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| 2011 Non-NY MLB HOT STOVE/OFFSEASON Thread, Where The Cool Kids Hang and The Red Sox Suck! |
 Feb 14 2011, 12:11 PM
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 Jarringly Beautiful  Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes  |
Go Red Sox?
This post has been edited by jburns: Nov 7 2011, 01:49 PM -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Feb 14 2011, 12:13 PM
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 Ding Dong, man. Posts: 18,627 Joined: 15-March 07 I Don't Like: unions |
I don't think I've read one single article about the Royals all off-season. Gil Meche retired, I think. They have a good farm system. Or something.
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Feb 14 2011, 12:15 PM
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Ding Dong, man. Posts: 18,627 Joined: 15-March 07 I Don't Like: unions |
Zach Greinke - he's good! He still plays for the Royals, right?
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Feb 14 2011, 12:18 PM
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Predictions for Boston:
1. Adrian Gonzalez will be the best hitter in the AL this season. 2. The bullpen wont be as strong as people think 3. Bucholz will regress while Beckett rebounds. Dice-K will still suck. 4. The lack of depth will burn them during the season. 5. Jon Lester will finish in the top-3 in Cy Young voting 6. With Ellsbury and Drew having sub-par years, a supremely slow starting Ortiz and a bottom third that consists of Saltalamacchia and Scutaro the offense wont come close to 900 runs. 97-65 - 1st in the AL East -------------------- "I think Greatone is one more JKman talent evaluation or 101 trade proposal away from going on a killing spree."
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Feb 14 2011, 12:20 PM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
QUOTE(Greatone @ Feb 14 2011, 12:18 PM)  Predictions for Boston: 1. Adrian Gonzalez will be the best hitter in the AL this season. 2. The bullpen wont be as strong as people think 3. Bucholz will regress while Beckett rebounds. Dice-K will still suck. 4. The lack of depth will burn them during the season. 5. Jon Lester will finish in the top-3 in Cy Young voting 6. With Ellsbury and Drew having sub-par years, a supremely slow starting Ortiz and a bottom third that consists of Saltalamacchia and Scutaro the offense wont come close to 900 runs. 97-65 - 1st in the AL East Don't see Ellsbury sticking around too long. -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Feb 14 2011, 05:03 PM
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Fuck the Red Sox!
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Feb 14 2011, 05:05 PM
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 SWBAT: Posts: 7,238 Joined: 29-July 08 From: Dalton, Massachusetts I Like: Henrik Lundqvist I Don't Like: The Boston Red Sox |
QUOTE(Mike B. @ Feb 14 2011, 12:15 PM) Zach Greinke - he's good! He still plays for the Royals, right? He's playing in Milwaukee. Edit: Oh yeah and Fuck the Red Sox ! This post has been edited by Paul Smachetti: Feb 14 2011, 05:07 PM -------------------- Home Plate Beer Kings Hockey Motto: "Win or lose we drink the booze!"
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Feb 14 2011, 09:46 PM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
QUOTE(Paul Smachetti @ Feb 14 2011, 05:05 PM) Edit: Oh yeah and Fuck the Red Sox ! February! We welcome you! SUCK IT! -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Feb 15 2011, 12:55 PM
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 Mike Ruppboi Posts: 13,058 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Uranus I Like: Looking good I Don't Like: Looking bummy |
QUOTE(Greatone @ Feb 14 2011, 12:18 PM) Predictions for Boston: 4. The lack of depth will burn them during the season. 97-65 - 1st in the AL East They're going to win the division, beat the Yankees and Rays, win close to 100 games ... yet lack of depth is going to "burn" them? I'm not sure a first-place team is "burned" by anything. Made slightly tepid, perhaps. Noticably tanner? "Feel the singe of the season, AL East leaders!" But take that, Burns! You guys totally should have signed Justin Maxwell. -------------------- Batman uses women for sex and tactical advantages.
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Feb 15 2011, 01:01 PM
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Member Posts: 17,235 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Florida |
QUOTE(leedsy99 @ Feb 15 2011, 12:55 PM) They're going to win the division, beat the Yankees and Rays, win close to 100 games ... yet lack of depth is going to "burn" them? I'm not sure a first-place team is "burned" by anything. Made slightly tepid, perhaps. Noticably tanner? "Feel the singe of the season, AL East leaders!" But take that, Burns! You guys totally should have signed Justin Maxwell. The Red Sox are coming off a season in which they lost a massive amount of playing time to injury. They failed to protect themselves against long-term injuries by bolstering their depth in the AAA level. I'm not the only one bringing this up. You'd realize that if you actually studied baseball and the league heading into 2011. But hey, thank god the Yankees will be paying a 41 year old Derek Jeter 18 million bucks because of a backhand flip in 2001! By burned I mean they will lose guys to injuries, most likely not long term like last year, and they will have to trot out below replacement level guys in their stead. -------------------- "I think Greatone is one more JKman talent evaluation or 101 trade proposal away from going on a killing spree."
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Feb 15 2011, 01:05 PM
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QUOTE(leedsy99 @ Feb 15 2011, 12:55 PM) They're going to win the division, beat the Yankees and Rays, win close to 100 games ... yet lack of depth is going to "burn" them? I'm not sure a first-place team is "burned" by anything. Made slightly tepid, perhaps. Noticably tanner? "Feel the singe of the season, AL East leaders!" But take that, Burns! You guys totally should have signed Justin Maxwell. I like that this is all a setup for declaring the Yankees to be scrappy fighters when they're in contention with their paltry lineup featuring four 2010 All-Stars, A-Rod, Sabathia, and Teixiera. Wow! There's no quit in this team! They just don't know when their bloated payroll is beaten by that other bloated payroll! Can you believe how these guys dug deep to see the champion within? They're more important than Jackie Robinson. -------------------- |
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Feb 15 2011, 01:22 PM
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 Co-Founder of Karaoke and Roll Posts: 20,880 Joined: 20-March 07 I Like: John Stamos I Don't Like: Derek |
QUOTE(Kusand @ Feb 15 2011, 01:05 PM) I like that this is all a setup for declaring the Yankees to be scrappy fighters when they're in contention with their paltry lineup featuring four 2010 All-Stars, A-Rod, Sabathia, and Teixiera. Wow! There's no quit in this team! They just don't know when their bloated payroll is beaten by that other bloated payroll! Can you believe how these guys dug deep to see the champion within? They're more important than Jackie Robinson. Spit, all over monitor. |
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Feb 15 2011, 01:25 PM
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Member Posts: 17,235 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Florida |
1. Derek Jeter
2. Jackie Robinson 3. Babe Ruth True story. -------------------- "I think Greatone is one more JKman talent evaluation or 101 trade proposal away from going on a killing spree."
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Feb 15 2011, 01:28 PM
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Co-Founder of Karaoke and Roll Posts: 20,880 Joined: 20-March 07 I Like: John Stamos I Don't Like: Derek |
QUOTE(Greatone @ Feb 15 2011, 01:25 PM) 1. Derek Jeter 2. Jackie Robinson 3. Babe Ruth True story. Hey man, every time a home run ball is pulled in by a fan, Derek Jeter will be mentioned. Can Jackie Robinson say that for himself? |
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Feb 15 2011, 01:34 PM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
Everyone leave my bloated team alone! Jerks.
-------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Feb 15 2011, 02:23 PM
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Mike Ruppboi Posts: 13,058 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Uranus I Like: Looking good I Don't Like: Looking bummy |
QUOTE(Kusand @ Feb 15 2011, 01:05 PM) I like that this is all a setup for declaring the Yankees to be scrappy fighters when they're in contention with their paltry lineup featuring four 2010 All-Stars, A-Rod, Sabathia, and Teixiera. Wow! There's no quit in this team! They just don't know when their bloated payroll is beaten by that other bloated payroll! Can you believe how these guys dug deep to see the champion within? They're more important than Jackie Robinson. Really? That's what you took away from that? Interesting. Because all I wanted to do was tweat Greatone, who somehow thinks that the Yankees should be patted on the back for doing absolutely nothing of note in the offseason. I think this is the end of the run for them, sure to prompt about a half-dozen books dissecting their demise. But at least they have a few more draft picks! That will surely bring me comfort and Joba Chamberlain -- and it's absolutely TERRIBLE that he showed up to camp in less than the best shape of his life -- when Joba is throwing batting practice to the S-- in August with the Yankees ten games out. -------------------- Batman uses women for sex and tactical advantages.
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Feb 15 2011, 02:24 PM
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Member Posts: 17,235 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Florida |
QUOTE(leedsy99 @ Feb 15 2011, 02:23 PM) Because all I wanted to do was tweat Greatone Never took it serious, it's always in jest. -------------------- "I think Greatone is one more JKman talent evaluation or 101 trade proposal away from going on a killing spree."
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Feb 15 2011, 02:26 PM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
QUOTE(leedsy99 @ Feb 15 2011, 02:23 PM) Really? That's what you took away from that? Interesting. Because all I wanted to do was tweat Greatone, who somehow thinks that the Yankees should be patted on the back for doing absolutely nothing of note in the offseason. I think this is the end of the run for them, sure to prompt about a half-dozen books dissecting their demise. But at least they have a few more draft picks! That will surely bring me comfort and Joba Chamberlain -- and it's absolutely TERRIBLE that he showed up to camp in less than the best shape of his life -- when Joba is throwing batting practice to the S-- in August with the Yankees ten games out. These posts so early in the season make me all warm and fuzzy inside. -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Feb 15 2011, 03:07 PM
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Likes to look things up Posts: 2,366,776 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Looking at the stats I Don't Like: Guessing what stats were |
QUOTE(leedsy99 @ Feb 15 2011, 02:23 PM) Really? That's what you took away from that? Interesting. Because all I wanted to do was tweat Greatone, who somehow thinks that the Yankees should be patted on the back for doing absolutely nothing of note in the offseason. I think this is the end of the run for them, sure to prompt about a half-dozen books dissecting their demise. But at least they have a few more draft picks! That will surely bring me comfort and Joba Chamberlain -- and it's absolutely TERRIBLE that he showed up to camp in less than the best shape of his life -- when Joba is throwing batting practice to the S-- in August with the Yankees ten games out. And all I want to do is tweak you! Because no matter how horrible you want to make out the Yankees' offseason to be (and it certainly was not glorious), it's not like they're some shitty team now. But they won 95 games last year, are bringing back a large majority of that team - and of course already there are a half-dozen books on their demise in your head. It's not enough that they're more or less maintaining a team that won a World Series two years ago and went to the ALCS last year. Should they achieve highly this year? I can't imagine the platitudes you'll find. World beaters. Jackie Robinsons, the whole lot. This post has been edited by Kusand: Feb 15 2011, 03:08 PM -------------------- |
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Feb 15 2011, 03:18 PM
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Co-Founder of Karaoke and Roll Posts: 20,880 Joined: 20-March 07 I Like: John Stamos I Don't Like: Derek |
QUOTE(leedsy99 @ Feb 15 2011, 02:23 PM) Really? That's what you took away from that? Interesting. Because all I wanted to do was tweat Greatone, who somehow thinks that the Yankees should be patted on the back for doing absolutely nothing of note in the offseason. I think this is the end of the run for them, sure to prompt about a half-dozen books dissecting their demise. But at least they have a few more draft picks! That will surely bring me comfort and Joba Chamberlain -- and it's absolutely TERRIBLE that he showed up to camp in less than the best shape of his life -- when Joba is throwing batting practice to the S-- in August with the Yankees ten games out. You're acting as if the Yankees did nothing and are now the Mets. |
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Feb 15 2011, 03:20 PM
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Co-Founder of Karaoke and Roll Posts: 20,880 Joined: 20-March 07 I Like: John Stamos I Don't Like: Derek |
Oh, I heard a rumor on the radio that Andy could Still return this season?
I really don't care as long as Andy doesn't announce he's coming back from a suite at Yankee stadium during the Seven inning stretch. I don't think Waldman could handle it... |
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Feb 15 2011, 03:39 PM
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Mike Ruppboi Posts: 13,058 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Uranus I Like: Looking good I Don't Like: Looking bummy |
I think I'm going to go back to the Yankees thread. At least there I can criticize the team without it weirdly twisted into another reason to hate Yankees fans. "How dare Yankees fans complain about their own team -- only we can do that!" I feel like a Republican trying to argue for tax cuts at a soup kitchen.
-------------------- Batman uses women for sex and tactical advantages.
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Feb 15 2011, 03:44 PM
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Likes to look things up Posts: 2,366,776 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Looking at the stats I Don't Like: Guessing what stats were |
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Feb 15 2011, 04:06 PM
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Ding Dong, man. Posts: 18,627 Joined: 15-March 07 I Don't Like: unions |
I think I already hate baseball this season.
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Feb 16 2011, 01:10 AM
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 Luuuuuuuuuuuuuke Posts: 11,140 Joined: 9-December 07 From: Kentucky |
So uhhh...Edgar Renteria?
3 more years of Joey Votto. I'll do my best to cherish them before he signs a 9-figure deal with someone. |
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Feb 17 2011, 02:39 PM
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QUOTE(jburns @ Feb 14 2011, 12:11 PM) Go Red Sox? Things are looking beyond hopeful for us. Gonzalez, Crawford, healthy lineup, Bucholz talking a contract extension... How can we not make the playoffs? -------------------- Science can engulf you, science then propels you, but science will never love you like I do.
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Feb 17 2011, 02:57 PM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
QUOTE(boy racer @ Feb 17 2011, 02:39 PM) Things are looking beyond hopeful for us. Gonzalez, Crawford, healthy lineup, Bucholz talking a contract extension... How can we not make the playoffs? Wait. Did you just say "us"? Does this mean one of my brethren is here?! -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Feb 17 2011, 03:08 PM
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Member Posts: 117 Joined: 10-February 11 From: New York I Like: Callahan I Don't Like: Winning |
QUOTE(jburns @ Feb 17 2011, 02:57 PM) Wait. Did you just say "us"? Does this mean one of my brethren is here?! To the rescue. Just changed my avatar to a celebratory '07 Youk as a bit of foreshadowing for this season. You been following the Sox down in Florida? Every one of them is beyond confident for this season, it's really exciting. -------------------- Science can engulf you, science then propels you, but science will never love you like I do.
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Feb 17 2011, 03:11 PM
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QUOTE(boy racer @ Feb 17 2011, 03:08 PM) To the rescue. Just changed my avatar to a celebratory '07 Youk as a bit of foreshadowing for this season. You been following the Sox down in Florida? Every one of them is beyond confident for this season, it's really exciting. "Gee I dont know Jerry, guys could get hurt again. Or guys can underpeform like Papelbon and Beckett last year. I'm not feeling very confident heading into 2011." -------------------- "I think Greatone is one more JKman talent evaluation or 101 trade proposal away from going on a killing spree."
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Feb 17 2011, 03:14 PM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
QUOTE(Greatone @ Feb 17 2011, 03:11 PM) "Gee I dont know Jerry, guys could get hurt again. Or guys can underpeform like Papelbon and Beckett last year. I'm not feeling very confident heading into 2011." Hissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Feb 17 2011, 03:16 PM
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QUOTE(jburns @ Feb 17 2011, 03:14 PM) Hissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. I'm just sayin, what else are these guys supposed to say in camp besides being optimistic? -------------------- "I think Greatone is one more JKman talent evaluation or 101 trade proposal away from going on a killing spree."
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Feb 17 2011, 03:20 PM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
QUOTE(Greatone @ Feb 17 2011, 03:16 PM) I'm just sayin, what else are these guys supposed to say in camp besides being optimistic? They could be like Miguel Cabrera. QUOTE According an arrest affidavit, a deputy spotted a car Cabrera was driving, smoking on the side of Okeechobee Road in Ft. Pierce, about 100 miles southeast of the Tigers' spring-training base in Lakeland. Cabrera had an odor of alcohol on his breath, his eyes were bloodshot and watery, and his speech was heavily slurred, according to the report. In the arrest affidavit, deputies said Cabrera repeated, “Do you know who I am? You don’t know anything about my problems.” Cabrera then picked up a bottle of James Buchanan’s Scotch whiskey and started drinking, according to the report.  http://www.freep.com/article/20110217/SPOR...ews|text|Sports -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Feb 17 2011, 03:36 PM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
QUOTE(jburns @ Feb 17 2011, 03:20 PM) (Link) View more Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004) Sound Clips and Ron Burgundy Sound Clips -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Feb 17 2011, 03:39 PM
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Member Posts: 17,235 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Florida |
 He'll likely be off to rehab for a few months. -------------------- "I think Greatone is one more JKman talent evaluation or 101 trade proposal away from going on a killing spree."
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Feb 17 2011, 03:49 PM
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Co-Founder of Karaoke and Roll Posts: 20,880 Joined: 20-March 07 I Like: John Stamos I Don't Like: Derek |
QUOTE(Greatone @ Feb 17 2011, 03:16 PM) I'm just sayin, what else are these guys supposed to say in camp besides being optimistic? "Well yeah, the Madoff stuff is certainly going to pay a toll. We're a family and this is affecting the head of our family" --David Wright. GOOOOOOOOOOOO METS! |
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Feb 17 2011, 04:01 PM
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Member Posts: 117 Joined: 10-February 11 From: New York I Like: Callahan I Don't Like: Winning |
QUOTE(Greatone @ Feb 17 2011, 03:16 PM) I'm just sayin, what else are these guys supposed to say in camp besides being optimistic? Note how I didn't say the season looked promising solely because of what players have said (i.e. Beckett saying we're going to get 100 wins), I'm talking about the acquisitions in Crawford, Gonzalez, Jenks (and Aceves but whatever). The team knows what happened last year and they are 100% dedicated to it not happening again. Injuries could pop up, of course, so I'm hoping that when they do they aren't season-enders. -------------------- Science can engulf you, science then propels you, but science will never love you like I do.
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Feb 18 2011, 12:21 PM
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QUOTE(jburns @ Feb 17 2011, 03:20 PM) Easily the best part of that story is him swigging scotch in front of the arresting officer. Oh yeah, and I'm a Tigers fan, so HOPEFULLY this isn't devastating. I mean Cabrera had a monster season last year, and the only signs were that he was going to improve. BLAST YOU SCOTCH! -------------------- I can come to terms with the senseless violence, I understand that bad things happen to good people and that God doesn't intercede in mortal affairs in the way we might want him to, but what I don't understand is why he dyed his hair red. Doesn't the Joker have green hair? What, was Sally's Beauty Supply out of Electric Lizard Manic Panic or something?
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Feb 23 2011, 10:13 AM
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model slash actor Posts: 13,574 Joined: 24-April 08 From: ny |
Adam Wainwright is probably getting Tommy John surgery. Tough offseason for Cardinals fans.
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Feb 23 2011, 10:15 AM
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QUOTE(toph @ Feb 23 2011, 10:13 AM) Adam Wainwright is probably getting Tommy John surgery. Tough offseason for Cardinals fans. Lets make a godfather offer for Chris Carpenter. -------------------- "I think Greatone is one more JKman talent evaluation or 101 trade proposal away from going on a killing spree."
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Feb 23 2011, 10:18 AM
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QUOTE(Greatone @ Feb 23 2011, 10:15 AM) Lets make a godfather offer for Chris Carpenter. Oooo, wouldn't that be amazing? Man. |
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Feb 27 2011, 04:18 PM
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-------------------- They say 'eh' instead of 'what' or 'duh'. That's the mighty power of Canada.
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Feb 27 2011, 04:24 PM
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SWBAT: Posts: 7,238 Joined: 29-July 08 From: Dalton, Massachusetts I Like: Henrik Lundqvist I Don't Like: The Boston Red Sox |
QUOTE(Bleedin-Blue @ Feb 27 2011, 04:18 PM) Willie ,Mickey and The Duke. Just one left now. 
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Mar 7 2011, 12:38 PM
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Member Posts: 17,235 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Florida |
Season Predictions(barring significant injury during camp)
AL East 1. Boston Red Sox 2. New York Yankees 3. Tampa Bay Rays 4. Toronto Blue Jays 5. Baltimore Orioles AL Central 1. Chicago White Sox 2. Minnesota Twins 3. Detroit Tigers 4. Cleveland Indians 5. Kansas City Royals AL West 1. Oakland Athletics 2. Texas Rangers 3. Anaheim Angels 4. Seattle Mariners AL Wild Card: New York Yankees NL East 1. Philadelphia Phillies 2. Florida Marlins 3. Atlanta Braves 4. New York Mets 5. Washington Nationals NL Central 1. Milwaukee Brewers 2. Cincinnati Reds 3. Chicago Cubs 4. St. Louis Cardinals 5. Houston Astros 6. Pittsburgh Pirates NL West 1. Los Angeles Dodgers 2. Colorado Rockies 3. San Diego Padres 4. San Francisco Giants 5. Arizona Diamondbacks NL Wild Card: Florida Marlins ALCS: Red Sox vs. Yankees NLCS: Dodgers vs. Brewers World Series: Dodgers vs. Yankees Champions: Yankees -------------- AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez - Boston(2nd. Paul Konerko, 3rd. Josh Hamilton) NL MVP: Prince Fielder - Milwaukee(2nd. Hanley Ramirez, 3rd. Troy Tulowitzki) AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez - Seattle(2nd. Jon Lester, 3rd. CC Sabathia) NL Cy Young: Josh Johnson - Florida(2nd. Roy Halladay, 3rd. Clayton Kershaw) AL Manager of the Year: Bob Geren - Oakland NL Manager of the Year: Don Mattingly - Los Angeles -------------------- "I think Greatone is one more JKman talent evaluation or 101 trade proposal away from going on a killing spree."
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Mar 7 2011, 12:42 PM
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Co-Founder of Karaoke and Roll Posts: 20,880 Joined: 20-March 07 I Like: John Stamos I Don't Like: Derek |
QUOTE(Greatone @ Mar 7 2011, 12:38 PM) NL East 1. Philadelphia Phillies 2. Florida Marlins 3. Atlanta Braves 4. New York Mets 5. Washington Nationals NL Wild Card: Florida Marlins I will never grow tired of the now yearly tradition of EVERYONE saying that THIS IS THE YEAR for the Marlins, only for them to completely fade away to oblivion by the all-Star break. Every single year. I'm not going to argue your placement of the Mets, but no way the Marlins finish higher than the Braves. |
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Mar 8 2011, 10:32 PM
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model slash actor Posts: 13,574 Joined: 24-April 08 From: ny |
QUOTE(SorryaboutthatWhoa @ Mar 7 2011, 12:42 PM) I'm not going to argue your placement of the Mets, but no way the Marlins finish higher than the Braves. Dude, this is their year. |
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Mar 8 2011, 11:42 PM
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QUOTE(Greatone @ Mar 7 2011, 12:38 PM) -------------- AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez - Boston(2nd. Paul Konerko, 3rd. Josh Hamilton) I get that he is a great player and should go apeshit in that park, but he IS switching leagues and that make me think things might not be so smooth for him. |
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Mar 9 2011, 09:01 AM
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Jarringly Beautiful Posts: 11,832 Joined: 15-March 07 From: NJ I Like: knuckleheaded stuff I Don't Like: broad brush strokes |
QUOTE(teddyc @ Mar 8 2011, 11:42 PM) I get that he is a great player and should go apeshit in that park, but he IS switching leagues and that make me think things might not be so smooth for him. You bite your tongue, sir! -------------------- Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type Easter egg. It was built in 1912 and rebuilt in 1934, and offers, as do most Boston artifacts, a compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities. - John Updike |
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Mar 9 2011, 10:27 AM
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Luuuuuuuuuuuuuke Posts: 11,140 Joined: 9-December 07 From: Kentucky |
Zack Greinke will probably start the season on the DL with a fractured rib.
I like not facing him on opening day. |
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Mar 9 2011, 10:38 AM
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Member Posts: 17,235 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Florida |
QUOTE(Dr. D @ Mar 9 2011, 10:27 AM) Zack Greinke will probably start the season on the DL with a fractured rib. I like not facing him on opening day. Now you just have to face Gallardo. 
-------------------- "I think Greatone is one more JKman talent evaluation or 101 trade proposal away from going on a killing spree."
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Mar 9 2011, 10:39 AM
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Member Posts: 6,857 Joined: 16-March 07 |
QUOTE(jburns @ Mar 9 2011, 09:01 AM) You bite your tongue, sir! he'll be mediocre...compared to the JESUS! |
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