"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
Raise your hand if you knew the Reds had the best team ERA in the NL. Luis Castillo leads all of baseball in ERA with a paltry 1.23 !
They also have the worst batting average in all of baseball with a blistering .212
A Comfort Zone is not a Life Sentence
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
It's called free enterprise. And, it also shows that the highest payroll doesn't necessarily mean the best record. Otherwise, they'd win nearly every year. And they don't.
Of course, if it was truly free enterprise, there's be no anti-trust exemptions. But, still...
So, what's the beef here, again?
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
I was merely stating a fact, not advocating a course of action. I harken back to the Jerry Seinfeld routine where he points out the business side of sports, with all the trading and what not. When a team wins a championship, the host city basically says, "Yeah, our shirts beat their shirts."
Since you mentioned socialism, the D-Backs are currently demanding the City of Phoenix pay hundreds of millions of dollars to repair Chase Field, under threat of moving to another city. In this case, billionaire Ken Kendrick is the biggest socialist.
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
Like any other business, those who invest the most in their baseball teams and do so wisely, tend to succeed.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Congrats to CC Sabbathia for becoming only the third lefty to record 3000 strikeouts.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
In the wake of Thor's (ITWOT) excellent outing yesterday, a neat article on the concept of "True Wins"
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2...erves-own-name
Death inspires me like a dog inspires a rabbit
Very cool.
And all the more reason to ban the DH.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
James Paxton walked off the field with a knee injury tonight. MRI tomorrow. Another one bites the dust.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Last night's Brewers-Mets game took 5 hours & 25 minutes and 18 innings. The Mets tied it in the top of the 9th and then both teams went scoreless through the top of the 18th, when the Mets got a run to go up 3-2. The Brewers came back to score 2 in the bottom of the 18th to win (Braun singled in 2 runs w/the bases loaded). It was the longest game & the most innings ever played at Miller Park.
Every position player and all but 2 starters for both teams played, and they had to come back and play a 1:00pm start day game today (I'm taping & will watch later). There's no way imo that Braun and especially Yasmani Grandal, who caught all 18 innings last night can play today, BUT Yelich will be back in the lineup after a week (he pinch hit last night and crushed the ball but right at someone).
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
He came out of last Sunday's game complaining about back soreness. I think they could have brought him back as early as this past Thurs (they were talking about it but decided on caution since they were still winning more than they were losing without him (but barely). Ben Gamel, who they got from Seattle for Domingo Santana, has been hitting close to .500 filling in for Yelich (& the Mariners ain't complaining about Santana's stats either). Good trade for both teams.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
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