pure science with a splash of black cat

“Every artist was first an amateur.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jul 2nd

“Stan was the man. To be tied with Musial [in career walks],...”
— Jim Thome (Thome sees value in...

Jul 2nd

“Dodger starter Chad Billingsley induced 23 swings-and-misses...”
— 7/1 Dodgers press notes (via...

Jul 1st

Vin Scully makes his first appearance on the cover of...

Jul 1st

“I would like to thank all of you for joining us this evening...”
— Lewis Black, The Carnegie Hall...

Jul 1st

The Baseball Analysts: The 50th Anniversary...

Jun 30th

cornerinfielder: (via Home Run Derby) Well, then....

Jun 30th

7:10pm PT. Billingsley. Marquis. 10 wins. 9-1 against...

Jun 30th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-28)

Jun 30th

Watch

Fonseca - “Arroyito” from Gratitud

Jun 30th

“Was it just me or did today’s celebration really look...”
— Memories of Kevin Malone

Jun 30th

The Dodgers celebrate after Andre Ethier homers in the 13th...

Jun 30th

Oh, Rhode Island. As if we could look any more asinine. ...

Jun 29th

Russell Martin with a young fan. (via Sons of Steve Garvey)

Jun 29th

Watch

“Louis Armstrong” sings about one of history’s best video games, Super Mario...

Jun 29th

Rally 'Round the Flagg, Boys

Charles: Pierce has a big mouth, he's always butting into other people's business, but that makes him obnoxious, not a spy.
Flagg: Doesn't wash. I'm obnoxious and I'm a spy.
Charles: Touché.

Jun 29th

Watch

Blake DeWitt is a Memphis Grizzlies fan. As if there were not already so many things wrong with him...

Jun 29th

Watch

Vin Scully on Opening Day 2009. Why the hell is it so dusty in here all of a sudden?

Jun 29th

Watch

Colin Mochrie shares a strange jump-rope chant (2:08 of the video).

Jun 29th

The Lake Elsinore Storm defeated the High Desert Mavericks...

Jun 29th

cornerinfielder: brighteryellow: rickankielsmustache: ...

Jun 28th

“I’m not exactly sure what business the Giants have...”
— Dodger Blues

Jun 28th

Casey Blake interviews Andre Ethier

Zelasko: Here's Andre Ethier. Come on, come on. Don't be afraid, he's a nice guy. [to Blake] Do you want to do the interviewing or should I move on?
Blake: Well...yeah, I'll do it. Andre, you have basically no homers on the road, all at home. Can you explain that?
Ethier: I guess it's just a comfortable feeling here playing at home and [a matter of] going out there and concentrating enough on the road to put a good swing on the ball. I better pick it up and if I do, I can have a lot more better numbers than I do right now.
Zelasko: Do you have a follow-up?
Blake: I think he saw me catching up to him in homers so he had to do something about it.
Zelasko: Do you have a response to that? Is the challenge on?
Ethier: It's good camaraderie amongst the teammates to have a race amongst each other. I did see him catching up and overtaking me, I think, for a little bit so I had to put the pressure back on him and go ahead.
Zelasko: Career night, but maybe you need to learn a thing or two about a curtain call. Because they were calling you back out here, so take another curtain call right now. Gentlemen, thank you so very much. This is where you thank him.
Blake: What's that?
Zelasko: This is where you thank him.
Blake: Oh yeah. Thanks, E.
Zelasko: We're done with our interview. Congratulations.
Ethier: Thank you.

Jun 27th

dreamincolorx: I… do not even know. Anything to help get...

Jun 27th

Celestial Navigation

Phone next to bed: [rings several times]
Bartlet: What?
Charlie: Good morning, Mr. President. It's Charlie. I hope...
Bartlet: What could you possibly want right now?
Charlie: Sir, it's 6:30 a.m. and...
Bartlet: In the morning?
Charlie: Yes, sir. And I wanted to remind you that...
Bartlet: I mean, what in the name of everything holy could you want right now?
Charlie: I wanted to remind you that you have a 7:00 a.m. at the Oval Office with senior staff, followed by your security and intelligence briefings, and a meeting with the Chairman of the Fed. Would you like me to have the stewards bring you some coffee and the Washington Post?
Bartlet: Who the hell is this?
Charlie: Sir.
Bartlet: And what could you possibly want?
Charlie: Sir. I need you to dig in now. It wasn't a nightmare. You really are the President.
Bartlet: All right.
Charlie: I'll have the stewards bring the coffee to your room.
Bartlet: I'll get up now.

Jun 27th

A classic from bash.org that describes...

Zybl0re: get up
Zybl0re: get on up
Zybl0re: get up
Zybl0re: get on up
phxl|paper: and DANCE
nmp3bot: [dances] :D\-<
nmp3bot: [dances] :D|-<
nmp3bot: [dances] :D/-<
[SA]HatfulOfHollow: i'm going to become rich and famous after i invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet

Jun 27th

Well, thanks for telling me!

The label of my bottle of prescription shampoo saved my life today when it told me, “Not for...

Jun 27th

“That was a pretty neat crowd for a triple-A ballgame. The...”
— Blake DeWitt, who needs to buy...

Jun 24th

Things I Found in My Desk

I reorganized the drawer in my desk and discovered that I might not need to buy any more office...

Jun 24th

“Every little kid was asking, ‘Is Manny here...”
— Blake DeWitt learns that no...

Jun 23rd

“If there is a hell, it is modeled after Jr. High.”
— Lewis Black, in...

Jun 23rd

“@cupofchowdah Hartnell’s big red hockey ‘fro...”
— Joe Haggerty...

Jun 23rd

Discussion: You can dump one contract from...

Jun 23rd

“He began that year sleeping in a firehouse in Camden, New...”
— Lee Allen on Rube...

Jun 22nd

Walter Johnson forgives and forgets

On August 28, Johnson and Ray Collins staged another fantastic duel at Fenway. Johnson gave up a...

Jun 22nd

“In my opinion — and I suppose if there is any subject...”
— Walter Johnson

Jun 22nd

“Time called. The dreaded beach ball has shown up on the...”
— Vin Scully

Jun 21st

diamondleung: Gail and Dave Weaver parents of Los Angeles...

Jun 21st

randomsox: Oh, hey - don’t mind me. I’m just over here...

Jun 21st

This scoreboard at McDonald’s in South Attleboro might...

Jun 20th

“Next pitch, a breaking ball that just misses, and the crowd...”
— Vin Scully

Jun 20th

Seen at the McDonald’s in South Attleboro, MA: a...

Jun 20th

oliviaaarrgh: I love Sanford Koufax. (When I type in “Sandy”...

Jun 20th

Pam (dreamincolorx) and I went shopping, and this is our...

Jun 19th

“A friend is someone who sees through you and still enjoys...”
— Wilma Askinas (via kari-shma)...

Jun 19th

oliviaaarrgh: plumeria: I don’t really dream of my “dream...

Jun 19th

What we do when we get together

Amanda: Why are you Tweeting at me when I'm 5 feet away?
Pam: Why are you replying?
Amanda: 'Cause I can. So there.

Jun 19th

“I remember Dusty saying to me one day with a deadly serious...”
— Vin Scully on Dusty Rhodes

Jun 19th

“It’s been nagging and it’s something more than a...”
— Randy Wolf (Wolf seeks answers...

Jun 18th

“Film strip” of Tim Wakefield warming up in the...

Jun 18th

“A is for Alex The great Alexander; More goose eggs he...”
— “Line-Up for...

Jun 18th

IS HE EATING HIS CRUSTS

Amanda: I just checked Thome's numbers to see how he's hitting this year.
Pam: Yeah?
Amanda: Jake should take a lesson from him. He's hitting .256 and his OBP is .403.
Pam: Jake should be a White Sox. Or Thome should be a Royal. That would be hilarious.
Amanda: It would!
Pam: Thome and Farnsworth on the same team.
Amanda: The Dugout would explode.

Jun 17th

“(315): You smell like a Billy Joel song”
— texts from last night

Jun 17th

Tim Wakefield warms up before the first inning of the game...

Jun 17th

David Ortiz raises his arms to greet Mike Lowell after...

Jun 17th

dreamincolorx: :) I love walkoff pictures. Bison!! His...

Jun 17th

Sunset over the Green Monster. June 16, 2009.

Jun 17th

“Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you...”
— Mark Twain (via kari-shma)...

Jun 16th

An old favorite

Quite a number of years ago, the Seattle Symphony was doing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 under...

Jun 16th

“He’s very left-handed. He’s out there.”
— Randy Wolf on James Loney...

Jun 16th

brighteryellow: (lostinthesand)

Jun 16th

Penguins of Madagascar

Pam: I hate this show!
Amanda: Me too.
Pam: And that stupid clock chiming always makes me think it's "Ahh! Real Monsters!"
Amanda: [laughing hysterically] That's why I looked up!
Pam: We are awesome!

Jun 16th

“I’d hate you even if you were me. That’s how much I hate...”
— Patrick (via dreamincolorx)

Jun 16th

Liza is awesome

walkoffbalk: camanda: Liza (who Tumblrs as walkoffbalk) met up with me and Pam (dreamincolorx)...

Jun 16th

View of the field from the third row of the press box.

Jun 15th

Red Sox retired numbers, taken from the right field roof...

Jun 15th

Liza is awesome

Liza (who Tumblrs as walkoffbalk) met up with me and Pam (dreamincolorx) in Boston to take a tour of...

Jun 15th

diamondleung: Washington Nationals’ closer Joe Beimel...

Jun 15th

No Use for a Name

TheHolyDarrenODay: You know what's weird in dreams, is that you always hang your pitches.
KasonPoint: holy crap i think i've been dreaming my entire life

Jun 15th

“Casey Blake, obviously feeling at home in a state where...”
— Dodger Blues

Jun 15th

“So, what’d you do this weekend? Because, short of...”
— Mike Scioscia’s Tragic...

Jun 15th

“There’s something redundant about giving noisemakers to...”
— Vin Scully

Jun 15th

“I don’t like the term “pitch to contact.”...”
— Clayton Kershaw (Kershaw...

Jun 15th

This one is for Pam, Leanne, and the other Marlins fans out...

Jun 14th

“Yes, I know that giant fat sack of crap Andruw Jones homered...”
— Mike Scioscia’s Tragic...

Jun 14th

“Honestly, whether you are skinny, fat, or in between.. It’s...”
— @anthonyedmonds (via...

Jun 14th

“I walked in and she said, “Let’s go. I’m...”
— Jonathan Broxton on the birth...

Jun 14th

Mel and I are adults, so we went to Wal-Mart last night and...

Jun 14th

“In FJM Heaven, every writer complains that high-OBP sluggers...”
— Junior @ Fire Joe Morgan...

Jun 13th

“It’s not a fun day in your career, when it’s all...”
— Steve Lyons

Jun 13th

How Manny Is 50

Pierrepants: Okay, I got one! What did the tree say to the baseball player!
EthierOr: What?
Pierrepants: Babe Root? Wait a minute, I messed it up
CunningStults: Man, you are terrible at this.
EthierOr: Yeah, but did you notice how scrappy that joke was? His comedic intangibles are great.
Pierrepants: /steals two bases, befriends online community with mistimed knock knock joke

Jun 13th

“I’m going to blame it on the lightning. The lightning...”
— Matt Kemp (Lightning in Texas...

Jun 13th

I'm glad hockey is over.

I’m relieved the hockey season is over. A sport is much less fun when its postseason concludes...

Jun 13th

“Reports that the baby weighed 47 pounds, 3 ounces could not...”
— Dodger Thoughts commenter Eric...

Jun 12th

“Like James Loney at first base, Casey Blake’s having a...”
— Mike Scioscia’s Tragic...

Jun 12th

“If it could talk, it would be amazing. John Grisham would...”
— Phil Pritchard on the Stanley...

Jun 12th

I just have to say...

I am going to choke the next person who says the NL should introduce the DH rule, especially if they...

Jun 12th

“There’s no crying in baseball, except when Kyle Farnsworth...”
— Joe Posnanski (Farnsworth...

Jun 12th

“You know, this team’s had its struggles, but if they...”
— Rob Dibble on the 2009...

Jun 12th

randomsox: Faces of defeat. Mmmm, Yankee!fail…the...

Jun 12th

“I am very thrilled about it because of all of the people in...”
— Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski...

Jun 12th

“@JPosnanski “What’s Eating Raul Ibanez”...”
— Michael Schur (@KenTremendous)...

Jun 11th

“When I’m going through a bad spot, I think I’m...”
— Andre Ethier (Andre...

Jun 11th

“It reminds me of a game where the Dodgers brought in a...”
— Vin Scully

Jun 11th

“The text messages James Loney receives from Manny Ramirez...”
— Dodgers: Manny to James —...

Jun 11th

“The hat trick is not just in Detroit versus Pittsburgh,...”
— Vin Scully, after a fan caught...

Jun 11th

“C’mon, I’m like 5’2” 115.”
— (via pedroia)

Jun 11th

“So scream you, out from behind the bitter ache Heavy on the...”
— “Angry” Matchbox...

Jun 11th

I'm such a loser, but I think it's...

secondstar05: fuck yeah

Jun 11th

lol Wang

Amanda: Chien-Ming Wang sucks
Mel: you could go for an obvious joke here
Amanda: Don reading his line just now made me LOL
Amanda: Chien-Ming Wang sucks Chien-Ming's Wang
Mel: lol
Mel: there we go

Jun 11th

“No girl should ever forget that she doesn’t need anyone who...”
— Marilyn Monroe (via srsly)

Jun 11th

fuckyeahdodgers: LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 09: Chad...

Jun 11th

Julio Lugo Down by the Ballyard

Jun 10th

fuckyeahdodgers: LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 09: Chad...

Jun 10th

Dan Rhault to Tampa Bay in the 26th...

…according to @GoRhodyRams on Twitter. Wow!

Jun 10th

San Diego Padres Pick Greenwood in 14th Round...

Jun 10th

“As of Wednesday afternoon, [“A-Rod: The Many Lives of...”
— It’s a bomb from A-Rod:...

Jun 10th

Joe Torre in the dugout with batboy Chad Scully, who bears a...

Jun 10th

“So how about this: There is a Facebook fan page for...”
— Joe Posnanski, So how about...

Jun 10th

Watch

diamondleung: Subway has found a new Jared, and his name is Hong-Chih Kuo. The Dodgers setup man is...

Jun 10th

25 and Over

Jun 10th

(via sevgilim)

Jun 10th

“What made last night’s 7-0 beatdown of the Yanks so...”
— “Yankees Successfully...

Jun 10th

The 32 Most Commonly Misused Words and...

Jun 10th

randomsox: Fuck. Yeah.

Jun 10th

Eric Smith Picked 60th Overall in 2009 MLB...

Jun 10th

“If you’re gonna trespass on the field, make sure you’re...”
— while recording a PSA (via...

Jun 10th

Brent Leach, Logan White, and Clayton Kershaw on Draft Day....

Jun 10th

“khiem: What is your favorite movie? dodgersguest: Menace II...”
— Dodgers’ Hudson chats...

Jun 10th

Brent Leach is kind of a doofus. I say this affectionately,...

Jun 9th

“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must...”
— Edward R. Murrow See It Now...

Jun 9th

Watch

My 11-year-old Akita eating cake batter out of the bowl.

Jun 9th

The God of Thunder (Thighs) is pitching tonight. Somehow I...

Jun 9th

June 9, 1946: Ted Williams hit a home run 502 feet within...

Jun 9th

Watch

Linus Roache discusses his role as Michael Cutter on Law & Order on the Tony Rose Show.

Jun 9th

theshalom: You can have your fancy iPhones. I’ll stick...

Jun 9th

Watch

In honor of Pam getting this song stuck in my head thanks to this post from fuckyeahdodgers.

Jun 9th

dreamincolorx: letsplaytwo: (via fuckyeahdodgers) Hit it...

Jun 9th

“Some people say that love’s a losing game You start...”
— “You’ll...

Jun 9th

“Well, I’m not the coolest Dodger to hang out with, I...”
— Brent Leach (Leach, Dodgers...

Jun 8th

Seen outside Texas Roadhouse on Route 2 in East Greenwich,...

Jun 8th

You ever take a picture by accident and end up really liking...

Jun 7th

My mom’s pond in our front yard. June 6, 2009.

Jun 7th

Remember when?

Jun 7th

PECOTA: mystical protectorate of baseball’s innocence...

Jun 5th