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DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:02 am

Just some more stuff-

Noteable Minor League promos this week-

Inflatable claw giveaway- Lakewood Blue Claws

Ladies Night with free manicures- Quad Cities River Bandits

Mighty Gonzalez Keg Lift Night-Fort Myers Miracle

"Mighty Gonzalez" will attempt to break the Guiness World record of 900 keg lifts in six hours, during the course of the nine inning game

Green Card Day, Cinco de Mayo-Hintsville Stars

Each ticket purchaser entering the ballpark receives a numbered "Green Card". One card number is randomly selected before the game begins, that lucky cardholder wins one million pesos ($92,000) IF the cinco batter in the lineup hits for the cycle. ( I'll bet they didn't need insurance for that!)All green cards come with a coupon to a local mexican restaurant.

What is wrong with this fantasy offense? The answer will be at the bottom of this post.

C- Joe Mauer

C- Victor Martinez

1b-Ross Gload

2b-Freddie Sanchez

3b-Mike Lowell

ss-Derek Jeter

ci-Mike Lamb

mi-Khalil Greene

of-Juan Pierre

of-Coco Crisp

of-Travis Buck

of-Randy Winn

of-Shane Victorino

u- Julio Lugo

Cal Ripken grounded into 350 double plays during his career, more than anyone else in MLB history, Ivan Rodriquez is the active leader with 272.

Jason Kendall is number seven on the all time hit by pitch list. Anytime he was on my fantasy team, I wanted to hit him too.

Victor Martinez had a game winning hit last Saturday, his first walkoff hit of his career. That's over 400 RBI without a walkoff. What active player has over 800 RBI without a walkoff hit? Answer at the bottom.

We all know that Pete Rose is the all-time leader in hits in MLB history. What isn't said much is that he was also the all-time MLB leader in outs. In fact, Rose made 1,000 outs more than the nearest player. 10,328 outs. I think my Main fantasy team has already passed him.

Rose also had 15,861 plate appearances, 2,000 more than any other player. Leading active player in plate appearances? Omar Vizquel, 10,782.

Answers from the top of the post-

This team hasn't got a home run

Lance Berkman, over 800 rbi, no walkoffs.

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KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:53 am

Inflatable claw giveaway, now that's the kinda prize we need here! Or maybe an inflatable moustachio?

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:42 am

Always love to read your "stuff", Dan.

Some nice "ever-changing" signatures, too!

~Lance

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:50 pm

I'd like to piggyback on Dans "Stuff" thread...

I've had a few off the wall thought pass through my head this week...

-Why do the STL Cardinals use a BLUE outline of their logo letters on MLB package...just doesn't look good without the red dominating.

-If I could create a movie about Muppet's casted by humans...I'd have my casting director give Adam LaRoche (PIT) a call ASAP! (For "Bert" from "Bert and Ernie")

-To a lesser degree...Xavier Nady would make a tougher version of Phil Hellmuth for a poker flick.

-If I were directing an "MLB Happy Hanukkah" commercial...I'd light the Menorah and bring in Ryan Braun for a photo shoot.

-Scott Rolen would make a solid lead man for "Gladiator II" (If ole' Maximus Decimus Meridius hadn't kicked the bucket!)

-Speaking of "Kicked the Bucket"...it sure sounds like a perfect way to lightly explain death...but WTF does it mean???

-These bozo's mathematical nerds try and compare a Brett Favre pass to a 90-whatever mile per hour pitch...yet I never see QB's landing on the "DL"...baseball is a pampered sport.

-If the baseballs and gloves are made of animal skin (you can still grip it wet)...and both teams have to deal with the poor vision and footing...why not play baseball in the rain? They can take a break and change to "rain gear"

-The CHI "put it on the board" guys are the only crew of announcers I've turned the channel on due to not being able to take how bad they were.

~Lance

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KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:21 pm

Originally posted by sportsbettingman:

-If the baseballs and gloves are made of animal skin (you can still grip it wet)...and both teams have to deal with the poor vision and footing...why not play baseball in the rain? They can take a break and change to "rain gear"

~Lance I've always thought games should be played thru the rain, anything short of electrical storms and tornados.

Football can be played in sub-zero weather with the field iced up as hard as concrete where guys get tackled and thrown down on it every play. Yet baseball can't be played with a little water in their eyes and some puddles? For the record I have never stopped playing a baseball/softball game because of rain and always object when coaches or umps pulled us off the field; more rain = more fun in my book.

Quahogs · Post by **Quahogs** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:39 pm

Originally posted by sportsbettingman:

-Scott Rolen would make a solid lead man for "Gladiator II" (If ole' Maximus Decimus Meridius hadn't kicked the bucket!)

-Speaking of "Kicked the Bucket"...it sure sounds like a perfect way to lightly explain death...but WTF does it mean???

-grabbed this off the web for you Lance -

...book called "Slang Down the Ages" by Jonathon Green, there are actually two possible origins for "kick the bucket," both suitably grisly. It seems that one method of slaughtering a pig used to involve hanging it upside down from a beam by means of a piece of wood called a "bucket." The dying animal would, naturally, "kick the bucket." The other possible origin refers to a method of hanging oneself, which involved standing on a bucket, tightening the noose, and then kicking away the bucket. Since the phrase "kick the bucket" dates back to at least the 16th century, neither of these can definitively be called the "genuine" origin...

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:35 am

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

quote:Originally posted by sportsbettingman:

-If the baseballs and gloves are made of animal skin (you can still grip it wet)...and both teams have to deal with the poor vision and footing...why not play baseball in the rain? They can take a break and change to "rain gear"

~Lance I've always thought games should be played thru the rain, anything short of electrical storms and tornados.

Football can be played in sub-zero weather with the field iced up as hard as concrete where guys get tackled and thrown down on it every play. Yet baseball can't be played with a little water in their eyes and some puddles? For the record I have never stopped playing a baseball/softball game because of rain and always object when coaches or umps pulled us off the field; more rain = more fun in my book.

[/QUOTE]With all of your business savvy, you still have a softball players heart.

You know the word, that dirty little word that has taken hold of America. The word that has spawned political correctness and crowded our judicial system to no end.

The same word that takes you off the softball field and Major Leaguers to the clubhouse when it starts to sprinkle.

LIABILITY. There I said it. I need to take a shower now.

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Sun May 04, 2008 1:20 pm

More "stuff" with a buzzed tilt...

~Could major league baseball please consider adding in the ear protection to the correct side of the 1st and 3rd base coaches new helmets? ...or at the very least a downward curve to the back? The flat way they look now makes the base coaches look like fools.

~Bud, Bud, Bud...take a lesson from old Walt himself, and cover up all these new tattoo's we are beginning to see on MLB players. Disney knew better than to allow piercings and facial hair ruining what he created...you can use some thin "skin colored" material to do the same. (SF Closer and Mrs. Hamilton's husband come to mind.)

~Are AL hitters (in general) more valuable due to a sacrifice happy SP trying his best to swing a bat...and killing innings, or at least getting walked to face said pitcher?

~Drinking and drafting can work out fine. Drinking and blind bidding can be dangerous.

~Lance

bjoak · Post by **bjoak** » Sun May 04, 2008 4:55 pm

I have a Q that sort of goes with Lance's ponderings: hypothetically, from a manager's perspective, you have a guy on first and your best hitter is at the plate with an 0-2 count (inning 8 or earlier). Knowing that almost any hitter is highly unlikely to get a hit after he's in an 0-2 count, don't you send the runner every time in that situation? Worst case scenario, he gets thrown out and your best hitter starts out the next inning in a more favorable count.

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:45 pm

More stuff...

WTF is MLB gonna do when DOCTOR JAMES ANDREWS dies??? Whomever is next in line to replace him deserves some work.

Are all these nutty baseball players listening to Anthony Robbins tapes, and making their undoing and redoing of the Velcro on their batting gloves AN ANCHOR!!! :rolleyes:

I swear I saw cheerleaders on the SZC last week...was it just a mirage?

Who on this MB had the best player so far as their NFBC Event Pass playing card? (I have a new theory on this.)

~Lance

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:49 pm

Originally posted by sportsbettingman:

More stuff...

WTF is MLB gonna do when DOCTOR JAMES ANDREWS dies??? Whomever is next in line to replace him deserves some work.

Are all these nutty baseball players listening to Anthony Robbins tapes, and making their undoing and redoing of the Velcro on their batting gloves AN ANCHOR!!! :rolleyes:

I swear I saw cheerleaders on the SZC last week...was it just a mirage?

Who on this MB had the best player so far as their NFBC Event Pass playing card? (I have a new theory on this.)

~Lance I think Gekko had Ryan Church.

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KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:51 pm

Phil Hughes for me.

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:00 pm

Jose Lopez SEA for me...a big upgrade over FIRED HOUSTON Coach last NFBC.

~Lance

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:48 pm

Brandon Webb owners come back to earth a little tonight, he'd been dominant but 7 earned in 3+ tonight. He looked hung-over.

Duchscherer kicking his a**, I might add.

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Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:59 pm

Originally posted by KJ Duke:

Brandon Webb owners come back to earth a little tonight, he'd been dominant but 7 earned in 3+ tonight. He looked hung-over.

Duchscherer kicking his a**, I might add. Fyi - webb's velocity has gone down the tubes his last few starts. Speculation is 'dead arm'. rumors abound concerning possibly injury. Everyone thought it would be unit or owings to get bounced for scherzer. Now it could be webb. Who woulda thought.

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:38 pm

Is Chris Young lost at the plate? He's closing in on Rickie Weeks.

BA down to 226.

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:43 pm

WITH HIM NOT RUNNING AT ALL, that shitt is totally unacceptable.

geeko gets dupped on another player. just wonderful

bjoak · Post by **bjoak** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:13 pm

Originally posted by sportsbettingman:

More stuff...

WTF is MLB gonna do when DOCTOR JAMES ANDREWS dies??? Whomever is next in line to replace him deserves some work.

Are all these nutty baseball players listening to Anthony Robbins tapes, and making their undoing and redoing of the Velcro on their batting gloves AN ANCHOR!!! :rolleyes:

I swear I saw cheerleaders on the SZC last week...was it just a mirage?

Who on this MB had the best player so far as their NFBC Event Pass playing card? (I have a new theory on this.)

~Lance 30 years from now, Dr. James Andrews is going to write a book called, "I lied to f*** up everyone's career because I could".

Those cards are someone's idea of a sick joke. This year I got Norris Hopper and last year it was Nick Punto. I didn't even know they made cards for these guys.

Wonder Boy · Post by **Wonder Boy** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:57 pm

Oh my god where do I start? This thread is simply outstanding.

One thing about baseball is the game is pretty much played the same way whether you are 8 yrs old or 38 yrs old.

What the heck is a rookie mistake???? Suddenly a player in the majors forgets how to play baseball???????

Pitchers walks 2 hitters in a row. Next batter up swings at a 2-0 pitch? A rookie mistake or a stupid manager for not telling the player to take a strike???

Ahhh!!!

Steve

BigHurt · Post by **BigHurt** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:02 am

I was all excited last year when I got my pass and it had a Ryan Braun card. But something wasn't quite right. Why is he wearing a Royals hat? Oh....great.....that Ryan Braun. What a kick in the nuts.

Edwards Kings · Post by **Edwards Kings** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:16 am

2006 - Posada (pretty cool)

2007 - Sheets (hmmm...should I draft him)

2008 - Edgar Gonzalez (Anybody seen my bicycle?)

Just kidding. Even if the players on the cards were not great, they still looked nice and much better than "Hi, my name is ....." stickers or whatever.

Edwards Kings · Post by **Edwards Kings** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:17 am

Originally posted by Wonder Boy:

What the heck is a rookie mistake???? Going to the concession stand and bringing back only ONE beer.

Edwards Kings · Post by **Edwards Kings** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:25 am

Originally posted by bjoak:

I have a Q that sort of goes with Lance's ponderings: hypothetically, from a manager's perspective, you have a guy on first and your best hitter is at the plate with an 0-2 count (inning 8 or earlier). Knowing that almost any hitter is highly unlikely to get a hit after he's in an 0-2 count, don't you send the runner every time in that situation? Worst case scenario, he gets thrown out and your best hitter starts out the next inning in a more favorable count. No, you do not send the runner.

Your best hitter is probably the #4 or #3 stick in your line-up. Most (certainly not all) #2's have some speed, but are not the best base runners. Even fewer #3 hitters have the right kind of speed. Not good odds of extending the inning.

Also, your best hitter is the one probably who can handle the 0-2 count best. Negating the two strikes is not worth losing a baserunner in front of your best hitter (i.e. he would come up next inning with the bases open which is a gift to the other team).

If you do a hit and run, you limit your best hitters options. Also, there is an old saying that you never take the bat out of the hands of your best hitter.

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:09 pm

Don't like the way Zambrano is throwing tonight. Kinda looks like his shoulder might be hurting.

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:20 pm

in his last 9 games including 2nite, he's had more K's than BB in ONLY 3 games. if that doesn't set off the alarms, i'm not sure what else would.

the innings have caught up with him and most could see it a mile away (like before the season). kiss him goodbye.