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Going Gonzo
A tough loss last night but I was certainly impressed with the near comeback. Let's hope we don't need one tonight in this incredible matchup between two certain All-Stars and more than likely, the NL's starter for the All-Star Game.
As you can imagine, there are a ton of little requests that we get for the players all year long that we try to fulfill, whether they're from media, community affairs, sponsorship, etc. A few weeks ago, Disney came to us for the taping of High School Musical 2, the sequel to an apparently successful first move, High School Musical. They wanted Luis Gonzalez, Nomar Garciaparra and Takashi Saito to appear in the video and yesterday was the day that each guy taped his brief segment.
Knowing that his daughters were huge fans of the first movie, Luis Gonzalez hammed it up for the camera big time, doing a little dance so that they'd definitely use the footage they got of him. Afterward, we were joking around that we were going to put it on DodgerVision or YouTube and he said, "From what I hear, there's a YouTube video that's out there of me and the muppet, Gonzo, already."
Sure enough, he's right. This video is priceless.
Here's tonight's lineup:
Furcal, SS (.324 with RISP)
Pierre, CF (on pace for 59 steals, the most since Lopes' 64 in '76)
Martin, C (finds out tomorrow about AS results)
Kent, 2B (was awesome at the WIN clinic today)
Gonzo, LF (must see TV)
Nomar, 3B (hitting .336 at home)
Loney, 1B (eight-game hitting streak)
Ethier, RF (signed autographs for fans today in Whittier)
Penny, P (.241 batting average, 2.04 ERA)
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Lifetime vs. Jake Peavy:
Furcal: 9 for 26 (3 HR's)
Pierre: 2 for 18
Martin: 2 for 11
Kent: 6 for 23 (1 HR)
Gonzo: 17 for 45 (4 HR's)
Nomar: 5 for 18
Loney: Never faced
Ethier: 2 for 10
On the bench:
Abreu: 1 for 4
Betemit: 1 for 12
Kemp: Never faced
Lieberthal: 0 for 6
Saenz: 2 for 6
This season vs. Jake Peavy righties are batting .191. Lefties are batting .238.
Muppet Babies was the best show when i was younger. Then came Pink and the Brain then Hey Arnold. Now we have **** like spongebob and all those other horrible shows.
Gonzo is doing way more then I ever expected from him and more then even Ned probably expected from him.
Tonite is going to be a great game. I called in sick at work today just so I could stay home and watch it. If i get Fired i expect compensation from the Dodgers. ha
I can only imagine what Waldorf and Stadler, up in the balcony, would say about Juan Pierre's productivity.
Whoever wins tonight will be the allstar starter…come on Penny
i really hope that's not the case Randy, as a matter of fact i hope Brad Penny makes the all-star game but DOSE NOT pitch in it.
Penny Vs. Peavy!!!
really funny video also.
Unlike LONEY, MATT KEMP is a right handed fielder. I was wondering if he ever played another position. Is there a chance that he can play 2nd base for example. It would give him more opportunities to play. He will some day be a starter with the type of power he possesses. I only hope it will be for the Dodgers. Tough assignment for PENNY against PEAVY tonight, but their's nobody better that you would want in there. LET'S GO DODGERS.
KENT GONZO & NOMAR each have 39 RBI._____MARTIN KENT & GONZO total 29HRS, counting ETHIER makes it 35HR. But MARTIN lead the team by 13RBI.
In case anybody didn't know.
If anyone thinks we have to give up Kemp, Loney, Bills, etc for TWO MONTHS of Buerhle, they're out of their minds.
Remember, we got Maddux for Izturis last year. CESAR IZTURIS.
yeah but maddux for izturis was not that bad of a deal
not that i would trade kemp/loney/bills for buerhle.
Hoping for a great pitched game by Penny.
momo- thats what i keep saying about one and half years of Tex…its a total waste. I wouldn't MIND Buerhle but Williams isn't a fool and I'm sure he has a list of who he wants from our org. and i bet you it isn't a package centered around kuo. They only reason they will deal Buerhle is to get top prospects.And if that's the case then no, its stupid idea. Someone tell ned that.
if we get throw the deadline with Loney, Kemp, LaRoche and Bills it will be a success. Joe Blanton people. JOE BLANTON
jspelk2, hearing Ned on interviews it sounds like Ned will be patient (no rent-a-player) with the emergence of Loney & at times Kemp & Abreu i really feel he won't do anything stupid.
yeah…i get the feeling that we will be going with this lineup till the end.
Hong-Chih Kuo was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas a few minutes ago, and D.J. Houlton was recalled from Vegas. That clearly means Houlton will start on Wednesday night against the Braves. It will be his first major-league appearance since 2005 and his first major-league appearance since Paul DePodesta, the former Dodgers GM who selected Houlton in the 2004 Rule 5 draft from Houston. D.J. apparently, judging by his minor-league numbers, is a much better pitcher now than he was then. We'll find out soon enough. He has been on the 40-man roster since the day the Dodgers picked him up, essentially gathering dust, but that also made him the easy guy to call up when the club had exhaused all other options for the fourth and fifth spots in the rotation.
wait why would the A's want to trade Blaton, he's one of their better pitchers and their a contending team.
mm…unless the angels start a HUGE slump…i don't think the A's are in contention…but who knows, they are a very good second half team
they have tried to move him earlier this year. For Lastings Milledge. Mets thought it was too much. Ethier and Betemit plus meloan would get it done. Maybe just Betemit and Meloan.
See ya later Kuo…plus when Houlton pitch for us a couple years ago he was sort of effective, way more than Kuo.
I can't imagine Milledge & PIERRE in the same outfield.
I feel fireworks in there air tonight!
Calling up DJ Houlton is a FASCINATING move. I really thought that Kuo would get one more chance, but he was not doing well, and we can't have that in this race (it was a good comeback, but just too big of a hole against too good of a team).
It seems to me that what is going on here is Ned is trying to plug the hole internally–if Houlton can do it, a Buerhle deal is unlikely, and probably only at a good price. If not, we may have to do it–but there are about 7 or 8 young guys that should not be touched–if they make a deal that includes Delwyn Young or Wilson Valdez, I could deal with it, but the obvious guys should stay right where they are in Dodger Blue (Loney, Kemp, Martin, Abreu, Ethier, Bills, Broxton–probably add LaRoche and Kershal–I don't know about Kuo, but even though he's been rocky, I like him).
Bills needs to answer the call here too, but I have much greater faith (he was an effective starter last year, and has been great out of the bullpen–but now that his pitch count is going to be 90 or so for his next start, he needs to just show that he's back to that form).
Good move–Kuo needs to get back to developing his wind-up–he is an ineffective reliever, and pitching the whole game from a stretch is too much like a reliever–I think he loses power without the wind-up. If Houlton (who was OK in 2005) is better than he was, it might just work.
By the way–Josh mentions that Loney has an 8-game hitting streak. In fact, the only time this year that Loney has not had a hit in a game where he got an at-bat (he was a defensive replacement a couple of times), is when he went 0-for-1 the day that Right Field Wall tried to kill him.
In fact, since he got recalled last July, there are only 2 games that he has started where he has not gotten on base (including Game 3 of the NLDS). All this is by way of saying (to the tune of "Oscar Meyer):
My Loney has a first name,
It's J-A-M-E-S
My Loney has a second name,
It's L-O-N-E-Y
I love to watch him every day
And if you ask me why I'll say
'Cause James Loney has a way
With H-I-T-T-I-N-G!
nice first inning!
Wow Gagne just made Ortiz and Manny look weak!
Nice catch JP!
yeah pierre!
nice job pierre! haha timjyoo, i love it how you manage to make a comment about every good play.
it's what i do…
Come on hitters, use a few pitches – don't just swing at the first strike and go out quite so often. Gotta tire Peavy out a little or you look at hom pitcing 8 innings, 0 or 1 runs given up, and that's gonna be tough to get a win with 😉
nice job nomar
Jose Cruz Jr is a piece of ****!
i hate cruz
Thanks to NOMAR we know there will be NO NOhitter.
This game is over. I don't see us touching Peavy tonight.
things happen…it's only the fourth inning
WOW way to get out of that. Awesome!
that was awesome!!!..stirkeout and caught stealing….yeah baby
i heart martin's arm
Getting out of that will probably be the difference in the ballgame.
I think somebody(Cameron) missed a sign.
Man there goes our momentum. Way to kill it Pierre.
sigh Martin didn't help either. TAKE PITCHES!
i guess they're banking on the fact that he's a first ball-fastball pitcher and they have a lot of people who like to hit fastballs…i dunno..either way…offense needs to do something
man….not cool
Next inning with Gonzo, Nomar and Loney up could be a nice inning to do some damage.
pierre is a busy man tonight
PIERRE using his legs running all over CF, like I say carrying his load.
This game is over. I don't see us touching Peavy tonight.
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I'know, much as I don't want to have it, I do have the same feeling 😐
at least someone is finally making peavy pitch
Holy ****!!! A snow flake just dropped in ****.
YESSS!!!!!!!!! NOMARRRR…..looks like pierre and nomar ( the people that all you all hate) are defnitely holding up the team tonight!!!!!!!!! YEESS!!
HAHAHA YESSS! nice job nomar
somehow i just saw that coming….i love it
Wow that ball was touched, huge lift for us right there
Looks like this might come down to a battle of the bullpens
MIA must have done a great job last night. It's about time NOMAR…(231AB)
Gonzo must really love being with Mia and the twins…where's rgonza now?
lol I don't know I havent seen him for a while tim
yeah…me neither…i hope he's watching "The Ladies" play cuz they're making him eats his own words in this series
I don't have an issue with people debating things…but that guy had to go and get personal and I'm not down with that
let's see a DP here
or a K works!
two key strikeouts this inning!
Lets get some more runs now!
FINALLY got Cameron & Bard out.
Let's help out Brad's cause and score some runs here. I hate how Lowe pitches his heart out and we don't support him with some runs, let's give Brad a cushion.
Ihate the Dodgers yet I follow them. I'm one sick f*ck.
I tell you that the Joketown A's won't even make the playoffs this year.
why?…that's just stupid…
yeah pierre!!!!
nice Pierre!!
sweet bunt by pierre
let's steal some bases!!
Here's the All-Star, let's get something going.
Ask me if Oakland will finish above .500
SB again!!!
ok…joeyp…i think i know what you mean by pooses…but that is nowhere near the correct spelling
Alright JP!!!
Cash him in Russ
wow. HAHAHA did you see that throw? hahahahahahahahahahaha. Penny could have stole that hahahaha. Bard is horrible. Pierre needs to do this more. IE, on base more…
It seems like Martin has been pressing lately
PIERRE carrying is load.
that was a filthy pitch to martin.
Pierre is far from carrying the load. He doesn't do this often enough. Please stop saying it!!
Let's see one more strong inning from Brad and then turn it over to Big Bad Broxton
Im pressing looking at these awful SD uniforms!
how do we go about blocking somebody on this blog?
seriously those unis are ugly. WE are just spoiled getting to look at the Dodgers uni's everynight.
joeyp "troll" I'd say the same about your baseball insight but youve pretty much been at rock bottom. Is it fun watching all those walks in Oakland only to see them continually lose?
the Dodgers have the best uni's in baseball
easily the best.
yeeaah baby!…time to get him some run support..kent, gonzo, and loney time
We need to get to Peavy here
THAT 175,000,000 includes Ebbets Field so I'm proud to be part of it.
NICE….Let's go Loney!
oops I mean Nomar
Now it's Loney time, show us all why they finally brought you up to the big club, let's bring in some runs.
yes!!! GONZO with a steal ahhaaha
YEESSS! Bard is a circus act back there
Who saw that SB coming?!!!
wow…he is so disciplined at the plate!
wow i didnt think Bard was THAT horrible.
let's go ethier!
Peavy at 97 pitches, let's get a nice big hit off him before they bring in the pen.
max, Barrett isn't any better
YEAH!!! Let's blow this open Tomato
This game is living up to the hype!!!
Battle of Broxton and Saito vs Linebrink and Hoffman now!
I like our side better scurtis
We have to hope for Peavy to make some mistakes. That's the only way.
yeah me 2!
I knew Saenz would strike out in that situation like he always does lately. The worst man to select to pinch hit – at least Abreu has a much higher batting %, or Betemit would be more likely to walk. When is Grady going to wake up to the fact that Saenz STINKS.
Your post reminded me of an idea I had that involved the muppets. Instead of the dodger d.j. always playing free ride when the opposing pitcher gives up a walk, maybe you could buy the rights to a snippet of Fozi the bear muppet when he famously says after a bombed joke, wakka-wakka-wakka!
I think it would be hilarious but im a little weird so we will see if anyone else would think this would be entertaining.
Come on Brox get outta this!
Nevemind I mean Beimel
This is a big AB here
Alright Joe, one more out.
BROXTON is PUMPED! Wow Im pumped too!
BEIMEL although giving uo the lead off double is real cool isn't he? LET'S GO BIG JON
That a boy Big John Stud!
He can bring it!!! We need a run here and then bring in Sammy to close it out.
LOVE THAT BULL PEN How do they do it?
key walk….
i feel a stolen base coming on…
Nice way to start off the inning…
No pop ups, JP
Atta boy Pierre!
i'll take that i guess
phew, Pierre scares me when he bunts sometimes. He doesn't keep the bat head up all the time. He got Furcal over though! LETS GO RUSS!
Time for the All-Star to take over
have to take more pitches then that.
here we go….
Clutch up KENT!
Let's not waste that lead off walk like they wasted the lead off double
**** YEAH RUSS! Nice call Grady on the pitchout!
good call!
I want a walk off homerun. It would be nice if Loney had that chances with 2 outs.
Wow Gonzo is so slow!
well you're getting your chance now doleharris
Here's your chance to be the hero, James.
Loney walk off shot.
its amazing how well he sees the ball. He watched that breaking ball all the way into the mitt.
lol I didn't mean to happen but it would be nice.
yeah…that looked like a ball to me
We are screwed after Saito pitches!
well we have ethier, the pitcher's spot, and furcal…hopefully we can get something done.
we have to win it this inning. Im not comfortable with anyone else going in after this. maybe Tsao. Kemp has to hit this inning.
That **** that Loney made that last out so we couldn't double switch.
hahaha Sammy looked like a Ninja on that play.
urgh that beep out that work *****. I think Broxton could pitch another innings. He has pitchers 2th innings before so he's probably ended up with 2 1/3.
yeah!..good job saito…anybody see his expression after that near miss? classic and funny.
He only pitched 11 pitches, I bet he could come back for a batter or two.
The sight of SAITO on the ground…no no no.
Betemit over Kemp?
wow Betemiss struck out. What a surprise.
Must be saving Kemp for the pitchers spot in the 13th inning.
not good…
Kemp really should have came up when Sanez came up but since he didn't you'd think the logical choice would be to hit him in this spot but Grady's not very logical.
Have to save an OF in case someone get hurt.
General TSAO time
He should have hit there and then replaced Gonzo in the outfield.
Tsao looks like he's on crack. I love it.
well…kemp is a righty…and so was linebrink. i guess that's why they brought in betemit
Yep but would Grady do it. Nope
Kemp is good. Betemit isn't.
It doesn't matter to Grady when he keep on having Saenz batting against a rhp when he's good against lhp.
When Mike Cameron smiles its really funny lol Looks just really creepy!
I don't like this at all.
good job tsao!
I dont like Seanez warming up!
pierre needs to get on base, steal second, steal third, and then have martin sac fly him in…or martin can hit a walk off homerun…either would work for me.
Let's hope we don't need him because we finish things off right now. I'm in FL and tired as heck (1:15am)but I can't stop watching this game!!!
Ok that much better. Lead off hit Pierre please.
Well at least is not Bomko or Hendy.
I never been to FL is it very nice there. I hope so and I don't know why I'm asking this.
yeah martin!!
yay martin!
There we go!!!
Be the hero, Kent!
yeah martin!!!
martin's 15th stolen base…niiice. kent, bring our boy home!
darn it….
Wow I thought he was out at first, but bad call. Still bad base running!
leaman you see my question? I know you're tired.
he was safe
MARTIN was safe. He beat the tag.
he was totally safe….that's total b.s.
Missed the question doleharris…
It's been hot as heck down here but at least we don't shovel snow in the winter, plus we get spring training (even though McCourt is leaving us)
nice walk…would be fitting for garciaparra to bring in the winning run
That bad call with Russ sure changed things!!!
I was just asking if it was nice in FL because I never been there.
wow…that was horrible….if russ hadn't been called out than anyone of gonzo or nomar could have sac flied him in..
Bombko is coming in. Ballgame.
Great place to live and no earthquakes like LA (just hurricanes)
Dodgers seem to impatient.
games over. goodnight guys.
Let's not give up yet, maybe it's his day to pull it out. Let's close this thing out, I'm fading….
not a good start
No earthquake wow I'm moving there.
Game Over.
omg i hate cruz with a passion
tomko blows…
You bring in the worst pitcher on the team in a tie game and this is expected.
well same situation as yesterday night…we're going to have beat out hoffman
and outlive tomko
finally…gah…alright here's hoping
Who would you go to Seanez I guess?
It was bound to happen either him or Hendy or Seanez.
Two things I don't understand:
1) How does Tomko get paid as much as he does?
2) How has Tomko not been DFA'd yet?
tomko is a worthless POS. if you want to see my point about Grady being stupid then look no further then this game. Also Kemp got into the game but not an AB. Instead it went to Betemiss who shockingly struck out. I could care less what you guys say but we would be a better team sans Grady Little.
I would have taken anybody over Tomko. SEanez and Hendrickson have their moments where they can be good. Bombko is just horrible all the time.
If the Dodgers want to get back to the World Series they will not do it under the guidence of Ned Colleti and Graddy Little. If Ned thinks players like Juan Pierre, Tomko and Henderson are going to take them to the World Series, he his blind.
Fire Ned & Fire Graddy
Given that Hendy pitched 3 innings last night, you probably couldn't use him. The problem is that Tomko is an option at all.
bad moves and mistakes lost this one.
Dang Hendy did of course he wasn't available tonight.
Tomko su cks, but that's not Grady's fault…he was the only fresh arm in the 'pen. Tomko needs to be DFA'ed.
Are we really going to call for Ned and Grady's jobs every time the Dodgers lose a game? Remember, great teams lose 62 games. This one hurts a lot, and I know it's against San Diego, but the guys on the field didn't execute with RISP and the umps sure didn't help (Martin's would-be steal of 3b). Penny pitched a **** of a game, and the bullpen was scoreless for 4 innings. The hitters just didn't execute against a great pitching staff; the D's bullpen was shortchanged by Kuo last night. Since the Dodgers couldn't finish it in the 6th, 8th, and 11th, you almost knew the Pads would win it. Grady managed the pitchers well, but he ran out of options. You would all be saying the same thing about him if Seanez had lost it, and Rudy was his only other option.
That said – come on Ned; get rid of Tomko HOWEVER you can. Let's get Meloan or 3 hackey sacks to replace him on the roster.
We lost by inches but I think the Padre batters were more patient at the plate. They did not swing at balls out of the strike zone especially in the later innings. The Dodgers swing—swing—swing. But you can't give up. After 81 games 45-36—last year 41-40 and 38-43 in 2005. (I kept the records)We have a lot of young players and we may have been robbed in the 11th inning. TOMORROW'S GAME IS A MUST. THIS IS NO TIME TO GIVE IN LET'S GO DODGERS.
Get Pierre off that list.
This is unacceptable to have lost to the Padres again. As a Dodgers fan it is just horrible. This team has no pride in their home town. You do not lose to your biggest competitor in your division all the time. I am beginning to feel like a Boston Red Sox fan always losing to the Yankees. They corrected that problem and fired Graddy Little.
The fact is we continue to blow major opportunities to score. The fact Tomko blew the game is irrelevant, we had numerous chances to win the game before Tomko took the mound and blew everyone of them. Everybody knew with Tomko in the game San Diego would score, but there's nothing you could do avoid that. Hendy was unavailable and yes you could of gone with Seanez, but eventually it was going to end up in Tomko's hands, because we couldn't freaking score a run. Ethier makes the catch and it's an easy double play. It's a game of inches and we lost. The game was officially lost in the 12th, but really the game was lost much earlier. Laughable trying to blame Grady…again
Although very interesting (I was there live) but Martin was safe at third? What a wank that ump is then
Its laughable that Betemit and SEanez got AB's ahead of Kemp. You'd think Grady would want to give one of our hottest hitters a chance instead of two of our most inconsistent batters.
Oh yeah because there's no way at all Kemp would have struck out, he's perfect in all ways, shapes and forms…
so your telling me you trust Sanez and Betemit in those situations more then kemp?
i think thats all we need to know about you.
KEMP is perfect…..his 3k's the last game was a fluke…an illusion of your mind…..if grady would have let him PH today, he would have hit a 550ft bomb!!!!!!!!
hindsight is 20/20 on this blog
Saenz has been horrible all year long vs RHP.
Kemp would've been a worthwhile gamble.
Alex you are wrong.I like Grady but this one's on him. Seanez should have come in and then Billingsley if necessary.Tomko only for mop-up duty.
exactly Momo. Kemp gave us a better chance to score there. Im not saying he would have but the odds of him getting that hit were better then Olmedo and that would have given us the bset chance to do something.
Once again what is the managers job?…say it with me "to give the team the best chance to win" there we go! everybody again!!! "to give the team the best chance to win"
you guys are gooood. Once more…and louder!!! "TO GIVE THE TEAM THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN"
No, because you know what I know Max, Kemp struck out three times and looked like a **** fool by Chris Young.
With a righty pitching Betemit probably should have been up in that position and he struck out. Lets say Kemp is up in the position (where most RH PH's would not be) and he strikes out, most people would complain because a righty should not have been up in that position. Now against a righty Grady went with Saenz and it didn't work, but at least Saenz has hit a PH HR off a righty. And Saenz had moderate success off of Peavy, so it made sense. Kemp has never faced Peavy in his life. Peavy would've made him look like a fool, just like Young did.
No way Billingsley was coming in when he pitch tomorrow.
I am reading the posts backwards. Seanez was warming up earlier; he should have been brought in unless something was wrong with him. Billingsley could have been used after that and Houlten could pitch tomorrow
seanz has been very disappointing in big spots this year (save for a few instances), especially lately. i would have elected to go with betemit based on that and facing a right hander. i really think seanz is through, how long grittle will take to realize this i don't know. i wish he would stop relying on him as if he was miraculous. his ABs have been horrid of late (i realize betemit isn't really any better).
Tomko will not be released. That's 4 millon of salary there. He'll be traded if anything and I doubt even that.
lol alex you continue to amaze me. I forgot Betemit never strikes out everrrr.
Mike, Bills is starting tomorrow and yes he could have gone to Seanez, but we could not score, it eventually ends up with Tomko anyway. And it's no given Seanez doesn't give up the runs. The game was lost before Tomko took the mound.
Kemp should NEVER face quality pitching because he will look like a fool. Nevermind that he's hitting close to .400 this year.
i thought KEMP was the savior? some people here seem to believe he and loney can do no wrong…
loney had a nice 0/4 game by the way…grady should be fired for that one, what's he doing?!?!?!?
actually the game was literally over when Tomko took the mound.
"The fact Tomko blew the game is irrelevant, we had numerous chances to win the game before Tomko took the mound and blew everyone of them."
"Everybody knew with Tomko in the game San Diego would score, but there's nothing you could do avoid that."
That's a contradiction.
Tomko blowing the game is just as relevant as the offense blowing opportunities to score. It's a team game, and Tomko didn't carry his weight (again!!!). Yes the offense should have scored more (and the ump shouldn't have blown a call), but the fact that Tomko is even an option is of major relevance.
This is so simple, you're obviously arguing for the sake of arguing. Grady goes with Saenz because he's the only person sitting on the bench with any success against Peavy. Later on Grady went with Betemit because he was a lefty against the righty. Simple…you can be such a pest…but you already know that. Also, it saves Kemp because he knew he may need him later in the game. He uses him in that moment Kemp is done for the game.
"The game was lost before Tomko took the mound."
No matter how you try to spin it, the game was TIED when Tomko took the mound. So what excused do you have for Tomko the last 20 times he's taken the mound?
Kemp gave us a better chance to get that run in. PERIOD now quit ******* on gradys tet alex.
Hey, I'm with all of you I don't like Tomko, but Ethier makes the catch, we're probably still playing, or until we blow another opportunity and Tomko gives it up in the 13th. We could have won the game at least 4 times, you blow those chances, you're giving the game away and they did.
Still think you are wrong alex.Tomko is almost automatic,Seanez could certainly have pitched an inning and very likely not given up a run. We might have won in the bottom of the 12th 2-1 but if not I would have brought in Billingsley over Tomko,tried to win this game and worry about tomorrow then.
Well we'll just never know how bad Peavy MAY have struck Kemp out. My guess is a breaking ball in the dirt. But, it's better because you can at least think Kemp would have been the hero. I'll think the same thing, it'll help me get over this loss.
"Hey, I'm with all of you I don't like Tomko, but Ethier makes the catch, we're probably still playing,"
i thought the game was lost before tomko took the mound?
Oh this is getting fun at least it's taking my mind off the loss. Love how you leave out what I said afterwards.
I guess you could've used Billingsley, and then started Houlton tomorrow.
Or maybe Kemp could've pitched.
Anything would have been better than Tomko.
we had chances but sometimes we weren't put in those situations with the best chance to win. I love that saying.
adolf hitlers dead body would have been better then bombko tonight.
My only hope is that either Grady was showing Colletti that Tomko needs to be DFA which should be obvious anyway we can't waste a roster spot on a pitcher suitable only for mop-up work or Colletti had ordered Grady to work Tomko into games in the hope he would have a good outing and a team in great need of pitching would take him off our hands.
That's why it was probably been best to keep Chad back in the bullpen but is not. Chad is going to start today and just because Houlton is getting call up doesn't mean Chad should lost his schedule starting moved.
I also love how while Max and I are talking, some others are talking about pitching Bills and wasting his start for tomorrow. I'm calling it a night, I'm not going to waste time on that. But, Max I'm always happy to waste time with you. Always fun…looking forward to disagreeing with you again soon.
Oh beautiful, Hendrickson back to the rotation. UGH! Houlton to the pen…from Tony Jackson's blog.
"Oh, by the way, Houlton isn't going to start. He'll work out of the pen. Hendrickson is going to take Kuo's spot, but it only comes up one more time between now and the All-Star break. After that, it could be Mark Buehrle or some other person currently wearing the uniform of another club."
Oh I mean Chad shouldn't lost his schedule start to Houlton.
if i recall, the last time the bases were loaded, and we needed runs badly, tonights potential savior, the player that "gives us the best chance to win", aka MATT KEMP was up to bat, and he grounded to 3rd for the double play….and this was against Tampa Bay of all teams….what makes anyone think he would have done better against Peavy, one of the top pitchers in the big leagues??
how dumb of grady for not overlooking that small/minor detail..
It's not really wasting a start for Billingsley. He's still a starter, you would just push his start back a few days. This was a big game. You have to try to win any way you can. Even Clemens pitched out of the bullpen the other day (to no avail).
Anyway, looking at the Vegas roster, Eric Hull looks like the only one worthy of promotion. So my wish for tomorrow, Tomko DFA'd, Hull promoted.
casinod…your basing your point on one instance? wow. In a sport where you are considered success full in you fail 7 times out of 10 a guy getting based on one instance is hilarious. Betemit has been horrible all year and Sanez hasn't been able to hit a righty since he added that extra roll.
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no…im pointing out the fact that people always second guess grady's decision on this blog, especially you, yet you seem to overlook things that may have come into grady's mind when making the decision to PH….you act as if you could do a better job, then again, you'd probably do a better job building the team, coaching the team, and probably owning the team..you seem to know so much, and you never seem to think you're wrong….
hopefully tommorow we can win, and you'll have nothing to whine about..
unfortunately, today we lost, so it's blame grady day….heck, if nomar didnt have 2 hits today, he might have gotten some blame too…lucky for him, he dodged tonight as a potential blame game target 🙂
while I agree with your posts pcj in general, I want to be clear Billingsley should have come in after Seanez and pitched for as long as the game went no matter if he couldn't pitch again for 4 days
i dont think i could do a better job. I just think someone else could like scioscia or any one that doesn't drool when they talk
and to that joeyp idiot…the next time your mother lets you out of her basement or out from her breast please go jump in front of a bus.
You're right about Nomar. Funny how nobody has even mentioned him the last couple of days since he's had a couple of good games, but a few days ago he was the scapegoat.
yah, i was so happy for nomar coming through with that homerun….
i felt so bad for him when he was slumping and people were asking him to be shut down, or sent off into the sunset….good to see him pull through and hopefully this will shift the momentum his way…
Maybe we could bring back Ventura.
"while I agree with your posts pcj in general, I want to be clear Billingsley should have come in after Seanez and pitched for as long as the game went no matter if he couldn't pitch again for 4 days"
Yep, I can agree with that. It's just sad we have a wasted spot in the bullpen with Tomko. The fans, and I'm sure the coaches, have very little confidence in him right now.
well for all of you Holton fans who hate Bombko get ready for worse….he is in no way shape or form a MLB pitcher and will make you Gravel for Hendy and Bombko he ****** when he was here before and is a farm pitcher for life if we are to this point then we have hit Rock Bottom!Rule 5 pitcher with nothing and for some reason other then nobody else wants him Depo abortion pick up….he is still in our system he might make 1 good game for the fact that they can't hit pitches that slow and outta the zone…
This game as Alex said was lost on the offence…Nomar hit a solo homer and that was all we had…Very sad run production from an offence that should have put atleast 3 more runs across not to Mention the Horrible call on Martin to kill the rally….Baseball is a game of inches at times but we are foot long now in bad calls against us time for the umps to take some Lumps! I call for a strike against them!Replay Has to be incorperated in some way as the tech is here and allowed in some way in most sports.The umps need to be called out and held accountable for bad calls… we ALL Saw that Martin was safe beyond a reasonable doubt!For a game that relys so heavily on rally's and instances this sport needs some sort of accountabilty towards the ump's!I for 1 would support some sort or replay rule to hold them accountable.
The ump blew the call at 3B on Martin, and what's worse is that he was just not in position–his line of sight was blocked by Martin's body (why 2B umpires move in front when there is a man on first).
It's actually amazing, as this is the third time when we have been hosed by bad calls on stolen bases recently). In Tampa, Martin threw out the runner at third (you could see Toney Abreu's glove in between the runner's feet and the bag), and the next night, the same umpire called out Pierre (I think) stealing 2B (he also nearly stole Loney's Home Run).
I am torn, however, as to whether it was a good play by Martin where we just got unlucky, or a rookie (or sophmore) mistake of exuberance. If he does not go, we have first and second–with one out, and with Gonzo walks, it's bases loaded, so it seems bad in retrospect. But if Nomar still hits that ground ball, it's possibly a double play (definitely so if the infield is up), so maybe it did not matter.
But Linebrink was not watching him at all, he got a great jump, and it took a nearly perfect throw from Barrett to (almost) get him. If Barrett sails that throw into left field, if anyone throws a wild pitch, or Gonzo or Nomar hit a fly ball, or if Gonzo hits a fly ball, or if Gonzo, Nomar, or Loney get a base hit, the Dodgers win, and by vacating second base, he allows Matt Kemp (running) to steal second and avoid a double play (and a throw down is much less likely because a successful delayed double-steal wins it for the Dodgers).
I like the aggressiveness, but with first and second and one out, I think that the pitcher becomes a lot more dangerous and we have a better chance than we had, so maybe it was a bad move. But even if it's a bad play, I can't get too upset at Martin trying to be aggressive and make something happen–it seemes a calculated risk and not reckless, and playing with that kind of intensity can only be good.
Bills has to shut them down tomorrow. I believe.
Glad to see Houlton coming up. Don't expect him to solve the 5th starter problem, but we need to see if he can perform acceptably at the major league level, since he seems to be the best available to us from AAA. Kuo clearly is not ready, and Hendrickson will apparently get another chance with Houlton getting his chances as the long reliever. I don't expect that Hendrickson will do any better as a starter now than when he had the chance to do that earlier. If Hendrickson and Houlton don't perform, then we probably need to go in the market to repair the problem that is essentially attributable to Schmidt's bad signing outcome.
As for Tomko, not much to be said that hasn't been said along. You can't trust him pitching in a win/loss outcome situation; therefore, he really is not needed on this club. I hope that Colletti is mindful of that and is readying him as part of any trade package. Understandably, I'm not holding my breath for Colletti to see it that way with one of his favorites. How those Giant ties come into play, and that's why I wish we had opted for someone with Dodger roots.
The Dodgers need to definitely DFA Tomko and the sooner the better. Tomko was not real great in his prime, but he has nothing now. His location is horrid. Each time he pitches the excuse is the same-"bad location". The Dodgers should bring up Meloan. Look at his K's per 9ip in the minors. He needs to be given an opportunity. As for trading for Garland or Buerhle, if the Dodgers can get one of them for a combo of the following players, it would be ok:
Delwyn Young
Blake Dewitt
James McDonald
Xavier Paul
Wilson Betemit
We cannot trade Abreau; Brox; Bills; Kemp or Loney
Dodgers could sign Buerhle to an extension considering the following will be off the payroll for 2008:
Kent(if option not picked up)
Those players alone account for roughly 22 mil
My understanding is that Kent's contract will remain guaranteed for '08 if he gets something like 550 at bats this season, something that is bound to happen unless management deliberately sits him down so that he won't attain that number. Does naybody know for sure?
Another guy whose presence I now question is Saenz. He clearly is no longer performing as the main/clutch pinch hitter. With his very low average, we're now losing scoring opportunities in critical situations. I think that both Saenz as well as Martinez should be traded or DFA'd from the team at this point.
let me join the absurd that is the trades that you guys think are possible. how about brett tomko for prince fielder or hong chi kuo for jake peavy. come on folks no one wants our left overs like delwyn young or brett tomko or wilson betemit or Ramon Martinez or the rest of the barely average to under average players that you guys are willing to trade in exchange for anything more than their left overs. If you want to stay pat, I agree but it you want to make a trade we will have to give up something of value to get anything of value. That means that you have to put some of the GOOD young players on the table. I am not saying all of them but at least one or two. Otherwise no trade.
Hope you see this cosmow. Why do you include Young in your otherwise good comments? His only not very good year was 2006 and he's having a fine year at AAA now. He's on the 40-man so the Dodgers put that much value on him.He is already 25 but must have more value than you say.


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Wisconsin could prove key for the Republican nominee's hopes in November, especially with the consistent lead Obama is showing in Ohio, Virginia and Florida polls. And given recent trends in the state — including Gov. Scott Walker's wins in both 2010 and the June recall — Romney seemed in good shape to pick up a state that until recently was solid Democratic territory. And that was before he picked Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate, which helped put Romney neck-and-neck in state polls in the weeks after the selection.
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Polls in recent days have shown things moving back toward Obama, but the president's late afternoon rain-soaked rally here was part of a stepped-up effort in the state. Obama and his super PAC allies have been trying to match Romney on the state's airwaves and the campaign has been using volunteer reinforcements from next door in Minnesota and Illinois for phone banks, door-to-door canvassing and other get-out-the-vote efforts. And while this was Obama's first trip to the state in months, Vice President Joe Biden has been on the ground here twice in recent weeks.
Speaking to a crowd the Obama campaign estimated at 18,000 in a city park overlooking Lake Michigan, the president reminded Wisconsin voters that he's still their bratwurst-loving neighbor who longed to make the short drive to his home in Chicago. "An hour and a half—maybe a little shorter with the motorcade," he said.
But Obama kept closely to his standard stump speech, dropping little in the way of a localized pitch beyond joking about the ribbing he'd just taken from two supporters who were joining him on stage — Green Bay Packers stars Jermichael Finley and Desmond Bishop — over their recent wins against his beloved Chicago Bears.
"It just goes to show you, we're not as divided as some people say," Obama told the football-partisan crowd. "We are not Bears fans first or Packers fans first. We are Americans first."
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Republicans acknowledge that Romney needs to do well in the state. But they shrug off the latest numbers that show Wisconsin slipping away, noting that those polls came after the Democratic National Convention and amid a splurge of news coverage detailing violence in the Middle East. This is still the state that was home to the 2010 electoral wave that resulted in Republicans winning the governor's mansion, a Senate seat, two Democratic-held House districts and both chambers of the state Legislature.
Obama's Wisconsin visit — including a stop for bratwurst and Italian sausages and a private fundraiser with another famous No. 44, former Milwaukee baseball slugger Hank Aaron — is proof to them that the president's campaign is spooked by the closeness of their internal polls.
"He's not here to cheer for the Brewers as they try to make the playoffs," said Ted Kanavas, a Romney state co-chairman and former Republican state senator. "He's here because he needs to be here."
Wisconsin Republicans say their prospects are emboldened by a ground game — built during the 2010 mid-terms and the Walker recall — that they say rivals Obama's. Romney's campaign inherited some two dozen field offices and a team of volunteers and motivated local Republicans who defended the governor during the recall.
"People shouldn't doubt our capabilities in Wisconsin by now," said Reince Priebus, the current Republican National Committee chairman and former Wisconsin GOP chairman. "If they're doubting us, they've been living under a rock for the last three years."
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina acknowledged Saturday that the Romney field operations built during the Walker recall puts Wisconsin in a different category this cycle compared with other swing states.

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After the college football national championship game, faith filled fans of Notre Dame Football need something positive on which to dwell, so how about a miraculous story surrounding Knute Rockne? Many readers may be aware of legendary Notre Dame Football Coach Knute Rockne's winning prowess on the football field. However, he was also a budding scientist and man of faith. Before becoming a coach, then promising student Knute Rockne worked with famed Notre Dame Priest and scientist Father Julius Nieuwland who helped invent synthetic rubber and is the only priest in the Inventor's Hall of Fame. Father Nieuwland CSC believed that a bright future lie ahead for his promising Chemistry student named Rockne. Both Father Nieuwland and the future Notre Dame Coach were immigrants, Father Nieuwland from Belgium and Knute Rockne from Norway. However, the labratory was not to be for Rockne, for it was the college gridiron where he would earn his lore.
While Rockne was surrounded by Catholicism, he was a Norwegian Lutheran. However, it was Coach Rockne's players that helped convert him to Catholicism. What was it about Catholicism that did it? The Eucharist. During the early 1920's when the Four Horseman strode the gridiron in South Bend, Coach Rockne was worried that all of the new found fame might make his players stray from the straight and narrow. The late George Gipp was known to do just that and a slightly older 30something Coach Rockne didn't want that to happen again, so the coach would often keep a close eye on his players.
One morning Coach Rockne noticed several of his players leaving their dorms in the wee hours of the morning. He followed them to early morning Mass. Before practice that day he asked them about their movements in the wee hours. They informed him that they had early classes and couldn't get to Mass any other time. "It's that important to you," Coach Rockne asked?"They told him that the Eucharist was just that important.
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Knute Rockne is hardly alone in being a faithful example of Catholic leadership on the gridiron at Notre Dame. While Coach Gerry Faust will hardly be remembered for his record, no coach stands taller as a faith leader than Coach Faust who would tell anyone who would listen about the Catholic Church and "Our Lady." Coach Faust was certainly helpful to me with regard to my first book and went out of his way to help me promote it. Keep in mind he didn't know me from Adam only from meeting me at a high school football game, talking on the phone and reading the book's manuscript. He spends many days a year at small Catholic school fundraisers that help those schools keep their doors open.
He is much beloved by his former Notre Dame players as well as those at Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati where Coach Faust garnered his fame. While some have gone on to become college and NFL stars, others have achieved success in many different venues. In the late 1960s, one overachieving young man who played for Coach Faust at Archbishop Moeller High school came from a large working class Catholic family. He would go on to become the current Speaker of the House. Speaker John Boehner and Coach Faust remain in contact to this day and speak highly of of another.
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Fortune Brainstorm GREEN: Sustainable Solutions, was held May 19-21, and brought together the smartest people we know—CEOs and senior executives, investors, policy makers, environmentalists, and thought leaders—to challenge one another to take the corporate sustainability movement to the next level. The conference showcased the people, companies, ideas, and strategies that go beyond incrementalism and bring about the transformational change the world needs.
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TUSCALOOSA | Another cold, wet day is in store for Tuscaloosa on Wednesday as flood warnings remain in effect. A stalled cold front is expected to remain over the area, with rain expected to begin in the morning and continue on and off through the day, said Jody Aaron, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Birmingham.
TUSCALOOSA | Another cold, wet day is in store for Tuscaloosa on Wednesday as flood warnings remain in effect.
A stalled cold front is expected to remain over the area, with rain expected to begin in the morning and continue on and off through the day, said Jody Aaron, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Birmingham.
There's a possibility of snow Thursday morning, when there is an 80 percent chance of precipitation. If it's still raining when a cold air mass moves in from the west, snow could form, but would not stick on the ground.
"It's a very tough call at this time," he said. "We could see a switch-over from rain to snow, but it's hard so say how much. It would be a very brief window, probably from early morning until around noon. There could be rain mixed with snow, but after around 3 p.m. (Thursday), it would be done. We should finally begin to dry out that afternoon, but the clouds might hang around through Thursday night. Hopefully, we could see some sun on Friday."
He said the sun will make a certain comeback on Saturday in time for the Crimson Tide's BCS Championship parade.
Some roads in Tuscaloosa County are still closed due to flooding.
Commerce Road, Fosters Loop Road, Riverbend Road, Whitfield Road and South Sandy Road remained closed this morning, according to the Tuscaloosa County Public Works Department.
Old Fayette Road and Harless Road, which were closed earlier today, are now open.
The National Weather Service has extended a flood warning in several west Alabama counties until Sunday evening.
Temperatures on Thursday might reach 50 degrees, Aaron said, but could remain in the 40s if there's cloud cover. Temperatures Friday could reach 53, but will drop to about 31 degrees on Friday night and the low 30s or upper 20s on Saturday morning.
"We will see sun on Saturday for sure," he said.
It's not unusual for a cold front to stall, causing varied temperatures across the state. At 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, it was 72 degrees in Eufaula, 70 degrees in Troy, 61 in Montgomery and 35 in Haleyville.
Days of rain led the National Weather Service to issue a river flood warning for Tuscaloosa and Greene counties that will be in effect through Friday.
The Black Warrior River swelled Tuesday.
Tuesday night, the Weather Service issued a flood warning for Tuscaloosa, Pickens, Fayette and Lamar counties, effective until 7 a.m. Wednesday, but it said the warning could be extended.
It said the flood warning covered the covered the cities and communities of Tuscaloosa, Northport, Holt, Aliceville, Pikensville, Reform, Samantha and Coker.
As of Tuesday afternoon, flooding was not forecast for areas along the Black Warrior River upstream of Tuscaloosa, but minor flooding had begun downstream.
Water levels had reached 130.45 feet by 4:30 p.m. at the Oliver Lock and Dam, west of downtown Tuscaloosa, and were expected to crest at about 131 feet by 6 p.m. Wednesday before falling again. Flood stage is 129 feet.
Water had reached 92.48 feet at the Selden Lock and Dam by 4:15 p.m. Tuesday — more than two feet higher than the 90 foot flood stage. It is expected to crest at about 97 feet today, which isn't high enough to be classified as moderate flooding.
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Netflix just removed almost 80 movies from its service, including "The Terminator," "Taxi Driver" and the entire "Rocky" series.
Netflix purges and swaps out their selections all the time, but we tend to stand up and take notice when they remove more than 20 or so titles at a given time.
RELATED: An ode to Netflix, our one true love
You can get the full list of what's disappearing from Netflix starting July 1 over on reddit, but these are the goners that are really breaking out hearts:
1. "From Russia With Love"
We're losing a lot of Bond films, actually, like For Your Eyes Only, A View To A Kill and Live And Let Die.
2. "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
Classic Spielberg, you shall be missed.
3. "Dr. Strangelove"
Or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." Is there a more iconic image than Major "King" Kong riding the bomb like a cowboy on a bucking bronco?
4. "Girl, Interrupted"
Angelina Jolie at her (award-winning) best.
5. "Event Horizon"
The other sci-fi film starring Sam Neill that we are still hopelessly devoted to.
6. "Taxi Driver"
Besides the fact that this movie is just damn good, we've all done the "you talkin' to me?" bit once in our life.
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7. "Rocky" series
We must break Netflix for taking the entire "Rocky" series from us.
8. "Spaceballs"
If we didn't own this movie on DVD already, our tears would be flowing faster than ludicrous speed over this removal.
9. "The Night Of The Living Dead"
George Romero loved zombies before they were cool, you guys. And this film still has one of the most shocking endings in movie history, in our humble opinion.
10. "The Terminator"
We're partial to "Judgement Day," but that doesn't make Ah-nold's sudden absence sting any less.
11. "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"
"I have been and always shall be your friend." Oh, the pain! Still gets us every single freakin' time.
12. "Lars and the Real Girl"
Who decided to give us less Ryan Gosling?
NEWS: Netflix glitch creates hilarious plot mashup descriptions
If these removals really frost your cookies (bonus points to whoever gets that movie reference), don't worry. Netflix is adding over 40 titles to streaming, but we'll talk about that another time.


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Exploring Hot Rodding's Roots In Primitive Ford Speedsters
"Are these cars fast?" asked a passing observer during the Fifth Annual International Speedsters Trials and Reunion, held in June 2011 at the Smith Collection Museum of American Speed in Lincoln, Nebraska.
It's not an easy query to answer.
Powered by modified Ford Model T, A, and B four-cylinder engines, most of the 40-plus stripped-down speedsters at the reunion had top cruising speeds ranging from 35-70 mph and would have a tough time winning a modern freeway encounter. But strap yourself into (or onto) one of these primitive machines, and the open-air experience is sure to send a tingle down the spine of even the most jaded speed junkie.
Sponsored by Speedway Motors, and hosted by Smith Collection founders "Speedy" Bill and Joyce Smith, the Speedsters Reunion was a celebration of the earliest days of hot rodding—an era before the term "hot rod" even existed. Back in the 'teens, '20s, and '30s, thousands of young American lads scratched their performance itch by stripping a Model T or A down to its bare essentials, crafting a custom body, and hopping up the four-cylinder engine using parts from the burgeoning speed parts aftermarket. These speedsters were put to the test on dusty fairgrounds, racetracks, and county roads throughout the country, laying the groundwork for much of the racing and hot rodding we all enjoy today.
There's nothing quite like the bark of a hopped-up four-cylinder Ford engine. Get dozens of them together and you've got an experience like no other. Their distinctive tone wafted across the countryside during the reunion's 135-mile road tour, as Speedsters navigated a series of two-lane country roads around Lincoln. The tour began with a summer rain shower, but that didn't deter this hearty, fun-loving bunch. They simply donned raincoats and goggles and let the rooster tails fly from their tall, skinny tires!
Staying true to the notion that these cars should be driven, reunion participants also competed in an old-fashioned hill climb, racing their machines from a standing start on a 530-foot-long inclined course. A few of them achieved speeds of 60 mph or more climbing the hill—an impressive feat for technology that's nearly a century old.
Other activities included a show 'n' shine in Lincoln's renowned historic Haymarket district, and performance testing on a chassis dyno at a local business known simply as The Shop. Participants also had several opportunities to tour the Smith Collection Museum of American Speed, which houses hundreds of Model T and A racing engines, plus thousands of pieces of early speed equipment from pioneering companies like HAL, Miller, Roof, Craig-Hunt, Frontenac, Winfield, Rajo, and many others. The museum is also home to the Model T Ford Club of America Speedster and Racer Hall of Fame, which inducted seven new members and two new vehicles during the reunion's closing banquet.
For an event that celebrates such primitive machines, the Speedsters Reunion is much more active than typical street rod events. Sure, the cars may not be particularly fast by modern standards, but they're definitely a lot of fun. Want to join the action? Visit www.museumofamericanspeed.com for more information on upcoming reunions, activities, or tours of the Smith Collection Museum of American Speed.


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Hey y'all! Check out this interview I did for the Strange Kids Club! A truly awesome blog about anything monsters and cult! Its the first interview I've ever done!
I'm gonna hold off on part 2 of the Blenderstein Beginnings post, since I'm going to LA for 2 weeks. I'll also be at Comic Con on Sunday. If you see me walkin around, say hi and I'll give you a signed Blenderstein postcard!
I'll look like this:
See ya!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
My first Interview and Comic Con!
Hey y'all! Check out this interview I did for the Strange Kids Club! A truly awesome blog about anything monsters and cult! Its the first interview I've ever done!
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Blenderstein Fanart!
Here's some awesome art I've gotten lately of the cast from my film Blenderstein! I'll update this post if I get more :]
by Tara Billinger
By Dirk Erik Schulz
By Vivienne Medrano
By Sara Ho
By Malcom Thomas
By Jessa Lee Rempel
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Sunday, July 17, 2011
Blenderstein Beginnings part 1
This is the painting that started it all! A color theory piece done in water color for my Intro to Drawing class in my 1st year at SVA.
Here are the first character models of the three villains I did while trying to develop a comic back in 2008. You can see how they probably wouldn't have worked very well in animation...
Dr. Frappe, back then I was calling him Dr. Magnolius Frappe. Kind of more a mix between Mojo Jojo and that monkey from that 90's Mickey cartoon.
Oogle was being called Blenderstein back then but I thought a name change would be more appropriate since Frankenstein's monster was not named Frankenstein. Blenderstein is the brand of blender they use. He is named Oogle after Charles Ogle who played the Frankenstein monster in the early 1910 version.
Boyle, back when I called him Igorf (Frogi backwards, ooh I'm so clever!). I guess I forgot his "special" eye was on the right side. Whoops!
Here's the first drawing of a character that would later become Sydney. This one was done in '07 I think, senior year of high school. I was big into using real photos as textures. Lazy me.
The character's name was Audrey back then and I wanted to do a series of art with her being attacked by various supernatural beings. You can see I didn't really pursue this project.
Her redesign in 2008, when I decided to try to fit her into the comic. The idea of the two-toned hair is visible. Again, I forgot I put it on the other side, hahaha.
I abandoned this idea maybe in late 2008, and didn't go back to it until I started thinking about my thesis.
Sorry for the old art. Part 2 coming soon!
If you haven't seen the film, you probably should.
Posted by Zach Bellissimo at 2:44 PM 3 comments
Labels: blenderstein, development
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Watch BLENDERSTEIN!
So that one film I made that I've been talking about for quite a while...is online!
May I present to you, my 4th year thesis film Blenderstein!
Blenderstein! from Cartoon Brew on Vimeo.
Give it a view with your peepers, and leave nice comments. I hope you all enjoy it!
Posted by Zach Bellissimo at 4:22 AM 10 comments
Labels: blenderstein, cartoon brew
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Some Famous Monsters
These are some drawings I did for my Horror History class back when I was in school (it wasn't THAT along ago, only a few monthes). Since I loved the class so much for my final project I drew little tributes for all the films we had watched in class. Here are some of them, I still have 3 more to color...
Lon Chaney Sr. and Joan Crawford in the "Unknown" 1927
Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in "The Black Cat" 1934
Elsa Lanchester in "Bride of Frankenstein" 1935
Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing in Hammer Film's "The Mummy" 1959
More to come, hopefully. All of them were done with prisma color markers and colored pencils on brown recycled hipster paper.
Posted by Zach Bellissimo at 10:40 PM 1 comments
Labels: bela lugosi, boris karloff, bride, christopher lee, classic horror, frankenstein, hammer films, lon chaney, mummy, peter cushing


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Gallbladder cancer is a disease in which cancer cells grow in the gallbladder. This is a relatively rare form of cancer. The gallbladder is a small pear-shaped organ. It sits beneath the liver and stores bile until it is needed by the digestive system. Bile is a greenish-yellow digestive fluid produced by the liver that helps in digesting fat.
Cancer occurs when cells in the body (in this case gallbladder cells) divide without control or order. Normally, cells divide in a regulated manner. If cells keep dividing uncontrollably when new cells are not needed, a mass of tissue forms, called a growth or tumor. The term cancer refers to malignant tumors, which can invade nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body. A benign tumor does not invade nor spread.
A risk factor is something that increases your chance of getting a disease or condition. Risk factors include:
In addition, women are more likely to get gallbladder cancer than men. It is also more common in older individuals.
Gallbladder cancer often shows no symptoms in its early stages. As the disease progresses, symptoms associated with bile obstruction often develop. These include:
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Once gallbladder cancer is found, staging tests are performed to find out if the cancer has spread and, if so, to what extent. Treatment depends on the stage of the cancer. For advanced cancers, treatment is done only to help relieve symptoms. Treatments include:
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This radiation uses radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation is most often administered from a source outside the body.
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. The drugs enter the bloodstream and travel through the body killing mostly cancer cells, but also some healthy cells. Chemotherapy is not considered curative for gallbladder cancer, but may relieve symptoms in some patients.
CMT is a term gaining popularity and meaning several treatments at once or in succession. Although no one has shown that chemotherapy and radiation therapy at the same time are better than radiation therapy alone in the treatment of gallbladder cancer, CMT is better with many other kinds of cancers.
There are no guidelines for preventing gallbladder cancer because the cause is usually not known. There may be an association with gallstones. Because gallbladder cancer is rare, doctors do not recommend the routine removal of gallbladders in people with asymptomatic gallstones to prevent cancer.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The front landing gear of a flight arriving at New York's LaGuardia Airport collapsed Monday shortly after the plane touched down on the runway, leaving several people with injuries, officials said.
The Southwest Airlines flight coming from Nashville, Tenn., was carrying 150 passengers and crew, the airline said. The airline said initial reports had five passengers and three crewmembers requiring medical assistance. There was no immediate word on the extent of the injuries.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Flight 345 landed at 5:45 p.m., and came safely to a stop at the edge of the runway. The nose of the Boeing 737 could be seen on the ground.
The airport was temporarily closed, but one of two runways was operating shortly after 7 p.m.
The FAA is investigating, as is the National Transportation Safety Board.
Richard Strauss, who was on a nearby plane waiting to take off for Washington, said the nose of the plane was "completely down on the ground. It's something that I've never seen before. It's bizarre."
A rear stairwell or slide could be seen extending from the Southwest flight, said Strauss, who owns a Washington public relations firm. His plane, which was about 100 yards from the Southwest flight, wasn't allowed to taxi back to the gate, he said.
Bobby Abtahi, an attorney trying to catch a flight to Dallas, was watching from the terminal and heard a crowd reacting to the accident.
"I heard some people gasp and scream. I looked over and saw sparks flying at the front of the plane," he said.
The incident came 16 days after Asiana Flight 214 crash-landed at San Francisco's international airport on July 6, killing two Chinese teenagers; a third was killed when a fire truck ran over her while responding to the crash, authorities said. Dozens of people were injured in that landing, which involved a Boeing 777 flying from South Korea.


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Summer's end for me always meant a trip to the Wisconsin State Fair. After the obligatory meandering through the farm animal barns, my brothers and I would line up to commit mayhem in the bumper cars. But in 1967, when I was 10, as my brothers were giving each other whiplash, I schemed for something better. For an hour, I pestered my mother until she surrendered the five bucks I needed for a helicopter ride. Then I sprinted to the Bubble.
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The Bell 47G at the fairgrounds was the exact type flown in the popular 1950s television series "Whirlybirds," which I had watched in reruns on Saturday mornings: bubble cockpit, open-lattice tail boom, two-blade main rotor beating its signature whup whup whup. I strapped in for 10 minutes of magic and the bragging rights I'd exercise when school resumed. Hundreds of pilots are enjoying those same rights today, having found a way in adulthood to live their childhood dream.
As a kid, Joey Rhodes was a "Whirlybirds" fan. He bought his first Bubble in 1977 and today is the president and one of the founding members of the Bell 47 Helicopter Association. Since the group was founded in 2000, membership has grown from 11 to 700.
Tim Newton grew up on a farm in Stacyville, Iowa, up the road from a cropdusting operation that flew 47s. He's been flying them for 17 years. Four years ago, he bought one to use for instruction and to give rides at county fairs, for $30 a seat. Dave James operates a fleet of 10 from his base in Wayne, Michigan, and hits the county fair circuit too. Jerry Clemens' father crop-dusted in a 47. Today Clemens and his family operate Bell47parts.com, one of the largest independent suppliers of parts for the aircraft, out of Parsons, Kansas.
Jim Freeman runs Helicopter Specialties, a repair and refurbishment business for mostly turbine medevac helicopters, in Janesville, Wisconsin, but his personal helicopter is a 1955 Bell 47G2 that was once owned by William Boeing Jr.
The Bell 47 was the world's first certified civil helicopter, the first to be used by all branches of the U.S. armed forces, to cross the Alps, to carry a U.S. president, and to spray crops—a job it does today. NASA used the 47 as a lunar module training aid for Apollo astronauts. But those distinctions have little to do with the loyalty the Bubble inspires.
"I've been flying for 35 years and I have yet to find another aircraft that can take the pounding these can take," says Scott Churchill.
Churchill's company, Scott's Helicopter Services in Le Sueur, Minnesota, operates 20 Bell 47s, the world's largest fleet. In addition to the crop-dusting operation he manages with his own 47s, Churchill has operated a Bell-authorized service center since 1990, and along the way became the de facto product support hotline for 47 operators worldwide. In 2010, he acquired the aircraft's type certificate from Bell and formed a new company, Scott's Bell 47, to support the aircraft. He hopes to place the helicopter back into production one day. For now, he and his supplier partners are developing new components, including more comfortable seats, a redesigned instrument panel, composite main rotor blades with longer lifespans, and canopies tinted to reduce sun glare.
Of 6,632 47s built by Bell and its foreign licensees, almost 700 still fly in the United States and 1,000 fly worldwide. The 47 has remained in service longer than any other helicopter. Why is it still popular?
"Simplicity," says Roger Connor, curator of rotary flight at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum. "The 47's rotor system was lighter, much easier to maintain, more reliable and rugged than the Sikorsky articulated system." The Sikorsky helicopters that entered service in the 1940s had three blades that were hinged to move forward and backward (lead and lag) as well as up and down (flapping). "There were six different hinges and a lot of movement," says Connor. The 47 has a two-blade teetering, or seesaw, rotor system with two up-and-down hinges. "The 47's mechanical simplicity allowed operating costs at about 50 percent of the [1945] Sikorsky S-51, but with much of the useful load."


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St. Petersburg, FL, USA - September 11, 2017 - The founder of the ESPN Sports Poll, Dr. Rich Luker, will keynote for the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) Summit September 13th in Chicago. Dr. Luker will bring national data to show how the Internet is dramatically impacting the lives of Americans and what the industry can do to re-engage them in sports and fitness.
"The dominance of online technology used by kids has put them in control of their free time, and today 40% of 12-17-year-olds are spending most of the day online" said Dr. Luker. "According to KidSay's research, over 70% of kids five and older already have their own tablet or smartphone, and 73% of ten-year-olds who have their own smartphone can be online anytime and anywhere. There is a lot of new competition for time that was devoted to playing sports in the past" he added.
However, being online is no longer novel for kids, and signs of technology fatigue are emerging. Less than half of 12-17-year-olds want to spend more time online than they do now. Dr. Luker revealed that 77% of 12-17-year-olds actively do things to get away from being online. "Now, they are looking for ways to be more engaged and have a greater sense of belonging. That presents great opportunities for sports," he said. "Time with family and friends is a higher priority for those playing sports or exercising weekly than it is for those who don't."
Dr. Luker's keynote will document the change of control and cover dynamics that can inspire greater participation in sports. It will also highlight the one group of Americans most vital to the future growth of sports: kids. Luker says, "We can stop there, however. The biggest challenge for the industry is not technology, change, or even control. It is engaging in substantial new ways to draw kids in." Dr. Luker has been a keynote speaker as an industry trends authority at major conferences, such as those hosted by the Sports Business Journal and, most recently, on an expert panel at the Aspen Institute's Project Play Summit.
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Luker on Trends provides intelligence on sports, technology, the economy, and free time use so that leagues, teams, and brands can better engage with their customers. The company's Managing Partner, Dr. Rich Luker, founded the ESPN Sports Poll in 1994, and it is the first and longest-running national syndicated study on sports fans in America. Interviews are conducted with a nationally representative monthly sample of 1,500 Americans age 12 and older. Interviews are offered in both English and Spanish, and data is collected 350 days per year.
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31.5 x 41.3 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Gift of The Winnipeg Foundation
A leading figure among Hague School painters during the late nineteenth century, Anton Mauve was a prolific painter specializing in animal pictures, often depicted in rural settings. This painting of a Holstein-Friesian cow is typical of the work he produced for eager collectors throughout Europe, featuring farm animals (horses, sheep, and cattle) simply grazing or at rest in the Dutch countryside. Tender and lyrical in spirit, conveying a certain nostalgia for rural life, the painting epitomizes Mauve's work as one of the Dutch Barbizon artists who flourished in the provincial districts of Oosterbeek, Scheveningen, and Laren. Mauve's wife was a cousin to Vincent van Gogh, and when the young artist moved to The Hague to study painting in 1881, he worked in Mauve's studio.
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