2011年1月23日星期日

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The probability that the Cards won't pay up like, probably A-Rod type dough, and let him go to the Red Sox (the Yanks already have Teixiera and Uncle isn't going back to no third base well, A-Rod is there anyhow, or even LF) is like, as close to zero as replica Longines L2.629.4.78.6 watch possible.However, Uncle currently has a limited no-trade and one of the teams he will agree to be traded to is the Astros.Who would happily trade, um, uh, oh yeh they don't gots nobody the Cards would want.Not that I would exactly object to having Uncle on this team, even if Drayton would agree to fork over 250+ mill.

Ah well.Anyway, Morgan Ensberg is discussing Uncle's famous homer you know which one on his blog (which I loved before he decided to make it tiny white printing on a black background it's hard as heck to read even if you change the font).He replica Longines L4.708.2.11.7 watch says that Lidge's downfall happened because Phil Garner (in spite of being the Astros manager for 1 1/2 years, hadn't discovered that there is a optical illusion when looking at the 3B side from the dugout) and he placed Mo Ensberg too far to the right to get Pest's grounder on an 0-2 count.I don't buy that.

Not that positioning isn't crucial, but after 18 freaking MONTHS, even Phil hasn't figured out with Mansolino, that little glitch in the sightlines? And Morgan ignores the fact that on an 0-2 count, and Pest unable to catch up to 98 MPH heat, that Phil decided to have Brad throw him a slider, because Pest supposedly would take that strike?? Uh, no.Pest that year was the best in the major LEAGUES hitting an 0-2 pitch.Let me repeat that the best in the replica Longines L2.670.4.73.9 Men's watch that he hit walkoff homers, or anything, but still, he was gonna do his darndest to make contact he was gonna choke up and swing.

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I can't tell whether or not he will be put on the ML team while Golden Boy Castro spends enough time in the minors to miss the super 2 deadline and thus be cheated out of an extra year of free agency the temptation must be overwhelming.The real question is if Towles continues to hit really well in the regular season AND Castro tears it up at replica Longines L5.655.0.51.2 Ladie's watch, what to do.I would think that the right answer is to trade him for some middle reliever and keep Sammy Gervacio at AAA. BB, 1 K: .273/.304/.218WOW it's FUN to hit minor leaguers and unprepared major leaguers working on stuff, isn't it?As for pitchers, um, well, Roy O is cruising with 3 hits, 4 BB, 3 K over 6 IP (and he shut the Red Sox DOWN).

Sammy Gervacio is looking awesome replica Longines L4.717.6.22.0 watch over 4 games and no runs.Casey Daigle has given up NO hits, 1 BB, 5 K over 4 IP in 3 games.Arias is hurt and everyone else is, uh, um, er, uh, working with his pitches, yeah, that's the ticket.Wandy (working on his changeup) and Moehler (working on his control)and Wesley Wright (working, period) and Bud Norris (sigh) and other starting candidates are giving up homers, hits, walks left and Wright (hahahaha) and I bet right now that Fast Eddie is trying to trade Towles for some juicy Veteran Goodness in the middle relief department, seeing as how 4-9 IP is statistically significant.Interesting that it takes pitchers so much longer to get ready for the season than hitters.18 days left to Opening Day.

Buster Olney, uh, found out (ahem) that someone associated with the Phillies was talking to someone associated with the Cardinals about maybe trading Albert Pujols for Ryan Howard, straight up.uh-hunhTranslation for Mr.Olney: Joe, the replica Longines L2.643.8.73.2 Men's watch parking lot guy at the Phil's ST lot was talking to Sam, the janitor at the Card's clubhouse about their fantasy league teams and somebody kind of overheard wrong.Ryan Howard is a good ballplayer and a (supposedly) good guy, and yeh he hits home runs, but, to put it mildly, he ain't no Uncle Albert.

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And no computer geek can possibly remove the magic of gazing on the baseball field, that field of impossibly perfect, beautiful grass with its perfect diamond, its perfectly positioned bases, guys who look like the kid who sells you computer parts (Lincecom) or models in GQ (Sizemore) or is the BBQ wizard at your local rib joint (Ray King) or is the replica Longines L4.274.4.52.6 watch kid who mows your lawn (Wandy) or is?a cashier?at the Kroger (Wesley Wright?- and yes he DOES look just like one of the?sackers at a Kroger I go to) and that if you brought your glove and even your Mama's old baseball and said you wanna play catch? they would smile at you and say sure there gf, just throw that puppy right here….

Well, there a heck of a lot more than 5 questions to be asked, but hey, I have to say more than I hate the Crappy Veteran Fetish and This Year's Team Ain't Gonna Go Nowheres unless most of the guys on the Cards, Brewers, and Cubs get hurt.Anyway, here is this year's article I wrote for The Hardball Times.Click here to read.They never had a chance.It isn't that they didn't hit Romero was 4 fer 11 and Ramirez was 5 fer 11 with a homer. replica Longines L3.647.4.16.6 Men's watch isn't that they didn't do well in the field.It is that Ed Wade had ALREADY decided that Cory Sullivan, hit or no hit (3 fer 21 with 5 K), is going to replace Grit Erstad as the 5th OF before Spring Training started.The only reason that Jason Bourgeois is still with the team is that they need some warm body for the split squad games he's 1 fer 13 so far.

I'm not fooled here.I had a bad feeling about it because all the prediction people were using his stats.One of the many reasons that even Vegas doubts that the Astros will improve upon their last year's mark of 74-88.Especially because Vegas has figured out that Mills, unlike Phil Garner, will not have any say in the roster and it will be up to Ed Wade, whose judgment is, well, there is a reason he is evaluated as a GM as replica Longines L5.656.6.13.0 watch well, at least he's better than Dayton Moore.(I can't say fer sher, but perhaps it was Ed Wade and NOT Cooper who insisted on playing the absolutely useless Jason Smith while sitting Edwin Maysonet last year…)At this point, Towles is hitting like Barry Lamar, 11 fer 20, so sending him down will be tough.

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I love watching the Men's figure skating.Perfect bodies, skin tight costumes, graceful athletic movements can't beat it.But, these magnificent athletes (oh YES they are) are not participating in a SPORT, but rather in a competition that is judged.A great replica Longines L4.209.2.11.7 watch deal of the final score is the “artistic” component, which is determined ONLY by what each judge FEELS.There is no safe/out, there is no in/out of bounds, just opinion based on experience and personal taste. Or, perhaps, WRITE anything? When the baseball players, unless they were supadupa stahs had to kiss Writer butt to make them look good in the ?I'm sure that plays a part.But after the Olympics, I got to thinking bout something somewhat different.

There is absolutely no absolute meaning of “artistic” or “graceful.”Perhaps the translation of “artistic” in the world of baseball is our old friends, Mystique and Aura.Perhaps the fear is that numerical determinations of players, positioning, pitches, everything else, will make The Game too computer-like, with no place for the artistry, replica Longines L2.155.0.08.6 Ladie's watch which is our other old friends, “Intangibles”, “Clutch”, “Grit”, “Knowing How To Play THE Game THE Right Way” and even “Makeup.” Too many stat-ists insist that if it can't be measured, it doesn't exist.

But truth is that we really NEED our friend “Magic” in The Game.And truth is that the saber haters really have nothing to fear.No matter how many cameras, no matter how many formulas, no matter how many dorks playing fantasy ball, no matter how many empty idiotic Bull Durham remarks, baseball will ALWAYS be the game of replica Longines L5.158.4.94.6 Ladie's watch youneverknow because you can't have mathematical certainty about any event which, by their own definition, MUST always carry an element of Luck.

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