Two years ago the Dodgers signed a good fielding, right-hand hitting utility infielder with a career 83 OPS+ to a guaranteed two-year contract for his age 36 and 37 seasons, for what many observers, including this one, considered a bit too much money and a year more than necessary. But Jamey Carroll silenced his critics by being a league average hitter while accruing far more playing time for the Dodgers than most imagined.
Carroll has moved on to Minnesota, so enter Jerry Hairston, Jr., who begins his Dodgers career with similar baseball skill credentials (86 OPS+, not quite as good an infielder, but a better outfielder, right-handed), with an equal-length, but richer contract (two years, $6M), and while also viewing his age-35 season in the rear-view mirror.
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Carrying a lot of gloves in one's baseball bag, and being able to wield them decently can be a profitable exercise, as Hairston has parlayed those skills - he has appeared at every position except pitcher and catcher, and at least 436 innings at all of those spots except first base - into a 14-year career encompassing nearly 4500 plate appearances, and about $15 million in career major-league earnings.
As an offensive player, Hairston's career breaks up into three segments:
| Years | 1998-2005 | 2006-2007 | 2008-2011 |
| Ages | 22-29 | 30-31 | 32-35 |
| OPS+ | 87 | 38 | 96 |
Perhaps wisdom of age allowed him to figure something out about his swing and turn him into a league-average hitter, but one might think that betting on that continuing at age 36, and for two seasons, may not be the wisest course of action.
Hairston hails from a multi-generational baseball family. His brother Scott Hairston will open his ninth MLB season this spring in his second year with the New York Mets. They are the sons of Jerry Hairston, longtime White Sox pinch-hitter / outfielder, and nephews of John Hairston, a cup of coffee Chicago Cub of the ill-fated 1969 season. Going back another generation, the father of the elder Jerry Hairston, Sam Hairston, finished his major league career with a whopping .400 / .571 / .600 batting line!
Because Jerry debuted before his brother Scott, he became the first third-generation African-American major-league baseball player.
The Dodgers are Hairston's eighth team. The journeyman has called every division of the major home except for the AL Central.
Ring in a box: he's got one. Hairston was a deadline day acquisition of the 2009 New York Yankees, and has appeared in more playoff series than Matt Kemp despite 2009 being his first post-season appearance, having returned to playoff action last season with the Milwaukee Brewers.
(Sponsored by Ripley's Believe It Or Not) For his age 36 and 37 seasons, Hairston will earn $6 million guaranteed, or about $1.9 million more than any two-year span in his career. $2.25 million of that backloaded deal is due in 2012.
2011: Jamey Carroll, Gritty Grinding Gamer
2010: Jamey Carroll, the Multi-Year Man
| Year | Age | PA | HR |
Runs | RBI | BA | OBP | SLG | wOBA | |
| 2009 |
33 | 433 | 10 | 62 | 39 | .251 | .315 | .394 | .312 | |
| 2010 |
34 | 476 | 10 | 53 | 50 | .244 | .299 | .353 | .287 | |
| 2011 |
35 | 376 | 5 | 43 | 31 | .270 | .344 | .383 | .323 | |
| 2012 Projections - Age 36 Season | ||||||||||
| Year | PA | HR |
Runs | RBI | BA | OBP | SLG | |||
| Bill James | 311 | 5 | 38 | 28 | .254 | .323 | .369 | |||
| Pecota | 548 | 8 | 58 | 51 | .248 | .304 | .352 | |||
| ZiPS | 377 | 6 | 48 | 37 | .259 | .319 | .373 | |||
| (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) | ||||||||||
Hairston would appear to be cast in the bench/utility player role for the Dodgers. If he accrues a large number of at-bats in 2012, that would probably indicate that things went south for one of more of Juan Uribe, Mark Ellis, or Dee Gordon. (It is unclear to me if the Dodgers would be willing to go with Hairston as an everyday SS, but the other choices would seem to be Uribe or Justin Sellers, so take your pick.)
If Pecota's playing time projection for Hairston is right, especially with a TSL like that, the soft flesh of my wrists will look mighty tempting to my kitchen knives. Of course they list his "comparables" as "Art Howe, Mike Lowell, (four-time batting champion) Bill Madlock", so take that for what it is worth.
Other than that, the projections generally are in line with my expectations, so I will guess that Hairston bats .251 / .329 / .368 while scrapping up 288 plate appearances.
What is your guess for Hairston in 2012? Be sure to guess BA/OBP/SLG, and anything else you wish to guess.
Thanks to baseball-reference.com and fangraphs.com for the statistics.
0 recs | 1265 comments
.250/.315/.350
Hairston’s career BABIP is a low .282, and he is even worse the last three years at .272 so his .301 last year is probably a fluke. Reduce his ISO a bit since he’s leaving a hitter friendly park for Dodger Stadium and general aging, and you get the kind of performance you’d expect from a spare infielder.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
This will also be the best offensive performance we get from a non-Loney infielder.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
Gut punch
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
On the bright side there’s a real good chance this won’t be the worst hitting infield in recent memory.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
Just tossin’ those compliments around, huh?
iiidown - February 15, 2012
you know reg
Mr. Sunshine :)
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
What do you want me to do when Jerry Hairston is one of the better hitters in the infield? Not research the worst infields of the last 50 years?
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
I would never kill your fun
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
You’re the best.
If anyone cares there’s no way we beat out the 2003 Pirates unless “first baseman Adam Kennedy” becomes a regular thing.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
Nightmare fuel…..
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
It kills me to say this
Who would be worse, Kennedy now or Phillips in 05?
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
Sweeney in 2008.
kinbote - February 15, 2012
cut my wrists now
Let’s see:
2007: Saenz – 92 G .191/.295/.345
2008: Sweeney – 98 G .130/.250/.163
2009: Loretta – 107 G .232/.309/.276
2010: Garrett Anderson – 80 G .181/.204/.286
2011: Aaron Miles/Dioner Navarro – 136 G .275/.314/.346 / 64 G .193/.276/.324
I might not even put Miles as a pinch hitting option with how many games he played/started. This team has not had a good (or anywhere near decent) main pinch hitter off the bench since Saenz freaking mashed in 2006 slugging over .530 in 100+ games. We are really paying for that season.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
Should’ve picked Marcus Thames for last season. God that guy sucked.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
and Gibbons too.
kinbote - February 15, 2012
I went more for the main pinch hitters
2011 had more crappy pinch hitters, though I think Navarro and Miles were the main culprits. But yeah, Gibbons and Thames really made Loretta’s 09 look good.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
as others have said
Rivera off the bench could be money. I just don’t see it happening.
kinbote - February 15, 2012
I do, I think Sands will get the starting job.
OB12 - February 15, 2012
My main reasoning is that Rivera is pencilled in to a very important RBI spot in the lineup (6th). For better or worse, he is part of our offensive core.
kinbote - February 15, 2012
Not too high on Uribe huh?
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
.271/.320/351. over 300 PA.
DodgerofTrolleys - February 15, 2012
.268/.334/.359
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
.249/.305/.347
fbihop - February 15, 2012 via mobile
.195/.220/.297 Cut on June 24 under orders of new owner.
delias man - February 15, 2012
The Dodgers would cut Juan Uribe first over Jerry Hairston. The entire offseason was finding people they could play over Uribe.
Tripon - February 15, 2012
I am bullish on Uribe
delias man - February 15, 2012
I doubt the Dodgers would outright cut either of these players with the amount of time and money left on their contracts.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
If Uribe is putting up similar numbers at the ASB, that he did last year. He will be gone.
OB12 - February 15, 2012
I just wish he would do steroids and get suspended so the team could sve a little money on him.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
Slip something in his cookie dough milkshake.
kinbote - February 15, 2012
Juan Uribe
drinks your milkshake! He drinks it UP!
David Young - February 15, 2012
.258/.320/.360 in 315 PAs
BFDC - February 15, 2012
.252/.341/.362 in 250 PAs, mostly against LHP
OB12 - February 15, 2012
Scraps his way to
.280/.340/.391
winning the hearts of Dodger fans all over the world.
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
Look who woke up on the sunny side of the bed this AM!
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
.275/.305/.385 in 400 plate appearances.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
.240/.300/.365
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
.250/.288/.344
I don’t get Ned and his need to sign 5 players of the same type.
Tripon - February 15, 2012
Who is like Hairston on this team?
Can Adam Kennedy play SS and the OF
Can Mark Ellis play SS and the OF
Can anybody in major league baseball do what Happy Hairston can do? Bloomquist?
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Ryan Freel
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
he can rebound too
BaldBilly - February 15, 2012
Jamey Carroll.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
Carroll couldn’t find his ass in CF
Phil Gurnee - February 15, 2012
i didn’t realize we were talking about cf
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
And doesn’t really have the arm for 3B.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
i didn’t realize we were talking about 3b
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
Hairston can play 3B and OF admirably. Carroll can’t. So, what are you trying to defend?
Nolij - February 15, 2012
haha.
the terms just mutated before my eyes. it went from “who can play ss and of” to “who can play 3b and cf.” a bit unfair to change the question after I’ve given an answer, no?
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
Sure, but the main question was:
David Young - February 15, 2012
excuse me for not meeting the unspecified demands of such an insanely general question.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
Who you calling insane?
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
No one.
My goodness. People on TBLA seem to have reading comprehension issues today.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
You meant
LINSANE!
David Young - February 15, 2012
that's actually precisely what i meant.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
That would seem to be the ideal time to head first into first so that the 1st baseman cannot do a sweep tag
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I just read that and thought the same thing. Unless he came up short or something
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
Hey, you look through Jerry Hairston pictures and try and come up with something! At least I dropped a Laker reference in there.
David Young - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
Yeah, the photos for the scrubs are dubious. Fed Ex is either in background of someone hitting a home run on congratulating a Dodger on hitting one.
Phil Gurnee - February 15, 2012
Seems to hit RHP and LHP equally
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Is it possible that UCLA receives the most admission requests because they are the number one “safe” school?
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
We have a saying at UCI for a number of years.
“We get the most application requests out of all the UCs because we’re everyone 2nd or 3rd choice.”
Interesting that UCLA took that spot.
Tripon - February 15, 2012
I’m not sure about UCLA acceptance standards, but I think they’re high enough that you probably wouldn’t call it a “safe” school.
My guess as to why it’s #1 in applications: it gets a lot of international and out-of-state applicants. Most major universities on the coasts get a lot of international students, but I think (and this is a hunch) UCLA probably gets more out-of-state applicants because young people just love flocking to Hollywood. Combine that with the fact that it’s the cheaper option of major university in the second most populous city in America.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
That,
and it’s consistently ranked in the top 3 public schools in the entire country.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
It’s the safe school for people that go to Stanford.
It’s the first choice for people that go to UCI.
A nice middle ground.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
It is, quite possibly, the second-best public university in the world. And being in the best city in the most populous state in the nation makes it pretty appealing.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
The bias is strong with this one.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
Not really?
Nolij - February 15, 2012
maybe by calling los angeles the best city, but everything else you said is factually true
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
“Best city” was funny
Michael White - February 15, 2012
should have gone with “best” NBA team
Phil Gurnee - February 15, 2012
Yes!
Michael White - February 15, 2012
well San Francisco doesn’t have a major university, and that’s really the only competition, City-wise.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Eric’s alma mater waves hello
Michael White - February 15, 2012
if I say anymore, I’m gonna sound like more of an ass than I already have
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
SLO and Santa Barbara laugh heartily
Phil Gurnee - February 15, 2012
they have the most people so they must be the best!
lets just replace best with biggest draw
nolander - February 15, 2012
Foo Fighters are better than Nirvana.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
It has 3, depending on how you're defining that, but other than that...
underdog - February 15, 2012
Sure, SF State should really give UCLA a run for its money.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
Oh shaddup. :) I went to both schools (UCLA just for post-grad year of adult ed)
(and UCSB for 1 year before transferring to SF State for its film program).
Let’s not be getting too subjectively snobby here.
underdog - February 15, 2012
we are talking about overall admission here
does SF state offer the same breadth of well ranked programs as UCLA?
nolander - February 15, 2012
Wasn't really sure what we were talking about, frankly. So I just wanted to defend my alma mater generally. ;)
It offers different well-ranked programs than UCLA, but no probably not in the same category. But it does have very well regarded education, cinema, business, MA/MFA programs in creative writing (i couldn’t even get into theirs, it was so competitive) and philosophy, physical therapy (top 20 in nation), and so on. Y’all would be surprised. But yeah, it’s obviously a different environment, more of an urban integrated school than many UCs.
underdog - February 15, 2012
With a huge international student population IIRC.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
It is a fine school. There is not a stinker among the public universities in California (except for Davis MOO!), but SFSU is not like UCLA.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
Yes
Davis literally smells
nolander - February 15, 2012
why so much hate for Davis?
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
No hate, it is an agricultural school, it literally smells
Phil Gurnee - February 15, 2012
I happen to love the smell of a farm
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
oh, is it not a good lawyer school. My bros friend when there and now he is a lawyer.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
I see him write on FB everytime Davis football team wins, why do they even have football? My bro went to LB state, but he is an SC fan. Glad he knows his role.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
because it literally smells
nolander - February 15, 2012
Maybe most people think it was named after the author of Garfield.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
nor is USF, Now trying to decide if Underdog is counting the medical school, the law school, or the art school as #3
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Heh, I was wondering the same thing. I think there’s a Cordon Bleu also.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
Hastings is just a weird vestigal limb of Berkley
nolander - February 15, 2012
truthfully, so is UCSF
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Not really, no.
Unless you mean in the same way all UC schools are administered by UC regents at Berkeley.
underdog - February 15, 2012
when UCSF opened it was known as
“The Medical Department of the University of California.” Davis grew into a full university, SF is still just the UCs med school. And the UC regents are in Oakland
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Hastings at least got to keep their name
nolander - February 15, 2012
I honestly don't care as much as it seems but I think you're not quite defining it fairly
UCSF was the 9th separate UC school. From the official site: in 1964, it gained administrative autonomy, becoming the ninth campus in the UC system. In 1970, the UC Board of Regents renamed the campus the University of California, San Francisco in recognition of its diversity of disciplines.
underdog - February 15, 2012
can an 18 year old Californian interested in Engineering or business go there?
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
They can go there, but only to study medicine or health fields. ;)
(Just as I can go to UC Davis, but not to get a creative writing degree. Obviously, Davis, as an example, has far more programs to offer than UCSF though, which is a very specific school unusual to the UC system.)
underdog - February 15, 2012
No, they can’t. Well, unless they Doogie Howsered their way through undergrad already.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
UCLA has a med program. Cal doesn’t, because it’s always had UCSF. This was really my only point
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
the oddities of being the first
nolander - February 15, 2012
the flagship, if you will
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
fun fact
the University of California only wanted to have one school with a graduate religion department so as to avoid theology students (UCSB). Then, they just simply did not have any other schools with graduate departments in religion due to politics.
It has been concerned quite a coup that Riverside now has a PhD in religion.
Maddz - February 15, 2012
Finding a higher power might be the most exciting thing to do in Riverside.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
But would a loving God create the 909?
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
I think this is the phil signal
or is that only when I mock other geographic locations?
nolander - February 15, 2012
this assumes two things
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
that the 909 wasn't simply an accident?
it really is a huge assumption
nolander - February 15, 2012
If you put a bunch of chemicals in a box and shook it up they wouldn’t just form meth.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
This was my method
for every chemistry set I got as a kid. Inevitably the result was green and smelly
mleadman - February 15, 2012
BE NICE TO MY DISCIPLINE
Maddz - February 15, 2012
to my heathen brain that seems like a question
worthy of scholarly pursuit
nolander - February 15, 2012
Was counting UCSF, one of the top med schools in the country
and one of the top reasons my damned tram line is always crowded.
underdog - February 15, 2012
UCSF has like 500 students total. That’s not the same thing at all.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
3,000 (not counting residents and post-docs)
underdog - February 15, 2012
UCSF is Berkeley’s Med School, essentially. And the N would be crowded anyhow : )
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Wrong. And true.
underdog - February 15, 2012
shit this is the best city, Snoop Dogg said so
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
Where else have you lived?
Michael White - February 15, 2012
no where, because there is no place like LA. for the weather, women, and the weed, sticky green…… where else can I live with beach and snow within an hour drive?
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
anywhere else in socal?
nolander - February 15, 2012
Do I really need to sing you guys the song? I hate NY city, its cold and its damp, and everyone is dressed like monkeys. Lets leave Chicago to the eskimos.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
There’s a whole country in between those cities, by the way.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
theres like an entire Europe in there
nolander - February 15, 2012
A veritable South America.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
yes I realize that, but if Newman didnt think they were important enough to call out, they arent even close to LA level then.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
Usually on the lists of best places to live are smaller cities that are within driving distance of a big city. And Portland.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
You mean like Indianapolis?
David Young - February 15, 2012
hates California, its and its damp
that’s why the lady, that’s why the lady, is a tramp
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
I remember redwood trees, bumper cars and wolverines
The ocean’s Trident submarines
Lemons, limes and tangerines
kinbote - February 15, 2012
how often do you drive to said beach and snow in any given year?
Phil Gurnee - February 15, 2012
These are just minor reasons why LA is the greatest, but I dont go to the snow very often. Im not into snowboards or skiing, or buying snow gear. The beach, alot during the summer, its where to be. Especially in Leo Carrillo where I can bbq, drink beer. Beer is great at the beach. In Ventura, we do fires on the beach too, love it!
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
im talking all LA county though, and maybe Orange County since it helps me in this case haha
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
I did it from orange county for the first time in a long time this month
nolander - February 15, 2012
I moved two blocks from the beach this past July. I’ve been snowboarding 6 times since then, and I’ve taken a dip in the ocean exactly ZERO times.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
to add to that – i live about 6 blocks from the beach and would prefer to do neither!
delias man - February 15, 2012
I lived in San Diego for 14 years, and went to the beach less than 10 times.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
yeah, probably because were not all cut up… its easier just to stay home… but fug that, I just leave my shirt on and go into the ocean, im not worried about meeting girls, or what I look like, at the beach.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
well, maybe that will change this summer…. jesus man, how can people not like the beach??
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
I love beach weather, but I’m not chiseled enough to fully enjoy all that living in the South Bay has to offer.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
confidence
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
yeah im not either… but still enjoy it… I just love being in water, ocean, lake, river, pool, I love swimming.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
we had heard the stories so wanted to try
we did it a couple of times in high school and in my first year of college
surf in the AM, night ski at Mtn High
it is more fun as a story than in reality
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Thats because you did it backwards
BFDC - February 15, 2012
Rolling Hills Estates doesn’t have a major university.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
damn Watts Riots
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
UCLA was supposed to be up there
damn shady real estate people made that not happen
delias man - February 15, 2012
“oh check out this marshland, don’t you want to build a school here it’s so pretty”
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Palos Verdes?
There are no marshlands in PV. Fun fact: Palos Verdes is actually one of the Channel Islands, it’s just that the LA basin filled with so much sediment that it created the Palos Verdes “Peninsula”.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
Josie confused PV with Playa Del Ray
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
both of you assumed I was talking about PV and not Westwood
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Sorry!
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
see I was describing the shady real estate deal that put UCLA in Westwood instead of PV
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
this describes my alma mater pretty well
University at Buffalo
court168627 - February 15, 2012
the way i read the story
UC regents came to town to pick out a location. a real estate developer was touring them. He had hundreds of acres in “Westwood” he was stuck with. They drove to Pasadena, and they were told it is too hot year round here. Drove to PV and saw it was cloudy and windy and he told them every day was like that. they had a train to catch and they hurried to westwood, took a quick look and were like “whatever”
delias man - February 15, 2012
I think they did quite well. Who the hell would want to naviagate all the city streets to get to PV. They are in a perfect spot. JMO
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
and with no street lights, who’d want to take a night class up there
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
i assume the whole hill would be different
delias man - February 15, 2012
The entire southern california freeway and road system would be different.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
2/3s of what he said where true
and the other one is subjective, but LA is a big draw for many
nolander - February 15, 2012
Cal grad giving love to UCLA what the hell is going on here? I’m guessing BS from Cal and now he wants a masters from UCLA.
Phil Gurnee - February 15, 2012
Most of my family went to UCLA and my wife went to USC. I have no ill will toward either of those institutions.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
does your wife have a mercedez or bmw? and your family has either camrys or accords?
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
No, and… shush, you :)
Nolij - February 15, 2012
he said second best. which personally I think is unfair to UNC, Michigan, and Virginia
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
I said “quite possibly.” It is not a particularly biased statement to say that UCLA is similar academically to UNC, UM or UVA (or Cal for that matter).
Nolij - February 15, 2012
every ranking perennially has ucla and virginia sharing the #2 and #3 slots
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
right, which is sort of my point. Best is relative, and it’s more accurate to say UCLA is one of the top public universities and leave it at that
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
I think we should get more specific and rank each of the under grad programs.
Phil Gurnee - February 15, 2012
those rankings are harder to pin down
nolander - February 15, 2012
It’s not like US News & World Report ranks them every year or anything.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
link?
nolander - February 15, 2012
because schools that don’t offer masters programs are often awesome at undergrad
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Small Liberal Arts colleges have done pretty well for themselves.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
most populous means best. since, you know, most units means quality product.
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
Is it cheaper then SC and Stanford too, private schools? or no?
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
if you are in state its like 1/4 the price
nolander - February 15, 2012
well
it used to be, its still a lot cheaper though but UC tuition has doubled in the last 8 years
nolander - February 15, 2012
and the others have stayed the same?
Phil Gurnee - February 15, 2012
I'm pretty sure they haven't doubled
they aren’t actually affected by the budget issues nearly as strongly as state schools I would imagine.
nolander - February 15, 2012
Josie or BH will clear this up shortly
Phil Gurnee - February 15, 2012
USC IIRC was around 35k 10 years ago, now around 40k
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
looks like USC is 40k a year?
and UC tuition used to be about 8k, now its closer to 15k. I think USC tuition was around 40k 8 years ago.
nolander - February 15, 2012
So a four year grad pays 60 at a UC while 160 at USC. UC folk need to stop whining.
Phil Gurnee - February 15, 2012
ugh.
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
bus fare doubling affects the riders more than plane tickets going up 15%
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
i think this is a very good analogy
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
yeahhhh no
USC probably doesn’t have issues where students can’t get the classes they need because of budget cuts while the tuition is rising
Maddz - February 15, 2012
only 40k?
That’s kind of cheap
Maddz - February 15, 2012
so that may be part of the reason too, its a cheaper good education.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
yes
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
UCLA is a “safe school” for those Californians applying to Stanford, the Ivys, and probably the Claremont colleges.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
forgot Oxford and The Sarbonne
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
I don’t know a single Californian who applied to Oxford. I know a kid who went to Cambridge as a high school junior for a summer literature program.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
UCLA is probably “better” than Pitzer or Scripps. UCLA has 10x the students of Pomona, CMC and Harvey Mudd. It is not a safety school for those. People who are interested in small liberal arts colleges are not by and large looking at major universities as their safeties.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
My nephew is a freshman at Harvey Mudd. His two top choices were HM and Cal Tech. UCLA was his safety school.
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
Boom Chakka Chakka Boom
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Fair. Mudd should have been excluded, just because there are so few engineering schools.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
Or because they have this recruiting video
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
WOWZERZZZ
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
So, it’s an all-girl school?
iiidown - February 15, 2012
definitely not a “safety” school.
Maddz - February 15, 2012
If Hairston is not the perfect bench player I’m not sure what it would be. Can play everywhere and do it well. Can pinch run. Can “hit” either LH or RH pitching.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
That said his contract is ridiculous
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
and we’re 4 years too late
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
I was about to say… :)
Tripon - February 15, 2012
Jamey Carrol totally warped our perspective on what a backup infielder should be.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
Agreed
DodgerofTrolleys - February 15, 2012
In order to avoid a discrimination lawsuit
I urge you to make the 2 softball teams Team A and Team 1
BaldBilly - February 15, 2012
yeah man, why I gotta be on team B? because im white?
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
No, because you suck
Michael White - February 15, 2012
thats racist.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
You're WHITE?!?!?!
That’s going to rank up there with finding out Xeifrank is white.
I will not explain my reasoning because it’ll break some kind of rule, written or unspoken.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
do you not see my pic? yes im white, all american, tall, blonde hair, blue eyes, im as white boy as they come, on the outside…
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
You looked more ethnic in your old picture.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
I feel more ethnic then I do white. Thats what happens growing up on the streets of Reseda son haha
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
Reseda!
Just like Daniel Larusso!
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
The ‘Mean Streets’ of Reseda.
iiidown - February 15, 2012
Not that Reseda boy!
David Young - February 15, 2012
There’s a freeway running through the yard.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
That lyrics meets one of Humma’s rules. There are no freeways within the borders of Reseda. The 101 does run through the hoity-toity communities of Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Encino and Tarzana though.
David Young - February 15, 2012
Reseda Blvd is an off-ramp too of course. (Maddz and) I went to middle school in Tarzana, just off Reseda.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
SOCE, yes? Was it SOCE when you were there?
David Young - February 15, 2012
Portola. SOCES is just on the other side of the 101, I think.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
Right.
David Young - February 15, 2012
So you have to be white to be all american?
fbihop - February 15, 2012
my exact thought.
that was kind of a weird thing to throw in there.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
lol, no, ok, I fucked up… I didnt mean it the way it sounds, but yeah, im white.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
Nowdays, I’m see-through. Whiter than white Irish. Not sure I’m All-American, but I don’t think that what color I am is all that important. The important thing is if you’re a fan of boysenberry jam!
iiidown - February 15, 2012
How about if we just give everybody trophies before any games, just to soothe fractured egos? Then we can go get pizza and cokes.
iiidown - February 15, 2012
I support this idea.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
Mostly the pizza and cokes idea. I’m ambivalent towards the trophies.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
Will the trophies...
…feature a female or male figure?
…be blue or red?
…be Tebowing?
BaldBilly - February 15, 2012
right? I think some here have gotten so obsessed with winning, that they forgot whats important! Which is friendship, and fun. As soon as you ask you friends to be on a B team because they arent good enough, you’ve already lost!
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
He’s heating up
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
getting my popcorn
delias man - February 15, 2012
oh no you might be on a team of friends instead of a team of friends
wait whats the problem again?
nolander - February 15, 2012
You're going to be on the team full of Mods so they can watch over you :P
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
I’d rather be on the B team. Less pressure.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
but if the A team wins
You can light up a cigar and say, “I love it when a gameplan comes together.”
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
the big question is
Which team will Tommy Blackjack be on :)
More like will Tommy Blackjack ever come to any event
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
Nice write-up
I think he’ll be a valuable play-everywhere guy for us. He seems like a good piece on a championship-level team, but with us he’ll probably force his way into the lineup more than we’d like based on the Reg Principle of the rest of our infield sucking.
kinbote - February 15, 2012
i cant get enough of this dunk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qxJ8F2zWmY
delias man - February 15, 2012
Awesome…and from the Stephen Bros’ hometown no less.
KellyStephen - February 15, 2012
I was disappointed; I expected when I clicked on that video to see an unauthorized recording of our family reunion basketball games.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
great
delias man - February 15, 2012
Random
I spontaneously picked up a baseball preview mag at the market yesterday. I chose Athlon because it’s the one I seem to get these days. It’s very good. Their team write-ups are thorough and well-researched. I haven’t looked ahead to where they picked the Dodgers, but I did see Texas over Philly for all the marbles.
kinbote - February 15, 2012
My bold prediction:
Phils don’t even make the playoffs.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
We already know Phil (The Phils) didn’t make the playoffs.
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
ouch
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Hmmm
Team Phil
Team Meercat
I’m egocentric enough to just do it
Phil Gurnee - February 15, 2012
They call Washington a “sleeping giant.” I think I’m rooting for them to win the NL East. Miami will just be super-entertaining to follow.
kinbote - February 15, 2012
doing my best Eric Stephen impression:
The only team to play in three consecutive World Series and lose at least two of them was…..
(of course)
The Yankees – won in 1962 and then lost in 1963 and 1964
stevesaxaphone - February 15, 2012
and the 1921-1923 Yankees! and 1911-1913 Giants (lost all three!).
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
damnit. i should've not been so lazy and kept going back.
at least the three teams to have done that are the Giants & the Yankees. something fun for us dodgers fans.
stevesaxaphone - February 15, 2012
1988-1990 A’s
Nolij - February 15, 2012
.275/.330/.370, 120 games,
about 430 PA
Taylor Maricle - February 15, 2012 via Android app
I'm going low so I become really happy when he beats this.
.265/.312/.367
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
i would be completely ok if hairston achieved those numbers
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
I'm hoping for around a .350 OBP and whatever the hell else
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
348 PA. His production will be so boring that I can’t bring myself to care whether he OPSes .660 or .710.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
If Jerry Hairston plays more than Jerry Sands this season I'll be unhappy, but otherwise don't care that much, and think...
he could be Jamey Carroll-like indeed. I’m ok with Dodgers signing Ellis and Hairston but wish they hadn’t pointlessly also signed Kennedy. Oh well. Anyway, no predictions from me…
underdog - February 15, 2012
Who didn't see this coming? Man Suffers Cardiac Arrest While Eating ‘Triple Bypass Burger’ at Heart Attack Grill
http://gawker.com/5885319/man-has-heart-attack-while-eating-triple-bypass-burger-at-heart-attack-grill
underdog - February 15, 2012
All that matters
Did they comp him the burger?
Nolij - February 15, 2012
Nope, they were chasing after him as he was being loaded in the ambulance…. Sir, sir, you have to pay for that.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
If he was over 350 they did.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
man you can't buy publicity like that
nolander - February 15, 2012
Basically, though it's pretty sick.
They’re giving both food and health a bad name.
underdog - February 15, 2012
Is it?
are they? I mean if you ate that on a regular basis you are a fool, but who doesn’t sometimes want to do something extreme and stupid and have a little tongue in cheek fun while doing it?
nolander - February 15, 2012
I guess, i mean if you are, say, otherwise healthy and go there once as a dare kind of thing. "I hate this crazy ass burger in Vegas!"
but there are obviously people going there who should no longer be eating that food at all. America is collectively unhealthy, so a place like this just looks worse when compounded with our general health, is my larger point.
underdog - February 15, 2012
ate, not hate.
underdog - February 15, 2012
true
nolander - February 15, 2012
This isn’t the first guy this place has killed.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
yeah i was trying to remember, didn't another incident like this happen there before?
underdog - February 15, 2012
575 pound spokesman died last year.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
nolander - February 15, 2012
Francis Bacon died after stuffing a chicken with ice.
kinbote - February 15, 2012
using his….
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
device
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
all that thesaurus packed in that head, protected by your hair halo which also functions as an antenna to receive alien transmissions, and that’s what you come up with?
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
eh, it rhymed
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
his gidget
nolander - February 15, 2012
The guy is 300 pounds over weight and dies at age 29 and it was because of the flu?
I have my doubts.
underdog - February 15, 2012
I’m mostly impressed at how they even get a burger up to 6000 calories. Ridiculous burgers in the “we start with a pound of ground beef, add six slices of thick cheddar cheese, throw on some applewood smoked bacon, add half a pound of our famous in house cooked pastrami and top it all off with a fried egg” vein end up somewhere in the 3K range. 6K is just intentionally trying to kill you.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
deleted as breaks the politics rule
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
X
nolander - February 15, 2012
Marty will like this.
kinbote - February 15, 2012
whatever makes you happy Kobe
Another come-from-behind victory for Kobe Bryant … sucking face with the woman who has now taken all of his homes, Vanessa Bryant … and now TMZ can confirm the two are working on a reconciliation.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
Buy her another 1 Million dollar ring Kobe, that worked last time. You married a whore, I’m sure she has a price.
Phil Gurnee - February 15, 2012
She is going to be filthy rich if she wants
she isn’t going back to him for money.
nolander - February 15, 2012
attention
Big gap from Mrs Kobe to Mrs ex-Kobe
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
mind the gap
nolander - February 15, 2012
tubular
kinbote - February 15, 2012
I used to work out with Fee Waybill years after The Tubes were a thing
trippy guy
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
TUBES – Don’t touch me there
Now that was an erotic song the first time I heard it.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
What do you want from life?
My favorite
iiidown - February 15, 2012
And the song they wrote with uschris in mind
White Punks On Dope. Video features Fee in his Quay Lewd persona. Clearly an inspiration for Lady Gaga.
David Young - February 15, 2012
I saw them
at Cal Poly Pomona a long time ago. They wee not memorable
mleadman - February 15, 2012
long time ago. not memorable. hmmm
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
Yes
I think that was during my acid period
mleadman - February 15, 2012
For some reason, one time at lunch in HS, some local band was allowed to play in the “quad” area. They played White Punks On Dope and during the song produced a giant “joint”, that seemed to be made of butcher paper stuffed with lawn clippings. At the time we thought it hilarious.
David Young - February 15, 2012
What high school did you go? Ridgemont?
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
Sounds like my high school
Monrovia 69 – 73. There were really no rules and we could attend or not attend classes as we saw fit. I used to hang out in the smoking area with a vice principal
mleadman - February 15, 2012
you get her knocked up?
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
There were at least 3
instances of teachers marrying students in the senior class ahead of mine.
mleadman - February 15, 2012
No one left behind was not a rule at the time
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
more like no behind left alone
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
She realized 180 Million and being nothing but an ExKobe was not as appealing to all of it and still being Kobe wife. Once you divorce the star your star diminishes to the point of going black hole.
Phil Gurnee - February 15, 2012
Elin Woods = not an attention whore
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
It can never be a positive reason, can it?
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
Sure the reality is they are probably doing it for the kids.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
they found that being apart is harder than being together
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
thank you for accepting the possibility
You may now return to your hate-hole. I know the light burns you out here. :)
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
If hating the Lakers is wrong….
Michael White - February 15, 2012
You never leave the hate-hole
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
I acknowledge that Phil and I have been huge pains in the asses now that the Clippers are better than the Lakers.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
Well… the old saying “act like you’ve been there before” doesn’t really apply, so just enjoy your moment :)
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
The Dodgers were good twice! (assuming you count 2008 when they were average at best most of the year)
Michael White - February 15, 2012
just noticed yesterday
They both have the same number of wins (17), but the Lakers have 3 more losses since they’ve played more games. I thought the Clips had more wins.
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
It’s because Phil is always talking about them :)
kinbote - February 15, 2012
Would be funny if they were the #3 and #6 seeds in the WC.
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
until the Clips have a banner to hang (any banner’ll do) it’s difficult to claim they are better than the Lakers
BaldBilly - February 15, 2012
or a number to retire
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
McADOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
So until they have past accomplishments, it’s hard to claim they are better than the Lakers in the present.
Got it.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
You can claim it all you want, but there really isn’t enough separation in the standings at this point for that to be anything other than Fanboy at this point. Give it another month. :)
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
3 games in the loss column is pretty significant.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
Nope. Noise.
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
I think we are fairly even myself.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Guess that is why the Dodgers are better then the Angels headed into 2012. Those 88, 81, 65, 63, 59 champions loom large over todays team
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
No, but after all thats happened in the past, now you have a better record after less then 30 games and you’re better now… ok
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
Dodgers have a storied history but nothing much to show for the last 23 years…
Angels have been Champs and contenders for a long time now (and they have the rally monkey).
Clippers?…Crickets as far as accomplishments
BaldBilly - February 15, 2012
It’s still irrelevant.
The two teams in the NBA finals last year were the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks? How storied are those histories? They had good players and therefore won a lot of basketball games. It’s really that simple.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
Heat…Finals, Banner Hanging
Mavericks…Banner Hanging
Clippers…hopeful
BaldBilly - February 15, 2012
you are forgetting the TWO slamdunk championships in Clipper history.
delias man - February 15, 2012
You’re nitpicking. The Mavericks did not have a banner going into the playoffs and yet somehow still managed to win. Miami (while having a ring in a box) has an equally terrible history until they hit the draft lotto and picked up an established star (sound familiar?)
Michael White - February 15, 2012
Dallas had a Western Conference champs banner,
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Okay, I don’t think any Clipper fan argue that. But the main point is that you were using the history of the storied Laker franchise to say we can’t say we are as good if not better then the current iteration of the Purple and Gold.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
it’s all about corner turning
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
You can hang on to the great past, we (Mike and I) will focus on the present and future. The one that includes the two best young players in the city.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
well lets do it then baby… series is at 1-1 right now… Lets see what moves these teams make between now and March 15 and lets see…. hopefully we do play eachother in the playoffs.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
So 30 games was too insignifcant of a sample size for you, but comparing the 2 games head to head is not a problem?
Michael White - February 15, 2012
Look, my honest opinion right now is Clippers do have a better team, especially if they end up landing JR Smith. But Lakers can still do things from now til March 15th, maybe even after, so if Clippers being up 3 games in the loss column after 27 games or so, then cool. But saying you guys have been a pain in our ass? Shit, ya’ll dont even know how to be a pain in the ass yet. Clippers fans can say whatever they want, its cool with me. This isnt the 1st time the Clippers have had their day in the sun, were the better team, only for that shit to get dark real quick.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
no one has said that here.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Mike did
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
True, but he was talking about us not about the Clippers.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
So was Chris, at least how I read it.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
I said it. I said it as a joke, but I didn say it.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
Ah, I can’t reply to Eric so I will do it here. USCChris does think we have been a pain in the ass yet. I say we can be.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
nah man, you guys are just learning. Its takes alot of success to master the craft of being an arrogant cocky asshole.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
Nolander and Maddz think I’ve mastered it
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Chris is more playful
Maddz is a tiger and tigers play too rough
Nolander is a teddy bear
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
rawr
nolander - February 15, 2012
If your storied Lakers hadn’t choked against the Suns we’d have already done that dance:)
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
yeah I know…. Shit hurt man…. I really want to see a Lakers vs Clippers series, would be alot of fun.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
What does history have to do with the present when one is discussing the current state?
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
History means NOTHING during the season
As a Lakers fan, I’m glad the Clippers are doing well during a Lakers down-year. I can’t imagine a stronger impetus to improve than having your roommate grab all the headlines, priming itself for a deep playoff run. The Lakers have rarely wallowed in mediocrity for an extended period of time, but now more than ever, the front office has to see that the status quo is unacceptable to the fan base.
All this talk about the Lakers history is great for trivia shows and offseason banter, but it’s akin to Britain and France’s claim to geopolitical relevance because of the Victorian Age and Napoleon.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
Janice Rossi is a whore!
kinbote - February 15, 2012
“Is this the superintendent? I want you to know that you have a whore living in the building”
Michael White - February 15, 2012
perfect. i can hear it in her voice.
kinbote - February 15, 2012
dam, why she gotta be a whore though?
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
phil just wants to rile folk up and forgot to switch accounts
nolander - February 15, 2012
so thats all it is? he switches names when he wants to F with people more then usual? I thought maybe it had something to do with which computer he was using, or work/home. idk.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
I've said too much
nolander - February 15, 2012
goddam right you have
Phil Gurnee - February 15, 2012
it was nice kno(lander)ing you
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
.264/.331/.374
8 homers
374 PA
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
Fourth on team in home runs?
kinbote - February 15, 2012
Third behind Kemp and Ethier?
David Young - February 15, 2012
Dee will have 9 inside the park home runs.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
You’re counting Albuquerque?
David Young - February 15, 2012
Dodger PR
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Release the punchlines!
kinbote - February 15, 2012
Can Ned even see over the sink?
Tim Crews' Dastardly Mustache - February 15, 2012
No waxing?
mleadman - February 15, 2012
Timothy Leary’s Dead.
David Young - February 15, 2012
He’s on the outside, looking in.
iiidown - February 15, 2012
You and David are too moody
The Dude Abides - February 15, 2012
great dig!
iiidown - February 15, 2012
Saw them live in Long Beach in 1981
Hell of a show.
The Dude Abides - February 15, 2012
I called him. He couldn’t help me either.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
That because
while you were trying to tune in, the call dropped out
David Young - February 15, 2012
The Art of Spelling.
David Young - February 15, 2012
Well, it’s Sorda correct.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
.272/.348/.386
6 HR
425 PA
Eventually takes over for Uribe at 3B after the latter is traded (Dodgers paying most $).
silverwidow - February 15, 2012
TBLA Fantasy Baseball Mountain Edition (Or TBLA:FBME which looks like something a teenager would text to ask someone to be their Facebook friend) is full. And it is 14 players because I screwed up. So someone is getting Jerry Hairston. As a starter.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
B League?
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
apparently
nolander - February 15, 2012
Cool, more teams the better. Since you only went with one catcher and 3 outfielders it should not be so bad
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
14 teams will be interesting
involves a bit more strategy and forces people to dig for gems
court168627 - February 15, 2012
That sounds like a lot of fun actually. Really tough fantasy league. I now wish I had signed up.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
That’s how we do over in New Mexico. Actually, there are TWO New Mexico residents in the league (eitherethier)
fbihop - February 15, 2012
And I updated with the draft order. I am drafting 14th.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
These are the Dodgers main pinch hitters the last 5 seasons
Let’s see:
2007: Saenz – 92 G .191/.295/.345 65 OPS+
2008: Sweeney – 98 G .130/.250/.163 13 OPS+
2009: Loretta – 107 G .232/.309/.276 59 OPS+
2010: Garrett Anderson – 80 G .181/.204/.286 29 OPS+
2011: Aaron Miles/Dioner Navarro – 136 G .275/.314/.346 84 OPS+ / 64 G .193/.276/.324 67 OPS+
I might not even put Miles as a pinch hitting option with how many games he played/started. This team has not had a good (or anywhere near decent) main pinch hitter off the bench since Saenz freaking mashed in 2006 slugging over .530 in 100+ games. We are really paying for that season.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
Dioner Navarro was 10th on the team in pinch-hitting PA (11; which was 11 too many) in 2011. Trent Oeltjen was first with 31 PA (.167/.286/.208), but the next two were good as PH (Gwynn, .333/.407/.458 in 27 PA, and Miles .438/.444/.438 in 18 PA).
Ronnie Belliard was second to GA in PH PA in 2010 (45 to 52) and was especially awful: 7 for 41, .171/.222/.220
Loretta had 66 PA as a PH in 2009, but Juan Pierre was awesome in his 51 PA (.326/.396/.419)
Sweeney was everyday Mark in 2008 with 92 PA as a PH, but Delwyn Young was .292/.393/.333 in 58 PA as a pinch hitter.
Saenz had 75 PA as a PH in 2007, but Boom Boom was terrific, hitting .320/.485/.760 with 2 doubles and 3 HR in 33 PA.
Dodgers pinch hitters overall…
2011: 90 sOPS+ (11th in NL)
2010: 72 sOPS+ (16th)
2009: 107 sOPS+ (7th)
2008: 90 sOPS+ (12th)
2007: 123 sOPS+ (5th)
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
Oh ok
I guess I should have said main bench/utility player. It’s good to see the pinch hitting wasn’t as bad as I thought, though the last 2 years sucked.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
Dave Hansen, player-coach. Make it happen!
underdog - February 15, 2012
Crazy TCU drug scandal
12 students arrested, including 4 football players (1 All american). All kicked off the team.
TCU coach Gary Patterson: “As I heard the news this morning, I was first shocked, then hurt and now I’m mad.”"
Julio Nievas - February 15, 2012 via mobile
What kind of drugs? Steroids?
Michael White - February 15, 2012
Whippets?
fbihop - February 15, 2012
Extenze?
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
“Heard of it? I use it.”
kinbote - February 15, 2012
apparently they were selling…..to teammates
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Oh…
Michael White - February 15, 2012
In other words nothing different than any other campus except these guys were dumb enough to get caught.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
The drugs being sold, including in hand-to-hand transactions to undercover officers, included marijuana, cocaine, acid, ecstacy and prescription drugs, McGee said.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/02/15/3736441/many-current-tcu-students-arrested.html#storylink=cpy
Julio Nievas - February 15, 2012
Boys will be boys.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
they gotta pay these kids
delias man - February 15, 2012
or give them free drugs.
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
If they pay them, they can get better drugs!
fbihop - February 15, 2012
How about we meet half way. Drug vouchers.
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
No politics!
fbihop - February 15, 2012
this will be the best comment of the day I'm 99% sure
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
Handshake drugs I got downtown
kinbote - February 15, 2012
“Why didn’t I go to TCU?” -Hris
Nolij - February 15, 2012
haha, nah man, I can get whatever they get right here, and cheaper too…. but can I ask, whats up with this Hris? I just wanna know lol
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
Aren’t you USC Hris?
Maddz - February 15, 2012
ha ha
I never noticed that until now
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I think its been talked about before
but what do I know
nolander - February 15, 2012
probably the late crew
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
hopefully not the 2 live crew
nolander - February 15, 2012
no one noticed me calling him "hris" before?
well, i may have only done it here once or twice.
underdog - February 16, 2012
wow that's freaking crazy
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
He’s got bargaining, depression and acceptance still to come. (I lump “hurt” and “mad” as anger.)
David Young - February 15, 2012
I wonder what it would be like to live on Catalina Island
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Boring mostly.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
windy
delias man - February 15, 2012
cold
delias man - February 15, 2012
fox 11 undercover
tells me it is gang-infested
delias man - February 15, 2012
that makes sense, perfect place to smuggle drugs to
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
do they say Brah like Hawaii does?
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
Is there even a supermarket on the island? How about real restaurants (not those hole in the walls that tourists go to)?
silverwidow - February 15, 2012
seeing a bunch of little restaurants, a catholic church, country club, but no supermarket. Liquor store though
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
there is a Von's there
or a Ralph’s or one of the big supermarket brands. not a huge store, but it’s there
Brandon Lennox - February 15, 2012
used to be a dope-ass wooden mini golf course. crazy legit
kinbote - February 15, 2012
still got a mini-golf course there
but they renovated it so it’s all new now. still fun
Brandon Lennox - February 15, 2012
In many cases, hole in the walls are real restaurants. Lest we open up the chain restaurant bashing again…
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
yeah, as long as there is beer, chips and salsa, and tacos, its all good man.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
On the mainland, sure. Not really at Catalina.
silverwidow - February 15, 2012
chain restaurant bashing sounds fun.
delias man - February 15, 2012
If I could buy and live in Wrigley mansion that would be cool
otherwise boring
nolander - February 15, 2012
What do you do right now with your life that you could not do on Catalina?
Play video games – Check
Watch TV- Check
Blog – Check
Walk Dogs – Check
Play with Dogs – check
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Vons (and they deliver)
Post Office (and they don’t deliver)
19 bars
BaldBilly - February 15, 2012
Yeah, this question was specific to Nolander
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
be a software engineer
see my friends with ease
see my family with ease
nolander - February 15, 2012
do they have a Del Taco?
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
No…but they do have Topless Tacos!
BaldBilly - February 15, 2012
SWEET!! Is that on tuesdays? hmm, you just gave me a great idea… only thing better then Taco Tuesdays is Topless Taco Tuesdays!!
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
Drive to work?
mleadman - February 15, 2012
being a software engineer means telecommuting is an option compared to most. My friend works for Investors Daily based in Culver City but has telecommuted from KC for the last four years
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
yeah finding a new job that lets me do that will be so easy
I actually like the job I have now anyhow
nolander - February 15, 2012
Well none of that is the point. You said it would be boring. You are already boring, nothing would really change related to that.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
man
that’s mean.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
me being boring is irrelevant to this conversation
me being bored is what is at stake. Should I copy paste the rest of my comment above? Nah you’ll just ignore that too, because you are LAME!
nolander - February 15, 2012
This is getting out of hand
“Boring” is bad enough
but now you’re playing the “LAME” card
BaldBilly - February 15, 2012
Making fun of my limp is a low blow
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
The equivalent of calling deaf dudes Dummy.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
way to breath
No Breath
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
I’d assume if I lived on Catalina I’d own a sailing boat, a dive boat, a ski boat, a kayak, and a yellow submarine.
I’d be as happy as a pig in mud.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
right? Boats!
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Boats and bitches
Prestige World Wide
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
Boats and Ho’s
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
Rent them both
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Paddle them both.
David Young - February 15, 2012
The beauty of my quoting
is normally half of it will be wrong
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
The nina, The Pinta, the Santa Maria, ill do you on the bottom while your drinkin Sangria!!
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
Lonely
mleadman - February 15, 2012
It's the fuckin Catalina Wine Mixer
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
Hariston
a very expensive .220/.305/.393 in 237 PAs
MammothDodger - February 15, 2012
Hairston
.255/.321/.370
345 PA
JB 8 - February 15, 2012
Best sports photo of 2012 so far
Via.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
Classic
silverwidow - February 15, 2012
I don’t know who started the trend of the blown-up-faces at college basketball games, but I love it and want to give them a Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, ESPY and Kid’s Choice Award all at once.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
That’s awesome.
OB12 - February 15, 2012
Kinko’s guy by Alabama didn’t even blink at that request.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
And from last week...
The infamous and world famous Bubbaprog with that screenshot.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
That guy should pay royalties to Marty Feldman.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
Normally I'm all against narcissism these days but that bug-eyed dude rocks
underdog - February 15, 2012
agreed on both counts.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
I’d hate to have seats behind that guy.
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
One of my relatives dunking there.
David Young - February 15, 2012
DT Rules!
Ok, I decide to take a peek into the darkside and I checked out the TBLA blog yesterday. To my surprise, I find out that you guys have been talking about me! I thank my few defenders, but I think I need to speak up for myself. I’m tired of the liberal media elite and their gotcha questions! I was not expecting to be questioned about the DT site and was momentarily tongue tied. If I was given enough time to answer, I would have come up with at least 3 or so of the rules: Thank you for not: 1. using profanity 2. making the same point over and over again and 3. um, uh, umm I can’t think of the third one….
I realize this is close rule 5 violation, but I’m posting it anyway
75Dodger - February 15, 2012
Rule 5 violation means you’re subject to the Rule 5 draft.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
Nice try, but I’m not buying it
75Dodger - February 15, 2012
Mary!!!
We love ya!
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
RINGER
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
woo hoo I’m now part of the Liberal Media Elite. Wait until I tell my wife.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
no politics
nolander - February 15, 2012
She’s posted here. Now she has to play for us next time!
Nolij - February 15, 2012
Oh crap! Now she is TBLA eligible. I’m pretty sure Jon will match any TBLA offers. :)
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
No worries, as I mentioned on DT, my Japanese genes require that I stay on the same team until my contract expires.
75Dodger - February 15, 2012
How about a combo DT / TBLA over 40 Team (assuming you are over 40, I hope I did not just place my foot in my mouth but it is a daily ritual)?
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Nope, I’m 39 (though I’ve been stuck at that age for several years now).
75Dodger - February 15, 2012
tread lightly, the more you innocently post here, the harder it is to leave. TBLA is like quicksand, we have trapped many a DT regular here and while they yearn to return to DT, the holy hell these people are idiots force is a strong one to leave.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
;-)
berkowit28 - February 15, 2012
I was just looking for a restroom
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
then you saw our poor grammar and said
“No, this will not do”
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
double negative
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
develop it
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
twice
Nolij - February 15, 2012
double vision
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
where? at one of the one hour photo stores all over the la area? : )
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
no, that's not a double negative.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
the comma saved grandpa!
“Let’s go eat, Grandpa.”
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
No, it ain’t.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
However, sentences sound more pretentious when started with however.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
I don’t anything about grammar but Phil and Meercat have been called a double negative
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Nonetheless, people use words like that all the time.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
Usually, it’s when trying to make a point in an academic paper. However is academic prestidigitation.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Meanwhile, this conversation is going nowhere.
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
Absolutely, but what about the children?
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
eat them
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
baby is gamey but toddler is ampler
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
So modest
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
Quite a proposal.
Maddz - February 15, 2012
this comment made my brain make the connection
I never did read the excerpt from the book I was supposed to in US History, but the description of the book left quite the impression
nolander - February 15, 2012
you should swiftly amend that issue.
Maddz - February 15, 2012
but I need to read hunger games and the last 4 fire and ice books
nolander - February 15, 2012
do you, Jonathan?
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Hunger Games is a quick read
and fun from my ancient history perspective
Maddz - February 15, 2012
yes
who the fuck is Jonathan
nolander - February 15, 2012
I suggest you Swiftly find the answer
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Mr. Swift
Maddz - February 15, 2012
he’s the dude who goes on other people’s blogs and drops F bombs because he’s not allowed to do it on his own site.
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
Afterwards, I will let you know.
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
SEE!!
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
"...And such small portions."
underdog - February 15, 2012
May The Force be with you.
iiidown - February 15, 2012
Oh good. You saved me from having to dive for a few balls up the middle. My body says thanks.
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
Just like Kuro… oh, wait.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
Unless they post you
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
Maybe we can work a trade.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Is this Josh Macciello?
Michael White - February 15, 2012
mary mary oh contrary
but I had the same thought at first
nolander - February 15, 2012
Thought it was then I realized his username would be JOSH MACCIELLO
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
with like fireworks somehow
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
And he would have posted “when i buy the dodgers we will win lol and i have a billion dollars and a pony and i make movies with woody from cheers lol buddy”
Nolij - February 15, 2012
If we speak his name one more time he’ll show up ala Beetlejuice.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
you had to be there...
delias man - February 15, 2012
to much pressure
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Hi Mary!!!!!
I’m still sore, and my men’s league starts tonight.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
Fortunately, I’m not sore anymore. Maybe playing tonight will help get that residual lactic acid out of your system. Good luck with your game tonight!
75Dodger - February 15, 2012
You seem really nice. I’m not sure you’d fit in here.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
We all started out nice. I can remember when Eric had a friendly smile with boyish charms, Michael was still opaque not quite white, while David was still young.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
TMI
underdog - February 15, 2012
You really don't look 75 at all!
underdog - February 15, 2012
I was a Dodger in 1975 for the Northside Little League minors team. It was the first year they let girls play. It was also my first time playing organized sports, I had no interest in playing softball then.
75Dodger - February 15, 2012
See in a span of one hour you have now posted more on TBLA then you have done in the last year of DT. The hook has been set, it is simply a matter of how long it takes to real you in, and hopefully it can be done before the sharks smell the blood in the water.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Oh that's a better story than anything I thought of (namely, was your birth year...
or you love minor league NRI guys in spring training with jersey number 75)
underdog - February 15, 2012
Or major leaguers with ridiculously bad salaries for rival teams.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
She was a big Alan Mills fan.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
Hi Mary
Love your profile pic. It is awesoke.
(Good luck catching up on the jargon.)
David Young - February 15, 2012
HITNG
Awesoke FTMFW
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
but we all know
YCTPYDWFPYD
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
What do HITNG and YCTPYDWFPYD mean?
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
spy, you can’t take our secrets to DT
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
ISWYDT
Nolij - February 15, 2012
I might play for DT, but I live in TBLA in the offseason.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
Liar, anyone who lives here knows our nomenclature. Just admit Jon sent you here as one of those smarmy rodents who live underground, are pink, and no eyes.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
what a bitch of a jackass
Maddz - February 15, 2012
HITNG?
mleadman - February 15, 2012
sort of the opposite of GFY
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
Hmmm
the opposite of GFY would be to stay home and have tons of women stop by for willful servicing?
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
and/or men
nolander - February 15, 2012
I don't know HITNG
Hint: the latter refers to trades.
Taylor Maricle - February 15, 2012
*light bulb
I got it.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
Swesoke
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
maybe
fbihop - February 15, 2012
Think color.
iiidown - February 15, 2012
Speaking of Angels better than Dodgers
Angels are televising 18 Cactus League games, compared to 15 for the Dodgers.
Good news for us is that the March 12 Dodgers game at Tempe will be televised on Fox Sports West.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
How much do you plan on covering the Angels (for your SBLA duties) this year?
Michael White - February 15, 2012
prolly more than I would approve of.
delias man - February 15, 2012
Considering I got an email this morning saying the Angels have decided to not allow credentials for online only media outlets, closer to zero.
(ignoring for a moment that MLB.com and ESPNLA.com don’t appear in print)
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
Don’t you know the PR dude?
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I believe they’d say “The MLB Network and ESPN” then drop the mike
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
If I saw Halos Heaven I wouldn’t want anything to do with them either.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
I covered two games in Anaheim last year and I thought it was cool until I looked two seats over and saw a placard for a dude at Bleacher Report.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
8 nicest racks on the girls that shoot T-Shirts into the stands a BR exclusive.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
i had to explain to my coworker
yesterday how bad BR is for him. He has agreed to comply.
delias man - February 15, 2012
Which reminds me...
I just left a fantasy league because it had too many d-bags in it. One of the guys made the claim that almost all baseball analysis on the internet is BS and that he prefers fun things like “Justin Verlander has a nice moustache; why not draft him?” He then went on to reveal that he has an internship with Bleacher Report this summer and everything just fit so well.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
This is much better advice than you’ll get on 99% of the Internet.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
Brendan Ryan has a nice moustache and I can think of many reasons not to draft him.
court168627 - February 15, 2012
I feel like a couple of teams are throwing out the baby with the bathwater, but I guess if you credential one online outlet, you have to credential them all if space allows
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
“Hey if SBN gets in why can’t Jeff from jeffshaloblog.com get in”
“Because you’re worse.” Click.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
why?
court168627 - February 15, 2012
I see no reason why teams can’t selective screen who they grant credentials too.
David Young - February 15, 2012
I added an “o” to counterbalance Phil’s shortage of them.
David Young - February 15, 2012
damn you too
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I imagine it goes something like:
b/R: But we’re featured on LATimes.com, are you saying they’re terrible too?
Sports team: *grumble
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Or “no, don’t be dumb”. Click.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
Dodgers don’t let every Tom, Dick, and Harry Dodger blog have access to the Blogger spot. That is Josh has Blogger Night so he can meet the neerdowells.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
But we’ll have to hear Gubicza.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
Boy is he some of kind of special bad to listen to. The words just fight themselves coming out of his mouth.
kinbote - February 15, 2012
is jeremy lin story closest thing to Kurt Warner since Kurt Warner?
I think it is.
Cut, non-drafted, bench warmer thrust into the spotlight and immediately shines.
I’m just wondering who’s going to play the Mike Martz role…
Joey Joe - February 15, 2012
I saw a tweet today that compared Jeremy Lin to Victor Cruz which makes MUCH more sense than comparing him to Tebow.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
there's undrafted NFL players make it all the time..
and WR isnt near as important as QB or PG on a basketball team.
Joey Joe - February 15, 2012
weird
because victor cruz is a rookie who had a phenomenal season and won a championship. jeremy lin is not a rookie and has had like 6 good games.
stevesaxaphone - February 15, 2012
Cruz
Not a rookie
Mel Gibson's Liver - February 15, 2012
Actually
He spent 2010 on the practice squad so maybe he is a rookie.
Mel Gibson's Liver - February 15, 2012
He spent 2010 on IR
Michael White - February 15, 2012
David Eckstein gets the Baseball role
Not on 40
Rule 5’d
Barely makes team
Never played Ss
Becomes Starting SS
Team Wins World Series
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
dan uggla
That’d be a good comp too.
Plenty of scouts overlooked him, the Marlins give him a shot and he’s immediately a difference making player.
Joey Joe - February 15, 2012
Wasn’t he the world series MVP too?
court168627 - February 15, 2012
Not that year
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
but he’s still the trivia answer to starting SS on World Champion Teams in both leagues
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Mike D'Antoni, obviously
offensive coach; wouldn’t know defense if it friended him on Facebook.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
at least lin doesnt have a
brenda warner to complicate things..
Joey Joe - February 15, 2012
He can complicate them himself.
David Young - February 15, 2012
also – how to coach extremely entertaining teams.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Clearly he was your inspiration this weekend.
David Young - February 15, 2012
Lin has a long way to go before even becoming John Starks, let alone Kurt Warner.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
Sure, but the start is similar.
David Young - February 15, 2012
oh for sure, it has been amazing and out of nowhere.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
The out of nowhere is the part that has captured the nations heart.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
The “in New York” part is why the nation can’t shut the F up about it.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
capital of the capital of the capital of the world
or so they tell us
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Maybe,
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I call overstatement
ask those ladies at work, the brownies babes, see if they know who he is
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
My wife knows thanks to the Today show. And Ellen. So I think that covers most of the female base.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
we are a no TV in the AM house
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
I’m just shocked that he’s not a Laker because usually when the team is meh, something like that happens. Instead of trading for the best center in basketball (Wilt, Kareem, Shaq) or getting incredible draft year number one’s in Magic or trading used Fords for Worthy’s, or having the smarts to draft Kobe, it would have not been surprising if Lin had made it to the Lakers and kick started the season in to higher ground.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Almost happened
When Lin went undrafted he had offers from the Lakers and the Warriors, choosing the latter.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
I think the corner turned when the league said no to Paul.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Totally agree
The Paul deal would’ve been just another example, such as the ones you provided, of the Lakers being on the lucky side of history. There are a lot of free agent and draft busts that cripple franchises for a decade, and the Lakers have been lucky to have everything magically fall into place. Personally, the NBA nixing the Paul deal was shocking because it was a deal that the Lakers have historically made.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
It is good for the NBA to have the Knicks relevant again.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
So Bill Simmons tells me
its not like they mostly have not sucked
they suck, so what
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
shitty teams in the big apple are bad for all sports.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
NBA popularity was at an all-time high last year, and people were fascinated by a playoff series involving teams from Memphis and Oklahoma City.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
You are honestly going to tell me that the rating would be higher for a Thunder / Memphis championship series then for Knicks / LA?
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Shh, shh. No facts allowed in sports arguments.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
If you want facts, the Grizzlies and Thunder can’t play each other in the finals. So there!
Michael White - February 15, 2012
1) No
2) As a sports fan, I couldn’t care less about the ratings. It’s not like they’re going to cancel the World Series or NBA finals due to low ratings.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
I could add here that the NBA, NFL or MLB don't really market to anyone
who participates in blogs like this one. They have you.
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
Now if Jeremy Lin
gets someone like meercat’s wife to want to watch a game, that is what they are looking for.
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
many games
one is cool, many is the goal
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
they have succeeded
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
not to mention the island of Kuo
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Point taken
Michael White - February 15, 2012
bummer that the Lakers already played them and the Clips don’t have them on the schedule this year.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
just not at home
Final game of the regular season is Clips at MSG on April 25.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
That does not help me sell any tickets
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
bad salesman
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
No coffee.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
Shockingly I had five Laker games up for sale that no one was touching. Yesterday I sold three of them in a span of two hours.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
ok
You get coffee
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
David Stern needs to go out like Frank Pentangeli.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
Frankie five angels to us in the family
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
I don’t like this C-note David. I take it as an insult
mleadman - February 15, 2012
Heh
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
when he travels the refs whistle the….
(wait for it)
The Lin -dy Hop
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Yep
The Lin family was told that the Lakers were planning to select Jeremy with the #58 pick, but then nobody selected Derrick Caracter, and the Lakers took him instead of Lin. Then when Lin tore up the summer league, the Lakers offered him a one-year, non-guaranteed deal at minimum salary, but the Warriors offered him two years, partially guaranteed, and the Lakers declined to match, because they’re loaded at point guard with Steve Blake and Derek Fisher.
The Dude Abides - February 15, 2012
I cannot, not laugh
Kupchak had a good run, but I can’t help but feel Jim Buss stuck his nose in here because he thinks he knows basketball
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I also suspect that Kupchak wanted to let Lamar cool off for awhile
But Jim Buss told Mitch to ship Lamar out. I’m also stunned that they re-signed Fisher to a three-year deal, when one year at a higher salary than Miami was offering would have sufficed. They had to know that Phil was leaving soon and the triangle might go away, thus rendering Fisher completely ineffective on offense (he already had been completely ineffective on defense for several years). My guess there is that Mitch was expecting to keep continuity and hire Brian Shaw, and now that Jim Buss insisted on Mike Brown (ugh), we’re stuck with an ancient Fish.
The Dude Abides - February 15, 2012
Latest rumor is that JR Smith may sign with the Lakers after having a conversation with him last night
Julio Nievas - February 15, 2012
That would be a pleasant surprise
But then the minutes of our fourth best offensive player would be cut down to zero, unless they decide to start Blake and let Goudelock be the backup PG.
The Dude Abides - February 15, 2012
I don't know
but I do know I want to buy Jeremy Linoleum
mleadman - February 15, 2012
That’s not bad.
David Young - February 15, 2012
espn
compared it to fernandomania which is insane.
stevesaxaphone - February 15, 2012
you spelled "linsane" wrong
court168627 - February 15, 2012
comparisons are like assholes
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Sometimes they itch?
David Young - February 15, 2012
RLOL
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Not LMIAO?
Nolij - February 15, 2012
We are the dark side. How cool is that?
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
our softball colors should be black over black
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Our thought our Black and Blue worked very well
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
True Black LA
court168627 - February 15, 2012
: You Can’t Go Back
kinbote - February 15, 2012
Where the Dodger Dogs Are Always Burned
court168627 - February 15, 2012
Andre would never burn a Dodger Dog
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Oh, Andre
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
I was wearing black for a reason on Saturday
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
I’ll always be the pup in black
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
WHOA WHOA WHOA
obsidian and onyx thank you very much
nolander - February 15, 2012
you’re forgetting punjab
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Slam! (do do do do do do) Let the boys be boys!
Nolij - February 15, 2012
last time I saw those girls they cleaned me out of singles
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Hipster edgy cool
kinbote - February 15, 2012
Floyd should be our theme music
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Aw man, the new fantasy sports money leagues for Yahoo are only public leagues, I was hoping to get a private league going for the 20 dollar buy in.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
So your friends can steal from you and Cory?
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
Well when you are busy calculating the odds of a win from Derek Lowe or AJ Burnett
we may be taking money from you.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
gotta prevent money laundering
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
How would that be a way to launder money
Or rather, it’s such a low amount that it can’t really be that big of a concern, can it?
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
if you leave the money in your jeans and put them in the washing machine.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
I can still remember
doing laundry before packing for a trip to Vegas. I went down to the laundry room to check on it, opened the washer and saw a bunch of $100 bills floating around because I left my gambling money in my pants
mleadman - February 15, 2012
Every damn day I come to work and say I’m not going to post anything today and every damn day you all make it hard to fulfill that promise. Damn you all to hell and back.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I love myself a little better when I avoid during the workday and hate myself a little more when I don’t
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
I feel you man…. sometimes I go home, get faded, and start thinking man, I need to chill on the TBLA some, it takes up alot of my 8 hour day…. but then I come to work the next day and I open up TBLA before I do my work email.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
If that doesn’t say B team cornerstone then I just don’t know what does
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
So the wife and I fly to India on the morn
Do you think she’d mind if I downloaded the SI Swimsuit app to her iPad?
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
have fun
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
that Alex Morgan is one sexy soccer player
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
hell yeah she is.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
I thought
She was traveling separately
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
just on the return
Our upgrades just cleared too. Stoked.
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Have fun
whatever happens in Mumbai, stays in Mumbai
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
Just a little secret between you
and 15 million* other folks.
*guess-timated. I have no idea what the actual population of Mumbai is, outside of “large”.
David Young - February 15, 2012
It’s incredibly large
mleadman - February 15, 2012
i wouldn't be surprised if the pop is actually pretty small
seems like an expensive place to live
nolander - February 15, 2012
no wait I'm stupid
different city I’m thinking off
nolander - February 15, 2012
It’s incredibly expensive, as expensive as any city in the world, including places like NYC and Hong Kong
It is the most crowded place I have ever been to
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
I was thinking of Dubai
I know next to nothing about Mumbai
nolander - February 15, 2012
I googled most expensive cities and found this
http://www.citymayors.com/economics/expensive_cities2.html
Michael White - February 15, 2012
I should say – property is expensive
food and other things, can be affordable
though a glass of scotch will set you back 36 bucks
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
the billion poor are happy to drink urine
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
yep
it does take a certain amount of numbness not to reach out of your car and pull the street urchins in
the first time there it made me cry, now like most, I hardly see it
I’ll file this under
sad, but true things about yourself
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Probably closer to 20M these days
Australia has few people than Mumbai, yet Australia is larger than India in land mass
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Abbey Road photo outtakes
http://laughingsquid.com/the-beatles-abbey-road-photo-shoot-outtakes/
mleadman - February 15, 2012
I do hate Lennon’s beard
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
what about Lenin's beard
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
not quite
The Walrus
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
STFU Donny
The Dude Abides - February 15, 2012
All Hail Lennon and Marx
mleadman - February 15, 2012
Lenin with the bad ass facial hair at a time when the U.S. presidents had given up the hirsute practice.
David Young - February 15, 2012
Good trivia question
Who was the last U.S. President to sport facial hair?
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
Monica Lewinsky
kinbote - February 15, 2012
wow. this koke doesn’t even make sense but it’s really really really funny.
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
Gotta go back to Taft, right?
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
didn’t Teddy sport a soup catcher?
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Taft was post Teddy.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
Huh, would you look at that. Then yeah Taft.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
George looking kinda Charlie Manson there.
David Young - February 15, 2012
Ringo is the only one looks sharp there
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Paul is the only one with his right foot forward. That means he was dead.
David Young - February 15, 2012
I guess the Knicks are the best
KWright44: The cheapest ticket for the Knicks game tonight $88. The cheapest ticket for the nets game is $0.01.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
per Molly Knight, the NY Post has a Lin pun to top (bottom?) them all
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
chad is gonna have a field day with that one
nolander - February 15, 2012
who?
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Moryiama
nolander - February 15, 2012
I dunno who that is
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
he was on the masthead here for a bit
nolander - February 15, 2012
He still is! Strangely enough, our masthead is at the foot of the page.
David Young - February 15, 2012
mastfoot!
nolander - February 15, 2012
Takes an act of God for Eric to remove someone from the Masthead.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
What if Kershaw asked Eric to remove him?
fbihop - February 15, 2012
I’d think that would count
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I loved his piece on Lin.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
I thought it was good as well
Michael White - February 15, 2012
love it
delias man - February 15, 2012
Boy that Jeremy Lin sure has Seoul. He’s definitely Peking at the right time.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
Are you aboard the Lin bandwagon? Ye Siam
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
I’m wishing a lot of VioLince on the Post headline writers.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
some crackpot told me Pad Thai isn’t from Siam but instead PF Changs
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
she must be sexy and an On-Base percentage machine
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
and catches every popup that comes her way.
David Young - February 15, 2012
Knicks are crawling with Charlie.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
Time Warner to start popular package where you receive no Nets games.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
a penny?
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
there were times last year you could get admission to DS for a penny
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
seriously? shit who would even sell tickets for a penny? might as well give them away, or throw them away. whats a penny gonna do?
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
ensure someone is in your seat?
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
that is simply the beginning EBAY price.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
oh, that makes more sense, so its a bid starting at a penny and not just a straight penny per ticket? (before fees and taxes)
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
Yes
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
also the price on Stubhub, before fees and taxes
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Well that's not entirely true
with the service charges and delivery cost
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
thank you Captain Clarification
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
It is what I do
hyperbole smasher
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
101% of my comments are hyperbolic
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
You could probably use a hyperbolic chamber
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
You’d find one on Catalina:)
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Is that where they keep the Hardon Collider?
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
I said "Super Collider, I just met her."
Then I built a super collider.
/futurama
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
I always wanted to use a hyperbaric chamber but was not keen on getting the bends to make it happen. It was nice knowing when diving the channel islands that the chamber was close by. I’ve often wondered how often it gets used? Can you find out Josie? You are so good at that
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Less often since Michael Jackson died.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
I was lucky enough to get to go in a hyperbaric chamber when I took a diving class at UC Davis (yes the “cow college”). It was a blast! Our dive instructor said he had students begging him to let them go again!
75Dodger - February 15, 2012
run
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
(Super nerdy joke warning)
If you were a little more eccentric, you’d be functionally rational.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
Manning possibly had a 4th surgery and will also possibly need another surgery in the future even if he plays next year
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/don_banks/02/15/peyton/index.html#ixzz1mUBi5toq
nolander - February 15, 2012
if true the chances of the colts not cutting don't sound good
nolander - February 15, 2012
dude, Peyton is a gangsta, took 4 surgeries to the neck and still going strong.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
except he isn't going strong
he isn’t going at all.
nolander - February 15, 2012
He’s fusing, so he’s not lying to us
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Eric / Brandon – do we have the timeline for when the 11 – 20 and 0 – 10 prospect lists are going to be posted. Might help with some of the community profiles.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I think it’s Thursday-Tuesday-Thursday
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
Is Johan Hill going to play Lin in the movie?
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Heh. Knowing Hollywood though, they'd probably get an actor of a different Asian background
to play him, i.e. Japanese or something. (A la John Cho playing Sulu.)
underdog - February 15, 2012
(parenthetical example not meant to represent the previous sentence)
underdog - February 15, 2012
Dev Patel
Nolij - February 15, 2012
Jonah’s put the weight back on that he lost, have you noticed?
JonWeisman - February 15, 2012
maybe he wants to be like christian bale
nolander - February 15, 2012
yep, at first I thought weight was just going to his hair and beard, but now
he looks a bit blimpier. Maybe he wants to be funny again! Chubby is funny!
underdog - February 15, 2012
racist
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Don't you mean "weightist"?
But seriously, I wonder if he put the pounds back on purpose, rather than it just happening.
underdog - February 15, 2012
Buffalo Wild Wings
Opening this Sunday in Pasadena, bitches! Come for a silverwidow meet-n-greet! I’ll be signing from Noon-2.
silverwidow - February 15, 2012
I'm tempted to come just to see if you are real :P
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
what am i supposed to watch on TV there at that time?
delias man - February 15, 2012
Sunday noon….probably NBA basketball
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
especially if the Knicks are playing
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
would rather stay home and watch Boca
delias man - February 15, 2012
NBA on ABC Sunday
Dallas at New York, 10am
Orlando at Miami, 12:30pm
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
pass
delias man - February 15, 2012
CBS will be showing golf, I assume. NBC, some olympic sport. Fox will have I love Lucy!
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Ducks/Cal this Thursday. Bet you a virtual beer :)
kinbote - February 15, 2012
nahuh
Cal wins, I want you to ship me Oregon’s finest microbrew
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Kinbote lives in Oregon?
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
apparently
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
NOT
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Cal will likely win. Just trying to strum up some self-interest. At least Cal got some votes this week in the polls.
kinbote - February 15, 2012
no
got B.A. from
kinbote - February 15, 2012
No way DT can compete with the total quantity of topics discussed on TBLA on any given day.
(Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)
iiidown - February 15, 2012
I imagine Jon is okay with that
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I’m sure y’all sent Mary running back to the safe clutches of DT
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
yeah it wasn't the creepy dude telling her she is doomed
to burn in
helltbla forever now that she started posting herenolander - February 15, 2012
Well, no, I miss it. It’s not like you guys invented sitting around and talking about whatever …
JonWeisman - February 15, 2012
We didn’t invent but this place goes places no one has ever wanted to go
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I love going to places no one has ever wanted to go
nolander - February 15, 2012
"I told you I'd take you places, I just never said they were places you would want to go"
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
This place is like an addicting reality show that you know you shouldn’t be watching, but you do anyway. DT is more like NPR (or PBS if you want to stay with a TV theme), interesting, informative, and classy
75Dodger - February 15, 2012
I’ve always told anyone who would listen that Eric is like JWOWW
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I do enjoy PBS, they have animal shows!
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
and British shows
Like “Do Shut Up!” and “Shut Your Gobb”
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
If you watch even one second of PBS and don’t contribute you’re a thief. A common thief!
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
cookie thief?
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I did it all for the cookie
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
if you donate now
You can choose between our famous tote bag, or this umbrella featuring a picture of our famous tote bag.
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
It ain’t easy running a charity marathon. Sometimes right in the middle of it the main character announces to everyone he has a paying gig but thanks for the donations.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
That’s where I used to watch British soccer …er football.
iiidown - February 15, 2012
PBS: The Brits are better at this that US.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Eric should use that as his quote like Jon used to use Fanerman’s
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
and while our comments may be a reality show, out CONTENT is interesting, informative, and classy, thank you very much.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Ok, I give you interesting and informative but will trade out classy for entertaining.
75Dodger - February 15, 2012
we always go for the laugh over the class
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
we’re lazy.
iiidown - February 15, 2012
You missed DT after dark
Where aside from random cursing, it was pretty basic cable, perhaps not Cinemax but beyond USA Network
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
pretty good
not about your agent
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Would you enjoy that as a staple for your blog now?
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
Yes, of course. I enjoyed it as a staple then, and have spent the past three years regretting that it’s gone. The thinking that somehow it didn’t exist only twists the knife.
JonWeisman - February 15, 2012
don’t worry, I don’t think Bobert was a DT regular
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Nah, never heard of it before posting on here
This was my first real Dodger blog.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
Toaster time was the best of times, but many here never even heard of the Toaster, it is like the 88 Championship, they can only dream they lived during those times
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Not if you couldnt say fuck.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
post of the year
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
You could on other toaster sites, just not DT.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
or skullfuck
delias man - February 15, 2012
I’ll allow it
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Lifechanging.
JonWeisman - February 15, 2012
YES
Now Jon will never leave
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
one of us, one of us, one of us
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
personally, my worldview is now shattered
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
At 1:44 PCT, the world changed
when Jon Weisman let his hair down
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
How did Jon fuck barely go green? From here on, Feb 15th shall forever be known as Jon said Fuck day. Mark it down!
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
All you had to do was pay attention each time I dropped a ball in the outfield Saturday.
JonWeisman - February 15, 2012
She was to busy watching David be smooth
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
better and better
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
this is worse (better?) than Vin and “bullshit”
I am ruined (or freed?)
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
If hris is this corrupting online, I hate to see what he would be able to do in person.
Or would love. I can’t decide.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
seems forced
delias man - February 15, 2012
YES!!!!!! thats now 2 items off my bucket list within an hour, SWEET!!! Im going to print and frame this. Before thanking myself, id like to thank God for allowing this moment to happen, without him, none of this is possible.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
what ever the dosage is today
mark it down and replicate
you are well on your way to winning the Noble prize in blog commenting
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Mark this date, my friends! MARK IT!!!
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
and it was the blurst of times...
underdog - February 15, 2012
craig underdog, who is nick underdog? Who was underdog 1st??
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
underdog’s girl?
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I have no idea -- who is this nick underdog of whom you speak?
underdog - February 15, 2012
And we can retire "craigunderdog" thankfully since I won't be posting on ESPN
(or at least not for Dodger related stuff)
underdog - February 15, 2012
I remember an Overkill who went by the name of Nick
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
http://www.doubledogmusic.com/baseball/2006-06-23_Pirates@Dodgers/15.html
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
Oh, haha, I think that was miscaptioned.
I think someone pointed that out to me even. Whoever captioned that mistakenly put me in that group even though I regrettably wasn’t there.
underdog - February 15, 2012
I enjoyed looking at those photos on DT Jon… Nice to get a face to go along with who im talking to. And I finally got to see a pic of Btimm!! Cross that off my bucket list.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
on fire
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Heard rain outside
It sounded louder than normal.
Yeah, it’s hailing in Hesperia
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
Been in the basement since 5 AM. Sure got surprised when I finally went outside.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
Blogging!
mleadman - February 15, 2012
Jorge Soler
Is drawing comparisons to Mike Stanton power-wise
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
19 year old Cuban prospect
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
From who?
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
"Scouts"
Rosenthal wrote a blurb on him
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
Blergh.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
lol
I’m sure someone you respect will write about him soon
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
Hah. Just really not a fan of anonymous quotes since one scout saying “the next Mike Stanton” gets way more hits than 100 other scouts saying “the next Brad Hawpe”.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
We should give him Prince’s money that we never had
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I have faith that Ned can figure out a way to make it look like we were close to signing him.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
I think we already didn’t spend that.
kinbote - February 15, 2012
Just an email from Jon Chapper. Interesting he calls it his Daily Clips
and he has links to papers and blogs. This column was the last link. I’m curious he will try to do this on a daily basis. Jon is our link to the Dodger PR Department.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
This is a kind of crazy situation, emphasis mine
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/out-of-options-trade-candidates/
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
moneyball
1. acquire unathletic 1b/dh/of types
2. ????
3. profit!
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - February 15, 2012
So crazy it... just... might... work!
Or not. Some potentially good hitters in that mix, for sure. But yeah, will be weird and hard to try to mix them all in.
underdog - February 15, 2012
We can trade for Reddick or Seth Smith once we move Andre to Boston
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Seems more like 8 playres competing for 3 spots
or is cespedes going to go to the minors?
nolander - February 15, 2012
and coco is obviously going to break camp with the team
nolander - February 15, 2012
Luckily for them Ka’aihue, Cowgill, and Carter blow chunks
Allen and Barton might blow chunks
Gomes might be done
If they end up with Smith, Gomes / Crisp / Cepedes in the OF
Barton at 1st
Manny at DH
they could be the best last place team in baseball, But still in last place
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Kila has very good patience and could still be worth something
Cowgill seems to be a good backup, Carter was a top prospect just 2 years ago so I’d still have some faith.
Allen has very good power, worth giving a shot. Barton has had very good patience and fielding at 1B, so he should definitely be near the top. Gomes is whatever, platoon option possibly.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
4down
The anti-reg
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
so true
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
It’s no wonder he’s someone I clash with so often, haha.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
I got a Kindle Fire.
It is pretty awesome.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
but not really a tablet
but I kind of want one
nolander - February 15, 2012
It is a good size in that it is easy to hold in one hand even with my relatively small hands.
Doesn’t do as much as my girlfriend’s new iPad, but it does video really well and I can play Words with Friends and look on twitter.
Unfortunately, the SBNation App doesn’t work on it.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
its great for what it is
I just didn’t realize how small it was until I saw it in person and it took a bit of hte luster off
nolander - February 15, 2012
I would love the streaming app on my android phone or another android tablet
as I actually have purchased a lot of content on amazon streaming. alas.
nolander - February 15, 2012
TWSS
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
My friends that have them love them. Then they take them everywhere. Then they get drunk and lose them.
If you’re gonna drink and Kindle Fire make sure you do it in the safety of your own home.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
they are quite tiny
nolander - February 15, 2012
no one ever cried over losing their paperback copy of The Great Gatsby
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
I got’s one that I have had for a long time
would cry if I lost it
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
my copy is a 1960 printing paperback
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
indubitably
nolander - February 15, 2012
oh man I’m gonna watch that movie so hard
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Is Hollywood just using Entourage for movie ideas?
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
Aquaman in 2014!
fbihop - February 15, 2012
That’s actually happening. Doesn’t Aquaman have the same problem as Night Boat?
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
At least Aquaman was a success. If they make Medellin, you’ll know Hollywood has stopped trying.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
ha ha
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I haven’t watched that show since early in season 2
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Depending on how this movie goes
Leo might catapult into my top 3 favorite actors after this one
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
he isn't there already?!
nolander - February 15, 2012
lol
He’s close, I just have other, worse actors who I like better ahead right now.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
like?!
nolander - February 15, 2012
Mel Gibson, Steve Zahn, Gary Oldman (though he's really good), Alan Rickman (again, really good)
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
well thats not terrible
Mel Gibson isn’t active enough to count right now. Rickman isn’t in very much stuff. Goldman is in my top 3 probably maybe
nolander - February 15, 2012
I love that you called him Goldman, haha
Yeah I suppose they aren’t bad actors, just not as good as Leo, I just appreciate them so much as actors. It’s not really for their current roles, most of my liking of these actors is for their past roles:
Gibson – Lethal Weapon Movies, Payback, The Patriot, , Ransom, etc…
Oldman – New Batman series, Air Force One, Harry Potter series, etc…
Rickman – Dogma, Harry Potter series, etc…
Zahn – National Security, Daddy Day Care, Joy Ride, etc…
Leo is right behind them though.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
Can't be any duller than the 70s attempt at Great Gatsby, which was so dull and lifeless.
underdog - February 15, 2012
Unless it was signed by Josh Macciello
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
mine is a hard back ;)
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
I left my Kindle on a plane weeks ago
Holding out hope against hope that it finds its way back to me
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Isn’t that the beauty. You lose nothing but the hardware, simply get another kindle and repopulate. You don’t seem like the type of person who gave it a name and talk to it.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I named mine Sally.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
I didn’t give it a name
But I hate wasting money. I don’t mind spending, but hate wasting, so I will wait until I am sure it is gone until I buy another
and I will suffer from lack of books in the meantime, I love to read, which is a just punishment for losing something
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Won’t you regret this waiting, on the long flight back and forth from India?
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I will miss it terribly and that is the point. Next time I will make sure I take it with me when I get off the plane. The sad part is, I put it down helping a woman get her stuff from the overhead. I know just when and where I placed it.
My wife thinks I am nuts, she was like ready to order me a replacement that night, but I think I deserve a time out for losing it
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
This explains alot
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Gotta hold yourself accountable
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
I assume you tried to call lost and found?
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
DOH!
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
tough day when uschris is the voice of reason
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
Pup, I called
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Yo Joe, so you wont be here sunday? Eastbound and Down season 3 starts… DVR it man!
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
yeah babe
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
I’ve had an older kindle for a couple of years and absolutely love it. if you do any sort of travelling and like to read, it’s a necessity.
KellyStephen - February 15, 2012
isn’t everything you have “older”?
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Yeah, but my colon’s now certified!
KellyStephen - February 15, 2012
I'm reading Chris Jericho's book
Just got to the part where he storms into Vince McMahon’s office and tells him to go fuck himself. Jericho was pissed cause he heard rumors that Vince was going to take the world title off him after like a week. So he’s all expecting to get shit canned after his tirade, but instead Vince gets off on it and tells him that’s the attitude he needs to see in his champ.
To all of the non-wrestling fans (everyone), you can just ignore this. :)
silverwidow - February 15, 2012
See Jon, shit no one cares about
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I am actively ignoring
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
you put the last sentence in the wrong place
nolander - February 15, 2012
righto
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
jericho's anti-push
with hhh and stephanie was one of the main reasons I quit watching.
that and the necrophilia shit with kane..
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - February 15, 2012
yeah there's way too many dumb angles
Right now Natalia has a farting problem…ugh.
Sometimes they actually do the angles right, and when they do it is awesome.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
I haven’t watched this week’s Raw yet.
But I love Jericho.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
I got a recap for it, didn't get to watch
But it sounded alright. The Kane-Cena thing took a turn for the “maybe Cena will actually turn heel”, but probably not.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
They actually cared about who had the title in a script?
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
They all get a piece of their merchandising. Champions have a higher profile and sell more merchandise, so they make more money.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
champs
Are the ones who draw fans
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
And are best at the backstage politics.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
yup
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
I was thinking about how amazingly charasmatic the Rock is and was
I honestly haven’t seen any other wrestler with the ability to do what he does, and be liked by just about everyone. Hell, even if you were a fan of heels and rooted against the Rock, I don’t think it would be easy to not like him.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
I was a fan of the heels (HHH) and easily rooted against the Rock.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
writing that I knew you were the exception
I just can’t get in the mindset of rooting for a hardcore heel like HHH was.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
yeah I remember when he came to the ring with a butler,all of a sudden he was all that… Thats when WCW and Hogan were taking over no?
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
HHH started off as this weird regal rich character, idk what the hell it was, lol.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
Ya, he started as Hunter Hearst Helmsley and played the blue blood type. He shortened it to HHH, gained about 50 pounds of muscle and was telling the crowd to “suck it” within a year.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
you gonna buy wrestlemania?
delias man - February 15, 2012
No, I’m done with this stuff.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
your PPV budget is all stretched out?
delias man - February 15, 2012
Yes. It definitely is.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
if i get it
i might invite you. but i am not taking the PPV very seriously.
delias man - February 15, 2012
I like the tease. You might invite me. I’ll be actually awaiting the invitation.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
ok
it depends if i ever get my front yard landscaped. i cant find the right guy to do it and i dont want to invite anybody over until it is done
delias man - February 15, 2012
any tips on bush murder?
not sure how best to deal with the roots
nolander - February 15, 2012
i am an expert in this
you have to use your muscles and a shovel. spend a day digging and cutting. You will have such a sense of accomplishment afterwards.
delias man - February 15, 2012
I was afraid you would say that
at least I have a good strong reticulating saw to work with now
nolander - February 15, 2012
You can use your own muscle and feel accomplishment, or you can hire someone who can feed his family for a week with the $80 you would pay them so you could spend time with the dogs. Your choice
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I'm too deep to pull up short now
nolander - February 15, 2012
right
and your neighbors will be impressed
delias man - February 15, 2012
none of my neighbors have much foilage
all the stuff outside our back yards is handled by the hoa and the yards aren’t very big. Yet for some reason the crazy lady decided to plant giant bushes all around the fence. Feels so much more open now that some of them have come down.
nolander - February 15, 2012
who is the crazy lady?
delias man - February 15, 2012
previous owner
she did very little to maintain the house over the 30 years she had it, and everything she did do was wrong in some obnoxious way.
nolander - February 15, 2012
Hank Hill would be mortified
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
/everysingleepisodeofkingofthehill
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
i imagined you lived in a new-ish place
delias man - February 15, 2012
30 years old or so
good location and good layout, but needs a little elbow grease.
nolander - February 15, 2012
house?
delias man - February 15, 2012
"condo"
only walls I share are my garage wall is also their garage wall and my bedroom wall is also a wall of their backyard. No one above or below.
nolander - February 15, 2012
I see
delias man - February 15, 2012
You can’t find a landscaper? In Los Angeles?
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
didn't your mama teach you
not to give away your landscaping to the first bloke who offers?
nolander - February 15, 2012
i have been too busy to search it and
dont want to fall in with the first guy
delias man - February 15, 2012
I can understand that, if your roses aren’t right, TBLA will light up with gossip.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
i just know he google searched my address yesterday
and that picture is really old BTW! I have painted my house since then!
delias man - February 15, 2012
you guys are good buds huh?? http://www.flickr.com/photos/molokai1124/3980404369/in/photostream
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
creeper
nolander - February 15, 2012
haha
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
well shit, everyone is too scared to post a pic of themselves on these blogs… so drastic times call for drastic measures lol… plus it was on DT.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
Jon posted my flicker photo’s
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Holy Shit the one game was Jon's 5th anniversary.
That was the Matt Kemp game. Damn those five years went fast.
Mr Eric before he was Mr True Blue LA
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
yeah
we are tighter than buttcheeks
delias man - February 15, 2012
Hey, that is my flicker
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
He spends it on UFC instead now.
Oh yeah, UFC tonight on Fuel TV.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
I really do.
I’ll be DVR’ing the Fuel show but I want to make sure I watch the main event before I go to bed tonight. You going somewhere to watch it?
Michael White - February 15, 2012
Nah, gonna be stuck here at the state legislature. Last full day and that means a late night. Will get around to watching it tomorrow afternoon, probably.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
Dude is sounding all Biblical
1st Corinthians 13:11 FTMFW
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Dude you really don't get it
In a movie do you want to be an extra or supporting actor? You want to be the lead actor, which is what being the champion would be.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
well yeah, but he still was a popular wrestler at the time, plus doesnt the title switch hands quite often, or no?
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
If you want the title to have credibility you want a wrestler to look strong and keep it for a while, like months if possible. If someone is losing the heavyweight title a week after they win it, they really look bad.
Alberto Del Rio won the title twice in 2011, and the way he did it (beating someone after they already did a match and getting a finisher from someone else after) wasn’t strong, and then he lost the title pretty easily so he looked really weak. Now he’s injured but even if he wasn’t he wouldn’t be getting a lot of attention right now.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
That got me to think about boxing…I would probably read a book about Michael Moorer (who I thought lost to Holyfield when I was in high school)
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
i like his gimmick
delias man - February 15, 2012
does he talk about Raven in the book?
delias man - February 15, 2012
nevermore
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Haven’t seen anything on Raven.
silverwidow - February 15, 2012
he played his gimmick so well i always wondered if it was real
delias man - February 15, 2012
that's pretty cool
I hope he wins the Elimination Chamber on sunday, or gets beat by punk so it continues to set up their Wrestlemania showdown.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
I’m loving his new gimmick. And that electric jacket kicks mountains of ass.
silverwidow - February 15, 2012
Man it's so sweet
If I was rich I would buy a bunch of them just because, lol. So you’re currently watching wrestling, or just following Jericho?
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
Basically just the Jericho/Punk angle on Raw. Those two can cut some amazing promos and can really go in the ring. Been watching the clips on youtube and stuff.
silverwidow - February 15, 2012
is the rock still doing wrestlemania? when should i start watching raw to get into the buildup? beginning of next month?
delias man - February 15, 2012
I think he will be on Raw starting like March 13th or something
I’ll give you an update when he’s scheduled.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
ok good i dont want to start watching too early
want to keep my brain cells
delias man - February 15, 2012
Just watch the two weeks before Wrestlemania and you’ll be fine.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
what the shit is this shit?
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
bullshit
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
this isn't soccer
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
Bumpkis
mleadman - February 15, 2012
Just want you know Josie, I hate wrestling talk 100 times more then Soccer talk
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
now I know what to keep talking about :)
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
speaking of basketball
i went to SD for Bash at The beach 98? for the big main event tag match of Karl Malone/Lex Luger vs. Hogan and Rodman. It was electric.
delias man - February 15, 2012
My dad took me to see wrestling twice I believe…. once was Hogan vs Macho King Randy Savage, the other I think was Hogan vs Zeus. I wonder if No Holds Barred is on DVD now, I miss that movie… Rip Em!!!
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
Suburban Commando was better
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
Oh yeah
It is like a coin flip between Nascar and wrestling as the two most irritating things about America
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Blue Collar Comedy Tour.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
don’t and won’t know what that is
I miss most things these days, which isn’t missing much at all
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Wrestling is slightly redeemed by the Barnum ‘n’ Bailey atmosphere behind it, in my mind. Campy comedy. Nascar is serious. Ouch!
latenite - February 15, 2012
Those 2 are?
Man, your perception of America’s problems are just a tad warped :)
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
He’s right though. Studies have shown that individuals who enjoy both of those entities account for 83% of our problems.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
no politics
but you are right. I’ve said too much.
nolander - February 15, 2012
lol i'm sure
One day don’t be surprised when i’m stealing your tv.
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
now that they gave me a soccer place, you’ll note soccer talk is rarely started by me : )
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
boca's coach is quitting right now
in the middle of a 32 game unbeaten streak
delias man - February 15, 2012
and their burgers suck
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
I approve of the loungers, however.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
another opportunity? healthy reasons?
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
they played awful in venezuela last night (0-0) draw
and there may have been some hurt feelings on the plane and some words said with riquelme and according to twitter all the players side with riquelme. seems like a mini-mutiny.
delias man - February 15, 2012
oh good gracious
Arsenal just lost 4-0 in Milan, and all these folk on twitter are like Wenger should leave the team blah blah blah. These tournaments really seem to make fanbases who have awesome domestic runs hate their lives.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
its henry's fault
delias man - February 15, 2012
Landon Donovan won Player of the Month for Everton. MLS players are rockin’ it in the EPL right now. I think he’ll go to Everton after his Galaxy contract is up, then maybe the Galaxy go after Clint Dempsy : )
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Honestly, I wish Landon would just go now. I know it will never happen, but I want to see him play at a higher level.
And I would be surprised if Dempsey doesn’t go to a top-tier team soon.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
we’ve seen him play at a higher level, and he’s kicking butt at Everton. You can’t hate on him for sticking with his domestic league.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Germany was never going to be a fit for him.
Don’t know why his dumb agent didn’t steer him to UK a dozen years ago.
delias man - February 15, 2012
yeah, cause then what about LA??
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
I believe the argument is that because MLS is to soccer as the Mexican league is to baseball, he’s hurting himself not going to the big show, LA be damned.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Well then whats the point of even starting MLS if we want to see all our best homegrown players go play overseas??
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
I want to see MLS get better, not worse.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
oh bless your heart. That’s the counter-argument, and the one I personally subscribe to.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Dempsey is going to Arsenal
Julio Nievas - February 15, 2012
who wants to go to Arsenal? They’re the New England Patriots of English Football
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Using that logic, people who like winning.
Nolij - February 15, 2012
but not trophies (lately)
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
How long ago do you think 2005 was?
Nolij - February 15, 2012
you know how many people have been born since January 2005?
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Most of our members?
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
Apparently, Dodger fans.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
uh
nolander - February 15, 2012
Dempsey/Van Persie would be sick though
Julio Nievas - February 15, 2012
he will be 40 years old by then though
delias man - February 15, 2012
Landon’s contract expires after this season, Dempsey will be 29
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
i dont buy it
delias man - February 15, 2012
so
you are asking for some perspective based on the long history of success and not to focus on what has been at best an inconsistent team featuring a player or two having a great individual season.
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
yes. this is absolutely what I’m saying.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
it’s moved in to my top three most hated topics.
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
Who knew wrestlers could write?
(Or that wrestling fans could read, for that matter?)
KellyStephen - February 15, 2012
I doubt
His book is as funny as Foley’s
Tommy Blackjack - February 15, 2012 via iPhone app
Didn't he win the belt off HHH and lose it back to him within 1 episode or Raw once?
That was back when I was watching.
HHH and Stephanie forced the ref to reverse the decision, then fired the ref and beat the shit out of him.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
They did a supposed title switch in April 2000, but it was never “official.” Jericho finally won the title in December 2001 when he beat Rock and Austin on the same PPV.
silverwidow - February 15, 2012
So
are Mathew and Mary cursed lovers? Can Anna find some happiness in her life? Will the Dowager be rid of Voldermoldt forever?
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
last I saw his winkie got a twitch. So that’s a good sign.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
twss
nolander - February 15, 2012
Take that shit downton, buddy!
;)
All I know is Shirley MacLaine will be on the 3rd season as whasterface’s mom.
underdog - February 15, 2012
and that Mary remains as pretty as ever.
underdog - February 15, 2012
oh man, that is one pretty cast. Sucks the war is over, S3 is gonna be all about everyone having enough to survive and America being awesome
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Wait – didn’t we just establish that PBS material should be a question on DT?
JonWeisman - February 15, 2012
interesting that Doctor Who who be acceptable here while Sherlock would be a DT topic, despite both being BBC programmes by the same showrunner.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
speaking of Doctor Who
it’ll be interesting to see where the show goes now that Pond is leaving. They’ve spent the last two series’ convinced she was the most important thing in the world.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Doctor Who
reminds me of the Wild Wild West, not really a genre I could get into but I recognize that it has a loyal fan base.
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
Who?
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
Chad
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Who’s on first, so it is baseball related.
latenite - February 15, 2012
Hu?
iiidown - February 15, 2012
Well Doctor Who is a children’s show, so…
fbihop - February 15, 2012
and quit hazing me with the superfluous e
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
honest to god I didn’t even realize I did it.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
so madonna
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
I might watch if it were named Doctour Who.
(no I wouldn’t)
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
I appreciate the attempt at humour but that’s a superfluous u.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Just trying to class the place up
Will you bring back an old DT standby on Sunday, the tv show thread?
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
I could, though it seems kind of pointless.
JonWeisman - February 15, 2012
We could discuss Whitney and P&R
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
maybe even new girl
nolander - February 15, 2012
New Girl has really found it’s voice lately, and is fun to watch
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
yes
personally I think its been pretty great since the 4th or 5th episode. They need a way to highlight that the true stars of the show are the dudes not zooey.
nolander - February 15, 2012
Sitcom history tells us
that rarely do a group of individuals break out on a show, normally you get one breakout character (Fonzie, Urkel, Alex P. Keaton) who will become the focal point of the show. Now, not seeing an episode of said show, I don’t know if one of the male characters has that within him but if he does, it would not surprise me if future episodes don’t exploit that.
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
You are right BUT
I feel like the show is missing out on a huge audience because the perception of the show is its all zooey all the time(I’m assuming but probably right on this), when in reality the other characters are what bring me back to the show. I do enjoy her on the show, especially since she seems to be almost playing a parody of the whole manic pixxy girl thing.
nolander - February 15, 2012
Seinfeld wasn’t always about Jerry. It’s a show that hasn’t finished it’s first season yet, calmate por favor
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
true
but zooey can be a bit polarizing these days. At least on the internet. Maybe I spend too much time on the internet.
nolander - February 15, 2012
Generally
shows like Seinfeld, MTM, Bob Newhart, Dick Van Dyke are more about the lead’s reactions to the characters around him or her than being all about them.
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
hm
new girl is kind of the opposite, with zooey being craaaaaaazy with everyone playing off of that and trying to deal with her oddness.
nolander - February 15, 2012
she keeps the plot moving, I think it works
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
I enjoy the dynamic
nolander - February 15, 2012
She’s more quirky than crazy. In the one or two episodes that I’ve seen.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
super quirk
nolander - February 15, 2012
Adorkable.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
The show is very young still. Schmidt is a breakout character but awareness takes time. I remember watching Happy Days in its first season and wondering more about what happened to Chuck Cunningham than what the Fonz would do next.
JonWeisman - February 15, 2012
some of us still wonder
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Or Two Broke Girls and Two and a Half Men (which incidentally add up to 4.5 reasons to stab myself with a rusty carrot peeler).
Nolij - February 15, 2012
more like
two broke girls, one cup
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
Where does the pizza place come into play?
fbihop - February 15, 2012
I hope The Good Wife gets renewed. The Once Upon a Time/Good Wife two hour power block is good TV, though I guess I could switch to watching Downton Abbey live.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
I don’t know, I don’t know, I enjoy it a lot
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
I just finished episode 3 of Luck. I guess I’m semi-committed to it. The one guy reminds me a lot of Fredo from GF.
kinbote - February 15, 2012
i am just 2 episodes in
hard to watch because I need EVERYBODY in the house to be asleep just so i can focus.
delias man - February 15, 2012
It's time for the Dodgers to lock up Andre Ethier
Well? Read the article, it does what it says on the tin.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
If the Dodgers could sign Andre for 3 years and under $40 million, I would do it immediately.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
I’ll sponsor that notion
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
i want to say you would be sorry
but given the options, fuck it – go ahead and sign him.
delias man - February 15, 2012
there you go, the water is fine
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Yup. I’ve come around on this too. The team will be worse if Etheir is not a Dodger next season
Michael White - February 15, 2012
now we have quorum
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
MIke -
write a post about how much you agree with this
delias man - February 15, 2012
Well, I just wrote an article yesterday, so I’ll have to recharge my batteries. That takes about a month.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
Considering the market
I would agree with this idea and I like the idea of having at least two position players go into their FA years with the Dodgers
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
Willing to believe it for 2013, not sold after that. He’s getting to the age where the guys I compare him to fell off a cliff.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
Who cares about the last year of any contract
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
you will be saying that a lot next year
delias man - February 15, 2012
It’s the second year.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
I was assuming the three year deal would involve 2012/2013/2014.
You can’t find any comps of left handed hitting right fielders who were still good by age 33?
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
the list ends at
Gwynn and Walker
delias man - February 15, 2012
What about these guys
Age 30 – 33, 300 minimum games, Left handed, Right Fielders, Since 1958
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 2/15/2012.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
a good baseball IQ question
delias man - February 15, 2012
Paul O’Neill probably the best comp to Ethier on that list.
Like I said if you can get 2012-2014 on a discount because 2011 stunk go ahead, it certainly won’t hurt anything. Extending it past that is where it can get ugly.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
he always reminded me a lot of Shawn Green, so this makes sense.
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
Yeah the guy just won a gold glove for crying out loud!
nolander - February 15, 2012
Isn’t he an all-star CF too?
kinbote - February 15, 2012
Oh that’s fine then, I was thinking 2013-2015.
The two main names that come to mind when I do comps are Jason Bay and Brad Hawpe and they both fell apart at 31.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
Then again unlike Ethier they were very good at 29.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
Ethier is brittle and inconsistent.
He will be on the team this year and the team will still not fare well.
Trade Ethier at the break and let the new owner reshape the team.
68elcamino427 - February 15, 2012
Big problem with that plan is what the heck are you gonna get for Ethier and will it be worth more than a draft pick?
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
If Ethier is performing well, something good could come of it.
Why throw money at a problem?
68elcamino427 - February 15, 2012
Because no one wanted Josh Willingham when you could get Josh Willingham + a draft pick. Can’t get draft picks from guys you acquire at the deadline any more.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
Well you can
if it was like Cole Hamels who would probably fit within the new CBA, Ethier would be on the edges
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
The Dodgers can get a draft pick for Ethier if he’s good this year, but if he gets traded the team that acquires him can’t.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
Yeah
I knew that and then I remembered that other part about no more Elias ratings.
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
Ethier sucks!
/expects to be able to trade him for something
Michael White - February 15, 2012
He is great against right handers, when healthy
68elcamino427 - February 15, 2012
so, he’s the reverse Jonny Gomes then
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
This year is gonna decide if he enters FA as Jason Bay or Jason Kubel.
regfairfield - February 15, 2012
or Jason Isringhausen
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
I am betting
that offense continues to trend downward and that given the availability or lack thereof, Ethier will remain one of the better alternatives the Dodgers will have. It seems if you take Jerry Sands out of the equation for the moment, you have Silverio and Pederson as the best position prospects and neither of them would be expected to outperform Ethier this year or next year.
So, I think if it is possible they make an offer to extend or keep him for the season.
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
In a best case world. Sands develops into legitimate full time left fielder, Andre gets most at bats but shares some time with either Silverio or Van Slyke.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
I like Ethier, id extend him.
uschris0304 - February 15, 2012
twss
nolander - February 15, 2012
damn
beat me to it
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
I’m on board as long as we sign Brad Hawpe as insurance
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
“hey, I only worked from 9 to 2, there can’t be that many comme….1100? Did we sign Roy Oswalt?”
Shoulda known Cal was the culprit.
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
Haha
Michael White - February 15, 2012
The trick is
if some news flash occurred that was Dodger related, Eric would post a new story.
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
I just Xeifrank’d the crap out of this thread.
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
Ah, you probably missed some gold
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
not our best work, but had moments
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
Like the 2011 Dodgers season.
fbihop - February 15, 2012
That’s why Joe calls me Z-Frank.
Xeifrank - February 15, 2012
http://instantrimshot.com/classic/?sound=rimshot
nolander - February 15, 2012
Smash
Liked the second episode too. This is starting to disturb me.
mleadman - February 15, 2012
it’s Glee for adults, but at least in Smash you aren’t wondering where a high school glee club got money for a laser budget
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Glee doesn’t even pretend to make sense.
The football players sang during the game to help them win.
Michael White - February 15, 2012
You obviously didn’t see Super Bowl XXXIII
fbihop - February 15, 2012
I remember pulling for the Falcons in that one. I like the Dirty Bird guy
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Fact:
The team with the better singing quarterback has won every super bowl for the past 26 years.
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
I hate Glee
mleadman - February 15, 2012
well you have a brain, so…
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
I wish I could just leave work now
and do the rest of my work later tonight when I’m a million times less distracted. Damn you to hell corporate America!
nolander - February 15, 2012
silverwidow - February 15, 2012
One could argue that Hellickson did not have a break out year.
Wells was an odd year gimme
Jackson was a BABIP gimme
He can take credit for Cahill
Sandoval was 50/50
Beltran just needed to be healthy
Nice call on Pineda, Jennings, and Espinosa.
Anyone who saw Kimbrel pitch in 2010 was expecting big things in 2011
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
They were, however, wrong about…
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
When I was a kid
I was in children’s choir for maybe a year, we got to sing at the Carnation Plaza at Disneyland. They put you up in the D-Land Hotel overnight if you’re chosen to perform at the Plaza. Forgot about that memory until just now. Fun times.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
nice
Carnation plaza really gets forgotten about these days, but they still seem to constantly have some group of children singing/playing something over there
nolander - February 15, 2012
apparently it’s still got a full slate of acts (tis what triggered the memory) but is slated for a repurposing soon, after the Main St. stuff is done
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
I saw Ricky Nelson there in his “Garden Party” period
mleadman - February 15, 2012
Who:)
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
he’s the guy who sang La Bamba. I think he lives in Pasadena now.
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
or is dead
Maddz - February 15, 2012
one of these is right.
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
Both
are deceased, thought Lou Diamond Phillips did just win a celebrity cooking contest on Food Network.
Rick or Ricky Nelson was one of the original teen idols, died in a plane crash in the mid-80s. He was known for songs such as Travelin Man and I’m Walking. Later he wrote and performed Garden Party.
Richie Valens (Valenzuela) from Pacoima was known for La Bamba and he died the day the music died on the same plane as Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
been dead before most you all were born. Mr Clean Cut TV show
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
this is the best description of Ricky Nelson ever written.
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
Puppet Show
Spinal Tap
kinbote - February 15, 2012
we opened for the Puppet Show : )
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
The morning started with promise
Wraslin’ thoughts really brought this place down
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
I don’t know why but I always find it somewhat entertaining as the late to the day members make their way through the myriad of comments and plant their own thoughts on threads.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dodgers/2012/02/no-one-with-dodgers-has-more-at-stake-in-2012-than-ned-colletti.html
/Signs 3 crappy infielders and 2 back-end starters
“That should do it!”
Taylor Maricle - February 15, 2012
Man, everyone forgets about Rivera.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
AND>>>>>>>>
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
AND?????????????
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
AND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hollywood Joe - February 15, 2012
MATT KEMP
FTMFW
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
byut he wasn't leaving this year anyways
its a great signing, but not one that is done to save Neds bacon.
nolander - February 15, 2012
Now if he had also locked up kershaw
nolander - February 15, 2012
nah
ned sucks, lets fire his ass
nolander - February 15, 2012
*4 crappy infielders, two of which also play LF.
Taylor Maricle - February 15, 2012
The boss left for the day until Tuesday I believe
The next two days are going to be awesome
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
plus monday
Ivdown - February 15, 2012
Kershaw
looked very buff in that new workout video with Buster Olney. Maybe he’ll start throwing 97-98 and shit.
silverwidow - February 15, 2012
that’s not how that works.
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
So added muscle has no effect on velocity? Just wondering.
silverwidow - February 15, 2012
depends on the kind of muscle and where.
Maddz - February 15, 2012
if Kershaw has been doing bench presses, that’s bad. But I doubt he’s that dumb/would be allowed to do that
Maddz - February 15, 2012
Yeah, that’s exactly what he was doing. Looks like fucking Tarzan at this point.*
*slight exaggeration
silverwidow - February 15, 2012
bench is okay in moderation. It could have easily been “Hey Clayton, ESPN, can we get a couple shots of you bench pressing?”
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
he’s gotta be doing the fast twitch muscles! and leg muscles!
Maddz - February 15, 2012
Right
and there is most definitely a ‘too much’ and it isn’t super swole.
Disclaimer: I haven’t seen the video with Olney, nor would I make a claim even if I had.
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
This is why I error on the side of caution and don’t workout. Just sayin, I ran 6 days a week and lifted 3 days a week, got shoulder tendonitis. Started eating more donuts and cheeseburgers, no more shoulder problems :)
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
next time don't do 10,000 pushups
nolander - February 15, 2012
oh and your mechanics
were dumb
Maddz - February 15, 2012
well, and I pitched in games 4 times a week, but that’s beside the point.
G.Scott - February 15, 2012
yeah for like all the innings in relief
you’re not getting out of working out
Maddz - February 15, 2012
Extenz FTW
mleadman - February 15, 2012
You have to love the consistent narrative about 2004 and 2005.
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
Now the inevitable
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
Dodger Stadium FanFest on May 19
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
they’re doing it wrong
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Why?
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
Just my two cents but
FanFest is supposed to be a preseason event, to get people at DS to sell them season ticket packages.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
new owner?
Maddz - February 15, 2012
unless “appear at fanfest” is in the new owner’s contract, I don’t see the correlation
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Frank probably can’t afford putting on the ritz, so to speak
Maddz - February 15, 2012
They usually have event when
they start selling single game tickets in March and they have some former players there but since that happens in the middle of ST, it would be hard for them to logistically put something like that together.
bhsportsguy - February 15, 2012
Just sayin’ the Giants and A’s both have an event called FanFest every year in Jan/Feb, where you can go get autographs, look at ST/Mini plans, tour the locker rooms, etc. Galaxy just did one last weekend, meet the newly signed players, tour the facilities. Seems silly to have something like this before a game, which already attracts it’s own crowd.
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Right
It really is something that can be done during the offseason. Cubs, White Sox, D-Backs, Mariners, just to name four teams that immediately came to mind, do it too.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
i went to la gran fiesta last year and loved it. i left with a bag full of autographs and old promos.
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
TBLA should meet up and run that bitch.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
Here's a pic of the Drysdale-Wills bobblehead and the Dodger Stadium 50th Anniversary t-shirt
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
Why is Don
pointing to his dick?
mleadman - February 15, 2012
he got this
Maddz - February 15, 2012
Telling the batter to “suck it”, of course.
David Young - February 15, 2012
The new marketing tagline is up on Dodgers.com
“An LA Tradition” with the cap logo for LA
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Using the same cap logo
LAme
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
They kept “This is my town” for two seasons, but they kill “It’s time for Dodger Baseball” after one?
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
Josh Rawitch left
now they got some new hotshot who wants to put his own stamp on things?
nolander - February 15, 2012
New Hotshot
Maybe he’s working on Kate Upton
mleadman - February 15, 2012
I wish I were working Kate Upton.
ishXdavid - February 15, 2012
Josh was in charge of Public Relations not Marketing, big difference.
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
blah blah blah
nolander - February 15, 2012
seems like a bit of a desperate attempt to prevent fans from defecting to the angels
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
I just hope it leads to a series of commercials with old time LA Dodger footage
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
laaaaaaame
court168627 - February 15, 2012 via Android app
What?
I’ll be happy when they just settle for one.
DodgerofTrolleys - February 15, 2012
Apologies Eric if you've written about this and I missed it
2012 MLB on Fox schedule is out.
Dodgers have four dates at the moment:
Saturday June 9 7PM: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Seattle Mariners
Saturday June 23 7PM: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Los Angeles Angels
Saturday June 30 7PM: New York Mets @ Los Angeles Dodgers
Saturday September 8: Los Angeles Dodgers @ San Francisco Giants
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
the Angels are the West coast option three of the first four weeks
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
First four?
There are only four.
DodgerofTrolleys - February 15, 2012
i’m guessing first four weeks of the season
Maddz - February 15, 2012
Oh sorry hadn't seen the "weeks".
DodgerofTrolleys - February 15, 2012
ah yes, I was not referring to those weeks, but the first four weeks of the season. Eight appearances for the Angels in total this season
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
PUJOLS
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
this reply confuses me
Josie Becker - February 15, 2012
I got you.
Maddz - February 15, 2012
was getting to that.
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
What's the record amount of comments on a given post?
DodgerofTrolleys - February 15, 2012
That would make it the best post
mleadman - February 15, 2012
it’s science
Maddz - February 15, 2012
ha ha
I’m the best commentator by far
meercatjohn - February 15, 2012
new post
http://www.truebluela.com/2012/2/15/2801165/dodgers-fan-fest-bobbleheads-fox-tv-schedule
Eric Stephen - February 15, 2012
I like Jerry Hairston even more now
he actually knows when to slide into first base
NotJoeTorre - February 16, 2012
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