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happy
its much less of a crap shoot than it used to be.
April 23, 2009 at 08:45PM View BBCode
Originally posted by dirtdevil
Originally posted by tm4559
and the orioles are going to get a better draft pick than stupid toronto. which isn't going to sniff anything resembling the playoffs.
which would matter more if the baseball draft was somewhat less of a crap shoot.
its much less of a crap shoot than it used to be.
tm4559
April 23, 2009 at 08:45PM View BBCode
eh. markakis is pretty doggone good. the wieters kid everybody thinks will do alright. the pitcher they drafted last season or the season before was supposed to be the best pitcher in the draft. they have pitchers in the minors they are quite excited about. and they could, if they want to, mop up what are universally thought of as the top prospects and trade them for established veteran talent, thus taking money down off the five and the eight, as it were, and going to the poker room. and the yankees and red sox are helping to pay the freight.
happy
April 23, 2009 at 08:50PM View BBCode
the thing is, now they would need to trade for them. Sabathia, Texiera, Burrell, Dunn, all GREAT fits for this team. Instead they did nothing.
tm4559
(and besides, why would they bid with the yankees for freaking cc and teixera? they aren't worth all that stupid money anyway, and the orioles make money by letting new york blow it out on them in the first place.)
April 23, 2009 at 08:55PM View formatted
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they were free agents. not tradeables.
(and besides, why would they bid with the yankees for freaking cc and teixera? they aren't worth all that stupid money anyway, and the orioles make money by letting new york blow it out on them in the first place.)
FuriousGiorge
And all the fans spend all of their disposable income on Esskay hot dogs and the O's make like a brazillion dollars on advertising and then they buy the entire Japanese Baseball League and import all the best players and Teixeira and Sabathia are like, you'd better trade us to the O's because they're the future and then Hank Steinbrenner has a heart attack and New Yankee Stadium turns out to be built on a giant sink hole and it collapses into the ground and travels all the way through the Earth to China and then Barack Obama is like, all this Presidentin' is a lot of work, I'd rather just spend my days watching the O's and Rush Limbaugh is the first in the line of succession and he signs the edict to kill all the liberals and then the O's win the World Series the end.
April 23, 2009 at 09:02PM View BBCode
Originally posted by happy
Originally posted by FuriousGiorge
Who the hell do you think the stars are?
Brian Matusz (hopefully), Matt Wieters, Adam Jones, Nick Markakis, Brian Roberts
Huff and Scott arent stars, but they are very very good, and certainly dont need replacing.
I think if one hitter were added to the lineup (to take over for mora, or to be put at DH rather than Felix Pie being put in LF and Luke Scott at DH), Mark Texiera, Pat Burrell, or Adam Dunn wouldve done the trick from the past off season, a CC Sabathia quality SP, and a few mid level SPs, their team would compete this year. but they didnt do that.
And all the fans spend all of their disposable income on Esskay hot dogs and the O's make like a brazillion dollars on advertising and then they buy the entire Japanese Baseball League and import all the best players and Teixeira and Sabathia are like, you'd better trade us to the O's because they're the future and then Hank Steinbrenner has a heart attack and New Yankee Stadium turns out to be built on a giant sink hole and it collapses into the ground and travels all the way through the Earth to China and then Barack Obama is like, all this Presidentin' is a lot of work, I'd rather just spend my days watching the O's and Rush Limbaugh is the first in the line of succession and he signs the edict to kill all the liberals and then the O's win the World Series the end.
dirtdevil
he, we're in first place. i'm going to enjoy it while it lasts.
(it should last about another week)
April 23, 2009 at 09:12PM View BBCode
Originally posted by tm4559
also, toronto blue jays? eat a dick.
he, we're in first place. i'm going to enjoy it while it lasts.
(it should last about another week)
tm4559
April 23, 2009 at 09:18PM View BBCode
the jays always manage to play pretty well. it is a fine franchise.
happy
well, sabathia was overpaid. Texiera? He wanted to come to baltimore, he grew up in the area, he is home grown, he talked to us first. we lowballed him, overplayed our hand, and he ended up on the yankees.
April 23, 2009 at 10:36PM View BBCode
Originally posted by FuriousGiorge
Originally posted by happy
Originally posted by FuriousGiorge
Who the hell do you think the stars are?
Brian Matusz (hopefully), Matt Wieters, Adam Jones, Nick Markakis, Brian Roberts
Huff and Scott arent stars, but they are very very good, and certainly dont need replacing.
I think if one hitter were added to the lineup (to take over for mora, or to be put at DH rather than Felix Pie being put in LF and Luke Scott at DH), Mark Texiera, Pat Burrell, or Adam Dunn wouldve done the trick from the past off season, a CC Sabathia quality SP, and a few mid level SPs, their team would compete this year. but they didnt do that.
And all the fans spend all of their disposable income on Esskay hot dogs and the O's make like a brazillion dollars on advertising and then they buy the entire Japanese Baseball League and import all the best players and Teixeira and Sabathia are like, you'd better trade us to the O's because they're the future and then Hank Steinbrenner has a heart attack and New Yankee Stadium turns out to be built on a giant sink hole and it collapses into the ground and travels all the way through the Earth to China and then Barack Obama is like, all this Presidentin' is a lot of work, I'd rather just spend my days watching the O's and Rush Limbaugh is the first in the line of succession and he signs the edict to kill all the liberals and then the O's win the World Series the end.
well, sabathia was overpaid. Texiera? He wanted to come to baltimore, he grew up in the area, he is home grown, he talked to us first. we lowballed him, overplayed our hand, and he ended up on the yankees.
happy
April 23, 2009 at 10:38PM View BBCode
hell, put texiera at 1st, move Huff to 3rd, and sign Dunn to DH, forget about Sabathia, you get some pitchers who should at least...be in the major leagues... and win with hitting...
shep1582
the astros minor leagues are in shambles since he left. I miss him.
convince your owner to hire hunsicker... you'll thank me later.
April 24, 2009 at 12:30AM View BBCode
gerry hunsicker, the GM at tampa bay, is by far the best in all of baseball.the astros minor leagues are in shambles since he left. I miss him.
convince your owner to hire hunsicker... you'll thank me later.
happy
April 24, 2009 at 01:26AM View BBCode
I dont know about that. Picking good players with 1 overall picks isnt too amazing...
shep1582
he traded glenn davis for curt schilling, pete harnisch, and steve finley.
oops, he fleeced the O's then, didn't he?
didn't mean to open a wound...
he traded larry anderson for jeff bagwell...
he is the awesome. tampa bay had 1st picks long before he got there, and they were a laughingstock. he is the real reason they have jelled into a power...
and his leaving coincided with the astros becoming mediocre...
April 24, 2009 at 01:46AM View BBCode
the astros farm system was the best in baseball throughout the 90's, and early 2000's.he traded glenn davis for curt schilling, pete harnisch, and steve finley.
oops, he fleeced the O's then, didn't he?
didn't mean to open a wound...
he traded larry anderson for jeff bagwell...
he is the awesome. tampa bay had 1st picks long before he got there, and they were a laughingstock. he is the real reason they have jelled into a power...
and his leaving coincided with the astros becoming mediocre...
FuriousGiorge
April 24, 2009 at 02:09AM View BBCode
Freddy Garcia, Carlos Guillen (before he was particularly good) and.....something else. It was a perfectly defensible trade.
FuriousGiorge
April 24, 2009 at 02:11AM View BBCode
But Hunsicker didn't have anything to do with the Glenn Davis deal.
shep1582
And every stros fan was glad they traded for Johnson (John Hlama was the other guy). it didn't net us a WS win, thanks to Kevin Brown, but the unit was better than advertised that season, and provided us some excitement.
http://blogs.chron.com/sportsjustice/archives/2008/10/congratulations.html
oh yeah, and he took Jim Hickey with him...
April 24, 2009 at 10:43AM View BBCode
You're right, Bob Watson made that trade.And every stros fan was glad they traded for Johnson (John Hlama was the other guy). it didn't net us a WS win, thanks to Kevin Brown, but the unit was better than advertised that season, and provided us some excitement.
http://blogs.chron.com/sportsjustice/archives/2008/10/congratulations.html
oh yeah, and he took Jim Hickey with him...
happy
I like McPhail.
April 24, 2009 at 10:53AM View BBCode
I just realized how completely off topic that original post about this guy was.I like McPhail.
shep1582
mclane couldn't handle having a genius GM getting all the credit. so now hunsicker is making the rays into a long term contender, as he did the stros.
I'll cease to post, and leave you to the misery your team heaps upon you...
April 24, 2009 at 09:49PM View BBCode
well, I never meant to go off topic, was simply commiserating about the downfall of my team and ballmore's. a huge part of the reason is the respective owners.mclane couldn't handle having a genius GM getting all the credit. so now hunsicker is making the rays into a long term contender, as he did the stros.
I'll cease to post, and leave you to the misery your team heaps upon you...
happy
It is a shame though, I like the astros.
I think in angelos's old age, he has started to give the reigns over to other people. who knows.
April 24, 2009 at 10:28PM View BBCode
I wasnt trashing, I was just curious as to what caused it.It is a shame though, I like the astros.
I think in angelos's old age, he has started to give the reigns over to other people. who knows.
happy
Yeah, i just saw something on this...apparently he struck out his first 17 ABs. I guess a bunt doesnt count as an AB.
April 26, 2009 at 04:46AM View BBCode
Originally posted by ScooterPie
Well, he's already had a couple really nice bunts this season. Billy Ripken's got nothing on him.
Not to mention, he finally put a ball in play (groundout) and actually reached base (four-pitch walk) -- I think in the same game.
scooter
Yeah, i just saw something on this...apparently he struck out his first 17 ABs. I guess a bunt doesnt count as an AB.
whiskybear
Well, if it's scored as a sacrifice, of course it doesn't.
April 26, 2009 at 04:49AM View BBCode
Originally posted by happy
I guess a bunt doesnt count as an AB.
Well, if it's scored as a sacrifice, of course it doesn't.
farfetched
sac bunts advance the runner(s) and is not scored as an at-bat but a plate appearance (?)
who the censored bunts with no one on? Juan Pierre? You can have it.
April 26, 2009 at 04:53AM View BBCode
Bunts:sac bunts advance the runner(s) and is not scored as an at-bat but a plate appearance (?)
who the censored bunts with no one on? Juan Pierre? You can have it.