Hee hee hee...

Jeter's baseball card altered by a prankster

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070227/capt.nyr10502271904.jeter_card_nyr105.jpg

Whoever did it did a bloody good job with the Photoshop, although I think they could have used a better Jeter shot.

Please.  Dubya WISHES he could get Stadium tickets. 

Chris Duncan is shapeing up nice in spring training, along with Ankiel.

Can anybody see Ankiel actually making the major league roster during 2007?

I mean, this guy was just THE next big thing and it all vanished.. then he's gone and put in about 3 years of great work in AAA and he's still not got a call up.  :-\\

Is it because Ankiel accidentally decapitated an unsuspecting fan with a wild fastball?  :D

Is it because Ankiel accidentally decapitated an unsuspecting fan with a wild fastball?  :D


;D

I need to find the stats of the guy I told you about last year. The guy who used to throw consistently at about 110MPH back in the 50's or something, but he had no control.

http://www.sportshollywood.com/poorsports13.html

One of my favorite sports storys.

An opinion about MLB

Sigh...

An opinion about MLB

Sigh...

I was wondering if the new TV deal would make it to these boards.  Already two of the big indemand companies have said no to paying for it. So lets see what happens.

I have MLB.TV Premium.  That's good enough for me.

Don Mattingly's dad dies

D'oh :(

Don Mattingly's dad dies

D'oh :(


That is so sad. :(

It said no other details were available at the moment...maybe there'll be more later.

Don Mattingly's dad dies

D'oh :(



That explains what I had been reading on my Yankee board.  My condolences to the Mattingly family.  Poor Donnie Baseball.  :(

I wanna see this move

Sweeeeet...and a great idea too.

David Wells has Type 2 Diabetes

It's the kind that is often associated with being overweight, but at least it's controllable like Type 1.

iNDemand matches DirecTV

Wheeeee...

SI's predictions

And 162 games later we may find that they would be dead wrong :D  Or they could be right...

Never mind

Guess iNDemand was short :(

Manny grill auction cancelled

Ah, people...

Dodgers have been giving the Angels a bad time tonight in game two of their traditional pre-season Freeway Series. Last night, however, it was the other way around. I was watching tonight's game on TV; I'm not sure if it's over yet.

Opening Day for my boys is tomorrow.  Thank God.....I can get to talking about stuff that matters again.

Today we got Cards at Mets and Giants at A's (darned early for an interleague matchup but that should be fun) :)

Oops, the Cards are the home team tonight, muh bad.  And the Giants and A's are just finishing up a spring training series, but still cool.

My team begin tomorrow in Milwaukee...should be interesting.

GAME ON!!! 

Plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ball!  :D :D

I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW!!!

The Mets just scored the first official runs of the season...looking good for them right now, but 'tis early.

Carpenter's given up 5 runs so far, and the Cards aren't clicking offensively...yet.

The Phillies open at 1:05 tomorrow afternoon against the Braves. I had a doctors appointment early tommorrow
evening, so I told a coworker I wouldn't be able to go to the game. He offered someone else the ticket, then
the doctor's office called to reschedule the appointment, now it's too late for the ticket.  >:(

Looks like Cat's Mets may have won the regular-season opener...

Blech.

Stranded WAAAAAY too many guys.

Glavine was dominant but the Mets overall weren't great.. unfortunatly the Cards were no better.

We won.  Oh hells yeah.

Everyone should beat the Devil Rays.

Everyone should beat the Devil Rays.



True, but we seem to have problems with them for some godforsaken reason.

I noted that Rivera struck out the side in the 9th to close the game.  Pavano didn't do so hot eh.

I noted that Rivera struck out the side in the 9th to close the game.  Pavano didn't do so hot eh.



Mo was Mo.  Glass Ass was better than I expected AND he pitched better then his line suggested, I think.  Jeter's error led to 3 unearned runs, which really wasn't his fault.  He wasn't great, but he didn't suck.  Which was all I was looking for.

The Phillies opened their season with a 5-3 loss to the Braves in 10 innings. Many sports writers
and fans had the Phillies competing for the division, or at the very least, the wild card. Here are
my reasons why they don't have a shot at either. They can't play small ball and they have a goober
as manager.

The Phillies had second and third with no outs in the 7th. The next two batters, Ryan Howard
included, struckout. Both batters were swinging yard and got air. The Phils were up 3-2 at
the time, play small ball, shorten your swing and make contact and get at least 1 insurance run. In the 8th, the
starting pitcher still in the game, has 2 outs and 2 strikes on the batter. He then procedes to try to blow a fast
ball by him. It's the 8th inning of opening day, how much power does Myers have left. Needless to say the ball
ended up over the centerfield wall. Until they can play smart small ball, they won't win anything.

In all the Phillies struckout 12 times, 8 strikeouts coming from the first five slots in the batting
order. Can't win whiffing.

Small ball is more fun to watch.

For the time being, it seems that this Gil Meche fellow isn't as bad an investment for the Royals as previously thought...

Or maybe the Red Sox just suck that bad. 

Hmmm.

Or maybe the Red Sox just suck that bad.


Oh please let this be the reason.  Oh please.

It might be!  Mark Grudzdzzfzxdfk has 3 hits and 3 RBIs so far :o :o

Remember when the Royals' GM said they were going to challenge for the AL Central crown?  Not laughing so much now :D

It might be!  Mark Grudzdzzfzxdfk has 3 hits and 3 RBIs so far :o :o

Remember when the Royals' GM said they were going to challenge for the AL Central crown?  Not laughing so much now :D



To be fair, this is Opening Day.  They could win today and lose the next 161 games.  That's just the kind of luck they have.


Although watching Schilling get his fat ass knocked around is truly a sight to behold.

To be fair, this is Opening Day.  They could win today and lose the next 161 games.  That's just the kind of luck they have.


Although watching Schilling get his fat ass knocked around is truly a sight to behold.


Of course :)  It gives the Royals fans something to cheer about, at least for a day.

Small ball is more fun to watch.


Unfortunately, not too many teams play it anymore. Power stats mean more money.

The Indians won big today!  8)

The Indians won big today!  8)


Against the White Sux!  Yay!  :D

Unfortunately, not too many teams play it anymore. Power stats mean more money.



The Yanks play their fair share of small ball.  They even manufactured one of their runs this afternoon that way. 

Looks like the DUD-gers lost their season opener to the Brew Crew. ::)

The Yanks play their fair share of small ball.  They even manufactured one of their runs this afternoon that way. 


And that is why the Yankees win. Teams that can hit for power and still know how to move runners have a better shot
at winning games than teams that depend on power alone. The Phillies need to hit home runs to win because every
hitter is swinging yard, they don't know how to move runners and manufacture runs.  I'll give an example of how the Phils
approach hitting:

Yesterday's game:

Jimmy Rollins (Lead off hitter -- 2 for 5 -- 3 strike outs)
Shane Victorino (2nd -- 1 for 5 -- 2 strike outs)
Ryan Howard (3rd -- 2 for 4 -- 2 strike outs)
Chase Utley 4th (1 for 5 -- 0 strike outs)
Pat Burrell 5th (1 for 4 -- 2 strike outs)

9 strike outs for the first five in the batting order, too many strike outs. Beth, I'll bet the Yanks box score isn't that bad.

And that is why the Yankees win. Teams that can hit for power and still know how to move runners have a better shot
at winning games than teams that depend on power alone. The Phillies need to hit home runs to win because every
hitter is swinging yard, they don't know how to move runners and manufacture runs.  I'll give an example of how the Phils
approach hitting:

Yesterday's game:

Jimmy Rollins (Lead off hitter -- 2 for 5 -- 3 strike outs)
Shane Victorino (2nd -- 1 for 5 -- 2 strike outs)
Ryan Howard (3rd -- 2 for 4 -- 2 strike outs)
Chase Utley 4th (1 for 5 -- 0 strike outs)
Pat Burrell 5th (1 for 4 -- 2 strike outs)

9 strike outs for the first five in the batting order, too many strike outs. Beth, I'll bet the Yanks box score isn't that bad.




No, it wasn't.  Our top 5 in yesterday's game only had 3 strikeouts.  But that's because the guys have been showing a lot better patience at the plate.  The constant trying to swing for a HR got us in trouble a couple seasons back, because when it came time to hit a sac fly, or steal a base or lay down a bunt.....the guy at the plate was going for the upper deck. 


I think small ball is underrated to a lot of teams, and it's sad, because I'd rather see a perfectly-executed suicide squeeze bunt than a towering upper-decker.

I'd like to see a suicide squeeze also, or maybe a hit and run, how about hitting behind a runner. It's sad to see lead off
hitters swing for the fences. I don't want my lead off hitter hitting 25 home runs and striking out 75 plus times, his job
is to get on base. Fundamental baseball appears to be a thing of the past.

When I see teams putting a guy in the lead-off spot, and his OBP is less than .400.......I don't get it.  Why do you want a guy leading off that gets on base substantially less than half the time?  An OBP of at least .500 or higher is preferable.  Lead-off HRs are great, but I'd rather see them try and work a walk and run up the PC if they can.  That's why I like Johnny Damon.  He'll hit a HR in the lead-off every now and again (he hit one at Fenway; it shut those morons up), but he's more apt to work a walk or something.


I agree with you about fundamental baseball being used less and less frequently, but if you old-school managers, especially ones who played back in maybe the late 70s , you'll see it because it's what they know and they know it works.