PAUL CONNORS - AP
Bill Shaikin (left) and Tony Jackson (right) bring us the news on the Dodgers ownership front.
The deadline for prospective ownership groups to submit bids for the Dodgers was Monday, and the Dodgers received "more than 10" bids per Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times, who has covered this story from head to toe for well over two years.
Through Shaikin, Tony Jackson of ESPN LA and Molly Knight of ESPN The Magazine, we know the following groups have reportedly submitted bids for the team:
This is only the beginning of the process, as Shaikin noted, and opening bids might not necessarily be what they seem:
The opening bids are not binding. As a result, according to sports business consultant Marc Ganis, a prospective owner might offer more money now than he might realistically be willing to spend.
"You'd want to bid higher to make sure you get into the next round," Ganis said.
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Catching up on some Dodgers links for the past few days...
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Another good thread bites the dust!
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
It had a good run.
fbihop - January 24, 2012
it really should have been up much longer
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
the funny part
is that I actually don’t know that much about theology
and am I mistaken or did Phil call me a bulldog?
Maddz - January 24, 2012
Did you sing Wonderful World to G at Karaoke?
if he did call you a bulldog, that name is good company
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
Were you not a graduate Theology student in Tennessee?
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
I was, but I was doing history, not theology :)
Maddz - January 24, 2012
What about the French you took?
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
in high school?
i got detention because my teacher mistook me for a dude
Maddz - January 24, 2012
no comment is the best comment in this case
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
my brain is literally spinning
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
Don't know
Much trigonometry
bhsportsguy - January 24, 2012
don’t know much about a science book
Maddz - January 24, 2012
It’s a Wonderful World.
iiidown - January 24, 2012
You mean “History of Theology”? If so I think my comment can still stand. If not, oops
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
Damn it, I was going to make that same joke!
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
haha
it’s really funny – I was talking to a professor last week and was like, “listen. I like this time period BUT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO I WANT TO DO PATRISTICS.”
and he was like, “no worries, i don’t do theology either.”
weird discipline.
Maddz - January 24, 2012
I’ll bring it back to the top around 12:00 today unless something breaks, the phones were slow but should pick up in the afternoon.
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
you people are goddamn sheep
no one is making you leave that thread! Be a rebel!
nolander - January 24, 2012
It came back!
David Young - January 24, 2012
I believe in that photo the scribes are counting steps, and McCourt has 1988 highlights on Laserdisc
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
Why do they write instead of using a recorder? Do some not allow you to use recorder when talking to them?
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
old school writers know shorthand, and shorthand allows you to ask for clarification if something doesn’t make sense. When you’re recording especially in a group, you tend to drift in and out, might miss something. Also you have to go back and transcribe your recording, which is tedious and laborious
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
They might be recording as well. But they write for the same reason people take notes in class — the notetaking process helps you learn and process the information as well. As they write, it is helping them frame their stories.
Nolij - January 24, 2012
Kershaw's suit looks pretty nice
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
Have they said whether all of these bidders have been vetted by MLB yet?
Or are they not doing that until before the next round?
If they have all already been approved, I am kind of surprised that Macciello made it through.
BFDC - January 24, 2012
Bids get submitted
MLB selects an approved group of up to 10 bidders
McCourt will then likely choose two bidders, set a minimum value, and let them hammer it out.
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
Surprised none of the networks are on the list.
Julio Nievas - January 24, 2012 via mobile
yet
delias man - January 24, 2012
Let’s go Magic [clap-clap clap-clap-clap]
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
So here is a question
The Times article says that the groups could possibly consolidate. Based on the names that we have heard what would be your preferred group? This assumes each group has a money man, a baseball mind, and a face. What configurations could we come up with that would yield the best groups?
OB12 - January 24, 2012
Cohen with Magic and Kasten
delias man - January 24, 2012
I was thinking that. Not that I’m a big fan of Torre, but I would think a Caruso/Torre/Hershiser group would be formindable.
OB12 - January 24, 2012
fuck that dinosaur torre
delias man - January 24, 2012
Exactly
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
I think my unrealistic dream team would be Cuban, Magic and Kasten.
BFDC - January 24, 2012
in a big round spinning bed, with champagne and hookers
sorry
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
That is probably the most realistic possibility here.
BFDC - January 24, 2012
I thought Champagne was the hooker’s name
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
nah
Candi
Maddz - January 24, 2012
Shantel
delias man - January 24, 2012
Velvet
mleadman - January 24, 2012
Hennessy.
Went to HS with a girl named Hennessy.
Maddz - January 24, 2012
but she drank Alize right? My .44 make sure all yo kids don’t grow…RIP Tupac ~ Daniel Tosh
VeroJoe - January 24, 2012
Charity
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
Get yourself a better class of hooker man – all the good ones now are Rooskies or Ukrainians
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
They try harder…..plus they are kinkier
VeroJoe - January 24, 2012
but they look like corpses when you fuck them. so pale and emotionless.
delias man - January 24, 2012
All the better for my post mortem fantasies :O
VeroJoe - January 24, 2012
Chris, is that you?
Maddz - January 24, 2012
And hooker/necrophilia chat is where I check out for the day. Jesus.
regfairfield - January 24, 2012
yeah me too man, its not normal.
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
the man, he has boundries
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
LOL a crude bunch……TBLA not for those with queasy stomachs
VeroJoe - January 24, 2012
No it’s Chastity and she’s white trash
VeroJoe - January 24, 2012
Joshua Macciello, Phil Gurnee, Sandy Koufax
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
In a hot tub, with rap music and bling
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
and blow
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
I still think that
This process could be set up for collusion. As long as ego doesn’t get in the way. It won’t be an open auction.
bhsportsguy - January 24, 2012
It’s not supposed to be an open auction, correct?
mleadman - January 24, 2012
yuuuuuuuuuppp!!
delias man - January 24, 2012
I’ll rec that for a dollar
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
I’ll Donnie 2X that
VeroJoe - January 24, 2012
RoboCop?
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
Like the show but those Office style cutaways are pretty dumb.
silverwidow - January 24, 2012
I thought he was quoting Smokey
Julio Nievas - January 24, 2012 via mobile
Given my understanding of collusion, that means in the end the Dodgers will sign a free agent who will win MVP in his first year with the club.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
I think that’s racketeering
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
how would your collusion scenario play out? bidders colluding with Frank? With MLB? With the Networks? wirg each other?
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
MLB
I think they are concerned about a price over 1 billion since it sets a high number few other franchises could get plus there are few who could pay without coming close to debt ratio standards that MLB will want to maintain.
bhsportsguy - January 24, 2012
MLB colluding with the bidders to get them all to bid lower?
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
Random thoughts
Magic Johnson & Stan Kasten – MLB will approve
Joe Torre & Rick Caruso – MLB will approve
Peter O’Malley – don’t know if he could put together enough money
Mark Cuban – will probably be one of the lower bids
Steve Garvey & Orel Hershiser – money questions
Steven Cohen – who else will be involved, will he liquidate or borrow against stock holdings
Roy Disney’s family & Stanley Gold – more of a partner candidate
Dennis Gibert, Jason Reese, and Randy Wooster – MLB will approve
Joshua Macciello
bhsportsguy - January 24, 2012
My biggest concern is who these groups have in mind for General Manager.
silverwidow - January 24, 2012
Pat Gillick FTMFW
VeroJoe - January 24, 2012
it’s regional manager that I’m worried about
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
Or Assistant to the Regional Manager
Nolij - January 24, 2012
My biggest concerns is none of these things
My biggest concern about the Dodgers is Bills and Jim Loney. I want them to succeed.
Owners? I can’t be concerned about things I don’t fully know
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
That is of least
Concern to McCourt or MLB and probably will not be talked about at all during this process by the prospective owners, MLB or McCourt.
bhsportsguy - January 24, 2012
That's true
But it’s bigger deal to me because I care more about the on field product and farm system.
silverwidow - January 24, 2012
me too.
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
A lot of that guidance will come from the owner though, not the GM.
BFDC - January 24, 2012
I don’t know that to be true or untrue
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
You don’t think owners have a directive for how they want to invest in the team and its infrastructure?
BFDC - January 24, 2012
I can see setting a budget and empowering your managers work, with a general directive given
or I can see a micromanaging ego freak who gums up every decision and makes the entire organization feel like their legs are cut off
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
yeah I agree, which is why I dont totally why so many want Magic… What assurances do we have that he will field a winner?
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
Then if he does become owner, he’ll probably get interviewed during a Dodger game on FOX, and talk shit about the team he owns.
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
If he doesn’t, it could ruin his reputation in LA which would be bad for his other businesses.
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
yeah could be. But like we were talking about yesterday about Boras comments, I prefer an owner that isnt looking to make money out of this, or whatever he said. As much of a business man Magic is, its hard to think of him buying the Dodgers as a “toy” and feels more like he is in this to make money. So Im worried I wont get the kind of payroll im looking for out of Magic. But we’ll see.
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
So, nobody on the list then.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
I want rich guys that want to use Dodgers as a competitve toy they want to use to beat other rich people with. I dont want anyone looking to turn a nice profit.
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
Unrealistic wants
are the fuel of the never satisfied
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
it is crazy
all the fans that want the owner of the team to operate at a loss
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
Not saying they should take a loss, but not make money either…. I agree with Boras," No one buys a baseball franchise to make money."
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
then you are ignoring that asshole down in florida
nolander - January 24, 2012
who’s the asshole down in Florida Nolander? ;)
VeroJoe - January 24, 2012
Lebron James, for one.
Nolij - January 24, 2012
Hold on let my find my list
nolander - January 24, 2012
I assumed he was talking about the Marlins owners spending money like nothing, and probably operating at a loss?
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
Not sure why that makes him an asshole though.
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
two points
a) he bought the team to make money invalidating your point
b) Loria is an asshole this is not up for debate.
nolander - January 24, 2012
If I had a dollar for every time someone here has called someone a dick or an asshole, i’d be owner of the Dodgers haha…. Why you guys soooo mean! lol
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
we're not mean
We’re passionate :)
Tommy Blackjack - January 24, 2012 via iPhone app
hahaha nice!!
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
the marlins owner has historically had one of the bottom 5 payrolls in the league but makes wild sums in revenue sharing and operates at a huge profit.
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
The Marlins have had years with total payrolls less than what they received in revenue sharing.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
oh, ok, I guess he is an asshole then.
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
Being a smart business man doesn’t make him an asshole. He’s an asshole because he’s an asshole.
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
He also ran the Expos into oblivion, and was somehow given another franchise as a reward.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
nude pics of Bud with Betty White, Spring Break 1922
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
or fuck it, just have a 150-160 payroll every year, and they get whatsever is left over haha
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
you do realize, he has a stake in that statement
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
yes, but even before he said that, ive always felt the best owner is one that buys as a team as a hobby, because they can, and not one looking to become more rich then they already are. Not sure if that exsists or not though.
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
some guy who rooted for the Washington Redskins used to dream of the same thing
Careful what you wish for
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
right, that is true….no sure things, and it can backfire.
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
Or Assistant to the General Manager
LAL32 - January 24, 2012
tony jackson
looks alot different from his old daily news photo where he looked like a jimmy buffet enthusiast
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - January 24, 2012
Miss Tony coming to Vero
VeroJoe - January 24, 2012
Is that his Drag Queen persona?
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
so viola davis is going to win the oscar right?
its pretty much a slam dunk?
nolander - January 24, 2012
can she jump?
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
I'm going to sidestep this question
nolander - January 24, 2012
I can think of two answers
both of them offensive to different groups
nolander - January 24, 2012
yeah, that was a grenade of a lob pass
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
come back
When you have one answer offensive to both
Tommy Blackjack - January 24, 2012 via iPhone app
Possibly
If only I knew who she was. What movie and character?
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
the help
the main maid. Its the kind of role the Oscars gobble up(and she did give a good performance)
nolander - January 24, 2012
I never saw it
But she was the Mayor from Law Abiding Citizen and the head honcho from Knight and Day of that agency right?
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
no clue
nolander - January 24, 2012
Things I didn't know before today
1) There is something called the California Winter League
2) It is played in Palm Springs, at the stadium the Palm Springs Angels used to play at, just down the street from my high school (same stadium the major league team would play for a few games of spring training way back when)
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
Refresh due to bad taste
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
We’ve all been there
TBLA: Why I’ll never run for political office
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
BTW, we’re on for the game on Thursday, right?
Michael White - January 24, 2012
Yes
Just one ticket right?
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
Ya, just me.
Michael White - January 24, 2012
i feel like i am in China
delias man - January 24, 2012
I think your post was the first one I’ve ever deleted due to bad taste
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
dam I missed it, now I’ll never know what it was dammit.
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
you saw it.
delias man - January 24, 2012
oh, it was from above… got it, nevermind.
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
I think ive only had one comment deleted here, when I started, when I wrote what George Lopez said about Erik Estrada. Obviously a mod here is a CHiPS fan.
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
Props for spelling
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
Nobody disrespects Ponch on my watch.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
Or Humma’s
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
Humma’s watch is too small for Ponch
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
Humma reminds me of the mechanic from CHiPs
delias man - January 24, 2012
You mean they guy they brought in when they ran out of stories?
iiidown - January 24, 2012
Considering it's you saying that
You know it had to be bad, lol
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
its ok
delias man - January 24, 2012
Moneyball got four Oscar nominations.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
I thought it was 6
nolander - January 24, 2012
just did a quick glance at the sidebar, missed the word “major”
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
That was using
old fashioned Oscar statistics. Saberoscarmetrics show as 4
mleadman - January 24, 2012
sweet
The Artist was my favorite movie of the year
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
I think I heard of this movie about 15 minutes agoo
Michael White - January 24, 2012
Caves are so in now
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
I've officially made it
James Baldwin III follows me on the tweeter
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
Life: Complete
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
awesome
Now fix his swing
Tommy Blackjack - January 24, 2012 via iPhone app
maybe if he plays in rancho this year
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
Go tell it on the mountain.
kinbote - January 24, 2012
Nicely done.
Nolij - January 24, 2012
ESPN early 2012 Fantasy Baseball rankings
3. Matt Kemp
15. Clayton Kershaw
Next Dodger?
162. Dee Gordon
Julio Nievas - January 24, 2012
If they had confidence that Jensanity would be the closer, he’d be higher up.
Nolij - January 24, 2012
Jimsanity will be a good one come May
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
Dre is SO MAD RIGHT NOW
Maddz - January 24, 2012
Kobe needs to have a talk with Dre.
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
“Attack Fast. Attack Strong.”
TurnItDown - January 24, 2012
get…that…dirt of ya shoulder
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
damn, that was supposed to go under Maddz
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
ladies is pimps too
Maddz - January 24, 2012
go on, brush ya shoulder off
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
Ethier should bulletin board this.
kinbote - January 24, 2012
im never drafting a closer in fantasy ever again.. the dudes you think will be ‘proven’ start out like total shit out of the gate then a new young gun mysteriously arises to take their place..
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - January 24, 2012
Rotowire has Kemp number one, Clayton number 16 (1st pitcher), Dee Gordon 79, Andre 101, Jansen 125
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
are stolen bases really worth that much?
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
They are when you steal 80 of them.
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
His 162 game average for this year
was 69 SB 20 CS. I think over a full season he would have gone even higher and would have gotten close to 80.
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
you REALLY need a nickname
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
i see you said yours a minute before mine and i just got up to yours. well played, bobbie
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
I saw yours later on thought fuck
Glad to know I beat you to the punch! lol
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
Depending on the league either 20 or 25% so yes, very important when you might steal 50. Especially in non OB leagues where Gordon where probably have a decent average, score lots of runs. Will kill the RBI and HR category but Gordon will be very valuable this year roto wise.
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
if he starts all season and only steals 50, it will have been a wasted season for him and his SB% must be in the 60s.
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
He stole 73 in 2009 (A). But he also had .301/.362 BA/OBP. Guessing he runs a lot this year.
kinbote - January 24, 2012
If he did that, he’d win the MVP
Michael White - January 24, 2012
and our hearts
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
do you think the Dodger Stadium crowd will stand and chant Go! Go! Go! to him? I still think he should wear #30
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
Hope so
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
that would be fun
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
I’ve requested the Dodgers give us 20 seats behind the Visitor Dugout and call the section Go Go Gordon where everyone has to stand whenever he’s on base and chant Go Go Gordon until he has either scored or the inning comes to an end.
Ned told me to GFM
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
We need a SpeeDee Pass.
kinbote - January 24, 2012
When it’s time for a change, think SpeeDee oil change
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
SpeeDee is a great name
Go Go Gordon is a great name
Flash? Works but not nearly as good as the others
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
in 131 games. and he didn’t have davey lopes or the last 2 years of experience.
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
He stole 24 games last year in 56 MLB games, though he was on the roster for a possible 79 games. Health will be key too.
Combined majors and minors in 2011, Dee stole 54 bags in 126 games. I think if he is healthy his floor is 60 steals in 2012
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
“24 games” = “24 bases”
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
24/56×162=~70
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
24/79*162=~49
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
this whole thing was based on him being healthy and playing
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
The Houston Speculators
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
The Houston Wildcats
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
The Houston Eaton Outs
kinbote - January 24, 2012
bull poop
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
old friend alert
retire to his hyperbaric chamber amirite
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - January 24, 2012
Colletti says, “He wants out, he can have out.”
kinbote - January 24, 2012
One of the baddest shot blockers the game of basketball has ever known turned 55 today. Name him.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
dennis rodman
delias man - January 24, 2012
Mark Eaton?
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
Bingo
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
Saw him at LAX terminal when he was in early 20s. I said to my dad, “There’s that big dude!” And yes, the word “dude” had been invented back then.
Xeifrank - January 24, 2012
Dude goes back to 1883, referred to a dandy or a fop.
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
I once saw Randy Johnson at the SeaTac airport. Yes he was wearing a cowboy hat and was ugly.
kinbote - January 24, 2012
The Houston Ugly Cowboys
mleadman - January 24, 2012
The Houston Coyote Ugly
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
He should have a line of deli products
Mark Eaton Cheese, Mark Eaton Salami
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
or he could align with Adam & Eve
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
Mark Eaton Underwear
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
that was the safest reply
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
Dekembe Mutumbo
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
I butchered that bad
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
I guess it is not the tall African dude who died
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
Minute Bol
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
That’s what you put your Minute Ric in.
Nolij - January 24, 2012
rece
kinbote - January 24, 2012
Manute Bol?
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
what she said
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
I would have referred to him as the tallest three-point shooter who ever lived.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
TREE ROLLINS
(I know this is wrong but his name itself is badass).
silverwidow - January 24, 2012
Hah. This made me chuckle
He really did say “young guys like AJ Ellis” — and I mean in grand scheme of things AJ is young, but in baseball, not so much, especially compared to Old Man Kershaw. Heh.
underdog - January 24, 2012
AJ Ellis is 7 years Kershaw’s senior, no?
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
Clayton calls him Uncle AJ
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
Yeah I was being a mite facetious.
underdog - January 24, 2012
Oh man I love AJ. He just responded to me on twitter. Help me out here.
underdog - January 24, 2012
Jonah Hill
nolander - January 24, 2012
That’s funny.
Michael White - January 24, 2012
I got nothing
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
He should really just play himself
nolander - January 24, 2012
Well I'm wondering if actor OBP = most award noms or best roles for fewest films
in which case John Cazale was awesome. But he doesn’t resemble AJ. And is dead.
underdog - January 24, 2012
Tell him with a smile that he would be morphed into a AJ/Fedex/Treanor person to safe screenwriting time
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
salty
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
Smiles on twitter don't always come across or save the saltiness
underdog - January 24, 2012
Don’t underestimate the Bard.
kinbote - January 24, 2012
Decent pitcher
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
He’ll be back in the bullpen by June
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
I’m glad they are making the attempt. It will be Jansens turn next spring when Guerra does not turn into a pumpkin, Lindblom and Elbert rise to full time setup men, the bell tolls for Tolleson and Capang blows chunks.
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
Wait. Did you mean “when Guerra (does) turn into a pumpkin*”? Else I’m confused.
(*pumpkin = standard meaning, not Padilla)
berkowit28 - January 24, 2012
If Guerra keeps pitching well (doesn’t turn into a pumpkin) enough to remain closer and the others pitch well in setup roles, Jansen won’t be as needed in the bullpen.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
Oh, thanks. This thread got too long for me. I’d lost the meaning of “Jansen’s turn” – I thought it meant his turn to be closer, which would definitely occur if Guerra turns into a pumpkin, and may or may not occur if Guerra doesn’t. But it must mean “Jansen’s turn” to be downgraded, or something along those lines, then? (Just trying vainly to keep up here, and failing.)
berkowit28 - January 24, 2012
The idea is changing him to starting, i believe.
Taylor Maricle - January 24, 2012
great playwright
underdog - January 24, 2012
Tony Jackson looks like he's doing a Kevin Corrigan impression in pic above
underdog - January 24, 2012
I keep expecting him to say, “You just got killed by a Daewoo Lanos, motherfucker!”
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
If Tony posted here, he would be one crusty MF. Not sure I’ve ever seen him smile.
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
and he’d be different from the lot of you how?
Josie is just about the only sunny side of the streeter we have around here
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
love that scene :)
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
"Hey! How about a little fuckin' discretion!" was a Corrigan line in pineapple express, the other was Danny McBride I think
underdog - January 24, 2012
yeah, i was picturing tony jackson as Danny McBride
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
haha that does work. I can see him blowing shit up a la Tropic Thunder
underdog - January 24, 2012
Hah.
Astrology. It’s not astrology, it’s you, man. It’s facts. It’s who you’re supposed to be. June: Cancer. Libra: October. Capricorn: December. Know it. 1958. You ARE them.
/freaks and geeks forever
underdog - January 24, 2012
This is embarrassing
I googled Wonderful World for the lyrics
I googled Herman Hermits
I clicked on their Greatest Hits
I knew all the songs by heart
Things an eight year old listens to and never forgets are scary
Worse part
I felt nostalgic for hearing No Milk Today
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
I'm 25 and what is this
nolander - January 24, 2012
i at least know who Herman Hermits are.
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
thanks to the Naked Gun
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
thanks to lilking their music
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
hipster
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
I’m a Grandma’s Boy
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
Not a single Willy or a Sam.
Nolij - January 24, 2012
the Houston Fogies
Xeifrank - January 24, 2012
I’m a big kid look what I can do, I can wear big kid pants too!!! And I can pull them off and on, mommy WOW!! Im a big kid now!
uschris0304 - January 24, 2012
“No milk Today” was probably their best song, but “Something Good” was good.
iiidown - January 24, 2012
Alex Kennedy of Hoopsworld apparently interviewed Christian Laettner (remember when he made the 1992 Olympic team over Shaq? Actually wasn’t there a second college guy who really should have been bumped instead?), who dropped a quote that Grant Hill has played for 16 coaches in 18 years.
I haven’t looked it up, but I have no reason not to believe that number. And, WOW.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
they needed another white guy at McDonalds request. Also at that time, Shaq was still learning to speak english so nobody wanted him there. True Story.
delias man - January 24, 2012
refresh again?
Xeifrank - January 24, 2012
stole the words from my keyboard
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
Junior high school typing class ftw. And yes, it use to be called “Junior High School” before all of this “Middle School” crap.
Xeifrank - January 24, 2012
Many, many years ago the norm was:
Middle School = 6th, 7th, 8th
Junior High = 7th, 8th, 9th
latenite - January 24, 2012
Laettner was the only college guy on the Dream Team. He won all the college awards that year, but I remember there being outcry at the time because everyone knew Shaq was going to be great.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
There was. Also, there was a minor outcry about Isaiah Thomas being left off the team (in favor of Drexler presumably?), but I don’t remember why he was left off.
Nolij - January 24, 2012
Didn’t he have beef with MJ at that time?
delias man - January 24, 2012
Yeah, for the All-Star game freeze out of MJ led by Isiah back in the late 1980s
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
I thought there was a sponshorship conflict with Shaq. Nike vs. Adidas or whatever.
But ya, me and all my fellow 9 year olds thought it was a curious decision.
Michael White - January 24, 2012
What is the 2012 Dream Team
Any word?
silverwidow - January 24, 2012
If it’s like the 2010 FIBAs, they’ll be doing cuts all the way until it’s time to travel for the games.
Michael White - January 24, 2012
The Texas Rangers.
Nolij - January 24, 2012
A collection of basketball players to play in the Olympics. But that’s not important now
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
Dream Team should be retired
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
one off marketing tool that stuck
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
Now used to describe a hyped-yet-doomed assortment of talent (Heat, Eagles, our young bullpen).
kinbote - January 24, 2012
Frank McCourt’s lawyers.
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
…excluding the ones he’s suing….
berkowit28 - January 24, 2012
Right. They were the Chistian Laettner of his Dream Team
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
isn’t that why Mike Jordan draped the flag over his thingy in that photo?
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
Yes
silverwidow - January 24, 2012
Ya, but Jordan was Jordan so I think it was easier to work around his issues.
Michael White - January 24, 2012
Nolander wants to know who was this Michael Jordan
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
Used to play for the Wizards.
Nolij - January 24, 2012
Has his number retired by the Miami Heat
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
Cologne Developer
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
Don Chaney
Doug Collins
Alvin Gentry
Doc Rivers
Johnny Davis
Chris Jent
Brian Hill
Stan Van Gundy
Mike D’Antoni
Terry Porter
Alvin Gentry
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
that’s 11 NBA, what am I missing?
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
Interim coaches?
Nolij - January 24, 2012
would have been listed on the head coach list, as Brian Hill was
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
Ah. Also, Chris Jent is clearly a made-up name. You might as well have listed Guy Person.
Nolij - January 24, 2012
I think that is three ex-Clipper coaches
Don Chaney
Alvin Gentry
and
Alvin Gentry again
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
George Irvine too
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
Hill left before he took over
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
He coached 24 games in the 1999-2000 season, Hill’s final year in Detroit.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
huh, did not realize
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
I was ready to give you props for out Ungle Googling Eric….
Michael White - January 24, 2012
but we knew it was just a matter of time
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
George Irvine will be playing the Italian soccer team soon.
Nolij - January 24, 2012
The lesson, as always, fuck Christian Laettner.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
WOW
THATS ALOT OF COACHES
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - January 24, 2012
I KNOW!!!
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
Like special assistants to the GM
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
The Astros hired Mike Fast, he of the outstanding work on catcher framing and other Pitch fx analysis on Baseball Prospectus.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
Awesome – all these smart baseball people making actual careers out of their knowledge.
Xeifrank - January 24, 2012
It just gives you warm fuzzies inside doesn't it
nolander - January 24, 2012
it reminds me of the Dodgers
Xeifrank - January 24, 2012
They are like fancy carburetors, teams are buying them up and then burying them so no one else can benefit from the knowledge.
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
I'm sure reg
Is waiting by the phone
Tommy Blackjack - January 24, 2012 via iPhone app
An article out of a high school paper it looks like
From a girl who thinks women should never go to college because “they are too busy with life and their family” and they should just marry men who will support them.
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/398529_2778003841936_1013334626_32826059_483762160_n.jpg
If there’s ever been anything I’ve put on here I wanted to be read, this was it. You won’t be sorry you read it (except for the fact that you might question how someone can write something like this, lol)
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
this is making me angry…..ANGRY!!!!
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
I thought of you and Maddz specifically when I read this "story"
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
because you can’t find a man to marry who will support you, or because a woman has a view that is destined for failure because few men can support a woman on there own anymore, or because she might have a differing view on your take?
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
I just figured she was mad because of the obvious lack of editors at the paper.
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
Yes
I don’t usually get angry at opinions, I may disagree.
I do get angry at those who can’t write/speak clearly, and who have absolutely nothing to say.
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
and yet are put in a position to influence opinion of others who also have no opinion.
I get you.
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
that’s really it. If you want a life of getting your nails done, eating, and shopping by marrying some rich guy, that’s fine. But that article was barely more intelligent than the lyrics to “Friday”, and has no business being printed.
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
Also, college guys with nice incomes tend to like things like conversation, and culture, you waste of space
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
According to 4down, it was in a high school paper not the New York Times.
Michael White - January 24, 2012
The New York Times
would need at least something like “N.C.A.A.” so they can insert periods.
bhsportsguy - January 24, 2012
still represents a series of editorial choices and spilt ink
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
one shouldn't cry over spilt ink, though.
underdog - January 24, 2012
I have to assume it's a high school paper
I have no way of knowing for sure, but it most definitely would not be in a college paper, and I’d hope and pray it couldn’t be in a legitimate newspaper.
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
That's how I feel about it
She can be an idiot all she wants and just be a drain on society and the fool who marries her, but trying to get others to be like her is insulting to women who are not losers.
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
Hmmm
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
She sounds like she’d make an excellent stepford wife
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
I like how she didn’t get an F, but an F+. I hope that helps her GPA.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
lmao
I just noticed that
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
It's blocked
but I like your “If you read one misguided high school level essay this year . . .” tease.
kinbote - January 24, 2012
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
"I'm dumb so everyone else should be dumb too"
nolander - January 24, 2012
Such as the Iraq. Such as.
Nolij - January 24, 2012
I had to get people to read, I knew it would get the job done ;)
I could transcribe this for you, but I’ll save the time and recap:
This girl thinks girls shouldn’t go to college “becasue” they don’t need to, and only boys and men should go to college. After this, the girls and women can marry the men so the men can take care of them with their money. Girls and women, in the mean time, are too busy with their lives and family, and should just have fun going shopping and getting their nails done.
The title says College really isn’t necessary (notice only the first word is capitalized), then proceeds to show exactly why someone like her would benefit so well from an extended education…hell, going back and doing high school again, lol.
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
she’ll go to JC, pump out a few kids, work at the Dairy Queen and eventually try community theater. This is the life I imagine for her. Two marriages….maybe three
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
no chance she goes to JC
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
all that peer pressure your senior year with folk getting acceptance le..
actually come to think of it, I know nothing of public school life. My high school had a 98% going to higher education rate.
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
You know nothing of us common folk!
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
are we sure this isn’t a joke?
Hollywood Joe - January 24, 2012
that was my initial thought, but Friday was real so…
Josie Becker - January 24, 2012
It's possible
But I know there are people who are like this, so it would shock me if it is fake.
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
Just went to a rally for immigrants (no politics!) and there were a lot of LA Dodgers hats.
fbihop - January 24, 2012
no politics
nolander - January 24, 2012
I went to a Clippers game this week. There were no small seafaring vessels.
G.Scott - January 24, 2012
nor anyone related to Joe DiMaggio, that I saw at least.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
Whenever
I see an “unofficial” but licensed Dodger cap, I think of Eric knocking it off that person’s head.
bhsportsguy - January 24, 2012
I die a little inside every time I see one.
Eric Stephen - January 24, 2012
The black on
black ones remind of Oregon Duck uniforms
bhsportsguy - January 24, 2012
i like those
delias man - January 24, 2012
Please, not here. I read this site to get awaaaay, far away from that stuff.
lnickerson88 - January 24, 2012
Update: AJ Ellis kind of liked my Woody Harrelson suggestion
to play him in Moneyball 2.
underdog - January 24, 2012
No
we are thinking “Woody” Woody.
bhsportsguy - January 24, 2012
I suggested a little of each, plus some of Cheers Woody + Zombieland, but not Rampart.
underdog - January 24, 2012
He rules. Wonder if he counted the floors from the low minors to the bigs.
kinbote - January 24, 2012
You know AJE underdog?? Does he still want us to go fuck ourselves?
VeroJoe - January 24, 2012
Okay, break is over, and thanks to IVDown a perfect time so we can a look at some real bad writing with nothing to say
Back to the Telethon and make those phones ring
NPUT
http://www.truebluela.com/2012/1/23/2717040/a-camel-for-eric
meercatjohn - January 24, 2012
Nothing to say is just Seinfeld, which works when it's funny
Which is an understatement to your story :)
Ivdown - January 24, 2012
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