Things about Baseball which could be interpreted as random

by **drsmooth** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 07:37:49

White Sox organist Nancy Faust hangs 'em up

don't most parks simply hire ex-Blue Oyster Cult roadies to handle a mixing board anymore

by **djbigf** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 08:36:11

drsmooth wrote:White Sox organist Nancy Faust hangs 'em up

don't most parks simply hire ex-Blue Oyster Cult roadies to handle a mixing board anymore

more cowbell!

by **djbigf** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 08:38:18

mozartpc27 wrote:
joe table wrote:
mozartpc27 wrote:Torre should just retire before he does any further damage to his legacy, i.e., exposes himself for the fraud he's always been.

Legacy > 6mm check from the Cubs for next season?

His results from the Dodgers on paper are pretty good too. Two NLCS in a row. Just ran into some really cool, handsome, all-time great teams

There will be no defending Joe Torre in my presence.

mine either. clueless joe is the biggest fraud in MLB, followed closely by tito.

by **TenuredVulture** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 09:54:49

phdave wrote:The last time the Twins played a WS game was October 27, 1991. Three days later...

The largest snowstorm to affect most of the Twin Cities area was the Halloween Blizzard on October 31 – November 2, 1991. Officially, 28.4 inches (72 cm) of snow was reported at the Twin Cities airport.

This year the WS starts on October 27th. Someone should ask Pedro if they can borrow his snowmobile.

On the other hand, I thought I heard something about a heating system in that park. I don't know how you heat an open air baseball field, but that's what I heard.

Burn shit.

by **TenuredVulture** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 09:57:47

djbigf wrote:
mozartpc27 wrote:
joe table wrote:
mozartpc27 wrote:Torre should just retire before he does any further damage to his legacy, i.e., exposes himself for the fraud he's always been.

Legacy > 6mm check from the Cubs for next season?

His results from the Dodgers on paper are pretty good too. Two NLCS in a row. Just ran into some really cool, handsome, all-time great teams

There will be no defending Joe Torre in my presence.

mine either. clueless joe is the biggest fraud in MLB, followed closely by tito.

Joe was a good fit for the Yankees. You could say managing the Yankees is easier than falling out of bed, but I'm not so sure that's true.

Now if you want to talk about bad managers people think are good, I'd like to introduce you to a man named Tony LaRussa.

by **joe table** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 14:59:27

How about Troy Tulowitzki's last 15 games

23-61, 12 HR, 26 RBI, .432 OBP, 1.049 SLG, 1.481 OPS

Nut bag

by **JUburton** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 16:13:23

joe table wrote:How about Troy Tulowitzki's last 15 games

23-61, 12 HR, 26 RBI, .432 OBP, 1.049 SLG, 1.481 OPS

Nut bag

Weird, I was just going to post this. And only a .268 BABIP. About .070 below his season BABIP.

by **jamiethekiller** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 16:14:52

JUburton wrote:
joe table wrote:How about Troy Tulowitzki's last 15 games

23-61, 12 HR, 26 RBI, .432 OBP, 1.049 SLG, 1.481 OPS

Nut bag
Weird, I was just going to post this. And only a .268 BABIP. About .070 below his season BABIP.

its because 12 of the hits he has are homeruns. they technically aren't BIP.

by **JUburton** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 16:30:39

jamiethekiller wrote:
JUburton wrote:
joe table wrote:How about Troy Tulowitzki's last 15 games

23-61, 12 HR, 26 RBI, .432 OBP, 1.049 SLG, 1.481 OPS

Nut bag
Weird, I was just going to post this. And only a .268 BABIP. About .070 below his season BABIP.

its because 12 of the hits he has are homeruns. they technically aren't BIP.

This is true, but the balls he's putting in play aren't falling as often as they usually do for him. Over 15 games .07 is probably like...1 hit, but still. Guy is on a ridiculous tear.

by **CrashburnAlley** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 17:40:23

Tulowitzki currently 3-for-3 with 2 HR and 4 RBI today. 14 HR and 33 RBI on the month. Sammy Sosa hit 20 HR and 40 RBI in June 1998. Albert Belle and Babe Ruth hold record for September HR with 17; Ralph Kiner holds the NL record with 16.

by **iladelph53** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:32:44

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=A ... aphs091710

Take a bow, Pedro Feliz(notes). You are the 2010 Prince of Awful. FanGraphs says your teams – yes, St. Louis actually wanted you after Houston gave up – have lost $8 million in value simply by writing your name on the lineup card 122 times. Baseball-Reference says you are minus-2.5 WAR, which makes you among the five worst players this decade. Ramon Santiago(notes) in 2003 and Wes Helms(notes) in 2004 are well within reach, and to get to the minus-3 of ’08 Jeff Francouer will take some work. Never shall you touch the historic 2009 of Brian Giles(notes), during which he managed to accumulate minus-3.9 WAR in 61 games.

by **jamiethekiller** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:37:22

JUburton wrote:
jamiethekiller wrote:
JUburton wrote:
joe table wrote:How about Troy Tulowitzki's last 15 games

23-61, 12 HR, 26 RBI, .432 OBP, 1.049 SLG, 1.481 OPS

Nut bag
Weird, I was just going to post this. And only a .268 BABIP. About .070 below his season BABIP.

its because 12 of the hits he has are homeruns. they technically aren't BIP.
This is true, but the balls he's putting in play aren't falling as often as they usually do for him. Over 15 games .07 is probably like...1 hit, but still. Guy is on a ridiculous tear.

dude, you're missing the point. if 2 of those homeruns are doubles off the wall instead then his BABIP would be higher than his career. it has nothing to do with being unlucky and everything to do with he's a monster right now.

by **cartersDad26** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 08:02:29

The Pirates are 15-59 .203 on the road. And they still have 7 road games left to shoot for sub .200. They would need to win no more than 1, I think they can do it!

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:39:52

Some nice information on Brett Myers, for those who like him, as part of a broader article praising the Astros new direction and GM Ed Wade's in-season adjustments:

Steve Berthiaume wrote:The Astros' biggest rotation success story has been Brett Myers. Not only did Wade not deal Myers at the deadline, he signed him to an extension. Myers will make $7 million in 2011 and $11 million in 2012. The Astros hold a $10 million option for 2013. Myers has been pitching's untold story in the year of the pitcher. He's gone at least six innings in all 31 of his starts this season, a franchise record and the longest such streak to begin a season since Curt Schilling went at least six innings in his first 35 appearances in 2002. Myers is only the third starting pitcher since 1980 to begin a season with at least 31 straight starts of at least six innings. This season, he's 8-0 at home with a 2.01 ERA. Houston's 2011 rotation -- built around Myers, Rodriguez, Happ and Norris -- is enough to win the NL Central.

Berthiaume is excited for the future prospects of these Astros:

Steve Berthiaume wrote:Now, exactly how much progress has been gleaned by all these midseason personnel changes? Let's get back to that 17-34 mark. Since then, the Astros have gone 55-43. From starting 0-8 and 17-34, Houston has scrambled back to within five games of .500. It's been a steady progression: 14-14 in June, 13-11 in July, 17-12 in August and now 11-6 in September. The Astros have pulled off a major, midseason remodeling job. And, looking ahead to next year, they will have less than $40 million committed to payroll for the 2011 season. So there is room to add talent to the mix this winter. Make room in there somewhere for a division title.

Ed Wade: Genius.

In all seriousness, the only-$40M-in-payroll-committments for 2011 with a team with a decent or perhaps even above average starting rotation is pretty impressive. Maybe Wade isn't a total fool after all.

by **Soren** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:27:53

yea how's that farm system/line up/BP looking?

by **lethal** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:37:00

mozartpc27 wrote:In all seriousness, the only-$40M-in-payroll-committments for 2011 with a team with a decent or perhaps even above average starting rotation is pretty impressive. Maybe Wade isn't a total fool after all.

Does the $40M include the money they're paying to the Phillies and Yankees for Oswalt and Berkman?

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:03:05

lethal wrote:
mozartpc27 wrote:In all seriousness, the only-$40M-in-payroll-committments for 2011 with a team with a decent or perhaps even above average starting rotation is pretty impressive. Maybe Wade isn't a total fool after all.

Does the $40M include the money they're paying to the Phillies and Yankees for Oswalt and Berkman?

Presumably.

by **cartersDad26** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:59:17

by **BassGuiFloyd** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 13:13:33

lethal wrote:
mozartpc27 wrote:In all seriousness, the only-$40M-in-payroll-committments for 2011 with a team with a decent or perhaps even above average starting rotation is pretty impressive. Maybe Wade isn't a total fool after all.

Does the $40M include the money they're paying to the Phillies and Yankees for Oswalt and Berkman?

It does include Os and Berk, but DOESN'T include the 8 players eligible for arbitration. However the only really bad contract left on the team is Carlos Lee (making $18.5M a year thru 2012) who had a career low OPS season. At least Lee has 23 homers and his no-trade clause expires at the end of the year. His 10-5 rights kick in at the end of 2011 though so it behooves wade to trade him in 2011.

Brandon Lyon's contract isn't great, but could be worse. 11:$5.25M, 12:$5.5M

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key= ... utput=html

by **BassGuiFloyd** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 13:22:11

Speaking of Astros, just looked at Alberto Árias's wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_%C3%81rias

"Alberto ROMY Arias attended Stuyvesant High School in NYC and UMiami class of 2014. He is one crazy loon, and he is not afraid to admit it."

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