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It's MY ball, dammit! Doug Mientkiewicz, he of the .215 avg as a 2 month defensive replacement, is refusing to give the Sox the ball he caught for the final out of the Series. "That's four years at Florida State for one of my kids". Selfish? Resourceful?
posted on January 07, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
"Juuuuust a bit outside."
The worst ceremonial first pitch in baseball history.
posted by grum@work at 09:24 PM on April 04
America's new dancing machine!!! Matt Leinart will forgo millions and follow Jerry Rice in ballroom dancing emphamy. I could hear FOSSE turning in his grave!
posted by Grrrlacher at 09:18 AM on April 01
heh. "Sensored"? Rather funny you would post that on THIS thread. Try censored.
posted at 11:49 AM on April 01
Beckett to Rangers in 4 player trade this deal, while not finalized, looks like it will go through sending josh beckett, mike lowell to the rangers for hank blalock and a prospect. with a lackluster free agent market this could be the start of teams looking towards trading to get better and it most definatly is the start of yet another marlin firesale with peirre and lo duca on trading block
posted by kellermcgee21 at 11:53 PM on November 20
I'm not so sure Beckett would be the savior the Rangers think they're getting. He's injury prone, and his career road ERA is 3.83, almost 3/4 of a run higher than his home ERA (3.14). He's no Chan Ho Park, but I can see why Texas may be reluctant to give up a pitcher in addition to Blalock.
posted at 10:00 AM on November 20
The Onion gets all sweaty by adding sports to its mix of politically savy and scatological humor. "Terrell Owens Pre-Emptively Disparages Next Contract." People, there's mirth here. Oh, the mirth.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 03:21 PM on September 28
And for those that do appreciate satire, Sportspickle.com has been covering this ground for a few years already, and I think with more bite. Headlines this week include: "Packers Schedule Uninjured Brett Favre for Season-Ending Surgery" "Cubs Management Not Sure How to Fire Dusty Baker Without Exposing That They're Racists" "Boring boxing match ends without a death"
posted at 04:33 PM on September 28
The Onion gets all sweaty by adding sports to its mix of politically savy and scatological humor. "Terrell Owens Pre-Emptively Disparages Next Contract." People, there's mirth here. Oh, the mirth.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 03:21 PM on September 28
Uh...royce? It's a satire. TO didn't really say that stuff.
posted at 04:29 PM on September 28
Coroner: 49ers' Herrion died of heart disease
posted by justgary at 07:38 PM on September 07
Not only expensive, but risky. Routine cardiac catheterization (i.e. angiogram) is not indicated for simple screening, especially in 23 year olds. It carries many risks, including renal failure, hematomas, even heart attacks. We do them when there's symptoms, but otherwise it's not a great screen basically due to cost and risk. It is possible that a stress test could have shown something, but even they're not 100% accurate. That said, this guy HAD to have had a family history of early coronary disease, so maybe choosing certain higher risk players to screen would be reasonable.
posted at 08:58 AM on September 07
ESPN fires Trev Alberts And I thought ESPN was one big happy family!
posted by daddisamm at 12:33 AM on September 07
Craig Kilbourn and Keith Olbermann are the only two I can think of - and I wouldn't say Keith made an upward move. Where is he? MSNBC? CNBC? Some other channel no one watches?
posted at 08:52 AM on September 07
Legendary Latino Sluggers Left Out Ted Williams and Reggie Jackson miss MLB's Latino Legends ballot. Half isn't enough?
posted by Hugh Janus at 10:10 AM on August 26
Don't forget Mr. Steroid is on there, too. Raffy Palmeiro may be Latino, but I can't imagine the Latino community is terribly proud of him.
posted at 07:44 PM on August 26
Bradley accuses Jeff Kent of Racism Milton Bradley, a malcontent, again had a problem with a teammate. He said that Jeff Kent doesn't know how to deal with African American players. Bradley might just be spewing after Kent called him out after he failed to score from 1st on a double. I think that Milton Bradley should be dumped, he han't played up to his potential and he is a heinous teammate. What do you think?
posted by redsoxthrowdown at 10:07 PM on August 24
I wouldn't be so quick to put Kent in the HOF, especially with his media relations/clubhouse issues both in SF and now LA. Oh, and he still falls short on all 3 of baseball-reference's HOF predictors: Gray Ink: Batting - 64 (370) (Average HOFer ~ 144) HOF Standards: Batting - 39.1 (148) (Average HOFer ~ 50) HOF Monitor: Batting - 89.0 (168) (Likely HOFer > 100) Add to the fact that he's played his career in these offensive-minded years, and his numbers fall even further short at this point in his career.
posted at 10:46 AM on August 24
Bonds done for 2005 season Wonder if he will be staying at Raphy's house the next 10 days checking out the testing procedures?
posted by zappa65 at 02:06 PM on August 02
What insomnyuk said.
posted at 03:33 PM on August 02
Bonds Done For the Rest of 2005 Barry calls it done for 2005 on the advise of his doctors.
posted by jojomfd1 at 08:18 AM on August 02
As if the Giants were really planning on him returning this season? They picked up a new (read: another old guy) outfielder at the deadline anyway, even though they're 14 games under .500. I'm sure Randy Winn's gonna take them alllllll the way to...72-91. Maybe.
posted at 10:43 AM on August 02
All-Bust Team It's the All-Disappointment team. These players might be able to run, but they can't hide from the truth of a poor first half.
posted by justgary at 11:33 AM on July 01
Ummm... are they really a bust if they've always sucked? Here's Guzman's career OPS year-by-year: .543-.687-.814-.677-.676-.691 And Milton averages 32 HR allowed a year for his career, then moved into that bandbox in Cincy. They just prove that these GMs don't know what they're doing when they sign guys with track records like this.
posted at 03:14 PM on July 01
Boom -- Madden Joins NBC John Madden is reported to be announcing that he is Joining NBC in 2006 to do Sunday Night Football. News Conference scheduled foR this afternoon.
posted by daddisamm at 10:41 AM on June 16
I tend to agree with Motown Mike here. "Self-aggrandizing ex-jocks" pretty much sums up most of the crappy announcers out there (Collingsworth, Deion, Michael Irvin in football, Kruk, McCarver, Reynolds in baseball to name a few). The professional broadcasters actually speak coherently during the game.
posted at 11:40 AM on June 16
The closer is not always automatic the Twins are thankful to have Joe Nathan!
posted by daddisamm at 10:52 AM on June 01
As many teams have proven, you don't have to pay ridiculous sums of money for a guy who can pitch 60 innings a year. There's alwasys a Dan Kolb (the Milwaukee version), Derrick Turnbow, Joe Nathan, Coco Cordero, Miguel Batista, Dustin Hermanson, or Brandon Lyon available on the scrap heap. Who among these was "groomed" as a closer? And then there's the whole Moneyball argument of "Why is the ninth inning more important than any other inning?" Any team that wastes millions on a "proven" closer is doing just that - wasting money that could be spent on a slugger or at least a pitcher who will give them 150 good innings.
posted at 04:11 PM on June 01
The Pest Who says steals aren't important? Reinventing the art of theft, Scott Podsednik helps makes the White Sox a winner
posted by dgphilli at 09:45 AM on May 26
Small ball, shmall ball...the Sox are winning because of pitching, pitching, pitching. The fact that they happen to be leading in SB due to the addition of ScottyPo is irrelevant. They've got a bunch of starting pitchers who are waaaaay over their heads (El Duque, Contreras, and !!Garland?!!), and in actuality their offense isn't much better than last year when they had Lee and Ordonez. Plus, Podsednik led the majors with 70-odd steals last year, and look where it got the Brewers! For a more detailed comparison of the April 2004 and April 2005 Sox, take a look at Aaron Gleeman's piece at Hardball Times: www.hardballtimes.com
posted at 04:42 PM on May 26
Actually Bozeman, I'm pretty sure it was the Nationals. He'll be their #2 starter.