True Blue LA

“James, we hardly knew ye”

He had a ~~mediocre~~ good run

Jack Huber - January 3, 2012 reply

Were you out of the country when Jim Loney was on fire the last few months of last year?

Since triples in DS are less about speed and more about getting the ball to bounce of something funny I’m going Mark Ellis.

Does Aubrey Huff count as “funny”?

Damn right

Some of his teammates are

How triples happen in Dodger Stadium:

You be the judge (finally found it)

That man makes millions of dollars a year.

nice recovery at the end

Stopping his head from smashing into the wall

Ath. Lete.

G.Scott - January 3, 2012 reply

Given everything else, I was thoroughly impressed by that.

macomeau - January 9, 2012 reply

It would have been funnier if on his dive he put his head into the wall, crashed through, and couldn’t get it out.

Loony Tunes style.

Coco Crisp gets 14 million

Gwynn’s contract looks great

The A’s have now outspent the Yankees, Red Sox, White Sox, Cubs, Giants, Mariners, Braves and many more this offseason.

So much for rebuilding

If he stays healthy

He’s worth it. To the A’s? Who knows. They really have no shot at the playoffs the next couple of years barring something strange happening. But he is probably between a 2.0 and 2.5 WAR player given 500+ PAs. This contract values him at around a 1.7 WAR player for this year and 1.3 the next.

strange

like signing prince fielder?

stranger

like signing Prince Fielder, along with Pujols, Hamilton and Kinsler all missing the season. Then they have an outside shot.

What would Gwynn be worth?

Depends

How much credence you put on UZR or your defensive metric of choice. If you think his defense is worth one win or more then probably right around the same as long as you planned on playing him full time.

Matt Kemp

has 28 career triples, the high being 8 in 2009.

and by 8 I mean 7.

Are the Dodgers a world championship team with Jimmie Foxx at 1st base in 2012?

No, because he is dead

Well that’s the right answer but the other one is sadly “they’re probably the favorites in the NL West”

Jimmie Foxx in his prime?

Definitely

Do the Rockies get Lou Gerhig, the Padres Babe Ruth, the Giants get Lefty Grove, and the Diamondbacks Charlie Gehringer?

WTF kind of question is this?

Shhhhh

at least it is a baseball question. It’s not like he asked where the best Taco trucks are, or which wine goes best with a breakfast burrito.

boxed wine, obviously.

Then I’m good for the next month or so.

Blame Ned for filling the entire roster 3 hours after the WS ended

Kenny Lofton, Brett Butler, Willie Davis and Maury Wills

are the only Los Angeles Dodgers to hit 10 or more triples.

add on - Since Dodger Stadium

has been their home stadium

Lofton had 12 in 2006.

I believe I read that somewhere……

I was just amazed he mustered that total.

I’m sure glad we got one of the most exciting players of my generation at the end of his career.

True, Jason Schmidt was awesome

It was a deceptive 85, Phil.

He was a great hitter for us

He was ugly like Cody Ross.

I expect Gordon to hit at least 11 triples this year

You’d think but for some reason, not really a triple machine. It is curious.

I haven't really looked at his numbers in the minors but I would expect a ton

So that’s not really the case?

Hanley Ramirez

I find it funny that he will "accept" a switch to 3rd base

Ozzie hunted him down and made him accept it.

Found him in Chumpville

sharing some extra sour lemonade with Larry Bowa

Jack Huber - January 3, 2012 reply

But we have Uribe at 3b. ;)

He will lead the team with 8 triples!

What happens

when Juan Uribe tries for triples:

OK, Uribe is bad, but comparing him to a Giant? Harsh, man.

Uribe was a Giant too.

Was joking, but obviously wasn’t a good one.

Got it, but his orange and black stink has to be addressed.

Alfredo Silverio

Who will be better in 2012, Aubrey Huff or James Loney?

Loney

but he won’t be as good as Huff was when Huff was Jim’s age

Loney. Huff may be done, entering his age-35 season.

Loney is entering his age-28 season. Huff’s age-28 season: .261 / .321 / .428 / .749, 98 OPS+

Jose Uribe

or maybe Juan

does it matter?

James Loney

or make that Jim Loney will lead the Dodgers in triple plays next season. I was going to go with Uribe because most triple plays are started by a right hander pulling the ball to the third baseman but I think Loney gets way more plate appearances and hits into the most triple plays of any Dodger next year. I can’t believe someone actually picked Dee Gordon. I mean, come on! The dude is way too fast to hit in to that many triple plays.

James Worthy

was one short of a triple play in Houston once.

Ok, next Dave is going to tell us that Kobe Bryant once rimmed out on a double double in Denver once.

I don't understand how the rest of that sentence relates to this:

I hate those PC commercials

with a bunch of insincere assholes claiming to speed up your computer. People – it’s SPYWARE.

Have you seen the movie The Invention Of Lying?

I see it has Ricky Gervais and Tina Fey. Like those two.

I felt lied to

after seeing it

It was Ricky Gervais and Jennifer Garner. I hated it.

it was such a weird script

but i didnt really translate well to the screen

Boog Powell
Fred McGriff
Second coming of Eddie Murray
Kenny Lofton
Ricky Henderson
Juan Marichal
Cesear Cedeno
Hoyt Wilhelm
Frank Robinson
Jim Bunning

What are

potential Dodger left fielders?

failed old timers?

delias man - January 3, 2012 reply

James Loney chauffeur candidates

The returns of Don Sutton and Orel Hershiser.
Jim Thome.
Ken Boyer.

Can’t believe I forgot about those two

I’m fairly certain no one under the age of 40 who is not a stathead appreciated how good Ken Boyer was.

His brother

had a cooler name

Definitely a great name for jocks.

It's funny

Clete sounds like a cool name. But Cletis brings up images of a mouth-breathing knuckle-dragging hillbilly

I was having trouble remembering this one: Rocky Colavito.

I can play too

Moose Skowron
~~Garret Anderson~~
Phil Garner
Almost Lance Parrish

I would not qualify Phil Garner as a former great player but that is only opinion.

Andruw Jones!

PC Load Letter

What the fuck does that mean?!

Wikipedia says...

“PC LOAD LETTER is a technology meme, originally a printer error message, which has grown into popular culture as a reference to a confusing or inappropriate error message.”

Link

Dee Gordon

13 Triples

Leg and Thigh for 99 cents today

at Popeyes

they’d have to pay me at least 5 bucks to eat it

I wish there was a popeyes in Granada Hills, instead we get KFC.

Churchs is better

We are getting a FREEBIRD’S WORLD BURRITO and ZANKOU CHICKEN.. what the fuck are those places? time to google.

without Googling, I will go out on a limb and say the first restaurant is doomed to failure.

sweet, I asked for a Chipotle, Im getting a freebirds world burrito… fuck it.

does it come

with an interminable guitar solo on the side?

That zankou places is a ……To provide the most natural, fastest, freshest, and tastiest Mediterranean food in the world…. sweet, ill take it, need more food options, tired of trading off between Panda Express and Del Taco.

Thats pretty brutal

I found a hole in the wall takeout place in the high desert that has Persian food. I think it is called Kabob House or something like that, and it wasn’t half bad. I will definitely go back.

Cell kebab FTMFW

cell = cello

how does not 1/2 bad turn into a ringing endorsement these days.

someone has a case of the mid-afternoon grumpies

Not at all, I use the same saying, but I find it weird that such a saying is basically an endorsement.

It’s a takeout place so I was expecting terrible, but it was flavorful. I need to go back a second time in order to move the needle from not half bad to good.

There is an Olympia Kebob house in granada hills as well, they cant be happy with news of Zankou’s arrival

Which family member owns it? there is in fighting over who owns the rights to make the garlic sauce (which is really good). Zankou is very tasty.

Zankou

is the place that inspired the palenstine chicken episode of Curb

If someone suggests that you should go to Freebirds instead of Chipotle for fake Mexican they probably hate you secretly.

oh it’s no secret

I’m not suggesting anything, never heard of any of these places, but I guess they are coming to Granada Hills, so we shall see.

freebirds is

a chipotle rip off, obvi. it started near UCSB in IV but also has a place in College Station, TX. odd.

Zankou is overrated IMO

But Beck likes them

loser

I tried the Van Nuys / Sherman Oaks Zankou Chicken last month for the first time. The chicken was surprisingly dull.

What burrito is it that you want to eat?
(barely audible) “freebird”
What?
“FREEBIRD”
I heard that.

You can the chicken burrito with Skin-yrd™ or without.

have you had a freebird burrito before?

Never even heard of it.

No gauchos on here?

Freebird’s is huge in santa barbara, just recently started expanding I think

Underdog will chime in, as will berkowit28

former Gaucho here

I usually at at Pizza Bob’s… or should say drank. Probably gone now.

I'm not a gaucho

but I’ve heard of freebirds, surprised nobody in this discussion has even heard of them, I thought they were more well known

yeah

but now there is a super cucas in IV, so who needs freebirds?!

also, freebirds branched out to texas of all places. i was shocked when i saw it

I haven’t had Church’s Chicken in years.

yeah I dont go to church, so I feel bad eating their chicken.

Carlos Quentin sucks

I rather have Rivera at half the cost

um

You’d rather have “Champagne Room” at half the cost

?

I don’t get the strip club reference and do I want to?

Vintage HJ, circa 2012

It was Kinbote!

I just converted the metaphor

all is love

No he does not

Fangraphs has TGJ as the more valuable player over the last 3 years, FWIW

Yet I have a mind of my own.

LOL!

I wouldn’t say I’d rather have Rivera, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Quentin’s offensive value was negated by his D, especially playing all those games in the NL West.

This just rings of fail

Quentin is a possible 30 hr bat, Rivera will be lucky to hit 15-20, and he won’t even provide any other real value either. Not only that, Quentin has walked a lot more than Rivera ever has. Yeah, I’d definitely take Quentin over Rivera.

Juan will be lucky to hit 10 home runs.

I'll say around 12 HR

Which makes me want to roll up into a ball and start crying as i’m sure he will be our 5th hitter.

Quentin is better than Rivera but man Quentin is gonna be terrible in the outfield at Petco.

Champagne Room

Quentin is better but I take the under on the Puppy’s “possible 30 hr bat” and say no way he hits 30 while playing 99 games in SD, SF, and LA.

Considering he’s only hit 30+ in 2008 that’s not bold.

I’ll take an under at 25.5

It's one of those "if he's healthy" things

He’s always been on pace for more than 30 home runs, he just hasn’t played enough to do it since 2008.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quentca01.shtml#2008-2011-sum:batting_standard

His per 162 game average for HR from 2008 till now is 37.

He is moving from a very favorable hitters park to Petco. And having to play OF in the vast pastures of the NL West (DS is the smallest!) isn’t going to help the staying healthy part.

Also, very few players play 162 games.

The point is if he plays 130-150 games he'll come damn close to 30

I don’t think it will be the parks he will be playing in that will hurt him, if anything it will be his health. If he gets 140+ games this year I think he could hit 30 HR.

Depends on how long The Capang Duo last this year.

Reed Johnson

remains a Cub for a reported $1.15M

The Chargers have been Norved.

60 Minutes

There was a story about a dude who was being paid up to $2500 to take people’s SATs. He was such a wizard at it that he’d actually fly from state to state for his “clients.”

I didn’t watch, but that is awesome on some level.

many levels

SATs only happen once a month. You’re only making $30,000. Nice side job.

Are they on the same day in every city? I would doubt it, but it’s been a while.

http://sat.collegeboard.org/register/

All SAT tests are on the same day. The College Board(the company that administers the test) don’t want anybody figure out what’s on the test.

Same show

had this guy FREE SOLOING rocks in Yosemite. So, like, the ultimate game of Russian Roulette.

Lip from Shameless

How much did he get

if he passed them?

Well, he said his track record spoke for itself. Basically, he was guaranteeing top notch scores all the time. He aced the math section on his first try.

Magic Johnson just tweeted congratulations to Lebron James for Lebron’s engagement.

Anyone else wondering what James gave to his fiancee since he obviously didn’t have a ring?*

*I do think Lebron will eventually win a title in Miami, perhaps as soon as this season.

Another joke heard

now his fiancee has one more Ring than Lebron.

Yes

Former USC running back Allen Bradford has signed on with the Seahawks and will play linebacker. His tweet:

I hung my RB cleats up and went to the dark side to pick go cop a pair of those LB cleats #TrueStory

Do linebackers wear different shoes than running backs? That might account for and explain some of the offensive advantages in football we talked about this morning. :)

it’s not like first baseman glove versus catchers mitt, but at least in association football some cleats are for speed, others are designed for stability. I imagine it’s the same in American rules football.

“American rules football” ?

just walk on by

I’ll cut her some slack…

football with an ‘oo’, not a ‘u’.

Bradford

was a highly ranked linebacker recruit. But USC said he could play running back for them so that is where he went.

Yeah I remember that coming out of high school.

yeah I didnt get why he was moved to RB early on, when I believe that was the time we had those 6 or 7 highly rated RBs….. though I guess none of those RBs really amounted to much….. but I always wondered what kind of LB he would of been.

was this when they had cushing mathews malaluga?

if so theres your answer

that could be, but still they were gone after that season….

Guy has one great game.

@adbrandt: If Matt Flynn received Franchise Tag, would be scheduled to make $14.5 million in 2012. Aaron Rodgers to make $8 million.

I made a few comments in jest on Sunday that clearly Aaron Rodgers was a system QB, but then I hear today that some clown on ESPN (I forgot who) said the same thing, but was serious.

Everyone is a system QB. It’s not like 11 guys just line up and do whatever they want.

Was not Just ESPN, I heard it on the Dan Patrick show as well.

Dan Patrick

Said that it was a ridiculous notion

Tommy Blackjack - January 3, 2012 via iPhone app reply

True.

two great games if you count the one against new england last year

someone, somewhere,at ESPN put his day in historical context – his argument is that bad QBs cannot have a day that good, and thus Matt Flynn is a bankable starter at worse

Yep. Lots of people were saying Flynn would be one of the top QB FAs before this season even started and that game only helped.

I remember Flynn against the Pats last season

He played a hell of a game and nearly bet them then. I’d love to see Flynn get franchised then traded for a nice haul.

Beat*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTw2xfPFWes

Next new DC comics show is going to be Batgirl.

The next Batman cartoon is still in the planning stages.

link is to cartoon network content.

I’m waiting for one of these Dark Knight movies to have Clayface in it

Killer Croc is way cooler than Clayface

Mr Freeze is cooler then both of them combined so

"freeze in hell, batman"

Been there, it wasn’t pretty

and the Riddler is more of an enigma

Ahnold ruined him forever

no

I'd like to see Raz Al Ghul come back

and also have Talia

spoilers

she might be in the new movie

That would certainly be a lot for one movie

I hope they don’t Spiderman 3 or Batman and Robin this up.

I’d like to see a con where a SAT wizard who actually sucks, cons the parents into letting him take the kids SAT’s and then when he blows their future out of the water, they can’t really say anything because ya know they were fucking cheating. Cash up front of course.

I guess it is funny one level but it is like the steroid discussion. Cheaters really fuck over the hard workers or those blessed with more intelligence (athleticism) then the cheaters.

um, ok

Is there any punishment for cheating on the SAT?

Caning.

paddlin

keelhauling

exsanguination

defenestration

Impalement

Anal Leakage.

Do you know what keelhauling involves?

1. Keels
2. Hauling
3. Unfortunate victim

4. rope.

5. Mussels

6.Barnicles

7. Cockles

did anyone live after being keelhauled? If so a nice vat of alcohol should do the trick

I don’t think living was the desired outcome

50/50 outcome on living and dying, was outlawed as cruel and unusual punishment.

It was certainly the latter, then again I’m all for CAUP for certain individuals. Who cares if it is not a deterrent, make them feel pain.

Iron boot, cat o’ nine tails, the rack and McDonalds all have something in common, Cruel and unusual punishment.

Yes, for most it is to much, for some not enough.

Your scores don’t count, and its reported to schools that you are a CHEATER.

So if you weren’t gonna pass anyway, nothing.

But how will little Timmy ever make it to Yale if they found out he was cheating?

but he wasn’t gonna make it to Yale anyhow cause he’s a dumbass who cheats

Same way he was if he scored a 1020 on the SAT?

Cha-ching

Legacy

I'd imagine it screws your reputation

I know you’re supposed to get in big trouble if you plagiarize essays at the college level, heck, even high school too.

Sounds like

it goes on your permanent record

banishment

It’s funny in the abstract sense, where there are no tangible victims. But I love your first option. I’d watch that movie.

me too

Silver spoon kids crying is always good for a rating bump

yes!

I both love the way I grew up and hate all the opportunities I never knew about and missed

seeing some rich kid get raked over the coals of life appeases both side of that coin

I have zero problem with rich kids, I have plenty of problems with silver spooners.

I have no problems with Silver Spoons however.

Ricky Schroeder, Erin Gray FTMFW

We once got into a fight with the cast of Silver Spoons at my fraternity house

Alphonso is a punk

Damn your interesting life!

A Very Special Silver Spoons

from their wiki

In the Season 1 episode “The Best Christmas Ever”, homelessness was addressed when Ricky discovered a family living in a cave on his father’s estate, featuring future Gimme a Break! and Blossom star Joey Lawrence.

haha

n the Season 3 episode “Trouble with Words”, Alfonso is doing poorly in school, and an Olympic athlete, (Bruce Jenner), who is visiting to check out a new line of athletic equipment using his name to be merchandised by Eddie Toys, helps him by discovering that Alfonso has dyslexia, a condition which causes the mind to retain information differently, and letters are seen in a different way, usually backwards.

uFkcnig iwht ydlsxecis.

IckDey Ovemay

· · – · / · · -

;-)

Morse for “FU”. Damn I bet you had that off the top of yr head.

Hell no. The only Morse I know is e is dot, t is dash and what SOS is. I had to look that up, and I didn’t have the patience to spell it out.

ha ha, what Eric said

Drew Brees Live Press Conference

coming up on ESPN.

Hmm…………

New endorsement with Brillo Pads, to scrub that mark off his face.

Still can't rub off

the stench of San Diego

How's the hand

it has been a week now.

Still bandaged

I see the specialist tomorrow for a follow up. Seems to be no signs of infection, so I don’t think I’m going to be three-fingered Leadman.

To bad, what a great moniker you could have had, if you’d only tried harder to break out the dog fight.

I read that as three-fingered Lesbian

Seems quite well equipped for the job.

damn

Hope he got more than the quarter that Uncle Buck gave that one lady (school administrator or principal?)

See, Eric is 100 times meaner then all the moderators combined

It’s been a few weeks since I made a Thurman Munson joke. I don’t know what you are talking about! :)

Football MVP: Awarded within two days of the regular season.
Baseball MVP: 2 months after the regular when nobody cares.

I like to bash Aaron Rodgers as much as the next guy, but I do think he should have won the MVP over Brees, if that is in fact the case. Maybe Rodgers should have played Sunday.

that MVP was Breezes as soon as he broke the record

If Rodgers had played 16 games it definitely should have gone to him

Unfortunately Flynn strolled in and took his 400 yards and 6 tds :)

What on earth is there that you can bash Aaron Rogers about other then his poor educational choice?

Butte College?

Frankly no one cares about individual football

awards that much

I am on board with this statement

hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - January 3, 2012 reply

Perhaps is running for the gop nomination. I predict he places 3rd in Iowa even though nobody knows he is running.

Probably signed a new contract

That was my first thought

or an endorsement deal for Isotoner gloves, making much more than Dan Marino did.

So you’re saying he will be kidnapped by Louis Einhorn prior to the Super Bowl?

I am annoyed

by how good Ray Rice is

little shit can even pick up a blitz

What the hell happened to Nate? As in, cougar/prospect lovin’ Nate.

really opposite ends of the teeter totter of life

Cougars and Prospects, that is

put em together and you got Annies : )

He got a girlfriend

been kind of low profile since

hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - January 3, 2012 reply

young upstart

probably thinks he needs to actually do work when hes in the office.. that will change

He's on the lowdown

with all those parking tickets piling up and all.

last I heard on facebook he lost his keys, lol

Greg Dobbs has signed a 2-year deal with the Marlins, per Clark Spencer.

Signing a man whose bounce back year was a .701 OPS seems like a bad idea.

Yet Another Two Year Deal.

This work business

after a long layoff is for the birds

yeah man, it sucks, hate it…. im starving, and sober, 2 things I havent felt for 10 straight days.

especially when you have a hard deadline coming up

and didn’t get to start on anything for it before the break.

Yeah

I’ve got 5 projects coming due the next 4 weeks and it was like they were sitting there, compounding insanity while I was off.

Prince Fielder...

My un-named sources tell me he is working out with Kemp, gonna lose 40 lbs and lead the LEAGUE in triples…gonna sign the same contract as Kemp with the Dodgers.
Before you ask…Loney will be traded to Rockies…start 150 games and go .290/28/102
In case you doubt me…I am correct at least 10% of the time!

BaldBilly - January 3, 2012 reply

The most improbable part of that is Prince losing weight.

this made me smile

Gracias

Tommy Blackjack - January 3, 2012 via iPhone app reply

Is this cone a good idea or not?

Apparently from a Parisian ice cream parlor.

I think I like the idea, but it probably needs to be bigger.

Needs strawberry and mint chip

How can it be a bad idea

it’s like two scoops of ice cream on breasts

Gold Medal Ribbon and Pistachio

man, they got double headed cones on ice cream trucks in Pacoima.

I have a particularly Freudian view of that dessert

but sometimes an ice cream cone is just an ice cream cone

Don’t look at it upside down.

Considering this is from france.

Might be more than a cone.

Peanut butter ice cream is a bad idea.

Disagree

violently

Yes, adding peanut butter to home made ice cream tends to be a good thing.

One of the best

not in baseball

You can have mine, and share it with Joe.

[fist bump]

I sort of assumed the scoop on the left was a coffee flavor. Coffee ice cream is grand.

don't propose on the jumbotron

I always wonder when people propose in public like that, jumbo tron or whatever, how many girls just say yes in the moment, then change their mind once they leave the sporting event, etc.

i wonder the exact same thing

Depends on the relationship

If both partners have known for a while that they want to get married and have discussed it, but aren’t engaged, then it’s a pretty good proposal.

If it’s a surprise….well…

link

its blocked for streaming media… she says no I take it?

she don't say shit

and people on youtube calling her a bitch are horrible people

well, she is sorta a bitch no? thats why im saying I think she should say yes just to save him the embarrassment, then back out after.

Nope, any fool who asks in front of big crowd is forcing her to say yes. It is a cowards way. He deserves skorn, not applause.

And yes I meant

SKORN, not scorn

^^^^

FTR

I’m also not a fan of asking in front of the family.

That said, I wish I had been a bit more romantic then simply rolling over on the pillow and saying “I guess we should be married, we haven’t tried to kill each other for months now”.

It's cute

that you call her “the pillow”

wow

In front of the family seems wrong too, but I would hope that anyone doing such a thing would know the potential bride well enough to know whether or not that would be welcomed or not. Some people are remarkably close to their family.

I somehow forgot the whole get-on-one-knee part.

I got it on video

but my wife always complains because her dog was barking in the background

At you?

Maybe Mrs. Nolander should have taken heed of the mutt?

at life

maybe at another dog that was a half mile away, who knows. We took the dogs with us to the park(nice view down a canyon of the ocean and the sun setting over it).

THIS

But I agree, its something I would never do, fuck that….. maybe guys do that for the purpose of pressuring her into saying yes so she doesnt feel like a bitch, and that sucks, so I guess it is the guys fault.

He screwed up. Should have waited until he could do it in the remodeled Pauley Pavilion, not the dark, dank Sports Arena.

New female employee

is a UCSD grad (I can hear Eric’s applause from all the way in Hesperia).

Score

Piece of advice

Don’t ask her to get Del Taco for you

why not? Those 2 for 6 chipotle burritos they have right now arent too bad, its like a poor mans chipotle.

When someone here contracts scurvy I’m not going to be at all shocked.

Haven’t been around since the fight on Friday, but your Brock pick didn’t hold up. That’s two heavyweight fights (of consequence) in a row where the elite stiker beat the wrester (JDS and Reem.)

Also, your boy Fitch took one hell of a shot. Diaz/Cerrone fight was great too. All in all a fun card.

Two HW fights in a row where the elite wrestler didn’t take a real shot on the striker and got beat up because of it.

I re-watched the JDS fight last night and Cain took one shot. Short of just trying to tackle the opponent immediately, the wrestler still needs to set up the takedown attempt. The Cain knockout just happened so damn fast. And Brock didn’t want to clinch with Reem after he took the first mammoth knee. Man, those were nasty.

Brock never tried one of his bullrush double-legs that no one has been able to stop (though Velasquez and Carwin were able to get up from them after). That surprised me the most.

I think my whole commentary during that fight was

“Shoot Brock. Shoot Brock. Shoot Brock. /Brock shoots terrible single. Shit.”

And Chipotle is like a poor man’s version of edible food.

haha you guys are picky…. there is little in this world that I cant eat and be ok with….. if its nasty to me, then its really gotta be nasty….. I was born in america, the best I got as a kid was shake n bake chicken, that red clam chowder shit, and pizza on friday nights.

I’m probably picky because my mom is a very good cook.

Makes me wish I wasnt american sometimes. We cook shit out of a box or can, and its just enough… 3 people eating? 3 pieces of chicken… no extras….. My mexican and italian friends, every dinner is for like 30 people, even if only 5 are eating, I love it!

what america do you live in?

Not my America.

The wack kind I guess…. the valley.

probably just my house…. dad is a roofing contractor and always working, moms just wanted to make quick dinners so she could get back to drinking I guess.

or they where feeding you the correct amount of food

and not trying to make you an obese person

I've always wondered what

it would be like to spend Two Days In The Valley.

We live in an area that offers really cheap Mexican holes in the walls on every block.

donuts

Small independent donuts shops already won that battle on the west coast. Dunkin wouldn’t dare expand out here, Winchell already went out of business, and Krispy Kream is on its way to bankruptcy.

Donut shops were one of the most pleasant surprises about moving to LA for me.

in the Downey/Norwalk/Bellflower area

it seems like there is a minimum 2 donut shops at every intersection

Dunkin’ is coming out west pretty soon I have heard. Its about the coffee, not the donuts.

Because it’s really hard to get a good cup of coffee around here

I’m not really a big coffee drinker, but I know a shit ton of people that love Dunkin Donuts’ coffee.

I do

Its the same reason why people like McDonalds, despite it not being very good.

Its the same damn thing every time. You’re paying for the consistency, not for the quality.

McDonalds outperformed Starbucks at some taste test some media outlet did this one time

was the metric how scalding hot you can make the coffee?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16951509/ns/business-retail/t/triple-venti-americano-decaf-surprise/#.TwOgXiNSQbI

Here we go

McDonals does have the best fast food coffee I think.

on the money

The magazine reported that McDonald’s was "decent and moderately strong. Although it lacked the subtle top notes needed to make it rise and shine, it had no flaws."
As for Starbucks, the magazine called it "strong, but burnt and bitter enough to make your eyes water instead of open."
The magazine’s final recommendation: "make your own coffee — just call it something special."

I hate Starbucks coffee (compared to Dunkin and McDonalds) but go there every morning because of the convenience.

Really? How inconvenient can it possibly be to find an alternate coffee provider?

I live in WeHo and Starbucks is the only coffee shop in walking distance that’s open past 6pm. So I also go to Starbucks out of convenience.

I like how bitter Starbucks is

I like bitter

Bitter works well for being a Dodger fan lately too.

if you develop a taste for bitter, life never gets too bad

No coffee beans?

Hm, there’s one a bit down Melrose, but I still think the Starbucks is closer. I don’t really give a shit about coffee though, I just go to get my work done. Given the choice I would rather pick a local place, but I’m not any more or less grossed out by Starbucks than I am any other corporate entity.

If I remember correctly there is a french pastry shop just off Santa Monica and Robertson. There was an indie coffee shop near the Abbey, but that went out of business.

I only drink decaf, so that’s the first problem (many don’t have fresh decaf available) and parking is scarce in Pasadena. I’d rather settle for a less than ideal cup of coffee than park and walk when driving into the office (since saving time is important.)

And Coffee Bean pissed me off so they are dead to me.

seriously?

decaf?

I ain’t stopping for decaf

I also only drink decaf.

Out of curiosity, whyt the Coffee Bean hate>

It started with them not having decaf available in the morning. Not a huge deal but it aggravates me after a while. Next they propose an alternative solution which I’m a bit skeptical about because I don’t want sugar/carbs. They assure me that there’s nothing to worry about.

After I saw the “barista” dumping 3 teaspoons of sugar into the drink I had enough.

I like coffee bean

I drink decaf sometimes at night, but at least half of my coffee intake is to get a little buzz going

I don’t get the decaf

the best coffee shop is Urth Cafe on Melrose. Get the Spanish Latte, but you’ll have to duck the paparazzi

True.

That’s really close to me. But not really a “sitdown and pull my laptop out” kind of place after dark. Their desserts are unreal.

you sitdown and put your laptop out after dark, and you’re gonna get three treatments thrown in your lap

There's a Groundworks

downtown that’s a pretty good cup of coffee

Also one across from Amoeba in Hollywood.

in the Arclight complex?

No, diagonal across Cahuenga. Technically across from the CNN building.

This. The arclight has coffee as well, served from a kiosk and at the bar.

I never thought to look diagonally from Amoeba. I just always saw the JAck in the Crack across the street, and assumed everything west of the ArcLight was giznehtto

West of Amoeba on Sunset is far far from “giznehtto.”

she knows not what she says

I grew up in San Pedro, what do I know of Hollywood except places to stalk TV stars and buy old records

I'm pretty sure Mike Watt has said those exact same words

well, maybe not the part about the tv stars

well we are both punk bassists

Pedro breeds the best.

my high school band was recorded by the engineer who did the minutemen’s original tapes. It was pretty boss

shiiiit.

that’s awesome. can i hear it? the only time i’ve ever been to pedro was to see d. boon’s grave.

If I ever find a copy lying around, you’ll be the first to know

One of my great regrets

is not having seen the Minutemen when I had hundreds of chances. Double Nickels on the Dime is still one of my all time favorite albums.

Umami burger is just north of Jack in the Crack and is Stout. Just west are some trendy clubs and “Happy Endings” sports bar.

just west is Mercantile which is a great wine bar across from my office, 3 miles west is my house (sort of) and an even better wine bar called Vintage

and a great place called Cheebo

West is the best

Cheebo is bitchin, it’s across from Meltdown Comics (okay I know the area a bit better than I let on)

Kitchen 24 is just north of Amoeba. It’s a little bourg, but I dig it.

fair but ok

is that when Umami burger is? whoknew?

That should read as is Stout. There are two Hollywood locations for Umami Burger, but that is the location that sucks trying to get into. Stout has better burgers IMO.

Stout is the deal. Loteria up on Hollywood is the deal too. The Hungry Cat is the deal. Lou’s is the deal. Go Burger is the deal. Off Vine is the deal.

good options abound

I don’t date those gals anymore, I stopped hanging out at the Urth right around when you went to Kindergarten

I’ve never been able to run into a celeb when I’ve gone, but I see so many TMZ photos taken there

I always expect to see celebs there because I walk past it to go to my busstop, but never have.

I only ever drink coffee drinks in a social setting or if I want to do work in a coffee shop. I try to limit my caffeine intake, I only ever drink Coke, and even that’s about once a week. Caffeine = unhealthy.

Caffeine = unhealthy

For you? or everyone?

nothing I’ve read suggest that, I have heard the opposite

Really?

You’ve never heard that caffeine is bad for you? If you have one cup of coffee a day, you are addicted to caffeine. It is the most depended upon drug in America.

it has beneficial side effects, but it does put your body under stress

I’ve heard that people who drink coffee are happier, more productive, and live longer than people who don’t

I’m counting on it

It affects your entire nervous and endocrine system. I’m sure there are some beneficial side effects when taken in moderation, but almost no one takes it in moderation.

I call bullshit

I take it in moderation

SSS.

I knew there was a reason

my joke alarm went off

I stopped drinking coffee habitually in the office a couple years ago. I get a little caffeine from tea, such as English (or Irish) Breakfast tea, but ending the many mugs a day habit seems to work out well for me. I no longer get any tired spells during the day. I don’t get caffeine withdrawal headaches when I am away from the office for a couple days.

I still like coffee, especially with rich desserts, but sometimes I get it regular, and sometimes I get it decaf, esp if I know the place makes a quality decaf.

Cant stop drinking a White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino.

don’t start and you won’t have to stop

i love these HJ blocks

No, I don’t drink that shit. Just a cup of decaf.

decaf? I dont get the reason for decaf… I guess some people really enjoy the flavor of dirt water… for me the caffeine was the whole reason I started with coffee. Otherwise I dont get the purpose of drinking it.

It’s hot and an appetite suppressant

wait so I can go into starbucks and ask for coffee?? I dont even see it on the menu, thought all I could get is one of the specialty drinks on the menu.

post of the day. I want to print this and put it on my yacht

ha, but for real I love the specialty drinks, I can get regular coffee at my work for free.

Dunkin have terrible donuts. Krispy Kreme is ok. But I have the same perspective about donuts (here) that I do about pizza (from back home): why would you ever buy from a chain when you can have better quality at the same convenience from a local shop?

Krispy Kreme donuts are crappy donuts

I’m not even sure they should be called donuts, or just sugar rings

Sugar rings has a nice…ring to it.

And agreed. Lots of hype for those donuts; tough to match.

I, myself, am a fan of Winchells.

Circle K.

They

suck.

Minchell’s > Winchell’s

G.Scott - January 3, 2012 reply

They’re still better than dunkin…

As they should have. Clearly superior product at just about every indy doughnut shop I have set foot in.

Its the baker, and baking a fresh batch every night. A chain simply can’t hire a baker for every location they have. And shipping in donuts is a losing proposition from the outset.

Of course, the unsaid thing is that small indy shops are either being made by the owners themselves or paying somebody under the table to a baker willing to work throughout the night.

Serious question. If that’s true, how did Western Bagel penetrate the West Coast market? They can’t have a baker at every location.

Maybe people are more willing to accept less fresh bagels than donuts.

I feel like it would be the opposite.

There's a big

Western Bagel operation on Sepulveda. Do they maybe come from there?

they also bake shit for markets

that must smell

That’s how you know it’s done!

hahah

i like it.

Thier Bagels are shit…

must be a hard sell

Trying to figure out if a hard sell or a soft sell would be better in this case.

hard sell needs more fiber

If you need moar fiber get the prune juice and move on…….

I believe they do, but if that’s acceptable, not sure why you couldn’t use that model for donuts as well.

The doughnuts age faster than the bagels.

much faster

the dough composition and the method of cooking could hardly be more different

Makes sense

For Bagels

Try Brooklyn Bagels on Beverly, close to Alvarado. Really good bagels for west coast

I do the Bagel Broker on Beverly by Fairfax, also very good.

Sam’s Bagels in Larchmont is my go to Bagel

Added bonus

a bunch of signed dodger pictures on the wall

I can remember my dad stopping for bagels at a location that fits that description in the 1960s. Is it an old place?

yeah, been there 60 years or so

Thanks, then that is the place. My mom used to work at St. Vincent’s (where I was born, back when they actually had a maternity ward – they took one look at me and immediately got out of the business), so we were in that neighborhood all the time. And of course Langer’s in the other direction on Alvarado.

I don't see why the chains couldn't have a baker

At every location? Its a mind numbing/soul crushing occupation, especially doing it day in, day out. And you’re doing it at in the middle of the night.

baking?

Frying doughnuts.

like there aren't worse jobs people do in the middle of the night

You should see what the process is of actually making donuts. No way I want to be in that business.

In comparison, being a teacher is much easier work.

My friend has a been pastry chef for 20 years now, being paid under the table the whole time. The IRS thinks he’s a full time horse gambler.

Especially for the raised (glazed) doughnuts, freshness is super key.

You have no idea

how much I want a glazed donut now

I think I do

Sounds really fucking good.

me too.

tbla is going to be abandoned for 15 minutes while we all go get donuts.

You guys also don’t have Tim Hortons out here. In old country, there are more Tim Hortons than Starbucks. Seriously.

I have never ever heard of Tim Hortons.

From the land of poutine.

I was going to try for a Horton hears a who? joke but I gave up

You should have kept plugging away to hatch that egg.

Upper Midwest and Canada (I think)

Something Canadians made up, like Celine Dion’s talent or mounties.

As someone who has extended family in canada I take “offense” to that sir……

Sorry, I meant to put Barenaked Ladies’ talent up there too.

Haha

shitting rocks

Dead to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Horton

At least Tim Hortons has a sports conection:

They make me laugh. Next you’ll be disparaging Guess Who and Lorne Greene.

I know why you put offense in quotes, it’s spelled offence in Canada : p

I can understand not liking the type of music that Celine Dion performs, but really, no talent?

Originally Canadian, now all around the north east. Has a leg up on DD and KK because all of them are 24 hours (or at least have 24 hour drive thru). There’s one on practically every corner in the Rochester and Buffalo areas.

Saw ton of them in Vancouver, Victoria this Fall. But the coolest thing by far I saw was the Steve Nash Fitness Center. He has his own chain of gyms (kind of like LA Fitness but more Canadian I suppose). I didn’t bother to look inside since I left my passport in the hotel that day, but they were offering a free 8 day trial.

hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - January 3, 2012 reply

I had a breakfast sandwich at tim hortons yesterday in the vancouver airport

/braggin

One of the nicer decorated airports I’ve been in.

Where I spent my day:

Little ski area called Sandia Ski Area which is jut on the other side of the mountain from Albuquerque. Perfect snow today, no crowd. Not a bad way to spend a Tuesday.

Just don’t pull a Bono

I’m a pretty good skier. And this ski area is really, really easy.

“I don’t mean to bug ya…”

Oh, Sonny….

Snoop

guest hosted The Price is Right yesterday. It was pretty lame.

when is “The Price is Right” not lame?

Matt Kemp

will have the most triples in 2012. And I want this reviewed next offseason so I can bask in victory.

Noted

Little Blue Bicycle - January 3, 2012 reply

I’ll also go with the Bison.

marked

One of my earliest memories of the NFL is the Bo Jackson game. I wonder if the Raiders & Bengals had made the playoffs this weekend if that would’ve been the first time together since?

Raiders and Bengals have played 8 times since Bo got hurt.

No, I meant both teams in the playoffs at the same time.

Nope

Bengals have only made the playoffs now three times since that 1990 season: 2005, 2009, and 2011. Raiders’ last playoff appearance was the 2002 season.

Chris Townsend of 95.7 The Game in San Francisco reports the Raiders have fired DC Chuck Bresnahan and three defensive assistants. Best news on 2012 yet.

The Raiders and Bengals

have met twice in the playoffs, the last time was the 1990 game in Los Angeles.

Boss

has been talking NFL football in his office with another co-worker for about an hour now. The conversation just changed to which movies they saw during the holidays. Killing me. :)

So, your co-workers are like TBLA posters?

crazy stupid love bridesmaids moneyball and inglorious basterds

i also watched 2 of those 4 during the holidays

and i rarely watch movies

I just saw Midnight in Paris. Talk about over identifying with a movie

I'm trying to get over my owen wilson hate

so I can see it

Just try not to stare at his nose and you’ll get through it.

it was good timing for me

Read “The Paris Wife”
Read “the Sun also rises”

three weeks later that movie came out

I am mostly over Woody Allen, but really enjoyed that one

it didn’t feel too Woody Allen, the moral being spoken aloud was kind of…but then they put a lampshade on it and everything was okay

I wanted to burn down the theater after watching that

Jesus Marty, that and your hatred for the Doors…

somethings I just can’t get my head around

oh the Doors are drunken buffoons

But that was cool in the sixties!

Almost Famous reference.

and the appropriate response is……

Give me the (name of Band) they had the audacity to be drunken baffoons.

“The Doors are drunken buffoons, pretending to be poetic. Give me the Guess Who, they know they’re drunken buffoons, which makes them poetic.”

I wanted that kids life so bad growing up, when I didn’t have any friends and could write well.

Just because someone almost famous wrote something doesn’t mean it rings true. The Guess Who wrote some solid pop songs but still they were pop songs. The Doors wrote generational anthems.

I knew someone that had a shirt that said “The Guess Who deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on MERIT ALONE.” I don’t even like the Guess Who, but I love how militantly dorky that shirt is.

One of my favorite bands of all time. Some jerk off crap to be sure – but on the whole I really dig them

That quote is attributed to Lester Bangs

I’m a little surprised Lester Bangs used the term “generational anthems.”

I thought

Lester Banks said the drunken buffoons quote

He did, I was unclear on which quote I ment.

fuck lester bangs, why should I listen to that guys taste. There is no rock and roll WAR, there is just what I want to listen to

i like lester bangs. but maybe because i like pretty much every musician he likes.

Marty was the arsonist then…. someone burned Jim Morrisons old house, who the fuck would dare do that?

Doors fans

still go to the Encino intersection of Densmore and Morrison.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xillqqt0Y0

I hope I see this guy there:

all I heard was “maybe I should have been born in a different time” and “writer with ennui” and I was hooked. Then Fitzgerald came on the screen and I could have died. Died Marty

Never bought into

the time traveling. Dialogue was infantile. My friend looked over at me when it finished and apologized for making me go

It was easy to imagine Woody Allen doing the broken nose lines. The historic male characters were awful. Especially the Hemmingway.

Yes

The Hemingway guy was beyond the pale bad

I think they were going for caricature with those roles

if it was caricature

Why would Wilson want to stay there? I don’t think woody could have been more off if he had been going for Charcuterie

if you want Charcuterie you really need to go to Italy

The French have nothing on the italians when it comes to all the things you can do with salumi

F Scott and Zelda died before 50, Hemingway shot himself with a gun for Abercrombie and Fitch, such tragic lives

Without angst you pretty much can’t be an artist. JMO

I hate that bullshit and call bullshit on that whole suffering for my art ideal

it is self indulgent crap

Picasso recs this comment

Cage too.

A lot of very happy, very brilliant artists.

Gertrude Stein recs this comment, but she was depressed anyway

Hmmm, I can’t think of one musical artist who I have ever listened to that did not have problems, mentally or financially.

Paul McCartney.

Didn’t he give a 9-figure settlement to Hoppy?

Eric Stephen - January 3, 2012 via mobile reply

That was long after he composed good music though.

Peter Noone!

Yep.

And still had millions and millions left over. Such financial hardship.

I told Verdell that Midnight in Paris ruined Rachel McAdams for me. No matter what she does going forward I’ll remember what a bitch she was. I would have stayed in Paris if I was going to meet that girl on the bridge. 1/2 of me liked that movie, 1/2 of me loathed that movie. Kind of what I’d expect if I’d seen 50 / 50 instead.

Sounds like the message is

no matter how wonderful the past appears to be, we are products of our own time and it is best to live and deal with it as best we can.

every generation has an idealized past, every age wanting the good old days

the age you are in today is as good as it ever was – so love it for what it is

Sorta sounds like 500 days of summer

I will never like Zoey as much as I would have before.

I guess I better not see it then, I dont want Rachel McAdams to be ruined for me at all.

they are actors – I can separate

the only way she’d be ruined for me is if she did a full frontal scene and had a dick

did I really just write that?

and you said I was having a PMS day

Is that what “being off” means these days?

I figure it works

SPOILER ALERT

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Once Guy Ritchie saw her in Midnight Paris he had her killed minutes into his latest movie. He was overheard telling Downy, “that bitch ain’t bringing down this movie, get me a gypsy”

Need to see moneyball and inglorious basterds

Saw the first two and loved them both

Moneyball is good. I think IB is great.

I am of the same mind on both

the French gal from IB….wow

is moneyball on DVD already? and IB is an older movie already isnt it?

You can buy

Inglorious Basterds. Moneyball might be on DVD now

yeah im confused because Inglorious Basterds is being talked about like its new, I thought it was already a few years old already….. Im pretty sure Moneyball isnt officially on DVD yet, but im sure it can be found.

moneyball is out (at least on torrents :)) and IB came out on dvd last xmas i think.

Gah!

don’t say torrents when I’m around

Moneyball is out on DVD/Blue ray

I am telling you - this shit delivers the goods

When I get a second yacht, I want one of those Keurig machines. No muss, no fuss

yeah but how much is that? Does it taste better then from that metal espresso maker?

I dunno – like 120 bucks maybe

it does not make espresso better than the metal stovetop

but it makes it good enough not to deal with the mess and works in my office because people can make whatever they want to drink

Maybe ill get one to have this thursday at my Jersey Shore new season party haha… im kidding I know how much you hate that show….. But cant wait for new season of eastbound and down in Feb, and the resuming of Walking Dead also in Feb.

I enjoy Kenny Fucking Powers

noted

Sad sugar bowl is sad

hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - January 3, 2012 reply

wat

wasnt the point of picking these two assy teams is because they travel and bring in that sweet sweet cash money?

Michigan traditionally travels well, but no one knows why VTech was selected

To make LBB happy.

he can go blow his horn

Caramel Corn

yes or no?

I am all for Kettle Korn.

yes but I like Kettle Corn better

in moderation

and like the gentlemen above, Kettle Corn is probably better, but also in small amounts

Ivar farmers market has a stand that makes really good kettle corn

Yes

Plus flossing later.

Softball tournament

Does anyone know what time the games are going to be? I was going to pay today, but I checked my schedule before, and I have a baseball game that day, so I’m afraid I might not be able to play in the softball tournament unless the games aren’t til the afternoon

Sounds like an all day affair

yeah, I figured as much, but when will the games start? I want to play, but I don’t want to pay if I am going to miss most of the games

Nor would I want to take up a spot (if there are limited numbers) if I can’t make some games

couldnt you just miss your baseball game one week? Its not playoffs or anything is it?

I’m the coach, and it’s the first game with the freshmen, I wouldn’t want to bail out on the kids the first time I can see them play

ohhh, yeah I see, that wouldnt be a good idea then.

With a three-game guarantee plus a single-elimination after that planned, sounds like it has to start pretty early.

wait it’s a one day type of deal? Neato!

Five Things to Look For This Spring

1. Bounce-back Bills and Long-ball Loney
2. Cy/MVP* duo in camp and happy (contract possible on Kershaw)
3. Capangellisivera
4. DeeLite atop lineup/Ethier atop priss throne
5. Does Glendale have enough beer for the TBLA spring contingent?

5. Depends on whether or not Eric makes the trip.

Angling for a 9-10 day trip this year.

Eric Stephen - January 3, 2012 via mobile reply

Then the answer to 5. is “it might not”!

I’m thinking I’m looking at a five-day similar to last year, a Thursday to Monday wraparound.

interesting link

Jared Massey of La Dodger Report, has a profile on Blake Smith, complete with some youtube vids.

6' 2" 225lbs

he a big boi

Not politics, just the horse race:

Rick Santorum is currently beating Mitt Romney by 13 total votes in Iowa with 88% reporting:
http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/state/ia?hpt=hp_pc1

I’m making so many jokes on Twitter right now, my fingers are hurting.

I hope they're all related to the word "Santorum"

I want to see an election decided by 1 single vote.
Has it ever happened in a sample size of 100,000?

Joey Joe - January 3, 2012 reply

On that scale, remember 2004?

G.Scott - January 3, 2012 reply

2000.

A difference of 537 votes in Florida

out of 5,825,043 total cast for Bush or Gore.

Some independent recounts saw the total as close as 60 votes.

The 1974 Senate election in New Hampshire was decided (after recount) by 2 votes.

LBJ famously won a Texas Senate primary by about 90 votes in mysterious circumstances.

Then I found this.

In NM in 200:

Gore: 286,783
Bush: 286,417

Also, had a congressional election in 2006 decided by about 700 votes.

I want 1 vote though.
I dont think its ever happened.

Until it happens, I can always use the “one vote never decided an election” argument for being too lazy or forgetting to vote.

Joey Joe - January 3, 2012 reply

I want a tie and then to find out what the tie-breakers are. Would be great if they went to the third or fourth tie-breaker and had to go to votes casted by one eyed pirates.

So, basically, the plot to "Swing Vote"?

Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache - January 4, 2012 reply

Away goals.

I believe the 1876 election was decided by one electoral vote, but I’m too lazy to double-check.

I was just handed

A ticket to the Kings game Thursday night in the corporate suite. Sweet!

nice

have fun!

That

Is a nice suite.

Fernando Rodney to the Rays

1 year, $2M

Rihanna's Ex-Boyfriend - January 3, 2012 reply

And he will have a career revival there. Calling it now.

From Chick Hearn to whoever this guy is doing Lakers PBP…

Has to be a bigger drop than Vin to Eric Collins.

Joey Joe - January 3, 2012 reply

Bill MacDonald

he's not so bad

but I really wanted Spero Dedes to be the guy

is he the guy who dates 17 year old girls, or was that an Angels announcer?

yes

http://deadspin.com/5204036/its-good-to-be-bill-macdonald

this is just wrong

Joey Joe - January 4, 2012 reply

Hey! She told him she was 23. But why does he always have to pick her up at the middle school?

Xeifrank - January 4, 2012 reply

0

Combined number of winning teams (based on final 2011 regular season record) that the New England Patriots and the Detroit Lions beat in 2011.

http://www.battleredblog.com/2012/1/3/2679790/2dh-in-denard-we-trust

4-20.

Combined record against 2011 playoff teams for New England (1-2), Cincinnati (0-7), Denver (1-3), New York (1-3), and Detroit (1-5).

5.

Number of playoff teams with winning records in 2011 against teams that finished with a winning record on the season: Houston Texans (4-3), Baltimore Ravens (6-1), Green Bay Packers (6-0), San Francisco 49ers (4-1), and New Orleans Saints (6-1). These same five teams were also the only squads with winning records against other 2011 playoff teams.

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4714013/quick-thoughts-on-pats-schedule

as for the pats

they beat seven teams that finished 8-8, so part of the reason those opponents weren’t above .500 was because the Patriots beat them.

The Jets didn't end up as a winning team? Wow

Ivdown - January 4, 2012 reply

Heyman tweeting

Joe Torre has resigned his MLB job to join a group trying to buy the Dodgers.

Tommy Blackjack - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app reply

Gosh.

“@TBrownYahoo: MLB announces Joe Torre resignation. He’s joined a group that will pursue purchase of Dodgers.”

underdog - January 4, 2012 via mobile reply

I also just read that the deadline was pushed back to Jan 23 for bids to be submitted.

due to

Significant interest

Tommy Blackjack - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app reply

Not sure I really like the idea of Torre being involved. Somehow I think he would be more inclined to keep Ned around.

I dunno – he seems to like TBLA favorite, the local can do no wrong gal, Kim Ng an awful lot

I can see that story line

You’re right. I could see him hiring Ng and the coaching staff would probably be safe, so that’s a plus. I guess he wouldn’t be that bad as the team president.

Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache - January 4, 2012 reply

I can’t see old boys club vice president Joe Torre leading the diversity in baseball charge. I expect someone he either played with or someone ago played for him to be GM. How does Paul O’neill, GM sound?

G.Scott - January 4, 2012 via Android app reply

Grumpy.

he liked Kim enough to hire her as SVP of Baseball ops

Paul O’neill would immediately either sign Ethier to a long term deal or challenge him to a helmet breaking contest.

I doubt that's true about Ned, but yeah the idea gives me pause too

As part of a large group led by a billionaire though, I won’t mind it as much. Still rooting for Magic group though.

underdog - January 4, 2012 via mobile reply

Yeah, in my mind the Magic group is the favorite at this point. Seems like a real solid group.

word

Magic/Kasten/Gugenheim FTMFW

Tommy Blackjack - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app reply

just read

The guy heading the group is Rick Caruso. Real Estate guy. Don’t know more than that.

Tommy Blackjack - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app reply

Now, I am going back to thinking that it would be a bad idea for Torre to be involved. He is not that far removed from the on-the-field product and my fear is that he would exert too much control over player personnel decisions. That concerns me.

Caruso

The Grove
City Walk
Americana in Glendale

Dude will make the stadium a year round mall – bank on that. I don’t have a problem with that

Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache - January 4, 2012 reply

I too would enjoy going to the stadium more in the offseason

G.Scott - January 4, 2012 via Android app reply

Well at least it’s not Tony Larussa, right?

Right?

:(

regfairfield - January 4, 2012 reply

reg haz a sad

Tommy Blackjack - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app reply

Why is this making you cringe exactly?

Julio Nievas - January 4, 2012 via mobile reply

A) I’m tired of Torre being the face of the Dodgers even though he has absolutely nothing to do with us but drinking with Sandy Koufax.

B) I have no faith that Torre will just shut up and be a figurehead so that’s gonna lead to bringing in more old school guys and falling further and further behind the rest of the league.

regfairfield - January 4, 2012 reply

Ditto

I never got the impression that Torre even liked Los Angeles

Michael White - January 4, 2012 reply

But he did that commercial!

Tommy Blackjack - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app reply

always had same feeling

delias man - January 4, 2012 reply

I got the opposite feeling, what is not to love

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dodgers/2012/01/rick-caruso-joe-torre-announce-dodgers-bid.html

Los Angeles has a spotlight

Torre likes that

Eric Stephen - January 4, 2012 reply

Just read Caruso and Torre's release

Sounds like they want to improve DS first and foremost.

Julio Nievas - January 4, 2012 via mobile reply

link?

Tommy Blackjack - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app reply

Julio Nievas - January 4, 2012 via mobile reply

thanks

Tommy Blackjack - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app reply

The stadium is fine, sign good players first

Michael White - January 4, 2012 reply

that sounds like something caruso would be concerned about, not torre

delias man - January 4, 2012 reply

Exactly

Sounds like deveLoping property is Caruso’s bread and butter and handing Torre the baseball state of mind. Count me out.

Julio Nievas - January 4, 2012 via mobile reply

count me out too

magics group would be OK, but i want the fat bald rich guy

delias man - January 4, 2012 reply

Apparently

Caruso wants to be mayor.

funkyjam - January 4, 2012 via mobile reply

I’ll have a post up in a little bit on this.

Eric Stephen - January 4, 2012 reply

For people who know

When the winning bid is announced, what happens next? How long does the whole transaction process drag out? Thanks

Julio Nievas - January 4, 2012 via mobile reply

Depends on if McCourt accepts PayPal.

Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache - January 4, 2012 reply

I have no idea but it seems like if the bids are due Jan 23, they will take at least a good month to analyze and evaluate each one, get them pre-approved and announce the winning bid mid-late March. They probably want at least 30 days for transistion.

I'd take this Caruso bid seriously

that investment banker he has is no joke

What do you mean? Big money?