― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Friday, 27 January 2006 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jimmy Mod (I myself am lethal at 100 -110dB) (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Friday, 27 January 2006 15:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 27 January 2006 18:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 27 January 2006 19:14 (eighteen years ago) link
Joe Sheehan on the WBC rules:
[The pitch limits] look reasonable and conservative, the prudent thing to do. They’re not. Those numbers are each about two weeks ahead of where pitchers typically are in March, and even considering that those intending to compete in this thing have been planning on getting that kind of work, the numbers make me uncomfortable. You can’t find any examples of pitchers going 65 pitches before March 10, or 80 before March 20, in the last ten years. Pitchers just aren’t brought along that quickly.
What I don’t understand is why this isn’t more of an issue. The entire reason we have a six-week spring training is so that pitchers can ramp up from playing catch to throwing major-league innings. If not for the delicate nature of pitchers, you’d need about a week of workouts and maybe another week of games to get ready for the season. Yet now, because it’s convenient for MLB and its coffers, pitchers are going to be asked to do things they haven’t done in years, shift their schedule and be ready to throw competitive innings in early March. I think it’s a terrible idea, I have all along, and I will not be surprised to see more and more pitchers either beg off or have their teams do it for them as the season approaches.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― c(''c) (Leee), Friday, 27 January 2006 22:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 27 January 2006 23:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 16:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 17:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link
Dominican Republic 11/10U.S.A. 11/8Venezuela 8/1Japan 10/1Puerto Rico 12/1Cuba 16/1Chinese Taipei 28/1Korea 33/1 Mexico 50/1Panama 66/1Canada 66/1 Holland 200/1Australia 500/1Italy 500/1 South Africa 500/1China 500/1
― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Thursday, 2 February 2006 07:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 February 2006 14:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 2 February 2006 15:40 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.worldbaseballclassic.com/2006/schedule/index.jsp?sid=wbc
I smell an NYC FAP for March 18 or 20, right? Just a little premature to nail down.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 February 2006 15:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Friday, 3 February 2006 18:16 (eighteen years ago) link
Anyone watch the Caribbean Series? In the trad place for names on the back of unis, The Dominicans had VERIZON and Puerto Rico had MCS (?). One small step closer to Nascar.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 February 2006 20:59 (eighteen years ago) link
the ad for this last night was horrible though using clemens to represent the us seems about what we deserve.
― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 01:21 (eighteen years ago) link
(I never watch soccer)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 14:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― the leglo (the leglo), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 02:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link
C'mon, 'projections and stats' are your ...projection! She just thinks it'll affect the regular season, ie injuries, wins and losses. I wanna see how the WBC plays out, but I never watch the Olympics myself. Around here we certainly treat the reg season as the"actual ballgames" too.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 18:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 20:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 21:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 22:51 (eighteen years ago) link
Starters (4): Roger Clemens, Jake Peavy, Dontrelle Willis and C.C. Sabathia.
Relievers (10): Chad Cordero, Brian Fuentes, Todd Jones, Brad Lidge, Joe Nathan, Scot Shields, Street, Mike Timlin, Billy Wagner and Dan Wheeler.
Catchers (3): Michael Barrett, Brian Schneider and Jason Varitek.
Infielders (7): Derek Jeter, Chipper Jones, Derrek Lee, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Chase Utley and Michael Young.
Outfielders (6): Johnny Damon, Jeff Francoeur, Ken Griffey Jr., Matt Holliday, Vernon Wells and Randy Winn.
― maura (maura), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 20:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― maura (maura), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 21:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― maura (maura), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 23:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 06:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 14:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 16:27 (eighteen years ago) link
“I will make them see that they won’t beat Japan for the next 30 years,” said Ichiro Suzuki in an interview after the first day of Japanese World Baseball Classic practice yesterday.
After the Japanese team’s practice at the Fukuoka Yahoo Dome yesterday, Ichiro said, “Not only will we win, but also we’ll make Japanese baseball fans feel that they saw a truly great game. I want to make [Korea and Taiwan] see that they will not be able to beat Japan in next 30 years.”
Ichiro: Korea Smells Like GarlicIchiro’s provocative remark is nothing new. Back in 1997, Ichiro, a member of the Orix Blue Wave at the time, visited Korea for friendly baseball games against Korean pro teams. When asked what his first impression of Korea was, he replied, “It smells like garlic.”
Ichiro’s remark angered many Korean players. Pitcher Sohn Min-han (Lotte) said, “Hearing what he said, I want to make him eat his own words by beating the Japanese team.”
“I have been called five times to play on the national team, and from 2000 Sydney Olympics through the 2002 Busan Asian games, the Korea national team has never been defeated by Japan,” said the team’s slugger Lee Byeong-gyu (LG). “We have many world-class ballplayers on the Korea national team; we won’t be easy to beat,” Lee added confidently.
The World Baseball Classic preliminary round match between Korea and Japan will be held on March 5 at the Tokyo Dome.
― maura (maura), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 20:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link
Can you see that I am not afraid?
― Jimmy Mod: The Prettiest Flower In The Pond (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link
I bet this quote was 100000X more vicious (and entertaining) in the original Korean.
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 23 February 2006 00:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 23 February 2006 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link
3-Mar 4:30am Japan vs China - ESPN 24-Mar 4:00am Japan vs Chinese Taipei - ESPN 25-Mar 4:00am Korea vs Japan - ESPN 2
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 15:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 15:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― rxreed (rxreed), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 23:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 00:05 (eighteen years ago) link
Nice overview of the burgeoning Venezuela/Dominican rivalry (luckily, and perhaps unsurprisingly, they play against each other in the first game of pool D). I really wish I could get ESPN Deportes; something tells me that watching all these early rounds on tape-delay is gonna get old fast.
― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 12:14 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.worldbaseballclassic.com/2006/schedule/index.jsp?mc=television&sid=wbc
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 17:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 March 2006 14:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― adam (adam), Friday, 3 March 2006 12:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 4 March 2006 18:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― adam (adam), Saturday, 4 March 2006 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― c(''c) (Leee), Sunday, 5 March 2006 05:32 (eighteen years ago) link