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0Due to my flight back from New York having me traveling around 2 AM west coast time, I bowed out of yesterday’s podcast. There was no way I was going on three hours sleep that I got in a middle seat. I need my 18 hours of sleep while Asian women massage my bunions. It’s the only way I can sleep, I’m sorry. In my stead, Rudy and Nick were joined by our prospect writer, Scott. This actually turned into a great exercise because now I know how you feel when I first post a podcast. My breath was bated and my jimmy leg was jimmying with excitement until I could listen to it. In brief, they knocked it out of the park. I hope Nick didn’t take any PEDs. I’d hate for him to have to sit out 50 days with the excuse, “Without Grey, someone had to pick up the doping. That’s ‘doping’ as in the act of being a dope.” Aw, Nick, that hypothetical excuse in that imaginary scenario hurts my feelings. Anyway, here’s the Razzball Podcast, now sans Grey-san:
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@Grey: That Medlen video from the morning round up was absolutely hilarious!!!
Yeah, it was good stuff…
@ThE sHiT, cuz they dont Med in the pen no more, the want a pitchr who fans hitters! Ha
This one is funny too : http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7ttZNc0Nfxg
@Prezii, Yeah, the Chipper one is a beauty.
@Steve, completely agree. Both of them had me laughing.. out loud!
Grey-
Would you start Bruce vs lefty Corbin or crisp vs kluber(missed yesterday’s game) or Scutari vs keuchel in utility spot
Thanks
I’d go with Crisp…
@Grey: Pedro from Pittsburgh over Chris Nelson right?
Yup
Good job Scott!! Helpful podcast today guys…
@grey, well we know who slows the hell out of the baseball talk now!! Hahaha
jk its okay we still love you.. gangnam style!
Ha… Yeah, I’m probably getting replaced…. Damn… Gangnam style!
@Grey, you could always start up a GangmanBall site? Got it… Gangnam Style horse racing.. every horse is imaginary, so youll always win ur bets!
Not if one imaginary horse is faster than another imaginary horse… Gangnam style!
@Grey, assuming all ur patrons would be asian… Just put the seats 100 yards away.. then they wont even be able to tell which imaginary horse is faster! Its like take candy from an imaginary baby!
I plan on having the stands filled with imaginary horses too. Surefire moneymaker! Gangnam style.
@Grey, I dont know man, i dont see too many imaginary horses paying good money to watch imaginary horses race..
Wow, buzz kill! Sad gangnam style…
@Grey, i know man.. cheap bastards! *ring ring*
Grey: hello?
Unknown: hey we just looked through your application for manager of the Sugar Land Skeeters and were happy to inform you, you’ve been approved..
Grey: PEACE RAZZBALL! Happy Gangman Style!!
I took imaginary PEDs. Gangnam style!
@Grey, Thanks to you and prezii for reminding me of the gangnam style. I got an important cocktails meeting in a few and I just watched the video again, and now I’m pumped. I’m going in gangnam style with the bridle a blazing!
@Jack Full of Hate, haha HELL yeah! Gangnam style!!
Dont forget about football man, draft is on saturday!
Walk into the meeting riding an imaginary horse. Foolproof!
@Grey, wait… Theres other ways to enter a building?
No… It was a test! Gangnam style!
@Grey, hahaha!! GANGNAM STYLE!
@Grey, I nailed it. Thank you gangnam style!
Oh, yeah! Hope you spoke only Korean too, except for the occasional Heeeeey, sexy lady.
@Grey, didn’t speak it but sizzled like Korean BBQ
And spicy like kimchi that’s been left in the earth to ferment for 10 years… I hear that…
@Grey, Sometimes I wonder if I have Pink’s fermenting in my intestines for 10 years.
That might be how long since I’ve been there and I live walking distance from it… Not a big fan at all… Fab Hot Dog’s in Reseda is ridiculously good though…
@Grey, never been but heard of it. Reseda is a hike for me. I’ve been going to Pink’s since I was a little kid. I can’t help it. I love the bacon, chili, cheese, double dog burrito. It’s like the original Tommy’s, it just tastes better than any other.
Probably a comfort food thing for you with Pink’s… Fab’s is the best hot dogs I’ve had on the west coast… Pretty incredible…
@Grey, it’s that nostalgic thing, I know there is better, but it takes me to that place before life started to suck.
If you want a real good dog, you just find a good hot dog cart with the bacon wrapped dogs with some mexican lady working it. Of course that might only be really good because of the alcohol.
Yeah, the old Mexican lady cart dogs are also excellent but I’ve never had one sober either…
@Grey, it’s the only way you can get me into a denny’s too
Is Straily expected to be called up as soon as he can be (tomorrow I believe)? If so, I’m assuming he’s headed back into the rotation and I guess Blackley’s out. Is he a must add in a 10 team league?
I’d add him now… Yeah…
Just read that billy ham “probably wont” be called up in september.. what a tease!
Yeah, bummer… Damn’em style!
@Grey, haha damn’em style… He probably wouldnt have done much fantasy wise, but would have been fun to watch.
Yeah, probably saved me room on a team for a guy that wouldn’t even have played…
@Grey, then ur tellin urself he walked 4 times everyday! Haha classic…
Hehe… Yup!
I love the Razball love for gangnam style. I host a college sports morning show and that’s the song I chose to go on the air with.
OPPAN GANGNAM STYLE!
What college sports morning show? Why is this the first we’re hearing of this? Gangnam style!
@Grey, Nothing big. It’s a local show for my college, Florida International University. It’s three times a week where we talk FIU sports, but I decided to talk me up some AL and NL RoY today!
Spoiler alert: NL RoY conversation is boring, especially when your guests don’t know who Todd Frazier or Wade Miley are.
Cool… Yeah, and the AL ROY convo is pretty short, no?
@Grey, Yeah, it last 3.9 seconds. #MTISG
Ha… Yup…
This Trout think is taking on a life similar to those Chuck Norris memes.
If it came to it, Chuck could probably beat Trout in a fight, but Trout could outrun him if he had to…
Yeah, or that Matt Weiters Facts thing… We’re not original, but we pretend we are… Gangnam style!
@Grey, #MTISG is more of a satirical jab at the ESPNs of the world than genuine man-love for Mike Trout… at least, that was my intention. It’s out of my control now, though!
Yes, it is… In the best of ways…
Need some sit/start advice through this weekend:
Lester @ LAA Thurs
Minor v PHI Fri
Anderson v BOS Sat
Capuano v ARI Sun
McAllister v TEX Sun
Thanks!
Ugh, they’re not pretty starts… I’d sit all of them in some leagues… I’d start Lester and Anderson, if push came to shove…
Poor old Bruce. Always getting those men on base snatched away from him.
@Steve, And the inevitable groundout.
Of course!
Are you worried at all starting Zimmermann versus St. Louis on Sat?
Yeah, I am… But I’d start him in all leagues…
Let’s say you can only pick two for the ROS, who’s it gonna be?
Michael Saunders
Tyler colvin
Carlos Gomez
Josh Reddick
Colby I suck Rasmus
Alfonso Soriano
Colvin, Gomez
@JackInTheBox, throw Dexter Fowler and Cody Ross into that mix too…
Who should I lose first from this list:
Corbin, Fiers, McAllister, Capuano, Anibal, Minor, Maholm
Anibal
Start Harvey vs Tyler Cloyd?
Thanks
Sure…
Who’s the odd man out for the rest of the way?
Corbin, Skaggs, Iwakuma, Stults, or Straily…
Stults
@Grey, BTW I know he’s just a kid, but I love the idea of Old Man Skaggs
Yeah…
Best stream tomorrow in H2H league that uses k/9 as sixth cat. Porcello, duensing or Kendrick?
Thanks
None… Kendrick…
Kenley Jansen was deemed unavailable for today’s Dodgers game, and wasn’t seen warming up in a save situation, with Brandon League there instead.
Don’t want to jump the gun as no injury has been announced, but League may be a guy to grab.
Thanks for the heads up!
Sounds like he’s headed for the DL…
@Grey, Heart flutters by the sound of it. Alyssa must have rubbed up against him.
Yeah, Brad Penny never recovered from Alyssa…
Okay how about colvin, Gomez, Ross, Fowler?
Okay how about pick two of colvin, Gomez, Ross, Fowler?
Steve Magic strikes. Got bored of Wise, dumped him for Aoki.
Wise singles and steals. Of course he does.
The swap makes sense to go with Aoki… Of course, it reversed on you, but still…
@Grey, Longo!
Hey now!
Yes!
I’m on my phone so I’m not sure these are posting…which two of these would you grab ROS?
Colvin, Gomez, Ross, Fowler
Colvin, Gomez….
@Grey, thanks!
This is not really something to be made light of, but I cannot be the only one who is delirious with joy that the main perpetrator goes by the name of Mullet.
Is that the Amish thing? I haven’t been following it…
@Grey, Yeah. I love it when people’s names are appropriate to a given situation.
Like when Neil Walker draws a walk.
I could Google it, but what did the Amish do this time?
@Grey, Oh, it’s that ongoing story. It’s the trial of that gang (led by the fella called Mullet), who went around cutting people’s hair off.
And yeah, woulda helped if I’d posted the link the first time…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/29/us-usa-crime-amish-idUSBRE87S1GK20120829
There would be hell to pay if they cut off my mustache…
@Grey: cashner to be activated after his next rehab start on friday? worth grabbing him and dropping straily?
Yeah, go for it…
If League is owned, Belisario is the Dodger grab, right?
Yeah, grab him…
Come on Stults. Don’t f*** it up now.
Crazy how good he’s been, and how good he shouldn’t be…
@Grey, He’s gone now.
And Alvarez should be owned, right? Even if it means playing him ahead of Ethier or Bruce in the Util spot?
Yeah, he should be…
Have you heard any news on Straily? Rumor is Griffin will get the call up after his rehab start. I’m wondering if I should make the swap.
Too Griffin? It’s okay… I would think there’s gotta be better waiver options though…
@Grey, Best Available based on the last 30 days: Iwakuma, Stults, Kendrick, E. Santana, Happ and Tillman.
@Grey, Nevermind, answered my own question.
Grey – By this Friday, I have to choose four keepers for a standard 5×5 roto league with a $260 auction budget. I can keep each player for up to two more seasons at these prices. The players I’m considering (due to talent, price, or a combination of the two) are listed below. Which would you keep? Thanks!
Ryan Braun – $34
Jay Bruce – $19
Josh Hamilton – $17
Felix Hernandez – $21
Gio Gonzalez – $9
Chase Headley – $1
Aaron Hill – $1
Jonathon Niese – $1
Brandon Morrow – $1
Also, I may be able to trade for Matt Cain ($14), Stephen Strasburg ($13), or Chris Sale ($3). How valuable do you think they are at those prices for the next two seasons? Are any of them more valuable at those prices than any of the players already on my team?
Thanks for your input!
Braun, Hamilton, Gio and trade for Strasburg if you can… Otherwise, Cain or Sale, in that order… If no trade happens, Bruce…
Jesus Kelly. Make it stop.
League over Belisario?
I did, yeah…
How do you like Garcia @ Wash on Friday… I might not need him unless my playoff opponent gets luckier at streaming than he has been so far. (he just picked up Porcello, which tells you his level of desperation)
I like it…
Last hurrah from Longo here perhaps?
Be lovely, Longoria…
@Grey, Boo. And, indeed, yah.
Soooooo is Smardjical channelling his inner Knoblauch on every throw to first base?
Ha, is he? I’m not watching that game…
So Adam Jones is back to his 0/4 ways again. Exactly what colour blue were you seeing this morning?
And Marcum tonight. Ouch. Hope it’s a blip.
@Deadwoods, Ooops, I meant Vagas. Not a blip.
I mean that too… Doh…
Yeah, agreed on Marcum… Damn… That was Smurf Blue…
And Pedro Alverez is just killing. Pick him up tomorrow over Chase Headly or soon to be benched Todd Frazier?
@Deadwoods, And drop Vargas for Straily?
I’d hold that for right now…
Over Headley…
Holland owners hold their breath…
@Steve, Any chance of a double play?
Dah – didn’t realise Affeldt was back so he’s benched in the ol’ H2H where I need this Hold..
Yeah, must’ve been a quick labor…
@Grey, Hopefully Javier Lopez gets a look-in somewhere…
To pull out the left leg?
@Grey, Heh. Yeah, that’s the one.
It’s supposed to come out head-first BTW. In case you ever find yourself having to deliver one in an emergency.
Which is what happened to a friend of mine…
Really? How’d that come about? The woman not know she was pregnant?
@Grey, Hah, not quite. He and his wife were just out the door on their way to the hospital when it all started to happen.
He said he just did “what they do on TV”.
HA! Hopefully, he meant on a doctor show, not on like Fear Factor or something…
@Grey, Hehe, yeah. He got the hot water and towels going.
@Grey, Gah. Looks like he forgot to scrub in. Unless he’s being kept for the Save…
@Steve, Ah bullshit. Unless Casilla is getting the right leg out…
@Steve, Here he is!
There’s your leg!
@Grey, Curses on not getting Affeldt active!
Damn… Needed that Hold, huh?
@Grey, Yeah. Up against my sister and she’s up 2-0 in Holds already.
You drafted too good for her…
@Grey, Yeah. She autodrafted zero closers, so I grabbed a bunch of MRs for her…
The race for the final playoff spot is as tight as a fish’s asshole (watertight) – I’m in 6th, with two guys half a game back and another team four back.
And my main opposition gets almost the league’s shittiest team next week…
Damn, that’s insane… It is poetic in a Steve Magic type of way that you’re facing a team that you literally managed to make better…
Going to make a bold move and drop Jansen before my league mates snipe Belisario.
Jansen didn’t want to discuss his condition to the medi and told his trainers that they couldn’t discuss. All that was known was that it was related to last season’s problem, something that sidelined him for a month.
Yeah, it’s not good for Jansen…
Come on Ciriaco…
It’s because I just picked him up…
@Grey, Grrrrrr.
Aceves is out there again. WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?
@Steve, Get a double play then throw the ball at Valentine’s head.
HA! Valentine is bonkers…
Is Aceves even ownable now? Is he going to see much 8th-inning action?
I’d lose him in all leagues, Valentine’s got a vendetta against him…
@Grey, That’s how it looks, right?
I mean he shouldn’t have thrown that tantrum, but if Pedroia did that, he’d be getting praise for ‘caring’ and being a ‘scrappy competitor’.
And then, pitching-wise, to treat him like he has the last two days is ridiculous.
And I don’t even give a shit about the Red Sox.
@Steve, And I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see AA come out again in the 8th.
@Steve, Yup.
@Steve, I have Aceves in there instead of Affeldt, so I’m keen for this outing to go well…
@Steve, Phew.
@Steve, Hope he gets the vulture win just to spite Valentine.
Hehe… Yup…
Well said…