The Matt Kemp Picspam of 2009...or something
-Pictures used here I have found from Yahoo!, Flickr, and videos from Youtube, MLB.com, CBS2 and various others.
-Warning this is VERY IMAGE HEAVY so definitely not dialup friendly.
-Enjoy.
I got this sock thing, I like to wear socks, so if I get a lot of hits with a pair of socks
then I just ride out those socks til I have a uh not so good game.
Maury Willis- wheels
Kobe, y'all gonna win tonight? You gonna score 40 points tonight Kobe? 50!?
(I loved this video because Matt included himself by saying we, he truly is a fan.)
Matt: 6 games.
Reporter: How do you think it's all going to play out?
Matt: Uh they'll probably take one at their house, but we're not gonna lose at home
(Some honorary Trevor, he us after all, Matt's bff)
Trevor: That's my boy man. I told him at the end our season last year,
I told him you gotta have a great season and I gotta have a great season
Reporter: So you saw what he did yesterday?
Trevor: Yeah, he's a beast out there, what can you say.
Kobe, that's kind of exciting man. I never seen Kobe at a baseball game yet, that's the first time,
so it's kind of exciting, we got to show him a bit of the Dodgers and how we do it
Reporter: Who do you think he was cheering for?
Matt: Actually I was trying, I was paying attention to see who he was clapping for, he was just chilling.
I'm in NY and can't sleep!!!! Finally learning how to use Twitter.
(and the after effects the next day, look at those tired eyes after his one night of tweeting)
Matt Kemp, not Shawn Kemp.
Ben Schwartz: Everyone knows your nickname is the bisson.
Matt: No, bison, B-I-S-O-N
Schwartz: I just have a picture of a beaver.
Matt: A bison and a beaver are two different animals.
Schwartz: I'll see you at the ESPYs
Matt: I'll be there
Schwartz: I'll text you, just throw me that number.
Matt: You must be out your mind
Kid 1: What's your favorite place to visit?
Matt: LA, I like LA, this is my favorite place.
Kid 2: How does it feel coming up to the plate everytime?
Matt: Well I get to hear my walk-up song, get a little crunk, you know, get ready for my at-bat.
Kid 3: Do you do anything special before a game?
Matt: I eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
I got this in the bag, I'm about to beat an NBA basketball player.
Dang man, I'm supposed to win that man, I have a homecourt advantage or something.
This is a big win for us, the Giants ain't no roody pooty team.
Man, you should see how steep this is. If only you were here momma. Oh man I'm getting a cramp.
How did they build this man.
Man, my calf muscles were burning, I didn't know it was gonna be a workout.
Matt: Oh my goodness! Tire in the road.
Lyons: See that in Oklahoma?... Maybe a dead animal.
Matt: Yeah, a dead animal like a raccoon or something.
...and he stopped me, he said my windows were too tinted or something and he gave me a ticket and said, "Mr. Kemp, I gave you this ticket because I'm a uh, I'm an Angels fan," he said I'm an Angels fan.
You don't want your opponent look at you all frustrated. That means they got you so I don't want anyone to think they got in my head and they got me that day...
It's not always my day but I'mma get him one way or another.
Orlando: When you look this good you don't need as much makeup.
Matt: I don't need no makeup man.
My lips glossy?
Matt: Mr. Lasorda
TL: Hey Matt.
Matt: You didn't recognize me with my glasses, did you?
TL: I didn't really.
Matt: You was like, 'who is that? Did we get a new player?'
Matt: Who's office is this?
Go take his Skittles.
Matt: I'm 'bout to. Can they get mad? No. Tell him I'll bring him some more. Skittles, taste the rainbow.
...Yeah I took some Skittles off your desk, I had to, Skittles, that's my addiction.
Matt: When's your birthday?
Lady: On Monday, the 21st.
Matt: Hey mine is on the 2rd
Lady: No way!
Matt: Yes
Lady: So are you a virgin?
Matt: What! Dang, how you gonna ask me that question! Y'all hearing this?
...Lady: no way
Matt: yes way, asking me if I'm a virgin and things like that. Why would you ask me questions like that? Those are personal questions.
See I sold some tickets, I shut you all down man, I know how to do this.
I probably listen to a little Lil Wayne to get hyped for the game and then I so it down
as the game comes along and I listen to a little R&B or something just to clam me down.
Matt:What’s wrong wit you, you nervous?
TH: Yeah, you…
Matt: Come on man
TH:You’re like my favorite player
Matt: Shut…
TH: I’m from Arkansas
Matt: We killed y’all, Arkansas Wings. I remember them, we used to kill them in AAU basketball
TH: No don’t worry about that because I wasn’t on that team, if I was on that team it would have been different
Matt: You played back in the old days
TH: The old days?
Matt: Yeah man, the old days.
TH: How you gonna say the old days, you think I’m old or something, I’m only 23 plus 10
TH: You know you asked me to sign a jersey yesterday and…
Matt: It’s going in the trophy room, it’s going in the house, in a frame.
TH: Yeah you asked me to sign a jersey and I put ‘stay cool, God bless.’
Matt: Torii Hunter, 48
TH: And you were kinda upset at me, why?
Matt: You were supposed to be my dude, my ace boon coon, you supposed to be my dude, I was supposed to get a ‘stay cool lil’ brah, uh we here in the big leagues doing it together, let’s keep it going’ I get a ‘stay cool’
TH: God bless
Matt: And God bless
If you weren’t playing baseball what do you think you’d be doing?
I’d probably be like a model or a singer or something
Ok let’s see the look
No, I don’t wanna do that
A singer? That’s good
Yeah I’ll be a little singer or something
What kind of music do you like?
R&B, an R&B singer
What is your writing all about?
Love
About love
Love, about finding love in all the wrong places
Probably my best little league memory, I don’t know I was really good in little league,
I was hitting a lot of homeruns so I guess every year was pretty good.
Reporter: You look to your right, there’s Manny Ramirez, future hall of famer, you look to your left, Andre Ethier’s having a monster year and you put up the number you’re putting up; is this the best outfield in baseball?
Matt: I think yeah we’re one of the best offensively and defensively, we’re definitely up there and yeah, I think, I think we are.
Reporter: How would Shaq do out here on the diamond?
Matt: Nah nah nah, no chance. Imma let him stick to dunking on people in the paint and I’ll stick to hittin those baseballs
Reporter: Would you take him down on the block though?
Matt: I’ll dunk on him, I’ll definitely dunk on him.
Jus told mom's i was taking her to the ESPY'S. She is super excited.
He strolled coolly out of Cincinnati on Sunday night hauling a weekend stash of two homers, five runs batted in and a game-winning fly ball.
Yet none of it was as impressive as this foreign object also found in his blue Dodgers duffel bag.
A basketball.
Matt Kemp travels with a basketball?
"Sure, so we can play H-O-R-S-E," Kemp said.
So you can play what?
"In Colorado, our hotel has a gym. A bunch of us get together and shoot around; it's fun."
Who wins?
"One time Clayton Kershaw won. . . . I had no idea."
Can you dunk?
"Don't ever ask me that again."
Kemp used to bristle at that scrutiny but now welcomes it with a giant tattoo across the back of his shoulders.
Living for the moment.
"Actually, for the longest time, basketball was my favorite sport," he said Sunday, pausing, smiling.
"But not anymore."
"I see the little kids jumping up and down before the game and I just get into it," he says.
MT: What did you play?
Matt: I was the shooting guard but I could handle the rock too, I was you know, one of those strong kids so if I had a mismatch I’d take him down to the block and get that easy 2 points
I’m the athlete, I’m the athlete, I’m the all-around athlete.
I would definitely do better in basketball than he’d do in baseball, this sport is not easy. -Matt on LO
MT: Favorite players?
Matt: Well one of my favorite players was Trevor Ariza, my boy, he’s with Houston now.
MT: So it hurt you a little bit?
Matt: Definitely, definitely hurt me, it hurt me a lot.
"I'm hungry," is the way Kemp puts it. "I've seen how much love the really good players in this game get, the cars they drive, and I'd like some of that."
"Batman and Robin," Either says in agreement, while offering no hint which of the Caped Crusaders he might be.
They are inseparable, all right -- they use the same bat.
"His is the same weight as mine, but longer and different wood. Ash," says Ethier, who has asked the team's equipment manager to order some more -- with Kemp's name on them again.
What about his own bats? "Burned them," Ethier says.
And when did Ethier make this switch to Kemp's bat? "When he started hitting those bombs," Kemp says, the two combining for 57 home runs and 204 RBIs this season.
You wouldn't think it, but they're good friends.
James is one of my best friends.
Always the first to attack, I love it.
-Warning this is VERY IMAGE HEAVY so definitely not dialup friendly.
-Enjoy.
I got this sock thing, I like to wear socks, so if I get a lot of hits with a pair of socks
then I just ride out those socks til I have a uh not so good game.
Maury Willis- wheels
Kobe, y'all gonna win tonight? You gonna score 40 points tonight Kobe? 50!?
(I loved this video because Matt included himself by saying we, he truly is a fan.)
Matt: 6 games.
Reporter: How do you think it's all going to play out?
Matt: Uh they'll probably take one at their house, but we're not gonna lose at home
(Some honorary Trevor, he us after all, Matt's bff)
Trevor: That's my boy man. I told him at the end our season last year,
I told him you gotta have a great season and I gotta have a great season
Reporter: So you saw what he did yesterday?
Trevor: Yeah, he's a beast out there, what can you say.
Kobe, that's kind of exciting man. I never seen Kobe at a baseball game yet, that's the first time,
so it's kind of exciting, we got to show him a bit of the Dodgers and how we do it
Reporter: Who do you think he was cheering for?
Matt: Actually I was trying, I was paying attention to see who he was clapping for, he was just chilling.
I'm in NY and can't sleep!!!! Finally learning how to use Twitter.
(and the after effects the next day, look at those tired eyes after his one night of tweeting)
Matt Kemp, not Shawn Kemp.
Ben Schwartz: Everyone knows your nickname is the bisson.
Matt: No, bison, B-I-S-O-N
Schwartz: I just have a picture of a beaver.
Matt: A bison and a beaver are two different animals.
Schwartz: I'll see you at the ESPYs
Matt: I'll be there
Schwartz: I'll text you, just throw me that number.
Matt: You must be out your mind
Kid 1: What's your favorite place to visit?
Matt: LA, I like LA, this is my favorite place.
Kid 2: How does it feel coming up to the plate everytime?
Matt: Well I get to hear my walk-up song, get a little crunk, you know, get ready for my at-bat.
Kid 3: Do you do anything special before a game?
Matt: I eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
I got this in the bag, I'm about to beat an NBA basketball player.
Dang man, I'm supposed to win that man, I have a homecourt advantage or something.
This is a big win for us, the Giants ain't no roody pooty team.
Man, you should see how steep this is. If only you were here momma. Oh man I'm getting a cramp.
How did they build this man.
Man, my calf muscles were burning, I didn't know it was gonna be a workout.
Matt: Oh my goodness! Tire in the road.
Lyons: See that in Oklahoma?... Maybe a dead animal.
Matt: Yeah, a dead animal like a raccoon or something.
...and he stopped me, he said my windows were too tinted or something and he gave me a ticket and said, "Mr. Kemp, I gave you this ticket because I'm a uh, I'm an Angels fan," he said I'm an Angels fan.
You don't want your opponent look at you all frustrated. That means they got you so I don't want anyone to think they got in my head and they got me that day...
It's not always my day but I'mma get him one way or another.
Orlando: When you look this good you don't need as much makeup.
Matt: I don't need no makeup man.
My lips glossy?
Matt: Mr. Lasorda
TL: Hey Matt.
Matt: You didn't recognize me with my glasses, did you?
TL: I didn't really.
Matt: You was like, 'who is that? Did we get a new player?'
Matt: Who's office is this?
Go take his Skittles.
Matt: I'm 'bout to. Can they get mad? No. Tell him I'll bring him some more. Skittles, taste the rainbow.
...Yeah I took some Skittles off your desk, I had to, Skittles, that's my addiction.
Matt: When's your birthday?
Lady: On Monday, the 21st.
Matt: Hey mine is on the 2rd
Lady: No way!
Matt: Yes
Lady: So are you a virgin?
Matt: What! Dang, how you gonna ask me that question! Y'all hearing this?
...Lady: no way
Matt: yes way, asking me if I'm a virgin and things like that. Why would you ask me questions like that? Those are personal questions.
See I sold some tickets, I shut you all down man, I know how to do this.
I probably listen to a little Lil Wayne to get hyped for the game and then I so it down
as the game comes along and I listen to a little R&B or something just to clam me down.
Matt:What’s wrong wit you, you nervous?
TH: Yeah, you…
Matt: Come on man
TH:You’re like my favorite player
Matt: Shut…
TH: I’m from Arkansas
Matt: We killed y’all, Arkansas Wings. I remember them, we used to kill them in AAU basketball
TH: No don’t worry about that because I wasn’t on that team, if I was on that team it would have been different
Matt: You played back in the old days
TH: The old days?
Matt: Yeah man, the old days.
TH: How you gonna say the old days, you think I’m old or something, I’m only 23 plus 10
TH: You know you asked me to sign a jersey yesterday and…
Matt: It’s going in the trophy room, it’s going in the house, in a frame.
TH: Yeah you asked me to sign a jersey and I put ‘stay cool, God bless.’
Matt: Torii Hunter, 48
TH: And you were kinda upset at me, why?
Matt: You were supposed to be my dude, my ace boon coon, you supposed to be my dude, I was supposed to get a ‘stay cool lil’ brah, uh we here in the big leagues doing it together, let’s keep it going’ I get a ‘stay cool’
TH: God bless
Matt: And God bless
If you weren’t playing baseball what do you think you’d be doing?
I’d probably be like a model or a singer or something
Ok let’s see the look
No, I don’t wanna do that
A singer? That’s good
Yeah I’ll be a little singer or something
What kind of music do you like?
R&B, an R&B singer
What is your writing all about?
Love
About love
Love, about finding love in all the wrong places
Probably my best little league memory, I don’t know I was really good in little league,
I was hitting a lot of homeruns so I guess every year was pretty good.
Reporter: You look to your right, there’s Manny Ramirez, future hall of famer, you look to your left, Andre Ethier’s having a monster year and you put up the number you’re putting up; is this the best outfield in baseball?
Matt: I think yeah we’re one of the best offensively and defensively, we’re definitely up there and yeah, I think, I think we are.
Reporter: How would Shaq do out here on the diamond?
Matt: Nah nah nah, no chance. Imma let him stick to dunking on people in the paint and I’ll stick to hittin those baseballs
Reporter: Would you take him down on the block though?
Matt: I’ll dunk on him, I’ll definitely dunk on him.
Jus told mom's i was taking her to the ESPY'S. She is super excited.
He strolled coolly out of Cincinnati on Sunday night hauling a weekend stash of two homers, five runs batted in and a game-winning fly ball.
Yet none of it was as impressive as this foreign object also found in his blue Dodgers duffel bag.
A basketball.
Matt Kemp travels with a basketball?
"Sure, so we can play H-O-R-S-E," Kemp said.
So you can play what?
"In Colorado, our hotel has a gym. A bunch of us get together and shoot around; it's fun."
Who wins?
"One time Clayton Kershaw won. . . . I had no idea."
Can you dunk?
"Don't ever ask me that again."
Kemp used to bristle at that scrutiny but now welcomes it with a giant tattoo across the back of his shoulders.
Living for the moment.
"Actually, for the longest time, basketball was my favorite sport," he said Sunday, pausing, smiling.
"But not anymore."
"I see the little kids jumping up and down before the game and I just get into it," he says.
MT: What did you play?
Matt: I was the shooting guard but I could handle the rock too, I was you know, one of those strong kids so if I had a mismatch I’d take him down to the block and get that easy 2 points
I’m the athlete, I’m the athlete, I’m the all-around athlete.
I would definitely do better in basketball than he’d do in baseball, this sport is not easy. -Matt on LO
MT: Favorite players?
Matt: Well one of my favorite players was Trevor Ariza, my boy, he’s with Houston now.
MT: So it hurt you a little bit?
Matt: Definitely, definitely hurt me, it hurt me a lot.
"I'm hungry," is the way Kemp puts it. "I've seen how much love the really good players in this game get, the cars they drive, and I'd like some of that."
"Batman and Robin," Either says in agreement, while offering no hint which of the Caped Crusaders he might be.
They are inseparable, all right -- they use the same bat.
"His is the same weight as mine, but longer and different wood. Ash," says Ethier, who has asked the team's equipment manager to order some more -- with Kemp's name on them again.
What about his own bats? "Burned them," Ethier says.
And when did Ethier make this switch to Kemp's bat? "When he started hitting those bombs," Kemp says, the two combining for 57 home runs and 204 RBIs this season.
You wouldn't think it, but they're good friends.
James is one of my best friends.
Always the first to attack, I love it.