The 2013 MLB Random Thoughts Thread

[jfkennedy]

quick recap?

A-Rod comes up to bat.

First pitch is behind him. Second pitch nearly hits him. So does third. Fourth does up around the elbow. BLINDINGLY intentional. Giardi comes out pissed, yelling crazily at blue, after he just issues a warning ... and gets tossed.

 

[Swiggy]

A-Rod comes up to bat.

First pitch is behind him. Second pitch nearly hits him. So does third. Fourth does up around the elbow. BLINDINGLY intentional. Giardi comes out pissed, yelling crazily at blue, after he just issues a warning ... and gets tossed.

My dear god, the fukkery

 

[jfkennedy]

 

[distinguishedNOW]

AROD DA GAWD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[lepard]

A-ROD!!! EL DIOS!

 

[HHR]

Astros look really good right now.

 

[jfkennedy]

Astros look really good right now.

Almost as good as the Nationals.

 

[Brown Ant]

@ Nationals getting ran through by the Cubs.

 

[jfkennedy]

Yadi for MVP.

 

[ineedsleep212]

Jose Abreu defected from Cuba and is chilling in Haiti reportedly. 26 year old 1B slugger.

I wonder what Sandy is thinking and whether he's even entertaining the notion of signing him.

 

[mozichrome]

From that, if you focus on what they’ve done with a bat in their hands it seems to me that it’s pretty obviously Miggy’s race to win with less than a quarter of the season to go. For the purpose of this conversation, Davis’ homers don’t overcome the bigger pile of stuff that Cabrera and Trout do. Miggy has homers, Trout has steals, and the former is much more valuable than the latter. Trout’s lone real bragging rights over Miggy this year is offense-only WAR, and there the margin is so slender (Trout was at 8.2 oWAR to Miggy’s 8.0 through Saturday) that it’s functionally identical.

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/39251/does-al-mvp-race-have-an-easy-answer

 

[The War Report]

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/39251/does-al-mvp-race-have-an-easy-answer

I've already said it before that MVP is all about offense.

 

[HHR]

I've already said it before that MVP is all about offense.

It's actually only about part of offense.

And sometimes it's about pitching when the voters decide the narrative is strong enough.

 

[The War Report]

It's actually only about part of offense.

And sometimes it's about pitching when the voters decide the narrative is strong enough.

What's the other? Whether your team is winning?

 

[FloorGeneral]

Ok, so I'm late as hell, but I'm just starting to really listen to the LeBatard show. I'm listening to last Thursday's show, and they evidently have Tim Kurkjian on every week, and his intro has something to do with Julio Franco. So Bomani was on Thursday, and they played the clip where they explained to Timmy K why his intro has to do with Julio Franco. I'm sorry if you've heard this already, but I've been laughing for the past 5 minutes after hearing this shyt.