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rocketman has posted 22 links and 654 comments to SportsFilter and 3 links and 232 comments to the Locker Room.
Is anyone else following the hearings today?: I didn't want to post to the front page about this, but thought maybe an ongoing locker room dump on Clemens/McNamee/Congress would be enjoyable. Admins: delete if you feel this is out of line.
posted by rocketman to navel gazing at 12:31 PM on February 13 - 30 comments
Curt Schilling has a blog.: (via Deadspin)
posted by rocketman to baseball at 09:54 AM on March 08 - 10 comments
How Good Is Your #4 Starter?: Jeff Sackmann, of The Hardball Times and Brew Crew Ball runs the numbers and concludes: back-rotation starters suck. But you might be surprised at how bad they generally are.
posted by rocketman to baseball at 06:26 PM on December 28 - 4 comments
Sanchez tosses a no-hitter against the Diamondbacks.: Everyone who thought the Marlins would be in the wild card race, raise your hand.
posted by rocketman to baseball at 09:29 PM on September 06 - 36 comments
Cricket explained from an American perspective.: I've always been a bit baffled by cricket, and news reports of matches do little to help. If you've ever wondered what's going on, this explains things pretty well.
posted by rocketman to other at 10:22 AM on August 04 - 18 comments
Curt Schilling: Aspects of my personality encouraged me to speak to the media so I could get some attention.
posted by rocketman at 02:02 PM on February 07
Ryan Braun linked to Biogenesis, he releases a statement claiming they were an "expert witness", the Brewers' front office claims they know nothing.
A protected tweet from Alex Tomter: "The Miami New Times is a free once a week paper and wouldnt use Braun's name b/c lack of evidence. Yahoo Sports however, no problem."
posted by rocketman at 01:09 PM on February 06
That's sort of my hunch too, but I'm not going to commit to it. $225 million doesn't guarantee a playoff berth, but it's certainly a nice number for building a roster.
posted by rocketman at 04:27 PM on December 11
JoePo has a great article on the Greinke signing.
As a Brewer fan, I knew he wouldn't end up in Milwaukee long-term, but boy did I want to see it happen. He's a fascinating athlete. Tough to root against.
Obviously the Dodgers are the new Yankees. Tough to see him land there, but I suspect he'll have a few good years in that park.
posted by rocketman at 11:52 AM on December 11
Didn't the Marlins *just* sign Reyes?
posted by rocketman at 08:10 PM on November 13
Drunks are rarely reasonable, and you can't make them do what you want them to do.
This. I help out running a large beer festival every summer, and the entrance to the grounds is at the top of a hill. At the end of the day, we can't even get drunk people *to walk uphill*, much less call a cab.
posted by rocketman at 02:05 PM on July 17
Christ, what an asshole.
posted by rocketman at 07:34 PM on March 04
For the first time, a Major League Baseball player has won an appeal of a drug suspension.
That we know of. Had this been handled properly, we wouldn't know about this at all.
posted by rocketman at 08:44 AM on February 24
Enforcement costs money; political grandstanding is free.
posted by rocketman at 12:42 PM on January 26
People did stop sharing them, but the government decided to dispose of them in the bottom of elevator shafts. Seems to make the most sense.
posted by rocketman at 11:06 AM on January 25
We all knew he was going to get a mammoth contract. But that's big. And long.
posted by rocketman at 10:28 AM on December 08
Obviously I'm thrilled that Braun won, but I really did think Kemp would get it.
posted by rocketman at 09:56 AM on November 23
He should have been managing the Brewers for the past 3 seasons. I suspect this hire is going to haunt the team for a while.
posted by rocketman at 04:06 PM on November 17
Of course, moving Milwaukee BACK to the AL was never an option, I guess.
I wonder if that had anything to do with who used to own the Brewers...
So do you put Milwaukee in the AL West? That makes even less sense. Or do you put them in the AL Central, and move a team out of the AL Central? Kansas City to the AL West?
This will at least give the Astros a chance to hide Carlos Lee's game changing defense in the DH spot.
posted by rocketman at 09:32 PM on November 16
Kyle Lohse Signs 3-Year Deal with Brewers
Are they really good enough this year to have needed to invest that money this year rather than in next year's free agent market?
Scoring runs hasn't been a problem for this team. The idea is that if you can ride a hot start into contention for the division, then make a trade to pick up more pitching help before the deadline. Lohse is not a savior, but if he puts up decent numbers, he could be part of that hot start.
Obviously, everything has to go right.
the Brewers could be considering whether their window of opportunity is going to slam shut soon with the MLB's single-minded pursuit of Braun.
This. Weeks only has this year and next on his contract (unless his option vests, which I'm not really optimistic about). Corey Hart is on a 3-year deal, but is probably going to start going downhill fast, maybe even this year. Aramis Ramirez is in year two of his 3-year deal, and will not be re-signed by this team.
I want to believe that Braun is clean. Maybe it's homerism, but I honestly do think the chain-of-custody issues warranted throwing out the positive result. I'd say the same if it was Gary Sheffield or Chris Carpenter, or any other player I love to hate. The current frenzy about Braun's name on a napkin, well... let's just say it puts doubts in my mind I'd rather not have.
Braun is going to be the most scrutinized player by the league, and my guess is they'll bend their own rules and protocols to nail him to the wall. Jean Segura, Carlos Gomez, and Norichika Aoki are all useful players, but you don't go deep in the playoffs on their backs. You need pitching, and you need some depth. The Lohse deal gives the Brewers that this year, and this may be their only year for a while.