Non-Pirates Baseball Thread

[canaan]

He's obviously showing the immaturity that comes with being an instant phenom at age 22. See Crosby, Sidney (minus a few years).

does that mean Crosby was a liability in the field?

[shafnutz05]

He's obviously showing the immaturity that comes with being an instant phenom at age 22. See Crosby, Sidney (minus a few years).

does that mean Crosby was a liability in the field?

Nah, he didn't become one of those until he learned the "no look drop pass" and "board to board cross pass" moves.

[canaan]

You forgot the (tm) after those leet move names

[Rocco]

The Nats waived DeJesus right after claiming him.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/wash ... ade-081913

[Idoit40fans]

He's obviously showing the immaturity that comes with being an instant phenom at age 22. See Crosby, Sidney (minus a few years).

Woah...Puig is way more out of control than Crosby ever was. Crosby just whined to the refs a lot as players were taking plenty of liberties with him. Let's please not buy into the narrative that's come out of the Boston/Philly fan base.

When I read about him saying that, I laughed so hard. That is hilarious.

[Idoit40fans]

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... were-bored
I'm reconsidering my stance on capital punishment. I think the form of execution should be a stab wound to each lung.

[KennyTheKangaroo]

The wall street journal announced their all medicore team. Some surprising names on it:



Full article here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 02124.html

[Troy Loney]

Batting averages are crappy league wide right now.

[columbia]

Zack Wheeler fell apart in his last inning, but that kid can pitch.

[MRandall25]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-l ... 25354.html

The jokes just write themselves here.

the 14th player since at least 1936 to pitch and catch in the same game.

[shafnutz05]

I'm just looking back at Ichiro Suzuki's career, and I guess I never realized just how good of a hitter's hitter he was. The amount of hits he produced in the first 10 years of his MLB career is insanity.

I wonder what his hit totals would have been had he started playing in MLB right off the bat? I'm wondering if he would have started playing at such a young age, with American baseball's development system tending to be a little longer. Regardless, I wasn't aware of pure of a hitter he was, easily the best since Pete Rose. He could have definitely broken Rose's record had he played a full MLB career (and played into his early to mid 40s, which he could easily do because he still hits for contact).

[Idoit40fans]

Jason Heyward got hit in the face last night and fractured his jaw. This doesn't really matter as the Braves can afford to just put people on the dl a few weeks at a time, as seen with Uggla getting lasik surgery in the middle of the season a few days ago. Its actually a fun slap in the face to the rest of the division.

[shafnutz05]

Man, what I'd give for the Pirates to be in any division but the one they are in.

[Kraftster]

Crap. Just saw the news on Beachy. What is going on with him?

[Idoit40fans]

Not sure. As of last night it was just "missing a start". No updates yet.

[Ad@m]

Brandon Beachy has been placed on the 15-day disabled list (right elbow inflammation).

Also headed to Dr. Andrews

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-bas ... es-andrews

[PhantomJB93]

Why does every team need to give Mariano Rivera some giant present when they play him? It was cute at first but now it's annoying to hear about it every week. He's not the first great player/class act in baseball.

[MRandall25]

Why does every team need to give Mariano Rivera some giant present when they play him? It was cute at first but now it's annoying to hear about it every week. He's not the first great player/class act in baseball.

Because teams do that to well-known guys who are retiring. Teams did that for Chipper Jones as well.

[shafnutz05]

[Lt. Dish]

Watching the Japan-Mexico LLWS game, one sees the degree to which the Japanese kids are coached to be quick-thinking, situationally smart, and technique-oriented. Japan's escape out of a bases-loaded, no-outs jam in the 2nd (?) inning was impressive.

[columbia]

Possible Tommy John surgery for Matt Harvey.

[Letang Is The Truth]

That's like 4 relievers a year. Pirates have been there for sure this year

[Idoit40fans]

Only 4 a year is surprising to me. I would have thought there was more turnover.

[Letang Is The Truth]

agree. plus is it counting only closers but short and long relief as well?

[shafnutz05]

agree. plus is it counting only closers but short and long relief as well?

I'm thinking it's all-inclusive.