Edgy MD

Containment is a workable strategy in basketball. Not in baseball. You got to get that guy out.

Carmona Philly and Tissenbaum Tampa were lesser-known Damon Runyon heroes.

The thing with the Marlins is that both times they violently remade their team in the past, the fruits blossomed much faster than prophesied. A rebuilding Marlins team is always a good longshot bet to suddenly turn into the division's powerhouse.

Stick with the nineties vein. [fimg=400]http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/00800/08-05-2009-681_800398a.jpg[/fimg] They were down on their firstbaseman Staring at this yellow-shirted guy Garrett Jones struck up a conversation at the winter meetings He took grounders while his agent made a pitch He's suddenly beautiful And the Fish need something beautiful Convinced themselves he was beautiful Last year's numbers should be a warning Sha la la la la la la la yeah.. uh huh, yeah... Shut up, Maria! Garrett Jones is a disciple of the Ultimate Warrior He plays full-throttle, Mr. Jones Believe in him Fish believe in anything 'Cause the Fish they want a fan base who believes Yeah... Mr. Jones and me Tell each other fairy tales And we stare at the scouts from better teams "He's looking at you. Ah, no, no, he's looking at me." Dreaming now of the bright lights While living down in the barrio When Pittsburgh doesn't you You sure can't be a Yankee [fimg=350]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/IMG_7071_Garrett_Jones.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=300]http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2014/02/20/19/41/qDOH3.St.56.jpeg[/fimg]

OK, let's try it this way: What they got, they got a catcher name-a "Salty"! Supposed to be an all-star but predictions turned out faulty! He's got a bunch of walks and he's hitting kind of decent! But he's probably not as good as what he's done for them of recent! His thoughts have been in Boston, but he's playing where he comes from! A chance to go back home, well then you take that chance, you dum-dum! He grew up in Palm Beach and now he's playing for Miami! The park has lots of seating for his Papi and his Mami! [fimg=350]http://media.nbcmiami.com/images/654*368/186401714.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=350]http://msn.foxsports.com/content/dam/fsdigital/RSN/Florida/2014/3/6/030614-fsf-mlb-miami-marlins-jarrod-saltalamacchia-PI.jpg[/fimg]

You know, I'm willing to put my money down on that one right now

Is there a girl in your life? Say, 6-14? Then this film has probably taken over your existence. Disney updates Hans Christian Anderson's The Snow Queen. [fimg=450]http://steadfastlutherans.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Frozen-movie-poster.jpg[/fimg]

Mex is awesome. Appears out of nowhere, demands the team be re-made in his fashion, and then disappears again. BOO-HOO-HA-HA-HAWW! He's like a Bat-villian.

I thought this was my baby. Um, Jose Fernandez is really good. We're gonna miss him. But not miss him, you know?

Career Hits, Active Big Leaders 1. Derek Jeter: 3,333 2. Alex Rodriguez: 2,939 3. Ichiro Suzuki: 2,755 4. Bobby Abreu: 2,438 5. Adrian Beltre: 2,434 6. Albert Pujols: 2,372 7. Paul Konerko: 2,302 8. Carlos Beltran: 2,251 9. Jimmy Rollins: 2,196 10. Torii Hunter: 2,185 11. Aramis Ramirez: 2,071 12. Alfonso Soriano: 2,066 13. David Ortiz: 2,044 14. Miguel Cabrera: 2,012 15. Raul Ibanez: 2,003 16. Jason Giambi: 2,002 17. Rafael Furcal: 1,811 18. A.J. Pierzynski: 1,796 19. Carl Crawford: 1,778 20. Matt Holliday: 1,701 21. Robinson Cano: 1,672 22. Jose Reyes: 1,602 23. Mark Teixeira: 1,594 24. David Wright: 1,583 25. Alex Rios: 1,570 26. Adam Dunn: 1,552 27. Victor Martinez: 1,500 28. Adrian Gonzalez: 1,495 29. Eric Chavez: 1,465 30. Brian Roberts: 1,463 Big double by Abreu. Hear those footsteps, Ichiro?

Deadspin is all over the notion that baseball is wrong and crazy here. Weird cause to take up. #FREEPINEDA

Have I gone overboard? It just happened RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYES! It may well NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN! But that's OK! Because I was certain it would NEVER HAPPEN AT ALL! So I think I've successfully MAINTAINED A BALANCED PERSPECTIVE!

Well, I bow before your prognosticatory skills. I was convinced it would take a cholera outbreak before Matsuzaka got a save opportunity. My word. I, on the other hand, contributed the Lemon Pipers to this thread, and rhymed Rice and Dice seconds before anybody else did. That was... good too.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: BOOOOOOOOKS!!!! How you ever saw this Daisuke Matsuzaka closer opportunity happening, I'll never know. I mean, I feel like I can do a good job standing back and seeing patterns developing, but I never saw this. You were dead right about Harvey before anybody had a clew, as well. Even if that spring training blockbuster only turned out to be an interesting early-season two-for-one, I tip my hat. Dice-Kloser. Never would have spotted it.

How did I ever get to this point in my life without never having heard that song before? Because we don't hang out enough. Long live the the Rice-Dice Bullpen Team!

Zvon wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: 28 pitches to just four batters (two outs/two on) for Torres means he doesn't get to finish the inning. So it's Rice vs Adams as the tying run. Keith's right. Torres is gassed. Whew. Rice is nice. zm7FWb1HuwU

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Mets offense suddenly showing extreme prejudice. Nice to have them show up on a day when the other team was running a 4-0 pitcher out against us.

Grande pinch-hitting for EL Grande. May preclude using him as a defensive sub.

Big trip to the plate for Boo here.

If there were an Expos, there would definitely be a home fore EY Jr. on the Expos.

And the Pondscum take the lead!

Good show. Unfortunately, with a DGaaNG lineup, the rest of these boners are riding pine. (Do you think MLB benches are made of pine anymore? Probably some synthetic fiber/wood composite, right?)

Young speaks for me. Ka-POW!

Breaking news! Ruben Tejada has exited the interstate!