Our next stop in our tour of the National League West brings us to the Colorado Rockies. Here is a look at the offseason for the Dodgers' mile high foes, who were extremely busy during the winter.
| Colorado Rockies | |
| 2011 Record: | 73-89 |
| Division Finish: |
Fourth Place, 21 GB |
| 2012 at Dodger Stadium: |
May 11-13, Aug 6-8, Sep 28-30 |
| 2012 Dodgers at Coors Field: | Apr 30-May 2, Jun 1-3, Aug 27-29 |
| SB Nation coverage: | Purple Row SB Nation Denver |
1) When will Jorge De La Rosa be back?
Likely some time in early June.
The southpaw who was a key cog for the 92-win playoff team in 2009, with 193 strikeouts and 16 wins in 32 starts, has made just 30 combined starts in the last two seasons. He underwent Tommy John surgery last season and is on a strict rehab program that has him throwing only bullpen sessions now.
The Rockies are trying to harness the competitiveness in De La Rosa that caused him to downplay an arm injury for a whopping eight starts before he was finally shut down in late May.
"It was real cold that day in Pittsburgh, and I felt something in my arm," De La Rosa told Thomas Harding of MLB.com last week. "I said it was a blister and they took me out of the game. I told them I would be OK. But I was not. It was weakness. The next day, I felt pain when I woke up."
Harding reported that the Rockies don't expect De La Rosa to throw a pitch for the major league team until late May or early June, which is about two months earlier than the Dodgers are expected to get their De La Rosa back from Tommy John surgery, knock on wood.
2) Was Marco Scutaro the steal of the offseason?
As much as a 36-year old making $6 million can be, sure. Scutaro is a shortstop by trade, but the Boston Red Sox felt the need to shed salary (not a phrase heard often in the last decade or so) and the Rockies were more than happy to oblige. To complete the trade Colorado sent fungible pitcher Clayton Mortensen to Boston, leaving Clayton Kershaw one player away from ridding the National League West of his namesakes.
Scutaro, who has accumulated between 12.7 (FanGraphs) and 13.3 (Baseball-Reference) wins above replacement over the last four seasons, will play second base for the Rockies. He hit .299/.358/.423 in 113 games for the Red Sox last season, and has a .350 on-base percentage since turning 30, averaging 54 walks per season for the last six campaigns.
| Depressing Rockies Stat: | |
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| Jason Giambi had more home runs (13) in 2011 than James Loney (12) and Andre Ethier (11), in about a quarter of the plate appearances. |
3) Will Kevin Slowey put a framed Colorado Rockies jersey in his game room?
I can still remember being flabbergasted when learning that Reggie Jackson played a single season for the Baltimore Orioles, and envision a similar fate for someone 20 years from now when they ask, "Wait, Kevin Slowey was a Rockie?"
Slowey's time with the organization was just 45 days, but a cursory glance at his Baseball-Reference page will be confusing as he never threw a pitch for the Rockies. Colorado traded pitcher Daniel Turpen to Minnesota on December 6 for the arbitration-eligible Slowey, who was a candidate to be non-tendered by the Twins. Then on January 20, perhaps after wondering how badly a homer-prone fly ball pitcher might fare at Coors Field, the Rockies pounced on Cleveland's need to replace the former Fausto Carmona and dealt Slowey and $1.25 million to the Indians for Zach Putnam, a 24-year old reliever with nearly a strikeout per inning in his minor league career.
4) Am I rooting for Jamie Moyer to make the Rockies in spring training?
Absolutely!
There are few things in baseball that would please me more than a 50-year old pitcher, and Moyer's chances of pitching at 50, in 2013, would be greatly enhanced by him pitching and pitching well in 2012 at age 49. I was in attendance at Petco Park in April 2006 when 47-year old Julio Franco broke a nearly 76-year old record to become the oldest player in MLB history to hit a home run, and I was wondering why people in my section didn't know who Jack Quinn was. Moyer won't be setting any records, but the milestone is still cool enough to strive for.
Moyer, who began his career when Tommy John was still an active major league pitcher, hasn't pitched in a big league game since June 2010 after having Tommy John surgery himself nearly two years ago.
I simply want to continue to watch a pitcher who had Davey Lopes and Ron Cey as his starting third basemen in his first and second big league games, respectively.
5) Will the Rockies need to wear name tags during spring training?
General manager Dan O'Dowd was a busy man this offseason, making 10 trades involving at least one major league player since the season ended. As noted yesterday by Andrew T. Fisher at Purple Row, a whopping 15 of the 25 players (60%) on the Rockies' 2011 opening day roster are already gone, including four-fifths of the starting rotation (well, until they get De La Rosa back at least) and eight of 12 pitchers.
In case you were wondering, 11 of the opening-day 25 for the 2011 Dodgers are no longer with the team.
| Rockies Trades, Etc. This Winter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Team | Traded | Acquired |
| Phillies | Ty Wigginton if $2 million |
PTBNL or $100,000 |
| Angels | Chris Iannetta c | Tyler Chatwood rhp |
| Dodgers | Jamie Hoffmann of (claimed off waivers from LA) | |
| Twins | Daniel Turpen rhp | Kevin Slowey rhp |
| Padres | Huston Street rhp $500,000 |
Nick Schmidt lhp |
| Cubs | Ian Stewart 3b Casey Weathers rhp |
Tyler Colvin of D.J. LeMahieu |
| Rangers | Greg Reynolds rhp | Chad Tracy 1b |
| Athletics | Seth Smith of | Guillermo Moscoso rhp Josh Outman lhp |
| Indians | Kevin Slowey rhp $1.25 million |
Zach Putnam rhp |
| Red Sox | Clayton Mortensen rhp | Marco Scutaro if |
| Orioles | Jason Hammel rhp Matt Lindstrom rhp |
Jeremy Guthrie rhp |
Scutaro was a salary dump by Boston that Colorado was more than happy to pounce upon, but that was just won of a slew of trades by Colorado during the offseason...so far.
| Rockies Contracts Signed This Winter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Player | Type | Total Contract | 2012 Salary |
| OF | Michael Cuddyer | FA | 3-year, $31.5m | $10,500,000 |
| C | Ramon Hernandez | FA | 2-year, $6.4m | $3,200,000 |
| 3B | Casey Blake | FA | 1-year, $2m | $2,000,000 |
| 1B | Jason Giambi | Opt | $1m mutual option exercised | $1,000,000 |
| RP | Rafael Betancourt | Ext | 1-year, $4.5m + option | $4,000,000 |
| RP | Matt Belisle | Ext | 1-year, $4.35m + option | $3,775,000 |
| SP | Jeremy Guthrie | Arb | 1-year, $8.2m | $8,200,000 |
| OF | Dexter Fowler | Arb | 1-year, $2.35m | $2,350,000 |
Colorado also signed pitcher Jamie Moyer and infielder Brandon Wood, among others, to minor-league contracts.
| Rockies Players Lost | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos | Player | New Team |
| RP | J.C. Romero | Cardinals |
| 2B | Mark Ellis | Dodgers |
| SP | Aaron Cook | Red Sox* |
| OF | Ryan Spilborghs | Indians* |
| OF | Cole Garner | Yankees* |
| SP | Kevin Millwood | Mariners* |
| 3B | Kevin Kouzmanoff | Royals* |
| *Minor league deal | ||
Here's my guess as to the Rockies' 25-man roster, with a few assumptions mixed in:
| 2012 Rockies Under Contract | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Player | 2012 Age* | 2012 Salary |
| C | Ramon Hernandez | 36 | $3,200,000 |
| 1B | Todd Helton | 38 | $4,900,000 |
| 2B | Marco Scutaro | 36 | $6,000,000 |
| 3B | Casey Blake |
38 | $2,000,000 |
| SS | Troy Tulowitzki | 27 | $8,250,000 |
| LF | Carlos Gonzalez | 26 | $5,000,000 |
| CF | Dexter Fowler | 26 | $2,350,000 |
| RF |
Michael Cuddyer |
33 | $10,500,000 |
| 1B | Jason Giambi | 41 | $1,000,000 |
| IF |
Jonathan Herrera |
27 | team control |
| OF | Tyler Colvin | 26 | team control |
| OF | Charlie Blackmon | 25 | team control |
| C/IF | Jordan Pacheco | 26 | team control |
| SP | Jeremy Guthrie | 33 | $8,200,000 |
| SP | Jhoulys Chacin | 24 | team control |
| SP |
Juan Nicasio |
25 | team control |
| SP | Tyler Chatwood | 22 | team control |
| SP | Drew Pomerantz |
23 | team control |
| CL | Rafael Betancourt | 37 | $4,000,000 |
| RHP | Matt Belisle | 32 | $3,775,000 |
| LHP | Rex Brothers | 24 | team control |
| LHP | Matt Reynolds | 27 | team control |
| LHP | Josh Outman |
27 | team control |
| RHP | Esmil Rogers | 26 | team control |
| RHP | Zach Putnam | 24 | team control |
| DL | Jorge De La Rosa | 31 | $10,000,000 |
| Totals (13 players) |
$69,175,000 | ||
| *Age as of June 30, 2012 |
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It's hard to pin down the Colorado bench, rotation, and bullpen, as there are several candidates for spots. Chris Nelson, Eric Young, Jr., and D.J. LeMahieu are all vying for bench spots, and Guillermo Moscoso, Alex White, Josh Outman, and Christian Friedrich all have shots at rotation, if not bullpen spots.
In addition, the Rockies are paying $2 million to Philadelphia to cover half of Ty Wigginton's salary, $1.25 million to Cleveland as part of the (second) Kevin Slowey trade, and $500,000 to San Diego to cover part of Huston Street's salary.
Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com and Cot's Baseball Contracts. Jason Giambi photo courtesy of Getty Images.
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so is this the year
The Rockies DON’T get the NL West called in their favor early?
Tommy Blackjack - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
Agree. I thought they’d be great last year and was wrong. Now they’re a bit off my radar (I’d probably pick them 3rd). Uh-oh.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Sneaky fuckin Rockies
Tommy Blackjack - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
Ever since 2007,
the Rockies are thought to have fairy dust sprinkled over their heads.
Taylor Maricle - February 8, 2012
I wrote a post last year pleading with people to quit it
from 2007-11, Colorado is barely a good 2nd half or Sept team
Andrew T. Fisher - February 8, 2012 via Android app
It was especially annoying going into 2010
With the Dodgers fresh off the best record in the league, and Manny & crew coming back, that everyone still thought the Rockies would win.
I get that we fell apart, but that wasn’t something that was clear-cut, it required Manny getting injured, Kemp and Loney playing terribly, Broxton imploding, etc, etc.
Taylor Maricle - February 8, 2012
Rockies will be real good if their young pitchers live up to potential
Pomeranz is going to be a beast.
BFDC - February 8, 2012
That has to be
the ugliest rotation in the NL West, no? Interesting that they are going with so many fly ball low BABIP pitchers in Coors. Will that work?
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
Im wondering if they are just hoping this group can keep them competitive until the young guns come up later in the season
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
Spoiler: no.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
ditto
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
I hope the beard does well in Denver.
Skunkburner - February 8, 2012 via mobile
I wish him well too.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
I wish him well in health and much happiness
and not a good year with the bat. What? He’s gone to a division rival, my good feelings extend only so far. ;)
underdog - February 8, 2012
May his rib crack on his first swing
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Aw. I was just hoping for beard rot. That can be very painful.
underdog - February 8, 2012
beard crabs
kinbote - February 8, 2012
I thought Brian WIlson already had those things?
Roxman4ever - February 8, 2012
and why would you wish injury upon one of our players?
That’s like me wishing injury upon Kemp or Kershaw. I don’t like doing those things. Its a freaking game.
Roxman4ever - February 8, 2012
If your name was Roman4ever, you’d wish the loser fed to the lions
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
Wishing injury on 50 year old Casey Blake is not the same as wishing injury on Matt Kemp.
Michael White - February 8, 2012
Its still wishing injury on a player.
No matter who it is.
Roxman4ever - February 8, 2012
It’s not like you wishing injury on Kemp or Kershaw, as your comment suggests.
Plus, he’s obviously joking.
Michael White - February 8, 2012
Was I?
Which would be better?
1. Casey Blake goes to Colorado and kicks ass
2. Casey Blake plays old and is waived
3. Casey Blake is injured, does not help the Rockies, but also does not suck
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Hmm… good point.
1) would be terrible.
2) Sucks for Casey
3) Cracked rib is not that big of a deal, so I could see why you’d go here.
I’d prefer he sucked and is waived well after he should have been (like Garrett Anderson.) Maximum damage inflicted upon the Rockies.
Michael White - February 8, 2012
was GA really that bad?
delias man - February 8, 2012
OPS+ of 29 suggests, yes
Michael White - February 8, 2012
4 times better than Daryl Ward.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
fuck
delias man - February 8, 2012
“2 and 2 to Garret Anderson.. Heres the pitch… Hard hit ground ball to first… A perfectly good at bat wasted!
Since84 - February 9, 2012 via mobile
My goal is simple
Blake goes 0 for 600
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Earns all his incentive bonuses!
David Young - February 8, 2012
not sure about the meercat but the general sense i get here is that we wish The Beard well
I just hope he doesn’t have a monster year after being mostly injured and useless the last year+.
underdog - February 8, 2012
The obvious parallel would be wishing on a Dodger who was a Rockie last year. We have some ex-Rockies, but none who just were, do we? Who was the last player to play for Colorado one year and LA the next? Eric Young, Sr.?
David Young - February 8, 2012
Mark Ellis
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
I’d hope for Mark Ellis to crack a rib but he probably already has
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
yes, him, tho he was barely a Rockie
add uribe and colletti seems to love our discarded middle infielders. You guys will LOVE Jonny Herrera
Andrew T. Fisher - February 8, 2012 via Android app
Haha
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Aaron Miles, Jamey Carroll were not too long ago
jamey wright is enough of A Rockie to count too
Andrew T. Fisher - February 8, 2012 via Android app
May they all crack ribs
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
So the entire NL West is wishing ill will upon Matt Herges?
David Young - February 8, 2012
he was the only player in the Rockies org to appear in the Mitchell Report when it was released
Andrew T. Fisher - February 8, 2012 via Android app
I’m not surprised a Rockie fan would compare Casey Blake to Matt Kemp. We have fun here, don’t come here and expect us to be serious. Go back to your world where everything is white.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
with snow, he meant white with snow
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
my old friends live in a suburb,
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.322524177790712.71615.100000993962847&type=1
some awesome photo’s of the snow that recently hit.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
But we are way more serious than Gaslamp Ball.
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
only when we vote on things that involve Dodgers
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Like LOTR and Fave 5
Michael White - February 8, 2012
Sorry Xei
Finally saw Synecdoche, New York last night (it’s been #1 on my wish list but hadn’t come to TV yet). Really good. Trippy in the best sense of the word. PSH at top of game.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
i just watched
I’m Still Here. very mixed thoughts. love the ending rap thou
mintxcore - February 8, 2012
Keith Law ranked the Dodgers’ farm system No. 12 in MLB.
http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove11/story/_/id/7547640/san-diego-padres-best-farm-system-baseball-mlb
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
damn insider
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
I hardly knew her.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Jamaica?
Alaska
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
Can you drug test writers?
kinbote - February 8, 2012
It wouldn’t be a bad idea.
DodgerofTrolleys - February 8, 2012
Happens all the time
pre-employment
mleadman - February 8, 2012
Do the Padres have a really deep system or do they have several high ceiling prospects?
OB12 - February 8, 2012
Yes
Nolij - February 8, 2012
Getting Alonso and Grandal was a major coup.
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
Who does Law like way more than anyone else?
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
Doesn’t get into specifics, but pitching, pitching, pitching
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Gotcha. Knowing Law that probably means Eo, Gould and Tolleson.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
Don’t think Law is an Eo fan.
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
I kind of remember Law being the first to really get on the Rubby bandwagon when he saw him pitch.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
He must really think the pitching will be great
Ivdown - February 8, 2012
Jamie Moyer began his Major League playing career before several current MANAGERS did. Off the top of my head, Robin Ventura, Mike Matheny, Eric Wedge, Joe Girardi…
Nolij - February 8, 2012
he should learn a knuckleball
So he can pitch for ETERNITY!!
Tommy Blackjack - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
Started his ML career a year after Don Wakamatsu was DRAFTED
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
Thought about Wak, but he’s not a MLB manager anymore.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
yeah, but still a crazy fact
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
Started his career before Ventura and Matheny were drafted.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
Hell, I bet he started his career before Matheny graduated high school.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
“I did not know that”
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
The Beatles hadn’t even released an album when he was born.
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
He owes Jesus a quarter
Threw his first pitch when the dead sea was only sick
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
He was drafted two rounds ahead of renowned ratbastard Jody Reed.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
started his carreer two years before DeLino DeSheilds was drafted
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
BAN
The Dude Abides - February 8, 2012
Eric, minor nitpick but the Rockies are way more likely to use Guilermo Moscoso, an effective pitcher in the bigs last year in their rotation than Drew Pomeranz who has thrown 28 innings above high A.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
Pomeranz was effing dominant in AA last year. He’s ready despite the low innings.
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
Yeah, I was going back and forth on their pitching staff and bench. In terms of 2012 payroll it doesn’t matter but that’s why I included the blurb at the bottom mentioning everyone in the running.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
it is really difficult to gauge who will be in the rotation
Guthrie and Chacin obviously, no reason not to suspect Nicasio. After that, Pomeranz has actually gotten the most noise towards that spot this offseason, so I disagree with you. He’s an elite prospect that carved the hell out of the minors and has big league stuff. the only reason they’d keep him in the minors is to keep his workload down some. I’d probably say Outman is more likely for the 5th spot than Moscoso, personally. It’s all guesswork though. Scottsdale will be a death match.
Andrew T. Fisher - February 8, 2012 via Android app
Alex White, Chatwood?
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
those two as well
between the five of Pomeranz, Outman, White, Moscoso, Rogers and Chatwood, there should be two with rotation spots, one in the pen (maybe 2) and the others in the minors to start. I actually think pomeranz has the best shot of those five to be in the rotation, chatwood the least. I think I listed those in order of my likelihood, but its very up in the air. also, Rogers is out of options, so he’s on or out. I think the rest have options
Andrew T. Fisher - February 8, 2012 via Android app
I guess I don’t see the point in rushing Pomerantz right now when you have Moscoso and Outman. Unless the Rockies believe he can immediately be a front of the rotation starter it wouldn’t hurt to have him get more than 30 innings of decent competition in. He’ll still be there in May.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
Need to consider service time here also. Even if Pomeranz is a beast is a few starts in April worth an entire year of control?
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
fair point
I’d prefer they go that route, see what they have in the A’s before de la Rosa returns as well. But I don’t think Pomeranz would be rushed to start in the rotation. I think he is clearly a top 5 starter in the organization today.
Andrew T. Fisher - February 8, 2012 via Android app
I don’t see any way the Rockies start Pomeranz in the rotation to start the season.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
keep in mind I'm not talking blind here
he hasn’t been given a job, but from conference calls, to articles to beat reporters opinions, he is a favorite. granted, they like to drum up support for top prospects this way. On numerous occasions, they’ve claimed Arenado will get a shot to compete for the Opening Day 3B gig. Even if he has a 1.400 ST he won’t get it. But I buy into the noise around Pomeranz more.
Andrew T. Fisher - February 8, 2012 via Android app
Okay, I’d love to see it happen since he will get killed and you will have wasted a year of control.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
He’s already 23…how much more minor league time does he need?
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
Maybe none, but how many pitchers have jumped to Coors after 24 IP in AA? There is no bigger leap.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Nicasio had 66 innings in AA and he did fine
TomCat009 - February 8, 2012
That would seem to be the difference between 10 starts which is about the time frame Reg and I have been saying. If you guys don’t want to percolate, fine with me, I’m sure learning how to pitch in Coors is a great place to figure things out. Even Kershaw put in 60 IP in AA.
I assumed the Rockies picked up a bunch flim flam starters so he would not have to start in the rotation, but it is your team so I’m sure you no better.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Sorry it was 56 innings and while I do think Pom would be fine
in the Rotation, I don’t see a reason to burn 2018 for 5-10 starts in 2012. I also see Chatwood being better than he showed toward the end of last year.
TomCat009 - February 8, 2012
I don’t have much hope for Chatwood, he was rushed but his peripherals were as bad as any in baseball. Hopefully for him his GB rate will save him.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
His peripherals at 21 were no worse than Smoltz, Glavine
or Maddux or Schilling or most every pitcher not named Pedro, Felix, Gooden saying a 20-21 yo’s performance is enough to get an accurate bead on their ceiling is pretty silly
TomCat009 - February 8, 2012
Okay, I’m sure the Angels traded him for an expensive catcher you did not want because they think he’s going to be something. I watched him pitch, it was unimpressive. Yes, he’s young but stuff is stuff and he didn’t have much stuff. He was literally one of the luckiest pitchers in baseball and it was nice the Angels recognized that and sent him on his way to you.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
But ignore me, I really do want all your prospects and trades to fail miserably so I’m quite colored in my opinion. I don’t display objectivity until the season starts.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Your opinion is shared by a healthy portion if not majority
of Purple Row, and while Iannetta may not have been league minimum the fact that the guy who they got to replace him was about as expensive despite being 8 years older.
Also they didn’t need to move Iannetta, and the Angels weren’t the only ones in need of a catcher so Chatwood was obviously someone the Rockies pursued as someone they valued.
Chatwood may bomb(the same can be said of almost any 22yo) but 2011’s performance is hardly a fair gauge.
TomCat009 - February 8, 2012
All true, way to early to make any judgments but we do anyway
Many of us here were perplexed by how much it seemed Rockie Management did not like Iannetta. Still Hernandez should be a solid one year stop gap until the kid is ready. Again I’m hoping he’s Ben Petrick and not as good as he appears to be.
Interesting, just for fun I checked Rockie catchers since 1995. You know you don’t have one catcher with a career OPS+ higher then 99 since then.
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meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
He never struck out anyone in the minors either after LoA ball
And although his walks aren’t super high (technical term, it’s why I’ll be on tv talking about this some day), they aren’t low enough to get over striking out ~5 per 9 innings.
He’s really gotta milk the fact he hasn’t allowed a ton of HR before 2011, and in coors it won’t happen.
Ivdown - February 8, 2012
the Rockies have never really had a pitcher who so completely dominated through the minors
I attended his MLB debut, at Coors last year. Due to down time and an appendectomy, he didn’t have the greatest stuff, but he was in complete control and was never in danger of allowing a run. I think your assumption that he would get lit up is misguided, even if your conclusion that a handful of AA starts would be best isn’t really wrong at all.
Andrew T. Fisher - February 8, 2012 via Android app
Seems fair, he is your prospect, of course you want him to succeed, he’s on my competitors team so of course I want him to fail. I’m hoping he’s the next Andrew Miller or Kazmir.
Curious have you done the history on highly ranked left handed pitchers getting traded before they hit the majors and how they have done for their new teams compared to the expectations in the last decade or so?
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
I haven't, but how important is his handedness to such a prediction?
Andrew T. Fisher - February 8, 2012 via Android app
Left handed prospects break hearts more then bats? Then again I’m still jaded by Greg Miller so pay me no mind.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
I figure that Kershaw would have washed past sins away
TomCat009 - February 8, 2012
You figured wrong but he did alter the equation. Still have trust and commitment issues.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Maybe Ned (Flanders, not Colletti)'s Leftorium has an in-store therapist
you can use.
http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Leftorium
underdog - February 8, 2012
This is the most Phil question ever.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Because the last decade does not include guys like Randy Johnson?
TomCat009 - February 8, 2012
Plus, he had his appendix taken out before he made his debut in Denver.
Roxman4ever - February 8, 2012
Who has the better season
Beard or Uribe?
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
This can only be measured by the Bounceback calculation.
Blake – (1.5 * Beard)/Injured
Uribe – (1.5 * Defense)/Emo
I think it is clear that Blake will have the better season.
OB12 - February 8, 2012
Giambi caption
I had to go back and check that Ethier’s home run total was correct. 11 homers last year, eh? That ain’t gettin’ it done, son.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Pau Gasol for Rajon Rondo?
EGAD!
Julio Nievas - February 8, 2012
Ain’t gonna happen (wish it would)
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
wish it would why? Im not sure what I think. I like Rondo, I like the intense player he is, his quickness, his defense. But he cant shoot for shit, and thats a problem when trying to open up the inside. But I agree, hard to imagine it actually happening.
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
Rondo is a piss-poor shooter, but just about everything else in his game is top notch. Great facilitator, good passer, great defense.
The Lakers wouldn’t have to shudder every time they faced a pick and roll.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
So you would do it? Rumor is we’d also get Bass, so that would make it even better. I heard there was an article on ESPN breaking down Rondo’s assists, and say his assist rate drops way down when Allen or Pierce isnt on the court. My thinking is wouldnt that be the same for any team, assists go down when star players arent on the court?
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
Bass AND Rondo for Gasol alone?
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
ha ha, what are the odds that when the best shooters are not on the court, assists suffer.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Who do the Celtics turn to for PG?
I’d like this for the Lakers if they had signed Kenyon Martin for PF, then traded Gasol for Rondo. Trading Gasol for Rondo would leave such a void at PF now sure about the net gain.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
The PF void would hurt. I’d see if I could get a guy like Larry Sanders on the cheap. Now that we know Bynum can score, the Lakers would just need to add depth and athleticism to the front court.
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
And again, trading Odom for nothing ends up costing the Lakers….
Michael White - February 8, 2012
I’m not mad about the Odom trade. The draft pick will prove very useful as will the dough
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
What dough? Lakers were over cap before and after trade. It’s not like dumping him gave them any more ability to sign an impact player.
Michael White - February 8, 2012
8.9 million trade exception.
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
Cool. Let’s see how valuable that is by the time it expires…
Michael White - February 8, 2012
The Lakers used the shit out of their Vujacic trade exception. Oh wait…
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
have to admit I know little about the value of these “trade exceptions”.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
The Cavs used their Lebron James trade exception on Baron Davis…
and a draft pick which happened to pay off.
Michael White - February 8, 2012
I was told Kylie was not going to be a big deal. I was lied to. Not looking forward to seeing him tonight.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Oh, we definitely got this one tonight.
Michael White - February 8, 2012
Oh, I know we should romp, just saying I don’t want to be reminded of the doofus deal.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
It allows a team over the cap to take on more salary in a trade.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
yeah that wasnt as big though
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
Ill be pissed if they let a 8.9 mil exception just expire, thats gotta get you someone, not a star, but someone. Rumor is Lakers could have Session right now for a 1st round pick. They’d need that TPE to add him, he makes a little over 4 mil.
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
So if the trade ends up being Odom for Sessions, you going to declare victory?
Michael White - February 8, 2012
No, just saying. They do need a PG really bad though, IMO he is better then what we have.
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
Sessions is a nice player. The Lakers need depth bad though, so I would be surprised if they move either pick. Id bet that Gasol is more likely to be moved.
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
yeah its looking like a good chance Gasol is moved. Yeah Lakers do need depth, I was thinking trade Gasol for Scola and Martin, then trade for Sessions, boom, suddenly depth. Then if you can trade Bynum for Howard, cool… just a random thought haha
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
Jim Buss loves Bynum and Howard will be teaming with Deron in either New Jersey or Dallas (unless Dan Gilbert goes Catatonic and Stern blocks it) . Pau for Scola and Dragic is preferable to me.
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
Id do Gasol for Scola and Dragic.
I think Deron and Howard will team up either in Dallas or in New Jersey, unless Dan Gilbert goes catatonic at the thought and Stern blocks it
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
well, Rockets were giving up Scola, Martin, Dragic and a 1st round pick for Gasol, so maybe we can still get all that lol…. but Rockets were also planning to sign Nene, so they may not be into that anymore.
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
right. their plan was to team him up with Nene or Marc Gasol, so I doubt they’d offer as much at this point
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
It was $5.5 million. Nothing to sneeze at.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Who knows what the real story is. Whether Odom really wanted to be traded. Or if Lakers dumped Odom because the TPE and pick were suppose to get them Paul.
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
Yes, still don’t understand why they simply didn’t institute a five day cooling down period. Odom had to have said some shit that destroyed the bridge.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
He just must have made it absolutely clear he no longer wanted to be a Laker
Tommy Blackjack - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
I can’t believe you tried to trade me, now I demand you trade me!
Michael White - February 8, 2012
ha ha
Mitch must not have used time outs for his children
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
As I said above Phil, Lakers would probably get Bass too… Rondo makes 10, Gasol 18, so we’d have to get something else too I believe.
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
Yes hes a shit shooter, but not many players at his positions who can defend, rebound, and pass as well as him. He would be a good fit with Bynum and Kobe. I like Pau, but he’s also starting his decline…Again, wont happen, but i’d do it.
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
Rondo would be an upgrade times a million over Fisher
I’d welcome that trade with open arms.
Ivdown - February 8, 2012
I would faithfully accept the deal.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Pau and the Lakers would be going their
Separate Ways
Ivdown - February 8, 2012
Despite entreaties not to, I stopped believing in these rumors a long time ago.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
Any Way You Want It
man
Ivdown - February 8, 2012
sounds like
A pornographic superhero
Tommy Blackjack - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
woman would be better
kinbote - February 8, 2012
that the way I need it.
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
shut it down
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
38 year old Nash would be an upgrade
I love Fishyrim and appreciate everything he’s done for the franchise, but he’s not a starter anymore
Tommy Blackjack - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
I’d like to see
Nash to Lakers
Grant to Clippers
Sun setting
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
People really need to preface comments like this with “the rumor of…”
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
I had no idea that Casey Blake signed with the Rockies.
I wonder what effect altitude has on beard growth.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
Condit reportedly agrees to rematch with Diaz….
Michael White - February 8, 2012
Truly Nick Diaz will learn from his mistakes and won’t just flip off Condit and yell 209.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
That’d better be on a free card.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
Watching the fight, I didn’t think it was close at all. I though Condit clearly won and was surprised when I saw people calling it a “controversial” decision.
Michael White - February 8, 2012
yup
Condit was in control for practically the whole fight
Tommy Blackjack - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
The non-terrible argument is Diaz won 1, 2 and 5 but that still involves scoring Nick moving forward ineffectively as more valuable than Condit landing leg kicks.
On a whole though, Condit clearly won the fight, he threw more strikes, landed more, and was able to execute a game plan. I really don’t want to see it again.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
I had Condit winning 2,3,4 and round 5 being close.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
I had Condit winning 1-4 (haven’t re-watched it though) and losing 5 based on the takedown and sub attempt.
Funny thing, I didn’t think the fight was all that close, but FightMetric had it very close. OTOH, I had Bisping vs. Sonnen as very close (with Sonnen narrowly winning) but FightMetric had a pretty decisive win for Sonnen.
Michael White - February 8, 2012
I had Diaz winning 2 and the rest for Condit. I think you can argue for anything but 50-45 either guy.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
I think the rematch, which the UFC never does, just shows how much the UFC wants Diaz vs. St. Pierre.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
Yep that’s a hell of a lot more buys even though Diaz/Condit revealed yet another way GSP could totally dominate Diaz for five rounds.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
Is it really? GSP is the draw. Is Nick Diaz even that popular or well-known? It’s not like he can trash talk his way to more PPV buys like Chael, Nick can barely speak.
Michael White - February 8, 2012
They’ll play it as the refined champion vs. the loose cannon challenger.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
I don’t think Condit stands any chance of beating GSP anyway, so it’s not like UFC would have to wait long for GSP/Diaz. GSP beats Condit in November, Diaz beats Kos or Hendricks or whoever to re-establish himself as #1 contender, and then you have GSP vs. Diaz.
Michael White - February 8, 2012
Champion vs. Champion too.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
The problem is that Diaz would probably lose terribly to any wrestler and Condit is the only relevant non-wrestler at welterweight.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
Yup. Even Ellenberger wrestled D II in college.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
GSP actually seems to dislike Diaz which is a way better build up than the usual “BJ Penn/Thiago Alves/Dan Hardy/Josh Koscheck/Jake Shields is my toughest opponent yet and I respect him very much”
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
Saw that. Will be an interesting fight.
Diaz isn’t the smartest fighter, so I could see him just doing the same thing again and losing.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
Oh, and the fight now is supposedly in jeopardy.
Nothing can ever go smoothly with a Diaz involved.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
Hmmm…an “issue” in the Diaz camp? I wonder what that could be (failed another drug test)
Michael White - February 8, 2012
Either he failed another drug test or they can’t convince him to unretire.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
Cerrone vs. Yves Edwards for a UFC on FX card. Will be a scrap, but should be winnable for Cerrone.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
I like Cerrone even if he was the exact opposite of Condit. He completely fell for the (Nate) Diaz trash talk, stood in front of him and got his ass whooped.
Michael White - February 8, 2012
Elvis Andrus re-ups
3y/$14-15m. Buys out three arb years.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Rosenthal-Morosi-Texas-Rangers-secure-shortstop-Elvis-Andrus-American-League-West-020712
Rangers are the best organization in baseball right now.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
2nd behind Rays IMO
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
I forgot Davey Lopes was on the 1986 Cubs. I was going to make a remark about Moyer playing with Ron Cey in his major league debut, but was surprised when I saw Lopes as the starting 3B in that game.
Moyer’s first five starts involved all four of The Infield™:
Game 1: Lopes at 3B for Cubs
Game 2: Cey at 3B for Cubs
Game 3: vs. Montreal :(
Game 4: vs Dodgers, Bill Russell started…in right field.
Game 5: vs. Padres, Steve Garvey started at 1B
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Rec’d for awesomeness. In 1986 Yeager was finishing up his career with Seattle.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
To cool for school
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
New Fan Post regarding Dodger Blogger Softball Tournament
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
this saturday!
Im going to freaking hate waking up for this bitch on Saturday
Ivdown - February 8, 2012
i wake up
6am every day for my zero period class. so more of the same for this saturday hahah
mintxcore - February 8, 2012
Houston was awarded the 2013 NBA All-Star Game. A mere seven years after last hosting it (same as Staples, which hosted in 2004 and 2011).
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Is their a logical reason why so many other sites are being ignored?
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Basketball reasons
Tommy Blackjack - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
General Soreness reporting for duty.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
awesoke
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Philosophical differences.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
Maybe with the 20+ NBA teams having lost money (per the league’s claims during the lockout) they didn’t want to put a game at a stadium with a bunch of non-sellouts. But I’m just guessing there.
Portland has never hosted an All-Star Game. That seems like a bunch of bullshit.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Right, no way Portland does not sell that sucker out. It is pricey.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
I wonder if the NBA All-Star game is a bit like the NFL in choosing the site. It’s really their only change to do a showcase game, what with a 7 game final and all. Perhaps that explains why warmer cities seem to land the game more often?
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Portland All Star Game weekend
Sponsored by Pabst and the Wanderlust Circus
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
This year is the first All-Star game in Orlando since the greatest ASG of all-time, the Magic Johnson comeback game in 1992.
I did not realize this until now. I’m going to write the shit out of that for SBN LA.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Tears were pouring down my cheeks with each three point shot he made. I so hated Karl Malone at that moment.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Me too (on both)
I still have a VHS copy of that game.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Games the NBA has ended early
Wilt’s 100-point game
1992 All-Star Game
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
I still hate Karl Malone
delias man - February 8, 2012
If his knees didn’t give out in 2004 I might feel differently, but yeah.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Malone and dicklick Payton becoming Lakers pretty much started my Laker decline phase. It was the first time I went from rooting for them to win to rooting for them to lose. You want a Title fucking earn it yourself.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
honest question
18 year vets and 13 year vets sign on to championship contenders all the time. It’s it specifically because they were such decorated vets that made them joining the Lakers so despicable? Would you have been that upset about Detlef Schrempf joining the Lakers?
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
It is impossible to be upset at anyone named Detlef or Schrempf.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
If Detlef Schrempf took as much of a paycut as Malone did he’d owe the Lakers several million dollars.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
It is specific to Gary Payton and Karl Malone, nothing else.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
so it’s specifically a leader of conference rivals joining team they unsuccessfully tried to defeat thing. Hard to think of a modern parallel.
Only thing I could think of to compare would have been Barry Bonds, St. Louis Cardinal
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
No, it is because I disliked Gary Payton and Karl Malone to a very high degree.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
are there any current NBA players you dislike to that degree?
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
No
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
I was younger then, my hate level has dissipated 62.3%. I don’t hate anyone anymore.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
That was a weird season
with Kobe in Colorado trial travels, the Shaq/Kobe/Phil thing at high angst, and then adding Malone and Payton.
Didn’t watch a lot of the playoffs that year as I was really busy at work. Can’t say I was that vested in them winning or losing. I mean, yeah, it would have been good that they won but it was just a strange time.
Ironically, that year I started getting back to following the Dodgers on a much closer basis.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
Dodger Thoughts brought many of us closer
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Roger Clemens, New York Yankee
Nolij - February 8, 2012
Did you like Bob McAdoo with the Lakers?
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
I saw Koko Archibong play in high school
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
I always loved Bob McAdoo, so Yes I loved him with the Lakers.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
My favorite 5 of the Showtime years was probably
Magic, Nixon, Cooper, Wilkes and McAdoo. That fivesome was fun to watch back in 1982.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
Lots of fun chants in that group.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Dexter
is really pretty terrible.
Oh wait, THAT showtime.
mintxcore - February 8, 2012
When that trade was made, I said to someone, “why are we getting that selfish loser? Terrible move.” Turns out Bill Sharman (was he the GM then?) knows shitloads more about basketball than 21-year old Dave.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Haha
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Bill Sharman, one of the forgotten greats in NBA history.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Didn’t get many hugs
Tommy Blackjack - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
rec'd
That was a tough fit, but you squeezed that one in there.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Yes and the dude who fell off his bike and hit his head
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Poor Jack McKinney.
A mere 14 games in the big boy chair in LA.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Celtic dickwad
but Great LAKER
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Not as forgotten as Alex Hannum?
I learn something every day:
David Young - February 8, 2012
Wow. Nice pull
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012 via mobile
Bob Timmermann is the mann.
David Young - February 8, 2012
in another life, me and Bob woulda been high school sweethearts
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Not many lives since it would have had to be post 1963
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
McAdoo and Maravich two of the more entertaining players of my era. Or any era.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
I would have killed to see young Maravich play live.
Or to be at the exhibition game (was it more than one?) when Maravich and Dr. J were teammates before the ABA threatened to sue and Erving’s NBA deal was terminated
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
It was two games!
in 1972…
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
I just love this
From Wiki:
Dude average over 40 points a game anyway every year in college.
I remember him more from his college days then Pro days, probably because I was back East then.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
His death is still amazing:
was always shocked he could play basketball at such a high level given that info.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
It was stunning.
David Young - February 8, 2012
I think he had more success and fame in college than in the pros.
David Young - February 8, 2012
HOF NBA player but to much time with bad teams when he was dealt to the expansion Jazz.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Pistol Pete and his floppy socks. Dude was solid, in the Linc sense.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Back when NBA players wore crew socks over stirrups
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Another uniform note
those shoes aren’t Adidas, those are Pro Keds. Adidas sues later, and Pro Keds have had two stripes ever since
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
you be amazing
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
And the college photo
Chuck Taylors!
Good god those Hawks unis are hideous.
David Young - February 8, 2012
The white Chucks on the opponent are my current pair, though I have also rocked the black chucks
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Strangely enough, I have never worn Chucks.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Josie has ridden a Chuck or two in her time AMIRITE?
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
jesus
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
Welcome back my Friend to the show that never ends
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
I got black chucks on right now
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
all black or white sole?
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
white sole baby
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
What’d you wear as a…god damn it meercat….what did you wear as a Kid, Dave? Pro Keds? Adidas Superstar? Nike wasn’t really a thing yet.
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Phil seems like
Thom McCanns
or Buster Browns
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
He had to whittle his own clogs.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
The Youngs were originally Dutch, ’tis true.
David Young - February 8, 2012
We spent zero money on shoes. I probably wore my brothers hand me down shoes. I may have dreamed of getting those flying shoes in the commercials but it was just a dream.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
PF Flyers were really a thing? I thought The Sandlot just made them up : )
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
I am amused how people on this blog are so cavalier about their naivete.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
What does cavalier mean?
fbihop - February 8, 2012
ask LeBron
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
you are shockingly cavalier about not knowing what cavalier means.
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
obscure
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
that’s a cruisader my love. A cavalier was a supporter of Charles 1 in the English civil war.
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
google images lies
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
people are stupid
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
I so love it when you are wrong
Dictionary definitions in order
1. a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
2. one having the spirit or bearing of a knight; a courtly gentleman; gallant.
3. a man escorting a woman or acting as her partner in dancing.
4. ( initial capital letter ) an adherent of Charles I of England in his contest with Parliament.
it appears that my photo is definitions 1 and 2, while yours is 4
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
What dictionary are you using?
1 ( Cavalier) historical a supporter of King Charles I in the English Civil War.
• archaic or poetic/literary a courtly gentleman, esp. one acting as a lady’s escort.
• archaic a horseman, esp. a cavalryman.
2 (also Cavalier King Charles) a small spaniel of a breed with a moderately long, noncurly, silky coat.
adjective
showing a lack of proper concern; offhand : Anne was irritated by his cavalier attitude.
DERIVATIVES
cavalierly adverb
ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French, from Italian cavaliere, based on Latin caballus ‘horse’ : Compare with caballero and chevalier .
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
What dictionary are you using?
That mixes noun and adjective definitions under a 2 entry?
David Young - February 8, 2012
You forgot the penis one
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Per Clipper Nation:)
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
At my high school we had
two boys service clubs. The Knights and the Cavaliers. Now I finally know what distinguished one from the other.
David Young - February 8, 2012
no comments on
“boys service clubs”?
mintxcore - February 8, 2012
unless you’re referring to the horse
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
It means “no championships.”
In this case, though, it means being proud in a particularly showy way.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
(I think it was a joke)
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Oh, right.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
Nolij’d
fbihop - February 8, 2012
My first sports shoes were Adidas Gym, which was their bottom end shoe, which was around 7th grade. Nikes started showing up in my high school years. I also had Puma Clydes the first time they came around.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Puma, always forget about the Pumas.
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Rabbits never do
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
I remember have the gold suede adidas that were the forerunner to the adidas campus that you can get now.
I had some outrageously colored sports shoes in my HS and college years.
David Young - February 8, 2012
I have a pair of Jack Purcels....
Cooler looking thab Chuck Taylors.
iiidown - February 8, 2012
We didn't spend much on shoes either
but I recall having a pair of Vans in elementary school, Reebok in middle school, & Pro Kennex in high school. It wasn’t until college that i had the nerve to wear my favorites: Fila.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Pro-Wings!
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
Vans
were what my cheap mother would buy for us. I hate them to this day
mleadman - February 8, 2012
who knew Marty had mommy issues.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
“Marty needs a new pair of shoes!”
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
I really had to smooth talk my way into the adidas. Because my father, the CPA – whoda thunk it – was such a skinflint.
I too had Vans back when they were cheap.
David Young - February 8, 2012
I remember going to NYC for the first time in the early 90s and seeing all the brothers on the streets wearing brand new Timberlands.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
I once had a pair of these
Adidas Sao Paulo:
David Young - February 8, 2012
those are hot!
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Can't find a picture
nor remember the model name, but I also had adidas similar to those, but with green uppers and fluorescent green/yellow (like a tennis ball) stripes.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Also a pair very similar to these
Onitsuka Tigers:
David Young - February 8, 2012
His radio show with Vic the Brick
made the Magic Hour look like Rod Serling
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
That was when I started calling him Ho Malone.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
question
Is the Malone/Stockton era Utah Jazz the best NBA team never to win a championship? I guess you could put the Kemp/Payton Sonics in there too (Jordan was good).
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Those Jazz teams would be tough to top in this category IMO.
I thought the late 1980s Hawks teams were awesome but not for long enough to matter for something like this. The early-mid 1980s Bucks might fall into this brief window category too.
The “7 seconds or less” Suns teams were damn good if unconventional.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Clyde Drexler’s Blazers might fit here too
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Good call. I knew I was forgetting someone.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Right, two finals, and the Lakers knocked them out of the Western Finals or it would have been three years in a row 90 – 92
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
I had a little league game during game 6 of the WCF; waiting for the results of that game was painful, but when I finally saw the highlight of Magic chucking the ball down court to run out the clock that was so great.
Then the Lakers seized home court advantage against the Bulls by Perkins-ing them in Chicago in Game 1, and the rest was history!
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
3 pointer for the temporary win
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Probably, but they only got to the finals twice. The Nets were back to back failures in early 2000’s. The early 90 Portland team might have a say .
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Reggie Miller’s Pacers? Patrick Ewings Knicks?
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
these all go in the Michael Jordan was good at basketball category
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Serious question: is there a team that got to more than two NBA Finals without winning one eventually?
The 1960s Lakers probably qualify, but some would wipe it away since they won in 1971-1972.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Could not see one from this list.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
I was going to say Hawks but somehow they beat the Celtics in 58
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
The Dr. J Sixers would have been the clear winner here had they not fo-fo-fo’d the Lakers in 1983.
Sure if Worthy didn’t break his leg the Lakers would have fared better, but probably not four games better. :)
Those 76ers…
lost the Finals to Walton’s Blazers
lost the ECF against the Bullets
lost the Finals against the Lakers
blew a 3-1 lead in ECF against Boston
lost the Finals against the Lakers
in a 6-year span despite probably being the most talented team in the league during that span.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Always astonished at how dominating Moses was in the fo-fo-fo and how quickly he was done. Based on that I always wondered how other high school to pro’s would do after they hit 30 but Kobe and Garnett are still ticking. Kobe might be the most amazing athlete of the 21st century so far.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
I first saw the elder Bullets/Spurs Moses, who at times was awesome but more of a serviceable aging star at that point. Also the poster boy for missing layups to pad your rebounding stats. :)
But the highlights of back-to-back MVP Moses were breathtaking.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
But the 72 team
was not even the same as the team that lost in 1970 to the Knicks. It is hard to compare the teams in the 60s since the league was much smaller and the Lakers were mostly West and Baylor until WIlt arrived.
Maybe the 80s Rockets with the original Twin Towers.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
If you were a Western Conference team in the 80s
Magic Johnson et al pretty much had your number.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
Except they had West which disqualifies them in my opinion.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Back in the day
the early 1970s Chicago Bulls (Chet Walker, Norm Van Lier, Bob Love) used to be in this discussion.
David Young - February 8, 2012
any of those guys in the Hall of Fame? (Drexler, Barkley, Stockton, Malone, Miller, Ewing; all HOFers except Miller who should be)
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
As a trio they were solid but never thought of any of them as HOF types.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
and Jerry Sloan!
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
I remember hating to play them just as for years I’ve hated to play the Sloan coached Jazz teams. Sloan and Norm Van Lier were tough MF’rs.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Exactly.
David Young - February 8, 2012
No, but they were a 50-win team several times (in an era were there were often only a handful of those) and Western (!) conference finalists a couple of those.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Olney be tripping
Actually a bit interesting, though more just him musing than anything real, about Billy Beane’s future (I hadn’t realized that his new deal with Oakland wasn’t a done deal). Anyway:
Link
underdog - February 8, 2012
also "ably navigated" hah hah TRIPPING OLNEY
underdog - February 8, 2012
Ably tripping
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Is that true? Or was it that payroll was held fairly steady over the years.
latenite - February 8, 2012
The payroll actually increased.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
The dead money is never taken into account by the mainstream media.
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
You can argue that the total has increased but we’ve slightly slipped relative to the league, but I doubt that’s what Buster means and he’s not just ass pulling.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
I have little doubt that he was just regurgitating the unwise conventional wisdom.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
Ned Colletti is the Juan Pierre of GM’s.
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
No it is not
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Counting the final 7 roster spots this year as near-minimum guys…
2010 opening day plus DL: $78,849,260; w/dead money: $93,399,260
2011 opening day plus DL: $96,871,500; w/dead money: $113,199,096
2012 opening day plus DL: $89,900,000; w/dead money: $112,162,432
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
But $8.25m is way more than $8m.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Boom
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
seems like
Everyone wants Friedman to leave the Rays
Tommy Blackjack - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
Capturing the Friedman?
underdog - February 8, 2012
nicely done
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Why would he leave? He had the opportunity to interview for Astros job but turned it down. I don’t doubt we will have a new GM, but Friedman seems like a real long shot.
OB12 - February 8, 2012
exactly
He seems to like his job
Tommy Blackjack - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
He hates his payroll. I don’t usually put on my Dodger Blue blinders but the difference between being a GM for the Astro’s and being the GM in Los Angeles for a new owner who just ponied up at least 1.6 Billion would be the difference between sleeping with Jamie McCourt and Scarlett Jo………..
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
If it was a payroll concern, then he would’ve at least interviewed with the Astros. They have new ownership and their payroll is not going to be nearly as restricted as TB, though probably not as much as our future payroll.
OB12 - February 8, 2012
If you had a decent job would you interview for a much worse job?
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
How would it be a much worse job? Grant it, the Astros are terrible but that doesn’t change the overall responsibilities of the job, plus it was his hometown.
OB12 - February 8, 2012
You have no chance of any success in the next five years and there’s a good chance that by the time you turn the team around you’ll be fired.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
And hell from just a shear fun standpoint there’s not a lot you can do with the Astros other than trade Wandy at the deadline and pray some dumb team thinks Brett Wallace might be good.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
Come on, Jose Altuve is going to be the next Joe Morgan minus the defense, on base skills, speed, and power.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Friedman as GM would be fantastic.
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
Billy Beane or Pat Gillick
would be very Dodger-y moves
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
Beane is signed up for as long as Matt Kemp
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Someone said it is not final, is this true?
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Jon Daniels
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
Full-time Dodger GMs since the 70’s — Al Campanis, Fred Claire, Kevin Malone, Dan Evans, Paul DePodesta, Ned Colletti. Only Malone had GMed before. Beane or Gillick would be a very un-Dodger-y move.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
Your right
I was approaching it from the Manager selections like Davey Johnson, Grady Little and Joe Torre, and the hiring of DePo
examples of hiring based on buzz from elsewhere. Headline grabbing.
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
New owner, can’t hold anything in the past to them. Whatever they do it will not because relevant to whatever previous ownership has done.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Then you are arguing there will be no such thing as ’Dodger-y." I was responding to the post as it was presented.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
Kim Ng seems like a strong candidate to me. She knows the ogranization, is well respected around MLB, and would be a big PR move for a new ownership group.
OB12 - February 8, 2012
Would be a GREAT PR move
I can already picture Jay Caspian’s 8 million word article about it.
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
That one dude from the IE paper would just write about how unattractive she is.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
and Darren Rovell would second it.
underdog - February 8, 2012
You mean Oberjuerge? Between shouting at the kids to get off his lawn.
David Young - February 8, 2012
More like uber-jerky amirite
Humma Kavula - February 8, 2012
"Steep cuts in payroll"
LOL
delias man - February 8, 2012
New Hairston photo
per @Dodgers
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
Ow, my neck hurts
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
baseball the only real sport where the players can be confused with the fans.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Back from when Dickie V was a diaper dandy
SI posted an old photo of Duke vs. UNC:
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Wow.
OliverKayTimes:
That’s soccer, by the way.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
Harry Redknapp is considered the frontrunner to take over
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
He certainly has the money to make the bribes necessary.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
I don’t care what color his knapp is, nor how how hirsute it may be.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
even if it’s in a bouffant?
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Keith Law
moved the Dodgers up 10 spots from where they were last season despite 5 players graduating or being dealt from his top ten list. (Players remaining from his 2011 list are Lee, Webster, Miller, Withrow and Martin).
Law’s top 100 prospects and organizational top tens come out tomorrow.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
Heard he loves our pitching.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Yeah
that what he and pretty much anyone who has talked about the system has said.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
We have some great arms but our lack of positional prospects makes such a ranking ridiculous in my opinion.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Or maybe our pitching is that good. I’m open to convincing. 2012 will be a key year for these pitchers’ developments, as AA is coming.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Any other decent list I’ve seen has us with Lee, Webster, Eo and a ton of C prospects. If you see Withrow, Gould or someone else as possible impact arms I could see that shooting way up.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
True
If we somehow have 4 or 5 legit impact arms 1-2 years away from the majors, that could be something. Martin, [the one lefty start I can’t think of], Reed, Tolleson.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Aaron Miller
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Reg
it could be like you said earlier, with the promotions in the past few years and with some teams really stockpiling the best prospects, maybe this ranking is more of an indictment of just the level of prospects in MLB right now.
Of course BA ranked the Dodgers 22nd or something like that.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
Personally I think somewhere in between the two rankings fits best, say 17 or 18ish...
underdog - February 8, 2012
Sanchez
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
We do it with volume.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
The bolded is hilarious
http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/2/8/2784689/baseball-prospectus-pecota-projections
Ivdown - February 8, 2012
Their names have the same number of letters.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
The difference between Bonds and Sands is (Chris) Sabo.
David Young - February 8, 2012
I’d be thrilled if he turned into Ryan Klesko.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Yeah, a Ryan Klesko type hitter would be pretty useful.
OB12 - February 8, 2012
Career line of .279/.370/.500 with some stolen bases thrown in too. Yep.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Better than a Matthew Lesko type hitter.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
Or Jason Repko.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Matthew Lesko wears a better uniform that Ryan Klesko did for most of his career.
Lex in Brooklyn - February 8, 2012
Wait until PECOTA 2.0 comes out this weekend
and it reads.
Jerry Sands: Juan Rivera, Chris Sabo, Nate Archibald
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
Next season’s NHL winter classic will be Toronto at Detroit playing at The Big House at the University of Michigan. Awesome.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
haven’t watched a
Original 8Winter Classic since the first one. MLB should start a Heritage Classic game, rotate it between Wrigley, Fenway, Dodger, and Angel StadiumJosie Becker - February 8, 2012
Angel Stadium?
fbihop - February 8, 2012
It’s like she can’t help herself with the Angels stuff.
Michael White - February 8, 2012
She will say
basing the stadiums by age.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
and then I did say that!
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
ha ha
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Fourth oldest ballpark in baseball
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
I saw Ryan pitch at the Big A
I saw Carew, Baylor, Grich and Downing play back in 1979, saw Game 4 in 1986 ALCS. But even with all that, Angel Stadium has no cache as a memorable place for baseball history.
Babe Ruth played at Fenway, hit the called shot at Wrigley. Sandy pitched his perfect game in Dodger Stadium, Gibson hit one of the most memorable home runs in history there.
No one is going to play Scott Spiezio’s 2002 WS home run on any non-2002 WS highlight show anytime soon.
Great events, great players make ballparks memorable. For the bulk of the Angel history, that has not been the case.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
I call BS
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
They didn't win a playoff game
until their 19th season, they didn’t win a pennant until their after their 40th year of existence. Name a homegrown player that made a long term impact until maybe even Tim Salmon and Garrett Anderson. Their best players made their starts on other teams Ryan, Carew, Baylor, Reggie Jackson.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
Don’t see what not winning a play off game until their 19th season has anything to do it. They have been regulars for a while now. Also not sure what home grown player has to do with it. Nolan Ryan himself and his accomplishments as an Angel are legendary.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Until the Red Sox won the series the greatest moment in Sox history occurred at Angel Stadium. Players killed themselves over it.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Reggie Jackson’s 500th home run
Rod Carew’s 3,000th hit
Dave Henderson’s home run
Barry Bonds hit a ball 984 feet there in the 2002 World Series.
Those are just the Anaheim memories that came to mind immediately. I’m sure there are more.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
No one is granting Wrigley conservation status because of Babe Ruth. The Winter Classic in the NHL is about invoking pond hockey while paying tribute to the past of the Original 8 teams.
If I were planning a MLB Heritage Game, I’d want to highlight the older ballparks and the original teams. Would I have rather swapped Yankee Stadium for Angel Stadium? Absolutely. But New Yankee Stadium isn’t a part of baseball’s Heritage, it’s part of it’s future.
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
it will always be a football stadium to me
delias man - February 8, 2012
this is so played out already
delias man - February 8, 2012
The Houston Played Outs
fbihop - February 8, 2012
New Fan Post regarding Dodger Blogger Softball Tournament
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
did we just get gscott'd here?
Ivdown - February 8, 2012
Took me a minute. No, I just want to make sure the players see it. You will see this more then once over the next few days.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Check the link
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Thanks
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
yeah, you linked back to this page. But it’s a good thing you’re reposting the link repeatedly, since the fanpost widget is down
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Right
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
My guess is Phil's biggest fear
is having 4 players show up on Saturday.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
My biggest fear is only Josie and Josh show up
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
i actually did something for my teammates today
i went to the doctor (which I hate) to get a prescription to knock out this sinus infection.
delias man - February 8, 2012
Houston Running Noses
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Babe Ruth, Dodger
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Tweets to Keith Law about the Giants lack of foreign signees
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
ha ha, some would say it is
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Defiance
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Dodger Blogger Tourney Update Info
Please read if you are playing.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Someone else please go rec this FanPost, that might get it to show up on the right side bar while the Fanpost widget is flakey.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Thanks
I think seven rec’s will do! (And it did the trick.)
David Young - February 8, 2012
I totally misread "Rosie" as "Josie"
but man, BBQ sounds really good right now:
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
community outreach FTW
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
To put the Dodgers' 15 Cactus League TV games in perspective
The Detroit Tigers are televising only four of their spring training games, for instance.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Prince ate the other broadcasts.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
“Would you rather sign Prince Fielder, or watch Spring Training games”
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
that was a good one.
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
to be fair
it’s a long drive from Detroit to Florida
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
spring training games are part of kcal’s contract with the dodgers. they get something like 50 total including the 15 or so spring games..
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - February 8, 2012
KCAL is televising 2 Catcus League games and one freeway series game from Dodger Stadium.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
KCET is launching a new series
called Classic Cool Theater, with a classic movie, a cartoon, newsreel, and musical short. The Oakland Paramount theater shows classic movies with all the extras, saw It Happened One Night and Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein this way. Very cool.
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
a) Awesome idea
b) I hope they play this during the intermission.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Verdell is going to be all over this
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Walt Disney going from doodling son of day laborer to making short cartoons to show before RCA movies to Disneyland has to be one of the great all time rags to riches stories.
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Thanks for the link
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
Will she stay awake? ;-)
David Young - February 8, 2012
If I keep her walking
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
I purchased the George of the Jungle
Super Chicken
DVD
Sometimes nostalgia beats you over the head. The only thing I remember from both shows is the opening song. I may have to ask USCChris for some medicinal assistance to properly enjoy them.
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
We bought a couple GotJ VHS tapes back when my daughter was small. I really enjoyed them, the main features as well as Super Chicken, Tom Slick, et al.
David Young - February 8, 2012
haha dude I think saw George of the Jungle faded, and it was funny. If I remember correctly, there is one scene where he jumps into this pond and comes up with his teeth showing, and all the elephants scream “PIRANHA!!!!” and run super fast out of the pond. Or maybe that was Tarzana. Anyways, point is, kid movies are maybe the best movies to watch stoned.
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
Tarzan I mean.
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
Tarzana is named after Tarzan, of course
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
It will be renamed for a day as part of a movie promotion to John Cartera.
#nottrue
David Young - February 8, 2012
Yo Gabba Gabba requires something harder.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
haha probably, I didnt mean preschool stuff…. Ive never seen that show so cant say.
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
Spongebob is where it’s at
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Spongebob is good.
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
I think you’d like it.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
Don’t say mean things to your friends.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
I may hate it with a passion, but I think he’d like it.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
well, weed does many everything better, so I guess its possible. Ive heard of it though. Its not animated though.
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
weed doesn’t make my reaction time better.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
hell nah, I was never into sororities
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
I was just looking for some sinus medicine
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Long way from 44 million…
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
About 5 years.
I hope he makes all those incentives.
David Young - February 8, 2012
bovada has Texans
tied for fourth best odds to win the sb next year. gb and saints and pats ahead of them.
nolander - February 8, 2012 via Android app
What if they get Peyton Manning?
Tommy Blackjack - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
they wont
but they may jump to 3rd. doubt they leap gb and ne
nolander - February 8, 2012 via Android app
Are the Rockies going with all those fly-ball pitchers
because they looked at Eric’s projected starting infield and saw that that the non-Tulo part averages 37 years old? Better to have Dexter Fowler and Cargo trying to chase down outs than Blake, Helton, Scutaro (yeah, I know he’ll have range) flailing at grounders?
David Young - February 8, 2012
Before I did any research I assumed Blake was a bench piece for them but it appears for now the plan is for him to start.
With Blake and Scutaro old and Tulo injury prone I figure one or two of the Nelson/EYjr/Herrera group will get a ton of playing time.
But altogether, especially if the Rockies get healthy, that will be a heck of an offense.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012 via mobile
Is Jim Tracy worried about the age of the team?
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Gotta be. If it is Tulo and the AARP out there, could also be a higher than average number of dunkers falling in, with the OFs having to play deeper than average because of the giant OF they have there.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Part of me wants to say the Rockies will be good and part of me wants to say they will be bad. I’m going to let them fight it out.
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
unless Arenado covers a Blake implosion
if Helton and Giambi go down, Cuddyer goes to 1st and the extra ABs go to Blackmon and/or Colvin
Andrew T. Fisher - February 8, 2012 via Android app
I hope it’s Rolando Blackmon and Shawn Colvin. (I know that one name isn’t spelled right – screw it.)
David Young - February 8, 2012
Matt Cain apparently raided Brian Wilson's closet
for his outfit at Pebble Beach:
David Young - February 8, 2012
He made Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow
look positively tame by comparison:
David Young - February 8, 2012
That looks like my Saturday uniform
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Back in the USSA!
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
You don’t how lucky you ay!
kinbote - February 8, 2012
boy
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
the California girls really knock you out, they leave the East behind. The Boston girls make you scream and shout, and Georgia’s always on your mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mind
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Perfect
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012 via mobile
Phil at his most delusional
Yeah, right on that skipper….
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
Come on, I read it
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
robotnotmadeofnails not playing for us has made everything harder. I think we all planned on him being the manager, rule explainer, pitcher and ultimate star.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
and I’m counting on you and your reading comprehension to carry the team!
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
Seems like the main things are
present a batting order before the game, have 10 players on the field, don’t leave the base until the ball is hit. Sounds like the rule about 2 women on the team is strictly being used for this tournament.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
Maximum 12 players in the batting order.
David Young - February 8, 2012
but only 10 have to take the field? Is it one girl in the field, two in the batting order?
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
you can only have 10 players on the field at one time
but you can bat 12 in the game. Based on the minimalist writing of the additional rules, my guess would be you must have at least two women playing but only one needs to be on the field.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
so Maddz and I will have to be in every lineup, but only one of us has to take the field. Good to know.
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
and if Maddz can’t make the early game?
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
She’s good for now
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Ok, good. You talked to her boss I assume. :)
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
good news if true
Ivdown - February 8, 2012
you calling me a liar
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
bad phrasing, haha
Should have said “Good news if she can definitely come”
Ivdown - February 8, 2012
Gary says yes
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
So rather than reading a boring rules page, it’s fine if I wear some kind of t shirt and basketball shorts?
Ivdown - February 8, 2012
Actually the rules say we should all wear the same clothing but fuck that, we don’t have uniforms. If they don’t let us play because of our attire we will make the 06:00 news
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Would all nude count as the same clothing?
David Young - February 8, 2012
DY being DY
Michael White - February 8, 2012
Aren’t they handing out t-shirts? If that is the case then all 14 teams could wear the same clothing. :)
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
I’m kind of glad we don’t play each other in the first round, that way we get to watch each others teams.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Right. Cheer each other on.
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
does everyone else
have Rays “Manny” shirts?
mintxcore - February 8, 2012
Confirmed.
David Young - February 8, 2012
it’s been worked out, we’re on the up and up here
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
I bought us shirts
The
Chilling
MotherFuckers
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
You went that long? I thought it was going to be “The GFYs”.
David Young - February 8, 2012
I want us to have so much fun that Eric is a sad Panda on Sunday.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
I’m going to be so not sad on Sunday that I will get liquored up that night, and then sleep in on Monday.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
I hope like you previously said we don't have to forfeit on some stupid technicality
Ivdown - February 8, 2012
Right. It would suck, to have woke up at 6AM on a Saturday, drove 75 miles, paid $38, cancelled other plans, just to have to forfeit because of some technicality. Out of 14 teams, I bet at least one team has problems. Even if I were playing against that team, I’d hope there was some contingency plan in place to let them play.
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
I feel like the entry fee is the contingency plan
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
That is pretty key.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Yet, we had three entry fee people who I have not heard back from
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Good think we had depth, huh meercatNed?
David Young - February 8, 2012
I’m not sure how hard I should try to contact them. It would make coaching easier not having 16 players. But I also know if I don’t, something is going to happen where we would have been glad to have 16. Such a conundrum
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
I wouldn’t worry about it. They know where to find you. If they show, they show, if they don’t, they don’t.
David Young - February 8, 2012
We may need 16 players if we are playing 3+ games
But I get you.
Ivdown - February 8, 2012
Better be if Mr Brown wants to win election as the LA Dodger Blogger President
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Exhibition games? Automatic outs for the missing players?
David Young - February 8, 2012
Plus the $5 on the slow pitch batting cages I am going to blow in about 45 minutes. Goal is three things.
1. Not get hurt (oh, my back)
2. Not get embarrassed (Daddy, why is that grown man hitting in the girls cage).
3. Get my timing down.
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
I gotta pay $3 to get in, then pay more for the batting cages? Who owns this place, Frank McCourt?
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
I’ll bring a soccer ball. We can kick it around at lunch time.
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
I’d like to score on Josie
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
HCTING
don’t leave me hanging here
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
limp and to the left
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
You know to much
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
hooray!
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Don’t forget to bring your Food Bank food
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Screw that. Give them more money.
David Young - February 8, 2012
food banks can do more with $5 than they can with your can of out of date corn
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
who wants to eat a fly ball?
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
right? exactly.
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
I ain’t swinging in no batting cages. This old body only has so many swings left in it, and they will all be used on the field.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Unless things go horribly wrong all my swinging will be done in the cage.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
That’s how it usually is for tamed meercats.
David Young - February 8, 2012
We are going to be watching the stretching exercises you two do very intently. Uh, to make sure you do them well and don’t get hurt.
David Young - February 8, 2012
I’m bringing two dresses just in case
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
In your size only. What’s that, about a 12, 14?
David Young - February 8, 2012
are we still not allowed to wear baseball pants?
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
That dude is on your team and your problem
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
hehe – I know. I hate to disappoint him but I am going to be wearing my baseball pants. I will throw some shorts in the car just in case I have a wardrobe malfunction or wet my pants fielding a line drive.
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
The forecast high for West Covina on Sat
is 67 degrees. I’m wearing my sweats. I have no baseball pants anymore. If I did, I would’ve worn them.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Might want to pick up some sliding shorts or pad to wear underneath.
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
Not planning on sliding.
And if I do, I slide funny anyway so sliding shorts don’t do much.
David Young - February 8, 2012
I will wear a cup though, so it will hurt less when Maddz or Josie kicks me in the balls for saying something I shouldn’t have.
David Young - February 8, 2012
we are going to get killed right?
I mean we are probably the only team with no ringers
delias man - February 8, 2012
All I know for sure is that we have no ringers. I have no clue about the other blogs. I didn’t even know there WAS a Dodger Bobble blog (our first opponent).
David Young - February 8, 2012
Wonder how they picked the sponsoring blogs?
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
I think he e-mailed a bunch of blogs to gauge interest. Pretty sure we got one and said we’d be interested and could likely field a team.
David Young - February 8, 2012
I fear you may be right, but I am going forward under the assumption that we are going to kick everyone’s ass
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
Our team
all I know is that we have someone that has an actual softball bat on our team.
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
I expect some teams will have ringers but I don’t think it will be as prevalent as you think. Any of them would be hard pressed to have a female as good as Maddz. Brenton, HJ, Gary, Brandon are all ballers. We should be very competitive. Pitching could be our achillies heal.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
For over-50 dudes, the meercat and I won’t suck at catcher.
David Young - February 8, 2012
you forgot about our resident singles hitting
no fielding…dude.
Ok, i’ll be quiet now.
Ivdown - February 8, 2012
Even the meercat knows the rule about “if you can’t say anything nice…” ;-)
David Young - February 8, 2012
Evidently I don’t
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
plus
we can shame them to death.
mintxcore - February 8, 2012
with our words.
mintxcore - February 8, 2012
Which means someone doesn’t play if you have more than 12 there. I assume only the 12 that hit can also field. But personally, I am much more worried about not having enough people (esp women) there.
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
are you kidding, did you check out the substitution rules? Players who start the game can be substituted for and still come back, but a player who is a substitution can not come back after they have been replaced. It is going to be chaos
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Oh man, that is a little too serious. Gonna need to bring my laptop to keep track of everything. :)
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
Haha
Michael White - February 8, 2012
Green
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
I beg to differ. I’ve been more delusional several times today alone.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Vin Scully interview in March's Golf Digest
Why he keeps working:
Just Jake - February 8, 2012
Wise man
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
that’s very moving.
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
I’m going to make every effort this summer to get to know Vinny, so he’ll have even more reason to come to the ballpark:)
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Or
you can all send me $100 to not make that effort
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
I’d rather owe it to you than cheat you out of it.
iiidown - February 8, 2012
How are you ever going to get the blogger seat away from Eric?
David Young - February 8, 2012
ah, it is my understanding that Eric will no longer need the blogger seat, weekends are not up for grabs
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
now
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Not necessarily true. Still need to go game by game.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Jeff Suppan signs with Padres
Now we have the perfect control experiment for the Petco effect.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Yuck, now I can go back to hating the Padres
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Petco can’t help once the ball achieves orbit.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
isnt his home park going to be portland anyway?
its a minor league deal..
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - February 8, 2012
Portland professional baseball is dead.
Michael White - February 8, 2012
its sad that I had to dig back to my memory of ‘tim stauffers triumphant return to the padres’ in 2010 as my portland beavers reference point.
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - February 8, 2012
2008 is on the phone, it’d like you to know that soccer kicked out baseball in portland
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
There’s still one hell of a college baseball team in that town
Michael White - February 8, 2012
Whenever the Huskies come down for their series?
Nolij - February 8, 2012
Tucson
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
...
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
too bad UCLA couldn’t make the College World Series in 2011
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
God bless you, Josie.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
harvard westlake
has a pretty dynamic duo eligible for the draft this year.. the BA mock draft I saw linked on bbtf had them a #2 and #15.
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - February 8, 2012
I got to see Cole pitch in his last year at UCLA against UCI i think in the tournament. He’s such a beast. I think I saw Bauer the year before. They’re both great pitchers, but I think I liked Bauer more. Too bad he’s on the D-backs.
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
good news, everyone
we’re not on this list!
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-10-worst-transactions-of-the-winter/
hee came hee seop'd he choi'd - February 8, 2012
We kind of are though with Kuroda leaving.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Cool ass card
Any irony that it’s #88?
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
love this
Ivdown - February 8, 2012
Cool idea but not a fan of the different backgrounds.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
I wish they were facing towards each other instead of away from each other
could have called it “Dodger Love” or maybe the very 80’s title “Prelude to a kiss” or….
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
Love National Style
kinbote - February 8, 2012
cue Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
Just got an email that the Dalai Lama is going to speak at UCSD. Big hitter, the Lama.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
He’s making the big announcement that UCSD has accepted their invitation to the SEC
Michael White - February 8, 2012
Big West should have jumped on that
when they had a chance.
delias man - February 8, 2012
John Ireland, accidentally sending a direct message as a regular message to his entire Twitter feed
but quickly deleted:
I wonder who he was asking?
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Twitter mistakes are going to be so much fun in the future
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Why use tweet for any sensitive info? How is it better than any number of instant messaging programs, email, or texting?
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
You are asking the wrong person
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
in my experience, it’s what gets used before you know someone well enough to have their cell phone, and then texting takes over once y’all are familiar enough
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
For example, Josie and I used to communicate via twitter (and here), but I finally badgered her phone number out of her so she will get texts from now on.
David Young - February 8, 2012
David scores
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Could be somebody Ireland doesn’t know directly, though that seems less likely.
Might just be that Ireland was on Twitter on his phone and saw a tweet from whomever that was and that triggered a response and was the most immediate way to ask.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Direct messaging in twitter seems exactly like instant messaging to me. ICQ in a different format, if you will.
David Young - February 8, 2012
I do communicate with a few folks with DM
one doesn’t use her phone and the other is always on Twitter.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
7 foot 5 HS kid on the court
hilarious http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4-CThQskBM&feature=player_embedded
delias man - February 8, 2012
With apologies to everyone I’m going to link to page 2
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Off topic Josh Macciello
He’s talking on espn radio right now with Mason and Ireland. Who is he really, where did his money come from? He sounds really determined to get the Dodgers. Thats always good to hear from a potential owner..
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
his constant reassurance that he’s legit makes me think that he’s not very legit. it’s like when someone just keeps repeating that they’re not a racist
court168627 - February 8, 2012 via Android app
yea. i hope he is for real because if he really does have that kind of money it would help the dodgers a lot…
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
Patrick Soo Shiong really does have the money.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Strange
Everyone focuses on does the owner have money, Dan Snyder has money
Money is not the thing
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
Money gets you to the second round
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
But it will be for Frank
MLB will try to craft the list of approved owners so they can get an owner they can stomach.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
i don’t remember for sure but i swear that Patrick Soo Shiong spoke at my ucla engineering graduation
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
I would hope he hires Josh Suchon back to do Dodger Talk
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
As long as he doesn’t move the team to the ancient Persian capital of Shushan.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
No one knows
his money is allegedly tied up in gold stocks he bought as an investment. He rents his house in the Valley. He doesn’t have any tie ins to LA or baseball.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
I just read about the gold mines. Apparently his company and a few others own a bunch of gold mines valued at something like 10 billion. its ridic. i like his enthusiasm but im still skeptical
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
Didn’t we used to have a pitcher who owned a multi-million dollar mine of some sort?
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Matt White
his property sits on rock that can be sold at a good price but costs money to extract.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
there will be runs
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
No interest in this guy becoming owner.
If Patrick Soo Shiong teams with Magic, that is CLEARLY the winner.
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
I think he ends up with Torre
and Caruso myself.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
Yea i just realized that Patrick Soo Shiong spoke at my graduation. He was an amazing speaker. I now support him in buying the dodgers
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
We will meet him this Saturday during the Dodger Blogger Tournament. He’s so well heeled he sponsored one of the teams and I believe made a nice contribution to the LA Food Bank.
No one has even confirmed he’s in the second round other then himself.
I’d like to believe he is the real deal, would be interesting to have such a character but even if he has the money I don’t see MLB letting him become an owner.
he will get a lot of attention this Saturday
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
From what he’s saying on the radio it sounds like MLB aren’t going to let him into the next round. I really do hope he’s real. If he says anything during the Tournament make sure to keep us updated!
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
Burning Bridges
…. is what I think he just did in that interview. One of the callers laid it out just right. He comes off as a used car salesman. Mason/Ireland also nailed it, that after what MLB just went through with with McCourt, there is no way they let Josh buy this team. Might not be fair, but will be the case. In this interview he seems to be burning bridges with the comments he made. That is where Mark Cuban outshines him. Mark at least knows when he is beat and gracefully bows out (like he did with Rangers).
Xeifrank - February 8, 2012
Through ignoring him I will seek to teeter the attention givers totter
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
Any thoughts on the new rising star format for the all-star game. Kind of like the draft idea, this is the pool.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
I think its an interesting new way to do the rookie sophomore thing, but it takes the rivalry out of it a bit…
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
Would be a fun way to do an All-Star Draft.
Have to take managers out of the equation so no feeling are hurt, but if you let the President of each League draft the AL / NL all star team I think it would be highly interesting and make for a perfect ESPN Sunday Night Broadcast.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
I like this idea. I’m tired of the east west stuff. Didnt players wear this team jerseys instead of all star jerseys like 10 years back? or am i just making stuff up
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
wait..that might have been basketball
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
currently, the MLB All Stars wear their team jerseys, the team jerseys are batting practice/home run derby
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
ahh im just confusing sports…being bored at work makes me not pay attention apparently…
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
The NBA about a decade ago went a few years with each team wearing their team jerseys instead of an All-Star jersey.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
That’s how hockey does it.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
Really, does it work?
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
I think people who like hockey a lot like it. Hockey all-star game holds no interest for me.
Nolij - February 8, 2012
Macciello has a better chance at being picked for one of those teams than he does at owning the Dodgers.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
isn’t this how hockey does their All Star teams now?
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Cool, does it work?
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
don’t follow hockey, I dunno
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
They have a net, just figured you did
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
I got a raise today
::cues laugh track::
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
Sounds like 6 chili dogs are now a reality!
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
Damn I was going there
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
We never heard
if those TV sets work
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
ha ha , forgot about those. Talk about stealing cookies…….
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
I don't know if anyone asked
until know.
Believe it or not, the Sharp worked like a charm but the Samsung failed. With how much the latter is pimped, I figured it to be the other way around.
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
know = now
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
Going to buy a subscription to Baseball America? :)
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
I hear Sports Illustrated is a must if you want to see your favorite stars in color
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Unrelated, but
I’m rooting for the link to SD’s blog to read “Asslamp Ball”
Please, can it?
Taylor Maricle - February 8, 2012
only if you can draw a picture of an asslamp
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
I am not googling that.
David Young - February 8, 2012
So now you can afford to buy the Slurpees in the Slurpee cups?
David Young - February 8, 2012
Fill that fuckin Big Gulp up to the top
and I’ll fuckin pay the extra
mleadman - February 8, 2012
Elvis Andrus contract
broken down:
$750k signing bonus
2012: $2.375m
2013: $4.8m
2014: $6.475m
3 years, $14.4 million
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
If Dee Gordon gives the Dodgers Andrus level production over the next three years, should we be content with that…. 271/340/343…?
JB 8 - February 8, 2012
I believe “ecstatic” is the word you are looking for.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
FUCK YEAH
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Yup
Michael White - February 8, 2012
.398 OBP in September
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Jon is back
As he reports on Dodger Thoughts –
freelancing on ESPN Los Angeles, first up, an interview with DeJon Watson
Remember, authors don’t write the headlines.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
Just to whet your appetite further
David Young - February 8, 2012
Great read.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Especially for silverwidow
On Eovaldi:
David Young - February 8, 2012
One more
On Allen Webster (emphasis mine):
I want to believe that that means he is sitting 94.David Young - February 8, 2012
Allen kicks the shit out of Carl.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Lending more credence to the Jim Loney theory.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Barber advice
So I found this place that does $8 haircuts and is open 7 days a week. Tried it last night and it was excellent. Even gave a $5 tip!
My dilemma is whether I should let my old barber know I won’t be back. Normally, I would just stop going, but he’s a real good dude and I’d feel bad about it. Any idea on how to handle it?
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
If his name is Enzo, he’ll be very upset you’re cheating on him
JB 8 - February 8, 2012
a) Have you ever interacted with your old barber outside of getting your haircut?
b) Approximately how many haircuts have you received from said barber?
IMO the answer is almost always ‘cut the cord and move on’ unless you know the dude personally or something.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Right, why let him know you found a better barber, better to let him think you just died.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
I mean when I find a better blog I’m not going to let Eric know about it
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
cannot rec via app
Andrew T. Fisher - February 8, 2012 via Android app
cross team rec’ng has not yet been approved by the supreme court
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
a) No.
b) Twice a month for the past ~18 months.
Dude raised his price to $15 not too long ago, which is another reason to stop going.
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
Yeah, just bolt. No need to say goodbye unless you feel compelled to.
He will know to lower prices when he sees he has lost customers.
Also, twice a month? Damn. Super short hair or what? My brother Greg has a flat top and people in the military think his hair is too short, and I don’t think he goes twice a month.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
We now know two things about SW. Short hair, vain
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
I’m completely shocked SW is a two haircuts per month guy.
Michael White - February 8, 2012
I go once every three months. Get my money’s worth.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
I wait until my hair looks completely shitty, then I wait three more weeks, and then I go get it cut.
Humma Kavula - February 8, 2012
Come on, you have great hair
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
this is my strategy
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
My strategy for 23 years was simply not grow hair
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
So every three weeks then?
David Young - February 8, 2012
I do the same thing
but only because when I get a haircut barbers seem to insist on cutting it a certain minimum length no matter what so if i go right after i need one they’ll cut it too short.
Taylor Maricle - February 8, 2012
I go every five to six weeks.
David Young - February 8, 2012
I cut my own hair
it takes 60 seconds for me. Figured why pay for that when I can use the #2 setting as easy as they can
mleadman - February 8, 2012
i use #2 too
mintxcore - February 8, 2012
but only because its the only setting i got
mintxcore - February 8, 2012
I get it all buzzed off, yeah.
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
You can’t find someone to do that to you for free?
David Young - February 8, 2012
Like myself? :) I considered it, but don’t feel comfortable.
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
Very difficult to buzz yourself, you end up looking like an erratic mow job. Shaving is easier
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
i do it!
just get the wife to do the back thou i could do it if need be
mintxcore - February 8, 2012
Like a girlfriend?
David Young - February 8, 2012
You get your hair cut twice a month
18 months seem kind of short to worry about. I mean I have had the same person cut my hair for the last 12 years so that would be a little different.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
So to sum up
Just move on to the new place. Though it sounds like in the end if you keep tipping 5 bucks, you will only be saving 3-4 bucks per haircut.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
I think the biggest revelation in this is that SW tips his barber more then his waitress.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
They have waitresses at Der Weinerschnitzel?
kinbote - February 8, 2012
I tipped $5 cause his price seemed outrageously low and he also gave me a free shave.
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
you keep tipping 5 bucks and at that rate you get your salad tossed
Hollywood Joe - February 8, 2012
straight edge shave?
Someone’s bucket list should include getting a straight edge shave with beautiful bosums beckoning
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Nope. Electric.
I’d love to get a shave with naked bosoms in my face.
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
Careful, you distract her and your crimson-red arterial blood will be splattered all across the shop.
David Young - February 8, 2012
My daughter was over recently and I was shaving. I normally use a typical three-blade razor. She remarked that her last boyfriend used an electric razor and that did seem a bit wimpy to her, probably because she’d always seen me shave with a blade. I said that I liked the blade better, but I had never done the straight-razor, hot towel thing like they do in the classic barber shops and that I ought to do that someday.
I’m looking for a gift certificate on Fathers Day.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Perfect seed planting.
They do the hot towel thing at SportsClips, but no shave to my knowledge. I think I have had a straight edge at a barber shop once or twice. It is pretty sweet.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
I can set you up if you want to drive to Venice. Our bike store is right next to an old fashioned Barber Shop with some sweet young things manning the chairs.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Must be this place
Floyds
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
Yes, I have not gone but our manager loves the place and they love him.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
I’ve driven past the place. It intrigues.
David Young - February 8, 2012
They are in several places
in LA area, have not been to one but their prices seem reasonable.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
The owners are brothers, they are nice but appear to be making a killing
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
I not hold still enough if a young lovely were administering the shave.
David Young - February 8, 2012
I might not …..
David Young - February 8, 2012
It is not inexpensive
http://www.theartofshaving.com/barberspa
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
The Royal Shave, followed by a Royal Red Robin Burger (if you are into a fried egg on your burger), sounds like a pretty regal day.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
The first time I had a fried egg on my burger was at the Westwood location of Fatburger. It is an excellent combination.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Fried egg on a Monte Cristo sandwich=heaven
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
She can afford the $35 package.
David Young - February 8, 2012
hope this doesn’t tie in to the naked bosoms shave…
mintxcore - February 8, 2012
Ewwwww.
David Young - February 8, 2012
I'd ask
Sal Maglie, but he’s dead.
I’d ask this guy, but he’s dead too.
(One of Topps all-time terrible airbrush jobs)
David Young - February 8, 2012
So classically bad.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Pretty sure Barber was a wonderkid with the Orioles when they kicked our ass
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
He was on that team, but did not pitch in the WS. The four CGs were by Drabowski, Palmer, Bunker and McNally. Fuckers.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Drabowski was guy who moved us down in relief. Had to be someone else for game one, probably McNally
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
I was off on Barbers age. Thought he was younger.
66 Orioles
McNally 23
Palmer 20
Bunker 21 – Bunker won 19 as a 19 year old in 64
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
And this was after they traded Milt Pappas (for Frank Robinson) who was age-27 that year, but for the Reds.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Right, McNally started twice.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Kind of amazing, Barber was an All-Star in 66 but did not pitch in the World Series. One now wonders if he got hurt and Jim Palmer replaced him
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
or if he Billingsley’d
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
sad face
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Per Wiki:
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
After July 14 he only pitched 6 times, including 4 (brief) starts.
But in one of them, on September 23, Barber pitched 5 no-hit innings with 3 walks and 6 strikeouts, but left after five.
1B Charlie Vinson got the Angels’ first hit with 2 outs in the 7th.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
That was the day after the Orioles clinched the pennant.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Barber’s numbers went downhill pretty steeply after ’66. Probably needed TJ surgery.
David Young - February 8, 2012
He and Bunker never were what they were but Palmer / McNally made up for it.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Would have been so much cooler to have the surgery named after him.
“Time to go see Dr. Jobe for a Barber Cut”
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
i quit my old barber because he sucked
i never looked back. fuck him. my wedding picture will forever be tainted.
delias man - February 8, 2012
He can only work with what you give him
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Ouch
I knew brides in wedding parties I was in that threatened us if we had screwed up haircuts
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
I suspect those brides are now divorced
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
there was a lot of fades
in my wedding party:
mintxcore - February 8, 2012
Good god that’s obnoxious.
David Young - February 8, 2012
I’ve had this issue with comic book stores, but there you have to let them know if they’re pulling books for you, which can be an awkward conversation.
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Getting your hair cut at a comic book store might be why you have comic book hair
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
SCORE
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
i havent paid
for a haircut in over 10 years.
but i kinda like my long hair and the back is terrible and needs to be cut.
my best haircuts have been done in bathrooms but that aint gonna happen, to shave or not to shave?
mintxcore - February 8, 2012
Damn CLipper game already started
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
i hate being at work and missing the games… then i cant go on the internet after the game starts cause im recording it at home..
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
Another Dodger / Clipper fan
Wooo hoooo
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
and UCLA.
to the ban button! :)
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
haha..I was the only person in my group of friends, or really anyone that i’ve met who supportsthe dodgers and clippers. all my friends are angels lakers…i even have a friend who is angels lakers usc….we disagree on every sports team hes also arsenal and im liverpool…hes ducks im kings…its just arguements all the time haha
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
Damn, you were doing so well until you mentioned soccer teams. Now Josie will be all over you.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Not necessarily a bad thing.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Go Liverpool :)
Nolij - February 8, 2012
Woo! I’m a die hard liverpool fan. I haven’t missed a game in 3 years…well thats a bit much. I’ve missed like 2 games in 3 years :)
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
Liverpool aye? Respectable, of course my Devils have had your number going on a few decades now : )
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
yea…i am aware lol. but i know you remember the last few years. the 4-1 drubbing and the 3-1 last year. look for more of that this weekend :)
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
League titles tend to numb the pain of losing the Manchester-Mersyside series : )
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
are you glowing
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
absolutely
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Now is when to show him your link, and you have him hooked
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
have you checked out MLS at all DannyDodger? I happen to be SBNation’s Galaxy blogger: www.lagconfidential.com
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Ive watched galaxy games here and there to get my soccer fix but honestly I find the mls just lacks so much in relation to the EPL. That being said i do support the galaxy and ill make sure to check out your stuff. I’m trying to get better at writing analysis and preview stuff as well so I started my own blog thing and I mostly write about fantasy sports and then I throw epl stuff in here and there. I definitely have a long way to go before I get to where you guys are writing wise(considering I’m an engineering my writing has always been very stats based haha). But I’m gonna write a preview for the united liverpool game this weekend so you should check it out. its thewaiverwirefanatic.blogspot.com
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
“your Link” is that what the kids are calling it these days?
Grimjack - February 8, 2012
GRIMJACK!
David Young - February 8, 2012
Board lurking, I havn’t had the time to chime in much.
Grimjack - February 8, 2012
hah. ill be happy if we dent your title hopes this year and get that last champions league spot…not very lofty goals for such a prestigious team but hey we gotta start somewhere. i wonder what the atmosphere is going to be like with the whole suarez evra thing. It wasn’t that bad during the fa cup game
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
we’ll see, personally I can’t wait. And it’s a Ian Darke game, next best thing to Martin Tyler!
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
i love listening to darke and macca. but i do miss andy. too bad he had to go all sexist… me and my friend were really sad when EA sports replaced andy gray on fifa 12 haha
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
K-Mart making his debut tonight
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
I wonder if he’s in any sort of game shape..i mean i know they wouldn’t let him play if he wasn’t a bit fit but still..guy hasn’t played a game since december. and even then he was playing in China…
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
I read that he would only play ~15 minutes or so tonight.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
I’m not expecting much, but when you have seen Salamon Jones waste space it is hard not to upgrade
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Kyrie concussion means Mo Williams is the only player from the trade playing in tonight’s game.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
No Kyrie?
to bad
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
cracked rib :)
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
oh man. i wanted to see him play. I’ve heard so much about how good he is
DannyDodger - February 8, 2012
Kyrie hurt?
Lord have mercy!
David Young - February 8, 2012
eleison. still like Stravinsky’s mass above most others.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Paul sucks without Billups, we are doomed
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Martin scores his first Clipper basket
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Has taken 3 shots in one minute. I’m thinking miss, tip miss, tip make.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
He heard us talking about Moses.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Can the Clippers go fo’, fo’, fo’, fo’ in the playoffs?
David Young - February 8, 2012
Lots of corners turned
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
we may not even beat the Cav’s. Mo and Martin 2 for 10.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
That is why I don’t watch 1st half basketball much. 40 – 40, 16 point 3rd quarter mostly Paul and Butler with five minutes to go.
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Clippers have made 33 of 56 free throws in their last 3.5 games (58.9%).
Only 0-2 (Reggie Evans) in the first half.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
only two free throws in an entire half? Billups would do that in the first 30 seconds:(
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
Is it too late
To set up the Dodger Blogger Tournament to be televised?
jim hitchcock (railway) - February 8, 2012
Man, at the very least Eric should be live-streaming an audio play-by-play of the TBLA games.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Wasn’t there talk of a podcast?
Julio Nievas - February 8, 2012
Only the championship game:)
meercatjohn - February 8, 2012
There is always talk of a podcast.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Even ESPN 8 turned it down.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
:O noooooooooooo! Not the Ocho!
The Dude Abides - February 8, 2012
Are you supposed to balance out an airplane?
I know which way this one is leaning.
David Young - February 8, 2012
hilarious
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Remember when I was wondering about
Jon’s new blog adventure using Word Press? Well, apparently Sports Illustrated uses Word Press for it’s blogs too. How large news organizations get away with not having their own platform is interesting to me.
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
ESPN uses Word Press.
JonWeisman - February 8, 2012
The cost of creating and maintaining something like that
is probably not worth it.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
And yet
here we are.
David Young - February 8, 2012
add CBS Local to the list. Surfing the web while signed into Word Press is teaching me a lesson
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
If a WordPress account is accepted, does that mean the WordPress platform must be in use?
David Young - February 8, 2012
there’s a header that appears when you’re on another Word Press blog, much like SBNation. So when I’m signed into my Word Press account, the header will pop up in places I didn’t realize were using the platform.
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
I like WordPress.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
it’s a fine platform, though I do hear twitter chatter about being unable to get into Word Press when on a deadline
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Hmm, I’ve never had that problem.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
Subcontract what you cannot do cost-effectively. If your expertise is content, don’t get bogged down in platform work.
David Young - February 8, 2012
I’m sure SBNation wouldn’t go down as often if we weren’t running our own platform. But we’d also not have any control in restoring service when it does.
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
wordpress
can be very customizable. wordpress.org at least. wordpress.com is hosted by them, but wordpress.org is just the software that can be hosted anywhere and customized as long as you know CSS.
im actually teaching a web design class but its mostly about creating content and blogging and what not.
mintxcore - February 8, 2012
why build when you can buy
Hollywood Joe - February 9, 2012
I hope Yankee prospect Mason Williams
has a plus-plus fastball and throwsclassical gas?
David Young - February 8, 2012
While searching for that link
I had no idea that Jim “Spiders and Snakes, Wildwood Weed” Stafford once played Classical Gas on The Tonight Show (Carson version), with a flat pick!
David Young - February 8, 2012
Long before there was MIA at the Super Bowl
Jim Stafford appeared on the revival of the Smothers Brothers show in the late 80s and flipped the bird his own way. (Link is to the exact spot in the video, so no waiting!)
David Young - February 8, 2012
Josh Macciello alert ...
he was on the 2nd hour of Mason and Ireland today complaining that he is not being taken seriously by the company handling the Dodger bid. he’s going crazy wanting to talk to McCourt saying he’ll outbid everybody. Josh confirms that he bid $2.2 billion and said on air he’ll pay $3billion if he has to. it was awesome! i like this guy.
later Mason & Ireland looked over Josh’s papers that indicated he’s bringing $10 billion to the dance. how you gonna out bid a crazy man?
Venergy - February 8, 2012
Mason and Ireland are not what I would term investigative reporters. I will believe he really has money when someone credible can substantiate it.
David Young - February 8, 2012
apparently Josh will have all $10 billion in his US bank by the 20th of this month. i really hope he’s legit and he wins. he’ll make being a dodger fan so much more interesting.
Venergy - February 8, 2012
When it is sent to him by the Nigerian Minister of Finance?
David Young - February 8, 2012
haha. from the interview it sounded like a bank from China.
Venergy - February 8, 2012
So I’m sure someone has actually checked to make sure Armital Sports exists other than me right?
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
anagrams to
“star or palmist”.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Because it would be real embarrassing if no one noticed that this company that can generate billions in revenue has zero trace on the Internet or an address.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
I would bet anyone here a beer that Macceilo does not own the Dodgers in six months.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
And after reading his Twitter feed, I have no idea why anyone would think he is for real.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
apparently Josh is upset that the BlackStone group is not taking him seriously. they haven’t even taken the $75,000 he has for them to do his background check.
i know people are suspicious about the guy. but seriously, what would be his motivation in pranking people … at this level?
Venergy - February 8, 2012
Attention.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
all they have to do is a background check. if he’s a fake he’s yesterday’s news.
Venergy - February 8, 2012
Publicity. I was just curious about what Armital does and it lead me down this path. Any projects on their site are either vague buzzwords about “financial connections” and a Led Zepplin Rock Opera that isn’t referenced anywhere.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
yeah. i’ve been on it. it is kinda sketchy. i tell myself he’s too busy making money to update it :)
Venergy - February 8, 2012
He’s more sketchy than the guy you are named after!
David Young - February 8, 2012
Somewhere I saw his business partner in his Nevada LLC named “Arthur Oganesyan”. Now I don’t know if it is the same guy or not, but a Las Vegas Sun news story on a credit card fraud scheme has this:
David Young - February 8, 2012
That’s more proof he exists than Maciellio has!
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
Chad Moriyama calls bullshit on Maccielo’s supposed bid.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
This is from Macciello's bio sent from a PR firm a few weeks back
My favorite part is in bold.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Holy shit, no one spent a second on IMDB and noticed that isn’t true?
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
THIS FILM DOESN’T EVEN EXIST!
There’s no excuse for an actual news organization to give this guy the time of day.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
Macciello, Don E. Scott and Lorain Avenue Productions each have pages at IMDBPro, but there are no projects attached to either.
JonWeisman - February 8, 2012
And let’s just look at it this way.
He wants us to believe that he came from basically nothing in the entertainment industry (showroom manager at the Improv) then became producer of a TV show quickly thereafter. Then began making movies. Then began buy companies. And he made enough money doing this that he could afford to drop up to $3 billion on a sports team.
And somehow NO ONE had ever heard of him.
Then he’s out being the most relentless self promoter this side of a VH1 Reality Show?
Its BS. I have no idea how ANYONE ever believed in his bid.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
I liked how it sounded until I decided to look into it.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
All he’s done is self promote himself since he said he was a serious bidder on the Dodgers. If someone is that obsessed with self-promotion, I think they wouldn’t be completely untraceable on the internet.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
That doesn’t relate to Mason and Ireland though. ;-)
David Young - February 8, 2012
Not to say I told you so, but... I did tell y'all so.
I’m shocked, shocked! to learn that there was trolling going on. /Captain Renault
underdog - February 8, 2012
I think that
this sums up my thoughts on Joshua Maccielo.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Apperntly
they’re reopening Clifton’s Cafeteria soon, restored to the original interior. I went downtown to Philipe’s for their last day serving 10c coffee, looks like I have another downtown historic meal adventure ahead of me : )
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
I regret not being alive for this amazing beast of a restaurant
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
That is an old time favorite of Verdell’s. Last time we hit downtown we went in but most of it was closed for restoration. It was kind of awesome inside, looking forward to taking her again now that the restoration is complete. Once again, thanks for the heads up. You are gold
Phil Gurnee - February 8, 2012
I remember eating in Clifton’s as a very small child in the 60s. Was totally intrigued at the time by the whole cafeteria concept (didn’t have one in my school) – sliding the tray down the line and picking what you wanted to eat!
David Young - February 8, 2012
we’re still a few months away from the reopening, but they unveiled the original sign today at a press conference
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Say what?
LA Country OK’s $1,000 fine for throwing Football, Frisbees on the beach.
People are so lame sometimes.
Julio Nievas - February 8, 2012
City council is getting payoffs from the beach ball industry.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
How about a $1000 fine for bringing beach balls into public sporting venues?
David Young - February 8, 2012
Maybe you should hire some lobbiests to grease some palms like the beach ball cabal did.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
Big Beach Ball runs the government.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Don’t toss that sandwich to your buddy!
David Young - February 8, 2012
Good grief
The frickin’ glass bottles that people bring to the beach and break are way more dangerous than a football or a frisbee. How about raising the damn littering fine? Lame.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
I want to know who got the water polo exemption in there.
David Young - February 8, 2012
I want to know what Water Polo teams are practicing in the ocean. That’s a bold move
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
Probably some calm inlet in Marina Del Rey, which is unincorporated LA County.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Cotton
Tommy Blackjack - February 8, 2012 via iPhone app
If we criminalize frisbees only criminals will play frisbee.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
ha!
Julio Nievas - February 8, 2012
You get enough lawsuits
and you make a move. Also makes it easier for their employees when it comes to any disputes between beach goers.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
Juries need to stop finding the county liable whenever people hurt each other in a public place. Puh-leze.
David Young - February 8, 2012
if you can sue the grocery store because your kid fell out of the cart….
Josie Becker - February 8, 2012
If they knowing left a defect cart in service that would be one thing, but if the kid climbed up and out while your back was turned, that’s your own fault.
David Young - February 8, 2012
First time DUI offenses are also a 1000 dollar fine.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
How do you know?
latenite - February 8, 2012
Same way I know that DUIs are just as bad as beachballs and parking in the handicapped zone.
regfairfield - February 8, 2012
(just teasing!)
latenite - February 8, 2012
Mo Williams did not have a good
homecoming back in Cleveland tonight.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
You can’t have a good homecoming in Ohio, Chrissie Hynde told me so.
David Young - February 8, 2012
You were on fire.
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Jeremy Guthrie...
8.2 mils for a mediocre innings eater?
Thats not going to make you any better.
Joey Joe - February 8, 2012
speaking of potential owners
underdog - February 8, 2012
Dodgers are trading for Pau!
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
hah, no, our new closer, Marc!
underdog - February 8, 2012
More on this
http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/la-sp-0209-dodgers-bidders-heisley-20120209,0,2323519.story?track=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=53322
underdog - February 8, 2012
Personally I don't see him as a fit
75 y.o. non local guy who thinks local guys should own teams if possible. ;)
underdog - February 8, 2012
going out on a limb
Predicting the Rockies finish last in the NL West.
Joey Joe - February 8, 2012
I could literally see any team in the NL West both winning it and finishing last other than the Padres
who I can’t see winning it. Ok, and I can’t see the DBacks finishing last.
But would predict Padres last, just because they are rebuilding and have so many young pieces that may not be ready yet, other teams all flawed, erratic, not bad.
My NL West predictions that no one asked for
AZ
SF
LA
CO
SD
with 2-4 and maybe 1-4 pretty close.
underdog - February 8, 2012
i think rockies are significantly worse this year than last
And last year they only ended up winning 73 games.
Helton, Scutaro, Blake, Hernandez are all old.
They dont have any above average starters with DeLaRosa out…Rogers/Nicasio have some upside but the other guys arent good.
Their bullpen has very little strike you out talent.
You only have a payroll of $73mils…and you decide to give almost $30 mils to Scutaro, Guthrie, Cuddyer, Betancourt??…
I actually think the Rockies did worse than the Dodgers did this year.
Rockies have 2 cost controlled stars on great contracts in Tulo/Cargo…and the team they’ve built around them is crap.
Joey Joe - February 8, 2012
Betancourt and Brothers each had more than a strikeout per inning last year, Reynolds struck out 50 in 50.2 innings, and Belisle was at 7.3 K/9. Those are their back four, and they combined for 240 strikeouts in 225.2 innings in 2011.
I don’t think they will do very well because of their starting rotation, but I think you are selling the bullpen short.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
kenley jansen
has distorted my views of what strike out talent really is ;)
Joey Joe - February 8, 2012
Ha!
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Dam, Lakers should of made a move on Session while they had the chance. Price just went up.
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
There is always the time-honored defense of waiting that is “he is Ramon Sessions.”
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
I was slightly kidding, but impressive game from him tonight anyways, just one game, but only start this season.
uschris0304 - February 8, 2012
That's nothing
The Lakers passed on Jeremy Lin three times in the past 18 months. The most recent instance was when Golden State cut him, and the Lakers chose to keep rookie 2nd round pick Morris AND an injured Derrick Caracter (who they just cut) instead of signing Lin for the minimum. I think Ned Colletti in his tower of Orthanc has taken possession of Mitch Kupchak’s brain.
The Dude Abides - February 8, 2012
I think Golden State should feel far stupider
The guy is FROM the Bay Area, Asian American, local fans loved him, they are a shitty franchise in desperate need for a pick-me-up story. Warriors are the team that really blew it by not being a tad more patient with him.
underdog - February 8, 2012
But the Warriors have two of the best PG types in the league already
They had to cut Lin to free up enough cap space to sign DeAndre Jordan to an offer sheet. Looking it up, the Lakers never had the chance to get him in December because first Houston and then New York claimed Lin on waivers. But it still stands that the team did very little to shore up the weak PG position after the 2010 championship (Fish’s Game 3 vs the Celtics notwithstanding). They re-signed (and overpaid) Fish, they signed Steve Blake instead of Dorell Wright (who they never even considered), and they picked a SF and a PF in the 2nd round of the 2010 draft.
The Dude Abides - February 8, 2012
Fair points all
Didn’t the Warriors have Lin earlier though, too, once before? Anyway, I agree about the Lakers and PG, just that I myself didn’t think Lin would the answer and felt from the beginning he would be fun for GS fans to have, to root for… ah well, all water under the bridge now I guess. At least Lakers are getting Blake back soon, not having him at all is still worse than having his erratic self in.
underdog - February 8, 2012
The Warriors outbid the Lakers for him in Summer 2010
He was an undrafted free agent and lit up overall #1 pick John Wall in the summer league. The Warriors offered him two years at the minimum, the Lakers only one year. The Lakers had two 2nd-round picks in that draft, and chose Ebanks and Caracter over Lin.
The Dude Abides - February 9, 2012
Sad day
The inventor of Lemonheads and Atomic Fireballs, Nello Ferrara, has passed away.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Caused so much pain in my life, now so much pain that I find out he’s gone.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
I assume he created the “Nello Wafers” that I fondly remember from my youth….
latenite - February 8, 2012
Do you mean
David Young - February 8, 2012
I think he meant
fbihop - February 8, 2012
Nello, Necco, Nilla…whatever.
It was the “Necco” – you’d think I would have come up with the correct name since the guy just died (“Necro”).
latenite - February 8, 2012
It never occurred to mean there was still a real Ferrara behind the “Ferrara Pan” on the box. Loved Lemonheads as a kid; still do. Like Boston Baked Beans too.
David Young - February 8, 2012
Two great, yet somehow unheralded, candies. Even with my spice levels, the fireballs always made my eyes sweat.
KellyStephen - February 8, 2012
austin rivers!
Joey Joe - February 8, 2012
The shot of Doc Rivers going crazy was worth the price of admission.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
At least Doc will get to celebrate one win
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
I don’t know if anyone saw the end of that Duke-UNC game, but, uh. Holy shit.
fbihop - February 8, 2012
It was an incredible shot. The other incredible shot was the camera shown on the UNC fans completely stunned while Rivers was flying down the court in joy.
Julio Nievas - February 8, 2012
Dodger Bidding
The reporting of this whole process seems pretty weak to me. We supposedly had 8 bidders pass the first hurdle, and now Shaikin is reporting that there is an 11th bidder making it to the second round. Was his analysis and his sources, and everyone else who agreed with 8 being the number, wrong? Or is the process very fluid? In either case, does that also mean that the assumption that certain bidders who didn’t make the first round is also wrong?
If 11 (and counting) is the current number, that means MLB has pocketed $275K for this process. (And counting, apparently.)
KellyStephen - February 8, 2012
I think the process is fluid
The bidders that didn’t make it, Cubsn, Gilbert, Garvey Hershiser, crazy dude, we’re all confirmed by those individuals themselves.
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
IIRC it was always "here are the 8 we know made it through there may be more"
nolander - February 8, 2012
Why the hell is 1/2 iced tea, 1/2 lemonade called Arnold Palmer?
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
Because it’s not as good as Jack Nicklaus, which is what I call 100% iced tea.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Palmer had an awesome marketing team.
Eric Stephen - February 8, 2012
Not to far off
The accepted story is that Arnold would ask the bartender at the 19th Hole for a half iced tea, half lemonade drink. One time, after seeing him get tat drink, someone said let me get that Palmer drink.
About ten years ago, someone approached Palmer about licensing his name and image for a packaged drink. That drink is now sold by Arizona Tea and sells over 50 million dollars a year.
http://www.arnoldpalmertee.com/story.asp
bhsportsguy - February 8, 2012
Full disclosure: I like Arizona Arnold Palmers. They’re only a buck.
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
Better w/vodka.
KellyStephen - February 8, 2012
You've heard of the John Daly?
1/3 iced tea, 1/3 lemonade, 1/3 Jack Daniels
David Young - February 8, 2012
So Macciello was just trolling everyone
Figures…
silverwidow - February 8, 2012
Unreal (Duke/UNC)
Just watched the highlights:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320390153
kinbote - February 8, 2012
Kuroda and the Yankees
sorry if it’s been posted, but will miss seeing him pitch for LA – he’ll always be one of my all time favorite Dodgers
JJ 24 - February 8, 2012
here’s the link Kuroda and Yankees
JJ 24 - February 8, 2012
this is sad to me.
i hate that Kuroda is gone.
DodgerSF - February 9, 2012
The Orioles got rid of almost all their domestic scouts and decided “we’ll just mine talent from all around the globe”. Their scouts are now banned in South Korea.
regfairfield - February 9, 2012
NPUT
http://www.truebluela.com/2012/2/9/2784144/san-diego-padres-2012-offseason-review-national-league-west
meercatjohn - February 9, 2012
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