Fantasy Baseball

Originally posted by vansmack:
But that was just a nice gesture by the Cards. AJ was taken in the 23rd round as a junior at the University of Kansas. The younger Van Slyke (Scott) was drated in the 14th round by the Dodgers and has yet to graduate high school.

Said Andy, "I still hate the Dodgers."

Man, I miss that guy.

you can follow AJ's stats here if you care to
http://minorleaguebaseball.com/app/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=A.J.%20Van%20Slyke&pos=&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&did=milb&pid=489392

Originally posted by general grievous:
you can follow AJ's stats here if you care to

Of course I care. sweeeet.

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
so how many people on here have been converted to nats fans?

As soon as they dump Jose Guillen I'll probably by a cap.

anyone else seen those guillen commercials on tv?

the one's that look like they're produced by your local carpet wholesaler? yes. the production values for MASN/wbdc are pretty much shit. i think my high school had cooler equipment / better trained video people

For the two other Bucs fans out there, thanks to Ollie's idiocy, Zach Duke is ready to start his career..

Too bad I can't pick him up until after he shows all of you that he's got great stuff.

i'm very excited to see what duke's got, but i'm not so sure he'll have tons of success early on. he's never been a big strikeout guy in the minors, so he might get knocked around a bit. finesse guys like that need time to learn the hitters. another guy they just brought up, ian snell, i like him a lot as well. could be part of a dominant bullpen w/mike gonzalez.

I agree, but as a lefty with not a lot power growing up, I have a soft spot for "smart" pitchers getting some press time instead of the fireballers that we hear about all the time.

And I think Snell will get a chance to start soon too.

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
so how many people on here have been converted to nats fans?

I sure as hell will be rooting for them the next 3 days

Nats 2 - Scrubs 0
beating Prior and Guillen homered

I wish Frank Robinson had rubbed that sorry assed Sciocia's pudgy little face into the ground.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I wish Frank Robinson had rubbed that sorry assed Sciocia's pudgy little face into the ground.

agreed

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I wish Frank Robinson had rubbed that sorry assed Sciocia's pudgy little face into the ground.

2005 SI Players Poll [Based on a survey of 450 MLB players]

Who is the best manager in baseball?

Bobby Cox, Braves …..37%
Joe Torre, Yankees …..17%
Dusty Baker, Cubs …..12%
Tony La Russa, Cardinals …..7%
Mike Scioscia, Angels …..6%
Terry Francona, Red Sox …..3%
Ron Gardenhire, Twins …..3%
Ned Yost, Brewers …..2%
Jack McKeon, Marlins …..2%
Bruce Bochy, Padres …..1%
Jim Tracy, Dodgers …..1%
Lou Pinella, Devil Rays …..1%

Who is the worst manager?

Frank Robinson, Nationals …..12%
Buck Showalter, Rangers …..12%
Lloyd McClendon, Pirates …..9%
Larry Bowa, Formerly Phillies …..8%
Lou Pinella, Devil Rays …..7%
Tony LaRussa, Cardinals …..4%
Tony Pena, Fromer Royals …..4%
Ken Macha, Athletics …..3%
Terry Francona, Red Sox …..3%
Lee Mazilli, Orioles …..3%
Clint Hurdle, Rockies …..3%
Joe Torre, Yankees …..2%

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/players/06/15/poll.manager/

Too bad popularity contests don't win ball games like Frank's managing does. They only win presidential elections and almost get Tino Martinez picked over Mark Texiara for all star games.

Originally posted by vansmack:
2005 SI Players Poll [Based on a survey of 450 MLB players]

has Dusty Baker as number 3, thats all you need to know

my dislike of Scioscia goes back to his playing days and the way he handled the Donnelly incident was Bush League, also stupid that Donnelly's suspension was reduced

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Too bad popularity contests don't win ball games like Frank's managing does.

I hate confuse you with facts, but he hasn't exaclty won a lot of games a manager. Nor has he ever made the playoffs.


1975 Cleveland Indians 79-80 0.497
1976 Cleveland Indians 81-78 0.509
1977 Cleveland Indians 26-31 0.456
1981 San Francisco Giants 56-55 0.505
1982 San Francisco Giants 87-75 0.537
1983 San Francisco Giants 79-83 0.488
1984 San Francisco Giants 42-64 0.396
1988 Baltimore Orioles 54-101 0.348
1989 Baltimore Orioles 87-75 0.537
1990 Baltimore Orioles 76-85 0.472
1991 Baltimore Orioles 13-24 0.351
2002 Montreal Expos 83-79 0.512
2003 Montreal Expos 83-79 0.512
2004 Montreal Expos 67-95 0.414

Totals: 14 year(s) 913-1004 0.476

Originally posted by general grievous:
also stupid that Donnelly's suspension was reduced

I call it the "Tavarez Precedent"

Of course, he actually threw a pitch before getting caught.

Originally posted by general grievous:
has Dusty Baker as number 3, thats all you need to know

Clearly, they didn't ask a lot of pitchers.

Originally posted by vansmack:
I call it the "Tavarez Precedent"

Of course, he actually threw a pitch before getting caught.

I just think it is stupid any of them are reduced, what did they say to make a 2 game difference

Yes, but he has managed the Expos/Nats franchise to winning records in three of his four seasons. Let's see anybody else do that given the team he's had.

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Too bad popularity contests don't win ball games like Frank's managing does.

I hate confuse you with facts, but he hasn't exaclty won a lot of games a manager. Nor has he ever made the playoffs.


1975 Cleveland Indians 79-80 0.497
1976 Cleveland Indians 81-78 0.509
1977 Cleveland Indians 26-31 0.456
1981 San Francisco Giants 56-55 0.505
1982 San Francisco Giants 87-75 0.537
1983 San Francisco Giants 79-83 0.488
1984 San Francisco Giants 42-64 0.396
1988 Baltimore Orioles 54-101 0.348
1989 Baltimore Orioles 87-75 0.537
1990 Baltimore Orioles 76-85 0.472
1991 Baltimore Orioles 13-24 0.351
2002 Montreal Expos 83-79 0.512
2003 Montreal Expos 83-79 0.512
2004 Montreal Expos 67-95 0.414

Totals: 14 year(s) 913-1004 0.476

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Yes, but he has managed the Expos/Nats franchise to winning records in three of his four seasons. Let's see anybody else do that given the team he's had.

Somehow this is lost on people (probably because nobody pays attention to the Epxos), but the Expos have had fantastic talent for years. They just can't hold on to them. I would argue that he should have done better.

For example, the 2002 Expos had Javy Vazquez, Carl Pavano, Zach Day, Tony Armas Jr., Tom Ohko and added Bartolo Colon for a playoff run. That's not exactly terrible. 5 of their bullpen guys are still in the bigs too.

Their infield was Orlando Cabrera, Fernando Tatis, Jose Vidro and The Big Cat, Andres Galaraga.

The Outfield was Bradd Wilkerson, Cliff Floyd/Will Cordero and some guy named Vladimir Guerrero.

2003 was nearly as talented, although they had less starting pitching but Livan Hernandez taking over for Colon isn't sour milk.

Originally posted by vansmack:
Somehow this is lost on people (probably because nobody pays attention to the Epxos), but the Expos have had fantastic talent for years.

lost on who? housewives?

the expos have been known for a decade+ as _the_ stereotypical "great farm system and great young talent but can't hold on to them" team

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
lost on who? housewives?

Are you calling Rhett a housewife?