Wednesday Bird Droppings

That’s unusual Joe Girardi being a douchebag.

yeah, im still mad.

I just looked at the boxscore (didn’t get to watch). Wiggy is the only position player to have been used, but not get a plate appearance.

I’ve told this before on here, but it’s been a while, so some new people probably haven’t heard it: During the NLDS last year, one of the Phillies’ radio announcers (Larry Andersen) kept accidently mixing his first and last names, calling him “Ubaldez”. His partner (Scott Franzke) corrected him, but he kept slipping up and doing it again. Eventually, they both gave up, and Franzke started calling him “Ubaldez” too, largely to give LA a hard time.

Maybe you had to have been listening at the time, but it was pretty hilarious.

You bald, O?

Not to give anything away….

but yes, I agree. Absolutely terrible.

Verne and Gary are awful. Maybe I was just spoiled by years of keith Jackson.

“YES! – Girardi is an absolute D-Bag. I don’t like people that yell at me, especially when I didn’t do anything. I mean, WTF Girardi?”

Yesterday Tim McCarver was going on and on about how he could immediately tell that Corey Hart couldn’t hit the high pitch because of how low he held his hands in his batting stance. Guess who’s the 3rd best hitter in the majors at hitting high pitches you stupid fucking piece of shit? Act like you’ve watched a baseball game before and can tell that where a hitter’s hands are when he’s in his stance has very little to do with where they are when he prepares to hit the ball. Jesus christ how many fucking games have you watched???

Pitchers are always trying to keep the ball down. It takes a special hitter to go down there and get it with any degree of success. In a very tight three-way race, the Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera ekes out the best average in the majors on low pitches (down in the zone or below it).

Cabrera, at .3618, just beats out Justin Morneau and the Orioles’ Nick Markakis, who both have identical low-ball averages at .3613. To his credit, Miggy [Cabrera, not Tejada] also has seven homers on low balls, and more extra-base hits than the other two contestants. Markakis is the most patient of the three, chasing only 16% of balls below the zone.

so it’s kinda tough to tell WTF was going on. I am a very optimistic person and it just annoys me when people always have to take the “he probably won’t amount to much and just be a #3/4 starter” ALL THE F-ING TIME. I am not saying he is going to be the best pitcher ever but he has potential to be good and I am excited he is in the O’s system. I’ll take that chance and say he will be good and if I am wrong, than well – oh well. It’s not like I had a ton of credibility to begin with. I just hate it when someone says he will be good and then 99% of the other people have to cram some stat down my throat trying to change my opinion. It’s my damn opinion. sorry. rant over. Good post JamesF in there btw.

my immediate reaction was, “This is the internet. I wonder how long it will take for someone to give him shit for not knowing what ‘beg the question’ means? And then how long will it take for someone to make fun of the person who points that out for making an error or errors in his/her own post?” And sure enough… That’s how it begins. Soon that thread will be nothing but Nazis and Lolcats. It’s the inevitable law of the internet.

Stanton is ridiculous and so is Andrus. Posey is good, but not worth more than Wieters, unless you factor in the additonal year of team control. I’ve only seen him play 1B, so I don’t know how good his arm is.

that’s a little bit shocking. does this mean a decline in value you think? he’s my starting fantasy shortstop.

I thought he was playing way above his head, but looking at the BR page, in the past he’s actually put up somewhat similar numbers to this year. He’s just been inconsistent. His HR totals stand to outpace his ’04 season though.

The Braves hate Yunel Escobar. Apparently, he has attitude/work ethic issues.

I wonder if Andy was interested. He doesn’t like clubhouse problem makers but the cost would be low (maybe Izzy, Synder, and some relief prospect) and the upside would be high.

Nothing wrong with being a homer, just don’t be over the top. Its a shame, because he really does have some insights into the game that are overlooked.

Who cares? I mean, not that our bullpen is anything special, but what do we need to pay $2M for another bullpen arm for? To be only the worst team in the division by 30 games?

based on their expected contribution, Patterson probably deserves a B+, though i’d give Markakis a B+ too.