The Super Terrific MLB Thread - Part 4

[DaveC]

Clint Hurdle looks like he ought to be riding a tank through the Ardennes forest with a mammoth cigar in his mouth.

 

[phanan]

I have yet to hear a sentence containing the words "Jon Lester" that does NOT also contain the word "cancer".

Yeah, this post-game coverage is horrendous.

Nice timing of A-Rod opting out of his contract. I really hope the Red Sox don't go after him. Seriously. I think Mike Lowell does ok.

 

[No spoken words]

The Red Sox should have too much organizational pride, not to mention intelligence, to go for a me first prick like A-Rod.

 

[Dalton]

Arod needs to play in a city like LA - he thrives in places where no one cares.

 

[No spoken words]

A-Rod and Anaheim would be a perfect fit. Perfect.

 

[Dalton]

Why because neither of them have any heart?

 

[No spoken words]

Ha, well, was thinking that they could use his bat, and, that they have the $$$ to pay him, but, sure, that too.

 

[speedracer]

The Red Sox should have too much organizational pride, not to mention intelligence, to go for a me first prick like A-Rod.

Setting that aside, I can't figure out why John Henry wants 32-year-old A-Rod for 7 years/$210MM when he could probably have 33-year-old Mike Lowell for 3 years/$36MM at most.

 

[No spoken words]

It sucks that we are even talking about A-Rod right now. Ugh.

 

[No spoken words]

I just switched over to NESN, and, someone just asked him Francona, during his presser......about.....the....fucking...."curse".

WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!?!

 

[Dalton]

How cool is Bruce Springsteen?

 

[speedracer]

Also, that other guy that the Marlins threw in to the Hanley+Anibal trade -- that Josh Beckett chap -- he's a decent player as well.

 

[Dalton]

I just switched over to NESN, and, someone just asked him Francona, during his presser......about.....the....fucking...."curse".

WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!?!

That's to be expected. Everytime someone finds out that I am native american, they ask me about the trail of tears.

 

[No spoken words]

You went to college?

 

[speedracer]

Walk On

 

[Dalton]

Yeah, but only as a janitor. They were nice enough to let me work out some complicated math proofs on a whiteboard in a hall though.

 

[No spoken words]

I like callbacks from other threads. Nothing could be lamer, and yet, I employ it.

 

[Dalton]

I just like the idea of someone else trying to follow this thread. I imagine them spending 20 minuted of their life trying to figure out what is going on and logging off dejected.

 

[No spoken words]

Which makes it just like the Temple Bar, another place I frequent. Go figure.

 

[zonelistener]

I like callbacks from other threads. Nothing could be lamer, and yet, I employ it.

You have Schmeg and me laughing!

 

[No spoken words]

Tell Schmeg that I said "congratulations".

 

[phanan]

A-Rod and Anaheim would be a perfect fit. Perfect.

That would be the most logical landing spot for him, by far.

 

[Dalton]

A guy in Grand Rapids ran a marathon today - on stilts.

 

[No spoken words]

Where else could he realistically go? You have to have a huge payroll. Dodgers, maybe. Cubs? Doubt it. Yanks are out. Sox too. So, unless a surprise team makes a splash, he's off to Anaheim.

 

[DaveC]

Stilts eh?

I bet that seems like a great idea to Johnny Blaze-err...Papelbon.

 

[Dalton]

I can't imagine that he goes to the Cubs unless they trade ARam to the Yanks. He's got a newer, large contract.

 

[No spoken words]

A guy in Grand Rapids ran a marathon today - on stilts.

In February of 1996 I attended the IHL All-Star game in Grand Rapids.

My 2nd ever business trip.

It was very cold.

And it was Grand Rapids.

It was the now defunct IHL.

I had a really great time.

 

[Dalton]

There is NO reason to come to Grand Rapids in the winter - that's why I drink.

 

[powerhour24]

Keep Lowell for at least two years for less than it would cost for A-Rod for one year, no one likes him in New York, or Texas, and even less people like him in Boston, fans certainly wouldn't embrace him if the ownership sent Lowell packing and paid A-Rod more than $30m a year. I hope he's out of this league and on the Cubs or Dodgers, but Anaheim can have him for all I care although he's not really their kind of player.

 

[No spoken words]

The entity I was working for was televising the All-Star game and Skills Competition. For the IHL. Because we were lame. And so I was there. I ate at a Wendy's not too far from the arena. I cried myself to sleep one of the nights I was there. But, again, it was an awesome trip.