A freudian slip? Purposeful? Either way, a very funny use of the word 'meat'.

 

was definitely thinking that exact thing

Glavine is back with the Braves.

Rejoice

Hooray.

He's not all that good anymore, but he isn't being brought in to Ace. It's still nice to see a player return to his hometown for the end. It's a shame he left but that's the power of union loyalty and money.

And the Braves gave the Mets their first round pick. Which as far as I can tell will be the #18 pick in the draft. Nothing like giving your main rival a top 20 pick and a pretty high sandwich pick. (possibly in the 30's considering how quick Glavine signed.)

Yeah, that was my only concern but I'm sure the Braves will be fine. It's not like they're desperate for talent, like our system.

I'm going to be seriously pissed if Matt Holliday wins the NL MVP today. I know there's no clear cut best player from the National League this season but I would have a problem with them giving the award to a guy who put up a road line of .301/.374/.485/.860 to go along with only 11 of his 36 HRs. There's a 300 point difference between his home and road OPS, how can you give the award to a guy who is merely "good" when playing away from his joke of a home ballpark?

 

IMO Chipper Jones and Prince Fielder were much better than Matt Holliday in 2007. Hell I'd be satisfied if Howard or Rollins are given the award despite not being "great" last year.

I wonder if Ryan Theriot will get any votes?

I wonder if Ryan Theriot will get any votes?

 

Oh, s***. The sportswriters on my College newspaper picked him as MVP of the Cubs last season.

 

They haven't lived it down with me yet.

 

f***ing Ryan Theriot.

Oh, s***. The sportswriters on my College newspaper picked him as MVP of the Cubs last season.

 

They haven't lived it down with me yet.

 

f***ing Ryan Theriot.

 

Even though he was definitely a catalyst, it's comical how overrated he is by Cubs fans.

Even though he was definitely a catalyst, it's comical how overrated he is by Cubs fans.

 

A few Sox fans said he "made that team go" and I told them to give me a f***ing break.

 

(On the paper, that is.)

Edited November 20, 200718 yr by Gregory Pratt

twins have offered santana 5 years, 93 mill? hopefully not

twins have offered santana 5 years, 93 mill? hopefully not

He'd get 2x that on the open market.

He'd get 2x that on the open market.

if i were him, i woudnt sign any deal. he should test the fa market. i just hope he goes to n.l. or anywhere but the al central

Edited November 20, 200718 yr by Melissa1334

I'm going to be seriously pissed if Matt Holliday wins the NL MVP today. I know there's no clear cut best player from the National League this season but I would have a problem with them giving the award to a guy who put up a road line of .301/.374/.485/.860 to go along with only 11 of his 36 HRs. There's a 300 point difference between his home and road OPS, how can you give the award to a guy who is merely "good" when playing away from his joke of a home ballpark?

 

IMO Chipper Jones and Prince Fielder were much better than Matt Holliday in 2007. Hell I'd be satisfied if Howard or Rollins are given the award despite not being "great" last year.

 

Rollins wins.

 

Personally, I would have had no problem giving the award to Holliday, even given the fact that he was merely a good player on the road. It's still impressive as hell to put up a .376/.435/.722/1.157 in half your games, no matter where you play home games.

A few Sox fans said he "made that team go" and I told them to give me a f***ing break.

 

(On the paper, that is.)

 

The Chicagosports.com web poll had him over Uribe 3 to 1 a few weeks back. We all know Uribe's shortcomings, but to rate Theriot that highly over most shortstops is pretty weak.

Brewers traded Estrada to the Mets for Mota. Two of the biggest assholes in baseball in one trade! Looks like Kendall will be the Brewers starting catcher next year.

Rollins wins.

 

Personally, I would have had no problem giving the award to Holliday, even given the fact that he was merely a good player on the road. It's still impressive as hell to put up a .376/.435/.722/1.157 in half your games, no matter where you play home games.

If he could manage a .950 OPS away from that joke of a stadium then yeah Holliday can have the award but .860? f*** that, the MVP shouldn't go to a guy who's a threat to be great for only half of his team's games. I couldn't be happier about Rollins taking home the award despite not even being the best SS in his division.

Rotoworld has a report that Joe Kennedy passed away. Google news has headlines suggesting that it resulted from a brain aneurysm, but none of the articles have any details.

Rotoworld has a report that Joe Kennedy passed away. Google news has headlines suggesting that it resulted from a brain aneurysm, but none of the articles have any details.

 

That's absolutely terrible news. I remember a game he pitched for Tampa where the leadoff hitter got a hit and then nobody else did all game.

 

I found it...it was against that terrible Detroit team.

I've been reading a variety of books. Lots of train travel in the last week. Right now, it's mainly baseball and poetry. So the more I read about the World Series over the years, I can hardly fathom it. Earthquakes, weather, world wars, etc. etc. couldn't stop the World Series from happening -- but money did? That saddens me.

The love of money is the most powerful force on the planet (1994).

 

Pride runs second (1904).

 

 

 

 

Mike Hampton injured.

Mike Hampton injured.

 

Sun rises.

From Rotoworld via The Tampa Tribune:

Elijah Dukes was ejected in the ninth inning of Thursday's Dominican Winter League and had to be restrained from going after the umpire.

As if he was really going to make it through the whole winter without a blowup. "It got a little ugly," said Jesus Campos, the vice president of the Cibao team Dukes was playing against. "If it wasn't for (teammate) Andy Tracy holding him back, things could have gotten a lot worse. ... It definitely wasn't a safe situation for the umpire because (Dukes) is a big guy." The Rays may have lost their top suitor for Dukes with the Nationals grabbing Lastings Milledge, though we imagine Jim Bowden would still be interested if he came cheap enough. Tampa Bay has an opening in right field for Dukes with Delmon Young gone, but it looks like the team would prefer to go in a difference direction.

Hilarious