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Jason Donald is 1/8th Cherokee. This has nothing to do with ancestry, the man ate a f***ing Indian.

When Mitch Talbot pees, he clogs the toilet.

Now ARod is hurt. This game is going very, very well. Psyched even

Mitch Talbot built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Mitch Talbot met all three bullets with his beard, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of sheer amazement.

FUUUUUUCK!

When Travis Hafner wants an egg, he cracks open a chicken

You could always go get Jermaine Dye

Then he does what he did to Markakis. That curve was just nasty

Bad AJ has shown up. Single, SB, HBP, WP. Awesome

Luis Valbuena will never have a heart attack. His heart would never be foolish enough to attack him

No, you arent right. The only thing you have is at bats, that's it. Enjoy fantasy land!

Mitch Talbot counted to infinity, twice

It is your side. The axillary line is your arm pit, so it is a line drawn right down your arm pit. So he broke another rib diving? Hmmm. That's interesting. This guy is frickin fragile. He's got more edema too? The edema should have subsided by now, meaning he isnt resting as he should. He's gonna be out for awhile

Dipre, you dont deal well with actual proof do you? You seem to forget that the entire point of the argument was offense. Posada has provided higher OPS's over every sample size you can get. Posada has been a bit more injury prone due to his older age, but he has been our starting catcher predominantly over the past 5 seasons. Last yr, he caught over 100 games. 2008, he blew out his shoulder, 2007 he caught more than 100 games. Also, VMart wont be a catcher for much longer anyway since his defense blows, so with that argument, you kinda lose a bunch of leverage as well. In the end, we have the stats, which favor Posada rather convincingly. Continue smoking the pipe

The boogeyman checks under his bed for Mitch Talbot

All bow to the prowess of the mighty Cleveland Guardians

He reinjured it swinging. They are finally going to do it the right way and let him heal

Posada missed almost the entire season in 2008. That skews data a bit there Dipre. Your point was offense. I proved you wrong. Eat it

1. Cito Culver- Did not like the pick initially due to the players already on the list, although I have come to understand it now that the draft is complete. He's a skinny kid with good speed, a great arm, plays very strong defense and has shown good things with the stick. Apparently, the Yankees saw him bat over 200 times in the past yr. So while the media outlets were reporting other players linked to NY, Oppenheimer had his eyes on this kid. DO is sure he can stick as a SS, which brings up his value, and was informed prior to day 2, that he wasnt going to last to their second selection. Overall, very athletic kid with a slick glove and promise with the bat. He sounds like a solid backup at worst due to his glove, with the ceiling of being an above average starting SS. But his bat will dictate how fast he progresses.

Here is the full list. I will go over what I have read on each of these guys as the days progress..... (1) Cito Culver, ss, West Irondiquot HS, Rochester , NY (8/26/92) (2) Angelo Gumbs, SS-CF, Torrance HS, California (10/13/92) (3) Rob Segedin, 3B, Tulane - DES (11/10/88) (4) Mason Williams, CF, West Orange HS, Florida (8/21/91) (5) Thomas Kahnle, RHP, Lynn University – Jr (8/07/89) (6) Gabe Encinas, RHP, St Paul HS, California (12/21/91) (7) Taylor Anderson, OF, Woodlawn HS, Louisiana (12/03/91) (8) Kyle Roller, 1B, East Carolina , Sr (03/27/88) (9) Taylor Morton, RHP, Bartlett HS, Tennessee (12/18/91) (10)Ben Gamel , OF Bishop Kenny HS, Florida (05/17/92) (11)Zachary Varce, RHP, University of Portland – Jr (12/14/88) (12)Daniel Burawa, RHP, St John’s – Jr (12/30/88) (13)Tyler Austin, OF Heritage HS, Georgia (09/06/91) (14)Travis Dean, RHP, Newton South HS, Massachusetts (05/03/91) (15)Chase Whitley, RHP, Troy University – Jr (06/14/89) (16)Evan Rutckyj, LHP, St Joseph ’s HS, Ontario , Canada (01/31/92) (17)Preston Claiborne, RHP, Tulane University – Sr (01/21/88) (18)Kevin Jacob, RHP, Georgia Tech – Jr (03/26/89) (19)Kevin Jordan, OF, Northside-Columbus HS, Georgia (11/14/91) (20)Mike Ferraro, OF, University of San Diego – Red Shirt Jr (05/31/88) (21)Dustin Hobbs, RHP, Yavapai College (08/18/89) (22)Trevor Johnson, LHP, College of the Desert, California – Fr (07/29/88) (23)Shane Brown, OF, University of Central Florida – Sr (01/11/88) (24)Conor Mullee, RHP, St Peter’s College, NJ, - Sr (02/25/88) (25)Casey Stevenson, 2B, University of California – Irvine – Sr (05/18/88) (26)Richard James Hively, RHP, Santa Ana College – Fr (11/27/88) (27)Martin Viramontes, RHP, Loyola Marymount University – Red Shirt So (07/12/89) (28)Josh Dezse, RHP, Olentangy Liberty HS, Ohio (06/18/92) (29)Stewart Ijames, OF, University of Louisville – Red Shirt So (08/21/88) (30)Zackary Nuding, RHP, Weatherford College , Tx – So (03/29/90) (31)James Gibson, RHP, Florida Atlantic – Jr (09/15/88) (32)Kramer Sneed, LHP, Barton College – Jr (10/07/88) (33)Michael Hachadorian, RHP, San Diego Mesa College – So (05/03/90) (34)William Kish, RHP, Germantown Academy HS, PA (11/29/91 (35)William Oliver, RHP, Palomar College – So (07/04/87) (36)Nick McCoy, C, University of San Diego – Sr (03/02/87) (37)Cameron Hobson, LHP, Dayton – DES (04/10/89) (38)James Ramsey, OF, Brandon HS, Florida (03/02/92) (39)Jaycob Brugman, OF, Desert Vista HS, Arizona (01/18/92) (40)Michael Gerber, OF, Neuqua Valley HS, Illinois (07/08/92) (41)Tymothy Pearson, OF, Columbia Basin CC, Oregon (10/30/90) (42)Michael O’Neill, OF, Olentangy Liberty HS – (06/12/92) (43)Kyle Hunter, LHP, Kansas State - DES (06/18/89) (44)David Middendorf, LHP, Northern Kentucky – Jr ( 01/23/89) (45)Tyler Johnson, OF, Penn State – Jr (05/20/89) (46)Nathan Forer, RHP, Southern Illinois University – Sr (06/06/88) (47)Frederick Lewis, LHP, Tennessee Wesleyan College - Jr (12/16/86) (48)Alex Brown, RHP, Amphitheater HS, Arizona (10/08/91) (49)Will Arthur, OF, Abbotsford Secondary School HS, British Columbia (04/04/92) (50)Matt Rice, C, Western Kentucky – Jr (05/08/89)

Dellin Betances makes his long awaited return from Tommy John Surgery tonight. Word is, he looks pretty impressive now that he's healthy. We'll see if he can get FSL hitters out before getting my hopes up

Nowadays, you can get bats with thin handles which effectively allow you to increase your bat speed due to decreased weight, but keep the barrel solid. Those should be illegal

Mythbusters did a show on it, actually. Very interesting. They standardized the swing with a machine. They standardized the velocity. Then took over 100 swings with 2 identical bats, except one was corked. There was no significant statistical difference. IIRC, the corked bat didnt meet statistical significance, but was actually shorter than the non-corked one. Regardless, it doesnt make any sense for cork to increase the force impacted on the ball, especially since cork is more pliable than the hard wood of ash or maple. It should deaden the ball a little.

Exactly. Watching Cano jump into batting title and MVP races is pretty nice to see, especially after watching his progression from his rookie yr. Same with Hughes and his emergence this yr. It's nice to see, especially after watching the struggles that young kids go through on their way there