2010 Baseball Thread #3: Harold Baines would like a word

The comment lines after each game are pretty funny.

 

When he was managing the Mariners, he was referred to as "Box" Melvin, as in "can't think outside the."

So yeah, get ready for more mediocrity ...

 

Melvin's name also has come up in New York ... god forbid.

 

"See all 57 misplays by Alfonso Soriano in slow motion!"

Awesome. Thanks for the link, Tony!

 

http://twitter.com/RobBiertempfel/status/26490498233

Pirates interviewed Eric Wedge for the manager's job.

Gotta love the background on that twitter page, too. I believe he still covers Penn State for the Trib. Same guy who once showed up to cover a Pitt football practice wearing Penn State gear.

 

Oh, look. An umpire blew a call on an inside pitch at a Rays game.

EDIT: My apologies for not seeing the Divsion Series thread elsewhere.

 

For those of us who remember the (alleged) real reason why Dave Martinez was traded by the Cubs this is pretty fucking funny.

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/10/martinez-interested-if-cubs-call.html

 

The worst major league baseball player was tendered by the Angels.

http://www.ocregister.com/sports/angels-278623-bullpen-takahashi.html

Jeff Mathis, Scioscia's pet, will be around again in 2011.

 

I knew why this thread had been resurrected by Poindexter. I knew it, and it still made me laugh anyway.