Gingerballs Lives

Disgusting.

The thing about that screen behind home plate at every park is that it prevents the former from happening. The guy just freaked out and lost his popcorn and, appropriately, the lady he was with laughed at him mercilessly the next few minutes. That's what I thought but he freaks out so badly that it looked like there was an impact. Dude deserves every bit of scorn he gets. Speaking of which, did anybody see the Bartman-style play that happened in Tampa Bay? A fan stole the game winning pop up away from Longoria and Longoria flipped out just like Moises. The game ended on the next play, however. Best part was the fan was wearing a Longoria t-shirt.

Did he get hit by that or did he just freak out like a spaz?

I am hoping for an evenly officiated game with no injuries. Go Baseball!!

And he picks random dudes to throw under the bus. Why was he so hard on Scott Eyre last year? He wasn't nearly as bad as Howry yet Eyre is banished while Howry and his trusty gas can get run out there almost every day? Lou Piniella is a fraud and totally overrated manager. 0-6 in the playoffs with the Cubs......1 freaking pennant in his career.

Braun worries me whenever he's at the plate facing the Coo. He's a dangerous hitter.

roar some wanted this guy too http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3504 Hendry didn't look into his eyes, though. Who needs a guy ops'ing 1.200, anyway.

There are probably many people who would much rather go to a Yankees game than live in your house or ride in your truck. I don't know, have you seen their team? Nick Swisher is hitting cleanup.

Larussa is a great manager but he's a tool and perfect for the cardinals. I hope he never leaves them, it gives the rivarly a little spice. If he leaves (and I do believe he's a free agent after this year), they're going to struggle to replace him and I could see baby-eater jumping ship to join another team (red sox, maybe). I could see trouble for them in recruiting a top-notch manager like .093.

I'm not holding my breath.

I'm with you; I thought most of these moves were absolute garbage and I doubt much will happen to change my mind. I know people are tired of hearing about DeRosa but how many times have you thought to yourself, "gee, it would be great to have DeRosa right about now"?

FU Jim Hendry.

While I generally like donuts, I'm pretty convinced all of his moves this offseason are going to look pretty crappy.

Wow! Did you hear that? Aaron Miles is his favorite player?!!? No wonder I hate Miles so much.

Fontenot has 39 PA's and has a .775 OPS with a .385 OBP(numbers rounded cause I closed the calculator window) Bradley has had 25 PA's. Soto has had 15 PA'S. We haven't even played 10 games yet. I agree. What I said was, people that came into the season worried about regressions for those players haven't seen anything so far to calm their fears. My whole post was based on a premise that its way too early to worry, but these are trends I'm seeing. If the Cubs played these 10 games in July, no one would make a big deal out of any of this. Through Soriano's first 86 PA's last year in 18 games, he had a line of .177/.233/.316/.549. From that point on, in 417 PA's through the end of the year, he put up a line of .302/.367/.578/.944. His next 11 games after the first 18 (during which people were surely complaining about him daily), he had an OPS of 1.639. In Lilly's first four starts he had an ERA of 9.16 and a WHIP of 1.71 in 18 2/3 IP. The rest of the year he had an ERA of 3.58 and a WHIP of 1.18 in 186 IP. Soto's OPS is .282 right now. If he comes out tomorrow and goes 3-4 with two singles and a homer, it will go up to .833. You've got to give these guys at least a month to work things out - Soriano needed almost 20 games last year before he finally started hitting. Agreed. I'm not worried about any of the guy's who have track records, even if it's one year like for Geo. I don't trust these bullpen guys besides Marmol, though. None of them have really accomplished anything. Gregg was decent for a while but he's been absolute garbage. He's picked up the gas-can baton left behind by Howry.

Dear Jim Hendry, Thank you for destroying the team I love this offseason. This offseason was the baseball equivalent to the Rape of Nanking. You truly suck. Love, Gingerballs Lives!

I hate his face.

I have to be honest, I expected kfuk to suck this year but he has looked great in the early going. He's staying on the ball much better and is more aggressive going after his pitch. If he turns into the player we were all hoping we were getting last year, it could be very exciting.

It's quite simple. Lou Piniella is senile.

I hated Gregg the moment we got him. I don't see that changing.

.800 batting average with an .833 OBP? Yeah, i'll take that. He better keep it up or he's going to be picking splinters out of his butt.

How about Kfuk today? 4-5? I'll take that everyday from him.

What's a matter? You don't like Derrek Lee?

I am pretty confident Kfuk won't last long in the 2-hole. I just don't think he can get it done in the bigs.

Aaron Heilman takes over one of the starting jobs when Harden gets hurt and does a good job (~4.00 era, whip comes back to earth) Lou Piniella correctly uses Gregg as the closer and he flourishes. Dempster has another outstanding season. Lee and Fukudome continue their respective struggles from last year. Bradley is good in RF (~.900 OPS, 22 hrs) and plays 135 games. I expect a slower start because of all the new faces but the team finds its groove in June. 89 wins and Central champs again.