Comments on: Top 20 Catchers For 2008

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:35:40 +0000

@SoS: Ha, I know what you mean. It's weird watching baseball with no strings attached. @Shogun: He is the man. Have you see the Verizon commercial he's in? It's awesome, of course. *****TAKE FOLLOWUPS TO THE NEWEST POST.

By: Shogun

Shogun — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:16:35 +0000

Clay fuckin’ Davis, my favorite character on The Wire. Thanks for working that in, Grey. I want a “Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit” ringtone.

By: Shogun

Shogun — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:08:58 +0000

@BigFatHippo: Yeah, I'm from MN (but now live in Cali) and went to the Twins game last week in Minneapolis when Blackburn beat the White Sox (unlike tonight, as we know). I've been to Leech Lake - nice place, good fishing, lots of beer being drunk by everyone. What's not to like?

By: SoS

SoS — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:11:54 +0000

@Grey: I can't draft him above my first and foremost mancrush, Chase "the base?" Utley. Alexei is a nice player though. I hope he doesn't do too well in the playoffs, thus overrating him for next year. Isn't that a miserable thing to wish on someone. It's kind of a relief that fantasy baseball is over in that I can now watch baseball and just enjoy it rather than dialing up my espn mvp thing on my phone every ten seconds to see if adam dunn struck out again.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:56:25 +0000

@SoS: You can draft first overall. Might not be the best move though. Over the top of my head (in the same way you want to be held by Alexei, don't hold me to this), I'd say it's reasonable to draft him in the 5th round. @Steve: Yeah, he even smiles like Soriano. It's unreal. He's listed as a Latin 27 years old and just like Sorinao he's probably around 35 years old.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:47:35 +0000

Oops. That last @ was also @SoS.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:43:54 +0000

@Grey: Great TV footage of his grand slam yesterday. Huge smile on his face **the instant** he hit it.

By: SoS

SoS — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:41:57 +0000

@Grey: Wow, that's an even bigger travesty for that guy than I thought. Lost it by .03 in the ERA category. Thanks for the info. Also, I may have some sexy alexei issues next year. I like him. I like him alot. How high can I draft him?

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:36:50 +0000

Pretty big game for that Mijares fella to come in to. Only had nine appearances this year – all in September. Only one earned run in that time, though.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:33:19 +0000

@SoS: It's from his next to last start. Not the last start. After the game, the scorer must have decided Wigginton's first inning error wasn't an error. It was, for, ya know, actually keeping score.

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:32:46 +0000

@Steve: Twins front office impresses me every year. Ron Gardenhire does a great job with what he's dealt. Go Twins.

By: SoS

SoS — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:29:48 +0000

Hey Grey, I had replied in the previous post about the Wandy stat correction and its effect on my league 3rd place game. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. Can you explain to me how they credited him with 2 ER when Hotlanta only scored one the whole game? I followed your link but not sure if that question was answered there.

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:28:29 +0000

@Grey: Yeah, and she died last year. Cuddyer's still out by a mile. @Shogun: Are you the guy from Minn that went to the game the other day? If so, ever been to Leech Lake?

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:28:27 +0000

@Steve: Twins would be nice, but they're barely a good team. Sox lost the Central more than they won.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:25:03 +0000

Who do you guys want to win? I’m kinda pulling for the Twins. Their ability to produce good teams from seemingly not much is pretty impressive.

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:21:46 +0000

@White Sox

Bout time.

@Twins

Get somebody on base fer chrissakes.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:21:32 +0000

@Doug Ault: There's one!

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:19:55 +0000

@BigFatHippo: Seriously, Mildred Royer could've made that throw. @Shogun: Ha!

By: Shogun

Shogun — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:14:16 +0000

Eckersley! Boom! His crazy eyes, ‘stache, and mullet have him looking like Chuck Norris gettin’ his crack on.

Go Twins!

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:08:48 +0000

@Grey: Ha, forgot about that.

Must be why his teams beat the snot out of San Diego every time they play.

Still talking about Griffey’s throw, shit he threw it from 2nd base!

I got more enjoyment out of Carlos Santana’s guitar solo from Black Magic Woman in the commercial afterward.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:55:10 +0000

@BigFatHippo: Just don’t bring up The Baseball Bunch around Piniella:

“Yankees outfielder Lou Piniella’s career was ended in 1984 when he injured his rotator cuff on the show while being pitched to by the San Diego Chicken.”

Cuddyer tries to score. The Nation shrugs.

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:45:44 +0000

Reynolds I mean, see, don’t even know his name, he doesn’t say it enough.

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:44:06 +0000

@Grey: Psycho's awesome. Wasn't he on The Baseball Bunch while Keith was snorting the first base line. Every time I hear Harold Baines I think it's Joe Morgan until realizing that he's not talking about Joe Morgan enough to be Joe Morgan. Ask Joe Morgan, he'll tell you.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:32:15 +0000

@BigFatHippo: Mildred Royer shouldn't have been on the road. How dare you! This game is painfully yawnstipating. They need Steve 'Psycho' Lyons, Keith Hernandez and Jerry Remy in the booth. Danks is mixing in an overhand fastball and a cutter! Woo-hoo!

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:28:57 +0000

Sorry, this game is yawnstipating me enough I should be able to get to bed early enough to leave at 4.

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:25:54 +0000

@Grey: Good minor league hitter, couldn't hit a major league breaker. Just goes to show you can't always count on minor league stats. No they drafted him cause I told them too. His Grandma Mildred was a customer of mine. Seriously, on the Grandma part, not the drafted him cause I told them too part. That was a lie.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:15:21 +0000

@BigFatHippo: Yeah, I did all right on the preseason predictions. Stan Royer? Did they draft him cause they thought he was related to Ken Boyer?

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:12:52 +0000

I remember Barton from the Cards farm system, two time Cards minor league player of the year as a catcher.

Course I also remember Stan Royer, two time Cards minor league player of the year.

Ask the kids now and they’ll say, “Stan who?”

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:59:04 +0000

@Grey: Just looked at your “preseason predictions for rookies” and you were right on the money. Nailed Votto and Barton was exactly right.

I drafted Barton but dropped him in the 1st week for CoJack. Wish I’d have read you in Feb, I’d have Votto as a keeper.

Wait, I won wire to wire. So I didn’t even need you. Kidding, your advice and my pitching staff will win it again next year.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:53:27 +0000

Crikey.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AqczbjR_al24Kk.4vtSGSb4RvLYF?slug=ap-cardinals-lohse&prov=ap&type=lgns