QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ May 21, 2009 -> 01:28 PM)
FWIW... Schuster on the Score said he fully expects Peavy to decline this deal due to the concern about pitching in a launching pad such as US Cellular....
I guess that he has no confidence in himself, huh?
QUOTE (BearSox @ May 21, 2009 -> 11:55 AM)
I'm just so stoked at how much better our rotation will be with Peavy in it. Even if Floyd does turn out to be a 1 year wonder, we still have our top 3 in the rotation set until at least 2011.
I'll bet that Danks re-signs before then as well.
QUOTE (longshot7 @ May 20, 2009 -> 01:51 AM)
But why get hamstrung by confusing continuity if you don't have to?
I'm not hamstrung. I just don't like the fact that it was done.
That's like not blowing up Alderaan and keeping Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru alive.
It creates a false story not true to what you already know as a fan of the genre.
QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 19, 2009 -> 11:49 PM)
The Rangers couldn't score against Willis? They need to fire their hitting coach.
Might as well. He's no good anyway; he never played in the majors.
QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 19, 2009 -> 11:17 PM)
And he's going to be a Clipper.
So was Elton Brand. So is Baron Davis. So was Lamar Odom. So was Danny Manning.
QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ May 19, 2009 -> 11:04 PM)
Blake Griffin is going to be a beast in the league. Whoever compared him to Beasley doesn't know Griffin. He is so much bigger and more powerful than Beasley and is still athletic as hell.
Beasley is a good player as well. He just smelled NBA cash and came out too early.
I am hoping that Griffin can do well at the next level.
But, (Kansas players aside) many backcourt Big 12 guys seem to suffer from a lack of touch in the pros and take extra time to develop.
QUOTE (rangercal @ May 19, 2009 -> 11:02 PM)
And a more physical version. Nice job trying to knock Griffin without telling the entire story.
I said he was a less mobile Beasley. I never said that he wasn't a good player.
QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 19, 2009 -> 10:18 PM)
Poor Blake Griffin. His career in the NBA is over before it even stars.
Griffin is a less mobile version of Michael Beasley.
Dick Howser was a great hitting coach with the Yankees in the late 70s.
Check out his stats:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/howsedi01.shtml
Rudy Jaramillo, the hitting coach of the Rangers, never played in the majors.
QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ May 17, 2009 -> 06:14 PM)
This team reeks even worse than the 2007 team and I expect it to be like that year.
Ha! No.
QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ May 17, 2009 -> 06:14 PM)
You always know it was a crap year when they re-do the game-opening montage at the Cell every year and there's... no highlights from the previous season (save for Buehrle's no-hitter).
Thome's 500th HR was in 2007.
QUOTE (Brian @ May 16, 2009 -> 04:45 PM)
Was listening to the Yankees radio broadcast at work today, holy cow do they suck. They make Ed farmer sound exciting.
Quality Yankees broadcasting went out with Tony Kubek, Phil Rizzuto and Mel Allen.