pure science with a splash of black cat

This is definitely not the most obvious Photoshop job ever.

Aug 1st

Aug 1st

thisiswhyyourefat: Oreo Cupcake With Built In Milk Cup ...

Jul 31st

From the files of “Why the Save Is an Idiotic...

Jul 31st

Tom Gannam/AP (via Dodger Thoughts)

Jul 31st

Dusty Roads

Jul 31st

rmodernlife: Today, I saw a woman. She was a wild pig. RML

Jul 31st

Why is Guillermo Mota still pitching?

(via oliviaaarrgh)

Jul 31st

Clayton Kershaw

Amanda: I am going to have babies with that curveball. Holy shit.
Olivia: Or, you know, just with him.

Jul 30th

Please Please Please

dodgers: Don’t melt down like 2007. Don’t melt down like 2007.

Jul 29th

“I had no idea they were doing anything, I was writing in my...”
— Vin Scully on his reaction to...

Jul 29th

“In my opinion, there has never been nor will there ever be a...”
— Jaime Jarrín

Jul 29th

Lincecum goes the distance with career-high...

Jul 28th

Something from my mom’s garden.

Jul 27th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-26)

Jul 27th

Kuo up, DeWitt down...

…according to PE.com. Get in a frequent flyer program before it’s too late, Blake.

Jul 27th

“You have found the right young man.”
— Branch Rickey to Red Barber...

Jul 27th

Papa Broxton and Baby Broxton in the dugout prior to...

Jul 26th

Bigmouth Strikes Again - Mike Scioscia's...

Jul 26th

Sunset over the scoreboard at McCoy Stadium. July 27, 2009.

Jul 26th

“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet...”
— Abraham Maslow

Jul 26th

i wish that people had a mute button

cornerinfielder: (via sixfourthree)

Jul 25th

“Them MVP trophies are shiny shit.”
— Stephon Marbury (Don’t...

Jul 25th

“[The roar of the crowd] got me into this business. I would...”
— Vin Scully on his preference...

Jul 25th

“In terms of how sports is always looked at as a business, I...”
— Aaron Ward, happy to be going...

Jul 24th

Doug Mientkiewicz busy rehabbing,...

diamondleung: Dodgers utilityman Doug Mientkiewicz has been on the disabled list most of the year,...

Jul 24th

brighteryellow: rickankielsmustache: Frankly, we’re more...

Jul 24th

Vin, what the HELL are you wearing? (via Vin Scully Is My...

Jul 24th

Musicians and Light Bulbs

Q: How many drummers does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: “Why? Dude, is it, like, dark...

Jul 23rd

The Mr. Smith Dictionary

I found this in my LiveJournal this morning while reading posts from high school. I’m pretty...

Jul 23rd

diamondleung: #Dodgers @mattkemp27 and the Manny Ramirez...

Jul 23rd

LaRoches thankful for time spent together

Jul 22nd

Bill James on Cooperstown and Steroids

Jul 22nd

oliviaaarrgh: sportscentr: bfizzle: Ummmm how can you...

Jul 22nd

brighteryellow / thehighestheels / lizlemon / 24freedinners...

Jul 22nd

Sons of Steve Garvey: This Is His Town “Found at the...

Jul 22nd

Sons of Steve Garvey: This Is My Town? Episode XXI Check...

Jul 22nd

More from Chad Billingsley's chat...

nando99: Whats your nickname in the clubhouse? Chad Billingsley: It’s pretty simple: Bills...

Jul 22nd

From Chad Billingsley's chat transcript

oliviaaarrgh: ppoppin: will you ever consider growing mutton chops like jonathan broxtan Chad...

Jul 22nd

Watch

oliviaaarrgh: Independent, pretty and good teeth - that’s what Matt Kemp looks for in a woman. ...

Jul 21st

I almost sprained something laughing at this. Thanks,...

Jul 21st

fuckyeahdodgers: Los Angeles Dodgers’ Matt Kemp(notes)...

Jul 21st

“Good-bye, everyone. I’ll remember you all in therapy.”
— Plankton “The...

Jul 20th

What do you call...

Q: What do you call a deer with no eyes? A: No idear! Q: What do you call a deer with no eyes and...

Jul 20th

what do you call a fish with no eyes?

miss-miss: bringtheruckuss: a fsh. Oh, crap, this reminds me of an awful joke I heard in high...

Jul 20th

“It’s tough to handle this fortune and fame...”
— Joe Walsh performing...

Jul 20th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-19)

Jul 20th

Power Your Car With Pee | Autopia | Wired.com

Jul 20th

Sam Fuld doing his best Blake DeWitt...

walkoffbalk: Back to AAA he goes. Again. (That’s Iowa-Chicago-Iowa-Chicago-Iowa in a month.) Haha,...

Jul 20th

“Guys have always been cheating. Period. It just takes a...”
— Bob Gibson (via MLB Fanhouse)

Jul 20th

Player A, Player B

This week in baseball comedy… Player A: 4-for-28, 1 HR, 1 RBI, .148/.200/.250 Player B:...

Jul 19th

“Someone asked if Blake DeWitt had frequent flyer miles, and...”
— Joe Torre Pregame Notes - True...

Jul 19th

“The Astros lead 3 to 1, Scully.”
— Vin Scully talking to himself...

Jul 19th

“Further proof that Vin Scully is one of the finest people...”
— Eric Stephen (True Blue LA)

Jul 19th

For you insane devotees out there that, for the life of me,...

Jul 19th

“I think the comparison is OK if you say he has a fastball...”
— Clayton Kershaw on being...

Jul 19th

“Good father, good son, good teammate. When you make a lot of...”
— Ozzie Guillen on Jim Thome...

Jul 19th

oliviaaarrgh: wuchanclan: beautifuldirtyrich: ...

Jul 19th

“I just know that right now, I’m still thrilled doing the...”
— Still getting goose bumps from...

Jul 19th

SpongeBob SpongeBash

In honor of the fact that SpongeBob is trending on Twitter and I am sitting here watching the...

Jul 19th

“@KenTremendous If only we had some kind of blog that would...”
— Alan Yang (@AlanMYang) to...

Jul 19th

Luncheons Are for Mortals

AllThePerezEddiesMen: I hope you all enjoy the Pop-Tarts he also requested as our main course. He custom-ordered them with no frosting or filling.
maddux.xmission.com: yes, the pop-tarts people were like, "mr. maddux, without the frosting or filling, you would literally be eating sweetened drywall," and i replied, "jackpot"
AllThePerezEddiesMen: Haha. That's Greg Maddux for you! He's all business!
maddux.xmission.com: could we please hurry up with the proceedings? my sofa is not going to scotch-guard itself

Jul 19th

“Mr. Williams took me to his house and granted me that...”
— David Halberstam, “My...

Jul 18th

Watch

Matt Kemp is Hangin’ with Mr. Hunter. Matt: “You playin’ back in the old days....

Jul 18th

Guerrero’s Mother Supplies Taste of Home in...

Jul 18th

“People always understand, if you talk about a hitter, and...”
— Vin Scully during the...

Jul 18th

(via Memories of Kevin Malone)

Jul 18th

That’s for Mary.

Jul 18th

DeWitt happy to be back ... again

Jul 18th

During the Sox game:

manthigh81: Jamie Campbell(after Pedroia threw out Overbay in the 4th(?)): Pedroia made that play...

Jul 18th

Oh well.

It’s been a good day in hell. And tomorrow I’ll be glory bound.

Jul 18th

“Old anchormen, you see, don’t fade away. They just...”
— Walter Cronkite on Friday,...

Jul 18th

brighteryellow: August 30 vs. the Washington Nationals: ...

Jul 18th

And that's the way it was.

Good night, Mr. Cronkite.

Jul 18th

Jobless benefits Web site adds insult to...

Jul 18th

No seriously, as many people as possible need...

Jul 17th

lulz

oliviaaarrgh: CAIN UPDATE: His All-Star locker was next to Chad Billingsley’s. But the Giant and...

Jul 17th

manthigh81: cornerinfielder: (via McCovey Chronicles) ...

Jul 17th

“ONE OF THE WINTER OLYMPICSES TAKES PLACE IN SARAJEVO, AN...”
— James Howard Thome...

Jul 17th

Lou Merloni Would Be Proud

The Journey of Blake DeWitt: April 5, 2009: On MLB Opening Day roster. April 13, 2009: Optioned...

Jul 17th

cornerinfielder: shutupinternet: staff: By popular...

Jul 16th

These aren't those grumpy Dodgers

Jul 16th

rocketlauncher: Failed attempt to be artsy. It looks like...

Jul 16th

Jul 16th

All-Star experience a treat for LA trio

Jul 15th

Some pictures of my two boys, Yoshi and Dryfuss, as well as...

Jul 15th

oliviaaarrgh: Courtesy of Inside the Dodgers. Fat Kid Who...

Jul 15th

Orlando Hudson sports a three-piece suit despite the...

Jul 15th

Daughter’s Voice Comes Through in Ted...

Jul 15th

A Math Exercise

Joe Posnanski: This will be short and to the point because I have a column to write. You know I...

Jul 15th

cornerinfielder: For you guys (I’m sure you know who you...

Jul 14th

1969: A Moon Odyssey On their historic journey, the Apollo...

Jul 14th

dreamincolorx: cornerinfielder: walkoffbalk: ...

Jul 14th

bad music

cornerinfielder: sixfourthree: Daughty and Nickleback suck, all of their songs sound the same, and...

Jul 14th

“Anything’s possible. If somebody tells you that...”
— Orlando Hudson (The stars...

Jul 14th

Ridiculous Life Lessons From New Girl Games

Jul 14th

Hidden Gems From the Flickr Commons (wired.com)

Jul 14th

xonxorslastrevenge: camanda: brighteryellow: Chad...

Jul 13th

Wakefield soaking in All-Star experience

Jul 13th

oliviaaarrgh: LA pitchers follow Hudson’s All-Star lead “It’s helpful,” Broxton said. “O-Dog...

Jul 13th

brighteryellow: St. Louis - Tim Wakefield of the Boston...

Jul 13th

brighteryellow: Chad Billingsley of the Los Angeles Dodgers...

Jul 13th

“Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! His chances at the Triple Crown for the...”
— Orlando Hudson on Albert...

Jul 13th

“I’d rather see people smile than frown.”
— James Loney (via...

Jul 13th

oliviaaarrgh: I am glad Yahoo provided us with a...

Jul 13th

Hometown of Defiance still wowed by...

Jul 13th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-12)

Jul 13th

i hated this article.

Jul 13th

:)

Jul 13th

“Both Whitey [Herzog] and Dick [Williams] are excellent...”
— Nolan Ryan in Throwing Heat...

Jul 13th

dreamincolorx: clutchplays: Daniel Bard’s stats for his...

Jul 12th

“You remember in 1971, we had four 20-game winners on the...”
— Earl Weaver (Weaver notes...

Jul 11th

The Evolution of Tim Wakefield, Knuckleball...

Jul 11th

“Stan is one of the elite Hall of Famers, that’s the way I...”
— Brooks Robinson (Musial...

Jul 11th

“Whatever I can do to help this team out — if...”
— Blake DeWitt, being, as usual,...

Jul 11th

brighteryellow: Outfield grass for the 2009 All-Star Game. ...

Jul 11th

Sons of Steve Garvey: Post-Game 86 Thread:...

Jul 11th

cornerinfielder: starsandsons: hahahaha what is this? ...

Jul 11th

Warm memories of Schroh Arena

Jul 11th

dreamincolorx: randomsox: Hey now, you’re an All-Star… ...

Jul 11th

“Including his 3-for-4 last night, Kemp is batting an...”
— Dodgers aim to finish first...

Jul 10th

David Ortiz scores after hitting his 300th career home run...

Jul 10th

“I am a pretty grounded, steady person, so I would say when...”
— Charlie Haeger (All-Star...

Jul 9th

oliviaaarrgh: And this is the aforementioned trip. Oh Blake....

Jul 8th

Matt Kemp is the New Chuck Norris.

Jul 8th

Watching baseball the Eckersley way

Dad: Amanda!
Me: What?
Dad: Where does Eck get this shit?
Me: What shit?
Dad: He just called a little dinky hit a "quail."
Me: A dying quail? That's not his. He didn't come up with that one.
Dad: Ugh.
Me: Cheese, hair, salad, mustard, gas, Johnson -- those are his.
Dad: [laughs]

Jul 8th

oliviaaarrgh: dodgers: diamondleung: Kim Kardashian...

Jul 7th

Chad Billingsley got the silent treatment from his teammates...

Jul 6th

“Dodger pitchers drove in three runs this week (a Randy Wolf...”
— True Blue LA (Dodger Week 13...

Jul 6th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-5)

Jul 6th

fuckyeahdodgers: Dodgers 7, Padres 6 Chad Billingsley...

Jul 6th

Dodgers starting pitcher Chad Billingsley doubles in the...

Jul 6th

“Prediction: Maddon saves Wake as the “extra”...”
— Michael Schur (@KenTremendous)

Jul 6th

“‘Joy cometh in the morning,’ scripture tells us....”
— President Josiah Bartlet...

Jul 5th

The White House Pro-Am

Josh: We're gonna do good cop, bad cop.
Toby: No, we're really not.
Josh: Why not?
Toby: 'Cause this isn't an episode of Hawaii Five-O. How about you be the good cop and I be the cop that doesn't go to the meeting?

Jul 5th

Bombed

Klinger: Colonel, if you can hear me, knock three times. If you can't, knock twice.
Henry: [knocks twice]
Klinger: Oh, Lord, he's dead!

Jul 5th

Didn’t stay for the fireworks, but I got some pretty...

Jul 5th

“Nobody got hurt at the Boston Tea Party. The only people...”
— Sam Seaborn “Isaac and...

Jul 5th

The Consultant

Frank: Colonel, you are not listening to me!
Henry: Uh, you'll have to speak a little louder, Frank. I'm not listening to you.

Jul 4th

The sights in Narragansett Bay. Stupid goddamn power lines...

Jul 4th

Depressing News

Hawkeye: Margaret, how many times do I have to tell you there are no Communists under these beds?
BJ: Of course not! They're in the Lenin closet!

Jul 4th

“I’m not going to the bunker. There are going to be...”
— President Josiah Bartlet...

Jul 4th

“It’s the ’90s. Everybody’s allowed to be...”
— Detective Lennie Briscoe...

Jul 4th

“A Winchester only recognizes one 5:30 per day. This is not...”
— Major Charles Emerson...

Jul 4th

“Due to conditions beyond our control, we regret to announce...”
— PA Announcement...

Jul 4th

“We humans, we make mistakes…dere was only one man that...”
— Manny Ramirez (via Memories of...

Jul 4th

“Hope you have a wonderful Fourth of July weekend, but make...”
— Vin Scully

Jul 4th

“(415): I set the bag of cheetos on the open box on my coffee...”
— texts from last night

Jul 4th

dreamincolorx: This division is basically completely...

Jul 3rd

Press Release: Walter O'Malley, Vin Scully,...

Jul 3rd

Mark Recchi agrees in principle with Bruins

Jul 3rd

randomsox: Jason Bay: US citizen. That’s some serious...

Jul 3rd

“In the words of my people, may your life be an oasis...”
— Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger...

Jul 3rd

3 NL teams win with the minimum

Jul 2nd

Slow, steady Wakefield is carving out his...

Jul 2nd

“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