Evan Longoria Keeper?
October 30, 2008
Category: 2009 Keepers
You just lost the Word Series. Curl up into a ball and cry. Aw, baby’s crying. There’s no crying in fantasy baseball! Actually, there is. Prolly more than in real baseball. I carried a hanky around during every Harang start in 2008. Wait, this is about Longoria. Longoria a keeper? As they say in Fargo, you betcha. He missed two weeks in the beginning of the season because the Rays were dragging their feet, then he missed a month at the end with a broken wrist. I know where your hesitation might lie — the Derrek-Lee-broken-wrist-loss-of-all-power factor. Luckily, Longoria’s wrist injury came in a place that should heal fine and have no lingering effects, according to the Disabled List Informer. The power he displayed when he returned from injury and in the postseason backs this up. Anyway, here’s some more keepers or players to not keep for your fantasy baseball team in 2009:
KEEP
Joey Devine – People thought Brian Dunkleman and Ryan Seacrest were both necessary. They weren’t. Watch as Devine Seacrests Ziegler. Or will it be Ziegler Dunklemaning Devine? Don’t you hate when your own shizz confuses you? Hmm… Maybe none of that makes sense. Well, as the Talking Heads said, Stop Making Sense. (BTW, this winter will be the winter of Devine. I’m going to push him hard — not literally that would be battery.)
Stephen Drew – Sorry, 2009 will be known as the Winter of Devine and Drew. Can you feel the excitement? I can’t hear you. No, really I can’t. You’re reading and I’m typing. What would I hear?
DON’T KEEP
Brad Ziegler – This shizz will become more clear when 2009 spring training starts, but I highly doubt Ziegler is the closer in 2009. So if you must make a decision right now, don’t keep him. He’s getting Dunkleman’d! Hmm… Still not making sense.
Miguel Tejada – Since I put a young potential SS keeper above, I figured I’d put Te-nada here, although no one’s really even considering keeping this schmohawk. I know that.
October 31st, 2008 at 8:04 am
Since we’re talking keepers, pick 10 from this bunch. At least 2 must be pitchers included.
Iannetta
Morneau
Cano
Chris Davis
Reyes
Alex Gordon
Kelly Johnson
Corey Hart
Victorino
McLouth
Delmon Young
Nelson Cruz
Peavy
Hamels
Kazmir
Nolasco
Danks
Burnett
Gallardo
BJ Ryan
Joey Devine
Salomon Torres
I have my own thoughts, but I’d like to here some other opinions.
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@123: Okay, I’m going to assume there’s no penalties for keeping and you can keep them forever.
Reyes
McLouth
Hart
Morneau
Young
Victorino
Cano
Gordon
…Almost in that order for the hitters.
Peavy
Hamels
To be clear, there’s a few guys I like here that I would want to keep in different circumstances, but you have a lot of valuable guys.
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October 31st, 2008 at 6:54 pm
@Grey: You guys still here?
Thought you told me not to keep Devine. Told you he was fine. No worries, my pitching staff is like a fine wine, ok any other cheesy words that rhyme with Devine?
Spine
Brine
Gynecologist, no that won’t work.
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October 31st, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Happy Halloween!
http://bostondirtdogs.boston.com/BDD_halloween_10.31.08_MB.jpg
Muhahahahaha!!!!!!!!
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@BigFatHippo: I told you to keep Hamels over Devine, or someone. I forget, but there was a reason why I said for you to not keep him.
@BSA: That’s a great comic!
Happy Halloween, fellas.
@BigFatHippo: @BSA: What did you guys do? Get dressed up? As what?
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November 1st, 2008 at 4:17 am
@Grey: Can you find your favorite Razzball commenter or blogger on halloween 2008?
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November 1st, 2008 at 4:18 am
http://www.lifelounge.com/resources/IMGDETAIL/YO_GABBA_GABBA_DETAIL.jpg
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@BSA: Are you saying you are Biz Markie? Cause that would give me the vapors.
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November 1st, 2008 at 4:36 pm
@Grey: I stayed home and handed out treats. Till the greedy little neighbor bastards took half my candy, then shut off the porch light and hogged the rest.
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@BigFatHippo: Hehe
For Halloween, I wore a Hawaiian shirt and necklace of garlic. Can you guess what I was?
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November 1st, 2008 at 4:54 pm
@Grey: Shane Victorino in a haunted house?
I give up.
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@BigFatHippo: Ha! That’s awesome, but no.
C’mon, you can get it.
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November 1st, 2008 at 5:06 pm
@Grey: I’ll need more of a hint than that, just worked 12 hours with no sales help up front. Right hand man on vacay. Lead tech on vacay, had to work both shop and front. My mind is fried, worse than it was in the 80′s.
Let me see, Count Chocula. See that just doesn’t make sense, Im a blabbering idiot.
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@BigFatHippo: Who’s a singer that wears a Hawaiian shirt? The costume was a pun. No more hints.
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November 1st, 2008 at 5:26 pm
@Grey: Don Ho?
Seriously, I have no clue.
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November 1st, 2008 at 5:34 pm
@Grey: Who’s a singer that wears a Hawaiian shirt?
ME
During drunken karaoke nights.
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@BigFatHippo: No, dooode!
Buffett, the Vampire Slayer.
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November 1st, 2008 at 6:08 pm
@Grey: Haha, that’s awesome!
See how fried I am? Couldn’t even come up with Buffett, this from a former Parrot Head.
Guess I shoulda had my cheeseburger in paradise instead of the leftover chicken fried rice.
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@BigFatHippo: Prolly. You hanging with Dash this weekend?
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November 1st, 2008 at 6:26 pm
@Grey: No kids this weekend, had to work too many hours.
Heading to the Bar/ Pool hall to teach a trash talker a lesson. Be back around 11 my time. If you’re still there, I’ll let ya know how much money the chump lost.
BTW, I think Dash could beat this guy, and he’s 8.
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@BigFatHippo: Nice, take the schmo for all he’s worth.
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November 1st, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Hello boyz. Anyone around? Are we well?
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@Steve: What’s up, Teve? I just watched Baby Mama. I want my two hours back.
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November 1st, 2008 at 11:05 pm
@Grey: Making dinner, feeling the effects of a late Saturday night.
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@Steve: Making some milkfish? Roasted sugar glider? Kangaroo?
What did you do last night?
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November 1st, 2008 at 11:18 pm
@Grey: Doooode! This is NZ not Oz – none of those species here. Altho, I have eaten kangaroo and it is pretty good. Just some BBQ pork chops tonight with salad and potatoes.
Company party last night – kind of a 10th anniversary/early xmas rolled into one.
A big deal – 1500 or so people, live bands etc etc. This company doesn’t do these things by halves – even if the world economy is in the toilet.
But 2am is tough to recover from for an old fool like me.
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@Steve: Gotta admit a BBQ sugar glider kebab sounds good. How’s the ‘stache doing for Movember?
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November 2nd, 2008 at 10:28 am
@Grey: Now, this what makes the (mobile) internet great.
You’ve caught me on my early morning walk! And I can answer cos I have my Blackberry with me to listen to music.
The stache? I’m not especially hirsute so it wil be a work in progress for a while…
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@Steve: You need Rogaine. Get on it!
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November 2nd, 2008 at 1:42 pm
@Grey: Ha! I’m not sure there’s enough Rogaine in the world to help me. I only need to shave every second day as it is!
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@Steve: That’s about how often I manscape. What, too much information?
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November 2nd, 2008 at 2:53 pm
@Grey: Na – just adds to the intrigue.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 2:55 pm
@Grey: @Steve: Ha
Ahoooooo, Werewolves of Auckland.
Baseball’s over, didn’t you guys get the memo?
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@Steve: I gotta tell my girlfriend. My manscaping makes me intriguing.
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@BigFatHippo: You know that Zevon song he came out with right when he died? That’s just about perfect. That and, “Pure Imagination,” by Gene Wilder.
EDIT: Cuz.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
@Grey: That reminds me, rent Young Frankenstein next weekend. Kids have never seen it.
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@BigFatHippo: I was walking past a migrant worker today and he had a Princess Bride shirt on and it said, “Inconceivable!” I thought that shirt was the best thing I ever saw. I pointed it out to my girlfriend and she had never seen the movie. We almost broke up right there.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 3:13 pm
@Grey: I’ve never seen Princess Bride either. Guess you’ll have to break up with me too. Miss ya buddy……
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@BigFatHippo: What kind of person has never seen Princess Bride? Rent that with your kids too. You’ll all enjoy it.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 3:23 pm
@Grey: OK, I’m on it.
Rob Reiner flick so it’s gotta be funny right?
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@BigFatHippo: It’s an 80s Rob Reiner movie so it is funny. Stay away from 2000s Reiner. Yuck.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 3:34 pm
@Grey: He’ll always be Meathead to me.
Came home empty handed last night btw, nobody would bet. Good thing too, had too much tequila.
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@BigFatHippo: What about the ladies? Did you try any of The Pickup Artist lines? Pull the “caper” out?
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November 2nd, 2008 at 3:37 pm
@BigFatHippo: @Grey: Nothing good ever came of too much tequila.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 3:42 pm
@Grey: Last time I pulled my caper out in a bar, I got arrested.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 3:43 pm
@Steve: @Grey: Trust me, you don’t pick up ladies in the bar I went to. You’ll pick up more than ya bargained for.
Ask Alyssa Milano where it hurts.
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@Steve: Capers go well with kangaroos, no?
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November 2nd, 2008 at 3:58 pm
@Grey: I’d imagine so, although kangaroo is more like steak in taste and appearance.
Capers best with smoked salmon (lox for you, if I’m not mistaken) on a bagel with cream cheese.
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@Steve: Just thought of a great deli name, Bull-lox. Am I right? Or am I right-right?
Capers are nice on chicken, I assumed that was what ‘roo tasted like. Is ‘roo served in a lot of places? Expensive? Inexpensive? Give me the news, Teve.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 4:11 pm
@Grey: Nah – kangaroo is definitely a red meat.
I imagine it’s served in plenty of places in Australia – I think I’ve only seen it the once here, which is the time I ate it.
Got lucky that night, too, although I’m not sure the two events are related in any way.
Now THAT is too much information.
FYI – http://www.kangaroo-industry.asn.au/recipes/recipe_frame.htm
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@Steve: “Serve lilli pilli in damper and quandong compote on plate…” Of course there’s lilli pilli in damper. Dur. Also, there’s nothing like a good quandong compote — yummy and filling.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 4:22 pm
@Grey: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
I had raw horsemeat in Japan once – it was fantastic. Obviously bred for eating, was like prime fillet steak.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Man you guys are eating Roo from Winnie the Pooh now? That’s just sick.
Know what else is sick? This joke……
A baby seal walks into a club………
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@Steve: Hmm… I ate crickets recently. They tasted like potato chips. That was pretty weird though to look at them:
http://razzball.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/Crickets.jpg
I’ll eat anything once, but can’t think of anything that was weirder to look at than the crickets.
BTW, I’ve always wanted to go to Japan. I’m a huge fan of sushi.
@BigFatHippo: Hehe
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November 2nd, 2008 at 4:44 pm
@Grey: Oh yeah – Japanese food is fantastic. And a pretty interesting place to visit. Pretty different to what we are used to in ‘the West’.
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@Steve: Have you been to the US?
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November 2nd, 2008 at 5:01 pm
@Grey: Yeah – but a long time (more than 20 years) ago. LA, San Francisco, New York and Detroit (my dad was a Ford dealer).
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@Steve: Phew… As long as you went to Detroit. That’s a real peach of a city. Our finest gem.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 5:11 pm
@Grey: Yeah, it was probably my fourth favourite!
Although we did get to go to the Detroit Grand Prix.
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@Steve: I went to Detroit last year for a wedding. The rehearsal dinner was in a bowling alley. And that was the nicest place in the city!
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November 2nd, 2008 at 5:24 pm
@Grey: Now that is class.
Still, with the automobile and Motown, you’d have to say that Detroit has made a decent contribution to popular culture.
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@Steve: Totally… 40 years ago.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 5:34 pm
@Grey: True that.
Not much since – you couldn’t really say that Bob Seger and Eminem were exactly epoch-definers.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
@Steve: @Grey: Don’t forget Detroit also gave us Kid Rock, Ted Nugent and Eminem.
Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 5:38 pm
@Steve: Bob Seger, definitely a good thing.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 5:43 pm
@BigFatHippo: OK. This is really f****** weird.
The reason I mentioned Bob Seger, is that I kind of rediscovered him over the weekend. I think he’s great.
And you know what? I said to myself – “I bet Hippo likes Bob Seger.”
Not a word of a lie.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Grey, should we be watching for you at the GM meetings in Dana Point tomorrow?
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November 2nd, 2008 at 5:57 pm
@Steve: Best live album ever made, Bob Seger’s “Live Bullet”. Buy it.
Saw him in concert in early 90′s, backed up by Alice In Chains believe it or not. Two of the best sounding shows I’ve ever seen. If one were able to see sounds.
I saw more than sounds at a Pink Floyd concert BTW.
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@BSA: General Motors? Nah, I buy foreign.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 6:17 pm
I don’t exactly see you shlepping around LA in a Honda Hybrid.
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@BSA: Nah, but I wanna get a Smart car. Know anyone with one?
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November 2nd, 2008 at 6:27 pm
@BSA: @Grey: I can picture Grey toolin around Hollywood Blvd on a Segway.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 6:49 pm
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November 2nd, 2008 at 7:02 pm
@The Disabled List Informer › Razzball Keepers: WHA? Speak or don’t, stop the cryptic.
@BigFatHippo: http://techdigest.tv/arrested-development-segway.jpg
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@BSA: That’s a pingback. That means The Disabled List Informer linked to this post.
I do have a Segway and I wear knee pads and a helmet. What?
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November 3rd, 2008 at 6:09 pm
@Grey: A master of the literary segueway, no doubt.
“That’s a pingback.” Said with such authority.
Every day you become a little more of a computer geek. Nice.
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@Steve: Ha! In all fairness, I had to look it up myself. It’s one of the first I’ve let through and I only let this one through because I figured everyone would move to the newest post by now. Give Hater Bell some love. He desperately needs it.
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