vansmack wrote:
Smackie's head just exploded:
http://grantland.com/features/mlb-transaction-trees/
Finding the roster spot with the longest lineage on all 30 teams
Yeah, that article is amazing…..
Yeah, that article is amazing…..
The MLB Thread
Yeah, that article is amazing…..
Here's a pretty exhaustive analysis of Trout:
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/scorseses-oscar-mike-trout-finally-won-the-mvp-but-could-he-already-be-in-decline/
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/scorseses-oscar-mike-trout-finally-won-the-mvp-but-could-he-already-be-in-decline/
Pablo Sandoval to Red Sox, 5 yrs, $100m
vansmack wrote:
Pablo Sandoval to Red Sox, 5 yrs, $100m
and Hanley Ramirez?
when I saw the 18th inning game I commented to my friend that Sandoval would be great for the Red Sox…
I wonder how much his numbers will go up at Fenway… there are some similarities between him and Ortiz..
though his season numbers for the Giants were not good I think he is a good pickup
when a 270 hitter with I think like 15 homers gets that kind of money it just shows where the market is at…
I wonder how much his numbers will go up at Fenway… there are some similarities between him and Ortiz..
though his season numbers for the Giants were not good I think he is a good pickup
when a 270 hitter with I think like 15 homers gets that kind of money it just shows where the market is at…
Shemp wrote:
and Hanley Ramirez?
Yep. $88m over 4 years. Optional 5th year.
hutch wrote:
there are some similarities between him and Ortiz..
This is about the buffet line, right?
I also hear the Mariners are going to give Kyle Seager a 7-year, $100m extension.
He is not represented by Scott Boras….
He is not represented by Scott Boras….
Here's the full HOF ballot:
Rich Aurilia, Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Barry Bonds, Aaron Boone, Tony Clark, Roger Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jermaine Dye, Darin Erstad, Cliff Floyd, Nomar Garciaparra, Brian Giles, Tom Gordon, Eddie Guardado, Randy Johnson, Jeff Kent, Edgar Martinez, Pedro Martinez, Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, Mark McGwire, Mike Mussina, Troy Percival, Mike Piazza, Tim Raines, Curt Schilling, Jason Schmidt, Gary Sheffield, Lee Smith, John Smoltz, Sammy Sosa, Alan Trammell, Larry Walker.
Rich Aurilia, Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Barry Bonds, Aaron Boone, Tony Clark, Roger Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jermaine Dye, Darin Erstad, Cliff Floyd, Nomar Garciaparra, Brian Giles, Tom Gordon, Eddie Guardado, Randy Johnson, Jeff Kent, Edgar Martinez, Pedro Martinez, Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, Mark McGwire, Mike Mussina, Troy Percival, Mike Piazza, Tim Raines, Curt Schilling, Jason Schmidt, Gary Sheffield, Lee Smith, John Smoltz, Sammy Sosa, Alan Trammell, Larry Walker.
D-Backs win sweepstakes for Cuban OF Yasmany Tomas - 6 yrs/$68.5m with an opt out after year 4.
Shemp wrote:
Here's the full HOF ballot:
Rich Aurilia, Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Barry Bonds, Aaron Boone, Tony Clark, Roger Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jermaine Dye, Darin Erstad, Cliff Floyd, Nomar Garciaparra, Brian Giles, Tom Gordon, Eddie Guardado, Randy Johnson, Jeff Kent, Edgar Martinez, Pedro Martinez, Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, Mark McGwire, Mike Mussina, Troy Percival, Mike Piazza, Tim Raines, Curt Schilling, Jason Schmidt, Gary Sheffield, Lee Smith, John Smoltz, Sammy Sosa, Alan Trammell, Larry Walker.
hutch wrote:
Here's the full HOF ballot:
No way. I know your thoughts on PED's, but those with a HoF ballot have gone in the exact opposite direction.
I say Johnson and Martinez are locks.
Smoltz gets close, but doesn't quite make it.
Biggio gets his last two votes and gets in. Raines on the other hand, gets back over 50% but doesn't get in this year (and probably won't). Bagwell stays steady at 50% (and probably doesn't get in), and I have no idea what happens to Piazza.
Sheffield and Delgado have no chance. Neither do Mussina, Clemens, Schilling or Bonds.
And this is the year Sosa's run ends.
vansmack wrote:hutch wrote:
Here's the full HOF ballot:
No way. I know your thoughts on PED's, but those with a HoF ballot have gone in the exact opposite direction.
I say Johnson and Martinez are locks.
Smoltz gets close, but doesn't quite make it.
Biggio gets his last two votes and gets in. Raines on the other hand, gets back over 50% but doesn't get in this year (and probably won't). Bagwell stays steady at 50% (and probably doesn't get in), and I have no idea what happens to Piazza.
Sheffield and Delgado have no chance. Neither do Mussina, Clemens, Schilling or Bonds.
And this is the year Sosa's run ends.
yes I distinguished between the ones I think should get in but won't (Clemens and Bonds) and the ones that should get in and will get in (Pedro and Randy Johnson)
I expect you're right about Biggio though I'm not sure I'd vote for him….
RatBastard wrote:
As long as scum bag Pete Rose never gets in the HOF all will be well…
http://www.peterosesucks.com
I would have worked out a deal with him a long long time ago…. Pete Rose gives baseball something back and is eventually allowed back in the game… Olbermann recently did a hour long segment on Pete Rose…At this point baseball is just being vindictive in the person of Bud Selig…
hutch wrote:RatBastard wrote:
As long as scum bag Pete Rose never gets in the HOF all will be well…
http://www.peterosesucks.com
I would have worked out a deal with him a long long time ago…. Pete Rose gives baseball something back and is eventually allowed back in the game… Olbermann recently did a hour long segment on Pete Rose…At this point baseball is just being vindictive in the person of Bud Selig…
LOL you cite Olbermann! He is as big a bag of douche as Rose. Baseball is not being vindicitive at all. They are standing by the rules of the game and not treating Rose differently than any other player who intentionally broke the rule he chose to break. Rose should NEVER be allowed back in the game. He CHOSE to break a rule that he KNEW called for a lifetime ban. He has no one but himself to curse for his ban. The rules should not be changed for someone who happened to play the game well (even though he was one of the cheapest and dirtiest players ever and had ZERO respect for his fellow baseball players). What Rose did goes directly to the integrity of the entire sport. Whether he bet for or against his team is 100% irrelevant. He wagered on gems in which he was involved. Lifetime ban, end of story.
you realize the lifetime ban was only extended to cover hall of fame eligibility after rose accepted it right
gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
you realize the lifetime ban was only extended to cover hall of fame eligibility after rose accepted it right
That was a formalization of a rule that was already in effect and has kept one or more players out of the HOF prior to Rose. Either way, Rose knew the rule he broke called for a permanent lifetime ban form baseball. He knew that the HOF election committee had agreed to not elect anyone on the permanent banned list into the HOF. Nothing at all excuses his actions and nothing at all should change the fact that he should never be allowed in the HOF under any circumstances. Rose has zero respect for the game or anyone who plays it. He never will. Any parent who hold Rose out as a role model for their child is a fool.
if youre holding any athlete as a role model for your kid youre doing both sports and parenting wrong, but ok.
gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
if youre holding any athlete as a role model for your kid youre doing both sports and parenting wrong, but ok.
Sir Charles had it right… Then again if you are doing so as them being an athlete perhaps yes, however there have been many sports stars aside from their status in the game, who have been great role models.