Former Dodgers executive Derrick Hall, now the President and CEO of the Diamondbacks, has had quite an offseason. Steve Henson of Yahoo! Sports has a wonderful profile of Hall, who battled prostate cancer and lived to tell about it:
Lately his energy has returned to his pre-surgery Herculean level. He and Amy hosted a dinner at their home for 80 United Way employees a few nights ago. He’s constantly on the radio and local television, pumping up the D-backs. He pops his head into offices and cubicles at Chase Field, chatting with employees who sell tickets, solicit advertising and evaluate the farm system.
His approach fosters the culture the United Nations recognized in giving the inaugural Positive Peace Award for a sports team to the Diamondbacks. It’s why MLB has Hall on its short list of candidates to replace Selig when he retires, perhaps as soon as 2014. It’s why several of the groups seeking to purchase the Dodgers have contacted Hall to become the CEO should their bid win.
That last sentence is interesting to note, as Hall resigned as senior vice president of communications just two months into Frank McCourt's tenure with the team, and the Dodgers haven't technically had a team president since Dennis Mannion was let go in October 2010.
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In other news...
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Purged? As I recall he took a look at the McCourt plan and said I’’m getting the fuck out of Dodge.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Yeah I could have worded that better. Hall did resign.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
new thread?
http://nooooooooooooooo.com/
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Um. Derrick Hall looks like Jason Mraz.
Maddz - January 31, 2012
He should have an album called Mason Jarz. OK, maybe not.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Let's do the time warp again
Although this time travel is making my stomach all woozy.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Heh
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
yeah im confused… so they have been there for 3 weeks already?? I thought they dont report til February
uschris0304 - January 31, 2012
That is a weird photo, everyone else is turned toward whatever it is they are cheering but Derrick gives the photographer a straight on clap.
How weird would it be to trade Derrick for Josh
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Maybe the photographer is in a well near the dugout?
David Young - January 31, 2012
uh
this is… this is all sorts of creepy
Maddz - January 31, 2012
Heard that on RadioLab a while back.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
This
is one cool story, try not read anything on the page just click listen or download
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
That one is a killer.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
That is awesome, I know someone who will love this link.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
When I lived in Reseda
I hated all the fucking crows gathering on the wires and pooping all over our cars. When I got home I would toss a pebble at them to make them scatter. Got to the point that I didn’t have to throw a pebble but merely make the motion and those nasty birds would fly off.
My current neighborhood has no service poles or wires; it’s all underground. No crow problem for me anymore.
David Young - January 31, 2012
i was told long ago that Crows be smart smart birds
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I learned from Carlos Casteneda
to treat crows with respect
mleadman - January 31, 2012
and that lizards will talk to everybody
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
talked to a chicken once, and apparently rocks are pretty chatty
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
we woulda had fun, were we peers
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
My 3rd ever TBLA story with Crows as the subject.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I was with you right up until the last line.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
The comments are kind of funny, hard to imagine we had to argue that Matt Kemp should be playing CF instead of Pierre.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Heh
David Young - January 31, 2012
Joy of Cooking
originally had at least one recipe for crow. You know, for hard times.
mochemin - January 31, 2012
Or when you have to admit that you were wrong about something.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
brilliant
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
A recipe nolander will never use. ;-)
David Young - January 31, 2012
I admit I'm wrong all the time
just not on the internet
nolander - January 31, 2012
To your wife doesn’t count!
David Young - January 31, 2012
Well, y'all need to watch this Nature doc on Crows
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/a-murder-of-crows/full-episode/5977/
It is, and they are, pretty amazing. One of our most unfairly maligned animals (in movies and folklore) at least. Alongside cats!
underdog - January 31, 2012
And sloths. Won’t anyone think of the sloths?
I’m not being serious, but for all I know, the sloths are one of our most unfairly maligned animals.
A few years back I was listening to Fresh Air every day and they ran an interview about bananas. I was like BANANAS WTF but it was a great interview. Four years later I’m at the French Laundry and the very banana they were talking about in that interview is on the menu and I can ask an intelligent question about it.
I have no idea how I ended up here in this comment. I seem to be rambling. Carry on.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Actually, sloths reputation for, well, slothfulness is pretty spot on
And they are incredibly smelly. So they basically deserve their reputation, but are also supposedly docile animals, so if anyone says they’re assholes, they should be whacked.
underdog - January 31, 2012
better link btw
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/a-murder-of-crows/introduction/5838/
underdog - January 31, 2012
They give hyenas a run for their money.
VegasBlues - January 31, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5_DuZ8WuMM
Lex in Brooklyn - February 1, 2012
hmm.
carrots: not the most library appropriate food
Maddz - January 31, 2012
I ate a bunch of baby carrots today. Also two navel oranges. It’s been a very orange colored day today for some reason.
David Young - January 31, 2012
A baseball thing
Baseball Writers Association of America is now selling it’s official scorebooks. $25 a piece plus $10 shipping, but it is rather nice, and you can keep score like Rob Neyer!
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
That’s pretty badass. I was thinking of getting a Bob Carpenter Scorebook, but then I remembered I never follow through with keeping score through the whole game. I end up doing other research or writing while watching the game.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
I was wondering if the Ipad had a baseball scorebook app and then forgot I was wondering about it.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I thought robotmadeofnails had one that cost $10 or $25 or something.
Speaking of that, where is robot these days?
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
I guess IScore is the diddle
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
May have to get that for the tournament since it creates an auto database of all the stats.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Are you going to be the TBLA official scorer?
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
He commented in today’s DT.
David Young - January 31, 2012
ESPN has one
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
They
do but it cost more than one of the old-fashioned kind and then you have to get a stylus, etc.
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
These are much better
scorebooks
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
I was on board with the idea, but that was before I clicked the link. Seems kind of plain.
Eric Enders used to have a scorebook for sale that is no longer in print, but it was pretty cool.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
My (soon to be ex-) boss does not understand the concept of the CC function on an email. I just got bitched at essentially because he didn’t realize a message not sent directly to him, but of which he received a copy, did not contain a message specifically for him.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
So glad to leave this fuckhole.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Just wait until he gets BCC’d on an email, then replies all.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Or better yet: gets included on a company-wide email, then replies-all to acknowledge receipt of the email.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
This happens way too often
mleadman - January 31, 2012
What if you get fired if he reads this? :)
silverwidow - January 31, 2012
Then he collects unemployment AND leaves the fuckhole.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
I once worked with people
who routinely wrote the entire body of emails in the subject line.
I also had to listen to someone threaten the life of an IT person because the “stupid Microsoft” system had lost his story (that he was writing in an email). He then called back and said his computer whiz nephew had helped him find it in something called the “sent files” folder
mleadman - January 31, 2012
My boss regular puts his own name as the subject of his emails. His full name, first and last, with middle initial.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Well, that’s kind of right, in a way.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Subject: “I am the subject of this email”
Body: “I am awesome”
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
If his name was
Fred C. Dobbs, I’d accept it
mleadman - January 31, 2012
I’ve only worked for bosses who were smarter then me, must suck to work for an idiot.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Didn’t realize until now that Matt Wallach and Griff Erickson were invited to camp.
Good for them.
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Tripon’d. :)
I don’t think I actually put that in a post here, but it was mentioned in the comments. But it happens, with hundreds of comments per day.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Joe
another cool line: New Post Up Top
G.Scott - January 31, 2012
Not political tweet from Nate Silver
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
The other 1 of the 5 was quoted as saying, “Maaaatlock.”
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
ageism hurts just like racism
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
It’s funny ‘cause it’s mean.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
You fucking midget.
David Young - January 31, 2012
(glances at Bride)
Good god, I hope so, but it depends on how tired we are once the kids are asleep.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
4 out of 5 also like pudding.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
So Dave Young
Guinness is the best choice for an irish pub? ;)
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
if you’re at an irish pub and you’re not drinking Guiness you’re just insulting to whole isle. Harp is acceptable. Bass, Bodingtons, and Newky Brown are asking fo ra fight.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
I’m not really a fan
Michael White - January 31, 2012
What if I eat a potato while I’m there?
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Feast or famine.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
only if it’s topped with Corned Beef
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Guiness holds the world record for shittiest beer.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Musta wrestled it away from Corona.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Much more on the money.
David Young - January 31, 2012
oh a pox on your house
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
This is wrong, just wrong. Have you ever had it on tap? Also delicious with hearty meats.
David Young - January 31, 2012
I drink one every blue moon.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
I like Blue Moon.
I remember a German couple really, really loathed Blue Moon. But they loved Negro Modelo.
fbihop - January 31, 2012
I like Negro Modelo. Modelo Especial smells like skunk though.
David Young - January 31, 2012
I don’t mind either.
fbihop - January 31, 2012
I used to love Negro Modelo
mleadman - January 31, 2012
Irish
whiskey, a dirty glass and a bunch of tall tales to spin.
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
Actual pubs in Ireland are much unlike our “Oirish” pubs that spring up in the states. Everywhere is a pub, a hardware store can be part pub.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Humma first rule in effect here
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Clarification
Humma’s first law is “Anything can happen, but it won’t.”
Humma’s second law is “Never let the facts get in the way of a good joke.”
Stephen’s corollary to Humma’s second law is, “If a story isn’t true, but should be, round it up to true.”
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Read more: http://www.irishcentral.com/travel/The-Top-10-pubs-in-Dingle-90076267.html#ixzz1l5FtJf9A
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Heh heh, you said “Dingle Town.”
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
I shouldn’t be laughing this hard. And yet!
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Oh
He doesn’t smell like Irish Spring
And he never taught me anything
But still, I slap my chest and sing
Of my drunken Irish dad
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
Gary says Jameson in a glass
Idk how anyone could do it!
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Some folks do need to add ice, ’tis true.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Careful on whisky
it is regional and religious
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Think of it like the country
Jameson on bottom, Bushmills on top. Not hard to keep straight
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
I've got a question for people in here
True or false:
When attempting to get phone, tv, and/or internet service from any major provider, a credit check is required to proceed with the order?
Aannnnnnd go!
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Not unless they do one without my knowledge
mleadman - January 31, 2012
I
would agree with the above. Since my phone account has gone for so long, I forget. And as for DirectTV, i forget to.
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
Credit checks have become more of prerequisite the last few years, but I’d have to imagine most people have tried to get a:
new cell phone provider
new home phone, tv, or internet provider
car
credit card account
store card account
etc…
I can understand if someone may not know about it, not everyone should, but when people question and fight as to why it’s when I just don’t get it, lol.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Usually it's tough to do without any personal info
I will specify this question is for new customers. As far as credit checks go they ask for either DOB with SSN. Some companies can do it without one or the other, but usually DOB is necessary.
What I don’t get is how people will give out their SSN and DOB, or at least their DOB, then when they are told there is a credit check, they ask why that would ever be done….AFTER giving out their personal info. I just want to say to them “why would you give out your social if you don’t think we’d do a credit check?”
If you’re an existing customer no credit checks are run for any orders, though with verizon your billing history with verizon is checked.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Isn’t there some law that you have to disclose that you are running credit on someone?
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
yes
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Yeah, it's illegal to run a credit check without disclosing it
When I do orders I always go over the info I have, then say that we are required to run a credit check, is it ok if I go ahead and run it? Some variation of that anyway.
Working at Time Warner I saw people breaking that rule all the time, but for the most part it’s regulated well enough to where they will ask the customer.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Man I love talking shop about phone tv and internet
Too bad i’m sure no one else cares too much, haha.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
it’s not any less applicable than lots of the stuff discussed here. If you could make it a little more educational with dos and don’ts that would be nice.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
Hmmm, i'm not sure about more do's and don't
But if you had any questions about the process of orders for this stuff or anything involved I could do my best to answer the questions.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
I call to get cable. They say they want to run a credit check and need my ssn and dob. Do I tell them to pound sand or not?
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
If you want the service, yes
Even though this goes against exactly how I do my job, I would only do it if you are calling into whatever company it is, and make sure you get the number from their website, not just online.
I work at what is considered a master agent for Verizon, so we get their training and use of their order systems, but are not technically with Verizon direct. That doesn’t mean we aren’t legitimate and our orders are just the same and you have the same privacy, we are just a third party company. It’s all the same when it comes down to it, but generally we have people who get customers for us (mostly by cold calling) then call in with the customers on the phone.
So where there are many companies that are just like mine and are legitimate, it’s still likely safest to make sure you are calling in directly to whatever company it is if you are going to give out your social and DOB.
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
When I first moved to Carson City
I lived in a place called the Warren Inn (should have been called the Warrant Inn). I had to pay $15.00 for a credit check. That consisted of the management spending said money on a bottle of J.D., downing a couple of shots, and pronouncing “yeah, I think he’ll be okay”.
jim hitchcock (railway) - January 31, 2012
lmao
If only I could do that!
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
Favorite part of P&R last week was Jerry giving out his social security while trying to get donations.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
April going soft was a bit too something for me, I love when she breaks shell but it seemed at odds with her character
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
The April end blew chunks. Other than that, might have been my favorite show of the year. Toning down Ron from comic book character to simply crazed man man was good. I expected him to kill the dickwad not her fiance. So I didn’t see that coming:)
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I have been asked to run credit for this, yes. Can’t say it is 100%, but it seems close to it.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
I hear Time Warner may ask for a credit card on file in new york if you don't want your credit run
But that’s more the exception than the rule
Ivdown - January 31, 2012
SVS--from linked Gurnick article above
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Downton Indy right now
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
I’d hit that.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
where is the snow
nolander - January 31, 2012
Mild winter if one reads the news
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
why would one subject themselves to the news?
nolander - January 31, 2012
Or Indianapolis amirite
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
never been
hear it has a bitching downtown. All I know is if I’m going to the midwest I’ll be hitting up chicago not Indy.
nolander - January 31, 2012
Chicago is a great city
too bad it’s full of Chicagoans
mleadman - January 31, 2012
“no coke, pepsi”
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
I've been to the Billy Goat Tavern a few times
It’s really a dump and not worth seeing, other than the link to Royko and that SNL skit
mleadman - January 31, 2012
A fondness for Huey Lewis?
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
Nearly spit out my Diet Pepsi.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
What a Party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
seems like a bunch of folk going to have a real good time. Apparently they got 10k at the Super Bowl village yesterday.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
smashing good time
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
Occupy Indy
mleadman - January 31, 2012
I don’t care if no one else appreciates this, rec’d.
fbihop - January 31, 2012
What's the statue of
A.J. Foyt?
mleadman - January 31, 2012
Haha
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Is Downton Abbey the next PBS series I gotta watch? Doesn't sound as appealing.
underdog - January 31, 2012
you aren’t watching Downton Abbey? You?? Come now
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
DUH. My bad, I meant to make fun of the typo above, "Downton INDY."
Yes, I’m watching Abbey, which you should know from some of my blithering tweets swooning over Lady Mary.
underdog - January 31, 2012
the show from community?
nolander - January 31, 2012
The Curve
Justin Timberlake.
Clint Eastwood.
Both baseball scouts.
Amy Adams. Variety has the details, via Jon Weisman.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
In pilot news, I see that the creator of Desperate Housewives just got a pilot picked up titled “Devious Maids.”
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Dodger Video
Check out the dodger video I just made. It’s only like 15 seconds but let me know what you think.
http://vimeo.com/35864127
Kulic - January 31, 2012
$10 says it’s a penis
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Boy, if I had a nickel for every time I’d heard that.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
would it be enough
To cover all the Hamilton’s you dropped?
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
I didn’t buy a Hamilton, I bought an Oris.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Haha nah I stopped posting those awhile back.
Kulic - January 31, 2012
it’s pretty damn clean, you could use that to apply for a job at Fox Sports : )
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Thanks. I actually saw a post for a motion graphics guy for the dodgers and threw this together.
Kulic - January 31, 2012
I saw a tweet about that. Go for it.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Good luck.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
Cool, good luck
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Pretty nice, but I am far from an expert on such things.
I would have led with Vin, not ended with him, but that’s just me.
David Young - January 31, 2012
You couldn’t really go wrong either way. I’ll keep that in mind if I make another.
Kulic - January 31, 2012
Pretty cool.
Eric Stephen - January 31, 2012
sweet
just got asked to stay late for a deposition tomorrow, 5 minutes later get an email that it needs to be rescheduled.
victory = mine
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - January 31, 2012
Jon’s new post is funny
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
The Perkolator and Mozgov side by side
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
BTW, Perkins has nothing to be embarrassed about. At least he tried to make a play, he just got beat. Durant, on the other hand, literally ran out of the way of a Griffin dunk so that he wouldn’t get embarrased.
Michael White - January 31, 2012
I thought that is what made the dunk so special, against a long defender who has a history of blocking dunks.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Still amazed at how young the Thunder is. Trying to think of a team who was that young and that good if they continue to have the best record in the NBA.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Just for fun
Average age of the 1981-82 Lakers (start of the season). 26
Average age of the 2011-12 Thunder (start of the season) 23
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
The average age of this year's Clippers team
is older than the average age (not by much) of the 1981-82 Lakers. (Only 2 players were 30 or higher at beginning of the season, Kareem at 34 and in-season-acquisition Bob McAdoo was 30) Clippers are like 26.4, Lakers were 26.1
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
Kareem brings that team average up almost a whole year I think.
David Young - January 31, 2012
I think the 1970-71 Bucks are the youngest team in what we might call the modern era
to win a title, their average age was 24.6 and the majority of the players were 24 or younger (10 players out of 14).
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
Actually it appears to be
1976-1977 Trailblazers whose average age was 24.1 and only had one player that was 30 years old at the beginning of the season.
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
That team with crazy bearded Walton is my all time favorite Championship non Laker team.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Oscar tilts that up
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Presented without comment, a zebra donkey hybrid
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
It's cute
but Shopped
mleadman - January 31, 2012
no it’s not, it’s a real thing
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
pics or it didn't happen
nolander - January 31, 2012
that’s what I lead with, a picture!
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Family Tree
or it didn’t happen
mleadman - January 31, 2012
Zebroid
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
dang
learned something new today (unless you wrote that entire wikipedia page for a laugh)
Jack Huber - January 31, 2012
A real jackass referee.
David Young - January 31, 2012
It's an ESPN Insider column so I can't really say too much
except that Jim Bowden would not be welcome in Carson, CA right now.
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
So when you get ESPN Insider they swear you to secrecy?
fbihop - January 31, 2012
No
but you respect the subscription rights
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
I’ll be sad to no longer see discussion of anything on ESPN or MLB Network.
fbihop - January 31, 2012
I cancelled my subscription to the Carson Daily.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Josie will be unhappy to hear that.
David Young - January 31, 2012
He said something nasty and ignorant about MLS?
David Young - January 31, 2012
Start spreading the news
I’m leaving today
Ned should be talking to Cashman
for a two for one
to send a rightfielder for a pitcher and a catcher (no not named Burnett and Martin)
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
We can’t pay Sabathia…….
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
son of a bitch, after he just re-signed the guy?
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
Don't worry
Bowden gets the days of the week wrong.
Pure Azure - January 31, 2012 via Android app
I call BS
NYY doesn’t have a C that’s enough of an improvement to bother, and the LA pitching staff is full. Andre would look probably look handsome in pinstripes though.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Gary Sanchez and one of Betances or Banuelos would get it done for me. Easy
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I have no inkling of the quality of remaining NYY prospects.
I doubt Ned is dealing Ethier unless he gets major-league level players – that’s the basis of my BS call.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Hope we’d sign Cespedes in that case
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
Wouldn’t it be whack if after the “news” of how we made a huge offer for Prince, they then turned around and dealt Andre and Chad, cutting a nice 20 Million off the payroll.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
whack a doo, whack a doo, whack a doo.
David Young - January 31, 2012
meercat got the pitcher
right, not Beyonce but Betances and the catcher is not Romaine but Romine.
Baseball America No. 3 and No. 8 prospects.
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
Rotowire injury story:
I’m just linking this because “debridement” is a new word for me.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Humma disapproves.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
From same article as breaks down every injury being rehabbed this winter:
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Now he’s just making shit up.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
"Debridement"
That’s an old word.
- OJ
- Robert Blake
ishXdavid - January 31, 2012
heh
In fact, it is pronounced dih-BREED-ment, strangely enough.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Boss
De bride, de bride
mleadman - January 31, 2012
sadly this made me laugh
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
One can activate “Debridement” in the some countries of the Middle East by merely texting said debriding intentions 3 times
Jack Huber - January 31, 2012
I’m searching for a joke about Humma and Bride of Humma but coming up empty.
fbihop - January 31, 2012
Something in the future involving a new Son of Humma and the selection of a mohel?
David Young - January 31, 2012
Good god, no more kids. This shop is closed.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
So you got something debrided eh?
David Young - January 31, 2012
I’ve heard debridement used as the term for cutting away dead tissue, like around a burn.
David Young - January 31, 2012
#marriedAnRN
David Young - January 31, 2012
This is like the old days
TBLA & Dodger Thoughts open on two tabs :)
Jon has always been classy about linking to TBLA stuff and vice versa. I’m a nobody but I sure appreciate all the hard work all the real bloggers do. These places are straight up escapes for me and, well, cheers.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Nobody is a nobody unless I’m a somebody, and I ain’t no somebody so you ain’t no nobody.
I feel like Jon let out a long breath of relief but I’m probably reading to much into how much he seems toaster relaxed.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
I'm happy that other people are happy
But if other people had been happy at ESPN, I would have been just as happy. Happier, even.
JonWeisman - January 31, 2012
Just as long as no one tries to throw me into a trashcan, I will remain happy
Hollywood Joe - January 31, 2012
Heyman saying
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong could join up with the Magic/Kasten group
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
Not sure
that little bit of writing contained any real news.
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
sorry
I’m on my phone here :(
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
I meant Heyman's
story, not your comment
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
oh
Ok
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
Sorry for the
confusion
bhsportsguy - January 31, 2012
No worries
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012 via iPhone app
I had no idea
that Leo Nunez changed his name or that Leo Nunez was not his real name. I was trying to figure out who this Juan Carlos Oviedo guy was. I need to pay closer attention to the off-season gossip.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
And got a year older.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Nuggets almost upped their road record to 8-3 in Memphis tonight, but are instead knotted up 91-91 in OT.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
They could fall to 10 – 11 thus making it harder for ZBo time to make up.
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Nuggets will relish that day of rest before they goto 8 – 5 on the road after Thursday Night
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Cool, Memphis wins coming back from a 12 point half time deficit 100 – 97 (Lawlers Law)
meercatjohn - January 31, 2012
Nuggets let that one slip away. Kobe off to a hot start with 12 early points.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
18
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012
Lots of good games on the NBA schedule tomorrow evening…
Bulls vs Sixers
Pacers vs Timberwolves
Thunder vs Mavericks
Rockets vs Spurs
Clippers vs Jazz
Bobcats vs Blazers likely to be a blowout.
Xeifrank - January 31, 2012
Linked from
the new Dodger Thoughts:
Also released according to that BA link in the quote:Signed were:David Young - January 31, 2012
Also from that BA link
Humma’s fellow Brandeis alumnus Nelson Figueroa signed with the Blue Jays.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Now I have another reason to root for the Blue Jays, who may be taking the title of The Least Objectionable AL East Team from the Rays.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
The Blue Jays also signed Almost Old Friend Tim Redding.
Man, I am glad I don’t personally know any of these guys. It would be so hard to see somebody I know try to hang on, hang on, one more year, if I can just hang on.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Also from that link at BA
After making a comment that shows my empathy for humanity, I will undercut myself with this:
Good Lord, that team is the Also Ran All Stars.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
I thought Ryan Spilborghs was a bit better than that? Otherwise, fun.
berkowit28 - February 1, 2012
Let the Zocchi era commence.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Gno, cchi?
David Young - January 31, 2012
On the Scott Van Slyke article
As the father of an ex-teenager, I got a good chuckle out of this:
David Young - January 31, 2012
yeah, it was a good article
really seemed like the key to his success was pulling his head out of his ass. figuritively speaking of course.
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012
Pulling one’s head out of one’s ass is always a good start. For example, on learning to like Dr. Pepper.
David Young - January 31, 2012
:P
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012
Rec for the glory of the good doctor.
Taylor Maricle - January 31, 2012
:P
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012
I haven’t said it here before but, Tommy, I’m on your side on the Dr. Pepper debate.
fbihop - January 31, 2012
we stand alone
against an evil horde
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012
I will say that I really hated part of the lyrics of one of their popular commericial songs
Really? How original is it if there are enough of you to be a crowd? Bah!
David Young - January 31, 2012
Wouldn’t you like to be a Pepper too?
68elcamino427 - January 31, 2012
I don’t hate Dr. Pepper. I also don’t get the love for it. If I was to drink soda it would be below many other choices.
VegasBlues - January 31, 2012
After having Coke my entire life, once i got my braces off
It tasted too sweet. So now i alternate between Dr Pepper and Root Beer. Though the dining commons only have Dr Pibb…..
It’s personal preference, as is everything else.
Taylor Maricle - January 31, 2012
I’m still a soda guy – in fact, I drink a can of Coca-Cola most days at lunch – but Bride is not. Bride cannot stand carbonation. So when we split a drink, it is invariably lemonade or iced tea, never soda. The Arnold Palmer is a wonderful thing.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Sprite is the only “soda” I will drink and I don’t really consider it soda.
VegasBlues - January 31, 2012
why not?
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012
I’ve just always associated soda with caffeinated dark sodas. I’m wrong. I know I’m wrong. I just have always thought of it that way.
VegasBlues - January 31, 2012
I define soda this way:
1) Does it bubble?
2) Does it have empty calories?
Two yeses and it’s soda.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
I wonder if we have any in here who refer to soda water as pop or coke. Keith probably calls all soda coke.
Josie Becker - January 31, 2012
My wife’s family, all southerners did. Actual conversation in their house (mind you, back in the days when there weren’t a billionty kinds of coca-cola on the shelf:
Mom: I’m goin’ to the store? ja’need anythin’?
Kids: Coke
Mom: Wha’ kind?
Kids: C’cola ‘n’ ornj cruuush.
David Young - January 31, 2012
My take too. I prefer Coke, (Usually A&W) Cream Soda and Sprite to Dr. Pepper. But at Pepsi establishments, I become a Pepper.
Nolij - February 1, 2012
Andy Van Slyke’s kid learned to pull his head out of his ass, realized he dad was Andy Van Slyke, and started listening a bit.
Someday, my kid is going to realize that her dad still has his head up his ass, and there will be no one available to tell her to pull her head out of her ass.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
what about Bride?
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012
I am assuming that one of these days, Bride will get her head out of her ass and leave me. If not, she, too, by definition, will have her head up her ass, which just screws Spawn and Folly.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
Where’s R. Crumb when you need him?
kinbote - January 31, 2012
He’s still ogling over the picture that Maddz posted to Facebook earlier today.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
I should be clear: it was an advertisement.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
You shouldn’t have clarified this.
VegasBlues - January 31, 2012
I'll make up for it by posting the image
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
this can always be deleted in the morning
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Is that a Dave Johnson piece?
Venergy - January 31, 2012 via mobile
It might be. It was on the R. Crumb google search page but by another artist I believe.
kinbote - February 1, 2012
They could just form a traveling family circus of contortionists
When life gives you lemons, etc etc.
underdog - January 31, 2012
You make lemonade so that Humma and his wife has something to split?
VegasBlues - January 31, 2012
Ian Stewart is a cool dude
He’s a huge SC fan and frequently comments on a message board I subscribe too. Cool guy
Julio Nievas - January 31, 2012
Cubs now?
kinbote - January 31, 2012
yup
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012
I actually like their moves. I’m half-expecting Ned to jump at Soriano. You know they are shopping him.
kinbote - January 31, 2012
Hush, kinbote, or we send you back to Zembla.
Humma Kavula - January 31, 2012
MLBTR: Soon-Shiong has added his billions to Magic’s group, making him the likely frontrunner to purchase the Dodgers.
lnickerson88 - January 31, 2012 via mobile
tripon'd
also I’m pretty sure it’s just speculated at this point
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012
It’s definitely speculation. I was just paraphrasing MLBTR. Seems likely though, considering past history between the two.
Also, what does Tripon’d mean? I’ve seen that before on here.
lnickerson88 - January 31, 2012 via mobile
haha, sorry
Tripon is a member here who has a habit of posting things(like news items) that have already been posted. So whenever someone else does it, they tripon’d.
Tommy Blackjack - January 31, 2012
Essentially it should be posted every time I reply to a Tommy Blackjack comment with a Dr. Pepper crack.
David Young - January 31, 2012
Andre Ethier does Zumba.
regfairfield - February 1, 2012
Derrick Hall
Best Ross Porter impersonation ever.
Lex in Brooklyn - February 1, 2012
NPUT
http://www.truebluela.com/2012/2/1/2758618/dodgers-2012-minor-league-countdown-80-71#comments
Brandon Lennox - February 1, 2012
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