Killeverything's (New)NeverEndingBaseballThread

[Facedown]

Lackey is on the 60 day DL. He is taking the mound anytime soon.

Correct, as Crawford should have been.

[killeverything]

Roger Clemens has signed to pitch for the independant league Sugarland Skeeters. WTF? I've been to a couple of Skeeters games, they're cheap and a fun time for the family, and every now and then a washed up MLB guy will come through, but Roger Clemens? Seriously?

I think he did it to make him not eligible for the HOF vote yet. His class will include both Bonds and Sosa if he stayed retired.

That's what local radio has been speculating, but this isn't an MLB affiliate, would it still count against his eligibility?

Yes it does. Rickey Henderson played in whatever league he could for as long as he could. An obvious first ballot player that couldn't be inducted until he wasn't a professional player, even if he's not in MLB.

Clemens on a ballot with all the other cheats, who would more than likely be passed over ( especially next to Bonds and Sosa ) to prove a point, comes out of retirement to play in an irrelevant league? Get the fuck out of here.

Your legacy's erroneous Rajah. We all know it.

[johnk5150]

I hope you're sitting down. Cubs lose.

[tin00can]

I wish I had some football to look forward to, to ease the pain of this disappointing Angels season, but I'm a Chargers fan.

Meh.

[bane]

Yes it does. Rickey Henderson played in whatever league he could for as long as he could. An obvious first ballot player that couldn't be inducted until he wasn't a professional player, even if he's not in MLB.

Clemens on a ballot with all the other cheats, who would more than likely be passed over ( especially next to Bonds and Sosa ) to prove a point, comes out of retirement to play in an irrelevant league? Get the fuck out of here.

Your legacy's erroneous Rajah. We all know it.

Huh. That's probably it then. He had a couple false starts at retirement before this too, so it could be a bit of Farve syndrome too.

[killeverything]

Micheal Pineda arrested for DUI.

In an announcement that surprises no one, King Felix was named player of the week.

I'm impartial to the Bob McClure firing. Who? He did what? The Red Sox had a pitching coach ( 4 in 4 years - Kill )? No shit?

He wasn't Bobby V's guy, and was reportably one of the MANY people he's had an issue with. So now they're bring in Bobby's guy. He'll be the coach next season. It's gonna take a while to get the Epstein stink off Boston, now we got Valentine with it.

[johnk5150]

8 runs in the 5th inning. I hate the Cubs.

[Monkey_Julius_Bowaffle_]

1) My Reds just keep on kicking ass (albeit, it was just the shitty Cubs

Hopefully that Pirates/Cardinals 19-inning marathon will leave both clubs worn the fuck out for the next week

I think our chances of making the playoffs are EXTREMELY high (certainly not "in the bag" yet, absolutely not),

1) The division certaily helps. Enjoy the Cubs being shitty while they're young and stockpiling money.

2) Cardinals are off today.

3) You can put the Reds making the playoffs in the bag.

Yes, the division certainly helps (getting to beat up on the Astros and Cubs) and I would NEVER say otherwise, but we have done pretty damned well outside of the central (and of all the teams to be swept by, one of those was FROM the central, that being the Brewers and that wasn't long ago). Sweeping the Braves 4 of 4, I think we have taken 4 of 6 from the Mets, we took 2 of 3 from the Yankees, and so on. The Tigers took 2 of 3 from us (though the 3rd the Reds completely shit the bed and SHOULD have won...I know, should have, could have....), and this Phillies team is driving me nuts (we're winning this second game by one run, but everytime we go up, they tie us - we can NOT seem to get OVER on this fucking team).

I knew the Cards were off yesterday, but coming back from a marathon like they played sometimes leaves a week long hangover (so says certain players, etc.). BUT, I found out they're playing the Astros this series, so hangover or not, I don't think it matters concerning them. The Pirates OTOH DID get beat last night by the Pads & I wouldn't doubt for a second that long-assed game and then having to go all the way out west prob. had a bit to do with that. Hope it continues.

As for your 3rd point, I hope you're right, but I'm a Reds fan. We have sucked pretty bad for a good while now (sans 2010). I'm not about to count playoff chickens before they hatch. I fully understand how difficult, at this time of the year it would be for a team to come back from 6,7,8 games. But I have seen teams lose a 6 game lead in a weeks time. All it takes is a major meltdown and a major surge by the teams looking up.

You're a Cubs fan (or at least I *think* you are), surely you understand about as well as anyone.

[Monkey_Julius_Bowaffle_]

And we FINALLY beat the fucking Phillies. And of all pitchers, Homer Bailey looked great (Cliff Lee looked damn good too). I'm just shocked that Bailey pitched as good as he did. He looked TERRIBLE his last game. If we can win one more and take 2 of 4, I'll be more than happy. I don't care that the Phillies record is pretty bad, they're NOT as bad a team as that indicates. Not right now at least.

[Monkey_Julius_Bowaffle_]

And in more Reds news, Billy Hamilton breaks Vince Coleman's stolen base record, with 147 stolen bases thus far this season.

The record has held since 1983. Vince Coleman (playing for the Low-A Macon Redbirds) narrowly edged out Donell Nixon (playing for the High-A Bakersfield Blaze) that year with 145 vs. Nixon's 144. Still 2 weeks to go, so it will be interesting to see what Hamilton's final tally will be. (Hamilton has split his total this season, beginning the season with the High-A Bakersfield Blaze where he stole a total of 104 before being called up to the AA Pensacola Blue Wahoos, where he has, up to this point, stolen 42).

Damn, I REALLY hope the Reds make this guy a Sept. call-up. We will have not only the fastest pitcher in Chapman but the fastest runner in Hamilton as well

[johnk5150]

I knew the Cards were off yesterday, but coming back from a marathon like they played sometimes leaves a week long hangover (so says certain players, etc.). BUT, I found out they're playing the Astros this series, so hangover or not, I don't think it matters concerning them.

You're a Cubs fan (or at least I *think* you are), surely you understand about as well as anyone.

Busch Stadium (St. Louis, Mo.)
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston (39-84) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
St. Louis (66-56) « 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 x 7 13 0

And yes. Being a Cubs fan I understand losing just fine.

[Machado]

You never know when the big moments will arrive, and so it was that veteran umpire Jim Joyce made his biggest call of the season ... roughly 90 minutes before the Marlins-Diamondbacks game started in Arizona on Monday night.

Joyce administered CPR to a Diamondbacks' game-day employee named Jayne Powers in a tunnel leading to the umpires' dressing room minutes on his way into the ballpark Monday, saving her life in a moment nobody who was in the vicinity at Chase Field will soon forget.

Talk about making the right call in a split-second.

"It was non-normal," Joyce told CBSSports.com Tuesday afternoon. "I don't know what word to put on it.

"It's obviously never happened to me before."

"We're thrilled that she's doing well today," Russ Amaral, vice-president for Chase Field operations and facilities management, said. "And we're grateful to those who were there to help."

Powers, a beloved, original employee dating back to the franchise's inception, has worked in concessions for the Diamondbacks since March 1, 1998. She remains in the hospital and hopes to be released by week's end, according to the Diamondbacks.

Joyce, 56, and the other umpires in his crew -- Lance Barrett, Jim Reynolds and James Hoye -- had just arrived at Chase Field and were headed to their dressing room when they saw a woman down in the midst of having a seizure. Noting that, Joyce, who learned CPR when he was in high school, made sure that the woman's head was protected. But shortly afterward, her body relaxed and Joyce knew something was wrong.

"I've had to use CPR before," Joyce said, though not in many years. "This is something everybody should know. Everybody should know what to do in a circumstance like that.

"It's not a hard thing. You don't need a degree. It's very simple, and very easy."

Paramedics arrived while Joyce was administering CPR, but even after an initial shock from a defibrillator, Powers did not come out of it. So Joyce continued administering CPR while the paramedics did another round with the defibrillator.

Finally, Powers began breathing again. Someone told Joyce later Monday night that she went out again in the ambulance and that paramedics again used the defibrillator. But by later that night, when he came back into the umpires' room following the game, Joyce's understanding was that Powers' condition in the hospital was stable.

"I'm going to find out more, hopefully she's doing OK," said Joyce, who was waiting for an update Tuesday.

Joyce, who was in the national spotlight in 2010 when he missed the call at first base that prevented the Tigers' Armando Galarraga from completing a perfect game against the Indians, was scheduled to work home plate Monday night.

After the emotions of the moment, his colleagues suggested a swap that would move him to third base. Joyce declined.

"It was very emotional, I'll be honest with you," he said. "But I didn't want to go to third base because just standing there, literally, [the incident] is all I would have thought about all night. I wouldn't have been able to think about anything else.

"Going behind the plate, I would have something to do every minute. I could just do my job. But I'll be honest with you, there were still times during the game that I was thinking about it."

The Marlins clobbered the Diamondbacks 12-3, and it was a fairly routine game for Joyce behind the plate. There were no controversies.

Turns out, not only did Joyce long ago learn CPR, but his daughter currently is in EMT school and his son, a coach back home in Beaverton, Ore., is certified in CPR.

"Just knowing it, I think it's imperative," Joyce said. "You may never, ever, have to use it.

"But it's just that one time that you do."

[Facedown]

$1.5 mil and counting...
http://www.jimmyfund.org/

[Machado]

According to Sports Illustrated, A-Rod was also voted the most overrated position player in the game by his peers.

There are some players that really need to move forward and get over ARod and his large contract.
To continue calling him overrated now is ridiculous. There has to be other players that are more deserving.

Cliff Lee
Alfonso Soriano
Jimmy Rollins
Bryce Harper
Yu Darvish

[Machado]

Oakland Athletics pitcher Bartolo Colon has received a 50-game suspension without pay after testing positive for Testosterone, a performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
Here’s his released statement: “I apologize to the fans, to my teammates and to the Oakland A’s. I accept responsibility for my actions and I will serve my suspension as required by the Joint Drug Program.”
The suspension of Colon is effective immediately.

[Tenacious_Dio]

As a Braves fan, I'm dreading the idea of a one game wild card playoff. Of course, if they go into the tank like they did last year, I might not have to worry about it.

[killeverything]

According to Sports Illustrated, A-Rod was also voted the most overrated position player in the game by his peers.

There are some players that really need to move forward and get over ARod and his large contract.
To continue calling him overrated now is ridiculous. There has to be other players that are more deserving.

Cliff Lee
Alfonso Soriano
Jimmy Rollins
Bryce Harper
Yu Darvish

Lee and Soriano salary wise I get, but Harper and Darvish? Huh? Harper is just a kid who hasn't came close to his peak yet. Darvish ( barring injury ) will continue to dominate.

Both didn't cost a quarter billion dollars, and both didn't need PEDs.

There goes your arguement. Go give Jeter another Gold Glove.

[Machado]

According to Sports Illustrated, A-Rod was also voted the most overrated position player in the game by his peers.

There are some players that really need to move forward and get over ARod and his large contract.
To continue calling him overrated now is ridiculous. There has to be other players that are more deserving.

Cliff Lee
Alfonso Soriano
Jimmy Rollins
Bryce Harper
Yu Darvish

Lee and Soriano salary wise I get, but Harper and Darvish? Huh? Harper is just a kid who hasn't came close to his peak yet. Darvish ( barring injury ) will continue to dominate.

Both didn't cost a quarter billion dollars, and both didn't need PEDs.

There goes your arguement. Go give Jeter another Gold Glove.

Just proves that the majority of their peers have a strong hatred for
the Yankees because they are successful, make more $$$ and so on.
ARod was very overrated at one time, but not anymore. He helped win a WS in 2009. What else can he do?
The man is paid a lot of money. So what. Other players are paid a lot of $$, but they seem to get a pass because they are not ARod & don't play for
the Yankees!
Speaking of Jeter, you have to like the way he is hitting the ball and leading the league in hits.
Not going to say he can catch P. Rose, but if anybody can, it might
be Jeter.

[killeverything]

2009 is the only time your quarter billion dollar superstar managed to hit a ball through the infield in October. Winning with a team that put down half a billion to do so? Mr. March is hignly overrated. Sorry.

[johnk5150]

According to Sports Illustrated, A-Rod was also voted the most overrated position player in the game by his peers.

There are some players that really need to move forward and get over ARod and his large contract.
To continue calling him overrated now is ridiculous. There has to be other players that are more deserving.

Cliff Lee
Alfonso Soriano
Jimmy Rollins
Bryce Harper
Yu Darvish

Calling A Rod overated is pure jealousy.

Soriano isn't overated either. He's overpaid. Cubs don't sniff the post season in 2007/2008 without his bat.

[johnk5150]

Jared Weaver
Chris Sale
King Felix
Verlander

Who's winning the Cy this year?

[Facedown]

$1.5 mil and counting...
http://www.jimmyfund.org/

3.2 mil over the two days.
Fucking awesome.

[killeverything]

Jared Weaver
Chris Sale
King Felix
Verlander

Who's winning the Cy this year?

I think the perfect game locked it up for King Felix.

[Facedown]

Johan Santana will be shut down for the rest of the season.

[johnk5150]

Forgot about Price.

[Machado]

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=8170262
Dock Ellis Documentary Film(trailer)

I only know a little about his story, but the film looks interesting.

[SkyDog112046]

How I hate this current Red Sox roster more and more every day. Only 4 members of the team showed up for Pesky's funeral. For all the grandstanding and saying how they loved the guy, and even after the Sox provided buses to bring them to the funeral, only 4 of them showed up: Ortiz, Buchholz, Padilla and Saltalamacchia. The rest of those classless fucks skipped out, but managed to make Beckett's "Beckett Bowl" held later that night. If ownership had any brains or balls they'd make the rest of the season a living hell for the players and then take a hatchet to the roster in November.

[Machado]

No newspaper will cover the Mariners on the road for the remainder of the season

I'm not a fan of the team, but is this a sign of things to come?
How can a paper not have enough $$ in the budget to send reporters
on the road to cover the MLB team?

[Facedown]

Report:
Dodgers awarded waiver claim on Adrian Gonzalez.
Red Sox have 72 hours to work out trade if interested.
They can also let him walk or pull him back.

[TawnyVonJagger]

Please God, or any deity listening, let Handjob (Hanley) get plunked tonight. Or an 0-16 would work too.