MLB Off-Topic

[Jr.]

Crazy story... http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/11...itches-100-mph

Kid had an 8+ ERA at the San Francisco Academy of Art.. which is mind-boggling considering that's D2 and he throws 100 mph.

[l3ulvl]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jr.

Crazy story... http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/11...itches-100-mph Kid had an 8+ ERA at the San Francisco Academy of Art.. which is mind-boggling considering that's D2 and he throws 100 mph.

Must have no movement or control, or maybe no other pitches. Good luck to him though, would be a cool story

[Jr.]

This was pretty funny.. excerpt from a short Grantland article about the Lester/Cespedes trade

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/li...espedes-trade/

Quote:

Billy Beane sits alone in a darkened room, bottle of Canadian whiskey in his fist. “My **** doesn’t work in the playoffs, they said.” Beane shoves a stack of books off the table and shouts at the sky like a wounded raven. “I’ll show them **** working in the playoffs. I’ll make it work.” Beane turns and grabs the phone. The effort of picking up the phone causes him to lose his balance. “FORST!” he yells into the receiver as he steadies himself. “Get me a pitcher … yeah, Samardzija. Yeah! Get him! … I don’t care, just get him!” Beane slams the phone down, then immediately picks it up and dials again. He throws a glass against the wall, breaking it into more pieces than it took the Mariners to acquire Erik Bedard. “FORST!” Beane shouts. “Get me Lester! … I know we’ve got pitching! Get me Lester, by god!” Beane rips the phone cord out of the wall and throws the entire assembly through the window. “My **** doesn’t work in the playoffs, they said.” Beane takes another slug of whiskey. “I’ll show them what happens when I have all the pitchers.” Beane looks out into the night. Oil fields burn in the distance as sirens drown out the noise of birds and crickets. “All the pitchers.”

[Sportsforever]

Pete Van Wieren passed away this morning…I grew up listening to him and Skip Carey on the radio/TBS. Now they're both gone…RIP.

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/stor...aster-tv-radio

[SPTO]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sportsforever

Pete Van Wieren passed away this morning…I grew up listening to him and Skip Carey on the radio/TBS. Now they're both gone…RIP. http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/stor...aster-tv-radio

Damn

R.I.P. to the Professor. I always loved listening to him and Skip call Braves games. They'll be broadcasting games in Heaven now for sure.

[TripleCrown9]

Been a couple weeks since my last update, so after yesterday's games there have now been 277,477 home runs since 1871.

#TheMoreYouKnow

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by TripleCrown9

Been a couple weeks since my last update, so after yesterday's games there have now been 277,477 home runs since 1871. #TheMoreYouKnow

for whatever reason, I thought that number would be higher

[TripleCrown9]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

for whatever reason, I thought that number would be higher

That's still quite a few, considering when you take away the Top 10 all-time (Bonds, Aaron, Ruth, Mays, A-Roid, Griffey, Thome, Sosa, Robinson, and McGwire) we're still sitting at 270,912.

Also, I'm just counting the Majors. Not the minors, college, all that.