The Baseball Thread

salty ain't half bad -- that knuckler was really dancing...

rays have dropped a couple, so a wee bit of breathing room as we head to KC...

Jeez, I better stop handing out compliments to Ellsbury. He read what I wrote and then he went 0 for 5 and stranded 6. I think I'll STFU.

this team does an outstanding job forgetting about the previous game.
ells'll be fine.
farrell might give him the night off against lefty chen tonight...

I don't mean to point out the warts but that box score made me laugh after praising Ells to the heavens only hours before.

As you wrote, they have the great ability to slough off bad games and bad at bats. They are the come-back kids and the polar opposite of what they were last year.

For that and many other coaching pluses, Farrell should be looking at an award for Manager of the Year.

Rays have been dreadful.

Here in the S Florida market I've been watching the David-Marlins battling the Goliath-Pirates.

When did the Pirates become Goliath? That one crept up on me.

I think when they got your boy Frankie.

their pitching is much better than it used to be...

They need ace RP Grilli back but Melancon is filling in perfectly.

Oops, they just lost McCutcheon for a very short-term ... day-to-day... with a shoulder ailment.

That don't happen often

I prolly should post this prior to the beginning of this series, just in case...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Down at Triple-A, there were rumors. Brett Hayes heard about what happened to the Kansas City Royals at home after a win. Someone flicks off the lights. Another person turns on a strobe and a smoke machine, putting the club in clubhouse. Finally, the player of the game – maybe the guy who hit a game-winning home run or maybe, as in Hayes' case Wednesday, the guy playing in his first major league game in almost a year – activates the neon sign and sets the place aglow in red, purple, yellow and blue.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/royals-celebrate-relevancy-in-style-with-neon-sign-featuring-a-deer-062550386.html

they are starting to believe...

A little at a time with proper acquisitions, good management and a general overall good team player attitude of the players.

Whatever happened to create this fortuitous moment, I refuse to question it as it gives me some measure of happiness as my beloved Yankees continue to race to the basement. The Pirates have always been my NL team so life is good.

Bruce Chen just threw Pedroia the Eephus pitch.

and got him to ground out weakly to the pitcher.

when it's working it's working...

slow and slower was the order of the night...
why won't lester pound the strike zone?

three-fer!

You do realize, I'm sure, that this is very hypnotic.

interesting baseball factoid of the day, as I await the start of the Royals v Red Stockings game. of which I will only be able to view the first half or so...

the damn Yankees DL alone has a payroll of $100 million.

that's kinda sickening...

I'm kinda liking this Justin Maxwell kid.

I would guess Jake Peavy will disagree with me...

Good news, it looks like he's playing in tonight's game at Colorado.