Derwood

I disagree he needs to work on plate discipline. It isn't his fault that umpire blew that call. I love how Marquis can't hit for us either. he did that "jump away" move to a lot of called strikes inside in his last call up

FSN Rocky Mtn sky cam showed that about 5 inches inside

well Lou WAS stupid for letting him hit last night

leadoff is not a position.

so naive. Sadly I think you are right. In a perfect world he would be a great backup and mentor to Soto. Worst case scenario is that Soto falls on his face and Kendall takes over. But I think we all know that if he is to be re-signed then Soto would get no real shot. the naivete comment might have actually been to the 1-year deal. you know hendry is gonna offer $15M/3. it was actually directed at the notion that Lou would bench Kendall in favor of Soto

bonds is not a team player, but it has nothing to do with money. it has to do with hamstringing the team with his inability to play entire games, two games in a row, etc., and pulling himself out of games when the team needs him the most

i'm bothered by his general unwillingness to swing at straight fastballs right down the middle

so naive.

not to pee on the parade (but hey, I'm a cubs fan), Wood DID allow all his inherited runners to score in Houston

What about the fact that he's still among the worst hitting major leaguers? That counts for nothing? I could give a crap what he did on Oakland. Had no bearing on our team whatsoever

will ESPN break in to show us each of Ankiel's at-bats?

Up into Big Mac Land....they still have that at Busch III?

desipio likes to make fun of NSBB because their membership is made up of people who have been banned here. They also seem to have limited imaginations pertaining to how they make fun of us. Lots of gay jokes and what not. ah, i somehow read that exchange as you getting into it with IMB! Hence, my confusion ...off to desipio to make fun of losers.... ...and this is what I learned: I'm learning all sorts of thing about baseball there!

desipio likes to make fun of NSBB because their membership is made up of people who have been banned here. They also seem to have limited imaginations pertaining to how they make fun of us. Lots of gay jokes and what not. ah, i somehow read that exchange as you getting into it with IMB! Hence, my confusion ...off to desipio to make fun of losers....

it's not a user graphic thing, right? I assume that since just about everyon'es sig/avatars (including the animated ones) are linked from offsite, you aren't getting tagged for that

too bad you aren't, gaylord. Where do you come up with this stuff? It's so funny! I couldn't do that to save my life. wow, i missed something here

I think Brady Anderson and Carrot Top are his personal trainers

Couldn't possibly be steroids, could it? http://www.red-hot-mama.com/images/uploads/speizio_tattoo.jpg

wait one more day and we won't have to worry about the Dodgers (as we'll be behind them in the WS standings)

World Series MVP

wow :shock: AAA numbers: .267/.314/.568/.883 32 HR bad K:BB ratio (90:25) but he's a slugger

"worth"? has he helped the mets significantly? has he significantly cash-strapped them? They've gotten one great year from him, one mediocre, and one injury-riddled

FWIW, Beltran hasn't been worth his contract either.

double post

BTW, our only hope right now is for A-Rod to break the record. I can't picture just about any other active hitter getting to the 700's. A look at the active HR Leaders 1. Barry Bonds* (42) 757 2. Sammy Sosa (38) 604 3. Ken Griffey* (37) 589 4. Frank Thomas (39) 505 5. Alex Rodriguez (31) 500 6. Jim Thome* (36) 490 7. Manny Ramirez (35) 489 8. Gary Sheffield (38) 478 9. Carlos Delgado* (35) 424 10. Mike Piazza (38) 422 11. Chipper Jones# (35) 375 12. Andruw Jones (30) 363 13. Jeff Kent (39) 360 14. Jim Edmonds* (37) 357 Jason Giambi* (36) 357 16. Vladimir Guerrero (31) 356 17. Luis Gonzalez* (39) 342 18. Shawn Green* (34) 326 19. Moises Alou (40) 324 20. Reggie Sanders (39) 305 21. Steve Finley* (42) 304 22. Todd Helton* (33) 297 23. Richie Sexson (32) 290 24. Craig Biggio (41) 289 25. Ivan Rodriguez (35) 286 26. Ryan Klesko* (36) 277 27. Albert Pujols (27) 274 28. Troy Glaus (30) 272 29. Paul Konerko (31) 268 30. Brian Giles* (36) 262 31. Scott Rolen (32) 260 32. Jermaine Dye (33) 259 33. David Ortiz* (31) 250 34. Miguel Tejada (31) 249 Jose Valentin# (37) 249 36. Garret Anderson (35) 247 37. Lance Berkman# (31) 245 Carlos Lee (31) 245 39. Tony Clark# (35) 237 Magglio Ordonez (33) 237 41. Matt Stairs* (39) 234 42. Adam Dunn* (27) 228 Derrek Lee (31) 228 44. Eric Chavez* (29) 227 45. Alfonso Soriano (31) 226 46. Carlos Beltran# (30) 222 47. Tony Batista (33) 219 48. Cliff Floyd* (34) 217 Nomar Garciaparra (33) 217 50. Bobby Abreu* (33) 216 51. Jeff Conine (41) 213 52. Jorge Posada# (35) 212 Aramis Ramirez (29) 212 54. Mike Cameron (34) 209 55. Adrian Beltre (28) 208 56. Pat Burrell (30) 205 Geoff Jenkins* (32) 205 58. Jose Cruz# (33) 204 That's everyone with at least 200 HR. Notice there aren't too many guys under the age of 30, with the highest total for someone in their 20's being Pujols at 274 (and his age is in question).