XZero771679666304

No love for Ted Lilly? No, that was was great too.

Though my memory may have embellished it a bit, my favorite plate collision was Glenallen Hill blowing up Mike Piazza in 1994, May, I think.

The day that contract was signed I knew the Cards were going to have a hard time re-signing Pujols. For him to take less than Ryan Howard would be tough for the union to swallow. Pujols is the best offensive player in the game, Ryan Howard isn't even top five at his position. The Howard contract is ridiculously awful.

Maybe he was suddenly blessed with precognition or the ability to slow time. Or something.

Not sure if this was addressed to me or just in general, but I never said steroids. I haven't got a clue what he's doing or whether or not it's even against the rules. There has to be something other than a change in his swing. Players just don't go from being borderline roster fodder to the best hitter in baseball. What's stranger is he's getting better by the day. Last year he was only doing damage by pulling the ball out of the park. This year he's starting to go the other way a little more. I'm pretty sure there isn't a PED that helps you hit to the opposite field. Even if you take steroids and turn into He-Man (Bautista looks about the same as he ever did, btw), they won't help put the bat on the ball more consistently or make you a more dynamic hitter. And if turning to the needle would transform "roster filler" into MVP material, don't you think we'd see more of it? I really don't think he's doing anything illegal. If he is, he'll be (likely would have been already) exposed, since he's drawing a lot of attention. And if there was some new undetectable formula out there, don't you think Manny would have been using it? Did Jose Bautista have better connections than Manny Ramirez? And if we did believe cheaters are always a step head of testing/detection methods, we may as well just accept that it is part of the game and get the hell over it. Really, I just don't care. I don't care that Bonds/McGwire/Sosa/etc. did them, and I wouldn't care if Bautista were doing them. Going into suspicion mode every time someone breaks out just takes a lot of the fun out of the game.

Outstanding. Nice to benefit from such ridiculousness for once.

Gameday is broken

Really, what did happen? I can't see the proceedings.

Lineup Fukudome, RF Barney, 2B Castro, SS Ramirez, 3B Pena, 1B Byrd, CF Soriano, DH DeWitt, LF Hill, C Yay, Hill again. Good thing Castillo got called up to keep Koyie's seat on the bench warm.

No.

Not only do steroids make you stronger, but they improve your hand/eye and if you do enough of them, allow you to read the pitcher's mind.

So are the Cubs :( This is more than flashes, it's full scale regression. I'm also disheartened by how right I was about what would happen if Soto hit the DL.

Reed showing flashes of 2006.

Bill Buckner is really making me appreciate Brenly.

thom brenneman was blaming the weather yesterday, lol The day before they were going on about how the strike zone for Bailey was a postage stamp, but Zambrano was getting the benefit of a huge zone.

Yeah, that wont be a pretty series. Not at all. Eh, it may be all right, given the pitching scene in Boston. I had been looking forward to facing Lackey, though.

No, this Reds win has been a Cubs production.

This team just loves giving games away.

They are just awful, both he and Brennaman. I had to watch last night's debacle on their network, which really sucked. Both of them are homers who make routine factual errors.

I'm really at a loss at this point.

I'd think about a squeeze here

He pitched well. Which was shocking. The guy has nothing.

I've had quite enough of Casey Coleman. I have no idea how escaped much damage in his last start.

probably backloaded with a NTC bet he signed the contract in icing. LULZ The whole thing was drawn up on an unfolded Krispy Kreme box.

The sort who remain undaunted by even the most intense plantain chip barrages.