Ding Dong Johnson

"I'm convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile." -Tom Clark "I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it." -Rogers Hornsby "You know it's summertime at Candlestick when the fog rolls in, the wind kicks up, and you see the center fielder slicing open a caribou to survive the ninth inning." -Bob Sarlette "A hot dog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz." -Humphrey Bogart "You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too." -Roy Campanella "There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit." -Al Gallagher "Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that." -Nomar Garciaparra "Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?" -Jim Bouton "Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out." -Joe Garagiola "I don't care how long you've been around, you'll never see it all." -Bob Lemon "I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen." -Bob Lemon "Sandy's (Koufax) fastball was so fast, some batters would start to swing as he was on his way to the mound." -Jim Murray "The strongest thing that baseball has going for it today are its yesterdays." -Lawrence Ritter "I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats." -Bill Veeck "Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing." -Warren Spahn "Don't forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball." -Woodie Held "Putting lights in Wrigley Field is like putting aluminum siding on the Sistine Chapel." -Roger Simon "The place was always cold, and I got the feeling that the fans would have enjoyed baseball more if it had been played with a hockey puck." -Andre Dawson, on Montreal "A baseball game is twice as much fun if you're seeing it on the company's time." -William C. Feather

I don't know why it continues to bother me, but it's the Rule 5 draft, not the Rule V

let us know when it gets some

it's all good cuz those idiots with teh yankees gave us mark prior for nuthin. dummies

BIG. TEN. NETWORK. but if we're discussing watching Cubs baseball, the only correct answer is CSN until WGN can get me the game in HD

I won't be sad if I never see Chad Fox on the television again

think about it, how many times have the Pirates had a winning season since Salomon Torres left? I'll give you a hint: it's a whole number that's less than 1

must be

1

how much did that run ya, big spender?

I think that was more of an example why the 9th isn't always the most important inning. I would guess it's roughly normally distributed between all 9 lineup possibilities. Probably, I've just seen 7-8-9 v 3-4-5 hitter situation argued many times on the board, as if it happened all the time. If this helps.... this is a distribution by batting order of 9th inning plate appearances..... 03/31 - 05/17 PA batting 1st 9 batting 2nd 11 batting 3rd 14 batting 4th 10 batting 5th 12 batting 6th 12 batting 7th 11 batting 8th 15 batting 9th 11 You're a great man Fred! Always coming through for us helpless bad-at-stats people. :D So, if I'm reading this right, a closer will typically face some combination that includes the 3rd hitter or 8th hitter the most. But, I'm not sure anything can be conclusively drawn from it. Yeah, but you've got a mean of 11.67 and a std dev of just under 2.... so, there's no real conclusion to draw. This is a pretty flat distribution. the only logical conclusion is that you're always gonna face the 3rd and 8th hitters in the 9th

came from a blog, can't possibly be true More or less shot down. http://blogs.jsonline.com/brewers/archive/2008/05/19/club-source-no-decision-on-yost.aspx not worthy of its own rant, but that is quite possibly the worst newspaper known to man. I received complimentary copies of it while in Wisc Dells this past weekend, and I can't find anything nice to say about it

came from a blog, can't possibly be true

Steve Trachsel has made that list in each of the past 5 seasons

why didn't I notice before now that Soriano's middle name is Guilleard?

and he's only 15

DeRosa is a hunk (or something)

I wouldn't. he's already at 91 pitches after (for some dumb reason) spending a couple of weeks in the bullpen

looking better, only 70 pitches through 5 now

nice 9 pitch inning

Ronny must like hitting with 2 strikes

already at 53 pitches through 3

everything about that is a load of crap. everything Care to prove me wrong? It's obvious your management skills need some brushing up on. as does your logic. why don't you start by proving yourself right first

8, they won't bat in the 9th

Soriano must be mad at Gorzelanny for something