Can Dodgers' road get any lower? -- latimes.com
The mediocre left fielder announces that he will indeed come back to suck up $20 million of the payroll, thus insuring that Juan Pierre and his exciting brand of ball will stay on the bench.
This is a nice way to open the letters column. It prepares you for the stupidity that follows in the rest of the column — pro forma for a letters column.
Manny Ramirez, 2009 — 102-for-352, 24 2B, 19 HR, 63 RBI, 71 BB, 81 K, .290/.418/.531
That’s mediocre? You have lofty expectations, Josh Clark from San Gabriel. And what is supposed to be exciting about little ground balls and 30-hop throws to second base? You’re also a spectacularly boring man, Josh Clark from San Gabriel.
I hope you don’t mind me inferring this from your letter. You seem confident in your opinions. Well, I’m confident in mine, too, and mine is that you’re an idiot.
GOD DAMMIT I knew they'd get me to cry
- **Online Host**: Meanwhile, in the Los Angeles Dodgers Chatroom...
- WordUpThome: /sits on bench with head in hands
- MannyTheTorpedoes: nyah hee hee /makes bizarre scooping gesture with hands
- WordUpThome: WHAT ARE YOU DOING
- MannyTheTorpedoes: signelling to payro that we are oud of playoffs
- MannyTheTorpedoes: r u ok do u wan hifive
- WordUpThome: NO, I'M NOT FINE. IT FEELS LIKE IT IS JUST NEVER GONNA...
- WordUpThome: NEVERMIND, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABO
- WordUpThome: ABOUT IT
- MannyTheTorpedoes: what r u gona do neg season /puts entire sunflower into mouth
- WordUpThome: HEAD BACK TO THE AMERICAN LEAGUE, SEE IF ANY TEAMS NEED A NIGH IMMOBILE OLD MAN D.H.
- WordUpThome: HOW ABOUT YOU
- MannyTheTorpedoes: gona get millons of dollar to be gray at baseball sometime an sometime not care go home watch spontchbob
- WordUpThome: ALL THAT WORK WE DID TRAVELING THE COUNTRY ON A TANDEM BICYCLE, AND WHAT DID IT GET US
- MannyTheTorpedoes: cople extra weeks of beisbol
- WordUpThome: I GUESS I SHOULDN'T HAVE EXPECTED A BUNCH OF CLEVELAND INDIANS TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS
- WordUpThome: SEE YOU NEXT SEASON, BUDDY
- MannyTheTorpedoes: bye jim tommy
- **Online Host**: WordUpThome has left the chatroom.
This Isn’t A Story « Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness
Early-morning sanity for ya.
Dodgers assistant GM Ng interviews for vacant San Diego Padres GM job - SGVTribune.com
Coach Thome?
Two Dodgers have spoken publicly about the hitting tips veteran slugger Jim Thome has given them before key at-bats.
Thome admitted to counseling Manny Ramirez moments before he hit a two-run homer in Game 1 of the NLCS on Thursday.
Then Friday, Andre Ethier mentioned Thome had given him some pointers on hitting reliever J.A. Happ right before he worked a bases-loaded walk to win Friday’s Game 2.
Not a bad track record.
But Thome said he hasn’t given much thought to being a coach when his playing days are over.
“I haven’t really thought about it yet,” said Thome, who hopes to play at least one more season. “Whatever I do, I want to get home and spend some time with my kids first.”
They make it sound like something illicit is going on here: “spoken publicly,” “admitted.” He slapped Andre on the head and Andre took a walk. That’s just so taboo.
Olivia and I think Jim should slap the whole team.
Postseason jumping! (Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
Please get a room. (via Deadspin)
Part of me like “awww.” Part of me is like “get a room.” (Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
The Dugout: It's Tribe Time Now Finale
KanyeFeelTheLoveTonight: YOU GUYS ARE VERY TALENTED! i LIKE THE PART WHERE YOU TRY TO TYPE JIM AND THEN ACCIDENTALLY HIT ENTER
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WordUpThome: YEAH REALLY AND WHY IS HE TYPING IN ALL CAPS, THAT IS SO ANNOYING
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MoralOrel: I’m with Omar! I might not have the hair of Tim Lincecum, but I’ve got his gangly bad looks, and I’m sure I could at least do better than Jamie Moyer!
MoyerBodyGirl: aw hey
I can’t resist any opportunity to post pictures of Jim Thome wearing his shades. Jim, I love you, but: you’re just not that cool. (Jacob de Golish/Getty Images.)
The Dugout: It's Tribe Time Now, Part 7
I love Dugout!Jim. I love the real Jim. I love baseball. I wish Farnsy and Rickey were in this one.
Also: GRATUITOUS KANYE JOKE AHOY!
GripSoda: do you see me choking the hell out of a lady cop
WordUpThome: NO
GripSoda: do you see me whipping a bat at somebody and then using their skull as a bong
WordUpThome: WHAT’S A BONG…
GripSoda: nah jim i’m marquis grissom, dmitri young ain’t even play for the team this year, i don’t know where he went, might be retired
GripSoda: last i heard the busta was tryin ta freebase dippin dots
WordUpThome: I THINK EVERYONE IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES WOULD ENJOY A FREE BASE…
WordUpThome: HEY MANNY MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME OUT WITH THIS, DO YOU KNOW WHAT A “BONG” IS
MannyTheTorpedoes: bong james bong, like in spies
WordUpThome: THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL HAVE
