Tell that to Ken Giles. The Oakland A's just embarrassed their entire pitching staff. Fuck em. Go Oakland!Quote:
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Tell that to Ken Giles. The Oakland A's just embarrassed their entire pitching staff. Fuck em. Go Oakland!Quote:
Originally Posted by gut
Good spot for a movie recommendation.
The Catcher Was A Spy
Moe Berg was a catcher (Sawks). Undergrad Princeton then Columbia. Got his law degree while starting baseball. Spoke 8 languages. Was a popular fixture on a knowledge type game show. Jewish and apparently gay.
Casey Stengel called him “the strangest man to ever play baseball.”
He was an enigma to everyone who played with him. Beginning with childhood, he adopted his closed stance toward people because he was a Jew and was gay.
I have always been aware that he was a fascinating character and was eventually involved in the OSS (precursor of the CIA). Never dug into it but happened upon this movie last night.
Never knew his mission turned out to be an attempted assassination of Werner Heisenberg who led the Nazi atom bomb race with the US.
Despite this movie’s script being written by the Saving Private Ryan guy the movie fell short of its potential. I still loved it for the crazy true story. It filled in a lot of gaps in my awareness.
There is another flick on Mo coming out next year, I hear.
Highly recommend it.
There is no Kershaw movie in the works.
Harper ran pretty well in the hr derby
RigamenetQuote:
Originally Posted by big dick
Bryce Harper wins HR Derby against a bunch of scrubs at his home field.
He’s back to being worth $400 million
What was the first place prize money in the Derby?
Great question, sanlmar. Let me take a guess.
Prolly nothing.
Jose Ramirez, JD Martinez, Judge, Stanton, Mookie Betts and Mike Trout.
This is the era of strike out or hit a dinger and this is what is served up.
What is this worth to ESPN? Sometimes I just want to see meaningful money plunked down and guys play heads up for something other than lulz.
Just once before it’s too late, $25 million heads up Tiger Woods vs Mickelson. No tears. The wagering would set records. The talk would be incredible.
his old man was fast pitching him too total bullshit.Quote:
Originally Posted by SanlmarRigamenetQuote:
Originally Posted by big dick
Bryce Harper wins HR Derby against a bunch of scrubs at his home field.
He’s back to being worth $400 million
What was the first place prize money in the Derby?
Kyle s would beat him on a neutral field and equal conditions
The world might be spinning off its axis
The Dodgers to finally upgrade shortstop? Machado.
Actually taking a shot at post season success?
Very un-Dodger like.
I still don’t accept this. Phillys.
the athletic is reporting the dodgers to get manny…
druff's reaction:
:yes
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Originally Posted by Sanlmar
Surely you realize this is actually happening right?
http://www.golf.com/tour-news/2018/0...make-it-happen
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Originally Posted by Sanlmar
Excuse me. A guy who hasn't won anything in 5 years versus Phil Mickelson? What is this?
Golf is so sad that they gotta hang on to this guy until he just gives up. Sad,sad "sport".
Sadly this is probably the wrong year for it because:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
1) The 2018 Dodgers aren't as good as the 2017 Dodgers
2) Kershaw isn't himself this year, due to injuries
3) AL has 3 monster teams, and it's going to be hard to beat the AL in the World Series anyway
With that said, Dodgers have no top-flight prospects right now, so I don't really care if they part with players like Alex Verdugo.
Oakland has a better record than the Dodgers and they gotta play Seattle, Houston, Yanks and Boston. Fuck the Dodgers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan DruffSadly this is probably the wrong year for it because:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
1) The 2018 Dodgers aren't as good as the 2017 Dodgers
2) Kershaw isn't himself this year, due to injuries
3) AL has 3 monster teams, and it's going to be hard to beat the AL in the World Series anyway
With that said, Dodgers have no top-flight prospects right now, so I don't really care if they part with players like Alex Verdugo.
I mostly like Dave Roberts, but I don't understand what he did to Ross Stripling tonight.
It was the 10th inning, and he had Greinke, Jansen, and maybe someone else left.
Stripling had already pitched 2/3 of an inning.
He sent Stripling back out, who allowed a HR right away to fall behind 6-5.
He should've pulled Stripling right there, maybe thrown in Jansen, and then used Greinke if the game went on awhile.
Instead, he left Stripling out there to flail -- allowing another HR right away, followed by two more hits, followed by a sac fly. He let Stripling continue to pitch, and fortunately he got out without further damage.
Stripling will now go into the 2nd half remembering that he got clobbered and took the loss in the All Star Game.
This isn't a Max Scherzer type we're talking about. This is a guy who was a perpetual minor leaguer/role player who finally broke out this season. The last thing you want to do is shake is confidence.
Mind boggling.
re: Stripling, he's not a thrower with outstanding stuff, but a pitcher with an assortment of good pitches (not great ones) that he can control, allowing him to attack hitters weaknesses; thus he relies on scouting reports of opposing hitters...but tonight, there were no scouting reports on any of the hitters, so mistakes were made by Stripling. He will be okay once the season resumes imho.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Sounds like he was still off the table, which is hilarious if what ive read of him is true. Supposedly a grade-A jackass. Would seem perfect for the Orioles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan DruffSadly this is probably the wrong year for it because:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
1) The 2018 Dodgers aren't as good as the 2017 Dodgers
2) Kershaw isn't himself this year, due to injuries
3) AL has 3 monster teams, and it's going to be hard to beat the AL in the World Series anyway
With that said, Dodgers have no top-flight prospects right now, so I don't really care if they part with players like Alex Verdugo.
it really is fitting that a dodger would be the one to blow the game
chokers forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNyFt74UsWoQuote:
Originally Posted by big dick
and you won nothing unlike my cubs
I am working thru the Machado trade. Very un-Dodger like. It’s troubling. You could always rely on the Dodgers recently to try and be cute with value and dismiss positioning for post season.
I am acquainted with Dan Duquette. He lived near me at one time and his kid played with my kid one summer. I feel sorry for him at times. Why did he wait 2 months to deal? Was he thinking they had a shot in the AL East?
Conversely, why did Friedman wait? Machado might have been worth 3-4 games. I know, I know. Trying to be cute with value. Friedman lucked out as this journeyman lineup are having career years. Even he didn’t see that coming.
Druff rues the timing and offers Kershaw ain’t Kershaw now. Brother, it ain’t gonna get better than this for the distant future. Yes the Dodgers were better in prior years. They fucked up their window. You gotta take a shot now before the rebuild.
I always try to look at the bright side of life. Two things occur to me that have helped me cope with this trade.
First, (and I fucking love this) part of the value of getting superstars as rentals before free agency is that you can develop a comfort and familiarity that might tip Machado to giving LA last look during negotiations or a discount.
Think Céspedes and the Mets
This is the payoff. Okay, now you got Corey Seager coming back sometime next year. Who knows what he will look like. Imagine the turmoil. Good times.
Also, you really have a platoon infield now. I think it’s a clown car. Bellinger spilling into the outfield lol. Machado at SS and journeyman Turner at 3rd. This prospect reminds me of Elvis Andrus SS and Adrian Beltre 3B
I’m not talking about the talent, be serious. I’m talking about the comedy between the two on defense. Beltre & Andrus were great and loved each other and were always pretending to argue and hate. They did it on the field. Gawd I loved Beltre.
The difference is that Machado and Turner won’t be joking. The embarrassment and hate will be real
My embed game is not on fleek but I have always loved this GIF. There are endless YouTube videos documenting Andrus/Beltre messing with each other while ball was in play. HOF
http://mlb.mlb.com/images/8/1/8/9146...s_lijxn126.gif
Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome and Trevor Hoffman were elected to the HOF.
Also, Alan Trammell and Jack Morris (lol) were elected from the "modern era" ballot.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2...ooperstown-nod
I don't have a problem with any of these except Morris, who had a 3.90 ERA. Under no circumstances should that get you into the HOF.
Deadline moves heating up.
Hamels back to the NL as he joins the Cubs.
Cardinals finally admit they screwed up with Holland and let hiim go.
Adrusbal Cabrera is departing the Mets for.... the Phillies??
I remember the days when interdivisional trading was considered a huge no-no.
When the Red Sox and Yankees start making trades, I'll know hell has frozen over.
If only regular seasons were more important than playoffsQuote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
10 inning shutout in game 7 of World Series. Twins Ace takes the World Series MVP & a ring.
There is no scenario on our planet Kershaw ever performs like that.
This is the HOF outside of LA
Then I suppose you support Pablo Sandoval being in Cooperstown once he retires.Quote:
Originally Posted by SanlmarIf only regular seasons were more important than playoffsQuote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
10 inning shutout in game 7 of World Series. Twins Ace takes the World Series MVP & a ring.
There is no scenario on our planet Kershaw ever performs like that.
This is the HOF outside of LA
I really would love to see the Dodgers grab a pitcher.
Not sure if Hamels would have been the answer, but I wouldn't have minded a deal for him.
Don't know why Dodgers shit the bed regarding Verlander last year. Cost them the World Series. They went for F Yu instead. (Then the Cubs stupidly fired on him, when it was clear it was the beginning of the end for him, lol!)
I still think it will be Dodgers/Cubs again in the NLCS.
Which will suck for ticket prices.
Morris as Twins Ace pitching a shutout to win 1-0 exceeds almost any batter’s contribution. It is a far bigger body of work in the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan DruffThen I suppose you support Pablo Sandoval being in Cooperstown once he retires.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
Pablo is another example of Red Sox stupidity (AL version of Dodgers). Pablo has a place reserved in hell.
Sweating Angels Mariners 3-3
Caught +175 Angels live with Seattle baserunners on in previous inning.
The Angels color guy I think is Victor Rojas (son of Cookie Rojas). Ex pitcher. This guy is god. Better than Eckersley by quite a bit too
Guy sounds black and Victor Rojas is white.
Again, he’s god whoever he is
Sanlmar, you gotta give the Dodgers credit for getting Machado though, right?
I mean, I think they needed a front line pitcher for the postseason more than they need Machado, but Machado definitely won't hurt.
I felt they would win the NL West with our without Machado. Great starting pitching is pretty much the key to winning in the postseason. Way more important than the regular season where the starters pitch less frequently and you can grind out wins against crappy competition.
Anyway I didn't want to see the Dodgers shipping out top prospects who really seemed like they had a big future -- Seager, Bellinger, Urias (oops)... but now they basically have shit in the minors, so I don't care if they trade the remaining scrubs, even the so-called top prospects in the system.
hear what you are saying with Cabrera and the phillies, but think he's a FA at the end of the year so the mets are trying to salvage any sorta return they can from that team...wouldn't be surprised to see them re-sign familia when he hits FA this year...
what a team the mets are...pitcher goes on the DL with hand and mouth disease and they lose probably their best OF to some strange ass heel thing that's gonna keep him out 8-10 months...if I were deGrom i'd be running like hell to get outta there...
I am blown away by Machado trade. It brings some more heat to a potent lineup. It’s a bold move for the playoffs of the sort you don’t expect from Dodgers.
The conversation prior to Machado was Dodgers fail to act. I quoted it previously. I think the Baseball Tonight Podcast went off on Dodgers during an episode. It confirmed what I have been saying past 4years.
Oh, Angels win. Nice
The pitchers out there have been uninspiring. I have a feeling the Dodgers will act if something unexpectedly is available.
Of course, I see this as reactionary to prior failure to act. Greinke/Kershaw just needed a closer. Window is closing on Dodgers so take your shot.
Loved the Urias mention. Those were some great fades. I haven’t seen spots like that this year. It’s been a tough year. Playoffs can’t come fast enough.
Cespedes is all done. Brutal. He’ll be an old man when he is finally “heeled” up.Quote:
Originally Posted by GambleBotsChafedPenis
I had two kids and until recently I never even heard of that foot/hand/mouth disease. Friend of mine caught it from a guy with a young kid. Guy looked like a leper and he was banned from work for weeks.
DeGrom would get you an amazing haul. Only Yankees can offer what it would take.
Can't afford Cubs tickets anymore, but I did get this box for the Sox game last night. Just me and my "friend".
Nothing is ever free as you no doubt learned post game, PLOP
Were you with a bicurious Ricketts kid?
Very swank
It's the White Sox' owners personal box. My bf knows the owner and he couldn't go to the game so we got the box to ourselves for free. Nothing beats the 7th inning BJ.Quote:
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Moustakas to the Brewers.
Worst team in MLB just got even worse.
This is pretty big for the Brewers, and now they will give the Cubs a real run for the NL Central. I would be shocked if either the Brewers or Cubs miss the playoffs.
Here's what I think happens in the NL:
East: Phillies
Central: Cubs
West: Dodgers
Wildcard #1: Brewers
Wildcard #2: Diamondbacks
That's also where it stands at the moment. I think it will hold.
lets see how Cole plays for cubbies. Quintana was terrible today, Lester was dog shit his last start, Yu who?. Having just managed a winning season in little league but lost the first round of playoffs after my #3 pitcher broke his ankle the week before the game and my back ups walked the winning run, it all comes down to the health of a few guys.Quote:
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ive always contended that mutant kid disease is a real thing...you see parents in the workplace get that shit and spread it like wildfire around and office...shit can knock you on your fucking ass for awhile too...Quote:
Originally Posted by SanlmarCespedes is all done. Brutal. He’ll be an old man when he is finally “heeled” up.Quote:
Originally Posted by GambleBotsChafedPenis
I had two kids and until recently I never even heard of that foot/hand/mouth disease. Friend of mine caught it from a guy with a young kid. Guy looked like a leper and he was banned from work for weeks.
DeGrom would get you an amazing haul. Only Yankees can offer what it would take.
Cubs went on a gigantic run before the All Star break no surprise that they regress towards the mean a bit. I think they win 93-96 games and win the Division.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charhamlets see how Cole plays for cubbies. Quintana was terrible today, Lester was dog shit his last start, Yu who?. Having just managed a winning season in little league but lost the first round of playoffs after my #3 pitcher broke his ankle the week before the game and my back ups walked the winning run, it all comes down to the health of a few guys.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Hamels was a straight steal. Guy had a sub 3 ERA away from his home ballpark which is stupidly designed and no left handed pitcher should want to pitch there. Cubs paid $5 million and 3 nobodies (only one prospect who wasn’t even top 30 in their organization) for effectively 40% of the season and playoffs.
Cubs probably need Darvish back in order to have a chance to beat the Dodgers, he’s been at least pitching again so we will see in the next couple weeks as he ramps back up if that will work out or not.
Bryce Harper is having a terrible year, batting .216 and on pace to have 190 strikeouts. He is still on pace to hit close to 40 home runs. It will be interesting to see if he get his $400M contract in the off season. He is looking for 10 years, $400 Million. I doubt he will get it, but I can see the Phillies giving him 10 years and $325 Million.
It will be also interesting to see if Clayton Kershaw opts out. He is having a very average year and is injured quite a bit lately. He has like $90 million left on his deal.