soda usage to correspond to soda cup usage and slurpee usage to correspond to slurpee cup usage. They also price that way. Don’t be a doofus and make life harder for them. Follow the simple rules.
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The average consumer is not going to know the inner workings of 7-11 inventory policies. To most people, a cup’s a cup.
If it’s a big deal to them, fine. But on the surface it seemed like a silly nitpick.
If it is simple enough for the average 7-11 employee, it is simple enough for an average consumer.
Why the heck else would they have different kinds of cups segregated by machine?
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New post
http://www.truebluela.com/2012/2/5/2773583/super-bowl-open-thread
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