Thursday Bird Droppings
by duck on Sep 9, 2010 6:54 AM EDT
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PrintRecaps of yesterday's win oops, I get so used to typing that when Koji pitches last, err, game can be found at Orioles.com, Daily News, and The Sun.
Bell doesn't hide awe at Yankee Stadium | orioles.com: News
"To be able to compete and be on the same field as these guys, it's an amazing feeling," Bell said. "To be able to win, it's good for the team, and it's something special for me."
Orioles Insider: Orioles will witness Joyce-Galarraga reunion
"I've seen him since, I've talked to him; the only difference is I'm not going to be at first base, I'm going to be at home plate," Joyce told the Associated Press. "Apprehensive, but also kind of excited about it, really, to be honest with you."
Showalter a stickler for BP etiquette - Newsday
"Showalter did not like a group of Yankees pitchers playing catch in the outfield during Orioles batting practice and personally did something about it, according to sources." Newsday has a pay firewall, so we don't find out exactly what Buck did, but I'd like to think it involved flamethrowers. I'd really like to think that.
Durable Albers key to O's bullpen | orioles.com: News
"He's had some good outings lately," Showalter said of Albers, who hadn't allowed a run in his past four games entering Wednesday, a stretch of 5 1/3 innings. "It's good to see the things that everybody else has been telling me that he's capable of."
Innings piling up, Arrieta remains strong | orioles.com: News
"Orioles manager Buck Showalter has remained mum on exactly when Arrieta or any of the O's young arms will be done this season, because he wants them to focus on each outing and not be distracted."
IN THE MINORS
WILD NIGHT ENDS WITH A WALKOFF | Frederick Keys News
"The Potomac Nationals scored eight runs in the first inning but Frederick countered with seven in the bottom of the first. The Keys tied up the game in the second and then took the lead in the fifth. The P-Nats tied the ballgame up in the top of the ninth but the Keys walked off winners after LJ Hoes slid past C Derek Norris as the game's winning run. The improbable victory gave Frederick a 1-0 lead in the Northern Division Championship Series."
Orioles Prospects To Sign Autographs Thursday - Boxscore News
"Orioles 2010 first round pick Manny Machado and five other prospects; Adam Gaylord, Mychal Givens, Connor Narron, Jonathan Schoop and Kipp Schutz will sign autographgs for fans before Game Two of the Northern Division Championship Series, Thursday, September 9th from 6:00 – 6:30 p.m. inside Harry Grove Stadium."
2010 Bluefield Orioles Season Review - OriolesProspects
A look at the 2010 Bluefield Orioles season, top prospects, disappointments, statistics and more.
Attitude change leads to Orioles- The Maryland Gazette
"Cut loose from the baseball team at Northeast High for bad behavior, Glynn Davis found his life at a crossroads a little more than a year ago. He apparently took the right. Last month, he signed with the Baltimore Orioles as a free agent and now is scheduled to play professional baseball next spring."
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I wonder whether Joyce will give Galarraga
a strikezone the size of Wyoming to make up for it. I thinking of the something like the one Hirschbeck was imagining yesterday.
Looks like the CC delegation to Frederick had fun last night.
Has there ever been a cooler Oriole than Eddie Murray? I mean, just straight up cool. Like a bad, suave dude. You know what I'm sayin'. COOL. SC 7/24/08
I had a terrific time
thanks Stacey, Jobe, Knubles and their respective entourages. It was tremendous.
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
and wickedwitch!
Yeah, it was awesome. I definitely think we should do the minor league thing more often.
Except my ass kinda hurts from the metal bench. I think I’m getting old.
You can't just walk over us. -Brian Matusz
by Stacey on Sep 9, 2010 9:04 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Sit on the hill.
Just look out for a bunch people rolling down said hill.
I'm hurt dog! Don't ask if me if I'm alright, hell naw! We said dominate and we not doing it! I put my heart into this s***, let's go man! - Ed Reed
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Sep 9, 2010 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions
dude no way
your ankles totally get destroyed from sitting at that funky angle for so long. you cant even walk right when you actually get home.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
well then roll down the hill to help your legs.
That way they’ll be in different positions.
I'm hurt dog! Don't ask if me if I'm alright, hell naw! We said dominate and we not doing it! I put my heart into this s***, let's go man! - Ed Reed
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Sep 9, 2010 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions
what are you people talking about rolling down hills?
Have you forgotten that I am an old woman?
You can't just walk over us. -Brian Matusz
by Stacey on Sep 9, 2010 9:29 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i blame bsf
i was just talking about sitting on the hill with that awkward angle your ankles get stuck in.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I blame canada.
I'm hurt dog! Don't ask if me if I'm alright, hell naw! We said dominate and we not doing it! I put my heart into this s***, let's go man! - Ed Reed
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Sep 9, 2010 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
ehh
borderline
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
eh...its not just you
i’ve got a padded chair and my ass still gets numb.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
oh, of course
I didn’t mean to forget you!
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
Happy Rosh Hashanah
I'm hurt dog! Don't ask if me if I'm alright, hell naw! We said dominate and we not doing it! I put my heart into this s***, let's go man! - Ed Reed
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Sep 9, 2010 8:08 AM EDT reply actions
Pie story from the Sun
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-felix-pie-0910-20100909,0,4552952.story
I love Luke and Felix and I cannot wait for his,rap album!
You can't just walk over us. -Brian Matusz
by Stacey on Sep 9, 2010 8:29 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Best. Bird Dropping. Ever.
I think I might cry if/when we trade Luke and break this duo up. And I’m not sure I’m really joking.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
Wasn't on The Sun's Sports section this morning
I’m sad I missed this. :(
"That's what I want to see tomorrow. Do we understand what the f--- I want to see tomorrow? Let's go eat a g-d d--n snack."- Rex Ryan
Ha, I figured.
The internet at 7 A.M. is a rather quiet place.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
Wait...what?
Pie has a rap album coming outing this month called “18 Cents,” a reference to his uniform number.
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
so instead of learning geometry and, you know, running towards the ball in the OF
he’s rapping. well isn’t that swell.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I'm sure if the rap album was getting in the way
Luke would have a talk with him about it.
You can't just walk over us. -Brian Matusz
by Stacey on Sep 9, 2010 9:02 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I really want to hear a clip of Luke speaking Spanish
not that i know much (any) Spanish, but still. I think it would be funny.
Kinda like Pitt speaking french in "Bastards"
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Yes, that was gold.
I'm hurt dog! Don't ask if me if I'm alright, hell naw! We said dominate and we not doing it! I put my heart into this s***, let's go man! - Ed Reed
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Sep 9, 2010 9:10 AM EDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WYVUNY6z6E&feature=related
I'm hurt dog! Don't ask if me if I'm alright, hell naw! We said dominate and we not doing it! I put my heart into this s***, let's go man! - Ed Reed
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Sep 9, 2010 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions
haha yea....i was trying to remember when he spoke french
i just remember the “bon giorno” scene. hilarious.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Luke speaks fluent Spanish
this article really strengthened my man-crush on Luke. Keep bringing the Bible verses, Luke. I’m listening!
love this quote
Adam Jones:
“He’s changed a lot, but when he first got here, you could just tell he had an attitude and a little chip on his shoulder and whatever the hell else was wrong with him.”
So Adam, what else was wrong him?
Librarians are hiding something
by dfa on Sep 9, 2010 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
heh....i love NFL players complaining about being asked to take less money (and potentially play 2 more games)
welcome to the freakin real world suckers! (although i’m opposed to two extra games)
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
i guess 8 is the final number for the pick 'em pool?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
we're at 10. maybe 11.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
i see....pretty awesome
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Sep 9, 2010 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, it's a nice final push. still waiting on WW to maybe jump in.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
he said he was in
so it could be 12 then?!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Sep 9, 2010 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Lou can email.
I have yet to read the whole thing, but here’s a sample:
“Again I’m standing at the edge watching the drawbridge close on another chapter of my life. A range of emotions flow through me as I stomach this ship leave without me. Still the monkey without an arc :/ But no worries, been there, done that, on to the next challenge head first.”
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
They're certainly mixed enough.
And I have no idea what “monkey without an arc” means.
…Unless he means ark, as in Noah’s…? Ship leaving without him…
It all makes sense now!
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt
and assume he typed this up on a blackberry or something and didn’t proofread it.
Yeah
Looks like he made a comment to Roch in spring training:
" I have come to realize that he is one of the smartest, wittiest, clever, well-spoken players I have ever heard from. The comment he made to you in Spring Training this year about feeling like " … the third monkey on Noah’s gangplank" was outrageously funny and witty."
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Sep 9, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Read Lou's email to Roch
It is excellent. Lou is a good writer and obviously intelligent. I wish him the best.
As "Lindsay" from the comments said,
I can’t decide if he’s writing his autobiography or running for Governor.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
What on earth?
I couldn’t get through that entire thing. Sheesh, Lou.
You can't just walk over us. -Brian Matusz
Yeah
I think introspection is great and I’m glad he’s working through his emotions in a constructive way that doesn’t involve, drugs, alcohol, or punching people, but let’s not get carried away here. Shakespeare he ain’t. I wish him the best, though.
think I'll get a new screenname
monkey_wo_arc
Has there ever been a cooler Oriole than Eddie Murray? I mean, just straight up cool. Like a bad, suave dude. You know what I'm sayin'. COOL. SC 7/24/08
by 33 on Sep 9, 2010 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Lou Can't Write
Deal With It.
"That's what I want to see tomorrow. Do we understand what the f--- I want to see tomorrow? Let's go eat a g-d d--n snack."- Rex Ryan
Correction
Duck, I should have used the phrase, “excellent for a ballplayer and not for an essayist.” Lou was drafted right out of high school in PR. He sounds like and intelligent and likeable young man. We don’t get much in the way of thoughtful introspection from our professional athletes, and I enjoyed the change from the “we play them one game at a time” commentary.
I meant Writing as and art
and not as a function of literacy, of course.
"That's what I want to see tomorrow. Do we understand what the f--- I want to see tomorrow? Let's go eat a g-d d--n snack."- Rex Ryan
I thought it was an nice email.
I got my first taste of Big League life and I judiciously squeezed every perk I could out of it ;) My first at-bat will be what I remember the most, but ironically it was my second at-bat that showed me that I can play up there.
I was there! He hit a homer to left field.
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
by birdman on Sep 9, 2010 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's the little things
Orioles manager Buck Showalter is known for his attention to detail. One of those details crept up in the outfield Monday morning at Yankee Stadium.
Showalter did not like a group of Yankees pitchers playing catch in the outfield during Orioles batting practice and personally did something about it, according to sources.
The feisty manager walked all the way from the third-base dugout…
Orioles manager Buck Showalter has remained mum on exactly when Arrieta or any of the O’s young arms will be done this season, because he wants them to focus on each outing and not be distracted.
Two things that I think would be different with most other managers.
I really like what I read about Buck more and more. He’s head and shoulders above any manager I’ve seen in years in terms of his attention to the details around the game. A bunch of little things add up to one bigger thing, which is a change of attitude, and a different way forward.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
true, but...
it is one thing to come into a situation and evaluate and change things, and an entirely different thing to go into spring training having helped mold the situation and have more investment and less “new sheriff in town”. Buck’s been great (and helped out with the fantastic pitching run), but I’m a little (just a little tiny bit) worried/curious to see what he does next year.
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
i'm expecting him to bring the same attention to detail to spring training....
….and I’d think a lot of things will be very different than they’ve been in the past. And i’m looking forward to seeing the differences when the team comes north.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
Ah, so Buck kicked them out?
I was wondering why they were out there to begin with, and then why they disappeared. Wish I’d seen Buck do whatever he did; I guess I was finding my seat at the time.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
I like Buck so far
I certainly will always applaud attention to detail. And the pitching has been TERRIFIC since he’s come on board. I think they’re pitching a touch above their heads but I am very hopeful that the young guns will take a big step forward next year.
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
Even with a recent slump, Pie, 25, is batting .274 with five homers and 20 RBIs in 63 games, and he has been a bright spot in a difficult season for many of the organization’s young players.
Really? We’re going to point to a batting average and label .274 as a bright spot? I love Pie as much as the next person, but he’s playing just well enough to earn more playing time and keep flames of hope alive for future development. His performance has hardly been a bright spot. Below average offense (OPS+94) and averagish defense (-1.9 UZR in the OF) doesn’t qualify as a bright spot. He’s been essentially a replacement level player (0.0 WAR on baseball-reference, .1 WAR on fangraphs).
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
It usually takes three years of UZR data to accurately judge a player's ability
I wouldn’t read too much into 60 games worth
"There's more Met than Yankee in all of us"-Roger Angell
sure, i'm not using that number to represent his overall ability, only his 2010 performance
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
His point was you can't use that number to represent his 2010 performance
A single season worth of UZR data is statistically irrelevant.
Sure, that number had validity problems. His UZR may be function of him getting a lot of hard fly balls. Bad positioning advice, etc.. But that number is statically relevant, whatever that means, in that it’s accurately represents what UZR intends to measures.
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
But its widely accepted that UZR is not too inaccurate to be useful
without at least 3 seasons worth of data. Looking at just 2010 is meaningless.
how did what I said above contradicts what you said in any way?
Yes, the number of defensive plays in one season isn’t enough to measure performance. You need 3 years. But his 2010 UZR is what it is. I wish I could Litchman’s response to all the Teixiera brouhaha last year.
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
Nothing is WAAAY too strong
It’s a number that has problems. Sort of like using a 2 months of batting data has validity problems in measuring offensive performance. Would I use 2 months of batting data to make an accurate assessment of a player’s offensive value? Of course not. The same thing with one year’s worth of UZR data. But as the same time, those two months of batting data measured performance just like UZR although UZR is a little more susceptible to factors beyond the control of the players (which is bit true for batting stats as well but not as problematic) which affects the metric. Overall, I’m just saying it’s not a completely useless number.
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
Sort of like using a 2 months of batting data has validity problems in measuring offensive performance.
Actually, what I should be saying 2 months of batting has problems in measuring the player’s “true” level of talent.
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
ah found it.
When a player has a good or great UZR in any time period, it does NOT mean that he is a good or great player and it does not even mean that he had a good or great year with the glove. What does it mean, you ask? Well, it doesn’t mean anything other than he had a good or great UZR. It really doesn’t. He may be a bad or average defensive player who had a good 147 games with the glove (woop-de-do_. It may be a bad or average defensive player who did NOT have a good or great year with the glove but the way we measure defense with UZR just got it wrong. That does NOT mean that UZR is a bad measurement device. It just means that it is not a PERFECT measurement device.
I’m not saying using Pie’s 2010 UZR measures his true talent (for that, you need 3 years of data) but it does measure his performance in 2010. And what does his 2010 UZR say, “Well, it doesn’t mean anything other than he had a good or great UZR. It really doesn’t.”
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
OT: Who thinks Chris Berman's new stache...
Is truly awful? Seriously, it’s one of the worst things I’ve seen on tv.
This is a joke, right? Gotta be joking.
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Sep 9, 2010 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Fixed this for you
Who thinks Chris Berman’s new stache… Is truly awful?
Answer: Everyone not employed by ESPN.
and a lot who are...
"That's what I want to see tomorrow. Do we understand what the f--- I want to see tomorrow? Let's go eat a g-d d--n snack."- Rex Ryan
He lost a ton of weight tho
I barely recognized him
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Well, his obesity kind of added to his character.
It made him the least bit interesting. Even so, I still hate him. However, anything that covers up parts of his face is fine with me!
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
From Keith Law's ESPN chat today:
Dan (Des Moines): Klaw who would you rather have for their career Posey or Wieters?
Klaw (1:02 PM): As much as I love Posey, I’m sticking with Wieters.
Chris Fiegler (Latham,NY): Who do you think will win the AL & the NL Rookie of the Year?
Klaw (1:23 PM): Will win: Austin Jackson, Jason Heyward. Should win: Heyward or Posey would both be solid choices in the NL, but the AL … I might vote for Matusz.
Andrew (NoVA): Is Dan Klein the type of reliever who could jump to the majors quickly – and is that a pretty strong pick in the 3rd round, then?
Klaw (1:33 PM): If they don’t start him. He has the repertoire but not the history.
Is that our own Andrew_G there?
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
you know it is
and the footnote is that the Orioles fully intend to start Klein because they like the repertoire. He had some injury problems earlier on at UCLA and was the Bruins’ closer, so I’m a little dubious that it’ll work, but starter >>> reliever and there’s no reason he won’t be able to switch back (and I don’t think the Orioles particularly need the fast bullpen help the way, say, the White Sox needed Sale).
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
Klein as a starter
I guess that’s fine, but if he’s had injury issues before, I’m guessing he’ll follow a path similar to Koji, start for awhile, get hurt, move him to the pen.
And Klaw didn’t answer my questions damn it.
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
I meant to ask him about Glynn Davis again today,
but I missed the chat. Oh well.
It would definitely be nice if Klein could start, so we might as well see, but I’m not getting my hopes up.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
I asked him a question about Buck and if he's done anything to the pitching staff
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
the lolz in the cy young convo just keep coming...
“You play to win the game.
I’m sorry, but maybe CC’s stats would be better if he didn’t have 5 runs of support… Did anyone think of that?
When you’re winning by multiple runs you pitch to contact, not for WHIP. So as much as the “bad team” thing helps Felix, the “pitching to contact” should help CC.
This is why WINS are not overrated.
Look at this scenario.
CC goes 5 innings, 2 hits no runs, then the Yankees score 8 in the bottom of the 5th, then he gives up 3 in the 6th…. does it make CC a worse pitcher than Felix because after his team took a monstrous lead he pitched to contact???"
worst comment of the year award?
"double rainbow...what does it MEAN?"
The Signing Bonus: We're back in business.
That's exactly the Michael Kay theory
almost to a word. Either someone is claiming Kay’s work as their own (dear lord why?) or it is Kay himself.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Or there's another person dumb enough to believe Michael Kay's dumb theory and expound upon its badness.
Given that we’re dealing with Yankee fans here, I have no problem believing this scenario.
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Sep 9, 2010 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
so it's clear
that sabathia steps down his game just because his team is winning?
"double rainbow...what does it MEAN?"
The Signing Bonus: We're back in business.
by danielreese05 on Sep 9, 2010 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
No no no
he pitches to contact when they are winning to shorten the games. That’s why Yankee games take such a small amount of time relative to league average.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
oh...OF COURSE
also geoff baker of the seattle times beat the fucking shit out of this argument the other day. He beat the shit out of it. I was gonna quote the good parts, but then they were all good parts:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/marinersblog/2012831061_numbers_dont_support_contentio.html
...a piece of V mail in which everything but the salutation "Dear Mary" had been blocked out and on which the censoring officer had written, "I long for you tragically. R. O. Shipman, Chaplain, U.S. Army."
Um, wow.
Unlike Sabathia, Hernandez has not lost a single game this season in which the Mariners scored at least four runs.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
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