October 2009
95 posts
“Kemp leans in over a marble table at Bistro 24, elbows on his knees, fingers...”
– Eric Neel, “Lights. Camera. Kemp.” ESPN Magazine, October 2009. (via oliviaaarrgh)
September 2009
54 posts
Path of the Pros: Clayton Kershaw | dodgers.com:... →
Love this kid.
Watcholiviaaarrgh:
Matt Kemp visits the Dodgers’ offices
Memorable moments: someone asking if he’s a virgin, stealing skittles, telling people that they should return the pictures to his mama, him taking the sales calls…. oh, so pretty much the entire video.
I liked him stealing skittles, Mr. Lasorda, and saying he wants a gold bobblehead. Also, I’ve never wanted to work in an office worse than...
Dodger Blues - Choking their way to the post... →
I don’t think it will surprise anybody that Dodger Blues is my favorite Dodgers blog. Well.. they do have some outdated blog design that doesn’t allow me to link to an individual blog post, I’m not crazy about that. So you’ll just have to go check out their post “Choking their way into the post season.” It’s very rare that anyone’s pessimism matches...
Billingsley eyes return to form | MLB.com: News →
Come on, Thunder Thighs. You can beat the Nationals. I can beat the Nationals. Do us proud.
That's more like it Dodgers.
This is what you should be doing to horrible teams.
14-2 in the 9th with Kershaw in relief.
Maybe I should get my MLBTV back to watch this back and forth Rockies / Padres game.
Real Sports Heroes with Ross Porter: Vin Scully →
Give yourself a little treat and listen to Vin talk about athletes as role models, getting involved with ThinkCure, radios at Dodgers game, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Walter O’Malley taking the team west, his philanthropy, and his incredible modesty.
Dad catches foul ball, followed by cuteness →
Youtube version got deleted but I wanted this to stay on the blog. So awesome.
Dear (Tommy) John Letters: Language Barrier →
If you were not a Chin-lung Hu fan before, you should be one after you read this.
wow.
I really coudln’t believe that “letsgododgers.com” wasn’t taken. So I took it.
“I think I’ve earned the respect of my teammates this year. I feel like a member...”
– Clayton Kershaw (via MLB.com)
Are you sure you want to word it that way, Clayton? You’re disappointing your legions of female fans. (via camanda)
::Groan::
Am I going to have to change the name of this blog to WTFBillingsley? What is going on?
Area Man Has Heard Of Andre Ethier | The Onion -... →
“Andrew Ethier, yeah. Shortstop for the Phillies, right?” Markham said of the Dodgers outfielder. “He’s good at hitting. Or maybe he’s known for his defense? He’s fast, I think. Sounds fast. You know, I might actually be thinking of Rafael Furcal.”
Gorgeous.
camanda:
Vin Scully:
Three times...
Because I can't just let things go.
camanda:
According to the Lineup Analysis script at Baseball Musings, the following lineup would score an average of 5.170 runs per game:
Martin C Kemp CF Ethier RF Ramirez LF Blake 3B Loney 1B Hudson 2B Wolf P Furcal SS
See for yourself.
Food for thought
