Ah yes, it's finally baseball season. The thread where everyone goes to laugh at the pathetic bottom feeders of the league.

Oh my mistake, I thought I clicked on the new Mets thread.

As an Orioles fan I resent that you think the Mets thread is the place for that.


Also, Mike B. resents your writing off the Royals in the chase for a hundred. Losses.

There's a difference between "bottom feeder" and "laughing stock."

Aw, look at that. The single ray of sunshine in my baseball world since 2003.

I have been paying zero attention to baseball this winter. Have no idea who is projected to start for the Royals this year. I suppose I should read up a little, so i can be optimistic for a week or so.

Having been reading JoePos regularly this offseason, you really don't want to bother.

Your 2010 Royals: chasing to be worse than the 1962 Mets!

I just found out that Mike Lincoln is supposed to start one of the Reds' spring training games and is in the running for the 5th spot in the rotation.

Cincinnati Reds Dusty Baker baseball:

A nice gesture by the Red Sox FO. Man, back in the day, Nomar was so much fun to watch.




http://browniepoints.mlblogs.com/archives/...ar_retires.html

BOO.

Seconded. Hey, remember that game when the Yankees won in extra innings while Nomar sat on the bench and sulked? Good times. That was a simplier time, before the league felt pressured by Yankees dominance and was forced to order their umpires to squeeze Mariano Rivera's strike zone so that someone else could win for a change.

Yeah, let's dismiss his entire tenure with the Sox because a healthy Derek Jeter dove into the stands while a broken down shell of himself Nomah sat on the bench. In his 9 years with Boston, he had a .323 BA, .370 OBP, .553 SLG and .923 OPS so suck on that!

In a league full of mercenaries, it's nice to see him retire with a Sox cap on.

beeeyooouteeeful!

jburns forgot to add the Part about Roids and performance enhancers to his stellar numbers

Sorry, I drifted off there. Were you saying something?

Cmon guys...let her have her little moment. I've been thinking Nomar is a lot like Mattingly. That would be a noble reference.
Stellar numbers followed by a long physical struggle....it sucks

That is one cute little purr factory.

I do this to torture Leeds.

If I remember correctly, he was the first righty to win back-to-back batting titles since DiMaggio in the late 30s sixty or so years earlier. His decline really was startling. From the injuries, to watching the OC win a title in his lineup spot, to the Gatorade commercial where he looked straight into the camera and told Mia Hamm "I love you, beautiful." A truly spectacular flameout.

Oh, and it was "Thanks, beautiful." Not that it makes it any less embarassing.

It really must be embarassing to be fabulously wealthy, one of the top athletes in the world, married to another top athlete you love, and be given the opportunity to be a little schmaltzy in a commercial about female athletes by Gatorade. I bet he really sulked in the corner about how silly he looked afterward.

Or, he had hot sex in a pile of money. You know, one of those two.

Oh Jesus, Kusand. Just stop.

Oooooooookay. Maybe we should get Leeds back in here to talk about Jeter some more or something. I'm personally just impressed you guys remember 1.5 seconds of an old Gatorade commercial.

You're like the humor police.

Seriously. Let's make fun of cheesy Nomar all we want, and not tell Mr. Grouchy Pants any of our jokes.

Edit: I thought I was cracking on the ridiculousness of calling 1 second of a commercial embarassing. Whatev.

I feel like there is some tension in this thread.

He also made Jimmy Fallon funny for a brief moment. I hope that becomes the insignia on his Fenway plaque: Gave the World Jimmy Fallon.

Yeah!

FYI: I might have to amp the Jeter love up this season, because I'm expecting it to be the last good one we get out of him. At the end of this season he's expected to marry Minka, and that will be the end of him. She's already like thirty years younger than him, and being married to her is going to make him 35 going on 50. You watch. The 2011 Derek Jeter is going to start balding a little and rubbing his hamstrings after his jump throws. He'll struggle at the game but have this perpetually content look on his face, until one night he snaps and throws a bat at an ump or something. Then it's off to rehab like Tiger. I'm already upset about it.

But that's enough Jeter talk for today. After all, it's only March 11. Seriously, what's this thread about anyway?

Don't the Yankees have a centaur patrolling the infield? Doesn't that give them an unfair advantage?

EDIT: Had he been on that '96 team, Boggs could have rode him around after they clinched the series!

LAY EGGS IS TRUE!

Burns your killing me with the cat stuff. Besides Boston you have your cats, your boyfriend and night vision goggles.

After the Yankees Leeds has his cats and a coffee machine.

If ribbin on Nomar makes him feel better, I say let the lonely caffeine addict cat man have his day.

I just started to catch up on some Royals reading, and...

http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/news/arti...jsp&c_id=kc



Are they serious? How does a team with one winning season in the decade get the right to choose an All-Decade team? Why would they want to? Two words: Angel. Berroa. At least this was MLB that did this, and not the Royals themselves.

It reminds me of when I went to KC a few summers ago to catch a game, and they had a "Royals Hall of Fame" with about 15 players in it. Huh? The Royals HOF should have Brett, Frank White, Dick Howser, period. Maybe Paul Splitorff, Amos Otis, Quiz, and Bret Saberhagen, but that would be about it.

I seem to enjoy rooting for teams that endlessly celebrate very limited periods of success.

OK...I checked this out because I HATED the Royals in the 70's...only because they were so damn good and made life hell for Yankee fans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_R...ls_Hall_of_Fame
I think for the most part the players were justified.

Busby was not very good for long but he did pitch 2 no no's.
Cookie Rojas was a critical part of their early success as was Freddie Patek. These 2 guys were beloved by KC fans.
Mayberry was a BEAST. Willie Wilson was a very good player for a long time. Quiz is a no brainer...(no pun intended) and AO was also a beloved player that was there when they were becoming a legitimate contender. And I have NO problem with Hal McRae other than he blew up Willie Randolph for no other reason than to hurt him. He was a really good player.

The list is pretty good. Gura...eh, but again, he was a rock in their rotation. As was Dennis Leonard! Leonard was feared by the Yankees. A freakin' BULL.
I think these team HOF things should be more flexible/lenient than of course the MLBHOF. So players who were favorites and just below MLB legends are justifiably included.

My Yankee HOF would include Roy White and Bobby Murcer as well as Willie Randolph and Mel Stottlemyre. They were very good all star caliber players with long time service to the team, but of course not of the Mantle/Brett caliber.

Their HOF has 23 people (the Kauffmans absolutely belong in there, bad miss on my part), and they've won one title, though they did have some excellent teams through the 70s and 80s. It's just a little ridiculous at this point. Mayberry was indeed a monster, but he had three big years, and was with the team for five total. Gubicza? Come on. He had one season where he won more than 15 games. It'd be like putting Tino Martinez or Jimmy Key in a Yankee HOF. At least those guys won titles. The Royals harp on those years because they have to, much like the Rangers harp on 1994.

As far as players go here's who I'd choose:


* 26 Amos Otis, CF
* 10 Dick Howser, Manager
* 1 Cookie Rojas, 2B
* 34 Paul Splittorff, SP
* 22 Dennis Leonard, SP
* 11 Hal McRae, DH
* 2 Freddie Patek, SS
* 20 Frank White, 2B
* 29 Dan Quisenberry, RP
* 5 George Brett, 3B
* 24 Whitey Herzog, Manager
* 6 Willie Wilson, CF
* 18 Bret Saberhagen, SP

ROY WHITE is one of my all time favorite Yankees. Quiet,intelligent . steady ,great fielder , always seemed to come up w/key hits ( reference late season extra inning GW home run v. Red Sox in 1977 in midst of that great Aug./Sept. push.)
Paul

Yeah...Gubicza was a tough call for me as I'm not a KC Fan and he wasn't relevant to my experiences...same with Montgomery.

Mayberry had 6 full seasons with KC, but Wow...seemed a lot longer back in the day. Great player...clutch. Keep in mind that the numbers weren't as gaudy back then. With expansion and PED's...the stats have flown out the window since the 70's.

Tino has 4 Rings...that goes a long way towards being considered a great Yankee. Key...1 ring, really critical part of that year...but no.

Top Sox prospect having brain surgery.

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basebal...ign=ARTICLE_Top

He's dignosed with "cavernous malformations in the brain." Awwww. But they look like tiny raspberries! Yay!

I don't know whether to feel bad or to be, you know ... hungry.

Hell awaits you.

Oh dear. WTF is up with Johnny Bench?

http://deadspin.com/5492337/johnny-bench-o...ne=true&s=i

I actually feel more bad then anything else watching that clip. I don't know why but older people looking completely confused and befuddled really bothers me. It's a place I never hope to be at but know undoubtedly someday I will...

Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington tests positive for coke. Honestly, I had no idea they tested the managers/coaches.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/da...e-for-cocaine/1

Hell awaits you.

MIKE B CONGRATULATIONS!!! If you believe Sony's new ads, your team is in for a good year!

Cavernous malformations. I'm visualizing these huge empty holes in his brain, yet they're described as looking like raspberries. Very confusing .