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Chris Capuano will earn an additional $75,000 if he pitches 160 innings in 2012.
Now that Andre Ethier and James Loney have avoided arbitration, the Dodgers have 16 players under contract in 2012, with Clayton Kershaw soon to be number 17 at some point in the next month. Both Ethier and Loney have performance bonuses built into their contracts, as do several Dodgers.
Here is a look at the performance bonuses on the books that we know of for the 2012 Dodgers:
| 2012 Dodgers Contract Incentives | ||
| Player | Maximum Bonus | Comment |
| James Loney | $125,000 | for between 585-650 PA |
| Mark Ellis | $125,000 | for between 500-600 PA |
| Juan Rivera | $500,000 | for between 400-600 PA |
| Andre Ethier | $50,000 | for between 600-625 PA |
| Adam Kennedy | $150,000 | for between 325-450 PA |
| Chris Capuano | $375,000 | for between 160-195 IP* |
| Totals | $1,325,000 | |
Capuano also has a cumulative bonus of $250,000 if he pitches 360 innings combined in 2012-2013. Aaron Harang doesn't have performance bonuses directly, but his vesting option for 2014 fluctuates in value depending on his innings total the next two seasons.
In case you were wondering, the Dodgers paid $1 million in incentives last season: $500,000 to Hiroki Kuroda, $400,000 to Jamey Carroll, and $100,000 to Aaron Miles. That was out of a possible $6.925 million had everyone achieved their maximum incentives.
For complete details on performance bonuses like these, or any other news relating to the Dodgers' payroll, you can view our payroll worksheet, which is always linked on the right sidebar of the site as well.
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If Adam Kennedy gets 325 PAs Im going to cry
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - January 18, 2012
One would hope at least that the Ellis and Kennedy incentives are mutually exclusive.
Nolij - January 18, 2012
I completely forogt
he’s on the team
mleadman - January 18, 2012
if he gets 625 PAs
I’m going to think he surpised us all.
Xeifrank - January 18, 2012
By putting up an aaron miles year?
I’d be surprised, I think he’s even shittier than Miles.
Ivdown - January 18, 2012
What's been going on today?
Can I get a highlight recap?
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
I already but the morning recap on Wikipedia, but….
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
nice, nice
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
I’m a pariah on the internet
mleadman - January 18, 2012
this is not new information
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
If you
declare everything when you come back into the U.S., they might let you keep a small number of Cuban cigars.
David Young - January 18, 2012
this is not new information
though I once got fined $50 bucks for trying to bring prosciutto into the country
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
you monster
nolander - January 18, 2012
I told the customs agent he should be paying me since he clearly just stole his lunch
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
That is great
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Not exactly the Carnegie method
mleadman - January 18, 2012
LOL
Tommy Blackjack - January 18, 2012
we already have a good number of prostitutes don’t we?
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Customs agent: Is that a prosciutto in your pants or are you just happy to see me?
David Young - January 18, 2012
I had an Amphora joke to that effect days back that just fell flat
it was the watch, the picture on the watch
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Did you declare it and they fined you, or did you not declare it and they saw it?
David Young - January 18, 2012
I did not declare it to a friend
I did not declare it in the end
I hid the ham in my ass
I hoped to hell he’d let me pass
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Went in Proscuitto
Came out Corned Beef
mleadman - January 18, 2012
Joe, do you make you’re own Limonchello? My friends do, love it!
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
A friend gave me his homemade Limoncello for my birthday a year back. Good stuff.
David Young - January 18, 2012
yeah any time anyone goes to Mexico they ask for you to get this 100% proof alcohol, is this illegal in the US? Anyways, yeah then put lemons in it to soak, and sugar, so good… Not sure if they do anything else or not. They also have alot of other things they serve that just soak in brandy, or other alcohol.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
Or illegal to sell in the US? Or maybe its cheaper in mexico,
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
is it 100 proof
or 100 percent alcohol
nolander - January 18, 2012
100% alcohol! Something you only try once….because you aren’t around to ever try it again.
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
wouldn't that just... evaporate?
nolander - January 18, 2012
if it doesn't
you will. 100% would kill you. Everclear is about 93% and that burns holes through metal
mleadman - January 18, 2012
EVERCLEAR!!! Thats what it is they get I believe to make the Limonchello, sounds familiar… so it isnt 100% then… So can you not buy this in the US?
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
Sure you can
My brother had a neighbor lady, about 75 years old. She sent her grandaughter down to the store each morning to get her some ’Clear
mleadman - January 18, 2012
hmmm, wonder why they go to Mexico to get this alcohol then… oh well, ill have to ask and find out.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
Yes
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
Can’t buy it in California, got my bottle in Maryland.
regfairfield - January 18, 2012
Hmmm
I know you could get it here 20 years or so ago.
mleadman - January 18, 2012
I’ve seen something called Everclear here that’s “only” 151 proof.
regfairfield - January 18, 2012
I think a little longer than that – in my fraternal days, every semester we sent the pledges down to mexico on an everclear run
we were known for a trashcan punch that the girls likes, most nights we used popov, that night once we semester where we substituted Everclear instead was always a messy party
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Trashcan punch = jungle juice?
fbihop - January 18, 2012
I was wondering the same
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
pretty much, but served in a giant trash can with a ladle
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Nothing classier
than a fraternity
mleadman - January 18, 2012
we did serve it with Grey Poupon
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
That's why it's
with liberty and fraternity for all.
David Young - January 18, 2012
We would just use a cooler. Soak fruit in everclear overnight, add more everclear the next day then add juices.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
= AMF.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Pineapple juice + red koolaid + Everclear
is quite delicious
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Nothing combined with Everclear is delicious. Nothing.
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
There’s a line here, but I’m sure I don’t know you well enough to go there.
David Young - January 18, 2012
I don’t get offended easily.
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
Still
It’s not worth it.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Yahoo to the answer!
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
Wikipedia can go fuck itself
VegasBlues shows us the way to freedom
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
fuckin CA man… why?
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
gets in the way
of the Weed market
Tommy Blackjack - January 18, 2012
I am reminded
of this classic photo:
David Young - January 18, 2012
I wouldn't put it past the liquor store
that my brother frequented to be selling it illegally
mleadman - January 18, 2012
and the liquor store
By the house I grew up in was where I bought my pot/coke/Acid/mushrooms when I was a lad.
mleadman - January 18, 2012
Apocathary
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Dam, who was the owner, Jerry Garcia? This must of been close to SF ??
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
Owners daughter
was the local dealer
mleadman - January 18, 2012
I see Bacardi 151 on the shelves here, why not Everclear 151?
David Young - January 18, 2012
From what I understand Bacardi 151 gets around it because it is considered a mixed beverage or something like that.
CA code says any alcohol over 60% (120 proof) is illegal.
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
Actually, it is apparently illegal to sell Bacardi 151 in the state of CA as well. The law just isn’t enforced.
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
Huh.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Where I was reading all this someone spent a few weeks playing phone tag and continually emailed the ABC.
After a few weeks he was able to talk to someone on the phone and this is what he said:
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
If the law is as old as this sounds then it’s possible it’s just one of those old laws that nobody pays attention to anymore.
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
or would it . . . explode?
kinbote - January 18, 2012
like this thread
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
I had chemistry my sophomore year of high school and I spent most of that year smoking weed.
I have no clue if it would evaporate or not.
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
oops.. Im not 100%, but Im going to guess 100% alcohol.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
of course they do, it is a Naples regional liqueur
I haven’t made it yet, been meaning to forever
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Bacardi 151
Dinner drink of champions.
jim hitchcock (railway) - January 18, 2012
Softball Updated Fanpost
http://www.truebluela.com/2011/11/29/2596158/dodger-blogs-softball-sign-up-for-the-tbla-team-today
This fanpost has the info and has always had the info everyone keeps asking about.
We have no more room, sorry. If you feel the team will be to crowded I’d suggest contacting
The Left Field Pavilion and letting him know.
We don’t have enough for two teams so we will have to figure this out. From now until Feb 8th people’s schedules could change, people get hurt, people get in accidents on the way to Corona, things happen so it is good we have more then we need so that when attrition hits, we can still field a team.
Current Roster:
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
lotta catchers
mleadman - January 18, 2012
Someone has to pitch and pitch well. Robot bailed due to schedule conflicts.
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
I can pitch but certainly don’t want to pitch
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
I don’t recall you knowing much about the game of softball. Softball pitching is an art not something any ole hardball player can do.
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
I can play lawn darts
how is it different
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
The lawn dart doesn’t usually get rocketed back up the middle. So you have to incorporate the backpedal.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Aren’t I allowed to wear a glove?
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Sorry, but you have the reaction times of a mid-40s dude and the rubber is only 46 feet away. If the batter can swing it, I’m backpedaling if I’m you.
David Young - January 18, 2012
I’m sure you are coordinated enough to do it. It just isn’t as easy as it looks. Have you done it before? I wouldn’t go in cold. At least go to the park and try it with somebody catching.
Xeifrank - January 18, 2012
But a catcher who can play SS is nice.
Xeifrank - January 18, 2012
positional value!
G.Scott - January 18, 2012
Golden God
kinbote - January 18, 2012
Brandon Lennox, a man without a position.
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
I already signed up and paid as well.
Nolij - January 18, 2012
Maybe you’re on DT now.
ishXdavid - January 18, 2012
I didn’t list them even as a backup.
Nolij - January 18, 2012
This list was from a week ago, so if you paid recently you did not make this cut.
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Gotcha. I paid recently. Maybe there are enough for two teams then, especially with some of the double-listed folks.
Nolij - January 18, 2012
We should just have a TBLA-DT battle royal. The LFP guy was telling me he was having a hard time with the other blogs.
ishXdavid - January 18, 2012
On the page where it lists the names of people who have paid the count was over 80 and that was a few weeks ago. 80/14 = 5 going on 6 teams, no? Sounds perfect.
Xeifrank - January 18, 2012
It was at 100 a couple days ago
Ivdown - January 18, 2012
7 going on 8 teams. Hopefully they have enough women.
Xeifrank - January 18, 2012
didn’t know it was going to be that kind of a party….
nice
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
ain’t no party, like a TBLA party.
Xeifrank - January 18, 2012
I though that is the list of people who have contributed to LFP for all of time. Our fee is via the same mechanism.
David Young - January 18, 2012
We could probably get to 20 if we tried hard. Would you want to count on all 20 showing up so that you did not have to play shorthanded?
Besides the fact we still only have two females
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Do all the teams have two females? If they do, we may want to throw peanuts at them.
Nolij - January 18, 2012
only 1 is required to be on the field
ishXdavid - January 18, 2012
I guess the other is just for eye-candy?
ishXdavid - January 18, 2012
The other one plays ass back.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
Coach, I wanna play!… Girl, get yo ass back.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
Double duty.
It would suck for a team not to be able to play anymore because the one female didn’t show or got hurt.
David Young - January 18, 2012
or …………………
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
failed the chromosome test?
David Young - January 18, 2012
Right. What happens if their female or females don’t show up for some reason? I could see some kind of punishment like an automatic out when the lineup turns over, but they shouldn’t be disallowed from playing imo.
Xeifrank - January 18, 2012
LA City Leagues
are, or at least were, like that. You were supposed to play 5 of each sex in the field, and two men are not allowed to bat back-to-back. If you were short one woman, you were allowed to field five men and four women, but you had to take an automatic out for the missing woman in the batting order. Only show three women and you forfeit.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Being a friendly tournament I’d think forfeits would be a bad policy. I know I’d be pissed to drive that far only to have a forfeit even if it was the other team that didn’t have any women available.
Xeifrank - January 18, 2012
If this tournament is anything like that last TBLA get together was, I wouldnt worry about it… Watch the excuses fly on why people all of a sudden cant go…. im just kidding.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
actually people have to pay in advance for spots, so nevermind.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
People show up for softball, you saw the photo
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
yeah you are right, forgot about that… Cant way to see the new photo.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
where’s Mr. Scott?
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Given the volume of players, he passed, but promises to cheer Maddz on.
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
that’s a bummer
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
So we’re down one “ringer”?
David Young - January 18, 2012
He’s half my age. And less than half yours. He should play and we should rest!
David Young - January 18, 2012
yes
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
I think you mean “FUCK YES, THIS”.
David Young - January 18, 2012
yes
besides, last time he and I were on different teams….I think we’d be mostly cracking each other up on the same team
get that kid a glove and a jersey
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
well who the hell will be our Holliday to HJ's Berkman?
Ivdown - January 18, 2012
Naeem Chaudhry is my pick to click
G.Scott - January 18, 2012
I noticed that too. Made me think of Noam Chomsky, who’s all kinds of legit. (I shouldn’t talk; I have a ridiculous name.)
kinbote - January 18, 2012
Noam is a shitty ballplayer
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Thinks too much.
kinbote - January 18, 2012
At least people yell his name when he walks into his local pub.
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
Aaron Miles?
fbihop - January 18, 2012
i picked the guy i had never heard of who said “I don’t give a fuck, but I am NOT playing the outfield”
figured him to be a big dude
G.Scott - January 18, 2012
Honey Badger
Tommy Blackjack - January 18, 2012
wow! The Vegas numbers just moved.
Xeifrank - January 18, 2012
But isnt he one of the best players you got?? Shit you play to win the game!
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
He only plays if he’s being sponsored.
Xeifrank - January 18, 2012
We aren’t playing fastpitch
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
I do not know who
Michal Kanaly
Albert Martinez
Russell Frye
are? and they do not show when searched via Member search.
Does anyone here know their screen names?
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Ringers!
mleadman - January 18, 2012
Zingers!
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
This has to be Hostess, no?
mleadman - January 18, 2012
yep
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
that’s the stuff
Tommy Blackjack - January 18, 2012
Aren’t they Ned’s Spring Training invites?
ishXdavid - January 18, 2012
No clue.
David Young - January 18, 2012
I was totally thinking
Russell’s nickname should totally be Phillip J.
Depending on who it is, that is the plan for me.
Ivdown - January 18, 2012
yea lotta catchers,
Anyway we could trade all five of them for Carlos Santana?
BKnapp - January 18, 2012
Those incentives seem pretty small
Nothing too major there
Michael White - January 18, 2012
Their agents laughed when they asked for All-Star game incentives.
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Yeah – $7 mil last year and $1.3 mil this year?
berkowit28 - January 18, 2012
Participation incentives for crappy players seems counter productive.
Joey Joe - January 18, 2012
I hate plate appearance incentives. That is counter productive. You hurt, don’t tell anyone, you need to play to get paid. Screw that
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
I don’t Ethier is going to risk it for a bonus that is less than 1/2 % of his salary, but that raises the question of what is the point of having it at all? Just so he has the chance to say he earned $11M instead of $10.95M?
David Young - January 18, 2012
“We want $12”
“We can offer you $10”
“Settle on $11?”
“How about $10.95, and we’ll flip you a nickel if you show up in August to pick it up?”
“Deal!”
G.Scott - January 18, 2012
I once hit a kid straight in the face
he was wearing those sport goggles with the band that wraps around the back, and they just popped right off his face. Blood everywhere. I felt horrible.
nolander - January 18, 2012
Okay
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
i love you too phil
nolander - January 18, 2012
and thus ends today’s meeting of Bullies Anonymous
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
Was he crowding the plate?
VeroJoe - January 18, 2012
I was like 10
I don’t even know if I understood the concept
nolander - January 18, 2012
You did the kid a favor, you turned a google wearing geek into a symbolic hero for a few days. That may have been the highlight of his life.
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
I hoped Nolander called him “Pussy” as the sobbed off the field
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
After reading that in the book, I wondered if I’d be able to like the main or 2nd main character.
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Of course, they are young and unformed
I loved those guys
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
I wasn't the manly being you know today back then
nolander - January 18, 2012
"if he dies... he dies"
nolander - January 18, 2012
you were the reason
i was scared of getting hit
Tommy Blackjack - January 18, 2012
heh
I got hit all the time, in the head no less. I was just smart enough to turn.
nolander - January 18, 2012
You know what steels the nerves?
Dr. Pepper.
David Young - January 18, 2012
lies
Tommy Blackjack - January 18, 2012
Were you pitching or was he the pitcher?
ishXdavid - January 18, 2012
I was pitching
nolander - January 18, 2012
It was his coach’s fault for not teaching him how to turn away from a pitch.
ishXdavid - January 18, 2012
One time a kid on my school bus suckered punched me when i was 10 or 11…there was blood everywhere and when i got off the bus…first thing my sister said was “did you get him back”
Joey Joe - January 18, 2012
Did you? Or did your sister have to go regulate for you?
ishXdavid - January 18, 2012
nice word
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
She didnt ride the bus so she couldnt anyway.
She was 5 years older than me.
I dont think i ever got the kid back. He ended up moving.
It was one of those “punch, then run back to the back of the bus” before i could retaliate.
I think the only time i have ever punched someone was in a bar fight when i was 21.
Joey Joe - January 18, 2012
Luckily
We have the internet now, so you can start plotting your revenge. He’ll never suspect it.
ishXdavid - January 18, 2012
20 yrs later
pull a Good Will Hunting on him
Joey Joe - January 18, 2012
well
did you? Whats fun is crashing hard on your bike and having everyone think someone kicked your ass.
nolander - January 18, 2012
Worst thing that happened to me
is I was riding to little league practice on my stingray, pulling wheelies. The front wheel came off mid-wheelie and I flipped over the handlebars. Next thing I knew, I was in bed.
mleadman - January 18, 2012
that sounds.. painful
nolander - January 18, 2012
Dicks like you are why kids have to wear helmets now
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
This has to go green
mleadman - January 18, 2012
helmet has saved my life more then a couple times
nolander - January 18, 2012
God keeps trying, technology keeps saving
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
jesus christ man
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
no he is right
god keeps sending weather to fuck up the trails, knowing how bad I am at dealing with the ruts. He obviously failed to give me enough brains to figure out to stop going.
nolander - January 18, 2012
You laughed hard
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
You know he did. I just green’d it.
David Young - January 18, 2012
I wouldn’t be the asshole that I am now if I had to wear a helmet as a kid.
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
You’re very lucky your bed was in the road otherwise you could have been seriously hurt.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
L-O-fucking-L
ishXdavid - January 18, 2012
killing me
nolander - January 18, 2012
i am continually amazed
I survived my first 18 years
mleadman - January 18, 2012
Took a few shots here and there
Whacked in the head by an air clamp, like getting kicked in the head by a mule
turned around to talk to my homeboy and rode my bike into a telephone pole
got hit in the head by a beer bottle in a case of mistaken mistaken identity and
have the skull crease to prove it
got hit in the head by an engineer stake by helicopter prop wash under the influence of weed in the army
had to be talked down off a ledge in Tilden Park in Oakland on an acid trip
They call me “Lucky”
preacher roe - January 18, 2012
Winner
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
I was once rollin’ hard under control before i wrapped my 64 around a telephone pole.
Taylor Maricle - January 18, 2012
Lots of gold in this subthread.
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
Similar thing happened to me one time when I was about 15. I made a jump at the end of our driveway. I came down the drive, hit the jump, got airborne, and i saw my wheel fly off my bike. I hit the street and went over the top. Hurt like hell. My bro (Greg; Eric was still in the oven) was watching with a wide eyed look. I yelled at him to get my wheel as I limped over to my bike and got it back to our driveway before my mom came out and saw us. She (and Eric will back me up on this) would have beat the living crap out of me had she seen I had survived.
KellyStephen - January 18, 2012
I crashed a new bike
into a parked car about an hour after I got it on Christmas day. A friend’s brother straightened out the forks and I never told my parents because I would’ve been in trouble.
mleadman - January 18, 2012
My uncle supposedly did a similar thing. He hit a car, but only because the driver opened the door as he was going around the car. Hit the door, went over it (it was an old Chevy w/only a window, no metal frame) and broke his arm. Didn’t do shit to the Bel Air.
KellyStephen - January 18, 2012
I had a car door torn off that way
I parked in a market lot, opened the door and this ancient man in an even older cadillac took off and hooked my door on his bumper and ripped it off.
mleadman - January 18, 2012
I have heard this story dozens of times, and the last sentence is the truest statement that has ever been uttered.
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
The lies we told our parents when we hurt ourselves is a wonder. One time I could not lie
Having just turned 16 I did a left turn on Central in the rain and crashed my bug into a street lamp and did some serious damage totaling the car I had spent several years working to buy. My first thought was how embarrassed I was going to be to call my Dad. Then I noticed that my head was bleeding like a stuck pig and my second thought was “YEAH, this will distract them”. Later my family told me my Dad passed the car on the way to the hospital and thought I was a goner and was quite happy to find out I’d only split my head open.
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Wow…great story. Good thing your dad saw the car.
KellyStephen - January 18, 2012
I guess he didnt.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
Why I was never going to be a piotcher long term
I’m lefty and the ball naturally ran in on left handed batters. But I was petrified of hitting someone, so I ended up walking every lefty I faced.
mleadman - January 18, 2012
so instead you became a long term
biotch
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
HAHAHAHHA
ishXdavid - January 18, 2012
exactly
mleadman - January 18, 2012
and that natural movement of yours was a gift from god that you turned your back on
you had a birthright
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
ain’t that the truth
G.Scott - January 18, 2012
I never understood being afraid to hit batters. This conscience thing baffles me.
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
I agree. Ask for the ball, shrug your shoulders and go inside on the next guy.
KellyStephen - January 18, 2012
Shit, i once hit 4 in a row and wanted to keep going.
Taylor Maricle - January 18, 2012
I once got hit so hard with a soccer ball in the chin that my ear was bleeding.
Another time I got hit with an elbow when going up for a header and my jaw clicked for a week.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
heh
my left elbow has never been the same since it got squished in rugby. I think it got hyperextended or something. If I lock it all the way out it still clicks 6 years later
nolander - January 18, 2012
I tried to hit a basketball with a bat
and the recoil nailed me on the jaw and knocked me silly.
mleadman - January 18, 2012
This is the best one. No one can top it.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
this killed me
so damn funny
we tried a baseball / football hybrid where they pitcher would throw the football and you could be tackled by the defense as soon as they had the ball
it was glorious
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
We tried fungoing golf balls with a baseball bat to see how far we could hit it. Sounds like a great idea, but the very first attempt was popped straight up and we all scattered for cover.
David Young - January 18, 2012
I used to enjoy
fungoing superballs
mleadman - January 18, 2012
Dad of HJ used to hit us infield with golf balls and have us throw golf balls against a concrete wall and catch the resulting grounders off the asphalt to build reaction time
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
top-spinning rubber-covered baseballs on asphalt did that trick for us.
David Young - January 18, 2012
What was the purpose
of rubber-covered balls? I never understood them
mleadman - January 18, 2012
it allowed you to play the game with pussies
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
killing me
but the YMCA used them in their league, never understood why until now.
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Funny
They last longer on the asphalt.
We never used them on a real field, that’s for real baseballs.
David Young - January 18, 2012
At least the covers did, but we softened them up so fast from hitting that we got rid of them anyway before the cover were worn out. But the cowhide (horsehide for Marty) didn’t last at all on the asphalt.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Indoor
High schools in colder climes could practice in gyms w/o scuffing up the floors.
padrecarroeselmer - January 18, 2012
I punctured my ear drum with a Q-tip once. That hurt like a bitch.
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
Winner on the laugh meter
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
It was a real lesson in leverage. Was doing normal q-tipping, had my elbow out (like Wes Matthews shooting a jump shot) then turned to my right, only to have my elbow hit the wall, and drive with tremendous force the q-tip into my brain.
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
OK, this made me laugh.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
For Christmas, my sister got me a package of baby/children q-tips that have like giant ends so it’s physically impossible to hurt oneself. We had a good laugh.
This was only like four years ago, too.
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
OMG
fucking walls jumping out of nowhere, damaging your brain.
ishXdavid - January 18, 2012
Wincing out loud
kinbote - January 18, 2012
I actually reached to cover both my ears
nolander - January 18, 2012
Which is why
you don’t do that with ice picks
mleadman - January 18, 2012
The man speaks the truth. He couldn’t hear us mock him for the next month.
KellyStephen - January 18, 2012
My best friend hit me in the head with a baseball bat because I was trying to save his sister’s life.
Nolij - January 19, 2012
Jamie Moyer to the Rockies on a minor league deal is official.
We are getting closer to the 50-year old pitcher!
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
Older than the team
mleadman - January 18, 2012
To be fair, he’s older than most teams.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
Maybe he can pitch for TBLA next month.
Xeifrank - January 18, 2012
There can’t be that many guys in MLB that aren’t older than the Rockies.
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
1993. There are only a handful of players in MINOR league baseball who are younger than the Rockies, and most are in Rookie ball.
G.Scott - January 18, 2012
or the dominican summer league
G.Scott - January 18, 2012
hell, there are probably major leaguers with kids older than the DBacks and Rays
G.Scott - January 18, 2012
Founded in 1991. I was going to say MiLB until I saw the year they were founded.
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
Meh, their first season was 1993.
G.Scott - January 18, 2012
Yeah, I was just playing it safe as some people on here like to use facts and shit.
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
The schools for his grandchildren were the deciding factor.
kinbote - January 18, 2012
subtle and effective
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Only Moyer called them “schoolhouses”
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
damn!
kinbote - January 18, 2012
haha, funny. Off to the Nard now.
Xeifrank - January 18, 2012
Is Centrum Silver a PED?
fbihop - January 18, 2012
Would his homer rate in Colorado be any worse than it was in Philly?
Joey Joe - January 18, 2012
Based on the Rockie rotation, scoring will be up this year in Colorado
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
strange that the Rockies dont want Millwood back
but will give Moyer a minor league deal.
Joey Joe - January 18, 2012
Millwood wants real money, forgetting he was a forgotten piece of crap at this point last year.
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Still
younger than Phil.
David Young - January 18, 2012
No CP3 tonight for Clippers
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
No victory either
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Dirk is sick
Mo is back and LAC is playing at home. WGT
Michael White - January 18, 2012
No Dirk, or just sick?
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
As far as I can tell, he’s playing but he’s sick.
Michael White - January 18, 2012
Sick BBall players always kick ass.
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
they are sick
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
really sick
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
So sick
fbihop - January 18, 2012
Sick.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Tell that to the estate of Brian Piccolo
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
Are you third?
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Sick football players die, BBall players ball.
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Reggie Lewis
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
and of course I didn’t notice the double b. Ruined a good morbid joke.
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
He’ll play
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
better be playing by Sunday
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Nothing in here yet?
David Beckham will return to the LA Galaxy for two more years.
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
I figured I would let you do the honors
nolander - January 18, 2012
We’re all trying to contain our enthusiasm :)
kinbote - January 18, 2012
who is that?
Where is he going?
What are these words?
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Astronaut going to space. And that’s in English.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
the most popular soccer player in the world is going to play for Los Angeles’ soccer club, you gigantic twit : )
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
With the greatest USA player ever in Donavan, Its the Shaq Kobe combo… were going back to back baby!
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
Correct me if I'm wrong Josie
but at this point, Keane > Beckham?
G.Scott - January 18, 2012
Is Keane a forward… yeah he is a baller too.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
and Clint Dempsey is arguably better than Donovan.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
arguably
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
ok, ok, easy
you’re making me miss tragedy thoughts
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
there is one team that plays for national pride year round. Your national team. I’d get to know their names, even if it’s the Italian team : )
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
easy
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
USA plays Italy soon right>?
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
maybe in the Olympics, but there’s nothing planned now between US and Italy
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
There is always something happening between us and Italy if you catch my drfit
\sometimesImstill13
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
I got a FB post that USA is playing Italy… maybe its the womens team?
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
Italy is playing the USA on February 29 in Italy. The men’s team.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
I knew it… dam my soccer knowledge is on the rise son!!
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
USChris just out soccer’d Josie
Michael White - January 18, 2012
what a fail by Josie
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
evil
I approve!
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
I can’t wait for tomorrow when this is no longer a thing
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
you just made sure it is a thing until at least tomorrow afternoon
maybe even Friday
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
lifetime baby, lifetime
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
yeah I missed that. That’s the first international break, very cool!
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
Its in Genoa too
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
salami bowl
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
better tell Donovan to bring me back a hot salami
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
ok, lets argue it… Donovan 4 MLS rings, Dempsey none…
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
this argument is dumb in all sports
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
haha I know, im kidding… I told my italian friend Donovan is the greatest American soccer player ever, and he said im probably right… coming from an Italian, that meant alot.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
It was more fun when the Dodgers won rings, not so much anymore
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
That argument would have won Kemp an MVP if he had a ring.
Taylor Maricle - January 18, 2012
especially since Dempsey left for the EPL years ago, has the most goals for an American in the EPL
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
I had no idea that Dempsey was only a year younger than Donovan. I thought Donovan was 31 or 32.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
Especially since Dempsey only played in the MLS for three years.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
did lose to Donovan in the 2005 finals, that was a fun one
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
Especially since Donovan is the alltime goals and assist leader.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
for the US
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
yeah I really have no idea what im talking about when it comes to soccer, im just messing around…. Still I will stand by Donovan is best American soccer player ever… but hopefully there is much better to come in the future, if were ever winning a WC
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
You just owned Josie, you can take that to your early grave
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
phuck phil
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
wait what? early grave? Hopefully not that early.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
it can get confusing, cause all these numbers for different teams are being thrown around. Most important thing is just knowing that yes, Landon Donovan is the best in the US and yes, he plays for the LA Galaxy
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
So do you think Terry Bradshaw is awesome despite his stats looking average?
:)
Ivdown - January 19, 2012
they do different things on the pitch, but Beckham resulted in more goals last year
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
Miguel Batista
Jim Thome, Omar Vizquel, and Ivan Rodriquez were all playing in 1992.
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
Yesterday was 17 year anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake.
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
and my cousin’s birthday. The awesome cakemaker.
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
The 3 major quakes I remember were
the Sylmar quake (41st anniversary of that one next month)
the Whittier Narrows quake (October 1987)
and the Northridge quake
I was driving home during the Bay area quake in 1989, I was coming out of underground garage so I missed the radio broadcast of the quake.
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
I got home and wondered why all the players were standing in the field. Then they started to show damage. They showed the freeway thing I did not not grasp what had happened, when i realized it was two freeways pancaked upon each other I had the same feeling when I saw the second plane hit the tower.
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Next up on TBLA
More moments that really fucking sucked
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Matt Stairs
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
I had the same feeling when Rollins drove into the gap
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Urge to kill Broxton?
Sinking Stomach?
Vomit Uprising?
Fist through TV?
Pissing on the moon?
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
When rollins connected I felt like I’d been punched in the stomach
Michael White - January 18, 2012
Loudest I have ever said the word fuck
Tommy Blackjack - January 18, 2012
LA Dodger Devil Dogs
Matt Stairs
Reggie Jackson
Graig Nettles
Larry Jaster
Moe Drabowski
…
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
You have the makings of an article. Or have you written that one already?
Joe Morgan.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Jack Clark
Ozzie Smith
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Joe Rudi
mleadman - January 18, 2012
looked great in that A’s uni
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Joe Rudi is my friend’s uncle. He almost played on our softball team last year.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
Next time you see him
knock him down
/notreally
mleadman - January 18, 2012
I have never actually met him.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
Better hope the opposing pitcher at least warms up in case there is any delay.
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
What haven’t we written?
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
We haven’t tried taking poo thoughts from the comments to the front page.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Inductions to the Vin Scully Lords of the Ravine.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Aw man, that hurts
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
I couldn’t not go there though.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Unfave Five
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
I can stop a thread so
fast.
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
2010 World Series
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
Sylmar quake
got me out of high school for a couple days, so that was a nice one for me. Northridge quake shook like hell in Pasadena. My condo walls were bowing in and out. I was in Torrance for the Whittier quake, so I barely felt it.
mleadman - January 18, 2012
My Dad
Woke me up for a couple of month after Sylmar by shaking my bed with his foot. Instant adrenaline shot.
jim hitchcock (railway) - January 18, 2012
Sylmar
I was sleeping off something at the Paloma apartments in Venice when that thing hit, Never felt anything like that before or since.
preacher roe - January 18, 2012
dam, 17 years, cant believe it….
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
18
It was 1994.
I was less than 1.5 miles from the epicenter. It was unreal.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Fucking Math
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
remember the old Northridge Mall? With the movie theatre inside, played like 2 or 3 movies? I saw Home Alone there… and what about Broadway? Do those exsist anywhere anymore?
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
Yes. The Broadway is no more. I forgot who bought out those store, Bloomingdale’s I think.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Don Ricardo’s was right next to the theater, which was like 4 screens. Those tiny crapbox theaters that were everywhere in the 70s/early 80s.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Don Ricardo’s
thank you for that
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Don Ricardo’s!!! With those colored lolly pops in the front entrance… miss Don Ricardo’s, what a memory.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
Hadn’t thought of Don Ricardo’s for awhile. I’ve had a few pitchers there
mleadman - January 18, 2012
How about
La Fiesta!
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
I spent too much time in both those places.
David Young - January 18, 2012
We used to refer
to going to Don Ricardo’s as “working on my brothers car”
mleadman - January 18, 2012
I knew dudes whose plan was shots at Don Ricardo’s and hopefully blow jobs in the theater.
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.
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I don’t if they ever got takers though.
David Young - January 18, 2012
that’s gross, how much do you have to drink?
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
They are both gone but El Queso Grande does still exist.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Nacho’s on Devonshire
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Still there, never been in it.
David Young - January 18, 2012
ive never been in it either. How is it? What would you compare it to?
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
Pudge was married in 1991 and has a son who was born in 1992 who just got drafted in the 6th round by the Twins
G.Scott - January 18, 2012
BTW
Wikipedia back up.
G.Scott - January 18, 2012
No it isn’t. But they never took down mobile Wikipedia and if you hit ESC before the page fully loads, you can still read the regular version of Wikipedia.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
i have java disabled, probably why it loaded
G.Scott - January 18, 2012
Yeah, that was another way to get past the blackout.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
The preferred nomenclature is you have Java challenged
mleadman - January 18, 2012
rec
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
um, sign your ass up please
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
I think I signed up to bring the Zingers
G.Scott - January 18, 2012
Don’t make me boo
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
I'd like to see if he
could find Zingers in a market in Southern California.
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
Do they not exist anymore?
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
They’re next to the Everclear
mleadman - January 18, 2012
They are like
Delaware punch, they exist but they are not everywhere.
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
I thought he meant he was bringing the insults
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Fuck that. You don’t play, you don’t get to needle. Well, maybe the DT team.
David Young - January 18, 2012
insults are not nouns so Gary was clearly talking Snack Cakes
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
I am pretty sure he was talking like he was supplying all the
snacks for the day.
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
Pretty much any convenience store.
/FatGuyFacts
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
okay
I wonder if they sell Chocodiles still.
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
breakfast of surfers
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
I was a fan of the
Honey Bun
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
Hostess
fruit pies. Back in the day, I’m sure that crust was loaded with lard.
David Young - January 18, 2012
I’ve had my share of those
mleadman - January 18, 2012
I had more than mine, but I’m pretty sure I’ve had one in 30 years or more.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Many’s the day when we would stop into the convenience store in Ventura after surfing all day, to load up on chocolate milk, Boston Cream Pies, Hostess Twinkies and pies, Cokes and anything with sugar in it.
iiidown - January 18, 2012
Isn't it arguable that the greatest American born soccer player ever
is Mia Hamm
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
yeah, but she got to play against girls
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Donovan might be able to take her. Quite rightly.
David Young - January 18, 2012
What is this “soccer” you speak of?
This has my vote. Josie will correct me.
KellyStephen - January 18, 2012
yes, but in the same way you can argue Sheryl Miller was better than Reggie Miller
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
like a fortune cookie
…in bed
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
But she was.
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
Not at flopping.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
she was, but she didn’t have the stage Reggie had, so it’s a tough argument to win a jury with
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
a team of 5 sheryls beats a team of 5 Reggies?
this is silly. You can say she had a more accomplished career, you can say she was better than girls more than Reggie was better than boys
but you cannot say she was better
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Reggie has admitted, Cheryl beat him in one on one all the time
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
And Cheryl has admitted that when Reggie could beat her, she stopped playing with him.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
Britney Griner
Would beat either of the Millers…hell throw in Andre, Brad and Mike too
preacher roe - January 18, 2012
My sister could be me up until I was 13
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
I also think that generally
Chris Evert and the William sisters have had a greater impact in Tennis than Pete Sampras, John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors. If you let Martina’s natruarlized citizenship come into play, then it is no contest.
Billie Jean King and Arthur Ashe are similar icons.
This isn’t an actual contest between men and women (at least for me) I am talking more for what they did for their sport.
I just think that Mia Hamm has done more for soccer in the U.S. than any American born male player. Partly because of media coverage generally and also because her National team won their World Cup in the U.S.
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
Easy Yes
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
and because girls are pretty
Vonn has done more for skiing too
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Skiing got big with Jean-Claude Kiley in the 1960s. He got famous with the Olympics and racked up the endorsements too.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Supposedly the best athlete in that family is the older brother who never played pro sports. But I agree; Cheryl > Reggie.
I heard the story of when she scored 100 in high school. She came home and Reggie had supposedly had a great game and was talking about it. And then he asked, “So how’d you do?” He didn’t say much after that.
2 of my friends from high school roomed w/Darrel Miller in college.
KellyStephen - January 18, 2012
Anything that can shut Reggie up gets my respect.
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
VegasBlues has no respect for Spike Lee
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Spike Lee made me like Reggie Miller when I was younger. Spike Lee is a bastard for that.
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
No but I am saying regardless of gender
in terms of historical significance as well as playing ability.
Cheryl Miller made an impact and is probably among the best women college basketball players ever but there are others who made an impact in that sport. And Reggie finished as one of the all-time best scorers in the NBA.
I also actually saw Cheryl Miller play basketball in college and while she was very good, she just didn’t have the impact in Women’s basketball like Mia Hamm did for her sport.
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
Mia Hamm put the Women’s Team on the map for a world cup cycle, but Cheryl Miller launched a league. Mia Hamm’s league folded
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
Only reason Cheryl Miller’s league still exists is because the NBA supports it.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
I have no recollection of Miss Miller in the WBNA just those that followed her.
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
she won a bunch of titles with the Houston franchise, in the early years. She went to Houston, Lisa Leslie to LA.
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
No. Cheryl Miller never played in the WNBA.
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
shit, I’m thinking of Cynthia Cooper aren’t I?
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
Her or Sheryl Swoopes
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
That’s sexist and/or racist.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
Whatever happened to that Lobo chich that NY Liberty drafted in that 1st ever draft? She got career ending injuries?? Or that 7 foot asian chick the Sparks had?
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
You are thinking of
Sheryl Swopes out of Texas Tech.
The first WNBA season was in 1997, Miller coached from 1997-2000.
Miller had already been inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995.
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
the Basketball Hall of Fame is another colossal joke
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
The Basketball HOF
has no real criteria for getting inducted.
John Wooden is inducted both as a player and a coach. Lenny Wilkens is similarly honored.
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
I don’t think anyone is, but it is possible to be inducted into the baseball hall of fame separately as a player and and as a manager. I wonder who would be closest to have done it? You know Joe Torre will get in as a manager, and he’s a hall of the very, very good ballplayer who won an MVP, and who did garner votes as a player.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Torre has got to be the closest so far for this.
I wonder if Cal Ripken would ever want to manage. He seems like the type who would.
Maybe Ryne Sandberg is the closest with a shot now since he is already managing in Triple A, and is only missing that whole “be a HOF major league manager” part. :)
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
That was Cythnia Cooper, Sheryl Swoopes and Tina Thompson
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
I dont remember Miller ever in the WNBA either.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
actively trying not to remember the WNBA
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
I wish Candice Parker wasnt married, her and Kobe would make a great couple… If they had a baby, holy shit, Greatest EVER!
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
sure, but that’s still more of a lasting impact than one World Cup cycle.
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
Did you ever see Cheryl Miller play professional basketball?
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
The iconic photo that more people will recognize is of Brandi Chastain.
David Young - January 18, 2012
who is still one of the faces of women’s soccer, now as a commentator
Josie Becker - January 18, 2012
face?
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
sorry
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
The one that took ger shirt off
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
Yeah, but Mia Hamm was getting sponsorships with Gatorade, Nike, etc.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
I defer to Nomar on this.
He married Mia. She wins.
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
Or Michelle Akers(-Stahl)
Nolij - January 19, 2012
I can't watch this for the whole minute plus
But it is cool
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
I watched with the sound off
At least there was a bit of a visual payoff around the 45 second mark.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Remember that one time when uschris punked Josie on a soccer?
G.Scott - January 18, 2012
that’s a rec
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
Classic
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
Big college basketball game tonight for UNM. UNM hosts UNLV; on Saturday UNM plays San Diego State.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
Flip that. San Diego State tonight, @ UNLV Saturday.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
I remember the USC-UNM game from earlier this year. Tough to watch. In a Trojans’ season full of low-scoring stinkers, that was the low-scoriengest. 44-41.
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
That was on at Buffalo Wild Wings right before some UFC fights. I think the Lobos scored one field goal in the entire half hour I was there. And won.
But UNM always plays a lot better at home. Because of the mile-high altitude and it is LOUD.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
Not that I can keep up with the comments
but i’d just like to say that everclear is the shit. Everytime I have had it, I don’t remember who i am, who im with, what ive done, or where i am. Awesome.
JLS23 - January 18, 2012
And while y'all hate on STL
its legal there!
JLS23 - January 18, 2012
It is needed there.
David Young - January 18, 2012
I think its needed in CA too
some pretty frustrating stuff going on here
JLS23 - January 18, 2012
We have medical marijuana here.
David Young - January 18, 2012
Thus: engaged!
David Young - January 18, 2012
yes clearly pre-engagement i was on an epic everclear bender
JLS23 - January 18, 2012
not to the men folk
how to get your woman to do ANYTHING you want.
JLS23 - January 18, 2012
the hell just happened....
men, drink your everclear, drink it proudly.
JLS23 - January 18, 2012
Well, sure, liquor is quicker and everclear is the express.
David Young - January 18, 2012
yea i really do prefer the liquor
MJ makes me want to sit in a corner free basing cheetos or something
JLS23 - January 18, 2012
Buying more food will lead to more jobs! Smoking doobs will help the economy!
David Young - January 18, 2012
Man, now I wanna drink everclear AND smoke…. lethal combination is sounds like
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
You had a good run.
David Young - January 18, 2012
This was a great comment. Too bad my wife doesn’t drink :0
kinbote - January 18, 2012
wow.
sounds….awesome.
court168627 - January 18, 2012
this doesn't appeal to me at all
nolander - January 18, 2012
yeah.
my comment was sarcastic. her description sounds horrible to me.
court168627 - January 18, 2012
you guys are no fun.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
straightedgers!
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
i'm a person just like you
but i’ve got better things to do
court168627 - January 18, 2012
oh yeah? Like what
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
Life is too short to be sober…. remember that.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
im just messin with you guys…. you know, ive done alot of shit in my days… but Ive never blacked out, and/or not knew who I was. I guess im not as big of a partier as I think I am.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
cmon, you have a reputation to live up to!
court168627 - January 18, 2012
meh.
sober is more than fine to me.
court168627 - January 18, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn7549lL90M
court168627 - January 18, 2012
whats fun about doing something you can't remember or comprehend?
nolander - January 18, 2012
And yet you engage in the convos in here all the time. ;-)
David Young - January 18, 2012
dont knock till you tried it.
JLS23 - January 18, 2012
how would i remember if i liked it?
court168627 - January 18, 2012
I like when I mostly forget something stupid and funny, and then a friend who was there half remembers it, and then we laugh until we cry trying to recall all the details
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
please excuse me if I am wrong
but weren’t you the one saying some stuff about people with substance abuse problems being bad a few weeks back
and I think doing stuff you can’t remember is incredibly fun, when done in moderation of course
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
enjoyment does not equal abuse, my friend
JLS23 - January 18, 2012
i don't know much about alcoholism
but isn’t one of the definitions of alcohol abuse “drinking until you black out?”
court168627 - January 18, 2012
It’s more needing to drink until you black out. And having it cause you problems in life. An occasional bender does not necessarily an alcoholic make.
David Young - January 18, 2012
thank you dave!
couldn’t have put it better myself.
JLS23 - January 18, 2012
but surely you see at least an element of hypocrisy in our JLs anti-drug stance a few weeks back and this I wanna party stance now
yes?
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
everyones a big fat hypocrit
I just want us all to be honest about it. Now if you’ll excuse me i’m going to go find an athlete to punch in the face
nolander - January 18, 2012
Do I contradict myself? Yes, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
I am hearing this to the tune of an early 70s hit for an Aussie singer
If I have to, I contradict myself.
I am large (LARGE!)
I contain multitudes!
I AM WOMAN!!!!!
;-)
David Young - January 18, 2012
I’m not :)
kinbote - January 18, 2012
Dave hears everything set to rock and roll music.
iiidown - January 18, 2012
Like a weird form of synesthesia.
kinbote - January 18, 2012
It’s a stretch to term Helen Reddy “rock and roll”.
David Young - January 18, 2012
OK. Pop music.
iiidown - January 19, 2012
I may or may not have blacked out on New Year’s Eve.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
That was you getting teabagged by an Alabama fan?
David Young - January 18, 2012
I am sure that was not me, as I remember everything up until having a few drinks back in the hotel room around 3 am.
fbihop - January 18, 2012
doing marijuana at all makes you a bad person
drinking in excess makes you a fun person. Ok.
nolander - January 18, 2012
yeah that was it
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
ok, i reverse my stance
smoke away. its just not my thing. you’re right, i shouldn’t judge.
JLS23 - January 18, 2012
sweet
Hollywood Joe - January 18, 2012
im a very un-judgy person
i want everyone to get their drink, smoke, toke, and whatever on if they so choose :-) you only live once.
JLS23 - January 18, 2012
So, open marriage with the Mr. to be? ;-)
David Young - January 18, 2012
i draw the line there, sir.
JLS23 - January 18, 2012
Smoke two joints in the morning
Smoke two joints at night
Smoke two joints in the afternoon
Everything’s all right.
David Young - January 18, 2012
because it's always one or the other
NO MIDDLE GROUND!!!
Tommy Blackjack - January 18, 2012
its the way of the highlander
nolander - January 18, 2012
also
i don’t think this statement can really applied to anything that you enjoy doing
court168627 - January 18, 2012
Disney and O'Malley consider joint bid
Shaikin article.
berkowit28 - January 18, 2012
Not that kind of joint uschris!
David Young - January 18, 2012
Shit, I was gonna bid on the Dodgers, but then I got high.
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
kinda interesting also to see update on Cohen's situation
possibly affected by insider trading d-bags. From everything I’ve heard about Cohen I’m okay if he has to bail.
underdog - January 18, 2012
this thread has been awesoke
be proud TBLA
Tommy Blackjack - January 18, 2012
seriously
i missed some good shit today.
so many greens….
court168627 - January 18, 2012
and (ever)clears
Tommy Blackjack - January 18, 2012
Joe Magrane, taking a back seat at the family dinner table?
Eric Stephen - January 18, 2012
dam thats alot of daughters… inside he has to be bummed to have that many kids with no son, but maybe not. Funny the reaction when Steven Tyler makes that comment about the daughter being hot and humid… she is 15!
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
She was my favorite audition, probably. Great.
silverwidow - January 18, 2012
just curious since it's been discussed
fair value?
link
Tommy Blackjack - January 18, 2012
Hard to say what is fair value
in the NBA since the contract amounts and lengths are collectively bargained. Sounds low but it does set him up with good security.
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
that's true
cap and all, and the new CBA rules are steep. I guess the question is does Love want to stay in MIN?
Tommy Blackjack - January 18, 2012
Well
despite what seems to be a lot of player movement, you still get more money if you are under contract (Bird rule) vs being an unrestricted free agent.
The NBA, despite what happened recently, is still a place where your most lucrative place to play is on the team you are under contract with.
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
is the 4 for 60 the max? or what would be the max?
uschris0304 - January 18, 2012
I saw a report where
he could be in line for a max deal of 5 years/80M.
He could not sign an extension, become a restricted FA and sign an offer sheet and let Minnesota match. Or he could sign a $6M qualifying deal and become an unrestricted FA after 2013 season.
bhsportsguy - January 18, 2012
mo williams
ballin out of control
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - January 18, 2012 via mobile
6 for 6
Tommy Blackjack - January 18, 2012
7 for 7
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
Mo Knows
Tommy Blackjack - January 18, 2012
Everclear
Moonshine
Coincidence?
68elcamino427 - January 18, 2012
both LA teams beat the Mavs
on last second shots
Tommy Blackjack - January 18, 2012
WGT
Good calls by Mr Stephen and Mr White
Mr Big Shot
Phil Gurnee - January 18, 2012
back to back losses in the final seconds
hard for the Mavs
but fuck’em :)
Tommy Blackjack - January 18, 2012
Lakers have their #1. So every loss is good, though they may trade it.
Pure Azure - January 18, 2012 via Android app
If I were Yu I’d have wanted a 4 year deal. Once he proves himself, he can beat $10 mil annually pretty easily.
Pure Azure - January 18, 2012 via Android app
JFC this app puts comments where I don’t want them.
Pure Azure - January 18, 2012 via Android app
Sarah's Take
I wonder if she’d like some cheese with all that whine. And how bout this eye roll inducing gem…
silverwidow - January 18, 2012
I don’t see any “whine” and if you grant that the premises are primarily based on “conventional wisdom”, her conclusions don’t seem far-fetched. I don’t like the wording of the sentence you quoted, but don’t you find Eovaldi (a potential member of the rotation once injuries start happening) far more interesting than Capang?
I actually find the part of her article that is most objectionable is that her conclusion is to do something that can’t really be done:
David Young - January 18, 2012
She’s whining about the rotation, the offense, the bullpen, etc. She’s also presumptuous that Billingsley’s mechanics and confidence are the reasons that “don’t allow him to go past the fifth inning.” Zero mention or analysis of pitch selection. There’s also zero support for why, in her opinion, the bullpen isn’t any good.
And the Eovaldi part, from what I read, seems to include the entire rotation. I don’t have the foggiest idea how he’s more ‘interesting’ than Kershaw based on 32 innings. Cause he throws harder?
The article stinks.
silverwidow - January 18, 2012
The article may be lacking in proper analysis but is “whine” the descriptive word when a writer feels a team is lacking the ability to compete?
Phil Gurnee - January 19, 2012
Far easier to criticize someone elses writings than to write your own for others to judge.
Xeifrank - January 19, 2012
My main issue with the article is she says Ethier provides excellent defense…
VegasBlues - January 18, 2012
“Gold Glove”
iiidown - January 19, 2012
Man, I can’t imagine what you think of what I write when I’m critical.
Phil Gurnee - January 19, 2012
NPUT
http://www.truebluela.com/2012/1/19/2712559/dodgers-2012-minor-league-countdown-120-111
Where Brandon whines about the shortcomings of prospects 110 – 120.
Phil Gurnee - January 19, 2012
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