Interesting Baseball News Items That Do Not Warrant Their Own Thread

[Blazer]

"I think our fans have been great," Greenberg said on the "Ben and Skin Show" on 103.3 KESN. "I think particularly in Game 3 of the World Series they just blew away anything I've seen in any venue during the postseason, I thought Yankee fans, frankly, were awful. They were either violent or apathetic, neither of which is good. So I thought Yankee fans were by far the worst of any I've seen in the postseason. I thought they were an embarrassment."

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/m...ory?id=5752715

It's open season on Yankee fans in Texas.

[YESSIR!]

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/m...ory?id=5752715

It's open season on Yankee fans in Texas.

Translation: "Cliff! They spit on your wife! They won't care about you or your family like we will! They're dead-eyed doosh nozzle's who'll mug you and dump you in the Hudson! Pweeeaaase stay in Texas where our fans will cheer you on to a 30-0 season on the strength of their viral enthusiasm, and then blow you for good measure!"

Talk about embarassing.

[Mr Coffee]

Translation: "Cliff! They spit on your wife! They won't care about you or your family like we will! They're dead-eyed doosh nozzle's who'll mug you and dump you in the Hudson! Pweeeaaase stay in Texas where our fans will cheer you on to a 30-0 season on the strength of their viral enthusiasm, and then blow you for good measure!"

Talk about embarassing.

Bingo.

[Blazer]

Translation: "Cliff! They spit on your wife! They won't care about you or your family like we will! They're dead-eyed doosh nozzle's who'll mug you and dump you in the Hudson! Pweeeaaase stay in Texas where our fans will cheer you on to a 30-0 season on the strength of their viral enthusiasm, and then blow you for good measure!"

Talk about embarassing.

well done

[Donnybaseball72]

Translation: "Cliff! They spit on your wife! They won't care about you or your family like we will! They're dead-eyed doosh nozzle's who'll mug you and dump you in the Hudson! Pweeeaaase stay in Texas where our fans will cheer you on to a 30-0 season on the strength of their viral enthusiasm, and then blow you for good measure!"

Talk about embarassing.

Not as embarassing as our performance against Texas.

[YESSIR!]

Not as embarassing as our performance against Texas.

Which has nothing to do with Yankees fans or Cliff Lee's impending Free Agency. Greenberg is way out of line with this unprovoked garbage.

[Samuelson]

Which has nothing to do with Yankees fans or Cliff Lee's impending Free Agency. Greenberg is way out of line with this unprovoked garbage.

Well, it was pretty embarassing to see the stadium empty out the way it did.

[Mr. Mxylsplk]

Sparky Anderson is receiving home hospice care, as he suffers from complications from demetia. Sad to hear that he's in failing health, especially at a relatively early age (76), unfortunately such is life. I hope he's made as comfortable as possible.

It's now being reported that he has passed away. RIP.

[Principessa21]

According to Ken Rosenthal, Dan Uggla turned down a 4 yr, 12 mil per extension. LINK

[delv]

According to Ken Rosenthal, Dan Uggla turned down a 4 yr, 12 mil per extension. LINK

he must really hate the Marlins...

[kan_t]

he must really hate the Marlins...

He is going to get about $10M in arbitration. I think he can get offer better than 3 years $38M when he's a FA.

[delv]

NL Gold Gloves!:

P: Bronson Arroyo
C: Yadier Molina
1B: Albert Pujols
2B: Brandon Phillips
SS: Troy Tulowitzki
3B: Scott Rolen
OF: Shane Victorino
OF: Michael Bourn
OF: Carlos Gonzalez


excellent selections, IMO. you can beef about the OFers a bit, and Rolen over Zimmerman, but generally very good picks.

[DEADSOX]

I definitely would've given it to Zimmerman over Rolen.

[delv]

I definitely would've given it to Zimmerman over Rolen.

Zimmerman's defense wasn't enough to get his team to the playoffs; Rolen's was.

[Cuban Connection]

Not as embarassing as our performance against Texas.

Really, more embarrassing than this?


I like the fat guy behind him

[Yankeeah]

Really, more embarrassing than this?


I like the fat guy behind him

You have the face of your franchise mocking another team on the field as your avatar and you're going to say some fan is embarrassing??? Oooookkkkk

[Blazer]

The San Diego Padres don't have a single player under contract beyond the 2011 season. In fact they only have one player under contract for 2011 and that's Adrian Gonzalez at a ridiculously low $5.5 million. Can someone please tell me why they fired Kevin Towers.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/te...0-roster.shtml

[Ram Man]

The bat Kirk Gibson used for his historic home run for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1988 World Series sold for $575,912.40 early Sunday in SCP Auctions' October/November auction.

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angele...ory?id=5805032

[Donnybaseball72]

The San Diego Padres don't have a single player under contract beyond the 2011 season. In fact they only have one player under contract for 2011 and that's Adrian Gonzalez at a ridiculously low $5.5 million. Can someone please tell me why they fired Kevin Towers.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/te...0-roster.shtml

That's because they are mostly under team control or haven't reached free agency. You can assume they are signed for 2011.

[Blazer]

That's because they are mostly under team control or haven't reached free agency. You can assume they are signed for 2011.

Yes, I know. The point is they have no one signed to a multi-year contract after 2011.

[YESSIR!]

Uggla to ATL for Infante and the everlasting Mike Dunn. Definitely like the deal for the Braves.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5814146

[Donnybaseball72]

Uggla to ATL for Infante and the everlasting Mike Dunn. Definitely like the deal for the Braves.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5814146

The deal should be regected by Selig. The Marlins have a new stadium and have been told to spend more money and the pull off a lopsided salary dump like this. Ridiculous.

[kan_t]

The deal should be regected by Selig. The Marlins have a new stadium and have been told to spend more money and the pull off a lopsided salary dump like this. Ridiculous.

They gave him a very respectable extension offer. Uggla just made up his mind and turned that down.

[Yankeeah]

They gave him a very respectable extension offer. Uggla just made up his mind and turned that down.

I recall they offered him 4/48, or $12 a year for 4 years. That is an incredibly team friendly extension. They are saving 3-4 million a year on that deal. They got nothing for him, nothing. I said that the Marlins were better off taking the draft picks for Cabrera/Willis, but that's hindsight. This is pretty obvious. There's no way some team couldn't beat that offer. The Yankees should have called and tried to get in a three way (ha!) with this.

[roblyo33]

Per MLB.com

Blue Jays trade Farquhar and Magnuson for Rajai Davis.