Archive for the ‘Los Angeles Dodgers’ Category
Monday, February 9th, 2009
There is perhaps no sport that more often shows us just how quickly an athlete can go from extremely awesome to extremely terrible than baseball.
You know, it's not that easy to hit a round ball with a round bat. Combine that with that whole no salary cap thing, and once-bigtime ...
Posted in Andruw Jones, Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, Texas Rangers | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
To put it into ultra-simplistic terms, our economy is screwed because people have been spending far too much money. People were given home loans they could not possibly pay back, thus killing several lending giants. A few years ago was the first time in a hell of a long time ...
Posted in Boston Red Sox, C.C. Sabathia, Carl Pavano, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins, General, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, MLB, MLB Playoffs, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays, Washington Nationals | 17 Comments »
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Seriously, Matt Stairs?
That’s what you’re asking yourself if you’re a Los Angeles Dodgers fan.
Against a lineup with the likes of Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley and Pat Burrell, you get beat by 40-year old Matt Stairs?
No one could have seen this coming. Well, no one besides Hickey's cousin ...
Posted in Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Stairs, NLCS, Philadelphia Phillies | 5 Comments »
Friday, October 10th, 2008
Sometimes I wonder how anyone made it through the late '70s without drinking the Jonestown Kool-Aid.
I suppose if I had actually lived through the era, I might be blissfully unaware of how awful it was. Or at least adhering to a strict drug regimen would allow me to achieve this ...
Posted in Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, Terrible Acting, YouTube | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Now that the White Sox have wrapped up the final playoff spot after Tuesday night's 1-0 thriller over the Twins for the AL Central title, we can finally make our playoff predictions.
[caption id="attachment_3098" align="alignright" width="321" caption="I've always wondered what it would be like to celebrate in a giant manpile on ...
Posted in Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, MLB, MLB Playoffs, Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Rays | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
My worst fears have come to fruition.
Just a few days ago, I was convinced that the Cubs were unquestionably the team to beat heading into the National League playoffs -- the first time I've felt that way since I was a naive 7-year-old in 1989. And then TBS had to ...
Posted in Announcers, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB | 28 Comments »
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Jason Schmidt, Nomar Garciaparra, Juan Pierre, Esteban Loaiza and Andruw Jones. That is a list of players the Los Angeles Dodgers currently owe more than $7.5 million each this season. OK, you five, if you've made a significant contribution to the team this year, step forward...not so fast Andruw.That's right, ...
Posted in Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB | No Comments »