I guess Buster Olney blocked Heyman on Twitter.

LOL.

Animated gifs of every ump's strike 3 call @ Deadspin

part 1
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Hallion is still the best

Barry Zito's contract

2014 *$18M Team Option, $7M Buyout
Option vests with 200IP in 2013 or 400 IP in 2012-2013 or 600IP in 2011-13.
If 2014 option vests, Zito may opt out and receive $3.5mil buyout

They won a WS with that monstrosity on their books. Why can't we win one with Howard's on ours?

is it just me or is gameday on mlb.com completely awful this year? Every time I open it I can't even tell who the f is batting.

bleh wrote:is it just me or is gameday on mlb.com completely awful this year? Every time I open it I can't even tell who the f is batting.

You can go up to the right corner and click "classic". Agree--the normal one this year is awful

ah, nice.

holy fucking hell, Selig is talking about switching the DH rule in interleague games. DHs in NL parks, pitchers bat in AL parks. what the fuck did this guy do to shitrocket his way into this job?

also Torre talked down using replay because it'll slow down the game, unlike every fucking Yankee team he ever managed

Barry Jive wrote:holy fucking hell, Selig is talking about switching the DH rule in interleague games. DHs in NL parks, pitchers bat in AL parks. what the fuck did this guy do to shitrocket his way into this job?

I've heard this proposed elsewhere

This just reiterates the absurdity of the two leagues having different rules

Selig also suggested that every tuesday in July every has to bat left handed

starting today, everybody has to put four cans of ravioli in their pants

Barry Jive wrote:holy fucking hell, Selig is talking about switching the DH rule in interleague games. DHs in NL parks, pitchers bat in AL parks. what the fuck did this guy do to shitrocket his way into this job?

i've seen that suggested on this here board, and I kind of liked the idea at the time. I guess anything seems like a better idea when someone other than Selig suggests it.

i don't recall that. better go back and make sure it was somebody i don't like

no idea who it was, but I think it was around the time of our away series with the blue jays at CBP

what is even the idea with that?

it was lethal, and i said i liked the idea immediately afterward because I got a kick out of that Blue Jays series. not really sure what I was thinking because I do think it's a pretty dumb idea

also i noticed lethal's signature is quoting jerseyhoya saying "i'm certainly racist" which i do still get a kick out of

I think the point is just to make it fun. Let NL fans see the AL game, and vice versa. I'm not a fan of interleague anyway, but if it makes it fun for people, whatever I guess. Probably just one more step toward the DH in the NL.

i just hate all the pussyfooting around it. i'd rather they either abolish interleague altogether or standardize both leagues and balance the damn schedule already.