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Post by DOUGHBOYS » Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:29 am

The Baltimore Orioles do not have much, but they can now boast having two of the four tallest pitchers in the Majors.

Neither are exactly scary to batters as they may be to a person walking alone in a dark alley....

Mark Hendrickson and Kam Mickolio.

The other two tall pitchers are a little harder to hit...Chris Young and Jeff Niemann.



The Yankees have not had an 11-game losing streak since 1913.

Senator and National fans may have a little taste of throw up in their mouths after seeing that.



The Red Sox were just swept in a four game series by the Rays. The last time the Red Sox were swept in four games by a team in April was 1996.

Tim Wakefield was in his second year and in the rotation. So was an older guy, 33 years old, Jamie Moyer.



A little junk here, while talking of the Red Sox....

That outfield they put on the field yesterday was laughable. They looked like the slo-pitch players I see on a daily basis at the local park. Jeremy Hermida, Bill Hall, and JD Drew...stinker!



August 25, 1992 in the rookie Gulf Coast League in Florida. Derek Jeter played short, Jorge Posada caught, with Andy Pettitte on the mound and Mariano Rivera in the bullpen.

Wow, just wow. Although Pettitte was away for awhile, it's amazing those guys have been together, for the most part, since then.



By the way, Mariano Rivera has saved 65 games for Pettitte as a Yankee.



David Eckstein has three walk off home runs, more than 95% of current ballplayers.



Tight situation, we may want Eckstein, not Kos Fukudome. Fukudome has a career .136 batting average with two outs and runners in scoring position.



Three of the top four, or the top three home run hitters of all time, without an asterisk, never played high school baseball their junior or senior years.

Babe Ruth never went to High School.

Willie Mays played professionally for the Birmingham Black Barons and was precluded from playing high school sports.

Hank Aaron spent his junior and senior years at a private High School while playing semi-pro baseball with the Mobile Black Bears.



Keep me in mind when you lay that trivia on someone my age :D



Carl Crawford is 31-31 in his last 31 attempts stealing bases against the Red Sox.



The only two players to have hit in every game this year are Jorge Cantu and Jason Kendall.

If anybody had them on their win-place tickets before the season, I salute you.



The New York Mets won that marathon game against the Cardinals without an extra base hit.



I meant to use this one last week and am to lazy to look at the change in percentages....

Jeff Clement, Greg's favorite player, is hitting .103. If he keeps up his downward spiral he could be the first player in MLB history to be owned by a higher avg of NFBC owners than his own batting average. As of last week, he was owned in 63.9% of leagues.

Julio Borbon now has that inside track.



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Post by Thunder » Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:59 am

dan,,how's that "coming-east-to-see-my-daughter" / whirlwind NFBC tour working out for you?? :D



you definitely made the correct pick at #1 in ST. LOUISville.. ;)



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Post by DOUGHBOYS » Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:51 pm

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Carl Crawford is 31-31 in his last 31 attempts stealing bases against the Red Sox. Is it any wonder that the Rangers stole nine bases last night? :D
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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:59 am

Dan, Trevor Hoffman is coming in right now to pitch the ninth inning at Pittsburgh. The Brewers are ahead 20-0. Please find out if a Hall of Fame closer has ever entered a game with a 20 run lead!! :D Amazing, huh?



The Brewers have outscored the Pirates in this series 35-1. They OWN the Pirates!! :D And have for the last couple of years.
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Post by Glenneration X » Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:01 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

Dan, Trevor Hoffman is coming in right now to pitch the ninth inning at Pittsburgh. The Brewers are ahead 20-0. Please find out if a Hall of Fame closer has ever entered a game with a 20 run lead!! :D Amazing, huh?



The Brewers have outscored the Pirates in this series 35-1. They OWN the Pirates!! :D And have for the last couple of years. Ryan Braun's a beast.



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Post by Greg Ambrosius » Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:03 am

Originally posted by Glenneration X:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

Dan, Trevor Hoffman is coming in right now to pitch the ninth inning at Pittsburgh. The Brewers are ahead 20-0. Please find out if a Hall of Fame closer has ever entered a game with a 20 run lead!! :D Amazing, huh?



The Brewers have outscored the Pirates in this series 35-1. They OWN the Pirates!! :D And have for the last couple of years. Ryan Braun's a beast.



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[/QUOTE]You are soooooooo right. He is just hitting lasers right now. And with big-time power to right field. People can pitch him outside if they'd like, but he is ripping them for doubles and homers with regularity. That kid is fun to watch hit.
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Post by Glenneration X » Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:05 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by Glenneration X:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

Dan, Trevor Hoffman is coming in right now to pitch the ninth inning at Pittsburgh. The Brewers are ahead 20-0. Please find out if a Hall of Fame closer has ever entered a game with a 20 run lead!! :D Amazing, huh?



The Brewers have outscored the Pirates in this series 35-1. They OWN the Pirates!! :D And have for the last couple of years. Ryan Braun's a beast.



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[/QUOTE]You are soooooooo right. He is just hitting lasers right now. And with big-time power to right field. People can pitch him outside if they'd like, but he is ripping them for doubles and homers with regularity. That kid is fun to watch hit.
[/QUOTE]....and run....he might be the next 40/40 with a 320 avg to boot.



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Post by Glenneration X » Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:06 am

Originally posted by Glenneration X:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by Glenneration X:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

Dan, Trevor Hoffman is coming in right now to pitch the ninth inning at Pittsburgh. The Brewers are ahead 20-0. Please find out if a Hall of Fame closer has ever entered a game with a 20 run lead!! :D Amazing, huh?



The Brewers have outscored the Pirates in this series 35-1. They OWN the Pirates!! :D And have for the last couple of years. Ryan Braun's a beast.



Glenn
[/QUOTE]You are soooooooo right. He is just hitting lasers right now. And with big-time power to right field. People can pitch him outside if they'd like, but he is ripping them for doubles and homers with regularity. That kid is fun to watch hit.
[/QUOTE]....and run....he might be the next 40/40 with a 320 avg to boot.



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[/QUOTE]Ok....maybe the second part of the 40/40 is pushing it....but damn, this guy is good.



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Post by Hells Satans » Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:17 am

They Yankees are 11-3 and their 2/3 hitters are hitting a combined .241. "Combined" in the sense that .130 + .111 = .241

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Post by Navel Lint » Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:41 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

Dan, Trevor Hoffman is coming in right now to pitch the ninth inning at Pittsburgh. The Brewers are ahead 20-0. Please find out if a Hall of Fame closer has ever entered a game with a 20 run lead!! :D Amazing, huh?



The Brewers have outscored the Pirates in this series 35-1. They OWN the Pirates!! :D And have for the last couple of years. I can tell you this. Since 1920, there have been four shutouts of 20 or more runs.



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Post by Foo Dog » Thu Apr 22, 2010 11:20 am

How about the Padres get one hit, a single and win. Never saw that coming
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Post by DOUGHBOYS » Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:36 am

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

quote:Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Carl Crawford is 31-31 in his last 31 attempts stealing bases against the Red Sox. Is it any wonder that the Rangers stole nine bases last night? :D [/QUOTE]Not only is Carl Crawford 31-31 vs. the Red Sox, after their series against the Rangers, the Rangers are 34-34 in stolen bases against the Red Sox.



In Little League a coach will invariably say, "A walk is as good as a hit". Against the Red Sox, it could be modified to, "A walk is as good as a double".
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Post by Dirt Dogs » Fri Apr 23, 2010 5:09 am

start all your guys vs BOSTON. Pad the SB stats baby.
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Post by DOUGHBOYS » Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:34 am

Not to pile on....strike that, I'm piling on...



The tandem of Varitek/Martinez has thrown out one baserunner this year.... out of 35.



Robinson Cano was the 'speedster' that was thrown out.



It has also been 13 games since the Red Sox have thrown out a base stealer.
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Post by Hawk » Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:00 am

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Not to pile on....strike that, I'm piling on...



The tandem of Varitek/Martinez has thrown out one baserunner this year.... out of 35.



Robinson Cano was the 'speedster' that was thrown out.



It has also been 13 games since the Red Sox have thrown out a base stealer. To pile onto that - just over half of those SB's have been converted into runs. I believe it is 18 out of 35.
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Post by Red Sox Nation » Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:16 am

I don't think Pudge in his prime would of thrown out more than 5 of those runners. These sb's are coming off of the pitcher. Although VMart and Tek do not have good arms they can't take the full blame here.
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