Rob E Dangerously

Isn't Brian Adams a Canadian singer too?

Sure.. when Edwards matches Quayle's record of screwing up stuff

Wall Street has been negatively reacting to Edwards since last Thursday: http://ichart.yahoo.com/w?s=^DJI Oh yeah, last Wednesday, the Fed raised interest rates

I'm sure that Bush can use the "Trial Lawyer" line too. Do they have "They can't beat our Dick" buttons yet?

I just checked.. Drudge did bring out a fun "John Edwards is an evil liberal" RNC page

So, is the Drudge headline "KERRY FLIP-FLOPS, CHOOSES EDWARDS"?

NoCalMike, Hillary can still make Kerry withdraw at the convention, ya know.

The NY Times has done it A LOT in the past. They have regularly overstated the liberal voters and understated conservative voters. -=Mike Any specific polls you want to single out from the Times?

Let's invade Canada! That'll show them!

So, Edwards already gets a "nickname" from Mike. For some reason, I was confusing David Cassidy with David Crosby. Kerry/Crosby wouldn't work out too well, ticketwise.

And considering that the Royals have scored 11 runs in the 50 1/3 innings that Grienke's pitched.. they'll let him down and give him no run support AGAIN.

Can you name one poll that overstated Democrats other than the LA Times poll? (which had Kerry up by 7)

Meanwhile, the Evil Liberal Media has already struck in the favor of Edwards: http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/06/markets/el...wards/index.htm Damn them!

It's good that Kerry picked John Edwards over Adam West for the VP spot

I guess eating a can of spam for breakfast in a hotel doesn't count for much (although the hotel breakfast was free) I remember when McDonalds had cheese dip for fries.

This does put more perspective on this.. from Fantasy Booking, 2002, the post: "The Rock announces that he's gay" yep, I called it!

Reset your clock NoCalMike

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20...25958-1448r.htm

Quite frankly, I can't find a pitcher quite like Jimmy Gobble. He's combined his low K rate with an even lower BB rate. I can't find a pitcher with such a low K rate, but I don't have any better research tools than simply combing through lists of pitchers. LaTroy Hawkins K'd 9 batters in 27 innings when he was 22, but I doubt you'll find that convincing. Still, there are several reasons Gobble's K rate is low. He might be overmatched in the majors. He could be nursing an injury. It could be a result of his pitching coach, ballpark, or defense. Almost all of the Royals' pitchers have abnormally low strikeout rates. His HR rate isn't abysmal, and his walk rate is excellent. There's alot to like about Gobble, and the only negative is that K rate in the majors. That's contradicted by his minor league stats, and if the AA numbers were troubling, neither John Sickels or Baseball Prospectus indicated any concerns. With pitchers, I can't say if they will succeed, they are a tricky breed. However, I do think Gobble should become a solid contributor in a year or two. As for Hawkins.. I keep in mind the requirements to be a rookie (50 innings). His K Rate was fine in his next "cup of coffee". But, he went on to a career in relief anyways. Gobble's low BB rate is positive, but he just gives up too many hits anyways. As for the Royals, they did just fire a pitching coach who had the asinine theory of trying not to strike guys out. His K-Rate in the minors really isn't too impressive, he didn't strike out any more than 6 per 9 in AA.

Can you cite one successful major league pitcher who had massively below average K/9 numbers in his first 140 innings like Jimmy Gobble has? And for your reference in answering this question AL Pitching numbers (1901-2003) - http://www.geocities.com/bigredrbh/alp.txt NL pitching numbers (1876-2003) - http://www.geocities.com/bigredrbh/nlp.txt Gobble didn't strikeout enough people in AA in 2002 or 2003 He really has never struck out enough people.

No Al. He didn't hit the AL average for K/9 in his rookie year. He's striking out 2.6 per 9 this year. Where is a rare exception to the rule. But if you cannot strikeout the league average per 9 in your rookie year, you will not last in the Major Leagues

Jimmy Gobble continues to show himself as the most inept young starter in baseball as the Twins are now up 4-0. Gobble's K/9 rate is now 2.63 And Pena's FINALLY getting some people up in the bullpen. It only took 4 runs, 2 on, and one out, to do so. Correction.. 2.62 (Gobble just got an out) I'd do one of two things with Gobble a) demote him b) get him out of the rotation Either way, he will never amount to anything. *shrug* Oh yeah, the game is now 6-0 And Gobble's K/9 is now 2.61

Jacque Jones with a home run. 2-0 Twins. And knowing the pathetic Royal offense. The game is now over.

And then the Royals impotent offense hits into a double play and Stairs strikes out

Alberto Castillo David DeJesus reached on a "H"BP (It didn't hit him, the Ump says it did) Graffanino with a single that almost hits DeJesus