Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Over the years Jermaine Dye's name has come up numerous times in rumors about the Mets. Dye never ended up being moved but now he's a free agent after the White Sox decided to not pick-up his option ( source Metsblog) . At 35 y/o the right hander, has struggled through injuries and doesn't play the field very well. He has hit .250 two of the last four years but still produces 27 or more home runs....
copyranter (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
( click ad, scanned from SI) Both vanquished from the playoffs, Joe Torre and Terry Francona sit down in some polite cafe to talk, not baseball, but yoga and tofu and psychotherapy. Where the fuck have you gone Earl Weaver and Leo Durocher ( RIP )? Previous baseball ad posts : A-Rod's got milk and big pants . The official hooch of the Yankees . Bud sez watching Mets games requires nine innings of drinkability...
Pursuit of Red Sox (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Third set of six packs. Top left. Pack 1: #108 Geoff Jenkins Brewers #116 Derek Jeter Yankees #139 Ken Griffey Jnr . Reds #203 Mike Hampton Braves #219 Bo Hart Cardinals #178 Erubiel Durazo Athletics Red Chunk #173 Kevin Millwood Phillies Mini #21 Eric Chavez Athletics Pop-up Pack 2: #56 Javier Vazquez Yankees #91 Brian Giles Padres #166 Jay Payton Rockies #183 Jason Schmidt Giants #274 Anthony Lerew...
Sports In-Depth: Baseball Edition (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
300 HR - 125 players (20 active) + .300 BA - 26 (6 active) + less than 1000 SO - 15 (3 active) Active 1996-present: Vladimir Guerrero: .322, 407 HR, 863 SO 1997-present: Todd Helton: .327, 324, 877 2001-present: Albert Pujols: .334, 366, 567 Pujols' strikeouts are actually up this year, at 61. He had not gone above 60 since 2005. He will probably finish up the season with about 575 strikeouts, and...
Yellow Chair Sports (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
The offer for a rematch game of 21 between Michael Jordan and Byron Scott got me thinking, what other rematches could be arranged for a worthy cause (or windfall profit)? Luis Castillo vs. Moises Alou in a game of Pepper David Tyree and Rodney Harrison playing 500. Leon Lett vs. Don Beebe in a game of keepaway Come on YCS Nation! How else can you make us....err....charity some money?
Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
He's an entertaining guy to say the least, you never know what's going to come out of his mouth. I still have questions about Sheffield's injury, it just seems like such a coincidence that briefly after his protest night he suddenly had a back injury that has almost finished his season. This coming from a guy who admitted to dogging it to get the Brewers to trade him. Sheffield says that he will definitely...
Sports Chatter (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
On September 22, 2007, Moises Alou hit safely in his 26th straight game, setting a new franchise mark for the New York Mets in a single season. Alou went hitless in his first three at-bats before singling to start the ninth inning. At 41 years and 80 days old, Alou became the oldest player in [...]
Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
I admit it, in 2007 when the Mets signed Moises Alou to a one year deal worth 7.5MM with an option for the next year I supported the move. At what power hitting corner outfielders were costing the move made sense and even if he was an injury risk at 40 y/o, the team had Milledge, Martinez and Gomez to cut their teeth in the majors when he went down. Even though he only appeared in 87 games, after hitting...
We Should Be GM's (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
After Chase Utley's solo shot last night, the Phillies became the 12th team to have four player hit at least 30 homers in a season. I was immediately impressed...until I looked up the other eleven teams. 2006 White Sox: Joe Crede, Jermaine Dye, Paul Konerko, Jim Thome. 2004 Cubs: Moises Alou, Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Sammy Sosa. 2000 Angels: Garret Anderson, Troy Glaus, Tim Salmon, Mo Vaughn. 2000...
Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
The Mets announced on Friday that Jose Reyes may require surgery on his hamstring tendon. According to the report if Reyes doesn't respond to his latest therapy then surgery is an option. I'm lead to believe that the hamstring tendon surgery is a much less significant procedure then other leg injuries and even if he has surgery, he will be 100% by spring training. There have been reports all season...
Archie Bunker's Army (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
Say what you will about the Mets this season but the predictability of their miraculous injury run has finally reached its zenith with the news we've all been waiting for: even his own teammates predict season-ending surgery for Johan Santana . And to think, poor Jeff Francoeur and his dodgy season-ending thumb is merely back pages news by comparison. If that doesn't turn him off the Mets, nothing...
The Big Picture (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
The following is written by David Kamoe, a life-long sports fan whose sister is a close friend. David is an avid A's fan, wen to to high school with Drew Gooden and can't believe that Giants commentator Mike Krukow used to refer to the right-centerfield expanse at Pac Bell Park as "Finley Alley," referring to Steve Finley who remarkably wore a Giants uniform for a season. David will likely...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 08/23/2009
More photos » by Frank Franklin II - AP Browse more photos » To commemorate Billy Wagner 's return this week, I compiled a list of his top 10 most valuable pitches as a Met per WPA . It should bring back some pleasant, and not so pleasant, memories during this lost season. A major caveat of relief pitcher WPA is that relievers often create their own high-leverage situations. Walking the...
copyranter (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
Thousands of Brits, too. This is an ad for the upcoming Baseball World Cup in Nettuno, Italy. Back on January 22nd, 1944, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Nettuno/Anzio starting what is considered one of the biggest operational mistakes of WWII. But the invading Americans taught the locals baseball! So, Italian ad agency Link came up with this, uh, "men-in-uniform" parody of the day's...
The View From The Bleachers (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
I’m going to leave a full recap to Joe or one of the other writers. But I would like to comment briefly on some of the worst defensive baseball I’ve seen in quite a while. The Cubs looked like the old Keystone Cubs with Sammy Sosa, Moises Alou et al in the fourth, [...] To read the rest of the post, be sure to visit us at www.viewfromthebleachers.com
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