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1) using profanity or any euphemisms for profanity
2) personally attacking other commenters
3) baiting other commenters
4) arguing for the sake of arguing
5) discussing politics
6) using hyperbole when something less will suffice
7) using sarcasm in a way that can be misinterpreted negatively
8) making the same point over and over again
9) typing "no-hitter" or "perfect game" to describe either in progress
10) being annoyed by the existence of this list
11) commenting under the obvious influence
12) claiming your opinion isn't allowed when it's just being disagreed with
You were there for me, when no one else was
You were there for me, in my darkest hours
When my family was born, we stuck together
You have screened the kiddie shows, shown the home videos
When we got our first house, you filled the space
The space that only a certain type of TV would fit
It was meant to be
You fell ill last year; your recovery was a marathon
For so long
You defied diagnosis
You tested our faith
But we passed
We all passed
You are low definition, fat screen
You are the tortoise as the hares broadcast by
Today I come home
And it's all gone wrong
And I face the unfathomable
Pull the plug? Zounds!
How will I replace you?
What will fill that space?
What will be so cheap?
What will we do?
I would rend my garments in agony
But no new clothes for Jonny
Jonny has a mission
Jonny needs a new television
* * *
Tonight's game:
That is the question.
Whether tis noble to suffer the slings and arrows
Of Basic cable a day longer
Or buy into the limited offerings
Doled out by Time-Warner/Cablevision...
Willie Bloomquist just hit a legitimate inside-the-park home run (that is, one on which no defensive misplays were made). You don't see that every day.
I'm also preemptively envious of you for the TV that will replace the dear departed. Sadly, my low-def, fat-butt box shows no sign of needing replacement. I'll get my first flat-screen HDTV around the same time as others get programming beamed directly into their pre-frontal cortex(es).
My post:
http://www.linkmeister.com/blog/archives/002416.html
Other side's post (linked to in mine):
http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/009083.html#009083
It's the most amazingly odd thing I've ever had happen on the intertubes.
We got an HDTV. We bought it with student loan money. We also have an '88 something-or-other given to us by my father-in-law. Regular channels look better on the old tv than they do on the HDTV.
May '07 97 ABs BA.268 OBP .317 SLG .289 OPS .606
June '07 37 ABs BA .189 OBP .211 SLG .216 OPS .427
This is why you drop him in the lineup, but
2007 w/ runners in scoring Position 63ab's BA .413 OBP .458 SLG .476 OPS .934 !!!!
source ESPN
2 - I was watching that on Extra Innings. Serves the Astros right for that godawful misdesign.
Anybody else remember the last out of the eighth in this game?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU200308280.shtml
http://tinyurl.com/3ymtah
And that someone hopes she did not jinx the bison.
[sticks out tongue]
May he go hitless the rest of the year.
Just wondering what I am missing.
A lot of fodder for the disgruntled....
First time I have actually been able to chat at DT during a game. The youngster is going to bed early and I get to watch the game AND chat while the wife is out.
She normally will only let me do one at a time...
Kevin Kennedy just said the Angels were 2nd in "hitting". Sure, their team average is 2nd in the AL, but the team with the highest batting average doesn't necessarily win each game. They are 6th in the AL in runs/game.
I hardly ever check the Sunday paper anymore, but are the team stats still sorted by average? It wouldn't surprise me if that were still the case.
Anyway, he just said Betemit has "homered in three straight, and each of the last two games."
Steve Phillips had his whole sexual harassment thing go down...But it's more based on how they come off.....less judgement, more observation...
Why is this so important to you?
I can't recommend enough HDTV. First time you see a game or watch National Geographic, you'll be hooked.
I'll pretend I didn't hear "Best of Show".
EqA
Juan Pierre .239
Nomar .234
I don't know about the whole cursing his bat for that one, after all.
I would go as far as to say that I've never heard Vin speak so harshly of the Dodgers front office on the air about any topic.
I've heard a lot about this play, but have never seen it. Does anyone know where a video of it might be somewhere on the internet?
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Best argument I've read for not getting it...
Ervin Santana at home: 4-1, 2.41 ERA.
It could have just been a cork tree.
In college, my roommate and I were walking through the Botanical Gardens at UCLA and they had a slice of a cork tree open.
My roommate observed, "Wow, that feels just like cork!"
Joe Crede has a similar injury if I'm not mistaken, and could (likely will) go into free agency on the DL.
"Let's get back to this one."
Santana walked the first two in the first but he's gotten stronger.
Oh yeah, the rabbits are loose!
My new MLB.tv, thanks to ESPN.com screwing up our fantasy league, means I can finally listen to Mr. Vin! And actually watch the force of nature that is Russ Martin!! Awesome!!!!!!1!
Sorry bout the TV though Jon, although I did hear in a commercial today that Fathers' Day is a terrific time to go HD...
Carolyn Hughes has access to a lot of hair stylists. She'll get Lowe's hair straightened out.
Until she sets her sights on Martin or Kemp.
ya think?
If I was wearing a cap, I'd tip it to D.Lowe right now.
Kent just stood there and happily took that one. Not complaining, of course, just wondering.
Page taken from the Book of Bagwell
Buster Olney would have given Nomar's fly ball an Olney.
Nice hit Gonzo.
2-0 and it doesn't stop here.
WWSH
Also, he gets lost in his own monologues and forgets the very point the was trying to make (especially on his XM radio show). Seriously, he confuses himself.
As far as style, he has a way of making otherwise exciting things sound flat dead boring. I can't look at him without thinking of the captain's story in Jaws.
"And, you know, the thing about a shark... he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be living..."
The batter becomes a runner and is entitled to first base without liability to be put out (provided he advances to and touches first base) when --
(b) He is touched by a pitched ball which he is not attempting to hit unless (1) The ball is in the strike zone when it touches the batter, or (2) The batter makes no attempt to avoid being touched by the ball;
If the ball is in the strike zone when it touches the batter, it shall be called a strike, whether or not the batter tries to avoid the ball. If the ball is outside the strike zone when it touches the batter, it shall be called a ball if he makes no attempt to avoid being touched.
APPROVED RULING: When the batter is touched by a pitched ball which does not entitle him to first base, the ball is dead and no runner may advance.
He just needs another bottle of Soul Glo.
maybe he needs a drink to calm down a bit..
UH-OH Lowe has been great except when he has to win--now is the time to pull him Grits!!!!!
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN200504150.shtml
Nice game, Lowe.
Since that commercial features two guys who require a big paycheck in Derek Jeter and Harvey Keitel, I think John Lackey probably got a nice pay day too.
Not if Lou Piniella is your manager. He makes the starters hang around in the dugout.
Derek Jeter doesn't say anything either.
Dodger Thoughts, March 29, 2003:
Vin Scully, usually the definition of cheerfulness, has hardly ever sounded more disgusted on the air than he did during Friday's Dodger-Angel broadcast.
Scully talked about how the Dodgers, under the Kevin Malone regime, told Mike Scioscia that he had no future with the organization.
"Unbelievable," said Scully, the distaste in his voice unmistakable.
Scully went on to press the point - making it seemingly apparent where he thought the blame lay - noting that Scioscia is now a World Champion, and Malone is "gone."
Nothing special. You can find them under "Corn, Cans of"
Thanks for that trip down recent memory lane.
Piniella reportedly makes the starters stick around because he doesn't want them to trash the clubhouse if they've had a bad game.
And counting.
Vinny's staring to worry me. It's reminding me of when Harry Caray pronounced Mondesi's name as ray-ool mon-DEE-zy. Who doesn't know how to pronounce Raul? (note- I don't know how to type pronunciations, but the emphasis was on the second syllable in the last name.
WWSH
"Scouting director Tim Hallgren said the club has signed all of its picks in the first 17 rounds except supplemental first-round pick James Adkins, a left-handed pitcher from the University of Tennessee; fifth-rounder Kyle Blair, a right-handed pitcher from Los Gatos (Calif.) High School; and 14th-rounder Devin Fuller, a right-handed pitcher from Gilbert (Ariz.) High School."
Gurnick/Dodgers.com
They started using it a lot last year. There's a young, slacker-like guy who always wears black who sits by the field and he adjusts it. He dresses in stylish bicycle messenger gear.
[shudder]
I wonder how many people are keeping score at home? Surely less than 10, right?
or riding ATVs in hell--I mean, Texas.
14Ks for Dodgers.
I love Vin here, with Guerrero vs Saito. "I'm just gonna shut up here." Awesome.
I'm not panicking, this is just the culture shock.
If Vin says something like, "When Mark Hendrickson pitches to Mike Napoli, the best thing I can do is shut up..." then we'll know for sure that he has to go.
Darn those infield hits. C'mon Sammy!
Way.
wtf?
Oh, I see why.
Up comes the silent assassin.
WWSH
Wonder if a youtube search with "Spezio" & "pitching" would yield anything.
Ah well, doesn't matter now!
Ahhhh and as soon as I bring up DT to post I miss the last out and that famous Saito smile!! Grr, guess I'll just have to watch the LAD/LAA game tomorrow too...
WWSH
Lowe was the man tonight...
http://tinyurl.com/29ern7
I believe I did coin the phrase "Slappy McPop" for Pierre - but didn't call in ESPN Radio, no. And someone else here may have practically come up with it too, and/or it was probably inspired by another similar idea, so I think I should get credit but shared with the rest of the class. Do I win that t-shirt?
I've been amazed by the lack of tangible evidence on how good Lowe has been, but I guess that stuff happens and besides he usually gets better at the end of the season. I think manag. has realized how often they lose if they use Bigfoot or TomTom. Even a statue can point the right way if you find something big enough to smack it with.
News reports in Japan list Jones as an infielder, who "can play outfield."
>>> Little said he is juggling the Dodgers' rotation their next series against the Blue Jays to give Derek Lowe an extra two days' rest.
Brad Penny, Hong-Chih Kuo and Jason Schmidt will pitch at Toronto. Lowe will pitch in the team's first game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, giving him a full week off between starts.
Coming into Friday's game, Lowe was seventh in the league with 95 1/3 innings pitched.
"Any break for his arm at this time of year will be nothing but good for him," Little said. <<<
NOTE: Tiny URL appears to be down for maintenance. The above excerpt is from the Los Angeles Times online sports page
NOTE: Tiny URL appears to be down for maintenance. The above excerpt is from the Los Angeles Times online sports page.
I saw some guy wearing a shirt that said those exact words tonight, i chuckled & took a few pictures of the shirt.
The popular Mota was taken off the road this year, reassigned to community service work when the team was gone while continuing to assist hitters while the team was home. Now he's back on the travel squad to assist Mueller.
According to club officials, Mota's absence on the road was a result of Major League Baseball's crackdown on teams dressing more than six coaches in uniform. <<<
http://tinyurl.com/ytyrj5
So what changed? Mueller took Murray's place on the coaching staff. So who is Mota replacing? Or did Major League Baseball change the rule?
i'm pretty sure Grady is gonna have a quick hook tomorrow if Schmidt doesn't perform, Bills had a bullpen session today he thew 20-30 pitches.
tomorrows start from Schmidt is gonna be "interesting" to say the least.
vr, Xei
On Tiger Woods' athleticism:
"Tiger is a great golfer, but ... when you say athlete, I think of Carl Lewis. When you talk about (golfers or race-car drivers), I don't want to see them run. It's the same if you were to meet a beautiful girl and go bowling. If she's an ugly bowler, you are going to be disappointed."
On the Slappy McPopup comment on the radio, I heard it and minutes later spoke to the man who made the call.
That's all I will say for now.
Are his initials T.I.G.B. (The Imitation Greg Brock)? No, that can't be right. Brock would not bother to even mention The Player. He sees him as invisible.
Underdog:
I wasn't aware of who coined Slappy McPop-up but I've laughed and loved it ever since. I had a shirt made last week with the number nine and that name. I called into ESPN today, Mason and Ireland, on the way to the game.
I want to give credit where credit is due. I didn't and don't claim to have coined the name, I've simply been inspired. I'm also happy to see that Slappy scored our second run after a solid single to left. I would LOVE to be wrong about him and see him lead us to the promised land.
Slappy made me happy. Underdog, I will not dry up all the water in Los Angeles. I will free Sweet Polly and you may get some rest.
Go first place Dodgers!
That would be me. On the loge level? I sat in section 138 tonight with three Angels fans. They went home talking about Lowe and Broxton and Garrett Anderson starting and Willits on the bench.
Sorry I couldn't catch up with you Craig. I hope to on the 21st of July, if the wife lets me go to the game on our wedding anniversary. She's quite supportive, not sure if she'll go for it with out of state relatives in town.
Good game tonight. Great pitching. LuGo continues to confuse me in a good way. Let's ride him for now and get at least one more from the LAA. Schmidt tomorrow does not inspire confidence in me...
https://dodgerthoughts.baseballtoaster.com/archives/662668.html#102
Slappy McPutout looks to have been Brock's, way back, before the deal was even official (11/20/06).
https://dodgerthoughts.baseballtoaster.com/archives/557281.html#345
Most egregious use of the name Slappy goes to Nate Purcell and his 4/18/06 calumny against Andy LaRoche. For shame.
https://dodgerthoughts.baseballtoaster.com/archives/352804.html#12
Oh, no worries, Android. I'm just glad you got some mileage out of it. Maybe some day you can get me a t shirt. ;-) On the other hand, part of me just wants to forget he exists. And part of me hopes he can continue to slowly stop hitting like the nickname.
Enjoy!
New post coming up top.
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