Yeah he is more like trying to prove he deserves the contract and is pressing which is what we want. And hey he got robbed of what could have been the game winnng homerun the other night.
next year dont expect many big names but we should be the king of small 1 year signings. ned loves them now he has the budget to be aggressive, guys like edwin jackson etc who can be had by waiting people out.
anyone have ESPN insider? Jim Bowden lists some potential destinations for the offseason’s top free agents at ESPN.com. For example, could the Yankees could be a fit for Josh Hamilton? Could the Dodgers land Zack Greinke? Here’s MLBTR’s list of 2013 free agents.
The Yankees are trying to stay under the tax line, so I don't think they would go after Hamilton.. Hamilton would cost a lot more then Granderson and he is a upcoming free agent.. Oh, yeah not to mention Nick Swisher is also in his walk year... It would cost less to go with Granderson then try and get Hamilton.. The Yankees need pitching but it wouldn't be wize for them to go after Greinke he would probably turn into a Burnett or Vasquez...
A pretty cool article about the 2nd wild card race and what a confusing chaos that can come from it in the next weeks: http://espn.go.com/mlb/blog/_/name/...71/wild-race-second-wild-card-national-league In three weeks, you see, we might be looking at the first week of the postseason and asking, "Holy schmoly, what was Bud thinking?" That's because those tiebreaker possibilities are mounting. And if any of them actually happens, a total scheduling fiasco would ensue. In last week's Rumblings and Grumblings, we laid out the mess that even a two-way tie between the Cardinals and Dodgers could splatter over the October landscape. But now, as the Cardinals (4-10 in their past 14 games) and Dodgers (5-10 in their past 15 games) keep plummeting back toward the pack, it's time to consider the wildness that just about any three-way tie would create. Let's lay out just one potential scenario for you. Say the Cardinals, Dodgers and Brewers all tie. Thanks to rules way too convoluted to run through here, the Brewers, at least for the moment, would get to pick the format of a three-way tiebreaker. They could choose to play two home games to decide that spot or one road game. And we'd guess they'd opt to play once, not twice. So … On the day after the end of the season (Thursday, Oct. 4), the Cardinals and Dodgers would play a tiebreaker game. That game, for now, would be played in Los Angeles (because the Dodgers lead that season series 4-3 heading into the four-game series between those teams in L.A. this weekend). So that would set up this potential schedule: Thursday: Cardinals at Dodgers Friday: Brewers at Cardinals, or Brewers at Dodgers Saturday: Winner of tiebreaker at Braves Sunday: Wild-card survivor hosts Reds or Nationals But wait. That's just the schedule that baseball would LIKE to see happen. But because of the absurd travel that could be involved, there's an excellent chance that schedule wouldn't be permitted to happen by the proper authorities. For instance, if the Cardinals play a night game in St. Louis on Wednesday to finish the regular season as currently scheduled, they would then have to play a night game in L.A. on Thursday. So if they win, the powers that be wouldn't allow them to travel all night and play the Brewers later that day in St. Louis. And that means the Friday tiebreaker game would get pushed back to Saturday. And the wild-card game (which was supposed to be played FRIDAY) then wouldn't get played until SUNDAY. And the Division Series (which was supposed to start Sunday) then wouldn't begin until MONDAY. There would be a similar fiasco if the Dodgers win that Thursday game. They would then host the Brewers on Friday. But would MLB then force them to fly 2,220 miles and play that wild-card game in Atlanta on Saturday? Doubtful. So that, too, would result in a Sunday wild-card showdown. But hang on. It gets more complicated. Remember, nobody would know what city that Division Series would start in until the wild-card game was over -- meaning the No. 1 seed, the Nationals or Reds, would have to sit around Sunday, potentially not knowing whether they were playing Game 1 in the Eastern time zone (if the Braves win) or the Pacific time zone (if the Dodgers win) THE NEXT DAY. And because the schedule would already be so massively backed up, it's possible the Division Series then might have to be played with no travel days, meaning teams might have to use all five of their starting pitchers. Beautiful. Now, not every three-way-tie scenario would get quite that complicated. But under any circumstances, trying to jam multiple tiebreaker games into an overcrowded schedule would not be pretty. Here, for entertainment purposes, are some other possibilities: Cardinals-Dodgers-Phillies tie The Dodgers (9-5) have the best head-to-head record, for now. So here's the most likely schedule if these teams tie: Thursday: Cardinals at Phillies Friday: Dodgers at Cardinals-Phillies winner Saturday or Sunday: Winner at Braves Cardinals-Dodgers-Pirates tie The Dodgers (10-4) have the best head-to-head record among these teams. So here's their most likely scenario: Thursday: Cardinals at Pirates Friday: Dodgers at Cardinals-Pirates winner Saturday or Sunday: Winner at Braves Cardinals-Pirates-Phillies tie The Phillies (8-6) win the head-to-head battle. So their most likely schedule: Thursday: Cardinals at Pirates Friday: Phillies at Cardinals-Pirates winner Saturday: Winner at Braves Cardinals-Phillies-Brewers tie The Phillies (10-4) are the head-to-head winner. So here's how these three would be likely to line up: Thursday: Brewers at Cardinals Friday: Phillies at Cardinals-Brewers winner Saturday: Winner at Braves We could go on here. But you get the idea. If there's any kind of two-way tie, the schedule makers would be scrambling. But if there's any potential three-way tie, there won't be enough Tylenol in the world to get them through that mess. And what if there's a four-way tie? Or a five-way tie? Or a six-way tie? Aw, what the heck. We're still guaranteed to get the World Series over with before Thanksgiving.
I don't know if anybody else saw this article, but this is basically what i've been thinking going all the way back to the Ramirez deal. http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseb...14-plaschke-dodgers-20120914,0,5910711.column
Agree. They will go 162-0 next year. But seriously, this team will kick ASS next year and for many, many years to come. Too bad for some people on this thread because they won't have anything to bitch, moan and be irrational about. Wait, actually they will, their perspective will never change.
Yeah, everyone will be sad we are doing good. That makes as much sense as SVS getting another ML at bat.
No, it just makes no sense. It was a glass house post. How 'rational' is saying people would be mad if a team went 162-0? Better yet, what's the point? X will ever be as enlightened as Y in other words? I'd be dancing in the streets if we won 93-95 games and won the NL West. I'd be dancing in the streets if this current team could win more than 3 games in a row to be honest. Fan A>Fan B going on. I'll be at Sundays game. Supporting them as I always do until the final out.
Not about support at all, just perspective....that's all. Clearly it is bugging you though, and only you know why. My point is, X player could be hitting .400 and we could be undefeated and people would still bitch about one bad swing. Fuck that, that is horseshit. You want to watch robots? Don't fucking watch baseball. The players are human. They go through ups and downs, especially this sport.
Btw, how would you describe what an irrational person does without being irrational? That was the point, buddy.
depends on the situation If player X swings and misses a 3-0 pitch out of the zone with the bases empty in the 1st inning of a meaningless game, who cares but, if player X swings at a 3-0 pitch with the tying/winning runs on base in the bottom of the 9th in a game that puts us into/knocks us out of the postseason and grounds into a game ending double play, then damn right I'm going to bitch but you're expecting fans to act like them fans are, well, fanatical it is our right to bitch and moan just as much as it is our right to cheer and celebrate and it would only be irrational to expect otherwise here's an example... Kemp is my favorite Dodger but right now he's fucken horseshit at the plate his presence in the lineup is actually hurting the team me saying so doesn't mean I don't like him or the Dodgers in fact, I'm wearing his jersey as I type
A lot of context is missing. Swing by swing, people should complain. I get that it'd be annoying to make grand negative ultimatums if the team were 162-0 but bad plays could still be harped on without saying a generic statement bout the team and player.
Here's an idea: How about we win some games and win the World Series so we can stop getting into these little bitch fights?