The Roundup: Back in the Saddle Again
The Big Lead —
... Expectations for Devin Hester. (Tremendous Upside Potential)
Beanie Wells’ toe seems to be the problem, and you know OSU isn’t wasting him this weekend. (Columbus Dispatch)
The Fridge goes Gundy! (STET Sports)
SI detectives nail slightly above mediocre hurdlers for HGH. (SI)
Palin - she’s just like Vinny Cerrato of the Skins! (Gheorge: The Blog)
Ned Colletti, the best GM in baseball? (LA Times)
Is flogging the dolphin in the showers at the U of Michigan an issue? ...
Baseball Today: Wednesday, September 3
Projo Sox Blog —
... WIZARD OF WESTWOOD For making Manny Ramirez and Casey Blake appear out of nowhere, the Los Angeles Times' T.J. Simers says Ned Coletti is the Major League Executive of the Year. ...
Jiminy Christmas
FIRE JOE MORGAN —
I'm no sure what to make of this. The tone and content are so over-the-top fawning that I initially thought it was satirical. After all, Simers has been critical of the Dodgers' front office -- and in this same wry manner -- before. So, read and enjoy with this warning: the joke may be on you. Yes, you, not me. I am infallible. Plus, as is always our preference here at FJM, we like to take everything at face value, because then we have more ways to avoid working at our real jobs. One way or the other, you have to love the headline: ...
Odds and Ends: Soto, Joba, Colletti, Tazawa
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Nolasco (in the Juan Pierre deal).
Michael Gluckstadt interviewed ESPN's Buster Olney.
CBSSports.com's Danny Knobler takes a look at the deep free agent class of starting pitchers. Dave Cameron considers this "the greatest collection of free agent arms to hit free agency at the same time in the history of the game."
Joel Sherman disagrees with the '09 Joba Rules.
Ned Colletti, the game's best GM? It's hard to tell if T.J. Simers is being entirely serious ...
SI's Heyman Throws Colletti A Job Security Bone
Sons of Steve Garvey —
... indicate that McCourt has told friends he is sticking with his GM beyond this season whether or not the Dodgers overcome the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks to steal the winnable West.
Let's be clear: if we don't make the playoffs this season, Colletti is gone as those deals for Schmidt, Jones, and Pierre will be too much for the mercurial McCourt to swallow. Ned had better hope for that Hollywood ending.
Or, maybe Ned can just hope for more valentines like the one written today by TJ Simers! Oh, wait a second, it was sarcasm. ...
Enjoy the Off Day
Mike Scioscia's tragic illness —
... * If you’re a regular reader, you know how much we love the guys at FireJoeMorgan around here, especially when we’re completely ripping them off to bag on guys like Ken Rosenthal and Tracy Ringolsby. But you’ll also have noticed that we very rarely do that to T.J. Simers, because it’s well-known that he’s a total clown - and a clown who’s not even all that funny, at that. So when Simers came up with this “Ned Colletti is baseball’s best GM” piece, I barely even gave it a second look, ...
It’s Funny Because It’s Truthy
Ducksnorts —
... Reader Malcolm forwards an inspired piece penned by Los Angeles Times columnist T.J. Simers that sings the praises of Dodgers GM Ned Colletti. Ken Tremendous at Fire Joe Morgan ...
