Jimenez is in fabulous shape after an offseason of working on his core and lower...

Jimenez is in fabulous shape after an offseason of working on his core and lower half

aaaannnnnddddd

And even if [Fausto and Leo] make it past those hurdles, every indication is that both players will then be disciplined by the commissioner's office for falsifying their identities. So they're likely to have to serve some sort of suspension weeks or even months from now. In other words, don't expect to see either on a big league pitcher's mound any time soon.

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ItBSoHL!

by JulioBernazard on Jan 31, 2012 2:06 PM EST reply actions

I really do hope all the players passed a hat around to help pay for Perez’s family’s flight.

"Sounds like 'Take the Z-Train' to me." -- Antoine Batiste

by T.O. Tribe on Jan 31, 2012 2:26 PM EST reply actions

I doubt very much that MLB will make the teams suffer more by suspending players who could be assets to their clubs.

by Jay on Jan 31, 2012 3:06 PM EST reply actions

I love stories about players being in the best shape of their lives. Happens every year. Now if he could just pitch the best season of his life.

by Cols714 on Jan 31, 2012 3:24 PM EST reply actions

More encouraging than, “Ubaldo went to Europe and is just starting his offseason regimen,” no?

Matt LaPorta is the bane of my existence.

by USSChoo on Jan 31, 2012 4:01 PM EST up reply actions

Unless it’s for Kobe Bryant style treatments.

by Roger Dorn on Jan 31, 2012 4:16 PM EST up reply actions

Craig Calceterra at Hardball Talk has a running joke about the “best shape of his life” articles every offseason.

by Buckeye Brad on Jan 31, 2012 4:20 PM EST up reply actions

Hi Brad

by Cols714 on Jan 31, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions

I wanted to make reference to this above, but I’ve barely been paying attention to that, so knew I’d butcher it.

by westbrook on Jan 31, 2012 5:10 PM EST up reply actions

I’m usually skeptical, too, but then Cliff Lee went through that training to deal with his abdominal issues before the 2008 season and said something like this. Maybe lightning will strike twice.

"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter

by Denver Tribe Fan on Feb 1, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions

Would be far less surprising for Ubaldo to win the 2012 Cy Young than Cliff Lee in 2008.

by Jay on Feb 1, 2012 2:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

It doesn’t say "best’, it says he’s in ‘fabulous’ shape.

I would surmise he looks good in skinny jeans, then.

by emd2k3 on Feb 1, 2012 12:38 PM EST up reply actions

Wasn’t Choo supposed to have been in the best shape of his life before last season? I’m going to wait until the season to make any judgements or predictions about Ubaldo

by tr1betime on Jan 31, 2012 4:13 PM EST reply actions

Choo seemed overweight to me last year.

by Roger Dorn on Jan 31, 2012 4:17 PM EST up reply actions

Beer will do that to a figure.

Fear the Fedora.

by MooneysRebellion on Jan 31, 2012 4:21 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

While he was sober, maybe.

by Jay on Feb 1, 2012 2:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

As long as Ubaldo has paperwork attesting to his 28-year-oldness and Ubaldoness, and said paperwork has been affirmed, acclaimed and stamped by the appropriate estimable agencies of the Dominican Republic and the United States, allowing him to toe the Prog Field rubber 34 times this summer, he can have engaged in an off-season-long pizza-eating competition with Prince Fielder, for all I care.

by YoDaddyWags on Jan 31, 2012 5:07 PM EST reply actions 7 recs

Our high standards for excellence shine through again.

by Harry Doyle on Feb 1, 2012 9:44 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs

Legit LOL on lunch at work. People love me here.

by Joel D on Feb 1, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions

DNA testing?

by Jay on Feb 1, 2012 2:33 PM EST up reply actions

Doesn’t his mom live with him or near him? Test her!

Matt LaPorta is the bane of my existence.

by USSChoo on Feb 1, 2012 4:24 PM EST up reply actions

You mean his “mom”?

by westbrook on Feb 1, 2012 10:27 PM EST up reply actions

I just got back from my laundromat, where there are signs posted that say “The ‘laundromat’ will now be open 6am-12am starting 2/1/2012”, so thank you for the appropriate use of quotations. It made me wonder, was the laundromat real? Were my clothes really clean?

Matt LaPorta is the bane of my existence.

by USSChoo on Feb 1, 2012 11:17 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs