Where those last dollars go
by DanUpBaby on Jan 18, 2010 6:00 AM EST
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With Mozeliak crushing my McGwire-as-pinch-hitter dreams and the Pirates, of all teams, setting the price for oft-injured, recently ineffective Marlins relief pitchers over a million dollars, things are looking pretty settled (read: boring) for this last month until pitchers and catchers report.
The last bit of intrigue looks to come courtesy, fittingly, of Ben Sheets, the darling of last year's offseason, who's throwing Tuesday for the Cardinals and "six to ten" of their closest friends, among them the Cubs. I don't see Sheets getting anywhere near the double-digit millions he apparently wants—is he aware that he didn't pitch last year? But the way the Cardinals have been speaking, lately, of their last several million I can't imagine them being players if he gets even half that. The nearest model for such a deal seems to be the bargain version of Kyle Lohse, who commanded $4.25 million in March 2008 after hoping for ten times that at the start of the season.
While Sheets might be too big a haul for the Cardinals' last free agent pickup he is at least in one tradition of their usual new years surprise—a medium-risk lottery ticket, a useful player whose circumstances have brought that usefulness into question.
2009
March 5 — sign Dennys Reyes to a two year, $3 million contract. That is what paying market price for a pretty-good lefty reliever looks like, and while The Diner seemed kind of superfluous by September, with Trever Miller reducing left-handed hitters to bad-hitting pitchers—.135/.200/.198; how often, I wonder, does a specialist manage a sub-.400 OPS over 100 plate appearances?—Reyes performed basically as advertised throughout 2009 and will probably do the same in 2010.
One thing I like about Reyes, as against Miller, is that he realizes he's licked when a right-hander comes to the plate; they hit .276/.408/.466 against him, walking five times more than lefties did in 30 fewer plate appearances. Miller didn't give in, but not giving in looked like .295/.348/.541, with four home runs in 61 at-bats. Value-wise those lines are almost identical, but if there's another left-hander on deck I'd rather these guys tread lightly.
The Cardinals are playing coy with their remaining dollars, but a second-tier reliever like this (like Kiko Calero) would seem to fill one of their few (and cheapest) remaining holes.
2008
January 3 — sign Matt Clement to a one year, $1.5 million contract with a ton of ridiculous options totalling $5.25 million and a club option, ha ha, for 2009 at $8.75 million. Matt Clement was never as good as Ben Sheets, and he missed 2007 with shoulder problems, elbow problems' shady older brother.
But if and when Sheets realizes that he is negotiating a contract for the year after he didn't pitch at all, this is a pretty fair template for it, although I'm concerned that that club option is going to become a player's option in any successful play for him.
March 14 — sign Kyle Lohse to a one year, $4.25 million deal with incentives pushing it, eventually, to $4.75. Remember when this was a steal? The eventual outcome, a kind of reverse-hometown discount that led to the Cardinals giving in to the exact contract demand that was, the year before, absurd enough to leave him unsigned in March, obscures just how vital he was to a rotation that looks ridiculous in hindsight.Who would have picked Lohse, Braden Looper, and Todd Wellemeyer as the three starters who'd end up taking their thirty turns in the rotation for a playoff-caliber team?
That underscores, I think, what makes me nervous about the 2010 rotation; there is a significant value to pitchers who are simply likely to be in the rotation, and as the Cardinals have currently built this model they seem a few starts short. Might this be the year the Cardinals actually sign Jon Garland, now that they are no longer tied to him in an article once a month?
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Final order of business: this report, and others like it, must either be fulfilled or removed, Men in Black-style, from my memory.
(KSDK)-Mark McGwire is coming back to the Cardinals, could Jim Edmonds be about to as well? Sunday night at his ARF "Stars to the Rescue," Tony LaRussa said on stage that the Cardinals are interested in bringing Edmonds back to the Cardinals.
Edmonds, 39, did not play last season. He spent eight seasons with the Cardinals from 2000 to 2007.
At this point John Mozeliak, who said on Saturday that Jim Edmonds was not and would not be on the radar, has to wonder, every so often, what it's like to be Billy Beane, or any of the other GMs whose managers have no better grip on the local media's ear than I do.
I realize that signing a 40 year-old retiree to be the fourth outfielder would leave the Cardinals without a reasonable backup center fielder, and I realize, also, that some people would worry about an unsightly Mays-in-Queens end to Edmonds's career. But as someone who does not subscribe to the concept of players leaving On Top and much prefers the kind whose careers are pried from their cold, sub-replacement-level hands—I need this to happen.
Why—yes, I'm familiar with Ken Griffey Jr's 2009 season... why do you ask?
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Jim Edmonds then superkicked Tony La Russa through a plate glass window.
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by Mister Eff on Jan 18, 2010 6:24 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
Bring back Jimmy!
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SIGN FELIPE LOPEZ & JOHN SMOLTZ!
BRING BACK ANDY VAN SLYKE!
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by Tudor's Electric Fan on Jan 18, 2010 9:38 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
as an expert on melted chocolate
"You know, he has a terrible habit, of eating Tootsie Rolls," Van Slyke said. "And he happened to sit next to a heater."
http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/tipsheet/tipsheet/2006/10/having-fun-with-pine-tar/
BRING BACK TOMMY HERR!
Oh wait, sorry, I got too excited.
Albertofstan.
F* Yeah!
by Bring Back Tommy Herr! on Jan 18, 2010 12:50 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I laughed.
well-played
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Jan 18, 2010 12:56 PM EST up reply actions
it's got a familiar ring to it
but i can’t place it. where have i seen that before?
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Hell yes
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by First mammal to wear pants on Jan 18, 2010 6:15 PM EST up reply actions
Mickey Mouse
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Jan 18, 2010 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
Now... okay... well... here's the thing... I mean... you know....
I would be like a giddy little school child if this happened (my Center Fielder in MLB 09 The Show wears #15, afterall), and wouldn’t this actually fill a need (as much as a 40 year old man can fill a need)? We could use a lefty off the bench and a 4th OF — granted, if ANYONE goes down with an injury we’re going to be heinously exposed — but Edmonds was still seeing the ball pretty well in Chicago when he was there. I know-I know, small sample size, but he had a pretty high OPS+ over there and his OBP was only a smidge below his career average.
I can imagine it would be storybook, can’t I?
edmonds
I would love it if Edmonds came back. I wonder if he is really considering it. Maybe that’s the REAL reason why Holliday opted for #7.
For those at Winter Warm Up: Did Colby look like he had put the weight back on? I hope his eating/upset digestion problems are under control.
From Leach's blog
“Last year going in I tried to focus more on putting on a lot of weight and getting bulked up,” Rasmus said. “Tis year I’m doing more conditioning, running, sleds, hills, that type of thing. Just to try to see if that will change up a little bit and be able to last a little longer instead of being big and looking for more power. Just be able to keep my body more maintained.”
Not sure how much wieght he put back on. But he is taking a different approach this year.
thanks
When he was here is Springfield, you could watch him play and it was so obvious how good he was but he was just so darn skinny. He looked like a little kid sometimes playing dress up. I guess he will fill out as he gets older as we all do.
Take this for what its worth
I saw him out at club on friday here in Decatur (the Cardinals Caravan was in town). He didn’t seem huge, I mean he was definitely toned but he didn’t seem really muscle bound, or that he had put on that much added weight. He just seemed like he was really in shape, but not any bigger then last year. That said I’m sure he’ll enter this spring training in the ‘best shape of his career’
indeed. OMS will come, sooner or later.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Jan 18, 2010 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
I"m trying to think of a realistic scenario that includes Edmonds as back up outfielder
What to do with Allen Craig? Add him too? Do we have room on the roster for five OFs?
And as for a back-up centerfielder… I suppose Ludwick could fill-in for Colby there. And I suppose he could get rest when Jimmy and/or Craig backs him up.
And I know what UZR would have to say about this, but Skip does still technically have the ability to play outfield. Hell, put Boog in there, Tony’s done crazier things.
Overall, the “OMG iz Jimmy comming back??2” thing is a nice diversion that probably won’t amount to much. And that doesn’t make it any less exciting or fun to me. It’s as if Jimmy knew this would be the perfect time to throw something in the hat for us fans to speculate on, because there really isn’t much else right now.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
tyler greene played a couple of innings in CF last year
IF (and it’s a big, bi-modal IF) he can manage a just about passable glove in centre this year, and his hitting looks more like his 2009 Major League Equivalent than his 2009 Major League numbers, I suppose he solves some issues for us, being right-handed and all.
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 18, 2010 10:13 AM EST up reply actions
I keep forgetting about Greene-T's place in the mix
Ideally we wouldn’t need to have a back-up CF except to rest Colby, but if he continues to struggle with lefty pitching very badly it could become way more important.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I may be remembering wrong
but wasn’t Colby’s BABIP vs. lefties ridiculously low last season? If it was, luck (plus the LaRussa penchant platooning anyone who isn’t 20 for 20 in their first 20 at bats against lefties) might explain some (much?) of his struggles.
I was thinking the same thing
Jimmy Baseball maybe?
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
but he's not on the team
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
jimmy baseball
correct
did he not play some first? probably better than yadi
i just don’t see him living up to his or fan’s expectations w/o a difficult lifestyle change at 40 yo
tough to do
I may be in a rut, but at least I know where I'm going
yes he played some emergence 1st as he was coming back from injury
and he was pretty good at it & said he could see himself playing there if not for Albert.
i really hope the Cards don’t get my hopes up anymore. this is too freaking awesome to think of him coming back. my heart can’t take this
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I agree.
If this is all a bunch of media-distracting BS I will be so sad. LOVE Jimmy Baseball.
FWIW, Holliday and Pujols’ fan pages on FB both have status updates telling fans to become fan of Jim Edmonds’ new page. I know that facebook stuff is probably not connected to the actual player, but it’s interesting in any event.
"I knew they were up to shenanigans." --TLR
so it's on facebook?
well then it must be real right?
RIGHT?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
too late, my hopes are already sky high
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I am pretty sure (without looking it up)
that Jimmy played a fair bit of 1B and never made an error at the position. I’d imagine he’d still be a ++ fielding 1B, however, I’m also pretty sure he’d struggle to put up a .750OPS now…
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 6:30 AM EST up reply actions
zoinks!
B-ref says .184 BABIP vs. LHP. Don’t know how that compares to his minor league numbers, but it’s gotta be significantly lower. Good to know at least some of it was bad luck. I also see that a certain robot overlord sponsors Colby’s B-ref page
I had no idea it was that low
I expected it to be on the low side and due for a slight uptick at least. But .184 is pretty bad.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Fangraphs...
…had Colby at a 19.6% LD rate overall, but I couldn’t find a “splits” link there.
nope - the only way to get them as far as i know is to run the numbers through pitch f/x yourself.
vep did this for colby and it was terrible – like 5%.
if you don't know what is wrong with me, then you don't know what you've missed. - macmanus
Just ran them again, this time the "FanGraphs" way (with the denominator being balls in play)
It’s 14.6% last year against lefties, compared to the league average lefty on lefty split of 19.2% – at least if I’m calculating these numbers right.
So bad, but not terrible. LD rate is also very subjective and not very predictive at all, especially in such a small sample size as with Rasmus.
by vivaelpujols on Jan 18, 2010 4:06 PM EST up reply actions
What do you think of players that have huge LD% swings
Like Ryan Ludwick in 2008
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 4:07 PM EST up reply actions
Not very meaningful, I don't think
It’s possible that Ludwick legitimately changed his swing or something, but you can’t tell that from the actual data.
by vivaelpujols on Jan 18, 2010 4:22 PM EST up reply actions
But he wouldn't of put up no where the same numbers
If had a lower LD%. He led the league in LD%
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 4:23 PM EST up reply actions
Their is a high correlation between OPS and LD%
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 4:26 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, but there is a low correlation of LD rate year-to-year
by vivaelpujols on Jan 18, 2010 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
So if a player posts a career high LD%
You don’t think their is high probability that player will regress hitting wise the next year?
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
I do,
It’s like with BABIP. BABIP obviously has a causal relationship to performance; however, it’s not very sustainable, so if a player posts super high BABIP, you would regress him more than a player who posted an average BABIP.
LD rate is a little more stable than BABIP, but it’s still not very repeatable.
by vivaelpujols on Jan 18, 2010 4:46 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not actually sure there is, actually
feel free to correct me if I’m wrong but I think I’ve actually seen (can’t recall where) an article showing the correlation of various things to wOBA (or perhaps OPS) and LD% was wayyyy behind stuff like HR/FB, BABIP, K/BB rate, stuff like that, and indeed had a pretty low R2.
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 6:35 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah
I am simply not a believer in LD rate as any sort of predictive (or even descriptive) metric of, well, pretty much anything.
It correlates so weakly to wOBA and fluctuates too much from year to year for any given player.
I suspect the main problem is subjectivity of scoring.
My plea to everybody – please don’t take LD% as a particularly useful stat for, well, anything. It’s maybe vaguely suggestive that someone is squaring up to the ball well or badly, but even that doesn’t tell us a huge amount about how well they hit or are going to hit.
BOOOO! DOWN WITH LD%!!!!!!
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 6:33 AM EST up reply actions
....and I also see that the number one suggested search
when you type “Colby Rasmus” in Google is “Colby Rasmus Girlfried.” Seriously Clemson? Give it a rest, stalker. Besides, we all know Colby’s just waiting for Geiger girl to be legal.
I am slightly concerned that if they get it on
he will have a fire burning somewhere other than the outfield.
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 18, 2010 1:06 PM EST up reply actions
Easy, Monk
Geiger is a member of VEB, you know
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 18, 2010 1:34 PM EST up reply actions
What?
I heard she makes a good chilliburger. S’all.
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 18, 2010 1:35 PM EST up reply actions
also
she hasn’t logged in here for about 4 months now.
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 18, 2010 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
interestingly
around the time I read the article where Colby met her, I realized she wasn’t posting anymore
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
I'm sure someone will chime in
but all the players get a hit on that site. it’s either that or “wife”.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Jan 18, 2010 12:14 PM EST up reply actions
oh that's right
I forgot all the exceptions.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Jan 18, 2010 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
I'm Assuming This Must Have Been Posted Before...
but holy shit, people… really?
by mynameistyler on Jan 18, 2010 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
She posted here during the season
The Remix is much better
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
If Someone Asked Me...
what the worst idea I could imagine for a video about Colby Rasmus, that would exceed my fears by ten fold.
by mynameistyler on Jan 18, 2010 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
Really?
I would think it would involve a night vision camera and Joe Strauss
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
Anything Involving Sour Joe Strauss...
is out of consideration.
by mynameistyler on Jan 18, 2010 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
i will now have to burn that image out of my head
screw you, flim…screw. you.
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
I think the unplugged acoustic VEB cover is my favorite
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Some VEB'er had a YouTube video of it
I can’t remember who it was though. I’ma do some research and get back to you…
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
"Corky Ramone" did it
It was VEBer LandSickness
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
No offense to whoever did it
But it kind of creeped me out
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
I loved it
I don’t think it would have worked for me if he hadn’t just done it straight up and legit-like.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I can't believe the perpetrator never owned up
lurker? Or one of you f’ckers?
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 6:35 AM EST up reply actions
Um...
LandSickness took credit. Are you saying that’s a pseudonym?
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
no.
I am saying that unlike SOME people, Matty, I don’t spend every waking hour on this blog ;-).
Oh, erm, actually…
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
shot at gdm right outta nowhere
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
He took credit.
And if he hadn’t I would have outed him. I know who he is in real life.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Jan 19, 2010 11:14 AM EST up reply actions
creeeeeepy?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
We went to the same high school!
It is not creepy.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
i was joking
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Here's the fanshot about it
http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2009/10/1/1063439/alright-whos-work-is-this-unless
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I think the remix may have been lost in the purchase of imeem.
…f’in MySpace.
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i've got it too if you've lost it DJ VEX
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Mind shippin it my way?
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mind telling me how i would do that?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Awkward...i typed stuff in the comment box...
vexedtechie at gmail dot com
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by vexedtechie on Jan 19, 2010 12:49 AM EST up reply actions
check your email, hope it came through
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Sure did; thanks.
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I choose to believe you're wrong...
at least until a better option presents himself.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
And he's friends with McGwire. Probably throwing this out to distract the media a bit.
Now with extra feisty!
by spants on Jan 18, 2010 12:09 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
beat me to it
A couple of suggestive quotes from LaRussa and Edmonds-to-Cards-bench can become another McGwire-as-pinch-hitter sort of distraction, to give the media something to talk about other than McGwire-made-the-baby-Jeebus-cry-ZOMG-ZOMG-WTF.
So we're assuming Edmunds would be a player?
I dunno why. If he were putting on hitting displays somewhere I’d imagine we’d have heard about it. maybe the Cards want a better outfield coach for Rasmus.
I think Edmonds would make a good coach
I think he has shown that he’s very observant and smart about the game at the very least. I believe his words, joking or no, were “play” for the Cardinals, though. Who knows. Moar Jimmy speculation!!!1
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I’ve heard many times how Edmonds has near supernatural abilities to steal signs and pick up on pitchers tiping their pitches.
Is there a coaching position for this? Is this what bench coaches actually do? I’ve never known…
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Jan 18, 2010 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
I recall
the Cards suddenly turning it on against a particular pitcher one day, and afterwards they said Edmonds had identified something that was off in his delivery…..wish I could remember what game that was. 2005 some time, maybe?
There was a game against the Cubs with Sean Marshall pitching
We got about 3 at bats before Piniella made Marshall pitch from the stretch.
If Jimmy was the outfield coach
I’m pretty sure his philosophy would be summarized as. MOAR WEBGEMS. I really don’t think we need an outfield of people laying out for every ball they can.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Good point
also… if he could teach Colby how to talk in the outfield I’d be on board…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
SELL IT!
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Colby DOES need to lay out more
he pulled out of going for a few catchable balls last year, and I don’t think that’s just my bias because I really like him and I think he’s otherwise a very good fielder (great routes, athletic, plus plus speed etc). He is a little too conservative. Making an out is far more important than the risk of turning a single into a double in most situations.
I wonder if playing the OF can be a bit like I sometimes find with volleyball – sometimes if you’re not used to diving for a ball and going full-stretch for it, you just, well, don’t. It’s something you need to practice and get used to doing because it’s not a very instinctive or natural movement to make.
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 6:39 AM EST up reply actions
What about the risk of injury?
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 19, 2010 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
Someone mentioned once that he will probably get better with that.
I think that is probably true. As he matures I feel like he will get more comfortable in the majors and start “selling it.”
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Jan 19, 2010 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
Also maybe he was so skinny he felt like he would fly farther if he laid out.
Just a thought.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Jan 19, 2010 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
you mean wearing a Cardinals uniform
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Can somebody give me a run down.....
Of what kind of draft picks we’ve picked up or lost through the FA process this year?
Thanks.
Matt Holliday. Nuff said.
i think we pick #28 in the first round
and we’ll have a couple of supplementals, probably in the 40s/early 50s overall.
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 18, 2010 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
correction, #25
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 18, 2010 1:08 PM EST up reply actions
from yesterday's comments
River Ave Blues is doing a nice job updating the draft order as players sign.
http://riveraveblues.com/2010-draft-order/
I don't get that...
how can the Rangers pick 43rd and 47th when the order is determined by win-loss record?
Six years was the hope of the herd;
Unanimous but for one who demurred;
A prescient young man;
By the name of stlfan;
He knew Scotty would have the last word
It's also by FA ranking, right?
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
we'll be due another pick in the 40s
when Pineiro signs somewhere.
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 18, 2010 1:08 PM EST up reply actions
Wow
Angels: 5 picks in the top 40
Rangers: 4 picks in the top 50 and they already have a sick farm system.
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
And also
The Rangers have a hell of a team on the field as well.
Hot Damn
In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his recievers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! "I hope I'll be safe at home!"
-George Carlin (RIP)
I stand by my comments of about 6 months ago
the Rangers are going to absolutely pwn in the ALW for quite some time.
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 6:40 AM EST up reply actions
Oh I agree
It all hinges on Hamilton, though. Without him, they won’t win that division imo.
In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his recievers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! "I hope I'll be safe at home!"
-George Carlin (RIP)
Jimmy Ballgame
I kind of like the idea of bringing him back. He was on some really good teams, and I’d imagine, would bring some good leadership. Might be able to give Colby some pointers too. Would rather he be the 5th OF, but that probably isn’t an option, since I think Mather or Craig will also probably be on the roster. I’d probably be okay with this option so long as we’re doing something else, like bringing in Sheets.
Matt Holliday. Nuff said.
I don't see the harm in giving him an invite to see what he has left.
40 is definitely not too old to be a solid contributor, especially if the guy was one of the premier centerfielders of the last decade! Will we carry 13 or 14 hitters this year…5 or 6 bench spots?
If you see a guy open the car door for his girlfriend, either the car is new or the girlfriend is.
13 or 12, I'd have thought
I don’t think this team has the pitching to carry a 6-man bullpen, and, given TLR had 8 guys for much of last year, it’s not implausible that we might have only 3 non-catcher bench spots for much of 2010. I’d imagine it’s hard to carry a guy who possibly can’t play the field very well anymore in that scenario, but who knows. I’d love to see him back, as he’s my favourite Card ever, but I can’t help but feel that a season of scuffling as a 5th OFer will sully the memories somewhat…
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 18, 2010 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
you're talking as if he's dead and not merely 40
the guy is in shape, he’s smart about the game and if he can see well and has power left, then i would sure as hell want to have him on the team
probably won’t happen but man would that be one cool 2010 cardinals team
I don't think I'm being unfair
he’s 40, he hasn’t played at all since 2008, and in his last three years he wasn’t much more than an average hitter (in fact he was well below average in 2007, with his post-concussion issues). He’s publicly stated that he’s done with baseball, so I wonder if he’ll be in very good shape or well practiced, and he’s probably not swung a bat in anger for 18 months. Although he was still an above-average CF until 2006, we’re talking 4 years later, after a pretty disastrous year in the field in 2008, and he’s 40 years old. Maybe he could still be an average corner outfielder, I suppose.
If he can hit like he did in 2008 and field a corner, yeah, I think it’s actually probably a fair move. I just don’t want to see my favourite player ever sucking it up in a misguided attempt to make a return when he’s way past his best.
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 6:45 AM EST up reply actions
After the cubs series
in September. TLR showed up at F15teen with a bottle of wine and asked to talk to JED. Listen to that link I posted, he talks about it.
* is an Asshat
link you posted? excuse me?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
a thousand pardons RR
his BFF on the radio talked about it this morning too
they also talked to Bubbles about this & other crap.
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
In case no one else heard it.....
JED was on the Morning After on Friday. Segment 5. He has no intention on playing. He thought about it last year, but it didn’t work out.
Mickey F. Mouse.
* is an Asshat
and after that...
Jim Edmonds wants his No. 15 uniform back. After hanging out with his old teammates all weekend, he wants to stage a comeback with the Cardinals.
In fact, he told the crowd assembled at the Animal Rescue Foundation benefit Sunday night that he would play for free. Edmonds later amended his offer, saying he would play for minimum plus some expense considerations
On friday he said he didn’t want to. And on Sunday he said he did. Maybe the Brett Farve win changed his mind.
some eediot states in a comment..
Arch Card January 18, 2010 7:51AM CST
Sorry Jimmy – once a Cub, always a Cub. Play the kids. The kids are alright.
umm.. while I was heartbroken he played for the cubs, you can’t down the guy for playing somewhere for a job, he probably didn’t know at that time that he was going to not play anymore afterwards and its playing time. Anyways, this poster must not like Lou Brock either.
Or Aaron Miles...
and it’s hard to underestimate his legacy (the guy who blocked Skippy’s conversion?)
Jimmy in a Cubs uni
never looked right. I think that it was a shot towards the Cards (possibly, anyway) but I think it’s good that Jimmy might (?) want to come back and play for us.
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by zoomzoomj88 on Jan 18, 2010 11:14 AM EST up reply actions
that person who made that comment is a *
and no, that was not sarcastic
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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by mattyfrommo on Jan 18, 2010 11:41 AM EST up reply actions
If we could bring back Lankford...
then we could definitely bring back Edmonds.
What bench lefties do we have? Jay, DJ, Hamilton… Skip or Ludwick could play center in an emergency.
Six years was the hope of the herd;
Unanimous but for one who demurred;
A prescient young man;
By the name of stlfan;
He knew Scotty would have the last word
No Jimmy
Loved him too but don’t want to get sad seeing him flounder. With Church gone I don’t see any low hanging free agent outfielders who have a better shot of helping us than Craig, Jay and Mather. And remember they’re not the only ones. DJ and Henley might be ready some time this year too. None of these guys are starter material but those roles are filled anyway. Mather or Craig would give us another hand at 3b and Jay can play center as well or better than Colby. Seems like a really silly time to pay anybody over the minimum to fill outfield spots this year.
Kiko’s stats indicate he’s got a lot left and I’d love to have him. If we can then afford Garland and if he’s healthy I’d do a one year fling with him.
DJ and Henley might be ready some time this year too.
I really don’t think that’s the case. DJ still needs to learn how to play baseball, I expect he might start in AAA but I really don’t see him getting the call, given how much he struggled with injuries and ineffectiveness both last year and in winter ball. He’s a year away yet. Henley will probably start in AA and I think he’s behind DJ on the depth chart, so it’s hard to see him getting the at-bats in Memphis to really force a case fo 2010. Also, he’s probably long odds to be more than a 4th OF type with an underpowered LH bat, and we’ve sort of already got that in Jay, who I imagine gets first crack at the job.
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 18, 2010 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
Henley had a good winter
But he will not make this team no matter good of a spring he has. The only AAA OFer’s that have a chance of making this team is Allen Craig, Joe Mather, and Jon Jay in that order.
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
I think Jay probably makes it with a good ST, actually
just a feeling. He’s a great fielder and he can handle centre, and, if we don’t sign a LH bat (which is looking increasingly unlikely, although Jimmy would be kinda cool, despite my reservations about him), which TLR’s been clamouring for, he’s about the only southpaw in the organisation (if you don’t count Ruben “Replacement Level” Gotay) who has a chance of making the team. FWIW, I don’t really think we need another lefty, as we’ve got two decent lefties (Schu and Ras) with pretty big platoon split issues, and a righty (Ludwick) with a reverse split.
Whilst it’d be nice to have a lefty on the bench, unless it’s a real “impact” guy, they probably won’t be THAT much better than Allen Craig or someone as a PH vs RHP, and Schu (and possibly Rasmus) will be on the bench against lefty starters anyhow. I could live without a lefty. If they really wanted one, it should’ve been Hinske anyway. It’d annoy me if they sign a lesser player (Tracy, Gross) for anything close to the $1.5m Hinske cost.
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 6:50 AM EST up reply actions
I still am not sure whether Tony knows about Ludwick's reverse split
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
This Edmonds thing is a non-story
the Cardinals continue to run an effective smokescreen for the media to lay off BIg Mac. It’s an impressive side story but it helps when the media “dutifully” reports on it the moment it says.
Next story: Random blogger challenges Cardinals to give him a workout; Mozeliak shakes head cryptically in response
Think; It's not illegal yet.
I guy I work with
Said that signing Holliday was a ploy to get people soften up before Big Mac decided to amitted to steriods. $130m to soften up the media before bringing in a hitting coach. Some people amaze me.
IT'S A CONSPIRACY!!!!!!
EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED, MAN
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
buzz killing robot overlord
So are you saying you might have a chance at a workout?
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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by mattyfrommo on Jan 18, 2010 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
But we need non-stories!
Don’t ruin this for us, azru!
In seriousness, that’s probably the most likely explanation. Or else Jimmy is just having some fun in the Vince Coleman “Give me a job!” kind of way. Except Vince was probably not joking at all… whatever, you guys get my point.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Vince!!!!
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Jan 18, 2010 12:29 PM EST up reply actions
my dream job is to do
Disinformation for a PR Firm
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
Say, regarding that picture
I know steroids can do weird things to a guy but can it make you grow baseballs?
by easy on Jan 18, 2010 11:15 AM EST reply actions 11 recs
haha!
rec’d
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by zoomzoomj88 on Jan 18, 2010 11:20 AM EST up reply actions
Colby looks like he's in awe of McGwire
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
"Oh my god, he's touching me. Ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod."
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
the longer I look at that photo
the more disturbed I become…
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
...why not both at the same time?
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
Just imagine how Joe Strauss felt
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
by mysterui on Jan 18, 2010 12:31 PM EST up reply actions 10 recs
damn you
rec.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Jan 18, 2010 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
Are they saying "I find this menacing, yet sexual"?
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 18, 2010 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
I imagine Colby is just stupefied
“Whoa… his beard is like,… so grey.”
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
It looks lie some Patches O'Houlihan training exercise
“Now you can see where I’ve attached this ball, and you’re gonna swing dammit, as hard as you can. If you can hit a junk ball, you can hit a Wandy curve.”
that pic puts the "junk" in "junk ball."
if you don't know what is wrong with me, then you don't know what you've missed. - macmanus
am I the only one who digs Trever Miller?
or maybe it’s his interviews. they should have more interviews where he’s talking his no-nonsense “we’ll get ’em next time” talk and the bullpen is going crazy behind him.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
I have only seen a couple with him but I like him a lot too
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
We must sign Edmundo
So that when I wear my Jimmy jersey proudly to the ballpark this year, I look hip instead of like a guy who has been consistently too poor to get a new, more contemporary jersey.
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
sorry to break it to you, but the half-shirt is never going to be hip
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Jan 18, 2010 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
I WANT THIS ON MY TEEM
Six years was the hope of the herd;
Unanimous but for one who demurred;
A prescient young man;
By the name of stlfan;
He knew Scotty would have the last word
maybe shirt tucking would restrict his diving ability?
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 12:44 PM EST up reply actions
Or..
…his ability to look like one of Madonna’s back-up dancers, circa 1986.
or...
a lead role as Sam Fisher. Too bad about the voice, though.
Dots Miller for HOF. 'cuz a name means everything!
but do you want this?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
and what if I do?
Blaine Matthew Burns: Albert Pujols' biggest fan (his first words will for sure be "Albert Pujols is RIDICULOUS")
not that there's anything wrong with that
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
That sort of thing is vital to team chemistry
Butt slaps and crotch grabs are the base of every manstew.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Your swing is good, but what is best in life? Colby!?
To crush enemy pitchers… see liners driven before you… and to hear the lamentation of their fans!
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Per Goold's Twitter
“Allen Craig has been taking grounders at 3B. He’s also worked on his throwing mechanics — one reason he moved to LF. #stlcards”
YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
I SENSE A LARUSSIAN COMPETITION FOR THIRD BASE, Y'ALL
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
Well TLR said he wants a competition at 3B even if Freese will win
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
We need competition everywhere...
I hope our first baseman shows up in shape and ready to go… otherwise I’d give Hamilton a shot and see how he does. There shouldn’t be any free rides based on past performance.
Six years was the hope of the herd;
Unanimous but for one who demurred;
A prescient young man;
By the name of stlfan;
He knew Scotty would have the last word
by guayzimi on Jan 18, 2010 12:43 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
doesn't Albert say that he comes to camp every year hoping to win a spot on the roster?
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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by mattyfrommo on Jan 18, 2010 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
That way all
the players on the team feel he earned it, and he will be respected….or something like that.
* is an Asshat
Allen Craig finally freed?
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Halfway house at best...
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
new Tweet from DGoold
La Russa sees opening for position player who can play both third and outfield
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
Skip could probably play third, yeah?
I mean, ANYONE can play third.
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
Julio Lugo begs to differ.
In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his recievers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! "I hope I'll be safe at home!"
-George Carlin (RIP)
by Taskmaster on Jan 18, 2010 4:03 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I actually think Skip could
he handled the ball really well at 2B from what I recall, he’s athletic, and he has a strong arm. I actually think (given his slightly reduced range at 2B) that 3B suits him better. Maybe a bit of a stretch to go for his 3rd position in as many years, though!
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 6:52 AM EST up reply actions
No, unfreesed.
There was Gibson in the Reds' dugout, visibly manhandling about three Reds and tossing them bodily out of the dugout and onto the field...He was the toughest athlete mentally I ever saw, and the greatest competitor. JACK BUCK
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Jan 18, 2010 11:18 PM EST up reply actions
"I know it's hard to understand, Colby-wan..."
“…but you have to believe me. You must turn around and hit righty. Yes, I know, it’s shocking and confusing. I see the fear in your eyes. But you must trust me. This is the only way to truly maximize your dinger output.”
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
by mojowo11 on Jan 18, 2010 12:40 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Vexed......Your mission
photoshop all of our left handed players into right handed dinger hitting machines….
* is an Asshat
Do we need 'em roided out too?
I mean it’s not gonna be hard….
Note: Above comment may contain gratuitous amounts of sarcasm.
BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
Here's a sample of what I got so far
Gotta get the numbers and logo back on there, but with the side-by-side, you can see the bulk-up that Clobber Rasmus has now (forearms, biceps, traps).
Note: Above comment may contain gratuitous amounts of sarcasm.
BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
That's like one of those
“find the differences between these two pictures” puzzles from my youth
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 19, 2010 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
Highlights puzzles "from your youth"
or Naked Photo Hunt from last weekend?
by brackenthebox on Jan 19, 2010 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
they do the differences puzzles in some chick mag now...my wife reads it
finds the diffs and then gives it to me to see if i can beat her…generally i can’t unfortunately.
There'd be a sudden increase in left-handed catchers
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
No there wouldn't.
I’m no rookie. Remember, I’m in the bigs.
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BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
I posted this yesterday but seems relevant for this thread
Franklin says he’s been told no other reliever will be signed
He will get the ball every single time there is a save situation
Franklin goes on to say he has never been more tired in his entire life this offseason based on the work that he went through in 2009.
what could possibly go wrong?
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
by rocKStark5 on Jan 18, 2010 1:10 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Ugh, I was hoping that seeing that yesterday was a horrible, PED-induced nightmare.
Guess I need to stock up on some more PEDs for the season.
Albertofstan.
F* Yeah!
by Bring Back Tommy Herr! on Jan 18, 2010 1:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
ah, jeez...
why AREN’T we signing Calero right now? We need arms, dammit!
Dots Miller for HOF. 'cuz a name means everything!
YES
THAT JUST MEANS WE WILL SIGN SMOLTZ UNDER THE VEIL OF SIGNING A STARTER AND MAKE HIM CLOSER SMOLTZ FOR CLOSER AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 18, 2010 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Maybe he'll be our fifth starter
…and he’ll also close on days when he’s not starting?
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
that MO
he’s a wily SOB!
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
And again
I don’t see why this is bad. They’re prepping him as “The Closer” and lighting a fire under his ass to get in the physical and mental shape to handle the job. He pitched more innings the two previous years than he did last year, so I think his “fatigue” that he is talking about is all in his head — he wasn’t mentally equipped to handle the job because he went into the season as the set up guy.
This also indicates that they plan to strengthen the back of the rotation with what money is left over after the arbitration signings, and to put the kids in the bullpen, similar to Wainwright in 2006. So Boggs goes to the bullpen, Hawk probably starts as the long man if Jukich isn’t given that job (and I see no reason to give that to him sight unseen, he should have to win it), and Sanchez could possibly be ready for the Show post All Star break. That leaves Garcia, Walters and Ottavino as possible injury replacement options, which isn’t all that enticing, but if our rotation can stay fairly healthy and a 5th starter addition is made, I think that makes a lot more sense than signing a bullpen guy. Hell, we might have the scratch to trade for someone like Heath Bell or Huston Street at the deadline if Franklin totally fails and all the other options do as well.
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
i am not sure Hawksworth is as good as his numbers were last year
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 2:23 PM EST up reply actions
Probably not
But it’s not like Jukich set the world on fire either. Hawksworth should get a chance to win that job because he did pitch well for us last year.
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
projected fips by chone: jukich - 4.88/hawk - 4.71.
not much difference.
if you don't know what is wrong with me, then you don't know what you've missed. - macmanus
Umm, I think
that’s GAWWWW-stab.
There was Gibson in the Reds' dugout, visibly manhandling about three Reds and tossing them bodily out of the dugout and onto the field...He was the toughest athlete mentally I ever saw, and the greatest competitor. JACK BUCK
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Jan 18, 2010 11:26 PM EST up reply actions
His K/9 of only 4.50 really stood out to me
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah.
A smoke-and-mirrors season for him even though he was striking out 7 batters per nine innings in AAA.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
FWIW
If Carp, WW, or Penny all miss significant time this season, we’re pretty much fucked — everyone knows that. So worrying about having 3 starters in AAA who pitch well in the MLB rotation is overthinking a bit, imo.
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
Really?
Losing your Top 3 starters would be a bad thing
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, and that's kinda my point
There is no conceivable way to build a team for the “ULTIMATE WORST CASE SCENARIO”, yet I’ve seen a lot of people around here stating that we should be signing as much starting pitching as we can. I just don’t think that’s being intellectually honest about the situation.
We’re going to roll into the season with at 2 starters that are significant injury risks (Carp and Penny). If either miss significant time we could do one of two things:
- Trade what’s left of the farm for a rental starter
- Fill from the farm and pray.
I think that most of us would rather do #2 in that situation, but that pretty much means giving up on 2010 unless they catch lighting in a bottle with someone like Ottavino OR the rest of the division has similar injury or suckitude issues and we win a really weak division and get healthy in the playoffs, you know, kinda like 2006.
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
So if we signed Smoltz
I think the team would survive if we lost one of Penny, Carp, or Waino for a time. Now all 3 would be horrible but that would be pretty every team in baseball. I think Garcia could pick up the slack.
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 2:32 PM EST up reply actions
I dunno
we probably have about a 5 win projected lead over the Cubs, with average luck all round. I’d say that’s fair.
If we assume Penny’s worth 3 wins and Carp’s worth 4 (both quite bullish projections and higher than I suspect any projection system has them at), we lose 7 wins if BOTH of them are out all year, which puts us 2 wins behind the Cubs. However, if we have two guys in AAA who are above replacement level and can put up, say, 2-3 wins between them (Boggs and Garcia) instead of two guys in AAA who will be lucky to sniff replacement level (I dunno, Walters and Ottavino), that makes a difference, and puts us about neck-and-neck with the Cubbies (and perhaps the Brewers).
We’re still in the race even if two of our rotation go down and, realistically, there WILL be a time during the season when we have two of our rotation injured at the same time, as there has been every year as long as I can recall.
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 6:57 AM EST up reply actions
I think we could get by if Penny missed significant time
Carp or Waino, on the other hand, would be a killer
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 18, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
i told you never to call me here
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Please come home for dinner
The kids miss you
by vivaelpujols on Jan 18, 2010 4:48 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
what are you serving?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
did it?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
So what is everyones guesses for arbitration for Ludwick and Schumaker?
My first guesses were $2.5M and $6.5M but those seem kind of high now.
I am guessing something like $5.55M now ($3.7M/.40 × .60)
Schumaker to me seems a little hard to guess. 2B the last couple years have not been getting shit on the free agent market. Schumaker best comp I think is Luis Castillo of the Mets who is making $6M this year. 1st year arbitration guys make about 40% of what they would get on the free agent market. So something like $2.4M. I think the Cards will get it possibly below $2M though.
My guess is...
neither one goes to arbitration. Both sign one year deals to avoid.
Seriously though…about $2M and $4.5 – 5M.
If you see a guy open the car door for his girlfriend, either the car is new or the girlfriend is.
yeah I don't think either one will actually go to arbitration
Is has been over 10 years since a Cardinal player went to arbitration
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
The last Cardinal to go to arbitration was Bob Horner
and he took them to the cleaners for an extra case of Peeps.
by Mister Eff on Jan 18, 2010 5:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
2 prob close for the cobbler
see kelly johnson
I may be in a rut, but at least I know where I'm going
$2.3m and $5.2m
plucked out of the air pretty much. I think you’re in the right ballpark.
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 18, 2010 1:34 PM EST up reply actions
Actually, Schu could make about $3m....
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 18, 2010 1:34 PM EST up reply actions
Over/under for combo:
$8 million
Six years was the hope of the herd;
Unanimous but for one who demurred;
A prescient young man;
By the name of stlfan;
He knew Scotty would have the last word
I'll take the push
$8 million on the dot, not a dollar more or less!
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I'll take the under
but I bet it’s hella close.
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 18, 2010 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
yeah..
probably the under…
Rickie Weeks made $2.4 mil and Kelly Johnson made $2.8 mill. Skip isn’t as good as either was going into 2009. I don’t know of a good comp for ludwick, but $6 mill is probably too high for a 2nd year guy coming off a bad season:
I’ll say $2.1 for Skip and $5.5 for Ludwick.
Six years was the hope of the herd;
Unanimous but for one who demurred;
A prescient young man;
By the name of stlfan;
He knew Scotty would have the last word
Dunno what the arbitrators look at though
Skip’s got a much higher BA than both of those guys. Weeks and KJ both have more power but Skip’s also been our defacto leadoff hitter for like 3 years now. I think he could make somewhere in the 2-3 mill ballpark, and those two are probably good comparisons.
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 6:59 AM EST up reply actions
I'd rather not hand out a multi-year deal to Skip.
Especially when we don’t have to do so.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Right.
I don’t think we will see one until after the Pujols contract extension is ironed out.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Moz pretty much said No their would not be
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 2:29 PM EST up reply actions
than maybe mo doesn't think he needs to sign a reliever to put out they're
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
I'll take the Over
Blaine Matthew Burns: Albert Pujols' biggest fan (his first words will for sure be "Albert Pujols is RIDICULOUS")
I'll guess they make 7.5 combined
and Lincecum will get 12 as an Arb1
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by YesWeOquendo on Jan 18, 2010 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
OT: VivaElBirdos iPhone app?
So I’ve been thinking, wouldn’t it be cool if VEB had an iPhone app? (Yes, I know I’m not the first person to think of this.)
I realize the site is mobile-friendly, and I appreciate that (thanks SBN!). The mobile-friendly nature of VEB, FanGraphs blogs, Joe Posnaski’s blog, and a bunch of other baseball sites is really tremendous, and those sites make up most of my Safari mobile bookmarks. But I think it’s pretty clear at this point that a dedicated app affords a much cleaner, more user-friendly experience than browsing around in mobile Safari (or whatever your smartphone of choice uses). Imagine live comment updates on your phone!
Some of you may have seen that MLBTR is probably going to be developing an app. There are other baseball blogs that are developing apps as well. It’s a trend. All the cool kids are doing it.
I don’t know exactly how this would work with SBNation — perhaps they’d prefer to develop an app, rather than have VEB try to make one somehow. I’m just throwing the idea out there for general discussion — I know that I’d be willing to pay a few bucks for a VEB app, and that it would probably end up smack dab on the first page of my iPhone.
Thoughts? Anyone experienced with app development who might have insight? Bueller? Bueller?
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
yeah
mobile veb is useless without this. it won’t autoupdate, but it will go ahead and mark all the comments as read if i’m logged in
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
i guess it's not the autoupdating that i have a problem with
it’s that in no way do new comments stand out from read comments. so if i’m waiting on one specific reply or keeping up with a specific thread i have no way of knowing of other new posts and then when i get to a computer, they’re all marked as read
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
Apps
This will likely hijack your point, which I agree with wholeheartedly, but, I just got an iPod Touch for Christmas. Could folks list some good baseball apps? I have the MLB one.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
sportacular
(for the gambler) is nice as it lists pregame odds.
along with a better-than-mediocre interface for showing realtime results.
I will second this request
and if someone could link me to that awesome jet fighter app that I spent hours playing one drunken night on someone else’s IPod touch, I will be eternally grateful.
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I have the FanGraphs app, but that's about it
I haven’t found very many good baseball apps. I have Baseball Superstars 2010, which is a fun little game, and you might be interested in the 2nd Guesser. But other than that, there’s not much out there.
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
To support the site, and to encourage further development of the app, yes
In terms of whether I use the app much, no. I rarely even open the thing, and until they add the blogs to it, that probably won’t change.
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
what's a app? what's a iphone?
is that like a walkie talkie? Get off my lawn!
There was Gibson in the Reds' dugout, visibly manhandling about three Reds and tossing them bodily out of the dugout and onto the field...He was the toughest athlete mentally I ever saw, and the greatest competitor. JACK BUCK
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Jan 18, 2010 11:33 PM EST up reply actions
Count me intrigued at the prospect of the real no. 15 returning to St. Louis.
Yes, he is 40-years-old. Yes, he has not played professional baseball since a Cubs loss in October 2008 (if he even played in that game). Yes, he and St. Louis had a bit of a falling out (although, I consider this a sentimental reason to bring back into the fold). I understand all of this. But, he did OPS over .800 with Chicago in 2008. If he is willing to be a part-time bench player, he could be the lefthanded power hitter we need and also bring his vast knowledge of the game back to our clubhouse. Why not invite him to Spring Training?
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
i'm not okay
with him denying a roster spot to allen craig
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
Neither am I.
But, is the proposition either Edmonds or Craig?
C: Yadi
1B: Pujols
2B: Skip
SS: Ryan
3B: Freese
RF: Ludwick
LF: Holliday
CF: Rasmus
Bench: LaRue, Lugo, Edmonds, Craig
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
i don't see tony
carrying 5 OFers and only one backup IFer
i think the bench is more likely to be lugo, craig, larue, gotay/greene
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
To me,
and I’ve been voicing this perhaps too often, Craig is a lot like Spezio. I see him as a back-up outfielder/infielder in that he can play third base and is a decent defensive outfielder.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
that's actually a good point
and we just heard that AC is practicing his 3B skills. in that case, i really don’t see how it could hurt to sign jimmy for lg min. he needs to get in shape fast, though
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
If we (crazy, I know, Tony) only carry one long-man in the pen
rather than like, 2 or 3, we can have Tyler Greene on the bench too (i.e. someone who can actually defend well in the infield). I actually quite like that lineup, although we’re still probably short a backup CF, I guess Edmonds or Ludwick can perhaps make one start per week there.
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 7:01 AM EST up reply actions
hell, I am okay with him getting a ST invite
if only so that he can retire a Cardinal.
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He's played some 1B in the past
If Troy Glaus can go from 3B to 1B, then why can’t Jimmy go from (CF to) 1B to 3B?
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 18, 2010 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
Tony is just crazy enough to try a lefty throwing third baseman
just barely crazy enough though
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Program Creates Computer-Generated Sports Stories
StatsMonkey takes the statistics from a baseball game and produces a computer-generated news story about that game.
I read about this in the NY Times.
It could save newspapers a lot of money.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
maybe
It seems pretty cool for the Little League email newsletter though
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 2:30 PM EST up reply actions
Very good point.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Or the next Jeff Gordon Article.
* is an Asshat
by RiverRat on Jan 18, 2010 2:32 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Dan,
The NY Times story had an example of a computer-written story. It wasn’t terrible. And I came across a college basketball game story that I am pretty sure was written by the program (although, I’m not certain).
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
This sounds like something Strat-O-Matic came up with years ago
to add recaps of baseball games played in their computer game (I was in a Strat league for many years in the ’90s/early oughts).
There was Gibson in the Reds' dugout, visibly manhandling about three Reds and tossing them bodily out of the dugout and onto the field...He was the toughest athlete mentally I ever saw, and the greatest competitor. JACK BUCK
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Jan 18, 2010 11:38 PM EST up reply actions
KMac getting look at 5th starter role
I kid you not:
“La Russa says McClellan will get look at fifth starter role.” (via Goold)
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Haven't they been saying that every year
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
who is surprised by this
it’s been the case all along that kmac was a starting candidate, but only when he could be put there and left there
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
That...that would not go well
I’m not sure why I’m so sure of that, I just am. K-Mac is a decent bullpen arm, but I can’t fathom him starting.
Then again, Looper somehow did it, so who knows.
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
Looper was also nearly a win BELOW REPLACEMENT in 2009.
We have a fifth starter. He is called Jaime F’ing Garcia. We’ve also got two more career starters in the pen (Hawk & Boggs). Why do we need to put a (more or less) career bullpen guy in the rotation?
That said, KMac (at his current rate of production) is kinda worthless in the pen, and I suppose he has the variety of pitches to just about make it work. Still, I can’t see him being much better than, say, Hawksworth.
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 7:04 AM EST up reply actions
Well yeah, Looper sucks now,
but to be fair, he was at a win above replacement every year he started with the Cards.
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
From Dustin Mattison's
TLR on Edmonds’ return: Will give him serious discussion out of respect.#wwu
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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good
I would be all for an Edomnds return. I would just hope that he wouldn’t complain about playing time if he was a backup.
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Edomnds = Edmonds
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I am fine with that kind of spelling mistake
at least it wasn’t Edmunds
or McGuire
or Ludwig
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yeah
I get annoyed with those too
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I was gonna say this
Who is this Edwards kid anyway?
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Tony: Mo, Jimmy wants to come back and I said I'd discuss it with you out of respect for his Cardinal career.
Mo: No
Tony: Well, I tried….now there’s this pinch hitting with Mac thing I’d li…
Mo: No
Tony: Uhm, ok, can we keep Frankie as the closer? I mean, that nut shot wasn’t his fault and we know how good that Blake guy is…definitely someone you’ll pitch around in that situation. I think if he gets the job out of spr….
Mo: If I say “Yes”, will you go away so I can go back to watching the 2006 World Series on DVD?
Tony: Sure, I’ll ju…..
Mo: Yes on Frankie — now, don’t you have a puppy to go save? The Detroit bullpen is demonstrating their “throwing to 1st base skills”…I effing LOVE this part…….
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
by fourstick on Jan 18, 2010 2:45 PM EST up reply actions 16 recs
haha
+1
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I watched Game 5 from my DVD set last night
Great memories
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 18, 2010 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
It was on MLB network yesterday as well.
It’s now on the DVR. They just re aired the entire 2006 world series in two days.
indeed
I got to brag to my friends who are Tigers fans (as I’m one of the only Cards fans around Detroit that I know of)
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aannnndddd green
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
FSM Midwest
is having a Winter Warm-up preview show tonight at 9 central time, or after the Blues-BlueJacket game
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pujols willing to take discount
http://www.globe-democrat.com/news/2010/jan/18/mondays-autograph-schedule-cardinals-winter-warm-/
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
I was just in the middle of posting Rains' tweet
that is one of my favorite tweets EVAR!
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Make this happen, Mo.
“For me I want to be here forever,” Pujols said
Albertofstan.
F* Yeah!
by Bring Back Tommy Herr! on Jan 18, 2010 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
from the same article
DeWitt speaks:
Cardinals’ President Bill DeWitt III held a question-and-answer session with fans Monday and said he was "cautiously optimistic" the team will break ground on Ballpark Village some time this year.
Ha Ha, Ha Ha Ha, Ha
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we destroyed the wetlands where the GOB reside
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
give pujols the discount contract
and make him mayor of ballpark village
by DanUpBaby on Jan 18, 2010 2:53 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
With that and ruling
Albertofstan the man will have a lot on his plate…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
it can be like the Vatican?
tiny city-state… controlling vast international holdings…
yeah, /politics, but the vast international holdings of Andorra are unconfirmed.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Our Latin American players will start setting up residence in Ballpark Village
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Yah, but our King is good at taking care of those things on or around his plate.
by ADMDrayson on Jan 18, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
how is this not rec'd up?
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 7:06 AM EST up reply actions
2. Rename “Ball Park Village” Albertofstan.
3. ….
4. Profit!
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
by fourstick on Jan 18, 2010 2:55 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
all kidding aside
that would be so awesome, and it probably would attract a lot more business than some place called Ballpark VIllage
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To quote our former President:
There’s an old saying in [St. Louis]— I know it’s in Texas, probably in [St. Louis] — that says, fool me once, shame on — [pauses] – shame on you. Fool me — You can’t get fooled again.
by Ray Lankford on Jan 18, 2010 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
Also good to see that
Lohse is healthy enough to frag Joel to death in XBOS and that Rick Hacker will be signing autographs for himself at the Winter Warm up with everyone looks at him and tries to figure out who he is.
Then one person will come up and ask about the Denkinger play and everyone else in line will go “Oh, NOW I remember Rick Hacker”
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
I always thought it was Rich Hacker
I suppose he is so obscure that even the G-D couldn’t get his name right
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It's Rich Hacker on his wikipedia page
but I guess he could go by either.
Great baseball name though — right up there with Rex Hudler.
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
wow, my memory was correct ?
and c’mon …Ed Mickelson? 41 career PAs and he is signing autographs?
I suppose I can’t be upset with the Cards putting someone from the WAY BACK era out there, but has anyone here ever even heard of him?
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I have-
He’s been a guest on the sports talk show that Lindenwood does. (I worked at the LU TV station) He’s got some good stories, at least.
Who would want Matt Pagnozzi's autograph?
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 2:51 PM EST up reply actions
Oh c'mon Flim, admit it
You know you’ve got your binder of “replacement level” autographs on your bookshelf. You know, the one with Mike Mahoney and Mike Parisi in it?
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
I think the worst I got is Bernard Gilkey and he wasn't that bad
I think Matt Pagnozzi lowers the value of a brand new ball
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
You could sell it back to him
in twenty years.
by Mister Eff on Jan 18, 2010 2:56 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I have a ball from '88
With Pendleton, Ozzie, Willie, Pena, AND Tom Lawless and Mike Laga.
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
I would actually buy that ball
awesome memories from all of them, even Pena
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I love that ball
it’s in a case with a bunch of other Cardinal memorabilia.
Just goes to show that you have to get some of the shitty players sometimes — but when you’re 9, you really don’t give a shit, lol
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
my best weird autograph combo
Is Tino Martinez and Jim Edmonds on the same ball. Talk about polar opposites in terms of fan relations.
I also have one with Al and Matheny. Getting Al’s autograph was kinda awesome because I got to hang out in the broadcast booth for an inning or two. Al chatted it up with us between innings while Dan just starred off into space.
And to continue autograph discussion, in my younger years I was an avid autograph seeker, arriving to the game 2+hours early and the what not. Anyway, we were playing the Marlins in 2004 the year after their World Series win so I decided it’d be prudent of me to seek some World Series winning autographs. My friend thought this was disloyal and stuck to the Cardinals side. I waited and thought my pragmatism in autograph seeking had paid off as I got World Series hero Josh Beckett’s autograph. Fully prepared to gloat I stroll back over to the Cardinals side only to confront my friend waving around a newly minted autographed ball from The Mang himself. FML.
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
Resident malcontented betamale
Matt Pagnozzi gets an hour to himself
but the Wagonmaker has to share time with LaRussa?
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you got it wrong
Wagon and TLR chose to share time. No one wanted to sign w/ Pagnozzi.
by _pistol_ on Jan 18, 2010 2:59 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Adam's trying to slip him some barbecue
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
I like that so much I just had to rec it
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poor Pags Lite
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
So true.
If you listen to the audio at the Globe-Democrat’s site, it’s clear that Albert isn’t being the way Strauss is indicating.
Now with extra feisty!
What's funny is that somebody
apparently posted a link to it in the comments section and called him on it, but the comment is mysteriously gone.
* is an Asshat
My comment is still there,
but I also intentionally left out the part where I got that info from G-D. I figured it would get deleted if I put that in.
Now with extra feisty!
I read this comment
Thanks CardsfaninIL for providing the link with the "whole story" why would the post dispatch print only part of Alberts quote? Trying to stir things up? Shame on the post!
— doug
1:48 pm January 18th, 2010
And CardsfaninIL’s comment is gone
* is an Asshat
the P-D got SPANTSED!
do they know the danger they put themselves in by daring to delete your comment?
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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Joe Strauss' pants in particular?
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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damn it, I totally screwed up that comment by forgetting to preview.
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* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
My thought when I read the Globe-Democrat article:
“Wow, how refreshing not to deal with Straussicorn’s negativity.” What’s amazing, is this article demonstrates how awful it is to be held hostage by the P-D for your Cardinal news. If it weren’t for the Globe-Democrat, we would never have known that Pujols is open to a discount and that he wants to be a Cardinal for life. I wonder why Straussicorn attempts to misrepresent Pujols’s statements the way he did. Could he still be grumpy over Pujols not talking to him after the NLDS? Or, is this just the way Straussicorn is? I’ve grown rather tired of his writing and now I don’t have to read him so I won’t. The Globe-Democrat will be my source for non-Goold St. Louis Cardinal news.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
by bgh on Jan 18, 2010 5:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed on the G-D
they’ve done some good reporting so far, hope to see it sustained through ST and through the season. In like, 4 days they managed to completely marginalize the entire P-D sports writing staff imo (minus D.Goold), although it’s hard to hard to say whether that speaks more to the G-D’s competence or the PD’s incompetence
by mattyp on Jan 18, 2010 5:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
i'd say the latter
considering the PD has people like kurt greenbaum and bryan burwell on staff, that pretty much says it all
If you wait unitl midnight
Strauss will tell you.
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 7:11 AM EST up reply actions
don't let him whisper it in your ear.
if you don't know what is wrong with me, then you don't know what you've missed. - macmanus
I really wish people would stop asking him those questions altogether
What’s the point? it’s just going to irritate him, and it’s not like you’re going to get a completely forthcoming answer from him anyway. Maybe it will irritate him so much he’ll decide to leave. Kind of like how I relate to politics – automatically voting against whichever candidate runs the most obnoxious and pervasive ad campaign. Uh…I mean…NO POLITICS!
that's not actually politics
it’s more “game theory”… Which is an interesting topic.
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
Fuck yeah game theory
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
While I feel like the "story" of a Pujols extension has gotten too much coverage,
especially since he is under club control through the 2011 season (or, to put it another way, for two more seasons), I feel this is a perfectly legitimate question to ask Pujols. It is the question that is on every Cardinal fan’s mind. I know it is on mine. Also, I might add that Pujols probably gets much a bigger pass from the St. Louis media than he would in nearly any other market.
The Glove-Democrat story, with accompanying audio, has me very optimistic. This leads me to a tangent. How awesome is posting the mp3 of the question-and-answer? What a novel concept. No longer is the beat writer the gatekeeper. I love it.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
by bgh on Jan 18, 2010 5:22 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I love it, too.
I spent time yesterday and today listening to the audio. Sure, the athletes’ hemming-and-hawing can be annoying, but hearing everything in context is wonderful.
Now with extra feisty!
I agree
I sooo hope the G-D makes it at least through the baseball season. I look forward to this kind of freshness.
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
it looks kind of vanilla to me
and here’s the unicorn. y’all be slippin
btw, i need a new unicorn. i’ve ridden this one for two years now
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Albert speaking to WWL
absolves Big Mac
healing tears not confirmed
images from WWU cements city of homers image
on the other hand, dude, it thaws the cruel heart to hear Albert speak. the accent, it grows on ya.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
So LaRussa says he wants a player that can play OF and also spot start at 3B instead of another Starting Pitcher
Now my first thoughts were Allen Craig but what about Russell Branyan?
wouldn't be a bad idea
You guys may not remember that Branyan was sent to us in that awful year of 2007, and he didn’t do well first time around, but he would be a decent pick-up.
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 7:11 AM EST up reply actions
after his 2009
I’d bet Branyan has his heart set on somewhere where he’d get more consistent playing time.
I would have to think so as well
Allen Craig on the other hand…
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Aaaand Flim mentioned that, never mind.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Leach said pretty much the exact same thing
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 9:10 PM EST up reply actions
The main character reminds of Charlie Brown
And the Parents seem awfully lax about their kid going out multiple times at night
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
That game was very fun but for some reason I couldn't stick with it for very long
Some people swear by it though.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I'll stick with the pitcher
I feel like we can withstand below average from 3rd base and we have good in-house 4th outfielder choices but if our starting pitching tanks/gets injured, then we’re screwed.
That said, I wouldn’t be mad at a Branyan signing.
by purple_haze on Jan 18, 2010 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
HFS
this Edmonds stuff is actually serious.
From the Good Reporter
Pitcher Adam Wainwright, who was in attendance at both the show and the part, said Edmonds is serious.
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
I'd like to see that proof
and none of this crazy hyperbolic plane nonsense either…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
1+5 = 6
There’s a lot of numbers it’s true. But 1+5 is a serious number.
by Evilfrog on Jan 18, 2010 3:41 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I see what you did there...
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
4 legs good 2 legs bad
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 18, 2010 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
Right.
I’m serious about an audition too. That doesn’t make it any more likely or any less distracting bullshit.
Think; It's not illegal yet.
LET THE ROBOT PLAY
by Mister Eff on Jan 18, 2010 3:12 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
there will always be anti-robot bigotry in MLB
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
I know Joe Morgan is behind it
I just haven’t figured out how yet…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
I don't even know why the scientists make them
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 18, 2010 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
They used to play
Like Wireless Joe Jackson and Pitching at Bat 5000
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 3:25 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
this distraction idea
seems needlessly complex—and a little late, seeing as we’re deep into the football playoffs and most pontificators have paused the waterworks until baseball is news again. If this were really a play at distracting people I’d think it would happen right after coaches report to Florida for spring training…
Unless
this is all the ground work so that they can resurrect the rumor when coaches report…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Edmonds would dive for everything at third
And then stand up by doing an awkward spinning pirouette as he tries to get himself lined up to throw left-handed to first.
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
Look. Jimmy. Baby...
we had some good times together and I’ll honestly say that it hurt a little that you jumped into bed with the Cubs right after we cut it off. But it’s in the past. How about this – if you stop drunk dialing us, we’ll promise to occasionally picture you in the back of Colby’s head. Ok?
"on gameday it says duke loves to face the four seamer and hates to face the four seamer" -VolsnCards5
"perhaps it's a computer joke about the duality of man." -tom s.
by Tudor's Electric Fan on Jan 18, 2010 8:51 PM EST up reply actions
I am just happy I finally know what Steven Seagal put in the Microwave in Under Siege
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
You're wrong and that's all there is to it
Well, I guess you’re entitled to your opinion, fine… but that’s interesting. I don’t think I’ve met someone who really disliked it before.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
That is funny
Because you are the only person I have met that likes it
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 9:22 PM EST up reply actions
i liked grosse pointe blank.
if you don't know what is wrong with me, then you don't know what you've missed. - macmanus
Ditto, and ditto to spants, below.
But then, I’m a Cusack fan. High Fidelity is just great, Grosse Pointe Blank is very good, and The Grifters is awesome.
There was Gibson in the Reds' dugout, visibly manhandling about three Reds and tossing them bodily out of the dugout and onto the field...He was the toughest athlete mentally I ever saw, and the greatest competitor. JACK BUCK
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Jan 18, 2010 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not sure why I like him but I do
For some reason I totally understand not liking him.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
that movie is just out of the park awesome
it really takes good writing to show snobs being snobby and not have the audience hate them.
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
Resident malcontented betamale
Have you read the book?
Weirdest experience reading a book. I didn’t like any of the characters, except Dick, but I loved the book.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
i haven't and i should
i’ve always heard little tid bits about nick hornby here and there (including his album collaboration with Ben Folds (tentatively scheduled for release this march)!!!!!!!) but have yet to peruse any of his work.
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
Resident malcontented betamale
It's.... OK.
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 7:15 AM EST up reply actions
High Fidelity
might be one of my top 5 all time favorite movies. See what I did there? But I’m not kidding — I keep re-watching it, but it never seems to get old. Contains some real sage advice too, I think. Eg. “Keep my options open…and that’s suicide, by tiny, tiny increments.” Always liked that one. Read the book too, and loved it. Also loved Grosse Point Blank fwiw, though I’m still mystified by the attraction of Minnie Driver as an object of desire in movies.
rewatchability is a great gauge for determining "favorite movies"
and is why high fidelity also makes my list.
and in a fit of tangential stream of consciousness does anyone else agree with me that sam from “garden state”, clem from “eternal sunshine of the spotless mind”, and summer from “500 days of summer” are all the same girl?
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
Resident malcontented betamale
let me explain then
they all
1) seek out passive guys
2) they make a point to get these guys out of their shell
3) they’re all quirky
4) they do all the work to get the relationship started
Ok that’s only 4 reasons but i think they all apply to every character. and yes there are nuanced inconsistencies and i admit its not perfect.
but i’m not trying to write a thesis or veer things wildly off topic into some comparative literature discussion. really just an impression i had and was curious if anyone had the same feeling….also i’m running on like 3ish hours of sleep and i’m slowly losing it. which is why i keep writing. and why i’m still writing. so i’ll just shut up now
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
Resident malcontented betamale
Oh, I thought you were talking about their looks
I only vaguely remember the movies, and I didn’t see 500 days of summer (but I remeber that Zoooooooey Deschanel is in it).
by vivaelpujols on Jan 19, 2010 12:15 AM EST up reply actions
yes.
I haven’t seen the 500 days of Summer movie but a friend told me the whole plot to explain that it was awful and I shouldn’t see it, and then I said, this sounds exactly like eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.
"I knew they were up to shenanigans." --TLR
Also, what kind of a dick friend explains the plot to a movie you have not seen
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
you know, flim
he really is a dick. i kind of already knew that. guess i should have said “colleague” not “friend.” would have been more accurate.
"I knew they were up to shenanigans." --TLR
i for one like going into movies knowing as little as possible
Preferably not even seeing the trailer
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 19, 2010 12:00 AM EST up reply actions
I don't think they are that similar though
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 19, 2010 12:00 AM EST up reply actions
i really wanted to like it.
i identified with the protagonist initially. then he turned out to be a whiny obnoxious prat. which probably means i’m a whiny obnoxious prat.
being true doesn’t make it a good movie.
if you don't know what is wrong with me, then you don't know what you've missed. - macmanus
let me be clear
i love both (well all 3) movies. my point was not to be derisive towards the screenwriters for choosing lazy character types but to point out how this past decade an alternative “ideal girl” has emerged in cinema.
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
Resident malcontented betamale
i've never seen 500 days or eternal
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I honestly don't see the comparison
None of the girls might be considered “mainstream” but on the same note. None of them have the same characters.
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 19, 2010 12:12 AM EST up reply actions
i wish i owned it, that's a freaking awesome movie
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
You need plausible deniablity
when the insurance company starts talking arson…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
I'm a bit concerned at how quick your response was...
almost too quick…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
And here I was thinking you were a decent person...
I guess I got burned trusting my instincts again…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
I just use them to keep my friends out of trouble, not for money.
I only have a single client, its a family business.
That's marginally better
But similar to “I was just following orders” as far as defensive position of the argument.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
haha..a lot less violent and not italian..and perfectly legal...my dad, the boss does look
a lot like the older version of pacino though
Jack Woltz: Now you listen to me, you smooth-talking son-of-a-bitch, let me lay it on the line for you and your boss, whoever he is!
Johnny Fontane will never get that movie! I don’t care how many dago guinea wop greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork!
Tom Hagen: I’m German-Irish.
Jack Woltz: Well, let me tell you something, my kraut-mick friend, I’m gonna make so much trouble for you, you won t know what hit you!
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
A couple years ago I found a box of wine on the side of the street
During Mardi Gras. Yes, I drank it.
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
Anyone averse to HIV...
but that’s a small minority.
by mynameistyler on Jan 18, 2010 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
Drinking blood?
But urine is sterile so there’s nothing to worry about there…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
I don't know...
if there’s exactly ‘nothing to worry about ’ if you’re drinking some identified or unidentified other’s urine.
by mynameistyler on Jan 18, 2010 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
I was just making the point it's sterile...
not that it was a wise idea to be undertaking such things.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
I just looked up on google if you could contract by drinking blood...it seems yes you can
but there was a question in a bulletin board asking if you contract by eating someone who carried HIV..the things people ask.
of course you can
although it becomes non-infective pretty soon after leaving human tissue/blood (e.g. if you spill some blood into a swimming pool), I believe. The virus can’t survive for very long outside of a cell.
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 7:18 AM EST up reply actions
But the bag was sealed
How do you piss in a box of wine?
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
The fact that you've told this story before,
tells me that you are proud of this particular moment in your life.
* is an Asshat
Sounds like a friend of mine who found an unidentified pill on the floor of a frat-house during a party.
by Ray Lankford on Jan 18, 2010 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
I once found a snorter with cocaine it
In my cupboard after we had a party. I was rather confused so I flushed it down the drain so my roommates wouldn’t take it
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, that's what my buddy did too. "Flushed it" down "his drain."
by Ray Lankford on Jan 18, 2010 3:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Last night I had a dream
That the police were trying to bust me for buying drugs in a controlled buy.
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
It's really funny reading your last two posts as though Ray Lankford were telling these stories
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 18, 2010 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
I'll bet RayRay could tell some crazy ones too
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
O/T
The Saints-Vikings game looks like fun. I’m rooting for the Saints, partly because the city of New Orleans is just awesome and Saints fans are long-suffering, partly because I’m sick of the Favre circus. The Cardinals’ offense was pretty damn good and the Saints’ defense just ate them alive, after spotting them 7 on the first play from scrimmage. (I felt awful for Warner when he got annihilated on that interception return….I thought they were gonna strap him to a gurney and wheel him off the field after that.)
I don’t think the Jets can handle the Colts’ varsity squad…I like the Jets’ running game and I like their defense, but the Colts offense isn’t going to make nearly as many mistakes as the Chargers did….Colts-Saints in Miami? That sounds like it would be a hell of a football game.
Even though I hate talking handegg here, I'm going to agree with everything you said.
Now with extra feisty!
I want to like He's Just a Kid Out There
But the retiring-unretiring saga just wore on me. I can’t like him anymore. What he’s doing at his age is amazing and admirable, but seriously, screw that guy.
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
if he wasn't amazing I'd feel the same way, and I did prior to this season...
but I think the biggest problem with it all was the media…covering it non-stop and latching on to every statement and rumor, I know in baseball they don’t tend to do that much, but in handegg its horrid. :)
WWL's constant Favre talk over last 2 years has ruined it for me
Frankly, I don’t really care who goes to the Super Bowl.
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Jimmy has never announced his retirement, has he?
I don’t see how you can compare any athlete to Farve, much less JEd.
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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Roger Clemens?
PEDs aside…retirement? nah, I’ll come back half way through…
Blaine Matthew Burns: Albert Pujols' biggest fan (his first words will for sure be "Albert Pujols is RIDICULOUS")
Clemens seems the best comp
But I don’t remember not wanting to turn on ESPN because Roger Clemens may or may not come back to baseball. Maybe Michael Jordon?
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 6:59 PM EST up reply actions
SIGN DOUG FLUTIE
"on gameday it says duke loves to face the four seamer and hates to face the four seamer" -VolsnCards5
"perhaps it's a computer joke about the duality of man." -tom s.
by Tudor's Electric Fan on Jan 18, 2010 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
i'm rooting for a meteor
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
will that take out the nfl?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
You should root for meteorites instead.
Note: Above comment may contain gratuitous amounts of sarcasm.
BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
by vexedtechie on Jan 19, 2010 12:50 AM EST up reply actions
will they take out the nfl?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
They have a better chance than meteors.
…meteors don’t even hit the Earth….quitters.
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BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
so superman didn't land in a meteor shower?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I have always been a Drew Brees fan since his days at Purdue
So I am rooting for Drew Brees and New Orleans
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 3:58 PM EST up reply actions
I'm going to only comment on the Saints and Vikings
Since well, I am from Indiana, and that just barely influences who I think will win /whistle
I still like Brett Favre. I mean, he’s human. We would have done the same thing in his position. Would you turn down 12 million a year to start on a team that ONLY needs a QB to compete? I sure as hell would not. WWL kind of binged on covering him, and I still resent them for that, but whatever.
Let me just say one thing. Momentum is bullshit. The Saints came in losing their past 3 games, and utterly blow out the Cardinals (I know Warner left). And vice versa with the Chargers, who were winning 11 straight and got thwomped by the very uninspiring Jets. I am tired of the idiot writers saying “The Coltz losez because they havz no momentumz!”. Look at the Cardinals last year, who finished horribly and went to the Super Bowl! /end rant
This is a hard game to pick for me. Both of these teams are complete; they have great running games, passing games, and good defenses. Although, the Minnesota pass D is much to be desired, which will probably be exploited. I will pick the Saints in a 24-21 win.
In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his recievers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! "I hope I'll be safe at home!"
-George Carlin (RIP)
Momentum is bullshit
2009 Saint Louis Cardinals would disagree with you
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 4:22 PM EST up reply actions
Hehe
There were many more problems than momentum. The Phils came in losing 8 of their last 13, and they didn’t seem too bad.
In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his recievers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! "I hope I'll be safe at home!"
-George Carlin (RIP)
I don't what y'al were talking about.
Colby is adorable.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
He does sort of look like a Lost Puppy
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
In The Sense of...
cuteness or perpetual confusion?
by mynameistyler on Jan 18, 2010 4:02 PM EST up reply actions
like something Brad Thompson might kick?
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You mean, other than...
year after year of sub-par, frustrating performances?
by mynameistyler on Jan 18, 2010 4:05 PM EST up reply actions
we're not really questioning _Colby_...
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
OT: If you watch this video
and don’t tear up a little I’m pretty sure you’re not an American… Sorry Monk…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Does this rule apply
to those under 30, because it means nothing to me.
by El Hombre 05 on Jan 18, 2010 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I didn't tear up
but I did have an uncontrollable urge to holler. Good times.
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
i love that so freaking much
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
woo gdm has my back
Knew you were good for something buddy.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
that's one of my all time favorite movies & my all time dreams
if i could drives around the south in a black TA running interference, i would be the happiest man alive
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
A couple years ago
in Champaign they showed it on a big screen at one of the old theatres in town. It was amazing to see it up on the big screen. I can now die a happy man.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
I found this backstage
It’s an oversized novelty hat. It’s funny.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I can not remember the last time I watched SNL
The closest I get is watching 30 Rock
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
Charles Barkley
had a good sketch in the show he did a couple weeks back. If you’re interested.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
actually that whole episode was pretty funny.
it was on in the background of a poker tournament I was at. i hadn’t seen SNL in years, but there were some funny moments throughout.
"I knew they were up to shenanigans." --TLR
That sketch
shined the brightest to me though… if only for the line of “Let the force be… equal to mass times acceleration.” Ok I’m going to go back to acting like I’m not an engineering nerd…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
It's a joke that only select people understood
But hilarious to the people who got it… since I’m willing to bet the people who get physics jokes may also be Star Wars fans…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
your a lawyer, you pay poker & love the Cards enough to blog about them
HFS®
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
what if I'm in front of the TV in the family room watching HIMYM?
"I knew they were up to shenanigans." --TLR
Hey, I already watched that two hours ago!
West coast FTW
by vivaelpujols on Jan 19, 2010 12:48 AM EST up reply actions
i don't want to be inappropriate
but i’m shocked your single
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
i said i didn't want to be inappropriate damnit!
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
i'm taking this as a compliment.
but what makes you think i’m single?
"I knew they were up to shenanigans." --TLR
i dunno
I was wondering the same thing. Like what tipped your hand that you were or were not single.
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 19, 2010 3:05 AM EST up reply actions
nevermind, must have confused you with someone else
sorry
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
to be fair to gdm
he is distracted and confused easily
look over there gdm, it’s a itty, bitty puppy———————————————————————→
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Jan 19, 2010 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
he's so happy
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
ha, that's right.
i’m not married, so i guess i’m technically single, but I have a boyfriend.
celebrity crushes are generally harmless, right?
"I knew they were up to shenanigans." --TLR
John Hinckley would like a word with you
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 19, 2010 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
yes, that would also count.
add a haiku or a limerick, and it would be official.
* is an Asshat
Also, Dave Concepcion.
Also
I like that the lyrics mention Texarkana. My wife and I were on a road trip from Dallas to St. Louis once and started talking about how this Texas-portmanteau naming convention should be expanded.
There is already Texarkana and Texoma. Why stop there? Why not have Texafornia? Texabama and Texassippi? North and South Texota? Texabraska and Texaho. Texachusetts! The possibilities are endless.
And it could go international too. Texalajara. The Texatan Peninsula. Texatoba and Texkatchewan, Texa Scotia and Tex Edward Island. Or maybe it should be Prince Texward Island.
Anyway, driving from Dallas to St. Louis is pretty damn boring for the first half, and this was hilarious at the time.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Jan 18, 2010 9:27 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
it's hilarious now
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
lots of fun to be had in texuana, as well...
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
The Florabama is one of the seediest, trashiest, redneckest, awesomest bars in the world
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 19, 2010 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
Warning, buzz kill ahead....
‘cause none of those states border Texas, that’s why. (Of course, technically, Texarkana IS several miles from Louisiana, but it’s still close.
by ArkansasTravs on Jan 19, 2010 7:48 PM EST up reply actions
I was sure that Prince Edward Island bordered Texas...
Drat!
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
how much does this suck for Giants fans?
According to mercurynews.com (via Nathan Kunkel at BTF)
Lincecum has accrued two years, 148 days of service time since his major league debut. According to the basic agreement, players in the top 17 percent of service time between two and three years are eligible for arbitration. Lincecum cleared the bar by nine days."
Doh. Nice move, Sabes.
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
You mean wasting a year of Colby control?
Or something different?
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
I thought it was in reference to the San Fran GM...
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
this was the intent.
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
It's not your fault, VEP.
Blame the internet.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
it was actually pretty good
i’m just a bit hung over and cranky from the freak storm on my 3-day weekend, so I missed it…
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
No way Colby can be a Super Two unless he goes back down to the minors
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 5:36 PM EST up reply actions
I could Jamie Garcia in some way become a Super Two though
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 5:37 PM EST up reply actions
Cot's is updated for service time
according to their estimate, Garcia has 1.048 service years. To make Super Two he would have to have between 2.142 and 3 years service time at the end of a season. The earliest he could reach that level and be eligible for arbitration is after the 2011 season. Keeping him in the minors for three months this season could push his first arb year to after 2012.
Have you noticed Kinney has 2.122 service years. If Memphis misses the playoffs, Kinney is called up 14 days earlier and is a Super Two this offseason. Now he’ll have to wait until next year.
kinney would be a fun arb estimate
I mean, in reality he’d get DFA’d, but trying to find comps for him would be very interesting.
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
i thought he was going to be arb eligible
DFA’d or about 750K
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 19, 2010 1:00 AM EST up reply actions
is it too late to dfa him? one potential upside to paying a FA reliever is that it would upgrade our
bullpen depth to the point i would feel safe just releasing kinney.
right now, we probably need him as depth. but dropping more than league min on him seems like a bad idea.
if you don't know what is wrong with me, then you don't know what you've missed. - macmanus
no matter what
kinney will earn what Mo tells him he’ll earn, this year. IE, pro-rated 450K. He’ll be arb-eligible next year, though.
Anyway, worst case, if you offer someone arb and they accept, you can cut them in ST and only pay something like 1/6 of their arb-decided salary. That does not apply if you settle for an agreement prior to arbitration.
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
i thought kinney was up for arb this year? i guess not.
if you don't know what is wrong with me, then you don't know what you've missed. - macmanus
well, i'm going from what ubeddie says above
haven’t researched it.
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
I don't think he is
I asked around and no one told me he was
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 19, 2010 1:45 AM EST up reply actions
he's not
only luddy and schu link
There was Gibson in the Reds' dugout, visibly manhandling about three Reds and tossing them bodily out of the dugout and onto the field...He was the toughest athlete mentally I ever saw, and the greatest competitor. JACK BUCK
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Jan 19, 2010 2:15 AM EST up reply actions
if we had waited until May to bring him up
we’d control him through 2015 instead of 2014. IE, we traded control over his age-28 season for a month of .662 OPS.
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
Make room for Jimmy
I like it!
No, wait… bad matty, bad!
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
on the other hand, that way Colby won't waste away
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Jan 18, 2010 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
a lot tougher to do that, now
than it was, say, coming off a ~.740 OPS AAA season. There’d be some issues in the clubhouse, I’d imagine.
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
how sad would we be
if we had taken Luke Hochevar with the first overall pick, AND gave him ~2M more than Lincecum got?
At least we had an excuse in 2006, not having a pick until #30…
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
Isnt it a bit dangerous for a pitcher as good as Lincecum to bat Left and throw right,
his throwing arm is out in front…what if he took a in fastball of his elbow…
how did Big Z do?
and where’s Dave Duncan?
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Then he would simply reveal that he's been pitching with his non-dominant hand the whole time.
Plus the wrist weights.
"Of course Kolby Rasmus was going deep! That’s what Kolby Rasmus does! You don’t give Kolby Rasmus second chances!" -Kolby Rasmus
...Super Saiyan?
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Jan 18, 2010 10:39 PM EST up reply actions
He lost his tail a while ago
If he ever makes it to the World Series and gets super pissed at the umps, watch out world. He’ll go all blond and glowy and start tossing around 103 mph fastballs of pure energy.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
this sounded like fun to make
I am the Batman
by CodyG on Jan 19, 2010 1:08 AM EST up reply actions 13 recs
I gave this a rec because that's just how it is
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
Get the F outta my territory.
Note: Above comment may contain gratuitous amounts of sarcasm.
BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
Free at last, free at last
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I have the ideas, but no talent in photoshop...Pujols v. Lidge where Lidge powers up
and Pujols super parries.
In High School I loved DBZ
I ordered all them off ebay and watched them on my computer. They were not subtitled so I tried learning Japanese. I just made up my own subtitles instead.
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 19, 2010 1:47 AM EST up reply actions
yah i have no idea what this is supposed to be
what am i looking at?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
damn those angry mobs, now i'll never figure it out
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
*pitches in*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiMHTK15Pik
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
I like the dotted lines around the picture
It makes it feel like it is a coupon
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 19, 2010 2:05 AM EST up reply actions
Gotta love the marchin' ants.
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BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
a coupon for an ass whoppin
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
by gdm426 on Jan 19, 2010 2:37 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
....
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Protect my balls
Let’s fighting love
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 19, 2010 10:12 AM EST up reply actions
there, i rec'd it cody
now stop following me
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Whoa
I recorded his final PA as a Padre that year. If he hadn’t signed with the Cubs, that would have been his last PA ever (unless of course he came back to someone else or to us at some point)
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 18, 2010 6:39 PM EST up reply actions
Heyman:
9. Cardinals. There’s been a lot of criticism of the $120-million, seven-year deal handed to Matt Holliday, but his numbers were good enough to convince St. Louis to pay him more than Mark Teixeira through his arbitration years. Such is the reward for a player who provided the perfect protection for franchise player Albert Pujols.
Was Holliday not a free agent? Am I missing something?
And lineup protection?
2009 Pujols pre-Holliday – 325/447/698
2009 Pujols post-Holliday – 330/437/600
He says we had the 9th best offseason, one spot behind Milwaukee. Yes, Milwaukee.
Six years was the hope of the herd;
Unanimous but for one who demurred;
A prescient young man;
By the name of stlfan;
He knew Scotty would have the last word
what's that thing Heyman is?
it’s on the tip of my tongue…um….
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
You mean that Milwaukee?
The guys who traded JJ Hardy for Carlos Gomez and signed Randy F. Wolf for 30 million?
by vivaelpujols on Jan 18, 2010 7:24 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah...
and ours was worse.
Six years was the hope of the herd;
Unanimous but for one who demurred;
A prescient young man;
By the name of stlfan;
He knew Scotty would have the last word
I don't know what the hell he's talking about with the Teixeira talk
But that’s not a surprise — it’s Heyman.
I think signing Holliday trumps the combined offseason of Milwaukee, who really haven’t addressed some of their issues (catcher, rotation behind Wolf and Gallardo)
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
I was actually thinking as I typed that out
“watch him throw a no hitter and a perfect game against the Cards next year.”
* is an Asshat
what's it from?
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
Heyman's probably just a little dizzy still from that whuppin' he took on Twitter a few days back
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
certified by guys with fake names
so it’s true
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
And I actually linked to
Craig is formerly Shysterball
From THT. I love his take on things. He is bright and well reasoned.
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
by indakind on Jan 18, 2010 9:39 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I was impressed....
he wrote an article entitled “Tony LaRussa doesn’t give a f**k.” It was a misquoted statement and I wrote a comment telling him TLR said shit. The title was changed within 5 minutes, along with an explanation why.
* is an Asshat
Also, Dave Concepcion.
I'll say it again
that was classic
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Did you listen to the
link on Globe? 37 minute TLR presser. at the end you can hear the scribes…… 37 minutes…HFS
* is an Asshat
Also, Dave Concepcion.
Got a link?
I’d love to see his thoughts on the off-season. Milwaukee had an unquestionably poor one, i think. 3/30 was WAY over what everyone else has paid for pitchers of Wolf’s calibre and record, and LaTroy Hawkins isn’t worth two years of what he’s making, either. AND the Hardy for Gomez deal stunk. So, basically everything Melvin’s done has been mediocre or worse, IMO. So, yeah. 8th best in baseball, for sure…
I hope Ed Wade is in the basement.
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 9:44 AM EST up reply actions
So, Jose Offerman
was banned from the Dominican Winter League for life. For decking an umpire.
* is an Asshat
Also, Dave Concepcion.
On October 30, 2007, Offerman was given two years special probation called “Accelerated Rehabilitation (‘AR’).” Offerman was represented by Attorney Frank J. Riccio II, Esq. of Bridgeport, CT. The Court determined that his actions on August 14, 2007 were of an aberrant nature. The Court also found that Offerman is not likely to offend again in the future
fast forward…
On 16 January 2010, Offerman once again engaged in an on-field assault when he struck an umpire while managing a Dominican Republic winter league game.
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 9:48 AM EST up reply actions
so did your Mom
Trebek!
Wait, did you do that on purpose, or were you “SBN’d”?
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
No...I posted as I was wathing the video...
and I agree with Spants…major no no, but it looked like a weak swing at his chest and the ump went tumbling like he caught one on the chin.
* is an Asshat
Also, Dave Concepcion.
the part where the crowd started yelling death-threats
probably had something to do with the umps leaving…
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
so am I the only one that gets sent to the turd ferguson picture when clicking that link?
and yeah, I think the ump took a dive
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
OT: list all sportswriters/tv/radio that you wish would go away or stfu
i’ll go first:
ken rosenthal, jack clark, bryan burwell, mr strauss, keith law
I don't believe in censorship
except Pat Robertson and that is because he is ruining my good name
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
that word does not mean what you think it means.
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
which one?
don’t equals do not, right?
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 19, 2010 1:47 AM EST up reply actions
Can't hate on Clark
Just can’t bring myself to do it
They say sing while you slave but I just get bored
by Scarecrow7775 on Jan 18, 2010 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
nobody, as far as i can see
just saying i can’t
They say sing while you slave but I just get bored
by Scarecrow7775 on Jan 18, 2010 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
That's what I thought.
They are both former Cardinal Jack Clark.
* is an Asshat
Also, Dave Concepcion.
TV announcers
1) the sad remnants of the Carey family
2) Joe Morgan
3) McCarver
I was going to add the mad hungarian, but his lack of anything provides us with too many jokes in the game threads. Maybe if they could have him stop by just for an inning or two.
Vin Scully should be doing all the games for all the teams. Luck ass Dodger PUNKS!
They say sing while you slave but I just get bored
by Scarecrow7775 on Jan 18, 2010 9:39 PM EST up reply actions
Chris Berman
That is all.
"I learned a long time ago if you keep checking your stats all year, you're going to end up in the toilet." - Chris Carpenter, 2009.
by indakind on Jan 18, 2010 9:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
OMFG SHE'S LEATHER????
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
You're with me, leather.
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Maybe I've watched too much handegg recently:
Tony Siragusa
Every other NFL color guy
Joe Strauss
Joe Buck
Jon Heyman
Dan LeBatard, Jay Marriotti and all the WWL shouters
Six years was the hope of the herd;
Unanimous but for one who demurred;
A prescient young man;
By the name of stlfan;
He knew Scotty would have the last word
Bring back Jack Buck!
There was Gibson in the Reds' dugout, visibly manhandling about three Reds and tossing them bodily out of the dugout and onto the field...He was the toughest athlete mentally I ever saw, and the greatest competitor. JACK BUCK
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Jan 19, 2010 12:08 AM EST up reply actions
I honestly believe Jay Mariotti takes away from my quality of life
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 18, 2010 10:44 PM EST up reply actions
I second this completely.
In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his recievers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! "I hope I'll be safe at home!"
-George Carlin (RIP)
HFS ®
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Jan 18, 2010 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
lurking creepy mofo isn't he?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
adds to the general creepiness of this post
where do those last dollars go …
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Jan 18, 2010 11:22 PM EST up reply actions
Why would you post this?!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 19, 2010 10:13 AM EST up reply actions
Jay Mariotti
is why I believe there is no god.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
i think he proves there is a satan
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
That is a valid point...
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
I like having the corpse of Brent Musberger calling games
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 19, 2010 10:14 AM EST up reply actions
Jeff Fucking Passan
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 9:49 AM EST up reply actions
BCB attempts sabermetrics
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2010/1/17/1255925/uzr-error-fail-or-win-a-lesson-on#comments
What do you guys think?
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO DO ENLIGHTENING PITCH F/X STUDIES EVERY WEEK?!?!?!?!????
I do have a life and school and work you know.
by vivaelpujols on Jan 18, 2010 9:53 PM EST up reply actions
VEB doesn't come first?
Priorities man, PRIORITIES!
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
what is this school & life he's talking about?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
If nothing else.....
after busting your balls…..Throw up a Stuff thread or something so we don’t pollute the previous days thread if you’re gonna miss a day. Just a suggestion.
* is an Asshat
Also, Dave Concepcion.
Honestly it kind of much
I thought he was going talk about WAR than talked about linear weights. It could be rather over whelming for someone that doesn’t really grasp WAR and UZR. I think it would be preferable to start with WAR than work backwards explaing it.
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
P.S I am disappointed in all mods now that don't use sortable tables
I wish I could in my fanpost. But I can’t.
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 9:43 PM EST up reply actions
I agree
I think the concept of WAR is very simple, and it’s not necessary to know the number inputs to get a grasp of what’s happening.
Shawn posting the entire linear weights table makes me think that it will be lost on 95% of BCB readers.
by vivaelpujols on Jan 18, 2010 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
You need to start slow and work your way up to advanced stuff
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 18, 2010 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
Not even that, you need to start with the concept first and then the stats
Here is a great example of that, I believe.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/what-are-little-runs-made-of/
by vivaelpujols on Jan 18, 2010 9:49 PM EST up reply actions
i agree with flim
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 9:53 AM EST up reply actions
He badly needs to add white space...
Those massive blocks of text are too much on the computer.
Six years was the hope of the herd;
Unanimous but for one who demurred;
A prescient young man;
By the name of stlfan;
He knew Scotty would have the last word
kind of like much of bcb...
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Yeah, bring him to Jupiter.
If nothing else, he can work with the young OFs on their salesmanship.
What the hell, it’s only a game.
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Jan 18, 2010 11:18 PM EST up reply actions
One assumes you all can see that
Colby is rocking back on his heels, b/c he’s off-balance, and it appears as though Mac is pointing this out to him. But what’s actually happening is that Mac is telling him that his legs are waaaaaay too skinny, and he needs to bulk up his calves until they’re at least as big as his biceps.
There was Gibson in the Reds' dugout, visibly manhandling about three Reds and tossing them bodily out of the dugout and onto the field...He was the toughest athlete mentally I ever saw, and the greatest competitor. JACK BUCK
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Jan 18, 2010 11:23 PM EST reply actions
I'm pretty sure he's pulling him around to bat righty.
That’s how you hit dingers.
"Of course Kolby Rasmus was going deep! That’s what Kolby Rasmus does! You don’t give Kolby Rasmus second chances!" -Kolby Rasmus
Home Team advantage
Watching Texas about to lose Kansas State makes me wonder why the Big 12 in general is unstoppable at home. Last I checked it was like 112-1 to one for Big 12 teams at home. Why do basketball teams have such crazy home vs away records? I mean the courts are regulation throughout basketball. It just doesn’t make sense to me.
That's a really interesting fact.
I can’t quite explain it at all really. Maybe has something to do with the fan support?
In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his recievers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! "I hope I'll be safe at home!"
-George Carlin (RIP)
Comfort level on your home floor?
Noise levels?
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 19, 2010 10:15 AM EST up reply actions
Guess it has to do with comfort.
I was wondering about it when they mentioned it on my ESPN AM station. It may have to do that the Big 12 is actually a really good conference. I would wager that the conference overtook the Big Ten when Kansas State came out as a top team.
In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his recievers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! "I hope I'll be safe at home!"
-George Carlin (RIP)
home field is I think very important in college conference games...the noise that can
come out and pump your team up is tremendous.
goold tweet:
La Russa on what he wants in a coach: “You’ve got to bleed if you lose, otherwise you can’t coach here.”
wat
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jan 19, 2010 12:51 AM EST reply actions
also this:
La Russa sees opening for position player who can play both third and outfield
hopefully either Craig or Mather?
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jan 19, 2010 12:53 AM EST up reply actions
So he wants...what...
…those monks who flog themselves as a form of penitence?
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
by mojowo11 on Jan 19, 2010 1:20 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
sexy penitence.
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 9:54 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I just thought of a completely inappropriate joke
I’ll tease everyone by not posting it
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 19, 2010 10:16 AM EST up reply actions
Millwood is just the sort of veteran presence the starting rotation needed,
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/jon_heyman/01/18/top.offseasons/index.html?eref=sihp#ixzz0d2EtJDOQ
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* is an Asshat
Also, Dave Concepcion.
WTF???????
I copy & pasted the one sentence…..they attached an auto link. I have never seen that.
* is an Asshat
Also, Dave Concepcion.
did the same thing when I tried
I have also never seen that before
by FlimtotheFlam on Jan 19, 2010 1:01 AM EST up reply actions
I didn't even look, just paste and post and bam.
Leave it to SI to find a way to advertise mags.
* is an Asshat
Also, Dave Concepcion.
It's a new thing SI does
Some crazy witchcraft. Happens to me all the time.
I need your discipline / I need your help / I need your discipline / You know once I start I cannot stop myself...
Holliday is a .379 career hitter at new Busch Stadium
That bit makes me so happy! I didn’t realize we were getting a .379 hitter! That’s, like, way better than .300.
Anyway, also did the cool “read more” thing when I cut and pasted- yay for preview.
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
But Vladimir Guererro is just the sort of right-handed batter they need
A… slightly mediocre, slightly over-priced one? I DO NOT FOLLOW, HEYMAN.
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 19, 2010 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
There is a comment over at Lookout Landing
that I don’t quite understand, but I am impressed by 35 recs!
And damn those Mariners for locking up King Felix (possibly)
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
What a bunch of weirdos...
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
that's fairly normal for LL
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
It's a good thing you don't understand it
I guess….
I am quite disturbed that I do get it.
In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his recievers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! "I hope I'll be safe at home!"
-George Carlin (RIP)
As far as Corbin Ramos goes
Has anyone looked at the similarities between him and Carlos Gonzalez in Colorado. CarGo was flat awful in his first month batting .210 through his first 70ab Tracy took a lot of heat for having him out there but by late July it was obvious why he had been the Walrus of the first Lego trade. Maybe Corbin will prove Tracy right that it takes about 1200 major league at bats before you really know for sure what you have.
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