lardin – Jul 1, 2012 at 8:59 PM
Ten Years from now,
Me with my two boys walking through the Hall of fame:
Dad: Boys, over there is the All time home run exhibit. Babe Ruth held the record the longest and it was broken by Hank Aaron in the 1970’s I watched as Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez eventually broke Aaron’s Record. On the Other wall his Rafael Palmiero He is one of a handful of players with 3000 hits and 500 Home Runs. Back in the far corner is an exhibit on Roger Clemens hes one the best pitchers ever saw, right there with Greg Maddux and Pedro. Upstairs, we’ll check out the exhibit on Pete Rose. arguably the greatest hitter of all time.
Boy #1: Dad, if these guys are so great why didnt we see them in the room with all the plaques?
Boy#2: Yeah dad, they stink.
Dad: Well boys, they did things that baseball did not like. Pete Rose Gambled on baseball and was band for life.
Boy#1. But A-rod isnt banned for life, we saw him at Yankee Stadium last week?
Dad: I know, Arod, Bonds, Palmiero, and Clemens took drugs to make themselves bigger stronger and faster.
Boy #2: So they cheated?
Dad: Yes they did.
Boy#2: So why are they in the Hall of Fame?
Dad: The Hall of fame is a museum. It tells the history of baseball and all the great things that have happened in the game. These men did great things and deserve to have their accomplishments remembered in the Hall of fame. But they are not Hall of famers, like Derek Jeter or Ken Griffey Jr, who as far as we know never cheated.
Boy#1: I dont understand Dad
Dad: Boys, there is a difference between being in the Hall of fame and being a Hall of Famer. All these great players are in the Hall of fame. Their accomplishments demand that much. But, when the writers vote for induction, Integrity counts. The writers believed those guys had no integrity because they cheated, therefore they are not Hall of FAMERS.
Average OPS+ (or wRC+) is slightly less than 0 (-5 so far this year in the NL). Wells has a career 26 OPS+ and a 14 wRC+, not including today’s double, so he’s been above average (given the sample size). His minor league hitting numbers are relatively good, too: .191/.265/.292. He’s no Zambrano, but he’s probably above average.
Chicago White Sox’s third baseman this year have produced a collective line of .168/.243/.224, ranking dead last in the majors in every offensive statistic.
Dee Gordon’s line is .225/.276/.277 and whatever Fangraphs uses for defense doesn’t like Gordon either.
With year long interleague play starting next season, I had a feeling the NL would be getting the DH within 5 years, but some “purists” will point to how pitchers are hitting better than the White Sox 3rd basemen and the Dodger’s starting SS as part of why pitchers should hit. Over the last 2 or 3 seasons, between Aaron Miles, Miguel Tejada, and Dee Gordon, I wonder if Colletti & Sabean had a bet on who could win the most games while giving the worst hitters tons of PAs.
Ha! But since we’re 3 games into the 60-game win streak, I’ll side with Beer Gut Guy.
@ pinetar:
(dying laughing) he’s horrible. He might be the worst fielding pitcher I’ve ever seen.
(dying laughing) well done, Josh.
Slight revision. I do that sometimes. That’s the OCD.
I’m a big fan of the third base coach in this gif.
@ GBTS:
Facepalm worthy.
@ GBTS:
Is that a spring training game or something? I’m pretty sure that’s Ricky Weeks at bat.
GBTS wrote:
3B coach definitely knows what’s up.
@ josh:
That was today’s Brewers win at Miller Park.
@ Rice Cube:
Really? I guess the advertising in the outfield looked more minor leaguish to me or something.
You don’t see a lot of walkoff stolen base errors.
@ josh:
Usually the defense isn’t incompetent.
@ josh:
I thought so too, but I was the M on the scoreboard. Who the hell is wearing green uniforms?
That’s the Brewers? I see Weeks at the plate now that I know it’s them, but green?
@ mb21:
The uniforms were part of it too. If not for Weeks’s hair I would have assumed it was a minor league or college game.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=22767277&c_id=mlb&topic_id=vtp_star_of_the_game
The CF probably should’ve hung on to the ball.
@ Rice Cube:
Especially with the game on the line.
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/01/joe-torre-says-roger-clemens-belongs-in-hall-of-fame/
The following is a recent comment I enjoyed:
Rizzo the Rat wrote:
Chicago White Sox’s third baseman this year have produced a collective line of .168/.243/.224, ranking dead last in the majors in every offensive statistic.
Dee Gordon’s line is .225/.276/.277 and whatever Fangraphs uses for defense doesn’t like Gordon either.
With year long interleague play starting next season, I had a feeling the NL would be getting the DH within 5 years, but some “purists” will point to how pitchers are hitting better than the White Sox 3rd basemen and the Dodger’s starting SS as part of why pitchers should hit. Over the last 2 or 3 seasons, between Aaron Miles, Miguel Tejada, and Dee Gordon, I wonder if Colletti & Sabean had a bet on who could win the most games while giving the worst hitters tons of PAs.
Rice Cube wrote:
(dying laughing)
On a team full of baserunning fails I thought this play needed to be applauded:
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=22755919&c_id=mlb
Belgium I am in you
@ Berselius:
Makes a change from the other way around, eh?
(assuming you drink Duvel at home)
@ Rice Cube:
It’s like a reverse TOOTBLAN.
SO CONFUSED!>!?
@ josh:
A SOTBLAG?
Given what the Dodgers were going to give the Astros for Carlos Lee, I hope Jed had Coletti’s phone blowing up.
RE: All Star Game selections and fans watching
mb21 wrote:
Two words: Dan Uggla
@ SVB:
One word two syllables: onion
One word three syllables and a space: Cellar door.
Magical.
@ Suburban kid:
Sweetness on the basepaths like a gangsta?
Vogelbach went bananas last night including a triple
@ bubblesdachimp:
Did he survive the night?
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
He’s still trying to catch his breath.
@ josh:
Nobody better smoke over there due to all the oxygen he had to use…
I see minor league shit is up so I shall migrate.
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Havent seen an update that he died.