Game Thread: August 13, 2008
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Longest win streak of the season starts extends tonight.
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
By the way, courtesy of firejoemorgan.com, set up wake-up calls for your friends courtesy of Hannah Montana!
http://hannahmontanacalls.com/registration.aspx
According to a few incredulous friends, just a general greeting. I chose to compel my friends to get to cheerleading practice.
cheerleading practice and girl scouts were the two most urgent meetings my friends had to get to
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
UGH
He’s a little loudmouth punk.
MANNY RAMIREZ THINKS PEDROIA IS CRAZY. “PEDIE NEVER SHUTS UP, MAN. BUT THAT’S WHY WE LOVE HIM. HE MAKES US ALL LAUGH.”
http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3512455
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
I told myself to stop reading the Pedroia puff piece, but I’m glad I got to this:
“He acted way too cocky, way too big league for my taste,” says one former Triple-A teammate. “And I have to admit, I took some pleasure when he started off so badly. But I guess he’s proved he belongs. You can’t argue with the success the little SOB has had.”
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
I’m so conflicted… I want us to have a new season-high win streak, but I’d also like Guthrie to stick it to us. 1-0 win, maybe?
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080813/METRO/808130360/&imw=Y
I’m moving to Detroit. Wish me luck.
O/T … Phelps is not human:
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/08/13/the-michael-phelps-diet-dont-try-it-at-home/
I think I read somewhere that the typical farmer 200 years ago had to eat that much a day because of all the energy they used up.
Robert Fogel did work on this and came up with a similar conclusion. The calories were very basic though. People would eat pounds of potatoes and other simple carbs.
My god if I ate that much I’d do nothing but sleep and shit. Then again, I sit at a desk all day and am not an olympic athelete.
"I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work." -George Carlin
I’m pretty sure I’ll overeat at some point in the next couple of days and rationalize it with, “yeah but look at how much Michael Phelps eats.”
It’s like that old Calvin & Hobbes joke. “You know how they say Einstein got bad grades in school? Well mine are even worse.”
Steel Nick
Haha—I loved Calvin and Hobbes! Also, Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs sounds like something Phelps would eat as well.
The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 13, 2008 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Garko is growing a beard. He will do anything to save his job.
by Toxicadam on Aug 13, 2008 7:44 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Wedge: “Ryan, have you been hustling more lately? Grinding maybe? You just look … different.”
by Fios on Aug 13, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Andy Marte’s new nickame should be “The Truth”
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
I prefer “the fifth”. As in….
I plead the fifth
I need a fifth of something to watch this
Gets a hit in about a fifth of his ABs
by APV on Aug 13, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Has the swearing rule been lifted yet? I mean, I figure it’s kind of a lord of the flies like environment in here.
YOU HEAR THAT JAY? YOU’RE PIGGY!!!
< ducks for impending ban >
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
You can be jack.
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
Who would have predicted we’d have two Hobbes references. And that they’d be to two different Hobbes. LGT is awesome.
Moved the computer to a different room than the TV, so had to get a laptop. Gamethreading is on a different level for me right now.
I want to get one of those Eee 901s and have a gigant Indians logo on it. I think that would be “the ultimate.” Conviceably, I could take it TO THE GAME, teather to my phone and Gamethread from the actual game, bringing my douchieness to PEDroia like levels.
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
Are we sure that Cliff once kicked somebody’s ass above his shoulders?
This is certainly the Sleepy Kitten.
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
As long as he doesn’t iron it John Smoltz style I can deal.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Reyes seems to get plenty of snap on his breaking balls, and it doesn’t look like they time him up very easily. Must just be a hit-his-spots thing.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 8:09 PM EDT reply actions
What’s our best-case scenario with Righteous D, anyway? Is “he recovers his value and actually plays” still even on that map? Or is it “somebody is willing to take him and pay a chunk”?
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Cheersing temporary and uncertain victories. Something alcoholic this way comes.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Aug 13, 2008 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Starbucks Grande Americano with a jigger of Gentlemen Jack… see, it says, I’m working, but I still like to party.
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
An ‘03 Sauvignon Blanc… I feel Pedroia-ish posting that.
by Fundamentals on Aug 13, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I think I’ve been in a fight with that kid.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Aug 13, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Right, then we have a round to take the edge off our misery.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
i think he signs the tender (one year), starts at the 2 for us for most of the year, and leaves as an unrestricted free agent next season. his leverage basically disappeared w/ this trade, and there’s not much of a market for him right now, it doesn’t sound like.
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Starts at the 2? I doubt that. He’ll be the backup at PG, with Boobie sharing time at both guard positions.
The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 13, 2008 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I know Wally’s not that great or anything, but I actually like him starting. He played pretty well in the playoffs.
The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 13, 2008 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
every time they do something like this i get optimistic. but mike brown is still a sucky offensive coach & that they aren’t addressing
he is horrible…but LeBron is the offense, and since this guy can score on his own, too, i think the need for an offensive genius on the bench is mitigated a little bit. perfect guy to complement LeBron on the perimeter
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I’m on board with you here too. Mo Williams is not some decent scorer either. This dude can is completely underrated on the national scene after being stuck in Milwaukee, but I watched him burn the Cavs twice last season and go shot for shot against Lebron. Getting Williams is the best news of the summer IMO.
i agree. in my opinion, this is a bigger trade, from an acquisition perspective, than the bulls trade during last season. that trade was important b/c we got to dump hughes’ salary, but as far as on-court impact, this is bigger. williams can absolutely fill it up and will draw more of the defense’s attention than hughes or wally or anyone else Lebron has ever played with.
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree about Mo—he might be the key to taking the Cavs to the next level, provided he doesn’t go all Larry Hughes on us.
The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 13, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
So long, Damon ones.
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Aug 13, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Look, the guy was absolutely a liability on D but he was the only reliable shooter from 3 after Gibson went down
to call him “reliable” over the last year and a half is not really accurate. relative to the other stiffs on the cavs he was reliable, but his stroke disappeared…williams shoots it much better, overall, than ones
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
He didn’t say over the past 3 years. He meant last season when Boobie got hurt. In that particular stretch Damon Jones was very awesome and lovable.
i didn’t say 3 years, either…the “last year and a half” actually covers last year. the guy was all but worthless, in my opinion.
to me, he was neither awesome, nor lovable. 19 mpg. $7mm per. don’t let the door hit you, amon…
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I really liked this trade. More scoring help. And we didn’t give up much—I like Joe Smith but Hickson should take his place.
I’d like to keep West around as a backup. He might just take the 1-year offer and see how much he plays this year.
The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 13, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Garko’s in particular get my blood up. He looks like the terrible golfer who has to watch every last bounce of his 196-yard drive while you wait by the ball-washer.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Fact: We suck.
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
I forget, is the velodrome still a televised Olympic event? That was always my favorite as a kid. We used to replicate it in the cul-de-sac with moderately disastrous results.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a friend who goes so far as to claim that if your score depends on a judge, it’s a competition, not a sport.
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Aug 13, 2008 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m even more extreme. For a sport to be a sport it must have some element of defense. If I cannot stop you from scoring somehow then it is not a sport, IMO. So golf, not a sport.
Also, there’s something suspect about any sport that is dominated by 15-year-old girls.
by SuddenSam on Aug 13, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It’s not an exact science I realize. But in the spectrum of sport-not sport, Nascar is closer to being a sport than golf.
Absolutely NO WAY is Nascar more of a sport than golf. I’m not a huge golf fan or anything, but it’s much better than any kind of auto racing.
The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 13, 2008 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
no way…you’re telling me the 100m dash isn’t a sport? no defense there
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
If 100m dash is a sport then so is a fastest text messager contest. Both are merely tests of who can do some physical activity the quickest.
not even close. there is no athleticism required in a fastest text message contest. there has to be some level of athletic skill involved in the task for it to be a sport.
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I think your conception of what constitutes “athleticism” is pretty arbitrary. Where do you draw that line? Video games require hand eye cordination, so does hitting a 90mph fastball. How is one athletic and the other not?
How about this…..if you can do it while sitting down, it’s not athletic.
The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 13, 2008 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
i guess i fundamentally disagree that it requires hand-eye to play video games, but i’m not much of a video gamer. but sitting down while doing it, and performing better (or at least not worse) while drunk/high does not speak well to its athletic merits.
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
interesting question. i’d say that some of those wii sports games are certainly athletic…and maybe sports. but they’re versions of real live sports, right? as in, you need the same general skill set to be good at wii tennis as real tennis…perhaps minus some of the conditioning. i’d call them corollaries to “real” sports.
good question, though. and by the way, you can break a mad sweat playing wii…that helps my definition of sports.
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Tiger Woods Golf on Wii is FANTASTIC….plus, I’m much better than in regular golf!
The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 13, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
No way….track is the purest form of sports (and I don’t like it)—no helmets, or pads, or bats and balls, just people running to see who is fastest.
The best thing probably is to hit [Grady] 2nd -- Jay
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 13, 2008 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
or jumping or throwing…a pure exhibition of athleticism, determined by who finishes first, jumps the highest, etc. i’m with you.
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
i’ve been in this argument so many times…if it has judges, it’s a “sporting event”, not a “sport”. not saying that what divers/gymnasts/skaters do isn’t athletic, it clearly is, but those aren’t sports, in the pure sense
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
you realize what the umpire is, right?
by JulioBernazard on Aug 13, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
but i think that on the whole, in baseball, basketball, football, etc., the outcomes are overwhelmingly decided by the athletes…the officials have a role, but almost incidentally. the athletes do the scoring. in gymnastics, for example, the judges are the scoring.
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think you can deny the human element in any of the team sports you mention:
NBA - we saw with the crooked ref how easily things can be swayed
NFL - seems to me you could call a hold on any play you wanted to
MLB—there’s a human judgment on every ball not swung at
by JulioBernazard on Aug 13, 2008 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
no, certainly not. there’s a human element in pretty much everything, obviously, but my point is i think the human element, over a humongous sample set like balls not swung on or potential fouls called in the paint, the concept of “gross offsetting errors” kicks in, and you’ve got a GENERALLY level playing field. outliers like tim donaghy, in my opinion, don’t really prove that the contest is compromised in basketball as a whole. in gymnastics, the sport can exist w/o the judges.
how about this…if you can’t play a “pick-up” version of it, it’s not a sport. haven’t thought about that one until just now. thoughts?
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
who’s up for some pick-up pommel horse??
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
In college, my pro NASCAR friends and pro golf friends used to try to make cases for their “sportthood”. The best we could come up with was that if you are competing against a defined team at any given time, it was a sport, but if it was an individual competition against several competitors or against one individual as a member of a team, it was a competition, not a sport.
i’m very borderline on NASCAR…golf is firmly a sport, in my book. requires great amounts of athletic skills like hand eye, balance, tolerance for pressure…you’re competing against other people directly, and you determine the score yourself. plus, conditioning can make you more effective than someone else. i think that’s a big sport factor.
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
The skills involved are legit, but the fact that you compete against several differenct competitors who have no effect on your performance leads me to believe it is a competition.
i think this is similar to the “no defense” argument.
i’m not sure “no effect” is quite right…do the competitors have an effect on what you do in track and field? i’d argue that in everything except the sprints, where it’s a little different, the competitors have a similiar type of effect as in golf. and i consider all types of track and field to be sport, unquestionably.
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Unquestionably, to me, is a word that insinuates bias. In a race, or a golf match, or in a auto race, you competitor’s effect on your performance is not directly defense, it is pressure. What is the difference between a NASCAR race and a sprint?
you mean aside from 3600 pounds of car?
my use of “unquestionably” isn’t intended with bias…i’m not a track athlete by any stretch, if that’s what you’re implying. i guess it’s just meant to illustrate a strongly held belief. personally, i don’t think it gets much more elemental than track and field when it comes to sports.
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
3600 pounds of car is incidental to me. It is necessary to the competition, not reflective of how competitive it is. What about several hundred pounds of horse?
Historically, you are right, the original Olympics involved races and gymnastics and the like. Its just that when competing against several individuals, it becomes more a competition against them than a cooperative against another team.
Boxing? Fights end in knockouts sometimes, but most of the time it comes down to judges’ scorecards. I assume the same goes for other fighting sports, but I don’t really know.
"...leading the league in most offensive categories. Including nose hairs."
I don’t have television service and I’m not a big Olympics fan, anyway. But I was staying at a place with TV the other night and caught a couple hours. First they had men’s synchronized diving, then they shifted to the heterosexual demographic with women’s beach volleyball.
I came away with two observations:
1. The Olympics should be classified as soft-core porn.
2. I can’t stop thinking about Kerri Walsh.
I take it you like a certain attribute in your women?
by JulioBernazard on Aug 13, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m suspecting she’s too toned for obocatu. She looks fairly good to me.
by JulioBernazard on Aug 13, 2008 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
i’m not on the kerri walsh bus, either.
misty may, on the other hand.
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 13, 2008 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I started to flip around through video feeds late last night out of boredom. After watching a few minutes of, uh, water polo, fencing, et. al. before realizing that I’m just never going to be a sports snob, no matter how hard I try.
That said, I still find Olympic curling absolutely fascinating in a “why have I been watching this for a half hour now” way.
--
In Cliff we trust.
+1 on curling. During the last winter Olympics, a friend and I got into a heated discussion on curling strategy at one point, until his wife walked in and reminded us we were actually talking about curling.
by Fundamentals on Aug 13, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I can’t wait to buy a slot in Andy Marte’s Baseball Camp.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 8:23 PM EDT reply actions
the player formerly known as pronk still isn’t ready for his rehab, says hammy. let’s just put him on the shelf & see what next year brings. why bother trying to get him back this year?
“Okay, O’s, new strategy: Hit it NOT at that Marte kid….ah, dammit Mora…”
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
when are we gonna figure out that we just have to hit the f’er every time he steps in. at least we’d limit him to a single base.
I think we should save that strategy for punks like Pedroia and Phillips.
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Aug 13, 2008 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s my kind of double. The Jay Payton is not a center fielder double.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 8:31 PM EDT reply actions
Hammy has been listening to tapes praising Marte while he sleeps for the last month in order to change his attitute
by APV on Aug 13, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Marte, glancing around confused, wondering why he hasn’t been pulled for a pinch runner.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 8:34 PM EDT reply actions
It’s early yet and a close game – there will be time for him to get a bunt in later, so no pinch runner.
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Aug 13, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
ACK! Adam, I could’ve used the heads-up on this being the dudes’ synchro-dive. This is most homoerotic thing I’ve seen since 300.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
The description of synchronized diving as merely lame does not go nearly far enough to describe what a total waste of prime time airtime it has become.
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Aug 13, 2008 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Grady has REALLY got to pick it up. At this rate, he’s not going to get 40/40, which, would really ruin the rest of the season for me.
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
And first in the heart of E5.
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Aug 13, 2008 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
This particular approach might be less effective against a better offense, it’s true. He’s certainly dancing with the girl what brung him, though.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
So how do we feel about Our Guy (Stevens) blowing America’s ninth inning lead against South Korea yesterday?
I just want them all back healthy. They can choke all they want, just don’t get hurt.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I think they’re stealing signs on him.
“Fastball.”
“Fastball.”
“Fastball.”
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
And Eric Wedge gives the Bullpen Wheel of Fortune a hearty spin, chanting “Big money, big money, big money”
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Aug 13, 2008 8:55 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
They said after the commercial, they’re coming back with beach volleyball.
by Fundamentals on Aug 13, 2008 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I got my first JUG from Michels during the handball unit.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Justice Under God. Catholic detention. We were doing a drill that involved groups of guys standing around the handball goal, throwing at intervals, so if you’re the goalie, you have to keep shifting. Well, during my term as goalie, the yahoos decide they’re all throwing at the same time. I see 180 degrees of guys getting ready to pelt me, so I walk out of the class. And I got the detention.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow, that’s totally something Michaels would do. He tried to give me a JUG for not properly using my ID when checking out a basketball after school one day
He regularly called me out in health for “not giving my best effort.” I still got an A. I was kind of the Jhonny Peralta of health.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Nah, a legendary jackass of a gym coach at Ignatius, which I attended for a year before we moved. RD is an alum.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
And the Norway girls are smokin hot. I hope this is on til 2 am, I’ve got a lot of stuff to do.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s the host of an outdoors show on STO.
Joe Thomas has been the co-host this season, and I guess he’s returning the favor.
The O’s have no bullpen, right?
PUT IN JAMIE WALKER!!
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
And THAT’S how you know the game thread has emptied out.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Who’s putting on a goddamn clinic, by the way.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
She’s got the world’s most popular tramp stamp at the moment.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
How’d we ever win 1?
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Aug 13, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Garko, you really WERE a catcher once. Nice hose.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 9:46 PM EDT reply actions
We have a base open with two outs. Walk Markakis.
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
We just got beat by the one guy on this team we couldn’t let beat us.
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
That was all Donnelly. He shook off Shoppach at least twice.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 9:53 PM EDT reply actions
who gets the blame here. once roberts stole 2nd, it’s obvious he should have been walked. Is that Wedge’s call? If so, f#@$ Wedge
Brandon! You passed the initiation! You’re on the team!
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Aug 13, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Totally agree, but: Donnelly threw the goddamn pitch. It was the pitch he decided to throw over his catcher’s objection. It was both the wrong pitch, and poorly delivered.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Live swimming at the Olympics.
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
Yes.
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Aug 13, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
These relievers are like Storm Troopers now. They only exist to miss wildly and die.
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 10:01 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Grady on pace for 37/37, by the way, all.
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
If you were a Free Agent Pitcher, HOW IN THE WORLD do you not want to go to the NL?
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
If you’re CC, you’ve GOT to be thinking HOF at this point, right?
Doesn’t he have 120 wins or something?
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
112. I think you can’t even think about the HOF until you’ve had 10 very solid years, most of which you were in the conversation for best “__” in the league. CC’s in his 8th season, and has been very good in 4 of those.
Ok, I can give you that, but he is only 28.
His most Similar by Age has Maddux, Lefty Gomez and Eck on there (all above 920)
Plus, he’s picking where he can spend the next five or so seasons. He’s just dominated the NL to the point of absurdity!
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
CC is 27 right? He has some great years ahead of him. If I remember right, he is the only guy left in the discussion for 300 wins at this point? I realize it is nearly impossible, but he would be about the only guy with a shot.
Industrialization hasn’t done anything for MY swimming, that’s for god damn sure. I have one stroke: “The Harpooned Walrus.”
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I long ago resolved that if I’m ever in a life-threatening situation in open water, I’m giving myself up to the sharks and encouraging everybody else to swim for it. I’d rather the headline be “Ohio Man Bravely Surrenders Himself To Save His Friends” than “Ohio Man Eaten While Evading Sharks Poorly.”
by fleerdon on Aug 13, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
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