GrizzledVeteran wrote:Stan Kasten wants the winter classic at Dodger Stadium. Really. http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-052 ... 6659.story

It's that kind of thinking that turned the Nats into such a powerhouse during his tenure.

bunt double....bunt double....

if it hadn't been for my horse....year in college

since his first HR, Pujols is hitting .243/.289/.429 with 5 XBH in 76 PAs.

10 years/$240M (2012-21)
signed by LA Angels as a free agent 12/8/11
12:$12M, 13:$16M, 14:$23M, 15:$24M, 16:$25M, 17:$26M, 18:$27M, 19:$28M, 20:$29M, 21:$30M

BigEd76 wrote:Looks like the Astros are going back to navy and orange next year and might have a modernized version of the shooting star unis

this is a great idea, imo, especially with the Diamondbacks looking just like them

Fangraphs thinks Greinke will get more than Hamels on the market.

Greinke has been absurd the last two years

ReadingPhilly wrote:Fangraphs thinks Greinke will get more than Hamels on the market.

Odd writeup though... they never even mentioned the market bias in favor of lefty pitchers.

I just don't see the big money teams going for greinke over cole.

Curt Shilling's 38 Studios pretty much went under. Laid off every one of their workers today.

im sure the people that worked there werent douchey, but man glad that dick head got a slap in the face.

Just a couple thoughts on PED's in St Louis:

-LaRussa managed perhaps the most juiced team in history back in Oakland, with Canseco and McGwire and whoever else
-Ryan Franklin
-J.C. Romero
-McGwire as hitting coach
-Inexplicable resurgence of Lance Berkman and Carlos Beltran
-Albert Pujols sucks now
-Over-performance of every projection, seems like every season

Seems like this team signs every player who has been implicated in PED use, gets great seasons out of presumably washed-up players, and gets mediocre players performing above their career norms. Forgive me for any misstatements here, but to me it seems like the Cardinals are juiced out of their minds every year, and MLB just loves them so much they don't care.

I realize these aren't all great examples. and I'm probably missing a bunch, but I'd like to hear what everybody thinks about them. I believe Tony Larussa's greatest asset as a manager was a connection for undetectable PED's.

Don't forget that Yadier looks like a roidhead.

Man the Pirates are freaking terrible on offense.



In case the pic is too big: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/image001.png

cool infographic but awfully formatted. i ca't tell what the phils wRC+ is

Ramon Gris wrote:Just a couple thoughts on PED's in St Louis:

-LaRussa managed perhaps the most juiced team in history back in Oakland, with Canseco and McGwire and whoever else
-Ryan Franklin
-J.C. Romero
-McGwire as hitting coach
-Inexplicable resurgence of Lance Berkman and Carlos Beltran
-Albert Pujols sucks now
-Over-performance of every projection, seems like every season

Seems like this team signs every player who has been implicated in PED use, gets great seasons out of presumably washed-up players, and gets mediocre players performing above their career norms. Forgive me for any misstatements here, but to me it seems like the Cardinals are juiced out of their minds every year, and MLB just loves them so much they don't care.

I realize these aren't all great examples. and I'm probably missing a bunch, but I'd like to hear what everybody thinks about them. I believe Tony Larussa's greatest asset as a manager was a connection for undetectable PED's.

david eckstein i mean c'mon!

jamiethekiller wrote:cool infographic but awfully formatted. i ca't tell what the phils wRC+ is

95

So I guess we're about to get a good helping of "ALBERT IS BACK!" talk, huh?

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:Don't forget that Yadier looks like a roidhead.

Furcal also having a career year this season at 34. Hmmm

Wheels just came reading this thread