Saturday, May 25, 2013
Plaschke: Don Mattingly shows fire, but his flame is flickering with Dodgers
(www.latimes.com)
Don Mattingly is turning into the most hilarious cartoon character since Babe Ruth!
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The Dodgers embattled manager returned home Friday night with a scowl the size of a block of empty seats in the reserved section. He conducted his pregame news conference with a tight jaw and a thin stare. For 30 surreal minutes, the nicest man at Chavez Ravine barked.
“It’s what I believe in the way the game of baseball should be played, the determination you’re supposed to play with, the ...
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1. Leroy Kincaid posted on September 27, 2012 at 07:08 AM # hit 0 | hit 0En effet, le gros "closer" se permet de nous révéler que 80% des joueurs des Dodgers du temps faisait usage d'hormones de croissance comme lui.
IOW specifically HGH use.
Whether that's sloppy wording on their part, can't say. But all of the reporting can be traced back to RDS.
That's not nice.
"Sure, he claimed something about something, but who can be sure? It's in French!"
That breaks down as 45 percent who were on cloud nine, 25 percent who were on Jim Tracy's case, and 20 percent who were on Mrs. Jose Lima.
Plaschke and Simers refer to this as the DePo Effect.
"Gros" is idiomatic French for "lanky."
Translation:
"We will surrender to the Germans, the Italians, the Bulgarians, and anyone else who demands it. After that we will have sex and croissants, and refuse to shower".
Somewhere, Ray Daviault sheds a lonely tear.
Obligatory link.
cf Sosa testifying in Spanish before Congress.
Never mind that Sosa's testimony was in English.
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