eric gagne

[YanksHater213]

why couldn't anyone in the AL East go for him?

 

just today after the brewers score 3 in the 9th, leadoff single, 4 pitch walk, game tying homer for fukodome...

 

we miss you eric

[26 to 6]

Yeah, he did not look good at all. I was watching the game.

 

Particularly funny to me was the jersey he was wearing looked like a 6X and he wore it like a nightgown, untucked, until the plate ump told him to fix it

[Youk Of The Nation]

I called that homer, too. Unfortunately, I was alone in the living room, so no one was there to congratulate me.

 

PS: My man Craig Counsell gettin' it done!

[MDF3530]

By the All-Star break, he will be the most overpaid mop-up guy in the league.

[a700hitter]

By the All-Star break' date=' he will be the most overpaid mop-up guy in the league.[/quote']Does he make more than Farnsworthless?

[Cocos Disciples]

Yup. 10 mil vs 5.5 mil.

[VandaleIndustries]

Gotta love it.... The Mitchell report comes out, and something strange happened. Also strange that the team he came from (Rangers) had more people on that particular report that any other team (in total, not active)... Cue the twilight zone music (and/or Benny Hill, if we're still discussing the Rangers)....

[Jayhawk Bill]

Here are Eric Gagne's 20 2007 appearances with Boston:

 

[table]Leverage | WHIP

0.00 | 1

0.02 | 0

0.04 | 2

0.20 | 2

0.23 | 1

0.27 | 0

0.28 | 2

0.48 | 1

0.48 | 1

0.53 | 2

0.69 | 1

0.69 | 1

0.75 | 0

1.13 | 3

1.64 | 2

1.65 | 1

1.97 | 12

2.20 | 3

3.31 | 4

3.70 | 5

[/table]

 

When the leverage was under 1.00--when the situation was less critical than it would be for a starting pitcher on his first pitch--he was great. The mean of these 13 WHIPs is 1.08. When leverage was over 1.00--usually a save or hold situation--he was terrible. The mean of those seven WHIPs is 4.37...the median is 3.00.

 

Look, this seems to be a case of an MLB pitcher losing his nerve...this seems to be Calvin Schiraldi redux, except with an ex-Cy Young closer suffering from the problem.

 

Signing such a pitcher to a $10 million contract to close for a contending team may have been a mistake.

[Mr Crunchy]

calvin schiraldi bill buckner bob stanley rich gedman live and donnie moore does himself in?

 

i still see that fat wanker rolling her arms behind home plate.

worse thing i ever saw in my life,worse than the guy getting out of his car in front of the burlington mall and getting dusted by a 12 wheel box truck

[ORS]

calvin schiraldi bill buckner bob stanley rich gedman live and donnie moore does himself in?

 

i still see that fat wanker rolling her arms behind home plate.

worse thing i ever saw in my life,worse than the guy getting out of his car in front of the burlington mall and getting dusted by a 12 wheel box truck

I was 12 at the time, and I recall it being the first time I felt hate. I wanted bad things to happen to that woman and her white sleeves.

[Paradisecity]

I'm a little young for this one- care to enlighten?

[ORS]

All the '86 WS games at Shea featured this twit lady who wore either a white undershirt or white sleeves to cover her forearm (contrasted against dark clothing elsewhere). These sleeves really stuck out, and she was right behind home plate. When the Sox were on the field, as the pitcher was staring in / winding up, she would roll her forearms like Daunte Culpepper after a TD. She did it incessantly. Every pitch.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Haha, Gagne gave up back to back jacks to tie the game for the Reds in the bottom of the ninth, before Griffey had a walkoff hit against him...I think the best part is that one of those home runs was to Paul friggin Bako, the career backup backup catcher with a .002 OBP.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Haha and again, lets the Cards tie it in the ninth, Brewers win in 12 on a walkoff single by Kapler.

[a700hitter]

Is that his 4th blown save already?

[Jayhawk Bill]

Is that his 4th blown save already?

 

Yes.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/gl.cgi?n1=gagneer01&t=p&year=2008

 

Check out the correlation between Leverage Index and Blown Saves.

 

Do we have a "Choke" emoticon?

[VA Sox Fan]

Haha and again' date=' lets the Cards tie it in the ninth, Brewers win in 12 on a walkoff single by [b']Kapler[/b].

 

I read where Gabe is doing very well right now.

[Youk Of The Nation]

I read where Gabe is doing very well right now.

 

Yes, it's good to see Him doing such a Great job, we should be Happy for him.

[Jayhawk Bill]

I read where Gabe is doing very well right now.

 

I don't believe that minor-league managers are steroid-tested...:dunno:

 

Hmm. Probably a coincidence that he seems much stronger this spring.

[CrespoBlows]

Remember when this guy saved 80 straight?

[YAZMAN]

Haha and again' date=' lets the Cards tie it in the ninth, Brewers win in 12 on a walkoff single by Kapler.[/quote']

 

Hinske lead Tampa yesterday, a single short of the cycle. He's been ripping the cover off it, .327AVE 5HR 10RBI

[26 to 6]

Remember when this guy saved 80 straight?

Yeah, I was pissed during that run. Everyone thought he was better than Mariano. Turns out he was just juiced up. f***ing Canadian!

[BoSox21]

f***ing Canadian!

 

what does him being Canadian have to do with anything?

[redsoxrules]

Yeah' date=' I was pissed during that run. Everyone thought he was better than Mariano. ![/quote']

 

in that stretch he was better than Mariano , but overal theres no doubt Mariano is better

[26 to 6]

what does him being Canadian have to do with anything?

Nothing really, no offense lol. Should have been more sensitive.

 

I have no problems with Canadians.

 

I just needed an insult to express my rage towards him; first thing that came to mind.

 

I can't believe I was actually disappointed that Ca$h missed out on him last year and let him end up in Boston. silly me...

[26 to 6]

in that stretch he was better than Mariano ' date=' but overal theres no doubt Mariano is better[/quote']

But the only reason he was better than Mo is because of his drug use.

[BoSox21]

at this rate, he'll be lucky to be a non-roster invite to someone's spring training next year

[Youk Of The Nation]

Finish this sentence: Another day in MLB, another....

 

(A) Blown save by Eric Gagne

( Abysmal pitching performance by Eric Gagne

© One inning, two run, three walk performance in which he manages to give up runs on a groundout to Kaz Matsui and a bases-loaded walk but still manages to get out of it with a tie after getting Carlos Lee out...Carlos Lee. He can't handle the Houston lineup to the tune of three walks in 2/3 of an inning but once the bases are loaded for Lee, he remembers to pitch correctly.

(D) All of the above

[Thumper]

Finish this sentence: Another day in MLB, another....

 

(A) Blown save by Eric Gagne

( Abysmal pitching performance by Eric Gagne

© One inning, two run, three walk performance in which he manages to give up runs on a groundout to Kaz Matsui and a bases-loaded walk but still manages to get out of it with a tie after getting Carlos Lee out...Carlos Lee. He can't handle the Houston lineup to the tune of three walks in 2/3 of an inning but once the bases are loaded for Lee, he remembers to pitch correctly.

(D) All of the above

 

Eric Gagne sucks quite so.

Worse than that cheap Spitzer ho.

He blows most games.

He'll never see fame.

I'm so glad he was finally let go.

[das11209]

In hindsight - is the Gagne trade the worst Theo has made or is it getting Mirabelli back from SD or Arroyo for WMP?

 

And I know we all were excited when the Gagne trade happened.