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in singles... Theriot-CHC 125 Reyes-NYM 104 Schumaker-STL 104 Guzman-WSN 102 Tejada-HOU 100 Winn-SFG 100 Atkins-COL 97 Escobar-ATL 97 Martin-LAD 95 Lee-CHC 94 Molina-STL 94 ichiro has 144, though.

Who? Did what? Cue the blind squirrel wind must be blowing out to left at 125 mph

actually he's hitting .403 when putting the first pitch into play, so i'd say that swinging at the first pitch has made him a .300 hitter.

hey has anyone tipped lou off to the fact that cedeno is worse against LHP than RHP?

terrible

soto in july: 5 BB, 25 K soto in august: 13 BB, 4 K

11-46... go spikes go

and he's facing the worst-hitting team in baseball.

fortunately the nationals are as dumb as the computer.

earmuffs

this move is hilariously pointless.

yeah and i'd go as far to say that if the cubs aren't able to trade him, i'm 90% certain that he WILL be in the rotation.

How is it a stretch? Following up an MVP season with a .261/.326/.421 season seems pretty bad to me. it's a stretch because it's really not miserable at all. he's a little better than he's been this year and he's not as good as he was last year. his RARP is top 10 among shortstops and his EqA is at .271 this year after being at .273 in 2004, .269 in 2005 and .275 in 2006. which one looks like more of the outlier, .291 last year or .271 this year? plus, his LD% is up from last year but his BABIP is .273 - very low for a 22.4 LD%. it's a combination of bad luck and playing on an ankle that he sprained early in the year and probably still hasn't totally healed.

hard to say. i came up with a list of some "gimmes" for the top 25, given who made 26-50 and the honorable mention choices. Frankly, I was pretty shocked that David Price didn't make the top 50 - I had considered him a gimme until I saw that he was on the honorable mention list: Erik Bedard Clay Buchholz Matt Cain Robinson Cano Adam Jones Chipper Jones Cliff Lee Jonathan Papelbon Jhonny Peralta David Price Ben Sheets Troy Tulowitzki Justin Verlander 1. jose reyes, new york mets 2. david wright, new york mets 3. chase utley, phillies 4. ryan howard, phillies 5. hanley ramirez, marlins 6. albert pujols, cards 7. c.c. sabathia, brewers 8. ryan braun, brewers 9. jay bruce, reds 10. clayton kershaw, dodgers 11. tim lincecum, giants 12. brandon webb, d'backs 13. a-rod, yankees 14. josh beckett, red sox 15. evan longoria, d-rays 16. justin morneau, twins 17. joe mauer, twins 18. miguel cabrera, tigers 19. grady sizemore, indians 20. josh hamilton, rangers 21. felix hernandez, seattle other possibilities: corey hart, brewers justin upton, d'backs adrian gonzalez, padres aramis ramirez, cubs carlos quentin, white sox jason bay, red sox a lot of this is off the top of my head, so i might've forgotten a couple of people. Utley and Howard ahead of Pujols? Have you forgotten how good Pujols actually is? Not to mention both Utley and Howard are older? dude i wasn't ranking them in order, it was just to help me keep track of how many names i'd listed. notice that they start with national league east, then work their way down to american league west, just like the baseball standings do.

He took over that set...domination yeah that was awesome to watch... it took him a while to realize how much work it takes to be great at beach volleyball (you have to be in top shape - it's very tough running/jumping on sand) but now that he is in great shape, he's the best player in the world. he's pretty solid as a passer and setter, but dominant as a hitter and blocker. i don't think i can remember a point that the brasilians served him - rogers is a pretty good hitter, but you don't want dalhausser hitting if you can avoid it at all.

yeah well they have documents "proving" that they're 16 - unfortunately they're falsified documents and there will never really be any proof otherwise.

:x

yeah that was nails, she needed a good one to win the gold too. plus she's 15!!! at that age i'm pretty sure that i couldn't give a book report in front of 20 people in my english class without being completely terrified.

someone tell the u.s. divers to stop eating food so that they can go into the water with no splash like the chinese.

something tells me that the handoff in the summer olympics needs to be a little faster than the handoff during a special olympics meet.

maybe we should rip on veal more often; he's having his best start of the year so far.

hard to say. i came up with a list of some "gimmes" for the top 25, given who made 26-50 and the honorable mention choices. Frankly, I was pretty shocked that David Price didn't make the top 50 - I had considered him a gimme until I saw that he was on the honorable mention list: Erik Bedard Clay Buchholz Matt Cain Robinson Cano Adam Jones Chipper Jones Cliff Lee Jonathan Papelbon Jhonny Peralta David Price Ben Sheets Troy Tulowitzki Justin Verlander 1. jose reyes, new york mets 2. david wright, new york mets 3. chase utley, phillies 4. ryan howard, phillies 5. hanley ramirez, marlins 6. albert pujols, cards 7. c.c. sabathia, brewers 8. ryan braun, brewers 9. jay bruce, reds 10. clayton kershaw, dodgers 11. tim lincecum, giants 12. brandon webb, d'backs 13. a-rod, yankees 14. josh beckett, red sox 15. evan longoria, d-rays 16. justin morneau, twins 17. joe mauer, twins 18. miguel cabrera, tigers 19. grady sizemore, indians 20. josh hamilton, rangers 21. felix hernandez, seattle other possibilities: corey hart, brewers justin upton, d'backs adrian gonzalez, padres aramis ramirez, cubs carlos quentin, white sox jason bay, red sox a lot of this is off the top of my head, so i might've forgotten a couple of people.

oops this belongs in baseball discussions.... sorry mods.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/08/21/bp.pecota50/index.html?eref=T1 PECOTA is heavily used, of course. No. 50. Matt Kemp, CF, Dodgers, Age 23 (--) No. 49. John Lackey, P, Angels, Age 29 (--) No. 48. Dan Uggla, 2B, Marlins, Age 28 (--) No. 47. Geovany Soto, C, Cubs, Age 25 (--) No. 46. B.J. Upton, CF, Rays, Age 23 (No. 50) No. 45. Carlos Beltran, CF, Mets, Age 31 (No. 12) No. 44. Howie Kendick, 2B, Angels, Age 24 (No. 26) No. 43. Carlos Zambrano, P, Cubs, Age 27 (No. 28) No. 42. Edinson Volquez, P, Reds, Age 24 (--) No. 41. Chad Billingsley, P, Dodgers, Age 23 (--) No. 40. Dustin Pedroia, 2B, Red Sox, Age 25 (--) No. 39. Roy Halladay, P, Blue Jays, Age 31 (No. 25) No. 38. Mark Teixeira, 1B, Angels, Age 28 (No. 45) No. 37. Rich Harden, P, Cubs, Age 26 (HM) No. 36. Lance Berkman, 1B, Astros, Age 32 (No. 32) No. 35. Prince Fielder, 1B, Brewers, Age 24 (No. 47) No. 34. Nick Markakis, RF, Orioles, Age 24 (--) No. 33. Jimmy Rollins, SS, Phillies, Age 29 (No. 48) No. 32. Matt Wieters, C, Orioles, Age 22 (--) No. 31. Dan Haren, P, Diamondbacks, Age 27 (--) No. 30. Ryan Zimmerman, 3B, Nationals, Age 23 (No. 11) No. 29. Ian Kinsler, 2B, Rangers, Age 26 (HM) No. 28. Joba Chamberlain, P, Yankees, Age 22 (--) No. 27. Matt Holliday, LF, Rockies, Age 28 (--) No. 26. Russell Martin, C, Dodgers, Age 25 (HM) No. 25. Justin Upton, RF, Diamondbacks, Age 20 (HM) No. 24. Felix Hernandez, P, Mariners, Age 22 (No. 15) No. 23. Jay Bruce, OF, Reds, Age 21 (--) No. 22. Josh Beckett, P, Red Sox, Age 28 (--) No. 21. Josh Hamilton, CF, Rangers, Age 27 (--) No. 20. Cole Hamels, P, Phillies, Age 24 (No. 29) No. 19. Scott Kazmir, P, Rays, Age 24 (No. 33) No. 18. Brandon Webb, P, Diamondbacks, Age 29 (No.16) No. 17. Ryan Braun, LF, Brewers, Age 24 (--) No. 16. Curtis Granderson, CF, Tigers, Age 27 (HM) No. 15. Tim Lincecum, P, Giants, Age 24 (41) No. 14. Miguel Cabrera, 1B, Tigers, Age 25 (4) No. 13. Chase Utley, 2B, Phillies, Age 29 (No. 22) No. 12. Jake Peavy, P, Padres, Age 27 (No. 13) No. 11. Brian McCann, C, Braves, Age 24 (9) No. 10. Johan Santana, P, Mets, Age 29 (No. 3) No. 9. C.C. Sabathia, P, Brewers, Age 27 (No. 17) No. 8. Alex Rodriguez, 3B, Yankees, Age 32 (10) No. 7. Joe Mauer, C, Twins, Age 25 (No. 2) No. 6. Jose Reyes, SS, Mets, Age 25 (No. 7) No. 5. Grady Sizemore, CF, Indians, Age 25 (No. 5) No. 4. Evan Longoria, 3B, Rays, Age 22 (HM) No. 3. Albert Pujols, 1B, Cardinals, Age 28 (1) No. 2. David Wright, 3B, Mets, Age 25 (No. 8) No. 1. Hanley Ramirez, SS, Marlins, Age 24 (No. 6) the number at the end is how they ranked last year, with HM = honorable mention.

I don't think that has much to do with Jimmy's comments. I think his have to do with the overall tone of the average Philly fan. They booed Santa Clause for crying out loud. Anyway, he probably should just be quiet, take his money, and play ball. (BTW> commas o.k.?) they should boo "santa clause", it was a bad movie and the sequels, from what i hear, were even worse. i'm from the philadelphia area and i can say that the fans there are very passionate and loyal to the local teams. they might loud, obnoxious and too passionate for their own good, but they're not frontrunners. when i think of a frontrunner, i think of a fan who latches onto any team that is good, regardless of geographical location. that really doesn't happen in philly.