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Mornacale: Dec 19, 2007; n=y where
y=hope and n=folly,
prospects=lies, win=lose,

self=Pirates

We had to rebound with someone after Jack Z broke our hearts. Who was himself a rebound from Paul DePodesta. I don't know who the new hotness is, probably d e s p a i r

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MassRafTer posted:

It made me wonder what a Binghamton Metropolitan would look like, so I'm glad he took the long way.

Someone who graduated from Broome County Community College.

Alternatively, Scott Diamond

# ? May 26, 2014 14:35

euphronius: Feb 18, 2009

New hotness is Billy Beane.

# ? May 26, 2014 14:40

Pumpkin McPastry: Mar 8, 2004; What else do I have to do to impress you people?

MourningView posted:

It's not really his fault that Pecota or whatever the gently caress it was that gave him that stupid projection was all busted.

The projection system was obviously a mess that year. I think it had the Eastern League, which is the AA affiliate Wieters played at, as like...basically the NL in terms of Davenport translations so of course him OPSing 1.000 there made him look like Mickey Mantle: The Catcher to PECOTA.

# ? May 26, 2014 14:50

Mugwump: Apr 13, 2004; I offered to pay $60 million for 5 years of this avatar but was turned down

Rand alPaul posted:

I wonder what would happen if Matt Wieters didn't waste at-bats trying to be a switch hitter.

If you want your mind blown go look at his year by year splits. He's a capable switch hitter, he just can't hit both sides well any given year.

# ? May 26, 2014 15:15

Deteriorata: Feb 6, 2005

Quick question:

For throwback day, the Rangers were wearing uniforms with what looked like the letters "BP" on them. I know the Rangers were the second Senators originally, but I have no idea what that uniform represented.

Any clues?

# ? May 26, 2014 15:33

Tedd_Not_Ed: Feb 16, 2014; I've seen games go perfect for 12 innings all for naught. I've seen no-hitters pitched on illicit drugs. Homer streaks lasting eight games and 20 run losses. I've seen pennants won and seasons collapse. All these memories will be lost in time. Like tears in the rain.

Time to die.

Deteriorata posted:

Quick question:

For throwback day, the Rangers were wearing uniforms with what looked like the letters "BP" on them. I know the Rangers were the second Senators originally, but I have no idea what that uniform represented.

Any clues?

The Fort Worth Black Panthers of the Texas Negro Leagues.

# ? May 26, 2014 15:41

AsInHowe: Jan 11, 2007; red winged angel

Deteriorata posted:

Quick question:

For throwback day, the Rangers were wearing uniforms with what looked like the letters "BP" on them. I know the Rangers were the second Senators originally, but I have no idea what that uniform represented.

Any clues?

What he said. Also, it's not 'throwback day', it's the Tigers' Negro Leagues Weekend. That's why the throwback jerseys are always Negro League jerseys.

Every year, the Tigers honor an African-American former Tiger. This year, it was Bill Bruton, a centerfielder from 1960 to 1964, although honoring African-American former Tiger Prince Fielder would've been fun.

# ? May 26, 2014 16:00

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

euphronius posted:

New hotness is Billy Beane.

psh, whatever man some of us never lost the faith

(Please pretend that entire offseason where Crion and I argued about which of our teams would be worse followed by them both making the playoffs didn't happen. I always loved you Billy. I totally didn't think that you cared more about soccer than baseball)

# ? May 26, 2014 16:51

davecrazy: Nov 25, 2004; I'm an insufferable shitposter who does not deserve to root for such a good team. Also, this is what Matt Harvey thinks of me and my garbage posting.

WELP

#Mets place Noah Syndergaard on Triple-A DL with "a mild flexor-pronator strain." Headed to NY for exam.

# ? May 26, 2014 17:00

Pander: Oct 9, 2007; Fear is the glue that holds society together. It's what makes people suppress their worst impulses. Fear is power.

And at the end of fear, oblivion.

davecrazy posted:

WELP

#Mets place Noah Syndergaard on Triple-A DL with "a mild flexor-pronator strain." Headed to NY for exam.

# ? May 26, 2014 17:09

DannoMack: Aug 1, 2003; i love it when you call me big poppa

Jays won the trade

# ? May 26, 2014 17:17

Armitage: Aug 16, 2005; "Mathman's not here." "Oh? Where is he?" "He's in the Mathroom."

Yeah, "mild"

# ? May 26, 2014 17:21

Deteriorata: Feb 6, 2005

Tedd_Not_Ed posted:

The Fort Worth Black Panthers of the Texas Negro Leagues.

AsInHowe posted:

What he said. Also, it's not 'throwback day', it's the Tigers' Negro Leagues Weekend. That's why the throwback jerseys are always Negro League jerseys.

Every year, the Tigers honor an African-American former Tiger. This year, it was Bill Bruton, a centerfielder from 1960 to 1964, although honoring African-American former Tiger Prince Fielder would've been fun.

Ah, thanks. I had the game on the second monitor with the sound off, and had no idea what it was about.

# ? May 26, 2014 17:28

Laderhan: Oct 2, 2013

ugh

# ? May 26, 2014 17:30

davecrazy: Nov 25, 2004; I'm an insufferable shitposter who does not deserve to root for such a good team. Also, this is what Matt Harvey thinks of me and my garbage posting.

Armitage posted:

Yeah, "mild"

Hopefully they don't dick around with him getting the Tommy John done quick so maybe he can come back by this time next year.

# ? May 26, 2014 17:42

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

N: According to Gardy, Aaron Hicks is going to stop batting left handed.

V: Thank god, maybe now he won't be a black hole at the plate.

# ? May 26, 2014 17:42

Jim Dwyer: Mar 29, 2014

DannoMack posted:

Jays won the trade

AA was the genius all along

# ? May 26, 2014 17:44

the popes toes: Oct 10, 2004

Mugwump posted:

Mike Mussina was at the O's game today and was shown on the video board to cheers of "MOOOOOOOSE"

gently caress Cito

# ? May 26, 2014 17:46

Armitage: Aug 16, 2005; "Mathman's not here." "Oh? Where is he?" "He's in the Mathroom."

davecrazy posted:

Hopefully they don't dick around with him getting the Tommy John done quick so maybe he can come back by this time next year.

Yeah, it'll be for the best to get the surgery at this point.

# ? May 26, 2014 17:51

Laderhan: Oct 2, 2013

also, somebody needs to update that james andrews picture.

# ? May 26, 2014 17:53

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Remember when AA pulled off an amazing coup trading Vernon Wells and immediately ruined it by trading Mike Napoli for Frankie Francisco?

# ? May 26, 2014 17:54

3DHouseofBeef: May 10, 2006

IcePhoenix posted:

N: According to Gardy, Aaron Hicks is going to stop batting left handed.

V: Thank god, maybe now he won't be a black hole at the plate.

But how else will we see pitcher-level hitting in the AL?

# ? May 26, 2014 18:01

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

3DHouseofBeef posted:

But how else will we see pitcher-level hitting in the AL?

hey now, he's still hitting around .200 with a .330 obp, that's not even close to pitcher level.

Pedro Florimon (who has been in AAA for a few weeks now), on the other hand...

# ? May 26, 2014 18:03

Pumpkin McPastry: Mar 8, 2004; What else do I have to do to impress you people?

IcePhoenix posted:

N: According to Gardy, Aaron Hicks is going to stop batting left handed.

V: Thank god, maybe now he won't be a black hole at the plate.

I just never liked how high of a percentage of his offense came from putting his bat on his shoulder and letting minor league pitchers walk him.

# ? May 26, 2014 18:19

DannoMack: Aug 1, 2003; i love it when you call me big poppa

Groucho Marxist posted:

Remember when AA pulled off an amazing coup trading Vernon Wells and immediately ruined it by trading Mike Napoli for Frankie Francisco?

I knew I didn't like AA anymore about a year after that trade when I was out with a friend who brought a main Jays beat guy along who told us that it was an open secret that Napoli was traded because they didn't want his wild-partying ways to badly influence the younger Jays players (Lawrie I assume?).

AA believes in closer mentality and bad clubhouse guys.

# ? May 26, 2014 18:31

Pumpkin McPastry: Mar 8, 2004; What else do I have to do to impress you people?

But didn't AA target Rasmus who is a good player who was available because he annoyed the gently caress out of everybody in the Cardinals organization?

# ? May 26, 2014 18:32

DannoMack: Aug 1, 2003; i love it when you call me big poppa

Good point. The only explanation is that AA is a teetotaller then.

# ? May 26, 2014 18:41

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

Pumpkin McPastry posted:

I just never liked how high of a percentage of his offense came from putting his bat on his shoulder and letting minor league pitchers walk him.

Yeah but in the minors he was also hitting for a fair amount of power. He did last year as well, sort of, but it's been nonexistent this year. I really wish they would just put him in AAA for the year.

# ? May 26, 2014 19:56

Twin Cinema: Jun 1, 2006; Playoffs are no big deal,
don't have a crap attack.

Pumpkin McPastry posted:

But didn't AA target Rasmus who is a good player who was available because he annoyed the gently caress out of everybody in the Cardinals organization?

As well as Yunel Escobar, who, uh, didn't work out.

# ? May 26, 2014 20:27

Mornacale: Dec 19, 2007; n=y where
y=hope and n=folly,
prospects=lies, win=lose,

self=Pirates

Pumpkin McPastry posted:

But didn't AA target Rasmus who is a good player who was available because he annoyed the gently caress out of everybody in the Cardinals organization?

The problem with Rasmus is his crazy helicopter dad, that's probably not something likely to rub off much.

# ? May 26, 2014 20:36

Colonel Whitey: May 22, 2004; This shit's about to go off.

N: somebody stole Hunter Pence's scooter last night. He's offering a signed bobblehead and a scooter as a reward for help in getting his scooter back.

V: I would say that he should just forget it and ride the other scooter but it's probably a crucial piece of the spaceship that will take him back to his home planet when his mlb career is done.

# ? May 26, 2014 20:49

Scob: Jul 17, 2005

Heres a cool story about a baseball owned by Geddy Lee that he collects players with 3000 hits signature on

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/base...e449b3060e.html

# ? May 26, 2014 20:59

The 7th Guest: Dec 17, 2003

Howard Eskin is a piece of poo poo, chapter 26

quote:

This may have been something brewing for a while, but Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon and sports media veteran Howard Eskin apparently needed to be separated in the Phillies clubhouse before Saturday afternoon�s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

�Whoa. Eskin and Papelbon just got into a heated verbal argument by the Phils dugout. Both had to be restrained. Paps went up to Eskin & said something. Eskin said so etching back and Paps was escorted away by PR guy and Eskin was held back by security.� (Via @AntScaramuzzi)

Eskin has been taking Papelbon to task in recent weeks, most notably since Papelbon stated he could not a pitch a third straight game in a weekend series on the road against the New York Mets.

Last week Eskin was tweeting at Ashley Papelbon, Jonathan�s wife, asking about whether or not the Phillies were misleading reporters about Papelbon meeting up with Jacoby Ellsbury. The rumor was Papelbon was unavailable for the third straight game against the Mets because he was out late and possibly hungover, but Ashley Papelbon said that was clearly not the case. Eskin stuck to his reporting and information anyway.

Philly sports reporters: We will call your wife a liar and then fight you

# ? May 26, 2014 21:30

sexpig by night: Sep 8, 2011; by Azathoth

At this point I'm just expecting him to add "Look the spycams I installed clearly show..."

# ? May 26, 2014 21:33

Armitage: Aug 16, 2005; "Mathman's not here." "Oh? Where is he?" "He's in the Mathroom."

Valverde straight up released and Dave Hudgens fired. Who's next?

# ? May 26, 2014 21:58

abelwingnut: Dec 23, 2002

Armitage posted:

Valverde DFAed and Dave Hudgens fired. Who's next?

Bullpen coach? Terry? I'm thinking this as much a 'gently caress you, Valverde' as it is a warning shot to everyone on that team.

# ? May 26, 2014 22:00

YeahTubaMike: Mar 24, 2005; *hic* Gotta finish thish . . .; Doctor Rope

Armitage posted:

Valverde straight up released and Dave Hudgens fired. Who's next?

poo poo happens. :v:

# ? May 26, 2014 22:12

zakharov: Nov 30, 2002; Tater Love

AJ Ellis "severely sprained" his ankle celebrating the no-hitter yesterday, because God is cruel.

Francisco Cervelli: possibly available!

# ? May 26, 2014 22:16

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IcePhoenix posted:

Yeah but in the minors he was also hitting for a fair amount of power. He did last year as well, sort of, but it's been nonexistent this year. I really wish they would just put him in AAA for the year.

That's where he needed to be last season but then he had a good spring training and SPRING TRAINING NUMBERS SPRING TRAINING NUMBERS.

He still has good speed and one of the best OF arms in baseball but ughhhhhhhhhh

# ? May 26, 2014 22:40

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