Edgy MD

Those are some handsome cards: Hawkins, Matsui... even Buchholz despite that weird outline. Full-color glossy backs should have been an advancement, but the body-and-soul treatment on Johnson up there is just a textbook example of how they weren't. [fimg=275]http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/80298/Pedro_Astacio.JPG[/fimg] [fimg=275]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AXTFtbAZjxU/T-pHO-MFN3I/AAAAAAAADQs/QaKRgrlO9DI/s1600/wb04.jpg[/fimg] Look at that beefy arm Mike DeJean is sporting.

I wonder, when a team considers all the baggage a guy like that comes with, how much the "Former #1 Overall" label still helps him. Interesting that it's the Rangers he lands with.

I'm trying to think what Reyes' ultimate destination will be. With 3-5 lousy infielders, New York pedigree, and a demonstrated tolerance for domestic abusers on the mend, the Yankees are always a potential landing spot, but I can't see them dealing for him even paying nickels on the dollar. Perhaps Colorado just releases him and the Yankees sign him on the cheap.

I don't go for this 13-man pitching staff nonsense. For one, the pen isn't particularly gassed. For two, the short bench already caught up with the team by inning six of the first game, when Alejandro de Aza had to go up there and pinch-hit against Clayton Kershaw, a tough draw for anybody, but simply unfair for a left-handed bench player. 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Ashie62 wrote: I don't believe those injury prone tags. Guys get hurt. By random chance, some get hurt more. By professional hazard, first string catchers get hurt more than most. If you are saying that no players are injury prone we disagree. We, your highness? Ashie62 wrote: Not letting Travis off the hook because catches. There are hooks involved? How brutal. Ashie62 wrote: He has proven at age 28 he is either a part-time player or DH. So, how much do I get if you're wrong? If he appears in 100 game a few times? 120? Ashie62 wrote: Two other teams have given up on him. I would that someone quit as much on me. Ashie62 wrote: I don't see why you like him so much. I'm a baseball fan. You should try it. Ashie62 wrote: Heck, we possibly have to troll for a better backup to Plawecki. Trolling is not in my blood. Ashie62 wrote: But we did get Thor in that trade. Never heard of him.

Eleven strikeouts. Need a bloop, a HbP, and a blast.

Sorry, man. The amazing thing is that googling "Pete Rose" and "tattoo" gave me a whole strange world of people who actually wear tattoos OF Pete Rose. And... um... I'm pretty sure Fman was one of them.

Going down on a meatball, Lucas. A hanger and a half.

Gonzalez looked like he never played outfield before on that play.

Ronnie: "I played against Barry Bonds his first year, and I tell ya, he was one of the best players in the league as soon as he arrived." Not quite, Ron.

And now, a little something for the ladies.

I just can't stand the fact that the team gets to do their own video review before calling for a video review. Screw that. If you believe the call was wrong, say so on the field.

I don't want to have faith in the Story Story either, but, well, Mike Trout has been the best player in the world over the last half decade while striking out prodigiously. It shouldn't be sustainable, but sometimes is.

I don't believe those injury prone tags. Guys get hurt. By random chance, some get hurt more. By professional hazard, first string catchers get hurt more than most.

Ben Grimm and KC deserve all the credit. I helped by wishing.

Mets needed Daniel Murphy this game.

I applied. They asked me my state, and I started typing M... A... R... and nothing appeared in the drop-down menu. So I clicked the arrow to look at the selection, and all they had was Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. I want to win, so I cheated, and put down my mother's address. They haven't gotten in touch.

A lot of guys swinging at balls at the shins. Lefties, righties, everybody.

We can't do better than send De Aza against Kershaw as a pinch-hitter? I'd've taken my chances with Col�n.

I mean, I can't imagine he has any photos of the Wilpons that are more embarrassing than the ones we've got, and none of us are floating on the back end of the roster.

I'm guessing he doesn't have incriminating pictures of the Wilpons.

You can say that about his whole professional and public life. Including the car crash.

This is how I scored my first date with Julia Stiles.

It'll look better when the scars heal. Which isn't to say it isn't 100% foolish.