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mopupduty Why is it terrible? Because he got caught? Frankly if kid's are using Manny as a role model to begin....
Stark On Royals, Phillies, Holliday
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
ESPN.com's Jayson Stark asks some thoughtful baseball people why we're not greeting Manny Ramirez like the "team-wrecking, alibi-distorting, female-fertility-drug-popping scoundrel he is. And, of course, Stark has piles of rumors. Here they are:
The Mets were never willing to move Bobby Parnell or other top young arms ...
Sheets May Not Pitch This Year
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
ESPN.com's Jayson Stark reports that three teams with "at least some level of interest" in starter Ben Sheets say he he won't be able to help a big league team this year. He's five months removed from flexor tendon surgery, an operation that kept Jason Jennings out for a year and a half. ...
So... Anything Going On Today?
Mike Scioscia's tragic illness —
No? Good to see we have a quiet holiday weekend going on.
Look, tonight's going to be a circus clusterfark of epic proportions. We know that. Just look around the media - you've got the Los Angeles Times practically needing a change of pants, (and it's not just me who's pointing that out) FOX ready to break into the national games to show his at-bats tomorrow, and most of the mainstream establishment taking the Plaschke line of "well I never!" disgust that most fans won't be burning effigies of Manny. Plus, there's whatever the hell it is that Kurt Streeter is doing.
As I ...
Friday's quick hits - Sheets doubtful for 2009
Circling The Bases —
- According to ESPN.com's Jayson Stark, teams interested in free agent Ben Sheets have learned that he won't be ready to pitch this year after surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon. When Sheets had the procedure in Feburary, the hope was that he'd be ready to pitch in August. However, he obviously isn't progressing as hoped, which explains why he hasn't been involved in any rumors recently. There's still good reason to believe he'll be back at full strength in 2010. - The Reds have activated Edwin Encarnacion from the DL following a two-month absence due to a fracture ...
The Week in Review
The Bull Gator —
10 things you probably already know happened…presented by Billy Mays. 1. Mighty Mendit – Yao Ming needs some. The Houston Rocket may be out for the year…or longer. 2. Kaboom – That’s the sound of my head exploding as I post my first link ever to a WNBA story. 3. Steam Buddy – Ron Artest joins Kobe Bryant. 4. What Odor? – It’s Manny Ramirez. He’s about to return to the Los Angeles ...
What Am I Supposed to Say?
Robots Took My Medicine —
There are people who feel like anyone who cheers Manny Ramirez should go straight to hell. And most of those people, strangely enough, are those who get paid to write about the game of baseball. As the title of Jayson Stark's column ...
Friday, July 3: Jays @ NYY ("Eden is that old fashioned house")
"It's great to be young and a Yankee." —
First: I started blogging for Pinstripealley.com, so I'll link to my game recaps there. Today's game round-up is here. More irrelevant insights on game are here: Eden is that old-fashioned House We dwell in every day Without suspecting our ...
Saturday Morning Rangers Notes: On Pitching & Baserunning
Baseball Time in Arlington —
Justin Smoak - Jason Cole/Scout.comTwo quick things: First, as was first reported here at Baseball Time in Arlington earlier this morning, the promotion of highly regarded minor league first baseman Justin Smoak to Triple-A Oklahoma City, and second, take special care not to overlook David Brown's and Trip Somers' incisive stats- and scouting-oriented analysis of Double-A Frisco outfielders Mitch Moreland and Tim Smith:
● In light of the pitching attrition that has deprived the Rangers' starting rotation of Matt Harrison, Brandon McCarthy and now possibly Vicente Padilla, Tommy Hunter's ...
A Lazy Sunday After the Fireworks
The DiaTribe —
... more, as Boston's interest in Martinez is well known. Wait…“aren’t likely to trade”…“something of a long shot” and “may only be covering their bases”, all in the first two paragraphs? Yes, the Red Sox have young pitching and, yes, the Indians have catching and 1B options behind Martinez, but the whole piece (if you read it carefully) actually sounds like something ISN’T going to happen between the two teams…you just have to get past the article’s title. Jayson Stark has some Tribe nuggets pertaining to trades that have happened and trades that look ...
