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His Own Bad Self · 04-15-2010, 01:35 AM

"No matter how it is that your mind works, baseball reaches out to you. If you're an emotional person, baseball asks for your heart. If you are a thinking man or a thinking woman, baseball wants your opinion. Whether you are left-brain or right-brain, Type A or Type Z, whether your mind is bent toward mathematics or toward history or psychology or geometry, whether you are young or old, baseball has its way of asking for you." - Bill James

Baseball always has something to offer us. It offers us its past, its present, and its future. We see the past in sepia-toned photos, handlebar mustaches, retired numbers, and plaques in a Cooperstown museum. We see the present in high definition, in multiple millions and billions of dollars, in the MLB Network and Extra Innings, in the joy of a summer day out at the yard. But how do we see the future?

Of all the joys to be found in a simple game, the anticipation of watching baseball's unscripted drama play out is one of its greatest...

His Own Bad Self · 04-15-2010, 01:50 AM

April 18, 2010

Michael Kay is working the New York Yankees’ play-by-play. The Yankees are hosting Texas, and lead 1-0 in the fifth with two out and Endy Chavez at second. Elvis Andrus is the hitter, Javy Vazquez the pitcher.

"...Elvis Andrus now steps to the plate. Two away here in the top of the 5th… Yankees lead, one to nothing. Chavez takes a lead off second… here’s Vazquez, and... he missed down and in. Ball one… Andrus, one of the better rookies in the league last year, at the moment in a furious battle with the Mendoza line… now the one-oh pitch… here’s a sharp liner in the hole – A-Rod dives and makes a spectacular diving catch on that line drive! A sensational play by A-Rod! And he is suddenly coming up... rather awkwardly… it's not clear exactly what happened, but he is on the ground now, and holding his right leg near the ankle. It's hard to tell what went wrong - A-Rod dove to get the line drive from the bat of Andrus, and when he tried to get up, was unable. Jeter is waving for Donohue, who is already on his way out... Rodriguez made the play to end the inning, and now appears to be seriously hurt..."

His Own Bad Self · 04-15-2010, 02:12 AM

2010 Standings after 2 weeks

Code:

AL East     W     L      Pct.          NL East     W     L      Pct.
NYA         9     3     0.750          ATL         8     4     0.667
TBA         8     4     0.667          PHI         8     4     0.667
BOS         7     5     0.583          NYN         7     5     0.583
TOR         6     7     0.462          WAS         3     9     0.250
BAL         5     8     0.385          FLO         3    10     0.231
                                        
AL Central  W     L      Pct.          NL Central  W     L      Pct.
CLE         7     5     0.583          MIL         9     3     0.750
CHA         7     6     0.538          CHN         8     4     0.667
DET         6     6     0.500          SLN         8     4     0.667
MIN         5     8     0.385          PIT         6     6     0.500
KCA         3     9     0.250          CIN         5     8     0.385
                                       HOU         3     9     0.250
AL West     W     L      Pct.                         
SEA         7     6     0.538          NL West     W     L      Pct.
TEX         6     6     0.500          SFN         8     4     0.667
OAK         7     7     0.500          ARI         7     5     0.583
LAA         5     8     0.385          COL         6     6     0.500
                                       SDN         5     7     0.417
                                       LAN         3     9     0.250

His Own Bad Self · 04-15-2010, 10:00 PM

April 20, 2010

Associated Press

Alex Rodriguez has broken a bone in his right ankle and is likely to be out until at least the All-Star Game.

Rodriguez, hitting .106 with 3 home runs and 5 RBI, suffered the injury diving to catch an Elvis Andrus line drive in the fifth inning of Sunday’s game against Texas. Kevin Russo substituted for Rodriguez and will start at third base tonight in Rodriguez’ absence.

It's unclear for now how the Yankees plan to fill the position long-term.

His Own Bad Self · 04-15-2010, 10:25 PM

April 24, 2010

Atlanta Braves at New York Mets

Code:

Atlanta          AB    R    H  RBI   BB    K  LOB  AVG   HR  RBI
N. McLouth CF     7    2    3    3    0    2    2 .194    2    8
M. Prado 2B       3    2    1    1    3    0    0 .371    2   10
C. Jones 3B       4    3    2    0    2    0    1 .294    1    5
B. McCann C       4    3    1    1    2    1    5 .262    2   12
J. Heyward RF     6    4    5    5    0    0    0 .377    1   18
Y. Escobar SS     6    1    5    3    0    0    1 .347    3   12
M. Cabrera LF     5    0    1    0    1    1    4 .273    2   13
E. Hinske 1B      5    2    1    2    1    3    5 .125    1    2
D. Lowe P         4    0    1    2    0    0    0 .333    0    3
   T. Saito P     0    0    0    0    0    0    0 .500    0    0
   E. O'Flahe P   0    0    0    0    0    0    0 .000    0    0
   a-M. Diaz PH   2    1    1    0    0    0    2 .111    0    1
   K. Medlen P    0    0    0    0    0    0    0 .000    0    0
Totals           46   18   21   17    9    7   20

BATTING
Doubles: J. Heyward 5, M. Diaz

His Own Bad Self · 04-15-2010, 10:45 PM

May 2, 2010

2010 Standings after 4 weeks

Code:

AL East     W     L     Pct.     NL East     W     L     Pct.
TBA        15    10    0.600     NYN        15    10    0.600
NYA        14    10    0.583     ATL        14    11    0.560
BOS        13    12    0.520     PHI        13    11    0.542
BAL        10    15    0.400     FLO        11    14    0.440
TOR        10    16    0.385     WAS        11    14    0.440
                                       
AL Central  W     L     Pct.     NL Central  W     L     Pct.
CLE        14    10    0.583     SLN        17     8    0.680
DET        14    12    0.538     MIL        16     9    0.640
CHA        13    12    0.520     PIT        11    14    0.440
KCA        11    14    0.440     CHN        11    15    0.423
MIN         9    16    0.360     HOU         8    16    0.333
                                 CIN         8    17    0.320
AL West     W     L     Pct.                         
SEA        16     9    0.640     NL West     W     L     Pct.
OAK        13    13    0.500     ARI        15    10    0.600
TEX        12    13    0.480     SFN        14    10    0.583
LAA        12    14    0.462     SDN        13    12    0.520
                                 LAN        11    14    0.440
                                 COL        11    14    0.440

His Own Bad Self · 04-17-2010, 03:07 AM

May 11, 2010

Has There Been a Worse Time for Baseball Fans in Los Angeles?

Forgive Dodger Fan and Angel Fan if they need reminders of their teams' respective division crowns last season. Only five weeks into the 2010 campaign, both teams already find themselves in last place. The Angels have lost six straight heading into a three-game series against Tampa Bay, dropping to 13-20, and the Dodgers have fallen in five consecutive games leading into their series at NL West-leading Arizona. They now sit at 12-19.

Neither of the managers involved is familiar with losing, either. Mike Scioscia has been at the Angels' helm for 10 seasons, eight of which saw the Angels finish over .500, and six of which led to playoff berths. Joe Torre, of course, is well-known for managing the Yankees to their four World Championships between 1996 and 2000, as well as leading the Dodgers to the NL West title last year.

"We know very well what we can do, so now it's just a matter of going out and doing it," Torre said after last night's 12-3 loss to Colorado. "From 1 to 25, we have players capable of playing championship-caliber baseball."

That may be true, but injuries have been partly to blame, so that some of those championship-caliber players are currently on the shelf. Most notable of those among the missing is Chad Billingsley, who tore his labrum on Opening Day and will be out for at least the next couple of months. Hiroki Kuroda, Jeff Weaver, and Billingsley's fill-in, Charlie Haeger, are the other significant pieces currently out with various ailments.

The same could not be said for the Halos. Until last week, when Howie Kendrick was lost for the season, the Angels' roster was largely injury-free. The losses of John Lackey, Chone Figgins, and Vlad Guerrero in the offseason have not been patched over well enough, and the offense has struggled noticeably. The Angels' trademark ability to manufacture runs appears to have deserted them. In the process of being swept by Seattle this weekend, the Angels left 36 runners on base, including 14 in last night's 6-2, 14-inning backbreaker, which was capped off by Jack Wilson's walk-off grand slam off of Rafael Rodriguez.

If Mike Scioscia was displeased by his team's failure to come through in the clutch, he was able to hide it, at least momentarily.

"Every team has rough stretches. We've just played at Boston, who's very good as usual, and at Seattle, who's leading our division. And in all of those games except for I think Friday, we gave ourselves a chance to win. All we need to do is take advantage of those situations. Kendry [Morales] has been great for us this season. He just had a bad day today. [Morales went 0 for 7 with three strikeouts, and 8 men left on base.] So did Torii [Hunter]. Baseball's like that sometimes."

One hopes for Torre, for Scioscia, for their clubs, and the fans thereof, that "sometimes" doesn't last all season.

His Own Bad Self · 04-18-2010, 09:20 PM

May 16, 2010

2010 Standings after 6 weeks

Code:

AL East     W     L     Pct.         NL East     W     L     Pct.
TBA        25    12    0.676         PHI        22    15    0.595
BOS        21    17    0.553         NYN        21    17    0.553
NYA        20    17    0.541         ATL        19    18    0.514
BAL        16    22    0.421         FLO        17    21    0.447
TOR        13    26    0.333         WAS        16    22    0.421
                                        
AL Central  W     L     Pct.         NL Central  W     L     Pct.
CLE        21    15    0.583         MIL        21    16    0.568
DET        20    19    0.513         SLN        20    18    0.526
CHA        18    19    0.486         CHN        20    18    0.526
KCA        18    20    0.474         PIT        18    19    0.486
MIN        17    20    0.459         HOU        17    20    0.459
                                     CIN        13    24    0.351
AL West     W     L     Pct.                         
SEA        22    15    0.595         NL West     W     L     Pct.
TEX        19    19    0.500         ARI        22    16    0.579
OAK        18    20    0.474         SDN        19    18    0.514
LAA        16    23    0.410         COL        19    19    0.500
                                     SFN        18    18    0.500
                                     LAN        17    20    0.459

His Own Bad Self · 05-02-2010, 01:38 AM

May 27, 2010

SEATTLE

The Mariners had a chance to celebrate more than their team success last night.

Ichiro scored his 1,000th career run in MLB play as the Mariners downed Detroit, 4-1. Seattle took the two-game series with pitching and defense, as the Tigers managed only one run in eighteen innings, and that only coming with two outs in the ninth of last night's match.

Ian Snell had a masterful outing, pitching 81/3 scoreless innings, walking four, but striking out seven and giving up only two hits. He completely shut down the top of Detroit's order, as their first through fifth hitters went 0 for 16, striking out five times.

Snell wasn't the only one to get a standing ovation during the game. Ichiro scored on Ken Griffey Jr.'s single in the fifth, leading to a short delay as the announcement was made, and the fans showed their appreciation.

Ichiro is having a subpar year by his standards, hitting .300, a career low, with four home runs and 23 RBI. However, the 36-year-old is still an effective hitter and fielder, and otherwise shows little sign of his advancing age.

His Own Bad Self · 05-02-2010, 01:43 AM

May 30, 2010

MLB Standings after 8 weeks

Code:

AL East     W     L     Pct.          NL East     W     L     Pct.
TBA        32    19    0.627          NYN        28    23    0.549
BOS        31    21    0.596          PHI        27    23    0.540
NYA        28    22    0.560          WAS        24    27    0.471
BAL        19    32    0.373          ATL        22    28    0.440
TOR        16    36    0.308          FLO        21    30    0.412
                                        
AL Central  W     L     Pct.          NL Central  W     L     Pct.
CLE        26    23    0.531          MIL        30    20    0.600
DET        25    26    0.490          CHN        27    24    0.529
MIN        24    26    0.480          PIT        27    24    0.529
KCA        23    28    0.451          SLN        26    25    0.510
CHA        22    29    0.431          HOU        23    27    0.460
                                      CIN        21    30    0.412
AL West     W     L     Pct.                         
SEA        29    20    0.592          NL West     W     L     Pct.
TEX        28    22    0.560          ARI        32    19    0.627
OAK        26    25    0.510          COL        27    24    0.529
LAA        22    30    0.423          SDN        26    24    0.520
                                      LAN        24    26    0.480
                                      SFN        23    26    0.469

His Own Bad Self · 05-02-2010, 07:49 PM

June 11, 2010

PHILADELPHIA

The Philadelphia Phillies have fired manager Charlie Manuel, it was announced today.

The Phillies were expected to contend, but lost their eighth game in a row last night, falling to 29-31, six games behind the NL East-leading New York Mets.

Bench coach Pete Mackanin will serve as interim manager tonight against Boston.

Last week, the Phillies put Chase Utley on the 15-day disabled list after the All-Star second baseman strained his oblique. It's unclear how long he will remain out.

His Own Bad Self · 05-16-2010, 04:31 AM

June 13, 2010

MLB Standings after 10 weeks

Code:

AL East     W     L     Pct.          NL East     W     L     Pct.
TBA        39    24    0.619          NYN        36    27    0.571
NYA        36    27    0.571          PHI        31    32    0.492
BOS        37    28    0.569          WAS        29    35    0.453
BAL        24    39    0.381          FLO        28    36    0.438
TOR        20    44    0.313          ATL        27    37    0.422
                                        
AL Central  W     L     Pct.          NL Central  W     L     Pct.
CLE        33    30    0.524          MIL        37    26    0.587
KCA        32    32    0.500          CHN        33    30    0.524
DET        31    33    0.484          HOU        32    32    0.500
MIN        29    34    0.460          SLN        31    32    0.492
CHA        28    35    0.444          PIT        30    33    0.476
                                      CIN        28    36    0.438
AL West     W     L     Pct.                         
SEA        38    25    0.603          NL West     W     L     Pct.
OAK        36    29    0.554          ARI        41    23    0.641
TEX        31    32    0.492          COL        35    29    0.547
LAA        27    39    0.409          SDN        33    30    0.524
                                      LAN        31    32    0.492
                                      SFN        30    32    0.484

His Own Bad Self · 05-16-2010, 05:05 AM

June 18, 2010

KANSAS CITY

Kansas City general manager Dayton Moore drew even more attention to the surprising Royals earlier today when he announced that "we can't be idle" as long as the Royals are in contention.

The Royals, in second place behind Cleveland, have far exceeded expectations by playing one game over .500 (34-33) this season. Only five games separate first place from last in the American League Central, and under those conditions, Moore said, the time was right to act aggressively.

"Certainly, there's still a lot of time left in the season. But we know for now that this team can play well for an extended period of time. If opportunities present themselves for us to be buyers and not sellers, we have to take advantage."

The Royals will be without pitcher Zack Greinke indefinitely. The defending AL Cy Young Award winner strained a triceps muscle last week and is currently on the 15-day disabled list.

JustinM · 05-16-2010, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by His Own Bad Self

Bench coach Pete Mackanin will serve as interim manager tonight against Boston.

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride for that guy. I wonder if he'll ever get an actual chance. I mean, he was interim manager for Pittsburgh after Lloyd McClendon was fired because he was bench coach after managing at Low A and High A. Next season he's managing in Rookie ball.

Then he was a scout for the Reds and became interim manager after they canned Jerry Narron. He led a terrible team to a decent record, and they got rid of him anyway to bring in Dusty Baker and kill some young pitchers.

Now in your league he's stuck with the interim tag yet again. I really feel bad for him.

His Own Bad Self · 05-23-2010, 03:16 AM

Yeah, it's not fair... one thinks in this case he would at least have been kept on the rest of the season. But he didn't even get that.

His Own Bad Self · 05-23-2010, 04:19 AM

June 27, 2010

MLB Standings after 12 weeks

Code:

AL East     W     L     Pct.        NL East     W     L     Pct.
TBA        46    29    0.613        NYN        41    34    0.547
NYA        42    33    0.560        PHI        39    36    0.520
BOS        41    36    0.532        FLO        37    39    0.487
BAL        27    48    0.360        WAS        35    41    0.461
TOR        27    49    0.355        ATL        35    41    0.461
                                        
AL Central  W     L     Pct.        NL Central  W     L     Pct.
CLE        40    35    0.533        MIL        41    34    0.547
MIN        37    38    0.493        SLN        39    36    0.520
KCA        37    39    0.487        PIT        39    36    0.520
DET        35    41    0.461        CHN        37    38    0.493
CHA        31    44    0.413        HOU        36    40    0.474
                                    CIN        35    41    0.461
AL West     W     L     Pct.                         
SEA        46    29    0.613        NL West     W     L     Pct.
OAK        41    36    0.532        ARI        48    28    0.632
TEX        36    39    0.480        COL        43    33    0.566
LAA        34    44    0.436        SDN        37    38    0.493
                                    SFN        36    38    0.486
                                    LAN        35    40    0.467

His Own Bad Self · 05-30-2010, 06:12 PM

American League All-Stars

SP Felix Hernandez (SEA) - 10-3, 2.20 ERA
SP Cliff Lee (SEA) - 9-3, 2.91 ERA
SP Francisco Liriano (MIN) - 11-3, 3.63 ERA
SP Ryan Rowland-Smith (SEA) - 10-3, 2.66 ERA
SP James Shields (TBA) - 9-5, 2.98 ERA
SP Javier Vazquez (NYA) - 9-4, 3.00 ERA
MR Chris Perez (CLE) - 6-4, 5 SV, 1.56 ERA
MR Brad Ziegler (OAK) - 1-1, 15 SV, 0.62 ERA
CL David Aardsma (SEA) - 0-2, 27 SV, 2.27 ERA
CL Mariano Rivera (NYA) - 3-3, 16 SV, 2.70 ERA
CL Rafael Soriano (TBA) - 2-3, 27 SV, 1.72 ERA
CL Kerry Wood (CLE) - 2-4, 17 SV, 2.20 ERA
C Joe Mauer (MIN) - .336/.429/.500, 9 HR, 48 RBI
C Jorge Posada (NYA) - .320/.421/.560, 16 HR, 56 RBI
1B Carlos Pena (TBA) - .269/.399/.490, 14 HR, 53 RBI
1B Mark Teixeira (NYA) - .332/.425/.613, 23 HR, 73 RBI
1B Kendry Morales (LAA) - .343/.389/.579, 14 HR, 39 RBI
2B Alberto Callaspo (KCA) - .330/.371/.509, 8 HR, 47 RBI
2B Robinson Cano (NYA) - .322/.345/.458, 5 HR, 39 RBI
3B Troy Glaus (DET) - .288/.383/.530, 16 HR, 55 RBI
SS Cliff Pennington (OAK) - .283/.361/.437, 4 HR, 32 RBI
LF Jacoby Ellsbury (BOS) - .316/.361/.481, 4 HR, 37 RBI
LF Shin-Soo Choo (CLE) - .273/.361/.504, 18 HR, 68 RBI
LF Adam Lind (TOR) - .305/.385/.553, 22 HR, 57 RBI
LF Jason Kubel (MIN) - .311/.388/.563, 21 HR, 75 RBI
CF Grady Sizemore (CLE) - .294/.399/.523, 17 HR, 49 RBI
CF Milton Bradley (SEA) - .301/.437/.489, 10 HR, 43 RBI
RF Nick Markakis (BAL) - .308/.364/.464, 7 HR, 45 RBI

National League All-Stars

SP Ryan Dempster (CHN) - 7-5, 2.65 ERA
SP Yovani Gallardo (MIL) - 8-3, 2.10 ERA
SP Roy Halladay (PHI) - 8-6, 3.29 ERA
SP Dan Haren (ARI) - 11-5, 2.66 ERA
SP Johan Santana (NYN) - 8-5, 3.05 ERA
SP Brandon Webb (ARI) - 11-2, 2.41 ERA
MR Brian Wilson (SFN) - 2-2, 21 SV, 2.34 ERA
CL Octavio Dotel (PIT) - 1-3, 23 SV, 1.14 ERA
CL Brandon Lyon (HOU) - 4-1, 20 SV, 2.95 ERA
CL Ryan Madson (PHI) - 1-0, 22 SV, 1.35 ERA
CL Chad Qualls (ARI) - 4-0, 15 SV, 1.67 ERA
CL Francisco Rodriguez (NYN) - 5-4, 13 SV, 1.64 ERA
C Brian McCann (ATL) - .299/.364/.472, 10 HR, 57 RBI
C Jesus Flores (WAS) - .324/.377/.531, 11 HR, 43 RBI
1B Albert Pujols (SLN) - .305/.425/.607, 28 HR, 75 RBI
1B Ryan Howard (PHI) - .269/.354/.623, 32 HR, 85 RBI
1B Adrian Gonzalez (SDN) - .287/.392/.517, 18 HR, 57 RBI
2B Rickie Weeks (MIL) - .314/.416/.546, 16 HR, 44 RBI
2B Chris Coghlan (FLO) - .316/.402/.489, 9 HR, 40 RBI
3B Pablo Sandoval (SFN) - .378/.426/.649, 21 HR, 57 RBI
SS Yunel Escobar (ATL) - .370/.431/.514, 11 HR, 57 RBI
SS Jimmy Rollins (PHI) - .370/.417/.540, 10 HR, 48 RBI
LF Ryan Braun (MIL) - .281/.362/.524, 22 HR, 67 RBI
LF Matt Holliday (SLN) - .338/.408/.579, 17 HR, 68 RBI
LF Jason Bay (NYN) - .271/.385/.572, 24 HR, 77 RBI
CF Matt Kemp (LAN) - .297/.332/.472, 13 HR, 58 RBI
CF Andrew McCutchen (PIT) - .306/.383/.469, 8 HR, 42 RBI
RF Jason Heyward (ATL) - .345/.423/.534, 9 HR, 56 RBI

His Own Bad Self · 06-19-2010, 04:26 AM

July 11, 2010

MLB Standings after 14 weeks

Code:

AL East     W     L     Pct.          NL East     W     L     Pct.
TBA        52    36    0.591          NYN        48    40    0.545
NYA        48    40    0.545          PHI        48    41    0.539
BOS        48    40    0.545          WAS        43    46    0.483
TOR        35    54    0.393          ATL        42    46    0.477
BAL        31    57    0.352          FLO        39    50    0.438
                                        
AL Central  W     L     Pct.          NL Central  W     L     Pct.
MIN        45    43    0.511          MIL        50    39    0.562
CLE        44    45    0.494          SLN        47    41    0.534
KCA        41    47    0.466          CHN        44    45    0.494
CHA        40    48    0.455          PIT        43    45    0.489
DET        38    50    0.432          HOU        43    46    0.483
                                      CIN        40    50    0.444
AL West     W     L     Pct.                         
SEA        54    34    0.614          NL West     W     L     Pct.
OAK        48    41    0.539          ARI        58    31    0.652
TEX        45    43    0.511          COL        48    41    0.539
LAA        40    51    0.440          SDN        45    43    0.511
                                      LAN        42    46    0.477
                                      SFN        39    49    0.443

04-15-2010, 01:35 AM	#1
His Own Bad Self All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,221	Fake Baseball is Fun "No matter how it is that your mind works, baseball reaches out to you. If you're an emotional person, baseball asks for your heart. If you are a thinking man or a thinking woman, baseball wants your opinion. Whether you are left-brain or right-brain, Type A or Type Z, whether your mind is bent toward mathematics or toward history or psychology or geometry, whether you are young or old, baseball has its way of asking for you." - Bill James Baseball always has something to offer us. It offers us its past, its present, and its future. We see the past in sepia-toned photos, handlebar mustaches, retired numbers, and plaques in a Cooperstown museum. We see the present in high definition, in multiple millions and billions of dollars, in the MLB Network and Extra Innings, in the joy of a summer day out at the yard. But how do we see the future? Of all the joys to be found in a simple game, the anticipation of watching baseball's unscripted drama play out is one of its greatest...

04-15-2010, 01:50 AM	#2
His Own Bad Self All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,221	April 18, 2010 Michael Kay is working the New York Yankees’ play-by-play. The Yankees are hosting Texas, and lead 1-0 in the fifth with two out and Endy Chavez at second. Elvis Andrus is the hitter, Javy Vazquez the pitcher. "...Elvis Andrus now steps to the plate. Two away here in the top of the 5th… Yankees lead, one to nothing. Chavez takes a lead off second… here’s Vazquez, and... he missed down and in. Ball one… Andrus, one of the better rookies in the league last year, at the moment in a furious battle with the Mendoza line… now the one-oh pitch… here’s a sharp liner in the hole – A-Rod dives and makes a spectacular diving catch on that line drive! A sensational play by A-Rod! And he is suddenly coming up... rather awkwardly… it's not clear exactly what happened, but he is on the ground now, and holding his right leg near the ankle. It's hard to tell what went wrong - A-Rod dove to get the line drive from the bat of Andrus, and when he tried to get up, was unable. Jeter is waving for Donohue, who is already on his way out... Rodriguez made the play to end the inning, and now appears to be seriously hurt..." Last edited by His Own Bad Self; 04-15-2010 at 01:52 AM.

04-15-2010, 10:00 PM	#4
His Own Bad Self All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,221	April 20, 2010 Associated Press Alex Rodriguez has broken a bone in his right ankle and is likely to be out until at least the All-Star Game. Rodriguez, hitting .106 with 3 home runs and 5 RBI, suffered the injury diving to catch an Elvis Andrus line drive in the fifth inning of Sunday’s game against Texas. Kevin Russo substituted for Rodriguez and will start at third base tonight in Rodriguez’ absence. It's unclear for now how the Yankees plan to fill the position long-term. Last edited by His Own Bad Self; 04-15-2010 at 10:02 PM.

04-17-2010, 03:07 AM	#7
His Own Bad Self All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,221	May 11, 2010 Has There Been a Worse Time for Baseball Fans in Los Angeles? Forgive Dodger Fan and Angel Fan if they need reminders of their teams' respective division crowns last season. Only five weeks into the 2010 campaign, both teams already find themselves in last place. The Angels have lost six straight heading into a three-game series against Tampa Bay, dropping to 13-20, and the Dodgers have fallen in five consecutive games leading into their series at NL West-leading Arizona. They now sit at 12-19. Neither of the managers involved is familiar with losing, either. Mike Scioscia has been at the Angels' helm for 10 seasons, eight of which saw the Angels finish over .500, and six of which led to playoff berths. Joe Torre, of course, is well-known for managing the Yankees to their four World Championships between 1996 and 2000, as well as leading the Dodgers to the NL West title last year. "We know very well what we can do, so now it's just a matter of going out and doing it," Torre said after last night's 12-3 loss to Colorado. "From 1 to 25, we have players capable of playing championship-caliber baseball." That may be true, but injuries have been partly to blame, so that some of those championship-caliber players are currently on the shelf. Most notable of those among the missing is Chad Billingsley, who tore his labrum on Opening Day and will be out for at least the next couple of months. Hiroki Kuroda, Jeff Weaver, and Billingsley's fill-in, Charlie Haeger, are the other significant pieces currently out with various ailments. The same could not be said for the Halos. Until last week, when Howie Kendrick was lost for the season, the Angels' roster was largely injury-free. The losses of John Lackey, Chone Figgins, and Vlad Guerrero in the offseason have not been patched over well enough, and the offense has struggled noticeably. The Angels' trademark ability to manufacture runs appears to have deserted them. In the process of being swept by Seattle this weekend, the Angels left 36 runners on base, including 14 in last night's 6-2, 14-inning backbreaker, which was capped off by Jack Wilson's walk-off grand slam off of Rafael Rodriguez. If Mike Scioscia was displeased by his team's failure to come through in the clutch, he was able to hide it, at least momentarily. "Every team has rough stretches. We've just played at Boston, who's very good as usual, and at Seattle, who's leading our division. And in all of those games except for I think Friday, we gave ourselves a chance to win. All we need to do is take advantage of those situations. Kendry [Morales] has been great for us this season. He just had a bad day today. [Morales went 0 for 7 with three strikeouts, and 8 men left on base.] So did Torii [Hunter]. Baseball's like that sometimes." One hopes for Torre, for Scioscia, for their clubs, and the fans thereof, that "sometimes" doesn't last all season. Last edited by His Own Bad Self; 04-17-2010 at 03:09 AM.

05-02-2010, 01:38 AM	#9
His Own Bad Self All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,221	May 27, 2010 SEATTLE The Mariners had a chance to celebrate more than their team success last night. Ichiro scored his 1,000th career run in MLB play as the Mariners downed Detroit, 4-1. Seattle took the two-game series with pitching and defense, as the Tigers managed only one run in eighteen innings, and that only coming with two outs in the ninth of last night's match. Ian Snell had a masterful outing, pitching 81/3 scoreless innings, walking four, but striking out seven and giving up only two hits. He completely shut down the top of Detroit's order, as their first through fifth hitters went 0 for 16, striking out five times. Snell wasn't the only one to get a standing ovation during the game. Ichiro scored on Ken Griffey Jr.'s single in the fifth, leading to a short delay as the announcement was made, and the fans showed their appreciation. Ichiro is having a subpar year by his standards, hitting .300, a career low, with four home runs and 23 RBI. However, the 36-year-old is still an effective hitter and fielder, and otherwise shows little sign of his advancing age.

05-02-2010, 07:49 PM	#11
His Own Bad Self All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,221	June 11, 2010 PHILADELPHIA The Philadelphia Phillies have fired manager Charlie Manuel, it was announced today. The Phillies were expected to contend, but lost their eighth game in a row last night, falling to 29-31, six games behind the NL East-leading New York Mets. Bench coach Pete Mackanin will serve as interim manager tonight against Boston. Last week, the Phillies put Chase Utley on the 15-day disabled list after the All-Star second baseman strained his oblique. It's unclear how long he will remain out.

05-16-2010, 05:05 AM	#13
His Own Bad Self All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,221	June 18, 2010 KANSAS CITY Kansas City general manager Dayton Moore drew even more attention to the surprising Royals earlier today when he announced that "we can't be idle" as long as the Royals are in contention. The Royals, in second place behind Cleveland, have far exceeded expectations by playing one game over .500 (34-33) this season. Only five games separate first place from last in the American League Central, and under those conditions, Moore said, the time was right to act aggressively. "Certainly, there's still a lot of time left in the season. But we know for now that this team can play well for an extended period of time. If opportunities present themselves for us to be buyers and not sellers, we have to take advantage." The Royals will be without pitcher Zack Greinke indefinitely. The defending AL Cy Young Award winner strained a triceps muscle last week and is currently on the 15-day disabled list.

05-23-2010, 03:16 AM	#15
His Own Bad Self All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,221	Yeah, it's not fair... one thinks in this case he would at least have been kept on the rest of the season. But he didn't even get that.

05-30-2010, 06:12 PM	#17
His Own Bad Self All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,221	American League All-Stars SP Felix Hernandez (SEA) - 10-3, 2.20 ERA SP Cliff Lee (SEA) - 9-3, 2.91 ERA SP Francisco Liriano (MIN) - 11-3, 3.63 ERA SP Ryan Rowland-Smith (SEA) - 10-3, 2.66 ERA SP James Shields (TBA) - 9-5, 2.98 ERA SP Javier Vazquez (NYA) - 9-4, 3.00 ERA MR Chris Perez (CLE) - 6-4, 5 SV, 1.56 ERA MR Brad Ziegler (OAK) - 1-1, 15 SV, 0.62 ERA CL David Aardsma (SEA) - 0-2, 27 SV, 2.27 ERA CL Mariano Rivera (NYA) - 3-3, 16 SV, 2.70 ERA CL Rafael Soriano (TBA) - 2-3, 27 SV, 1.72 ERA CL Kerry Wood (CLE) - 2-4, 17 SV, 2.20 ERA C Joe Mauer (MIN) - .336/.429/.500, 9 HR, 48 RBI C Jorge Posada (NYA) - .320/.421/.560, 16 HR, 56 RBI 1B Carlos Pena (TBA) - .269/.399/.490, 14 HR, 53 RBI 1B Mark Teixeira (NYA) - .332/.425/.613, 23 HR, 73 RBI 1B Kendry Morales (LAA) - .343/.389/.579, 14 HR, 39 RBI 2B Alberto Callaspo (KCA) - .330/.371/.509, 8 HR, 47 RBI 2B Robinson Cano (NYA) - .322/.345/.458, 5 HR, 39 RBI 3B Troy Glaus (DET) - .288/.383/.530, 16 HR, 55 RBI SS Cliff Pennington (OAK) - .283/.361/.437, 4 HR, 32 RBI LF Jacoby Ellsbury (BOS) - .316/.361/.481, 4 HR, 37 RBI LF Shin-Soo Choo (CLE) - .273/.361/.504, 18 HR, 68 RBI LF Adam Lind (TOR) - .305/.385/.553, 22 HR, 57 RBI LF Jason Kubel (MIN) - .311/.388/.563, 21 HR, 75 RBI CF Grady Sizemore (CLE) - .294/.399/.523, 17 HR, 49 RBI CF Milton Bradley (SEA) - .301/.437/.489, 10 HR, 43 RBI RF Nick Markakis (BAL) - .308/.364/.464, 7 HR, 45 RBI National League All-Stars SP Ryan Dempster (CHN) - 7-5, 2.65 ERA SP Yovani Gallardo (MIL) - 8-3, 2.10 ERA SP Roy Halladay (PHI) - 8-6, 3.29 ERA SP Dan Haren (ARI) - 11-5, 2.66 ERA SP Johan Santana (NYN) - 8-5, 3.05 ERA SP Brandon Webb (ARI) - 11-2, 2.41 ERA MR Brian Wilson (SFN) - 2-2, 21 SV, 2.34 ERA CL Octavio Dotel (PIT) - 1-3, 23 SV, 1.14 ERA CL Brandon Lyon (HOU) - 4-1, 20 SV, 2.95 ERA CL Ryan Madson (PHI) - 1-0, 22 SV, 1.35 ERA CL Chad Qualls (ARI) - 4-0, 15 SV, 1.67 ERA CL Francisco Rodriguez (NYN) - 5-4, 13 SV, 1.64 ERA C Brian McCann (ATL) - .299/.364/.472, 10 HR, 57 RBI C Jesus Flores (WAS) - .324/.377/.531, 11 HR, 43 RBI 1B Albert Pujols (SLN) - .305/.425/.607, 28 HR, 75 RBI 1B Ryan Howard (PHI) - .269/.354/.623, 32 HR, 85 RBI 1B Adrian Gonzalez (SDN) - .287/.392/.517, 18 HR, 57 RBI 2B Rickie Weeks (MIL) - .314/.416/.546, 16 HR, 44 RBI 2B Chris Coghlan (FLO) - .316/.402/.489, 9 HR, 40 RBI 3B Pablo Sandoval (SFN) - .378/.426/.649, 21 HR, 57 RBI SS Yunel Escobar (ATL) - .370/.431/.514, 11 HR, 57 RBI SS Jimmy Rollins (PHI) - .370/.417/.540, 10 HR, 48 RBI LF Ryan Braun (MIL) - .281/.362/.524, 22 HR, 67 RBI LF Matt Holliday (SLN) - .338/.408/.579, 17 HR, 68 RBI LF Jason Bay (NYN) - .271/.385/.572, 24 HR, 77 RBI CF Matt Kemp (LAN) - .297/.332/.472, 13 HR, 58 RBI CF Andrew McCutchen (PIT) - .306/.383/.469, 8 HR, 42 RBI RF Jason Heyward (ATL) - .345/.423/.534, 9 HR, 56 RBI