He has averaged 183-184 hits per year over the last 12 years, and he would have to continue that pace for 11 more seasons to eclipse Rose. He'd be 42 years old when he gets the hit off of Eric Show's nephew if that were to happen.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198509080.shtml

It actually expects him to finish with 2700, which gets him some HOF votes (gack!).

The shirt isn't visible. However, my poor posture has made me look like I have five chins. Or possibly one giant goiter.

And I glare back at the camera with an intense stare and a bit of a scowl.

"Edwin Jackson just misses being A grade"

And wow, I've really missed D-Fish the last couple of years.

Pure speculation, but I actually expect the Dodgers to move Pierre to LF, and sign Torii Hunter to play CF. Then they use Ethier and the farm to trade for a pitcher.

Connie Mack managed in 7,755 games, but I wonder if anyone else has participated in more games than Torre.

Frank Robinson played in 2,808 games, and managed in 2,242 games (85 of which he played in), putting his total at 4,965 games.

If you added in coaches along with managers, I would assume Don Zimmer would have more games.

Giving him credit for coaching in every game in the following years: 1974-75, 1983-87, 1992-2004 (I don't know this to be the case), plus 86 games in 1976, that puts his coaching games at 3,286, which would put his total at 6,025, still behind Torre.

That's like asking _________ on a date after being dumped by __________.

Also, maybe there will be some semblance of order in the question asking, as opposed to everyone trying to out yell each other.

-Mike D'Antoni, to Phil Jackson, as reported by Ric Bucher

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If it doesn't work, email me (my name without the space at gmail dot com).

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21438430/

Even in a very competitive NL West, the Dodgers -- without yet having made any big offseason moves -- have the makings of a contender. Expect them to get stronger over the winter and while they may not hit the jackpot on Santana or A-Rod, they'll have enough pitching and hitting to make a strong bid to be the surprise team of 2008.

I saw the Laker score, what the heck happened in the desert?

And thanks again.

DVR, work thy magic!

"Puttin' on the ritz."

This scene will be very similar to what happens on Monday at Chavez Ravine.

If he's 80% of what Jim Buss thinks he is*, I can't see why Kobe would want to leave.

*I'm open to the fact that Jim Buss might be an idiot.

I doubt that Jim Buss is an idiot. He just didn't have the luck of his father in drafting a Magic Johnson the 1st year he owned the team, with the best player in basketball already on the team, and then getting the gift of James Worthy packaged from Ted Septian who was so inept they had to change the rules to keep him from hurting himself further.

As a nominal NBA fan, so much of it seems hard to quantify. It's an anti-statistical sport, if ever there was one.

Also, I went to UofA; if I rooted for ASU I'd never get another fundraising letter from the alumni association.

Hey!

Had Jermaine been given the same PT, his numbers would have accelerated more quickly.

In short- the players really like the uniforms. It's one thing that draws them to UO. No- seriously.

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If I had been able to play football at that level I would have picked Oregon just so I could wear their uniforms. It will feel strange to root against them, it is possible that I might not be able to.

Baseball has set situations. Pitcher pitches, batter bats, outcome ensues. Concrete results. Easy to quantify. Basketball relies on too many factors.

Please basketball Gods, let him be okay.

I am blaming Lavin if he his hurt badly.

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Bynum projects as the 14th best center, ahead of Bogut, but behind Pachulia, Curry, Okafor, etc.

I immediately recognized the bar in the scene as the one I'd just been drinking at. It has a very distinctive horseshoe-shaped bar, and was recognizable even 30 years later. Google confirmed it for me.

I realize that this is probably more amazing to me than anyone else, but how crazy is that?

That's impeccable timing & pretty creepy/what are the chances type deal.

Torre will not be as beholden to Colletti, as Grady had to be. This is a distinct advantage.

http://www.thegodfathertrilogy.com/gf1/gf1scene.html

I couldn't find out if the restaurant is still there.

describes the Luna restaurant as "long gone."

Keep in mind that those scenes in the restaurant were shot over 35 years ago.

http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/g/godfather2.html

Apparently, it's the same location where Paul Hogan groped the transvestite in Crocodile Dundee. It's called Horseshoe Bar now, and like all East Village joints, it's overrun with hipsters on Friday and Saturday nights. But a nice place otherwise.

But perhaps that's my fault because I'm watching Nebraska play Kansas.

Looking through my cable guide, I see that on ESPN Pay Per View, you can watch Arkansas State versus Florida International. Arkansas State is 3-5 and Florida International is 0-8.

Maybe they have large and dedicated alumni groups throughout the country.

I have numerous games I can watch now. The Ohio State-Wisconsin game is not among them as it is on the Big 10 Network which is available only in Cuba and the Maritime Provinces of Canada.

Of course, I'm still trying to concoct a scenario in which USC can win the Pac 10. ASU probably has to win today, then lose to Arizona or UCLA (and USC of course), coupled with another Oregon loss (to AZ, UCLA or OSU).

If they got into a three-way tie with ASU and Oregon, the first tiebreaker would be head-to-head (to head).

If Oregon beat ASU today, but then lost a later game, USC would be out in a three-way tie.

If ASU beats Oregon, but then loses one more game other than to USC, then the next tiebreaker would go in to effect, which would be record against the next best team in the conference.

That could be sticky since you don't know all of the other schools would finish up. USC would have a presumed advantage since one of their conference losses will be against a team that should be toward the bottom (Stanford).

However Cal finishes could be important.

Nebraska is also last in the nation in rushing yards allowed.

C Martin
1B Loney
3B A-Rod
2B Kent
RF Kemp
CF Ethier
LF LaRoche
SS Furcal

LaRoche could spell A-Rod, who could then spell Furcal, as needed, with Young playing LF. If Repko is back, he could spell Kemp and Ethier. If he's not, we'd need a real RF or CF backup option (I'd like Davanon, but I don't care very much). Abreu spells Kent, who spells Loney.

Too bad Kent isn't left handed.

I don't like USC's chances in a 3-team tiebreaker, especially if UCLA delivers ASU it's other conference loss. If UCLA beats ASU and finishes 6-3, the tiebreaker between SC-ASU-Oregon would eliminate ASU, leaving Oregon-SC head-to-head, which would favor Oregon.

USC's best case scenario is for ASU to win today, then UCLA to win out (save for December 1), leaving a 3-way tie at 7-2 among ASU-USC-UCLA. USC would win that tiebreaker by beating the other two teams.

So, there you have it. I'm a UCLA fan for 28 days, and a Sun Devil fan today.

Your tiebreaker scenario is unintentionally hilarious!

I have to refrain from comment because a large unnamed university in Wast Los Angeles is involved.

America is doomed to see Ohio State play in the BCS championship game. Ohio State is turning into the Buffalo Bills of college football.

It's not a particularly safe thing to do.

62 I hate, hate, hate those Oregon numbers, that dumpy font. I'll be rooting for them anyway, later today.

It's been said that Torre loves speedsters so if anything He'll bat Pierre 1st or 2nd like Grady Little did.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/03/opinion/03lewis.html?ref=opinion

Sorry Bob.

He's a high risk, high reward QB.

His team lost in OT to NC State 19-16.

*I do not endorse the concept of Hell, or Satan.

I need to see my UofA football in HD with a proper aspect ratio!

Chad Moeller is a minor league free agent.

I actually just got home. It was our homecoming so I did the whole tailgating thing.

I actually don't like to sit(stand) in that crappy stadium and rather watch the game in my living room.

The Jayhawks scored 86 against South Dakota State in 1947.

Nebraska has given up the most points in school history. The old record was 70.

In basketball.

(They also scored 92 against them on February 17)

Which FA pickup(s) would cost less than $4mm AND produce enough extra wins to drive up attendance by 10%?

The Huskers made it. They are only down 37 points in the fourth quarter!

The five touchdowns have come on two interception returns, a kickoff return, a blocked punt, and a 63-yard run.

It's sort of a touchdown sampler.

I am running out examples of the above statement.

Ahh, those were the days.

'Twas a simpler time.

Gameday is in Eugene for the 2nd time this year. Apparently someone had a sign that said "it burns when Sparky pees" haha

You're getting spoiled.

I don't like going to Arizona football games.

Navy missed a PAT for the difference.

Because...
I hate the stadium.
I dislike the student section.
Everyone leaves by halftime anyways
The team has sucked the past 4 years Ive been here.

I do go to basketball games. I'm more into UofA bball recruiting than football anyways.

Yes, in May.

I think ASU is home every week this year except today.

See also: Ford, Stan.

He wants the Dodgers to be run as autonomous collective.

Thats what happens when you are engulfed by Academia.

>> Conventional wisdom is that Rodriguez willfully ignored the Yankees' repeated public assertions that they could not rationally pursue him in free agency because they would lose $30 million from the Texas Rangers when they took over his contract. But the Yankees' assertion is simply a bargaining gambit.

Assume some other team, call them the Dodgers, were to offer Rodriguez $32 million a year for eight years. Remember that the Dodgers are receiving no part of the Rangers' booty. Is it really the Yankees' position that Rodriguez is worth more to the Dodgers than to the Yankees? If the Dodgers can afford to pay the $32 million a year, can the Yankees — the richest franchise in sports — plead poverty?

The Yankees' earlier protestation about the Rangers' money was to make it appear their hands were tied and thereby land Rodriguez at a lower cost. But that bluff has been called. <<

http://tinyurl.com/2d7559

Fumble recovery for TD puts the Middies up 26-21 with 10:24 left at Notre Dame!

Notre Dame will likely win the game on an interception return helped out by a bad call.

Never underestimate the power of Charlie Weis.

Navy's QB is Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada.

Just work with me on the hyphens there people.

Somebody needs to go to South Bend and drive a stake in the heart of the undead that walk around there.

The undead live!

The world rejoices.

Technically, the stadium is not in the city of South Bend, but you have to work with me here people.

Let that sink in for just a moment.

What did I do to deserve this?

"Evan Sharpley, games like this is where Notre Dame legends are made!"

They're 1-7 and playing Navy!

Is the missing word "dorm"?

I wish I had a prize to give you.

The rooms are like prison cells with the cement walls and the community bathroom were probably infested with STDs.

Let's have a talk about that...

Something like that.

I definitely recommend living in a dorm your freshmen year. It's a great way to meet new people and get accustomed to college life. If you can, get a dorm where you have suite style bathrooms.

Third overtime, no more PATs

Charlie Weis through his first 34 games at ND: 20-14

Since beating Army last November 18, Notre Dame has played 11 games. Their only win came against Westwood Technical College Prep, or whatever Bob is calling it now.

I hope George W. Bush isn't planning to go to Dallas on November 23.

I thought the refs from the Ohio St-Miami Fiesta Bowl were all gone!

Sorry for the jinx America!

Hold your end of the bargain, Lou!!

Because I am a vengeful and petty man.

Call off the nuclear strike!

ASU wins, then loses one more game before USC.

Oregon loses, then loses another.

USC and ASU (and maybe UCLA) are tied at 7-2. USC wins tiebreaker, then wins the Rose Bowl.

Where are you transferring to?

Oh, and I meant 20-17 in 256

I'm going over to Calvinist Thoughts to discuss this.

Come on!

Or were you referring to some other game?

Ducks up 14-3. The EA Sports thingie on ESPN predicted the Ducks would go up 14-3, then fall behind 17-14, then win 28-17.

This is an outrage!

A friend of mine has an uncle, the twin to her father, who used to go about Florida dragging an 8-foot cross behind him.

But I always get the last laugh.

It's 55 degrees.

Richmond vs. Maine is the first game in Division I.

Ben Howland said Darren Collison has a mild sprain of the left knee and is expected to be out for as little as five days to as much as two weeks. That was good news for UCLA.
But there was bad news. Michael Roll ruptured the plantar fascia in his left foot in Saturday's practice and will be out for approximately three to five weeks, Howland said. Roll recieved an injection in the left foot six weeks to two months ago and has struggled with plantar fascia for the last 18 months.

Yet.

but I guess my offspring will be the closes I'll get to it, mother nature you gotta love her.

That being said, the Ducks lucked out there at the end of the half.

FSU vs. BC?

West Coasters have OSU at USC.

That's one of the most unusual venues I've ever been to for a high school game. Nothing like having MPs sign you in at the gate wielding very large rifles.

Purity, shmurity. I know a 7 year old who would stand in line for that item.

Oregon never looks good when D4P observes them.

Even ESPN will deign to show up.

LSU tied it up and now Alabama has turned it over in their own end.

Oregon's big problem is hoping that Dixon isn't hurt.

In this case, it's New Orleans. The Sugar Bowl will be on New Year's Day and the BCS Championship Game the week after, also in New Orleans.

USC is routing OSU and they've been booted out of the second picture-in-picture.

346 - couple years ago, I believe... or maybe just last year

If Ohio State goes to the BCS championship, I don't know if another Big 10 would qualify for the BCS. So the Rose Bowl could be something like USC vs. West Virginia.

The lowest ranked team leading a BCS conference now is UConn and they're ahead of UH.

It's possible.

I think USC would slaughter UH.

How do you get your hair to do that?

That's for ESPN Insiders only, like Mel's Big Board™.

Don't you mean Pac-9...?

You misunderstand my stance. I won't speak about one school in this blog (I will in other places) because it brings out unpleasantness.

I still root for the unnamed school.

It was bad.

A Civil War Captain America film could be pretty powerful; but it would cause also sorts of Rule 5 problems.

Not to mention "Sam's a total loser" problems.

A few more: I'm a recovering comic book kid, so as bad as these movies tend to be, I can't help but watch. And as far as these movies go, Daredevil is probably the worst of them.

I fell in love with the old spider man mini series back in the late 80's (was it a mini series, I don't remember) I thought it was pretty cool.

Is it just me or are the best Sportcenter commercials the one's featuring David Ortiz? The one where he spits on his hands before shaking hands of the anchor's family is great. But the one where he tries to fix Posada's hat and the mascot getting mad is just classic.

But the Beavers should be able to make a bowl as they have both Washington schools coming up before the Civil War.

>> Unless he received a pre-opt-out commitment from another team, that is, unless someone tampered with Rodriguez — and what a shock that would be — Boras was very likely calling the Yankees' bluff in their stated position that they would not seek to sign Rodriguez if he opted out.

If that is the case, in this poker game Boras could lose. <<

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>> As a policy, Boras does not negotiate with the player he is representing present. But the Yankees wanted to meet personally with Rodriguez, to tell them how much they valued him and to see if he meant what he said about wanting to stay with the team.

When reports of the Yankees' possible offer surfaced last Sunday, Boras took that as an indication that the team did, in fact, want to talk money with his client. He then exercised the opt-out clause without meeting with the Yankees. <<

## Privately, the Yankees believe Rodriguez would never take a pay cut unless he fired Boras, and there is no evidence he would do that. Further, said a different confidant of Rodriguez, the Yankees angered Rodriguez with their hard-line stance about his opt-out decision and helped push him into the free-agent market. ##

http://tinyurl.com/3dnnqh

In baseball terms, it was a business decision by the Yankees. They are coming to recognize that they are getting old, that they have some problems and dumping $350 million on one guy doesn't make sense. They've got to figure out the back end of the bullpen, catcher, probably center field, first base, and the starting rotation.

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Torre's signing makes Gonzalez want to return

>> Luis Gonzalez said he has changed his mind about no longer wanting to play for the Dodgers, the reason being their recent hiring of Joe Torre as manager. <<

http://tinyurl.com/2jxkjd

I'm sure NedCo knows having 2 weak arms in the outfield wasn't very fun, I really feel Gonzalez won't wear Dodger blue in '08.

my god. PLEASE say it ain't so.

Goodbye little bird. Fly away and be free.

What does Gonzalez expect Torre to do? Carve a 20 foot statue out of him from marble? Hit him with a magic wand and change his name to Bernie Williams?

https://griddle.baseballtoaster.com/archives/317999.html

Much less.

Deep down, all sports teams have a lot of jerks following them.

I'm not sure how they would determine if anyone at Florida State actually ever learns anything however.

He has no shame and he is rather a despicable creature.

Judge, jury & executioner...

Oh man, you're right. That totally ruins it. I was counting on a pick for him, but it's too risky now, I guess.

"Rosebud" is really Greg Brock's real first name.

439 - I kind of feel sorry for Nomar. It wasn't that long ago that he was considered one of the very best in the game (remember when the debate was A-Rod, Jeter, Nomar?), now though, I think he has to realize that injuries undid his potential. Can he rebound, I suppose, but I would not put it in the realm of "likely" - maybe he'd have a chance if he went to be a hit-for-average DH in the AL.

I 2nd comeback, can that be possible?

The musical emphasizes all the uninteresting parts of the original film.