this steve delabar cat on the Mariners has a pretty crazy story

td11 wrote:this steve delabar cat on the Mariners has a pretty crazy story

Yup. Blew up his damn elbow -- broken bones and stuff. Docs put it back together with screws and plates and catgut. This was in 2009 when he was pitching for some indy league team. He was out of baseball in 2010 but rehabbed his elbow/arm he suddenly was throwing 91 then 93 then 96/7.

Now he's 28 and in the big leagues.

A bionic man and a pothead. That's where you can find reliefers.

it seems like yesterday that the red sox had the deepest, most talented bullpen in baseball

in 2009 phil hubert pitched 9 innings for the twins over which period he allowed 26 baserunners

The Bobby V Boston thing couldn't be going more hilariously. Getting uproariously boo'ed 14 games into the season on pitching changes. He literally couldn't have fucked things up more short of getting arrested so far

joe table wrote:The Bobby V Boston thing couldn't be going more hilariously. Getting uproariously boo'ed 14 games into the season on pitching changes. He literally couldn't have fucked things up more short of getting arrested so far

Getting arrested might have been less of a disaster.

It's not like the Red Sox finished spectacularly last year. Maybe they just suck.

Warszawa wrote:it seems like yesterday that the red sox had the deepest, most talented bullpen in baseball

Toronto and Cincinnati with some issues there as well. But at least they weren't so dumb as to pay a closer $2M more than he's worth on Fangraphs.

Bakestar wrote:It's not like the Red Sox finished spectacularly last year. Maybe they just suck.

they're awful

Since start of September, Red Sox are 11-30. That's a .268 winning%. A team that loses 100 games in a year has higher %.

it's amazing how far the perception of the franchise has fallen in such a short amount of time, too

and let's be honest, the phillies are probably 2014's red sox.

you know what i mean

Hire Bobby V when the Sox fire him in May. That would be cool.

D-Train left Norfolk without permission and was put on the restricted list because Baltimore wants him to be a reliever and he thinks he's a starter. ummmm, no

They're both wrong.

I noticed baseball-reference has 1918 box scores now, and it got me looking more into the career of Gavvy Cravath

In particular, I enjoyed this about his career: In 1914, he led the league in HR. 19 of them were at home. 0 on the road.

They also had some crazy road trips and homestands in those days. The Phillies played games #31-54 at home, then played #55-83 on the road.

maybe cause it's gone

i either missed that babe ruth thread the first time around, or my mind has blocked it from all memory to help protect my sanity. either way, ffs.

SI/Fangraphs ranks Royals #7 team

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/b ... =hp_t13_a0