2009 MLB Thread

[hugman]

Some randumb thoughts:

Does the strike zone seem really low this year?


Boy, that Andre Ethier sure is the opportunist, isn't he?


Is there any bigger monument to failure (and waste) than an empty big league ballpark?

[hugman]

you guys, Al Hrabosky drives me insane. is he watching the same game I am?

[colonel panic]

Finally, Twins are on. I don't have cable so I just watch the Internet version of the play-by-play. These west coast games are late.

[nec13]

And the Yankees drop their 8th consecutive game to the Red Sox. 

I don't really like either team, but the Red Sox are the lesser of two evils.

[Gilly]

I disagree, I enjoy watching the Yankees much more than the Red Sox. I don't root for either team but the Yankees have about 5 or 6 players I enjoy watching while the Red Sox have maybe 2 right now.

[nec13]

Not a good night for Antonio Bastardo:

1.0 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 K, 3 BB, 1 HR

However, he was facing the Red Sox and that is not an easy task for a pitcher making only his third career ML start.

[nec13]

Some randumb thoughts:

Does the strike zone seem really low this year?


Boy, that Andre Ethier sure is the opportunist, isn't he?


Is there any bigger monument to failure (and waste) than an empty big league ballpark?

1. I guess. But the strike zone has always seemed inconsistent to me.
2. Andre Ethier is a very good player. Highway robbery by the Dodgers to get Ethier for Milton Bradley and Antonio Perez.
3. No there isn't. PNC Park and Nationals Park are huge monuments to failure. But there is perhaps no greater monument to failure than Dolphins Stadium:

[yesno]

I am sort of frightened that the Rockies have won 10 in a row.  I might have to switch my allegiance to the Nats.

[nec13]

What's even more frightening is that the Rockies have won 10 in a row despite being managed by Jim Tracy.

[hugman]

Dolphin Stadium was the exact inspiration for that thought.

[yesno]

What's even more frightening is that the Rockies have won 10 in a row despite being managed by Jim Tracy.

I think Jim Tracy, for now, hasn't done too much douchey stuff.  Clint Hurdle was terrible. The Rockies just fucking hated him. I was afraid Tracy was overmanaging against the Brewers in the 7th inning a few games ago where he went through 4 pitchers in the inning.  But it worked.  

I don't think a good manager can make a bad team good, or that a bad manager can make a good team bad.  But a bad manager can definitely make a mediocre team awful.  I think that's where the Rockies were.  They're nowhere near the Dodgers, of course, but they ought to be competitive with the rest of the NL West.  That they weren't even winning at home this season.

[nec13]

Jim Tracy will wear out his welcome soon enough. At least, he didn't bring Jim Colborn along with him. Colborn was/is a complete tool, he actually went after a beat reporter with a baseball bat.

[yesno]

iPhone app to start streaming live games.

[nec13]

2 of the 104 names of players who tested positive for PED's have come out now. When are we going to find out the other 102 names? Moreover, does anyone care about those names?

Thoughts?

[Gilly]

2 of the 104 names of players who tested positive for PED's have come out now. When are we going to find out the other 102 names? Moreover, does anyone care about those names?

Thoughts?

I agree with Ozzie Guillen in that it's really bad for baseball to have to answer to another name every other month. But, unless a 3rd party source leaks all the names, the MLB can't do anything about it because there's a confidentiality agreement. I would hope that they are working with players who tested positive to try to rectify that- Be lumped with 100 other players now or live in fear until your own personal day in the headlines comes.