Baseball Thread 3 - The Jody Reed Edition

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

I was going to go with Babe Ruth but screw that.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Phenomenal

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

Jody Reed came in 3rd in the 1988 AL ROY voting. I think that class of rookies may have been the weakest class in my life.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1988.shtml#ALroy

 

[Oz]

I thought baseball threads were supposed to go 60 pages. Why only 59 ::)

 

[Angola!]

Jody Reed came in 3rd in the 1988 AL ROY voting. I think that class of rookies may have been the weakest class in my life.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1988.shtml#ALroy

That looks pretty awful. Walt Weiss hit .253 and won the ROY.

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

The guy who sponsors the Bryan Harvey page at Baseball-Reference.com claims Harvey was the best closer ever! Hands down even.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harvebr01.shtml

 

[BYH]

Jody Reed came in 3rd in the 1988 AL ROY voting. I think that class of rookies may have been the weakest class in my life.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1988.shtml#ALroy

The 1985 AL class wants some love as the lamest class ever.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1985.shtml#ALroy

Poor Tom Browning. Probably wishes he'd been with the Royals 10 years earlier.

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

Ozzie Guillen wasn't bad.

Plus his most similar player at age 22 was Buck Weaver

 

[Beaker]

6th pitcher of the night for the Yankees.

 

[Angola!]

6th pitcher of the night for the Yankees.

And they all have sucked, well except Chamberlain after the first 5 batters.

 

[Beaker]

6th pitcher of the night for the Yankees.

And they all have sucked, well except Chamberlain after the first 5 batters.

Give him credit-he definitely settled down after that. 12k's ain't too shabby, to say the least.

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

Interesting read - Gordon Edes on the A-Rod book

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ag.VCjB.hQdvDedqhk142ekRvLYF?slug=ge-arodbook050409&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

8. An unnamed teammate said he saw A-Rod sharing HGH with:
a) Kevin Brown
b) Jose Canseco
c) Debbie Clemens
d) Mine That Bird

Answer: a. Page 175. Kevin Brown was a client of Kirk Radomski, the Mets clubhouse attendant turned drug supplier. Radomski told the Mitchell investigation that he had sent several orders of performance-enhancing drugs to the pitcher over a three-year period and considered him an expert on HGH use. An unnamed player is cited as the source by Roberts that A-Rod was seen with HGH in Brown’s company. Brown through a lawyer denied the allegation. A-Rod is quoted as saying he didn’t want “to throw Brown under the bus.”

I had read elsewhere where Peter Gammons had identified Brown as a steroids user.

 

[Beaker]

Melancon has now walked the bases loaded.

 

[Angola!]

Melancon has now walked the bases loaded.

Time for him to walk to Scranton or wherever the hell the Yankees' Triple-A club is now.

 

[Cosmo]

Did we see signs of life from J.J. Hardy tonight? Maybe the two days off did him some good. 3-3, 4 RBIs and a walk.

 

[Gutter]

And that's No. 17.

Poor Buccos ... don't even bother showing up in August when they're scheduled to meet the Brewers again.

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

And that's No. 17.

Poor Buccos ... don't even bother showing up in August when their scheduled to meet the Brewers again.

What is more impressive?

A - The Dodgers 11 straight home wins (so far) to start the season

or

B - The 17 straight victories (so far) by the Brewers over the Pirates?

Which is more macho?

 

[Gutter]

Well, we are talking about the Pirates here.

 

[GB-Hack]

Well, we are talking about the Pirates here.

And the Dodgers' run has come against the rest of the NL West.

So that makes it a wash.

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

How close do you think Nick Swisher was to pitching in that game?