Also...
ChiSox win Manny waiver claim. What do the Dodgers do now? Trade, release or pull him back?
Brad Hawpe signs with the Rays.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Bullet Train Cancelled
Also...
ChiSox win Manny waiver claim. What do the Dodgers do now? Trade, release or pull him back?
Brad Hawpe signs with the Rays.
Jumping the Rails
So...
Carmelo Anthony has demanded a trade. Why? Because he feels like it. Because he's an overpaid, overindulged child (sound familiar Cavs fans?) who can dictate the economies of multiple metropolitan cities due to his ability to throw a rubber ball. It is a grace and a blessing to be gifted with such marketable talent and how these classless punks defile the beauty of the sport is a shocking disgrace. At some point the levy must break. An owner, a man with some measure of gumption, must stand up and say "no." Like the the parents of spoiled children who finally cease sparing the proverbial rod, the man on the purse strings must just say "the hell with it," and let the P.O.S. sit and decay without pay as he breaches his contract. Everything has come full circle. Enough is enough. Tell Carmelo that he can play in Denver and honor his contract or he can sit on his butt and atrophy before having to give back all his misbegotten cash.
If that weren't enough...
A recent release of MLB financial documents reveal that the Marlins have been concealing profits for years. Whatever, right? Who cares? Wrongo. The Marlins recently dropped their cock and bull on a hapless Dade County board to procure more than 75% of the funding for their new $634mil stadium complex. Over the past two years the Marlins have accepted scads of MLB money to the tune of a cumulative $48.9mil profit. Not the just barely breaking even they whimpered, a bloody $50 million dollar profit. "We have no money," they said. "We need a new stadium," they whined. "If we don't get it, we'll leave," they hissed. So Dade County agreed to pay the price, to place the burden on taxpayers, as Jeffrey Loria et al. cackled at the rubes behind closed doors. Here's the piece that blows mind: a single $91mil loan will be paid back between 2040 and 2049 at a rate of $118mil... a year. I'm sorry, I didn't hear you right. $118 MILLION A YEAR! All tolled taxpayers will dish out $2.4 BILLION for the stadium. Long story short, if you see Jeff Loria, or any of the the Marlins money men, on the street, punch him in the face. And give him an extra one for me.
And lastly, in an occurrence that many will say signals the impending apocalypse even more strongly...
Cliff Lee over his last 4 starts -- 0-3, 8.39 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, .306 OBA, 5HR
Carmelo Anthony has demanded a trade. Why? Because he feels like it. Because he's an overpaid, overindulged child (sound familiar Cavs fans?) who can dictate the economies of multiple metropolitan cities due to his ability to throw a rubber ball. It is a grace and a blessing to be gifted with such marketable talent and how these classless punks defile the beauty of the sport is a shocking disgrace. At some point the levy must break. An owner, a man with some measure of gumption, must stand up and say "no." Like the the parents of spoiled children who finally cease sparing the proverbial rod, the man on the purse strings must just say "the hell with it," and let the P.O.S. sit and decay without pay as he breaches his contract. Everything has come full circle. Enough is enough. Tell Carmelo that he can play in Denver and honor his contract or he can sit on his butt and atrophy before having to give back all his misbegotten cash.
If that weren't enough...
A recent release of MLB financial documents reveal that the Marlins have been concealing profits for years. Whatever, right? Who cares? Wrongo. The Marlins recently dropped their cock and bull on a hapless Dade County board to procure more than 75% of the funding for their new $634mil stadium complex. Over the past two years the Marlins have accepted scads of MLB money to the tune of a cumulative $48.9mil profit. Not the just barely breaking even they whimpered, a bloody $50 million dollar profit. "We have no money," they said. "We need a new stadium," they whined. "If we don't get it, we'll leave," they hissed. So Dade County agreed to pay the price, to place the burden on taxpayers, as Jeffrey Loria et al. cackled at the rubes behind closed doors. Here's the piece that blows mind: a single $91mil loan will be paid back between 2040 and 2049 at a rate of $118mil... a year. I'm sorry, I didn't hear you right. $118 MILLION A YEAR! All tolled taxpayers will dish out $2.4 BILLION for the stadium. Long story short, if you see Jeff Loria, or any of the the Marlins money men, on the street, punch him in the face. And give him an extra one for me.
And lastly, in an occurrence that many will say signals the impending apocalypse even more strongly...
Cliff Lee over his last 4 starts -- 0-3, 8.39 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, .306 OBA, 5HR
Down the Tracks
It was suggested to me recently that the Tribe should bomb the rest of the season to grab the #2 overall pick in the 2011 draft, as it would have the deepest stock of MLB ready pitching in recent memory. Personally, I don't believe they can catch either the Pirates or the Orioles, but if any team can, it's our AAAA Indians. The consensus top 4 college pitching prospects for the 2011 draft follow --
Matt Purke - LHP - TCU - 6'3" 175 lb - Rising Soph. - 2009 #14 overall, Rangers
2010 - 16-0, 3.02, 1.07 WHIP, 11.0 K/9
Think: Clayton Kershaw
Gerrit Cole - RHP - UCLA - 6'4" 215 - Rising Junior - 2008 #28, Yankees
2009 - 4-8, 3.49, 1.12, 11.0
2010 - 11-3, 3.37, 1.17, 11.2
Think: Tommy Hanson
Sonny Gray - RHP - Vanderbilt - 6'0" 185 - Rising Junior - 2008 #821, Cubs
2009 - 5-1, 4.30, 1.45, 11.0
2010 - 10-5, 3.48, 1.37, 9.4
Think: Roy Oswalt
Taylor Jungmann - RHP - Texas - 6'6" 195 - Rising Junior - 2008 #739, Angels
2009 - 11-3, 2.00, 1.06, 9.6
2010 - 8-3, 2.03, 1.08, 9.7
Think: Jeff Niemann
Despite this load of talent here is the position player expect by many to go #1 overall --
Anthony Rendon - 3B/SS - Rice - 5'11" 170 - Rising Junior - 2008 #820, Braves
2009 - .388, 20 HR, 72 RBI, 9 SB, 31 BB, 23 K, 1.170 OPS
2010 - .394, 26, 85, 14, 65, 22, 1.340
Think: Evan Longoria
This all very far away, but with the crap we've had to watch recently (wahoo 3-2 win, props to Matty, Chris, Bat) it's fun to imagine. Cheers.
Matt Purke - LHP - TCU - 6'3" 175 lb - Rising Soph. - 2009 #14 overall, Rangers
2010 - 16-0, 3.02, 1.07 WHIP, 11.0 K/9
Think: Clayton Kershaw
Gerrit Cole - RHP - UCLA - 6'4" 215 - Rising Junior - 2008 #28, Yankees
2009 - 4-8, 3.49, 1.12, 11.0
2010 - 11-3, 3.37, 1.17, 11.2
Think: Tommy Hanson
Sonny Gray - RHP - Vanderbilt - 6'0" 185 - Rising Junior - 2008 #821, Cubs
2009 - 5-1, 4.30, 1.45, 11.0
2010 - 10-5, 3.48, 1.37, 9.4
Think: Roy Oswalt
Taylor Jungmann - RHP - Texas - 6'6" 195 - Rising Junior - 2008 #739, Angels
2009 - 11-3, 2.00, 1.06, 9.6
2010 - 8-3, 2.03, 1.08, 9.7
Think: Jeff Niemann
Despite this load of talent here is the position player expect by many to go #1 overall --
Anthony Rendon - 3B/SS - Rice - 5'11" 170 - Rising Junior - 2008 #820, Braves
2009 - .388, 20 HR, 72 RBI, 9 SB, 31 BB, 23 K, 1.170 OPS
2010 - .394, 26, 85, 14, 65, 22, 1.340
Think: Evan Longoria
This all very far away, but with the crap we've had to watch recently (wahoo 3-2 win, props to Matty, Chris, Bat) it's fun to imagine. Cheers.
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