This week in Best Shape of His Life
Geovany Soto dropped 25 pounds this offseason. If you recall, he also lost a lot of weight before his breakout 07/08 seasons. If you combine this with the fact that Soto has been vastly more productive in even numbered years then he's due for something like 97 home runs this year.
In further news, Tony Campana added 12 pounds of muscle this offseason working out with Tim Buss in Arizona. So now he can use all 110 of those pounds to hit the ball out of the infield.
Carlos Zambrano talks about his departure
“I’ve always had a lot of respect for the people of Chicago,” he said. “From the fans to the front office, I want to thank them for treating me like a professional for the past 11 years. All I have for Chicago is gratitude and respect.”
I'm too lazy to look, but I'm sure Paul Sullivan is hard at work on a bitter screed on how Carlos neglected to thank the Chicago media for treating him like a professional. Because, well, they didn't.
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Today in DFA
We should find out of Blake DeWitt is still a Chicago Cub today. It has been ten-plus days since he was designated for assignment.
Undecided decisions by deciders
There's still no update on the Theo compensation. I liked GW's suggestion from yesterday that we'll find out that the compensation will be a PBTNL, just to drag this out further.
In bonus non-decisions, there's still no ruling as to whether Braun will be suspended or not.
Non Kate Upton image I recently enjoyed
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sotoge01.shtml
According to this, Soto was at 220 pounds. I’m sure that’s after he dropped 40 pounds after giving up the joint and his munchies, so he should be around 195 now.
mb21 wrote:
Tony should look into those steroids that increase your contact rate.
@ Rice Cube:
If smoking doobs helps him hit homeruns, then I know a guy in Chitown who can get him set up.
I updated the post with the video of the day
quite possibly video of the year (dying laughing)
I think we need a section in the daily facepalm on how to post images until everyone on this site knows how to do it. (dying laughing)
@ Berselius:
Saw that a couple of days ago. Too funny.
@ Berselius:
That looks better than Abe Lincoln as a vampire hunter.
Rice Cube wrote:
It wouldn’t if they had cast Henry Pollard as Lincoln
@ Berselius:
Yeah, who the fuck is this guy?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907548/
They should’ve used the guy who played Abe in the Bill and Ted movie. Although I guess he’s closer to 80 now…
@ josh:
I showed this to my wife and she did some digging and it turns out this is going to be an actual movie. I am not disappointed.
Tim Wakefield ————> retirement
@ Rice Cube:
That was what my facebook friend who posted that told me too. I’ll probably wait and netflix it.
Berselius wrote:
Aisley ———> Just lost another active player older than he is.
@ Aisle424:
You’ll always have Jamie Moyer, apparently.
@ josh:
Even Methuselah and Jesus had Jamie Moyer.
josh wrote:
Thank God for him.
Rice Cube wrote:
My school actually is one of the ones being sued. (dying laughing)
@ Aisle424:
I’ve been meaning to watch that movie again. I haven’t seen it for about 5 years and that’s just too long. (dying laughing)
@ GBTS:
I sincerely hope you find gainful employment and/or reap the rewards of this lawsuit then.
Berselius wrote:
MB recently enjoyed his rookie season.
@ Rice Cube:
Plot on IMDB for Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter:
President Lincoln’s mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.
(dying laughing)
@ WaLi:
Vampires are such racist assholes.
@ josh:
I’m so glad he found a team. Too bad it’s Colorado.
@ GBTS:
Not as much as I recently enjoyed Jamie Moyer’s rookie season.
Wake’s rookie year was the first year I seriously followed baseball. He was kind of a phenom, but he quickly fell off a cliff in his sophomore year.
Burnett ————> Pirates (finally)
Berselius wrote:
@ Berselius:
Why the fuck would he accept a trade to Pittsburgh after declining a trade to Los Angeles? The only time I was ever in Pittsburgh was on a layover, but I can god damn guarantee that I’d much rather live in Los Angeles.
new shit: http://www.obstructedview.net/projections/projecting-the-2012-cubs-2nd-basemen.html