| Year | Age | IP | BB/9 | K/9 | ERA | FIP | x-FIP | tERA | ERA+ |
| 2008 | 20 | 107.2 | 4.3 | 8.4 | 4.26 | 4.08 | 3.96 | 4.37 | 98 |
| 2009 | 21 | 171.0 | 4.8 | 9.7 | 2.79 | 3.08 | 3.90 | 3.10 | 143 |
| 2010 | 22 | 204.1 | 3.57 | 9.34 | 2.91 | 3.12 | 3.64 | 3.03 | 133 |
| 2011 | 23 | 233 | 2.08 | 9.57 | 2.28 | 2.47 | 2.84 | 2.52 | 163 |
| 2011 Projections - Age 23 Season | |||||||||
| Year | IP | BB/9 | K/9 | ERA | FIP | ||||
| Bill James | 213.0 | 4.1 | 9.3 | 3.13 | 3.22 | ||||
| Marcel | 179.0 | 3.7 | 9.4 | 3.07 | 3.15 | ||||
| Baseball HQ | 189.0 | 3.7 | 9.2 | 3.14 | |||||
| ZiPS | 193.2 | 4.0 | 9.4 | 3.02 | |||||
The experts did not see the huge command gains or the ERA drop that goes with it.
TBLA members expected great things from Clayton but only a few took it to the level Clayton took it.
I think Josie wins this:
ERA: 2.251
WHIP: -1
IP: 203
Ks: 215
W-L: 20-3Kershaw is Aces. I once saw Kershaw pull a woman from a burning building, that he set on fire, just to test himself.
Dodgerblue looks good
IP-215
ERA-2.85
WHIP-1.03
Ks-230
19-6A bit of a stretch but I can wish can’t I?
Mammoth nails Cy Young
ERA: 2.69
WHIP: 1.078
IP: 219
Cy Young: 1Hating the Giants for going on a half century and counting!
Musicfan did offer much but just about nailed the win / loss
All-star
20-6
Yours Truly
ERA 2.49
WHIP 1.04
IP 232
K 219
Cy Young Voting – 3rd Place due to only 18 wins"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. "
Michael and David both had Clayton posting plus 3.00 ERA's. Punks
0 recs | 662 comments
Am I nuts, I think my prediction was pretty close.
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
Post it, if wins were below 18 or ERA above 2.60 I cut it off.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Looks like I didn't even try for the win loss record
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
Yes, you should have been mentioned. Excellent job
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
I had no clue you had him with such a great season
I always thought I was on the highest side of his projections.
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
2.55 ERA – 2.28
1.10 WHIP – 0.98
235 strikeouts – 248
222.2 Innings – 233.1
75 Walks – 54
170 Hits – 174
Kershaw outshined my predictions, nothing better than that :)
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
I don’t know what your prediction was, but I will say that
Yes, you are nuts
Hollywood Joe - January 13, 2012
good point, that is a given, lol
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
Crazy, they’ve been debating the Clippers playing under Lakers banners debate, and if Clippers would dare hang a division champion banner next to the 16 world championship banners… they must read TBLA.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
oops, on ESPN 710, 1st Max and Marcellus, and now on Ireland and Mason.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
The idea of a Clipper Division winner is new, expect all sorts of bizarre conversations. They might want to wait until 50 games are played
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
A Laker win tonight
would mean that tomorrow would either mean a virtual tie for first place or the Lakers and Clippers with the same number of losses but the Lakers would have twice as many wins as the Clippers.
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
I think we have a back to back to back next week to start making up for the easier schedule.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
It doesn't even out until
March but it will.
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
I’d hang a division winning banner, but would probably draw the more likely line of hanging a #7 seed banner.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
you cant hang no division banner, this is LA… this aint Sacramento… Dodgers dont even hang division banners. I dont think.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Not to metion Ive always though of winning a division in basketball as pretty meaningless… Ive never felt YEAH! We won the pacific division!!
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
We aren’t you, a Division win would be big in our world.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
How big though?? Would it really be that big? it would look pretty hilarious next to 16 championship banners…. I think you guys should wait til you win the whole thing… it will be that much sweeter.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
not everything is a dick measuring contest chris
nolander - January 13, 2012
well it should be…. im not saying its a dick measuring contest…. im just saying a division banner shouldnt be raised in the NBA, for anyone…. but nobody cares what I think…. Lakers fans will have fun with it though when the commercials play “Come out and see your Clippers raise the 2011-12 Pacific Division Banner” Ofcourse you guys dont care what Laker fans say either.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
There will be a ring ceremony too. Don’t forget that.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
I thought your filter eliminated Clippers chat.
Michael White - January 13, 2012
I replaced it with “watch” in the previous thread. :)
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Michael, relax man, I feel like you are getting defensive as in im bashing the Clippers and im not, its just conversation and opinions.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
this isnt about who has what about of titles, or Clippers and Lakers, its about if raising a division banner in the NBA is worth it.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Well, the answer is yes
It’s PR 101. Anything good that happens to the team/company should be marketed
mleadman - January 13, 2012
Then why dont the Celtics have division banners raised??
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
You know the answer
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Because they suck at PR
mleadman - January 13, 2012
haha, mleadman is funny.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Hey Chris...
As Lakers fans, we must practice “noblesse oblige”. Not every fanbase is privileged to have grown up rooting for the Lakers. There are different goals for every organization. There was a time in the 1960s when Celtics fans looked down their noses at lowly Lakers fans, who had the misfortune of seeing their team annually come just short of a championship. Old Brooklyn Dodger fans know the feeling.
Just because the Lakers have had the fortune of sustained success over a long period of time doesn’t mean we get to set the parameters of success for every other franchise.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
I’m jealous of this ability to properly articulate an intelligent thought.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Thanks, Phil!
Sometimes I’ll close my eyes and swing as hard as I can, and amazingly, the ball will find the bat!
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
<3
Maddz - January 14, 2012
Well, you managed OK just now.
berkowit28 - January 13, 2012
Or what if Clippers win the division, but Lakers win the championship, then what??? that would be crazy. But for real, then what?
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
We’ll all find someway to persevere, some how, some way.
Michael White - January 13, 2012
no, I meant would Clippers still raise division banner then? would you still want division banner raised??
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Who the fuck cares
Michael White - January 13, 2012
Dam man, you are getting way too emotional about this…. why?
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
You’re like an 8 year old who keeps asking questions. Why? What if? Then what? It’s driving me crazy.
Michael White - January 13, 2012
Its not driving anyone else crazy, or they arent going all crazy about it… if you cant handle it, dont be involved then. Others seem to be ok with it…. if nobody answers my questions, then I will know that nobody cares.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
people are tired of telling you they find you annoying
nolander - January 13, 2012
ha ha
but yeah Chris you have taken this to an annoying place.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
ok its done.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
if it annoys people, why do they respond then? thats what I dont get. when nobody responds to what I say, then I get the hint that nobody cares… but if they do respond, I take it as they do care.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
My guess is that after a while it comes across as trolling. And trolling does usually incite responses. Just keep in mind I am not complaining. Clipper talk > Watch talk imo.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
I find Clipper talk only topped by Dodger talk
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Seems like TBLA could easily spin off a half dozen or so IPO blogs for SBN. Just winging it here…
Clipper Bashing Nation = uschris0304
Light Saber Babble = Josie, but she would have to hang up her LAC cleats.
Drinks and Diapers = Humma
The Wine Cellar = HollywoodJoe
Gambling Rambler = Me
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Cat Liquidators = me
Eric Stephen - January 13, 2012
Because we need a Firefly page...
’round the ’verse = Me and about 7 others Im sure
EMDarrow - January 13, 2012
pretty sure Light Saber Babble would include Firefly
Josie Becker - January 13, 2012
but they had six shooters
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
there was one laser gun
nolander - January 13, 2012
the crew sure, but the Alliance had lasers
Josie Becker - January 13, 2012
I’m almost offended that Xei didn’t include me, but I am happy to have fallen off his radar
Maddz - January 14, 2012
The wine cellar = HJ
The whine seller = me
Humma Kavula - January 13, 2012
by the way, one more thing, I ask alot of questions because I respect the sports knowledge alot of you guys have, or knowledge in general, and like to pick your brain to increase my sports knowledge. Or to get a different perspective of how a fan of another team thinks.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Ha, I don’t believe you give one iota what other fans think. It is a way of asking and then telling us how the great Laker fans do it as a way of reminding us that we root for a franchise with little history of success and even if we have some success this year it does not mean squat in your eyes.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
I’ll admit things I say will come off with an arrogance that lets you know my team rules! But I dont ask things im not interested in knowing the answer to. I really think alot of you guys are very smart with sports, and more. Much smarter then me in some areas lol, and I come here to raise my game, the best I can.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
anyways, if possible, if im being annoying, or u dont give a shit, just dont respond, then I know nobody is interested in talking about it, I move on.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
So how do you Clipper fans handle being so pathetic compared to the mighty Laker juggernaut? Does this brief moment of success make up for decades of failure? I’m just asking questions.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
ha, come on man, its not that bad… if it is, im sorry, because now I see it.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
I'll second this...
The sports banter here on TBLA is far superior than any other community I frequent. My coworker just moved here from Ohio and is a die-hard Reds fan. I was relaying information from TBLA about potential Reds prospects for trade, and he was astounded that Dodger fans were so knowledgeable.
I’m a member of a SBNation college site where dissent is not allowed. The moderators ban members who they deem to not toe the company line. You guys are awesome. Stay Gold!
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
is it Swatch? has he met Swatch?
G.Scott - January 13, 2012
this
Maddz - January 14, 2012
When Swatch subbed for us, I very nearly called him Oglivie.
Nolij - January 14, 2012
ok , sorry, didnt realize I couldnt ask questions.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Silverwidow stupid questions have been grandfathered in.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
asking the same question over and over is annoying
nolander - January 13, 2012
Nobody is saying that.
Eric Stephen - January 13, 2012
well
nolander - January 13, 2012
Then somehow Dwight Howard and Deron Williams ended up Lakers
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Sure we do. I especially care that if the Clippers do win the Western Division Championship that Laker fans can relish the fact they get to pay twice as much for a ticket to watch an inferior team.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Exactly. Chris, did it sink in that if the Clippers have a West Div banner, that means they bettered the Lakers?
David Young - January 13, 2012
Did Clipper tix
go up this year? Or did the strike kill any price hike across the board?
mleadman - January 13, 2012
In 2001 my ticket was $40, in 2011 my ticket is $50
In 2001 my Laker ticket was $70, in 2011 my Laker ticket is $120
My Clipper seats are 20 rows closer.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Let them raise whatever banners they want
As a UCLA fan, I revel in pointing out that only NCAA championship banners are hung in Pauley Pavilion, unlike at North Carolina and Kentucky, where everything from conference titles to Sweet 16s to NIT championship find their way onto the rafters.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
They can burn the division banner when they put up the championship banner. That felt wierd typing.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
that would be fine… but as far as I know once a banner goes up, it never comes down.. but maybe.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Yet another LOL Clippers post.
Get off it already.
Michael White - January 13, 2012
Seen any good abortions lately? /Eric S
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
I’m talking about the Clippers.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
I know you are talking about the Clippers
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
When you have never won one, I think you can hang one.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
The Kings have their banners from the 90s. Conn Smythe trophy, shit like that. I think it’s comparable.
Michael White - January 13, 2012
Conn Smythe trophy is the Stanley Cup MVP??… we have had that? or you mean western conference champs?
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Uh, guess it wasn’t Conn Smythe then. I thought the divisions used to have names like that (before they changed it to geographical terms.)
Michael White - January 13, 2012
I think the Kings were in the Smythe Division of the Campbell Confrence.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
There we go. Thanks.
Michael White - January 13, 2012
yeah I believe they do… well, I still dont agree with the division thing… But a West Conference champion banner I suppose is more accpetable.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
I miss the old NHL Division names
I always thought there was something regal about Smythe, Patrick, Adams, Norris, Campbell, and Wales.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
Baseball should name its six divisions after an obscure dead baseball figure.
Phillies are back to back Rusty Staub league champs!!
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Whatever league John Rocker is in is the Ty Cobb league!
fbihop - January 13, 2012
There better be an Old Hoss Radbourne division. How about a Johnny Dickshot division?
David Young - January 13, 2012
American League switched to the Sultan of Oman confrence.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
The Ottoman Conference
would be awesome. Also Ming and Visigoth
mleadman - January 13, 2012
I went through a phase where I was obsessed about the Ottoman empire. Read everything I could get my hands on. This came after my Byzantine phase so I guess it was a natural progression.
Michael White - January 13, 2012
I never got into it that much. I would much rather put my feet up and relax.
Eric Stephen - January 13, 2012
I thought the ruler of the Ottoman Empire was Dick Van Dyke. He sure ended up showing who was the boss.
David Young - January 13, 2012
I will wreck this, and possibly BH
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
50/50 on Josie.
David Young - January 13, 2012
She’s no creamsicle:)
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
that’s a rec, but I’m pretty sure the Ottoman won in that case
Josie Becker - January 13, 2012
Oh, then you don’t exactly get it.
David Young - January 13, 2012
Oh Rob
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Just want to say, I only saw DVDS after I was older and everytime MTM said that line I wanted to hit that in a good way.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
She did know how to wear those capris.
David Young - January 13, 2012
There is more than one opening. In the original opening, he trips over the ottoman. In later years, he is about to trip over the ottoman and then deftly sidesteps it.
David Young - January 13, 2012
ah, yes, I remember the alternate opening now : )
Josie Becker - January 13, 2012
Best Sitcom ever. (with apologies to Bob Newhart)
iiidown - January 13, 2012
Really, probably the father of at least a certain style of sitcom. You can see the influence from then on, including Newhart’s various ones.
David Young - January 13, 2012
I’m doing late antique studies!
Maddz - January 14, 2012
No wonder you like Marty.
David Young - January 14, 2012
Le Grande Orange is still alive and kicking
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Vin loved Rusty Staub
mleadman - January 13, 2012
Redheads stick together?
David Young - January 13, 2012
Something’s gotta hang
mleadman - January 13, 2012
Left or right?
David Young - January 13, 2012
Clippers Division/Conference Banners?
The Clippers should be able to hang whatever banner they see fit because Staples is their arena too. I don’t think they should put it on the same wall as the Lakers though, or do ALL banners have to go there? I know the Kings and Sparks also have banners on the wall, so if they must, at least make it bigger than the Sparks banner but smaller than the Lakers title banners.
If the Clippers win the title, they deserve a full-size banner. I wonder if the Clippers have a title banner design chilling in the front office hard drive?
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
Uh-oh
Orel invented Tebowing back in 88
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
ha, I think Orel does it way better.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
I think
he lost a contact
mleadman - January 13, 2012
I think
he’s hunting for ladybugs. #WhatAFiveYearOldWouldDo
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
I believe
Orel recited the Lord’s Prayer on the Tonight Show right after the World Series
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
I vaguely remember this
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
hiyo
mleadman - January 13, 2012
He was singing hymns to himself in the dugout during Game 5 in Oakland.
Eric Stephen - January 13, 2012
Thank you, I'm saving this picture.
In 1989, I played my first year of organized baseball. My team, the Giants (UGH!), was terrible. We were winless going into the last game of the season, and the manager gave me the ball to try to salvage what was left of our 9-year old pride. I ended up going the distance (no pitching limits back then), and when I struck out the last batter, I knelt on one knee just like my idol Bulldog in the 1988 NLCS. If it weren’t for Orel capturing my 8 year-old heart, I wouldn’t be the fan I am today.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
Great story
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
This is his “how did you like that fastball, Howard Johnson?” pose.
Eric Stephen - January 13, 2012
I'm glad
I didn’t predict Kershaw correctly for two reasons.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
what are those reasons
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
Ah, glad somebody took the bait.
1. It means my prediction system is sane.
2. It means Kershaw had an incredible season.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
3. xe hates Kershaw.
fbihop - January 13, 2012
It FINALLY comes out.
Eric Stephen - January 13, 2012
Xes a closet Giants fan? Burn him! Heretic!
EMDarrow - January 13, 2012
I think I have more MCC Fanposts than TBLA Fanposts this off-season. So maybe I am.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
This just makes me sick
:P
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
The one titled, “I’d rather have a pitcher who smokes pot than one who builds houses in Africa” gave it away.
fbihop - January 13, 2012
+1
rec
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Hey Frank
I occasionally browse MCC and Fangraphs, looking for you to put peons in their place. Keep up the awesome work!
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
haha, thanks. Actually I tread pretty lightly over at MCC. Their team. Their blog. Try to add something team related.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
If there's a question that looks like it needs to be asked
I’m likely someone who will ask it :)
Projections for pitchers always seem too low, much more so than for hitters i’ve noticed.
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
Dammit Bobby we were going to leave him hanging
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
I can imagine this as Hank Hill right now
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
Hank Hill was alright
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Definitely not a bad thing
He’s the assistant manager for Strickland Propane, I tell ya hwhat.
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
Until now, I had no idea that Fangraphs linked back to TBLA right alongside the Hardball Times.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
They RSS the SBN baseball articles, no?
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
I was unaware they did until a few minutes ago.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
I remember that working relationship being established. I thought that was part of the reason we started linking to their box scores on game recaps and stuff.
David Young - January 13, 2012
Even better, they got rid of the Bleacher Report box.
fbihop - January 13, 2012
I wonder if they bothered to give Elbert a call
nolander - January 13, 2012
Kobe asked Ethier for Elbert’s phone number. Ethier didn’t know who the fuck that was.
Michael White - January 13, 2012
Watch your daughters Joplin!
mleadman - January 13, 2012
There were no chairs left to be bent over.
David Young - January 13, 2012
guilty rec
kinbote - January 13, 2012
You mean “settled” rec.
fbihop - January 13, 2012
Easy rec.
David Young - January 13, 2012
I did pause briefly before clicking post.
David Young - January 13, 2012
It’s offensive on two separate levels so you kind of split the outrage vote. Brilliant strategy.
kinbote - January 13, 2012
Im 2/7 offended so after rounding Im not offended at all.
EMDarrow - January 13, 2012
Dr. Jay32 is making his first trip to Camelback Ranch this year, and wanted to know some suggestions for what to expect or any tips from spring training vets.
He put up a fan post. Help him out, won’t you?
Eric Stephen - January 13, 2012
Shouldn’t he be linked to that great fanpost someone put up about everything you’d want to know about Camelback but were afraid to ask?
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Haven’t found it yet :)
Eric Stephen - January 13, 2012
I did find that post, by JJ24,, and gave Dr. Jay the link as well.
Eric Stephen - January 13, 2012
great, I was thinking it was JJ
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
I was just reading through that again. A really informative guide by JJ24.
Eric Stephen - January 13, 2012
I think I added some driving tips – if this goes back to Year 1, which was when I was there.
berkowit28 - January 13, 2012
I've only been to Camelback once or twice 2 years ago
But if you see Kershaw walking somewhere, go up and talk to him, don’t not, like some people >.<
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
did I even enter a prediction?
I feel like I would have guessed something extremely optimistic and won this if I had.
Taylor Maricle - January 13, 2012 via Android app
You did not.
David Young - January 13, 2012
Yeah, see
I’m so optimistic that i’d probably be up there in the post.
Take my 2.90 ERA for Billingsley prediction, for example.
Taylor Maricle - January 13, 2012
so guys we still have a chance at fielder right?
nolander - January 13, 2012
If we sign Fielder
are we hanging a banner next November?
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
THIS November!
David Young - January 13, 2012
Next… this… upcoming …. all the same to me if you can read between the lines.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Do they hang NLDS Champion banners? :D
EMDarrow - January 13, 2012
Eric – based on the time frame we started these previews last year we have about a month to go before they start. Yikes, I can’t wait to write about this team.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Kershaw, Kemp, Jansen, Lindbom, Elbert, Loney, Ethier, and Billingsley
The only previews I can think of right now that would feel at all optimistic about.
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
On the bright side
you write one for Jerry Hairston and it can pretty much get C&P’d to all of the FA signings this season.
EMDarrow - January 13, 2012
Yeah, I was working out the schedule earlier this week. I’ll email you guys. I think February 13 or so will be the start date.
Eric Stephen - January 13, 2012
I’m looking forward to it too.
Michael White - January 13, 2012
TBLA will be in ruins by then.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Or Bruins.
berkowit28 - January 13, 2012
UFC talk
Anthony Johnson missed weight. By 11 pounds.
ELEVEN!
Now I hope Vitor beats him down.
fbihop - January 13, 2012
Heavy or light? Isn’t he coming up a weight class?
Michael White - January 13, 2012
11 pounds heavy, moved up from welterweight to middleweight. I bet he just thought it would be easier to cut and didn’t work at it as hard as he had.
But, yeah, if he get knocked out, he might be looking for a new place to fight.
fbihop - January 13, 2012
They’ll still let them fight with that much of a weight disparity? I guess it’s overseas, but I didn’t think that would get sanctioned.
Michael White - January 13, 2012
In boxing it would have to be called off, or made a non-title fight, no belt at stake. Would it be the same in UFC?
David Young - January 13, 2012
Johnson loses 20% of his purse and Belfort had to agree to go on with the fight.
fbihop - January 13, 2012
What I’m concerned about is that Rumble knew he was gonna miss weight, knew no one ever backs out because their opponent missed weight, so he just said fuck it and decided to not cut most of the way. So he’ll come in mostly healthy and just slaughter Vitor.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
That’s why it makes sense for the title not to be at stake. (Is it belts in UFC?)
David Young - January 13, 2012
It is belts. This was non-title to begin with.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Yeah, since he was so far off, he probably just said, “fuck it.”
If they miss by a pound or two it usually means they worked as hard as possible to cut down there but didn’t quite make it so are way drained.
In this case, however…
Vitor has fought at heavier weights, though, so it won’t be completely new to him.
fbihop - January 13, 2012
Ya, Johnson would have had to be walking around at 225 a few weeks ago to fully cut and still be off this much.
Says the guy who’s never cut weight in his life.
Michael White - January 13, 2012
Fighting Rumble vs. Walking Around Rumble
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
I guarantee Johnson will never take a fight on short notice.
fbihop - January 13, 2012
Maybe he does walk around at 225….
Michael White - January 13, 2012
There was footage of him training for this fight and he’s way bigger than Rashad Evans.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
I saw that. I bet Rashad could make middleweight.
fbihop - January 13, 2012
Totally, he’s one of the smaller guys at LHW.
Rumbles going with “I got sick this morning and the doctors made me drink fluids otherwise I totally would have made weight” as an excuse. Could be true, could be his body telling him don’t try to cut 40 pounds, dummy.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Yeah, if he stayed in some sort of shape, besides pear-shaped, between fights, he would have made it easily.
fbihop - January 13, 2012
my boss is currently trying to make weight for his bjj competition at the end of the month.
Training with him sucks.
Maddz - January 14, 2012
I thought you only miss a weight by being heavy. If you want to fight way under the limit, that’s your prerogative.
David Young - January 13, 2012
I assumed that’s what he meant, just surprised since he’d been fighting at WW
Michael White - January 13, 2012
There is a minimum weight; Dan Henderson weighed in at 207 when he fought against Fedor — 1 pound over the minimum.
So I ASSUME that means the minimum is 1 lb over the next lightest class but can’t find confirmation anywhere.
fbihop - January 13, 2012
This is true.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
I'm guessing its a safety thing eh?
nolander - January 13, 2012
Yeah. Doesn’t apply in Japan, though.
fbihop - January 13, 2012
Why do I have to be told how many followers fbi has?
berkowit28 - January 13, 2012
It’s a measuring contest.
David Young - January 13, 2012
For those of you interested in such things
Clayton Kershaw will be signing copies of his new book Sunday at the Ralph’s in Porter Ranch / Chatsworth (on Rinaldi).
David Young - January 13, 2012
This one
http://www.amazon.com/Arise-Faith-Dreams-Whatever-Yourself/dp/0830760865/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326494782&sr=8-1
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Yes, thanks.
David Young - January 13, 2012
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
I have a Teboner.
kinbote - January 13, 2012
ha ha
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Clayton is going to be one of those people who will remind me on a daily basis what a piece of shit human being I am.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
I thought you had a wife for that.
David Young - January 13, 2012
I think the Ipad has a an app for it
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
First and foremost, I’m glad he’s on our team.
Nolij - January 13, 2012
The keywords in the Amazon title:
Arise
Faith
Dreams
Whatever
Yourself
kinda sums up my religious experiences in my 37 years on the planet.
Humma Kavula - January 13, 2012
Porter Ranch is in Chatsworth?!?!??! I had no idea. When I think of Chatsworth, I think of the pr0n industry. Is Porter Ranch a gentrified section?
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
They live above the smell of the Northern San Fernando Valley and risk being blown away every day
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Pretty much. And a 5 degree break from the heat too.
David Young - January 13, 2012
Porter Ranch is Northridge. The store is kinda where Northridge and Chatsworth border.
David Young - January 13, 2012
Thanks!
My only forays into the SFV were the old illegal drag races on Saticoy and in Sylmar.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
if you live in Porter Ranch, your mail doesnt say Porter Ranch right? Says Northridge? So Porter Ranch isnt an official city I guess… shit I asked too many questions.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
I send a holiday card every year to my friend in Porter Ranch. It’s a place. So is Playa Vista.
kinbote - January 13, 2012
Northridge is not a city, but an official community of the city of Los Angeles, as is Porter Ranch. Northridge is also a post office “area” of some sort. The Porter Ranch post office is for the Northridge zip code of 91326. The post office says you can address letters to 91326 as either Porter Ranch or Northridge.
David Young - January 13, 2012
Or Los Angeles
Michael White - January 13, 2012
Yes. As long as it says Los Angeles your mail will get there.
iiidown - January 13, 2012
I thought Porter Ranch is on its own, and Chatsworth and Northridge are below, maybe a section of Granada Hills too.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
or maybe Granada Hills is to the right of Porter Ranch.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Chatsworth tried to hang a banner in Porter Ranch but it blew away
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
ROFLMAO
I hope this becomes a new TBLA meme.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
haha…funny, you older guys, you, marty, Btimm are freakin funny as hell man….
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
I love you threw B Timm in there. He’ll be happy to know he’s added about 15 years:)
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
so he isnt old… I guess he just says he is old because he said he cant stand drunk people at Dodger Stadium around him, and I said its because he is old… and he does work at a library from what I know.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
2 yrs older than me, so very old
Hollywood Joe - January 13, 2012
Yutes to me
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
age is nothing but a banner
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
If only I was hung
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
how is this not green?!
Maddz - January 14, 2012
I can’t stand drunk fans either, and I’m not that old.
Nolij - January 13, 2012
the problem is when they start throwing peanuts
Josie Becker - January 13, 2012
I miss fanposts like that
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
you can experience again, just do a search
Hollywood Joe - January 13, 2012
you trolling the SBNation search engine?
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
only you seem to care
Hollywood Joe - January 13, 2012
Yeah, I don’t get that. Don’t any one care about proving someone wrong about something they said six months ago?
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
When there is the google domain search as a nice workaround, meh.
David Young - January 13, 2012
that was one of the better Fanposts.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Wow! Haven’t heard that for awhile.
iiidown - January 13, 2012
ive always said if you just mind your own business, you wont be bothered… its when you get brave and start asking someone to stop that, or be quiet, that your problems begin.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
It is impossible to mind your own business when someone else is throwing shit at you.
David Young - January 13, 2012
I’ve always drawn the line at shit, peanuts I can handle, but not shit.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Roger would agree!
iiidown - January 13, 2012
I’ve always thought BTimm was stately.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
Btimm is the smartest guy I know… well dont know, but have seen on the internet… so dam smart… I dont get 75% of his jokes because I have no idea what he is talking about he is so dam smart.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Without his search engines he’s only the 3rd smartest fella on the internet.
i’m right with you
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
He’s Uncle Google’s uncle.
berkowit28 - January 13, 2012
and what smell are you refering to??
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Horses:)
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Victory (Blvd)
Nolij - January 13, 2012
Hey now, that is to close to home
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
It was a weak Apocalypse Now reference.
Nolij - January 13, 2012
Still, that is my home
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
I thought you were above the horses, isnt that below?
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
He never said he lived in Porter Ranch.
David Young - January 13, 2012
WE LOVE IT!
David Young - January 13, 2012
Dont think it blew away, more likely it was arrested for indecent exposure.
EMDarrow - January 13, 2012
Technically
Porter Ranch is one of the three or four zip codes for Northridge.
David Young - January 13, 2012
Chatsworth is the porn capital of the world… but I bet some of the scenes are shot in homes in Porter Ranch.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
So that’s where those houses are!
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
yeah, but I think the outdoor scenes by the pool where you see alot of huge ass boulders in the background are in Chatsworth… Thats like Chatsworth park or something, people like to climb those boulders,
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
…to get a better view of the filming no doubt.
EMDarrow - January 13, 2012
I thought he was talking about the girls
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Thats not climbing they’re doing with those boulders.
EMDarrow - January 13, 2012
well you do have to get a handhold
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
Touche.
EMDarrow - January 13, 2012
exactly!
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
Had lunch last week at a Thai place with a table full of Eastern Europe Porn ladies behind me. It was fun watching my foodmates try to eat lunch without looking to hard.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
you are missing an “o” in your last to
Hollywood Joe - January 13, 2012
aren’t I always
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Ooh. Last toot.
berkowit28 - January 13, 2012
+1
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
I should hang out in the valley more often.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
nah man, you never see any porn stars here, I dont get it…. I cant say I have seen 1 dam porn star, its like they are ghosts.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
33 years in valley, been watching porn for 30 of them, and I still havent ran into one yet…. not at the mall, not anywhere… where do they go when they arent filming? I’d love to know.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Charlie Sheen’s house.
Nolij - January 13, 2012
The clinic.
David Young - January 13, 2012
Let's play Match Game PM
they are difficult to recognize without a ______ in their _______
Hollywood Joe - January 13, 2012
(superfluous X) (name)
Nolij - January 13, 2012
Stated watching porn at age 3?
What was that, your parents stratagem for babysitting (onscreen vixens)?
jim hitchcock (railway) - January 13, 2012
Only you caught that
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
didn't you see my comment earlier?!
nolander - January 13, 2012
Burbank Karokee bar is loaded with them.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
There is a gym on Topanga Canyon and Nordoff?? or some street close to that where some of them work out… but I havent gone to see yet.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Nordoff / De Soto
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Powerhouse
Michael White - January 13, 2012
maybe that gym too, but there is another gym im thinking of… pretty sure topanga canyon was one of streets… my ex worked there and told me the ones working out there… but only one I see is Topanga Training and Fitness, and thats actually in Woodland hills
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Used to work in the building on the corner of Independence and Nordhoff. That gym was right behind us, and acroos the street was a porn production company. Girls in and out (literally) all day.
iiidown - January 13, 2012
right now im on prairie street and mason, im tempted to go on a porn star hunt.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
please do and tell us about it
Hollywood Joe - January 13, 2012
Arrowhead water?
David Young - January 13, 2012
haha nah man you asked that before… though that is right up the street on Mason, im more down Prairie street, at a fiber optics communications company….
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
I read an article about that once. I don’t think I want to use the mic after the porn stars have.
David Young - January 13, 2012
problem is
they keep dropping the mic all the way down their throats
Hollywood Joe - January 13, 2012
Bleep blorp.
Nolij - January 13, 2012
pretty mouth
Hollywood Joe - January 13, 2012
I am proud to have contributed to another TBLA meme. Bleep blorp my friends. Bleep blorp.
Humma Kavula - January 13, 2012
what you don’t want to use is the remote control in a hotel room
certainly don’t want to change channels with your teeth
Hollywood Joe - January 13, 2012
I just remembered that I took my car in for service a few months back and a girl wearing a Vivid Pictures T-Shirt was just leaving. I suppose anyone can buy those, but it did cause me to double-take to make sure I read it correctly.
David Young - January 13, 2012
BTW
Which Thai place? The one on Devonshire just west of DeSoto?
David Young - January 13, 2012
It's the nice part of Chatsworth
I know I know, who knew there was one.
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
Wrong, see above.
David Young - January 13, 2012
That's like
West Mars
mleadman - January 13, 2012
[x]
David Young - January 13, 2012
Is most of TBLA from the Valley?
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
pron babies rule
Hollywood Joe - January 13, 2012
only the important ones.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
BTimm
is from the SFV.
I lived in the SFV for 10 years.
GScott was a South Bay guy for most of his life.
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
Btimm is Granada Hills alum too I believe.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
KENNEDY
Hollywood Joe - January 13, 2012
well yeah, went to Kennedy, but lived in granada hills, which Kennedy HS is in. Doesnt he live in Pasadena now?
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
All true but BTimm cannot be called a TBLA person. He never made the jump, he’s DT true and true. For some reason he seemed to take offense when I mocked his hatred of Florida. For a smart guy he has a lot of hatred.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
yeah he is like Jon’s side kick…. was it a loyalty thing??
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Unlike many, he did not feel the need to say fuck once in a while. Isn’t that why most of you are here?
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
FUCK YEAH!
David Young - January 13, 2012
I second the fuck yeah…. on of my 1st posts on DT was writing “Padilla is the opening day starter? wtf” He was like 1) using profanity or any euphemisms for profanity… seriously? I cant even write wtf?? and I dont even know what a euphernism is.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Its like kindergarden over there with all the rules haha… im jk, I love DT too, I dont wanna rag on DT, but the rules are too much.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
At least DT is trying to salvage
some respectability on the ESPN site. Those comment boards are the dregs of the sports internet.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
very true, the message boards are the worst of the worst… there are no good message boards anymore, thats why I go to blogs.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Bless your heart.
Nolij - January 13, 2012
On the last two sites that hosted Dodger Thoughts
Both the LA Times and ESPN will take down comments that use profanity or anything that can be interpreted as profanity.
Sure, it was Jon’s rule on Baseball Toaster about the profanity and he probably would have continued it at the next two sites but nevertheless those are and were the rules there.
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
I love Jon and his writing, he is a must read
the commenting format here is much better
and while we are all fools from time to time, some of us more than others, I could suffer some of the fools on the ESPN site no longer
Hollywood Joe - January 13, 2012
hey, arent I one of those fools? :)
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
He didn’t say they all stayed there.
Nolij - January 13, 2012
awww. thats mean :( haha
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
mostly
not
Hollywood Joe - January 13, 2012
Jon’s non-baseball stuff is my favorite. Don’t get me wrong, his baseball insight is awesome, but it’s when he infuses himself in his writing that he becomes so compelling to read.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
Also
The way he turns phrases reminds me of Jim Murray.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
DT Rules!
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
That's probably why I think he's stately...
I’ve never seen him curse.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
Bob is tall but he’s one of those tall people who does not seem comfortable being tall, he always seems to be holding back his height. So, not stately.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Or maybe he was just being kind to us shorties and didn’t feel the need to remind us that he towers over us mentally and height.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Stately, plump Buck Mulligan…
berkowit28 - January 13, 2012
well done
kinbote - January 13, 2012
Who never cursed? Btimm?? I thought he has cursed on twitter before?? Its Jon that I want to see cuss..come on Jon, tell me to shut the fuck up, give me 1 bad word. .. he seems too goody 2 shoes for me, but I guess thats how he is.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Jon is a regular person with great talent who would tell you to fuck off in person but not on his board. He’d simply ask you to move over to TBLA.
I remember you on DT. You were annoying.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
oh ok, so its a professional thing…. fair enough… as long as he does say fuck in person haha
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
I guess some things never change
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Jon is a gentleman. Nothing less.
David Young - January 13, 2012
While Eric runs a blog that openly incites violence
Michael White - January 13, 2012
toward all of Gods good creatures
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Just kittens………
iiidown - January 13, 2012
and employs many a Ne’er do well.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Without cussing, we never would’ve had Eric’s infamous “GFY” moment. That was comedy gold right there.
EMDarrow - January 13, 2012
and a scholar
Josie Becker - January 13, 2012
Jon wants his board to be somewhere his young children can go.
berkowit28 - January 13, 2012
A couple days ago, I copied a snippet of Lasorda’s Bevaqua rant and even edited out the curse words, but it got deleted anyways.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
I remember that, and he gave you the same rule 1 line…. you have a different name over there?
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Yeah… the.sports.dude.
I created my SBNation account and ESPN accounts at different times.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
No. When DT started migrating, its commenting software got so awful I couldn’t stand it. At LAT and then even worse at ESPN. Now it’s better but I spend more time here. Occasional fuck is OK but it’s not so occasional here. Lots of noise here, but fun. DT sometimes too prudish. Still, if I have something IMPORTANT to say, I’ll say it both places because I’d like Jon’s approval, or something.
berkowit28 - January 13, 2012
Gary doesn’t live in the South Bay anymore? Anyone else from the South Bay, in case we can carpool when I make my TBLA meet-up debut?
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
There are a few of us in Culver City. That might be the closest.
Nolij - January 13, 2012
Culver City
Do you consider Culver City the Westside?
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
Some consider anything West of
Downtown the Westside.
Me, I think West of the 405 or at least Overland Blvd.
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
What do you consider the southern border of the Westside? LAX?
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
Actually
for West LA, I tend to think to Venice or maybe MDR. LAX is it’s own thing. South Bay begins on Rosecrans.
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
The 90 works for me. Keeps me on the Westside instead of unincorporatedville.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
If you are unincorporated, wouldn’t that make you MDR basically?
David Young - January 13, 2012
I thought you were in
Santa Monica
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
MDR for roughly a month more then who knows.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
So, Jefferson?
Nolij - January 13, 2012
Poor El Segundo
All on its own.
David Young - January 13, 2012
Venice for me as well. Anything south and I think South Bay
Michael White - January 13, 2012
I live south of Venice and I am definitely not in the South Bay.
Nolij - January 13, 2012
South
I’ve always defined the South Bay as El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
I always thought of South Bay as the San Jose area. Was confused when I heard people from LA talking about it. I thought where the hell is this bay at? Bob T told me to look at a map. Yeah, I guess there is a little indentation or curve in the coast line but a bay? I don’t know about you but I hold my bay standards a little bit higher than that, it will always be nothing more than a bight to me. So who here lives in the South Bight area?
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
It's LA
We turn small things into the biggest things in the world. I believe there’s clinical definition for this type of complex, but since I’m native, I don’t give a flying F what outsiders think.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
not me no more!
805 SB yarrrr
mintxcore - January 13, 2012
I am South Bay. I live under the railroad trestle at Rosecrans and Aviation.
I work in Culver City at a Famous Motion Picture Studio.
Humma Kavula - January 13, 2012
Iiii Left my heeeaaart, in Redondo Beach?
G.Scott - January 13, 2012
Ahem.
Maddz - January 14, 2012
SF Valley, ftw!
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
The valley that is the high desert
Eric Stephen - January 13, 2012
originally though, the Coachella Valley
Eric Stephen - January 13, 2012
Im almost the reverse of this
originally the high desert, now I split my time between eastern Riverside co and north SD county.
EMDarrow - January 13, 2012
I'm in the real valley
San Gabriel. Altadena FTW
mleadman - January 13, 2012
Some of us are from the other Valley.
EMDarrow - January 13, 2012
And some of us are from the ‘other’ other valley
iiidown - January 13, 2012
at least a few of us are from Santa Barbara
though I now grace another SF (San Francisco) with my presence.
underdog - January 13, 2012
hooray for santa barbara!
mintxcore - January 13, 2012
Thirded.
berkowit28 - January 13, 2012
I live and work in the East Bay.
puresilence - January 13, 2012
I did some brief living there too. I assume we are talking the bay that is near SF, not the Santa Monica bay. :) Which city if I may ask?
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
I live in Berkeley (went to Cal and never left).
puresilence - January 13, 2012
I had a home away from home (apartment) on University Avenue past the gas station near the little library. Probably bulldozed by now.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Sherman Oaks, born and raised
Maddz - January 14, 2012
Live in West Hills
Work on edge of Canoga Park and Woodland Hills (at the epicenter of heat)
BoilerAero - January 14, 2012 via mobile
Eli vs Rodgers
first time 2 super bowl mvps will have ever faced each other in the playoffs
nolander - January 13, 2012
Wow, that's pretty cool
Even though fuck Eli.
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
you are just pissed because he is making all your proclamations about him not being good
look silly
nolander - January 13, 2012
I'm just pissed because of the 2007-2008 playoffs
He screwed the Packers (my favorite team) then the Patriots (who I wanted to destroy the Giants after). He’s been on my shit list ever since.
Ivdown - January 13, 2012
Hey Josie!
Who’s your EPL team? I’ve been getting into the EPL more now that I have the Fox Soccer channel.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
excellent
I support Manchester United for three reasons 1) they’re the easiest club to follow cause their games are always on TV 2) they feature in two of my favorite Brit shows: State of Play and Life of Mars 3) They win a lot.
Josie Becker - January 13, 2012
Being a Dodger fan, I’ve gravitated toward Arsenal because of the similarities between the two organizations: strong tradition, most of the success happened generations ago, and we both believe we still belong with today’s elite.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
And you get to say “Tee-air-ee On-ree”
Nolij - January 13, 2012
you can get that supporting the New York Red Bulls
Josie Becker - January 13, 2012
Arsenal is my second favorite. Never been relegated in over a hundred years, strong tradition, both Arsenal and ManU are traditionally catholic clubs, and always a threat to win even if yeah, not a shoe in as in past years. Have you watched Fever Pitch? It’s a must if you’re considering Arsenal
Josie Becker - January 13, 2012
I’m going to have to watch the original Fever Pitch, not that Red Sox abomination.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
I’m glad you told me that Arsenal is a traditional Catholic club! I love rivalries… Dodgers-Giants, UCLA-USC, Lakers-Celtics, and especially Catholic-Protestant.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
I don't know why
but the Catholic – Protestant thing made me laugh
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
ManU-Liverpool is the bigger rivalry. (I’m a Liverpool supporter)
Nolij - January 13, 2012
I liked Liverpool’s Carlsberg shirts better than the ones they have now. I also like Barca more when they had UNICEF on the front instead of Qatar Foundation. I hope that doesn’t make me racist.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
It most certainly makes you racist and a blight on the human race
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
HA!
I just find UNICEF more benevolent to the world as a whole, more so than the Qatar Foundation, which is more regional.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
not a fan of falconry?
nolander - January 13, 2012
I believe Arsenal biggest rivals
are:
Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea.
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
Spurs traditional and historical rivals. Chelsea are johnnny-come-latelys (to Arsenal). Except to Fulham. Very ancient rivalry there.
berkowit28 - January 13, 2012
you can root for Arsenal with K3vo
G.Scott - January 13, 2012
Four Horsemen 2012 version
I am bringing back this gimmick for the 2012 MiLB season. Here are your members:
Criteria: Zero MLB experience. Silverwidow favorite.
silverwidow - January 13, 2012
Zlee, Webster, Withrow, Gould?
Nolij - January 13, 2012
The last two are Castle and Tolleson
silverwidow - January 13, 2012
I was afraid that was Castle.
Nolij - January 13, 2012
Tolleson looks high
mleadman - January 13, 2012
Tolleson is the guy all the way to the right? Then yes, he is indeed high.
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
That is a sad group of horseman, maybe you should call them the ponyman
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
At least Phil didn't put up this pix
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
The Four Eores:)
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Castle looks like Lugo so I don’t like him already. Plus he looks like an infielder. He also looks weak.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
And I heard his girlfriends ugly. Lacks confidence
Michael White - January 13, 2012
such a brilliant movie
Josie Becker - January 13, 2012
Wasn't it?
Aaron Sorkin’s dialogue is nonpareil.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
Now I want Sno-Caps.
Nolij - January 13, 2012
hahaha
Maddz - January 14, 2012
It was interesting to me
because most of the dialog didn’t scream Sorkin to me. It lacked his usual rapid fire style.
nolander - January 13, 2012
very true
Sorkin was demonstrating he’s got more tricks in his bag.
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
and Phillip Seymour Hoffman
was totes underutilized
nolander - January 13, 2012
Kinda like Art Howe.
Nolij - January 13, 2012
Or it was “overcasting”.
David Young - January 13, 2012
He was a dead ringer for Art Howe though.
EMDarrow - January 13, 2012
What does it matter? Jonah Hill as “Peter Brand” not really like DePodesta at all.
David Young - January 13, 2012
well
for one arte howe’s character in the movie was likely not an amalgamation of multiple real people, but just based one the one.
nolander - January 13, 2012
No more so than “Peter Brand” really being DePodesta. Brand isn’t primarily an amalgamation either.
David Young - January 13, 2012
Looks like a dude you’d give up for two months of Rafael Furcal.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
I thought Wood and the Cubs were done with eachother? Who gave in?
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
The Mariners have moved closer to a trade that would net them a “young impact hitter,” reports ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick. A source calls the trade “significant” and says Brandon League is not part of the deal (both links via Twitter).
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Since It's Slow
Crasnick
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Votto for Felix???
silverwidow - January 13, 2012
Not worth it for the Mariners to get someone for two years at this point.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
This says Pineda is going to me. Montero? Bruce? Joey Votto and Yasmani Grandal?
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Grandal is a Padre tho
silverwidow - January 13, 2012
Damn that joke doesn’t work any more.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
I hope they do better then Smoak this time. Or not I’d rather they stink.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
I would trade Felix before Pineda. Not that I think he is better, just that he is cost controlled and the Mariners aren’t sniffing the playoffs for a while. But I’d make sure I got something good and cost controlled back for Felix. Then again it is #6Org. They are due for a good trade though, or at least one that works out for them.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
I’m just trying to think of teams that would be in a position to take on Felixs contract and have a good young hitter to deal and I’m coming up blank.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Ethier for Felix, bro. Book it.
silverwidow - January 13, 2012
Gordon for Pineda
nolander - January 13, 2012
Eovaldi for Smoak
silverwidow - January 13, 2012
Might work, I think Gordon already hitting arb might be a deal breaker though. Hosmer might jive a little better.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
I thought you meant Dee Gordon here. :)
silverwidow - January 13, 2012
I did :)
nolander - January 13, 2012
Was wondering when someone would say this lol
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012 via iPhone app
Felix
per b-ref.
2012 26 Seattle Mariners $18,500,000
2013 27 Seattle Mariners $19,500,000
2014 28 Seattle Mariners $20,000,000
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Yankees?
Montero and Banelous(sp?)
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Like the deal, the Yankees seem to be serious about this not crossing the luxury tax threshold though.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Felix for Hanley
Hanley plays SS for Seattle. Salaries come fairly close to matching.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Wow
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
That’s just a guess.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
How about on smaller scale
Pineda for Morrison, Dominquez, and speedy guy
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Is Ned Colletti’s clone the GM in Seattle?
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
Not seeing it.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
If the Indians really don’t think Santana can stick at catcher Pineda for Santana then signing Carlos Pena makes a lot of sense.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Pineda for Billy Butler
Pineda for Adam Jones
Pineda for Santana
Pineda for Belt and fast dude
Pineda for Rasmus / Snider / Lind
Pineda for Moustakas / Meyer
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Pineda for Posey
Pineda for McCutchen
Pineda for Jason Heyward
silverwidow - January 13, 2012
You racheted it up a notch over my group
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Why stop there? Pineda for Stanton. Pineda for Bryce Harper.
Nolij - January 13, 2012
Speaking of Stanton
How did we not draft the local product?
ishXdavid - January 13, 2012
Try not to think about it. That way lies madness.
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012 via iPhone app
Failure at every level from scouting to drafting, going with low ceiling college soft tosser. Other teams also failed, other teams did not have him in their backyard.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
That is a question that causes no small amount of anger among a few members here…
EMDarrow - January 13, 2012
at first I thought he was trolling phil
nolander - January 13, 2012
Intentional or not
looks like it worked :D
EMDarrow - January 13, 2012
Probably should be something in between yours and Silverwidows guesses. Too little vs too much.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Not likely to be a Reds OFer.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Interesting
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012 via iPhone app
Loney for Smoak
Nolij - January 13, 2012
Ethier and Capang for Felix/Pineda/Smoak
silverwidow - January 13, 2012
10 TBLA points, redeemable to your local Chuckie Cheese for the most correct guess (limit three guesses).
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Trayvon Robinson for Jeff Mathis
Chone Figgins for Juan Uribe
Chone Figgins for Loney
Nolij - January 13, 2012
and Nolij sets the bar nice and low for us. :)
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
I didn’t read “significant” as “game-changing.”
Nolij - January 13, 2012
just as “warm body”?
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Pineda for Trumbo
nolander - January 13, 2012
or Kendry
nolander - January 13, 2012
Steal of the century for the Angels on both of these.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
If Angels involved I’d think it would have to be Pineda for Trout / Trumbo
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
angels will throw in vernon wells free of charge
nolander - January 13, 2012
within the same division? Would be gutsy.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Tony Jackson
reports that as expected, Ethier, Loney and Kershaw filed for arbitration today, figures to be exchanged on Tuesday.
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
Hope each side read the TBLA write ups first.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Seattle trade
silverwidow - January 13, 2012
what has montero done recently to prove he deserves such high billing?
nolander - January 13, 2012
You mean besides his major league .996 OPS:)
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Did pretty good in his cup of coffee
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012 via iPhone app
Was one of the youngest players in AAA this year and was damn amazing the last two months. Then went to the bigs and raked.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
ah ok I guess I missed his last couple months
because before that hadn’t he not really done anything for a year and a half?
nolander - January 13, 2012
.289/.353/.517 as possibly the youngest player in AAA in 2010.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
And not in the interplanetary league.
David Young - January 13, 2012
Montero loses some of his luster if he is nothing more than a DH. I wouldn’t trade Pineda for just him. Get the young minor league pitcher too.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
montero is traded for pineda
Heyman tweets
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
not as fun as I thought it would be……
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
theres more!
nolander - January 13, 2012
scraps
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
Well that solves the problem of not having anywhere to put Montero.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
That boom you heard Dave Camerons head exploding.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
He likes the idea if not the execution. Thinks they should [maybe] move now to replace Pineda (with E-Jax?] which is cheaper than Fielder would’ve been.
kinbote - January 13, 2012
But Pineda and Fielder is several wins better than Jackson and Montero.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Also mentioned Oswalt as a one year stop gap then flip him at the deadline for a prospect then go after one of the many big gun FA pitchers next off season.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Montero likely goes to DH and hits 5th. Noesi likely #4 or #5 starter.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
nolander - January 13, 2012
Edwin Jackson
check off NY
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
they need more then 1
and this is salary neutral for them right?
nolander - January 13, 2012
Yeah, but at least the word is they don’t want to add much payroll.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Though if they do, they do need a DH now and Prince still needs a home…
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
so a trade that makes neither team happy
does that mean it was a good trade?
nolander - January 13, 2012
would neither team be happy?
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
apparently lookout landing and the yankee sbnation site are both up in arms
nolander - January 13, 2012
nolander - January 13, 2012
Don’t know anything about the other guys but numbers wise Campos seems like a prospect and Noesi seems like roster filler which doesn’t really even this out.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Sickels has Campos as a B and Noesi’s ceiling is middle relief so who knows.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
isn’t Safeco death to righty hitters?
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
Isn’t Safeco death to hitters?
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
i've been told
less so to LHH
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
When you think you can get a Votto and get a Montero I can see the outcry, but honestly, couldn’t Montero based on his minor league pedigree be better then Votta very quickly? Okay probably not
Are the Mariners the new Kansas City Athletics for the New York Yankee’s. That seems like a great deal for them. Pineda’s 2nd half ERA was over 5 but his 2nd half peripherals were even better then his 1st half.
Still those Mariners badly needed some offense.
Interesting trade, not one you see very often. I’m trying to think of a comp, coming up empty.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Seattle sent Cliff Lee to Texas.
David Young - January 13, 2012
RIght but Cliff Lee was old, I’m talking about two young studs, one a pitcher for one year and the other the best minor league hitter in baseball.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
You just don’t see this unless my memory is simply blank.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Not quite a match but Delmon Young for Matt Garza is the closest thing I can think of.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
In some of those three-ways the A’s were in, maybe two stud prospects moved?
David Young - January 13, 2012
I meant as a counter to the KC/NY analogy. NY isn’t the only team benefiting from Seattle.
David Young - January 13, 2012
Gotcha
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Marty BH anyone
best Thai in town is __________
Hollywood Joe - January 13, 2012
in Chatsworth
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
I'm not an expert in Thai
But Thai Town east of you has a good reputation. Sapp’s Cafe for their boat noodles is good
mleadman - January 13, 2012
I can tell you the spiciest Thai in town
Its pretty good but spicy
Jitlada Restaurant
Phone: (323) 663-3104
Address: 5233 W Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027
Hours:
Mon. 5:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Tue-Thu. 11:00 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Fri-Sat. 11:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Sun. 11:00 a.m. – 10:30 p.m
I am pretty sure they don’t take reservations and parking is a chore.
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
Finding a good Thai restaurant is a treasure.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Okay – let’s try this
Who was the best young pitcher to be traded that you can remember?
Who was the best young hitter to be traded that you can remember?
Let’s try for less then two years major league service time and the pitcher has to have already made his mark in major league baseball.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Does Pedro qualify?
mleadman - January 13, 2012
I think so, meets my guidelines, kind of the reverse deal but it works.
Phil Gurnee - January 13, 2012
Max Scherzer?
Justin Smoak?
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Paul Konerko?
David Young - January 13, 2012
Babe Ruth comes to mind
though I don’t really remember it, I’m not that old
mleadman - January 13, 2012
Jack Curry from YES Network tweets (and Jay Jaffe retweets)
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
Good Luck Hiro
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
so then
CC
Pineda
Kuroda
Burnett
Garcia
right?
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
Yep.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
At least to start AJ is probably on a really short leash though.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Nova?
1 LHP CC Sabathia
2 RHP Michael Pineda
3 RHP Hiroki Kuroda
4 RHP Ivan Nova BP#8
5 RHP A.J. Burnett
per MLB depth charts.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Depends on if the money Garcia is getting is a deciding factor.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Also the draw of having every pitcher in your rotation having a name that ends in A.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
just remembered
they have Phil Hughes to throw in……..fuckers……..
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
Indeed
DodgerofTrolleys - January 14, 2012
Hey remember 20 minutes ago when the Yankees number two starter was Ivan Nova?
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Yep
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
lol
forgot about Nova
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
Holy crap.
silverwidow - January 13, 2012
Best of luck to him.
Really would have liked to keep him around though…
puresilence - January 13, 2012
I wonder if the fact that hes 37 made Ned look elsewhere.. granted getting slightly younger and significantly more mediocre is probably not awesome
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - January 13, 2012
Considering most of Ned's crappy deals
He might have thought 37 was too young
preacher roe - January 14, 2012
If he was willing to move, it would have been nice of him to accept the trade.
Still love Hiro, though.
UCLADodger32 - January 13, 2012
he’ll look handsome in pinstripes
Hollywood Joe - January 13, 2012
farewell hiro
:(
shawism - January 13, 2012
There goes my Hiro.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Too bad. He would have been nice to have in the rotation.
iiidown - January 13, 2012
how did he settle for less than last year?
eitherethier - January 13, 2012
The marketplace. And he is 37.
David Young - January 13, 2012
some actual baseball news tonight. sweet.
kinbote - January 13, 2012
I'll definitely be rooting against him now
Pure Azure - January 13, 2012
Me, too.
Humma Kavula - January 13, 2012
Stupid Yankees.
Their rotation suddenly went from erratic to looking very good. Sigh.
underdog - January 13, 2012
At least we have CAPANG
LOL
silverwidow - January 13, 2012
There was no way they’d let it stay erratic, they already went through that last season.
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
I was starting to wonder though.
But I shouldn’t have.
Hope for the Mariners’ sake Montero is as good as the hype. I’m a little doubtful but we’ll see.
I love Hiro too but am also wondering if, or for how long, he’ll hold up next year.
underdog - January 13, 2012
Makes a lot of sense to throw 2-3 million Johnny Damon’s way right now.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Or just say screw it, sign Carlos Pena and platoon him with Andruw Jones because you are the Yankees.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
The new designated hitter for the 2012 New York Yankees: Manny Ramirez
UCLADodger32 - January 13, 2012
well
not for the first 50 games
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
So Kershaw is meeting with the media at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday to, according to the press release, promote his new book.
Sounds like the perfect time to announce his new contract extension to me.
Also, fuck the Yankees.
Eric Stephen - January 13, 2012 via mobile
by association
fuck Russell Martin
eitherethier - January 13, 2012
an extension would be awesoke
I’d love something that made me smile about the Dodgers rather than roll my eyes and sigh.
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
You already got Kemp’s extension. Damn you’re needy.
David Young - January 13, 2012
incredibly
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
dam, Kershaw has a book already??
uschris0304 - January 13, 2012
Boston only has 15 points
in the second quarter…..
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
20 Greatest Games
Episode on game 1 of ’88 series is on again. Can watch this over and over again.
JB 8 - January 13, 2012
Jon Weisman linked to a YouTube video of John Candeleria’s no-hitter against the Dodgers in 1976. The whole game is up there, with all the ABC Monday Night Baseball graphics and all. Great stuff.
Al Michaels, Bob Gibson, and Norm Cash on the call. Bill Russell, FWIW, introduced himself as from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. (callback)
Eric Stephen - January 13, 2012
I remember where I was when that game happened. At my grandpas house in Illinois. Funny how baseball can connect you with deep rooted emotional things.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Heh
underdog - January 13, 2012
pretty good
kinbote - January 13, 2012
Yankees/Mariners
I am currently re-running my simulation of the entire 2012 season with rosters updated for the Yankees and Mariners (swags on lineups and games played per player). Should be ineteresting to see the win total jumps. Yankees should have a jump with the addition of Pineda/Kuroda and loss of Montero. Not sure if the Mariners will see one or not from the addition of Montero and loss of Pineda.
Previous baseline was…
NYA with 91.2 wins
SEA with 71.8 wins
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Results…
Yankees went up to 92.6 wins
Mariners went up to 72.0 wins
Mariners tally looks like noise. No gain, no loss in wins. Yankees gained a win and a half. Should be difference of (Jones – Montero) + (Pineda + Kuroda – Hughes – Garcia)
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
reg is nostradamus
Heyman reports Yankees have Carlos Pena “on the radar”
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
Jeter
Granderson
Cano
A-Rod
Teixiera
Swisher
Pena
Gardner
Martin
Welp.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Pena/Jones platoon at DH?
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Yep.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
when the teams with the most money also get smart
Pena vs righties = 252/370/513
Jones vs lefties = 263/363/504
no more inefficiencies in baseball..
Joey Joe - January 13, 2012
Too Much Moneyball
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
Yep, once every team knows everything about everything…all thats left is an auction for the best players.
Joey Joe - January 13, 2012
Hernandez/Pineda/Fister would’ve been a decent rotation. Who’d they get for Fister?
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Casper Wells and Charlie Furbush.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
Yuck, not much impact there.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
When Fister stops being Cliff Lee it will look a little better.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
# 6 Org
underdog - January 13, 2012
Charlie Furbush (!), Francisco Martinez, Casper Wells, Chance Ruffin
David Young - January 13, 2012
good thing
there will be two wild cards next year :)
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
Rangers, Yankees, Angels, Red Sox, Rays. Four playoff births there?
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
would you have dealt rubby for montero?
If Rubby had put up Pineda’s #s?
Joey Joe - January 13, 2012
good question
kinbote - January 13, 2012
I wouldnt have, especially if Montero cant play catcher.
Power hitting 1st basemen can be found in free agency fairly often, or power hitters you can put at 1st.
I’d have kept Rubby.
Joey Joe - January 13, 2012
That’s a big if. I assume Montero could play 1B in the NL for at least six years. If so, I’d do it.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
Better way to look at it is Pineda and Kershaw’s age 22 seasons aren’t that far apart (Pineda was worse since Safeco helped his home runs). Pineda has five years of service time left, Kershaw had four. Would you have even considered giving up Kershaw at this time last year?
Compared to what three years of Gio Gonzalez and four years of Mat Latos returned the Mariners got absolutely scammed. Hell, the return for four years of Trevor Cahill isn’t too much less.
Montero has more upside than almost any offensive prospect but Harper, Trout and Profar but the most likely scenario is a DH with a 125 OPS+. That’s just not nearly enough return compared to what other teams got.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
It looks like a panic trade for an Ms team that is tired of having the worst offense in baseball.
Joey Joe - January 13, 2012
I don’t claim to be a SME on Pineda, but Mariner fans say he doesn’t have a change up and has some injury concerns.
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
If there are true injury concerns then maybe they are trying to sell high like the Rockies believe they did with Ubaldo..
Joey Joe - January 13, 2012
Entirely possible. I know nothing much beyond his numbers (a similar strikeout rate and much better walk rate than Kershaw at his age) and maybe he’ll never get better. But what if he improves that change up? What if he stays healthy?
It’s totally possible that the Mariners win this in the end but it seems like it’s betting on a best case scenario from Montero and a worst case from Pineda. If anything it should have been the Yankees throwing in a decent prospect, not the Mariners.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
no
funkyjam - January 13, 2012
Does this trade remind anyone else of Hamilton for Volquez a couple years ago?
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - January 13, 2012 via mobile
Phil’s probably glad you reminded him
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
J-Ham has a paid “accountability partner” as part of his coaching/training staff.
kinbote - January 13, 2012
which is now his father in-law.
weird.
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - January 13, 2012 via mobile
How will Ned Colletti mustache twirl through this development?
Tripon - January 13, 2012
The aged cynical part of me
thinks that whatever happens next really won’t be that much different.
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
He'll have plenty of time to perfect his mustache twirl when he's unemployed in 8 months.
underdog - January 13, 2012
If the Rangers sign Yu, the Nats trade for Trumbo and the Blue Jays deal for Smoak, then the only place left for Prince to go is back to Milwaukee for a one-year deal. :)
Pure Azure - January 13, 2012
Smoak em if you got em
mintxcore - January 13, 2012
or a backloaded one
from the Dodgers
/BSI
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
It would take Ned being not a paranoid as fuck about depth.
Tripon - January 13, 2012
Olney
First off, does this mean that’s what Boras would offer? and Second, can’t we do this? CAN’T WE?!?!?!?!?!
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
We have so little money we had to backload a contract for Mark Ellis.
regfairfield - January 13, 2012
reg
you cut straight to the bone
……i picked the wrong month to stop drinking
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
Every month is the wrong month to stop drinking.
Humma Kavula - January 13, 2012
I told
Folks in last September that team wouldn’t have any money based on their bankruptcy filings.
bhsportsguy - January 13, 2012
Anthony Rizzo asks, “there’s no DH in the National League, right?”
Pure Azure - January 13, 2012
Seriously, that sounds… quite reasonable for Fielder. Especially considering the deal that Pujols got. I would give him that deal.
Humma Kavula - January 13, 2012
Three year opt out on Fielder
Wonder if Fielder would accept 3 years at 25 per from the Dodgers
wineracquet - January 13, 2012
Lakers
making things interesting late against the Cavs. #TypicalLakers
Xeifrank - January 13, 2012
#TypicalLakers #someoneotherthankobeneedstoscore
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
40 points
3 games in a row for Kobe!
Tommy Blackjack - January 13, 2012
Kuroda pitched the first Dodgers game I ever saw live. And he won.
Sad to see him go to the Yankees, but he will still always be a favorite of mine.
fbihop - January 14, 2012 via Android app
I don't wish him Ill
but fuck him for the “I’ll veto any trade to the East coast” thing and then costing us a prospect during a futile season
Jack Huber - January 14, 2012
Just realized my Twitter severely lacks Dodger Baseball.
Can someone recommend me some good Twitter handles to follow, so I can keep up with all the latest news?
JuMowbray - January 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/truebluela/dodgers/members
Eric Stephen - January 14, 2012
Thanks Eric!
JuMowbray - January 14, 2012
new post
http://www.truebluela.com/2012/1/14/2707059/hiroki-kuroda-new-york-yankees
Eric Stephen - January 14, 2012
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