MLB 2012 Season
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I'll say it even though Im a fan but the Mets have been a surprise so far. They never give up and I give you last night as an example. They have Dickey and Santana who have been very good and the team is very scrappy. I dont know if they make the wild card but they sure have made it fun so far this year.
We can exhale, Salsa...Giancarlo is going to K.C.
Giancarlo Stanton in for 2012 Home Run Derby despite knee injury - MLB - Sporting News
Giancarlo Stanton in for 2012 Home Run Derby despite knee injury - MLB - Sporting News
KCK_Halo said:
I don't know KCK...
Personally, as much as I think he deserves to be there.... It would suck for him to tweek is knee into a worse condition. I prefer he skips the All-Star festivities and rest....he is 21 years old, the will be plenty of All-Star weeks/weekends.
But that's me..
Well, the knee is a ticking time bomb. What if it locks up on him in August after him not going to KC? What will have been accomplished? Look, I hate to tell you but the Marlins aren't going anywhere come October. Their huge June swoon plus JJ 's arm being erratic, a closer who is worse than someone's 12 yr. old niece and a poor bullpen are all adding to the downfall. I HOPE I AM WRONG but I don't see it happening. Let Stanton go to KC and rip balls into the cornfields and get his name officially known in MLB and let him get his 1st taste of All-Star festivities. Even if his knee blows out next week (GOD FORBID!) he will have that experience to feed off of and make him want to be better than he's ever been. For two years now he has come out of Spring Training hobbling and weak. An early exit and surgery this season may be a blessing in disguise for his (and the Marlins') future.
KCK_Halo said:
My thing isn't about a playoff run...it is his overall health. I dont know about you, but playing and participating in a meaningless game with things 'floating around' in your knee does not look or seem right and playing on it even less. Like I said, he IS young and have plenty of years to play in All-Star games...he IS more important to the Marlins than he is to the All-Star game.
Speaking about playoff runs, lets not jump the gun just yet and hand it the Nats just yet. Half the season has yet to be played... ;-)
What can you buy for a starting line-up with an annual payroll of $173 Million?
1. D Nava LF, Resume: 6 year minor leaguer, 109 major league games
2. P. Ciriaco 2B, Resume: 815 minor league games, 23 major league games
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4.
5. M Gomez 3B, Resume: Nine full minor league seasons, 4 major league games
6. R Kalish CF, Resume: 70 major league games, .247 career BA
7. M Aviles SS, Resume: Not bad, former 4th place ROY, KC jettisoned for younger, cheaper players
8. K Shoppach C, Resume, veteran, 200 at bat/yr journeyman, .227 career BA
9. B Lillibridge RF, Resume: 530 major league at bats, .211 career BA
Note: Those seven, above-named players have a combined annual salary of less than $5 million.
SP. F Morales, lifetime 9-13 ($815,000)
RP. J Germano, lifetime 8-20 ERA 5.02 (under $500,000)
Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine, after surrendering a 9-0 lead over the Yankees in that April 21 showdown, en route to a 15-9 Yankees victory.
James Campbell Hagerty, White House Press Secretary from 1953 to 1961
1. D Nava LF, Resume: 6 year minor leaguer, 109 major league games
2. P. Ciriaco 2B, Resume: 815 minor league games, 23 major league games
3.
4.
5. M Gomez 3B, Resume: Nine full minor league seasons, 4 major league games
6. R Kalish CF, Resume: 70 major league games, .247 career BA
7. M Aviles SS, Resume: Not bad, former 4th place ROY, KC jettisoned for younger, cheaper players
8. K Shoppach C, Resume, veteran, 200 at bat/yr journeyman, .227 career BA
9. B Lillibridge RF, Resume: 530 major league at bats, .211 career BA
Note: Those seven, above-named players have a combined annual salary of less than $5 million.
SP. F Morales, lifetime 9-13 ($815,000)
RP. J Germano, lifetime 8-20 ERA 5.02 (under $500,000)
Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine, after surrendering a 9-0 lead over the Yankees in that April 21 showdown, en route to a 15-9 Yankees victory.
James Campbell Hagerty, White House Press Secretary from 1953 to 1961
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Giancarlo couldn't make it thru 3 innings in STL today. Knee problems. He's most likely heading for surgery. (My opinion).
Ian Desmond of the Nats who has been absolutely on fire the past month or so (it a beauty of a HR today, too) has pulled himself from the All-star Game due to a sore oblique. WHAT? How can you play the way he's been playing and all of a sudden have this oblique issue? Do I suspect a "phantom All-Star Game injury"???????
Is it raining in Philadelphia? The Fox game showing right now(Augusta,GA) is the Yankees-Red Sox instead of the Braves-Phillies game.
Pirates are 10 games over 500. I've had to wait 20 years to see that again. Can they can keep it going the second half?
Let's Go Bucs!
Let's Go Bucs!
mccoyrj said:Pirates are 10 games over 500. I've had to wait 20 years to see that again. Can they can keep it going the second half?
Let's Go Bucs!
As much as I love the Reds... I would LOVE to see this story follow through.
mccoyrj said:Pirates are 10 games over 500. I've had to wait 20 years to see that again. Can they can keep it going the second half?
Let's Go Bucs!
Shhhhhhhhh......don't jinx them.
Harper is a make-it-happen guy. Those are few and far between. I've seen about half of his games this year in TV and he is worth the price of a ticket, all by himself.
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