schillingouttheks

Biggest waste of money ever.

Do you realize that probably 90% of MLB players have "cheated" at some point or another?

I don't think so. He just had some cramping and with a 7-0 lead, there was no reason to take any chances.

WAY BACK! SEE YA!!! Tulowitzki goes deep! Tied at 2 just like that. Thanks Roger Can't wait to have you pitch against the AL.

See ya! Atkins homerun! 2-1 Yanks.

1-2-3 first inning for the former Sox killer, Rodrigo Lopez. Break out the bats against this old f*** Clemens please, okay?

Fair enough. If I'm wrong I just say "my mistake" or "my apologies" and move on, lol.

They're talking about Vernon Wells.

Yeah, I used the same site. Agreed on Snider.

Uh, I guess... what's so funny?

Beat me to it, but same idea.

In '49 and '50, the first two seasons that Hodges played more than 150 games, he had 64 and 73 strikeouts, respectively. As he got more experience (but playing the same amount of times) his strikeout totals increased. From '51 - '59 his strikeout totals remained relatively constant, fluctuating between 84 and 92 in any given year. In '60, he played in 101 games and struck out 37 times, but this was the beginning of the end of his career. He had a .198 avg with a .291 OBP despite those 37 strikeouts. Even though he cut down, he was not that great of a player from there on out. I don't see the great "cut down" that you seem to see. Duke Snider did cut down on most of his strikeouts, but it's quite possible that it was a result of the fewer ABs he had during those years. Roy Campanella never struck out more than 61 times in a season. These aren't great examples of players who have "cut down" their strikeouts significantly.

I think his shot of confidence came in his big game vs. Detroit. He didn't really hit that much more consistently after that.

From http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01/texas-rangers.html He's a FA after this season.

The Athletics taking Kei Igawa? Excuse me, but Billy Beane knows pitching talent, and Kei Igawa is NOT that. The good thing is that tomorrow it's almost an assured Giants win as Cain goes up against Igawa. EDIT: I think the smiley meant sarcasm, but I couldn't tell for sure. My apologies if this is the case

Yes, it should. Thanks lol.

Psh, not better than Crisp. Griffey can say he can still play all he wants; he can't play it that well. Crisp has been the best hitter on the team for the past two weeks anyway (as I just mentioned in my previous post), so let's wait a bit on CF. He changed his swing and he's been red-hot.

...Coco Crisp has been the best hitter on this team over the past two weeks. His defense has won us some games and if he keeps hitting like this he won't be a problem. As far as filling a hole goes...yeah, Teixeira would. I would only deal for him if they intended on giving him a big, lengthy contract though. Of course, we could have already had him if Duke didn't have terrible people skills (I realize he did a lot of other good things, so let's stay clear of this thread turning into a pro-Duke vs. anti-Duke debate....kthx). Anyway, you know that Lowell is going to hit that inevitable regression at some point in the season. His contract also expires at the end of the year. If they nabbed Teixeira and moved Youk to third (obviously you lose a little defense at third, but Youk can play a hell of a third base if given the spot...and obviously Teixeira is very smooth defensively), then I would expect that they planned on extending him for what they would have to give up to get him. That said, the Rangers seem to get ripped off in most of their trades, especially young guys. I would part with Bard and his high heat and Moss/Murphy to grab Teixeira. Maybe they could be convinced that Bard can be a SP? His fastball is quite tempting, even though his control is a bit of a concern. If you were dealing with any other front office you'd probably have to part with Lester/Buchholz/Bowden and some others to get him, but thank God we're dealing with the Rangers I don't know if that would actually get it done, but it's a thought....

If you're even in the loss column and three games back, that puts the pressure on YOU to win those six games that they haven't played yet. The only thing that counts to me is the "GB" column. If you're tied for first even if you've played two less games, you're tied. Period. Just because you have one more loss and one more win than the next team doesn't mean you're anything less. Looking at just the loss column is stupid.

Tulowitzki has an absolute cannon. Annnnd....Kay goes on with the Tulowitzki/Jeter s***.

You should do the "THUUUUUH YANKEEEEES LOOOOOSE!" honors tonight should the score hold. It would feel great and you know it Especially when you type "10 game lead!" right after it.

Holliday's a monster. I don't know, but a lot of them have.

5-1 Bring Kaz in Holliday!

That's a HUGE run! Nice job Taveras.