Nick, Rudy and me haven’t watched Breaking Bad. I know, we’re bad people. Rudy is starting the DVDs next week, and I plan on watching it this offseason. It’s my one goal. Not making myself a better person, not exercising more…. Watching Breaking Bad. So, while this interview would’ve been awesome next year, we got it now, and we were all in the inevitable position to read up on spoilers or do the interview completely cold. I hate spoilers, but I also know that I’ll probably forget most of my research by next week because I have no context. So, I did a little research…A little more research than I did for most of my finals in college, but nowhere near enough to be fluent in Breaking Bad. Then Betsy dropped some spoilers on us, even though I tried to get her to stop. Then she started talking about stealing things in her real life, and we went off the rails like so many meth addicts. When we’re not kibitzing — or is that ki-Betsy’ing? — we also cover some fantasy baseball for next year, where we see some players being drafted that will probably have significant value changes from this past preseason. Anyway, here’s the Razzball Podcast, now with Betsy Brandt:
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Gangnam style. That is all…
That is never all, that is only the beginning…
@Grey, its the song… Lifestyle.. that never ends!!
You know in all of those Westerns Clint Eastwood rode an imaginary horse, his RNC speech makes more sense now, right?
@Grey, Ha!
@Grey, lol! Oh, Clint…What a bunch of old man gibberish that was..
Adam Wainwright has every wright to be frustrated with the defense behind him. But how’s he supposed to feel when Berkman is playing first while literally holding a huge bag of sunflower seeds?
Also, possibly not unrelated, 6 of 7 hits against Wainwright today have been ground balls. Wait, 7 of 8 hits. That one went right by Sunflower! (<— not in box score)
HA! Puma’s gotta sow his seeds…
@Grey, Puma’s such a cougar…
No wonder I have a soft spot for him this year…
Bruuuuuuuuce!
Oh yeahhhhh!
@Grey, How hot is Jay Bruce? So hot, he and Mike Trout are cooking eggs together in a Bikram studio on Venus.
And yet, I can’t stand it. Going back to yesterday, I’m in a playoff BYE week and all the crazy stats I’ve racked up since Monday are meaningless and likely to be inverted come next week–due to the hot/cold ebb and flow of fantasy baseball that applies to anyone not named Trout. Dah!
HA! Not sure it’s a fallacy or not to think every homer Bruce hits this week he won’t hit next week, but it does seem like that could be true…
@Grey, I know it to be true. It’s the “Bruce Corollary”.
And he had a clogged artery for about two months…
@Grey, There’s only one “Bruce Coronary,” and it belongs to Vilanche.
Without Bruce Vilanch, awards shows would be almost hetero…
@Grey, Carry me, Bruce.
@Steve, To salvation…
@Grey, Let’s not be greedy. To the H2H playoffs will do for now. Reckon he can stay good til the end of the regular season?
Be good if the Cards can close the gap a little just to keep those Reds focused…
No, I don’t think he can stay hot that long, but let’s hope…
Oh, and, yeah, the Reds clinching is gonna throw a monkey wrench in things…
Best show on tv ever. Are you crazy go watch it now. Just let me tell you once you start it you will be up all night long.
I know, it’s kinda ridiculous that I haven’t seen it yet, but will start once the October hits and probably be done by mid-October…
With Votto’s return from the DL, do I drop mini-donkey or Chris Carter?
Carter, but Votto’s not playing every day…
Starting Dempster tonight @KC?
I would…
hi grey
re-posting this, this time with an actual question
i’m looking at streamers for later in the week
need potential to the a w valued over all else
should i take a chance and stream any of these guys (i can only do 1 because of innings limit)
detwiler at home v miami , niese at home v braves, cashner at petco v dbacks, estrada away v miami, aj griffin away at seattle
son scores them from 106 (cashner) to 117 (niese)
thanks for the help
Detwiler…
Shelby Miller in relief of Wainwright: 2 inn, 1 hit, 0 BB, 4 K’s… so far…
Just struck out the side in the 7th.
@L-Boogie, Yeah, he’s gonna be a good one next year…
@Grey, February Grey goin’ all in on Miller?
@Chillmodious, More importantly, is September Mike Matheny all in on Miller?
@L-Boogie, Ha!
FG’s gonna be about him, but he’ll want to see him in the rotation before he gets totally loco… Then again, maybe not. FG’s unpredictable…
@Grey, Wait… if February Grey goes loco, does that mean they give you a Doritos shell? Because that would be informative, entertaining, AND delicious.
February Grey is not around right now to confirm or deny anything, that was told to me by his attorneys…
SONUVABENCH RIOS!!!!
Damn… You had him in there up until this week too, didn’t you?
@Grey, yep, I’ve benched him the last few days. Mini Donkey better bray that he hits a couple bombs tonight.
I’m braying for you…
Think we need to bray for McCarthy… Nasty line drive off his temple. Been a few years since ive seen a liner like that.. he walked off under his own power but it was brutal.
Ouch, that’s never good… If he were gangnam styling, he probably would’ve missed it, but too late for that now…
@Prezii, Wouldn’t be the first time someone took a nasty line to the head in Oakland, said MC Eiht.
Damn!
@grey, he woulda been much lower to the ground! Well if was doing it right..
@Chillmodious, ya know, Ron Washington was in Oakland for a while… Cust Kayin!
@Prezii, You can’t do it wrong…
@Grey, that was a test!!!
@Prezii, ha! I passed!
@Grey, Unless you passed out. Then you failed.
Unless you pass out and dream of gangnam style, then you still pass, barely…
@Grey, I dream of gangnam style while asleep *and* awake. Ohpa!
@Chillmodious, …hmmm, that brings up an important question: the spelling of “OPA.” So many possibilities…. OPA, OHPA, OPAH, OHPAH, OPHA? Does anyone speak Korean? (It wont process in google translator…I actually tried)
@Chillmodious, its oppan? Isnt it? Oppan Gangnam Style!!
* rides imaginary horse off into the sunset *
That’s right, oppan!
@Grey, oprah gangnam style!!
Ha… I was about to try before I got to the end of your comment… In the comments on *the* video it’s oopa, I think…
‘Atta girl Rios! And good thing I didn’t decide to waste a pick up and stream McCarthy!
Ha…Nice…
Number geeks,
Three games already in the books for today.
The Phillies beat the Reds 6-2.
The Mets beat the Cards… 6-2.
The White Sox just beat the Twins… yup, you guessed it… 6-2.
Angels are beating the A’s 3-1 through 4 1/2 so they are right on target too.
Oh crap, someone’s gonna have to institutionalize Tim Kurkjian…
@Grey, i think Curt Schilling said he paid attention to the numbers in a day like that.. ill leave this one open for someone else..
Pretty much all you need to know about why the Rays are good and the Red Sox are shit, right here:
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/content/bobby-v-takes-odd-shot-maddon?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Bobby V. seems like he likes to ruin anything nice…
@Grey, I’m not fan of really anyone in the Red Sox, but you can see why they think Valentine is a dickhead.
Yeah, if this was his big comeback, it’s not going all that well…
Great podcast fellas, love the schraders! Quick and mundane question: At CI are you preferring Berkman or Lind (or frazier)
Thanks! Lind…
Grey, Love the podcast! awesome work. all i had to say!
BnY!
Ps. Barely made the playoffs this year but currently upsetting the 2nd ranked team 7-3 this week in H2H. still got a chance at $1,200. Hope your teams are doing well!
BnY! Thanks! Yeah, in line to bank either $8,000 or $2,000… Up to you, Longoria (and Jeter, Trout, De Aza and about 10 other guys)…
neil walker or josh rutledge ROS as an every day player?
also,
12 team mixed
josh johnson
dan haren
brett anderson
aj burnett
wade miley
jon lester
thinking about dropping lester (next game home vs. NYY) to stream — thoughts?
Rutledge… Yeah, lose Lester…
@GREY: You would really cut bait with Beltran ? I think hes rated #44 on player rater…. alot of risk there to just drop to the waiver wire no or do u think his nagging injuries wont let him be healthy for ROS? Also Wieters of Salvador Perez? Perez has the better #s this season but player rater says Wieters and its not close – Agreed ?
You said you were gonna leave Beltran on your bench, no? Perez over Wieters…
Come on Correia – don’t fail me now…
@Steve, Attaboy.
Nice start so far…
@Grey, Didn’t want to tempt fate, but yeah.
As long as you don’t say anything about Gio, we’re good…
@Grey, Who?
Bought him in the Hippo keeper, but traded him for Moore and J Montero a while back.
No idea who. Just throwing a name out there…
@Grey, We’re not even talking about baseball, are we? I thought you were asking me not to talk about some car or something.
Or the magazine, NatGio…
Damn, we were playing with the devil there…
@Grey, Yeah, a real WHIP blowout (emoticon)
Hehe… Yeah, I know…
@Grey, See LaRoche went deep again. My opponent just picked him up.
Robot needs to hit one out…
Kinda crazy LaRoche wasn’t owned…
@Grey, Correia pinch-hit for in the 6th.
That’s for the best…
@GREY: 3OF 1UTIL 1BENCH – adam jones, allen craig, garret jones, soriano, david murphy, beltran? would u go with 3OF 1 UTIL 1 Bench for Beltran or completely drop beltran and use that spot for streaming? Im not sure what i should do.. Playoffs start next week and my team will either be the #1 or #2 seed so i have some time on what to do here…
I’d bench Beltran for now, but I’d reevaluate on Sunday if he’s still beat up…
i applaud your offseason commitment to breaking bad. i recently made a new years resolution to teach myself to better educate myself on the song stylings of elvis costello. i gave it up by jan 4 without much fanfare let alone effort.
Thanks! For Elvis: Any Honkeytonk Demos (Blame it on Cain, especially), anything written by Nick Lowe and anything before 1988 and you’re pretty good…
Who am i rollin with in these last two weeks?
Jay or LaRoche?
LaRoche
@Grey, bye bye jay! Although Colvin plays a bunch of games in coors comin up.. tempting, very tempting..
What can I do to jinx Minor’s no-no? Is attempting to jinx it intentionally a terrible idea?
@Poo Holes, No. Everything is fair in fantasy baseball.
@Steve, I feel as though any attempt to intentionally jinx something just makes it seem more likely to happen.
You did it…
@Grey, Score!
Does your league have a category for no hitters? Or did you not want him to get the pleasure of the no-hitter and taking a one hitter?
@Grey, I am in a league that has no hitters as a category, as well as shutouts, complete games, and outs. Felix got me 82 points that day. But this is my championship league that has BAA, ERA, and WHIP.
Ah… Understand your frustration more now…
@Grey, Granted it’s day 3 of a 2 week match up, his BAA is under .200, my ERA is under 1.50, and my WHIP is under 1.00. Scary close right now. My 6 homers from Rios, Harper, Hart, and Fielder have more than boosted my lackluster offensive stats.
Not a bad few days from those hitters you mentioned…
Poor old Robot. Keeps having to lead the inning off.
BTW, Correia’s start — 67 pitches and 6 innings, couldn’t have asked for better than that…
@Grey, Yeah, pretty sweet. Me and SON are back on.
BTW Part II, I just realised that I have had both a pitcher throw a perfect game for me in H2H this year (Humber), and a perfect game thrown against me (Cain).
Glad you and SON made up…. I don’t think I’ve had a perfect game in any league in a while… You had Humber? Wow, was that a streamer?
@Grey, Yeah – crazy, right?
And my ERA for the week was still 3.71!
Was before?
@Grey, Can’t remember, but I did notice that Aceves’ ERA and WHIP were both ‘INF’ for the week…
Figures…
@Grey, Oh – more than 1 K might have been nice. Minor quibble though…
Don’t look now, but here comes Rickie Weeks with a 2 homer game tonight. Picked him up off waivers to replace Ryan Roberts (bleghhh) who had been manning 2b for me out of desperation for the last week. Now was 4 multi hit games in the last week with 4 steals and 3 homers.
Nice pickup!
Awww, Prince. Could have done with a save opp for Valverde there. Now it’s just a Kazaam opp.
Yeah, agreed…
@Grey, Eh, Tigers pouring it on now. Hopefully someone else gets the Kazaam’d and Valverde gets a one-out save.
@Steve, Uh oh. Must have been all warmed up.
Phew
Mark Reynolds just kazaam’d Janssen HARD…sad emoticon
I know, but I have Mini Donkey… Happy emoticon…
@Grey, I have both, and on the same team. Straight-mouthed emoticon.
Nice emoticon…
Little late but trying to fix my line-up for the final push.
Should I drop AJ for Perez (C) for rest of season?
Go with Perez…
Some pinch-hit goodness from Colvin maybe?
Stick with Rollins or pick up Espinosa?
I’d hold…
Must be out of options if you’re walking Hanley to load the bases so you can face Ethier right now…
@Steve, Guess that’s why they’re in the majors and I’m in an office typing crap.
Awww, there goes the perfect game.
@Steve, And now the no-hitter.
@Steve, Jesus Christ. What a crazy outing.
@Steve, Arrrggggggghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No hitter? What did I miss while I was at the movies?
@Grey, Cahill took a perfect game into the 6th and then a no-no into the 7th.
Eventually pulled with one out in the 7th after loading the bases. Couple of his runners scored…
Yeah, figured it out after going over the box scores… I went out and saw a terrible movie…
@Grey, Which one? So I’ll know to avoid it…
@Grey: weekly roto league. With votto back, do I stick with Frazier at 3b or pick up one of these guys? Need RBI and sb. Ciriaco, Donaldson, Scutaro, Machado, Plouffe or Pacheco?
Thanks.
Stick with Frazier for right now…
Damn, Beltre continues his torrid pace. Another homer tonight to give him 10 in the last 14 days. Ridiculous.
Yeah, wish I had him…
SON spot on for Millwood. Almost seems like it’s better at predicting marginal guys that the guys you start every time out…
Yeah, I could see that…
Late Ethier heroics perhaps?
@Steve, Negative.
Doh