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  1. mul21
    Good lord did Zambrano hit a bomb today. 431 foot shot.
  2. mul21
    I once witnessed a chick I was out with trip going down some stairs and whack her head on a brick wall. She was nearly comatose before hitting her head and when the hospital ran her BAC, it was .29. You have to get upwards of .30 and near .40 in most cases to get to the point where death is a real possibility. Also, to be functioning at all at .24, you have a hell of a tolerance. He's a bit of a drinker to say the least.
  3. mul21
    So how do we feel about replay now after Santana gets a BS no hitter because of a missed call?
  4. mul21
    Gwynn, DeJesus, Hairston, Van Slyke, and ????? Edit: Nevermind, didn't think Dee Gordon was Flash's son.
  5. mul21
    I didn't realize that he had the same surgery that Santana had. It's really interesting how they're figuring out new ways to improve shoulder all the time. When I had my labrum fixed in 1997, they had to cut me open and when I had a second surgery in 2002 they had progressed to the point they were just scoping it to repair a torn labrum.
  6. mul21
    It was definitely fair. You could see the mark the ball made in the chalk when they showed it later in the game. Yet another reason to add replay. Thread derail: In that case, the ump called the ball foul, play dead. In perfect-world replay, would that be non-reviewable, or would they go back and if they see it's ruled fair, make a determination of what likely would have happened and award the batter (and any base runners) the bases they likely would have gotten? That one's an easy call. Call it just like you would fan interference if the ball goes up against the stands and give him second base. And didn't they make calls like that reviewable in the post season last year?
  7. mul21
    Wow, just saw Sori's HR. That was a chest high fastball. I was thinking as I watched that it was unusual for him to get that good of wood on a pitch that high and then Brenly said the same thing. I hope this hot streak lasts for a bit because man, has he been good lately.
  8. mul21
    Castro was at 15/20 stealing before that play.
  9. mul21
    It was definitely fair. You could see the mark the ball made in the chalk when they showed it later in the game. Yet another reason to add replay.
  10. mul21
    Yeah, that was really obvious. Probably the biggest reason I would have thought really hard about taking him out.
  11. mul21
    And it's done! 1st ever no hitter for the Mets. Couldn't have happened to a better team!
  12. mul21
    I knew Holliday was going to swing at a fastball close. You see one from Santana close and you almost have to go after it. His velocity is down, but that change up is still nasty as ever.
  13. mul21
    1st pitch out. That helps.
  14. mul21
    i can't think of a major league pitcher who got this late in a game with a no-hitter and was removed. i think you just have to let him go for it, and if he gives up a hit then take him out immediately. while santana isn't a big part of the mets' future, he is signed through next season and if he keeps pitching really well, he could fetch a really nice prospect package. And that's the part that would make it tough for me. That's almost something where the GM just calls down to the dugout and says get him out before he gets hurt and destroys his trade value.
  15. mul21
    Through 8 at 124 pitches I believe. Tough decision for the manager at this point. I wouldn't want to be in his shoes. Santana was struggling with his control a bit and looked like there was a lot more effort than earlier in the game that last inning.
  16. mul21
    I don't think they will. They've got somebody up in the pen already.
  17. mul21
    Good, but what the hell right does Selig have to do that? He's not an employee of MLB is he? He gets his paycheck from CSN/WGN I would imagine.
  18. mul21
    Before this season, I would have taken some more consideration on this. I definitely wanted to see him get more time at SS, but was worried he was going to wind up at 2nd or 3rd. As it stands, I'm gaining more and more confidence that he was be an asset in the field at SS rather than just average or below average. The only shortstop in all of baseball that is on the same level in terms of value as Castro is Tulowitzki (I can see an argument to be made for Andrus). I do believe Trout will be a great player and a better hitter than Castro. There's a good chance he'll have more defensive value as a CF than Castro at SS. However, a guy like Brett Jackson (assuming he develops into what he's been projected to develop into) is not as hard of a fall-off at CF as the next guy in line behind Castro (Alcantara? Hernandez?). I pick Castro. I think this pretty much hits the nail on the head. It's much easier to find an above average guy at CF, or just about any other position outside of C, than it is to find an above average guy at SS. That said, I would take Castro pretty much every time as well.
  19. mul21
    In the accompanying chat, Kevin Goldstein had this to say: I agree with everything Aaron says about Castro offensively. Defense, not so much. I predict he'll be a third baseman during the last half of this ten year period, and the stolen bases will dwindle. I thought that was interesting given the variety of opinions on his defensive development. And Sutcliffe picked Shark at #26.
  20. mul21
    We shouldn't have any sort of replay because the rare bad call isn't worse than the cheapening of virtually every cool sports moment involving a close play. So you're okay with Lawrie getting tossed from a game on at least 2 calls that were so completely awful that most blind people would have gotten them right? I mean, there comes a point at which the stupidity/incompetence of the people calling the games has to be remedied in some way. It seemingly gets worse every year.
  21. mul21
    http://espn.go.com/blog/sportscenter/post/_/id/58085/sports-science-dive-or-run-past-first-base OK, smart guy, since I'm blocked at work which one is faster? :wink:
  22. mul21
    I know Banedon is the only one that agrees with me, but I think it is faster to dive head first, since you immediately gain 6'. However I don't think the risk of injury outweighs the extra .01 second you gain. . If you're 12 feet tall. This would actually probably be a pretty interesting thing for the ESPN Sports Science guy to break down.
  23. mul21
    People continue to suckle on Dumpster’s teat as if it were Salma Hayek’s. He gave up 6 hits, 4 walks, and 6 ERs in under 5 innings today, but it’s not his fault. Couldn’t be. No, instead the sucklers look at his sub 3.00 ERA, his still sparkling 1.15 WHIP, his anemic run support and declare him the best EVAH. I gave up this battle long ago on message boards, but the fire still burns. Dumpster puts the over in rated. If only the Cubs could somehow maroon him on Gilligan’s Island. Or at least Des Moines. One last year and perhaps, finally, we’ll be done with him. Free at last, Free at last, thank God Almighty, they’ll be Free at last. First, there is no over in the word rated. You're doing it wrong. Second, where the hell were you when he was allowing 0 -2 runs in 7+ innings per start the first month and getting no run support? He's had 3 starts of nine now that weren't GREAT. Go away.
  24. mul21
    What did the Sox get for sending him to San Diego?
  25. mul21
    I was just about to post the exact same thing.
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