2014 MLB Season: How Many Pitchers Will Die For Our Sins?

[Timby]

And my senior year of high school was twelve years ago -- the abuse of young arms is only getting worse (and it's even more obscene at the college level). Hoffman is a perfect example: He's 21, and between official starts and side sessions (at age 19 and 20 alone, he racked up almost 200 innings), he's got easily seven, eight or even nine hundred innings on his arm. No wonder it exploded.

 

[Starbreaker]

La Stella is coming. Rumors are flying that Dan Uggla is about to don a Braves uniform for the last time.

 

[Use of Time]

La Stella is coming. Rumors are flying that Dan Uggla is about to don a Braves uniform for the last time.

Oh come on. He's going to break out of this 400 game slump any minute now.

Where are you seeing this? I'm about to start happy hour early if this is true. Truly a cause for a celebration.

 

[Tom Hendricks]

Pitchers should only be allowed to throw Fastballs and Chang-ups until they are at least 14 years old. No curves or sliders or cutters or anything else.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Good grief, I've never seen this many walks in a game. The Halo's half of the 8th has been all walks.

I just looked at the Yankees' box score from last night. Kelley did, uh, not have a good outing.

And was thrown out by Las Diaz as he was leaving too. I thought Giradi's head was going to pop off that inning before in a confrontation with the same ump.

Apparently Girardi was screaming so loud at that time that the next night, his voice was totally shot. I have never seen him that pissed.

On a lighter note: Looks like Turner Field may soon have a new tenant: Georgia State University. linkypoo

 

[Yanks]

Pitchers should only be allowed to throw Fastballs and Chang-ups until they are at least 14 years old. No curves or sliders or cutters or anything else.

A Cutter is thrown just like a fastball.

 

[Pondwater]

La Stella is coming. Rumors are flying that Dan Uggla is about to don a Braves uniform for the last time.

Oh come on. He's going to break out of this 400 game slump any minute now.

Where are you seeing this? I'm about to start happy hour early if this is true. Truly a cause for a celebration.

Watch him go to another team and revert to the old Dan Uggla he was when he was with the Fish.

I just looked at the Yankees' box score from last night. Kelley did, uh, not have a good outing.

And was thrown out by Las Diaz as he was leaving too. I thought Giradi's head was going to pop off that inning before in a confrontation with the same ump.

Apparently Girardi was screaming so loud at that time that the next night, his voice was totally shot. I have never seen him that pissed.

On a lighter note: Looks like Turner Field may soon have a new tenant: Georgia State University. linkypoo

I kind of like that proposal.

Although the Braves leaving to go to Cobb being a done deal pretty much, I'm still opposed to them moving there.

 

[Timby]

Although the Braves leaving to go to Cobb being a done deal pretty much, I'm still opposed to them moving there.

It's not "pretty much," the only reason Cobb County made that deal was because the Braves agreed to the money (and that sweet, sweet public financing).

Fuck the Braves and fuck them for trying to extort Fulton Country out of money to renovate a 15-year-old stadium.

 

[Pondwater]

Although the Braves leaving to go to Cobb being a done deal pretty much, I'm still opposed to them moving there.

It's not "pretty much," the only reason Cobb County made that deal was because the Braves agreed to the money (and that sweet, sweet public financing).

Fuck the Braves and fuck them for trying to extort Fulton Country out of money to renovate a 15-year-old stadium.

Pardon me.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I was never a fan of the Braves getting a new ballpark so soon, but if Turner Field will live on, and not be totally wasted - I'm cool with that.

Also, Turner Field has already gotten a lot more use than most Olympic stadia ever get, so that's also a plus.

Only problem remaining is that the new Braves stadium won't have a MARTA station, but they did say there'll be a bus service...

 

[Starbreaker]

Although the Braves leaving to go to Cobb being a done deal pretty much, I'm still opposed to them moving there.

It's not "pretty much," the only reason Cobb County made that deal was because the Braves agreed to the money (and that sweet, sweet public financing).

Fuck the Braves and fuck them for trying to extort Fulton Country out of money to renovate a 15-year-old stadium.

Not sure if you've ever been to Turner Field, but the surrounding area is a dump. There's one bar within walking distance and the rest is demolished buildings and homeless people playing harmonicas for change.

 

[Timby]

Although the Braves leaving to go to Cobb being a done deal pretty much, I'm still opposed to them moving there.

It's not "pretty much," the only reason Cobb County made that deal was because the Braves agreed to the money (and that sweet, sweet public financing).

Fuck the Braves and fuck them for trying to extort Fulton Country out of money to renovate a 15-year-old stadium.

Not sure if you've ever been to Turner Field, but the surrounding area is a dump. There's one bar within walking distance and the rest is demolished buildings and homeless people playing harmonicas for change.

Plenty. I talked about it just last year:

And I don't see how TF's location is that bad. Sure, it's a couple of miles from the nearest MARTA stop, but at least there is one nearby.

It's rather socioeconomically depressed (and will likely become a near-ghetto if Turner Field gets dumped), for one -- crime is high and getting worse, and as a result storefronts all throughout the area are abandoned. It's not like the area around Camden Yards, which is relatively safe and has a large amount of pre-game festivities. I'd love to see how Fulton County responds to an empty, desolate husk of a stadium, given how rough the neighborhood already is.

And getting there is a massive pain in the ass. You have to drive (or walk) to MARTA, take a train to Underground Atlanta, walk through Underground Atlanta, then take a bus to the stadium. Doing this to get to the stadium isn't a huge pain, but leaving the stadium is annoying as hell.

If the Braves wanted a better stadium and a better area around it, they could have developed it themselves. Publicly funded stadiums are bullshit and while I have a ton of respect for Bud Selig and how he's kept labor peace for so long, I fucking hate that man for encouraging teams to hold municipalities hostage for better facilities.

 

[Pondwater]

Meh, it's not like Fulton put that much of an effort to keep the Braves there anyway. Although, they went all out to keep the Falcons.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Well there goes another no-hitter for Darvish...

 

[Aragorn]

Wow, Dee Gordon leads the majors with 24 stolen bases. You think he can take us back to a time where 75-100 led the league as opposed to 40?

And to think I drafted him in my fantasy league to be a bench player.

 

[Pondwater]

Now Jose Fernandez is down:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/marlins-confirm-jose-fernandez-expected-to-undergo-tommy-john-surgery-035320636.html

And Carlos Beltran takes his perennial spot on the DL :

http://www.sbnation.com/2014/5/13/5715348/carlos-beltran-injury-bone-spur-yankees

Ouch!

 

[tomalak301]

The Jose Fernandez injury really sucks. I've watched quite a few Marlins games this year and he was always fun to watch pitch. This is the year of the Tommy John, kind of like how last year was the year of the ACL tear in Football.

Good series from the Giants this week. I think I've seen more balls hit into McCovey cove than at any point in the last 2 years. That's always fun seeing balls going into the water at AT&T. Who would have thunk the Giants would have the power of the long ball this year. Don't they lead the NL in Home Runs or something? Considering the park they play in, that's shocking.

 

[Timby]

Carlos Beltran is on his way to see Dr. James Andrews about his elbow. So, by my count, that gives us:

Teixeira - hurting
Cervelli - hurt
Nova - out for season
Pineda - hurt
Sabathia - hurt
Beltran - hurt

 

[Yanks]

Carlos Beltran is on his way to see Dr. James Andrews about his elbow. So, by my count, that gives us:

Teixeira - hurting
Cervelli - hurt
Nova - out for season
Pineda - hurt
Sabathia - hurt
Beltran - hurt

And still tie for first

 

[Timby]

At all of four games over .500, and in first because the AL East is a cripple fight.