jwest27 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2006 Who said that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2006 Hey, Manny Ramirez wants to be traded again. Outside of Bonds, he has to be the most irritating player in baseball. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2006 Someone forgot to tell the Angels that their season is over. Oh well. Hope they win tommorrow though as there needs to be a little payback for the last two years where the Angels celebrated in Oakland. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brett Favre 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2006 Hey, Manny Ramirez wants to be traded again. Outside of Bonds, he has to be the most irritating player in baseball. He's not irritating. He's just being Manny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2006 Carlos Zambrano with another homer and it wasn't a cheapie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2006 Tigers are up 9-0 and the Royals haven't even batted yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2006 P.S. the Reds have the worst defense on the planet. It's like a little league game out there right now. Five errors through 3 1/3 innings. On top of that, there was a play where Encarnacion could've gotten two errors but was spared of both. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted September 23, 2006 Who said that? Whoever was calling Marlins-Phils with Timmy. Gotta rip Moneyball at every turn, y'know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwest27 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 Goddamn Crawford boxes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devo 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 Who said that? Whoever was calling Marlins-Phils with Timmy. Gotta rip Moneyball at every turn, y'know. I like it when mainstream sports personalities mock Moneyball. They're just getting more people to read it by doing so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwest27 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 I still need to read that, but I can't find it in my local Waldenbooks. I'll have to try Barnes and Nobles or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 Who said that? Whoever was calling Marlins-Phils with Timmy. Gotta rip Moneyball at every turn, y'know. I like it when mainstream sports personalities mock Moneyball. They're just getting more people to read it by doing so. He was right in that specific inference though. The book made it sound like the A's flipped a nothing catcher for Chad Bradford, and that catcher (Miguel Olivo) was a legit player. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vivalaultra 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 Man, it just looks like the Cards are playing dead. Albert got thrown out trying to score on a single and it wasn't even close. Him and Oquendo had eyes afterwards. And Marquis is just...bad. He's got a chance at becoming the first pitcher since 1979 to lead the league in both wins and losses. Presuming the Astros win tonite and tomorrow, they'll be 3.5 back with 7 games to go. The way the 'Stros are playing and the way the Cards are playing, it might not seem probable, but it is certainly possible that they could sneak in the backdoor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 Espn.com reports that Nick Johnson requires surgery to fix his right femur. That sounds like a nasty, nasty injury. It's quite possible that Johnson will never again be the same player. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwest27 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 *Watches collision on MLB.com* ouchywawa Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted September 24, 2006 Oh shit, that was nasty. Hopefully it's just a leg break, and there's no nerve or artery damage. If not, he should be able to play again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brett Favre 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 Damn, I hope he's fine. Kendall came back from a nasty leg injury, hopefully Johnson will do the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strummer 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 Joe Maddon, the old Angels bench coach, is managing the Rays. I think they're pretty committed to him, and I wanted to see a sabermetrics-friendly manager do well. Shame about the bad season. Maddon is a sabermetrician? I always assumed he was a Mike Sciosia "Small ball, speed, intangibles, gritty" type clone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted September 24, 2006 Joe Maddon, the old Angels bench coach, is managing the Rays. I think they're pretty committed to him, and I wanted to see a sabermetrics-friendly manager do well. Shame about the bad season. Maddon is a sabermetrician? I always assumed he was a Mike Sciosia "Small ball, speed, intangibles, gritty" type clone. He has been a Major League coach for the past 12 seasons and was a serious candidate for the Red Sox job before Terry Francona was hired. Among Madden's strong suits are his organizational skills and acumen crunching baseball data via computer. I think he seems to favor the numbers. And come on, LOOK AT HIM: Does that look like the gritty ol' skipper who's been around this game of ours longer than you've been alive, kid? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwest27 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 Chris Duncan is a gleaming golden god. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vivalaultra 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 Just after I was about to say "Goddam Crawford Boxes" after Chris "Gleaming Gold God" Duncan hit a 2-run shot, Aubrey Huff muscled up on Jorge Sosa and went to right field to give the 'Stros a one-run lead. Take away both Crawford Box homeruns and it's still 2-1 'Stros. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingPK 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 In the Battle for Second, Toronto wins tonight, so their deficit is cut to a game and a half. And Randy Johnson got slapped around again, so that's always good to hear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strummer 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 If the Astros and White Sox don't make the playoffs this year (which is all but a certainty), it will be the first time since 1991 that BOTH teams that made the World Series miss the playoffs the following season (A's, Reds) I'm not counting the strike year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwest27 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 Eckstein has been pretty great since he came back. Game tying double in the 9th. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vivalaultra 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 Luke Fuckin' Scott! 3-run walkoff homerun to win the third straight over the Cards!!! 4.5 games back!!! Sweeeeeeeeep!!!! Sweeeeeeeeep!!!!! I find it interesting that the Astros now have a better shot at winning the division and going to the postseason than the ChiSox. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naiwf 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 The Cards are still overrated. If any team in the Central had a semblance of a winning team or a spine, they'd be dead and buried by now. If Pujols wins the MVP then there's really no reason to have the award for the next 5 or 6 years since they should just hand it to him in April because he's Albert Pujols. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brett Favre 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 Pujols has pretty good numbers when the game matters, and has only Scott Rolen, and crap around him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vivalaultra 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 I wouldn't say outside of Rolen the lineup is crap around Pujols. From what I've seen of the Cards this year, Chris Duncan and Scott Speizio have performed better than Rolen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike546 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 Scott Speizo is batting .269, with 12 HRers, 48 RBIs, and a .837 OPS. Rolen has 21 HRers, 91 RBIs, a and a .894 OPS. I don't know what the hell your talking about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vivalaultra 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2006 Well, Rolen's been playing a couple months more than Duncan...and Spiezio hasn't played as many games as Rolen, at least I don't think he has. I was just talking about the specific games that I've seen. Admittedly, I haven't seen any Cardinals games outside of the ones against the 'Stros and a couple on ESPN. The last few weeks at least, I'm pretty sure that Duncan and Spiezio have done more than Rolen. Maybe the resident Cards' fan(s) can either prove or disprove that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
