I say, God bless Edgar Renteria for refusing to take the sissification of baseball lying down.

 

 

Im going back a few days on this quote, but what does this mean?

 

Molitor, right now, is a roving minor league instructor for the Twins

 

It means I admire Paul Molitor the man and the baseball player and the hitting instructor.

Harold Reynolds lives.

 

http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/resources...olds_061107.pdf

Ichiro:

 

"To tell the truth, I'm not excited to go to Cleveland, but we have to. If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying."

 

 

If he's talking about the cold weather there, then we can probably forget about going after him this offseason.

If he's talking about the cold weather there, then we can probably forget about going after him this offseason.

 

Doesn't say, and I don't really think that's the deal here.

 

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/spor...arinotes11.html

If he's talking about the cold weather there, then we can probably forget about going after him this offseason.

 

Yeah I definitely think you're reading that wrong, greasy's right -- I'd think he's just talking about the crappiness that is Cleveland, not the cold.

 

Ichiro is without a doubt the best 'quote' in baseball. He's given some other gems, too. First (from WithLeather)...

 

On performance-enhancing drugs: “When you take steroids, it’s not as if wings grow out of your back, and you start flying all over the place and stealing home runs (from hitters).

 

...

 

Tiger Woods’ athleticism: “Tiger is a great golfer, but … when you say athlete, I think of Carl Lewis. When you talk about (golfers or race-car drivers), I don’t want to see them run. It’s the same if you were to meet a beautiful girl and go bowling. If she’s an ugly bowler, you are going to be disappointed.”

 

Next (this one's hilarious -- from Deadspin)...

 

"The ball became the same color as the sky,'' he said, through interpreter Ken Barron. "So, I wasn't able to see it ... I was sending mental signals for the ball not to come my way, because during that time of day it's impossible for me to see the ball so I lacked mental signals. I lacked in that area.'

 

"Usually, I don't send mental signals," Ichiro replied. "So, because this is the first time, I thought, please don't come my way."

Yeah I definitely think you're reading that wrong, greasy's right -- I'd think he's just talking about the crappiness that is Cleveland, not the cold.

 

Yeah, I hadn't read the article. I remember seeing a fascinating quote by Ichiro about how he wants to become a pitcher when he turns 40.

If he's talking about the cold weather there, then we can probably forget about going after him this offseason.

 

I swear, if Jesus came back you'd say "ahh damn all that crazy stuff in Revelations is gonna kills us all now".

I swear, if Jesus came back you'd say "ahh damn all that crazy stuff in Revelations is gonna kills us all now".

 

Since when have you been in a position to criticize other people saying negative stuff? I even admitted later on that I hadn't seen the article....I just wanted to make sure that Ichiro wasn't referring to the cold....you know, since people have already started to pencil him into the lineup.

 

EDIT: We know very little about what Ichiro is looking for in terms of his next team. We do know that he's looking for a team that can compete for the World Series next year. Between our likely .500 or so record this year, and him complaining about the cold, I didn't think it was a good sign for us. That's all....not much more to it. I don't think we'll get him next year, as he's going to get a ton of money and we'd be better off trying to get someone younger and save some of the money to upgrade in other positions like SS.

Edited June 11, 200718 yr by fathom

Since when have you been in a position to criticize other people saying negative stuff?

 

I'm over dramatic and reactionary. Your just a plain old party pooper.

Carlos Zambrano is the most unprofessional motherf***er I've ever seen. He was jumping around like they had just won the World Series on a strikeout in the 8th inning....and the inning wasn't even over.

Since when have you been in a position to criticize other people saying negative stuff? I even admitted later on that I hadn't seen the article....I just wanted to make sure that Ichiro wasn't referring to the cold....you know, since people have already started to pencil him into the lineup.

 

EDIT: We know very little about what Ichiro is looking for in terms of his next team. We do know that he's looking for a team that can compete for the World Series next year. Between our likely .500 or so record this year, and him complaining about the cold, I didn't think it was a good sign for us. That's all....not much more to it. I don't think we'll get him next year, as he's going to get a ton of money and we'd be better off trying to get someone younger and save some of the money to upgrade in other positions like SS.

Yeah, at this point, it's starting to look difficult to believe that Mr. Ichiro will be that interested in Chicago's AL team, given the draft position we'll be looking @ next year and the fact that Buehrle, Dye, and Iguchi are probably not long for this side of the city.

 

 

That would be about the scariest scene in the history of the world.

Harold Reynolds has joined mlb.com and will be on every weekday at 1pm central time on their online baseballchannel.tv.

 

He started off with a bang talking about the ESPN firing.

Justin Verlander has thrown a no hitter. 4 walks.

Edited June 13, 200718 yr by G&T

I for one am glad Reynolds is back. I miss him and Kruky together on baseball tonight.

So Michael Barrett got into it with another Cubs pitcher last night, and muffed the throw on the Seattle go ahead run...

Ichiro on Cleveland:

"To tell the truth, I'm not excited to go to Cleveland, but we have to. If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying."

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6916044

Edited June 14, 200718 yr by chimpy2121

Ichiro on Cleveland:

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6916044

 

I love Ichiro.

Selig may consider suspending the out-for-the-season Jason Giambi if he does not cooperate with George Mitchell's steroid investigation

Selig may consider suspending the out-for-the-season Jason Giambi if he does not cooperate with George Mitchell's steroid investigation

 

lame.

Kevin Mench: .274 BA, .275 OBP

Garret Anderson: .274 BA, .276 OBP

I-Roid: .293 BA, .306 OBP (actually doubled his walk total to 4 over the past 5 days)

Although most scoffed at the additions of Marquis and Lilly you must admit they are pitching very well in the early going of this season.

*clears throat*

I kid you not when I report that the last two nights on Baseball Tonight, Dusty Baker has talked about how great of a player Neifi Perez is.

I kid you not when I report that the last two nights on Baseball Tonight, Dusty Baker has talked about how great of a player Neifi Perez is.

And hence his role as a talking head on an increasingly lousy baseball show and not on the field managing.