your whole team has been awful so far, minus maybe Varitek, but I think Lester will turn it around before Beckett

Dice-K should be back to pitch on Saturday though

4/26/2010 10:01:31 PM

Quote :

"Ryan Howard getting 25 mil a year."

Yeah I was actually glad to see this happen. The Phillies are overpaying for a player who has likely already peaked or is at his peak. Here's hoping his fat ass body starts bereaking down in the next couple of years. The Phillies seem to never have serious injuries to their star players (outside of Lidge). Howard or Utley or Werth or Halladay, one of those guys needs to blow out a knee soon.

Also here's hoping Howard can use some of that money to figure out how to make his mouth wider than his nose.






[Edited on April 27, 2010 at 8:23 AM. Reason : gy]

4/27/2010 8:22:37 AM

That's a lot of damn money for a 30 year-old who hits .270 and strikes out 200 times a year

[Edited on April 27, 2010 at 8:33 AM. Reason : ]

4/27/2010 8:33:00 AM

i'm sure this is old but don't see where it's been posted before
http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/marlins/2010/04/16/scott-stapps-florida-marlins-song-a-hit-or-an-error/

[Edited on April 28, 2010 at 8:53 PM. Reason : wrong link]

4/28/2010 8:52:21 PM

"when you get a hug from Jim Thome, that's a big league hug"

thanks Sutcliffe you fuckface

4/28/2010 10:01:24 PM

Red Sox pitchers dominate for 2 nights in a row?

4/28/2010 10:26:38 PM

at the mets/phils game yesterday, i had seats in the 2nd row, right field.

the guy in front of me was relentlessly heckling jeff francoeur.

however, unlike typical philly fashion, it was the cleanest heckling i've ever heard. through eight innings, not a single curse word was said. completely hysterical though, the entire section was laughing and carryin' on, egging it on.. even joining in.

now why i bring this up, was something i'd never seen before happened.

in the home half of the 8th, security came to the heckler, who was sitting in front of me, so i caught the conversation.

the security guy said that francouer had complained about the heckler behind him, and the mets had asked that he be removed.

so the guy shut up and security let him stay, even though the game was over at that point.

just seemed interesting to me, and i hadnt seen that happen before. i mean i can understand it if it was in any way threatening, abusive, or profane. it was none of these.

i mean, i've seen plenty of people get tossed, but never at the specific request of a player. even the security guard was laughing.

guess he got into his head.

5/2/2010 9:16:06 PM

lol awesome

5/2/2010 9:19:39 PM

In a stadium full of savages he probably figured one of the barbarians would puke on him or kill him in the parking lot. Typical of Phillies fans.

5/2/2010 9:20:16 PM

oh burn

[Edited on May 2, 2010 at 9:31 PM. Reason : your boy]

5/2/2010 9:27:34 PM

So the Phillies get 84 home games this year and only have 78 road games. How exactly is it fair to move a road series to their own ballpark? It should be played at a neutral site, revenue lost be damned. That is completely outrageous to me and frankly, completely unfair to the other four teams in the division.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100511&content_id=9963194&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

5/11/2010 5:50:26 PM

^ I agree. Especially since it looks like the Mets will be contending with the Phillies. Since the Braves suck anyway, I am not worried about it, but it is complete bullshit.

Move the game to the old Montreal stadium and draw some revenue that way. Don't take it back to Philly and let that Phillies lineup rake in their own tiny ballpark where guys like Werth look like Pujols.

5/12/2010 8:06:03 AM

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2010/05/11/mlb-says-phillies-warned/

Since I'm in full on Phillies hating mode. I will say that this isn't the first time this has come up. The Mets complained about it in 2007 and as Santana was getting murdered. And the Yankees complained about it last year during the World Series and with former Phillies manager Larry Bowa flat out saying they cheated when he was there in the same manner.

I think a few thrown at Chase Utley or Ryan Howard -- preferably up at the neck -- could curtail this kind of action aside from any baseball imposed sanctions.

5/12/2010 8:43:29 AM

bad news: reds p threw a one-hitter last night in pittsburgh

good news: pirates got a hit!

fml

5/12/2010 9:22:58 AM

^^ that's pretty blatant and shitty of them

5/12/2010 9:30:51 AM

^^^ Damn that is straight up suspension material for the coaches or massive fines against the organization. I always thought Charlie Manuel was just an amazing hitting coach, not a damn cheater. I am starting to hate the Phillies as much as the Mets and Yankees.

5/12/2010 3:26:17 PM

Billmeyer Belichick

5/12/2010 3:29:33 PM

Very odd behavior from Manuel. He went on a seemingly random obscenity laced tirade about the Mets in response to this.

Quote :

"The mere mention of the Mets got Manuel going. “Somebody maybe ought to check the Mets if they did that,” Manuel said. “Their [bleeping] home record is out of this world and they’re losing on the road. Sometimes that’s a good indicator of getting signs and [crap]. I see somebody setting there at (14-7) at home and (4-8) on the road, I’d get concerned about that. That kind of crosses my mind. “I’m not accusing them, but you look at that and – damn. We’re about the same home and road. I’m just saying their record is much better at home and they hit better.”"

5/12/2010 3:29:48 PM

Quote :

"I’m just saying their record is much better at home and they hit better.”""

Everyone is stealing signs! Manuel's logic is air tight!

5/12/2010 3:43:05 PM

ok i couldnt find a cardinals thread, i thought there was one

anyways

http://diehardcardsfan.com/

Quote :

"^^^ Damn that is straight up suspension material for the coaches or massive fines against the organization."

people have been stealing signs in baseball since the beginning of baseball, it's an entirely different animal than the bellicheck thing.

[Edited on May 13, 2010 at 9:40 PM. Reason : e]

5/13/2010 9:36:46 PM

I dont mind players stealing signs if they are on base/etc. But when you bring coaches into it especially using binoculars. That's where I draw the line.


Oh and KC fires their manager and hires Ned Yost(former Brewers manager and former Braves 3rd base coach)

5/14/2010 1:00:05 AM

The Royals are essentially a very crappy version of the Braves - all kinds of former Braves employees in that organization now since Dayton Moore took over. Maybe in time he'll pull off what Scheurholtz did in Atlanta, but he needs guys like Cox and Mazzone for it to be successful.

5/14/2010 9:47:11 AM

Quote :

"Ernie All American 33081 Posts user info edit post Kansas City: where Braves go to die 1/28/2010 10:40:26 PM"

5/14/2010 9:53:30 AM

Jamie Moyer just FITS that old ass uniform, hahaha

5/14/2010 10:44:39 PM

Quote :

"May 15 RHP Kevin Correia plans to start Saturday night's game against the Dodgers at Petco Park, although he did not rejoin the Padres from bereavement leave on Friday. Correia's younger brother Trevor, 22, was buried Thursday after dying in a fall from a cliff while hiking last Saturday."

jesus christ

5/15/2010 2:52:37 PM

congrats to the newest member of the Kansas City Royals staff, Rusty Kuntz

seriously, Rusty Kuntz

5/15/2010 3:14:48 PM

haha Ned Yost loves him some rusty kunt

5/15/2010 3:25:15 PM

Joe Morgan has set the world record for most uses of the term 'slide piece' in a single broadcast -- and it's the top of the first.

5/16/2010 8:23:32 PM

I've noticed him consistently using that word as well.

[Edited on May 16, 2010 at 8:24 PM. Reason : gary sheffield]

5/16/2010 8:24:07 PM

Joe Morgan update: he's "not a big believer in run differential."

5/16/2010 8:53:54 PM

lol Joe Morgan. What a douche.

Also how the fuck does Shane Victorino already have 32 RBIs and 8 HRs this season? Dude is juicing or something. Hope he breaks an ankle soon.

5/17/2010 8:25:53 AM

that joe morgan thing reminds me of how i had a miserable time last night trying to explain to my dad that fielding percentage is a worthless stat. he started getting angry with me and was making all kinds of illogical conclusions, like if shortstop A has better range than shortstop B and thus has a better chance at converting outs but has a lower fielding percentage, he must not be as good because he's clearly making too many throwing errors

5/17/2010 1:44:45 PM

I'm pretty sure Crawford just tripled in consecutive at-bats (including last game)

Not something you see too often

5/17/2010 7:22:12 PM

I am so sick of Daisuke Matsuzaka. Just another failed Japanese pitcher. He's one hell of a national treasure.

5/17/2010 8:06:47 PM

Yeah, you don't see it very often

In fact, you have to go back seven whole days

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/COL/COL201005100.shtml

Victorino, triples in the 1st and 6th, two walks in between

[Edited on May 17, 2010 at 8:08 PM. Reason : re: tree]

5/17/2010 8:08:11 PM

Quote :

"two walks in between"

i guess i should've said plate appearances and not at-bats

while crawford technically did both, crawford's has to be much less common

[Edited on May 17, 2010 at 8:20 PM. Reason : shouldve clarified since i'm dealing with Ernie "Brett" SabermetricsHagen]

5/17/2010 8:15:59 PM

Granderson and A-Rod both hit two triples in three plate appearances this season

Probably more common than you (or I) would think

5/17/2010 8:20:19 PM

just checked...single season record for triples is 36...just seems like it doesn't happen often

impressive for A-Rod and Curtis, but whens the last time somebody did it in back-to-back plate appearances?

[Edited on May 17, 2010 at 8:22 PM. Reason : more impressive for A-Rod's fat ass than Curtis]

5/17/2010 8:21:39 PM

I don't know of a way to check for a streak spanning two games (like Crawford's)

And it may have happened in the 4-5 more recent games I can't see because I don't have a B-R.com subscription

But it's happened as recently as June of last year

Andrew McCutchen v. Braves

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL200906080.shtml

5/17/2010 8:29:54 PM

haha Victor Martinez goes from 0-of-his-last-19 to back-to-back homers

good way to set off the fantasy week since V-Mart has been blowing ass this year

5/17/2010 10:09:41 PM

Damn Papelbon shit the bed huge last night. Fucking Yankees.

5/18/2010 9:01:42 AM

Lima Time is over

http://deadspin.com/5545651/jose-lima-dead-at-37

5/23/2010 1:02:03 PM

RIP Lima Time

5/23/2010 1:25:34 PM

His legacy will live on in the form of the LIMA Plan

[Edited on May 23, 2010 at 1:29 PM. Reason : spelling is hard]

5/23/2010 1:29:00 PM

5/23/2010 1:49:19 PM

message_topic.aspx?topic=459712

5/23/2010 4:09:55 PM

^^ It would be LIMA TIME all the time!

5/23/2010 4:40:16 PM

lucky guy http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=5201601

5/23/2010 10:01:09 PM

I'll put this here

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5226126

Some kid from Florida International has a 50-game hit streak, 8 away from the NCAA record held by...

Robin Ventura, career average: .267

5/27/2010 6:29:57 PM

Kendry Morales = pwnt, stay home.

Seriously walk off grand slam followed by broken left leg. NC State shit.

5/30/2010 10:18:39 AM