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Wednesday, December 21, 2005
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Take the onus off of weight, inches and body fat percentages and put the focus on MOVING. From dancing, rock climbing, mountain biking to ping-pong. I love that ping-pong. Think in terms of "can do" instead of "look like". Sports are fun and help develop balance and coordination--which in turn accelerates your results. Jump, kick, run, spin, throw, skate, shoot, hit, score, compete…PLAY!
Every Sunday I head down to the original Muscle Beach in Santa Monica and meet a group of friends for a two and half hour fitness extravaganza. We do a crazy combination of pull-ups, handstands, swinging plyometric dips, 15 and 25 foot rope climbing (hands only and sometimes up-side-down) a myriad of wacky push-ups--we even throw in a back flip or two, and finish with a rendition of AB Ripper X. Anyone that has attended one of the Santa Monica Fitness Camps has seen the fun first hand. It's extreme with a capital X. I love it, because it kicks my butt. This is NOT a routine I would do alone. The main reason why I show up is to hang with my buds. As hard as the workout is, I believe the reason why we're all there is for the camaraderie, laughter and encouragement.
We look at Sundays as an opportunity to incorporate sport into our weekly fitness routines. What started out as push-ups, pull-ups and dips, has turned into (thanks to Chuck and Mitch Gaylord) gymnastics for old guys. Sport is the main reason I stay fit. Every other Wednesday night, I meet up with a group to go rock climbing. Every fall, I get together with ski buddies and come up with ways to get our legs ready for the hill. Where do you think the P90X Plyo workout came from? The Leg/Plyo workout in the new Power 90 Master Series was the routine I used to get ready for this year's ski season.
To me, there is nothing better than the great outdoors. My sports involve cool crisp air, gorgeous views and climbing up or ripping down mountains. When I'm skiing or rock climbing, I'm one with my surroundings. I'm happy as a clam and at peace with the universe. I also try to mix in other sports like inline skating, ping-pong (it's a sport…sort of) basketball and mountain biking. These are great ways to get into shape. I encourage you to get involved in SOMETHING athletic—anything that would be fun and enjoyable for you. You need to care less about weight loss and more about accomplishment. There are so many different kinds of sports to choose from. Set a goal, take a class, sign up for a race, anything that gives you a reason to focus on "can do" as apposed to "look like". When you've shifted to an athletic mindset you don't obsess about calories, inches, and weight. You focus more on "can do" numbers like reps, range of motion and amount of resistance. Athletes care about improving their game, not how they look in their climbing gear.
If you can find one thing/sport that you really enjoy, then your day-to-day workouts will be less of a chore and more of a means to an end. Sport will also give you the opportunity to better connect and share with a partner. And whether your single or partnered with someone, it will give you a chance to meet like-minded folk. The people I know who have a regular sports pursuit are consistently fit over time, are rarely depressed and anxious and meet tons of amazing people in the process. (See Fitness Camps) Sport also develops balance and coordination--giving you a more well rounded level of fitness.
For some of you the excuse of time or money, or fear of looking uncoordinated in front of other people will keep you from trying something athletic. There were tens of thousands of Power90 and P90X customers who had those same fears, but they stepped through the door anyway and found a brand new and exciting reason for staying fit and healthy. Remember when you were a kid and you just did stuff? Explore and be curious. Open the door to Sport and you will discover a new and greater level of excitement.
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- Mary Cecy said...
Hey Tony, Thanks for the advice.
Benny's Bday/Xmas present is a new bike. He wants to go biking in this cold weather. Must be a kid thing... I love biking and am willing to embrace the cold and go biking with him. Now to learn to layer on!!
Thanks for the encouragement.
G-mama and I are going to sign up for a walk together. We live so close. There are a few of us that live close enough. You just gave me a great idea. THANKS! Gonna see if they want to get get together weekly to work out. Now that is what I think will be a great New Year resolution. Getting together with like minded friends.
- leannwoo said...
Wow Tony, I just posted in my blog that my biggest goal for 2006 is to find something I LOVE to do. I haven't found that particular thing yet, but I'll keep looking. (I'm very jealous of those who have a great love of some kind of sport!) My husband loves, loves, loves basketball and is in the gym around 6 days a week. I know that when I do find that something I love to do I will find that one missing piece of the puzzle that goes with the workouts and eating right.
- Anonymous said...
Tony –
Thanks for the great essay. I think you're spot-on.
I also maintain my motivation by choosing lifestyle sports like climbing, skiing, mountaineering, and cycling.
I don't use P90X as an end; it is a means to help me fulfill my athletic goals. When I'm doing pull-ups, I envision a wicked-hard climb I want to flash; when I'm doing Plyo, I'm thinking backcountry skiing and skate-skiing and racing. I don't "work out;" rather, I'm in "training." The reframe makes all the difference in my level of motivation.
I also enjoy working out with "elders" who can kick my butt in the outdoors. Experiencing their strength re-energizes my commitment to lifelong fitness.
I ran trails with the late, great Galen Rowell in the Berkeley Hills. Though I was a very fit 37, he was a way fitter 57. I had to crank to keep Galen's pace, especially up hills. I'd match his stride running up Tilden's Vollmer Peak and nearly puke at the top, while Galen calmly sipped water. Several months before the accident that took his life, Galen accompanied several younger mountaineers (nearly half his age) to Tibet to track wild sheep. Due to the length of the outing, which was entirely self-supported, each of the team members pulled rickshaw-type sleds, loaded with upwards of 150 pounds, through a variety of demanding terrain. Galen was 62, and although the other team members were in their "prime," no one could match his physical or mental endurance. Perhaps Galen was genetically gifted, but his commitment to life-long fitness contributed to his legendary strength. Galen's example still inspires. I think of him often when I'm training for the mountains. His memory gives me strength.
I'm also inspired by the "masters age" xc skiers up here in Tahoe in their 50s and 60s, who regularly spank fit 20-somethings. Same thing in the cycling community, especially in San Diego and Boulder, where you had better think twice before dropping an "oldster."
Fortunately there are many stories to inspire, and many lifestyle sports to choose from.
Tony – many thanks for your dedication to health and fitness. Six months ago you became my virtual trainer, and an important role model. P90X is truly an awesome tool. Thanks for doing the good work.
- Anonymous said...
Hi Tony and all
I purchased for my Christmas gift to myself a brand new bike! In 2005 I got back on a bike for the first time in 10 years. I forgot how much I loved it - I also bought an indoor trainer so I can ride during the winter months. I can't wait for warmer weather to come to Ohio.
I agree find a sport that you enjoy and go with it!
Joyce aka Sage
- AlfaSunshine said...
Well I love to ski. My son loves to snowboard. We go alone, but we always end up meeting nice people along the way. Hopefully we will go a few times this season. We usually go to the same place, but this is the last year my son will be young enough to put in the ski school which has been the main reason we've gone there. Me and my sister play tennis. We played over Thanksgiving and it was great. She's always been a little stronger than me since she has a physical job. That has changed a bit since I have worked my way up to the x. I just bought a new pair of 8 lbs weights to go with my 3's and 5's. Considering that I started p90 with no weight at all 8 months ago, I am fairly proud of myself.
It was fun watching you and your friends workout at the beach this summer. I felt like a bit of a stalker, so I don't know if I would do it again, but it was fun just the same.
Merry Christmas!! I'll be back from skiing next Friday and come back and post how it felt!!
- psyknife said...
I get my kicks from belly dance... and I'm totally looking into taking this circus arts class at the Actor's Gym in Evanston. I've always thought it would be rather sweet to learn trapeze :-)
- Laura Roth said...
Tony... owe you many, many hugs!!!
Since I first started BeachBody's P90 program on March 2004...I have lost a total of 89 lbs & 35" ...and I am still going strong :-).
The 11 laws are my "bible". Once I got the mind-set off of "ohh..I GOTTA workout tonite *sigh" mentality TO "OHHH..I get to workout tonite *yeaahhhh" {notice attitude change here}.
Since meeting you at the San Antonio camp last year and you really working my abs good that wekend...I have been so pysched in my workouts that I can not wait to WOWY each night (yes I schedule my WOWY calendar a month at a time).
So I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart TONY!!
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From my dating experiences, I was bothered when guys called me their "Geisha" and other derogatory terms. I also often hear people ask gay couples, "Who's the woman in the relationship?" and point to the Asian guy. Society often objectifies Asians, especially gay Asians, and view them as submissive, feminine and passive.
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Monte Kiffin has officially been named the Cowboys' new defensive coordinator.
Kiffin met with the club Friday to finalize the deal after speaking with team officials Thursday at Valley Ranch. At that point, it became clear he was the top target for the position after Rob Ryan's release.
"I'm very excited about returning to the NFL and being with the Dallas Cowboys," Kiffin said in a statement. "I came away from the interview process with Jason (Garrett) with a feeling that Dallas is the right place to be. He has this team headed in the right direction. They're close, and I am confident that there are quality pieces in place for us to be able to get the job done."
Kiffin, who turns 73 next month, hasn't coached professionally since ending his 13-year tenure as Tampa Bay's defensive coordinator after the 2008 season. He then went to the collegiate ranks to coach defense alongside his son, Lane, at Tennessee and USC. Kiffin resigned from his post with the Trojans after their bowl game this season to pursue opportunities in the NFL.
The former Tampa Bay coordinator's coached for 47 years, including 26 in the NFL. He was the defensive coordinator with the Buccaneers when they won the Super Bowl in the 2002 season. Tampa Bay led the NFL in fewest total yards allowed, scoring defense and interceptions that year.
Garrett, who was a backup quarterback in Tampa Bay in 2004, got to see how Kiffin operated first-hand. He said Kiffin possessed a unique ability to teach everything, from the smallest details to the overall defensive scheme, to all his defenders.
"Monte Kiffin's level of experience and track record of success as an NFL defensive coordinator are unmatched, and I am really looking forward to the contributions that he will make to our coaching staff and our football team," Garrett said. "He has produced NFL defensive units that have consistently performed at a high level in a scheme that has stood the test of time."
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CRIDERSVILLE — Village officials are working out a lease with a contracting company to allow them to use their land during an upcoming project.
With an upgrade of power poles stretching from Wapakoneta to Shawnee Road, contractors have pitched the idea of having a storage site on location at Delong Pioneer Park in Cridersville to village officials, and Cridersville Village Council members agreed last month and are working out the details in a written contract.
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Witnessing teachers taking books out of students' hands makes my blood boil. It's definitely a button that will get a response when you push it, so hands off their choice!
The library is a place for children to choose freely. Period. End of statement. If they ask for guidance, ok.
I'm so grateful that no one attempted to tell me that Black Beauty was too hard in first grade or that Eight Cousins was too old-fashioned for second grade. Or that I should stop reading series books in third grade because they were too easy for me. I loved Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew. Who cares if I was capable of reading Wuthering Heights then? I didn't enjoy reading it until I went back as a teenager to re-read it.
Doctor's offices had big fat thick Biblical books for us to read and no one interrogated us as to whether we were comprehending every word for a test. They let me flip the pages and read the short stories that I wanted to. As long as I wasn't asking them what every other word meant, they left me to read at will. I'll never forget the morning I asked my parents what insest was. They flew out of bed to see what horrible book I was reading and it was the Bible.
The next time you are tempted to yank a book out of a child's hands because it doesn't serve your assignment remember that MY assignment is free choice and life-long reading. I will do battle with you to allow children to read the books they want.
This week I marched back to class with a child who had tearfully returned his non-fiction book because the teacher wanted him to read an easier 1.6 level picture book. He wanted the 2.1 level nonfiction book on crickets because he had caught one.
My pointy chin came up as I informed his teacher that he would be reading an EXTRA book this week so he could read one for fun. If he lost it, I'd take responsibility. The child returned the book 2 days later with a bookmark for me showing the different parts of a cricket which he had labored over drawing for me. Which book benefitted him most?
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Tonight's lineup…
For those who missed Randy Wolf's web chat, the transcript from earlier today is here. Some funny stuff came out of it (who knew he was such a Star Wars fan and a drummer). But as the person who does the typing in this, it was pretty tough to have to write about his El Camino teams beating my Chatsworth team at the City Championship at Dodger Stadium. For those of you who live in the Valley, you know that the rivalry runs deep and Randy never misses a chance to rub in our loss.
But, he's one of the more thoughtful big leaguers I've ever been around and even took time out of his day today to go visit a lot of sick kids at Childrens Hospital, specifically requesting that no media be there. He just wanted to do it out of the goodness of his own heart, which is pretty cool.
We've got another visit tomorrow, this time to White Memorial, and Ramon Troncoso and Guillermo Mota are both going to be spending some time with the kids. We have a long-standing relationship that goes back to the mid 90s there and watching these kids faces light up when a big leaguer walks in is something you cannot easily forget.
In any event, here's the lineup for tonight's game against the Brewers:
Furcal, SS
Ethier, RF
Manny, LF
Blake, 3B
Loney, 1B
Kemp, CF
Martin, C
Hudson, 2B
Kuroda, P
UPDATE: Orlando Hudson was scratched with an upset stomach and Juan Castro has taken his place in the lineup.
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There Was No Joy in Dodgertown
By Pill Blaschke
LOS ANGELES – They came. They saw. They squandered.
In a season so improbable, the impossible happened.
With bases loaded, 2 outs, and runners on all bases, Casey was not at the bat.
Instead, it was L.A.'s favorite, Manny Ramirez. And he struck out.
Yes, that Lying, Cheating, Roiding, BLASHEPMOUS, GRINNING EX-BASEBALL CON struck out.
The horror.
Mr. Rally Man tallied no big slam-as. Daylight came, and me want go home.
And all of Dodger Stadium, the sad sheep, were as bad as their Giants fan neighbors to the north, eating up every minute of it. Hoping for some more tainted magic. Hoping for another steroided chance. Hoping for another timeless classic to tell their musclebound vascularized grandchildren about.
Well, that hope went dry.
As the Dodgers hopes ran dry, now only a dwindling 24 games over .500. The messianic Angels at their heels, with their shepherd Mike Scioscia leading his flock through the Valley of the Shadow of Depth. That's Playoff depth.
When will the Dodgers ever learn?
When will the insanity end?
When will I learn to type in paragraphs?
Like the narrator in the old Tootsie Pop commercial narrated, The world may never know.
When not in his office, Mr. Blaschke can be seen making Woody Paige look like a genius on Around The Horn, M-F at 5 EST on ESPN.
I love seeing Philly getting beat down by another west team but to bad we need help from them.
Go Astros.
Shad, you missed an obit a couple weeks ago with a Dodger connection:
Well I don't check latimes.com and most of the people I mention are under 60.
I guess that leaves me out.
…..from the previous thread……
CP – Thoughts and Prayers always 🙂
lbirken – fabulous post as always
northstateblues – I am with Crash – you really should be writing for the Times.
Crash – love the lineup!!
Happy Birthday Cat!!!!!!
CP ~ Hope your mom gets well soon.
Dang the Rockies are given out away and they still winning so much for the Phillies. I wonder where Phan is hiding at?
Nelly, thanks for your kind words.
Shad, I admit I scoreboard watch too but the reality is the Dodgers control their own destiny. Every day the Dodgers win is another day the teams behind them lose with regard to time. The problem is both those teams have a playoff spot in sight even if they cannot catch the Dodgers and it shows in the way they are playing. Hopefully the Dodgers can get hot and rattle off a bunch of wins that will keep the Dodgers well ahead in the standings.
northstateblues ~ Love your Pill Blaschke post.
lbirken ~ I love that the Rockie are pounding the Phillies. I know they are in our division but, I REALLY HATE the Phillies! I'm hoping eventually the East Coast bias will be put to rest………the Western Divison has handled those big shots pretty well this season.
Yea I can understand why Hudson has an upset stomach, getting caught off the bases lately will do that to a speedster. Just when I thought he was ready to take the 2 hole in the line up also. Yes Move Man Ram to 4th. So with the Gnats and RoX winning, perhaps Ill go see if hollywood has more mannywood than mannywould. We beat this Gallardo guy before. Let Go Dodgers!
Wow didn't know Petit was pitching a no hitter throught the 7th but Cedeno broke it up
Oh wow they just shown that play by Furcal man I wish Hudson could had score and tied it up.
I just watched the ninth of last night's game on the archive. Martin didn't miss a game winning HR by much. We need a win tonight.
Yep even Bowa said he was going to get nail.
Shad ~ No way Hudson could have scored on that bunt. He would have been a dead duck.
Hahahha Krod just blew a save.
Junior Seau batting boy I would never had guess since he's a SD boy.
Blah Vinny 1 for 14 last week and 4 for 5 last night.
Hiya Everybody
Whoever thought that last night's game would've ended up a tough loss?
I thought Manny Parra would easily pitch a complete game and I was ready to call it a night. Well the way it turned out it might as well ended right there.
We have to keep pace with the Rockies and Giants.
To bad that ball Furcal hit this time was not last night game or else Hudson would had scored no matter what.
hahahaha Junior Seau got a Manny fouled ball
Yeah more first inning runs love this team
82 runs in the 1st innings opposition 40 got to love that stats.
I can't believe Loney missed that fast ball down the middle was only 90 mph.
Way to go Raffy & Dre!!!!
I see Manny's trying a new hairdo tonight
I like this early and often stuff a lot more.
Brandon ~ what did he do to it? I'm just listening on radio.
Nice way to start C A S E Y.
tonight the route is on… I can feel this one… I really do think last night had we gotten in earlier, we beat them yesterday….
Way to go Blue!
Didn't Manny fly out last night & not K?
Way to go Matty!!
They need to start picking up these RISP more often so they don't have to have walkoffs in the 9th…
Lately they've seemed to squander chances.
This look more like earlier in the season. Woo hoo!!!!
Good Evening Everyone….
This is a very nice start for the Boy's!!!! Kuroda included 🙂
Tru… it looks like he just has it more bundled up somehow
That's right boys and girls…. tonight….we dine in hell!! and we drink some nice brews!! Free beer all around tonight!
Good to see Blake join the 60+ RBI CLUB.
With Loney back in the club lead.
Good going MARTIN.
The Brewers should had Gallardo batting at 8th because because of his 4th career homerun and he has already have 2 this year over Kendall.
Awesome… now HK needs to come out & throw strikes and not walk people.
Lack of clutch hits with RISP & walks by our pitchers IMO is where we have had some troubles this year.
It would be nice for them to turn that around. Earlier in the year, when they were rolling they were successful in these areas.
The more I look at it… Did Manny cut his hair… or did he just bundle it… It looks more thick… but it's for sure shorter
cp how is the Mother?
Thanks, Brandon.
CP I'm just catching up on the posts & saw Knouff's post. Sorry to hear about your Mom. You'll have some prayers coming out of our house tonight.
I hope she is well. I'm at that age to where parents are getting older. It can be tough. Hang in there!
Another good innings for Kuroda
Another Pujos grand slam in the 10th at New York
Wow 23-4 when Blake driven in a run? I wonder what the record when Kemp driving in a run or even Ethier.
The Angels lost I guess we still going to have the best record in the league
Blake trying to make ala Beltre play.
Just the facts, right NSB.
Don't try to make it more drama than it should be. But then again we're talking about the media, right!
I'm not a fan of most of the media. They twist quotes and aren't accurate as we think they are. Take things out of context, etc… Someone might say something sarcastically but they don't put that in there. They put the quote in and make the person sound like a jerk.
True that Tru…
We need a bunch more runs.
CRAP!!!! Not now Kuroda!
Thanks for the kind words about Mr. Blaschke, I'm sure it's better than he deserves. And Collie, Manny did fly out, but Blaschke never lets the truth get in the way of a good story.
Blaschke is a blowhard!
He despises Manny even more than Messagebear!
Whewwwwwwwwwww that was close.
BOY The Brewers looked the Dodgers that inning. lol
I'm glad the Dodgers got to Gallardo in the first inning.
Like most opposing pitchers, he's tough now,
Yeah, Collie, that's the way it can be. I took Journalism and was an editor on our Community College newspaper for a couple of years. There's fact-based journalism, and there's columnists who aren't held to any real facts, just opinions. Even "fact-based" journalism has those who sift out what facts they want to empower their desired level of truthiness.
Taking a sarcastic comment out of context has been killing reputations for years, look what they did to John Lennon. Turned "some people act like we're bigger than Jesus" into "Yeah, we're bigger than Jesus, that's right, what are you gonna do about it."
Glad Gallardo missed that potential homer. C'mon Kuroda-san, time to rebound. Ganbarre! Dojyasu wa iku!
You don't see that often when the pitcher get the pop up over the other infielders.
lol Sandy Braun really.
with that fan running on the field, I have to wonder: Why don't fans do momentum-killing stuff like running on the field and hitting beach balls on the field while the OPPOSING TEAM is on the field?!!!
Whatever the guy's name is, tonight it's Nancy. For what?
btw, I'm typing my posts 9-10 minutes before the timestamp says I am. Where are they routing these posts, through the "LOST" island?!!
broken bat singles!!! are you kidding me!?!?
gosh damn 2 broken bat hits.
Exactly NSB! I hate that they do that. Then people hate the person because of what they are miss quoted as saying. Or there is a bunch of scuttlebutt about nothing.
Agreed about the game distractions. Do it when we're at bat!
Man… I'd love to see someone plunk Mike Cameron after that!!
Still got the lead. Time to bang!!!!
We are well on our way to lose this game.
Loney always looks like he's in slowmo….
We are well on our way to lose this game.
Man, we needed that, even if I have to take it from Manny*roid.
Can't believe Kuroda got through that inning.
Bob — They win more then they loose. Send them some positive vibage!!!
Go Blue!!!!
HK pitching pretty well. A couple of saw jobs for RBI's isn't bad pitching. Them's the breaks!
Where was that last night Manny?
You hang & he bangs em!!!!
So should he not be cheered at this time?
Alright Manny!! We needed that!
LOL, Collie!
#12 for MANNY
It's about time.
Yes he should!
Oh & I totally agree with the Manny getting 2 bobbleheads & a poster.
Dre should be getting his bobblehead. I believe they had a t-shirt day for him but really now. A bobblehead is the highest compliment you could give him!!!
My MLB.TV keeps cutting out. Can only get the audio.
Manny Blaschke!!!
The t-shirts were for the kids, Collie. Totally unfair! He does need a bobblehead.
Let get a 1 2 3 innings Kuroda
Good come back inning by Kuroda. Now let's tack on more runs.
LMAO, Dodger4life!
Gosh another freaking broking bat single.
Come on Kuroda get this ex dodgers out.
Keep it going, boys!
Loretta is such a Brewers killer.
I'm surprise they didn't ibb him
Alright Loretta!!!!! Big pinch hit.
Glad to see Manny isn't washed up yet.
20 RBI for LORETTA
I don't know if you will see this Dodgereric because I'm in the time warp tonight……….but, it is good to see you.
Nice… This is how it's done!!
Oh boy, I love those tack on runs!! It's very good to see the boys break out like this, especially with the Brewers creeping back into the game.
and also his 20th career rbi's in his career against the Brewers.
Where was that hit last night Manny
Well, let's see what the ol' timewarp has in store tonight.
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North, you're pretty damned good! But the "Nancy" remark has gone over my head.
MANNY has 40 RBI
Don't like to see Loney k's 3 times with runners on base.
OMG thanks alot for the gift
OOPS!!! hahahahahaha
Give me home where the buffallo roam!!!!!
OH OH is Martin back now
KEMP puts us in double figures.
RUSSELL has 2 RBI tonight. lol
Damn wanted to see Loretta kill them again. It must hurt to make 2 outs in the same inning.
Let's put some 0 Kuo.
9 run game…lets see how many arms Joe burns through tonight.
Wow this when Pierre should be in for Manny lol.
Castro made the last out, Shad
Thanks tru. I don't know where this will end up, but that's the main reason I haven't been posting much lately. It's just too damned hard to have conversations.
It's great to see us break through offensively. You could see Ramirez getting better the last couple of games. Maybe no hits, but hitting it harder and going the other way. If he gets it going, goodbye NL West.
Back to the STATUS KUO
That why I said making 2 outs in a inning.
I bet they do, Dodgereric.
Maybe should had said Castro name since I'm watching the same on kcal here in compton.
Damn, time warp again!
You're pass tru.
Manny is one tough sob.
Whoever goes in to pitch the 8th had better drill somebody.
Ah, the clouds part! Thanks north! I wonder if you can sleep with your butt glued to the wall?
Man Mota has a lot of movement on his pitches
OK, now I'm posting according to my clock instead of 12 minutes ahead.
Eric: Nancy refers to the name the guy who ran out on the field will be known by while he's enjoying his county-supplied accommodations tonight. I don't think it would be worth it.
Good game tonight, now that's the 2009 Dodgers I know!
Hated to see Mota give up that run.
Which we could blame on the defensive indifference.
Wow defensive indifference in the 9th inning interesting it wasn't the 9th.
Think 53, Mota.
The magic number is: 53.
oops that first 9th should be the 8th gosh stop it is only the 8th.
Speaking of great intimidators: Don't we have Bob Gibson's son/grandson in our farm system?
If the younger Gibson is still with us, maybe Frank should ask Bob to have a chat with the Pitching Staff about protecting your teammates.
Whether or not he shudders at the thought of helping the Dodgers would be the question, but Schmoozer Ned could tell him he'd really be doing a favor to fellow Redbird alum Torre.
Oh, no, PP got hit by a pitch!
Sorry Shad, now I realize what you meant.
Actually Castro will be charged with one AB.
lol at a 53 mph pitch
15 HRs for KEMP
Yep that true.
Wow nice catch Duncan
Someone tell me again why we don't have Kemp and Ramirez hitting back-to-back?
We seem to draft everyone else's kids, why not Gibson's? I'm looking. In the meantime (no pun intended)…….
Dusty Baker received the following advice from Hank Aaron about facing Gibson:
"'Don't dig in against Bob Gibson, he'll knock you down. He'd knock down his own grandmother if she dared to challenge him. Don't stare at him, don't smile at him, don't talk to him. He doesn't like it. If you happen to hit a home run, don't run too slow, don't run too fast. If you happen to want to celebrate, get in the tunnel first. And if he hits you, don't charge the mound, because he's a Gold Glove boxer.' I'm like, 'Damn, what about my 17-game hitting streak?' That was the night it ended."
Dick Allen stated that, "Bob Gibson was so mean he would knock you down and then meet you at home plate to see if you wanted to make something of it."
Martin's looking good tonight.
Maybe the rest helped.
Wow 52 mph curveball
KEMP took over the team RBI Lead on that HR.
Furcal got cheater big time with that swing.
I hope they let Mota hit
Mota is such a great hitter when he get the chance.
even though it was a gift run.
We have a first baseman in Inland Empire named Robert Christopher Gibson. Still looking……..
I believe ETHIER has just tie Kemp for the team RBI lead with 69.
Good ole' 69,
That's 1 for MOTA
That was his 1st hit since 2004.
Well, by the score it doesn't look like I missed much :)) I actually had my phone on vibrate, and it was going off like every two or three minutes it seemed.
He went to school at SW Missouri St……..
Make that SE Missouri St.
Is that so, Eric? Well, then DEFINITELY have Ned be the one to talk to him.
Are you kidding me?
WTG Mota
And not that I like cheering violence, but thanks Mota. It's about friggin' time!
And, Dumbasss Charlie, didn't know why Mota did that!
Oh That's why he threw him out.
100% agreed, north. All I know is I'm getting tired of watching our big guys going down. Suck it up, Fielder. For God's sake, he got you on one of your thunder thighs.
I got to say that I hope that this beanball stuff doesn't carry over until tomorrow.
Wow, a lot of offense tonight. lol
You mean Mota drilled Prince? ALRIGHT MOTA!!!!!!!!!
And I also agree with you, joe. Even though they got Ethier last night and Manny today, I count us even now.
Geez, now I'm 10 minutes ahead again.
Maybe, just maybe they could have saved a few of those runs for Jason tomorrow. I am hoping he has another good outing. He will need all the confidence in the world because the next time we see him after tomorrow will be Monday, August 10th at AT&T Park – Yikes!!!!!
Dodger RBI Leaders
Ethier ..69
Kemp ..69
Loney .69
Blake ..61
If that's true, Jeanette, and they really can't figure out why we'd have retribution after they plunked Manny tonight and Ethier yesterday, then Bud's Anointed Brewers are THIMPLY DIVALICIOUS!!!!
Princess Fielder: OUCH!!! THEY HIT ME!!! I think I broke a nail!!! LET'S GET 'EM GIRLS!!!!!!
Ryan Braun: Don't worry, Princess, YOU LOOK MAHVELOUS!
Correction Loney…68.
Beto Duran of ESPN radio posted on his twitter that Fielder along with the whole team tried to go into the Dodgers clubhouse after the game….
That's alot of 69's Joe Pierre – LOL!!!:))) Seriously, that is just awesome. Andre is only 8 away from his season high 77 from last year. All three of them, and probably Casey and Manny too, will be at 100 or above by the end of the season.
Alright Joe Torre!!!! Way to speak up for your team. Prince needs to stop being a big baby, literally, and know it's part of the game.
They just showed on the news that Prince Fielder tried to get into the Dodgers locker room after the game. They filmed him at the door with quite a few of his teammates that kept him back. Joe Torre said "it's just part of the game."
LMAO!!!!! Great job Northstateblues!!!!
Now I'm back on normal time, showing up behind everyone else… this might be it for me for the night.
Haven't stopped laughing at Princess's actions yet. HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAA.
I'm sure somehow Bud'll find a way to fine Mota and give Fielder a brand new powder puff in his powder room tomorrow.
… and now I'm 10 minutes fast again.
allegedly, word is Martin said "if Fielder wants to come into this locker room, it's fine. It's 25-1."
That's from the Dodger Thoughts comment thread. Can't wait to see the copy written on this incident.
Does Princess need some tissues? We have some left over in Drew's old locker…
LMAO!!!! Doesn't Princess realize there is no crying in baseball.
I would've expected this from a rookie, but wow, Prince, you're practically a vet now. Man up.
This reminds me of how the Cryin' Hawaiian freaked out when they threw over his head last year, saying "Hit me in the ribs, not in the head!!" The next season (Last week), the Phillies pitcher drilled new Giant Garko up and in. No honor in Philly, I guess.
Speaking of Philly northstateblues……..It's kind of nice seeing our west division rivals knocking them off their east coast biased horse for a spell. I figure as long as the Dodgers are taking care of themselves, let the rest of the NL West show the east coast what the west coast can do.
I think he was shocked that his former teammate from last year did it. They probably was best friend also so it was a big shocked. I would had rather have a rookie do it.
That article even makes him appear even more like a cry baby – geez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't wait for Broxton vs Fielder pay per view.
Now this is kind of funny what Andre and Matt have to say about the Princess.
"I don't happened, maybe the ball slipped," Kemp said, unable to hold back a chuckle.
I can only imagine that Matt Kemp grin, can't you? LOL!!!!
Andre Ethier is the first Dodger with back-to-back 20 double, 20 home run seasons since Adrian Beltre from 2002-2004.
Wow I didn't know Felix Hernandez was available. The Mariners turned that offered down.
Wow, what a game. I have a new Dodger HERO and his name is MOTA. A few more Dodger pitchers need to get some balls and be a little more agressive such as Broxton.
Good Morning ITDland ~ my, my, Mota and Prince are all the talk on ESPN. I'm glad one of our pitchers had the guts to hit somebody. It will be interesting though to see what happens tonight.
1. Hanley Ramirez, FLA .340
2. Pablo Sandoval, SFO .330
3. David Wright, NYM .324
4. Miguel Tejada, HOU .323
5. Matt Kemp, LAD .323
THAT WAS A GREAT GAME FULL OF DRAMA. No Happily-Ever-After ending for PRINCE…boooohooohooo! Man running in the field. So we get a GREEN MAN on Monday, Tuesday MAN-IN-THE-OUTFIELD so what's for Today (GIRL runs after a player?? I promise I will not run after ETHIER or MARTIN)….funny EMMA and I were just talking about running in the field Tuesday Noon.
EMMA we jinx it…LOL
I'm glad MOTA took PRINCE down…..GOOOOO MOTA! Sooooo many heroes in this game, but MOTA takes my win. For taking one for the team! And THE SAD PRINCE STORY also reminded me of the CRYING-HAWAIIN SCENE!
Matt Kemp has two 5 RBI games in the last 3 games! He's really starting to come into his own right now. He'll have 20 Home Runs and 100 RBI. That is if Joe keeps him out of the 8th spot.
Good Morning All…..
From Kuroda to Mota and everyone in between…..Outstanding Game!!!!!
What I don't understand is why Pierre didn't go pounding on the Brewers' clubhouse door…………..
I was surprised by Vin's reaction to Fielder's plunking. It was done right. Hit JP and our big fish, your big fish can stand by. It was below the waste so boo-hoo, Macha. Manny's been getting nicked a lot lately, so maybe the Brewers pitchers should try harder not to hit anyone. I've been waiting for our pitchers to step up in a timely fashion. Looks like we have a couple that will.
He DID, kahli! He even pounded on it with his bat. They just couldn't hear him.
WTG MOTA! If Billz had retaliated in Game 2 against the Phillies after Moyer threw behind Manny, things may have ended up differently. Who knows? Billz needs to own the inside of the plate, and he hasn't shown it.
Eric – according to Wikipedia (unfortunately, I have no corroboration that it's true), Bob Gibson "…is a special instructor coach for the St. Louis Cardinals" I couldn't find confirmation of that on the Cardinals' website.
Kahli and Eric: Re: PP – LMAO!
PRINCE has his own blog…someone actually told him to keep his mouth shut that getting hit is part of the game. That cry baby just thinks that he is untouchable…brotha' pleaaaaaase! He puts his pants (that's if he wears pants) on the same way as any other player does. I can't wait for tonights game.
red pen…Moyer=Myers.
During the game last night my computer lost it's battery power so I couldn't post.
Great game & victory!
We did well with RISP & the pitchers controled the strikezone and didn't have a ton of walks.
Everyone was saying Mota hit Prince because of Manny being hit. I think it was the HBP on Juan.
Actually they've hit a number of our guys the last couple of nights. I don't know why Prince was upset. I'm a Prince fan but think he took a step down on my like scale.
Why didn't he do something about it on the field if he was so upset. Or just take it as part of the game and trot down to 1st. He got hit low. Get over it. He acted like a fool.
Khali & Eric — great calls about PP.
Cat — Also a great point about the full moon & Wolf pitching.
My question for tonight: Will we get Schidt or will we get the Schmidt from Friday? Will the Brewers hit him at will, or will they be scratching their heads over how to hit him?
dodger4life, after looking at the YouTube video I started playing with all the commercials from the 50s and 60s…my youth. Thanks for making my day!!!!!!!!! Gotta love the "Pepsi Generation"
I think there was stuff building up in this game that led to the point where Prince got hit.
Bottom of the 5th Manny goes yard.
Top of 7th Kuo K's Prince. I noticed that on Kuo's follow through he walked off the mound. I didn't think that he was hot dogging but I'm not sure Prince liked it. They showed him standing there (Prince) glaring towards the mound. I was getting the Brewers announcers and they commented that Prince was looking at Kuo in disbelief that he had thrown the pitch past him. I think they got it wrong. I think Prince took exception to the follow through of Kuo. I could be wrong, but when I saw that I thought someone's getting hit next inning.
Did anyone there notice that incident? You don't always get ever view while watching on TV.
Bottom of 7th Dodgers up 12-3, Manny get's hit.
Bottom of the 8th Juan get's hit.
Top 9th Mota hit's Prince.
Game over & Prince goes nuts.
Also Macha hacks me off. He says that Mota hit's him and just walks off the mound into the dugout showing that he fully intended what to do & should be suspended for a lengthy period of time. Not just a couple of days.
Now I'm not saying that it wasn't intended but, hey Ken watch the video… Mota hits him & stands there. After he get's tossed then he starts to walk off the mound toward the dugout. Then he stood there along the 3rd baseline waiting to see what Prince was going to do.
Rosie said
""funny EMMA and I were just talking about running in the field Tuesday Noon.
EMMA we jinx it…LOL """
that is so funny that we were talking about fans running on the field and about that girl that ran to kiss Fernando Valenzuela back when he played. I was at the game but again, that was not me. We sure did jinx it MLB does show a rematch of D.Lowe and Wolf. I posted on D.Lowe's blog. Shoot! I forgot to bring Schmidt giveaway shirt for tonight. He won when I wore it. Maybe I have it in the car. I will be using the company's seats in the field level tonight but like some other times, we might end up back with our "Top Deck family"
don't know if anyone read this article from the Times back in May
Mota walked off the mount after he was ejected…the replay shows it clearly.
Emma have fun at the game…now don't go running in the field trying to kiss the pitcher…LOL!
colliethec, I noticed that Fielder/Kuo at-bat, too. I remember thinking at the time that Fielder was miffed, but the replay really just shows Kuo's unorthodox follow-through. At the end of the day, this new generation of players not only used PEDS, but was raised on ESPN highlights and show-boating is their thing. In all sports. Live by the sword, die by the sword. Remember, the Dodgers play the Gnats next week and wasn't it just yesterday that Brian Wilson took exception to Casey Blake's mocking of his "tribute to father" gesture after hitting a home run? But I'll give Mota credit for making a statement Billingsley should have made ten months ago.
I wonder if they will be alowed to pitch inside tonight….or will the umpires take that part of the plate away from them? I'll bet the first inside pitch will get a warning. Too bad because that is part of baseball.
Kuo might not have been hot dogging it. I will qualify the Brewers thinking he was, though. The Korean style of baseball is a bit more jubilant than our National Pastime (the Japanese is a touch more like that, but nothing like the Koreans). They tend to celebrate more for the smaller achievements, and that doesn't translate well when they make it stateside. Remember Kuo's bat flip?
Just a misunderstanding, but there isn't much understanding when it comes to the conservative, good ol' boy mindset of baseball (not implying racially conservative or politically conservative, but socially conservative).
Mota didn't come off the mound until he was ejected. I imagine Princess and Macha are crying until Bud arrives back home with some wipies, Destin, and a tube of butt paste to alleviate their discomfort.
Knowing Bud's disdain for being bullied by the big market O'Malleys back in the day when they made him sit at the kid's table at owner's meetings, he just might do something about it.
Mann i love these laughers! Bill Hall is total garbage and motas hit shouldve been an error but whatevers! hey kahli i watched the kuo strikeout on fielder and to be honest KUO did give a little extra leg kick after fielder got blown away! this was his follow through with the left leg…
(lllllll…strikeout…LLLLLL…turn his back) haha the capital L is the extra kick
OMG KUO is not Korean! hes Taiwainese if thats how u spell it!
Guillermo Mota hit Prince Fielder with two outs in the ninth inning and was ejected. Fielder tried to go after him after the game. It's not the first time. Mike Piazza also tried to find Mota after he was hit by the pitcher in a 2003 spring training game.
Where was I when Mota hit Piazza?
Drill the fat Princess again, send them home with another whooping….
When Prince Cries
Dig if you will, the pitcher
Leaving the mound when I whiffed
The tears of my emo rage on my face
Can you, Bud darling, can you picture this?
Dream if you can, a ballyard
An ocean of blue in bloom
Mota strikes curious poses
Throws me the heat, the heat on my thigh meat
How could you just leave me standing
And walk off the mound so cold
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Afraid that you would have knocked me out cold
Why can't I be like my father
When he was thrown inside
Instead I scream out in a tantrum
"This is what it sounds like when Prince cries"
Look at my giant stomach
See how it trembles inside
Watch as I march to your clubhouse
Don't hold me back, because I've lost my pride
How could you just leave me standing
And walk off the mound so cold
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Afraid that you would have knocked me out cold
Why can't I be like my father
When he was thrown inside
Instead I scream out in a tantrum
"This is what it sounds like when Prince cries"
When Prince cries, When Prince cries
When Prince cries…
Emma have fun at the game…now don't go running in the field trying to kiss the pitcher…LOL!
By msrussyethier on August 5, 2009 3:18 PM
lol. Rosie, no worries, is Schmidt on the mound.
You know how the Dodger players knew Fielders was heading to their clubhouse?
Maybe tonight's game will inspire #534, Dodgereric.
Sammie: You're right… sorry I botched that up. I really should've known better, but I was illustrating the point that the Asian style of baseball is different, and can come across as hot-dogging to those of us in the States. But my error was as bad as saying Nomo was Chinese, or Manny's Mexican. I apologize again.
You could be more mature about it and leave out the AIMspeak, though.
Oh, my, another time warp or me!
Excellent job NSB!
Well, better get some work done!
Thanks Tru.
Emma: LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! Carole King is so perfect for the image.
Well done, north! #533 on our Hit Parade!!!
I like that one NSB. Schmidt is coming back from an injury, so his control may be off a little.
Whoops look out Branyan, just cause youre from the 818, you're still wearing the wrong uniform!!!
(Typo, Braun is from SFV)
If the umpires want to diffuse the situation, I "believe" they can call the managers to home plate before the first pitch and issue the warning that there will be NO WARNING. HBP equals ejection…IF umpires feel it's intentional. That gets rid of the first "free" salvo. But all that said, I could be wrong!! But I don't think there are "official" rules regarding warnings. It's an umpire's gut feel.
Prince Goes Crazy (or: Emo Rain)
Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here
To say a few words in memory of Prince Fielder's self-respect
Electric word: Baseball. It's a Man's world on the diamond, playing a kid game.
But I'm here to tell you there's something else
It's called dignity. Recognizance of the causes that lead to effects
You can always man up, day or night.
So when you call up that commish in Milwaukee
You know the one, Dr. Everything'll Be Alright
Instead of asking him how much of a suspension he'll get
Ask him how much of your mind is left
'Cause in this life, things are much harder than the Baseball world
This life, you're on your own.
And if the elevator tries to bring you down,
Go vegan, don't eat cheese no more
If you don't like the world you're living in
Take a look around, don't bring your friends
Come on, baby, here's a friendly word:
Don't go to the clubhouse knocking on the door
"Waaaah! Waaaah!" is all the Dodgers heard
Are you gonna let a little bruise bring you down?
If so, Let's GO!
Let's go crazy, let's get nuts
Get your bench to act bananas
Til they throw you in the truck, LET'S GO!
All excited, who knows why
Maybe it's 'cause Princess got a boo-boo on her thigh
If you wanna fight, wanna ask for more
Better laugh now before the Brim Reaper come and knock you to the floor
Are you gonna let a little bruise bring you down?
If so, Let's GO!
Let's go crazy, let's get nuts
Get your bench to act bananas
Til they throw you in the truck, LET'S GO!
Come on, Baby. You wanna get nuts? Yeah? You Crazy?
I admit I was half asleep by the time Mota plunked Prince last night and for a moment I really did not understand what had happened. But then I realized that the umpire threw out Mota before Martin even picked up the ball and Mota just calmly walked off the mound. There did not seem to be any arguments from the Dodgers about Mota getting tossed and Mota looked rather bored about the whole thing when he sat on the bench before leaving the dugout. But Prince looked as if he had just drank spoiled milk. As I recall when Manny got hit he did not even look at the pitcher; he just took first base as if he had just walked. Quite a difference. Hopefully by game time tonight everything will have been forgotten and nothing more will happen.
Fabulous job on those songs northstateblues!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beloved Gnats won again……….
Yes, they did Kahli, and I had the gut wrenching pleasure of hearing Jon Miller say "It's outta here!!!" when the grand slam was hit :))
NSB – GREAT SONGS…..bring out songs from Prince for Prince…LOL!
(Little Red Corvette)
Little Red-White ball….baby you are much to fast….
Little Red-White Ball….Mota you throw to hard…
OK OK enough
Well let's see what happens in game 3…THE SERIES FINALLY!
Damn Gnats!
Lineup from Dodger Thoughts
Furcal. SS
Pierre. LF
Ethier. RF
Blake. 3B
Loney. 1B
Kemp. CF
Martin. C
Hudson. 2B
Schmidt. P
Thanks Crash,
O'Dog is back..
I guess they don't want for Manny to get hit!
Watch out Andre and Matt!!!! Manny was heating up, but you two are the hottest bats right now.
However, JP is the savior, so maybe they will go after him instead.
NSB — You crack me up.
Khali — I think it was just he was a little off balance on the follow through. Because it was different than his normal follow through. But I really think Prince took it as he was hot dogging it. I could be wrong, but it seemed as if things kept building.
I don't like hot doggers either. I always wanted someone to drill Bonds.
That game here is SF at Candlestick when Bonds hit one out in the 1st inning and did this stupid spin dance at home. After that, He should of been drilled each at bat in that game.
I understand emotion but not in the early innings of a game. Pumping your fist with A K with the bases loaded in a close game after the 6th or so is okay. But some of the other stuff is just annoying.
Yeah, colliethec, I'm STILL waiting for someone to drill Bonds for that little pirouette…….
NELLY…it is war if they get hit
Who knows…maybe the dugouts will be empty!
I would think so Rose, and if we didn't have so much riding on all of our players being in all of the games, it would definitely be a sight to see what the young guns would do in that situation. Just think of them and how they celebrate after a walk off kind of makes you wonder how they would react to a bench clearing. However, like Kahli said, I am sure the umpires will do their job in difusing it before the game even starts.
Dang no bpb I would had thought he would had been here by now.
I don't care if Manny sit but watch out Kemp and Ethier. Oh come on I want Pierre batting 9th again.
Hopefully our players are smart and stay relax. Playing smart will win the game agains poor loosers like the Brewers.
what is with torre, manny is slumping and plays every game, has a good game last night and probably breaks out of it and gets sat… I dont understand that man…
Its been a while so I just wanted to pop in and say hello
what is with torre, manny is slumping and plays every game, has a good game last night and probably breaks out of it and gets sat… I dont understand that man…
Its been a while so I just wanted to pop in and say hello
Hopefully tonight will be like earlier in the season when Furcal and Pierre were getting on base when they led off an inning. I might go out on a limb here and predict the Dodgers may need another offensive explosion to win tonight considering it will most likely be another pitching by commitee effort.
I wanted to make my presence known so I posted twice… sorry about that…
Hello there Dodge.
It doesn't make sense unless he doesn't want Manny to get hit & possibly injured or charge the mound and get suspended. That might go into his thinking a little.
I too hope it's over with. Play ball.
Go Blue!!
Bring the Ring to LA in 2009!!!
I hope we don't have any bench clearing type incidents. I know some people love that sort of stuff and feel it helps the team "pull together" but not at the expense of a starter getting ejected or worse, getting hurt in the melee. Just play baseball the way it is supposed to be played.
ibirken… I say if its gonna happen have schmidt do it… it could be his last pitch anyways, let him go out with a hit(literally)…
*****JOSH****** they have to fix this blog. Took me 10 minutes to post a 17 word post.
Time warps and everything else are making it really difficult to stay on here.
ibirken… I say if its gonna happen have schmidt do it… it could be his last pitch anyways, let him go out with a hit(literally)…
sorry everything is posting twice… this blog is working wierd, is it usually like this.
Hi everyone ~ Just got home. Rockies are losing 7-0. That's good news. The Dodgers can gain a game back on their lead if they win. Both the Rockies and Giants have been winning consistently lately. I don't think they are going to go away. The Dodgers are going to have to win 6 or 7 out of every 10 games to keep their lead.
Shad ~ We need the help.
upon further review prince wasnt trying to fight fielder he was just trying to get in line first in the dodgers buffet table…
upon further review prince wasnt trying to fight mota he was just trying to get in line first in the dodgers buffet table…
Dodge ~ LMAO!!!!
I guess Philly is trying to help us tonight after getting a beat down last night.
Good evening ITD boys and girls!
Well, I'm feeling a lot better today. My mom got out of the hospital today and will be spending about a week or so with my sister. My sister only lives about 15 minutes away from me, so that'll be good. Again, thx to all for the prayers. I really appreciate it!
It was great that our Boys in Blue brought out their bats last night. It was exciting. But to chime in on that Mota/Fielder incident at the end of the game, my first, gut reaction was, "Why?" But that only lasted a couple of seconds and then I say, "Oh, I see." And like NSB, I don't like cheering violence, but I do thank Mota. I was out of my seat when Pierre got hit; I just saw him standing on first. And with Manny, I kinda saw it, but I just happened to turn my head at the right (or wrong) time, so I didn't even see him get hit. But I know he did; I heard the boos. But for the life of me, I don't know why Fielder was trying to get into the Dodgers' clubhouse. I mean, it's part of the game; deal with it!
D4 – Loved that rock em sock em robots video! No, I never had them when I was a kid, but my husband had that game; it was his favorite!
And lbirken. I'm like you. I too hope we don't have any bench clearing brawls. It isn't worth it in the grand scheme of things; what with the potential of a starter getting ejected or getting hurt. But tonight's game will be interesting to watch. But I'm not surprised that Manny isn't in the lineup. But to our Young Guns: lookout…
Oh, and sorry for the short visit, but dinner's ready. I probably won't be back before the game so…
CPO ~ I'm so glad your Mom is out of the hospital.
CP – Glad your Mom is better! Have a nice evening…
The numbers realy are stagerring Since the beginning of 2008…
1) w/o Manny (pre 8/1/08, plus the 50-game suspension this year)
2) w/Manny (post Aug 1 last year, through May 6 this year, and July 3 to present)
Either w/Manny:
102 games, 30 2B, 22 HR, 84 runs, 75 RBI, .340/.430/.604
Either w/o Manny:
144 games, 33 2B, 20 HR, 71 runs, 71 RBI, .256/.323/.440
I don't know how much Manny is responsible, since as mwhite06 noted, Ethier is a streaky hitter. But, damn, those numbers are crazy!!!
CPO ~ Good to hear your mother is doing well.
Howzit Going everybody?
It's good to see the Rockies lost, so they can't gain any ground.
Manny's got the night off and you Pierre bashers will have a chance to do some bashing.
The big question is, How will Schmiddy do?
oldbrooklynfan ~ How are you? Hopefully Schmiddy will keep us in the game and we can do some Brewer bashing.
Alright Raffy!!!!!
Anyone else having problems with the audio & gameday feed?
WTG Raffy nice way to start the game!
vl4ecc ~ Had some problems with the audio & gameday feed before the game started. Now it's working fine.
Its not Pierre bashing, its constructive criticism pointing out his [many] flaws.
We need McDonald to hold em at 4 so we can comeback.
Should McDonald become the 5th started instead of Schmidt the next time the spot comes around?
Should McDonald become the 5th started instead of Schmidt the next time the spot comes around?
If our heroes lose tonight they will be a very pedestrian 11-10 since the All-Star break. Not sure what's really going on with this team but I sometimes get the feeling there's little urgency in their play. Their opponents HAVE to win–they're all fighting for their collective lives in pennant races. The Dodgers have not HAD to win a game for a long, long time, maybe since the Colorado series at home. The season is a long grind and it's hard to maintain an edge for 6 straight months. Perhaps the sight of the Gnats next Monday up north will shake this club. Something better.


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Sunday, February 11, 2007
No Surprise There Then
From the beginning of an article in The Independent,
"The Children's Commissioner, Sir Albert Aynsley-Green, has warned that relentless bullying is driving some children to the brink of suicide, while the number of children counselled by ChildLine about bullying rose by 12 per cent last year. "
Hmm. Given that those anti-bullying initiatives are clearly not working very well, how can parents of bullied and desperate children just stand by and watch this sort of thing happening? They are the ones who are responsible for neglecting their children it seems to me. Worse still, the state simply stands by and does nothing about it.
If your child is being bullied in school and complaints to the school don't work, DO SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT IT. Move your child to another school or home educate them somehow.
Which is better, a temporary loss of income or a suicidal child?
14 comments:
- IndigoShirl said...
As usual its the knowledge thing. Most parents are not even aware it is possible to home educate.
We had tried to move her to a different school but there were no places. My daughter went through hell because of bullying until I found out about home ed.
It still makes me angry when I think about it.
- 1:32 pm
- Rachel Reed said...
I agree that a lot of parents simply dont know that HE is legal.
I was bullied at every school I went to:
New Secondary for lower 6th
It was usually by other girls and they were all ages in the school, younger and older than me.
Primary school was particularly bad, and I refer to that time as my "prison" time.
Yikes, didn't mean this to be a biography, but I went to "good" schools. So it happens everywhere.
- 3:23 pm
- Carlotta said...
Just hearing these stories makes me so angry on your behalf. How can this happen to people in a nominally civilised society? You should both be congratulated on the choices you have made to rectify this situation.
As you rightly point out, Shirl, people in the school system have so little choice. There usually isn't ANY to speak of and this just means that schools can carry on being such terrible places.
What did the Chief Inspector of Schools say lat week...over 240 schools with over 3 million pupils who are not getting an adequate education...and that is without the issue of those individuals who are being bullied in nominally good schools.
Unless more people walk out of these terrible places, and perhaps choose to HE, nothing will be done to improve it!
- 3:54 pm
- Rachel Reed said...
I have to say, the fact that I was bullied (and my husband too) wasn't the reason we decided to HE our own child. Really I think it was the opposite, we thought, "well just because we were bullied shouldn't mean we don't send him to school. It might not happen to him.".
The main reason was the fact that I realised I had been institutionalised so much as school plus the informal learning environment so that he could persue what interested him.....
Remebering lots of woodwork/metalwork/language/sports when all I wanted to do was blow up the chemistry room with my experiments! (Well, not in a bad way! You know what I mean)
The first time I met someone who HE'd they had taken their kids out of school because they were bullied. I keep meeting families who HE without trying, so it is spreading! I do my fair share of telling people about it too. So don't be shy anyone!!!
Spread the word. It's not for everyone, but at least people will know it's legal and an option for their family. Then they can decide themselves.
- 4:26 pm
Also, even once I found out about HE, it was another good, long moment before I felt I could handle taking that step and breaking away from the norm.
Even in the face of my child's unhappiness, it was not enough to find out about home education. There was a huge fear that taking that step might make things worse. It is more than just knowing one's legal rights, it is embracing a whole new set of ideas and finding a supportive group of people.
- 5:08 pm
- A said...
"How can this happen to people in a nominally civilised society?"
Well... Isn't the fact that this is a "civilised society" directly responsible for such things?
I think what most people miss when it comes to this issue is the fact that schools exist *for the express purpose* of maintaining the status quo, thus bullying is actually one of the primary social functions of the school system, so any attempts to eradicate it are doomed to failiure.
Schools exist as a method of social control. Bullying exists as a method of social control. We are a society that fears progress and change, thus individuality is seen as a thing to be feared, controlled, and destroyed.
Bullying helps sustain the supression of individuality, thus it is a much needed tool of those who seek this, and society (no matter how much people may deny this) values the function that it serves.
While society exists, bullying will exist and we can do nothing to change this. It's how we deal with it that counts. We can give our children a strong foundation of self-belief to help them to cope with being bullied, we can teach our children skills necessary to fight back (sarcasam, martial arts etc!), or we can remove our children from society as much as possible.
That's it. Those are our only choices. Sad but true. [shrugs]
Build a new society? Wouldn't change a thing! Any new society would have its own norms, it's own expectations, and those who didn't adhere to these would stand out and become a target for bullying, just as much as in the present system.
We are pack animals and we act like it. :(
But, yes, back to the topic!(LOL) Many people are not even aware of the home ed option, and that needs to change.
- 6:46 pm
Dear Adele,
I am not sure that the premises on which you build your argument are accurate.
There is no evidence that schools exist to 'maintain the status quo' or that a civilised society necessarily entails bullying. And we are certainly not the same as 'pack animals'. Pack animals are not able and have never been able to achieve anything remotely similar to what has been achieved by the human race.
I think once those premises are questioned, the idea that bullying is inevitable is again a question that is open to debate.
In a civilised society, one could equally well argue that bullying is not acceptable. Why else would this be something we consistently wish to eradicate?
A microcosm of society that is frequently used is that of the family. Families with bullying exist and families without it exist. One of these families is infinitely more civilised than another.
There is no proof that any society would result in bullying if one infringed the norm.
The reason I mention this is that these ideas might well account for the fact that SO many people (who believe them) accept a bad state of affairs instead of striving to improve it.
- 2:26 pm
- Carlotta said...
I like your style, D.
- 2:41 pm
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- 4:13 pm
- Adele said...
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- 4:57 pm
- Adele said...
Apologies if anyone has started replying to my comments, but I decided to delete them. After writing about a three thousand word essay on the nature of society, I decided that it was actually all a bit silly, and that it might be better not to bother! LOL! :)
I think you've misconstrued a lot of what I said, D, but past experience tells me that explanations, rather than clarifying what I mean to say, can often cause further confusion, so I think I'll just let most of it drop! :)
I'll just answer your last point and say that considering bullying to be inevitable doesn't mean not attempting to do something about it - quite the opposite. If we accept that bullying is inevitable then we are more likely to start to work on strategies to help victims (and potential victims) of bullying and minimise their distress and suffering (such as home ed!)
But denying the inevitability of bullying can cause many children to be trapped in traumatic situations unnecessarily while those around them (under the belief that the bullying can be stopped) fight a losing battle to change things.
Far more parents would remove their children from the horrific school system far earlier, if they didn't spend their time futilely trying to stop their child from being bullied first.
The belief that bullying is *not* inevitable that can lead to children being taken out of one terrible school situation and being put straight into another one.
- 5:33 pm
Hi Adele,
That is an interesting angle. And makes me think that I don't know if it matters whether bullying is inevitable or not, if the end result is - in either case - to determine to minimise the damage as much as possible.
I possibly responded in the way I did to your post because I have had many people use precisely that argument - ie ALL situations will have bullying in them AND it is inevitable - as a way of justifying leaving the child to suffer until he could resolve it on his own, because, purportedly, 'what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger'. As you can see, a highly illogical and dangerous argument! Given that we don't *really* want to kill our child!!
I can see that you see the dangers of the opposite view to yours and they come out as being as potentially bad as well.
However, I don't think that denying the inevitability of bullying necessarily means that one plunges a child from one bad scenario into another. I think people with both view points would not be so blind (once they have the courage to *see* the problem in the first place and try to minimise it) as to refuse to see the bullying that is there.
In short, I think it looks as though we probably agree in reality!
D Not that disagreement is a problem! :)
- 7:08 pm
- Adele said...
Hi D
Ah, I see what you thought now, and I hadn't meant that at all. :)
I meant that continuing to believe that we can stamp out institutional bullying, in spite of much evidence to the contrary, can make us fail to recognise that the problem is the institution itself.
It is my belief that, as long as institutions such as schools exist, then bullying will exist to prop them up. And, the more flawed a system is, the more heavily it relies on "gang mentality" to intimidate people into accepting it.
Through bullying, schools enforce adherence to social norms, such as how society dictates we should look, act, and even think.
If we recognise that this is in-built into the institution of the school, then we are more likely to question whether or not schools are actually beneficial to our children, and accept that they may well not be. Whereas, if we blame poor anti-bullying policies and lenient headteachers etc, we fail to address the real problem - which is that institutions will always value the society they serve above the individual. That is what they are there for.
If we want to place the individual first, then we have to look at ways of escaping institutions altogether, rather than trying to better the institutions.
Does that make any sense? :)
- 7:49 pm
Well, I entirely agree with that! We have no hope of eradicating bullying in schools when, as you say, the entire institution only works because of it - the teachers giving, often, the worst examples of all.
It's time we saw the implementation of a radically alternative 'system' of education! :>
- 9:07 pm