Another day of absolutely ridiculous scheduling
DMZ · October 4, 2006 at 9:07 am · Filed Under Mariners
Oakland @ Minnesota, 10am. For my money the most interesting series plays mid-morning here and early afternoon on that other coast. Is this really the best they could do?
Dodgers @ Mets, 1 pm.
Tigers @ Yankees, 5pm. Verlander v Mussina, should be a better game than yesterday.
San Diego @ Cardinals takes a day off. A day off!
Stupid Yankees, always getting their preferential scheduling and everything. Ridiculous.
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And back come the Dodgers!
116: So LaRue was criticizing Ichiro for not attempting to steal when he didn’t think he could make it? Is this some kind of riddle? Is he saying Ichiro would be more valuable if he got thrown out more? Maybe he should just motor on around to second on every hit, hell or high water. Love that aggressive ball.
It’s weird that I can’t make myself hate the Dodgers or the Mets anymore, when for decades hating those teams was a significant part of my identity. The Yanks have absorbed all….
I just don’t want to see a subway series.
In large part, my interest in the National League disappeared with the Expos.
I guarentee Tim Robbins would not be allowed on a Fox broadcast.
#148-149- per Jamie Moyer: “I do almost everything else right-handed. All I do left-handed is throw and hit a baseball, hold the telephone, shoot a basketball and bowl. But eat with my left hand? Can’t. The small motor skills I can’t do left-handed — hammering a nail or turning a screw with a screwdriver. Forget it.”
152 – Yeah, a subway series would be pretty bad given that you’ll be reminded that both teams are from NY roughly every three pitches. Unfortunately, I sort of get the feeling that the Mets might be the only team that can stop the Yankees from winning the thing.
This guy pitching for the Dodgers looks like the Socal version of Mateo.
My brother is left handed, and I’m trying to think of how he holds hammers, screwdrivers, etc.. I know that he eats left handed, because we always had a special seating arrangement growing up so we wouldn’t knock elbows at dinner.
Frank Thomas’s current postseason OPS: 2.196
Carlos Delgado’s current postseason OPS: 3.500
Why don’t we ever have guys like that?
Cause we can’t sniff the postseason?
156: Broxton? He’s actually one of the Dodger’s better relief prospects.
Small motor control is something I typically do left-handed. Use doorknobs or open combination locks. I use a fork in my left hand, but that’s dictated by etiquette. That’s why the forks are on the left in a traditional place setting.
WHy don’t we ever have guys like that?
Because we don’t believe in small sample size?
I guarentee Tim Robbins would not be allowed on a Fox broadcast.
If Bob Roberts were real, he’d have his own show on Fox. Oh, wait…he’s channeling through Ann Coulter!
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I was talking about his um…..propensity to overindulge at the buffet line.
Whoa. Broxton is huge!
I’m extremely right-hand dominant. I use my right hand for anything that doesn’t require two hands.
My feet are the same way. When I was a child playing soccer, the coaches used to hate me because I would almost never use my left foot.
NYY-DET game delayed due to weather, per ESPN.
165:
I can’t believe God would let it rain on a Yankees game.
I like Vernon Wells on BBTN. Unless he’d like to come play for the local nine, I’d like to see him retire and take that job full time.
Vernon Wells is a good guy – I like him.
And he had a great year. He’ll be seriously overpaid come 2008.
God, all this Jeter man-lust is getting disgusting.
Eric Byrnes on ESPN saying what everybody else on ESPN is thinking.
“I have man-love for Derek Jeter.”
Good god, every 3rd word is either Derek or Jeter or both.
I could be a rich person if I could develop a “Jeter filter” for the TV. Every time they mention his name the TV mutes. Coundn’t make it a beep because it would sound like an air raid siren.
Worst things about Derek Jeter:
He’s a really, really good baseball player.
He doesn’t seem like a complete ass.
He’s pretty.
I don’t hate the guy at all. I envy him (apart from the dating Mariah Carey thing). But like most other sentient non-Yankee fans I loathe the absurd level of praise that so-called journalists heap onto the guy at this time of year. ALL impartial critical thinking is suspended. NO comment is too nonsensical if it represents more worship at the Jeter altar.
The extent to which every male baseball analyst in the US loves Derek Jeter is not just over the top, it’s creepy. There’s a scarcely hidden sexual edge to some of this man-love. Listening to the crew in the ESPN studio today was like reading some of Mark Foley’s instant messages…
“I loathe the absurd level of praise that so-called journalists heap onto the guy”
Wow! Derek Jeter is the Yankees Willie Bloomquist!
Except for the sucking at baseball part and being pretty, rather than pretty ugly.
See, everything the Yankees have is better… even their utility infielder is an MVP candidate.
Willie might be a better defensive shortstop than Jeter.
And that’s the problem with the Jeter-love. It completely ignores any of his failings. Jeter’s good at everything, according to guys like Tim McCarver.
On my IBA ballot, I ranked Jeter 8th for the AL MVP.
Derek Jeter is a very good hitter but…it really is ridiculous how over-rated he is. I mean, A-Rod arguably had a better year than Jeter if you really look at it. And Jeter’s defense is really a joke. But somehow these guys don’t notice that. You don’t have to look at the stats, just watch the games and you see how slow he is at short.
The man-love for Derek Jeter thing among the media talking heads is not exaggerated.
See Tim McCarver or Michael Kay for example. They are so all over Jeter, it wouldn’t be a surprise if Jeter has gotten a restraining order on those guys.
And how about that Dodger baserunning this afternoon? Shades of the Mariners’ aggressive baserunning style that Hargrove likes. Bill Simmons of ESPN had a line that the only thing missing on that play was some Benny Hill music playing in the background. LOL.
174. I can understand you growing tired of the constant showering of praise, etc. But how can you possibly justify him being 8th in the AL MVP vote? I would love to hear your rationalization. Also, aside from Papi, Dye, Morneau, who do you have in front of him?
8th might be a little low. But I could also argue that Mauer and Santana are above him.
I think you can make legitimate arguments for about 4 or 5 different players. That said, I still maintain that Jeter has had the best overall season while playing on the best team in the bigs. Not to mention one that was ravaged with injuries. I am no Yankee lover by any stretch of the imagination and I, too, have grown weary of the attention they command, but that doesn’t change Jeter’s numbers.
Actually, I don’t have Dye or Morneau on the ballot at all. Their numbers just aren’t good enough.
But I do have Santana, Hafner, Sizemore, Mauer, Halladay, Ortiz, and Guillen ahead of Jeter. Wang and Liriano rounded out the ballot.
Hey guys, who do you think are the most underrated players in baseball right now? In my opinion they’re both in the playoffs: Placido Polanco and Mark Kotsay.
In the magical words of Ron Burgandy – “Agree to disagree”
I just don’t see Sizemore ahead of Jeter, let alone 3rd?! Had 50 more K’s and hit 50 points below DJ. Their OPS were almost identical, so what else are you going on? I don’t have win shares data, but if Sizemore’s numbers dwarf Jeter’s, than that helps your case certainly. Not to mention, the Tribe finished 18 GB. Not too good for a team with 2 top 3 MVP candidates.
181. I agree, Kotsay has always been a favorite of mine dating back to Cal St Fulerton. I think you have to mention Brian McCann – .333 with 24 jacks and 93 RBIs in his first big league season? Too bad he played in 60+ games last year, or I think he would be the top of the class in the ridiculous NL ROTY voting.
No game thread for the Yankees-Tigers game Derek?
101 mph fastball – that’s the fastest I have ever seen in my limited baseball viewings. And I thought JJ Putz was rapid!
182 – That wasn’t my order. Those were just the 7 guys who beat Jeter. Sizemore was actually 6th (just ahead of Guillen).
I was mostly following VORP rankings, but I penalised Jeter for being such a crappy shortstop. Hafner did get ranked second, though.
Oh, and I also rewarded Ortiz for his sick WPA.