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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject:
Saburo wrote:
And get ready for RICKEY's Hall-of-Fame selection later today! Jim Rice will likely be selected as well, which you KNOW will set the blogosphere off (me, included). Why not Blyleven?
Don't get me started on who should be in and who shouldn't. I'm still trying to figure out why Tony Perez is in and Gil Hodges ain't. Their numbers as players are almost indentical, plus Hodges has on his resume a World Championship as a manager. Btw, I agree with you about Blyleven.
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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:52 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Takashi Saito signs with the BoSox.
And Lowe has signed with the Braves, Penny's gone to Boston (although his shoulder is shot) Kuroda's coming back, but he dropped out of the WBC because his shoulder is giving him trouble too. Hope the Dodgers can score a lot of runs this year, they're gonna need 'em.
And Lowe has signed with the Braves, Penny's gone to Boston (although his shoulder is shot) Kuroda's coming back, but he dropped out of the WBC because his shoulder is giving him trouble too. Hope the Dodgers can score a lot of runs this year, they're gonna need 'em.
Yup, looks like their pitching staff is in a shambles at the moment.
Who knows? And why should we care, really? I would much rather focus on the 417 voters who missed on Tim Raines than the 28 oddballs who left off Rickey Henderson. It's those 417 who really matter.
More like 417 people with SHIT FOR BRAINS... _________________
Pitchers Uehara Koji (Yomiuri Giants) and Kawakami Kenshin (Chunichi Dragons) head to MLB. Uehara signed with Orioles and Kawakami with Braves. All the best to them.
Pitchers Uehara Koji (Yomiuri Giants) and Kawakami Kenshin (Chunichi Dragons) head to MLB. Uehara signed with Orioles and Kawakami with Braves. All the best to them.
With more and more players joining MLB, will the Japanese leagues disappear like the old Negro Leagues some 50+ years earlier?
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:53 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
With more and more players joining MLB, will the Japanese leagues disappear like the old Negro Leagues some 50+ years earlier?
I don't think so, both those guys are in their early 30's, Uehara was a great pitcher at one time, but last year he only went 6-5, and Kawakami had a 9-5 record last year and missed a couple months with back problems. It seems most of the Japanese players are guys nearing the end of the line and they just want to see how they stack up against Major Leaguers. If the Majors start raiding Japanese colleges and high schools (which they haven't done yet) then Japan could be in trouble.
I don't think so, both those guys are in their early 30's, Uehara was a great pitcher at one time, but last year he only went 6-5, and Kawakami had a 9-5 record last year and missed a couple months with back problems. It seems most of the Japanese players are guys nearing the end of the line and they just want to see how they stack up against Major Leaguers. If the Majors start raiding Japanese colleges and high schools (which they haven't done yet) then Japan could be in trouble.
Maybe not: all the washed-up players and those who don't make the MLB cut might end up going to Japan.
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:56 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Wonder if the Dodgers are gonna get anything out of oft-injured Jason Schmidt...
The guys's on the last year of a three-year $47M contract where he's won only ONE game for the Dodgers...
What a bargain.
While we're on the subject of spending money wisely. The Dodgers are paying Andruw Jones $22 million this year, even though he's playing for Texas now.
While we're on the subject of spending money wisely. The Dodgers are paying Andruw Jones $22 million this year, even though he's playing for Texas now.
Yup.
I wish my company would pay me big bucks to be somewhere else.
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