Hong-Chih Kuo Moves On To Seattle
by Eric Stephen on Feb 6, 2012 3:15 PM PST
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PrintThe Hong-Chih Kuo era with the Dodgers officially ended on Monday, as the southpaw relief pitcher signed a major league deal with the Seattle Mariners. Kuo, who is recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow in October, will receive a base salary $500,000, plus bonuses of up to $2.5 million, per Peter Wang of ETTV. Kuo will make $1 million if he makes the Mariners' 25-man roster.
Kuo will wear number 32 with the Mariners, a number already forever claimed in Los Angeles by Kuo-fax.
In other old friend news from Monday...
- Infielder Blake DeWitt was designated for assignment by the Chicago Cubs to make room for just-claimed infielder Adrian Cardenas
- Relief pitcher Joe Beimel signed a minor-league contract with the Texas Rangers
- Infielder Alex Cora signed a minor-league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, per the Associated Press
In other Dodgers-related news...
- Russ Mitchell was designated for assignment on Monday to make room on the 40-man roster for Todd Coffey. We'll always have the home run in Chicago, Russ.
- We received 22 guesses for the 2012 salary of Clayton Kershaw and the date he would sign the contract, and the average guess was $8,584,091 on February 12, two days before his scheduled salary arbitration hearing.
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Unless it is a top tier player, I think it is a pretty good idea to wait for a few weeks into free agency before signing players.
I was about to get perturbed about the Lakers (and Clippers) both starting at 4pm today but then I remembered that I’m less than a week away from not caring about that anymore.
I love 04:00 games, so great having a game on when you get home.
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I hate it. I’ll catch a little bit of the 2nd quarter on the radio on my drive home, and then the entirety of halftime. Terrible timing. I’ll usually get home in time for the 3rd quarter to start.
by Michael White on Feb 6, 2012 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
Who cares about the 1st half of a NBA game?
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Grats!!!
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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by Maddz on Feb 6, 2012 3:22 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Kittens of the high desert rejoice in a happier Eric!
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How is your Rockies rewrite going?
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Let’s just say this week will be busy for me.
Amount written on other three teams in the NL West besides Arizona and the Dodgers: 0
At least the format for the Rockies one is easy. Ask yourself a question, answer it. Repeat.
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Here, let me summarize for you.
Diamondbacks: Overrated (already covered today)
Padres: Underinflated
Rockies: Overelevated
Giants: Overstarched
Dodgers: Overstayed
I hate this post
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by Phil Gurnee on Feb 6, 2012 3:24 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
He’s gone from “fairly irked” to “hate!” Quick, get the man some puppies before he blows up!
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But we got Coffey
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
Every time his name has come up since the signing, Squeeze’s “Black Coffee In Bed” pops in my head. Yet I can’t find a good joke in there anywhere.
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Leg, KICK!
and BAT FLIP!
So long Hong-Chih Kuo. You had a good run.
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by David Young on Feb 6, 2012 3:24 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Me too.
Always sad when a long-time Dodger doesn’t fit in the future plans anymore and they move on. Losing Kuo and Kuroda together in one year really sucks.
by douglaskoehne on Feb 6, 2012 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
Catching up on Sunday
Silverwidow, not only does everyone know that you aren’t supposed to use non-Slurpee cups for Slurpees, but the cups are very clearly marked and separated.
In short: c’mon, man.
I didn’t ream him enough for that already?
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Welp, I’ve seen others do it, so…
I mean, what can the store really do? I could easily say fuck it, you can keep the Slurpee.
Certainly true. He was done by the time he had pulled the trigger on the Slurpee. Any threats were empty.
True or False: I have never had a Slurpee.
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Hopefully false because you’ve lead an empty life otherwise.
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mintxcore only drinks Icees because they are the original.
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He drinks ironically?
It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust?
You’ll know you’ve turned a corner when you make your own beef jerky just so you can eat it ironically.
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Probably true, not being to reach the slurpee counter until adulthood might have had an impact on this decision.
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by Phil Gurnee on Feb 6, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
i always figured he could fly like a pixie
by delias man on Feb 6, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
If I could fly, I wouldn’t be here – I would be out somewhere, impressing women. Still, you get a rec from me.
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7-11s get robbed a lot. I wouldn’t bet against that dude having a piece under the counter. One of Dave’s rules of life: don’t piss off the dude with the piece.
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SW: What is the guy going to do?
DY: He’ll shoot you!!!
by Michael White on Feb 6, 2012 3:30 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The measuring stripe on the door to size up suspects disagrees.
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They also appear to hire ex-cons or other scary people. You have to have balls to work the taquito machine.
While I have had taquitos (yes, plural) from 7-11, I can proudly state that I have never had a 7-11 hot dog.
I ate a 7-11 doughnut once. Just once.
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I used to always get Slurpees in a Super Big Gulp cup when I was younger. I didn’t know it flew in the face of unwritten conventions.
I bring my Slurpee Cup into the Press Box cafeteria and use that when I want Ice Cream. Rick Monday muttered bloggers under his mouth and Charlie said “the nerve” but when I said it was for Mr. Stephen, they slapped me on the ass and said good job young fella.
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its actually pretty written
thers like a pricing structure and everything. Why is this so confusing to people?
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The only reason I can see someone wanting to do this is that they don’t sell 64 ounces of Slurpee.
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I’m assuming at least maybe there’s ultimate fatso size these days.
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Paula Deen has the recipe if you're interested
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Number of people who purchase mug and participate in the activities depicted on said mug?
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It’s brilliant advertising. We should do it more.
Footage of swole dude doing squats shirtless, then running up some stadium steps.
QUADRUPLE BACON CHEESEBURGER
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Then again is that really any different that Carls Jr showing rail thin models eating 2000 calorie burgers?
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same concept, except I think it’s more in the vein of Pee Chee folders featuring pictures of athletic activities you wish you were doing instead of sitting in class.
I guess there would be a lot of self hatred coming into play if you were drinkin 64 ounces of slurpee.
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the straw doesn’t already double for that?
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I would wear a hair shirt as the constant irritant to remind me that I’m a sinner, but allowing Nolander to comment here has quite the similar effect. ;-)
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I just threw up a little foam after reading that sentence
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I openly take WAY more than my allotted amount of salsa from Baja Fresh (use it for quesadillas at home for example). We’ve taken it from the man so long we deserve to get it back.
I picture you clearing out the salsa bar and putting it into tupperwear your brought
by Michael White on Feb 6, 2012 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
How much is “your allotted amount”? And aren’t you counterbalanced by the heathens that don’t use any?
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I’ll get like 6-8 small containers then pace around. When the coast is clear I’ll do it again. Any yes on the heathen counterbalance theory.
“Look at this dude. He thinks he has to be sneaky about taking salsa home. Doesn’t he know we make minimum wage?”
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I do the same thing with Pei Wei’s self-serve fortune cookies. They also keep the to-go boxes next to the fortune cookies, so I always take an extra box of cookies for the road.
Does this fall into the “grab 10 individually wrapped peppermints from the hostess stand” area, because I am a longtime offender here.
if the grocery story has a self service cookie thing by the bakery, I will take a cookie to eat while I’m shopping. that’s a gimmie
You pay for that cookie though, right?
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“Ring me up for a cookie; I took one and ate it.”
Not like there’s a scan tag on those bags.
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Yes! And a couple scoops of the anise seeds (sugar-coated or otherwise) from Indian restaurants
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
No he's not!
I always take a small pinch of anise seeds at the Indian restaurant.
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Yes, but in your case, isn’t this a service to your fellow human?
I take several mints from the bowl from the chain restaurant, but only one from the mom and pop.
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What if you try the sample and you hate the product after tasting it?
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They're asking for it, right?
It’s like those people who’d leave a dish of candies on the porch on Halloween so they won’t be bothered to answer the door all night.
Years ago, somewhere near Seattle’s Space Needle, I got a hot dog at a counter service place and in the condiment area was a bowl of sauerkraut with a sign that said something like, “the sauerkraut is a condiment, not a side dish. Please take only enough to cover your hot dog.”
My guess was that a place there probably gets just enough foreign travelers that would assume pickled cabbage is a side dish that this becomes an issue.
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Maybe you been there, in Ferndale there is a self service jam store, She has all her homemade Jams in shelfs with the prices, you are expected to pay for the Jams and not take any money from where the other folk did so. Evidently this has only worked because the people of TBLA are 650 miles away.
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I heart Ferndale
Not familiar with the place. As a child I had trouble understanding self-pay camp sites. Luckily my older son has impeccable morals (they must have skipped a generation).
Self-pay camp sites are often enforced. At some point the ranger comes by and makes sure everyone has paid.
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But because you brought it up again
I learned, if wikipedia is to be believed, that the Slurpee is actually licensed by 7-11 from Icee for the exact same product. That which we call an Icee by any other name would taste as sweet.
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That’s just your Slurpee headache. You’ll feel better in a few minutes.
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by Humma Kavula on Feb 6, 2012 3:44 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I like Slush Puppies better.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
OT
Is it just me or do Otter Pops have a really weird taste to them? I’ve never been able to enjoy them.
The opposite of Carl’s Jr.’s advice yesterday on biscuits?
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Never trust women that aren’t sold women?
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I worked ar a Stop-N-Go, then a 7-11 way back in the 60’s. Did my own taste tests. Yep! The same product.
By the way, back then 7-11 was open from 7AM to 11PM. (Hence the name),
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
7-11 introduced the Slurpee in 1967
so your working years probably even pre-date the Slurpee!
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Checking out Adrian Cardenas. His numbers were very surprising in that:
A. There exists a guy worth claiming by this name.
B. That he put up really solid numbers in AAA at 23 (in the PCL though) and was a top-75 prospect just two years ago
C. The A’s would waive a guy like that
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Supposedly real bad defensively and hitting like that in the PCL isn’t gonna play anywhere but the middle infield.
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I’ll miss you, Leg Kick
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 6, 2012 3:27 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
CJ Wilson only likes 2Pacs new stuff, the classics are too mainstream.
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if I wasn't banned at Lookout Landing
(subject title, proper grammar, no chat speak)
I’d give them the 411 on how to properly pronounce [G]uo’s last name. :)
That would be as successful as Phil at a women’s retreat.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 6, 2012 3:42 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
hey now, I only bother certain women. The other 99% like me.
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FTFY
hey now, I only bother certain women. The other 99%likehaven’t met me.
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by David Young on Feb 6, 2012 4:03 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
(sings)
I really don’t know meercats at all
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by Humma Kavula on Feb 6, 2012 4:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
OccupyMeerkat!
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u got, banned lol
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They are pretty liberal with the ban up there
by Michael White on Feb 6, 2012 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
That would be as successful as me at the Cat Fancy editor’s workshop
by Eric Stephen on Feb 6, 2012 3:45 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
(subject title, proper grammar, no chat speak)
…properly inserted stick…
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Eric, are you still watching American Idol every week? I’ve noticed they cut WAY DOWN on the loons this year and have some pretty impressive talent overall.
I missed the San Diego episode and both episodes last week but yeah.
I would like just once for them to go into a complete backstory of someone prior to them singing, then just have the judges summarily dismiss them.
all about the voice
And cee lo’s cat
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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by Maddz on Feb 6, 2012 4:06 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Anybody watch Real World Road Rules Challenge?
What was with Sara crying like she’d just been diagnosed with a terminal illness when TJ announced she’d been kicked off the show for something her partner did?
I mean, ya, that sucked. But she was crying like it was a funeral.
Is Road Rules still on the air? I think I fell in love with the “pretty” one on that show every year I watched it.
There were definitely some hot ones. Road Rules 2 had a really attractive “pretty” one.
by Michael White on Feb 6, 2012 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
I feel like I'm Triponing
Imagine being a better pitcher than Clayton Kershaw. That was Shawn Tolleson, when both were Dallas-area high school stars entering their senior year.
“He was probably the best high school pitcher in Texas, bar none,” Kershaw said.
The Horsemen? Because they are the Four Callups of the Apocalypse (Year)?
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I don’t know, but I am guessing that it mostly has to do with the fact that there are four of them.
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yeah, but why is it limited to just those 4 guys? and why horseman? Im just wondering if Silverwidow is just trying to force the name, or if someone else came up with it.
Those are “HIS” four horsemen. It is his name, he has a different four every year.
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Its not his name, its the bibles name, I guess… but more so its a WCW wrestling group… Pretty sure Ric Flair wouldnt like it your using his group name, WOOOOOOO
I might be reading this wrong, but it appears Tolleson threw 903 total pitches last year and 632 of them were strikes. Of those, 478 were of the swinging variety. Sickness.
The Tolleson Makes His Major League Debut Prediction Thread?
June 2012. After Coffey pulls his lard muscles.
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Which numbers?
Coffey’s height and weight?
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[looks up]
July 4 is a Wednesday this year, 7th is that Saturday, Coffey goes on Holiday Binge, Drinks Himself Onto DL
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
Somehow I hope Kuo ends up in the Mariner rotation.
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I hope he’s their DH
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 6, 2012 4:27 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Does suck that he will never get another at bat. I predict that if Kuo makes the team, he is traded by the deadline. If he ends up being dealt to the Giants, Diamondbacks, or Rockies, I will lay down my candles.
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me too
I miss the tight ropes he walked in his starts.
IP 3 1/3
SO 5
BB 5
Hits 1
WP 2
Runs 4
Just seems like all his starts had lines like these. Domination and wildness all thrown in to a blender.
That was 11-11 at one point, heck of a run by Orlando, Clips will come back with a 10 – 0 run at some point.
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Kobe’s 48. Next highest is Dwight Howard with 45
by Michael White on Feb 6, 2012 4:41 PM PST up reply actions
I just learned Kobe is 19th on the career steals list (1681). I also didn’t know he has only won one MVP. That’s surprising to me.
Outside of Jordan
as a rule perimeter players don’t win MVPs, that has changed in the last 20 years but certainly until Magic and Jordan, it was primarily centers that won that award.
Kobe’s next milestone will be passing the 30,000 points in a career. He will get there some time next season, as far as passing Wilt, he’s slightly less than 3000 points away (31,419), he could get there by the end of next season.
That lob from Kapono to Bynum right now
was sick. Drew is beastly when he wants to be. Love what I’ve seen from Goudeluck, as well.
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Therein lies the rub
when he wants to be
He just doesn’t want to be. He’s as lazy as Shaq with half the physical dominance and a third of the charisma.
who is temp-coaching the Lakers tonight btw?
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Heh. How exciting!
Kobe seems to be putting on a show so far.
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Kobe now #5 all time scoring in NBA history
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Who won
that SB prop bet of Lebron James points vs Eli Manning completions yesterday? I forgot to look it up, but was wondering if Reg won his bet.
I lost. It was 30-30 but Eli got spotted 1.5 completions.
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Cleaned up with my “how long will New Englands first punt be” wager though.
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Was the completion to Manningham on the sidelines the one that tipped that bet over?
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I read online that
Nevada books made $5.06M in Super Bowl bets, out of a total bet amount of $93.9M for a 5.4% hold/ROI.
Did they perform an autopsy to determine if he was a dog or not?
Oh wait, that’s Goofy.
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Bad news for the Clips
according to hoopsworld Billups may have blown his Achilles, Yahoo! Sports adds this via a source: “Doesn’t look good. MRI tomorrow. I’m sick for him.”
Wow that sucks
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 6, 2012 10:01 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Not entirely unexpected
but no less disappointing to hear. Best of luck, HCK.
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I may be Triponing
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120206&content_id=26590566&vkey=news_la&c_id=la
Article on Tolleson trying to make the big club.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
This just in
Harrison Ford is not, repeat, not, in talks to reprise his role as Deckard in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner sequel.
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I am truly amazed.....
At the variety of topics on this site, Kuo to Slurpees to American Idol to Lakers to Harrison Ford and Blade Runner. Awesoke!
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
what do you think of him as Branch Rickey?
I personally thought they should have cast Edward Herrmann or Stephen Root
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
time to die
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?
Spoiler Alert
I’m human, and I’ll never quit,
So Rachael, let’s you and me split.
If Gaff tries to bomb me
With his origami —
What’s this? Oh, a unicorn. Shit.
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Is there a sequel to do androids dream of electric sheep
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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by Maddz on Feb 6, 2012 5:17 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Checks with more zeroes than a comic-con convention. Legacies worn down to a nubbin through constant burnishing. All those… moments will be lost in time, like light through the gate of a movie projector. Time to die.
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by Humma Kavula on Feb 6, 2012 5:29 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I tried to rec this
but after clicking actions it dissapeared an no option was given. Alas.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Part of the reason for that is the fact that Ridley Scott didn’t find the good movie inside Blade Runner until 25 years after the movie first came out.
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I’m one who actually likes the Harrison Ford narration
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?
Anytime a movie has narration, my initial reaction is always, “don’t tell me, show me!”
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For Paul Pierce to pretend he is hurt?
by Eric Stephen on Feb 6, 2012 6:44 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
this is the best
the others merely good
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 6, 2012 6:46 PM PST up reply actions
I only know that crutchfields are for carrying the ball when John Robinson gets too damn clever for himself.
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Grandmother in Greek restaurant
“So what’d you get?”
“Vegetarian plate.”
“What’s on it.”
“Dolma, hummus, and spanikopita”
“I need a new grandchild”
I say the same things to strippers reading poetry
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 6, 2012 6:26 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t let them read the poetry until they are already naked. It’s just better that way.
You flying out soon?
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it is 8:00AM tuesday morning right now
I leave at 11:45 tonight
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 6, 2012 6:30 PM PST up reply actions
or 1015 tomorrow morning our time.
You should be in perfect shape by the time our Saturday tournament rolls around.
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I am at my best when un-anchored from notions of place and time
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 6, 2012 6:34 PM PST up reply actions
Context!
ET came out 2 weeks before Blade Runner. No one was going to go see that.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
I really hated ET when it came out. I only dislike it now
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It’s watchable if manipulative, but more as a family film than anything else.
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if I got away with missing it this long, you’d have to tie me up and pry open my eyelids to get me to watch it now
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 6, 2012 6:31 PM PST up reply actions
“Science fiction has slowly and ineluctably settled into a monotonous death: it has become inbred, derivative, stale. Suddenly you people have come in, some of the greatest talents currently in existence, and now we have a new life, a new start. … I did not know that a work of mine or set of ideas of mine could be escalated into such stunning dimensions. My life and creative work are completed by Blade Runner.”
— Philip K. Dick to Jeff Walker
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by Humma Kavula on Feb 6, 2012 5:35 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I've never seen Blade Runner
My former coworker lent me his DVD last year to watch it…it’s still sitting in the same spot on my cabinet.
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It's slow
if you are a Bradbury Building fan (I’m looking at you Josie), it’s featured prominently
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?
fucking love the Bradbury Building, and hate the fact you can only go in the lobby if you’re not a resident
There are ways to get a resident to invite you in.
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There’s always a price to be paid. It’s not like “free” cookies.
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This is a very important question: which version of Blade Runner?
If it is The Final Cut, watch it soon. It’s good.
If it is any other version, give it back to your friend.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
Fairly certain it's the first version that came out on DVD
Don’t believe it’s the Final Cut…I’ll have to check again. Haven’t seen Logan’s Run, either…don’t know why that popped into my head right now.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
Don’t know why that popped into my head right now.
You’re about to turn 30?
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?
If by "about to turn"
you mean April 2014, then yes.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
It is my opinion that there is no good version of Blade Runner except The Final Cut.
Like most people not named Leadman, I dislike the voiceover. However, without it, you can’t tell what the fuck is happening in the “director’s cut.” Scott finally fixed that with creative re-editing in The Final Cut.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
Noted
I like the Scott movies I’ve seen (Alien, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, American Gangster), so I’m interested in seeing the definitive version of the film. Wanted to see G.I. Jane and Black Hawk Down, but didn’t get to.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
His version of Robin Hood seemed to come and go with little trace.
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I don’t smoke it no mo’.
#nononono
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The Red’s would be better with a pitcher named Mario
#nosoto
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 6, 2012 6:35 PM PST up reply actions
replay still rejected
#noslomo
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Penn & Teller’s act revamped
#nomofo
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Led Zep is still missing a drummer
#nozofo
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 6, 2012 6:38 PM PST up reply actions
George Lopez's agent to TBS
#nococo
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
by TomasC on Feb 6, 2012 6:41 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
where’s the damn hot chocolate?
#nococoa
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 6, 2012 6:38 PM PST up reply actions
They let George Michael stay sleeping
#nogogo
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the 80s 76ers lose a playoff game
#nofofofo
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by David Young on Feb 6, 2012 6:41 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
combo of the above
ex Mets 3B loses HR called foul but was clearly fair on film:
#noslomofohojo
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I have never been the University of New Mexico.
#nolobo
by Eric Stephen on Feb 6, 2012 6:41 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
string ties don’t meet dress code
#nobolo
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He sucked as a narrator in Blade Runner
#nosolo
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 6, 2012 6:44 PM PST up reply actions
or
Hope is missing from my bedroom
#nosolo
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 6, 2012 6:46 PM PST up reply actions
UCLA head coach leaves for the Rams:
#noprothro
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by David Young on Feb 6, 2012 6:49 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It’s too bad Humma isn’t around for this subthread
#nofrodo
by Eric Stephen on Feb 6, 2012 6:50 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
caterwauling “singer” retires from recording
#noyoko
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You can cancel out all the sighs this thread will generate by adding “girl look at that body”
#nolmfao
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Did someone per chance listen to the Doug Loves Movies that was taped in SF? ;)
(and I was in the audience. Loved that running gag.)
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Oh man, yeah. Though I'm sure it was even more hysterical if you were there live, and slightly tipsy.
Plus a few visual gags (including Greg Proops voicing Tom Lennon’s penis)
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
I also really wish I had a concierge or butler or house valet of some sort
But
#nomajordomo
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The anti-Timberwolves: Minny can’t win on their own floor.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
by TomasC on Feb 6, 2012 6:26 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Hell hath no fury like a lover scorned.
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The Minnesota Lakers certainly sounds better
But then what would L.A.‘s new expansion team be called? I think it’d be a toss-up between the Quakes, the Riots, and the Graffiti.
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
by TomasC on Feb 6, 2012 6:35 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
The Los Angeles Houstons.
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by David Young on Feb 6, 2012 6:36 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I had a feeling this was played already
The Los Angeles Houstons
It’s gettin’ so a businessman can’t expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can’t trust a fix, what can you trust?
by mleadman on Feb 3, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
But at least I steal from the best.
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that was the plan, but extended a couple of days to finish up
I am ready
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 6, 2012 6:33 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t want to
Know this
Hear this
See this
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 6, 2012 6:35 PM PST up reply actions
I am on 15 hours of sleep since I been here
I clearly overreacted
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 6, 2012 6:53 PM PST up reply actions
Must be some fucking great greenies they got out there.
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EmoTim?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Loved him in Dazed and Confused though
(poor Wiley Wiggins, he still gets that all the time.)
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Worst nightclub ever.
#nogogos
"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." -- Dr. Sheldon Cooper
by TomasC on Feb 6, 2012 6:46 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
Hashtag thread was killing me
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 6, 2012 6:49 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
People later
are going to be disappointed when they see the comment count, open the thread, and find all those terrible “puns” in the #no thread.
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Not an option
Dodgers would have to claim him, which puts him on the 40-man roster.
If DeWitt goes unclaimed, the Cubs are going to outright him to Triple A and he will be an NRI for them.
So a DFA’ed player can only sign with another team if that other team puts them on the 40 man roster?
DeWitt is not free to sign anywhere. If he clears waivers, the Cubs are allowed to outright him directly to Triple A. Anyone can be outrighted to the minors once in their careers, and any subsequent times a team attempts to assign them to the minors the player has the right to decline the assignment and elect free agency.
first time
A player is designated for assignment, if he clears waivers, the team that designates him has one opportunity to outright him to their minor league system. Since the only downside is that I believe you have to pay the contracted salary, almost all teams do just that. (there are some restrictions to this but Dewitt doesn’t meet that criteria)
by bhsportsguy on Feb 6, 2012 7:56 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
It's our game......
“Ray, people will come Ray. They’ll come to Iowa for reasons they can’t even fathom.”
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
So my boss usually writes a workout each week
and we post it on the blog. However, this week, he had a really hard time writing it up because he broke his hand in a BJJ tournament. He asked me to punch it up. Mindful that his brother is a huge Patriots fan, I wrote this.
Also, I dare any one of you to do this workout.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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Pfft … i broke a rib one time in a tournament. I got rolled up and my ribs got tangled. Hurt to even breath.
by Venergy on Feb 6, 2012 9:10 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Totally reasonable until
50- Burpees/Box Jump/Double Unders (You choose depending on the equipment available)
Fuck burpees.
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better than either of the other two, and way fucking better than lunge switch jumps.
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
I’d totally do box jumps instead at that point.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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Not wanting to sound stupid, but I guess I am,. What is a BJJ tournament? Sounds like a marathon sex act.
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
If I dropped the zero on each rep of each excersizes, I could possibly do that. (except for the 1 mile run, which I would carefully omit.)
Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
jjbbnnbnbnbnhhnhnhh
that is what koufax has to say about that
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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Those who don't get the #NoHoHo etc meme above need to listen to the
DLM podcast live from Cobb’s (# 3 on the list here)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/doug-loves-movies/id281816774
Running joke starts about 24 minutes in.
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