Soriano with 2 more HRs tonight for the Yankees. Nice pick up by the MFYs. Reynolds went deep and ARod too. All of a sudden they are hitting a lot of HRs. Pieces of garbage didn't help us much against the Rays.
Who would have thought that any team's GM would say that they would have to be overwhelmed to trade Byrd. That's what the Met GM said at the trading deadline.
Evaluating and developing pitching talent is Theo's achilles heel. To paraphrase Bob Gibson, the only thing Theo knows about pitching is that he can't hit it.
Yep, and I think managers over think a lot of stuff to no great end. There is the 1 inning closer position that everyone has incorporated into their teams. I think that is nonsense too. LaRussa batting his pitchers in the 8th hole was nothing more than idiosyncratic foolishness. The overusage of the shift in today's game does little to prevent runs. I could go on and on.
You are on my ignore list, but I am assuming that this ^ is about reclaiming first place that I have held for several weeks while you disappeared from the forum. Kudos on recaliming the top spot.
Put your best hitters up at the top of the lineup in a row-- that's the simple formula. Lefty - Rghty and extending the order by putting a lesser hitter in the middle of your good guys is just a bunch of hooey.
He looked pretty smooth in the field too. He'd have to get very large for me to want to pull him off SS. In the meantime, his plate discipline and plate coverage looks much better than Middlebrooks. I'd play him over Middlebrooks.
They are heading for around 95 losses in year 2 of Theo's 3-5 year plan. Thank goodness we got rid of that clueless bastard. There is barely anyone worth watching on that team.
Edit: Their home attendance is down around 4,000 fans per game.