i'm going to the sc game...i'm hoping sc kicks the shit out of oregon in the first half so i can go by the 4th quarter and catch the remainder of the game
usc at the coliseum at 5
dodger stadium at 7
ucla at the rose bowl at 7
neil diamond at staples at 8
:eek: :eek:
Also, something called "The Dance" at Shrine Auditorium.
San Diego 10/25/00, Mountain View 6/1/03, Santa Barbara 10/28/03, Northwest School 3/18/05, San Diego 7/7/06, Los Angeles 7/9/06, 7/10/06, Honolulu (U2) 12/9/06, Santa Barbara (EV) 4/10/08, Los Angeles (EV) 4/12/08, Hartford 6/27/08, Mansfield 6/28/08, VH1 Rock Honors The Who 7/12/08, Seattle 9/21/09, Universal City 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, San Diego 10/9/09, Los Angeles (EV) 7/8/11, Santa Barbara (EV) 7/9/11, Chicago 7/19/13, San Diego 11/21/13, Los Angeles 11/23/13, 11/24/13, Oakland 11/26/13, Chicago 8/22/16, Missoula 8/13/18, Boston 9/2/18, Los Angeles 2/25/22 (EV), San Diego 5/3/22, Los Angeles 5/6/22, 5/7/22, Imola 6/25/22, Los Angeles 5/21/24, [London 6/29/24], [Boston 9/15/24]
usc at the coliseum at 5
dodger stadium at 7
ucla at the rose bowl at 7
neil diamond at staples at 8
:eek: :eek:
There's only ONE event of consequence on that schedule and you all know which it is
Sorry, Cut.....gonna continue to hate on the Trojans :eek:. Gotta take baby steps!
GO DODGERS!
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Every day this week, along with their usual assignments, I've added "Think Blue" to my students' homework assignments.
Their homework sheets have looked something like this:
1. Read pages 21-30 in the text.
2. Complete exercises 1-6 on pages 31-35.
3. Think Blue.
What the Dodgers have done in games 1 and 2 seems so drastically improbable that I've convinced myself that these homework "assignments" have been an integral part of their success (along with good pitching, phenomenal hitting, and a Chicago-implosion normally reserved for the Mets).
I'm so convinced of the connection that today, after forgetting to put "Think Blue" on the HW sheet, I frantically collected each of the sheets from each of the students and personally wrote the mantra on each one.
I hope I haven't broken the streak.
THINK BLUE
"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." -- Albert Camus
"He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that." -- John Stuart Mill
Every day this week, along with their usual assignments, I've added "Think Blue" to my students' homework assignments.
Their homework sheets have looked something like this:
1. Read pages 21-30 in the text.
2. Complete exercises 1-6 on pages 31-35.
3. Think Blue.
What the Dodgers have done in games 1 and 2 seems so drastically improbable that I've convinced myself that these homework "assignments" have been an integral part of their success (along with good pitching, phenomenal hitting, and a Chicago-implosion normally reserved for the Mets).
I'm so convinced of the connection that today, after forgetting to put "Think Blue" on the HW sheet, I frantically collected each of the sheets from each of the students and personally wrote the mantra on each one.
By the way, anyone going to the game tomorrow night ... I read there are like 4 major events going on in LA tomorrow night. USC football, something at Staples Center, etc. So give yourself plenty of time to get to the Stadium and represent!
Yikes. I'm going. Thanks for the heads-up.
Everything has chains...Absolutely nothing's changed. - PJ
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” - Albert Camus
I've got my Dodgers hat on again (not really ) and I just want to say:
LET'S DO THIS THING!!! DO IT TONIGHT. END IT. DRIVE THE FINAL NAIL INTO THE CUBS' COFFIN!!!!
GO DODGERS GO!!
ma-ma-ma-ma-my Kuroda
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
i'm nervous.....the cubs are away from the pressure of the home town fans...they have nothing to lose....it all depends on which kuroda shows up :eek:
Me too. Not being negative, but I don't think the Dodgers will sweep the Cubs.
San Diego 10/25/00, Mountain View 6/1/03, Santa Barbara 10/28/03, Northwest School 3/18/05, San Diego 7/7/06, Los Angeles 7/9/06, 7/10/06, Honolulu (U2) 12/9/06, Santa Barbara (EV) 4/10/08, Los Angeles (EV) 4/12/08, Hartford 6/27/08, Mansfield 6/28/08, VH1 Rock Honors The Who 7/12/08, Seattle 9/21/09, Universal City 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, San Diego 10/9/09, Los Angeles (EV) 7/8/11, Santa Barbara (EV) 7/9/11, Chicago 7/19/13, San Diego 11/21/13, Los Angeles 11/23/13, 11/24/13, Oakland 11/26/13, Chicago 8/22/16, Missoula 8/13/18, Boston 9/2/18, Los Angeles 2/25/22 (EV), San Diego 5/3/22, Los Angeles 5/6/22, 5/7/22, Imola 6/25/22, Los Angeles 5/21/24, [London 6/29/24], [Boston 9/15/24]
CHICAGO -- As he grabbed his suitcase and headed for the clubhouse door following the Dodgers' 10-3 pasting of the Cubs on Thursday night, Los Angeles center fielder Matt Kemp had a few words for the Wrigley Field clubhouse attendant.
"See you next year," Kemp said.
Got it?
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Derek Lowe really needs to pitch his ass off tonight. From what I hear, D Lowe's sinker is really working....he needs to keep it working. Game One is HUGE. If "we" can get Game One, I like "our" chances.
Torre will out-manage Pinella. Lou is over-rated. He won a WS 18 years ago. BFD! His 116 win team in Seattle flamed out in the first round. He didn't do shit in Tampa. I hope he has those Cubbies "ready" like they were ready for AZ last year .
What's up with Furcal? Is he ready to go? We need him.
Fukodome is pedestrian, at best. You can't let Soriano go off.
Only thing I missed here was overrating Fukodome as "pedestrian." He's not that good. Pinella was a mess. Now, maybe he understands "do or die"!
Done! Looks like my week a Dodger fan is over (I think) . It's been bittersweet. Stay tuned.
NICE JOB, MEN!!!!
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
good for them. as a yankees fan, i am so happy for joe torre. i also think it would be cool to see manny light up the sox in the world series. maybe a walkoff or something nice like that.
How great was that? They played about as well as a team can play. Defense, pitching, timely hitting. Everything.
Let's keep it going against the Phillies!
San Diego 10/25/00, Mountain View 6/1/03, Santa Barbara 10/28/03, Northwest School 3/18/05, San Diego 7/7/06, Los Angeles 7/9/06, 7/10/06, Honolulu (U2) 12/9/06, Santa Barbara (EV) 4/10/08, Los Angeles (EV) 4/12/08, Hartford 6/27/08, Mansfield 6/28/08, VH1 Rock Honors The Who 7/12/08, Seattle 9/21/09, Universal City 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, San Diego 10/9/09, Los Angeles (EV) 7/8/11, Santa Barbara (EV) 7/9/11, Chicago 7/19/13, San Diego 11/21/13, Los Angeles 11/23/13, 11/24/13, Oakland 11/26/13, Chicago 8/22/16, Missoula 8/13/18, Boston 9/2/18, Los Angeles 2/25/22 (EV), San Diego 5/3/22, Los Angeles 5/6/22, 5/7/22, Imola 6/25/22, Los Angeles 5/21/24, [London 6/29/24], [Boston 9/15/24]
Ok fair weather fans, time to bring out those Dodger flags! (sarcasm)
I think the Dodgers are going to do what the Rockies did last year, smoke everyone until the Series and then get smoked! Lets just hope ESPN picks the Dodgers, O GOOD they did!
Ok fair weather fans, time to bring out those Dodger flags! (sarcasm)
I think the Dodgers are going to do what the Rockies did last year, smoke everyone until the Series and then get smoked! Lets just hope ESPN picks the Dodgers, O GOOD they did!
One thing Dodger fans are not -- is fair weather. Haven't won a series in 20 years and we still top the attendance records. And yeah, I know... We show up late for games. Well, I don't, but others do. I hate that too. But the truth is the freeways are dismal. You can't just take a subway to the game like you can in Chicago.
San Diego 10/25/00, Mountain View 6/1/03, Santa Barbara 10/28/03, Northwest School 3/18/05, San Diego 7/7/06, Los Angeles 7/9/06, 7/10/06, Honolulu (U2) 12/9/06, Santa Barbara (EV) 4/10/08, Los Angeles (EV) 4/12/08, Hartford 6/27/08, Mansfield 6/28/08, VH1 Rock Honors The Who 7/12/08, Seattle 9/21/09, Universal City 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, San Diego 10/9/09, Los Angeles (EV) 7/8/11, Santa Barbara (EV) 7/9/11, Chicago 7/19/13, San Diego 11/21/13, Los Angeles 11/23/13, 11/24/13, Oakland 11/26/13, Chicago 8/22/16, Missoula 8/13/18, Boston 9/2/18, Los Angeles 2/25/22 (EV), San Diego 5/3/22, Los Angeles 5/6/22, 5/7/22, Imola 6/25/22, Los Angeles 5/21/24, [London 6/29/24], [Boston 9/15/24]
One thing Dodger fans are not -- is fair weather. Haven't won a series in 20 years and we still top the attendance records. And yeah, I know... We show up late for games. Well, I don't, but others do. I hate that too. But the truth is the freeways are dismal. You can't just take a subway to the game like you can in Chicago.
You live in an area where it's beautiful all the time, and is populated with over 8 million people. You better be in the tops in attendance. If tickets were so demanding they should easily be double what they are here in. Especially since the cost of living in LA is higher as well.
You live in an area where it's beautiful all the time, and is populated with over 8 million people. You better be in the tops in attendance. If tickets were so demanding they should easily be double what they are here in. Especially since the cost of living in LA is higher as well.
It's not beautiful all the time in San Diego, Anaheim? By your logic those places should be tops in Attendance.
Anaheim fans are the most fairweather fans in baseball. They were a laughingstock for years (decades?) until they won the World Series in 2002. Since then loads of "fans" have jumped on the bandwagon.
Check out their attendance figures before/after 2002:
By contrast, the Dodgers hadn't won a playoff SERIES since 1988 (until this year), and have suffered through many terrible seasons, but their attendance has stayed high and consistent nonetheless:
Drawing 3 million+ fans in 10 out of 11 years despite a consistently unsuccessful team? That alone proves that Dodgers fans are NOT fairweather.
And don't give me that "the weather is beautiful" business to explain why the Dodgers draw so many fans. Sit for an hour on any SoCal freeway and you'll know what an absolute sacrifice it is to even get to the stadium for a game.
Everything has chains...Absolutely nothing's changed. - PJ
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” - Albert Camus
Comments
Also, something called "The Dance" at Shrine Auditorium.
There's only ONE event of consequence on that schedule and you all know which it is
Sorry, Cut.....gonna continue to hate on the Trojans :eek:. Gotta take baby steps!
GO DODGERS!
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Their homework sheets have looked something like this:
1. Read pages 21-30 in the text.
2. Complete exercises 1-6 on pages 31-35.
3. Think Blue.
What the Dodgers have done in games 1 and 2 seems so drastically improbable that I've convinced myself that these homework "assignments" have been an integral part of their success (along with good pitching, phenomenal hitting, and a Chicago-implosion normally reserved for the Mets).
I'm so convinced of the connection that today, after forgetting to put "Think Blue" on the HW sheet, I frantically collected each of the sheets from each of the students and personally wrote the mantra on each one.
I hope I haven't broken the streak.
THINK BLUE
"He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that." -- John Stuart Mill
"Mongo just a pawn in game of life." -- Mongo
you fuck this up and i start calling ya buckner
Yikes. I'm going. Thanks for the heads-up.
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” - Albert Camus
I've got my Dodgers hat on again (not really
LET'S DO THIS THING!!! DO IT TONIGHT. END IT. DRIVE THE FINAL NAIL INTO THE CUBS' COFFIN!!!!
GO DODGERS GO!!
ma-ma-ma-ma-my Kuroda
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
you're gonna sing it all night
i'm nervous.....the cubs are away from the pressure of the home town fans...they have nothing to lose....it all depends on which kuroda shows up :eek:
relax, dude. I know.....easy for me to say!
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Me too. Not being negative, but I don't think the Dodgers will sweep the Cubs.
CHICAGO -- As he grabbed his suitcase and headed for the clubhouse door following the Dodgers' 10-3 pasting of the Cubs on Thursday night, Los Angeles center fielder Matt Kemp had a few words for the Wrigley Field clubhouse attendant.
"See you next year," Kemp said.
Got it?
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
I heard it on the radio on the way back from the USC game and it was such a relief...
I am a man, I am advanced.....I am the first man to borrow Stone's leather pants!
Game 1: Only thing I missed here was overrating Fukodome as "pedestrian." He's not that good. Pinella was a mess. Now, maybe he understands "do or die"!
Game 2: Zambrano wasn't too shaky, but the defense sure was!
check and check.
Game 3:
Done! Looks like my week a Dodger fan is over (I think)
NICE JOB, MEN!!!!
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
YES!!!!!!!!!!
That was FUN!!!
[/size]
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
How great was that? They played about as well as a team can play. Defense, pitching, timely hitting. Everything.
Let's keep it going against the Phillies!
I think the Dodgers are going to do what the Rockies did last year, smoke everyone until the Series and then get smoked!
My husband put down a bet in Vegas for the Dodgers to win back in July!
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
maybe I am, but I do not see the AL losing the WS this year!
One thing Dodger fans are not -- is fair weather. Haven't won a series in 20 years and we still top the attendance records. And yeah, I know... We show up late for games. Well, I don't, but others do. I hate that too. But the truth is the freeways are dismal. You can't just take a subway to the game like you can in Chicago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtaafSTzcDA
You live in an area where it's beautiful all the time, and is populated with over 8 million people. You better be in the tops in attendance. If tickets were so demanding they should easily be double what they are here in. Especially since the cost of living in LA is higher as well.
:eek: is right!! WTH? I could only get through 2-1/2 min. of it!!
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
Where and how much?
It's not beautiful all the time in San Diego, Anaheim? By your logic those places should be tops in Attendance.
Dodger fans are not fairweather and are loyal.
Loge 161 Row U I paid $160 for the pair.
Last time I checked Anaheim is.
Anaheim fans are the most fairweather fans in baseball. They were a laughingstock for years (decades?) until they won the World Series in 2002. Since then loads of "fans" have jumped on the bandwagon.
Check out their attendance figures before/after 2002:
1997: 1,767,330
1998: 2,519,280
1999: 2,253,040
2000: 2,066,982
2001: 2,001,319
2002: 2,305,565
2003: 3,061,094
2004: 3,375,677
2005: 3,404,686
2006: 3,406,790
2007
By contrast, the Dodgers hadn't won a playoff SERIES since 1988 (until this year), and have suffered through many terrible seasons, but their attendance has stayed high and consistent nonetheless:
1997: 3,319,504
1998: 3,089,222
1999: 3,098,042
2000: 2,880,242
2001: 3,017,143
2002: 3,131,077
2003: 3,138,626
2004: 3,488,283
2005: 3,603,680
2006: 3,758,421
2007: 3,856,753
Drawing 3 million+ fans in 10 out of 11 years despite a consistently unsuccessful team? That alone proves that Dodgers fans are NOT fairweather.
And don't give me that "the weather is beautiful" business to explain why the Dodgers draw so many fans. Sit for an hour on any SoCal freeway and you'll know what an absolute sacrifice it is to even get to the stadium for a game.
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” - Albert Camus