MLB 2025 Season

Kershaw will probably take the CY. Phillies pitchers haven't racked up many wins in September with the team mostly playing out the string. Although some say Halladay still leads in some advanced metrics or something. Whatever. I don't really buy into the FIP thing, although I think one has to consider ballpark effects.

Guess we'll go for the big prize instead this year instead.

imalive wrote:

if timmy didn't match up against kershaw so many times, maybe HE wins the cy :?

I guess you LA fuckers will have one bright spot :x . kemp, too?

edit: from the SF Chronicle

If Clayton Kershaw wins the Cy Young Award, he might ask the trophy manufacturers to add an engraving of his foot standing on a Giant's throat.

:x

Lizard wrote:

norm wrote:

i agree but i still want to see moneyball

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/sabe ... rts-092211

I think this is nonsense. Baseball was built on stats and have been part of the game since the beginning. I am not a full blown stats guy like some people in the Phillies thread think, I just don't get the problem with the evolution of stats. Just because people think about things differently than people did 85 years ago, doesn't make them wrong or bad. Of course they are not everything, but players have been judged on stats for over 100 years, I just don't see the problem with thinking about things a little differently.

I like Whitlock for the most part but think this is garbage. Are real sports journalists ending their columns with STFU? I think that is a bigger travesty to sports than the evolution of stats.

miami marlins

norm wrote:

miami marlins

Cliffy6745 wrote:

norm wrote:

i agree but i still want to see moneyball

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/sabe ... rts-092211

I think this is nonsense. Baseball was built on stats and have been part of the game since the beginning. I am not a full blown stats guy like some people in the Phillies thread think, I just don't get the problem with the evolution of stats. Just because people think about things differently than people did 85 years ago, doesn't make them wrong or bad. Of course they are not everything, but players have been judged on stats for over 100 years, I just don't see the problem with thinking about things a little differently.

I like Whitlock for the most part but think this is garbage. Are real sports journalists ending their columns with STFU? I think that is a bigger travesty to sports than the evolution of stats.

A lot of the problems I see with sabrites is that they cherry pick stats to make guys they don't like look like bad players. Also, there's some new stat every day, and some stats are clearly subjective and even have multiple versions - i.e. UZR, WAR, xFIP, etc.

i'm sure teams will be lining up.... :roll:

Manny Ramirez seeks reinstatement

ESPN.com news services

Manny Ramirez, upon learning he will not be able to play winter ball in the Dominican Republic because he's on MLB's inactive list, told ESPNdeportes.com Thursday that he will formally request reinstatement.

Ramirez said that upon reentry, he would serve his 100-game suspension for a second violation of MLB's drug policy.

"I would comply with my pending sanction and I would be available for any major league team," Ramirez told ESPNdeportes.com's Enrique Rojas via telephone from Miami. "I already informed (agent) Scott Boras of my decision to return and begin the process.

"If any team wants to sign me, I would play. If no one does, I would look to play in Japan or any other place. I was not prepared for retirement."

Ramirez cannot serve his suspension until he signs with a major league club.

Ramirez, who retired in April from the Tampa Bay Rays rather than serve the 100-game ban, told his former Dominican Republic winter league team, the Cibao Eagles, that he wanted play again in the league.

Ramirez, who was born in the Dominican capital city of Santo Domingo and grew up in New York's Washington Heights neighborhood, last played in the Dominican winter league during the 1993-94 season with the Eagles.

Rob Manfred, Major League Baseball's executive vice president of labor relations, confirmed Thursday that Ramirez would not be able to play in the Dominican because he's on the inactive list and must first receive permission from commissioner Bud Selig's office.

"Manny Ramirez cannot play for a major or minor league club or any affiliated organization, including a winter league team, without getting the consent of the commissioner,'' Manfred said.

Ramirez, a 12-time All-Star, previously served a 50-game ban in 2009 with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Second-time offenders get double that penalty.

"I'm really interested and enthusiastic about playing baseball [in the Dominican Republic], but I can't control the future,'' Ramirez said via phone Wednesday, adding that he's been training in a batting cage in Miami. "Let's just wait and see what's the outcome of that meeting; it would be really sad if I'm not allowed to play.''

Ramirez retired from the majors with 555 home runs, 1,831 RBIs and a .312 career batting average. But his multiple performance-enhancing drug offenses have cast a major cloud over his Hall of Fame aspirations.

He also is facing criminal prosecution in Florida on charges that he slapped his wife during a recent argument. He told investigators only that he grabbed his wife by the shoulders during an argument and "shrugged" her, causing her to hit her head on the headboard of their bed.

Go Orioles and Go Rays!!!!!!!!!!!!

Norm?

http://deadspin.com/5843512/dodgers-gam ... ieving-guy

norm wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Norm?

http://deadspin.com/5843512/dodgers-gam ... ieving-guy

i take no responsibility for the number of total zeros that frequent chavez ravine

having said that...

good for her

haha. Guess they have to do something for amusement there, the baseball team surely isn't providing it.

And how about Selig dropping the hammer? Will never happen but should scare away investors.