Fatter than Joey

DFA Mrs. Fielder.

Not sure how good a fielder Cecil was, by his third full year he was already playing 1/4 of the games at DH. He wasn't Keith Hernandez, but he was better than Prince is.

Agreed. I like the idea of having a sideline reporter to get post-game comments and perhaps pre-game comments, but leave the rest of the action alone please. I would also agree with this in a large part -- but I think that there are times in a game where Bill and Brian have no idea what is going on and it helps to have someone on the field -- like if a pitcher is suddenly removed from a game, or a position player does not report to the field after an inning -- perhaps if there was an injury, weird ruling by an umpire, ejection or some other event that is not obvious to the TV booth.

I'd give Melvin a "C" -- He didn't do anything remarkable, and he didn't do anything that I didn't like. If you really like Luis Pena, I could see Melvin getting a C-

I'd agree -- 5% or lower

I'm glad they quit putting razors in their cookies.

And that's not a halftime score. The game was @ Illinois. Yuck. Yikes -- My 4th graders can get 40 in a game.

Sheila E. would have never hired Ned Yost.

I'm not exactly on a first name basis with Sheila E. I love Sheila E. I wish she was on Criminal Minds.

Thank You, FTJ. . .If I have disturbed you, then that's really saying something! Without a doubt -- No matter how hard I try, I just can't get past my hangups with necrophilia.

Wow -- Good ones JimH5! -- Those are superb and somewhat disturbing -- but definitely creative. I demand that Hawing submits one.

Nothing like the 1 year sample size to really emphasize a point. 1973 was a year a lot of players in the NL hit HRs in Fulton -- It's a fact. There is no sample size issue. Also if Fulton County Stadium is such a launching pad (which I agree to a certain extent) It's common knowledge to any one who either lived or has studied baseball in that era... There is really nothing for you to agree or disagree on here. Aaron, Evans and Johnson all placing in the top 4 isn't an aberation why in the remaining 23 year history of the stadium was there only 3 other HR hitters to ever hit 40 in a season for a Brave. When Aaron played in Fulton -- there were more HRs hit in Fulton than in any other NL park 6 out of 8 years. Why was the HR distribution in such a way that more Brave hitters didnt get 40? -- I don't know -- injuries/luck probably. You are hung up on the distribution of HRs, which is certainly interesting -- but there is simply no denying that Fulton was a HR hitters park. Which batters did you expect to get 40 that didn't?

Edit: FWIW, I'd really like to get Atlanta's weather data for 1973, wind and temperature. I can't help you with what you want.... but check this out.... 1.) Over 200 Hrs were hit in Fulton --- the next closest was 164 in the Stick. 2.) ATL pitchers pitching at home gave up 87 HRs, the next closest, the Phillies at 80, after that the Cubs at 72. 3.) ATL's pitchers Home ERA, 4.75 -- Phillies are next at 4.18, followed by the Cubs at 3.88 Aaron, Evans and Johnson were not the only dudes hitting HRs in Fulton in 1973. Lots of HRs were hit in Fulton in 1973 Even among Hall of Famers he's unique. Just as Babe Ruth is. Just as Ty Cobb is. Just as Ted Williams is. Just as Rickey Henderson's SBs are. Agreed... At some point you have to concede that great players will be great sometimes... or maybe Tigers Stadium was just a HR launching pad. It certainly was for LH hitters like Evans. Short Porch Out of these 3 sluggers that all have over 500 homeruns none of them had seasons over 30 HRs after the age of 35. False -- Frank Robinson had 30 when he was 37. Also, McCovey had 29 at 35, and 28 at 39 -- Mays had 28 at 39 -- Killebrew had 28 at 35.... so your selection of 30 HRs as a benchmark seems arbitrary. Furthermore, McCovey and Mays were not full-time players at 39 yrs., had they been, they would have exceeded 30 HRs. Please find me another player in the history of baseball who had their highest HR total or highest HR/PA percentage with at least 35 HR's after their age 35 season? What does this prove? -- I'd have a hard time finding another player that won 11 batting titles like Ty Cobb did as well... Aaron/Cobb/etc.. great players, even among the elites. I think if Aaron used steroids in 1971 and 1973, he would have used them in the gap years as well -- and we would not see big drops.

Actually one of the biggest ways in which Coors skews towards offense is the higher # of singles it allows. While this may be true -- the discussion is really focusing on park changes having an effect on roid-induced power numbers... Moving Pierre to or from Colorado isn't going to change his power numbers, or how many HRs he gets. (Pierre has 1 HR in Coors in 900 ABs.) Power Hitters on the other hand, certainly could be effected drastically by a park's dimensions...

Prince has done an outstanding job during his pro career keeping his weight down Really? -- I thought he did a poor job of it last year. He could take a different tack altogether and say, "You want to make veggie jokes instead of focus on my superlative early-career numbers? Okay. I'm off to Arby's. I think if he had to do it all over again, Prince wouldn't have mentioned his vegetarianism. Instead, the shy guy with a chip on his shoulder, who is growing more-and-more into a leader, owns the issue in the period when it''s easiest to do something about it - the off-season. Absolutely. If he is able to get a handle on his weight, my hat is off to him. Certainly it is something I struggle with, and I know demonstrates leadership. I think most people are obsessed about his weight, because they don't want to see him flame out at the age of 32 like his old man did -- or become a career DH.

I wondered all last year when Yost's job description was modified to include keeping Jason Kendall happy. C'mon JB12 -- you know Kendall was a gamer and a fighter, and you just don't take gamers out of the lineup.... Yost was a bad manager.

Why would he be relieved? He should be sad, because he had every opportunity to prove himself last season when the Brewers were in desperate need of relief help, and he simply could not throw the ball over the plate. You don't have any business telling Luis Pena or his agent that Luis should be sad... If he likes his current situation better than the previous one, for whatever reason, he has every right to be relieved. Did he not feel like the Brewers gave him enough of an opportunity? That's bogus, to say the least Why? -- He is entitled to feel the way he does about his former employer -- The only thing I have heard was that he was shocked to be taken off the roster -- and quite frankly, I was as well. I was sad to see Luis Pena get DFA'd -- and then I was relieved to see him get picked up, and by a team he is excited to play for. If I felt that way, I am sure LP feels that way times 100. I don't think it is a coincidence that Pena got scooped up by Jack Z. -- perhaps the Brewers made a bad call here... it certainly is possible. He never did a thing to deserve a shot in the Brewers' bullpen. Last year perhaps, but again, taking him off the roster was a whole other extreme decision I wouldn't have expected either. I'm sorry, but using the term "relieved" just sounds like an agent trying to save as much face as possible for one of his players. I am sure you are wrong about this as well. Agent39 has other Brewer clients, and I don't think he is interested in slamming on the Brewers to pimp one of his players. My guess Agent 39 asked LP how he was doing and LP said "I'm relieved" -- and Agent39 was just relaying that here. Simple as that. Good Luck to you Luis!! I hope you set Tacoma on fire, -- (with your pitching)

also in Portland! The next time the in-laws ask what you want for Christmas.. My inlaws live in TN, they think I suck, they won't be sending me any chips anytime soon. My parents live in OR though, -- see above..

I was reading or possibly hallucinating that I read about a poetry contest -- where the first line has to be romantic, and the second line has to be a burn... Like this: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Although counting to zero, won't exactly take days and days or this. She walks in beauty, like the night Her face killed my dog, he died of fright I think putting the poetry in italics makes it funnier.... Anyway, I figured you guys could come up with some doozies.

I can't find Ruffles BBQ chips anywhere... That makes me sad on the inside.

I really dont care that he worked for the Cubs, although it does irk me some that he grew up and is a die-hard Cubs fan. That said, I'll give him a chance and judge him on his play calling ability, but let it be said that I dont trust him. The way I look at it, if you can't trust a dude to pee accurately in a non-trough receptacle, how can you trust that guy to call a Brewer's game.

http://www.skipgriparis.com/images/skipbob.jpg What about this guy?

DFA Provus.

Hi all -- My youth BKB team needs to get some new threads to rock local tourneys... If anyone knows where I could get some uniforms screened in Madison/Milw/southern Wis, or point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Thanks!

If Gamel is as bad as Braun was he is something like -25 or more defender and should be in AAA. Gamel probably is not going to hit like Braun did either... I really don't see a good reason to bring him up, unless his defense is passable.