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Post by klostrophobic on May 2, 2013 23:31:36 GMT -5
Because every year the Yankees get at least a half dozen guys who have years that defy reason. This year it's Vernon Wells and Travis Hafner and Frank Cervelli (though he's now injured) and Pettitte and Rivera refuse to age.
Last year it was Eric Chavez and Ichiro and Jeter/Kuroda/Pettitte not aging at all. 2011 Bartolo Colon, Freddy Garcia and Andruw Jones.
At least I don't have to look at Aaron Small anymore. What a puke he was.
Can't wait for Ben Sheets to throw 200 innings of 3.30 ERA for them next year.
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Post by mainesox on May 2, 2013 23:36:17 GMT -5
How the hell does the MASH unit that is the Hankees have the second best record in baseball??? Doctored baseballs
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on May 3, 2013 11:16:00 GMT -5
Carlos Martinez (aka Carlos Matias when the Red Sox signed him back in 2009 for $160k which contract was subsequently voided by MLB when he couldn't prove age/identity) called up by the Cardinals to pitch out of their bullpen
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Post by pedroelgrande on May 3, 2013 13:16:11 GMT -5
BTW the Red Sox signed him as a light hitting SS......I had to throw that in there.
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Post by amfox1 on May 3, 2013 17:11:41 GMT -5
Jason Motte and Gavin Floyd each is facing Tommy John surgery and is out for the year (and beyond).
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on May 3, 2013 18:10:44 GMT -5
BTW the Red Sox signed him as a light hitting SS......I had to throw that in there. Interesting idea as we still have a few light hitting SS in the system,
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Post by James Dunne on May 3, 2013 21:46:43 GMT -5
The spitball must've been working for King Felix tonight.
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Post by pedroelgrande on May 4, 2013 16:12:21 GMT -5
Hisashi Iwakuma's spitball was working too today.
I hope this becomes a running joke all season.
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Post by charliezink16 on May 4, 2013 17:16:46 GMT -5
Freddy Garcia no hitter through 6 innings for the O's. I didn't even know he played this sport anymore...
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Post by amfox1 on May 7, 2013 19:32:59 GMT -5
JA Happ taken off the field on a stretcher after being hit in face by a line drive during today's TOR-TB game. Thoughts and prayers.
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Post by jmei on May 8, 2013 10:58:23 GMT -5
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Post by James Dunne on May 9, 2013 8:26:31 GMT -5
Angel Hernandez has been a bad umpire for a long time. I would've called him the worst in baseball even before yesterday (with Greg Gibson a close second).
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Post by sammo420 on May 9, 2013 9:42:59 GMT -5
Angel Hernandez has been a bad umpire for a long time. I would've called him the worst in baseball even before yesterday (with Greg Gibson a close second). I do so love posts that make you google.
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Post by James Dunne on May 9, 2013 9:58:27 GMT -5
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Post by Steve Henley on May 9, 2013 17:44:10 GMT -5
It was a terrible call, but I can cut him a tiny bit of slack after reading this post. MLB umpires have to review the calls on a 19 inch TV that can't display full HD. That is embarrassing.
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Post by mredsox89 on May 9, 2013 18:25:36 GMT -5
It's a joke. They've basically instituted replay without actually instituting it if that makes sense. They "have" it, but it's not to the capability either in frequency or legitimacy that everyone is looking for.
You can't skimp out on it when you have the NFL at the level of replay capability that they're in, where they basically have 4+ angles and the ability to zoom in in HD
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Post by sammo420 on May 9, 2013 19:00:36 GMT -5
Thanks and I didn't really mean anything by it. I do really hate it when people use some rare type of abbreviation and I don't know what it means so for example "IIRC" and three days later in the middle of the night I sit up in bed and yell "IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY". Yeah, my neighbors think I'm nuts.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on May 9, 2013 19:44:05 GMT -5
It was a terrible call, but I can cut him a tiny bit of slack after reading this post. MLB umpires have to review the calls on a 19 inch TV that can't display full HD. That is embarrassing. Eh. The size of the monitor really doesn't matter as long as they can get close to the screen (ie, my 15 inch laptop screen is occupying more of my field of vision than my 46 inch TV right now), and I'm assuming "full HD" is 1080, when 720p is actually what you want for sports broadcasts.
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Post by James Dunne on May 10, 2013 9:55:02 GMT -5
MLB.com's video package on the Hernandez call, combined with all of their statements on this, seems like a sort of passive-aggressive attempt to get people furious enough to demand change. Without public outrage, the MLB bosses don't really have a way to change the way the league is officiated. Everything that the league has done since the blown call seems to be done to add fuel to the fire, rather than put it out. That's on purpose, to give them leverage with the umpires union.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on May 10, 2013 13:43:15 GMT -5
If that's the case, the umpire's union has some seriously baffling priorities. Worry about umpire's pay and pension, guys, not defending ridiculously anachronistic standards of officiating that make no sense in the context of modern technology and actively promote contempt towards umps.
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Post by bluechip on May 10, 2013 14:10:14 GMT -5
I do not see why the umpires union would be opposed to more replay, if there is also an additional replay umpire who is a full salary member of the union, and the use of replays does not decrease the number of umpires on the field during the regular season or postseason.
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Post by threeifbaerga on May 10, 2013 16:11:15 GMT -5
I do not see why the umpires union would be opposed to more replay, if there is also an additional replay umpire who is a full salary member of the union, and the use of replays does not decrease the number of umpires on the field during the regular season or postseason. No, but it may be the first step towards the elimination of their profession. In theory, baseball could be officiated by one guy in a room with a computer screen.
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Post by bluechip on May 10, 2013 17:16:32 GMT -5
I do not see why the umpires union would be opposed to more replay, if there is also an additional replay umpire who is a full salary member of the union, and the use of replays does not decrease the number of umpires on the field during the regular season or postseason. No, but it may be the first step towards the elimination of their profession. In theory, baseball could be officiated by one guy in a room with a computer screen. They could do that regardless of whether there is some form of manager's challenge.
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Post by rangoon82 on May 10, 2013 23:57:54 GMT -5
Wow Alex Cobb K'd 13 in 4 2/3 IP tonight. He had to throw 117 pitches. Kinda wish Madden just sat back and watched how many K's Cobb could rack up before his arm fell off.
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Post by mredsox89 on May 12, 2013 21:04:29 GMT -5
Rizzo signs 7 year extension with the Cubs for $41M
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