Random Baseball Musings

[ctcf]

BJ Upton is now going to go by his legal name of Melvin Upton and will presumably still be terrible at baseball.

 

http://deadspin.com/melvin-upton-explains-his-name-change-1687467959

Edited February 23, 2015 by ctcf

[SouthSideRyan]

Goodness.

[Guest]

BJ Upton is now going to go by his legal name of Melvin Upton and will presumably still be terrible at baseball.

 

http://deadspin.com/melvin-upton-explains-his-name-change-1687467959

 

Maybe if his name isnt BJ he wont feel so compelled to suck?

[imb]

Oh because of the sex act

[NonProfitCow]

Oh because of the sex act

:yahoo:

[NonProfitCow]

I want A-Rod to [expletive] rake this year so bad.

[Elrhino]

http://grantland.com/features/brad-asumus-pitch-framing-dennis-eckersley/

 

These numbers aren’t new to Ausmus, who learned about framing stats from Padres assistant GM Josh Stein during Ausmus’s time as a special assistant with the team from 2010 to 2013. “When this was kind of a blossoming area, we actually sat down together and … tried to identify some of the tenets of what makes someone a good framer or a bad framer, looking at video of current-day catchers and even some past catchers,” Ausmus says. “So I’m very familiar with the premise behind it and the potential value in it.”

 

Jed and McLeod were heading the Padres front office through October 2011. Hard to explain why the Cubs were so late in the game implementing it. I guess they were holding out hope Welly could get better.

[Cubswin11]

I want A-Rod to [expletive] rake this year so bad.

So do I

[SouthSideRyan]

I want A-Rod to [expletive] rake this year so bad.

So do I

 

Yep

[JennieGarthAlgar]

I want A-Rod to [expletive] rake this year so bad.

So do I

 

Yep

 

Uh huh

[ctcf]

I want A-Rod to [expletive] rake this year so bad.

So do I

 

Yep

 

Uh huh

 

Yuuuuuuuuup

[ctcf]

I kinda hope Julio Urias ends up being a big time player just so the Dodgers have to put big banners of Quasimodo up everywhere.

[ctcf]

Sounds like the Padres are considering trying out Carlos Quentin at 1B. That could be entertaining.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Wainwright has left Cardinals camp with abdominal pain that has kept him out of throwing and is going to see a specialist. Cards' GM describes concern as "medium."

[sneakypower]

you forgot the good news, though

 

Derrick Goold @dgoold · 12m

#Cardinals will make a safe driver available to major leaguers "no questions asked"

 

probably a wise investment

[jersey cubs fan]

Wainwright has left Cardinals camp with abdominal pain that has kept him out of throwing and is going to see a specialist. Cards' GM describes concern as "medium."

 

It's probably menstrual.

Edited February 24, 2015 by jersey cubs fan

[SouthSideRyan]

Can people not drive on their periods now?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

you forgot the good news, though

 

Derrick Goold @dgoold · 12m

#Cardinals will make a safe driver available to major leaguers "no questions asked"

 

probably a wise investment

how is this not already a thing

[NonProfitCow]

Wainwright has left Cardinals camp with abdominal pain that has kept him out of throwing and is going to see a specialist. Cards' GM describes concern as "medium."

Marco Gonzales is about to become prime Johan Santana and Carlos Martinez will be prime Pedro Martinez.

[sweetpeteman]

What the [expletive] did Hamilton do? More drugs?

[Derwood]

What the [expletive] did Hamilton do? More drugs?

 

Supposedly its "way way worse than PED's"

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

What the [expletive] did Hamilton do? More drugs?

 

Supposedly its "way way worse than PED's"

lol, what? forehead heroin?

[Derwood]

A source tells Jon Heyman of CBS Sports that Josh Hamilton relapsed a few months back involving "at least cocaine."

 

Heyman says Hamilton turned himself in and that, if true, he would be put in a drug program as a first-time offender. Without a positive test, it's unclear how MLB could suspend Hamilton for the incident. Reports were that the 33-year-old had a meeting with MLB Wednesday to discuss what happened. More should be known shortly.

[TruffleShuffle]

yeah, hamilton had a high-profile relapse with a lot of embarrassing bar photos (and probably banged some chick in the bar bathroom). didn't get suspended or anything, despite his past substance abuse problems. not sure what he can be suspended for here.

[jersey cubs fan]

yeah, hamilton had a high-profile relapse with a lot of embarrassing bar photos (and probably banged some chick in the bar bathroom). didn't get suspended or anything, despite his past substance abuse problems. not sure what he can be suspended for here.

 

MLB doesn't suspend guys for drinking beer. They do suspend guys for "at least cocaine".