Clayton Kershaw Avoids Arbitration With 2-Year, $19 Million Deal
by Eric Stephen on Feb 7, 2012 2:05 PM PST
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PrintJoe Beimel remains the last Dodger to have a salary arbitration hearing. Clayton Kershaw avoided his next two hearings today, signing a two-year deal worth $19 million.
Kershaw will receive a $500,000 signing bonus, $7.5 million in 2012, and $11 million in 2013, per Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times. Kershaw submitted a salary of $10 million in arbitration while the Dodgers countered at $6.5 million. The $8 million Kershaw receives this year is slightly less than the midpoint, but also the second highest salary ever for a pitcher in his first year of arbitration eligibility, trailing only Tim Lincecum.
UPDATE: Tony Jackson of ESPN LA reports that $2 million of Kershaw's 2012 salary is deferred to January 2013.
Kershaw follows a similar path to that of Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier, both of whom signed a two-year deal during arbitration that left them with one year left before free agency once the contract expires.
In a quick and dirty estimate of what it would take to get Kershaw to sign a long-term contract, I was thinking something like $7m/$12m/$17m for the three arb-eligible seasons. Since this contract matches the total for those first two years, this seems like a win for the Dodgers at first glance, with the caveat that signing Kershaw to a long-term deal is still of the highest priority at Chavez Ravine.
The Dodgers have 18 players under contract for 2012 for a total of $85,975,000.
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Decent pay bump there for Clayton.
found a really cool story about my #1 baseball passion (other than the Dodgers): Negro Leagues
You been to the KC Museum?
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One day. Probably not for a while with money being so tight, so hopefully it will still be open. I really want to go and then make a little BBQ trip from KC to Memphis to Texas.
Maybe if you have the constitution of an infant.
"I'm telling you, y'all created a monster."
by Pure Azure on Feb 8, 2012 1:05 AM PST via Android app up reply actions
The 1930s
Pittsburgh Crawfords, Homestead Grays or Kansas City Monarchs would have been very formidable opponents for the Yankees and Athletics.
One of my favorite books. Every Christmas my Mom buys me a new book that is Negro League related. I think I read that one when I was 13 or 14.
Not as much Negro League stuff because he was there for only a year
but Jules Tygiel’s great book on the signing of Jackie Robinson is another good one.
I knew Clayton would wrap things up well before Valentines Day, he has a wife to take out on a nice date, he doesnt have time to deal with arb meetings.
I’m happy with this news. It shows dedication from the team and a willingness to negotiate in good faith from Kershaw/Kershaw’s agent. I imagine the third year was simply too difficult to handicap as it involved two unknown variables (2012 & 2013 performance). I will be shocked if Kershaw never signs a long-term deal with us.
basically
the team and Kershaw are in the same place the next time his contract is up and Kershaw saw how they treated Kemp.
While the position player market keeps rising [Pujols, Fielder], I wonder if the FA pitching market is slowing down (mega-contract wise). After Yu Darvish, who will be the next $100m commitment?
yes, including the several guys who have already done better than Zito since he signed it in 2006
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Whats the longets contract given to a pitcher since the Zito deal?
by Lex in Brooklyn on Feb 7, 2012 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
depends if you count CC’s deal plus the extension or not
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johan got 6 years, lee took 5, CC signed for 7 then opted out after 3 and signed a 5 year extension.
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I think Hampton’s 8 year deal soured some teams on long-term deals for pitchers. And BJ Ryan’s 5-year deal was just stupid.
not sure there’s ever been a long term deal for a left-handed starting pitcher that the team is happy with by the end of it.
CC could be the first, but even then he didn’t make it to the end of the deal.
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Ned after Kershaw starts 1-3.
"Why is it? Because he got a new deal? Can’t tell you. But you
know, it’s below-average. If this is the last day of the season and
people are voting for the Cy Young, his name is not even on the
ballot. It’s a shame that he would go from where he was a year ago to
revert back to when the ball goes out of his hand and you’re not sure
where it’s going, or if it’s going to get caught."
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by regfairfield on Feb 7, 2012 2:20 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
Fun Greek Fact
Hesperia is Classical Greek for “evening”.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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Related Latin Fact
Hesperia means “western lands” in Latin.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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Inteesting
I assumed it was Classical Greek for “HellHole”
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He never asks for a second cup at home
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 7, 2012 2:46 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Any reference to gold
Bania: Why do they call it Ovaltine?
The mug is round; the jar is round… they should call it Roundtine.
(pauses) That’s gold, Jerry! Gold!
by bhsportsguy on Feb 7, 2012 2:58 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
$5MM this year makes me the winner!
But we all went over
by Michael White on Feb 7, 2012 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
signing bonus of $0.5M + Salary of $7.5M – $2M deferred = $6M in 2012, doesn’t it?
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Right. Okay, so I ended up pretty close
by Michael White on Feb 7, 2012 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
Tony Jackson called $8 million ‘well below’ the midpoint of $8.25 million, so you might be way off. :)
Good catch. Tamin getting props from Ned in that piece. A four-year deal wouldn’t have made much sense to me though.
“He obviously was one of our own since the beginning,” Colletti said. “We watched him mature and get better and more refined as somebody who had plus, plus talent and needed the experience to match it. He is a student of the game. He learns what he needs to do, and then he can execute it in the midst of a game. That is the mark of the beast.”
Bolding and typo mine. It’s really “best.”
$8M is 3% less than $8.25M. Tony Jackson didn’t major in math.
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Cecil Turtle never lost
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Wasn’t Wild the fat cousin to Wily?
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Wile E.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Now seeing tweets
that the Clipper are considering JR Smith and more importantly, Billups is out for the season with a torn Achilles tendon. But nothing from Clippers as yet.
That sucks. I liked Chauncey a lot.
Sucks more for Chauncey than anything else really. If anywhere, the Clippers actually have depth at guard so the team can deal with this. Really a bummer for him though.
by Michael White on Feb 7, 2012 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
We have depth a point guard, shooting guard not so much. Foye can step in but Mo and Paul is one short set of guards.
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What are our external options assuming Josh Smith goes to NY?
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Landry Fields is the Clipper blogs rumor of the day. Fields for Mo.
Which would be awesome.
by Michael White on Feb 7, 2012 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
YCT…
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
N/A. The Clippers definitely still want Mo. I think he only gets moved in the case of a perfect fit coming back on the other end….
by Michael White on Feb 7, 2012 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
I haven’t seen the Knicks much, 2nd round pick, must have made quite an impression. 3 point% kind of blows. 6’7 is nice, I’m guessing he’s considered a top defender?
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Defender, rebounder, effecient scorer. He’s like a WP superstar.
by Michael White on Feb 7, 2012 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
I’m guessing he sucks in the 4th quarter compared to Billups. I’ve no doubt we can replace Chauncey’s game production but I doubt we can replace his balls.
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We have this Chris Paul guy…
And clearly Blake Griffin has fixed his free throw approach as he owned the free throw line yesterday. WGT
by Michael White on Feb 7, 2012 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Realistically we were a stretch to be contenders this year, but having a playoff backcourt of Chauncey/Paul gave it a shot. We could end up with second best record in the West but our playoff hopes took a dump with Billups.
Not complaining, this season will still own but anyone who thinks this does not hurt is kidding themselves.
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If the NBA went back to the tighter short-shorts, it would be easier to get the balls readings on these guys.
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Billups sacrificed himself onto the Clipper Curse to save the young ones.
by uschris0304 on Feb 7, 2012 3:45 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
what is worse then a troll?
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as far as the general populace concerned we are in the same tent
GFM!
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A college-age girl that is clearly destined to be a cougar?
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by David Young on Feb 7, 2012 3:43 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Total win for the Dodgers
Even if Kershaw has any thoughts or feelings about not being sufficiently appreciated by the Dodgers…new ownership is around the corner!
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
This is great news!
A 5+ year deal would have been even better, but its good to have him locked in and happy for the next two.
Likely taking my fantasy season with him. Between him and Ginobili, I am not looking so good right now.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Yes, and now I have to replace him with Luke Ridnour probably. Bleah.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Taken. Some jackass cut him a couple of weeks ago.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
According to Wins Produced ( a composite metric), Ridnour is having a considerably better year than Billups anyway.
by Michael White on Feb 7, 2012 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
I have no doubt, but my league inexplicably doesn’t use that as a category.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Of course, but the inputs of the metric are things like points, FG%, rebounds, assists, etc. Can’t be too far off from the categories you use.
by Michael White on Feb 7, 2012 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
They are pretty similar actually. I didn’t realize how much better Luke is in FG%
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Ridnour has been getting his minutes too since MIN quickly realized that the two best players in their backcourt were him and Rubio so they are playing both as much as possible.
by Michael White on Feb 7, 2012 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
I assumed Nolij was in a single-category fantasy league, and that category is free throw percentage.
I was definitely going to make that joke. Free throws made count for 50% of the fantasy points!
by Michael White on Feb 7, 2012 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
Wasn’t Billups averaging 15 points and 4 assists
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I wonder if Kmart would still have gone to Clips even with this happening. Besides money, I thought maybe playing with Billups was a key reason he chose Clippers. Also felt JR Smith would go to Clips as well to reunite with his Nugget buds….he still may go now anyways because he would start at SG and play an even bigger role now I think.
Payroll worksheet is updated. Don’t anticipate too many big changes between now and opening day.
Dodgers have 18 players under contract in 2012 for $85.975 million.
Dead money is $22,262,432
Remaining seven 25-man roster slots, plus one more for Rubby on the DL, at $3,925,000
Total: $112,162,432
Half of those are Adam Kennedy incentive details.
by kinbote on Feb 7, 2012 4:03 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
MLS releases no contract information. It’s frustrating. There was a press release I saw earlier in the season where the Clippers didn’t release contract information, but I don’t think that’s for all contracts, this was that D-League guy.
correct me if i’m wrong, but I believe there is a very low salary cap but each team is allowed to have two players who don’t count towards the cap.
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Damn, I knew there was a joke there.
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I just did a dance around my room
yes there is a salary cap in MLS, teams are given a budget of $2.6 million. You’re allowed three designated players, who you can pay out of pocket and only count for 335k against the budget.
A team is given 8 international spots, which can be traded, so some teams have 7, some 9
The vast majority of teams in the big three/four/five pro sports don’t release any contract info.
Some teams do, sometimes. But it is rare.
so the Dodgers are a rare bird? Are most sportswriters then like MLS writers who depend of the players union to release contract info?
ah see, we don’t even get that in our releases, we don’t know who’s out of contract until they start tweeting about it.
On the Juninho and Leonardo press release, it was announced Juninho is on loan for 2012 and that Leonardo “joined the club permanently on a free transfer.”
The Leonardo part is what you are talking about? A free transfer could be of any length?
free transfer refers to the nature of acquisition, same thing as free agent, but across international lines. But for him, for any rookies drafted, any MLS players signed, we don’t know when their contract ends unless their Press Conference level like Beckham, where you can ask right there
Maybe
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
and even with Beckham, we were told two year deal, and when we asked if that’s two solid years or one year with an option Leiweke essentially said “wouldn’t you like to know”
Follow up being “seriously, we’re gonna find out in a couple hours, just tel us”
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so Dylan Hernandez hears Kershaw got a two year contract, and he’s on the horn trying to get dollar figures. Must be cool to have the LA Times nane to burst doors open for you.
I think being from the Times gets your phone call answered. Being a good dude like Dylan gets your questions answered.
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Being an asshole also gets your questions answered, i dont’ see a correlation.
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There’s got to be no less than a dozen news reporters asking that question. I don’t tell Simers.
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Or wait a few hours until everyone is updated, the instant gratification of information that will not change if you know it now or five hours from now is fascinating.
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“as first reported by” has kept Ken Rosenthal employed
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Only because you all care, the question is why?
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Because Eric has spreadsheets to update!
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What players make has been a fascination since professional sports started.
Even back 100 years ago, Walter Johnson wrote an article about how unfair the Reserve Clause and on the other extreme, you had the $100,000 infield in Philadelphia.
Money is always an interesting topic.
I’m not questioning the thirst for knowledge I’m just questioning why everyone is so concerned that they have to have the info instantly since it is not a dynamic situation but a static one. Once the contract is signed nothing is going to change. Knowing before Bob knows because they have 4G instead of 3G is whack a doodle.
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Not that they have to break every story, but part of the beat writers’ jobs is to be an insider and (a) provide news that nobody else yet has; and (b) establish themselves as a trusted source of information, in both directions
Yes, that has never changed. Just seems pointless to me in today’s world. Instead of leaks the information can be disseminated by the organizations in charge of the information by simply Tweeting to everyone who gives a crap (followers) when the information is final. No need for middle people.
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Because we want to make the first snarky comments.
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HA
I’ve never heard of him being referred to as something that sounds like it requires a visit to the clinic.
The guy who was the beat writer for the giants has moved on to csn to cover them, but someone snatched up the new twitter handle he was going to use and is trolling giant fans
Sources: Matt Cain being shopped to Dodgers for Andre Either and prospects
a) That is pretty funny
b) Baggarly moved? That must have been very recently; I think I linked to a piece of his from the San Jose Mercury News from this weekend in the Giants’ review.
I saw it announced and confirmed on twitter today.
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Isn't that Andrew "I gave an MVP vote to Jeremy Affeldt" Baggarly?
Or was it a Cy Young vote. Either way.
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So my twitter really blew up today
With the [politics redacted] news, Kershaw signing, the “baseball boyfriend” kerfuffle, Billups medical report, there have been tweets galore.
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Were you able to catch ManU-Chelsea in the midst of all the SB madness? What a freaking game! I’ve watched it twice already on my DVR.
well it happened seven hours before the SB : ) Yeah it was amazing, as a United fan I let out a cheer with Chicharito’s equalizer
I had an indoor soccer game on Sunday. I left at halftime when it was 1-0, and the indoor place had a small TV with the game on and I saw Chelsea go up 3-0 before my game started.
Then, after my game, I was informed that it was 3-3.
Missed a terrific game, apparently.
insofar as any soccer game could be called “terrific”.
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Baseball boyfriend
link. There were a lot of hilarious tweets in my timeline bashing this.
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Were they mostly of the “Vicente Padilla sure is unattractive kekekekeke” ilk?
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No, I said they were hilarious.
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I know the
fangraphs interview with Logan White came up in an earlier comments section, but this bit about Nathan Eovaldi caught me eye:
"We took him in the draft and then worked him out that summer, when we went in to play the Astros. I had Nathan throw for Joe Torre and Rick Honeycutt. I introduced him to everybody, which I think helped us. He was going to go to Texas A&M — he was going to be a tough sign — but I left him alone with Chad Billingsley, James Loney, Matt Kemp, and all those guys. I said, ’talk to them’ and walked away. I had no idea what they’d say — whether they would tell him to sign or to not sign — and obviously they made a good impression on him.
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Notice he did not let him talk to Andre
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Dre can't know any prospect
It’s so they don’t get a big head
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 7, 2012 3:49 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
I just hope he took the how to find a girlfriend advice from Bills, the how to walk an icy staircase advice from Loney, and the how to drive a sports car advice from Kemp.
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Meeting Vin in the press room? (I have not had the good fortune yet.) No, that is better than the above.
Being treated nicely by the beat writers?
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Obviously lvdown getting the “man talk” at the one TBLA game I attended.
by kinbote on Feb 7, 2012 4:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
TJ Simers went with the Clippers on this road trip. I’m guessing it was the first time the Lakers and Clippers were on the road at the same time and Simers was assigned to the Clippers.
Billups was lost for the year.
I think we can clearly blame TJ for this.
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by meercatjohn on Feb 7, 2012 4:03 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
Did a pretty good job with Matt Moore last year
really, in general, he has done a great job as an assistant everywhere he has gone. If Kubiak thinks he is the right fit he probably is.
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He was a pretty good WR coach in Denver
though that was a long time ago. Wasn’t the greatest HC at UCLA but as QB coach should be solid.
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Here's a correlation for you
No QB who led the regular season yardage category has ever won the Super Bowl
I think part of that is because
when a QB is throwing that much, either its because the defense or running game are poor, and you are either having to air it out to catch up or stay in front of the other team, or because you can’t use your running game to run down the clock.
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Apparently Maria Menuonos lost a Super Bowl bet
involving her wearing a Patriots colored biking in Times Square in winter temperatures.
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by David Young on Feb 7, 2012 4:23 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
technically its giants colored isn't it?
but the teams have the same colors anyways so who can tell.
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It is a Giants bikini
She is a Pats fan (and Celtics fan).
If one were to find and watch video of this, one might see a small NY Giants logo on the left side of the left breast of the bikini. You know, if one were to Google such a thing and find a video of this.
Yes, I got confused for some reason and said it backwards
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… and if one were to magnify the video 100×...
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There are a lot of those in Chatsworth.
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Weird. The combination of “number” “x” “period” with no spaces caused that x to be vertically centered.
100x
100×.
100×...
x.
5×.
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Well
5×3 makes sense, by why with a period instead of a number following the x ?
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because the magical elves that make my words appear don’t know the difference between 3×5 and 4×.
Though apparently 4x? won’t work or 4x!
Because if you were multiplying by a decimal, you might write 4×.5 for instance.
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Lame. I would always write the zero: 4×0.5
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just post the david beckham ad
or pictures of The Todd. Gotta go nuclear on this.
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Yeah, why pander to the 99.9% when the .01% are so clearly left out of the loop.
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Wasn’t she pandering by making the bet in the first place? No one insisted that her end of a bet involve flashing her bod, nor did she have to take that bet.
But yeah, I’m pandering to some of the commenters here.
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If we want to get into the layer behind the layer, yes a hot woman wearing a bikini in New York in winter knows exactly what she’s doing
But does she have a baseball boyfriend?
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I’m having a hard time telling if she is cold or not
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Probably not while one is nearly nude.
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I for one am glad she lost.
Because fuck the Patriots.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 7, 2012 4:28 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Doesn’t look that cold to me
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Honestly we could do better by walking the beaches of Hermosa and randomly selecting 20 girls in about 20 minutes. JMO
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The first week of January, in Homer Glen, Illinois, a man (name not given) was at a bar called Mullets Sports Bar & Restaurant. They have photos of famous mullets on the wall, including one of Mario Lopez as A.C. Slater. The man ripped the photo off the wall and smashed the frame on the ground. His excuse to the owner? “I just don’t like Slater.”
Where I come from, when you don’t like Slater, you convince him to move to Hawaii, you give Mr. Belding a Buddy Band to make them uncool, or you enter him into a beauty pageant but tell everyone he beat up Screech so no one cheers for him. Tearing his photo off the wall and breaking a frame (which police later estimated at $11) isn’t going to win you the title of Bayside’s top hunk. Amateur.
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i dunno
she’s pretty tiny
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
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I figure no obviously visible rib cage, no foul.
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by G.Scott on Feb 7, 2012 5:16 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Back in 2008, Maria
gave interviews on how back in college (she is now 33) she was a size 14 (at 5 foot 8), she described her workout plan and diet and for the last several years has been reportedly a size 4 (I have no idea how female sizes work).
Your hair is a size 14 though.
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Don’t understand the fascination with skeletons.
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As some comedian once said, sleeping with her would be like lying on a pile of coat hangers.
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I imagine in real life w/out the camera “adding 10 pounds”, I would agree wholeheartedly.
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Ned acknowledges Prince bidding
“Considering we signed Matt long term, Clayton to a multi-year [deal] and made a strong bid for Prince Fielder, Frank deserves a lot of credit for trying to put the organization in the best possible position,” said general manager Ned Colletti.
I know these things are not that important, but I’m really curious what the plan for Loney would’ve been. Traded? LF? LOOGY?
Brewer 1st baseman
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Tonight (tonight), let it be Loneybrau.
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Gurnick
also mentions that a four year plus an option deal was discussed.
Now that’s something I would have liked. Probably would have approached nine figures.
In case you wanted to hear the 911 call from one of the cars James Loney hit in November, TMZ has it.
Funny part was when the lady first kept trying to dial 4-6-3.
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Kareem and
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by David Young on Feb 7, 2012 4:31 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
So is paying Kershaw 8 this year with two deferred and 10.5 next year any different than 6.5 this year and 12.5 next year? I can’t even think of luxury tax loopholes.
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Poorly phrased it. Why say 8/10 million with 2 differed instead of just 6/12.
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Sets the salary standard for future arbs differently. I assume MLBPA likes the former.
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Josie Signal
Does Everton have a chance?
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
so glad HJ isn't here
they’re 11th in the league table, so not likely to finish in the top 6 which would get them a European tour. They’re still in the FA Cup, and they have Blackpool next so they’ll likely make it to the Quarterfinals, then it’s all on who you draw. They won’t be relegated, that’s for sure.
I cannot believe I missed the hashtag subthread. I would submit one here, but for the last four hours, I have been screamed at by a sick baby. Four goddam hours straight of screaming baby. I am ready to kill myself.
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That situation is the worst. Been there – it is so stressful.
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at least you learned your lesson the first time
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
Well, not exactly. We ended up with only one child. That was not our preference.
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The bright side is that she is still sick and the daycare has a 24-hour-symptoms free policy, which means I get to do it again tomorrow.
/killsselfforcingBridetotakecareofneworphan
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worded poorly
not enough gin to kill you, but enough gin so that you make it through
You're not yet drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on.
the only word Humma associates with gin is
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"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 7, 2012 6:27 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
You are doing good work. Parenting demands everything yet gives few rewards. I hearby give you an internet pat on the back. (I’ve also been enjoying your Pale Fire comments directed at me.)
We have kinda exhausted my knowledge of Pale Fire. Zembla reference, Shade reference, that’s all I got.
Wait, I’ve got one more. I just thought of it. It’ll appear upthread!
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If it makes you feel any better (and I hope it doesn’t), my 2.5 year old just held the entire household hostage for an hour while he stalled going poop and my 6 year old & I spent a while today arguing over throwing trash away. To top it off, my wife and I appear to be some sort of cold war. Looks like I picked the wrong month to quit drinking.
is there a right month?
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
by nolander on Feb 7, 2012 6:43 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I’m on a 31 day health kick (ending with the first spring training game March 5th). Moderation sucks.
You probably shouldn’t have built that retaining wall in the back yard. I can still hear Mrs. Kinbote from here:
“Kinbote, tear down that wall!”
Oh, I totally picked a fight with Bride last night. We had to set aside our private conflict, though, as we re-engaged our war against our children.
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You should be more careful; she could just hammer you into the ground with her fist.
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Litters are so useful, when the young meerkats give us trouble we just put them outside the burrow and let Mr. Hawk handle the situation. You only have to do that once per litter and they round into shape fairly quickly after that.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
TBLA favorite Dave Cameron lists the top ten transactions of the offseason (Carlos Beltran is #1)
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-10-best-transactions-of-the-winter/
*SIGH*
#6 -Yankees Sign Hiroki Kuroda for 1/$10M
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give me a sleeve
I must wipe away my tears
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by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 7, 2012 6:55 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
one of the all-time greats
never meant to cause you any sorrow
never meant to cause you any pain
(that songs kills me every time)
Speaking of Blake, what young actor will kill his wife 30 years from now, 10 years after they stopped being relevant in the industry?
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
Oh he’s number two all right.
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by Humma Kavula on Feb 7, 2012 8:01 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Never watched Baseball IQ before just now
But it was pretty impressive watching the guy from the HOF name all 16 MVPs from the 1980s.
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Jump on in Mr. Soon-Shiong!
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