Saturday, August 7, 2010
Pretty Girl 08.07.10 - Piper Perabo
Whistle Stops
Wahoo! What a win! Although Chris Perez did not take advantage of the worst replay gaff in MLB history, Matt LaPorta tied on his cape and that ball's not coming back. Too bad victories are nearly meaningless at this point or I would be a bit more excited.
OSU product and 21st overall pick Alex Wimmers agreed to terms with the Twins with $1.33mil bonus. He's headed for Fort Myers.
Bryce Harper has enrolled in classes at Southern Nevada.
Tiger Woods +13(!) at Firestone, a tournament he has won 7 times.
The Buckeyes are #2 in the preseason poll, behind only Alabama.
Lastly, the Tribe inked 11th round pick Michael Goodnight. And good luck.
OSU product and 21st overall pick Alex Wimmers agreed to terms with the Twins with $1.33mil bonus. He's headed for Fort Myers.
Bryce Harper has enrolled in classes at Southern Nevada.
Tiger Woods +13(!) at Firestone, a tournament he has won 7 times.
The Buckeyes are #2 in the preseason poll, behind only Alabama.
Lastly, the Tribe inked 11th round pick Michael Goodnight. And good luck.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Tribe lookin sexy. Jeanmar lookin strong. Several key ground balls to third and, by the by, Nix not bad over there. It's easy to love a team when they play well fundamentally. Props to Crowe on the throw, even though it hit the runner and, especially, to Matty on the swipe tag at first to end the top of the third. He's quite adept at that play.
P.S. A smart dude just axed if that's why one might choose to slide into first. Food for thought. Consider.
P.P.S. Winning is fun.
P.S. A smart dude just axed if that's why one might choose to slide into first. Food for thought. Consider.
P.P.S. Winning is fun.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Santana out for the year. To quote a smart dude, "What's the f%^&ing point anymore?" Too true.
We did get Wes Hodges back from the Rockies. That evens out, right?
Sheesh.
P.S. With Youkilis out for the year, the Red Sox are likely to sign Carlos Delgado. Jose Guillen DFA'ed. Adam Dunn claimed by unknown team.
We did get Wes Hodges back from the Rockies. That evens out, right?
Sheesh.
P.S. With Youkilis out for the year, the Red Sox are likely to sign Carlos Delgado. Jose Guillen DFA'ed. Adam Dunn claimed by unknown team.
Bored Now
Are these necessarily relevant facts? Unclear, but if I stop surfing then the poorly articulated jargon of my stats teacher will overwhelm me...
Jeremy Sowers is back in the Clippers rotation. His ERA as a starter this year? 15.88 with a .448 OBA. Ouch. I used to love this guy. He's a great example of how talent and skill can get trumped by a lack of mental makeup. The kid's a self-professed "over-thinker" and that pretty much did him in from 2007 on. What a shame.
The Clips currently do not have a back-up catcher on their roster as Dwight Childs was sent back to Lake County. Nor do they have any back-up infielders as Kyle Smith joined Childs on the bus back to Eastlake. I'd bet that Damaso Espino is added to Columbus to start behind the plate (Sorry Richie Martinez, but big props on the game yesterday), but the new infielder is quite a mystery. They have 4 guys from first to third (McBride, Phelps, J-Rod, Goedert) who they'd like to continue to play every day, thus it's doubtful that a Jason Kipnis or the like would get the call. It's also into August, so grabbing a retread off of the pile is somewhat unlikely. Odds are that a AA utility player (Cristo Arnal?) gets recalled, and soon.
Speaking of Akron, Corey Kluber got clubbed last night in his 1st start for the Aeros (4IP, 8H, 3ER, 5BB, 4K). We're all rooting for Corey because he's our return on fav-fave Jake Westbrook. In spite of the prevailing opinion (with which I agree), that Jake will return to the tee pee in the offseason for a significant discount, it would be nice to have not sent him off for a scrub. It's only one start and I guess it wasn't that bad, but Corey needs to show up down the stretch or risk falling into Indians farm purgatory as so many have.
Also, August 4th is the date of both A-Rod's 500th and 600th home runs. Weird. Ubaldo won his 17th. & Aaron Rodgers is supposedly the best fantasy QB. I don't buy it. I'll let someone else fall for the hype.
I wish there was more to say, but the sports world is a notoriously late riser...
Jeremy Sowers is back in the Clippers rotation. His ERA as a starter this year? 15.88 with a .448 OBA. Ouch. I used to love this guy. He's a great example of how talent and skill can get trumped by a lack of mental makeup. The kid's a self-professed "over-thinker" and that pretty much did him in from 2007 on. What a shame.
The Clips currently do not have a back-up catcher on their roster as Dwight Childs was sent back to Lake County. Nor do they have any back-up infielders as Kyle Smith joined Childs on the bus back to Eastlake. I'd bet that Damaso Espino is added to Columbus to start behind the plate (Sorry Richie Martinez, but big props on the game yesterday), but the new infielder is quite a mystery. They have 4 guys from first to third (McBride, Phelps, J-Rod, Goedert) who they'd like to continue to play every day, thus it's doubtful that a Jason Kipnis or the like would get the call. It's also into August, so grabbing a retread off of the pile is somewhat unlikely. Odds are that a AA utility player (Cristo Arnal?) gets recalled, and soon.
Speaking of Akron, Corey Kluber got clubbed last night in his 1st start for the Aeros (4IP, 8H, 3ER, 5BB, 4K). We're all rooting for Corey because he's our return on fav-fave Jake Westbrook. In spite of the prevailing opinion (with which I agree), that Jake will return to the tee pee in the offseason for a significant discount, it would be nice to have not sent him off for a scrub. It's only one start and I guess it wasn't that bad, but Corey needs to show up down the stretch or risk falling into Indians farm purgatory as so many have.
Also, August 4th is the date of both A-Rod's 500th and 600th home runs. Weird. Ubaldo won his 17th. & Aaron Rodgers is supposedly the best fantasy QB. I don't buy it. I'll let someone else fall for the hype.
I wish there was more to say, but the sports world is a notoriously late riser...
Pretty Girl 08.05.10 - Audrina Patridge
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
The Tribe has looked solid tonight in its 27th consecutive game against a .500+ team, they're 13-13 by the by. Minnesota still to come this weekend. I'll echo others and say that I'm pleasantly surprised with the way that Shelley Duncan has filled his role with this club and I, too, would welcome him back next year as a role player. Shelley smacked another RBI double tonight and may just be the de facto leader in the clubhouse as the oldest player and the man at the head of the brawl last night.
I actually started this post to write about how Justin Masterson seemed to be showing a little more of a true pitching makeup this evening, but in the time it took to type the 1st paragraph he served up a mammoth dong to Big Papi and gave a quick walk to Victor. He's done after 5+. Same old.
P.S. OSU picked by the media to win the Big 10/11/12 and TP the pre-season offensive player of the year. We'll see.
I actually started this post to write about how Justin Masterson seemed to be showing a little more of a true pitching makeup this evening, but in the time it took to type the 1st paragraph he served up a mammoth dong to Big Papi and gave a quick walk to Victor. He's done after 5+. Same old.
P.S. OSU picked by the media to win the Big 10/11/12 and TP the pre-season offensive player of the year. We'll see.
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