Clayton Kershaw cometh! Get excited Dodgers' fans, this kid is a stud. Orioles fans prepare to be miserable because the boys in blue refused to part with Kershaw in any deal for Erik Bedard.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Barry WAOUTCH
As I write this, savior of the San Francisco Giants, valiant knight of Sir Christopher Russo, and honorable servant of Genius Master Brian Sabean BARRY ZITO is in line for first win of this still young season tonight as the Giants take on the NL East leading (wait, what) Marlins tonight in Florida.
Zito, who is 0-8 with an ERA too hilarious to type, is making something like 17 million dollars this year. He also has an endorsement deal with a local manure company. How can anyone not buy his product? You got ma, which is great, and newer! Who doesn't like that?
Announcements!
We're off the grid until Tuesday, enjoy Memorial Day Weekend! Go to a parade, grill out and watch some baseball or something.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Willie Randolph: "This foot in my mouth is delicious!"
The Mets clubhouse is quickly becoming the Nu Bronx Zu™ (spelling trademarked by 310toJoba, of course, so pay up should you use it), what with Wagner and Wright talking to the media like they were talking to US Weekly and the Carloses feeling left out.
Now, though, Willie Randolph has to go and play the race card. Oh boy.
2-for-1 deal: Jazzy Scooter and Starting Pitcher
So Joba Chamberlain, after whom the site is named, began his EPIC TRANSFORMATION into a starting pitcher yesterday after much deliberation and public stupidity by many baseball analcysts, broadcasters, and sports radio talk show hosts.
Yes, the tears began to flow early on the Mike and the Mad Dog show this afternoon as they both were faced with reality: the Yankees disagreed with them in their assessment that Joba, who has currently pitched just 5% of IP by Yankee pitchers this season, would be more valuable should he pitch, like, 15% or so. 15% is better than 5%, after all!
Now I've heard all the arguments. We can't be sure Joba will be a great starter, but we can be sure that he'll be our great future closer based on the 50 IP he has at the MLB level and based on our guts. We can't be sure he is mentally conditioned to be a starter, despite, of course, his entire professional career. And we can't be sure of his heart and fortitude, because something something Steve Phillips something something.
Really, why does anyone take these people seriously anymore? I kind of like having impatient Hank at the helm-- at least his rash, spontaneous behavior counteracts this overprotective nanny sentiment of the NY media.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Fresh Off the Plane, Konichiwa Bitches
As I sit here listening to Kanye and watching the Yanks (those of you Kanye fans might recognize the lyric in the title), I have to talk a little bit about the article on espn.com about Yu Darvish, perhaps the next Dice-K. He is the best pitcher in Japan right now and you should watch this video of him. But anyway, Darrell Rasner is throwing a great game right now, or as J has dubbed him "Razzle Dazzle" Rasner. On to the players this week.....
Hitter of the Week
Ryan Ludwick-With some dramatics this past weekend with a walk off job against the Rays, Ludwick has shown why the Cardinals didn't need to keep Jim Edmonds in that outfield this offseason. This past week, Ludwick is 6-15 with 4 HRs and 7 RBIs and on the season, he is .341 with 12 HRs and 32 RBIs. He, Pujols and Ankiel have been very good for Tony LaRussa and they are one of the big reasons the Cards are 6 games above .500.
Pitcher of the Week
Scott Kazmir-I'll be the first guy to give Jon Lester congratulations for his no-no, but it's been talked about a lot lately and I gotta talk about how Kazmir has been very good since coming off the DL. In the past week, besides signing a fat new contract, Kazmir is 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA and a 0.85 WHIP. He's let up only 1 run in his past 3 starts and has more than a 2 to 1 K/BB ratio this season. With Kazmir, Shields, Edwin Jackson, and Andy Sonnanstine, Joe Maddon has a nice young staff that will only get better.
Sucking It Up
Gary Sheffield-Shef, who in my book is one of the biggest jerks in the game today, is 0 for his last 10 and is hitting a svelte .180 this year with 2 HRs and 8 RBIs. I have no problem seeing him play bad and I hope the decrease continues. He hasn't hit over .300 since 2003 and last year's 75 RBIs were the lowest for a season in which he played in at least 130 games since 1997. The lineup that was supposed to score over 1000 runs this year will have to try and do it without much help from Sheffield it looks like.
Diamond in the Rough
Armando Gallaraga-Switching to another Tiger, I'm very impressed with this guy. He's 3-1 since being called up on April 16th and is currently manning the 5th spot in that rotation. He still has some control issues, as he walked 5 guys in his last game but he'll be in their rotation for a while I have to believe since they traded away Andrew Miller in the offseason who was going to be their big time young pitcher.
That does it for me this week. Enjoy this Memorial Day weekend with tons of baseball and then hockey and basketball playoffs.
Stat of the Week
The Red Sox lead the league with 110 doubles as a team. The Diamondback lead the league with 19 triples as a team. The Marlins lead the league with 64 home runs. Shocking that all these team currently lead their divisions?
Peace homes.
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