MLB chatter 2009-10: The Offseason

[SmoothieX]

Dammit! It's happening already, and it's only the first week of spring training games.

Mets SS Jose Reyes out due to thyroid imbalance...
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2010/news/story?id=4968513

 

[Starbreaker]

Chavez is looking terrible. He gave up a grand slam today. I doubt he'll be on the opening day roster.

On the other hand, Brooks Conrad (who I liked a lot more than most of the daily players last year) is on fire.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Anyone know when the new season of This Week In Baseball starts? Does this usually happen only after opening day?

 

[Scout101]

Any other takers for the Fantasy Baseball league? Have 5 spots to fill in the yearly league, and one spot available in the Keeper League. PM me if you're interested...

 

[Pegaritaville]

Crap! Joe Nathan has a torn ligament in his arm and may have to have surgery. If the Twins lose him, it'll really hurt their chances. The rest of their relievers are average at best- I can't see any of them taking over the closer role.

 

[Scout101]

That's a pretty big ding to the twinkies' hopes. Nathan's a big part of that team. Figured it was something like this, the way the news was coming out. He told the media at the time that it was nothing, no big deal, even...

If it's Tommy John surgery, like mentioned, he could come back just as strong, but probably not before middle of 2011 season, at the earliest. It's about a year before they can compete at ANY level, and 18 months, on average, for a return to former ability. Sorry, Pegs...

 

[Scout101]

News: Nomar Garciaparra signed with the Red Sox (1-day minor league deal) and then announced his retirement. Will be joining ESPN for some announcing/comentator work.

Nice, feel-good move, to retire with the Sox

 

[Tom Servo]

News: Nomar Garciaparra signed with the Red Sox (1-day minor league deal) and then announced his retirement. Will be joining ESPN for some announcing/comentator work.

Nice, feel-good move, to retire with the Sox

Yep! It's great to see him back, of course just to retire, and to see him and the organization mend their relationship.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Why do players retire this young? He's not that old, is he? Is he injured or something?

It's like Scott Eyre...he's no sooner a free agent from the Phillies and *he* retires as well.

 

[SmoothieX]

He's 36 and has battled injuries for years.

 

[Chaos Descending]

What's up with Torii Hunter? I hear he just claimed that black Latino ballplayers are "imposters" and somehow "don't count" when determining how many African-Americans there are in MLB.

What's up with that?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ You mean this?

 

[SmoothieX]

What's up with Torii Hunter? I hear he just claimed that black Latino ballplayers are "imposters" and somehow "don't count" when determining how many African-Americans there are in MLB.

What's up with that?

He'll be a hit in the locker room with his Hispanic teammates this year!

 

[Chaos Descending]

^ You mean this?

Yes, exactly. I know he's a nice guy and all, and despite his "explanation" of what he meant, it was still a very thoughtless, clunky, and weird way of getting whatever his point was across.

 

[Pegaritaville]

I kind of get what Torii Hunter was trying to say, but it still left me scratching my head. And I found his clarification of what he said a little perplexing as well.

 

[Chaos Descending]

Same here.

I mean, I think I get what he's saying, but he said it all wrong.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Then again, he said you can pay people from the DR a bag of chips. Isn't A-Rod from the DR? Clearly there are more people from Latin America because they're better players.

 

[SmoothieX]

If A-Rod wanted to, he could buy every chip in this nation.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Dodgers third base coach (and member of the 1980 championship Phillies) Larry Bowa rushed to hospital... linky

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Crap, I hope he's OK