MLB Offseason 2010-11
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The drunk driver should have been forced to beg for mercy in front of a packed crowd at Angel Stadium.
Yeah, 51-to-life sounds about right for this guy. It's just too bad someone had to die because of his stupidity.
Bert Blyleven finally got elected to the Hall of Fame. I'ts about time!
Good for him. It's about time he got in and it's well deserved.
So under what team names will Blyleven and Alomar be inducted?
How would you back ANY of that up, Smoothie? He played a season and a half with the Mets. Neither was a career year, or anything close to it. Also about the only years he DIDN'T get an All-Star selection, MVP vote, or Gold Glove. Just a year and a half towards the end of his career when he was tailing off. If that's all that it takes to become a legend of the Mets franchise, it's kinda sad 
If I had to pick one, he'd have to go in as a Blue Jay. Longest he was with any franchise (5 seasons), All-Star and Gold Glove every year in that span, MVP candidate 3 of those season. Hit over .300 in that span, stole a lot of bases, seemed to be the high water mark of his career (from picking a team perspective). His best single year appears to have been in Cleveland, though, and he had a pretty good 3 year run there, as well as a pretty good 3 year run in Baltimore.
Blyleven has gotta be a Twin, by far the largest chunk of his career there, and most of the career highs that got him elected were in that time frame. That one seems pretty easy.
If I had to pick one, he'd have to go in as a Blue Jay. Longest he was with any franchise (5 seasons), All-Star and Gold Glove every year in that span, MVP candidate 3 of those season. Hit over .300 in that span, stole a lot of bases, seemed to be the high water mark of his career (from picking a team perspective). His best single year appears to have been in Cleveland, though, and he had a pretty good 3 year run there, as well as a pretty good 3 year run in Baltimore.
Blyleven has gotta be a Twin, by far the largest chunk of his career there, and most of the career highs that got him elected were in that time frame. That one seems pretty easy.
I wouldn't. He sucked for the Mets, I was making a joke, a bad one apparently.
The Mo Vaughn, Jeromy Burnitz, Armando Benitez years weren't exactly the glory days.
As for Alomar, he really established himself in Toronto and won two titles there. His time on the Orioles is best remembered for the spitting incident. And his teams in Cleveland didn't have the same success as the Jays.
Also, when someone says Robbie Alomar, the first team I think of is Toronto. So that's sort of my sniff test.
Yeah, apparently missed that one. Too short and dry to catch the joke, I guess. Also, there's always a rush to 'claim' a HoF player by any team he played for, so guess that went into my response.
The sniff test is really all you need as far as which hat they wear going in. Not which team they liked best, but which team do you immediately picture them with when they are mentioned. Which team were they with when they GOT most of the stats that got them into the Hall?
Roger Clemens may want to go in as a Yankee (if he actually gets in, after the steroids blowup), but he spent 13 years with the Red Sox, and that's where he made his name, and got most of his stats. Had some great years elsewhere, and even some WS rings, but he's with the Red Sox, like it or not, if you have to associate him with someone. Ton of his big stats there, and 192 of his 354 wins.
The sniff test is really all you need as far as which hat they wear going in. Not which team they liked best, but which team do you immediately picture them with when they are mentioned. Which team were they with when they GOT most of the stats that got them into the Hall?
Roger Clemens may want to go in as a Yankee (if he actually gets in, after the steroids blowup), but he spent 13 years with the Red Sox, and that's where he made his name, and got most of his stats. Had some great years elsewhere, and even some WS rings, but he's with the Red Sox, like it or not, if you have to associate him with someone. Ton of his big stats there, and 192 of his 354 wins.
Oh, God. The Cubs and Rays have a deal on Matt Garza; in exchange for Garza, the Rays will get 22-year-old Chris Archer (15-3, 2.34 in 28 games between A / AA; Cubs' minor league pitcher of the year), 24-year-old OF Brandon Guyer (.344, 13 HR, 58 RBI in AA; Cubs' minor league player of the year), catcher Robinson Chirinos (.326, 18 HR, .999 OPS last year), shortstop Hak-Ju Lee (.282, 32 SB in A) and OF Sam Fuld.
So, the Cubs just flipped their #1, #6, #10 and #16 prospects (as ranked by Baseball America) for one 27-year-old 107ERA+, ascending BB/9, descending SO/9 pitcher.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Garza's bad, but he isn't especially good, either. His career ERA is 3.97, and a comparison of his career statistics shows him to be pretty much Aaron Harang ... and the Cubs just hemorrhaged the farm for him. Look at it this way: Garza got a better return than Zach fucking Greinke.
I mean, even with Garza in the rotation (he'll basically fill the Lilly role), the Cubs are no better than the third-best team in the Central -- possibly fourth, depending on the Cardinals' overall health. And now they have about three players worth a damn in the minors.
What the fuck, Cubs.
So, the Cubs just flipped their #1, #6, #10 and #16 prospects (as ranked by Baseball America) for one 27-year-old 107ERA+, ascending BB/9, descending SO/9 pitcher.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Garza's bad, but he isn't especially good, either. His career ERA is 3.97, and a comparison of his career statistics shows him to be pretty much Aaron Harang ... and the Cubs just hemorrhaged the farm for him. Look at it this way: Garza got a better return than Zach fucking Greinke.
I mean, even with Garza in the rotation (he'll basically fill the Lilly role), the Cubs are no better than the third-best team in the Central -- possibly fourth, depending on the Cardinals' overall health. And now they have about three players worth a damn in the minors.
What the fuck, Cubs.
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^ The thing is, no matter how highly rated, or amazing a Cubs prospect is, they end up sucking for the Cubs at the major league level like 80% of the time.
They usually only realize their potential after they've been traded. We already have Castro & Colvin doing well, so I think they've maxed out for the time being.
I don't know if the Cubs really know how to develop talent capable of playing in the majors. They seem to be able to pick the right guys.
They usually only realize their potential after they've been traded. We already have Castro & Colvin doing well, so I think they've maxed out for the time being.
I don't know if the Cubs really know how to develop talent capable of playing in the majors. They seem to be able to pick the right guys.
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