Rex Buckingham

inches too high

hahahahahaha

good grief, can we have a few more injuries possibly?

what a downer

game is over

that looked a lot like a penalty on Graham on that coverage of Holmes

just throw it away Jay

Schwarber and Zagunis can't be traded til June, so they won't be part of a deal for Stanton if it happens.... And including Vitters and Maples, lol

what a BOMB!

Any of those four could very well be each of those respective things, but I think we're being a bit overzealous to think that this is a low end prediction of how all four will turn out. A pessimistic prediction may be that one becomes an all star, two are solid mlb players, and one flames out. someone's sarcasm meter is broken

Welcome. And, yeah, in neither case did they really have to give up all that much to add that ace, especially in Price's case with an extra year of control. On the other hand, "the boy genius" did manage to get quite a haul for his pitchers, one of which he basically picked up off the scrap heap. Oh and then there's that guy pitching like a top 10 pitcher in baseball that they basically got off the scrap heap for another guy they got off the scrap heap. Thanks for agreeing that pitching is the bottom line. The reason the Cubs got quite a haul for their pitchers is that many teams are willing to overpay for pitching. You don't see many teams overpaying for some scrap-heap OF that had a few good months. No, you don't see teams overpaying for hitting because the cost of hitters on the level of Price and Samardzija and Lester aren't available at all because hitting is more valuable. Here's a list of the best hitters who could be free agents this year (like Lester will be). You tell me which ones might be anywhere close to as valuable as Lester List according to Cot's First Basemen Billy Butler * Adam Dunn Michael Cuddyer Victor Martinez Second Basemen Ben Zobrist * Shortstops J.J. Hardy Jed Lowrie Hanley Ramirez Third Basemen Chase Headley Casey McGehee Aramis Ramirez * Pablo Sandoval Catchers Russell Martin Outfielders Melky Cabrera Nelson Cruz Michael Cuddyer Nick Markakis * Colby Rasmus Alex Rios * Josh Willingham I look at that list and see plenty of guys who can make teams better, but very few who would command much of a trade return. The best hitters are locked up to long term deals and will not be traded except probably for other bats

I'm not very knowledgeable about the youth divisions of the MNT, which player would that be?

Surely this speeds up Melo's decision and the action in free agency in general...Bosh probably ends up in Houston now, right? Miami is screwed

The way I look at it, they both have basically the same ceiling offensively which is pretty much HOF-caliber if sustained over a good period of time with solid to better defense, only Javy plays a more premium defensive position. While Bryant is killing it in the minors this year, he does have a fair amount of swing and miss to his game, though certainly not to the level that Javy does.

If you lean towards upside how do you have Javy 3rd? His upside is a solid or better SS who hits 40 dongs a year... Which is better than Bryant (solid or better 3B who hits 40 dongs a year) and Russell (a good SS who hits 20-25 dongs a year) Edit: I know Bryant has outproduced Javy during his time in AAA, but it's still a SSS and Javy is what, 2 years younger? And still playing pretty darn well...

I know I've been harping on this, but milb camera/TV crews are just the worst. That ball seems like it was hit to the moon, would have been nice to see it. Sitting in RF, looking into the sun, I'm not 100% sure, but I think it may have hit the parking garage behind the stadium in left, no joke.

What do you think now? lol

Vizcaino didn't retire anyone in the 8th after jokisch faced the minimum through 7. Single on a ball Javy should have had, walk, seeing eye single... Hatley in, who I just learned is white

Bryant ripped a double down the third base line

Bryant did not look bad homering to the bullpen in right. Stayed on it well and got just enough to get it out

Bryant looked bad on the two off speed pitches he saw. Alcantara hit the ball hard right at the third baseman. Lopez looked smooth, strong am throwing out runner on k/cs dp to end first

I'm at the game, absolute no doubter. Outfield barely moved. Think it left the park entirely

Wife and I are headed to the Iowa game tonight... Sitting in the lawn section in the outfield.

People bring that up all the time, but I'm just not sure it will ever happen. It would take football becoming immensely less popular because of danger or something and even then, most of the guys that I feel like would be the best soccer players are generally basketball players... And basketball doesn't seem likely to lose popularity any time soon.

Heck of a fight, just not enough in the tank and not enough time