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2012 Dodgers Spring Training Roster

Pitchers and catchers report for the Dodgers on Tuesday, February 21, with their first workout one day later. Position players report on Monday, February 27, with the first full squad workout to be held on February 28. Here is a look at the Dodgers spring training roster, which runs 61 deep this year to open big league camp:

Dodgers Spring Training Roster
Pitchers (33)
No. Player 2012 Age* On 40-man?
78 Michael Antonini lhp 26 Yes
63 Jose Ascanio 27 No
51 Ronald Belisario 29 No^
58 Chad Billingsley 27 Yes
35 Chris Capuano lhp 33 Yes
61 Alberto Castillo lhp 36 No
56 Matt Chico lhp 29 No
60 Todd Coffey 31 Yes
41 Rubby De La Rosa 23 Yes
57 Scott Elbert lhp 26 Yes
50 Nathan Eovaldi 22 Yes
79 Stephen Fife 25 Yes
33 John Grabow lhp 33 No
54 Javy Guerra 26 Yes
55 Matt Guerrier 33 Yes
59 Angel Guzman 30 No
44 Aaron Harang 34 Yes
36 Blake Hawksworth 28 Yes
74 Kenley Jansen 24 Yes
22 Clayton Kershaw lhp 24 Yes
47 Wil Ledezma lhp 31 No
29 Ted Lilly lhp 36 Yes
52 Josh Lindblom 25 Yes
72 Shane Lindsay 27 No
66 Mike MacDougal 35 Yes
62 Fernando Nieve lhp 29 No
73 Scott Rice lhp 30 No
70 Will Savage 27 No
38 Ramon Troncoso 29 Yes
71 Ryan Tucker 25 No
80 Josh Wall 25 Yes
68 Chris Withrow 23 Yes
28 Jamey Wright 37 No
Catchers (6)
No. Player 2012 Age* On 40-man?
30 Josh Bard 34 No
17 A.J. Ellis 31 Yes
82 Gorman Erickson 24
No
31 Tim Federowicz 24 Yes
18 Matt Treanor 36 Yes
81 Matt Wallach 26 No
Infielders (12)
No. Player 2012 Age* On 40-man?
67 Jeff Baisley 29 No
65 Luis Cruz 28 No
13 Ivan DeJesus Jr. 25 Yes
14 Mark Ellis 35 Yes
37 Josh Fields 29 No
9 Dee Gordon 24 Yes
6 Jerry Hairston, Jr. 36 Yes
3
Adam Kennedy 36 Yes
7 James Loney 28 Yes
12 Justin Sellers 26 Yes
5 Juan Uribe 32 Yes
64 Lance Zawadzki 27 No
Outfieders (10)
No. Player 2012 Age* On 40-man?
76 Alex Castellanos 25 Yes
16 Andre Ethier 30 Yes
10 Tony Gwynn Jr. 29 Yes
27 Matt Kemp 27 Yes
49 Trent Oeltjen 29 Yes
21 Juan Rivera 33 Yes
23 Jerry Sands 24 Yes
75 Alfredo Silverio 25 Yes
56 Cory Sullivan 32 No
77 Scott Van Slyke 25 Yes
*Age as of June 30, 2012; ^Restricted list

Minor league camp opens in full on March 3 when pitchers and catchers report, with the first workout on March 5. All others report on March 9, with a first full minor league workout on March 11. Minor league early camp opens on February 27.

The Dodgers first spring training game is on March 5 at 12:05 p.m. PST against the Chicago White Sox at Camelback Ranch.

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Jeremy Lin

good at basketball

the jerk

Lin owns, Kobe owns, the rest of this game is really terrible.

agreed

i don’t want to take anything from Lin, as he has really showed some great stuff.

I would like to take several things from Lin.

Beginning with one or two limbs.

Never heard of this guy until this week. Wow

he’s ESPN’s new golden boy, get ready

So how much does Kobe hate every other person on the team?

Kobe was also a huge chucker tonight going something like 11 for 30 (1 for 5 from 3.) If he doesn’t pull down 10 rebounds, he probably ends up with a negative WP tonight.

Fair. On the other hand why not chuck when no one can score when he’s being triple teamed.

Don’t feel bad. I STILL have never heard of this guy.

Also, Lin is a girl’s name.

/crosses arms

Whatcha trying to say

In my eight years of posting on Dodger blogs, this is the very first time I’ve been asked that question.

Here is my answer:

I have no fucking idea. Do you?

Ditto.

And I should, since I live near Oakland.

Am I glad

I missed this game? Or was the Linsanity Show a great one? Without looking, I am going to guess that Fisher guarded him a lot. ??

Andrew Bynum was 1 for 8.

Metta World Peace I think committed fouls on three straight possessions.

The Lakers were, in a word, lethargic.

understandable ...

Older team on a back to back game where they just played a hard fought game against boston the night before.

But I did get to tweet this during the game
Worse beatdown of Derek Fisher in New York: Jeremy Lin tonight, or the NBA lockout?

For a team with two seven footers Jeremy Lin sure was allowed to drive to the hoop a lot.

I don’t understand how the Lakers rank as one of the best defenses in the NBA. Whenever I comment on twitter how crappy their defense is, I get killed by someone with a quiver of new fangled basketball stats. Their defense just doesn’t pass the eye ball test for me. They give up a ton of easy layups. I don’t see that from the teams they play against. My guess is Bynum someone how raises their defense ??

Defensive rating of 101.1 (before tonight) which is 11th out of 30.

Jon Barry made this point at halftime

When the PG blows by his defender on the pick and roll so quickly and takes a straight line to the hoop, the big men don’t have time to rotate and threaten his shot. What’s needed is a PG who can at least stay on Lin’s hip and trouble him somewhat. Blake does this better than Fisher, who has been the worst pick and roll defender in the league for at least the past three seasons.

If the Lakers lose in Toronto on Sunday, I am officially pulling the plug on their season.

This of course means nothing, other than me being mentally frustrated.

Just get to the playoffs healthy and go from there. /every team

The seed of doubt that Phil planted in my brain three or so weeks ago that the Lakers might not even make the playoffs has started to sprout and take over the yard.

Yeah that is definitely in the realm of possibilities. They probably have a better chance of missing the playoffs than making the NBA finals.

Correct

Looks like Portland, OKC and San Antonio are the only ones in the WC that buck that trend.

As of right now, 3 way tie for the 6 through 8 spots between LAL, Portland and Denver. Utah 1/2 game back, Memphis 1 game back. If Memphis gets ZBo back soon…

My quick perusal of the Lakers schedule on that day had their worst case scenario IMO at 18-17 through 35 games. And that was including a 2-4 Grammy trip, and they are 2-3.

They are 15-12 now, but their next five games are all winnable (road at Toronto and Phoenix, home for Atlanta, Phoenix, and Portland). I am assuming losses at Dallas and OKC, and they host Minnesota on February 29. They would really have to suck to be 18-17 at the end of February.

Healthy?

Are healthy crappy players better than unhealthy crappy players?

if they lose in Toronto

There is going to be serious changes

Any ideas?

Jeremy Lin, LOL

Seriously though, I have no clue how basketball trades work.

Rockets are reportedly interested in Gasol, but they won’t give up Lowry

Love Lowry, I wouldn’t move him either. Simmons had one of his crazy trade ideas (why hasn’t this happened yet?!?) artices today which had Gasol to Houston, LAL number 1 pick to Boston and Rondo and Jermaine O’Neal to LAL. Of course there’s a half dozen other players in a trade that has no shot of happening.

i'm wondering if they could do a three team trade with Houston and the Nets

to land the Lakers D Will. But the Nets won’t trade him until the Howard situation is resolved once and for all

I’m surprised they’ve won this many games, to be honest.

I’m with you on this. Coming in to this season I said neither Fisher nor MWP should be on an NBA roster anymore. Their play has proven my point, but sadly the play of the others at that position has also proven me wrong. Both positions are huge black holes of crap.

Yep

I didn’t think Kobe would be this energized, but I was also hoping Ebanks and Murphy and Kapono would be more of a factor.

trading

Your only other good offensive player for a smaller offensive player that needs to handle the ball as much as Kobe to be effective does not sound wise.

fine

you think of something smartypants :)

there isn't

Anything they can do during this season.

you can't get there from here?
the Lakers

Could use a lottery pick

Whatever happened to?

Big John Lindsay? Why is he not on the infielders list? He did a good job in AZ last season. Poor guy. He deserves another shot.

he's a minor league free agent

I’m pretty sure Scott Van Slyke will be taking his spot in AAA

So let's see

I am wearing my Salt River Rafters hat tomorrow, along with my wicked sick and accidentally youth large baseball shirt that says “TBLA” on the front rather terribly in sharpie. Also, some bright blue cleats. YAY!

still deciding between rockies, padres, or marlins.

might wear a harvard lacross shirt… or 2012 seniors.

and no cleats. and no idea what pants. ugh.

please play without pants

just a cup?

sliding pants are cool

you guys

with your talk of cleats and baseball pants….

shorts or jeans is pretty much the choices. i wouldnt even consider jeans except at LEAST two people wore jeans at the last TBLA softball thing….hahah

Please play in skinny hipster jeans

the only

“skinny” jeans i have are jeans from a few years ago that i got too fat for

Playing 3+ games in jeans sounds like a horrible idea

sounds like crotch rot

truth

ok, shorts it is

jean shorts are ok, right?

JOKING

The first pitch thrown to you should be a brush back pitch just for this comment.

Not that a brush back pitch would work in slow pitch or anything, but the point should be made…

are baseball pants not cool?

they are fonzie cool

Cuz that’s all I got. Plus it’s going to be shit cold for the 5:30 game.

we starting that early?

Um, yeah that early.

I hope they got lights, sun don;t rise until 6:15

you wouldn’t be drinking by any chance? :)

HJ would never do such a thing

if I’m playin, I;m drinkin

Pretty damn good investment right here:

January 27

Tonight

Too bad I didnt go to Harvard, or else I would have bought 15-20 of those when they were cheap.

what is driving the price?

offshore dollars?

Asian collectors go HUGE after their own. The two best markets for cards are New York and Asians. Lin is the perfect guy in the perfect situation. I’m a little mad at myself for not taking a shot when he got claimed by the Knicks and making some investments.

Same with French wines

new world order bitches

Yup. Usually its the Japanese (which is why Ichiro and Darvish stuff is crazy), but the Chinese get in the game too.

Mrs HJ is the shit, I had no rubber cleats and she brought me home some pimptasktic patent plastic Adidas

I am going to have some shiny ass feet

mine are also pretty plastic and pretty shiny

if we lose, I am going to melt them and get high

I hope Dave and Phil are resting

those dudes are old

meanwhile gary and i are drinking!

I can;t feel my teeth!

DAMN

Natalie recorded NFL PLAYERS UNITE a special on the USA network

it is dusty in here

fuck it

unabashedly crying

unite and sue the league into oblivion?

no, this is nice

this

ah

all you had to say it was NFL Films.

goddamnit the trailer alone made me mist up
no but seriously who the hell is this Lin guy
so

I am hooking up a new tv and I hadn’t opened the box since it arrived last week. It is missing both the power cord and the remote.

You sure it’s not a washer or dryer?

those are options

It is okay

I plan to make Paul’s TV deliver those items free of charge.

I am also drinking

Manhattans

And now a steak

With asparagus in a fish sauce vinegarette

I like whisky cocktails before steak

Oh my goodness. That sounds awesome.

I am the King

So, whatcha get?

Just

A 37 inch LED for the bedroom. I knew I had to go get another HDMI cable but I could have hooked everything else up

I’d go look in Silverwidow’s house if I was you.

btw TBLA chopped should seriously be a thing

dinner kicked ASS last night

what’s in the basket tonight?

gosh

nothing tonight. i think we are doing some casserole surprise tomorrow evening with the leftover chicken we have.

but maybe on valentine’s day, since we are going to be cooking for each other instead of going out.

#68?

Here to hoping Withrow gets a real number sometime this year. And keeps it for a decade.

at some point

someone who is graph/math inclined should see how often a highly rated prospect pans out.

Something like 50% of the time for a top 20 guy, 30% for 20-100.

jeremy lin

He’s Steve Nash.

Never seen a player play this well after never playing at all.
He’s definitely legit.

Knicks seem to be way better with the offense going thru him…when Carmelo comes back i wonder how their chemistry will be though…The Suns under D’Antoni had everything ran thru Nash/Stoudamire…not sure if their offense will run that well with the ball out of Lin’s hands and in Carmelo’s.

As someone with at least a decent enough education you say a lot of stupid shit.

Steve Nash is a 2 time MVP and one of the better PG’s (if not the best) of his era.

Jeremy Lin has had four good games in his life. Two of those games were against the Wizards and Nets. One of the other two games he had Derek Fisher guarding him for approximately 23 minutes.

In two of those games he had a total of 14 turnovers.

Jeremy Lin is playing some really good ball right now. Lets see how he plays when teams actually game plan for him. Him and Stoudamire could actually make a pretty good duo if he can continue playing his up-tempo game and start limiting the turnovers some more. He wont mesh with Carmelo at all though and there is no way in hell the Knicks will do anything to upset Melo (even if it is for the good of the team).

Game plan what?

Its basketball.
Its basic.

Steve Nash is a 2 time MVP.
But he didnt do anything till his 5th or 6th year in the league.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nashst01.html

Nash’s 1st 2 years in the NBA – he started 11 games total.
He didnt average more than 10 points a game till his 6th year in the league.

Even Magic Johnson said Lin plays exactly like Nash.
They are the exact same size, play the exact same way, and play for the same coach – a coach that made Nash into a star and his system will do the same for Lin because Lin has the skills to do it. You can watch 1 game or 4 games and see he has the skills to play NBA basketball.

Baron Davis should just retire because he’s never going to get off the bench.

Wizards he played against John Wall – the #1 overall pick in the draft.
Nets he went up against Deron Williams.

Stop hating.

I know close to nothing about anything but...
You can watch 1 game or 4 games and see he has the skills to play NBA basketball.

wasn’t the guy released by not 1 but 2 teams? Seems like a guy worth being bullish on until he has more then 4 games under his belt

the rockets made a bad mistake

And Daryl Morey just this week said it on twitter.
He said they didnt realize how good Lin was.

With Golden State it was obvious why he didnt play – Steph Curry and Monte Ellis both need the ball in their hands, and are both good players.

I dont think Lin would have as much success if he was in another system (if he was on the Lakers he’d probably be playing like Steve Blake)…but with D’Antoni he’s the right guy in the right situation.

Basketball is a ten-man game

Lin excels at it. However, he can’t run the pick and roll in two-man tryouts for draft scouts or in scrimmages/practices when it’s three on three and he’s paired up with a couple scrubs. If you’re not drafted, you have a whole host of non-basketball factors to overcome if you want significant playing time, the foremost being guys on guaranteed contracts. Lin tore up the summer league in 2010, GS outbid the Lakers for his services, then he got stuck at the end of the bench behind Monta Ellis and Steph Curry. The Warriors cut him, Houston picked him up and sent him to the D-League, and he tore it up as well. Houston cut him to free up a roster spot and because they’re committed to two very good PGs in Kyle Lowry and Goran Dragic.

Each time he’s done well, it’s been in an actual game, where all ten players and the entire court come into play. Kupchak has never been competent at drafting PGs (Crittenton instead of Aaron Brooks, Sun Yue instead of Ramon Sessions, etc.), so it’s no surprise that Mitch passed him up twice in the 2010 second round so he could select Ebanks and Caracter.

Lin is a good player, and will be a good player in this league. But taking four games, where he is shooting an astronomical percentage from everywhere on the floor (especially at the rim and in the midrange game. He’s at like 80% from the rim, which is completely unsustainable and not realistic) and using that to compare him to an all-time great is a little silly. The thing that separates Nash from everyone else is that he is one of the best shooters to ever play the game. Lin has never been much of an outside shooter in his basketball career, and he will need to sustain his shooting for over 4 games to change that opinion. Without making jumpers, he cannot penetrate and finish like he has been doing. He will also be defended differently, and while he obviously is smart enough to make his own adjustments, there will be some down periods for him.

I wish nothing but the best for him, and this run is pretty awesome, but its just not sustainable, especially when Melo (the biggest ball stopper in the league) comes back and demands his 20 shots a game.

the chemistry with melo is going to be interesting

i think D’antoni’s system works best with the ball in the PG’s hands.

As for Lin’s run being unsustainable…he shoots alot of easy open jumpers. He really does take good smart shots. And almost everything is off of pick and roll. So if the defender goes under, he’s shooting an open shot. If he’s hedged…he splits the double and drives and or passes out of the double team.

D’Antoni said tonight:

“I don’t know what to tell you,” Mike D’Antoni said. “I have never seen this. It is not often that a guy is going to play four games, the best you are going to see, and nobody knows how he is. That is hard to do.”

John Wall? The game before Wall played Lin he went up against Jerryd Bayless. Bayless scored 30 that game. That was 19 points more than he’s averaged per game this year and 12 points above his previous season high and 1 point below his career high for a game. Most good PG’s (and even some mediocre ones) score at will on him. He isn’t really known for being a defensive PG.

Deron Williams? Have you bothered to watch a single Nets game this year? Deron Williams hasn’t even been trying this year.

Oh, I really like both Wall and Williams as players. I’m not trying to bash them in anyway.

something is wrong with me

so excited to play that I am up at 4:30am because I cannot sleep

Yes, there is something wrong with you.

By the way, no rain forecast for today. . Should be a good day to play ball.

We ran into the same problem. :)

Maddz….you should post that FB pic with the bat on your shoulders so people on here can see it. That was a bad ass pic for real!

hahahaha

i just look good in pictures, the real thing is a shitshow

It’s a shame you had to play in sandals though.

oh man

I should have gotten a picture of my sweet BRIGHT BLUE cleats

Jon SooHoo was taking photos, there might be one : )

ha

“Look at the girl flail about! CLICK

Is anyone surprised that Oswalt is still available? I know that we won’t get him, but I don’t think anyone else is going to be shelling out $10M guaranteed. The more time that goes by the tighter of a bind he’s going to find himself in from a negotiations standpoint.

Any thoughts?

I predict the Red Sox with an incentive laden deal.

It’s like a ghost town on here today…..are Saturday’s usually this dead? I’m at work and bored out of my mind :(

Many are out at the softball tourney….and I think Oswalt ends up in STL.

Thanks JB! St. Louis would be a great destination for him. Derek Lilliquist is the Cardinals new pitching coach, he replaced Dave Duncan who was an incredible coach. Anyways Lilliquist is a very close personal friend of mine and he was also my High School baseball coach from 1998-2000. He’s an awesome dude….tough as nails…..can bench over 400 lbs!

yes they usually are

and on top of that the tourney

Softball tourney

No one updating from the games? On DT, Jon has been doing so sporadically. He told us TBLA started well 4-0, then fell behind 6-4. No more updates – what happened? (That one must be over by now.) Meanwhile he says DT are 19-1 after 3 innings!

Yeah hope everyone is having fun, look forward to more updates and some pics

(especially ones of people falling on their asses ;) ) from your tourney later! WIsh I lived closer.

If anyone is in the SF area or comes up, let me know if you’re up for playing catch at least. I need to break in my new glove! Want to start playing softball again this year.

Meanwhile, excited to know pitchers and catchers are starting to report… getting closer!

Sure you all are having fun and playing softball but does it really match the joy of packing all of your worldly possessions into cardboard boxes.

True Blue LA team lost their first game 11-4, won the second game 22-5.

And we lost the third game 14-13, after a thrilling comeback from being down 12-5 in the final inning.

It was so much fun. I hope we can do this more often.

I just demanded that we go to the batting cages more often. G approves.

special superduper shout out to Josie

who I am fairly certain got a hit in almost every single a bat.

10 out of 10 gets you into the Hall of Fame.

And refusing the pinch-runner was a badass move.

after I tripped and fell on my way to first

my adrenaline was at like 8. When I got hot, and that girl took the bat out of my hands, I was at like 13.2

ps

I am proud of us, because I think we were one of the few teams of non ringers that didn’t get absolutely CREAMED

and where

everyone on the team would not go “bless you” if they heard “xfip”

Damn, sounds like a lot of fun. I wish I could have made it today. Hopefully they have another one sometime soon on a date when I can make it.

I would have had the game winning hit had we held on

Just thought people should know that ;)

if there truely were funds available for Prince Fielder..

why not make a run at Yoenis Cespedes?

maybe they will

But then who really knows what Colletti’s thinking

I just read on MLBTR

The Marlins offered him a 6 year deal. It was originally reported to be for $40M, but now is being reported as less than that.

Softball Tourney Update

Lost the first game 11-4
Won the second game 17-4

22-5 in the 2nd game

crazy old man :)

LOL
Reds decline Aaron Harang

Ned is salivating right now.

by silverwidow on Nov 3, 2010 1:00 PM PDT actions
nicely done, sir

Welcome back!

thanks :-) I never really left

just haven’t had time to keep up.. ! y’all are quick!

Any Advice?

A friend of mine has got me involved in a new NL Scoresheet baseball fantasy league (a perpetual league). We have just started our draft, and I am supposed to make my first round pick (#10 overall) in an hour and a half. These are the players who have already gone off the board, in order:

Kershaw
Tulowitzski
Kemp
Upton
Votto
McCutchen
Stanton
Gonzalez (Carlos)
Strasburg

Does anybody familiar with Scoresheet fantasy baseball have any advice about who I should pick #10 overall? I also pick #15 overall, so I wouldn’t mind suggestions for that pick either.

I’ve never done Scoresheet, but if this league has keepers, I’d definitely take Ryan Braun. At #15, Hanley or Jose Reyes might be a nice pick.

Oh man

so as G and I were leaving the complex, one of the guys from Save the Dodgers was interviewing Josh Macciello and BOY does that guy look like a douche.

I'm all in for Jared Kushner ... Ivanka for all! Love that chick

Yeah, I’m done with him.

I really hate to say this, I really do

since I don’t want to be taken at my appearance, I’d rather be judged for my intellect, but if you’re presenting yourself as the future owner of the Dodgers, I’d rather you look slick like McCourt and not like the dude who accidentally poured beer all over me in the loge because he was too drunk.

Arte Moreno is beloved as a fan-friendly owner and he dresses nicely. Nobody takes Josh seriously because he doesn’t even take himself seriously.

I feel like at some point, “manages billions” has to translate in “doesn’t look like he’ll cut you”

Well then we get to the point where he’s just a random guy that’s gained national attention with a couple fake press releases and a website, and it gets really funny.

I hope so!

It’s obvious he is if you research any of the guys claims, so at this point he’s just a really good joke on ESPN.

“Josh Macciello is different from a lot of billionaires. For one, most billionaires don’t go to the barber and say ‘give me the Tank Abbott’”

Great Day of Softball

That softball tourney really made my day. Thank you TBLA. It was really great to meet many of you. I will try to be less “staulker-ish” in the future and post more often. I would definitely be interested in a pick-up softball game in the future if we could ever get that together again.

Definitely! We should play DT sometime.

it was an awesome day

It’s probably good we didn’t make the playoffs, I feel like im in a comatose state right now as it is, lol

the pain…oh the pain

are you both sore from playing, or hurting from the ground fighting back?

more the latter than the former. Stupid ground.

The ground sucker punched me for sure

I was just too fast running the base paths that I broke Physics for a second :)

i did hear a big BOOM when you hit the ground. Maybe the sound barrier broke before your elbow did :)

Makes me wish I lived in LA so I could go and show you ho w bad soccer players are at softball.

I held it down on that front, no worries

Maddz, every time I look at that signature, I laugh.
you're welcome

I came up with it myself. :)

Though by this time it’s gotta be in the heads of every pitcher in the NL.

seriously

I think Kemp legit decided to lay off sliders for a while. He should just do that, period.

eggplant

opinions?

Fried eggplant: good.
salt it

First to dry it out

Have to say still like eggplant parm, look at the cookbook I lent you.

easy to make

slice em, put them in a strainer and sprinkle salt on them and let sit for 30 min or so. then dunk em in egg and bread crumbs, and then fry. cover in sauce. put on a bun. melt cheese. yum.

ok

what about not eggplant parm but stuffing it?

not sure

about stuffing it, as the middle part is kinda teh good part – unlike a bell pepper that is hollow inside and tasty ont he outside.

They make for bungling wizards

DRAGON WARRIOR REFERENCE?
Captain N

The Game Master

And wasn’t Eggplant Wizard from Kid Icarus?

Loved that game (the original NES version).

Bill Raftery sure thinks so

I'm torn...

Do I go with…“I guess she won’t always love you” or “Kevin Costner should have done his job”?

I went with "Well apparently she won't ALWAYS love you."

I also laughed at “Whitney Houston, we have a problem.”

My rule of thumb

wait for cause of death, then make jokes. I made heath ledger jokes immediately after his death because, well, OD…

What’s the difference between Heath Ledger and Heath Ledger jokes? Heath Ledger jokes will get old.

This probably isn't the most opportune time...

but I find it really odd that three of the most famous musicians/spousal-abusers are Bobby Brown, Chris Brown, and Jackson Browne.

and James Brown!

Shit you are onto something.

oh my god

didn’t even remember that one. this is really weird O_O

according to her wikipedia page, Foxy Brown has assaulted many people but none of them were her spouse or significant other

What about A. Whitney Brown?

Ike Turner weeps

I think he is the gold standard

And Jim Brown is a football player, but…

Kids, sheesh

Who is the “Godfather of Soul”?

Of course both had their legal run-ins on the domestic violence front.

If Zac Brown has a girlfriend, she might want to get her chicken fried somewhere else.

I'll be watching the Grammys now

if that means anything

If she is, in fact, every woman, the human race will soon be extinct (Chaka Khan).

If you like the Foo Fighters, this might be good.

I saw Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Mick Fleetwood, (Rick Rubin?), Stevie Nicks (just lost Eric), Rick Springfield (seriously?), Trent Reznor, Lindsay Buckingham

Things currently trending on twitter:
Things currently trending:

RIP Whitney
I will always love you
I wanna dance with somebody
The bodyguard
Bobby Brown
Kevin Costner (really?)
Only 48

Padres about to get a new TV deal, could be worth $1.5 billion over 20 years. This Tom Krasovic story shows the difference in revenue and stake in the TV deal:

An upfront payment to the Padres is still being negotiated, although in place are yearly rights fees that start at $30 million in 2012 — nearly double last year’s total — and grow to approximately $75 million to $80 million in the final year. The percentage increase in rights fees will not be the same each year.
Because the equity position doesn’t establish fixed dividends or how much the Padres would receive for selling their shares, it’s largely guesswork as to what the total economic value of the deal will be. At the high end, I’ve confirmed, the entire deal could pay the Padres $1.5 billion, which jibes with the $75 million average reported by USA Today’s Bob Nightengale on Thursday. But that number assumes strong cash flow for Fox that, in the end, would mean cable subscribers in San Diego pay considerably higher rates over the life of the deal than they do now. Put another way, $1.5 billion represents a best-case scenario for the Padres, or close to it.

Surprising number. Wasn’t the Angels’ number $1.5 billion? Or was that over a shorter timeframe. Padres apathy is strong in SD.

Angels was $3 billion over 20 years, but that was the number including all the equity in FSN.

and how much will go to the owner to settle the sale?

supposed to

Be zero per MLB

17-8

Clippers tie 1974-1975 Buffalo Braves for best start in franchise history with 25-point pasting of Charlotte.

I'd buy

A throwback buffalo brave Chris Paul jersey

It just so happens I have one for sale. Send $243, in cash, to me along with your address and I’ll pay for overnight shipping.

Those Braves, who had a 23-year old Bob McAdoo score 34.5 points and grab 14.1 rebounds per game, would win their next four to start 21-8.

But then they lost 6 of 7. Still ended up with the best record in franchise history at 49-33 (.598).

This year’s Clippers’ team should be able to beat that win%. Need to win 40 games (.606), so they would need to finish 23-18 the rest of the way. Easy peasy.

knicks 5 straight

lin – 20/8/6/6

8 for 24 shooting – Put him in the HoF!

This is fun, disagreeing on the internet in such a spirited manner

It’s true purpose has been fulfilled!!

I don’t drink many sugared soft-drinks any more, but I lifted a glass of the pepper in your honor today Tommy

lol

Thanks :)

I

Have to go the store and pick up a cord and remote tomorrow

Paul’s, no longer the King.

it was either that or

Wait for the manufacturer to ship it to me.

so who in the hell won this softball tournament?

Left Field Pavilion #2

or so it seems to indicate at DT

I think that just said that LFP2 beat them in the semifinals

LFP2 beat Dodger Diaries 18-12 in the final game. Both teams were ringers. One dude crushed a HR out of Dodger Stadium against us in the semi-finals out over the left field bullpen. Another guy hit the black screen in dead center field.

Frank – you can play

Oh, thanks… not bad for an old guy! :) You and G.Scott looked smooth out there too. This may have been the best I ever played in softball, so I am likely to heavily regress to the mean next time you see me play.

GScott reached super deep for today’s performance, he’s currently unmovable from the couch. Haha

he deserves all that and more

dude raked

I can relate

I went to bed at like 8 last night and currently am having a hard time moving my right arm right now, lol.

Gary was our MVP yesterday for sure, he smacked the ball around like crazy then pitched pretty well for someone who’s never pitched slow pitch.

I played like pure hell in the field. Can’t use age as an excuse since Xei and I are the same. But the guys picked me up, and our pitcher Mary was a gift from heaven.

that homegirl was bangarang, to coin a phrase

Xei-Rod

Our shortstop performed like Seattle A-Rod at the plate and in the field today.

Your hitting really helped my RBI total. RBI’s rule. :)

Why can't the softball tourney be tomorrow?

It was great meeting you guys.

In the finals, LFP2 came back from a 3rd inning 5-12 deficit against Dodger Diaries to win 18-12. Dodger Diaries had a great pitcher who put all kinds of crazy backspin on the ball, and LFP struggled to square it up the first few innings, on top of making quite a few uncharacteristic errors at the onset. They stormed back in the 3rd and 4th with a couple bombs.

there were some ridiculous teams there

and i have never heard of dodger bobble or dodger diaries

#elitism

has anyone made the requisite sexist comment about diaries yet?

is there one?

Not in the sense that there is a specific go to one

just that someone somewhere must have made a stupid joke about it

men have journals, women have diaries?

Usually the red shoe kind, right? /--someone learned about women from Zalman King

Hey nice meeting you and all the other guys on the DT team today, along with the crowd from TBLA. It was fun cheering each other on and I especially enjoyed the razzing TBLA gave Jon after his double in Tigers Stadium. “100 Things Softball Players….” haha. Tons of fun. Body is a little sore though after five games.

it was great

the teams of ringers were strange, but to each his own. Of the teams of true blog participants I think DT ruled the day

Phil talked to the folks the run the place, we can certainly rent the fields for a few hours for a mid-summers classic

Sons of Steve Garvey may have been a terrible team, but they were a ton of fun to play.

I liked when the pitcher told Gary he couldn’t spell and Gary bombed that inside the park homer to LCF

nothing like insulting a guy’s spelling ability (and kind of his girlfriend) to get someone to drop a bomb

I think I might start calling him Sharpie too.

+1

I have a different nickname but that works :)

g. spot?

that was my other college nickname.

my favorite

was Dave Young razzing Jon about Mary’s contract and AJ screaming “STAY ON TOPIC”

The one thing I noticed about almost all of the teams today was that nearly everyone had skills, and could hit a bit. The only thing missing was the coordination between players that only comes with practice together. As a former player and manager, I have found that anyone who can walk and chew gum can play softball with some success, but with practice together, a formidable team can be had. Hence: Spring training. It takes awhile to figure where everyone is going to be at any time on every play, and it takes practice to hit well.
With the talent on the TBLA team, next time might be different, as long as the injuries can be held to a minimum.
Anyway, I enjoyed watching today, and wish I could have stayed to the end, but the wind was playing havoc with my eyes, and I didn’t want to drive home into the sun. Too dangerous for me and the other cars on the road.
It was fun meeting all of you, and putting faces to the names that I see everyday on TBLA. Wish I had been young enough to play today. Brought back some fun memories.

I know a lot of people were glad you came

This means that you are definitely coming to the next event :)

Mrs HJ's valentine's present is a Ukulele

I couldn’t wait to give it to her

being serenaded to the dulcet sounds of Mrs HJ on the teeny guitar

wait

you gave her something she has to play

please tell me she at least wanted one

of course she did! Who doesn’t? She has wanted one forever

“Play for me while I eat my supper wench” is a sentence that would get me killed

I love your wife

I kind of want to be her when I grow up. Is that weird?

I think the inclusion of the phrase “kind of” makes it not weird at all. It is very sweet

Cory Luebke

This guy looks pretty damned underrated. Absolutely dominated away from Petco last year. Fantastic K rates.

I wonder if he’s starting Opening Day against Kershaw.

This pic from today is amazing

That’s pretty much the face G. made when he crossed home plate after his inside-the-parker.

he’s pretty much going to be insufferable at this point, isn’t he?

Sounds like he earned it.

Sounds like I missed an awesome day, too.

He did boot a couple in the field though, so there’s that. But he bailed me out by covering first on a ball I bobbled.

It really was a great time and we have to do things of this nature on a semi-regular basis.

5

5 errors.

So tired.

i'll be honest

every time i feel slightly bad for being the rally killer, i just think of how G came up firing from that one play at 3rd, nearly killing the runner AND throwing the ball into the next field over.

AND THEN I DON’T FEEEEEEEEEEL QUIIIIIIITEEEE SOOOOO BADDDDD

he

Is the salt of the earth (I had a snark response but let’s applaud his effort)

that guy from SDSU is like “Yeah bro, ok, I get it”

Great time today at the softball game tourney!

While our team didn’t get to play TBLA, it was good to see some old friends. Plus I got to meet the legendary IVDown in person!

Hopefully, this will be an annual event, though I think we should get a whiffle ball game in sometime this season – less wear on the body.

lmao!

My legend has grown out of control I believe, though I think Gary might not see it that way :p

It was very cool to meet you and a bunch of other posters on here that I hadn’t yet met, yesterday was a very fun day.

it was great seeing you, man!

sounds like your time had a bit of a run there too but were stopped (twice!) by DT. who would have guessed!

def up to some whiffleball sometime. will make the drive as long as its a date i can do!

So after doing some late online shopping at Urban ( I know, I know)

I got a DM from Javy Guerra. Yeahhh boyyyy. Too bad I cant send him one back ;-)

whats a dm?

direct message on twitter
WHICH SAID...
reply fail

he just said thanks for the shout out, cause i said we can’t wait to see you on the field in a few months, etc. really nice dude.

i never get responses from dee :-(

Dee retweets me all the time, weird.

maybe dee is intimidated by a real woman?
whatevs, im a javy girl now, for life y'all! javy for closer!

reading through this thread later I was amused at how attacking someone’s education or intelligence was the step taken when if all joey Joe says is “lin’s play style reminds me a bit of Steve nash, and I wonder if mike d’antoni could do the same for him as he did for nash”, he gets a “yeah a little bit” or “i don’t see it” and no personal attacks. hell, we compare swings and mechanics of prospect and current players to those of the current or past stars in every sport, in entertainment, in singing voices, acting styles, writing styles, everything. it was such a nothing statement to have gotten the TBLA vitrol

I wasn’t attacking his intelligence. If anything I was doing exactly the opposite. I was saying he seems like a smart guy (from what I can tell). I was just saying it was lunacy to compare Lin to Nash after 4 games.

that's between me and Javy, sir

Whatev, lost interest.

:)

but i haven't :-)
So I met JJ_24 yesterday and was shocked he was a dude

and an asian dude at that, he only had skinny cousins

Now you two have firm and distinct identities in my mind

I am glad I cleared that up, for me

Yesterday

was like a big reveal – like an unmasking of superheroes.

Phil thought I was a different poster for 3 years.

Next time we should write up profiles of what we think people look like, then compare with reality.

Years ago

JJ_24 and Eric realized they had met at a mutual friend’s wedding. JJ_24 also knows an unrelated to baseball friend of mine. And JJ_24’s wife went to the same graduate program as Sporky.

Close

JJ 24 was in the wedding party of a dude who was my college roommate for three years and I had no idea each one knew each other.

(We all went to UCSD BTW)

wait til you guys learn that I'm actually a large elderly african american woman named Bernice.

my theory was right!!

dammit, Tommy wins the pool

all the gummy worms are mine

do you still have Sweet Dee’s hair?

I don't get it... from It's Always Sunny?

yeah, their anti-social network episode had Sweet Dee and Mac trying to find this guy who shhed them at a bar on facebook, but when they tracked down the address, it was just a large black woman with multiple scam profiles, including one Sweet Dee had mailed her hair to

I thought that was your reference : )

haha no, wasn't referring to that at all. How dare they steal from my life!

The “shhshers” from that episode are my friends who live in Redondo Beach. They are also friends with the It’s Always Sunny cast. They were all sitting in a bar, presumably being loud, and someone shhed them. That’s how the cast came up with the episode idea, and then they let my friends be in the episode even though they are clearly not actors.

who is ready for some more?

I am not.

I am sore.

Way back in the 90’s My team and I played in a weekend tourney. We played 3 games on Saturday, and because we lost the first game Sunday, and than being in the loser’s bracket, we ended up playing six games. Got done at about 5 PM. Came in second, but the real pain was the next day. I slept for 16 hours and missed work on Monday.

ouch. I have to go teach Zumba now, so I am hoping that I will be less sore in about an hour.

i’m ready coach

Gary Scott

“I can be……Centerfield!”

i wouldn’t trust me with a glove at all after yesterday.

I think Phil was keeping a scorebook for some or all of the games, would be fun to see.

sounds like

someone should have recorded this

with or without the participants knowledge :)

At one point Joe hit a single but ran to first holding his bat and was called out for it. It was recorded as “Idiot”

Joe was going over them to see about our teams hitting

I was 3-9 with no walks…damn I need to be more patient!

I think you had an .888 OBP or something, and your slugging would have been pretty insane. Not sure on the errors though.

T/F it is a dick move to put weights in a box for movers.

Oh here’s a small box this ones gonna be BOOM 150 POUNDS, BITCH

hahahaha

moving has gotten you all riled up

huh?

The moving is actually going shockingly well I’m down to the little detail BS so I won’t be up till 5 AM packing tonight.

It’s the rest of the drama around everything that’s angrying the blood.

Yes

mainly because unless it is a milk crate, there is not any cardboard made that could that much weight.

They are movers

not indentured servants

Good, wanted to make sure I wasn’t weird for having this opinion.

Yes, you must consider the box’s feelings as well.

Plus, the movers didn’t fuck you over, unless the property owners are moving you out, in which case, you should probably go make sure they were loading your stuff into the right van.

For the curious who haven't already

here’s Dodger Bobble (hosted by blogger), and here’s Dodgers Diaries. MSTI, DT, VSIMH, and SOSG we already knew, and of course LFP put the thing on.

BItches of Jackasses

Baseball!!

I’ve been waiting so long for this to happen!

I

Hope you are not in the office. Linsanity must be crazy up there since he is from the area and was a Warrior.

Linsanity

I finally saw the what all the hype is about! Most of the craze is from my Asian friends.

Johnny Damon could probably be signed for under $2 million right now.

(But I’m sure Juan Rivera for two years, $10 million will work out.)

I thought the dude was a DH now

He can fake LF decently. About as well Juan Rivera can. And B-ref has his DWAR to be a little better than average the last 3 years.

Can’t tell if the last sentence is a joke or not. But he’s only here for 1 year.

Can't believe there's a bloody Lakers game on at 10am.

I’m sure they can’t wait for this trip to be over.

So far they don't mind playing the Raptors though
Fact-checking: a "Fowler" who played for the Houston Astros?

So i met this guy the other night, last name Fowler. We start talking about baseball, and he says his dad played for the Houston Astros. He’s probably at least 50 yrs now, as his son is 30. Just doing some fact-checking.

Dexter?

No, the Fowler i’m looking for should be 50 yrs old or so, and a white man.

Here you go, have fun! ;)

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl/player_search.cgi?search=fowler

Loved this guy - Boob Fowler!

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fowlebo01.shtml

haha, yeah, and I don't know what "Gink" means...

and there’s also an Abraham Simpson, er, Fowler.

“Yep – my daddy was a big leaguer. Ever hear of him? Boob Fowler.”
I think I might keep my mouth shut if I was his kid…

Boob Fowler.

I can’t stop laughing

I’m glad I’m not the only one LMFAO!

his picture is also hilarious

It fits him well!

Might have played in the farm system but no Fowler has ever played for Houston.

In other words, he may have been trying to stretch the truth to impress you.

typical
actually

Doesn’t seem there has been a fowler that has played in the Astro’s system, there is only one guy that is close to the age range and he was drafted by the Dodgers.

so either this guy is completely lying or he doesn’t share a last name with his father

well

Yesterday, if reg had come to the softball games he and Josh M. could have had it out about his claims of gold mine riches.

wait, you mean the gold mines aren’t real?

be flattered that the dude wanted to impress you.

update: turns out my friend knows the guy because my friend knows the guy’s girl friend.

so

He has a girlfriend

has a girlfriend, lies about a father in the majors. Sounds like a class act.

Must be related to Boob Fowler…..

and definitely a boob.

I’m not the target audience here but “my dad was an unnotable Houston Astro” has to be a low percentage move, right?

“my father was a third string quarterback … in the xfl.”

watching Lakers game online with Raptors broadcast

and whoever the Toronto color guy is, is totally obnoxious. Shouts into the mic, with thick east coast accent, totally one-sided. yikes.

he just told Matt Barnes to shut up about officiating, which in a way he’s right — Barnes and Gasol both whine an awful lot, and it sort of cracked me up, but he kept going on and on about it.

Fuck the Lakers.

That is all.

absolutely ridiculous

Thank God for Kobe though.

And the first 5-second call in NBA history.

so awesoke

thank the stars

some people on Silver Screen saying he isn't clutch--this year. I say they can suck it.

Who else on Lakers would you rather have the ball at the end than Kobe?

Plus he played clutch defense.

And also that Raptor player took more than 6 seconds before they tried to call time out. can’t believe they were even arguing that f-up. Anyway, whew.

his clutch muscle must be injured

Ask yourself this question:

As the Lakers, would you rather be down 1 with the ball and 12 seconds on the clock or up 1 and they have the ball with 12 seconds left?

If it’s the first one, then you still have faith in Kobe Bryant.

You can still have faith in Kobe Bryant and not be stupid.

Anyone would take the lead in that scenario.

but if you’re going to say he’s not clutch, then you don’t want him to have the ball. Personally, even from a fan’s perspective, I want the ball in his hands. It’s Kobe MF Bryant. The most entertaining scenario possible isn’t “I wonder if they can get a stop”, it’s “let’s see what Kobe comes up with”.

Most entertaining doesn’t necessarily equal most wins.

The L.A. Kobe's!
yeah i guess they were arguing because it never gets called

i thought that was pretty obvious though. Toronto fans weren’t happy, obviously, understandably.

Wait so

they won? or lost? I can’t tell from this thread

They blew an 18-point lead.

Then won.

Down 4 with a minute to play

Kobe

Part of the big reason the Raptors come back from 18 down
Misses Six in a Row
Down by Four
Hits Three pointer
Steals ball, goes full court, dish back to MWP for the layup and the lead
Toronto scores up by one
Kobe takes the inbound nails baseline jumper for one point lead with 4 seconds
Toronto takes a five second call
Game over

Amazing

Great Scott deserves his own Fanpost

might get to it tonight during the Grammy’s.
12 RBI"s in 3 games
More impressive when you consider we scored 39 runs

Delias was right about the tournament being rich with ringers, but hey if this tournament had taken place in the fall of 2008 I would certainly have recruited every stud softball player I knew since we had no playing members at the time.

It will be a day full of memories, starting with Josie’s header down the first base line in the first game and the greatest last play on the losing end I’ve ever been a part of.

Play Ball

That was the greatest head first slide I ever saw. I hope she replaced her two divots.

I think she knocked the earth of its rotational axis

Some neat Dodger items from the Rock n Roll HOF. The Beach Boys loved their Dodgers


From the 1987 Japan tour

Brian Wilson’s little league uniform

The good Brian Wilson.

Jeremy Lin is why the Lakers should be giving Goudelock lots of playing time

I’m not saying he’ll go nuts but the Lakers have not even attempted to develop a young player besides Bynum for years…give it a chance. Lakers should be looking at small forward if they want to make a trade to positively impact the ability of this team to score.

I would

Argue the lakers are not in the business of developing players. Also, on a Kobe Bryant dominant team, no other perimeter player is going to have a free reign.

you would be right...

…but I would argue Phil Jackson was not in the business of developing players as opposed to the Lakers not developing them. Everyone (including Kobe) knows that Kobe leading the league in scoring has never equalled the Lakers getting a ring.

Kobe

Wants established players not guys with potential on his team.

when you are 14-11

its time to develop players

16-12, dont be making it worse then it is haha.

There is never time to develop

Players on the Lakers. Name the last contributor to a title contending Laker team who was developed. Partially due to having only two lottery picks in the last 20 years and generally having a superstar level on the team, the Lakers don’t have a history of letting young players play to learn how to play in the league. One could argue that only Bynum fits that model, Kobe didn’t start his first two years in the league but wasn’t considered a project either.

Byron Scott?

just tossing out one example…

Byron

Started immediately, he was the 4th overall pick in the 1983 draft and he was traded for Norm Nixon. Sure, have young players stepped in (Worthy, Scott, Green) but they were not 2nd round hopefuls.

Right, but was just looking for example of player they drafted and let play

from the start. But yeah he was a very high pick, so not quite the same of players needing to develop more.

Hm maybe this will be year they have a decent draft pick again, if they finish middle of pack (very doubtful that they miss playoffs and get in lottery tho).

Jim McMIllan FTMFW

Before my time as it were ;) but i know about him

replaced Elgin Baylor!

I think the last 2nd-rounder who significantly contributed to the Lakers was Rony Turiaf.

Goudelock has to be a joke name, right?

This shot is too short, this shot is too long. This shot is juuust right

your comment is un"bear"able

Marty is inporridgable.

Jeremy Lin

Just saw one of his auto cards on eBay going for $99,888. No bids, of course.

who?

-andre ethier

Just got home from baseball

my body is in revolt

I went 1 for 3, showed not lasting effects from the softball swing

attaboy

I am sitting

and it hurts my legs

Maddz taught Zumba this morning and is currently napping.

I feel like I should go downstairs and workout.

your legs gotta be tired from carrying our offense

Young folks nap a lot

Today it was trips to manhattan beach, la Miranda, and Cerritos. The tv now works.

usually

whenever I am sore, more cardio (like Zumba) helps me feel better. Today that was not the case at all. Feels kind of good, reminiscent of soccer tournaments.

hamstrings are tight. that’s all i got.

Shows how far Ely has fallen

when he doesn’t even get a spring invite.

He had a moment

Elymania can be cured by a dose of reality.

can't make up my mind on mlb.tv subscription

are there any cheaper options or ways to get some sort of discount?

(not talking about random feeds on the internet of course)

for a non-USA resident btw

Is

It more than 119 for the year?

thats what I was wondering

119 for the year is a great deal imho. Less then a dollar a game, and over half less then sunday ticket

I say just buy it. Totally worth it, and I recommend getting the full package so you can watch Vin Scully when he’s doing road games in the NL West.

Also, I pretty much saw part of all the no-hitters last year and got to watch some games where the Braves and Red Sox collapsed. Not bad for the price and if you stream it through a PS3 or XBox, it is pretty decent quality (thought not HD) on the TV.

well that's enough to make the decision for me :)

sounds far more reasonable when put that way

I did it last year

Living out of the US with nil access to the games on cable or satellite, it was totally worth it, especially with no other fans to watch the games with, it was great to have the game in one window and the TBLA peanut gallery in the other.

awesome

btw, does it include live postseason games?

prices are gone up a little bit

to $110, and $125 for premium

not exactly a deal breaker but yeah :o

Yeah, i'm gonna need this too.

Living in Davis and all…otherwise i’d only get the 18 Giants games and national televised ones.

The main picture on the yahoo fantasy baseball top 100 players list is Kershaw and Kemp

http://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy/mlb/news;_ylt=A2KJhrKeSThPkA4AEwsRvLYF?slug=ys-expertpoll-12preseason1-top100

I thought it was pretty cool

Legs are hurting.

Played an outdoor soccer game for the first time in ages (just a scrimmage) and it was cold as hell — about 30 degrees at kickoff and the sun only made brief guest appearances.

Scored a really nice goal (hit a bouncing ball over the keeper’s head on a breakaway) and missed two extremely easy shots.

And I have an indoor game in three hours. Doubt I’ll be able to do much more than waddle tomorrow.

To prepare, I’m having tilapia, mashed potatoes and wine.

Nice

Yeah playing in the cold can be murder on the legs.
Btw, Canadian comedian Colin Mochrie just retweeted this from some woman who I hoped was joking but assume wasn’t and is just odd. But thought you’d appreciate:

Megan @SierraFanMegan
@colinmochrie I NEED A RT TO HELP LEGS FEEL BETTER FROM MY SOCCER GAME PLEASE RT!! I NEED IT PLEASE I BEG OF YOU!!
Retweeted by Colin Mochrie
Hey Josie-

I mentioned this in the fanpost but i think you or one of the people that missed out should make a second league so that those who missed out can play too.

no way she should have to do it. If someone else wants a league, they should start it and run it. That’s not on her.

My bad, i'm not saying it's her responsibility

I was suggesting that she do it because if she ran both of them it’d be more connected.

Also suggesting that the others make one as well. Mostly out of the guilt that i have from taking the last spot, lol.

More connected? Hahahaha

Well

I figure Josie’s the type to make comments occasionally about who’s winning at the moment, so if she was in charge of both there’d be more exposure for the second league, i suppose.

I’m sure we’d know who was winning in that league because they post here and whoever is winning/losing is going to have something to say about it.

but then I’d have to make a second team. I can see what you mean, if I were to say do a weekly “State of the league” fanpost, and TBLA II wasn’t doing that, it might feel like one is the B league. However, there are plenty of excellent people in here who could start TBLA II, and it’s real easy to set up a league.

I’ll make a second league tonight or tomorrow.

what is this about?

fantasy baseball

Whew, glad someone was able to put word to what i meant.

Yeah, that’s what i mean, if you ran both it’d be equal.

I think you're acting like it's a huge responsibility to do this, lol

it’s a burden to have to run two leagues.

Clearly they don’t watch the League

THE INVERTED W’S WILL WIN

It only takes one big dumb baby to make running a league terrible.

like Dan Gilbert

or Josh Macciello

that beard is terribad

Kennedy

He sure was the drizzling shits last year. Really, really confounding that he got a guaranteed contract.

LH power bench bat

With Josh Fields the RH complement.

i'm hoping that's Rivera

with Sands starting in LF

I’m hoping Sands gets traded with Uribe, Eovaldi, and Zach Lee for David Wright.

David Wright has dropped off the past couple of years. He’s playing bad enough defense to warrant a move to 1B, his offense is declining and he only has a year left on his contract. (He can void the last year of his current deal if he’s traded.)

So, no.

yeah he hasn’t been as good since moving to Citi Field….hmm

Moving to Citi Field shouldn’t have affected his D to the extent that it has.

Yeah, well....

Away wOBA: .335
Home wOBA: .349

Ugh, I want to do the research to support my thoughts that having to face revamped rotations in Philly, Atlanta, etc more the last couple years has hurt, but I frankly don’t have the time or the energy.

He had a shitty year, but he’s a very good player.

He's still a top 5 third baseman

and would be a great 3-5 hitter for this team. I will gladly take a line of .280/.350/.460 and I think that’s a low end projection.

So expect a lot of...runs

is what you’re saying?

I should expect Juan Uribe running to the buffet line?

But seriously, he's really the one signing this off-season that I loathed

I mean I’ll root for him but just don’t get it at all. Sure Mark Ellis, not great at the plate at this point but at least he’ll contribute, gives them an infielder, can field really well. Kennedy became even more pointless after signing Ellis. Not that excited about most of the other signings either but at least you can explain them. Kennedy just seems pointless.

yeah

but he might be the most inconsequential. I mean they’re not really paying him anything.

yeah, what is it, 800 grand? In this day and age that's not much at all

but for a team in Dodgers situation still seems a waste. I mean just put IDJ or Sellers on the roster to do what Kennedy does (and maybe even better).

but yeah not worth fretting over too much.

opportunity cost is having a veteran in Kennedy vs a kid in either of those guys and all you save is $380k

You control the kid, can send him down anytime you want, and you don’t have to keep on paying him a major league contract.

You still have to waive Kennedy and pay the full amount of his contact.

yeah that's kind of what I was getting at, but again, I don't think this is really worth being bothered about for very long

(Until I have to watch some AK at bats and then I may feel differently, mind.)

you’ll manage

Maybe Ned is trying to see what finally gets him fired.

But in all seriousness, its Ned just trying to add as much depth as possible. He’s been caught flatfooted by injuries(of other players he signed) the last couple of seasons, and he’s not going to let a farm system he can’t trust block him from contending.

It's the Major League contract part

that makes no sense. I highly doubt there was a big market for this guy.

Ned likes to outbid himself, and quickly!

He’s like the guy on a blog that no one reads who insists on typing “First!” as the first comment anyway.

Yep

Kennedy should be making 150 grand to play in Albuquerque as insurance. That’s it.

He can put "First!" on his resume somewhere, as he dusts it off this summer.

Truly he is blocking other great Dodger middle infielders such as

hard to loathe a guaranteed contract of less than a million dollars

Still possible. If he’s cut within a month, its still flushing down a million down the drain. It’ll be like the Ortiz’s situation a couple of years ago.

NOTHING WILL EVER BE AS BAD AS THE TWO ORTIZII!

AAHHHHHH THE HORROR THE HORROR

—Hi guys!

yeah I don't get that

w/e if it doesn’t work out it was almost nothing

I just got the coolest letter from a lurker from a Brooklyn Dodger original fan, now a die hard Dodger fan.

sweet

you gonna post it?

Stuffed eggplant update (why not)

well, I think we have the wrong kind of eggplant, but truly, there is nothing that fresh mozz won’t fix.

I am down with eggplant parmagiana though generally not a fan of Italian eggplant

I like Asian eggplants much more, the smaller ones (mmmm szechuan eggplant, thai basil eggplant…)

I use Japanese eggplants and panko bread crumbs in my baked eggplant Parmesan

it makes delicious little coins of crispy golden brown goodness – I tend not to cheese them these days, just spoon tomato sauce across the top

Love

Japanese eggplant with miso.

make it into a pizza!

what kind of an eggplant are you using?

Weeds from the garden after they chucked eggshells into the garden

the Pee Wee Herman method

bogstandard purple eggplant. Not the best for making a shell to stuff with.

we roasted the eggplant to soften the flesh (which kind of worked, will leave in longer next time). sauteed garlic, cumin, onions, tomato, and some left over veggie patties. added cooked flesh, let it reduce…added bread crumbs and egg, put it back into the eggplant, layered with fresh mozz and cooked for 35 minutes.

it was really good.

you should always cook the flesh properly Clarice

sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

alternatively

scoop out most of the flesh while raw – just leave enough flesh so walls of eggplant maintain shape

set aside shells

then roast or even boil eggplant flesh that you scooped out – mix with your spices as above or even a cooked ground meat / sausage – mix in cheese – top with bread crumbs

stuff shell and roast in oven

The Jennifer Hudson “I Will Always Love You” was pretty awesome.

Hell of a voice.

An argument can be made now..

that Dave Grohl was the most talented musician in Nirvana.
I think he’s reached that status.

Most importantly, he passed the “must be alive” part

he is more technically skilled sure

but does he “have anything to say” so to speak?

Everlong is my favorite song ever.

It is my favorite Foo Fighters song, and definitely up there for me among overall songs. That is my favorite song to sing on Rock Band. :)

My problem with it on Rock Band is that it is impossible for the drummer to play it.

Its a great song

I love his drumming for Queens of the Stone Age’s first album.

he can probably play the drums and guitar both better then Kobain could play the guitar

He wrote a bunch of Foo Fighers songs. Grohl definitely falls into the “pretty fucking awesome” category.

I in no way am saying he is a bad musician

he is a very good musician. Honestly I’m not sure it makes sense to compare the two, other then at one point they where in the same band.

I"m more speaking towards Kobain's

“message and artistic vision”, which is not really something I think of when I think of Grohl. They where/are great for different reasons.

if you are saying cobain created an entire genre

of this grunge alternative scene…and he helped commercialize it and make money doing it…then i can see how you could still argue that Cobain did more for music than Dave Grohl has (if you only view Dave as just a popular rock star…selling a bunch of records…but not really doing anything cutting edge musically)…

But, i think skill wise and creativity…dave is right there now with Cobain given his commercial success. I youtubed Virginia Moon with Norah Jones/Dave and was blown away at the range Dave Grohl has…to go from rocking to mellow and still having it sound great.

Nirvana just popularized the scene in the Seattle era, they didn’t create it.

and they hated being associated with it, though that seemed hipsteresque.

true they didnt create it

they probably stole a lot actually but did commercialize it

and this is probably the jackassiest of all jackass positions ever

the use of “probably” in a discussion to make an indefensible claim is jackassy to the max

yes

I wish academia worked this way, make my life soooo much easier

stole?

in the way Mark Zuckerburg stole from HarvardConnection or Myspace

it’s real Mink bitch

I mean the best part about this is the characterization of Kurt Cobain, tortured heroin addict, as corporate capitalist toolbag extraordinaire

fuck man, lets do their shit and make a bunch of money

nothing wrong with being a corporate capitalist

thats how greatness is achieved – innovation driven by competition

Not even world renowned industrialist Hollywood Joe would say this.

stop spamming me bro

so this is what the decline of rome felt like

The score was fantastic though.

It was all on fiddle.

I see what you did there

yes

and a whole lotta people made a good living off selling the hubcaps

he's probably not a capitalist

in the true sense of the word

oh man

this just got good

yeah, you tell me what it means and I’ll see if the shoe fits

More like an anarcho-cynicalist.

somehow how many millions the musician has in their bank account

doesn’t enhance my listening experience

I give up
and if you want true range listen to something like Opeth

don’t try to teach

ah nevermind

It's not a valid comparison

You are talking about two guys, about the same age, in the same band. One dies, the other lives 20 years longer to show his creativity and that’s the reason he’s meant more?

cabain was trying to spread a message

grohl just wants to make hits. I’m simplifying, but its just not something that can be compared apples to apples.

sure too simple, but essentially correct

I love that you’ve spelled his name about 100 different ways.

that’s because if Cobain had stuck around, he would have made more of an impact and gained the respect to have his name spelled correctly. Obvi

More like Cabang amirite?

OMG WE NEED TO PLAY HEART SHAPED BOX WHEN HARANG AND CAPUANO PITCH!

HEY WAIT I GOT A NEW COMPLAINT

haha I caught myself spelling it with a k earlier

this was simply a typo.

marty is always right

That sums it up pretty well.

i just dont think Kurt could surpass what Foo Fighters has evolved into

how many great bands (or members of bands) from the early 1990s are still rocking today and selling #1 records?

This can be said of any band from any era 20 years after their peak. Great artists stay great, but hits are rare for a reason.

all I can think of is the hook from the new FF song

“I NEVER WANT TO DIE, I NEVER WANT TO DIE”

fuck that

there's not many hit artists from the early 1990s

still selling #1 records in 2012…especially rock stars..

Jane’s Addiction?
Metallica?
Guns n Roses?
Pearl Jam

Those dudes are done..in terms of commercial success…

Dave is still kicking..

Metallica was dead by the 90s
Bush!

I’m going to listen to Glycerine right now.

Thank you.

Right, but Dave Grohl isn’t doing the same thing he did in Nirvana (play drums). He’s a frontman now for a different band. That’s like saying that Chris Cornell has the same sustained success despite changing bands and radically changing sounds and then going solo.

this is like saying aerosmith was the best band of their generation

the musician in me is just so appalled right now

This is really akin to saying that the Beach Boys are more successful than the Beatles because they performed at the Grammys tonight while only one dude from the Beatles did.

Rock bands are inherently instable, what with all the drug use and partying and having to spend lots and lots of time with each other. That the FF have been able to last so long is great in that in means they don’t absolutely hate each other and have allowed others to have side projects.

this is like saying that Tony Bennet is better than Frank Sinatra

Tony Bennett left is heart in San Francisco, while Frank Sinatra left his dick in Mia Farrow.

and everyone else too

I’m ashamed that the first person I thought of was Mia Farrow. I have dishonored Phil Hartman; I should have said Rita Hayworth or Ava Gardner.

yeah, but Mia was hot and the shit, and like 30 years younger than him at the time

“I disqualify myself, cuz I done’em both!”

Tommy knows what’s up

even if you include guys with new bands..

Scott Weiland? – not much of a rock star anymore despite changing bands.

Tommy Lee – same

Dave Grohl is a special musician and his commercial success confirms it. He’s in the the very very top of the rock star business…so much so that I dont think Cobain would have eclipsed it…

If you’re talking rock stars with longevity…maybe Dave Mathewes still has it but i wouldnt consider him rock..and he hasnt been around quite as long as Dave Grohl.

so, you’re a Dave Grohl fan. That’s cool.

I like him, he’s the best because other people like him too

I am like everyone else and we all like the same

this is probably a fact I think

this must be what going crazy feels like

You keep arguing a position no one agrees with

this is why its subjective, we disagree on the base criteria

1) Make a shitton of money
2) Tour when you feel like it
3)????

think

probably

nice work

he should have named his fantasy baseball team Weasle Words

Kurt was awesome
Grohl is awesome

Do we really need to compare a guy who died in his prime with one who happened to stay alive?

yes, yes we did

all of his success post nirvana

Since Kurt’s dead its difficult to imagine how much more he would have accomplished had he stayed alive, but i doubt it’d be better than what Foo Fighters is.

Foo Fighters is probably the most popular current rock band in the world, and they’ve been on top for say 5-7 years IMO.

sigh

I am apparently incapable of expressing myself in a way that people will understand what I am trying to say.

if you are just comparing their skills as musicians...

then i guess its hard to compare anyone because most accomplished musicians can play anything.

i was more talking about the success and level of rock star-ness..

Dave Grohl has gotten out of the “just the drummer from nirvana” shell that he started out in.

I got you Nolander

is NCIS the best show on television?

its the most popular show on TV. Nirvana and Foo Fighters where both huge, one of them just so happened to have their lead singer kill themselves. Grohl is a great musician, and nows how to make music that will get played nonstop all the time on the radio and is technically a very skilled musician. Kurt Cobain had more artistic vision. Comparing them kind of feels like comparing Batman and Spider man, they are both great, different people with different tastes will like one better then he other for totally valid reasons. It can be fun, but you’ll just end up going in circles.

Nirvana was overrated. THERE, I SAID IT.

wrong, but thanks for playing

In Utero had several pretty terrible songs.

So did Sgt Peppers

But Abbey Road and Revolver and Rubber Soul were better than Nevermind.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN NIRVANA WASN'T BETTER THEN THE BEATLES

my whole life has been flipped upside down

you are getting better and better

I'm my most lucid after 9

All apologies, dumb, heartshaped box make it worth buying

Spider Man is stupid

not only is he a genius he also has super powers. Even then Batman would win because he is prepared for everything all the time no matter what, and is a rich genius badass.

Well they where not underrated

I’ll be honest I haven’t given a shit about the Foo Fighters for like 5+ years now. I really am just over their music. I still love their old stuff, but I just change the station when they come on now. I’ve had too much Foo Fighters.

they remain largely uninteresting

their songs sound the same to me

nice

but you know Robert Plant has replaced John Bonham as the greatest musician in Led Zep

then have for a long while

Grohl has become obsessed with just writing radio hits. He has fine tuned his formula and cranks them out. He essentially admits it in interviews.

you say this as if its a bad thing..

Yes, Dave is just interested in writing music that people want to hear…to me thats making the most of one’s musical talents.

and thats your opinion

to me its boring as fuck and I moved on with my life. If other people like it, good for them. I don’t think less of them, but I have no interest in the band anymore because of it. You do know what subjective means right?

god bless you Mr. Nolander

If you can’t understand how “music people want to hear” is actually really subjective, then we’re done here.

whats subjective about numbers?

More ears want to hear music over other music.
Thats just the bottomline.

you like that, i like this, neither of us is wrong.

Can this end yet? Fuck.

joey joe is right because money

Financial Analyst. Remember this.

you don't have to be a not financial analyst to understand

that some people have a different world view or opinion on… really everything then everyone else. That’s why life is interesting.

no you don’t.
1) numbers
2) assumptions from numbers.

just let it happen. let it float away, down the river of tranquility.

listen to Aqueous Transmission by Incubus and everything will feel better

Is that like the River of Dreams?

In the middle of the niiiight…

you dont even need to be one of those..

ask any marketing person what the best product is.

Its the one that sells the most units.

something something Carl Hicks

I think I just mashed two comedians into one person. Aha! Bill Hicks says they should kill themselves.

he wasn't megarich

but someone did steal most of his jokes and got megarich off it, so that makes him at least partially right.

Dennis Leary is a dick

Maddz knows what’s up.

The Ref was damn funny though.

something something dane cook

doesnt suck…

but he does get too many airplay on comedy icons

why you trollin bro
seriously if anyone actually seriously replys to his comment

a pox on your house for being baited by that

Bill Hicks is awesome, that’s all I got from that

I think he was just trying to bait people

who hate dane cook by using sales number as proof of comedic value.

I enjoy early Dane Cook. Your move, holy man.

So do I

fuck bees

my problem with him

is he repeats the punchline like 12 times.

I get it, someone shit on the coats, MOVE ON!!!

that is the jackassiest of all jackass positions

its fine if you hate dane cook

but dont say he has no comedic value because the people that buy his stuff think he does…and those are a ton of people…

IMO, commercial success proves value with the converse being true as well…if nobody likes or buys your renditions, then what are you really accomplishing? Most artists will say they are giving of themselves to the public with each performance or record…but if no one buys it..what did they really give? How much value did they add to society?

You keep reading a ton of stuff into what I'm saying

Ask Vincent Van Gogh

you said something about stealin jokes

so i had to insert a dane cook comment in there

oh right

yeah well, he and louie seemed to have hashed it out

hey bro

this is the jackassiest of all jackass positions

Best

I don’t think that word means what you think it does

shhh

just let it happen
shhhh

Oh, sweetcheeks, you don’t want me to agree with you. That’s how we know the rapture is coming.

I have actual musical training, so my idea of “good music” doesn’t reflect a bottom line.

They were.

imo, the most popular = best

for movies and music…

I dont like how music snobs tell the public what is good and what is not.
I think how good music is should be determined based on how many people want to hear it.

McDonalds is the BEST food in the world and Budweiser clearly makes the best beers available in America

this is the jackassiest of all jackass positions ever

cant compare food and beer

they cost different prices.

The prices to movies and CDs are generally the same.
So the movies that sell the most tickets, and CDs that sell the most IMO should be considered the best.

Screw this Arcarde Fire nonsense (a commen apropo of last year at this time)

this is the jackassiest of all jackass positions ever

trying to say something is the best in something so subjective is stupid and dumb

and I hate it and want to kill it with fire. People have favorites, others have other favorites

whats subjective about who sells the most records?

I assume people buy music because it is pleasing to their ears. They enjoy listening to it.

If you can create music that the most people want to listen too – to me you’ve created the best music.

this is the jackassiest of all jackass positions ever

stop spamming me bro

I aint your bro, brah

if every band released the same amount of albums every year with the same exact distributors, marketers, etc, then it’d be objective. Can’t make a #1 hit if you decide to just chill and do your own thing because, fuck, partying for two decades is hard unless you’re Mick Jagger.

The best music I ever heard in my lifetime was in 1968. Love: Forever Changes album. I’ve heard great music, but that album has stuck with me all these years. I get tired hearing Led Zeppelin and even The Beatles, but I never tire of hearing Arthur Lee and Love.

I keep forgetting you equate money to worth.

this hooker, she cost bucks

[record screech]

This is where it begins to fall apart.

aw c’mon – this was a pile of shit reasoning from the start

I’m high on Dave Grohl; the Grohl > Mr. Love debate is at least plausible on some level.

I was trying to make a sports analogy, and the best I could come up with was Gale Sayers and Mike Ditka. Both teammates on the Bears, but Sayers had the amazing peak and was done early, while Ditka played longer and accumulated more. Not sure peak vs. career can be applied to music, but I enjoyed the exercise.

Mr. Big > Mr. Love

I like this a lot
well even then you are giving grohl the win simply because he didn't kill himself

I guess that does kind of make him a winner though

Inevitably this will devolve into noting that James Loney and Juan Pierre were very popular among Dodgers fans for years. In Loney’s case, he still is.

loney and pierre had bad stats

Dave Grohl’s stats of highest selling records means he’s the best

This is a tastes and preferences thing that will never be solved.

A quick perusal of the TV ratings in any given week is a reminder that people as a whole are pretty stupid.

This would be true

if Cobain hadn’t been in the band

marty is always correct (except when it comes to the Doors)

One said Dude, one said Sweet.

I would expect Josie

To complain that the music to bring out the two NY Giants, who awarded the rock performance award, was the CBS NFL music.

on the contrary, I liked the historical nod. To hell with FOX : )

I would prefer something NFL Filmsier
neither here nor there but

Spongebob uses NFL Films music

Ryan

Seacrest is so big he gets two introductions.

Last time

I saw the Beach Boys was after a USC football game. 90s I believe.

Glen Campbell

Was a session guitar player for the Beach Boys

He also took over on tour for Brian Wilson for six months.

A reporter I know said he saw the Glen-Campbell-led Beach Boys on tour, he thinks it was the Help Me Rhonda tour.

Stevie

Gets a standing Ovation

If

I never hear that song that Paul McCartney sang, I will be very happy.

does this mean you are not very happy
No

I doubt I will hear that sappy ballad again,

El

DeBarge still makes records?

Fact

HJ used to play pickup hoops with El DeBarge at Granada Hills Rec Center (Petit Park) back in the 80’s.

Fact

Tony Kledis was not the most popular kid in our junior high school. He can buy and sell all of us now.

YOU WENT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH ANTHONY KIEDIS?

and boom

Red Hot Chili Peppers – band from the 1990s still rocking and making #1 hits

I saw them in 1984

EVEN BETTER

At a converted restaurant in Azusa. Back when they came on stage wearing nothing but socks over their dicks

You missed a golden opportunity to rhyme there

was just going to say, I saw them in the 80’s

we be old

didn't no doubt just get back together or something?

Usher isn’t rock, but he’s still pumping out hits

weezer is still killing it

and by killing it I mean their last few albums have been horrible and I hate what they have become

weezer is a good one

maybe green day i guess

American Idiot might be their best selling album

I saw Green Day on the back of a southwest airlines flight from San Jose

I gave them the cool guy nod

"get a load of this guy!"
is how I imagine them reacting to you

not how I reacted to your comment

Joe was in aisle 26, they were on the rudder

I was joking on the cool guy nod

I was punk rock and flipped them off

"get a load of this guy!"

Chilis played with Pearl Jam and Nirvana before any of them had a major album. Good times.

they toured as the Awesome Blossoms then.

I had a non kissing girl date at Chili’s on Friday, you can get experimental stuff at the one in Torrance!

put salt on the salt, deep fry it and dip it in chipotle mayo, and you’ve had every item on the menu at Chili’s.

we had rare steaks : )

they grilled them in a skillet of chipotle butter

sometimes there is chipotle honey syrup

I forgot about the chipotle honey syrup.

Yeah

But he wasn’t a musician or singer, he was just kind of there.

I believe that

Taylor Swift

Playing the banjo, not something I would expect from her.

I always figured that was a studio musician playing banjo on that track, but the girl is pretty awesome

Someone needs to tell Stevie Wonder to let it go and just shave his head.

Though I guess he doesn’t know what he looks like.

Now Coldplay

that is a band I can get behind hating

I don't see them as worth hating

unless they are huge assholes and I just didn’t know it.

they work out

I really enjoyed Coldplay’s first couple of albums and haven’t heard enough of their new stuff to comment

they got sued for intellectual property theft on the last album

they are boring

was a LMFAO reference, my bad.

I’m also not a Cold Play fan. Their music is great if you need help falling asleep, but even then, there are a hundred artists I’d rather fall asleep to. Like Santo & Johnny.

boring is not worth hating

I don’t find their first couple albums boring, but they tried top become more boisterous and lost their charm imho.

I hate them

they sound like really bad U2 and some other shit mixed in

I hate them

you must be referring to their newer stuff

I saw them at a KCRW concert a long time passed

I dont know a thing they are up to since

saw them @ Coachella 2005

This was right before they hit critical mass. They put on a great show, considering the circumstances of it being a festival and all.

if Coachella is anything like Stagecoach, it’s less a concert, and more like watching the Grammys on a big TV while you’re really drunk and I’m throwing dirt at you

Coachella back then was a lot different than it is now. I haven’t been since they went to the 3-day format. Are you going to Stagecoach this year? I wasn’t able to get any camping tickets this year. I camped in the RV parking last year, and it was an all-day tailgate. I imagine it’s similar to SEC tailgating and NASCAR events. I’ll have to find out one day before I die.

not this year. I went last year as a member of the press™ but I haven’t written on that blog in a dog’s age

MLBN......wha?

how is Miguel Cabrera the best 3rd baseman right now when he hasn’t played the position in years?

name two you’d rather have.

Longoria and Zimmerman

:P

name three you’d rather have.

now i'm torn

do I say Beltre? or Lawrie?

see, Cabrera for #3.

then clearly

WE MUST KUNG FU FIGHT!!

because he can hit better then any other 3rd baseman in baseball
Surprised so many are watching the Tape Delay awards

I went with Once Upon a Time, personally

did NBC still manage to “accidentally” get higher ratings and scramble the feed too late?

It

Is on CBS

I have no cable, I make assumptions.

neither of those stations are on cable
seriously

OTA FTW

i have netflix. that is all

OTA FTW
you live on earth right?

OTA FTW

DTV+rabbit ears=happy Josie

that works

I mean my 10 dollar rabbit ears get great signal. I also threw in an epic tv tuner so I can record everything on my computer to watch later.

when I’ve got a steady income, I might invest in a tivo, but I’m pretty committed to cutting the cord

Pretty much

Outside of the NFL, in a few years almost all regular season and post season college sports and pro sports will be on cable.

I sincerely hope

I’ll be too busy working to notice the games I’m missing

I finally watched Smash. I actually liked it

so did the rest of america actually

BEST TV SHOW EVER

It’s about the Incredible Hulk, right?

in that some of the bears are yoked

I have to find a way to balance Smash with Nathan Fillion drool time

Maddz made me watch Dr. Horribles. I enjoyed it.

Had a good giggle over the bat labeled “hammer” yesterday : )

I am not the demographic

I hate Glee. I hate Idol and those shows, but I liked this

you must watch the Voice

CEE LO HAS A CAT

THE CAT’S NAME IS PURRFECT. C’MON

I think you’d get a crack out of The Voice.

I really didn't like the way it was shot

or how they mixed the colors or w/e. I get they are trying to make it look.. “older”, but it just didn’t work for me when everything is still in modern times.

you mean…using film?

everything looked washed out to me during the day scenes

or something. I don’t know words good talk film.

Technically it's a film simulating digital camera

But you’re right in that it makes things look…old fashioned-y. Pan Am and Playboy Club both use the camera, as well as Once Upon a Time and Homeland.

The 2D version of the Avengers film was also show with it…oh and Fringe S4.

finally watched captain america

alls et for the avengers now. First half was a well done origin story… then it became one long montage.

the ending was unsatisfying, but it did what it [spoilers, OMG spoilers]

yeah it did what it needed to

I am excite

Also,

The TBLA Fantasy League post has been updated with the draft order

HOW DID YOU KNOW WHAT MY TEAM NAME WAS

do you weigh more then a duck?

first I thought I was 2nd

now I realize i’m 2nd to last. Shit. Now I"ll have to think fast for my 2nd pick

Well that was no fun..

as soon as Yahoo gave the list I thought, “wow that sucks. and it was his idea too”

yeah, I’m gonna get first round pick Curtis Granderson now.

I should’ve kept my mouth shut

I hope Dave Young enjoys his shinny new Matt Kemp

I really am in that “I’m gonna draft whoever is left” land that no one likes, and nolander will like it even less.

but at least we all know where we stand, and not finding out a half hour before.

I'm going to go ahead and tell myself that this way I get two epic players

instead of one epic player

in a non-Dodgers league, you’d probably get Kershaw.

My money on taking Kershaw is either Bobby Down or Taylor Maricle.

I might.

I’m new to this format, since i’ve only ever played MLB.com’s leagues where instead of individual pitchers you just draft an entire team’s pitching staff, which simplified things.

Just got back from Mountain High

My body hates me.

I went snowboarding for the first time ever wednsday

with my binds set to straight and inwards, which is apparently bad. I fell a few times.

aww i miss skiing

Forgive me

But I totally misread the final word as “kissing.”

I just got a pop up ad

are you fucking serious sbnation?

was it an ad for a Foo Fighters album

hah

if that had actually happened I would have simply applauded them and went about my business

Haha.

What was the ad for?

some survey

I just hate pop up ads so much. Hell it wasn’t even that big. I’m just a bitch of a jackass

It might not be sbnation fault. You have might spamware installed on your computer. Get spybot or something to do a check up and clean up your system.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

this is probably the best act of trolling i have ever seen in my life

If I listen to david Grohl's probot it will have the same effect right?

RED WAR

Beach Boys, just stole what Jan and Dean were doing and commercialized it, probably I think

Did it better which counts

I was just fucking with the ball Phil

Good Vibrations is one of top five all time songs. Has everything you could want. I can understand why it blew Brian’s mind.

ooooooooooooooo

Are you sure you have that in the right order? Jan and Dean did several songs that Brian Wilson wrote.

I wonder

How Adele sounds with no microphone

I saw her at the Hollywood Bowl

I am a fan

Adele is not selling skinny Jeans, and that is apparently horrible.

While too young for me, I think she got some sexy going on

I had no idea what she looked like until tonight. Awesome voice.

she looks like Wynonna Judd

not always - before she got sick

with that much makeup how can you tell anything

Who is Grim Death on the left?

Karl Lagerfeld, who said that Adele is too fat to model for him for some reason.

the hits keep coming

Karl Lagerfeld is pretty well known for hating women who aren’t shaped like twigs

It’s understandable that such a hunk of a man would only want the choicest…I can’t even complete the sentence.

was his last name Brown?

Nothing is as cute as a cat sneeze

shut up Eric

everytime I ask my dog to sit she sneezes instead
This is

What I thought country music was about growing up, Gentle on my mind.

I liked the Civil Wars a little bit

not sure, but my ears wanted more

Yes, also nice laugh and legs. And sweet voice

speaking of music

bastion had an amazing musical soundtrack to go along wtih the great narration. Just pure ear bliss for 5-6 hours.

hahaha, holy shit, that Jason Whitlock tweet about Jeremy Lin a couple of days ago was real?

the racist one?

Yeah. I thought it was made up by a troll. I know Whitlock likes to push things, but thought no way he would publish that.

in his apology

he said he always wanted to be a standup comic (true story!)

this is reason #976 why I don’t tweet

my reason #1

“I don’t want someone to call the men in white coats on me”

The

Interesting thing is that Tony Bennent sounds like he did 40 years ago.

I saw him in Vegas when I was in my early 20’s

it was a weekend

Saw him

8 years ago at the Greek

going to Knott's Berry Farm tomorrow

i’m excited, haven’t been there in a long time.

I have never met anyone who actually had jam at Knott’s.

if you’ve never met someone, who went to Knott’s and had funnel cake with jam and powdered sugar, then you haven’t met me

We
Used

To go to Fried Chicken dinner place there and have chicken with biscuits wit boysenberry preserves.

one of these days, I am going to say the hell with it and make me a mess of fried chicken and biscuits

After watching The Help its on my list to do

biscuits are really not hard, just messy.

after watching The Help, I’ve started using crisco to fry things. This won’t end well

we really need to teach you how to run, then, or that crisco is going straight to your hips

I’m a fantastic walker : )

I have some in my cupboard

I don’t remember what I bought it for. I remember my mom cooking with crisco as a kid.

or thats right, to cook tortillas in before putting meet in them and covering them with sauce and cheese

my aunt from New Mexico uses Crisco instead of butter in her cookies.

hardest cookies I’ve ever eaten.

hardtack, those aint cookies, they are hardtack

but delicious?

I made a “cake” today with beans and stevia and coconut oil instead of flower sugar and butter. It was not terrible.

I read that as beans and sativa

haha

hey dad come take a hit of your birthday cake!

flavor is similar as a cookie, but hard to get passed the texture.

I make an awesome biscuit with curdled heavy cream

I was a recipe tester on this book and learned the recipe there

I'm going to come clean and admit I use bisquick to make my biscuits

/ducks

do you use spuds to make mashed potatoes?

I seriously never make mashed potatoes

I just take some russet or red potatoes chop em up and saute them. Or boil /bake them and have them whole

they are good, just not the best

and I don’t care how many fucking boxes of that shit they sell

The Bisquick coffee cake was my fav, may have to make another one, been about five years since I’ve done so.

the consensus seems to be the Fried Chicken place isn’t as good as it used to be, but I never went as a kid, and I enjoyed it much as an adult

I will probably never go again, that way it will remain holy in my mind

Midnight Cowboy is one hell of a movie

Soy Cowboy is an interesting nightclub in Bangkok

Soi Cowboy is actually a whole neighborhood

And known for its nightlife. But I’ve never been there, I only read about it on the internet :)

“I have never asked anyone if they’ve tried the jam at Knott’s Berry Farm”

That’s usually one of my top three icebreakers, only slightly revised. I ask “Do you have any jam from Knott’s Berry Farm?”

And if they do I pull out the toast from my pocket.

oww, my sore obliques : )

josie may enjoy this: 1920s report interviews football people

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzPuK0iMueo

hey david beckham is in there

oh Scoops Callahan. His shtick is hard for me to watch, cause I don’t like things like X and Punked where not everyone is in on the joke

I feel ya

I do enjoy how manning is completely unfazed, and Mack Brown actually seems to be able to decipher what he is saying.

Mack Brown was definitely the best

wife beater

his wife went to Cal, watch your tongue

how do you even know this

because Cal played Texas in the Holiday Bowl and it came up

so…she..deser..v…what?

Chris Brown is the wife beater, so this whole thread is just weird

oh I think hj is just riffing on an earlier discussion

on browns having a stranglehold on famous wife beaters.

no, that fucker beat his

nevermind

oh no, not that again

I thought we established everyone named Brown was.

Let’s just say those aren’t freckles on Peppermint Pattie.

working hard for the money

this was my other question

old wife beater

Mack Brown was definitely the best

Things I never thought I would hear Josie say.

Hey man, Texas Forever


and now I’m banned.

It is odd to think that the most productive player from that game may be Reggie Bush. Since both Young and Lienart are back up QBs now.

Huff?

but yeah Bush had a good year last year I have to lay off that fucker for a bit

I used to, but found out glue really fucks you up

Picked the wrong week

Steve Smith?

hell maybe even fred davis

or mark sanchez

is a bad nfl qb
maybe he will suck less next year without shotty being insane

Michael Huff is still starting for the Raiders

he is

and he played really well/good last year. Not sure about this year

Had a so/so year, but might have been scheme related.

Does anyone know a good soccer writer? I need someone to write about the Galaxy for SB Nation LA.

Remember how cool it was before Josie died in that terrible and tragic accident?

I’m not dead. I’m getting better : )

I'm a little weirded out right now

what does “right now” got to do with it?

Well, right now there’s no tomorrow

WTF?

The lyric is “It’s your tomorrow?”

I have been living a lie.

whats love got to do with it?

Right now, it’s everything

“look at this guy”

I enjoyed the Grammy’s. Chris Brown looks like a douche. But he can dance.

he can dance

but his music makes me want to shove a pencil in my eye so that the pain will distract me from the sound

For the record,

As someone celebrating a half century on this planet (yeah me and Dodger Stadium), nothing is as good, inexpensive or as fun as it used to be. So keep moving forward, meet new folks, and make new and greater memories.

I wish I was drinking right now

I wish I was getting work done

this place isn’t supposed to be lively this late on sunday

I

Am drinking a beer brewed by a friend of mine. And I thought the above comment was life affirming. See what I know, I guess I should be more like Dave Grohl and give the people what they want.

ROCK STAR

and I heard you the whole damn time

I plan on making new folds meeting new and greater mormires

while makiing forward

you should add spelling comprehension to that list

spell checking is for the birds

I have a weird feeling that someone is going to tell me that saying is obscurely sexist ala rule of thumb

I wrote about it in my diary

shit man diaries are for ladies

ya gotta get a journal like a man and hit up a blunt while hating taco trucks.

I’m trying to figure out what chris would say, and I really don’t know why.

you must be weirded out right now

wow thats depressing

;)

but i agree…sometimes you kind of know you’ve already hit the “it’ll never be better than that” stage..

everyone ever has said this about the years they have lived that are now too far away to remember why they sucked, but near enough that they still remember why they were worth living.

except kurt cobain

he thinks Dave Grohl is a sellout

he though his parents entire generation where sellouts

I don’t think he has a low bar for that judgment

my life has been different, but mostly never better

i'm already bored at 31

i probably think more about the past than the future even now – just because i feel like i’ve already done everything i wanted or conceived of doing.

have a girlfriend?

i dont even think ashleymadison could help me.
i’m not bored with my wife, i’m bored with my life

Quiz

What Dickens novel does that quote most remind you of?

On TBLA

Never ever bring up the Texas vs. USC game. At least, not when Eric is around.

it works (at getting Eric’s goat) better than Cal beating USC in 2003 costing them the unanimous championship

National championships are funny though. I will gladly enjoy the AP title and claim it as though it were a biological son or daughter and not an adopted one.

Cal beating

Snyone rarely gets to anyone’s goat

Huh

Jane Curtin is on another series,

LL is the shit and all

but he looks like a driver in that cap

He

Did a nice job

he did

now if he’ll bring the car around front we can go home

Top 3 lines to get a date for Valentines Day

1. My father played for the Astros.
2. Ever have jam at Knott’s Berry Farm?
3. How do you tell your barber you have to break up?

BTW-I asked the woman who has been cutting my hair for over a decade about the last one and she said there is no good way and she expects no explanation when a client stops showing up.

The Houston Valentines

Too bad there isn’t a city named Billy Ray.

You should have followed her answer up, with “I’m sorry but I’m going somewhere else for my head jobs.”.

There are nothing like Rock and Roll cougars

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