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  1. JoeHova
    So, Vick did cut a deal, but apparently it will likely include some prison time. There goes his NFL career, most likely. The thing about him apologizing for this is kind of ridiculous. "Oh, my ongoing for-profit operation of breeding dogs for fighting and executing the losers was all a big mistake and I guess I just didn't realize what I was doing for the last 7 years." It seems pretty phony.
  2. JoeHova
    My most recent music purchases are "Aman Iman" by Tinariwen, "The CD Version of the First Two Records" by Bikini Kill, "Worker's Playtime" and "Don't Try This At Home" (the 2 disc remastered editions) by Billy Bragg, "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga" by Spoon, and "Can't Quit The Blues" which is a Buddy Guy box set. I haven't had a chance to listen to any of those yet though. I'm really looking forward to doing so.
  3. JoeHova
    Interesting. It's arguable that they should have made this move earlier, considering how bad all their outfielders except Duncan have been. However, despite Ankiel's impressive home run totals, there are reasons to be concerned about how he'll do in MLB. His MLE is about a .730 OPS, which would be only a 93 or so OPS+. That's better than Edmonds, but not as good as Spiezio, Taguchi, Ludwick, Schumaker, or Encarnacion. He looks to me like he'll be (at best) a Tony Batista-esque player, which might work in center but probably won't play at the corners. I could see him having a year where he hits 30-35 homers and slugs .500 or so, but he'll struggle to keep his OBP north of .300. I can see him being a nice bat off the bench and spot starter, but I think he would be exposed as an every day player.
  4. JoeHova
    that looks like an IKEA type thing to me. I would check their website or call them to get a catalogue. Their stuff is cheap, but some of it looks pretty acceptable.
  5. JoeHova
    oh, whoops. I assumed from reading this thread and the Power 50 that someone had confirmed what Angel was caught doing, like what happened with Palmeiro. Sorry to add to the confusion.
  6. JoeHova
    AAARRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  7. JoeHova
    A cop acting like a total douche? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!
  8. JoeHova
    That Angel was suspended for an ADHD drug is a relief. That means he should be able to avoid this in the future, unlike a guy who was actually using steroids. I still hope to see him in MLB sometime in 2009.
  9. JoeHova
    Nice to see LaPorta moved up to alphabet ball, though I would have preferred seeing him in Brevard County or Huntsville. It's hard to argue with the success the Brewers have had developing top hitting prospects lately though.
  10. JoeHova
    hmm, the Red Sox are stockpiling major league vets at AAA. In the past week or so, they've picked up Brady Clark, Bobby Kielty, and Junior Spivey. I guess they are either making a run at the IL title (unlikely because the PawSox are 11 out), trying to shore up attendance (possibly, though I was under the impression that Pawtucket drew pretty well), or they are worried about depth going into the AL playoffs if they have an injury or two.
  11. JoeHova
    The difference is that Luis Gonzalez was truly a great player during his time in AZ. Byrnes is a scrub 4th outfielder type having a career year. I'm not sure how much the fans will love him once that becomes clear.
  12. JoeHova
    Unless the kids could find out some really personal information about you through this ezboard/yuku account, what is the potential problem? I would just stick with your current name. Maybe you could change your profile to reflect a fake real name (I mean where it asks you your name and stuff) and location so the kids don't think it's you if they do happen to stumble across this? I mean, this isn't a dating site or anything, so I don't see the kids being able to entrap you like that, if that's what your administrators are worried about. And if they want to get on and talk baseball with you, what's wrong with that? The more the merrier and Brian has taken pains to keep this site suitable for all ages.
  13. JoeHova
    Bad move for the D'Backs, especially when you consider their glut of corner outfield types. They should have let him walk. I would be devastated if the Brewers had signed Byrnes to this contract, it just seems to make very little sense to sign an over-30, below-average offensive corner outfielder to a contract like that. His defense is also said to be atrocious, so I'm not sure what kind of asset he'll be when Carlos Gonzalez is ready.
  14. JoeHova
    what does Prince say after Cecil says, "to McDonald's"?
  15. JoeHova
    Here are the numbers for the guys since July 13th (through 8/6): Prince Fielder: 106 PA's, .297 ba .396 obp .527 slg .923 ops 4 home runs *OPS before the all-star game- .996 JJ Hardy: 94 PA's, .227 ba .269 obp .273 slg .542 ops 0 home runs *OPS before the all-star game- .833 Francisco Cordero: 12 IP, 4.50 ERA, 12 Ks, 2 losses, 7 saves *ERA before the all-star game- 2.86 Ben Sheets: 3.1 IP, 2.70 ERA, 3 Ks *ERA before the all-star game- 3.41 I just thought it would be interesting to see how the all-stars were doing after the break. Small sample size caveats definitely apply. I'm not trying to show anything one way or another, I was just curious how they were all doing. Anyway, the Brewers are 11-14 after the break compared to 49-39 before it. They were scoring 4.9 runs per game before the break and are scoring 4.4 after. They were giving up 4.4 runs before the break and are giving up 5.2 after. As for the 4 all-stars, Prince's home run pace has slowed considerably, but he is getting on base at a great clip and hitting for a good average and good slugging percentage. JJ is totally and completely in the tank and has been since before the break. Cordero has had a bit of a rough time, but not really too bad, all things considered. Sheets is (obviously) injured.
  16. JoeHova
    just want to see if I can figure out how to embed something: edit: wow, that's easy. Nice. Anyway, great find, Prince used to be really cute (he may still be, but that's not for me to judge http://static.yuku.com/v2//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif ).
  17. JoeHova
    From this it appears that Matt will be #3 this time out. Might still be tentative though.
  18. JoeHova
    Weeks started at #4. I don't think anyone else (besides LaPorta) has started top 5 since the Power 50 started coming out. LaPorta was #5 his first time.
  19. JoeHova
    I agree that there sometimes seem to be very few active threads, and I surmise that that may be because many of the threads are so long as to become kind of unmanageable. On the other hand, maybe there weren't as many active threads back in the day (by which I mean a couple years ago) as I remember.
  20. JoeHova
    I agree that there sometimes seem to be very few active threads, and I surmise that that may be because many of the threads are so long as to become kind of unmanageable. On the other hand, maybe there weren't as many active threads back in the day (by which I mean a couple years ago) as I remember.
  21. JoeHova
    Why don't you just cancel it? How can that be worth the aggravation? Switch to DirecTV or to a cable provider. I have DirecTV and haven't had any real problems.
  22. JoeHova
    yeah, Pence probably has it won, despite Braun's superior numbers across the board. Pence got so much hype for whatever reason that people haven't even noticed that Braun is out-hitting him by a considerable margin.
  23. JoeHova
    wow, Gabe Gross with 2 home runs tonight. Weeks and Rottino are both 3 for 4. Good hitting night for the Sounds so far, 10-4 in the 7th.
  24. JoeHova
    yeah, he's pretty much met my expectations, which were of a middling corner outfielder. He's been about exactly that so far this season (109 OPS+), though actually a bit worse because he needs to be platooned. I guess what I'm saying is that I hope his 2nd half hot streak happens, but I don't think it always will. Let's hope that during the one year of his career the Brewers' 2nd half actually matters, Jenkins keeps up his pattern.
  25. JoeHova
    sending Villanueva down would be stupid, imo. It would be unnecessarily punitive to a guy who is adapting to a new role and who has filled that role excellently for the most part. Yes, he hasn't been good for a couple weeks. However, he's also thrown the most relief innings in MLB this year. Sending him down wouldn't seem to address his problem, which seems to be fatigue/dead-arm. If anything, a 2 week dl stint would probably be the way to go as I don't believe he has earned a demotion in the same way Weeks had.
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