Warning!! It's Baaaaaack!! Off-topic Baseball Thread '08 !!

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

The guy's wacko....he'll fit right in, in Los Angeles.

Yabut.....as soon as he's there 3 years, he'll be qualified to officiate D1 basketball.

It's true, it's true......

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Al-E-Scoops

Manny, hes a mess. Does anyone ACTUALLY want him?

Well, looks like the Dodgers want him.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Al-E-Scoops

Manny, hes a mess. Does anyone ACTUALLY want him?

Yea, why would anyone want a .300 hitting left fielder with 20 home runs?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Yea, why would anyone want a .300 hitting left fielder with 20 home runs?

Especially for free!

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Yea, why would anyone want a .300 hitting left fielder with 20 home runs?

"left fielder" may be a stretch......how about this - "Yea, why would anyone want a .300 hitting player who can occupy left field with 20 home runs.

I'll grant you, on an oft occasion he makes a nice play, but overall, not so much an asset in the field.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by grunewar

I'll grant you, on an oft occasion he makes a nice play, but overall, not so much an asset in the field.

Again, he's a free asset for the Dodgers with the Sox picking up the salary.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by grunewar

I'll grant you, on an oft occasion he makes a nice play, but overall, not so much an asset in the field.

Hey, at that price, I was going to have him come play softball on my team. He would fit right in with rest us - we can hit ok while occuping a space out in the field.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Hey, at that price, I was going to have him come play softball on my team. He would fit right in with rest us - we can hit ok while occuping a space out in the field.

Good luck getting Chuck's team to foot the bill for your team to bring in a ringer DH.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

we can hit ok while occuping a space out in the field.

"Occuping"? Too much of that will make you go blind.

If you meant "occupying a space out in a field", that pretty much sums up your whole existence, doesn't it? Hell, they could put that on your tombstone:



Here lies M&M Guy
He occupied a space out in a field.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Here lies M&M Guy
He occupied a space out in a field.

Now he occupies a space below the same field.

[ChuckElias]

Uh-oh. Sox can't get any traction, Lowell is still hurting, and now this. From ESPN.com:

Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz said he felt a "click" in his troublesome left wrist in an at-bat in Monday night's loss at Kansas City, the Boston Herald reported.

In the ninth inning, with two men on base and the Royals leading 4-2, Ortiz grounded out against Kansas City closer Joakim Soria. He said afterward that he felt a click in his left wrist early in the at-bat, the Herald reported.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

"Occuping"? Too much of that will make you go blind.

Shut up.

Who annointed you Mr. Annoying Spelling Guy this week?

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

If you meant "occupying a space out in a field", that pretty much sums up your whole existence, doesn't it? Hell, they could put that on your tombstone:



Here lies M&M Guy
He occupied a space out in a field.

I've always been told I'm outstanding in my field.

(Or am I out standing in my field?)

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Shut up. Who annointed you Mr. Annoying Spelling Guy this week?

Eye didd.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Shut up.

Who annointed you Mr. Annoying Spelling Guy this week?

I've heard rumors that the original Mr. ASG is in some sort of supernatural contact with JR. You might not want to tempt fate like this.

[ChuckElias]

Sox won last night in 12, with the new guy tripling and scoring the winning run. They're up big tonight, so they're doing ok without Manny for now.

I'm sorry that it came to that point. Manny clearly didn't want his option picked up and it seems like he acted up to get out of Boston. That's pretty sad to me. He hasn't been as great a hitter as he was before last season, but he's still very good.

There was a report in the Providence, RI paper that said the Sox veterans met with Theo and said that they didn't think they could count on Manny and that he had to go. That's pretty amazing to me, if it's true.

On a totally unrelated note, on this day in 1979, Thurman Munson died. I'm not a Yankee fan, but even I remember exactly where I was when I heard that. I was only 13, but I knew how big a deal it was.