Houshphandzadeh wrote:Was hoping to see baseballs version of a 'gotta feed my family' press conference

I feel like there was a Barve who did this years ago (Maddux?) saying something like "I've got kids now, so"

so I was thinking about 300 K in a year for a starting pitcher.

No one has had more than 300 Ks in a season since 2002. Randy Johnson led the league in IP with 260 that year and had a 11.6 K/9 which was actually his lowest of the four consecutive years he won the CY. The top guys in IP the last few years have been in the 230-250 IP range. So, splitting the difference, a pitcher throwing 240 innings would need a K/9 of 11.25 to hit 300.

Since 1992, there have only been 4 players who have come close to hitting that mark. Randy Johnson twice in 1995 and 1997. He had 294 and 291 K on the year respectively. Pedro Martinez in 2000 had 284 K across 217 IP. That was his pornographically good 291 ERA+ season. Kerry Wood racked up 266 K in 2003, he only pitched 211 innings that season.

Since 2003, Verlander in 09 came the closest with 269 K across 240 IP.

Strasburg obviously has a really good chance. He had a K/9 of 11.1 last year. He'd need to bump that up closer to his 2010 mark of 12.2 and pitch about 230 innings.

At Rice-Stanford game, Mark Appel is getting hit around a bit.

Polar Bear Phan wrote:At Rice-Stanford game, Mark Appel is getting hit around a bit.

It's only one game, but Timmy Lincecum was a lot more impressive when I saw him face Arizona State 7 years ago.

Not sure where to put this -- a pretty funny website of "vandalized" baseball cards

http://www.baseballcardvandals.com/

some of those are amazing

Came across a presentation copy of the 1961 Little Red book to Daniel M. Daniel. Immediately thought "there was a guy whose parents had a sense of humor." Turns out the story was different.

Daniel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on June 6, 1890, but his family soon moved to New York. His birth name was Daniel Markowitz (the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame spells it “Margowitz”). When he started his sportswriting career, while a student at Columbia and the City College of New York, his editors didn’t want him to use his Jewish-sounding name, so his first byline was “By Daniel.” Later he hesitantly approached his father and said he planned to change his name legally to Daniel M. Daniel. His father told him it was no big deal because “Markowitz isn’t your real name, either.” An immigration clerk had mangled the family name when Dan’s forebears immigrated through Ellis Island.

you're right he sounds like an altogether humorless fellow

Bucky wrote:you're right he sounds like an altogether humorless fellow

yeah, yeah, yeah, I should have added another sentence of clarification on my point, but that would have been work.

Oy, all I get is criticism these days. I'm thinking of declining my Hall of fame nomination.

Texas Governor Jim Hogg named his daughter Ima if that helps, swish.

on Sorens 300k season point, chapman should easily do it of he can manage to stay healthy all year long

3 year average of 14.13 k per 9 hahaha

at that rate, he'd hit 300 in 191 innings. this could be an amazing thing to watch fo rthis year

those are his k rates as a reliever. its impossible to predict how he'll hold up with a whole new routine as he tries to become a starter

sure, but it's all i had to go on and it's fun to think about

Forgot about Chapman. The thing about him is he looks so effortless and then you look at the radar gun and he's blowing 100 MPH by people

he seems like a prime injury candidate. i dont think he'll have the endurance to be a starter, let alone try and touch 300K

Cuban Verducci Effect Victim. Who is the Cuban Tom Verducci anyway?

smitty wrote:Cuban Verducci Effect Victim. Who is the Cuban Tom Verducci anyway?

Tomas Verdouchez

zack-greinke-clayton-kershaw-now-best-starting-pitching-duo-baseball-mlb

Paul Swydan, ESPN insider

When the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Zack Greinke this offseason, he gave them -- along with lefty Clayton Kershaw -- one of the top front ends of a rotation in baseball. Together, the duo is arguably the best one-two punch in the game, a pair truly capable of winning four games in a seven-game series.

would love to see the rest of this article, not.

Polar Bear Phan wrote:

Polar Bear Phan wrote:At Rice-Stanford game, Mark Appel is getting hit around a bit.

It's only one game, but Timmy Lincecum was a lot more impressive when I saw him face Arizona State 7 years ago.

I saw Appel a few times last year. I think he's more of a solid 2-3 innings eater type than an ace. I don't think I'd take him first overall if I was in that spot.

Warszawa wrote:zack-greinke-clayton-kershaw-now-best-starting-pitching-duo-baseball-mlb

Paul Swydan, ESPN insider

When the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Zack Greinke this offseason, he gave them -- along with lefty Clayton Kershaw -- one of the top front ends of a rotation in baseball. Together, the duo is arguably the best one-two punch in the game, a pair truly capable of winning four games in a seven-game series.

would love to see the rest of this article, not.

Cause if there's one thing Greinke has done well, it's dominate in the playoffs. One time he even finished 6 innings