Talk Talk Talk

and I would go with Walters. He’s shown excellently well early in the season, and I think he’s closer to being an MLB starter than Boggs.

I love love love beets.

Without having data to back it up, it seems like Kinney has always worked outside the zone. His slider always seemed to be just off the corner to a RH. I wonder if it’s just a case of guys not biting.

I would give him more time before sending him down. He was looking good last night, then suddenly just seemed to kind of lose it. Not sure what’s going on with him, but I think I would have to give him some more rope for now, at least. He’s too talented to just give up on.

I shall, however, check it out, post-haste.

is children

but didn’t actually plan this until about twenty minutes ago. So, no real planning.

And life? Oy. Life is suffering. The point is how well you endure it, and what you can find to make it all bearable.

you think you’re joking, but that’s almost how I feel. I don’t like riding ferris wheels; they’re kind of lame. Roller coasters, awesome, ferris wheels, blech. however, there’s something about a ferris wheel that just seems to make me happy to see one. Somethign about a different time or something I guess. Weird, I know.

What? I had no idea this happened, but it’s very cool.

Seems so simple, doesn’t it?

of Occam’s Razor

When a guy’s hurt, he’s hurt. The only reason this is even an issue is because Carp has been hurt so much, but this is completely unrelated to any of his other stuff. Just foolish to question his toughness or competitiveness.

Where are you reading that stuff? Here?

Unless TLR is starting a new defensive alignment.

no messing around today

but I’d really like to see KG batting seventh, he just screams 7 to me

I made out what I predicted the lineup would be today.

I don’t know why I even bother..

is from a Billy Bragg song, “Waiting for the Great Leap Forward”, off his Worker’s Playtime record.

The avatar is Ulquiorra Schiffer, a character from Bleach. Just felt like a change.

Methinks Ank is going to plateau this year (and that plateau ain’t gonna include a decent OBP).

Honestly, I know everyone loves Ank—with good cause, when you look at the history—but if i could pick 3 outfielders to play everyday, it would be these 3. But only so long as Duncan is healthy and swinging for power.

I think the focus of the coaches in college is much different than those in the minor leagues, as they’re trying to win, while the minor league coaches are focused on development of talent.

If I were a pitcher in high school, I would absolutely skip college for pro ball, even for a relatively modest sum. You can always go back to school (though sans scholarship, admittedly), but that lightning in your arm is only there for a while, and who knows when you could toss a curve and just blow it all to hell?

Sherri Ann Cabot: Leslie and I have an amazing relationship and it’s very physical, he still pushes all my buttons. People say ‘oh but he’s so much older than you’ and you know what, I’m the one having to push him away. We have so much in common, we both love soup and snow peas, we love the outdoors, and talking and not talking. We could not talk or talk forever and still find things to not talk about.

Or billjamesonline.com (I think that’s right). Bill James, in particular, is the godfather of so much of this stuff, and his site only costs like three bucks a month to join. It’s awesome.

I bet many of it will answer it for you

Its extremely stat-heavy, but it makes it pretty understandable. Also, i believe they have a glossery of terms link on the left side of the screen in case you ever get confused.

link

Check out Perfect Game, Brewerfan, or just google his name, see what you find. Those are usually my first three plans of action when I start researching a guy. Plenty of other places, obviously, but those are good spots to start with, at least.

I should be able to get so we can watch it online for free. I think it will be through a web browser so anyone can watch it

this was posted on pitchers hit 8th. it was thought-provoking.

I know there are questions about his delivery, and his size, and stuff like that, but I’m of the mind that if a guy is having success in a role, you leave him there until he proves he can’t do it. Todd has had nothing but success as a starter so far, and I think it’s a terrible use of a resource to move him to relief right now.

Of course, if it gets him up here faster and pitching useful innings, it may not be such a bad thing, but I still don’t like it.

I wouldn’t go Notre Dame, just because I don’t like Indiana.

I love New England; just a beautiful part of the country, and BC is a top-notch school.

You would probably have the best time at Austin, as that city is just an amazing place to spend time, especially as it’s in the middle of such a wasteland of a state. But overall, BC might be your best choice. Tough to say, though, as it would all depend on how important you feel it is to be around cool people while you’re studying for whatever it is you’re stufying.

Better weather, better girls, better parties…what more could you ask for?!

the cost of living is cheapest and the school will give you the most money.

I went to ND for geology (and wouldn’t do it over again), but I doubt that’s what you’re considering if those are your three choices. South Bend admittedly isn’t much fun, and in my experience the women in grad school are either married, engaged, or mental, so I would certainly only go to ND if that was good for your field.

Sounds like an arguement we had three days ago.

I honestly don’t know a whole lot about, to be honest with you, but i’ve never been all that impressed with his stat lines.

Descalso, on the other hand, I’m a big fan of. He won’t make it at short, as his range isn’t quite good enough, but the kid has a beautiful swing from the left side. He burned me last year when I made him a pick for a breakout season, but I still think he’s got a good chance to become an offensive-minded 2B. Probably not quite the hitter Vasquez is, but I still think DD could be pretty damned good.

and nice shoulders.

I’ve ever found to get a woman to like you are as follows:

1) Smell good. Good hygiene and $60 on a bottle of Eternity goes a long way.

2) Listen when they talk. Seriously. It’s ridiculously effective. Make eye contact, and actually listen. You will be shocked how much a woman appreciates it when you really engage her when she’s talking.

there is one other thing, but this is a PG-13 blog, after all.

he has a great baseball name.

I hope it’s just for the bullpen, and they call up Walter for the Sunday start

Like he did to us over and over again in 2006?

but I have no way of knowing, as I face the same lack of knowledge you do about any other site.

It gives Pujols 276 through 2008, and Mr. Rod 288.

You could argue that mathematically speaking, the 3rd millenium began with the year 2001, since there was no year 0. 2000 was the last year of the 20th century, so it doesn’t make much sense to count it as the first year of this decade. If we count ten fingers, we don’t start with “zero” and end with “nine”; we go 1-10. This would put Albert on a more even footing.

but I’m also not naive enough to think there’s a snowball’s chance in hell of that happening.

but i think he pitched yesterday so he may be unavailible

I’m 99.999% sure

definitely say 90 wins, though I can also see the guy’s point about why it’s so hard to predict this team. There’s a lot of stuff that could go seriously wrong, but I still think they’re a better team than what they’re getting credit for to this point.

because someone has to cover the bullpen after we successfully depleted it last night.

that it’s Chicago specifically; Tony just almost always seems to go with the more known quantity. Could be, though.

Ugh. That is depressing. I’ve always loved their music, but have never gotten to see them live.

just saw them recently… pretty good show

See, at first I thought this was going in a completely different direction. Usually “fur” + internet = unpleasantness.

What constitutes the need for a blood test? Is it only a refusal for a breath test?

Is this part of a roadblock thing? or just if they pull you over on suspicion? Pretty strong if it’s a roadblock.

I don’t know how many times I got “randomly” pulled over when driving home late at night after a closing shift at a restaurant while at Mizzou. No reason given (not speeding), just hoping I was drunk so they could get me on a DWI.

just clicking using the scroll wheel on your mouse. In Firefox it always opens in a new tab. Then you don’t even have to worry about the whether it opens in a new window or not.

I kind of doubt it, but I really can’t figure out what the hell Tony was thinking there. (Or most of the rest of the time, either.

to answer, on the grounds that that line of discussion could get really ugly, really fast.

I won’t answer any religious questions either, for the same reason. Sorry.

is to re-evaluate the entire spin-machine we are living in

It is just a waste of money

Where did you read that? I thought Boggs was on the way.

Who is getting sent down?

that was fast

Wonder if Kinney might get sent out.

the theme from Batman (get it?), or Prodigy’s Breathe, from their Fat of the Land record, I think.

but I would go with Lionel Ritchie, Hello. just to throw people off (my cell phone ring back)

If it is seriously supposed to be covered by her health insurance. Do an Executive Email Carpet Bomb.

AP>Chuck

You>AP

therefore,

You>Chuck

They didn’t even pitch 10 pitches last night

All three are great. QC has the best scenery, but Auto Zone in Memphis is the best.

there’s a park in Clinton, Iowa, that I really want to get to. It’s the last Art Deco style ballpark built by the old Works Progress Administration; I have to see it before it gets torn down.

I believe it’s a Rangers affiliate that plays there now.

Put the guys out there and let them play. One of the many things that drives me crazy about La Russa and his line of crap. And somehow, it’s just accepted. I don’t get it.

Two mice fell in a bucket of cream. One died the other paddled his ass off till it turned into butter and escaped. Which one is Walters?

12:40 PDT

For a Trade line deal. I know Jay has to be on the 40 man roster next year not sure about Jones.

and Jones joins the OF rotation next year, either to start the year, or at some point soon after. Rick will be gone and Mather’s future depends on if he gets himself healthy and hits again.

Jones I think comes up late next year, then becomes the fifth OF in ‘11, leading most of us to continue to call for La Russa’s resignation.

Sigh..

And striking out pretty much everyone while he does it!