Yesterday's Marlins/Reds game drew under 350 people. Obviously, the Marlins need to pay a player $20M/yr so that they can start drawing fans, right LQ?
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Yesterday's Marlins/Reds game drew under 350 people. Obviously, the Marlins need to pay a player $20M/yr so that they can start drawing fans, right LQ?
Any time I hear a broadcaster talk about what a guy's average is in day games or with 2 outs and runners in scoring position, this is the first thing I think of.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HABgETOc_ek#t=03m31s
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Originally Posted by etothep
Haha, I know right? The pics in that link are sad. At least if you did go to that game, you could have conversations with players during the game w/o an issueQuote:
Originally Posted by dickay
According to police, his suicide was due to financial issues, not depression because the Orioles suck.Quote:
Originally Posted by free2131
Tyler Matzek's last 5 starts: 1 BB 9 K, 3 BB 5 K, 7 BB 6 K, 2 BB 9 K, 2 BB 13 K
Yea buddy!
This is pretty awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P3ImmQDtYA
That Derek Jeter flip was awesome, wasn't it rage?
Verlander's 20th win is awesome.
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Originally Posted by etothep
Desmond Jennings!! Best fantasy pickup for me this year!! He's a beast!!!!
David Price is raping bitches.
Anyone else see this?
Today, this was stated
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/27...g-to-deal.html
He went further on to sayQuote:
"We'll be aggressive in trades," Moore said, looking ahead to the offseason. “We'll try to make a trade or two that helps us. We have to look internally first, but then we have to look at trades. Then, finally, we have to look at free agency. We’ll explore all of those options.... We have a minor league system that's ranked pretty good. So we'll see what's out there. We're a pitcher or two away."
and continued to say he liked what the Indians gave up for Ubaldo in their trade.Quote:
What we need, if we're going to win a championship," one official said. "Is somebody who can match up with [Justin] Verlander and [C.C.] Sabathia and [Josh] Beckett.
First of all, no you are not just one or two pitchers away!
While the Royals likely have a nice future offense, they are no where near competing, even in their weak *** division. 24 Games under .500 and we aren't even in September yet is your sign that you are no where near competing. You need to stick with your prospects, develop them and if any get too expensive or too close to free agency, unload them for more prospects. Once your team is starting to produce over .500 ball and the division looks like you can win it, then you can unload a few prospects for a front line pitcher. But right now, you need to be developing the prospects you have into front line pitchers, not unloading them for an overpaid front line starter that you are simply going to waste on the roster. And hello, you just gave up Greinke, a front line starter. That was the right move, now don't **** it up.
THIS IS WHY THE ROYALS HAVE SUCKED FOR SO LONG. This kind of crap. It's called rebuilding, you actually have to stick with it for awhile. You need to focus on developing your prospects and ignoring free agents other than stop gaps, and don't trade any of these prospects away! I can't believe they are this far from being good that they are willing to sacrifice the one thing they have going for them correctly.
This angered me today to read this, to no end actually.
Last off-season the question was raised, is that front office incompetent enough to ruin one of the best farm systems we have ever seen? The answer is obviously a 'yes', if they are thinking about trading two top prospects for a 'front line starter' that they would over-value anyway.
It's just so unbelievably stupid, how does the person quoted have a job working in major league baseball?
Fact is, you don't trade for, or add free agents until you only need one or two pieces from being the clear favorite in your division. Otherwise, you are simply wasting the position of the overpaid player you acquired, and to consider giving up on the a development plan that can yield fantastic future success is just mind boggling.
lol, one or two pitchers away my ***, you are 25.5 back!
Jered Weaver sux
Jurrjens for Moustakas. Get 'er done!
I feel bad for Royals fans.
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Originally Posted by free2131
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Originally Posted by ragecage
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Originally Posted by Jeffy25
I'm gonna go with Robothal on this one. His response to people positing theories as to which life events caused Flanagan to decide that life wasn't worth living anymore, was that suicide is never as simple as stressor X and/or Y causes reaction Z. There are many factors that come into play. Kenny Ken Ken got to know Flanagan quite well when he started working as a writer at the Baltimore Sun. He said that he hadn't been his usual fun loving self lately. In brighter days, he apparently was an absolute cut up, the kind of player that teammates lean on heavily to get through the grind of a long season, but lately that sense of fun seemed to have waned a bit. Video stating Robothal's position here:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kobie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyAKfuOedDE
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...We will never know the why. Only Mike Flanagan knows that, and he's not coming back. Let's get hypothetical for a second and allow for the possibility that he was suffering from mental illness. It's not too much of a stretch, as a lot of reports I've read say that he'd been depressed recently. Mental illness doesn't exactly discriminate based on wealth, fame, status, race, creed, or religion. It can happen to someone regardless of all of those things. If you have the physical tendency in your brain, and you get enough stressors built up in your life, eventually there will be a straw that breaks the camel's back.
Once that happens, it's very difficult to regain the balance that allows stressors to bounce off you like water off a duck's back. Stressors that would bounce off a healthy person and be seen as molehills become mountains to someone with mental illness. It's quite possible, given this hypothetical situation, that the things being written about the Orioles (which I doubt were all that complimentary particularly in the comments section) were taken far more seriously by Flanagan than a healthier person would've taken them. Now throw in financial issues, and you have a bit of a nasty brew that would challenge anyone, but might be enough to make someone in Flanagan's possibly vulnerable state contemplate the unthinkable. Mental illness is a real wildcard that can make ordinarily sensible people do extraordinarily stupid, crazy, and unfortunately permanent things, and it leaves those left behind to pick up the pieces wondering "Why?" and "What could I have done to help?". There isn't really an answer to the first question, and there's probably nothing friends and family could've done that they hadn't already tried. The only way they could've known what he was about to do that day was if they could've read his mind, which is still impossible last I heard, despite what the psychics say.
Excellent article by fellow New Englander Peter Gammons here.
@Jeffy: Nice bat collection dood. Here's an article with your cousin Tom's comments on his fishing buddy's suicide.
It's quite obvious that at one point in Flanagan's life, he was able to roll with the punches, and be really self deprecating, but lately he was getting steamrolled by life's challenges. The line between the two states is surprisingly small if you're susceptible to these things. It's really sad because it sounds like he touched a lot of people in his all too brief lifetime. Despite the fact that I've used it in this lengthy post, I hate the term "mental illness" because it allows us to separate it from other physical illnesses/injuries like cancer, heart attacks and strokes, broken limbs, diabetes etc. The irony is that if someone has a brain tumour in areas of the brain that affect emotional states, you'll see resulting symptoms that are very similar to mental illness. It's unfortunate that in 2011 there is still such a stigma surrounding this illness, which has its roots in the brain, not in weakness or some character flaw.
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Originally Posted by OregonDuck1989
Man I hated that decision to bunt in today's game. Brewers down 1 bot of 9th. 1 & 2nd no outs. Betancourt blows the bunt, lead runner out at third. Next guy, DP game over. I get trying to get the guys in scoring position, but they walked the 1st two hitters. Their having trouble throwing strikes. Why give them an out. :mad:
BECAUSE SMALLBALL RULES AND WINS GAMES! Don't question it.Quote:
Originally Posted by MichelleWie
Just saw that Strasburg is gonna be starting on Tuesday. I'm glad to see he's recovered quickly, but at this point in the season I don't see why you wouldn't just keep him off the mound and let him go to work on his off-season program and making sure he's healthy. Seems like a short-sighted move to fill some seats late in the season to me.
I disagree. There is practically no risk of him re injuring his elbow again. Tommy John isn't like shoulder surgery. Once it healed you don't have to much to worry about it. (I'm getting that from Stefania Bell) I'm sure they'll put him on pitch count and I think it'll be beneficial to him get some major league innings this year. They did the same with Jordan Zimmerman last year. I think it's a good move.Quote:
Originally Posted by YEAH DAAAAWG
It's been over a year, I don't think that's a quicker than normal return from TJ.
Now, you want to talk about crazy returns from TJ, Tigers swingman Duane Below had Tommy John surgery in June 2009. He started 2010 with AA Erie on opening day as if nothing had happened, and he pitched 126 inning over 28 starts. That's less than 9 months of recovery before playing in actual games, and he seems to be doing pretty well for himself.
I think it is to be attributed to medical treatment improving over time. It used to be when NFL players ripped an ACL they needed a year or more and (sometimes couldn't come back from that) now they can come back in about 8-10 months.Quote:
Originally Posted by haveacigar
Grit. Hustle. Heart. Eckstein.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Hey everybody it's Mike Scioscia! Welcome to the Mogul boards dood!Quote:
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Tell that to Jason Frasor, the 33 year old veteran of two Tommy John surgeries. The little guy's a fighter.Quote:
Originally Posted by MichelleWie
Hustle and Heart 3.0!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kobie
Yeah I know. Same with Cappy. But it's rare & they happened years apart. It's not like they came back and their first start or even their 1st season back they blew out their elbow again. I think Tommy John is one of the least riskiest surgeries out there nowadays..Quote:
Originally Posted by actionjackson
Sox get Conor Jackson! For..26 year old RP spec. Yayy bench.
Hey HAC, you go to a Brewers game recently?
Looked like you on Intentional talk running around with your shirt off and a giant 'T' painted on your chest for T Plush
Rofl. I wish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeffy25
I was at this game last night:
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/m...video_18677545
First time I've seen an exclamation point after the words "get Conor Jackson"Quote:
Originally Posted by Alloutwar
Is your favorite chewing gum "Douchy Fruit"?Quote:
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Originally Posted by free2131
Pitching in games every 5 days is part of the recovery process that they are following, and where else is he gonna pitch? The minors? They have finished their seasons. So bring him up with expanded rosters and let him get some more starts every 5 days before we go to off-season mode. I don't think that pitching in simulated games is as beneficial to SS or the training staff evaluating him.Quote:
Originally Posted by YEAH DAAAAWG