MLB 2009: can we all agree that cra's title edits are the worst ever?

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SwineForkbeard		#7121	[-]
Posts: 2539 (11/03/09 8:16 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	With all the shekels the Yankees have to throw around, you'd think they'd at least not have to skimp on their starting rotation. Mussina must feel like an idiot now for retiring without a ring.
B DeBrun		#7122	[-]
Posts: 22093 (11/03/09 8:19 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	smokeitgood wrote: its probably gonna be cc vs lee (why not) or cc vs happ. Uncle Cholly all but announced Lee as Game 7 starter or inning 3-4 replacement. That would be Lee's usual day to throw after his starts so he's good for 50+ pitches.
Miles Edgeworth		#7123	[-]
Posts: 2663 (11/03/09 8:35 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	With all the shekels the Yankees have to throw around, you'd think they'd at least not have to skimp on their starting rotation. Mussina must feel like an idiot now for retiring without a ring. Gotta love dem joba rules
B DeBrun		#7124	[-]
Posts: 22095 (11/03/09 8:39 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Funny. That was the best I've seen Joba pitch this year. He completely blew away the 1st 2 batters Werth and Ibanez but got to a full count against Feliz. Everyone knew the fastball was coming. Should have broken off a slider. Even Helen Keller would have drilled that.
twistedzman		#7125	[-]
Posts: 9156 (11/03/09 2:29 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	so Manuel didn't throw Lee on three days rest in gm 4 and now he should start in gm 7 on two days rest? oh ok considering the Phils pen is in shambles, unless they bomb Pettitte and CC the only way I see them winning this series is if they beat this guy.... Fatcesa thinks Girardi should use Rivera for three innings tomorrow. yeah that's asking a lot even for Mariano. let's say that happens and the Phils manage to steal gm 6, you're really compromising him for gm 7.
QualityBobby		#7126	[-]
Posts: 7277 (11/03/09 2:33 PM) O.o Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I would imagine he'd be fine in middle relief if necessary on two days rest, since most pitchers throw on the side on the third day. Starting him would be absurd, but I can see Hamels starting, and then getting the instant hook for Lee for 3 innings or so if he sucks.
twistedzman		#7127	[-]
Posts: 9157 (11/03/09 2:35 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	now that makes sense. I'd start Happ though.....Hamels is cuckoo for cocoa puffs
kutabeach		#7128	[-]
Posts: 2929 (11/03/09 2:55 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Both Hamels and Lidge are on suicide watch. (well, if they aren't they should be). I can see Hamels starting game 7, pitching four innings or so, Lee coming in to pitch three innings, then Park then Madson. I hate to say it, but KEEP LIDGE AWAY FROM THE YANKEES.
memyselfandi		#7129	[-]
Posts: 19566 (11/03/09 3:45 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Have A-Rod's lips always been purple or is this a new thing? I never noticed it before.
twistedzman		#7130	[-]
Posts: 9159 (11/03/09 3:59 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	welcome to 1996. Phightin Phils indeed..... Brett Myers reportedly confronts frustrated Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels in Philadelphia clubhouse BY Adam Rubin DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER PHILADELPHIA - Cole Hamels' frustrated declaration that he could not wait for his season to be over apparently struck a nerve in his own clubhouse. Teammate Brett Myers reportedly walked by Hamels in the clubhouse after Philadelphia's 8-6 victory in Game 5 on Monday night and blurted: "What are you doing here? I thought you quit," Yahoo! Sports reported. According to a witness cited in the report, Hamels replied with an expletive and the two were quickly separated. Hamels, last year's NLCS and World Series MVP, has a 7.58 ERA this postseason and was knocked out in the fifth inning of his Game 3 start against the Yankees. He was quoted after losing the World Series start about the season: "I can't wait for it to end. It's been mentally draining. At year end, you just can't wait for a fresh start." Some perceived that to mean that Hamels just wanted the World Series to quickly end, even at the expense of Philadelphia repeating as champions. Apparently Myers did, too. However, Hamels was speaking in frustration about his struggles this season and merely wanted to suggest he needed the offseason to clear his head. The comment caught Phillies manager Charlie Manuel off-guard. "I was surprised at that," Manuel said about Hamels' statement. "At the same time ... he was the MVP last year in the World Series, and that's what everybody talks about, and they kind of rave about that. Since Day 1, when he first came to the big leagues, he's been what they call a high-profile pitcher and everybody has always talked about him, and he had success right out of the get-go, and he was considered a top-notch pitcher. "He did not pitch a whole lot through the minor leagues, and basically this year, I've said over and over, he's had kind of a weird season. And the more I think about it, what he's going through, here's a guy, all of a sudden he's having some problems. He's inconsistent, and he's kind of had an off-year for him. Basically, his struggles, this is the first time he's going through that." The Philadelphia Inquirer in a blog entry posted Tuesday afternoon quoted Myers as saying, "There was no confrontation whatsover." The blog also quotes Phillies director of baseball communications Greg Casterioto who says there is no tension between the two pitchers.
AnAlanSmitheeFilm		#7131	[-]
Posts: 5132 (11/03/09 4:12 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	So do you think Bob Gibson sits at home hearing all this commotion about pitching on short rest and gets an urge to send a case of tampons to clubhouses and press boxes?
GameShowMyAss		#7132	[-]
Posts: 5326 (11/03/09 4:22 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I'm not shocked, but this still SUCKS. Rays working on Iwamura deal DEVELOPING: Just got back to New York and heard from an industry source who's not with the Rays that they are on the verge of completing a trade of 2B Akinori Iwamura. The Rays were looking to do some kind of deal since they weren't planning to pick up the $4.85-million option to bring him back. What's interesting is that the source indicated the deal wasn't with the Cubs or the Dodgers as has been speculated on but to an unexpected team. Hmmm. The Rays are operating under something of a deadline since they have until one day after the end of the World Series to either pick up the option or pay a $550,000 buyout and allow Iwamura to become a free agent. They have been working on essentially a sign-and-trade deal, where they would get something back for him. It would probably be too big of a gamble for them to pick up the option without having a deal in place. Iwamura hit .281 in three seasons with the Rays after coming over from Japan, playing third in 2007 and second the last two seasons. He sustained what was considered a season-ending knee injury in May of this year, but made an unexpected recover and rejoined the team for the final month, playing 69 games total. He has a career .354 on-base percentage. Iwamura, 30, indicated a preference to stay with the Rays, but they are talking about using either Ben Zobrist or Sean Rodriguez, or a combination of the two, at second next season. UPDATE, 4:16: The team the Rays are dealing Iwamura to is the Pirates. Still working on what they are going to get back, but the Pirates do have some young arms and some young catching. Will be interesting to see if the Rays are paying any money to upgrade the quality of the return - that's what they did in the Aubrey Huff deal, and that Ben Zobrist guy turned out okay. Expect an official announcement tonight, when it will be Wednesday morning in Japan and the Rays can talk to Aki.
Antithesys		#7133	[-]
Posts: 25542 (11/03/09 4:27 PM) Gadabout Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	So two teams who are about five pieces short of the puzzle decide to trade the pieces they already have.
B DeBrun		#7134	[-]
Posts: 22100 (11/03/09 4:31 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	LOL at Hamels pulling a starrider.
X Bilkis		#7135	[-]
Posts: 3829 (11/03/09 4:34 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	iwamura is redundant on the rays and the pirates are probably just flipping mediocre specs they got from someone else.
GameShowMyAss		#7136	[-]
Posts: 5327 (11/03/09 4:42 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Not really anti - the Pirates got rid of Bay, Maclouth, and Nady a while back. The Rays didn't start until after this year's all-star break, because believe it or not, Pat the Splat was actually supposed to help them this year. :sigh Bilkis is right, though. His early season injury kind of showed that there is depth at 2B.
memyselfandi		#7137	[-]
Posts: 19567 (11/03/09 4:50 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	AnAlanSmitheeFilm wrote: So do you think Bob Gibson sits at home hearing all this commotion about pitching on short rest and gets an urge to send a case of tampons to clubhouses and press boxes? No. But I'm glad the Post-Dispatch interviewed him about this today just in case. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/810F9AAF998C5BAD862576630024B336?OpenDocument
twistedzman		#7138	[-]
Posts: 9161 (11/03/09 5:02 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	On three days' rest, Gibson pitched a 10-inning win in Game 5 and then, on two days' rest, pitched a complete-game victory in Game 7. Fucking badass. unfortunately the majority of us never got a chance to watch him pitch.
SwineForkbeard		#7139	[-]
Posts: 2541 (11/03/09 8:19 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	SIGN STEALERS? Larry Bowa, a Los Angeles Dodgers coach who used to play for and manage the Phillies, wondered on ESPN radio Monday if the Phillies were stealing signs at Citizens Bank Park, prompting an unusual number of conferences involving Yankees catcher Jorge Posada and Sabathia on Sunday. "There are rumors going around," said Bowa on radio, "that when you play the Phillies, there's a camera somewhere or bullpen people are giving signs, and catchers are constantly changing signs." Bowa concluded, "Any edge you can get, you take advantage of it." Either Larry Bowa is a sore loser, or the Phillies have hired the Patriots' cameraman.
hm act2		#7140	[-]
Posts: 3896 (11/03/09 8:55 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Dude, I will trade you my 1984 Donruss Darryl Strawberry for your Oakley grips off your Hutch.