Really is a shame, unlike several of his teammates I've held nothing but respect for Jeter throughout his career.
MLB Season 2013
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I hate to think that he might stay injured and not get a chance to have a final season like Chipper Jones got. Somebody who has played that long and made that many contributions to baseball deserves a victory lap.
And that's from somebody who can't stand the New York Yankees.
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Evan Gattis with a pinch-hit two-run homer in the top of the eight in a tied game. Braves win again.
Favorite story in baseball so far.
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About three weeks into the season and Justin Upton has about three times as many home runs as the Marlins. I don't know if that's funny or sad.
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Walkoff grand slam by Wieters in the 10th, extra innings never fail to disappoint.
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I'm glad the Reds are back on track, even though they are playing teams with offensive problems of their own.
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About three weeks into the season and Justin Upton has about three times as many home runs as the Marlins. I don't know if that's funny or sad.
Conversation with classmate prior to season:
Classmate: "So, you picked up BJ Upton for $75,000,000. Isn't he kind of…not good?"
Me: "I just view him as a down payment on Justin Upton."I stand by my initial declaration.
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Lots of jokes here in the NL West about trading away Upton, but the change of scenery definitely did him a lot of good. There's also been some rumblings about Nate Schierholtz turning into baseball's 10th best outfielder once he leaves San Francisco's bench. Oh well!
Pitching has been a pretty big story to me at least. We all know the Marlins suck and the Phillies are struggling, but SF, Toronto (for a while), and Tampa Bay haven't been so hot. It's kind of bizarre that Boston and Colorado have some of the strongest pitching staffs right now.
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About three weeks into the season and Justin Upton has about three times as many home runs as the Marlins. I don't know if that's funny or sad.
It'd be both if the Marlins hype train were running the same track as last year.
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Munenori Kawasaki is on the Blue Jays? And actually (sort of) producing?
I hope to see many new Animated .GIFs come from this.
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Congratulations, Dodgers, you are this year's Bad Luck Injuries team.
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I'd say the Yankees if not for the fact that they're managing to compete in their division thanks to how terrible the Rays and Blue Jays have been (relative to expectations anyway). The Dodgers are in a lot tougher position.
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I wouldn't say the Dodgers were bad luck, more like hard luck. Hanley was out before the season started. Billingsly was a known injury risk, hence the off-season shopping. Greinke was a freak accident caused by a deliberate fight. Kemp is also recovering from injury and isn't 100%. Harang was traded prematurely.
Kershaw is also an injury risk, by the way, given how he ended last year with hip trouble. If he gets injured I wouldn't be surprised. Capuano I think is the only case which was truly out of nowhere.
Truth be told though, injuries aren't LAD's problem, it's the offense. I remember in 2011, the Giants also had the injury excuse, but it wasn't really one because the offense was beyond weak.
Also, I think this is relevant. The PED links continue on!
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Ugh. Happ for the Blue Jays just nailed in the head by a line drive, taken out on stretcher. Hope he makes a full recovery.
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Not cool, was at the game when that happened to Mussina back in the late 90's, and it's happened to me personally before, hurts like hell.
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Just watched it again to see if there was any movement. Could see his hand go to his head after he fell, which is a good sign, but it came away covered in blood, which is…shudder
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I remember seeing a minor league game (oddly enough, the home team was the Knoxville Blue Jays, the AA affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays) about fifteen or more years ago where the pitcher took a line drive to the temple. The ball richoted off his face far enough that the first baseman caught it on the fly and got the guy out at first.
The pitcher kind of stood there for a second and then went straight down. We thought it had killed him, but it was just a mild concussion.
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Not that it matters, but I have no idea what actually happened to the ball in this case. Somehow, Jennings turned it into a triple.
I can imagine few worse feelings than standing on a base by yourself as all the other team gathers around the pitcher.
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Happ should recover it seems.
Unfortunately, I can't say the same about Toronto or Los Angeles (both). All three teams look like cooked turkeys now. LAD has the misfortune of losing the bulk of its games to the NL West, and they have a ridiculously tough schedule where they're facing the top contending teams in each division and ending the season in a slugfest against the NL West exclusively, while the other NL West teams get balanced out by interleague play. It's a rough schedule even if the Dodgers were at the top of their game, but they aren't.
The fact that the Angels are neck and neck with Houston for worst record in the AL West (or baseball) and alternate from time to time is just as pitiful. And I'm sick of ranting about Toronto.
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The only team that seems to be living up to their hype is Detroit, and it looks like Oakland and Baltimore are doing a rather good job to prove last year was no fluke.
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Oakland is odd. 11-1 against Angels/Astros, 7-17 against everyone else.
The Angels should be getting more attention for being a Lakers-level disaster so far. The Hamilton/Pujols situation might end up being even more crippling in the long-term.
There does seem to be some leveling in the NL East race, with Atlanta coming back to the pack and Washington showing some signs of improvement. I hope it stays a season-long battle. Will be curious to see how the Braves handle the additions of McCann and Heyward back to the lineup. Wouldn't be a problem except I have little to no faith in Fredi Gonzalez's ability to manage a roster.
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Washington's problem is the insane offense that buoyed the club last year has been crippled by age, injury, or otherwise. Harper is carrying the team like Justin Upton did the Braves to start the season.
This season's been pretty strange overall, I'd say. All the teams that tried to upgrade substantially though free agency have been burned (Jays, Angels, Dodgers), teams with good pitching suddenly have bad pitching (Angels, Giants, Rays), teams with bad pitching suddenly have good pitching (Rockies, Red Sox, Royals), and the teams who did nothing are either treading water or leading the pack (Orioles, Yankees, Giants, Rangers, Cardinals).
What this says to me is free agency is more about hype now than talent…it's going to be a lot harder to buy a championship with older players who immediately spoil upon arrival.
This trade dead-line should be pretty interesting. I could see David Price, Cliff Lee and Jake Peavy all moved to contending teams.
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And the Braves are an equally mixed bag with Free Agents. Justin Upton has carried the team, sure, but BJ Upton has been absolutely atrocious. Four more years of that…wheeeee.
Thinking/hoping the Hamilton/Pujols deals might finally clue executives into the fact that it's far better to give pretty good long-term money to young players (the Longoria deal) instead of handing them their biggest contracts right before their career downturn.
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I love how the AL East holds the 3rd, 4th and 5th best records in all of baseball and none of them are Tampa or Toronto.
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Huston Street seriously pisses me off. If there's nothing that annoys me more, it's being "homer prone".
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Is Nate McLouth being platooned? If so, against what?
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McClouth normally only starts when the opposing pitcher is a right hander, originally being swapped for Nolan Reimold who is now injured, now being swapped for either Steve Pearce or Chris Dickerson. Seems kinda odd with the numbers he's been putting up, you'd think he's earned the everyday nod, even more so when you include his defense.
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You disappoint White Sox. Gave up way too many runs in this series, especially against that team on the north side. Sigh…...
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Riding the train to Baltimore atm, nice mix of orange and red. Go O's~
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So B. J. Upton seems to be working out his issues at the plate. Finally.
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Suspension alert, MLB's going to drop them any day now.
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Phew, none of them on my fantasy team.
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Bud Selig better makes sure that he has close to concrete evidence when he throws out these suspensions
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So Davis hit two more HRs tonight. He's 20 away from the Orioles HR record, and 31 away from the single season record by a non-steriod era slugger. I shall watch with great anticipation.
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My dodgers are on a run and only 5 games back. The halfway point of the season is upon us and I'm feeling good. Lineup looking like it should, pitching rotation is solid and Puig is insane. My pick still stands Dodgers goin all the way.
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So Davis hit two more HRs tonight. He's 20 away from the Orioles HR record, and 31 away from the single season record by a non-steriod era slugger. I shall watch with great anticipation.
I still find it ridiculous that pitchers think that they can throw it past Davis with the way he's hitting.
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I still find it ridiculous that pitchers think that they can throw it past Davis with the way he's hitting.
Well when you're flanked on either end by Adam Jones and a red hot JJ Hardy you'll normally go with the guy more likely to strikeout.
And I have to ask, is Markakis that well regarded throughout the MLB to get an All-Star start? Or did the Orioles just pick up that many bandwagon fans?
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Once again, I'd like to say how I hate the current system of scheduling where a full half of your games are against division rivals. The Braves will play the Marlins seven times in two weeks because of this in August and September. Meanwhile, they're done with the entire NL West except one series with the Padres and it's only the last day of June.
They could cut that nineteen games down to fifteen games against each team and spread things out more.
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It's like the 1998 home run chance all over again this year, except the guys involved aren't juiced, just huge, good and hitting in hitter friendly parks.
Some notes about Giants' no-hitters:
Jonathan Sanchez: 10 July 2009, 11 K, Giants win 8-0
Matt Cain: 13 June 2012, 14 K, Giants win 10-0
Tim Lincecum: 13 July 2013, 13 K, Giants win 9-0They've all been huge blow-outs, they've all happened before the All-Star Break, they've all involved high K's, and they're all home grown pitchers.
The Giants season is dead and buried, but I'll be darned if this wasn't a pretty remarkable, out of nowhere surprise.
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It's like the 1998 home run chance all over again this year, except the guys involved aren't juiced, just huge, good and hitting in hitter friendly parks.
Some notes about Giants' no-hitters:
Jonathan Sanchez: 10 July 2009, 11 K, Giants win 8-0
Matt Cain: 13 June 2012, 14 K, Giants win 10-0
Tim Lincecum: 13 July 2013, 13 K, Giants win 9-0They've all been huge blow-outs, they've all happened before the All-Star Break, they've all involved high K's, and they're all home grown pitchers.
The Giants season is dead and buried, but I'll be darned if this wasn't a pretty remarkable, out of nowhere surprise.
With the way the NL West is this year, do not count out the Giants. Dodgers were basically last close to a month ago now they are only two and a half back.
Now, in celebration for you Giants fans, here's a commercial
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My favorite is still the one with the one with the Devil's mascot and the elevator, that and the LeBron James sorting mail clip.
Davis' avg. is finally dropping, but the HRs are still there, wonder how much longer he can keep it up. Getting tired of him always being accused of juicing though.
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Davis isn't juicing because he mashed like this in the minors, he's always been a huge, powerful guy, and he plays in a homer friendly ballpark. This is a legitimate breakout during his physical peak. Anyone who says otherwise needs to pay attention to the Biogenesis targets, because those are the guys who were caught red-handed.
With the way the NL West is this year, do not count out the Giants. Dodgers were basically last close to a month ago now they are only two and a half back.
Now, in celebration for you Giants fans, here's a commercial
I actually got to see Puig in person when he was playing for the Chattanooga Lookouts, I knew right away that he was going to dominate MLB just based on what I saw in that game. Dude is huge, powerful, and doesn't know restraint. That lead to drafting him in fantasy early and reaping the benefits.
I think the team to beat is Arizona. San Fransisco ran into some bad luck when the pitching or hitting went into alternating slumps and lead to lost games. But otherwise, the team doesn't have a ton of talent beyond the All-Stars (Scutaro, Posey, Bumgarner, Romo and Pence should be one). There isn't really a solid strength anymore because, the team has fallen apart due to ineffectiveness and injury, it's not a case of under-achieving like what the Dodgers had. The Bailey no-hitter was the nail in the coffin, so I'm hoping for the Giants to just tank this season, get a Top 10 pick next, and reload with all the liberated contract money from discharging Pence, Lincecum, Zito, Lopez, etc.
After the no-hitter I'd really like to see Lincecum become the closer or a fireman, because I have no illusions he's not really SP material anymore. Let's face it…the Padres have the worst pitching staff in baseball by far, and the team's offense is where the Giants were a week and a half ago.
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My favorite is still the one with the one with the Devil's mascot and the elevator, that and the LeBron James sorting mail clip. Davis' avg. is finally dropping, but the HRs are still there, wonder how much longer he can keep it up. Getting tired of him always being accused of juicing though.
The steriods debates has given rise to a lot of jaded spectators who have nothing else better to do then to accuse anyone of being on Steriods. Go on a tear at the plate in baseball or be a female tennis player the size of Serena Williams and boom you're accused of juicing.
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Braun got suspended for the rest of the season.
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Guess it won't be long before the rest of the suspensions start coming down. Brace for impact.
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If I was the sample collector Braun threw under the bus during his first time being busted I would be demanding an apology from Braun
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Delicious suspensions, Biogenocide is just getting underway. I have a feeling that players will get the suspensions to rule out any possibility of a post-season appearance, unlike what happened with Melky where he was eligible. Braun was suspended for 65 games with 65 to play, this isn't done under the regular Joint Drug Agreement but falls under a different penalty program under the control of the commissioner, so the strict 50 game suspension isn't mandatory here.
Meanwhile, MLB is seeking to ban A-Rod from baseball for tarnishing the integrity of the game by acting as a PED distributor. This circus is amazing, it's the greatest show on Earth!
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Yeah it's not like bad calls from the umpires tarnish the integrity of the MLB any worse than roided players who play on underacheiving teams do. That aside and checking the poll again I pretty much have no hope in the Yankess this point hot mess doesn't go far enough ih describing this team last night's game was just hideous. These guys have almost no chance in winning a world series much less a playoff spot if they don't get their shit together.