But seriously, I for some reason get MASN (in Charlotte?!?) so I watch a good bit of Harper. I'm no scout, but this guy is going to be very good for a very long time. We're talking possibly 30-100-.300 as soon as next season, at 20. He walks at a good rate, has good if not great speed, and bust his ass every play like its his last. At his peak in his mid to late 20s, I could realistically see him averaging 40+ bombs with an OPS north of 1000.

Trout, I really only see on highlights. But I see him as a better defender and hitter for average right now, and he's definitely faster. Harper tries to kill every ball; Trout lets the game come to him. But they're both already borderline elite, and barring injury will be in every all star game until 2025.

6/14/2012 2:21:44 PM

i don't watch the nats, but i do listen to the tony kornheiser show every day... and they sure are excited about harper.

6/14/2012 2:23:12 PM

here are some facts about R.A. Dickey:

- he warms up to the game of thrones theme
- he names his bats after Hrunting, the blade given to Beowulf which he used to slay Grendel's mother, and Orcrist the Goblin Cleaver, the legendary elvish sword used by Thorin Oakenshield in the hobbit
- he can't have tommy john surgery because he doesn't have that ligament
- he climbed mt kilamanjaro in the offseason

R.A. Dickey rules

6/15/2012 1:44:41 PM

Beowulf would probably be batting better than .115 this season

6/15/2012 2:55:42 PM

But could he one hit (no hit) the rays? Don't fucking belittle R.A. Dickey

6/15/2012 3:11:52 PM

i'll belittle most pitchers' batting ability versus MLB pitching

6/15/2012 3:13:21 PM

Quote :

"OUTSIDE THE BOX: Tony Campana wasn't even in the major leagues until April 21 and sat on the bench for about a week earlier this month, but he continued to widen his major league leading steals lead. Campana stole two bases Friday to give him 23 on the season, three more than his closest pursuer. "

6/15/2012 5:57:45 PM

If we're playing that game, Bonifacio has been on the shelf for several weeks

6/15/2012 7:54:23 PM

Oh shit, man. I'm sorry.

6/16/2012 12:30:23 PM

Harper can't do anything to Pettitte today

6/16/2012 1:55:33 PM

Concerning Trout vs Harper: only 1 of them has a platinum sombrero on their resume

6/16/2012 6:51:54 PM

Miami Tampa in the 15th inning

3rd extra innings game of the day

and as a side note that only I care about, 2 of my fantasy team's outfielders, Bryce Harper and Giancarlo Stanton, are both / both went 0/7 today

[Edited on June 17, 2012 at 12:12 AM. Reason : .]

6/17/2012 12:11:20 AM

I don't think I recognize anyone on this Red Sox team

6/17/2012 10:53:41 PM

3 more extra innings games today including a walkoff win by the Twins in the bottom of the 15th

wonder when the last time there were 3 extra inning games 2 consecutive days

6/17/2012 11:05:45 PM

just voted for this 25 times

(i try to vote unbiasedly, but there is always 1 spot that I i use some favortism)

also I wont vote for Ryan Braun bc he cheated the system and got off on a technicality


1B - Fielder, Prince
2B - Kipnis, Jason
SS - Jeter, Derek
3B - Cabrera, Miguel (Homer pick)
C - Pierzynski, A.J.
DH - Ortiz, David
OF - Hamilton, Josh
OF - Jones, Adam
OF - N/A
Write-in - Mike Trout


National League
1B - Votto, Joey
2B - Altuve, Jose
SS - Furcal, Rafael
3B - Wright, David
C - Molina, Yadier
OF - Beltran, Carlos
OF - Cabrera, Melky
OF - Gonzalez, Carlos

6/18/2012 12:17:30 AM

just voted for this 25 times

1B - N/A
2B - N/A
SS - N/A
3B - N/A
C - N/A
DH - N/A
OF - N/A
OF - N/A
OF - N/A


National League
1B - N/A
2B - N/A
SS - N/A
3B - N/A
C - N/A
OF - Braun, Ryan
OF - N/A
OF - N/A

6/18/2012 12:26:08 AM

Phillips > Altuve

6/18/2012 12:27:34 AM

that one was a toss up for me.

i went with the guy with the worse supporting cast. Altuve and Lowrie are hitting by themselves on that team

6/18/2012 1:18:39 AM

American League
1B - Konerko, Paul
2B - Cano, Robinson
SS - Cabrera, Asdrubal
3B - Trumbo, Mark
C - Mauer, Joe
DH - Ortiz, David
OF - Hamilton, Josh
OF - Jones, Adam
OF - Willingham, Josh


National League
1B - Votto, Joey
2B - Uggla, Dan
SS - Lowrie, Jed
3B - Wright, David
C - Ruiz, Carlos
OF - Beltran, Carlos
OF - Braun, Ryan
OF - Gonzalez, Carlos

6/18/2012 1:45:15 AM

joey votto's OBP is .484 nearly halfway through the season. i'd love to see him break .500 and stay there.

6/18/2012 1:52:41 AM

r.a. dickey just threw the first back to back 1 hitters since 1988 and is tied for the major league lead in strikeouts

last 6 starts: 48.2IP 21H 1ER 5BB 63K

r.a. dickey rules.

[Edited on June 18, 2012 at 9:30 PM. Reason : .]

6/18/2012 9:27:15 PM

RA Dickey is the shit

6/18/2012 11:17:02 PM

How is it possible to do what he's doing

Dude gave up 6 homers in 4 innings one time

6/19/2012 8:39:18 AM

^ Buck Showalter convinced him to develop that knuckler. I think Dickey has just started to truly master it after working with it the past 1.5 seasons. GG to him. I hate the Mets, but Dickey seems like a pretty solid guy. Plus watching a good knuckle ball pitcher frustrate hitter is like watching a fat white guy draining 3s in a gym full of showboating kids.

6/19/2012 9:01:22 AM

Heard a few commentators last night saying they think because he throws the knuckle a good bit harder than others have that he can actually control where its going

6/19/2012 9:10:16 AM

Quote :

"How is it possible to do what he's doing Dude gave up 6 homers in 4 innings one time"

start by being born without a UCL, then develop a knuckleball with a modified knuckle-change grip that has slider/hard curve movement with no spin at 78-81 MPH, then throw that pitch along with the traditional knuckleball, changeup and fastball all with the same motion from the same arm slot.

he'll spend the rest of his life trying to teach that pitch to someone else, and no one will be able to do it

[Edited on June 19, 2012 at 5:07 PM. Reason : quote]

6/19/2012 5:07:05 PM

Bizarre indeed.

Quote :

"Rangers Broadcaster Barnett OK After Bizarre On-Air Moment"

(audio linked)

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/06/19/rangers-broadcaster-barnett-ok-following-bizarre-on-air-moment/

6/19/2012 7:24:14 PM

http://youtu.be/uOw9vMh8A6M

6/19/2012 9:00:04 PM

[Edited on June 19, 2012 at 9:05 PM. Reason : i don't think i made his eye black big enough]

6/19/2012 9:03:59 PM

ichiro got his 2500th hit. ichiro rules.

6/19/2012 10:55:20 PM

going to Detroit Tigers vs St. Louis Cardinals again tonight!

6/20/2012 10:52:11 AM

Go tigers!

6/20/2012 1:10:15 PM

Clayton High alum Chris Archer about to make his first MLB start for the Rays vs Strasburg.

6/20/2012 7:08:31 PM

the rays are wearing these for a 70s throwback night.



fucking awesome

6/20/2012 10:28:27 PM

1st off, are we really at a point where teams are making up throwback jerseys?

Secondly, Trout is going to be one of the greatest of all time

6/23/2012 12:23:51 AM

Youk traded to the Pale Hose

doesn't sound like Boston got much

[Edited on June 24, 2012 at 5:08 PM. Reason : [ .][ .]

6/24/2012 5:07:59 PM

Not surprising considering the White Sox may have the worst farm system in MLB.

6/24/2012 5:35:52 PM

YOUK can put it on the board, yes!

GET IT????

6/24/2012 5:49:20 PM

can't wait til Scott Diamond beans him in the head

6/24/2012 5:49:52 PM

Lollibridge, my man

6/24/2012 5:50:53 PM

Quote :

"1st off, are we really at a point where teams are making up throwback jerseys?"

i mean, i guess? even though this is only 1 team making up a throwback jersey. it's funny for obvious reasons. plus, these are the kinds of things their marketing department has to come up with to get people to travel to that shitty, out of the way stadium.

6/25/2012 8:05:55 AM

Youk getting traded and pinch run for was beyond bizarre.

6/25/2012 8:50:41 AM

Best HR reaction since

6/25/2012 9:44:27 AM

Let's play a game

It's called "If Jaybee were the Padres GM"

6/26/2012 9:19:10 AM

Terrible

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=22606255&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_22606255&v=3

6/26/2012 10:32:03 PM

and hannahan got ejected, apparently just for bringing up the fact that he looked at a replay and told the ump he was wrong. umps above reproach, y'all

6/26/2012 11:01:35 PM

Funny blown "catch" call in the Yankees game last night. A fucking fan holds the ball up five feet from the player...who never shows the ball in his hand or glove after falling in the stands. Pretty big brain fart by the ump in that one.

6/27/2012 9:43:04 AM

Hilarious

Someone should post a video of that play

6/27/2012 10:47:32 AM

for ernie

http://www.businessinsider.com/video-blown-call-in-the-history-of-baseball-yankees-2012-6

6/27/2012 11:12:33 AM

For jbrick: ^^^^^

6/27/2012 11:14:38 AM