2014 regular season chatter

jesus don baylor

cubs have signed joel pineiro to a minor league contract

he's 35, hasn't pitched in the majors since 2011, and isn't even left-handed

i forgot that joel pineiro existed

yanquis dfa eduardo nunez lol

Jeetz takes one on the hand to start/nearly end the season

aw man, that's the hand he would use to wave during his infinite series of goodbye ovations this year, poor guy

wd've been sweet if Ellsbury had broken an ankle on Tal's Hill there

I LIKE THESE YANKEES

which oldschool analyst is going to have a stroke watching defensive shifts?

Brian McCann hits CLEANUP for the Yankees?!

rays reportedly locking up chris archer for cheap-ish

scherzer all over the place, first and third with one out, billy butler hits a 3-0 pitch into a 6-4-3 #royals

Cool box score so far in ATL/MIL game

said box score, in the top of the 7th, continues to be cool

now only half cool

things just became half as cool

still, pretty, pretty cool there

i would be much more optimistic about harang's ability to remain cool if it were 2006 or something

nah, he can do a card trick, lotsa sucky pitchers have

apropos of absolutely nothing, i just did a quick check to determine which player with a career negative fWAR had the most plate appearances.

Alfredo Griffin. 7331 PAs. Career fWAR: -1.0

Among active players, it seems to be Delmon Young, with 3939 PAs and a career fWAR of -1.3

Yuniesky dint last long nuff?

only 4278 PAs for poor old Yuniesky.

but an admirable, solid -0.8 fWAR

Yuniesky Betancourt's streak of SEVEN consecutive seasons with a negative WAR is mindblowing (fWAR is a little kinder to him, but not by much). During much of that time he was a full time player!

I actually was writing that post before the last 3. I guess we thought of the same dude.

"COME ON, give us a break," Hawk croaks, as a replay shows Semien's swing nowhere near a check.

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/0402/mlb_hat_d1_576x324.jpg

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10715887/uni-watch-some-fans-removing-chief-wahoo-logos-protest

as the announcer of a crappy team i don't care about one way or another, hawk is tremendous and stone is his perfect partner

when the white sox get good again, tho, it'll piss me off

Hawk needs to be set adrift in the Arctic while there are still ice floes

tbf he has a better home run call than gary's pubescent 'it's outta here'

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10715887/uni-watch-some-fans-removing-chief-wahoo-logos-protest

― Andy K, Wednesday, April 2, 2014 7:29 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cool, now if they'd start protesting the team name

rays change their pitchers, go for the intentional walk, and then change their pitcher again.

lol maddon

jonathan papelbon tonight:

http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/cache/location.php-pitchSel=449097&game=gid_2014_04_02_phimlb_texmlb_1&batterX=0&innings=yyyyyyyyy&sp_type=1&s_type=3&league=mlb&cache=1.gif

http://www.youcantpredictbaseball.com/?p=3344

wacha-cingrani could be the start of a beautiful rivalry

it's been a great game

cingrani's really impressive

first flash of regular season power from wong there in a very long time. hamilton has looked preeetty terrible the first few two games. 4 strikeouts in the 1st game of course (which apparently puts him in the company of 16 or 17 other players since 1900) and not looking so great in CF either

cubs just turned the dreaded 7-2-3 double play

emilio bonifacio is 10-for-13 so far

with four stolen bases

11-14

scoring in the 1st and doing shit afterward rlly seems like a Met tradition across the eras

bonifacio has already tied his 2013 war: http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=4054&position=2B/OF

Didn't he have a really hot start a few years back?

Last few innings of this Twins-White Sox game have been pretty comical.

...and just got way more comical.

matt holliday, with runners on 1B and 2B, just singled off the very top of the outfield wall, leaving the bases loaded.

wacky play

rip ryu