Bakersfield Jam Dancers dissolved - rumors of BlazerFan1 behind decision unfounded
Yes, the Blazer Dancers will likely return next season. But the Bakersfield Jam Dancers will have to look for a new engagement. Not because they were so bad (though that is debatable). Not because the thousands hundreds dozens of fans watching them every week complained about their outfits (lots of long stockings, apparently). Their D-League team is folding (affiliates: Warriors, Magic). And not just the dancers, mascot "Swish" - a cute dancing fox - also has to find a new employer.
But there is hope: Some brave bloggers are gauging interest to buy the operation, hoping to strike riches, develop young players, and maybe bring the dancers back. And Swish.
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Oh wow
Bravo lima alpha zulu echo romeo Foxtrot alpha november 1 will undoubtly be pleased with both the demise of the Jam Dancers, and the tone of the report you linked…welll I’m not sure about the second item…
Hey the Blazer season is over! We can start that discussion again. yay!
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Sounds entertaining :-)
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Thanks
For giving this fitting tribute the love it deserves.
Blogging at RidiculousUpside, where we converse with recently fired mascots.
by Scott Schroeder on May 5, 2009 10:31 AM PDT reply actions
Yes
There is at least one more: Idaho assistant coach Joel Abelson. I was trying to think of a good nickname for him, but there wasn’t. Thus, Vanilla Gorilla seemed appropriate, as the Blazers affiliate should be like the Blazers in as many ways as possible.
Plus, when Joel read it, he said via text:
Yo uve stepped ur humor game up for real. The vanilla gorilla is unbelievable. I’m making everyone call me that.
So it’s a bit late to change it now.
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by Scott Schroeder on May 5, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
regarding Bravo lima alpha zulu echo romeo Foxtrot alpha november 1
I thought that womens liberation meant that dancers were OK?
What ever happened to the theory that women can use their bodies to possess control and power over men and other interests? When those girls get paid their big bucks ($12/hour), aren’t they being liberated by being able to use their talents to make money?
I thought that feminists just wanted women to be able to work like men… now that they’re working, they still want more. In Sophia’s case, that more is no dancing. So does she want those dancers to just stay at home and do the laundry? I don’t get it. Please explain.
"collateral damage"
Does that mean they are not as important as the (male) basketball players?
The dancers, the mascot, and the players are all employees of the team. But you only give credit to the players and consider the dancers and mascots “collateral damage”. Is that akin to feeling bad for the teachers and students when a school cuts days off its operation due to budget cuts, but only considering the custodians and cafeteria cooks as “collateral damage”?
Don’t you share the American ideals that all people are created equal and have an equal right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
I'm just pissed that they don't allow me on the dance team
Just because I can’t wear long stockings and halter tops as well as the ladies do? I cry discrimination!
Thanks for the Fanshot...
They had probably some of the worst outfits in the D-League. White is not a flattering color when stretched across gyrating booties.
speaking of stretching
some of the dancers for my favorite local club have stretch marks around their lower abdomen/waist area… it’s sort of funny.
Okay...so in a sign by the highway reading "Free Showers For Truckers" kind of way?
glad to know we’re on the same page about this.
A great way to score points with the dancers
Is to say something like, “Hey, those stretch marks look great!”, while pointing at them and talking really loud. Try it sometime!
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
I like the thigh socks!
I grew up in the 70’s-80’s.
HAWT!
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Nothing good ever happens in Bakerfield
Fresno, Three Rivers, Visalia….it’s all the same. Get the hell out while you can.
"Should I ask? What's a punani?" - by annthefan on May 3, 2009 1:55 PM
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on May 5, 2009 11:53 AM PDT reply actions
does Woodland, CA fit into this mix?
AL MVP Dustin Pedroia called his hometown “a dump” and then apologized later.
Pedroia’s 29-year old brother just pleaded guilty to “oral copulation” with a boy under the age of 14 years old… as they say, “When in Woodland” …
I got drunk once in Modesto while on business
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
home of Oregon Springs Vodka
apparently the Oregon Spring is actually in Modesto
"It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most" Buck Williams
"and if EVERYONE confronted with a tough, disgusting situation pulled out, I don't think I would have been born." Mortimer
by Fund A Mental on May 6, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
yes, it's: Water, Wealth, Contentment, Health
Interestingly, “Nobody’s Got Modesto’s Goat” actually came in first place after a town contest in 1912 to find a slogan for the new arch inspired by the Modesto Business Men’s Association. Cooler heads prevailed and it was bypassed for the slogan which still remains on the arch today.
There is a reason why I-5 bypasses these towns
and despite the feetlot in Coalinga, is still a nicer way to get to LA.
Should you ever need to go there…
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
by EngineerScotty on May 7, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahhhh the Coalinga feedlot
Lots of memories of driving past there when commuting between PDX and LA. Good times good times…
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Moo.
One of the most interesting travel experiences in these United States is the Coalinga feedlot.
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
by EngineerScotty on May 7, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Funny how just mentioning it
Makes once dang near be able to re-experience the ambiance of it…the sights, the sounds, and especially the smells
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
I once spend a day at the KOA campground near Willows in August
What was interesting was that there were literally 10’s of thousands of toads. In the showers, on the ground, everywhere! I asked the manager what was up with that, and she said the toads came because the previous week was when the annual cricket hatch occurred, so there were crickets by the millions, in the showers, on the ground, everywhere!
I made a mental note that I need to schedule a two week vacation there sometime, so I ca experience the full cycle, along with the 110 F-degrees heat.
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Can't a brtoher get one more rec?
Trust me it’s funny
by Aisander D on May 5, 2009 1:11 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I want that fox as our mascot :(
It would make as much sense as Blaze the “trail cat”…let’s hire Swish!
"We believe" -Rudy Fernandez
by twiggs on May 5, 2009 2:35 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Yes!
I didn’t think of that! Trail Fox!
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Stop by
He is available for hire… Not sure how far he’ll move though…
Blogging at RidiculousUpside, where we converse with recently fired mascots.
by Scott Schroeder on May 5, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
He could even be co-mascots with Blaze
I want a mascot that can dance like that. And he’s adorable!
"We believe" -Rudy Fernandez
Well
2 more came in so they’re really not losing a team… But the league started with 6 or 8 I believe and they struggled through that..
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by Scott Schroeder on May 5, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
If so.....
sign me up.
Also, why is this in the comments section….I’m thinking it deserves it’s own fan shot?
Creeper.
I don’t even want to know how you have access to Sophia’s personal photographs.
"We believe" -Rudy Fernandez
I dunno...
She ha never seemed shy a out putting photographic likenesses of herself
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Noooeesss. Don't delete my first (and probably only) BE fanshot....
I may not get back to the big leagues if you knock me down. Dang Tom, chill with the stalking pics.
Iceman... I've got your back on this one
This is my favorite FanShot of the month.
It’s pretty funny really. I hope Norsk is dissuaded from deleting it. Sophia outed herself to the world a couple weeks ago, and nothing I’ve posted is “private” material.
Nooooo
sorry Norsk for semi-hijacking this thread into a discussion of feminism in the modern world.
As G_dubs eloquently says below, Sophia is the one who linked the Bedge Nation to her personal blog when complaining about the Blazers Dancers. At this point, it all seems fair game to me. Perhaps I’m wrong. If so, please explain to me why it isn’t.
The fanpost she did on the Blazer dancers links to her blog
where her original blogpost on the subject is also published. This photo is very prominately featured on her blog.
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Yep
I’m just helping her out by getting her blog more hits.
If anything, she should be paying me for this work.
to put it another way
Norsk got his “story hook” (and story line and sinker as well) and Sophia’s blog just doubled its readership.
Everybody is a winner, no?
yes... and you deserve it.. hilarious
So how did you get so interested in the D-League? And why Bakersfield? Last time I went through there (3 or 4 years ago) I stopped at some Mexican fast food joint but didn’t see much else of the city.
Wasn’t too impressed with Bakersfield… seemed like it was a company town for Big-Agriculture, Big-Oil and who knows what. Is it a fine place to raise children?
I live in North Carolina...
I like the D-League because I like following some mid-tier college players after they graduate (see: DeMarcus Nelson, James Mays, David Noel) and because Ridiculous Upside is a fun place to comment. The D-League is fun to watch (really, I’m not lying) and there is plenty of unintentional comedy built in.
I only wrote a post about the Bakersfield Dancers because they had the most youtube clips and their team was folding. And apparently, their town is crappy/sketchy.
Ah NC... so you might be familiar with Shavlick Randolph ?
Shav’s chiropractor, Dr. Alan Celeste, is a regular commenter on BE and sort of gives us some insider, back channel info on the team. Like, he drove Shav and Jerryd Bayless to the arena before one of their games and said Bayless looked focused. Sure enough, he got playing time and dominated.
It will be interesting to see what happens to Shav next season. Will he ever go down to the D-League? Maybe he will make for some good fodder at Ridiculous Upside some day. Who knows…
As for Bakersfield, it seems like pretty much the rest of California’s Central Valley—farms, prisons and smog.
I feel bad for Shav....
He went to Duke, got injured, played out of position, and faltered. Glad you guys still retain him. You better believe I’ll be all up on his season review.
He might do some good going to the D. I could see him posting some 25-8 type numbers with the right team.
Dude's a baller fo sho
He had a “perfect” boxscore in the ore season. Going from memory, 9 for 9 from the field, some rebounds, some blocks, zero or maybe 1 turnover, all in the forth quarter. It got him a spot on the rotster ahead of Stephen Hill, whom Nate had just told the press a day or two earlier would almost certainly be making the squad. I really really hoped he would get more at during the regular season. Everyone loves a good comeback story, yes?
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Should read "preseason", not ore season
Gack.
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
sorry Twiggs
if only I could stalk Sophia like you stalk Rudy… now that would be scary.
Perhaps you missed this blog entry that Sophia cross-posted on BE and her person blog “Wanton Intentions” (anybody’s guess what that blog name means)…
http://wantonintentions.blogspot.com/2009/04/blazer-dancers-must-go.html
So I’m not sure where you get this idea of “personal photographs”.
dont be mean
she just has my back ! :)
sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
thanks... appreciate the sentiments
I know I’m not as bad as they say, but it still hurts my feelings when people like AnnTheFan want to ignore me.
DONT ERASE THIS FANSHOT!
IT ROCKS….
that pic above is from my facebook, blog, myspace, twitter account or linkdin ..lol I put it on the internet.. no big deal
<3 you all
:)
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
by BlazerFan1 on May 6, 2009 10:28 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
There's more than one of us :)
And tominrehab is just always getting on peoples nerves, so I was just looking out for Sophia.
So, I decided to post a picture of tominrehab for everyone to see (it was on the Clackamas Jail website so it’s free game!)
"We believe" -Rudy Fernandez
by twiggs on May 6, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I understand your sticking up for another female poster....
I just want to stay out of the way (Sorry Tom).
the day we all were supposed to post pictures of ourselves in a thread (after BE Night at the Agency)
I posted this picture below. It’s actually a mugshot from when Gus Van Sant got a DUI in Portland a few years ago. But people never questioned it was me. They just think I really am that creepy.
i got it from SmokingGun.com
and people were like, “Tom, you should smile more” and “yeah Tom, you look creepy”.
It wasn’t even me, but I didn’t tell anyone.
Your name is Tominrehab....
people probably assume you look like some burnt out dude with a comb-over
Dude. Your forehead has hella surface area
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Beautiful!
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
yeah
gasp women can be obsessed with sports just as men are :)
twiggs and i rule this place
just fyi ;)
Sophia <3
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
Well Norsktroll
You really outdid yourself once again with this FanShot. And it should be on the front page in the Recommended FanShots for another day or two.
I’m glad it received a lot of play… it’s been fun.
Norsk needs to start his own blog
Needs too! I insist.
Then I will travel the Eurorails and be a bum and stalk him, in a groupie sort of thing, like a Deadhead.
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
What's the record for comments for a Fanshot on BE?
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
I'm hoping 94
I would love to break the record.
Blogging at RidiculousUpside, where we converse with recently fired mascots.
by Scott Schroeder on May 8, 2009 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Hate to disappoint you, but that honor probably goes to the thread that started my "hook" to put an allusion to Sophia in the title
305 when Dave shut it down: http://www.blazersedge.com/2009/4/23/850413/the-blazer-dancers-must-go
We are good at discussing what is politically correct or not. I remember the photo of the Spanish basketball team posing with a slant eye gesture before the Olympics generated over a thousand, but that was a fanpost and got so wild it ultimately was deleted. Guess who started it :)
You are quite Fan Post/Shotter
No disappointment. I’ll live.
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by Scott Schroeder on May 8, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
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