First this happened: And then we all did this: PS — Joba Chamberlain should not be in the bullpen.
Archive of entries posted on June 2009
Mariano Rivera Becomes Official Judge (Ok, Not Really)
People’s Court judge gives Mariano Rivera the tools to rule Kangaroo Court Michael Kay is crying somewhere, look at Mariano daring to have fun. Fun in baseball is Anti-Yankees.
Reasons for Phil Hughes to Stay in the Bullpen
Chien-Ming Wang might continue to be bad-to-awful – This, on the surface, is a somewhat valid reason. But the next question is, why did you activate him early you idiots? The other problem with this is Phil Hughes needs to be working consistently (he’s not a complete product!) and if Wang is merely average and [...]
Michael Wilborn Doesn’t Watch Baseball, I Guess?
And one kid pitcher, even one with a great arm, is unlikely to change that because there’s so much that can go wrong with the kid’s shoulder or elbow, with the contract negotiations. Maybe, putting on my optimist’s hat for a moment, Strasburg will be the exception to all this. Maybe he’ll trump history and [...]
Coco Crisp: Now Starring in “The Birds”
Well, the Yankees had a tough loss that shouldn’t have been a loss that I will have plenty of whining about later, but at least they didn’t lose because of a ball getting deflected off a seagull. To commemorate the event, here are the screengrabs I took from Cleveland’s feed (make sure you click for [...]
How To Lose A Series Mets Style
I have to admit, this recent series didn’t go anything like I was expecting. It was, however, pretty much as “Mets” as you can get, with nothing you actually expect to happen happening. It was fascinating because over the course of three games, you got to see three different eras of Mets baseball. Game 1: [...]
He Just Wins Games (Except When He Doesn’t)
Let’s take a look at Andy Pettitte’s numbers in a few ways. I am doing this up because recently I whined about how not very good Andy has looked lately and the refutation was starts, innings, runs. So here we go. First, results only. Because as we all know, results are what are most important. [...]
Washington Series: Adam Dunn Hates Baseballs
The Washington Nationals are not a very good team. This year, so far, they have been an historically bad team. Yes, as bad as the 1962 Mets or 2003 Tigers. That is a pretty impressive feat. It’s funny because when you compare the 2009 Nationals roster to the 1962 Mets or 2003 Tigers you are [...]
Pleasing Results, Harrowing Journey
I’ll take the end result, of course, but when the opposing pitcher spots you five free runners you should really score more than 2 runs off of him. In the event that you can’t hit him, at least run the pitch count up! Especially when he only throws about 50% of his pitches for strikes. [...]
Windy with a chance of dingers.