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Elevation elimination
Dining@LargeHarbor East Deli is expected to open this weekend in the storefront occupied ever so briefly by Elevation Burger.Alex Smith, grandson of Harbor East godfather John Paterakis, is opening the restaurant with two partners.Smith was a partner in Elevation...Tags: Pizzas, Foods and Beverages, Hamburgers, Restaurants, Harbor East
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Fatty Foods Still Big Sellers
Hartford CourantWhen Sonic Drive-in opened its first Connecticut franchise in Wallingford last month, it came just in time to serve the fast-food chain's newest menu item, the Footlong Quarter Pound Coney hot dog. The beef and pork hot dog is topped with chili and...Tags: McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Hamburgers, Dining and Drinking, Bacon
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Old McDonald? Ee i ee i...NO! -- Ted Green
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So let me see if I have this right.
The Dodgers are desperately holding on to what precious little is left of their once healthy nine-game lead. It's August 25, the biggest game of the year to date. The Rockies are white hot, closing to within three games the night before against the Giants on a dramatic walkoff grand slam in the 14th inning. The Rockies have so much "Moe", as in momentum, the Three Stooges are jealous.
Once 15 games behind the Dodgers and dead last in the NL West, here they were, L.A. and Colorado, tied 4-4 in the 10th inning in a big potential momentum-turning type of game.
And Joe Torre brings in...James McDonald?
Old McDonald, as in Ee i ee i...NO?
McDonald isn't old, he's just 24, but he does need to go back to the farm.
He was no more ready for that kind of high-wire moment than Ronald McDonald.
When he came in to start the 10th, I promise this is true, I immediately turned to a colleague here in the sports department and said:
To borrow from Eric Gagne, only in reverse, Game Over.
Base hit to right. Botched fielding play by McDonald on a routine sac bunt. Punchout of a weak hitter. An intentional walk to load the bases. Then first pitch to Troy Tulowitzki...a pearod to left center, walkoff base hit, thanks for coming.
Fifteen pitches and like McDonald's, it was bad food, served quickly as you drive through.
Game Over, alright.
A real Rocky horror show from the Dodger braintrust.
Did Torre really believe this kid who's had already two or three shots at winning a job in the starting rotation and froze each time was up to the challenge of a tie game on the road in the 10th inning of a suddenly tight pennant race?
C'mon Joe, say it ain't so.
I would leave McDonald back at the hotel before I'd bring him in a game with a division title at stake.
In fairness, James McDonald may one day be a bigtime major league pitcher. Or he could turn out to be Edwin Jackson, whom the Dodgers gave up on and now he's finally having a bit of success in Detroit in what has been, to this point, a very ordinary career.
Either Joe has seen the weak schedule ahead, loaded with patsies and he KNOWS the Dodgers are going to win this thing, or he's still resting on his laurels from Yankee days gone by in the 90's, but I'm sorry:
The McDonald move was at least as dumb as his counterpart in the other dugout, Jim Tracy, actually pitching to Manny Ramirez in the ninth inning with the Rockies ahead 4-3 and the tying run on third, just because the so-called "book" of baseball says you never put the potential winning run on base with an intentional walk.
Nice "book" if you're still playing in the Gay 90's or 1950's. But unless you're a baseball dinosaur playing in Jurassic Park, you don't pitch to one of the two preeminent right-handed hitters in the last 50 years when he can hurt you and hurt you badly in the ninth inning.
Manny singled hard to right to tie the game and send it to OT.
No wonder we exiled Tracy to Pittsburgh.
Now he's 55-26 in Colorado, the de facto Manager of the Year and obviously the next John McGraw. But enough about him.
All things considered, I'm so frustrated from watching that managing fiasco I'm thinking of stopping at McDonald's on the way home. Think I'll ask for the Manager's Special. But don't worry about my health. A Big Mac can't hurt me. I'm sick to my stomach already.
Green formerly covered sports for the L.A. Times. He is currently Senior Sports Producer for KTLA Prime News.</article_body>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-08/48866517-25220333.jpg "<article_body>
So let me see if I have this right.
The Dodgers are desperately holding on to what precious little is left of their once healthy nine-game lead. It's August 25, the biggest game of the year to date. The Rockies are white hot, closing to within three games the night before against the Giants on a dramatic walkoff grand slam in the 14th inning. The Rockies have so much "Moe\", as in momentum, the Three Stooges are jealous.
Once 15 games behind the Dodgers and dead last in the NL West, here they were, L.A. and Colorado, tied 4-4 in the 10th inning in a big potential momentum-turning type of game.
And Joe Torre brings in...James McDonald?
Old McDonald, as in Ee i ee i...NO?
McDonald isn't old, he's just 24, but he does need to go back to the farm.
He was no more ready for that kind of high-wire moment than Ronald McDonald.
When he came in to start the 10th, I promise this is true, I immediately turned to a colleague here in the sports department and said:
To borrow from Eric Gagne, only in reverse, Game Over.
Base hit to right. Botched fielding play by McDonald on a routine sac bunt. Punchout of a weak hitter. An intentional walk to load the bases. Then first pitch to Troy Tulowitzki...a pearod to left center, walkoff base hit, thanks for coming.
Fifteen pitches and like McDonald's, it was bad food, served quickly as you drive through.
Game Over, alright.
A real Rocky horror show from the Dodger braintrust.
Did Torre really believe this kid who's had already two or three shots at winning a job in the starting rotation and froze each time was up to the challenge of a tie game on the road in the 10th inning of a suddenly tight pennant race?
C'mon Joe, say it ain't so.
I would leave McDonald back at the hotel before I'd bring him in a game with a division title at stake.
In fairness, James McDonald may one day be a bigtime major league pitcher. Or he could turn out to be Edwin Jackson, whom the Dodgers gave up on and now he's finally having a bit of success in Detroit in what has been, to this point, a very ordinary career.
Either Joe has seen the weak schedule ahead, loaded with patsies and he KNOWS the Dodgers are going to win this thing, or he's still resting on his laurels from Yankee days gone by in the 90's, but I'm sorry:
The McDonald move was at least as dumb as his counterpart in the other dugout, Jim Tracy, actually pitching to Manny Ramirez in the ninth inning with the Rockies ahead 4-3 and the tying run on third, just because the so-called \"book\" of baseball says you never put the potential winning run on base with an intentional walk.
Nice \"book\" if you're still playing in the Gay 90's or 1950's. But unless you're a baseball dinosaur playing in Jurassic Park, you don't pitch to one of the two preeminent right-handed hitters in the last 50 years when he can hurt you and hurt you badly in the ninth inning.
Manny singled hard to right to tie the game and send it to OT.
No wonder we exiled Tracy to Pittsburgh.
Now he's 55-26 in Colorado, the de facto Manager of the Year and obviously the next John McGraw. But enough about him.
All things considered, I'm so frustrated from watching that managing fiasco I'm thinking of stopping at McDonald's on the way home. Think I'll ask for the Manager's Special. But don't worry about my health. A Big Mac can't hurt me. I'm sick to my stomach already.
Green formerly covered sports for the L.A. Times. He is currently Senior Sports Producer for KTLA Prime News.</article_body>")
KTLA NewsSo let me see if I have this right. The Dodgers are desperately holding on to what precious little is left of their once healthy nine-game lead. It's August 25, the biggest game of the year to date. The Rockies are white hot, closing to within three games...Tags: Joe Torre, Manny Ramirez, John McGraw, Death, McDonald's
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Woman Crushed to Death at McDonald's Supplier
KTLA NewsINDUSTRY -- An investigation is underway after a 40-year-old woman was killed in a freak accident at a food processing plant in the City of Industry. It happened early Tuesday at Golden State Foods, which is a major supplier for McDonald's restaurants....Tags: Death, McDonald's, City of Industry, La Puente, KTLA
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Dramatist Donald Margulies sees the stage in a fresh light
![More than a quarter century ago, the critic Robert Hughes called the public's response to Modern art "the shock of the new." The role of art was to stimulate ideas, provoke thought, challenge ways of seeing. Today, we are experiencing a different, troubling phenomenon: a popular culture that embraces the comfort of the familiar.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/40416397-04200215.jpg "More than a quarter century ago, the critic Robert Hughes called the public's response to Modern art "the shock of the new.\" The role of art was to stimulate ideas, provoke thought, challenge ways of seeing. Today, we are experiencing a different, troubling phenomenon: a popular culture that embraces the comfort of the familiar.")
Special to The TimesMore than a quarter century ago, the critic Robert Hughes called the public's response to Modern art "the shock of the new." The role of art was to stimulate ideas, provoke thought, challenge ways of seeing. Today, we are experiencing a different,...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, The Graduate (movie), Economy, Business and Finance
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'Stuffed: An Insider's Look at Who's (Really) Making America Fat' by Hank Cardello
In the fight against obesity, parents are shoving vending machines out of schools and state governments are falling over each other trying to legislate trans fats out of restaurants. Hank Cardello, a former food industry executive with Coca-Cola and...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Hamburgers, Food Industry, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Restaurants
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Burger King launches beef-scented body spray
Looking to beef up your mojo this holiday season? Burger King Corp. may have just the thing. The home of the Whopper has launched a new men's body spray called "Flame." The company describes the spray as "the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-...Tags: Burger King Corp., Foods and Beverages, Burger King Whopper, Hamburgers, New York City
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Man says he's eaten 23,000 Big Macs since 1972
A 54-year-old man says his obsessive-compulsive disorder drove him to eat 23,000 Big Macs in 36 years. Fifty-four-year-old Don Gorske says he hit the milestone last month, continuing a pleasurable obsession that began May 17, 1972 when he got his first...Tags: Death, McDonald's, Foods and Beverages, Hamburgers, Lifestyle and Leisure
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My Dad, the illegal immigrant
Millions of Americans point to Ellis Island as the place where their family was first introduced to the United States. Others trace their ancestry to ships that dropped anchor centuries ago in New England. Still more greeted Lady Liberty by way of...Tags: Ellis Island, Migration, Elections, Barack Obama, Crimes
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Freed teen: 'I feel like I have a 2nd chance'
Tribune senior correspondentAfter spending a year behind bars, Shaquanda Cotton walked out of a central Texas youth prison Saturday pretty much like many 15-year-olds would: eager for a hug from her mom and pining for a Big Mac. So McDonald's was the first stop for the soft-...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, U.S. Department of Education, Justice and Rights, Justice System, Prosecution
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TV Party: 'Big Mac'
![The last time we partied around a show on CNBC was when our Google stock cracked the $100 mark. Too bad we only own one-third of one-half of one share. But "Big Mac: Inside the McDonald's Empire," a special report airing Sunday, Aug. 5, on the business channel, makes us want to celebrate all that is right with America – fast food, supersized stuff and the concept that a clown can defy the odds and actually make people who look at him hungry. Speaking of which, you gonna eat those fries?](http://www.zap2it.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-08/31576006.jpg "The last time we partied around a show on CNBC was when our Google stock cracked the $100 mark. Too bad we only own one-third of one-half of one share. But "Big Mac: Inside the McDonald's Empire,\" a special report airing Sunday, Aug. 5, on the business channel, makes us want to celebrate all that is right with America – fast food, supersized stuff and the concept that a clown can defy the odds and actually make people who look at him hungry. Speaking of which, you gonna eat those fries?")
Zap2It.comThe last time we partied around a show on CNBC was when our Google stock cracked the $100 mark. Too bad we only own one-third of one-half of one share. But "Big Mac: Inside the McDonald's Empire," a special report airing Sunday, Aug. 5, on the business...Tags: McDonald's, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Lee, Google Inc., Restaurant and Catering Industry
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