What Eric Wedge sees when he spins the Bullpen Wheel of Fortune.
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woodsmeister
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Funny, but Jensen Lewis seems intent on removing one of those Fails. 8.2 scoreless innings since 7/29.
One can hope, but it’s still too early to tell. Remember Eddie Moo’s scoreless streak?
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Aug 13, 2008 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
someone help me out, what’s the puzzle in the upper left supposed to read? i’m probably over thinking it…
You probably are, but here’s one answer: Novelist Benjamin Kunkel. Although Benjamin Kunkel (author of Indecision, which was a bit of a bestseller in 2005) may be too obscure for Wheel of Fortune. Benjamin Jonson fits lines 2 and 3, but what would the first line be?
No, I just found an image on the web and photoshopped it. I thought about removing the puzzle, but my photoshop skills are not quite that good.
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Aug 13, 2008 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Wedge: I’d like to buy a vowel.
Pat Sajeck: OK, which one.
Wedge: An “A”
“Buzzzzzz”
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.
by Harry Doyle on Aug 13, 2008 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Fixed.
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Aug 13, 2008 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d like to solve the puzzle.
CIRCLE OF TOAST
-Erik
by drerikbrady on Aug 13, 2008 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
this is what google images produces for “Caucus of Trout”. Hmm…
by APV on Aug 13, 2008 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
CHACHA OR TWIST
"A good body with a dull brain is as cheap as life itself."
by Fiddlesticks on Aug 13, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I see tonight’s spin landed on FAIL. At least Betancourt was good for two innings.
The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay
I’d like to buy a closer, please. Do I have enough to buy a K-Rod?
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Aug 14, 2008 5:07 PM EDT reply actions
Papelbon and Rivera. Are either of those deep pockets stupid enough to give him crazy money to pitch the 8th?
Why not? Make it a seven-inning game. But Rodriguez is probably too stupid and/or egotistical to sign as a lowly “set-up man.”
No, that would make him smart. There’s more money in racking up saves, period. There’s more money if he hits free agency a second time, there’s more money when he makes the hall because of the save stat, there’s more money when he’s able to sign baseball’s as one of the all time great closers.
No media area has ever been able to lionize a setup man to a national effect, at least not that I can think of, and I don’t think it would be able to now. It might be a big deal for about a year but as soon as Rodriguez has a “down” year and his ERA hits 3.85 and he doesn’t get used in the 8th every time, he’s just another guy in the bullpen.
Closer is different in baseball whether we want it to be or not. The managers think it is and the media thinks it is and the people writing the checks think it is.
I agree, but if the Yankees or Red Sox came to him with a four-year $70 million offer, does he really need to worry about his second free-agency? Besides, if he did so, there would be a reasonable chance at his being the closer in either city by the end of his contract.
But you’re right: the gunslinger aspect of the closer—which is mostly theatrics—is what gets the big bucks.
Would he be better off signing a four-year $70 million deal with Seattle as closer?
This argument has been had a thousand times on this site and elsewhere with regards to “does it matter how much a player makes past X dollars”. The bottom line is that the only way we can view the situation is as what’s going to make him the most money and that pretty clearly seems to be A) Taking the biggest deal and B) Remaining a closer. The two options are going to align anyway so I don’t know why we’re talking about it. Boston and New York are smart enough to know they don’t need to pay 70 million dollars for a set up man. It’s a waste of money.
But $70 million for a closer isn’t a waste of money? Do you really think that an excellant closer is that much more valuable than an excellant set-up man?
The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 15, 2008 3:49 AM EDT up reply actions
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