MLB 2008 - Official Thread
- Thread starter Zephyrus
- Start date
Ender Rises
Wass sappening?
ThisIsACoolName
Member
ThisIsACoolName
Member
BasilisK
Good day, pusscake.
Arizona 8
Colorado 2
Webb 3-0 in 3 starts, 2-0 vs. Jeff Francis
Santana's Cy Young streak's gonna get broken in the NL
Colorado 2
Webb 3-0 in 3 starts, 2-0 vs. Jeff Francis
Santana's Cy Young streak's gonna get broken in the NL
seedofvengeance
Boosh!
Arizona 8
Colorado 2
Webb 3-0 in 3 starts, 2-0 vs. Jeff Francis
Santana's Cy Young streak's gonna get broken in the NL
What streak do you speak of? Sabathia won it last year.
Matt
Active Member
Yeah, Zito started. I'm convinced they should either 1) send him down to the minors 2) trade him and pay all the salary 3) release him
seedofvengeance
Boosh!
You can't send him down to the minors, he's too big of an investment and you just have to hope he comes around. Also I think there's a rule about someone who's been in the majors that long being sent down... not sure, though.
No trade... no one is taking that contract on.
No release, you still pay his contract.
Basically get used to a +5 ERA and 83 MPH fastballs for a while now. Just hope you get enough pitching to move him to No. 4 or 5 starter. He's lost it and you just have to hope he gets it back.
If it was me, I'd stick him on the 60 day DL for some stupid arm reason. Give him time to work with a pitching coach one on one for a while to see if they can work out whatever is wrong, that way he doesn't hurt the team while he goes through it.
No trade... no one is taking that contract on.
No release, you still pay his contract.
Basically get used to a +5 ERA and 83 MPH fastballs for a while now. Just hope you get enough pitching to move him to No. 4 or 5 starter. He's lost it and you just have to hope he gets it back.
If it was me, I'd stick him on the 60 day DL for some stupid arm reason. Give him time to work with a pitching coach one on one for a while to see if they can work out whatever is wrong, that way he doesn't hurt the team while he goes through it.
seedofvengeance
Boosh!
Matt Cain isn't bad either.
It doesn't really matter, you're not competing when Benji Molina is your premiere power hitter. There's not a top quality hitter anywhere in the lineup. The Giants have about 3-4 years before contention unless they get a miracle. They need to develop talent from within and let it take over for the Ray Durhams and Randy Winns of the world. The one positive of the Zito signing (the WORST free agent signing since Carl Pavano) was that they realized this... as evidence from Barry Bonds being out of a job. They used to try to quick fix everything... sell out to try and win now... and this is what happened.
It doesn't really matter, you're not competing when Benji Molina is your premiere power hitter. There's not a top quality hitter anywhere in the lineup. The Giants have about 3-4 years before contention unless they get a miracle. They need to develop talent from within and let it take over for the Ray Durhams and Randy Winns of the world. The one positive of the Zito signing (the WORST free agent signing since Carl Pavano) was that they realized this... as evidence from Barry Bonds being out of a job. They used to try to quick fix everything... sell out to try and win now... and this is what happened.
ThisIsACoolName
Member
I'm not sure how options work, but I think that ball players start their careers with x amount of options, or times they can be sent down. After that, I think they have to agree to it or something. I can be totally wrong and retarded, of course, but you always hear things like "this guy was optioned down to AAA" or "he was out of options, so they had to release him".
And I suppose the best thing they could do is just live with Zito and hope he improves. The Giants aren't going to contend, so it doesn't seem like it's worth it to just eat his salary. Maybe they could stick him in the bullpen and use him as a long reliever until he shows improvement. Maybe that would light a fire under him.
And I suppose the best thing they could do is just live with Zito and hope he improves. The Giants aren't going to contend, so it doesn't seem like it's worth it to just eat his salary. Maybe they could stick him in the bullpen and use him as a long reliever until he shows improvement. Maybe that would light a fire under him.
seedofvengeance
Boosh!
Players get 3 options. After that, every time you send them down they have to clear waivers. I think there's another rule for veterans, though... I don't know for sure, though.
ThisIsACoolName
Member
So, with two runners on in the 8th inning at Fenway, rain falling, Alex Rodriguez steps to the plate. I say to myself "Ok. Here comes the fucking thunder"*. Then Francona goes and employs the most obvious stall tactic of all time by calling for Papelbon. I've got to hand it to him, though, because as soon as it came back from the commercial the tarp was going onto the field.
Fuck rain delays!
*I was really proud of the double meaning behind this comment.
Fuck rain delays!
*I was really proud of the double meaning behind this comment.
BasilisK
Good day, pusscake.
genocide roach
DOOOOOOOOOOM
- Aug 18, 2002
- 9,421
- 16
- 38
ThisIsACoolName
Member
Nice to see the Yankees offense finally waking up! Jacks tonight from A-Rod, Johnny D, Cano and Morgan Ensberg. All solo shots, but they were able to score four more runs without homers. All told, 15 hits nicely spread around the lineup. Jeter returned tonight and was running just fine and had a good night with the bat.
Ian Kennedy pitched pretty well, but took a liner in the hip in the 7th (I haven't seen a Kennedy get hit like that since Bobby). Too bad the bullpen had to piss away his lead. Oh well, at least they took back the lead and had Mo slam the door with a perfect 9th.
Ian Kennedy pitched pretty well, but took a liner in the hip in the 7th (I haven't seen a Kennedy get hit like that since Bobby). Too bad the bullpen had to piss away his lead. Oh well, at least they took back the lead and had Mo slam the door with a perfect 9th.
seedofvengeance
Boosh!
This reminds me of the announcers on South Park.
"I haven't seen a Jew run like that since Poland,1944!"
BasilisK
Good day, pusscake.
Hooray CoJack
Never mind. Johnson's control got him poked in the pooper pretty hard. All 3 runs unearned though. Now Sanchez can't hit shit though, so Arizona's mounting up.
fyi. That's not really a basilisk. Just a big snake. Were it a real basilisk, the runt would drop dead the instant his sword pierced it.
cookiecutter
Proceed to Ultraslamming
Red Sox pull off a comeback tonight but the Jays lost to Baltimore. I wonder how long it'll take them to start sucking.
