Wednesday Rockpile: Street's Shoulder Stiff, Upton A D-Back Long-Term
by Jeff Aberle on Mar 3, 2010 7:43 AM MST
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The big news yesterday, besides the fact that the Rockies start playing Spring Training games tomorrow, was that the Rockies' closer and new recipient of a 3 year, $22.5 million contract, Huston Street, was experiencing shoulder stiffness and will be out of action at least through the weekend. Street says in Renck's article that he experienced similar stiffness twice last year from overcompensating from a groin injury--so in other words, there could be more wrong with Street than just the shoulder.
An AP report gives some positive news about the injury:
(Rockies Trainer) Keith Dugger said the inflammation felt by Street is "pretty normal" when pitchers "up the intensity a little bit" while going from bullpen sessions to batting practice.
"I would put last year's flare-up in September significantly more serious than what we're dealing with now," Street said. "And we came back in three weeks after that. We don't really have a timetable. But I want to be in games sometime soon."
After Street made an appearance Sept. 1 last season, he was sidelined with shoulder inflammation and didn't pitch again until Sept. 22.
We're being told not to worry about shoulder stiffness here, folks, but if there's one thing that I worry excessively about, it is shoulder stiffness. At least Street doesn't need to see a doctor or get a MRI at this time.
Renck also mentions in the article that X-Rays showed that Greg Reynolds had a bone chip just above his elbow from being struck by a line drive in live BP Monday. Hopefully the chip will calcify quickly and won't turn into a Manny Corpas 2.0 situation. Also, Brad Hawpe will take BP today after recovering from an infection related to the removal of a hangnail. Lovely.
In other injury news, Jack Etkin reports that set-up man Rafael Betancourt threw BP yesterday after being derailed by a month-long virus that delayed his baseball preparations. In addition, pitching prospect Juan Nicasio is still recovering from breaking a nail on his pitching hand during the Rockies' intra-squad scrimmage. The right-hander will likely be out over the weekend.
The other big news of the day was that our perfidious NL West rivals to the Southwest, the Arizona Diamondbacks, somehow managed to lock up Justin Upton on a 6 year, $51.25 million deal. The deal keeps the 22 year-old Upton under Arizona control through the 2015 season, which includes his three arbitration years and first two years of free agency. ESPN's Rob Neyer calls the deal a good risk and I definitely agree with him. As Neyer says:
A deal like this accomplishes two things. It locks up a great young player at a reasonable cost and it relieves the organization from having to devote any brainpower to figuring out what Upton will cost and who's going to play right field.
Upton is not just a potential superstar--he's a probable one with his youth and five-tool skillset. CHONE projects him to be a 3.8 win player this year, and I believe that projection might be selling Upton short (Fangraphs readers have him pegged at 5.6 wins). This deal could (and probably will) turn out to be an absolute steal for the Diamondbacks--giving them a perennial All-Star at a discount as well as providing cost certainty.
So why did Upton take the deal when he could have made more on a year-to-year basis? Two reasons: one, he got the security and stability of a long-term guaranteed contract that will make him ridiculously wealthy in his early twenties. Two, he didn't want to go through was his older brother BJ just went through in Tampa, losing in a salary arbitration hearing. As I've written before, the process can be quite unpleasant.
In any case, I applaud this move by the DIamondbacks. It has little bearing on the 2010 season, as Upton would have been a member of the DBacks anyway, but it really gives them a solid base for future contending teams.
More links after the jump...
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I love this quote regarding Deduno
“I saw one inning last year [in Spring Training], and one thing I never forgot about the inning I saw was the breaking ball he broke off last spring that pushed me back to the back of my chair, like, ‘Woah,’” Tracy said
I can totally hear Tracy saying this.
Attention Whore.
“I’m going to remember that one pitch in that one inning that pushed me to the back of the back of the back of the back of my chair like ‘woah’ for the rest of my days. Also, Dave Roberts.”
Attention Whore.
groan
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 3, 2010 9:36 AM MST up reply actions
Wolfmarauder was right
about those hats. Awful, and getting worse by the day.
well howdy doo, pardner
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I wonder if the 3 year, $11 million figure for JDLR is actually correct
Because it’s so nonsensical given what the team actually was willing to sign him for in 2010. That would mean he’d average less than half this year’s salary in the other two seasons. I could see the team offering a two year $11 million deal or a 3 year $21 million deal, but 3/11 just doesn’t seem to add up.
lol
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Yeah, that's what I thought too.
I’d have offered 3/18 to JDLR, buying out his first two years of free agency.
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yeah i figure he would want 3 for 30 probably
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Mar 3, 2010 11:11 AM MST up reply actions
somewhere around that range
TULO = 2010 MVP!
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Mar 3, 2010 11:12 AM MST up reply actions
Mid-season form, Jeff!
Baseball is back!
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im scared of this idea
Given the possibilities between “feeling lucky” and “snake”
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 3, 2010 8:57 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
HMM
given what I think Andrew was implying, that’s possibly an even more horrifying outcome.
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I was thinking more like this
Attention Whore.
by Muzia on Mar 3, 2010 10:10 AM MST up reply actions 9 recs
See?
Although you can’t really see the text. Any chance of a square version that shows up better?
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you're terrific
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....shutup
well consider yourself acknowledged
;)
I can haz NL West title?
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yes indeed, you are honored
don’t think I’ve ever done it before
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What's key to recognize here is
amidst all this homicidal hub bub, Muzia changed his sig line to a quote from a most triumphant movie…
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
Now go over to
the Snakepit and antagonize them with this.
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Phil wants us
to weep over Upton’s signing, and a bunch of the members over there don’t understand why we think Upton’s a punk.
What better way to insult them than to give them Greg Reynolds?
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You're not,
but I want to.
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I disown all responsibility for this in advance
If you get bit by a rattlesnake, you can go and croak, sucker.
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....shutup
Just because
you disown all responsibility for this in advance doesn’t mean you aren’t responsible. Do I need to start citing court cases?
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Oh bugger off
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Eh.
I guess I should go back to looking through SHAFR’s directory now that I’m a member.
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And I'll
be a member of the Society for Military Historians soon. Ooh, professional organizations.
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do they really not remember
His cleat-up barrel roll into second base in the NLCS?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 3, 2010 10:50 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Somehow
that’s our fault.
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And Eric Byrnes was our fault, too, right?
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Probably.
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was that the origin of punkton?
I wasn’t here when all that went down.
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 3, 2010 11:00 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Not sure
about Punkton, but it was the start of “Justin Upton is a punk.”
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by Russ Oates on Mar 3, 2010 11:37 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
I never said it was the Rockies fault
Just that it seems like there was a little more to the incident than just that “Justin Upton is a punk.” It’s like saying Gavrilo Princip started World War I.
And Eric Byrnes is all Jeff Moorad’s fault. Just another reason to hate on the Padres.
"I've never heard of a famous Phoenix hot-dog"
Gavrilo Princip?
World War I?
Sounds like a job for the HISTORINERD THREAD!
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guhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 3, 2010 4:31 PM MST up reply actions
at least it's not a job for Captain Underpants
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I was torn
“Do I go with the WWI reference, or something from Star Wars?”
"I've never heard of a famous Phoenix hot-dog"
I would also
have accepted references to Lost or the X-Files.
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Probably better the 'Pit than here.
I get in trouble over here whenever I mention a Reynolds.
George Sr., regarding a rival prison softball team: "Word has it they're getting Jose Canseco."
--Arrested Development
I like your reynolds :3
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 4, 2010 9:20 AM MST up reply actions
Me too. <3
George Sr., regarding a rival prison softball team: "Word has it they're getting Jose Canseco."
--Arrested Development
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George Sr., regarding a rival prison softball team: "Word has it they're getting Jose Canseco."
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aw come on
it’s the coolest thing Greg Reynolds has ever done in his life
and probably will ever do
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Awwww....
don’t be so harsh on ya boy.
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I'm harsh on him because I love him
and because you can’t really love Greg Reynolds without having a sense of humor about it
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Yeah, tough love, eh?
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Pretty much
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Yeah it'd be easier to love Tulo or Uball or Friedrich or something
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Not that I don't love them too
but they were spared being the obsessive focus of my unrequited devotion
this is probably a good thing
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Eh, don't worry.
Russ warned me for that anyway.
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russ warns you for everything
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 5, 2010 9:21 AM MST up reply actions
Is that a bad thing?
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more just a declaration of the status quo.
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 5, 2010 11:34 AM MST up reply actions
i found that hilarious
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 3, 2010 9:34 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, that was from the BJ Upton reference, or so I thought until now. That's awesome.
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I now have a reason to get out of bed and go to work
No more leaving the blinds open so the sunlight forces me out of bed; no more moving the alarm clock across the room so I have to get up to turn it off; no more parking my car in the 7-7 zone so I have to go out into the 10 degree weather and move it; no more setting the coffee for 7 o’clock to get the smell going early. Beautiful.
Its the worst
when the only thing you have to do for the day is move your car by like 8:30am
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
Its theworstbest
when the only thing you have to do for the day is move your car by like 8:30am
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by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 3, 2010 10:20 AM MST up reply actions
BUT I WANT TO SLEEP LATE
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
/sheds one tear
/I was up at 6:30 this morning
/like I am 3 other mornings of the week
DON’T YOU THINK I WANT TO SLEEP LATE TOO
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WHY CANT WE SLEEP LATE
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
I DON'T KNOW
I THINK IT’S THE MAN’S FAULT
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It's your own fault.
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by Russ Oates on Mar 3, 2010 11:35 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
*consults the flowchart*
Oh snap!
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You are such a pain
Go crawl into your little military history box now.
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by Silverblood on Mar 3, 2010 11:38 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
I will rec this
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
I live to be a pain.
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We've noticed
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What else would you have me do that that?
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AHHHHHH that's a lot of baseball
crap, no video for the M’s
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 3, 2010 9:38 AM MST up reply actions
How is Donovan Mcnabb doing..
Against the Red Socks today? Incidentally my son is missing tball today. He’s wearing a purple knee length sock on one leg and a red knee length on the other one. Those were his last two tball teams.
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Upton Deal
It’s incredible for the D-Backs. The only way to off-set the long-term impact is for them to sign Reynolds to an Eric Byrnes deal, and then cut him two years later.
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give or take
stupid meetings
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 3, 2010 9:38 AM MST up reply actions
Good Luck!
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Wow
This gives me one more reason to buy the mlb channel. Good luck man.
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oh it's a webcast I'll watch then
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Well that was entertaining
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 3, 2010 11:53 AM MST up reply actions
Fangraphs has their analysis of the Upton deal...
they like the deal for both sides.
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The thing
that bugs me most about the Street shoulder deal, is that he more or less finished the season last year (almost five months ago) with the same injury. Sure he came back after being out, but he clearly was not totally recovered. Makes me very leery of the “its just normal season opening stiffness” explanation. I hope this isn’t Jeff Francis all over again…
Hating Cubs fans since 1908
Tightness is fairly generic, I'm not worried (yet).
Street said, "It feels like it’s coming around. Today it feels more back to normal."
I'd be less worried
if he hadn’t ended 2009 that way…guess we’ll see. Hope its nothing, he would be a tough piece to lose.
Hating Cubs fans since 1908
I get what you're saying
but it’s early enough that I have a hard time getting too worried. If it doesn’t loosen up in a week or so and they start ordering an MRI I’ll jump on that boat though.
Outkins just hit into a double play
glad he is doing that for someone else now
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DON'T YOU JUST WANT TO RE-SIGN HIM RIGHT NOW
actually no
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it's not uncommon for players to ground into DPs this early in spring.
it is, however, uncommon for that double play to be turned on a ball hit to the left fielder.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 3, 2010 11:43 AM MST up reply actions
i know
and it sounded like a well hit ball just thought it was funny. I don’t know what was up with the left fielder thing but its early spring
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"I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I would toss one that ain’t never been seen by this generation."
It was a joke on my end, I have no knowledge about where the ball was hit.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 3, 2010 12:08 PM MST up reply actions
No, it was actually hit to the right fielder.
Mebbe.
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It would have to be somewhat well-hit
To have ricocheted off of the pitcher to the second baseman.
by controlled_slide on Mar 3, 2010 12:19 PM MST up reply actions
sorry
I’m just casually listening to the game only payed attention to the part Atkins where they said double play atkins. I’m supposed to be working.
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good ol ground outkins
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Mar 3, 2010 12:18 PM MST up reply actions
All he needs now is the backwards K and popup to 3B
And there you go, folks, the Erroret Outkins Triple Play Deal
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i remember seeing that earlier this offseason
If he couldn’t beat out butler, he won’t beat out pena
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 3, 2010 1:38 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Work from home day!
Yea! Baseball on the radio!!
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Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
Anyone just get the MLB radio package?
I have seen nothing yet about renewing. Maybe they throw in Spring Training and make you pay for regular season.
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by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 3, 2010 2:02 PM MST up reply actions
I had it last year
But yeah, haven’t seen any renewal info. I got it in late May though, so I’m not sure how it works during spring training.
Caution: Colorado teams are better than they appear.
by ShadowPenguin on Mar 3, 2010 2:05 PM MST up reply actions
I just tried to log on to the Giants game
and it just said I had to subscribe, and it was $19.99. Five bucks more than last year? In this economy? Who do they think they are, Avon Barksdale?
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by frightened inmate #2 on Mar 3, 2010 2:14 PM MST up reply actions
Last year
it was $15.99 for Gameday Audio and $19.99 for Gameday Audio plus Gameday Premium, or whatever it was called (which included in-game highlights, etc.). So maybe they’re combining the two this year?
Is it out yet?
I haven’t looked. I used the crap out of that thing last year.
Hating Cubs fans since 1908
Yep, it is out now and $15
Not much in new features. More stats available, searchable video library & background audio playback. For $15 it’s probably still worth it for the audio, if nothing else.
I used the crap out of it as well.
I have mlb.tv this year, so I'm wondering if I care about the app
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 3, 2010 4:31 PM MST up reply actions
Probably not
unless you will be wanting to listen to games away from your computer.
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Yo String, commercial real estate market drying up?
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
I usually get an e-mail sometime in March.
I haven’t gotten anything yet, but I was able to log on and listen today. So either it’s free for now or they’re just still giving access to last season’s subscribers.
I got the same thing as FI#2
Dunno how you logged in!
In any case, when it was loading it said something about spring training games being blackout free, for anyone who was wondering.
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by ShadowPenguin on Mar 3, 2010 2:23 PM MST up reply actions
I don't know.
Maybe my account is set up to automatically renew, so they’re letting me in even though they haven’t charged my credit card yet?
Gamethread?
Please??
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Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
KFFN locally
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Is he pitching in a snuggie?
Otherwise I’m not interested….
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ichiro just stole third
Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too. ~Greg, age 8
"I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I would toss one that ain’t never been seen by this generation."
Nah.
Just lighting up a doobie on the mound.
George Sr., regarding a rival prison softball team: "Word has it they're getting Jose Canseco."
--Arrested Development
I thought sp were supposed to be ahead of hitters in early spring?
not in this game
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"I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I would toss one that ain’t never been seen by this generation."
yeah and the back to back cy young winner
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"I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I would toss one that ain’t never been seen by this generation."
Even young Timmy can't dominate
against the likes of Milton Bradley, Jose Lopez, Casey Kotchman & Eric Byrnes. I mean really, that’s a monster lineup right there.
milton bradley is a good batter...
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 3, 2010 2:14 PM MST up reply actions
I probably should have left him out given his history
but he wasn’t much better than average last year. I was trying to be facetious anyway, neither the Mariners or Giants have top notch offenses (that’s the joke).
milton bradley is good at battery...
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Tweets that MadBum was only 87-88 in second inning today…this bodes well for non-Giants fans.
Hating Cubs fans since 1908
This is why I'm leery of team projected to do well
based off the performance of players with very little to no MLB experience. One reason I really like the Rockies’ chances this year.
by Chacinisthefuture on Mar 3, 2010 3:30 PM MST up reply actions
On the other hand
A breakout star can catapult a borderline team to the playoffs. I’m not saying that Tulo was the reason the Rockies went to the World Series in ’07, but Tulo was the reason the Rockies went to the World Series in ’07.
by controlled_slide on Mar 3, 2010 3:46 PM MST up reply actions
ELMER DESSENS
JORGE JULIO
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I've never contemplated homicide as seriously as I did after the Hairston homer
why did the little bastard have to come back to the Padres? WHY?
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The "little bastard" needed to hit that HR
to make the bottom of the inning more epic
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 3, 2010 6:32 PM MST up reply actions
That is true
But I still don’t like him
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From now on whenever I see him come to the plate I'm going to think little bastard
It just works for some reason.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 3, 2010 7:07 PM MST up reply actions
oh man, it's finally happened
this was the first time I saw HR and just read it as Human Resources
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
And it makes
the sentence hilarious if you read it in that context.
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KIP WELLS
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STEVE FINLEY
Or are we only doing pitchers?
by controlled_slide on Mar 3, 2010 3:54 PM MST up reply actions
oh god
JOHN MABRY
and I suppose the Kipster was technically ’08. But “crappy” evoked an immediate instinctive response.
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What?
Who?
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yes
see above
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I did see above...
That’s what I was responding to….
by Greg Stanwood on Mar 3, 2010 4:38 PM MST up reply actions
World cup update. .
USA is losing to the Netherlands 0-1. England’s losing to Egypt, how embarrassing!
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England rallied easily
if any big name losses any of these games i don’t know if they would be considered embarrassing though it is only a friendly…i am Portuguese and we are only beating China 1-0 right now they aren’t playing hard if they are to lose then so be it lol
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Mar 3, 2010 3:28 PM MST up reply actions
USA lost 2-1..
Nearly tied the game in the 90th minute. It looked cold in Amsterdam, warm brownies would have helped.
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yeah they fought back
when the Dutch sat there main players…USA looked good though…and yeah Amersterdam saw snow this yr for the first time in a while they were saying lol
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Mar 3, 2010 5:18 PM MST up reply actions
Isn't the World Cup in like June?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 3, 2010 6:35 PM MST up reply actions
The teams
are playing “World Cup friendlies.”
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So it means nothing?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 3, 2010 7:07 PM MST up reply actions
Yes.
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Yeah, I've been watching it
I joined Lookout Landing yesterday cause I live up in Washington and go to several Mariners games a year, plus I like Felix and Franklin Gutierrez. Anyway, they have a 24-hour cool off period before you can post over there, and I’m about half an hour away from being allowed to post there. I’ve been surfing around there yesterday and today, and I’m really nervous about posting there. Will they like me? They’re funnier than I am, should I try to be funny? Should I introduce myself yet? Oooh I’m so nervous. I should follow the current game closely so I appear knowledgeable.
by controlled_slide on Mar 3, 2010 2:35 PM MST up reply actions
I hope I don't talk too much
Does my breath smell okay? Does this shirt make my eyes pop?
by controlled_slide on Mar 3, 2010 2:38 PM MST up reply actions
don't grease your hair back, that's tacky
and here, write these discussion topics on your palm, just in case there is a lull in conversion.
Now go get ’em, Tiger!
(err…that has a whole new meaning now…)
Iron Maiden? Excellent!
Sounds to me like you're overthinking it.
Just don’t be an arse to the other fanbases, and you’ll be fine. :D
by Greg Stanwood on Mar 3, 2010 2:44 PM MST up reply actions
Make your first post about making fun of stat nerds in their parent's basement.
That would be a good way to start.
especially at lookout landing
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 3, 2010 4:29 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Stewart
has been going fairly early in the mock drafts i’ve been in. I think right around 120-150 or there about
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"I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I would toss one that ain’t never been seen by this generation."
I grabbed him early off the wires last year
and stuck with him for quite a while, then when I was finally fed up with him (mainly wasting a bench spot) he immediately had his awesome week. :/
I’ve seen a lot of hype this year on him, I know I’ve bought in.
Red Sox beat Northeastern University 15-0
by controlled_slide on Mar 3, 2010 2:54 PM MST reply actions
Hahaha, that's awesome
Still, I’d love to play in a game like that just to say “I played a game against the Red Sox!”
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by ShadowPenguin on Mar 3, 2010 2:56 PM MST up reply actions
What about wanting to play in that game so you
could “accidentally” hit some of their players with a fastball. :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 3, 2010 6:38 PM MST up reply actions
Less then 24 hours till Rockies baseball...
by Chacinisthefuture on Mar 3, 2010 3:16 PM MST reply actions
According to Phish's countdown right now I'm at
21 hours 47 minutes and 48 seconds
by Chacinisthefuture on Mar 3, 2010 3:17 PM MST up reply actions
Too bad I'm not smart enough to make my sig an actual timer counting down.
Probably not even supported anyways :).
by Chacinisthefuture on Mar 3, 2010 3:28 PM MST up reply actions
Photo day gallery is available
Pretty boring, but I’m glad they don’t get too cute with the photo shoot. Dex is smiling (shocker), Helton looks tuff, Buchholz looks sickly thin, Tulo and Iannetta are all smiles. Oh and Hammel’s lazy eye made it in.
Yeah Squeaky and I noticed last year at Photo Day
that Buchholz was a wraith.
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Oh and why do Tulo's hands look so crazy in that first picture of him
it’s like they don’t even belong to the same guy
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also, that was closer to Giambi's face than I really needed to be
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so we can get a load of Iannetta's apparent albinism?
and Tulo’s snaggletooth?
and Hammel’s lazy eye?
just kidding, they’re (mostly) a good-looking group of guys, it could be a lot worse
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Like close ups of the Giant's players
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 3, 2010 7:02 PM MST up reply actions
But Dex's smile is sooo prettttyyy
it’s mesmerising
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Oh heck I know I am.
Unabashedly.
Saved by the buoyancy of citrus.
this
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Hawpe's staring into her soul.
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actually not so much
that is much too close up…for all the players
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Buchholz has always been sort of slender though
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 3, 2010 4:40 PM MST up reply actions
Jason Giambi
needs Just For Men.
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This comment was worth saying twice...
Ignorance of the American League is a sign of good moral character.
Look out Dodgers...Purple objects in mirror are closer than they appear.
Refresh your page.
The one that has Giambi missing a letter isn’t there anymore.
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Giambi looks a little scurred
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
lol some funny looking pictures
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by TuLoRocks2008 on Mar 3, 2010 5:09 PM MST up reply actions
Helton has the ToddFather look going
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 3, 2010 7:03 PM MST up reply actions
I think the trasition has already started
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 3, 2010 7:04 PM MST up reply actions
I used the word "historinerd" in my lecture tonight
PR verbiage hitting the big time, yeah
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Lecture for what
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 3, 2010 7:05 PM MST up reply actions
Part of the three-part series I was doing at my college
about my historical novel, and the many good stories both inside and outside it. Tonight was the last one.
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You wrote a novel?
Good for you.
I don’t think I could do that.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 3, 2010 7:19 PM MST up reply actions
Well, since the age of 11, I've written about 28 of them
Maybe… 6 or 7 are actually semi-good.
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So how long are they?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 3, 2010 7:47 PM MST up reply actions
In single space
they range from between 130 to 685 pages.
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Damn
Yeah I don’t think I could do that
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 3, 2010 8:00 PM MST up reply actions
And I don't think I couldn't
writing is my life
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Oh I like to write to
My problem is that I couldn’t stay on one topic that long. I think I would just exhaust it and have nothing left to say by about page 30 or 40.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 3, 2010 8:18 PM MST up reply actions
I love history and historical novels...
I can paint pictures with words; I cant write dialouge worth a damn. All the characters sound like me.
28 is a lot of novels.
I’ve written a total of six, and all of which were designed for my eyes only in order to eventually become screenplays.
by Greg Stanwood on Mar 3, 2010 9:14 PM MST up reply actions
Like I said
only a small minority of them are actually any good. But that’s what I did all that practicing for…
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Oh, I'm not trying to diminish that at all.
But even writing 28 BAD novels would have been impressive. That’s a lot of time taken, and that’s coming from someone who always insists there is tiem in life for these things. I really, really don’t see how I could have fit 28 novels into my life.
by Greg Stanwood on Mar 3, 2010 9:30 PM MST up reply actions
[Elmer Fudd voice]
We all have our thpecial tawents!
[/Elmer Fudd voice]
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Or alternately
[Pontius Pilate in Life of Brian voice]
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Well, after that lovely discussion of how much we love writing...
… I must go and…. write. Ugh. About Wittgenstein, too. ugh ugh. :D
by Greg Stanwood on Mar 3, 2010 9:49 PM MST up reply actions
My philosophy professor LOVES Wittgenstein
I have to write a paper on Plotinus this weekend. I am not looking forward to it.
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Remember.
You promised me a signed copy when it’s been published.
George Sr., regarding a rival prison softball team: "Word has it they're getting Jose Canseco."
--Arrested Development
....I did?
well ok
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If all goes right that might not be long now
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I'll cross my fingers and toes.
George Sr., regarding a rival prison softball team: "Word has it they're getting Jose Canseco."
--Arrested Development
Yeah!
Like two years ago!
George Sr., regarding a rival prison softball team: "Word has it they're getting Jose Canseco."
--Arrested Development
oh well then it wasn't a copy of THIS novel, as it hadn't been written yet
but details details
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Irregardless!!!!
George Sr., regarding a rival prison softball team: "Word has it they're getting Jose Canseco."
--Arrested Development
It was
whatever novel you were discussing with publishers at the time.
George Sr., regarding a rival prison softball team: "Word has it they're getting Jose Canseco."
--Arrested Development
Yup, that's what makes it funny.
Don’t worry, it used to piss me off to no end when soco used to use that all the time.
George Sr., regarding a rival prison softball team: "Word has it they're getting Jose Canseco."
--Arrested Development
and then when you called him out
he responded with an over-the-top snarky comment?
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 5, 2010 9:22 AM MST up reply actions
looks like EY2will start tomorrow, somewhere
Stewart likely too
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 3, 2010 7:44 PM MST via mobile reply actions
From Renck
Rockies
2B Eric Young Jr.
1B Paul Lo Duca (he’s been talking groundballs here)
CF Carlos Gonzalez
RF Ryan Spilborghs
LF Seth Smith
C Chris Iannetta
3B Ian Stewart
SS Jonathan Herrera
RHP Jason Hammel (Jorge De La Rosa will follow him).
From Troy Renek:
Troy Tulowitzki broke out his new Nike cleats he helped designed. The black flap over the laces reads: 2Low with a purple cross in the 0.
Anyone have pictures?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 3, 2010 8:19 PM MST reply actions
Okay this nearly freaked me out
All I focused on was….“Troy Tulowitzki broke”
YIKES!!!
Troy Tulowitzki - Best SS in the MLB - 2010 MVP
"With a guy like Melo, it’s tough to stop him with one person. You can’t. I don’t know one guy who can stop Melo on a consistent basis."-CP3
Brad Hawpe - Will prove the doubters wrong
PS Let's win the NL West in 2010, shall we?
Belisle kept the money?
I would have kept the robe, that thing is freakin’ sweeeeeeet
Iron Maiden? Excellent!
It seems he wanted to!
He should also realise that the number one way to become the fans’ darling is to WEAR A PURPLE ROBE. We’d be clamouring for him every game! His walkout music could be something by Freddie Mercury! He’d never have to worry about being traded!
Also can I say how freaking excited I am that THERE’S A ROCKIES GAME TODAY OMG
I woke up smiling
put on my Helton jersey on the way to work…
OH! I am shipping your game out tonight, and I have included a little something extra…
Iron Maiden? Excellent!
TWSS
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 4, 2010 9:24 AM MST up reply actions
weak
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 4, 2010 9:27 AM MST up reply actions
Let the man flirt without such childishness!
Thanks for this, Matt, hugely appreciated!
Though I was thinking earlier, if you haven’t written out the address yet could I give you my work one? Sometimes stuff is too big to fit through my front door and I can only get to the post office on weekends to pick it up, whereas it’s no problem delivering work. If you haven’t yet addressed it, I’ll email you my work addy.
Matt, after playing around with MS Word "insert symbol" for a while
I have decided to spell your username μZя. I hope you like it.
Woot!
the “mu” is greek and the “ya” is Russian, but I couldn’t off the top of my head think of a third alphabet with a distinct “z” sound, so I’m sure you can improve on it!
All cyrillic would be Музя, I think?
atta kid matt
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 4, 2010 9:21 AM MST up reply actions
Hey stats guys, I have a question
I’ve not see this stat used on the Row (I only found out about it on TBLA on an article in which it semi-proves Kuroda is an ace):
Pitching BPV: ((Dominance Rate – 5.0) x 18) + ((4.0 – Walk rate) x 27) + (Ground ball rate as whole number – 40)
What are your thoughts on it?
Dominance....Rate?
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 4, 2010 9:22 AM MST up reply actions
You know
The rate at which a pitcher dominates.
by controlled_slide on Mar 4, 2010 9:43 AM MST up reply actions
oh of course
is that on a scale of 9 innings or per PA?
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 4, 2010 9:49 AM MST up reply actions
sooo....everyone gets a "1"?
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 4, 2010 10:53 AM MST up reply actions
YOU might get a 1
Dominant pitchers get higher though.
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so, math major?
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by Andrew Martin on Mar 4, 2010 11:08 AM MST up reply actions
seriously though Kuroda is awesome when healthy
He had near-ace numbers last season, if you believe statcorner
http://statcorner.com/leader.php?type=2&year=2009&leag=MLB&limit=300
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