Dodger Thoughts is on the move again. Jon Weisman announced last night that his wonderful site, which has been going strong for nearly 10 full years, would no longer be hosted at ESPN Los Angeles.
Point your browsers and adjust your bookmarks to DodgerThoughts.com for his new home. Here is his first post.
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Phillies signed Chad Qualls for one year, $1.15 million.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Not singling out Jerry Crasnick because almost every reporter does this
but Crasnick went to the ’numbers at new park; card:
To be fair to Crasnick, he didn’t infer anything from said numbers.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
I stand corrected
Crasnick:
They don’t matter, Jerry
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
I feel like I’m nitpicking here though, so I will back off.
Especially as someone who regularly pulls odd and small sample stats.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Agree completely, Joe. Indianapolis is a fun town, a pleasant place to visit. Not somewhere I would live, but that’s no knock against the town or the people that call it home.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
yeah – figured I was commenting to myself over there
So very glad I missed the pitcher wars last night….
man do we need a real game or what?
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
It was bad.
I think TBLA softball may suffice in the interim. When does ST start? 3/3?
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Especially since it’s not like the 3 guys are going to audition for the Dodgers and the club can have their pick. We’ll be lucky if even one is available.
Michael White - January 31, 2012
forget the club being able to sign them or them wanting to sign here, even being available to pursue would be a serious question mark.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
but, but, but, you don’t understand!
Yes, yes we do understand, we just don’t give a shit
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
They might do it!
OB12 - January 31, 2012
March 5 is the first game
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Isn't it cold as hell there right now though?
nolander - January 31, 2012
It’s been snowing, yeah.
Like no one has ever hooked up because it was cold outside.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
I have heard rumors that wintertime bars in cold weather cities are rife with folks who have no desire to sleep alone
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
This is fact.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Cue Ricky Nelson
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
And anyone going to the superbowl city to watch the game at a local bar isn’t there to watch the game.
They’re there to party and leave with a story where their pride used to be.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
and Indy just doesn't seem like the kind of place most folk think of
when they think of party time, especially not this time of year. Thats all I’m sayin ya’ll.
nolander - January 31, 2012
downtown Indy is allegedly pretty happening. You’ve got a giant Marriot next to a ballpark a football field and a convention center.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
How many people in the united states have even heard that alleged
let alone believe it?
nolander - January 31, 2012
and I'm not sure if you are being serious...
nolander - January 31, 2012
just from what I’ve seen from visiting media on twitter
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
All I’ve seen on Twitter is calling Indy “Mashed Potatoes: the City”. I’m going with my reality.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
been there – it does not suck
and when Lesie Knope comes to town the city goes off
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Vote Knope in 2012!
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
I know people who think that Indy has a pretty active night life. That said, I live in Dayton OH.
OB12 - January 31, 2012
Dayton is a nice too, so is Columbus
Cincinnati sucks
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Agree with all three.
OB12 - January 31, 2012
I’ve been to Cleveland. It wasn’t as bad as people say.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
in fairness, people say it is terrible, so only nice compared to expectation
I’d take it over Cinci
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
“Everyone makes fun of Cleveland in America. All countries have a city that they make fun of. in Russia, we make fun of Cleveland”
Lex in Brooklyn - January 31, 2012
wrong
In Soviet Russia city makes fun of you!
David Young - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
x
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
If you like flaming rivers!
iiidown - January 31, 2012
slept there
the hotel, not the convention center
also the minor league park (where I first fell hard for Joey Votto) is right down the street too
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
that’s the ballpark I’m talking about, looks pretty sweet for a minor league field
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
typically rated as the best stadium in minor league baseball.
The AAA Indianapolis Indians.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
it is awesome
I won a beer betting the guy I was with that I could top 70 on the radar gun at the throw the ball so hard you hurt your shoulder because you have not warmed up and you are old booth
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
none of this is going to make people want to travel for the super bowl
nolander - January 31, 2012
You know what makes people travel for the Super Bowl?
The Super Bowl.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
and a more hip destination would likely get more people to travel
thats all I’m arguing
nolander - January 31, 2012
Not sure if it was this thread or the prior thread, but as HJ suggested, if the game is sold out (and it always is), how many more people are you thinking will be travelling there?
Michael White - January 31, 2012
bazillions
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
no solid number in mind
You don’t think people travel to NO to party when the super bowl is in town?
nolander - January 31, 2012
Even if that's true
Why would the NFL care about that? They want ticket sales and TV ratings (both of which is like shooting fish in a barrel), neither of which would be impacted by having a more bad ass location.
So the NFL can spread the love to football towns across the country and reward cities for building new stadiums.
Michael White - January 31, 2012
They probably don't
I’m not arguing they do or should care, just that I think less people will travel for this super bowl then one in NO. I’m not making a very complicated or nuanced argument.
nolander - January 31, 2012
Then you are in the right place
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
actually I think I was originally arguing that I didn't expect them to book it up
so easily. Does Indy have less hotels then say NO? I mean that wouldn’t be a surprise right?
nolander - January 31, 2012
the truth its, every hotel room for miles around will be booked
just like in every other city
the party comes to the city, the city does not create the party
Indy is centralized, there is a lot within walking distance – not great golf weather, but a good time none the less
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I read the other day
there was a hotel down by the airport, one star $50 a night. Now is charging $499 per room this week only. Thus is demand, relative to supply.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
I heard there was this baseball card with a rodent…
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Three pitchers with ERA+s between 126-128 walk into a bar . . .
kinbote - January 31, 2012
+1
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
green :)
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Eric with the Dagger
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
and the hookers that travel along with it
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
The midwest is not a dead zone, someone from Irvine mocking other cities is a mockery in of itself.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Did I claim Irvine is party town USA?
Then again Irvine is like 5 minutes from the beach. I’m going to go ahead and quote myself here
nolander - January 31, 2012
if you’re down to drink some beer, eat some meet and cheese, and have a good time indoors, fun can be had in:
Indy
Detroit
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Obviously Chicago
it’s not a cold dead place
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
but screw Buffalo
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Right?
Maddz - January 31, 2012
Are you even reading what I'm writing?
nolander - January 31, 2012
Why would any of us start now?
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
damn you
was typing
never have/never will
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
are you aware of how life works?
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
please don’t explain it here
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I’m only aware of how life ends.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Please don’t spoil it for me.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
If you hear Don’t Stop Believing while at a diner with your family, you are about to get shot.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
I’ll never even hear it.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
by Don Mattingly
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
I would have never thought “Indianapolis kinda sucks” is a controversial opinion.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
You have never grasped the underdog mentality
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I'm not even arguing it sucks anymore
just that the perception is it sucks, and perception is 9/10s of the law
nolander - January 31, 2012
but what about Greinke?
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
are you arguing that people in the midwest think Indy sucks?
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Forget about it Josie, Its Indy town
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
greatness
kinbote - January 31, 2012
there is this thing called the united states of america
you may have heard of it
nolander - January 31, 2012
nola
I’m calling you to tell you I’m giving you the silent treatment
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
thata a girl
she is on fire
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I don't think you understand how the silent treatment works
nolander - January 31, 2012
Works great on blogs.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I just don’t think you should speak for the United States of America.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
if you think the united states of america thinks indy is a hip happening place
nolander - January 31, 2012
I don’t know where to put this, so I’m putting it here:
I read through this whole thread and I am goddamned if I can figure out what the argument was about.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
In the end you will find the usual, Nolander arguing with himself about what he did or did not mean.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
god bless you Mr Humma
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
no one knows anymore
it was about something then people got really angry about it, then it slowly morphed and split and morphed some more. Then someone compared Indy to mashed potatoes.
nolander - January 31, 2012
You know
The metropolitan southern California mindset is BY FAR in the minority as far as the ENTIRE US OF FA goes (yes, FA).
Take it from someone who has been to places not Los Angeles/SoCal.
Maddz - January 31, 2012
that said
my friend who is living in Muncie currently, she’s not a huge fan. But she’s all about USC so her taste is suspect to begin with. ;)
Maddz - January 31, 2012
GOooooooooooOOOOOOO Eagles!
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
so people actually put Indy in the same category
as Miami and NO as a place worth flying to to party?
nolander - January 31, 2012
I have no interest in going to Miami or Indiana (if that helps.)
New Orleans sounds awesome though.
Michael White - January 31, 2012
If my team where playing a super bowl in NO
I would absolutely be there, whether I had tickets or not. Miami probably not. Indy also probably not, although apparently the weather isn’t complete shit right now there.
nolander - January 31, 2012
You don’t need to go to NO to party like a white boy from Irvine would party.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I want to learn from the best
and I have heard they are the best
nolander - January 31, 2012
stop hurting my stomach
I had all this work to do today. I fly to India at 8AM tomorrow and you guys are killingme
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
It’s a city.
Maddz - January 31, 2012
oh bless you
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
oh fuck off
I’m sorry that I’ve “insulted” Indiana by arguing that people don’t percieve it as a party town.
nolander - January 31, 2012
y u all mad tho
it’s not a party town insofar as NO pre-Katrina in the imagination of college coeds where everyday is a fuckin’ party, brah (read: basically ASU on any given day)
but comparatively…
Maddz - January 31, 2012
People in Oakland think Kurt Suzuki is a star.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
Detroit is scary but fun, with kind of a fuck it the world sucks so lets have a good time feel.
M and M are both awesome – if not for the winters I would live in Milwaukee, drunkest city I have ever been in. I love it
Chicago is a good town too
that said, Los Angeles
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Did John Wayne ever shut down in a blizzard?
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
“Here he comes, here’s John Wayne. I’m not gonna cry about my pa. I’m gonna build an airport, put my name on it. Why, Michael, so you can fly away from your feelings? Sooner or later they’ll come…..who the fuck took my hardboiled eggs?”
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
well, I’d have to look on IMDB but I think there was the movie about gold mining in Alaska where shooting was suspended…
oh never mind
I suck
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
He should have shut down whatever the name of that movie was late in his life where everyone* on the set died of cancer.
*Possible exaggeration.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/374/did-john-wayne-die-of-cancer-caused-by-a-radioactive-movie-set
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
It even claimed Endora!
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
a) John Wayne also smoked 6 packs a day. Just sayin.
b) the rate of cancer is actually pretty close to that in the general population
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_wayne#Death
nolander - January 31, 2012
I feel qualified to comment on the various things about Indy on here, as I live 20 minutes away and sit here at my work in town right now. It has been quite interesting to see these Indy comments on TBLA, never know what you’re gonna see here.
1) It’s not cold here this week – high of 60 today and high of at least 46 the rest of the week. I know, to many thats cold, but nice for Jan-Feb here.
2) Downtown Indy has become a much better place over the last few years, with many areas revitalized in the downtown district. No small part of this is Victory Field (one of the best minor league parks for sure), Lucas Oil Stadium, and Conseco (or Bankers Life or whatever) fieldhouse. Its really an outstanding area to catch a game of all three sports since you can walk to many bars and restaurants from each of the stadiums. Not sure I’ve been to another area with all three in an active downtown area like this.
3) As far as downtown being “allegedly happening” I guess it depends on your definition of happening. Unless expectations are too high though, I don’t think people will be dissappointed in the immediate vicinity. There are no shortages of restaurants and bars, all within walking distance of each other and cold weather actually makes them more active than summer. Leave downtown and all bets are off.
4) Will people travel here for a super bowl? There are thousands here now just for the activities that won’t even be attended the game. It was estimated the Super Bowl Village had 100,000 visitors Saturday in freezing, windy weather, outside.
5) Hotels are indeed way overpriced but booked everywhere. Hotels are being reported as booked over an hour away on interstates as well as towns on smaller highways.
Indiana Jon - January 31, 2012
Great post.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Welcome back.
Thanks for that.
David Young - January 31, 2012
4
Whatever question Nolander ended up thinking he was asking, this should probably have answered it.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
It started with me being surprised indy had managed to completely book all their hotels for the super bowl
but since I don’t know how their hotel capacity compares to Miami or NO its hard to say whether it is signifigant or not. It evolved into me defending myself from the Indy apologists.
nolander - January 31, 2012
We called the dog Indiana.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
gotta rec this
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
these things happen when the conversation starts before you go to sleep for the night
and continue the next day in a different thread
nolander - January 31, 2012
The flash point
David Young - January 31, 2012
Yes
my understanding is that indiana is cold and snowy and middle america. Doesn’t sound like a party, and then other people are like, NO INDIANA IS TOTES COOL, and I was like BUT NO ONE OUTSIDE OF THIS BLOG ACTUALLY BELIEVES YOU and on and on
nolander - January 31, 2012
Incredibly enough
People enjoy themselves in Middle America too.
Pure Azure - January 31, 2012 via Android app
this is why I’m not speaking to nolander
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Its like people are purposfully ignoring what I believe and what I'm saying the general perception is
or at least what my perception of the general perception is. I’m not saying Indy is a horrible place(well it is really cold and that might be enough for me to hate it but thats not my point)
nolander - January 31, 2012
I agreed with you last night. When I logged on today I saw the shitstorm you had gotten yourself into and decided I would steer clear.
VegasBlues - January 31, 2012
Whatever, Romney
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
post-modernism
This here is what we in the industry like to call a hermeneutical lens.
This means that your interpretations of data could be, in fact, colored by who you are and what you believe.
Now, you can say that YOU don’t think that Indy is a happening place to party. But your lens, as it were, is by no means an objective one, and therefore cannot be applied wholesale to everyone else.
Josie, you know you miss this.
Maddz - January 31, 2012
I would have loved to have had a debate on this several hours ago
instead everyone spent hours lamenting how I have wronged the city of indiana because I called it rash or something, even though that was never what I was tryign to say and no matter how many times I pointed that out I got the same idiotic responses.
nolander - January 31, 2012
I think everyone said pretty much exactly what Maddz just said, you just took it the way you did
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
thats why everyone kept talking about how cool downtown ACTUALLY is
instead of what the perception of indiana is. Ok.
nolander - January 31, 2012
everyone provided you with examples of other ways Indianapolis is perceived, and you kept saying “no it’s not!” without a single article or think piece or scrap or paper you found at the library to prove your point
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
I thought you weren’t talking to him.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
damn it
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
This IS the Josie silent treatment
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Yet, he’s still right in that it isn’t perceived to be as much of a party town as the normal Super Bowl rotation of cities are. There may be tons of great things to do in Indy but it in no way has the reputation of NO or Miami.
I’m pretty sure that’s all he was saying at first.
VegasBlues - January 31, 2012
I’m willing to be wrong, but I don’t think amongst people of means, y’know the ones who can afford these trips, Bourbon Street is seen as the mecca of a good time.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
For the people that are actually attending the game I would probably agree. This conversation wasn’t about those people though. It was more about people that flock to the SB cities just for the partying and the atmosphere that surrounds the SB (it was always assumed that the game would sell out no matter where it was held). Most of those people would most likely be more into the Bourbon Street scene.
VegasBlues - January 31, 2012
You were “shocked people are actually willing to go to indy for the super bowl”. People responded that it shouldn’t be so shocking.
David Young - January 31, 2012
yes yes a thousand times yes!
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
how many times have you had the chance to say that in your life?
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
probably the first time in context, my future fiance is gonna get a flood of cliches I’ve been holding up
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
by then you will have settled for three inches and a good back rub:)
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
wow
salty in here today!
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
seriously, in my next relationship we can skip to the part where we just watch TV and goof on stuff, that would be great
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
don’t
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
forget about me
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
I’ve always like the word “hermeneutics”, especially once I learned it didn’t mean “to have a flat head and wear enormous platform shoes.”
David Young - January 31, 2012
Miguel Montero had an arb hearing scheduled today, but agreed to a one year, $5.9 million deal
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Filed figures were $6.8 million and $5.4 million
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
he must not have thought he could win.
Or: “you know, $5.9mil is a lot too”
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
I don't know a ton about hockey history but this seems amazing
from Dave Stubbs:
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
what is a #Habs game?
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Montreal Canadiens.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
I knew that answer, but I will never admit to knowing that answer, unless someone else shares the answer first
my standard reply is “I don’t speak canada bitch”
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Les Habitants
Nolij - January 31, 2012
I don’t speak canada bitch
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
even the canadians don't like quebekiens
nolander - January 31, 2012
but they have all the poutine!
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
The word is Québecois. Or, in English, believe it or not – Quebeckers. Although that word has probably not been used in 40 years. (Awful word.)
berkowit28 - January 31, 2012
As long as by awful you mean awesome!
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Well, I am one, and I don’t like the word!
berkowit28 - January 31, 2012
Best city in North America bitch
Pure Azure - January 31, 2012 via Android app
In July
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Some people like snow, like seasons
Pure Azure - January 31, 2012 via Android app
Fuck them!
iiidown - January 31, 2012
That'll show them
Pure Azure - January 31, 2012 via Android app
to hab or hab not?
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Maybe this is clear:
When Mr. Paul scores more then 16 points ( meaning healthy and rust free) the Clippers are 8 – 0.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
David Stern is 1-1 in approving Chris Paul trades to Los Angeles.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
I look forward to level-headed Laker fans like yourself getting more haterific as the season rolls on.
Michael White - January 31, 2012
The texts will be ugly
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
In ten years or less that will be the title of a movie
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Jerry Crasnick laughs at your sample size.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Do you have a Clippers flag on your car yet?
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
traitors carry flags? I just thought they had a coat they turned inside out whenever the moment called for it
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
loved this
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
They’re a fun team to watch, I will not apologize for wanting to watch.
I don’t carry a flag nor do I talk shit about the Lakers because I hope both teams do well.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
I heard you are also really gushing about watching poohole down in the big Ass
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Especially after he gets Carmona’d
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
ain’t nothing wrong with that
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
and probably his penis size too
oh shit, did I just write that?
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
and when Mrs Paul scores 16 or more we get fishsticks
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Chris might get fishsticked.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Run it by Josie.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
Since Chris Paul was traded to the Clippers, Manchester City has only claimed 6 of a possible 15 points
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Nice. Saw the highlights of the LA Galaxy scoring two goals over in England including the game winner last night. #MLS #SoccerRules
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
Guy who played on the LA Galaxy that is.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
You’re speaking of either Landon Donovan, he’s still on the Galaxy, just on loan to Everton. Or Robbie Keane, same deal on loan
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
What about Michael Landon and Lorne Green?
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I think it was Robbie Keane. He had two nice goals for a team that sounded like the name of a sports car. The last goal was the game winner 3-2. Thought you’d be up on this?
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
yes Robbie’s brace for Aston Villa. That wasn’t last weekend’s game though, Villa lost 3-2 to Arsenal over the weekend. I can’t remember when Robbie’s brace was.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Lex Lex Lex
BOOOO YAAAAh
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Phil is on the Phritz again
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
:/
Lex in Brooklyn - January 31, 2012
I think James Loney’s hips lied to me.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Don’t mess around with Jim
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Weird world. I heard that song this morning and thought of Humma, whom I’ve met by the way.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
This is probably the third-best compliment I’ve received in my life.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
You need a better life
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
No shit.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Don’t fret, your kids will think you are a great dad for a few more years. Then life will really start to suck.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I’ve met you too. Is that the fourth-best?
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Did you associate any legendary tough-guy songs with me?
If so, then yes.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
“Here I come to save the day!”
Nolij - January 31, 2012
(Thinks for a moment)
I’ll accept that.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
My 2nd favorite cartoon as a kid
When I hear these lyrics I think of you:
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
forgot about Super Chicken – loved it
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Jim Croce it ain’t.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
When sung by a croaking chicken it is the chits
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
MORE
MOAR
MHORE
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
WITH A REBEL YELL
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
AMERICA
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
FUCK YEAH
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
Ryan Roberts avoided arbitration with Arizona, for $2.0125 million.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Calloo Callay!
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Numbers filed were $2.275 million and $1.65 million, so he signed over the midpoint.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
that is the price for a Bitch Player? Seems reasonable.
delias man - January 31, 2012
Is that the guy who used to date Scarlett Johanson?
kinbote - January 31, 2012
I have heard Wilder rumors.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
they decided to be Just Friends
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
my lord
that would be like a night at the amusement park with a never ending supply of E tickets
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
yes
kinbote - January 31, 2012
what’s an E ticket
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
G. Scott fails the old-age test.
JonWeisman - January 31, 2012
He’s a troll
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I just yank chains.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Though I never used an E ticket, I know Disneyland used to have them for the main attractions.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Oh, I’m lame for falling for that …
JonWeisman - January 31, 2012
and there I was, halfway into replying with Walt Disney’s biography
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
i always know who will go straight for the hook.
I am a troll. I’ll try to cut back on it. I think I’m just being funny but I could see where it’d be irritating.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
I think at this point that any old people references have already been explained 100 times, so anyone who claims to be ignorant is “yanking chains” unless it is Bobby whose ADHD keeps him from assimilating the information provided here.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
now just time to work on the young people references. So Fred is this youtube character who speeds up the audio track on all his videos so he sounds like a chipmunk. This has gotten him two movie deals, and a show on Teen Nick.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
I’m more out of touch with young people references than old people references, and I legitimately thought Don Sutton had a long, hall of fame Angels career.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
That’s just weird.
JonWeisman - January 31, 2012
I remember the 95 and 96 teams making the playoffs, but not so much who stood out on those teams. I would say I first started really watching baseball circa 2000-2001, so there is a good chance I just happened to see a Don Sutton picture at an Angels game or on TV and made that connection.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Even weirder, he had been on this blog a for few months and was starting to build a decent reputation and then he made the Sutton comment. Eric almost banned him. It was a close call.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I heard that the coin was still flipping
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
David Young - January 31, 2012
Hahahahahahitng
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Alright, friendo
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
such a great movie
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Don’t you threaten me!
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
If people were banned for stupid comments regarding players
I’d have been gone years ago :)
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
There is a limit, by my last count you had about 13 left.
Oh hell the truth is the only reason you are still here is because of your spawning agent.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
truth
iiidown is the shit
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Memento
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
This ADHD you speak of . . .
kinbote - January 31, 2012
My sister brought up Granny Goose chips the other day, but I didn’t remember them. So sometimes it’s just senility.
JonWeisman - January 31, 2012
I remember them
much be all the geckos I eat
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I hear a gecko purpleberry shake is great for memory
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
so oily
delias man - January 31, 2012
Never ate them
but remember their existence I do
nolander - January 31, 2012
I remember the commercials
Granny Goose is on horseback with saddlebags and meets up with some Banditos.
Bandito: Wo are you?
Goose: Granny Goose
Bandito: What’s in the bag Goose?
We used to say “what’s in the bag Goose” all the time back then
mleadman - January 31, 2012
My ill-fated attempt at a tangible hook-up system at bars.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
no seriously
what’s an E ticket
and before anyone gives me shit, I just had to spend time going over the differences between the gerund and the gerundive, and I’m in a mood.
Maddz - January 31, 2012
disney didn't charge admission
but sold tickets and different rides required different types of tickets for admission.
nolander - January 31, 2012
Except in this case, HJ was talking about her boobies.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
They apparently charged a General Admission and on top of that you had to buy tickets to each individual area.
They were completely done away with in 1982 which explains why I didn’t know this prior to today.
VegasBlues - January 31, 2012
Oh and I cut that quote short to where it didn’t even explain the “E” designation. Oh well. Ho hum…
VegasBlues - January 31, 2012
Put another way: Ned signed all “C” and “D” ticket attractions this offseason.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
The thing we clearly should be talking about is Scarlett not the tickers
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Matt Kemp is an E ticket.
Those other scrubs are As and Bs mostly.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Matty is a Z ticket
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
He’s the Scarlett Johannsen of ballplayers?
David Young - January 31, 2012
oops
Got it reversed. Been a while.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
right, but main gate admission was relatively cheap. Now it’s all included in price of admission, so not riding rides, unless you have a season pass, is a waste of money
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
before Disneyland went to a single entry ticket, you were given a book with A,B,C,D,E tickets that were good for one ride. The E ticket was good for the best rides.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
so basically the same as it ever was
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Meercat heating up
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
you may find yourself
living in a shotgun shack
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Hey, a good band from the 80s :)
kinbote - January 31, 2012
This is not my beautiful house
THIS IS NOT MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE
David Young - January 31, 2012
same as it ever was
Maddz - January 31, 2012
and the water flowing down
Maddz - January 31, 2012
One is a part of speech involving using the present-progressive conjugation, the other is a curious hybrid of a common flowering plant and a belgian green leafy vegetable.
David Young - January 31, 2012
… conjugation of a verb as a noun, ….
My mind got way ahead of my fingers.
David Young - January 31, 2012
verbal noun vs verbal adjective
and I believe the Romans favor the verbal adjective? Gerund…ive?
I fucking hate this language sometimes
Maddz - January 31, 2012
E - ticket
from the early 70s I believe. (It has Pirates, but no Haunted Mansion)
David Young - January 31, 2012
It’s a Small World was a goddam E Ticket?
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
yeah, all the kids want to get on that shit
what’s a trip is that the Enchanted Tiki room is too
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
It was fun as a kid
It was a different kind of fun as a stoned teen ager.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
and adult
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Alice in Wonderland smashed when you come outside on the little track and everyone sees you was pretty fun.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Best drunk rides were Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride and Peter Pan’s flight. Especially the latter, because there’s a point at which you can lean out and high five the person in the ship ahead of/behind you.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Molecule was awesome “enhanced”
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
or in new love
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Loved Mr Toad’s Wild ride
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
still there I think
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I didn’t remember the Pack Mules ever being an E ticket. No wonder I never saw those beasts. The Submarine Voyage was downgraded to a D at some point. I think the monorail and the two boats too.
David Young - January 31, 2012
For some reason as a child the Submarine Voyage was a favorite.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
might have sparked my enthusiasm for becoming a marine biologist
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
it was long, hard, and filled with Sea men?
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
oh dear
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Pack mules were awesome
mleadman - January 31, 2012
What did they do? Did you really ride a pack mule? What was the ride that took you underground (fake?) with the cool rocks, like a ride through history. I remember something sitting on a cactus.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
You rode through this canyon country like place. I think it was where big thunder mountain is now
mleadman - January 31, 2012
it was. Those facades in the line for Big Thunder are from the pack mules
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Every parent made every kid ride that ride and we all still ended up a bunch of Marty’s.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I still have the real books, without the E ride coupons of course
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Blue Jays reportedly turned down Michael Pineda for Brett Lawrie.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Good for the Blue Jays
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Am I crazy or wouldn’t you rather have Lawrie than Montero?
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
cray cray
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
I read that as the Mariners turned down that trade
Yeah, smart idea Blue Jays, Lawrie is a beast
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Wait til he gets a little seasoning. The he’ll be worth his salt.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
He really is a Prime prospect
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
but I worry about that sore rib, that could end a tasty career
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Don’t mess with the Au Jus
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
now I want Phillipe’s (I always want Phillipe’s)
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
The more I think about this it’s kind of crazy. Lawrie might not stick at third and if he becomes a 1B/DH the Jays are already overloaded with them and he’s worse than Montero.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
I think you are confused. He moved from 2nd to 3rd in the minors. He can handle 3rd.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
People disagree with you on that point.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
Okay, he’s replacing Baustista and Encarnacion, he’s going to play 3rd base and be better at it then his predecessors.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Such great heights and all that.
Lawrie certainly has star potential, especially if he sticks at third but I think people really underrate Pineda. His combination of strikeouts and control is unprecedented for a guy that age.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
Plus he’s a monster: 6’7" 260lbs
kinbote - January 31, 2012
So the precedent for extra large right handed pitchers who had elite careers are?
Bartolo Colon
Carlos Zambrano
Freddy Garcia
Aaron Harang ( i had no idea)
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
JR Richard
Nolij - January 31, 2012
I went with 100 decision and > 250 Ibs
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
He didn’t make it to 100 decisions or did he lie about his weight?
Nolij - January 31, 2012
101 – 71
He should be on the list, but only a four year peak.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
His peak was still better than any of those other guys’.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Bartolo was no slouch, but yeah give me one, I’d take JR
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Problem with Reference is that we know the weight are bogus. THey have JR at 222. Might have been that in High School
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I am impressed that you know how to sort by size. That is genuinely cool.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Jeff Sullivan
has more on the (non-)story:
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
I’ve never understood the leaking phenomena that seems to have overtaken society. Unless someone is doing something illegal what happens at the office/home should stay there if it is expected to be private.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
information is power
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Presumably there’s a kind of a quid pro quo for sources. I imagine sometimes teams want information floated for their own purposes, so the same source can go to the press with that. In exchange for that, and to maintain the report, the source needs to provide tidbits on other things.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Nothing like four three’s in one minute to turn a scary 6 point lead into an 18 point lead. Westbrook finally had an impressive game against the Clippers here. Durant can score at will. Harden seemed lost all night in the starting role.
We now head to Utah where I think we are 1 – 42. That game might be a corner turner.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
or a bounce back.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
or a trap game.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
Not sure if this is accurate but I read it this morning - Only two teams with a winning record against the Lakers are?
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I know charlotte
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Charlotte and Boston
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Yes, isn’t that amazing considering how great the Lakers have been since Charlotte’s existence?
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
trap games are real
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
They never got trapped by the Clippers:)
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
trap games never ever happen against (even perceived) rivals.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
wonder what the Boston/LAL record is
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
talking all time?
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
Trying to see if this is a Clippers trick question. :)
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
Yes
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Outside of Kershaw
do the Dodgers currently have someone you’d like to see them sign to an Evan Longoria deal?
I think I’d like to see Dee Gordon locked up to that $17.5/6yr deal.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
No
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I’d like to see a full season from Dee first.
OB12 - January 31, 2012
don’t really get that luxury if you’re going to get that contract.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Why not, he’s not going anywhere no matter how he performs anyway.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
Right
but if he steals 60 bases next season you’ll never get him for that cheap again
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
I think that’s what they call a good problem
Michael White - January 31, 2012
but the difference between dee for 6/15 or whatever and dee stealing 150 bases over the next 3 years and hitting arb could be huge.
So, you wouldn’t think of locking up Rubby, or Dee, or Eovaldi, or Jansen, or Sands.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
I hope his future contract is not based solely off of stolen bases.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
arbitration panels are dummies
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
This made me laugh. To analyze this seriously though, are they? How many absurd salaries have come out of arbitration. Ryan Howard and….
Michael White - January 31, 2012
littering and…
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
in order
Rubby – yes/maybe
Dee – no/maybe
Eo – nah
Jansen – NFW
Sands – NFW
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
i think this is how I feel as well.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Like Phil said, Rubby made some sense until his pitching arm ended up in surgery
Michael White - January 31, 2012
I’d check the price, for a value price I might like the odds enough to toss my chips in
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
OBP <= .310, Stolen Bases > 60
You kind of have to have a better OBP then ..300 to get the chance to steal 60 bases. Only two players since integration have stolen 60 bases with an OBP < .300. 11 have done it with an OBP < = .310. So Yah, if he steals 60 bases the odds are in his favor he got on base enough to be quite useful. Is Dee Gordon going to have an OBP >= .310?
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meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
There’s that Juan Samuel guy again
Michael White - January 31, 2012
Maybe!
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Mostly
if he was a sure thing to become a success, he’d have next to no reason to even discuss a deal like this. The risk on the team’s side is what makes it interesting.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Wow, an Eric Yelding sighting. Awesome.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
The only name I have no clue who he was
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
The Cesar Izturis contract extension looked pretty good when he signed it, too. Then the Dodgers were lucky to be able to dump him.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
but he signed way after when we’re talking about signing dee, so he was overpaid.
Also, Cesar Izturis: still only 31 years old.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
I can’t believe Izzy is 31, and just signed this offseason with Milwaukee.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
There is no way he can only be 31, he's been around forever!
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
2001 as a 21 year old (guess)
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
You’re gonna be saying the same thing in seven years about Alcides Escobar.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
Two ring Alcides Escobar
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
And Jason Heyward
I just don’t know what I’m gong to do when Jeter is gone, he is the player I remember as ALWAYS being here as long as I remember watching baseball.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
When Kershaw retires you will realize you pissed away another 15 years of your life and I will laugh at you from my grave.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
just know when you are taking a piss
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
What a depressing thought
Kershaw retiring I mean, not all the rest :P
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
How old are you?
21?
ishXdavid - January 31, 2012
22
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
I wouldn’t go that far, Michael Bourn hasn’t made 17 million in his career and Michael Bourn is a best case scenario.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
I think we overrate how much people overrate stolen bases.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
depends how many times you get caught and in what context your stolen bases come in.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
No one gives a shit that Tim Raines stole a bunch of bases and never got caught.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
cocaine is a powerful drug.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
Hmm.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
6 years 10 mil seems better
delias man - January 31, 2012
What is an Evan Longoria deal?
Because Kershaw (assuming he was extended now) isn’t a good comp for what Tampa did with Longoria.
Michael White - January 31, 2012
i was going to say “who you’d like to see extended long-term”, but that leads to one obvious answer.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
that would be the shortest list ever
delias man - January 31, 2012
Right
table for 1 please
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Rubby would have been a decent comp if he had not blown his arm to bits and trashed out 2012 season with it
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
still might be an okay reason to do it.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
kit
I think Rubby could be a huge value right now and worth the risk. These surgeries are pretty damn good these days
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Might be able to get him on a sweet deal because he has just been through surgery. Maybe looking for the security.
OB12 - January 31, 2012
that’s what I’m saying
I like, I like, I like what Rubby has, er had, er HAS!
I am a day dream believer and a home coming queen
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
This is the kinda thing I could see our brand-spanking new GM do, just turn things on it s ear.
OB12 - January 31, 2012
I wouldn’t as the new guy, I’d play it safe and try to overspend on names that wouldn’t embarrass me and then slide in some values on names that wouldn’t draw newspaper attention
I would be all about winning hearts and minds
but as the entrenched guy, I’d be all about it
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I could see it along with a Kershaw extension and another big move.
OB12 - January 31, 2012
Backloaded two-year extension for Guerrier?
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Precisely.
OB12 - January 31, 2012
2015 is not going to set up itself!
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Such a move would be incredibly out of character for this organization. The short answer to the original question is NO. The longer answer is there is no immediate need to do so. As someone else said, Dee/Sands/? breaking out only creates a good situation for us.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
I am not sure my mind on this
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
so maybe
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
kit
at that price, there is a risk, but not so great a risk as long as he can field his position
He is one hell of an athlete. I always hated coaches that scouted athletes instead of ballplayers. Not that Dee isn’t a ballplayer….
are we destined to hate what we become?
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
or become what we hate?
Either way, a certain amount of self loathing is probably good for all of us
I hate the toe nails on the fourth toe (ring toe) of each foot. The nails, they grow strange! Not enough to be grotesque, but strange enough to make foot modeling an impossibility
Oh FATES! How you mock me!!!!
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
AJ Ellis
kinbote - January 31, 2012
best answer
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Rubby once he comes back. I know the injury concern is there, but if it’s that exact deal you just said I don’t see the harm.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
My biggest fear about
corporate life is the corporate convention. Seems so cultish. Got dragged to one the other day, thought they were gonna make me drink cool aid
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
your biggest fear should be being stuck at the same job because there are 8 other people who have been in your office longer, but they all hate their jobs yet have nowhere to go because the skillset of the job is too specific and no one else in the corporate world (other than people in your specific field), understand what it is you do.
Or yeah, conventions.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
experience!
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I’ve had five real jobs (not consulting) and four of them have been at small companies 100 employee’s or less. I would never work at a large company again unless it was the only thing I could get. Being a difference maker makes a difference in how you view your job. JMO
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Absolutely. Smaller company means your opinion (and your performance) matters more.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
small ponds, big ponds, while the impact can get dissipated, the meaning is ours to create
I never want to work for a public company again, but that is mainly due to SarbOx
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I feel like if my company wasn’t publicly traded, thousands of people here would still have jobs.
Fired thousands of people in the last couple months simply to save one-tenth of one percent on the stock price. The defense budget was cut, but we lost no programs in the cut, and the ones on the chopping block aren’t the ones that had layoffs.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Office Space!
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Dilbert was written by an ex-Northrop Grumman employee. Everything you read in Dilbert is dead on NGC life.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Scott Adams worked for Pacific Bell; it only seems like he used to work for every large aerospace and defense company because so much of what he writes is so dead on.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Sadly, whenever I hear about Scott Adams these days all I can think of is his sexist rant from last year.
fbihop - January 31, 2012
I enjoy a good sexist rant, did he by chance ask the whereabouts of the Cream?
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
No, but then it came out that he had been commenting under another name where he repeatedly referred to himself as a “certified genius.”
fbihop - January 31, 2012
Let’s topple the statues
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
In the end Scott Adams really was an engineer.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
gods and monsters
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
As I chronicle the fall of our empire in 3 line snippets, managing for the quarter, managing to the street, instead of managing for what is right for the company is a sickness that will kill companies big and small
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
SarbOx is the reason I ran screaming into the night for the only Public Company I worked for.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
revenue recognition – ugh
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Conventions are the thing to fear the least
They are places for business people to get drunk, hook-up, find a new job, find a new employee/sell something, buy something – all out of the view of their spouse/employer/employees
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
But, if you’re stuck in a booth, you have to be nice to people all day long. Exhausting!!!
latenite - January 31, 2012
true
make sure you kick down the cash to the convention labor to get the extra cushy carpeting. Always pay for the better carpets
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I think y’all are thinking of industry conventions. Those are awesome. I’m talking about the “let’s put all our employees in a room for a day and tell them how awesome the company is” convention.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
ah, most everything I wrote still stands true
Show up early, be better dressed than your peers, sit up straight, be a good student, and then party everyone else under the table. Rinse. Repeat.
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
We used to call those “retreats”.
latenite - January 31, 2012
sure
and “alignments”
and “Bone down sessions”
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
ask for the same color as the aisle if you get a corner spot.
makes your area seem larger
delias man - January 31, 2012
veteran move
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Nicest convention to attend: women’s swimwear.
I used to rep an Australian swimwear company. Believe it or not…after a couple of days staring at DDG young ladies in bikinis, you do become desensitized to it! Fully dressed women suddenly become very alluring.
latenite - January 31, 2012
I used to live in a clothing optional commune. I concur
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Sounds a lot like France.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
It was a lot like France!
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
But with more razors and deodorant— oh Berkeley, maybe, maybe not.
David Young - January 31, 2012
oh no no no
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Fear the Kool-Aid. But cool aid sounds like it would make you awesome.
JonWeisman - January 31, 2012
nice work
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
It’s like financial aid but cooler.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Jon, how do you create a new Word Press account? I thought I had one already (I log in to USSMariner with one) but couldn’t get through on yours.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Still working out a few kinks but I think for commenting purposes, you might just need a Disqus account. E-mail me at jon.weisman at verizon.net if you’re having trouble.
JonWeisman - January 31, 2012
I just logged in with my twitter account and it was fine. Also saw LBB used his facebook. Lots of ways to comment and login.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Thanks. I’ve tried a few times to use my same Word Press info (which I just checked works elsewhere).
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Had trouble with my Yahoo Account, ended up using my Google account
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
You should be able to login with Google (that’s what I just used), Yahoo, Twitter, or Facebook.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
I’ll try.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
this should be interesting, I wonder if it is going to automatically log me in as the gym
Maddz - January 31, 2012
I chose to use my Twitter as the log-in, worked just fine.
David Young - January 31, 2012
My neighbors posted stupid Resident Parking only
you will be towed type of signs on the posts last night. Called LA City DOT this morning, the guy was so excited to hear about the illegal signs, i could hear him already putting on his jacket to go check them out. Love his passion.
delias man - January 31, 2012
We had an accident in front of our house that took out the cars parked on the street on the other side. My wife always bugs me for parking on the street instead of the driveway. She would have had a field day if my truck had been taken out.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Garage?
David Young - January 31, 2012
Nope, converted Cathouse:)
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
IIRC, don’t you have one other car blocking the front of your semi-circle driveway? I can see parking on the street if just for the ease of leaving without having to have one of you move cars to go in the morning.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Yes, which is why I’d rather park on the street then backing out onto Victory.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
If you need support, tell V I got your back :)
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Though due to the bad judgment of folk trying to make a left turn across the street onto Victory we have a hellacious number of accidents so my wife is probably right, parking on the street will eventually result in the truck getting nailed.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
can see Officer Farva in his new job saying
Not on my watch!
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Our whole block ostracized a neighbor who did this
we had them pull the signs out
it was like Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”. Hell, I think his dog bit him
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
sort of the opposite, this woman has enlisted like 5 houses in her campaign. funny thing is on the entire block, there are only about 4 cars parking overnight on the street. there is ample parking available.
delias man - January 31, 2012
you really shouldn’t use the word “ample” and have that photo
just seems like too much
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
have to get your mind off the ample bosom
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
i am going to take her away from you soon
delias man - January 31, 2012
BTW she is a pretty good follow on twitter
lots of pics of herself
delias man - January 31, 2012
best reason anyone has ever given me to join twitter
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
nice
the hive mind mentality of some of these cul-de-sacs is interesting. I’ve gone with my grandma to three hour meetings over weather the street sweeping signs should be permanent or temporary
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
You know how in student council there would be people that would get into literal shouting matches over whether or not there would be a tug-o-war at Spring Fling?
That person is now in charge of their HOA.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
someone should take their balcony off when they aren’t home.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
One day I’m gonna look back and laugh at how badly we got pranked.
But for now I’m just gonna prank them back as hard as I can with a lawyer.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
So this one time, we went to Vegas, and when we came back, we had a backhoe where our balcony used to be.
And this, son, is why you went to Yale.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
because no one else wants the job
nolander - January 31, 2012
small minds live for small powers
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I had a neighbor who wanted to ban parking on the street
everyone pretty much laughed at them
nolander - January 31, 2012
people who want to ban parking are people who have no friends
We have friends, we want them to stop by, we live in the hills, they need a place to park
I really enjoyed throwing stones at that neighbor. He no longer lives
on our block
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Shit my family would have been screwed a few years later
between my parents and the 4 kids we had a lot of cars
nolander - January 31, 2012
kids are banned in my neighborhood
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
i was wondering why you always wanted me to meet you in Burbank
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
it’s interesting trying to park in places like West Hollywood where gov’t is small enough to get that kind of thing done. It’s illegal to park pretty much ANYWHERE and none of the coffee shops have their own parking
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
"Camden Spring"
Some of the yuppies over a street went crazy because another guy parked his old pickup outside his house and two tires went flat. They went so far as to call a meeting and try to overthrow the “do-nothing” neighbohood association. Then they upped their demands tp speed bumps because cars doing 25 MPH are going too fast to comfortably let their kids play in the street. Because, they want to let their kids play in the street. We live in Camden Ridge, so I thought the revolution needed a name.
Little Blue Bicycle - January 31, 2012
“Every day I have to look at that thing. It has flat tires. I mean what are we, Indianapolis?”
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
well played
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Agreed.
Little Blue Bicycle - January 31, 2012
Josie seems to have snapped out of her foggy funk that was causing some sub standard work here.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
We have something like that on our block. Somebody got out the blue paint and painted a handicapped spot on the street.
Maybe I’m a sucker, but I just didn’t have the heart to call it in. If the dude is really handicapped, he needs that spot. If the dude is not really handicapped, congratulations, dude, you figured out a way to game the system. I’m sure you’re proud.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
What city do you live in?
Back when I was working in city government, handicapped parking spaces were one of the requests that were never denied. You just had to make a formal request, the a city engineer would visit the house to make sure the the space would be feasible, and if possible, the public works dept. would even install a handicapped apron onto to the sidewalk.
ishXdavid - January 31, 2012
Was this for people who didn’t have a garage or driveway?
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
That's good question
I don’t think so because most of the handicapped spaces were installed in R-1 zones.
ishXdavid - January 31, 2012
I've
never seen a handicapped parking space (painted curb, apron etc…) in a residential (housing tract) in my life before. It is pretty much an unwritten rule on my street that you park in front of your own house. So much so that one neighbor will go around knocking on people’s door if he thinks they or someone visiting them has parked in front of his house. Especially when he is trying to park his big RV.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
I saw one up in Santa Fe. It is across the street from a school, but doubt that has anything to do with it.
fbihop - January 31, 2012
Never understood that one. My wife will look out the door when there’s a car parked in front of our house. Sure it’s neighborly to not park in front of someone’s house, but it is a public spot. I guess my frame of reference is growing up near the beach. All kinds of strangers parked on our block.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
My dad is bad on this one, he’ll yell at the neighbors across the street if they park in front of our house.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Weirdo.
berkowit28 - January 31, 2012
I won't get angry if someone parks in front of my front door
but my wife does. I do go out of my way not to take the spots that I have identified as being my neighbors spots, whether because they simply always park their or because it is in front of their house.
nolander - January 31, 2012
Parking in front of the house
used to drive my mother insane for some reason. I’ve never cared
mleadman - January 31, 2012
My dad took it as an insult and an encroachment on his personal space
I don’t like when a neighbor parks in front my my house when their house is wide open, but if its the only place to park….
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I live in Hawthorne. Huh, maybe it is a legit parking space. I never thought of that.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Eric or anybody but probably Eric. Where would one go to find a NBA’s franchise record against every other team. I tried basketball-reference and it does not seem to have franchise splits or I don’t know where to find them.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/head2head.html
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
click on the team you want, then in the drop down menu, pick “Head to Head Results”
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Thanks
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Raiders hire Greg Knapp as OC? again? fuck.
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
not so bad an idea
there are all different players now. can’t judge it the same way
delias man - January 31, 2012
#BlameJerryPorter
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Just leave Ross alone, he has suffered enough
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
damn you!
we needed him for TJ!
nolander - January 31, 2012
Has anyone had experiences with Ford car alarms just going off for no reason? For the last few weeks, my car alarm will go off at random times and will do so like 10 times in the span of five minutes like someone is fucking with me.
I need to remember to turn it off when I go to lunch today.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Could your battery be dying?
this happened to my wifes non ford recently and her battery died a couple weeks later
nolander - January 31, 2012
Hmmm, I’ll check it out. Thanks.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
2010 ford fusion, i’ve never had that happen.
Used to happen on my old corrolla, but that’s because i had a short and it would go off in the middle of the night if it got too cold.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Not this problem, but my two Ford Rangers both had notoriously bad wiring. My big problem was the seat belt buzzer.
Little Blue Bicycle - January 31, 2012
My 97 Ford 150 has an interesting habit of randomly shutting down the electric windows. One day it is the driver side, the next it could be the passenger side. I’d fix it, but I’m enjoying the randomness.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
my 73 F100 used to always go off
because people were constantly trying to steal it.
delias man - January 31, 2012
Now they just put bullet holes in it
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
that is my tacoma
i think people actually think the commercials are real and they shot it thinking nothing would happen
delias man - January 31, 2012
what is the purpose of the car alarm
just unhook the thing and be done with it
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
To save money on insurance only.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Someone is setting it off with their own remote so often
that it will make you turn it off, then once that happens they will steal it with no alarm.
It’s the perfect idiotic plan!
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Jeremy Clarkson had this problem, took it back to Ford so they could fix it. Still was buggy, but after a second time taking it in, it was fine
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
ARRRGGGHHH
idiots at my work all talking about how they never heard of a mac and cheese grilled cheese sandwich and how “crazy” that is!!!!
delias man - January 31, 2012
I’ve never heard of it. However, it doesn’t sound crazy, it sounds delicious.
OB12 - January 31, 2012
how about a Pastrami pizza with pickles on it?
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
had it
at Downey Pizza company
also had mustard. it was tasty
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
cut out their tongues
it is obvious that they use them not to taste the ambrosia of Olympus, so that should forfeit the right to use those same tongues to speak their nonsense and blasphemy
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
OH MAN THATS CRAZY YOU CAN'T DO THAT
nolander - January 31, 2012
but seriously I know what I'm having for dinner tonight
nolander - January 31, 2012
dont even dare to add rib meat and BBQ sauce to that!!!
delias man - January 31, 2012
but then its a melt not a grilled cheese...
nolander - January 31, 2012
…
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
search your feelings
you know it to be true
nolander - January 31, 2012
How would you make said sandwich? Would Kraft mac ’n cheese work or should you go more upscale?
OB12 - January 31, 2012
Store brand mac & cheese. The 75 cent loaf of bread. We can get these per unit sandwich costs down to like a nickel!
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
My real question was what kind of bread
I’ve been avoiding white bread, but it seems appropriate for this occasion.
nolander - January 31, 2012
artisan breads only!!!
delias man - January 31, 2012
This works if the car is under warranty.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Archeologists discover 3,500 year old “Your Mama” insult
Little Blue Bicycle - January 31, 2012
got a condo made of stona
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Funky Tut…
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Moved to Arizona
kinbote - January 31, 2012
“Yo mama so old, she’s alive in modern time. Damn. This will be so much funnier in the future.”
“No, it won’t.”
Nolij - January 31, 2012
so I'll be going to a lot of Dodger games this year
I bought that 10 game bobblehead mini plan, then I was informed that my family reacquired the season tickets we’d had for so long.
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
Nice
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Tommy, you’re a Pepper baby!
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I didn’t know computer programs created by root beer companies (is root beer the rival of Dr Pepper?) could go to games :)
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
we're taking over
Meatbag
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
"Whenever I said kill all humans
I secretly said except Fry."
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Mr. Pibb, or maybe Safeway Brand’s Dr. Skipper.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Mr Pibb is delicious, the two should live in harmony. Dr Skipper isnt bad at all for an off-brand product, though Dr Shasta is not great, which is why I have 3/4 of a 12 pack still sitting in my kitchen from 2 months ago.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Dr. Pepper is still by far the best though.
Taylor Maricle - January 31, 2012
Jon Weisman came to visit to see what we talk about. He left with the knowledge he was missing nothing.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
If there’s a low season on a baseball blog, late January would be it.
Michael White - January 31, 2012
I believe the watch and taco truck talk usually starts up around 11AM Pacific Time.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
Humma and UscChris time
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Im here, just waiting for something I can jump on….. Ford alarms, mac and cheese sandwiches arent my specialty.
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
this is more wisdom than 90% of people here (including myself) partake in.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Did you mis the conjugation of verbs thread? Gerunds?
iiidown - January 31, 2012
both WAY better than what we have been up too
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Nothing of consequence has been said here today, but it has been somewhat enjoyable. Probably because CHRIS PAUL is 8 – 0 when he scores 16 points or more:)
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Wait, that doesn’t make sense. Chris Paul is a team? Josie!!!!
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
correlation ≠ causation
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
you are supposed to yell that
nolander - January 31, 2012
….
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
coincidence, I think not!
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I’m so #winning today
Just found out I won’t be extended at work here so I can finally go start on an actual career.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Are you a contractor?
silverwidow - January 31, 2012
Was.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Do I say congratulations or best wishes?
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Yes, and thank you.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Did you ever get in touch with that temp agency?
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
I haven’t yet. I think I’m going to see how this new opportunity works out.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
cool
Good luck
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
but more importantly will this new opportunity cut in to your TBLA time?
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
seeing as how i currently spend the majority of my 9 hour work day on here, it’ll probably cut into it but i’ll still have a chunk of TBLA time. Currently, my schedule is going to be working from home 2-3 days a week and working half days the other days 3-2 days.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
So an actual contract?
Nice man, congrats.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Thanks, my new position will be temporarily unpaid, but it’s a ton of fun and I’ll be excited to drive to work again.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
That last part is possibly the most important
When you don’t like your job even getting up and going to work is the worst thing.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Indeed
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
That’s why my commute is about 90 seconds.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
I used to work about three blocks from my house. That was sweet. Then, in ’94, because of the earthquake, the company moved to the other end of Simi, and I had to drive FIVE miles! So I moved.
iiidown - January 31, 2012
Good luck with the new endeavor
Your last day down here in El Segundo is Thursday or Friday?
David Young - January 31, 2012
did you actually just "#winning"
like that is a thing to do? seriously?
and i sleep with you?
Maddz - January 31, 2012
i mean holy wow
Maddz - January 31, 2012
looks like someone’s HANGRY
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
#tigerblood?
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
it wasn't ok when Charlie did it
Maddz - January 31, 2012
We knew it wasn’t his winning personality.
David Young - January 31, 2012
You sleep with him?
mleadman - January 31, 2012
He has baseball pants.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
hell yes he does
Maddz - January 31, 2012
-Charlie Manuel.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
It’s a fun quote, but he’s right.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Philly’s walk count has gone down the last five years, but that’s probably more of a function of their offense getting shittier than anything.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
absolutely
try to walk and pretty soon you wont
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Mostly I was trying to start non-Greinke related baseball chat and my choices were this or Corey Patterson signs an NRI.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
got it – lemme see if I can help
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
If Oswalt signs with Rangers, who moves to the bullpen?
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Harrison.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
Your Mama
That joke killed in Summeria
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Reg – see how that works?
You can send the check to
HJ
1334 Swesoke Lane
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I agree, in the sense that walking is not a goal, but a by-product of being a good, selective hitter with a good eye and the reaction time to foul off pitches when fooled a high enough percentage of the time to avoid some strikeouts.
David Young - January 31, 2012
tell that walk taking pussy chase utley to ship up or shape out
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - January 31, 2012
Player you never got to see play, who you'd most want to see play
Mine might be Willie Mays – maybe I saw him, but don’t recall and it would have been after he was Willie Mays
Oh shit, what about Duke or Jackie. Damn.
Fuck that, Koufax
Who is yours? I promise as soon as you write one name about 100000 more will jump in your head
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Clemente
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Jackie Robinson
Saw Mays
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Honus Wager – would like to see how this bow legged man dominated the NL
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I thought you two went to school together
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Here’s to swimmin’ with bow-legged women!
kinbote - January 31, 2012
memories
as a 10 year old I would repeatedly sing these songs and my family would howl with laughter. How the world has changed
Me and you
You and me
Homo sex u ality
People think that we are friends
but we are really lesbians
I like swimmin’
with bow legged women
so I can see the fish
between their legs
which led to this in my later years
Handcuffs on bed post
and blondes with no close on
Little pert nipples that you rest your nose on
marks on my back from the little girl’s rings
these are a few of my favorite things
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I’m going to give you the silent treatment
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
after my showing, I would too
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I’m OK with the My Favorite Things parody. It scans well.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
whew!
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I first heard that first one sung by pledges to the high school girls “service club”.
David Young - January 31, 2012
I don’t know where I learned the first two
the third was me and a buddy goofing off
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Ted Williams
latenite - January 31, 2012
this who was in my mind when I hit post
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I remember seeing him once in 1960 on TV, but I was too young for it to really mean anything. I do remember my uncle saying – “he’s Ted Williams, one of the greatest players ever”.
latenite - January 31, 2012
for me it’s Koufax, but maybe Pee Wee Reece. Or, oh, come on Babe Ruth, that’d be awesome. Or, NO, I’d want to see the AAGPBL!
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Pete Reiser – before the injury.
berkowit28 - January 31, 2012
nice one
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Watching Babe Ruth play after seeing the athletes you’ve seen today would just frustrate the hell out of you.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
damn you Gary, why do you hate Babe Ruth! lol
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Proxy for G Scott – he wishes he had seen Don Sutton as a Dodger
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Thank you.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Spoiler alert: it was kinda like watching Derek Lowe pitching for the Dodgers, only for a lot longer, and with a bad perm.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
The bonus was that Steve Garvey didn’t like Don Sutton and Sutton was smart enough to know Reggie Smith was the better player.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Gary would have loved the first game I ever saw at Dodger Stadium. 1 – 0 Sutton shutout.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Brooks Robinson other than the obvious ones.
Wouldn’t name a guy like Ted Williams because as great as he was, I saw a guy on base .609. Ted Williams couldn’t do that.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
Brooks sure did put on a display in the World Series I’ve never forgotten.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Old Hoss Radbourn
Michael White - January 31, 2012
he could not hit worth a shit
delias man - January 31, 2012
Cool Papa Bell
Nolij - January 31, 2012
yeah
Oscar Charleston too
and Josh Gibson
and, and, and
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Satchel Paige said don’t look back.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Fortunately, nothing gained on Cool Papa.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Campanella
delias man - January 31, 2012
in the good years!
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Ted Williams
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Would have loved to be in the stands at Ebbets Field on April 15, 1947.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
with your homemade Jackie Robinson jersey, no doubt.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
The Polo Grounds in October of 51…not so much
Michael White - January 31, 2012
Joe DiMaggio
I would like to see if the romanticized recollections of cool and grace are accurate.
ishXdavid - January 31, 2012
Good call, maybe even Mickey Mantle before the first knee injury
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
yes
the Mick
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Ruth
Pure Azure - January 31, 2012 via Android app
Musial
Mantle pre-64
Robinson
Spahn
mleadman - January 31, 2012
The Spahn-Marichal 16-inning game, won by a Mays’ home run, would be epic.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Would have only been better if it were won by an Aaron HR.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
1962 Maury Wills. I only remember the return of the old Wills.
As Phil said, young Mickey Mantle.
Bob Feller.
David Young - January 31, 2012
19 year old Bob Feller would be something. 208 walks, 240 K’s
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
as expected only two pitchers have ever walked and struck out more then 200 in a single season. Both are HOF
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Man the late 1800s were littered with 200 walk seasons. A bunch of “pitch every inning ever” guys.
Feller and Ryan not only are the only 200/200 guys (since 1901) but also the only two with 200-walk seasons since 1901, with any amount of strikeouts.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Randy Johnson came close didn't he
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Came within 48 walks of 200 once
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Oh
I thought he was more wild than that (as if 152 isn’t wild enough)
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Speaking of Jackie
Happy birthday, Mr. Robinson. Would have been 93 today.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Damn
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I never got to see Bob Feller play. And I would have loved to seen Gehrig play.
iiidown - January 31, 2012
MLB 12 The Show...Canadian Version
silverwidow - January 31, 2012
I’ll bite, if there’s only one Canadian team, is there a Blue Jay on the cover every year? Do they ever throw up a Vancouver Canadian just for variety?
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Easy explanation
This is the first year with two covers.
silverwidow - January 31, 2012
why?
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
because fifa does it
delias man - January 31, 2012
money
nolander - January 31, 2012
Most things can be explained by this.
fbihop - January 31, 2012
money, sex, fear
that about does it
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
its all sex
money is to get more sex, fear is because you are afraid that a bad thing would prevent sex.
nolander - January 31, 2012
old joke
Q: What comes between fear and sex?
A: Fünf
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Available only on PlehStation.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Baseball book chapter title
made me LOL
Ch 1 – Is It Possible to Accurately Measure Fielding Without Shoving a GPS Device Up Derek Jeter’s Ass? (Colin Wyers)
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
This is so awesome....
http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2011/06/eric-s-blog/pendersleigh-sons-cartographical-art-show-opening-night.html
Lex in Brooklyn - January 31, 2012
agreed
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I don’t click on anything having to do with “eric-s” and “blog”
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Using HJ’s theme
What game would you want to see that you never saw?
I’m going with Oct 4th, 1955
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
That’s the one. But I believe I heard some it live on the radio.
berkowit28 - January 31, 2012
got to be Jackie's debut
but after that maybe this….
September 9, 1965
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
October 15, 1988
Michael White - January 31, 2012
that is the saddest comment ever
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
agree
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Mat 4, 1871. I could be the biggest hipster ever.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
creating new months is the hippest
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
heh
Nolij - January 31, 2012
September 18, 2006. Which was, by the way, a game I had tickets to attend and traded away early in the season for another game.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
I don’t regret it for a second. /goodwillhunting
Nolij - January 31, 2012
On the other hand, I DID see this game, on television. Vin was at the top of his game that night. A very enjoyable game to watch on TV.
Still, nothing would have beaten being there.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
I wish I didn’t give up on the game after the top of the ninth. Had to be alerted via text (it had two words, “Holy Shit”) to turn the game back on and saw Marlon Anderson rounding the bases.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
This would be high up on my list as well
I remember getting home from hanging out with friends and turning on the after game show…I was in disbelief
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
easily
October 15, 1988
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
no, you might be right
if you lived the prior 10 years through the misery, I cannot imagine the joy
after VE and VJ day, probably the happiest Brooklyn ever was or will be
My parents lived in Brooklyn and Queens respectively and speak fondly of it
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Either the 26-inning Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Boston Braves game, or more likely the 33-inning Triple A game that was suspended and played over 2 different days in 1981, that featured both Cal Ripken and Wade Boggs. The resumption of the game got a lot of press because it was during the baseball strike.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
The Mahut-Isner of our sport.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Sandy’s perfect game
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
September 9, 1965
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
We've got such a similar mindset
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Listened to it Live
mleadman - January 31, 2012
Probably Sandy's perfect game
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
September 9, 1965
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Besides ones already named
The game in the Coliseum when they honored Roy Campanella.
Game 7 of the 1960 World Series.
Game 3 (first WS game in LA) and 6 (final game) of the 1959 World Series.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Interesting that no one has picked Game 7 of 65 which would have been my 3rd choice
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Excellent choice
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
I was at game 4, but no one wants to revisit that one. Osteen won it, which is about all I can remember about it. I was 9.
mleadman - January 31, 2012
Without game four there is no game seven. Kind of awesome for a nine year old wasn’t it? And yet you still turned out to be a Marty
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Hah
and now I’m thinking it might have been game 3
mleadman - January 31, 2012
Really cool
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
The pennant-winning game against the Braves in 1959 would have been cool, too.
Second game of a three-game playoff (Dodgers up 1-0), Dodgers down 3 in the 9th, ended up winning in the 12th on a throwing error.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Not sure on game dates. But I’d list…
Aaron’s 715 HR game
Pete Rose hitting streak (any game) when the streak was over 40.
Same with DiMaggio (but 50+)
Any perfect game
Any game with Mickey Mantle in his prime.
Any 1927 Yankees game at Yankee Stadium.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
I would even add the R.J. Reynolds squeeze game only because I never watched or listened to that one.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
I was at Dennis Martinez’ perfecto. It was pretty cool, but it would have been much cooler had we been on the other side of that result.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Me too. Loge level, right at the top row, between home and third.
iiidown - January 31, 2012
I did see that first one on television.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Koufax’s Perfect game. I had tickets to the game. My buddy and I had saved our money for months to buy them, and we neglected to tell our parents. We were 15, and had planned to take a bus from Canoga Park the the Stadium, Mom said “No Way you’re going downtown, on a bus, at night by yourselves!” So, I listened to the game on my transistor sister as we were driving down Sepulveda to my aunt’s house in Hemosa Beach. By the time we got there I was fuming! After the game was over, (I brooded in the corner during the game.) I gave the silent treatment to Mom after that. Dad was also strangely silent during this whole ordeal. I finally forgave her last year.
iiidown - January 31, 2012
I got brothers older than that grudge!
David Young - January 31, 2012
Cool pic
from June 7, 2006:
silverwidow - January 31, 2012
If only Guz and Aybar were replaced with Bills and Loney.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
They were still in Las Vegas. :)
silverwidow - January 31, 2012
It wouldn’t have had to be on that date of course.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
makes me all sad inside
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
evidently not as sad as Mike’s comment, but sad
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Mike has made us numb.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
“Just wait for the kids and everything will get better” they said.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
for us oldies
it is like the Control Data Institute commercials they played in the afternoon
tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
I still don’t think Josh Bard makes the team
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Also
Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Man never Is, but always To Be blest.
The soul, uneasy and confin’d from home,
Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Your mom expatiates in a life to come. /babylonians
Nolij - January 31, 2012
It really wasn’t all bad. Those kids (some of them anyway) were meaningful contributors on the two most successful Dodger teams of my lifetime (I don’t count 88, was too young.)
Michael White - January 31, 2012
A Whos Who of Whos Not On Our Team
the Houston Whos Whos?
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
you might have missed it
The meme died yesterday, due to ownership ending the contest due to too many stupid suggestions from TBLA and others like us
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Memes never die, they just go into hibernation
fbihop - January 31, 2012
Listen, Imma let you finish, fbihop, but Mike White made one of the best comments in the history of blogging.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Thinking more about Gary's earlier question
Outside of Kershaw, the Dodger I would probably most want to extend right now is Andre Ethier. I don’t think he will be easily replaced.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
VICTORY!
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Especially at 6/17.5
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Haha
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
The trouble is:
1) He won’t be easily replaced, but
2) He might be able to get somebody to bite on a mega-deal
I support the idea of having Ethier around for the next four years or so, but if somebody wants to give him, say, Jayson Werth money, would you want to match that to keep him?
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
No, not Werth money.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
had to be done, he didn’t enjoy writing it, but he knew that is what the moment called for
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
It is hard finding 23 home runs in 900 at bats
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Yes, that is all there is to offense.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Phil is wondering
Who’s Fabio?
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
I would entertain the notion of bringing Ethier back after the season. We will probably need a good LH bat and outside of Hamilton, I don’t think FA has much.
OB12 - January 31, 2012
I think the Rangers will end up extending Hamilton anyway.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
I agree.
OB12 - January 31, 2012
one comment to bind them
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Checks wall clock. 10:52AM. 8 minutes early today.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
The clocks stopped at 1:17.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
That’s when you got shot (see above)
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
God I wish I could find the quote I’m thinking of. It marries Sopranos and The Road perfectly. It’s when the father is telling the man who’s threatening his son that if he shoots him he won’t even realize it because the bullet will travel so fast that he won’t hear it or feel it because his brain will be soup by then :)
kinbote - January 31, 2012
I read a Western once when the hero died like that with the last sentence. I said fuck that and went back to reading Louis l’amour
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I almost bought this watch. The new Hamilton Thinomatic. I would have bought it with the black face and the stainless steel bracelet. It’s gorgeous, but I’m happy with my purchase.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
For the love of God don’t turn this into Greinke chat but free agency offers two things next year: outfielders and starting pitchers. I don’t see Ethier getting snapped up so I would be willing to see what the market thinks about him.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
First and Foremost, let me praise loving god…
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Then again we need two outfielders.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
I’d lean more heavily toward Upton than Ethier at this point.
OB12 - January 31, 2012
You can have both.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
True.
OB12 - January 31, 2012
Not a Sands believer?
kinbote - January 31, 2012
He’s at 1B :)
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
No, but even if I was I’d rather he play first than go through a free agent class lead by noted child rape apologist James Loney.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
Wow, supporting Joe Paterno for his ENTIRE career contributions to Penn seems to be a sore spot with you. You can also put me in his camp.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I believe that child rape cancels out winning football games what can I say.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
the mark of an ethical man
court168627 - January 31, 2012 via Android app
When you put it like that, there is nothing to argue with. But you know it’s not that simple. Paterno as much as anyone built Penn State from a podunk state school into a major university. He donated so much money to the school that the library bears his name. Football might have made Penn State, but it used the money well.
That is why this whole thing is such a disaster — for the victims, first and foremost, of course, but also for the entire community. The reason this happened is because nobody at the entire school wanted to tip the apple cart.
Of course it’s about way more than football games.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
right
heroes are hard to let go of. Like really really hard. It’s fair to say this whole process has been close to iconoclasty for that community, and while as an outsider it’s easy to say “he wrong” and even as an insider “he wrong” but that may not equate to “he bad man” inside the community
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
I guess it’s that cult like mentality around Paterno that weirds me out even more. It’s not the people that try to find a balance in this issue that weird me out, it’s the Loneys/Kutchers of the world that can’t even figure out why they fired him, or the various people that claim the Board of Trustees murdered Paterno. I understand the history but the people that can’t comprehend why he was let go really rub me the wrong way.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
Nolij - January 31, 2012
ah, yes. I am willing to make that distinction, and yes, those who are so cultish around Paterno are indeed odd ducks.
Serious question, why isn’t Bobby Bowden given the same god-like status in Florida? Will ESPN shut down for the day when he passes on?
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Hmm. Good question. I’ll guess the difference is that the fans/school/board of directors, et al turned on Bowden. They never did on Paterno.
Michael White - January 31, 2012
Bowden’s stature is pretty legendary, but I think part of the difference is that Happy Valley is a small college town while Tallahassee is not.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
fair enough. The man is the town is the town is the man. I can see that. It is a fairly unique situation, only fair comp is probably Coach K at Duke, but even then your dealing with a priveledged community as opposed to the “coach miners and beet famers” stories you get at Penn St.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Joe was also known for stuff like this and he wasn’t a southerner
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Florida isn’t the south, but I see your point. Philanthropist as well as coach. Suddenly I’m reminded of the documentary where a Columbian community loved their local drug lord more than their government.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
um, hell yes it is
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I’m going to blame your high school for failing to teach you geography. Such as the Iraq.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
The South isn’t a geographic region, it’s a state of mind. East Texas has more in common with the deep South than Florida.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
By that logic
And I did know where you were going with this, Northern Florida is definitely considered the South.
Michael White - January 31, 2012
yes
oh so very yes
Maddz - January 31, 2012
are you kidding me
have you been the panhandle?
Tallahassee is as southern as southern gets
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Tallahassee is in the panhandle of Florida which has far more in common with Georgia than it does with Miami.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
got it, with it now.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Much like California
and likely much more so, there are big distinctions to be made between North and South Florida. Or urban and rural. South Beach is worlds away from places like the towns of the Florida panhandle.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Ironically
Northern Florida is as “South” as you can get. It’s more or less an extension of Georgia and Alabama.
South Florida, on the other hand, isn’t the South.
ishXdavid - January 31, 2012
God dammit sports media.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
that is Rick at his best, which is his worst, which he is really good at
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Plaschkean
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
JoePa was royally screwed by McCreary. If he was an employee of the university, with responsibilities that would in any way involved oversight of children, he has to have been a mandated reporter of child abuse. As a mandated reporter, we are constantly told that we MUST report any suspected abuse immediately to either local law enforcement or DCFS. Under no circumstances are we supposed to report it to anybody else, including bosses, but McCreary seemed to think that was sufficient. He passed the buck and tried to come off as a sympathetic character. He should see jail time, but probably won’t.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
people are a problem
nolander - January 31, 2012
I just want the “grab a Werther’s Original kids and let Grandpa Rick tell you about a time when things were just a little bit simpler” tone to be saved for dumb fluff pieces this is not too much to ask.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
Paterno did a horrible thing
but he did many good things. I hate people, they are too damn complicated. To summarize, people are a problem
nolander - January 31, 2012
Sands at 1b in 2013 it is. That means we need two corner outfielders. Sure hope Kemp can stay in CF.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
i like the idea of signing bj upton next offseason. and if we trade for votto we can put sands in a corner OF position :)
court168627 - January 31, 2012 via Android app
who do you think we traded away to get Votto? Sands can play a corner OF position…in Cincinnatti
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
If the FA market for outfielders is Hamilton and a bunch of other guys, I think the market for Ethier will be bigger than you think, especially if he has a good season this year.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
I thought we already decided he was Red Sox bound. Not like they solved their RF problem this year with Ross/Sweeney.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I see Ethier and Pence as similar players, and both could get more than seems “fair” when they hit free agency.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Since the 2013 team has been put to pasture by many here due to this years offseason signings does it really matter which FA OFers are available next year? Shouldn’t we be more worried about potential 2014 free agents. /drippingWithSarcasm
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
I fully expect the 2013 contracts to mean nothing in 2013 as they will have the status of junk bonds, sold off for pennies on the dollar and replaced with Treasury Bonds.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I agree with this. Most of the newly signed and some of the holdovers will be auditioning for 2013 jobs when new management takes over.
OB12 - January 31, 2012
It’s as if you’re speaking to Mark Ellis directly.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
He’s going to hit .402 in April
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
The comparison made here at some point was Brad Hawpe, which I am totally on board with. Brad Hawpe’s OPS+ 27-30: 120, 130, 121, 125. 31-32: 94, 83 (and only 165 GP). The injuries to Ethier only make me more worried that any extension would not be fully fulfilled.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
He can go Paul O’Neil – Yea
He can go Brad Hawpe – Boo
Or
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
He had a good run
sbnation: Per @JasonColeYahoo, Peyton Manning is not healing as quickly as planned, and he may never play again: http://t.co/DiVUTKNI
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Peter King was reporting the same thing a few days back
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
pft
Peter King. Who does he think he is, in America and your last name is King.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
I get my news from Johnny Democracy.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
at a way, pops
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Democracy is old news
You got to tune in to Frankie Capitalism, he calls the shots
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I thought it was Larry Lobbyist
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
nah, he’s a stooge
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Saw a trailer for the new Three Stooges movie. Did not make me laugh.
David Young - January 31, 2012
films suck
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
It has been at least a decade since I have watched the original Three Stooges, which I loved to watch growing up. I fear they wouldn’t hold up and would seem incredibly lame if I watched them today. But man, that was as much a part of my Saturday mornings as anything while growing up.
I did not enjoy the trailer for the new Stooges movie. I’d like to think it was because it doesn’t hold up to the original, and not just because the whole concept was dumb to begin with.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
The only other thing I remember about the trailer is Kate Upton in a nunkini.
David Young - January 31, 2012
she is 19
something wrong with all this
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Old enough to bleed…
mleadman - January 31, 2012
I did not know that.
The thing that is wrong with all this is that we are getting old.
David Young - January 31, 2012
x
silverwidow - January 31, 2012
y
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
oooh, so that’s what it feels like when a boy touches it
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
That makes me more sad than it does happy.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
you kidding, I was in that melee, never been happier….except maybe 2009
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Kids.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Awwww...
Except they ended up in the Poinsettia Bowl instead, rught
ishXdavid - January 31, 2012
Why is he holding a rose?
Michael White - January 31, 2012
The Bachelor
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
He won the Bachelorette.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
There are two beautiful girls standing in front of me
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
You all should be ashamed.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
power of commercials
I SWEAR, IT WAS ONLY THE COMMERCIALS
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
The Soup fills my pop culture void.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Oh. I almost forgot. Fuck Mack Brown.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
ROB LOWE WINS
fbihop - January 31, 2012
this is sad.
Maddz - January 31, 2012
Pitchers and catchers report in 3 weeks. THREE WEEKS!
fbihop - January 31, 2012
like a pig in shit I will be
like a pig in shit
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
What date do we realize our back-up infield is better than our starting one?
kinbote - January 31, 2012
that seems to have been the case the last couple seasons now
court168627 - January 31, 2012 via Android app
Weisman kicks off the new site with an interview with Old Hoss Radbourn. Nice.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Suck it, ESPN.
fbihop - January 31, 2012
So what was it that ESPN didnt like about DT?
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
Not enough profanity, or euphemisms for profanity.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Not enough USCChris
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
haha thats right baby, I came over here, that place crumbled… couldnt survive without my controversial commenting lol….. but for real, wonder what exactly it was…. wonder if it had anything to with the personal write ups he would do sometimes. Its the only blog ive seen that has that, others just stick straight with the sports, or whatever the focus is.
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
You should ask Jon in his new comments section.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Jon's Personal takes
The way Jon wove his personal narrative with the narrative of the Dodgers and sports in general is what made DT must-read material.
ishXdavid - January 31, 2012
need a ruling
TMQ – Tuesday Morning Quarterback at ESPN
1) Jumped the Shark
2) Still cool as Fonzie
3) Never as cool as Fonzie
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Never read it
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
See E.S.’s comment re: ESPN sports programming from yesterday.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
I first found the article on slate or NFL.com or somewhere else
then it was on ESPN or vice versa
but yeah, I hear you
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
when I was an administrative intern, it was a good way to pass a half hour when I’d bugged everyone and no one needed any help
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Never watched it
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Never heard of it.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
4) Never as cool as Potsie
I’ve always hated Easterbrook.
fbihop - January 31, 2012
I always hated it. His slobbering of cheerleaders was always so pervy and it made me uncomfortable to read.
Michael White - January 31, 2012
That is why I always look ahead at our games instead of checking out the view in the tunnel. But when you aren’t there, I’m pervy.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Heh
Michael White - January 31, 2012
I can’t find exactly but I believe my wild ass guess projection for the Dodgers’ start in 2011 was 36-21 after two months.
They were 26-30 after May 31 (had a rainout in Pittsburgh), and 26-31 after 57 games. They didn’t win their 36th game until game #80. Ouch.
For 2012, I’m swayed by the early schedule, so I’ll say after play on May 31, the Dodgers will be 30-21.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
So you had the numbers right, but in the wrong order.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Juan Rivera will come out crushing.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
51-0
silverwidow - January 31, 2012
I love Ned on the right
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Feech Colletti
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Mark Ellis looks like the guy in Beetlejuice who got his head shrunk.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
i was just thinking about this picture yesterday. thank you for reposting it.
court168627 - January 31, 2012 via Android app
Here are the 2012 monthly win percentages
my sim spit out from the 2012 schedule, back when fewer free agents were signed and it had the Dodgers winning just over 80 games (now close to 78).
April (.4984)
May (.5225)
June (.5043)
July (.4880)
August (.4846)
September (.4703)
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
So you will only be four wins shy of the correct number through May :)
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
The roster we start the season with will be quite different by Aug 1st
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Da Nedsie Boyzz will still be here, right? :)
silverwidow - January 31, 2012
If the opening day roster is:
Loney
Ellis
Gordon
Uribe
Ellis
Andre
Kemp
Juan
I’d expect at least 3 of those will not be starting by Aug 1st. If we are in contention then we will need better players then Ellis / Ellis, and Juan, if we are not in contention then for once Loney and Andre will be sent packing, Ellis will be benched, Fedex will get promoted.
So this is not to say the team is going to suck, we could still be in contention and I think we would still have three positions changed by Aug 1st.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
foh’sure. I recalibrate on a daily basis.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
I understand the snark but full season simulations based on current rosters seems pointless. Rosters are dynamic as are team in 2011 showed.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Pointless, unless you want a projection of how many games a team will win. There are always error bars on these things, nobody is denying that. Vegas doesn’t stop projecting seasonal win totals because someone tells them that rosters can change.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
Sorry Xiefrank, I was just in one of my moods where everything is pointless.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
EXCEPT FOR THE CLIPPER GUARDS
AMIRITE or what?
BOO YAA
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I call those my McRoberts moods now
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
How many different lineups did the Dodgers start last year? 161?
iiidown - January 31, 2012
Dirk Nowitzki checks in on Blake Griffin’s dunk:
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
OMG OMG Oh. My. God.
The Super Bowl will feature both a Batman trailer, and an Avengers trailer.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
I will see one of those movies.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Me too. Nolan is a great director.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
nolandir-ector
Nolij - January 31, 2012
My current fave
nolander - January 31, 2012
Will Emma Peel be in it?
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Haha
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
No such luck.
iiidown - January 31, 2012
One?
I will see both, many many times.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Add to that Spiderman
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
If Ghost Dad were released today, you would see that.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Is the fact that I won't see crappy ass Ghost Rider good enough for you?
It’s not like I’m talking about seeing Avatar here, at least we know Batman will be excellent, the Avengers should be great, and Spiderman should be epic! (he’s my favorite super hero!)
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
How you gonna t alk shit about Avatar and Ghost Rider like that
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Incredibly easily actually
:)
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
so wait, is Spiderman starting over again now too? fuckin shit man
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
also, is this really going to be the final Batman?? and Bane is the final villian? where is Penguin, where is Riddler? Ive always thought of those guys as the more popular rivals.
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
final Chris Nolan Batman, but there series has had many different directors
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
But it was getting good, now its ending, dammit.
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
But I guess someone will take up the Batman series again soon enough, tell me to forget about these 3 movies again, and start over…. Movies are becoming like religion, everyone has their own interpretation.
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
Chris Nolan made this series with Batman realistic which I love. The next batman series will likely have more familiar villains I’m sure.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
is an oxymoron. More human, maybe.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Yes more realistic
do you see a guy with a gun that freezes people running around? Nope.
nolander - January 31, 2012
In real life (realistic), I don’t see masked men in tight leather outfits with capes running around engaging in fisticuffs and fighting evil criminals.
David Young - January 31, 2012
I think you're taking the realistic comment too seriously
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
You’re arguing with the wrasslin’ aficionados who think that’s normal too.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
wrestling is totally real!
#delusions
I think i’m just going to twitter up TBLA because I don’t actually twitter on the tweeter.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
its realistic for a comic book
context counts bro
nolander - January 31, 2012
You get one free pass which is why an invincible flying alien with heat vision is cool, but that he can disguise himself with glasses is dumb.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
My favorite stupid thing in comics ever
I secretly think his glasses send a hologram around his face that changes the look of it to EVERYONE else.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
It is much more realistic
Clearly it’s something that doesn’t happen in real life, but compared to most other comic book movies, this has got to be one of the if not the most realistic concept.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Yeah I agree, Nolan did a great job, which is why im bummed he is stopping now. Was this always the plan, 3 movies?
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
yes
he is too good to be constrained to one character and batman is too rich to be constrained to one director. Its time for someone else to step up
nolander - January 31, 2012
ROB ZOMBIE!! haha im jk… How he keeps getting jobs directing idk. I thought his Halloween was cool, but part 2 was shitty as hell.
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
it’ll be up to the next director that WB signs to handle the property to decide if they want to reboot, or continue within the established universe
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
no reboot dear lord no reboot
we don’t need an origin. Everyone knows the origin, the origin works just fine NO FUCKING REBOOT DO YOU HEAR ME.
nolander - January 31, 2012
but Mr Freeze should be the next villian
nolander - January 31, 2012
disagree
no Freeze before Penguin. Plus Penguin works better in this ’verse
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
they did freeze already
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
in the previous universe
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
which fake universe we talking about now?
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
the Tim Burton/whoever universe vs. the Chris Nolan Universe vs. the 1960s Batman universe
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
“slash-whoever?”
“SLASH-WHOEVER?!?!”
That is Joel Schumaker to you, pal!
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Of course, in correcting you, I couldn’t be bothered to spell his name correctly.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
You were distracted by the squirrel.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
oh go green light Smurfs 3 : p
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
You can't lump the Tim Burton ones with the Batman Forever and Batman and Robin ones
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
yes I can, because they didn’t reboot. The villains who died in the Tim Burton ones were not reused in the Forever, Robin ones. It was implied that this was the same Batman.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
and the burton ones where pretty goofy
nolander - January 31, 2012
I just mean because those movies freaking sucked
The first two were great.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
the non-realistic fake one
kinbote - January 31, 2012
if by did freeze you mean made a character that barely resembled him
then yes
nolander - January 31, 2012
Penguin is a side character
he shouldn’t carry a film on his own. Its also time to move on from the “realistic” approach to batman.
nolander - January 31, 2012
….
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
plus then we could have poison ivy
maybe even some harley quin. Maybe some poison ivy on harley quin action(what? Its canon!)
nolander - January 31, 2012
Tricia Helfer as poison ivy
nolander - January 31, 2012
I want Harley Quinn!
I loved her in Arkham City
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Why doesn’t Batman dance anymore? That’s what I want to know.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
That’s the only reason I watched the Nolan ones.
David Young - January 31, 2012
so you are saying that you like a less fake fake universe rather than a more fake fake universe, but once the level of fakeness is achieved, then those two fake universes can never meet
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Is the pinnacle of fake Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally?
David Young - January 31, 2012
at some point they run out of villians who actually make sense in the universe
unless you really want them to make a movie staring Calender Man.
nolander - January 31, 2012
Is “Calendar Man” like a really hot fireman with his shirt off?
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
he is obsessed with hollidays
they tried to invent him as a hannible lecter type villian to some success actually, but the ways you can use that are… limited.
nolander - January 31, 2012
I think mine is better
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Really?
A serious answer to this hysterical comment
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
yes
nolander - January 31, 2012
His sworn enemy is Captain Leap Year.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Brilliant
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
absolutely
nolander - January 31, 2012
thank god
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
What about Hush? He seems like he could be pretty awesome
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Geezus you people are taking geekdom to a level rarely seen on TBLA
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
yes – I tried to warn them
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I didn’t know of him before the last video game, so it’s not too bad…maybe
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
They can still be "serious"
without being afraid of the more fantastical batman villians
nolander - January 31, 2012
The Riddler could end up being a realistic villain I think
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
and he can't carry a film on his own
oh no he might riddle batman to death.
nolander - January 31, 2012
I have seen question-riddled comments sections kill bloggers though.
David Young - January 31, 2012
I think they could do an entire movie with him as the main villain. He would just have to be more of a really smart villain. The actor cast as him would factor into it a ton as well.
VegasBlues - January 31, 2012
Neil Patrick Harris!!!
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
I’d prefer Johnny Depp.
VegasBlues - January 31, 2012
I hope they don't
The rumor is Joseph Gordon Levitt is going to take over for Batman as either Nightwing (awesome!), Robin, or possibly as Batman. The best theory I read was that Bruce gets killed, but someone takes over as Batman (or possibly Nightwing).
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
dont reboot i mean
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
I’d be in favor of the JGL plan
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
It was no Leonard, Part 6
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Are you following the live twitter chat right now?
OB12 - January 31, 2012
it involves Joss Whedon, so yes
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
10 second preview of the SB spot coming up shortly.
OB12 - January 31, 2012
josie!
I watched Dr Horrible’s Sing Along Blog last night. Freakin amazing.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Laundry day, see you there, underthings, tumbling. Want to say, love your hair, here I go, stumbling….With my freeze ray I will stop, the world. With my freeze ray I will find the time to ask you why and…
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
I like your hair
What?
I…like the air….
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
And these, aren’t the hammer…
….the hammer is my penis
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
May have been my favorite part with Captain Hammer, hahah
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
I really enjoyed that his sidekick/roommate was mr moist or something like that
and was just always incredibly sweaty
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Do you need anything dampened?
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Apparently Captain Hammer and the local police are viewers of this blog and I did not know this...
…and Captain Hammer threw a car at my face
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
it really is a great short film
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
My favorite so far
JW: “You don’t need to see any @Marvel movies to enjoy #Avengers! But you need to see Steel Magnolias, like, six times.”
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Joss is funny, but questions being asked or being allowed through suck.
OB12 - January 31, 2012
I will be watching the superbowl in India. I hope that means less noise about the commercials
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
India just doesn’t seem like the kind of place most folk think of when they think of watching the Super Bowl.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
I don’t blame them – kick off is going to be 5AM Monday morning!!!
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
If you invite the Rangers’ catcher and his family to watch it with you, it’ll just like being in IndiaNapolis
Nolij - January 31, 2012
that’s a heck of a lot of work
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
dam, how come you go to India so much?? What is it that you do if I may ask? You own a customer service branch??
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
Joe manufactures India Ink.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
There is only one reason an American business person visits India more then a few times a year.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
The hookahs?
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
they’re Russian in India too
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Russia and India aren’t the same place?
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
In India, Don Sutton forgets you!
kinbote - January 31, 2012
In India, Don Sutton will do a lot more than that.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
well the hookahs are eastern european wherever you go
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
They are
but “From India With Love” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
mleadman - January 31, 2012
Avengers: Filmed in New Mexico.
fbihop - January 31, 2012
Unconfirmed rumors that Timofey Mozgov wept with joy after seeing the Blake Griffin dunk on Kendrick Perkins and ran around screaming, “I’m off the hook! I’m off the hook!”
fbihop - January 31, 2012
Also unconfirmed: Timothy Mozgov finally revealed the true spelling of his first name after firing his British publicist.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
And Timothy Moscow finally came clean that he’s just another schlub from Ohio.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Then
changed his name to Timothy Tsar.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Tymothie Black Star denies he will be playing for Ghana’s national soccer team.
fbihop - January 31, 2012
Christopher Jackson wrote about the Dodgers catchers who will or could see time in ABQ this year.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
examiner.com is categorized as adult
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Albuquinquy
Nolij - January 31, 2012
NBA All-Star starters
are announced Thursday afternoon. Seems likely LA will have four of the five Western Conference starters.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Apologize if this is posted on top but
Jon’s first new piece of writing (after his introduction piece) is now up and it is great interview with this man
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
Tripon’d
fbihop - January 31, 2012
In some ways
it is shame that Tripon’d has replaced LAT
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
I thought LAT was a DT thing not a TBLA thing
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Josie’d
Nolij - January 31, 2012
What does LAT mean?
ishXdavid - January 31, 2012
Lambchops Are Tasty
Nolij - January 31, 2012
LAT was the screen name of a Dodger Thoughts poster
who would on occasion still be commenting on a thread that had ended. Thus the term that was used whenever that happened to you was something like I was LAT’d
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
Thanks!
I’d always thought it meant LA Times’d as in whatever news a commenter was discussing isn’t relevant anymore because the LA Times had already picked up on it. I wasn’t too far off.
ishXdavid - January 31, 2012
Sam Miller of the Orange County Register posted this story about when Jerry Dipoto met with C.J. Wilson’s agent at a swanky restaurant at the winter meetings. Jeffrey Loria was also there.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
awesome
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
seriously awesome
I want more stories like this. I want ALL stories like this.
nolander - January 31, 2012
its del taco right?!
nolander - January 31, 2012
Miami
This is getting real:
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
It’s Willy Wonka’s Dinger Factory
mleadman - January 31, 2012
The dingerberries taste like dingerberries!
David Young - January 31, 2012
I know maybe im in the minority, but this is why I wouldnt mind a new Dodger Stadium. Not for that exactly, but for the fun state of the art things they could do. Are the Marlins still going to have a giant fish tank behind home plate or whatever?
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
I’m not sure what about this post is the wrongest, but it is very wrong.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
oh no, its very right indeed.
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
that’s because everything about this post is equally wrong, and makes me want to rip someone’s head off and cry at the same time. And I’m a very stable person…
lnickerson88 - February 1, 2012 via mobile
It is a monstrosity, but
I don’t think it would bother me. That thing, fake volcano eruptions and whatnot are used after home-team home runs, when it is clear the ball has left the yard. In the stands, we are likely all standing and cheering and there isn’t any action to watch other than the players trotting around the bases. Extra noise and flash then is acceptable.
I hate the wave during play more.
David Young - January 31, 2012
I just want Matt Kemp to hit a ball off it.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
HITNGandyellowandbluewithflashinglightsanddolphinsjumpingoverit?
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
yeah, can I get some fireworks after a HR or something?
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
Hey, strobe lights underneath the wavy awning thing should be good enough : )
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Screw it, I’m on board. I love it.
I don’t care what you all think of me.
fbihop - January 31, 2012
welcome abord
We’ve been waiting for you
nolander - January 31, 2012
I hear orange juice improves the visuals.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
day tripper
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Somehow Vic the Brick ended up at media day in Indy. I just heard a soundbite with his stupid voice.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
they will just about let anyone cover a professional sports event these days. Every show needs a freak and Vic fits the bill.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
the NFL is also super accommodating when it comes to the Super Bowl. You might end up covering the game from a blimp, but they’ll accommodate you if you’re media
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Who is the TBLA freak?
David Young - January 31, 2012
The person who asks who it is.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Well that’s awkward.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Sorry, DY. You had a good run.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
a run, for sure it was a run
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
more like the slow-paced jog of man carrying a few too many pounds on none-too-healthy knees.
David Young - January 31, 2012
(worn out) Legs Young
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
That is some obscure call back.
David Young - January 31, 2012
I’m trying to remember how you earned that nickname.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Not with his brains
mleadman - January 31, 2012
I believe it evolved in response to a story about me in drag at a Halloween party.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Rec’d
David Young - January 31, 2012
Hard as may be to believe
he is on a Fox Sports Radio national program.
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
Remember him and Karl Malone gracing the ari waves together?
Lex in Brooklyn - January 31, 2012
I wonder if Karl Malone has hit up Vanessa Bryant yet now that she is single…. If this was WWE, Vanessa Bryant would now be Karl Malone’s manager.
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
Fantasy baseball mags are out
Kershaw is the SP1
Kemp is the OF1
Billingsley is “fodder”
silverwidow - January 31, 2012
Just wait till Bills shuts everyone up this year
Hopefully I’m not included though! :)
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
I love your optimism. I almost want to go to spring training just to see him pitch so I can either jump on the bandwagon or let you down easy.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Though it wouldn't deter me if you said he looked bad
It would make me happy if you said he was pitching well mechanics wise.
That’s how my most-blind optimism works! :)
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Kenley wasn’t deterred.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Oh Humma’s Law
Maddz - January 31, 2012
Also
If Bills has a rough year, it’s going to be really hard to keep sticking up for him, so he’s gotta do this for both of us!
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
He's on the every other season plan anyways.
2008, 2010: Good
2009, 2011: Average or below.
Taylor Maricle - January 31, 2012
What the hell kind of league is Billingsley fodder in? 8 team mixed with 4 SPs?
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
30 team mixed with 5 SPs.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Boom. Roasted.
Wait.
:(
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
you just never stop with the funny
haha
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Laughin to keep from cryin, baby.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
ones where he ranked 63rd last year in starter ERA
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
The strikeouts alone make him better than “fodder,” but not a fantasy anchor.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
37th in starter K/9 and had 11 wins
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Even then he gets strike outs and has some upside. He’s not gonna be on waivers in any decent league.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
Steve Henson's
story on Derrick Hall of the D-Backs is a good read. On a related topic, this must be a pretty dusty room I am working in.
There is also a Dodger-related quote in there:
David Young - January 31, 2012
I would very much be in favor of having Derrick Hall back in the organization.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Certainly better than having Darren Hall back.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Proof number 736 that Frank McCourt is not a good person. Derrick Hall still is not with the Dodgers
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Always thought he was a good dude.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Fuck Yeah
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
America
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Made this observation over at DT - since not all of you are there
I posit that “Pitchers and Catchers report” is the coolest phrase in sports. Cooler than other cool ones including “Call it in the Air”, “Play ball”, “Start your engines”, and “Ensuing kickoff”
Nothing holds the promise of “Pitchers and Catchers report”
What say ye?
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
“Game 7”
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
win
nolander - January 31, 2012
Game 7 is of course the bookend. One phrase starts the novel that is the year in baseball and the other is the final page
I like beginnings, but won’t fault your choice
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
But Pitchers and Catchers report just tells me that its close, but I still got 2 month before I get to see a real game.
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
well, it plays the strings my heart in a way that it doesn’t yours. But Pitchers and Catchers is the day for me
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Anticipation of pleasure is 80% of life’s happiness. /notme
kinbote - January 31, 2012
It also means my trip to Camelback is nigh.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
nigh
Chris wants to know who is holding and will they share
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Even though I hate the race caller
“And Down the Stretch They Come” is pretty good.
mleadman - January 31, 2012
Tripon’d
Kin was all over that
and it is a GREAT one
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
“Heavily back-loaded two year contract”
(actually, I agree with you)
kinbote - January 31, 2012
“It’s time for Dodger baseball”
Nolij - January 31, 2012
good one
kinbote - January 31, 2012
I love it, but I don’t wait for it with the same anticipation
It gets said so many times whereas Pitchers and Catchers is an event!
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
But it’s Vin so it rules.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Champions of the WORLD!!!
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
or world champions.
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
Now that your’ve won the world championship, what are you going to do next?? “I’m going to Disneyland!!!”
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
“The possession arrow favors . . .”
kinbote - January 31, 2012
“Let’s get back to this one.”
David Young - January 31, 2012
playing Vin is not fair
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
It’s a fish!
mleadman - January 31, 2012
“Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant good afternoon to you, wherever you may be.”
David Young - January 31, 2012
cheater
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
“Are you ready? Are you ready? LET’S GET IT ON”
silverwidow - January 31, 2012
Lets get ready to rumble?
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
that phrase sucks
any phrase that someone gets paid 10K for sucks
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
haha yeah
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
I like to tell my students about the fateful coin toss that changed the rule to where you now have to call it before the coin is tossed. That was a bad one. Everyone knew it but the official.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Bettis in Detroit?
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
http://www.referee.com/sampleArticles/2001/SampleArticle0101/headsortails/headstailstext.html
kinbote - January 31, 2012
“And down the stretch they come”
kinbote - January 31, 2012
this one is really good
I love this one
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
you CAAAAAN put it on the booooooooard
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
in all seriousness
the sports phrase that elicits the most hope in sports is..
“With their first pick in the draft, the [team name] selects…”
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
not nearly as cool
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
unless you’re picking first, i guess.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Nah, we always no ahead of time.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
“Winter Meetings” used to hold that allure for me. There was a time I put it on my calendar.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
{in a whisper} “This putt for the outright lead”
kinbote - January 31, 2012
the only phrase
that can come close to your criteria is “Spring Game” but that’s less a phrase and more a noun and adjective
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
my criteria is cool
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Game Thread Up Top.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
this one is pretty damn cool
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
But seriously… As a kid, I use to get chills when hearing the theme to the Olympics every four years.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
yes
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
yeah me too
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
I used to get like that with the old Baseball Tonight intro
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
when baseball tonight first came on the air it was like someone had figured out all I ever wanted but wasn’t smart enough to ask for
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Well, since were on theme music… I miss the NBA on NBC theme music. I miss the NHL on ESPN theme music.
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
LLLLets get ready to RRRRumble
mleadman - January 31, 2012
Tripon’d
I vote weak sauce, dude gets paid 10K to say it
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
yeah, but that proves its cool because he gets paid to say it.
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
people get paid to say all kinds of shit, most of it no longer cool
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Who cares how much he gets paid? Why does that change the enjoyment one gets from hearing that phrase?
Michael White - January 31, 2012
because I tried to hire once for Comdex about 12 years ago and I found the whole thing incredibly commercial, which made it less than cool for me
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
“Oh and two to Juan Uribe”
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Didn’t use to be but now when I hear “The bathroom is available” I get chills
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I knew a guy who was the youngest of seven children, all the rest his sisters. I know a man who has a wife and five daughters. They understand the affinity for that phrase, if for slightly different reasons.
David Young - January 31, 2012
"It's time for Dodger baseball"
bar none
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
You get a rec
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Tripon’d.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Greened
iiidown - January 31, 2012
Aww yeah we signed Chris Pettit.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Any relation to Yusmiero?
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
nah
this one has played in MLB
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Hey a couple things go a little differently and Yusmiero Petit could have been the next Odalis Perez.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
Yusmiero Petit would have caused Paul Lo Duca to spout off in the press about Shawn Green’s defense or lack thereof?
David Young - January 31, 2012
I refuse
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Bob was a hell of a basketball player.
Nolij - January 31, 2012
::Price is Right sad trombone::
silverwidow - January 31, 2012
But will he turn the corner?
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Time is running out for Livan to be a Dodger. Maybe we can get him at the trade deadline.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Livan’s got at least a decade in him.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
174-176 lifetime record. Seems about right. Wonder who the active leader in decisions is.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Jamie Moyer.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
Jamie Moyer is 267-204, if he’s active, which probably depends on your definition of “active.”
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
I wonder if he’ll eventually hit the magic “268” mark.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
We call that the Jim Palmer mark, but at 269 he stands ALONE. I would so retire at that point
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
If we’re not counting Moyer, Wakefield is next, if he doesn’t sign with anyone it’s Livan.
Javier Vasquez has a real good shot at leading this list in the near future.
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
Except the fuck already retired
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Wait which one?
regfairfield - January 31, 2012
Javier, for some reason he’s being unreasonable about continuing his career.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Maybe someone told him that all of MLB was in the west coast.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
You’d think his kids would be grown up by now or at least pain in the ass teenagers. Married he dumped wife one and started a new family.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Thanks. Interesting names.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Sabathia has 272 decisions going into his age-31 season. Seems like a good choice to rise fast on this list; he’s currently 11th, 10th if you throw out Jeff Suppan (is he done or not?).
David Young - January 31, 2012
I can’t wait for when Sabathia wins his 300th game all the stories about how he will be the last one to win 300.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
He won’t make it
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Sorry Kenley, it had to be you
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
A friend of mine did this in Temecula on Saturday
http://www.spartanrace.com//
That’s insane!
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Didn’t our own Maddz do that?
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
yes
nolander - January 31, 2012
not that one
I refuse to run anything over 5 miles.
Maddz - January 31, 2012
I’m actually wearing my Spartan Race shirt today, which is funny.
There is another one at the end of the year in Malibu. It’s the Sprint, so it’s only a 5k (“only”). If you are interested in joining, let me know; we’re running as “Team Arena Fitness” and there’s about 40 of us so far.
Maddz - January 31, 2012
I haven’t clicked on the link, so tell me, does this involve sitting on my ass for 5K eating potato chips while other people carry me, or perhaps pull me in a rickshaw-style contraption?
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
I’d bet on you in that race
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I would put in the gym time, to pull you in a rickshaw and carry you over obstacles across that course
I would pee myself several times from laughing, but for that I would work out
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
We now have the beginning of a concept for the TBLA 1/2 K
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
good for you
marathons are stupid
nolander - January 31, 2012
no
nolander - January 31, 2012
If so much respect
Now I see it wasn’t as long as this one, but even so, much more than I’d ever do
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Was it Cory?
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Had to be asked
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
No, shocking but Bobby might have more then one friend
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I hear he has lots of female friends.
David Young - January 31, 2012
burn
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
I should go easy on young mister Down. I was petrified of girls/women in high school and my early college days.
I was cured of that by his current age of 22 however.
David Young - January 31, 2012
I’m petrified of women now, and I am married with two kids.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
I know one woman who I am especially scared of
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Oooh, oooh, it’s Joan Rivers, isn’t it?
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
I got over my fear of woman until I joined TBLA
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I’m working on it, it’s gotten tons better the last couple of years :) lol
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
haha
It was my buddy Patrick. He was limping today so I asked him about it and he showed the website…I can’t believe anyone can even do this stuff! lol
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
My boss and my boss’s brother did the Super Spartan, and they said that they totally trained well for it but that the hills in the last 1/3 or so of the race were more soul crushing than anything else.
Maddz - January 31, 2012
Patrick said he finished
But 5 miles in he felt so dead.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
dude I don’t doubt that. At one point during the Sprint, I was going up a hill about to cry
Maddz - January 31, 2012
My wife can reduce me to tears with a lot less expediture of energy on my part, leaving me more time for drinking.
David Young - January 31, 2012
No he doesn’t. All hes got is me. Hello folks!
Cory - January 31, 2012
HITNG
Nolij - January 31, 2012
Cory, the man who knows to order Guiness in an Irish-style pub. On to the new thread with you.
David Young - January 31, 2012
lol nah
The reason why it seems like Cory is the only person I talk about is because he is he’s the only really close friend who is into baseball as much as me…it pains me that my other friends suck
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Question
If he’s not re-signed, should we target Miguel Montero next offseason?
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Yes, we should target a good hitting catcher
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I might make this my cause. The old poach-from-foe strategy.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
the enemies of my enemies are the friends I should be hiring
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
His numbers are great, an extension is no gimme, and I don’t see McCann moving soon. Adding a top shelf hitting catcher would make me happy. I don’t know what his defense is supposed to be though.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Soooooooooo
why would Arizona let him walk? Because we want him?
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Unless there's a option year for 2013, Montero might just want to hit the market himself.
Taylor Maricle - January 31, 2012
Because he [theoretically] wants some of that new owner money and Arizona can’t afford him in his walk year?
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Based on what we now know? What does being a Nolander now mean?
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
new post
http://www.truebluela.com/2012/1/31/2762161/derrick-hall-dodgers
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Couldn’t have come soon enough.
David Young - January 31, 2012
I can always bring back Watch Thoughts if you like.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
I liked watch thoughts.
#MaleAndOld
David Young - January 31, 2012
Now I’ll never get the answer to my question
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Don’t know why, but it seems weird that Jon doesn’t get stability in terms of hosting. His stuff is gold.
cldpc - February 2, 2012
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