I wonder how good a pitcher Ankiel could be

If he weren't fucked up in the brain

4/17/2012 2:11:34 PM

the fuck you say about me?

just kidding

[Edited on April 17, 2012 at 2:16 PM. Reason : .]

4/17/2012 2:14:35 PM

Atlanta Ankiel's homer in the playoffs in SF was pretty neat

But mostly he just hit like .150

4/17/2012 2:25:16 PM

gotta love MLB Tonight when they're taking batting practice in the studio

4/18/2012 11:05:50 PM

Angels Get Taste of Athletic Colon

4/19/2012 12:14:48 AM

The fact that Ankiel was talented enough to switch positions and become a hitter for 5 years at the MLB level was pretty impressive. Cards still gave up on him pitching early IMO.

4/19/2012 12:21:46 AM

so, is Pudge a first ballot HOF'er?

4/19/2012 7:18:22 AM

I don't see why he wouldn't be...there are reasonable arguments that he might be the best catcher of all time at this point

I think the steroids point will come up, but I don't think he had a strong enough link proven for it to hinder him in a significant way

[Edited on April 19, 2012 at 8:58 AM. Reason : s]

4/19/2012 8:57:57 AM

http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12752034&cp=12949855

4/20/2012 9:32:49 AM

How am I supposed to identify them as douche bag sawks fans if they wear that hat?

4/20/2012 9:38:23 AM

yeah, because douchebags wouldn't wear an all-white 59FIFTY hat

4/20/2012 9:47:27 AM

lol at them doing the Nats press conference during the fire drill and not even flinching or giving a fuck

4/22/2012 10:32:48 PM

4/23/2012 9:30:46 PM

Poor Jason Bay

Pretty sure those fans are cheering him sliding on his face

4/23/2012 9:33:26 PM

i dont care what kind of drug you are or aren't doing Josh Hamilton, just keep doing what your are because you just destroyed CC tonight, that was huge

4/23/2012 9:35:03 PM

4/24/2012 4:37:46 PM

The Pirates box score freaks me out a little bit. Don't think I've ever seen one like that.

4/25/2012 3:56:40 PM

One like what? Doesn't look out of the ordinary to me.

4/25/2012 3:58:20 PM

how could someone that sees boxscores like Neo in The Matrix have a problem with a simple baseball game?

4/25/2012 4:01:39 PM

It's just bizarre.

4/25/2012 4:16:58 PM

Pineda done for the season

4/25/2012 7:47:34 PM

Looks like Seattle got the best out of that deal. Maybe it will shut up all the fans saying trading Pineda was horrible.

4/25/2012 7:56:15 PM

Harper being called up, Cashman saying the Pineda deal was an awful decision.

4/27/2012 5:11:51 PM

debating on going to the home debut for Harper on Tues, but Weds. is dollar dogs

4/27/2012 5:13:07 PM

I cant see where calling harper up now is anything but a decision by the owners to put asses in seats. His slash line during his short time in AAA wasnt very impressive. The difference in pitching from AAA to the majors is pretty significant, but it was a small sample size, so maybe he'll be alright?

[Edited on April 27, 2012 at 7:44 PM. Reason : spelling]

4/27/2012 7:43:42 PM

Zimmerman on DL, Morse still on DL is the reason

4/27/2012 7:44:32 PM

^ and their left-field has been shitty all season, so they are trying to mix it up.

4/27/2012 7:50:01 PM

^^, ^ so the answer is to rush a prospect who hasn't proven he can hit a breaking ball yet? it's a pretty risky move and could screw up his plate approach. but hey, maybe it'll work out. i hope it does.

4/28/2012 7:19:46 AM

So Ryan Braun whipped out his dick last night

Three homers in Petco is like four and a half anywhere else

5/1/2012 9:10:38 AM

Quote :

"Tue, May 1 The Tampa Bay Times is reporting that Longoria will miss 6-to-8 weeks with a hamstring injury suffered in Monday's game."

5/1/2012 5:04:42 PM

Brewers TV guys were jizzing all over themselves when Braun hit #2 on the third deck of that goofy steel building

Chipper hit one there in 06, I think it was

5/1/2012 5:56:27 PM

5/2/2012 10:54:38 PM

best player in the division in decades

5/2/2012 10:55:53 PM

JUST GOT BACK FROM THE GAME

Harper was about 2 feet shy of hitting 2 home runs

5/2/2012 11:19:10 PM

Two players had more RBI yesterday than Pujols has had all season

5/3/2012 10:41:48 AM

I saw on twitter dweedle leaves the game in the bottom of the 9th, right before the walk off bomb? Who does that?

5/3/2012 10:45:49 AM

Quote :

"Two players had more RBI yesterday than Pujols has had all season"

who cares? he has just as many home runs as me right now

5/3/2012 1:24:19 PM

The fuck do you mean who cares

5/3/2012 2:02:23 PM

i mean RBIs are a useless and highly contextual statistic?

5/3/2012 3:03:03 PM

You are the worst kind of stat activist

5/3/2012 3:07:39 PM

5/3/2012 3:07:42 PM

HEY RAT SOUP

WHAT ARE RUNS BATTED INS

THEY TEACH YOU THAT IN YOUR MATH BOOK?

5/3/2012 3:10:08 PM

i think it was the first day since 2008 or 2009 that two different players had at least 7 RsBI in a game

but RsBI is a useless contextual stat

5/3/2012 3:12:29 PM

Ruiz's WPA of 0.478 was 0.516 higher than Pujols' -0.038

Pujols the active WPA leader! A negative WPA! Can you imagine!

5/3/2012 3:17:17 PM

sorry for accidentally adding a lower case "s" to an acronym, thus making it plural when it already was plural. also sorry for giving the impression that i'm the worst kind of stats activist. i try not to be but fail miserably at times

and fwiw, i don't really pay attention to things like WPA, but sometimes they're fun to look at in small doses. there really are entirely too many people like rain man in the sabermetrics community, and a lot of them need to be ignored.

Quote :

"i think it was the first day since 2008 or 2009 that two different players had at least 7 RsBI in a game but RsBI is a useless contextual stat"

ok ok fine. in isolated instances like this it's kind of neat i guess, but using it as some kind of performance indicator isn't because so much of it depends on the abilities of the hitters in front of you to get on base, providing you with the opportunity for an RBI.

[Edited on May 3, 2012 at 3:29 PM. Reason : .]

5/3/2012 3:29:16 PM

Seven in one game is a big deal no matter who does it. And RBI still matter, just less so than most advanced metrics. Is it harder to hit a homerun with men on base then it is to with no one on? Probably not, especially since the pitcher's attention is divided. But its pretty much a self-fulfilling prophecy that the best hitters will have the most rbi, simply because of opportunity, outliers like Mike Lowell's 120 steak season hitting sixth nonwithstanding.

5/3/2012 3:35:03 PM

You aren't impressing anyone. We know how goofy RBI are. Stop ruining baseball threads with your sabermetric haranguing.

5/3/2012 3:35:50 PM

5/3/2012 3:39:36 PM

Speaking of the Aaron Harang, who played for the Reds, who were playing the Cubs today, who started Ryan Dempster... did anyone see Zambrano smiling like a serial rapist while doing the Dempster glove wiggle last night? Dude scares me.

5/3/2012 3:42:15 PM

I recently just realized Dusty Baker was still managing the Reds. I could've sworn he'd been fired years ago.

5/3/2012 3:44:49 PM