According to Bill Shaikin, Frank McCourt has eliminated several prospective owners including Dennis Gilbert and Mark Cuban.
Mark Cuban was eliminated from the Dodgers' ownership sweepstakes Friday, along with baseball executive and former agent Dennis Gilbert, according to two people familiar with the process but not authorized to discuss it.
The remaining bidders will now be vetted by MLB. Interestingly enough McCourt just saved GIlbert, Cuban, and whoever else did not make the final cut, $25,000 since they no longer need to pay MLB the investigation cost of a bid.
No word on if the darkest horse Josh Macciello is still in the running.
Not a surprise that Cuban is out given that Frank expects to sell the team for 1.5 Billion. Cuban may be flamboyant but at heart he's a self made businessman who knows value and it is doubtful the Dodgers at 1.5 Billion is value. As Cuban said back in November
"I don't think the Dodgers franchise is worth twice what the Rangers are worth," Cuban told The Times in November.
With the sale price supposed to reach at least 1.5 Billion that would make the Dodgers worth almost three times the value of Rangers who sold for $593 million.
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At least we haven’t lost two straight World Series. Suck it, Rangers!
kinbote - January 28, 2012
LOL if they were cool like us they would have pulled off losing two straight NLCS
VeroJoe - January 28, 2012
rec'd!
Also, screw the Phillies..and ruiz
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
I laughed…haha. We fail SO much harder! SUCK IT!
lnickerson88 - January 28, 2012 via mobile
the picture
LOL
Tommy Blackjack - January 28, 2012 via iPhone app
Only way I can see the Dodgers being worth 3 times as much is if they bring in a NFL team and stadium to the parking lots at Dodger stadium.
Tripon - January 28, 2012
Kroenke
Magic/Guggenheim
Caruso/Torre
Cohen
O’Malley
Gold/Disney
My preference is still Magic unless O’Malley’s group is loaded as well.
silverwidow - January 28, 2012
Hopefully we get someone who wants to win
and not just make money.
Apparently, Garvey’s group has been eliminated as well.
Supposedly, 10 bidders remain but they might merge or party up to some extent.
Kroenke is a big sports guy and probably one of the richest; perhaps he would be a good owner.
florida dodger - January 28, 2012
Kroenke would be great. Then he can bring the Rams back to LA
Rosemary Campbell White - February 2, 2012
Will our entire infield hit 25 HR’s this year?
Basing this on Ellis, Loney, Ellis, Uribe, and Gordon getting most of the starts.
I say no.
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
I guess I’m wording it, Those 5 wont hit 25.
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
I would take the over. Even with Loney 15, Uribe 10, we’re there.
kinbote - January 28, 2012
I know. I guess I didn’t think it through. I really think they hit about 33
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
You’re still coming down from the duck high.
kinbote - January 28, 2012
Man that cabbage and black eyed peas side was incredible.
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
Loney will hit 23
Ellis 3
Gordon 1
Uribe 4
DeJesus 2
Mitchell 3
Fields 19
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
DeJesus’ AAA bombs don’t count Phil
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
Gordon’s an ITPHR or wall-scraper?
kinbote - January 28, 2012
About 45 feet better than Ryan Braun’s attempt at an inside the park job last year…..
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
Any excuse to post this
fbihop - January 28, 2012
Can't forget
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
Red X?
fbihop - January 28, 2012
hmmm
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
Grand Slam opening day off the foul pole
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
I give Gordon a chance for 3 ITPHR's
And maybe one normal HR
iiidown - January 28, 2012
He hit 7 HR in the minors
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
I can’t believe how many home runs Dee Gordon is going hits in 2012 is a source of argument.
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
It's not really, for me
I don’t care to try and predict something that’s a function of luck more than skill.
I was just pointing out that he’s not as completely powerless as people make him out to be.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
oh he is. he really really is.
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
Well, yeah, he's pretty powerless
But he can still get it over the fence on occasion.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
Gordon had the one ball he turned on in Minnesota (the game when all the Dodgers hit) that was really the only one I can remember him hitting that had any shot to go over a fence in certain conditions.
My actual expectations for Gordon’s home run total in 2012 is zero.
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
he had that one in DS
That hit halfway up the wall for an easy triple
Tommy Blackjack - January 28, 2012 via iPhone app
Who has more power
Gordon or Juan Pierre?
EMDarrow - January 28, 2012
who has been the worse owner: Fox or McCourt?
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
Which is heavier: A ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
iiidown - January 28, 2012
More powerless than Clark Kent at a Kryptonite Owners Convention.
fbihop - January 28, 2012
Really dick move by Perry White making Kent cover that convention every single year.
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
When young Jimmy Olson really wants to cut his teeth on some real reporting!
fbihop - January 28, 2012
Who’s Fields?
berkowit28 - January 28, 2012 via iPhone app
Josh
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
My actual guess, sarcasm aside is for that group to hit about 33 HR’s.
Man that sucks
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
AJE 6
Loney 16
M.Ellis 11
Uribe 14
Gordon 18 (all inside the park homers)
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
Lol
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
Are we moving the stadium to the moon? The Ellises’ totals look optimistic.
kinbote - January 28, 2012
If A.J. slumps, I’ll just write something about him so he’ll get motivated again. :)
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
AJ will not slump. His average will remain between .260 and .280 all year long. He is the glue to our infield. He’s not flashy like Mark but he’ll get the job done.
kinbote - January 28, 2012
AJ Ellis 30
James Loney 30
Mark Ellis 30
Dee Gordon 29
Juan Uribe 30
Suck it, Baker/Smith/Cey/Garvey
Nolij - January 28, 2012
We were talking about HR’s, not singles.
lol
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
Right. Dee just doesn’t quite have as much power as the other guys :)
Nolij - January 28, 2012
Loney will never hit 30 bombs.
kinbote - January 28, 2012
haa ha
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
…in any two consecutive years.
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
Until he leaves us and breaks out.
kinbote - January 28, 2012
no question.
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
Houston, right?
kinbote - January 28, 2012
Teixeira tears his ACL this year, we trade Jim to NY.
He hits .364 with 19 bombs and 67 RBI in 54 games for the Yankees.
Sweet shit
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
McGriffian
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
Bullshit.
The late season onslaught will continue
.323 / .399 / .537
but he comes in second in the MVP to Hanley Ramirez
who we learn two weeks after the MVP vote has been suspended for drugs not on the approved list.
But gets to keep the MVP anyway
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
Deja Vu all over again?
iiidown - January 28, 2012
Start calling him Jim Beltre
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
We’d have a freakin monster on our hands
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
Just don’t touch his head while he’s driving.
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
AJ Ellis 3
Loney 11
Uribe 7 (2 trips to the DL)
Gorden 0
M Ellis 4 (Extended time on the DL)
Harston 5 (2 while filling in on the infield)
Kennedy 4
Mr. May Treanor 1 (Before being traded to Tex)
Grimjack - January 28, 2012
the best guess
imo
court168627 - January 28, 2012
Only one without at least one snark
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
Just wait til next year when Votto and David Wright are at the corners. We won’t have any prospects left but fuggit.
Pure Azure - January 28, 2012 via Android app
This winds sucks
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
You having tree issues in your neighborhood?
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
None immediate, but it is noisy as hell
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
About a week and a half ago, it was crazy windy up here, and I had to laugh as I had to literally dodge a tumbleweed while driving. Xeifrank was right!
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
Suppose to be major winds again next Thur-Sat. Not fun. I’m sure the scorpions and rattlesnakes don’t like the tumbleweeds disturbing their sleep.
Xeifrank - January 28, 2012
You must look awesome in your yard wearing shorts and sandals with black socks, screaming at the wind to stay off your lawn!
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
Why yes, yes I do
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
Did you see this?
http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index.php/kenley-jansen-top-non-closer-to-own/
kinbote - January 28, 2012
So just a few blocks away from where I live and work, a cement truck turned over Friday morning and in doing so knocked over a traffic light. It is the busiest street in the high desert, and that light was usually a brief stop for the passing traffic. Now, it’s a 3-way stop and has wreaked havoc for two days and counting with traffic.
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
Can you use your powers as a blogger to do anything?
kinbote - January 28, 2012
ha ha
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
I have few fears, but cement trucks are one of them. I will do everything in my power not to be next to one or behind one.
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
Plus side
Probably your best shot at having a statue made of you tho.
kinbote - January 28, 2012
One bad turn and next thing you know you are encased like Han Solo
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
or like the villain in the Flintstone’s movie
Josie Becker - January 28, 2012
I had to think about Han Solo….
I got it though.
#notafan
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
Now think about Hope Solo.
kinbote - January 28, 2012
mmmmmm
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
win
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
She looks better in soccer clothes than dressed up.
kinbote - January 28, 2012
first concrete statement I’ve ever heard you make
BaldBilly - January 28, 2012
How much money is Edwin Jackson looking for and why has he not signed yet?
Seems like someone would’ve scooped him up by now.
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
A lot. That’s why.
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
3 years too.
kinbote - January 28, 2012
Cardinals just replaced him for $5 Million. Cards may not have Pujols but
Returning Wainwright, replace Jackson with Oswalt, sign Beltran, Furcal
If Beltran can play CF again, they move Jay to RF in a platoon with Craig, or use Craig against LHP at 1st base. All said they have done as well as they could have to make up the ground by losing Pujols.
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
I never wanted Oswalt because of the back and contract but as a one year free agent for $ 5 Million how come 30 teams were not in on that?
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
Because he wanted to play for the Cardinals and not the 30 other teams. He pursued them. The Cardinals weren’t even going to make an offer.
VegasBlues - January 28, 2012
theres something to this whole
players like st louis thing
nolander - January 28, 2012
Disappointed about Gilbert
I guess I’ll just have to buy into the Magic hype.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
What do you all think of Stan Kroenke winning, building a football stadium in the parking lot like Peter wanted to do and bring the Rams back with him? Thumbs up from me.
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
Scuttlebutt says he won’t make any commitments to staying in St. Louis long-term (not that that has ever stopped anyone) as opposed to L.A. I think “Farmer’s Field” is still a more appealing option than Chavez Ravine for a football team, but it’s possible.
Nolij - January 28, 2012
we’re spoiled a little, but how would people feel about a multipurpose facility?
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
It’s the only way I’d see the Chavez Ravine site working for a football team. I’d hate it as a Dodger fan though and seeing as how my football allegiances have nothing to do with LA that’s all that matters to me.
VegasBlues - January 28, 2012
Unacceptable.
Nolij - January 28, 2012
You mean baseball and MMA?
kinbote - January 28, 2012
yes
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
You should feel terrible about it
Candlestick
The Murph
The shithole the Marlins just left
They all suck as baseball joints
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
Oakland Coliseum
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
Si
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
I liked Oakland for baseball.
kinbote - January 28, 2012
It might be nice, I have no frame of reference. Just seems like it sucks on tv.
I could be wrong
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
hitters don’t
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
before Mt. Davis
Josie Becker - January 28, 2012
Angel Stadium during the Rams days.
The only way it could work is if it were like Yankee Stadium when it hosted the Giants. No seats added, no view changed. Which won’t happen.
Josie Becker - January 28, 2012
Fuck them all
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
Yes
I was only discussing parking lot football field and Chavez Ravine
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
I had the question about multi-purpose facilities.
Do you think there is a possible way to build the stadiums that would work for both teams?
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
I’d think a brilliant architect could make it happen but the ones that have been built so far did not work for baseball.
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
i’ve never been so I don’t know, but how does Oakland work for Football?
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
don’t know personally
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
It's not ideal
Josie Becker - January 28, 2012
would imagine the people sitting closest to the field have roughly the worst seats
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
yup
touchdowns are scored such that the action is physically behind you
Josie Becker - January 28, 2012
don’t go too hard into the back of the endzone on that fade route or you’ll find yourself in the first row
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
I would bet that a stadium that could be slightly reconfigured would work well
IE: Extend left field wall, bring in right field wall for football season.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
that was the original plan with Shea Stadium, but it was abandoned when the Jets moved out
Josie Becker - January 28, 2012
It can't be that difficult for a great architecture firm.
During my Landscape Architecture class i saw a lot of really cool stuff.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
Just based on the Anaheim experience they have to take into account the seating for a full pleasurable experience for both fans. Going to Anaheim now and sitting beyond 1st or 3rd is a neck cranking exercise of extreme annoyance, yet I imagine those seats were great for football. Facing straight a head does not work in baseball if all you get to do is face the left or right fielder.
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
this is really cool
and I know I say that a lot. How Shea Stadium converted for football and baseball. From popular science, 1964
Josie Becker - January 28, 2012
Page 2
Josie Becker - January 28, 2012
I dig it
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
the Jets stayed until ’84, so it must not have been too bad for football
Josie Becker - January 28, 2012
even then, no one went to Mets games.
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
Not so.
berkowit28 - January 28, 2012
come on man, it was a picture of an empty stadium. Next time I’ll put a THIS IS A JOKE disclaimer up.
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
Oh. Fair enough. The comment was far enough away from the picture, I didn’t even realize you were commenting on the picture. I was just thinking it referred to the early years of Shea and the Amazing Mets, which were pretty popular.
berkowit28 - January 28, 2012
i was born in 86 so I didn’t really get to see Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry, but I wish I had. Would Ron Darling have also been on those teams?
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
Someone will reply. Although I was around then, I wasn’t a baseball fan. I just know (and remember from the time – this much I was aware of) that the earliest Mets teams were ridiculously terrible – horrible, awful – and were still very popular with New Yorkers. They were fun, their awfulness was fun. Then, all of a sudden, in 1969, just 7 years in, they won a WS, and became even more popular, a rousing success.
berkowit28 - January 28, 2012
yes
Hollywood Joe - January 28, 2012
I would imagine that chairs that are controllable direction wise would not be too expensive. Have each seat connected to a bar that could rotate them (in between games, etc, not with people in the seats), think like a locomotive’s wheels with the bar that moves them. I’m talking about rotating each seat on the spot, not moving it forward or backward as a part of the whole row.
The cost of the modifications would be less than the cost of a second stadium. Of course what Josie just posted works much better.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
direction is easy-ish, but what do you do with the seats that sit front row for baseball but are just staring at the backs of personnel for football? if you don’t sell those seats, then the front row is too far removed from the action
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
You could always just have the seats higher up starting in the first row.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
but that’s not suitable for baseball
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
multipurpose facilities are almost universally owned by the city/county and not by one of the teams
Josie Becker - January 28, 2012
And most of them built in the 70’s have been torn down!
iiidown - January 28, 2012
“It was a good day” came out 20 years ago.
Wow
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
No it didn't.
came out in Feb 1993.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
Saw this on tumblr though
CLUE 1:
"went to short dogs house,
they was watching Yo MTV
RAPS"
Yo MTV RAPS first aired:
Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single "today was a good day" released on:
Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3:
"The Lakers beat the Super
Sonics"
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release of the single FEBRUARY 23 1993 where the Lakers beat the Super Sonics:
Nov 11 1988 114-103
Nov 30 1988 110-106
Apr 4 1989 115-97
Apr 23 1989 121-117
Jan 17 1990 100-90
Feb 28 1990 112-107
Mar 25 1990 116-94
Apr 17 1990 102-101
Jan 18 1991 105-96
Mar 24 1991 113-96
Apr 21 1991 103-100
Jan 20 1992 116-110
CLUE 4:
Dates of those Laker wins over SuperSonics where it was a clear day with no Smog:
Nov 30 1988
Apr 4 1989
Jan 18 1991
Jan 20 1992
CLUE 5:
"Got a beep from Kim, and
she can fuck all night"
beepers weren’t adopted by mobile phone companies until the 1990s. Dates left where mobile beepers were availible to public:
Jan 18 1991
Jan 20 1992
CLUE 6:
Ice Cube starred in the film "Boyz in the hood" that released late Summer of 1991, but was being filmed mid-late 1990 early 1991 and Ice Cube was busy on set filming the movie Jan 18 1991 too busy to be lounging around the streets with no plans. Ladies and Gentlemen..
The ONLY day where:
Yo MTV Raps was on air
It was a clear and smogless day
Beepers were commercially sold
Lakers beat the SuperSonics
and Ice Cube had no events to attend was…
JANUARY 20 1992
National Good Day Day
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
Wow
Nevermind.
You damn internet, you’re such a lying whore!
keithc13 - January 28, 2012
Damnit, I was going to post that here. DAMN YOU ALL
fbihop - January 28, 2012
HAHAHA!
I won at something.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
HITNG?
court168627 - January 28, 2012
I threw my ring into the protein powder hat in the last thread
nolander - January 28, 2012
I get da double chocolate
nolander - January 28, 2012
the strawberry is disgusting
nolander - January 28, 2012
there's a guy who drinks the strawberry
but the double chocolate is DELIGHTFUL
Maddz - January 28, 2012
no whey
kinbote - January 28, 2012
No Curds……………………………..
Grimjack - January 28, 2012
I buy protein power bars after workouts at the campus gym's shop.
Vanilla Yogurt is actually tasty.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
power bars are great for increasing your body fat %
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
i'm fine with that too, actually.
I’m tired of 6’/155lbs. I’m probably 160 now though.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
i don’t remember you being that tall. Dude, you’re a 6’0 lefty, learn how to throw 88 and a slider and go be a millionaire
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
Teach me, then.
Lol.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
cake
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
Cake?
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
piece of cake
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
Alrighty then. If i don't get the orientation leader job i'll be back in socal.
If you’re seriously down to teach me.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
teaching baseball is what i do man
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
Alrighty then. I'm totes srs about this though.
I want to get back into baseball and make the UCD club team this fall. It should help that i figured out how to throw my change during the tryout process last year (too late for me to throw it live, though)
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
I would kill to be a 6 foot lefty
Hollywood Joe - January 28, 2012
right?! and he’s only 18!
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
Yeah, but i throw like 65
So, it’s a trade-off, i suppose.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
the jump from 65 to 80 is nothing but a tweak away. everything after that will be repetition and strength, and least right away
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
How can you make a 15 MPH jump with just a tweak?
It’s not like I pitch, but I’d love to throw in the 70s, lol
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
armslot for one
Maddz - January 28, 2012
for you, the jump from 40 to 50 will be a doozy
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
sad face
I’ve been known to hit in the high 50s back when I was 14 or 15, though with not much practice in the last, oh, idk, 7 years, i’m not sure that may even be true anymore, lol
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
called it
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
if you could give a 15 MPH jump…..dangerous
Hollywood Joe - January 28, 2012
65-80 is WAY different than 80-95, but getting a grown man with a little pitching ability from 65-80 isn’t that difficult. i think 80 is the hardest a non-pitcher can expect to get to without baseball training/experience
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
15 MPH jump, huh?
Can you get me from zero to 15?
Humma Kavula - January 28, 2012
in under 6 seconds
Hollywood Joe - January 29, 2012
3/5ths of a mile in ten seconds?
iiidown - January 29, 2012
how old – any growth left?
Hollywood Joe - January 28, 2012
18. And probably not. Unless i go the Gagne route
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
i grew half an inch at age 24. it’s gonna happen
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
I'm hoping I've still got another grow spurt left
I just don’t feel tall enough at 6’2’’ :)
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
fuck you
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
I was hoping for a Humma but a Phil works too :)
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
you get one from me too you giant bastard
Tommy Blackjack - January 28, 2012
Life is tough for me as a giant
size 14 shoes are near impossible to find in stores, and when you do they are awful shoes no one should ever buy.
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
Only in my secret heart of hearts have I not gotten over being short.
Humma Kavula - January 28, 2012
:(
I only did it cause everyone else was doing it! lol
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
Josh Macciello might have made the cut ...
according to Chad, Josh has been tweeting hints that he made it to round 2.
Venergy - January 28, 2012
Magic group would be my #1 preference. but Macciello would be my #2 … cuz he’s got a little crazy in him.
Venergy - January 28, 2012
Cuban should join Macchiello’s group :)
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
I have to say, he would probably be a terrible owner, but there’s a small part of me rooting for Macciello.
court168627 - January 28, 2012
Ditto, Eric is missing his chance to be a GM by not giving this guy any ink. I suspect he holds grudges.
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
apparently he’s already corresponded with Roberto from Vince Scully is My Homeboy
court168627 - January 28, 2012
He’s paying for the LFP softball team. His publicist has reached out to all the blogs.
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
Actually, that may not be true, scratch that
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
the 2nd part
You will meet him a the tournament, he will be playing for LFP.
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
damn
i wish i was going now.
court168627 - January 28, 2012
wtf.
did not know that. it’s funny how all of his interviews are “is this guy legit?” it makes me think that he’s actually less legit.
court168627 - January 28, 2012
his website looks like it was designed in 1998.
court168627 - January 28, 2012
it’s a Myspace
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
i meant this
http://www.armital.com/
court168627 - January 28, 2012
haha even better. I thought you meant his VOTE FOR PEDRO website
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
o.
that totally sucks too.
court168627 - January 28, 2012
Went to DS this morning to pick out mini plan tix. Love being there any time of year, but hated seeing field covered with dirt from supercross. They have not changed or removed any displays from last season. Big pictures of Padilla and Kuo, even a Navarro reference.
JB 8 - January 28, 2012
they won’t take those down until the moment DePodesta walks into the stadium for his first day
Josie Becker - January 28, 2012
Burn in he…………………………….Ack (slumps over keyboard and dies)
Grimjack - January 28, 2012
i wonder if people think DePodesta/Beane would be effective with larger payrolls or if they’d geek out over Alfonso Soriano too
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
Three DHs is the last market inefficiency, so I don’t know how well that would translate to the NL.
kinbote - January 28, 2012
I’m scared of what a big picture of Padilla would look like.
kinbote - January 28, 2012
Could’ve sworn I saw a pentagram on his hand
JB 8 - January 28, 2012
Mighty Joe Young
Pure Azure - January 28, 2012 via Android app
Fun fact.
Mighty Joe Young was the original name of the Stone Temple Pilots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx-OxRVpfl8
They were funky. Oh so funky.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
That trick shot video with Mattingly is funny.
Although I think the repeated Don’t Stop Believing references would make some here cringe.
JB 8 - January 28, 2012
I told you not to wear that hat…………
Grimjack - January 28, 2012
Dee Gordon as Gumby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZRUtJsggDE&feature=related
kinbote - January 28, 2012
Damnit
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
Joe Piscopo: Eddie Murphy::Chad Billingsly: Clayton Kershaw?
kinbote - January 28, 2012
I’ll see if I can get them to do an Ebony & Ivory remake during spring training.
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
lol
Tommy Blackjack - January 28, 2012 via iPhone app
Future Cy Young Award winner
silverwidow - January 28, 2012
Amirite? :)
silverwidow - January 28, 2012
Go Chad! :)
Tommy Blackjack - January 28, 2012 via iPhone app
Billingsley projection
33-0
0.04 ERA (He will only give up one run the entire season on four consecutive HBP).
silverwidow - January 28, 2012
Smokejumper Guerrier sets record for fewest inherited runners to score.
kinbote - January 28, 2012
I thought he would go all the way in 2009
His June-September starts were so frustrating after I started to see him as an ace.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
At one point Chad and Cain were on the same path, then our Chad become Abel.
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
wow
Hollywood Joe - January 28, 2012
Yeah he totally sucked...
meaning he was around average…for one year.
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
I thought that was Webster at first glance
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
Whoops
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
FUCK YOU DESHIELDS
lnickerson88 - January 28, 2012
and
FUCK YOU REED
Tommy Blackjack - January 28, 2012 via iPhone app
And by that I mean Fred Claire.
lnickerson88 - January 28, 2012
I may be one of the last few who thinks he may ever reach that potential
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
There are Dodger fans and then there are Dodger fans.
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
Given the Dee Gordon conversation how many players since integration have hit more inside the park home runs then over the fence home runs, minimum 10?
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
probably get a bucnh of guys at like 1-0
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
why I said minimum of 10
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
12 of Willie Wilson’s first 15 homers were inside the park. The last 26 of his career went over the fence.
Juan Pierre has hit 16 homers in his career and all but one went over the fence.
The cutoff shouldn’t be integration, but rather deadball/liveball.
btimmer - January 28, 2012
Thanks Bob, makes sense that at the beginning of the burner careers they have more ISP home runs and that changes as the body changes if they stay in the game.
I like to use integration as the cutoff simply because I do.
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
Clyde Milan hit 17 career homers for Washington in the deadball era in a monstrous park. 14 of them are known to be IPHR.
btimmer - January 28, 2012
Another reason to use later years was reduction in size of ballparks.
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
career?
or in one season? i can’t imagine someone having 10 inside the parkers in on season.
court168627 - January 28, 2012
Of course
Phil Gurnee - January 28, 2012
Sam Crawford had 12 IPHR in the 1901 season for the Reds. 51 of his 97 homers were inside the park.
btimmer - January 28, 2012
You need a theme song Bob
Tommy Blackjack - January 28, 2012 via iPhone app
or at least entrance music
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
This can serve either purpose.
btimmer - January 28, 2012
back before outfield fences
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
Reds 1901
Josie Becker - January 28, 2012
so, true or false?
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
true, absolutely true
Josie Becker - January 28, 2012
kit
Hollywood Joe - January 28, 2012
Has to be zero
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
G how was the game today
I finally figured out what was happening with my swing today at the cage – itching to play!
Hollywood Joe - January 28, 2012
our game was postponed due to inability to find an available field. Thankfully.
I’m nowhere near ready to throw to hitters. I’m doing this weird thing with my slider where I frisbee it up instead of throwing it with an aggressive armslot so it’s practically like me standing there screaming HEY EVERYONE I’M GONNA THROW A LOOPY SLIDER PLEASE DON’T SWING
So I played basketball instead.
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
I like that slider that moves across the zone on one plane – that’s my favorite slider in the world
Hollywood Joe - January 28, 2012
Just switch to a curve for a game
Come on. Join the dark side.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
he already throws a curve
Maddz - January 28, 2012
i have both. use one to setup the other, and it varies from inning to inning which i choose to use and how I use them.
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
or, see my comment above, jackass
Maddz - January 28, 2012
i saw it, and was extrapolating.
YES EXTRAPOLATING
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
DON’T MAKE ME WALK OVER TO YOUR COMPUTER AND Z THROUGH SHIT AGAIN
COS I’LL DO IT
Maddz - January 28, 2012
lmao
I can just imagine how inconvenient that is. You should just refresh his page if you want to be really annoying, i hate whenever I click a profile page accidentally!
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
WHY ARE YOU GIVING HER IDEAS
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
because he likes me more than you duhhhhh
Maddz - January 28, 2012
My bad, thinking out loud like usual
Also like usual it may end up as a bad idea, lol
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
Also, I'll say because the 40-50 MPH comment
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
I wasn’t saying it to be a dick, I just kind of figured as much.
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
I'm just kidding anyway
After seeing me play softball before, anyone is free to make any crack about my baseball/softball skills, except for the fact I’m a damn good softball singles hitter! lol
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
you are Austin Gallagher
Tommy Blackjack - January 28, 2012
yes!
I’ve been waiting for that comparison to be made, haha
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
another point for me
(makes note)
Tommy Blackjack - January 28, 2012
That tally has got to be a long list by now
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
I don’t wanna brag…..
Tommy Blackjack - January 28, 2012
i haven’t been to the cages since I went with you. I’m kind of afraid of what the first pitch I see might do. If it’s a breaking ball I might lose it.
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
Garvey’s out. Wonder who the fourth down will be.
lnickerson88 - January 28, 2012 via mobile
Kinda glad he's out.
Never really liked the idea of him in charge. Wouldn’t mind seeing Orel at the top, though.
Taylor Maricle - January 28, 2012
Yeah, I was rooting for him pretty much because of Orel. Now I’m split between Magic and Kroenke. I didn’t really think Kroenke would be such a serious bidder, but apparently he is.
lnickerson88 - January 28, 2012
And really, the only reason I want Kroenke here is so he can bring the Rams with him.
lnickerson88 - January 28, 2012
I don't know about Kroenke
I know him and his wife have money up the wazoo, but I would like an owner who’s focused on only the Dodgers.
Tommy Blackjack - January 28, 2012
Isn’t that an uncomfortable place to store money?
iiidown - January 28, 2012
not if the stories I hear about prison are true
Hollywood Joe - January 28, 2012
Papillon!
David Young - January 29, 2012
I wan’t the opposite
An owner focused only the team is going to be prone to micro-management and medling
I want someone who this is a feather in their cap, an ego stroke, a long term investment, and something that they let the little people who work for them worry about
if we get a Jerry Jones I will cry for Frank
Hollywood Joe - January 28, 2012
wan’t
nice
Hollywood Joe - January 28, 2012
Kroenke will most likely move the Rams back to LA. Whether he owns the Dodgers or not will have nothing to do with that decision.
VegasBlues - January 28, 2012
There isn’t any evidence supporting this statement. I hope it’s true nonetheless.
lnickerson88 - January 28, 2012 via mobile
I cannot wait for an owner to be chosen, the celebration and outcry together will be awesome
I expect bedlam
Hollywood Joe - January 28, 2012
I expect a fat payroll……and eventually Joey Votto and Granick. I’m a daydream believer but don’t call me a homecoming queen or else we can “throw hands”
VeroJoe - January 28, 2012
I want a 2013 rotation of Kershaw, Hamels, Greinke, Cain, Billingsley. Fuck Philadelphia.
G.Scott - January 28, 2012
That would be nice
I’ll settle for:
Kershaw, Greinke, Billingsley, Rubby, Withrow/Eovaldi/Webster/Lee
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
I’m thinking the same thing IVdown…….and Gary I lived near Philly for a long time so I really hate the Phillies!
VeroJoe - January 28, 2012
I never liked the Phils pre 08, but since then my hate has grown strong
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
Good on you both. And yeah, I am against any non Rubby future Dodger rotation
lnickerson88 - January 28, 2012 via mobile
he got traded for Miguel Cabrera
G.Scott - January 29, 2012
that eases a bit of the pain, haha
Ivdown - January 29, 2012
Bride is getting hangry
Why are none of the sushi restaurants in Manhattan Beach answering their phones?!
Humma Kavula - January 28, 2012
because
they know………
Tommy Blackjack - January 28, 2012
Maybe Mike Brown is coaching their phone lines
Eric Stephen - January 28, 2012
(grumble)
Tommy Blackjack - January 28, 2012
so the bar around the corner
has 80s karaoke nights on wednesdays…best 80s costume gets free drinks…i am aiming to never have to pay for a wednesday night again
Maddz - January 28, 2012
The possibilities are endless
Which classic 80s look do you choose when there are so many??
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
RIGHT?
IT’S GOING TO BE AWESOME
Maddz - January 28, 2012
Over the summer I totally wanted to go to an 80s club
and I did find out that there are like 3 or 4 in LA! Too bad I still haven’t gone yet
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
I’m thinking Cyndi Lauper or Olivia Newton-John!
iiidown - January 28, 2012
Tina Turner or Cher
VeroJoe - January 28, 2012
HJ do you FB?
VeroJoe - January 28, 2012
I
Can answer that. No hJ doesn’t FB, tweet or Google+
bhsportsguy - January 28, 2012
So he's a Myspace guy eh
:P
Ivdown - January 28, 2012
:(
I think I recall asking him last year…..I was hoping that could have changed over the last 12 months LOL.
I’m able to keep up with Maddz & Gary on there, whenever they aren’t here.
VeroJoe - January 28, 2012
I’m still trying to wrap my head around the scenario in which one becomes anti-google
VeroJoe - January 28, 2012
I have a facebook account, and it keeps telling me I have notifications, but when I go on , the only thing I see is people with waaaaay too much time on their hands. I really don’t want to tell the entire world what kind of a day I had. That’s what TBLA is for!
iiidown - January 28, 2012
he is correct!
this is my one form of social media, well I am on LinkedIn but that’s no fun
I have nothing against it, just not for me right now
Hollywood Joe - January 29, 2012
Aussie men's final
Almost 6 hours, longest men’s grand slam final in the open era.
Superhuman effort by both champions, Djokovic looked done in the fifth but pulled whatever energy he had in his exhausted body to win the battle of attrition.
He couldn’t move but willed the victory. What a treat.
Pure Azure - January 29, 2012 via Android app
Nice. I couldn’t imagine playing tennis at that level for such a long time. I’d need a massage, lunch and a sleep break between the third and fourth sets.
Xeifrank - January 29, 2012
The Sunday New York Times FTMFW
It is such a joy to read, it makes me miss the LAT that was
Hollywood Joe - January 29, 2012
Sunday mornings used to be a marathon of reading the LA Times. First: The Headlines and the front page, then the sports section -cover to cover, then the Calendar section. Now you can scan the entire paper (All thirty pages of it!) in about 10 minutes – Ads and all!
I wanted to be a Journalist once upon a time, and I loved the way the Times laid out their newspaper, but the Internet has killed newspapers, and I don’t think they’re long for this world.
iiidown - January 29, 2012
I’m in a dying industry! Yay!
Although I’m on the internet side of things, there just aren’t that many jobs out there in my field.
fbihop - January 29, 2012
I saw that it costs $6.00 now…absolutely crazy!
silverwidow - January 29, 2012
in Burma?
Josie Becker - January 29, 2012
The regular L.A. Times costs a dollar now. Now, that’s crazy.
Tripon - January 29, 2012
new (fan) post up top...Great stuff by Dodgerblue8188
http://www.truebluela.com/2012/1/27/2733002/2011-dodgers-spreadsheet-project
Eric Stephen - January 29, 2012
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