April 2011
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dresspants asked: That's not the Blue Jays theme song! The Jays have one of the best team songs EVER.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awvShfsxnaA
"We got a diamond... we got nine men..."
cheers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awvShfsxnaA
"We got a diamond... we got nine men..."
cheers!
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This Was a Pretty Damn Good Opening Day
Despite all my bellyaching over Opening Day losing some of its sacredness by being split across two days, today was a pretty damn good start to the season. I mean, sure, there were only six games, but they were six games of extremely high quality.
First up, the Braves won 2-0 thanks to Brian McCann single and Jason Heyward’s second consecutive Opening Day home run. The Nationals were even...
March 2011
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The President Is Skipping Opening Day
You know, I fought hard against the accusations that Obama wasn’t born in States, that he was a secret terrorist, and that he hated America. Now? I just don’t know.
From the Kansas City Star:
“Nationals Park will feature all the patriotic trappings one would expect on opening day for the national pastime in its capital city. Everything, that is, except for the president of...
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Preseason Predictions
AL East: Red Sox AL Central: White Sox AL West: Athletics AL Wild Card: Yankees NL East: Phillies NL Central: Reds (Really liked the Brewers, but with Greinke and Marcum’s injuries, I couldn’t do it.) NL West: Rockies NL Wild Card: Braves ALCS: Red Sox over Athletics NLCS: Phillies over Reds World Series: Red Sox in six AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez NL Cy Young: Josh Johnson AL MVP:...
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Final Opening Day Starters Update →
All the sites with full schedules have this information now, but just in case you thought I was a man who didn’t see things through, I’m here to tell you, that’s incorrect.
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The Brewers released Dexter Bobo!
tinkersghost:
Dammit! I wanted to make MST3K jokes this year!
How did I not know this was a real player? Also, this is one of the images that comes up when you search for Dexter Bobo:
How I wish they were one and the same.
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There's Mariano...and...Everyone Else →
Perhaps you’ve had trouble figuring out how absolutely amazing Mariano Rivera’s career has been over the last fifteen years. Maybe all the talk, videotape, and statistics have yet to sink in.
That’s why the Washington Post has created a handy little guide showing just how many closers every other team has cycled through while the Yankees have just handed the ball to Mariano...
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What I'll Miss About Spring Training
Opening Day is my Christmas, while Spring Training is like the wonderfully excruciating treat that is the month of December. While my excitement for the upcoming season is limitless, here are a few of the things I’ll miss now that spring training is over:
Listening to the ambient stadium sounds over MLB audio before the game begins.
Seeing the future stars of the game stuck in uniform...
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Chitwood & Hobbs: Dress Your Team →
Just imagine the impact this would have made if the uniforms were, you know, good instead of only becoming cool 30 years in the future.
chitwoodandhobbs:
Pretty much everything Paul Lukas writes for Uni Watch is a can’t miss but I found his latest article, “The White Sox fan-fueled unis”, particularly interesting. In it Lukas covers the 1981 fan voted uniform makeover of the Chicago White...
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The Ten Cheesiest Baseball Anthems
A good song can define a generation, it can inspire a revolution, and it can even get you a girlfriend. Needless to say, this doesn’t describe any of the songs listed here. These are the songs that never should have been written and produced, and yet, somehow were. Despite that, these musical oddities helped shape the sport of baseball and have strengthened us as a nation.
The ground...
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Big Time Important News!
With Opening Day so, so, so very close, teams are locking down their final roster spots. There is just an endless amount of baseball going on without anything actually happening.
Giants Release Jeff Suppan - Glad to see that Barry Zito didn’t have to go all Tanya Harding on Suppan.
Twins Make Trade to Keep Scott Diamond - What did they have to give up to get a player that the Braves...
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Hometown Vienna Beef to be Official Hot Dog Vendor... →
What, they couldn’t secure a deal with Abe Froman, the sausage king of Chicago?
(h/t Daddy Pundit from Eephus League)
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19th Century Baltimore Orioles Nickname Generator →
Dayn Perry of NotGraphs has created the greatest nickname generator of all-time, in the process shaming the porn star and Jersey Shore generators. As Perry describes it:
“As you are no doubt aware, the Orioles of that vintage were a tough bunch of men. They drank all the liquor in America, they went decades without sleeping, they brawled against Norse gods, and they saw all of their...
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When Is Opening Day?
(Photo by WonderK)
When Major League Baseball announced that they were moving Opening Day from its traditional Monday spot to Friday, I was actually in full support. Not only would the regular season end before October, but now we could take Opening Day off and instead of reporting to work the next day, we could have two more days to drink beer, eat hot dogs, and watch baseball. It seemed like...
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David Eckstein to Donate A Kidney
(Photo by SD Dirk)
Eckstein would have donated a heart except that it’s too big for a normal human to accept.
In all seriousness, this is an amazingly selfless act that will put an emphatic end to Eckstein’s playing days. For as much as people stats people liked to make fun of Eckstein, he was actually a pretty good player who was a lot of fun to watch. The 36-year-old Eckstein...
Free Bat Day: Rule 5 Draft Picks Update →
tinkersghost:
Remember the Rule 5 Draft? Well here’s how the picks have shaped up so far (that we know about).
Josh Rodriguez-Pirates. Rodriguez has made the Pirates.
Jose Flores-Mariners. Flores was sent back to the Indians.
Joe Paterson-Diamondbacks. In running for bullpen.
Adrian Rosario-Orioles.
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Evan Longoria Has AK-47 Stolen
It’s really not been a great month for the Rays. First, Evan Longoria’s car was stolen and now $50,000 in good have been taken from Messrs. Longoria, Price and Brignac. Among those items though, is an AK-47 belonging to Longoria.
While the sheriff’s office is quick to point out that the weapon is “legal” one must wonder why Longoria has an AK-47 while in a rented...
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Jose Canseco's Parent Trap
Jose Canseco should have approached Cartoon Network a long time ago to make a cartoon out of his life. Because most of what he does makes zero sense for a human being, but make perfect sense for a cartoon person. Like sending your twin brother in your place to a Celebrity Boxing event. Who does that?
The only problem was that the switcheroo was discovered by a pair of meddling kids. Or the...
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MLB 2K11 Giveaway
Do you love baseball, video games, and things with Roy Halladay on them? Great, then you’ll want to get in on this giveaway.
I have one new copy of MLB 2K11 for PS3 that is up for grabs. All you need to do is email me at [email protected] and tell me what you’re most excited about for the 2011 baseball season. The best comment, as decided by me, will go away the...
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Big Time Important News!
The Cubs Release Carlos Silva - An important lesson is to be learned in here. And I’m not sure what it is, but it’s there.
Astros Acquire Joe Inglett - The Astros may just have the finest collection of utility infielders in baseball. Unfortunately, despite my love of utility men, this probably doesn’t do too much for their chances of success on the diamond.
Brewers Acquire...
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The Giants that Laid a Golden Egg
(Photo via UniWatch)
Come April 9th, the Giants will be wearing this golden version of their standard jersey as they receive their World Champion’s ring. I’m a little disappointed for two reasons: 1) they could have made a much bigger statement by throwing some rhinestones and acid wash on the unis and 2) the Giants already have the greatest statement jerseys in the history of the...
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2011 Opening Day Starters →
We’re so very close to the start of the season and there are only a small handful of pretty obvious announcements forthcoming. I’ve updated the list with Tim Stauffer taking the mound for the Padres now that Mat Latos has been injured and I have also added the Opening Day matchups at the bottom of the page.
Naturally, if you’ve caught something I’ve missed, let me know.
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“Pitcher Livan Hernandez became something of a sadistic benefactor when he...”
– Meet Baseball’s Human Garbage Can: Arizona’s Bullpen Catcher Will Eat Almost Anything— For a Price. Scott Cacciola/Wall Street Journal. (via bluecatsredsox)
Does this make me like Hernandez more or less?