he was playing really well with NYM in '09 while he was able to play, so i don't see why he might not be able to play well for another year or two.
― ('_') (omar little), Saturday, 7 August 2010 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
That's why I'm hopeful; it's not a case of picking up a guy who's been in steady decline. Health is the only issue. I want him to get to 500; it'll seem like a perfectly legitimate 500, and I'm afraid he'll be bypassed for the HOF without the milestone.
― clemenza, Saturday, 7 August 2010 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
if roster space is tight i'd rather bring in saltalamacchia
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 9 August 2010 11:51 (fourteen years ago) link
he got over the yips?
― sanskrit, Monday, 9 August 2010 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
what was the problem??
― oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 9 August 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
he couldn't throw back to the pitcher
― call all destroyer, Monday, 9 August 2010 15:14 (fourteen years ago) link
supposedly he's figured something out
― call all destroyer, Monday, 9 August 2010 15:15 (fourteen years ago) link
LESTERIFFIC
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 13:52 (fourteen years ago) link
BRILL BARD BAFFLES BOMBERS
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 13:55 (fourteen years ago) link
I will say that when JB came in the game (and lester was on some other-type shit yesterday; dude was awesome) everyone in DNYS was like "the game is over." funeral-level quiet. And dude deals in a way that JP doesn't. when papelbon came in and everyone got excited again.
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link
also, JP is irritating to watch live, whereas JB is clearly interested in going home as soon as possible.
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 14:01 (fourteen years ago) link
papelbon looked as good as i've seen him in a long time yesterday
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 14:15 (fourteen years ago) link
when you say JB you mean Daniel Bard right?
his stuff was fuckin SCARY. the YES commentators (ugh) pointed out that at one point he threw what looked for all the world like a 98-mph sinker.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link
wow i just saw video of the pitch that struck out swisher
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 15:19 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah that's the pitch
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 16:38 (fourteen years ago) link
sort of a slide-sinker.. thrown at 98mph
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah bard. I was thinkiing josh bard lol
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
accuscore says 14% chance of making playoffs..
but i do think Francona for AL manager of the year would be deserved.
― sanskrit, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:40 (fourteen years ago) link
lupica still the best at this kind of thing:
Now Bard, Boston closer of the future, came in to face Derek Jeter and Nick Swisher with the game all around him on the bases. Here is what happens next at the Stadium, like fireworks:
The captain of the Yankees takes a 97 mile per hour fastball for strike one. Fouls a 99 for strike two at the plate. Swings through a 98 he probably heard in Victor Martinez's mitt before he ever saw it. Strike three. No chance. Two outs.
Swisher next. This is how it goes for Swisher against Daniel Bard:
Takes a 98 mph fastball for strike one. Fouls off a 97. Swings underneath a 99 like he's trying to hit the wind. Strike three. Inning over. Maybe there has been another pitching moment like this at Yankee Stadium this season. Name it.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 10:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i just watched the vid of that. wow.
― oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 22:30 (fourteen years ago) link
bill hall is going in
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 August 2010 00:13 (fourteen years ago) link
wow I hate Lupica
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 August 2010 03:52 (fourteen years ago) link
why??? dude makes every moment seem amazing
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 12 August 2010 11:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Is Saltys problem of throwing back to the mound a mental or physical thing? Although, i hope he works out well...I think Tek should be a good influence on him.
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 12 August 2010 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
he's not the first catcher with this problem but in the other cases i've heard of the catcher was working through an injury that caused a mechanical change and then he psyched himself out. there doesn't seem to have been an injury with salty.
he caught the 9th last night and looked fine.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:22 (fourteen years ago) link
he's starting today i read. of course we all know theo has a habit of coveting these guys and they never work out....Lugo, Drew, renteria....
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:23 (fourteen years ago) link
salty is more like a hermida (buying low on a guy who was well-regarded at one point and now is having issues) though unlike hermida i think salty is at worst a major-league backup at his position.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:28 (fourteen years ago) link
god hermida was an unbelievably shitty outfielder.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:29 (fourteen years ago) link
there doesn't seem to have been an injury with salty.
he had shoulder surgery in september.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:31 (fourteen years ago) link
oh really? my bad
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:35 (fourteen years ago) link
hermida was shit all around. one of those fucking guys that i drafted every damn yr in fantasy baseball only to be disappointed each and every time.
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 12 August 2010 14:51 (fourteen years ago) link
wish everyone would shut up about mike lowell...its almost as if people are happy that our best player got hurt since it gave him a spot to play
― ciderpress, Thursday, 12 August 2010 15:18 (fourteen years ago) link
lol
― ciderpress, Thursday, 12 August 2010 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
PAPELBOMB
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 12 August 2010 19:58 (fourteen years ago) link
he's almost surely getting non-tendered this winter unless he takes a pay cut, redsox are too smart to pay over $10M for a declining reliever, right? right...?
― ciderpress, Thursday, 12 August 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
nah he'll be back
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 August 2010 20:32 (fourteen years ago) link
smdh btw
fucking lovely.
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 12 August 2010 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
saw Beckett throwing BP to the Rangers earier
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 August 2010 02:47 (fourteen years ago) link
lupica is the best at nothing -- except when he dies, then he will be the best at dying, for that day
― be my anchor baby (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 14 August 2010 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link
the problem with Lupica is that he writes in the voice of Bob Costas.
― sanskrit, Saturday, 14 August 2010 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link
noooooooo that is heresy. he writes in the voice of damon runyon!!
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 15 August 2010 10:28 (fourteen years ago) link
LESTER BESTS TEXAS
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 15 August 2010 10:29 (fourteen years ago) link
whereas I write in the voice of the Boston dirt dogs - which hasn't been updated in a few days
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 15 August 2010 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
guys i don't think we're gonna do it
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 August 2010 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
by the way there is at least one silver lining which is that shithead josh beckett is currently pitching like a shithead and heaping hate upon himself
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 August 2010 16:21 (fourteen years ago) link
its too late for that, we've already got him for 3 more years
― ciderpress, Monday, 16 August 2010 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
man, remember back in march when the sox had a championship level team and a top 5 farm system? those were the days...
― ciderpress, Monday, 16 August 2010 16:38 (fourteen years ago) link
i seriously hate josh beckett even more than i hated curt schilling
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 August 2010 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link
1. lester2. buchholz3. doubront4. wakefield5. louis tiant
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 August 2010 16:45 (fourteen years ago) link