That's what I thought, but, that's not true. Davey Johnson was 30 when he had his 43 home run season (and only season with more than 18 home runs) and that was just one guy I thought of off the top of my head.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kobie
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That's what I thought, but, that's not true. Davey Johnson was 30 when he had his 43 home run season (and only season with more than 18 home runs) and that was just one guy I thought of off the top of my head.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kobie
Hey, I was just interpreting. I dunno.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Jose Bautista for president of america
Baseball reference lied to me. :( http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/11082Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
edit: actually no they didn't, this is assuming if Bautista sustains what he is doing for multiple years. See only a handful did it for more than one season which was what I was saying.
Boo yeah. 6 in a row for the Jays.
BTW guys, Cliff Lee = steroid user
Bad day for Vin Mazzaro: 2 1/3 innings, 14 earned runs
Vin Mazzaro: in desperate need of steroids.
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by haveacigar
What's your number?Quote:
Originally Posted by dickay
2010 SEPT: .346 OBP, .589 SLG, .364 ISO, 155 wRC+
2010 AUG: .431, .742, .443, 210
2010 JULY: .418, .765, .418, 219
2010 JUNE: .324, .369, .190, 89
2010 MAY: .422, .766, .479, 213
2010 APRIL: .314, .427, .213, 100
2009 SEPT: .339, .606, .349, 139
3 to RF actually. All three in Target Field. 1 in the final four games last year, and 2 this weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by gRYFYN1
fWAR since Opening Day 2010:
1. Jose Bautista 10.9
2. Joey Votto 10.1
3. Matt Holliday 9.4
4. Adrian Beltre 8.6
5. Josh Hamilton 8.4
6. Albert Pujols 8.0
7. Evan Longoria 7.9
8. Ryan Zimmerman 7.8
9. Troy Tulowitzki 7.8
10. Miguel Cabrera 7.7
Also:
Bautista (Sep 5, 2009 - Oct 4, 2009): .280/.360/.660/1.020; .380 ISOP; 115 PA, 100 AB, 10 HR: 11.50 PA/HR, 10.00 AB/HR; 25 K, 11 BB, 2.27 K/BB
Bautista (Sep 5, 2009 - May 15, 2011): .278/.398/.659/1.057; .381 ISOP; 948 PA, 783 AB, 80 HR: 11.85 PA/HR, 9.79 AB/HR; 160 K, 146 BB, 1.10 K/BB
That is some frickin' remarkable consistency. He's taken that nice little September/October run in 2009 and extended almost to the point where you've almost gotta say this must be the new Jose. I'd prefer to see 1500 PA, but the dude's almost reached 1000 now, and he's the Sep/Oct '09 guy with amazing pitch recognition that continues to improve. The change kicked in in the middle of a season. Prior to Sep 5th, he was hitting .216/.345/.301/.646 with 3 HR in 289 PA on the year. Are PEDs possible? Of course, they're possible with everyone. But that kind of a turn around mid-season suggests to me that the waiver claim of Alex Rios by the White Sox which led to everyday playing time plus the adjustments that he'd been working on with Murphy and Cito since 2008 came together all at once to me. As HGM mentions he's doing it in a much reduced offensive era, so either he's found a magical substance that nobody else knows about, which I highly doubt because baseball players tend to share info or he's put together everything that he's learned, not only since he's been here, but since he was drafted.
948 PA (now 953) not good enough for ya? Sheesh! Tough taskmaster.Quote:
Originally Posted by ragecage
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Originally Posted by dickay
Sustained? Check. Sustained at an incredibly high level on a remarkably consistent basis? Check. You givin' out your phone number on the forums or do you want to PM it to me? :p ;) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by actionjackson
U mad Prez? :3
winner is u. I eaglerly anticipate calling DickyQuote:
Originally Posted by actionjackson
How did the Red Sox come back?
I've been so exhausted from dance lessons and all that that I fell asleep when it was 6-0 Orioles.
I wake up and the Red Sox win, 8-7? WTF?
FANTASY QUESTION OF THE DAY:
Do you start Francisco Liriano tonight against the Mariners? He's been putrid this season, even with that no-hitter thrown in. I'm leaning towards benching him but this is the Mariners.....i'm embarrassed to admit i may bench him against them. If i'm not going to start him against the Mariners, why do I have him on my team??
frustrating. thoughts on the start?
I would start him against the Mariners. If you don't - indeed, why bother having him. He's going against King Felix, so his likelihood of getting the win goes down - but he should be at least serviceable.
Ichiro and Smoak are the only threats of note in the Ms lineup, correct? With Bradley gone anyway.
Bullpen line: 3.1 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 3 KQuote:
Originally Posted by Alloutwar
Mike Gonzalez, Jeremy Accardo, Jim Johnson, and Kevin Gregg were absolutely fugly. Awful, awful, awful. Puke! On the other hand great comeback by the Sawx.
I have the same dilemma, Do I start Jimenez against the Giants? I probably will... his only "quality" start so far this season was against SF and I would hate to miss having him in the lineup for his coming out party (assuming he will have one this year).Quote:
Originally Posted by dickay
Brian Fυcking McCann BABY!!!!
That was pretty awesome of McCann to tie the game with a HR, then win the game with another!Quote:
Originally Posted by free2131
(it was also sweet that I got to see him do it while at work because the boss was gone :) )
amen :)Quote:
Originally Posted by free2131
This Posada/Girardi story just gets better and better. Like I said King, or maybe Clown Prince of the Yankee Douchebags. :D
http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/red-s...lez-believe-it
http://abathletics.com/Images/MLB-Hi...-vs.Ichiro.gifQuote:
Giddiness becomes the order of the day when Gonzalez tells manager Terry Francona that he plans to swing like Ichiro on his fourth at-bat against Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia, who had handled him with ease to that point, then hits a three-run home run into the right-field seats.
“He amazes me,’’ Francona said after Gonzalez hit his fifh home run in his last four games and seventh in his last 11 to turn a close game into a 6-0 romp over the Yankees. “When you say you’re going to do it and then you do it, that’s pretty impressive.’’
Here’s how the conversation in the dugout went, according to Francona.
“He said he was going to have a little bit of Ichiro in him, a little bit of a leap,’’ Francona said. ‘’He said, ‘Do you have a problem with that?’ I said, ‘Not if you get a hit.’ ’’
cool story. when you're in the zone...i guess it doesn't matter what particular swing you use.....Quote:
Originally Posted by filihok
When I wake up tomorrow, Encarnacion better not be a Major Leaguer.
Wait...What? Edwin Encarnacion's a major leaguer? Bwahahahahahahah! Buh-rutal 2nd and 3rd innings tonight. 5 errors for the Jays in the game. They could've given Encarnacion four errors, but he only got two, so the team could've had seven. Ugh! Aaargh! Blaaargh! Very, very, very ugly!Quote:
Originally Posted by gosensgo101
Strasburg to pitch on mound soon | nationals.com: News
I miss that guyQuote:
Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg was in Washington on Tuesday to see an orthopedist. It was a routine checkup on his right elbow, which was found to be sound.
The next step is to pitch off the mound, and general manager Mike Rizzo said that will happen "any day." The last time Strasburg threw off the mound was the day he hurt his right elbow against the Phillies last August. He had Tommy John surgery the next month.
Strasburg is hoping that that he can pitch in a big league game by September, though there is no official timetable for his return.
Hey, remember when everyone was in a panic because Tampa Bay and Boston started off so terribly? And there was no way either club would make the playoffs?
Shh, we're panicking about the Yankees now.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Well yeah, the Orioles were off to a fantastic start and there was no way that was a mirage.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
I miss him too, but if he were pitching, he would also be suffering from the just incredible lack of any offensive output from the lineup! He could throw multiple complete game shutouts and still would probably have a losing W-L record. It beginning to be too much for me to take....Quote:
Originally Posted by filihok
dillion gee :)Quote:
Originally Posted by CCamels73
Jesus, he's awful.Quote:
Originally Posted by gosensgo101
Encarnacion for Loney
Ok, there's no way anyone actally believed that.Quote:
Originally Posted by haveacigar
Giambi doing his best Joey Bats impression
First 3 homer game of career, 2nd oldest since 1919 to have 3 homers in a game. As much as I hated him as a Yankee, I am happy for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989
Who the heck do you think's running the show up here? There's no chance the Jays would take Loney, unless AA took stupid pills for a month. Even then he'd have enough sense to see the idiocy of that through the fog that those pills would create, given that Lind is coming back soon (hopefully *crosses fingers and toes*...Pllleeeaaassse!!!)Quote:
Originally Posted by filihok