It was, but they seem to have a different dumb reality show every year. Last year was a stand-up comedy show, and this year I think there's a quiz show.Originally Posted by snarkerella
It was, but they seem to have a different dumb reality show every year. Last year was a stand-up comedy show, and this year I think there's a quiz show.
Remy and Orsillo are a very good team
The only issue I have is with the celeb interviews that go on too long and distract from the game
Exceptions being the O'leary Mel Gibson rant and the Peterman character from Seinfeld talking about his trophy wifes' " new wife smell "
" They turned Pete into a hornytoad!!!"
PS- life in the "209" near Yosemite- I was on a road bike ride yesterday and encountered a ( large ) bear in the middle of the road
A Yankee fan hates an overrated and douchey Sox player. Breaking news!
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Those in booth interviews kill me. Every game they have somebody or another promoting something. I feel a little guilty because it's usually a charitable cause that they're talking about, but does it have to happen every other game? How about NESN just eats some commercial time and has these guys on between innings sometimes?
I almost always find something to watch on YES. I love that channel.
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Heidi Watney has its advantages. I mean she's no Charlie Moore, but then again - who is?
Those who can — do. Those who can’t — criticize.
Stuff like this is actually one of the worst things about NESN and sports networks in general. I'd rather have an ugly girl on who actually knows baseball and appears to be qualified for her position.
To be fair to the other dudes out there (including you, Fred!), the Barbie doll type of pretty just doesn't do much for me. I might be a hypocrite, too; I loved Hazel Mae and, while she's light years ahead of Whatney, I'm not sure how long she could hang in a discussion with Vin Scully or the average SABR nerd.
"Pitchers throw baseballs."
-Tim McCarver
Heidi Watney for Susyn Waldman straight-up.
“If he ever looks mad at you, go ahead and hit him before he sucker punches you.”
-Thurman Munson on Billy Martin
What I'm hoping is for Beltre to go 0 for his next 30 so that his price for an extension will drop out of the stratosphere. V-Mart too.
Beltre is not coming back.
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I say we stomp him! Then we tattoo him! Then we hang him! And then we kill him!
I say we let him go.
If he'd agree to a 2-3 year, I'd do it. But with Boras, there's not way he'll settle for that. He'll be looking for 5 years, I'm sure.
Big win today. Keeps us alive in the WC. I have no delusions of the division, and honestly, the WC is still a long shot. Just have to hope we can go on a bit of a run and that TB keeps reeling.
Probably not, but stranger things have happened. Beltre returning may be easier than signing A Gon and moving Youks to 3rd. Lowrie the singles hitter certainly seems like a utility player at this point.
I feel for you guys, that's got to be like a sick joke. You're stuck in traffic after a long day at work and all you want to do is listen to the Yankee game and that's what they give you for radio broadcasts?
Who else with money will have a need for his services? If he'd accept a shorter deal, I think the Sox could (would) outbid anybody else.
Well, based on pitching match ups, I liked the Sox on Friday and Monday, the Yankees on Saturday, and figured the Beckett/Burnett game would be the "wild card." Beckett let this team down big time, the bats doing nothing against Mosley didn't help much either.
Only saving grace about the split is at least the Rays are in free fall.
She's great. Not everyone thinks so but there are certainly a lot of fans that do.
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Coming to this series, I think Red Sox fans shouldn't be happy about a split. But now the Rays keep falling. I think a split in Yankees Stadium actually is good enough for the Red Sox.
What are you talking about? A split for the Portland Sea Dogs in Yankee Stadium against the best team in baseball is fantastic.
It's just the voice I can't stand, but if she says great things maybe I'd learn to live with it. I know I couldn't take the other guy, though.
What are you talking about? When does a Triple A team have a .566 winning percentage in the major league?
Too bad baseball knowledge can't be absorbed through ballplayer's semen. Heidi would be Tony LaRussa.
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A really embarrassing sweep didn't seem all that unlikely to me going in, regardless of what they needed or where they stand in the WC race, so I'm not complaining.
That's my point. They've been doing it with smoke and mirrors this season, plus a pitching nucleus of Lester-Bucholz-Bard-Papelbon. It's probably not going to be enough to make the post-season, but they've done well just to be playing meaningful games this late.
I think more like Jason Varitek.
Their offense is better than the Rays and the Rays pitching is starting to fall. The Rays are now in a free fall mode. I won't be surprise if the Red Sox can pull this out.
The timing of this upcoming Toronto series isn't good, the Jays are hitting and pitching.
I'd be more surprised if the Rays continued to lose. Young pitchers do hit a wall at points, then they're fine. The Rays are a better team. I don't see them giving up five in the loss column.
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Don't forget about the Twins. I don't know what the rest of their schedule looks like, but it has to be easier than either the Rays or Sox in the AL East.
“If he ever looks mad at you, go ahead and hit him before he sucker punches you.”
-Thurman Munson on Billy Martin
Hey, no fair! I said knows baseball AND is qualified for their position!
Waldman might know some baseball, but is in no way qualified to force people to listen to her. I haven't had to hear much of her, but it hurt when I did. One could argue that Tim McCarver knows a little bit of baseball, but no one ever wants to listen to him. At least, not in a sincere, "I promise I won't laugh at you behind your back" kind of way.
"Pitchers throw baseballs."
-Tim McCarver
At the very least, she'd know how the properly block the plate, frame pitches, and fight in a lucha mask.
Sadly, she'd never, ever learn how to throw out a runner at 2nd. 3 out of 4 ain't bad, though.
Coincidentally, I think Varitek has the potential to be an interest analyst after his playing career is over, assuming he isn't offered some sort of coaching or minor league managerial roles.
"Pitchers throw baseballs."
-Tim McCarver
is he going to retire after this year?
"Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late" -- Branch Rickey
I've already decided that the # 2 team in the east is going to finish with a better record than the #2 team in the central, so I'm not going to worry about the Twins or WS. And, really, what difference does it make if I'm wrong? Not like I can do anything about it anyway.
Maybe in print. He suffers from Bill Simmons Unexpectedly Squeaky Voice Syndrome.
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The Red Sox offense probably isn't better than the Rays offense anymore. The Red Sox still hit better, but the Rays have been scoring more runs.
As hot as Heidi is, I bet she would suck at PBP. She is nothiing but window dressing. IMO.
Gammons on MLBN said Kalish is gonna be the "second-coming of Darin Erstad."
I'm guessing he didn't mean the Erstad from 2000-2009, but instead the routine .800 OPS/All-Star Darin Erstad of the years prior.
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"Suck" would be a massive, gross understatement. She's barely able to ask questions after a game, and they're normally the same ones -- "talk to me about X." Play by play for Heidi would be incomprehensible.
Of course, that doesn't make Suzyn any less awful. The irony of a Boston accent doing Yankee games is pretty rich. Not that I'm a huge Castiglione fan (as I think he's bland), but I'd hate having to listen to Suzyn every time I'm in my car during game time.
"Other than being able to throw a ball by you, often, there isn't much difference between us other than you love a team I never could, and despise a team I'll always love." - G38, 2/7/09
That's a big deal - her accent? I barely even notice it. That she's from Boston (or MA somewhere- wherever she's from....)but works for the Yankees? Who cares.....
Oh yeah, and for anyone interested, there is a Suzyn Waldman thread in OOP - if anyone cares to keep this going.
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Erstad was a great defensive CFer when he was young, I don't get him as a comp for Kalish at all, who just seems like a nice young OFer who can do a little of everything without being that great at any one particular thing.
A big deal? No, not all. Ironic, yes.That's a big deal - her accent? I barely even notice it. That she's from Boston (or MA somewhere- wherever she's from....)but works for the Yankees? Who cares.....
Oh yeah, and for anyone interested, there is a Suzyn Waldman thread in OOP - if anyone cares to keep this going.
She's from Newton, I believe, and her voice sounds extremely familiar to these Massachusetts ears.
"Other than being able to throw a ball by you, often, there isn't much difference between us other than you love a team I never could, and despise a team I'll always love." - G38, 2/7/09
Kalish's sample size is much too small to know much about him, in my view.
Thus far, we've seen a 22-year old put up a batting average of .345, an OBP of .375 and a slugging percentage of .483. Again, the sample size is insufficient but if any conclusion is to be drawn, I don't see how it could be anything other than he's shown at least the possibility of being a great hitter. And the little I've seen of his arm suggests that it's accurate and strong.
Said differently, I think the assessment that he's not great at anything is just as premature as Gammons' Erstad comparison.
"Other than being able to throw a ball by you, often, there isn't much difference between us other than you love a team I never could, and despise a team I'll always love." - G38, 2/7/09
Kind of like when Ellsbury slugged .509 in 4x the PA Kalish has.
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"He showed us the possibility of being a great hitter"
Muhuhahahaha
Way to twist or miss the point.
The point remains that it's premature to draw any conclusions but if one wanted to nevertheless draw them, the numbers suggest that they be quite positive.
"Other than being able to throw a ball by you, often, there isn't much difference between us other than you love a team I never could, and despise a team I'll always love." - G38, 2/7/09
One shall not draw any conclusions from SSS. You end up electing Shane Spencer into the HOF.
Remember when Glenallen Hill showed up and hit something like 11 HRs in 55 ABs for the Yankees? Good times. And the dude was apparently a chain-smoker too.
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He's been in pro ball since 2006, his major league sample isn't just insufficient, it's worthless. If you don't want to pay any attention to anything that happens between an amateur player's acquisition by the Red Sox and his major league debut, you're welcome not to, but it exists whether you're paying attention or not.
This post got me thinking about "What's the threshold OPS for a hitter to be considered "good"?" I think it depends on the position on the field. At the top of the list, a DH for a big market team must put up an OPS of .900 to be considered 'good'
For others, I would estimate the threshold for a 'good OPS' as follows:
LF: .850
CF .800
RF .825
1B .875
2B .775
SS .750 (Jeter's career OPS is around .840)
3B .850
C .725
This is arbitrary, of course, but the idea is that defense up the middle plays a larger role in determining a player's 'worth' than defense on the corners.
Agreed that positional adjustment plays a huge role, but a .900 OPS for a DH is a lot. Matsui had an .876 OPS for the Yankees last year and I don't think anyone complained about that, really.
I think the SS career OPS should be a little lower, but that might be my feeling about this year only, where almost every shortstop is awful. And I'm not sure why LF and RF have different OPSes here.
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That's actually pretty good; damn close to the equally arbitrary numbers I use in my head. Generally, though, I prefer to look at things in terms of OPS+, and I put a little bit less stress on 3B than you do. For a DH to be sign worthy, he needs to routinely put up 130-140 yearly on the top end, while I don't expect much more than 80-85 from the typical catcher. 2B and SS should be around 85-95, CF around 95-105, 3B and RF at 105-115, LF at 115-125, and 1B at 120-130.
Of course, what constitutes an acceptable average OPS+ is heavily biased by the defense (or perceived defense) of the position player involved; I wouldn't accept an 85 OPS+ from an average SS, but from a A-Gonz type, I'll take it. On the flipside, I wouldn't take a 95 from a guy like Jeter (and I'll acknowledge his surprising improvements the past two years), but with the type of offense he provides, his (typical, but not always) below average D is well worth it in the long run.
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