tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post5466301383515067579..comments2024-03-15T23:25:52.517-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: Red Sox Sought Bautistaallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-9751798706365939422011-01-29T18:01:01.221-08:002011-01-29T18:01:01.221-08:00I read Hayhurst's book this off-season, too. Q...I read Hayhurst's book this off-season, too. Quite liked it, but the Ball Four comparisions are a bit much.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-48525412044970449882011-01-29T16:43:08.535-08:002011-01-29T16:43:08.535-08:00Hey, as long as they're rolling in money, ther...<i>Hey, as long as they're rolling in money, there isn't a problem, right?</i><br /><br />True. It's apparently all they care about. And people call the players greedy! <br /><br />Re team going bankrupt, how would we know? We only have their word to go on.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-79491522609244406582011-01-29T16:39:54.305-08:002011-01-29T16:39:54.305-08:00I just finished Dirk Hayhurst's memoir of a se...<i>I just finished Dirk Hayhurst's memoir of a season in the minor leagues, and he has some things to say about 'cleat-chasers.'</i><br /><br />But the "guaranteed to get laid" comment was for a fan, presumably not wearing cleats.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-25144058420028198012011-01-29T08:01:48.651-08:002011-01-29T08:01:48.651-08:00If 4+ days go by without a new post, everyone will...<em>If 4+ days go by without a new post, everyone will give up and go away.</em><br /><br />I feel like Charlie Brown looking in his mailbox for Christmas cards when my crawler shows no new posts from your blog. But give up and go away? Never!FenFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02348863925130603048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-62586713951114730522011-01-29T04:55:00.080-08:002011-01-29T04:55:00.080-08:00On our trips to spring training, 90% of the crowd ...<em>On our trips to spring training, 90% of the crowd were 70+ years old. The remaining 10% were large groups of men, and families/couples.<br /><br />So it might depend on how his tastes run.</em><br /><br />I just finished Dirk Hayhurst's memoir of a season in the minor leagues, and he has some things to say about 'cleat-chasers.'johngoldfinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322562737172405323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-41931126011234780842011-01-28T16:45:20.367-08:002011-01-28T16:45:20.367-08:00hahahahahahahhh
Fuck you, Randy Levine!<a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6068830" rel="nofollow">hahahahahahahhh</a><br /><br />Fuck you, Randy Levine!allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-17877686094686256422011-01-28T16:13:01.480-08:002011-01-28T16:13:01.480-08:00Pokerwolf said...
Hey, as long as they're rol...Pokerwolf said...<br /><br />Hey, as long as they're rolling in money, there isn't a problem, right?<br /><br /><br /><br />A team just went Bankrupt.9caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14214364466933716867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-23788712415398591672011-01-28T11:55:56.468-08:002011-01-28T11:55:56.468-08:00It's so true. No matter what they do, they alw...<i>It's so true. No matter what they do, they always manage to eff it up. I know there is no pleasing everyone, but they seem determined to displease everyone</i><br /><br />Hey, as long as they're rolling in money, there isn't a problem, right?Pokerwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06087637119337918275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-7017520393057676002011-01-28T10:19:08.153-08:002011-01-28T10:19:08.153-08:00The clueless and tone deafness of baseball managem...<i>The clueless and tone deafness of baseball management has never ceased to amaze me.</i><br /><br />It's so true. No matter what they do, they always manage to eff it up. I know there is no pleasing everyone, but they seem determined to displease everyone.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-5798219618513775822011-01-28T09:55:23.363-08:002011-01-28T09:55:23.363-08:00Colon! We took a flyer on him three years ago! His...Colon! We took a flyer on him three years ago! His last MLB game was July 24, 2009.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-62752982328604310282011-01-28T09:52:35.568-08:002011-01-28T09:52:35.568-08:00This Bautista news is a cold reminder that Ortiz i...This Bautista news is a cold reminder that Ortiz is going to be on his way out soon. I don't think it'll get all of the hullaballoo that Jeter has received, but it's still going to suck from an emotional standpoint.Pokerwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06087637119337918275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-48611369526403470532011-01-28T09:51:34.015-08:002011-01-28T09:51:34.015-08:00It is time for baseball to start marketing the vas...<i>It is time for baseball to start marketing the vast number of up and coming stars. They have never been that good at it ...</i><br /><br />The clueless and tone deafness of baseball management has never ceased to amaze me.<br /><br />Reminds me a little of Ted Turner's old line, to his fellow owners: "Gentlemen, we have the only legal monopoly in the country, and we're fucking it up."allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-9737779408167529232011-01-28T09:37:56.643-08:002011-01-28T09:37:56.643-08:00Zenslinger said...
In The Bar last night, a woman ...Zenslinger said...<br />In The Bar last night, a woman was trying to convince a man of how great it is to make a trip to Spring Training. <br /><br /><br />"You will totally get laid at least twice."<br /><br /><br /><br />nice.............did ya get her number?9caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14214364466933716867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-4194690691545333852011-01-28T08:39:57.343-08:002011-01-28T08:39:57.343-08:00"You will totally get laid at least twice.&qu...<i>"You will totally get laid at least twice."</i><br /><br />On our trips to spring training, 90% of the crowd were 70+ years old. The remaining 10% were large groups of men, and families/couples.<br /><br />So it might depend on how his tastes run.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-54288795490296147072011-01-28T08:37:16.112-08:002011-01-28T08:37:16.112-08:003. If 4+ days go by without a new post, everyone w...<i>3. If 4+ days go by without a new post, everyone will give up and go away.</i><br /><br />It's time to take this one off the list. 2,000+ subscriptions in Google Reader - people are not going away.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-53068031381347265472011-01-28T08:30:20.909-08:002011-01-28T08:30:20.909-08:00I wasn't so much talkin about you more the fac...I wasn't so much talkin about you more the fact that Rosenthal and Gammons are talkin about it....<br /><br />You are right though after all the intial trades and such, it has been very quiet.<br /><br />Baseball should jump on the strife that could possiblly hurt football.<br /><br />In my opinion football is in for very tough road and that could only help baseball draw more fans..<br /><br /><br />It is time for baseball to start marketing the vast number of up and coming stars. They have never been that good at it ...Baseball has to find a way to stop being so local and go national.9caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14214364466933716867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-2522039840779625082011-01-28T08:03:19.523-08:002011-01-28T08:03:19.523-08:00I think it's very interesting that we tried to...I think it's very interesting that we tried to acquire Bautista, both now and then.<br /><br />In The Bar last night, a woman was trying to convince a man of how great it is to make a trip to Spring Training. He made her list five reasons why it was worth doing instead of just waiting for baseball season. Among them were:<br /><br />It's <i>baseball</i>.<br /><br />Access to players for conversation and autographs.<br /><br />"You will totally get laid at least twice."Zenslingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06040836002694584468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-14760560671812574882011-01-28T07:24:55.511-08:002011-01-28T07:24:55.511-08:00Why does this one make news?
1. Nothing else is g...<i>Why does this one make news?</i><br /><br />1. Nothing else is going on.<br /><br />2. I don't want to do a post that involves hours of research//thinking.<br /><br />3. If 4+ days go by without a new post, everyone will give up and go away.<br /><br />4. I'm far more interested in the different trade offers the Sox made for Bautista earlier this winter than the waiver claim (about which Gammons and Speier have reported contradictory information).allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-3042738255721775902011-01-28T05:44:22.622-08:002011-01-28T05:44:22.622-08:00Why do you find this waiver claim interesting?
...Why do you find this waiver claim interesting? <br /><br />I mean they make dozens a year that never turn out to be anything.<br /><br />Why does this one make news?9caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14214364466933716867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-50025025194128288282011-01-27T20:09:55.274-08:002011-01-27T20:09:55.274-08:00Jeter in CF gave me lolz.
Also, the Yankees signi...Jeter in CF gave me lolz.<br /><br />Also, the Yankees signings this winter would have been awesome if it was eight (?) years ago...Colon, Andruw Jones and Mark Prior!<br /><br />I know the sox have made many attempts to "capture lightning in a bottle" - Penny, Smoltz, Gagne etc. But three at a time - wow! Should be interesting. Especially if they have Kerry Wood coming back (? - no idea where he's at this year)<br /><br />Soriano was a dece pickup though. Hopefully he'll have a shit year in typical relief pitcher "boom-bust" fashion.timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041184236514293677noreply@blogger.com