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Mitch Maier Just Wins Ballgames

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Party on, Gil. Party on, Joakim.

  • Salutations to Gil Meche on a second straight strong start, albeit a slightly Bannyrific one. Whatever works. It's terrific to see Gil getting stronger here, just as we approach the cusp of the dog days. Incidentally, the phrase "dog days" is a pretty old one, I noticed it in Pope's Dunciad (1728). Actually, this is wrong, I got mixed up in my reading reflections for today, I saw the phrase in a short story by Sarah Orne Jewett, from 1893, I believe. Apologies.
  • I wonder what Meche's trade value is? Especially now that Harden and Sabathia are gone.
  • Ross Gload. Another day, another nine innings of Gload.
  • Who else was in tears watching J.P. Howell pitch? It all makes sense now. Joey had to be off-site with the Rays and Howell back in town. Too much pain.  Pitching is the currency of baseball...
  • Saw this on fangraphs.

 

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I’ll have a beer, as long as I look stupid

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 24, 2008 10:59 PM EDT   0 recs

make sure something tells you that it is cold

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib

by buddyball on Jul 24, 2008 11:01 PM EDT   0 recs

Also

make sure that some hottie who wanted to get it on with me tonight is there to see me partying instead of taking care of my dead grandmother

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

His value will never be higher

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

jinx!!!!!!!

you owe me a beer of uncertain temperature

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib

by buddyball on Jul 24, 2008 11:03 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

well, his value won't get much higher

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib

by buddyball on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I Thought You

Were responding to JM

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

It's interesting that we keep saying that his value will never be higher every few months

It was said in May of last year. It was said in October of last year. It’s been said in July this year.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Jul 24, 2008 11:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

it just keeps goin up!

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib

by buddyball on Jul 24, 2008 11:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

it's like the price of oil

it’s never been higher than yesterday
oh – wait – now it’s never been higher
(repeat)

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib

by buddyball on Jul 25, 2008 9:17 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

mitch maier = wins

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib

by buddyball on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT   0 recs

Buck just said Meche cut his hair off....

so he hopes his wife has the doors unlocked when he gets home.

Next up….Bannister gives Guillen a new haircut!

That MUST be the key to success!

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT   0 recs

Jason LaRue = Struck out to end the game

Milwaukee sweeps STL as the world’s greatest fans (per STL-based Sporting News) boo.

Surely I just heard that wrong on my tv!

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 24, 2008 11:03 PM EDT   0 recs

I'm Weeping In

Joy.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 24, 2008 11:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

for the Royals win, or LaPoo striking out

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib

by buddyball on Jul 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Both

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

our glass is truly more than half full

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib

by buddyball on Jul 24, 2008 11:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Don't Tease Me

I can’t get it here.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 24, 2008 11:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

well i can give play-by-play.

for some reason Jack Clark is doing the post-game analysis now. He looks like he could be a pro-wrestler…......or a strip club owner…..possibly both.

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 24, 2008 11:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Let's talk about glove

Aviles had a Pena-like game out in the field, and I don’t mean a truly Pena-like game, but a “this is the perception people have of Pena”-like game.

Can we finally just shut up about him being a bad fielder or having no range? Really? ‘cause he made absolutely sick, stupid plays going to BOTH sides tonight.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 24, 2008 11:07 PM EDT   0 recs

He had two great out of zone plays tonight

He gets full credit for that. Those two plays don’t make him an above average defensive SS (or even average in my opinion).

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Jul 24, 2008 11:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, hush.

You don’t count. :p

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 24, 2008 11:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I think it's just because

you had to watch him play college ball in NY and kept hearing how he was supposed to be the greatest player ever.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 24, 2008 11:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

In NY, they told me that he'd be a perennial Gold Glove winner

So he’s really be a complete failure.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Jul 24, 2008 11:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

He's Really Be

A sho mofo; yo.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 24, 2008 11:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Aviles oozes OOZ!

My mother's basement is better than YOUR mother's basement!!

by Royal Kingdom on Jul 24, 2008 11:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

most definitely.

Other than those two mental mistakes, he hasn’t been the butcher that everyone labelled him to be.

Of course, the same can be said of Butler to an extent….but he hasn’t dazzled with the glove at times like Aviles.

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 24, 2008 11:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

It's On

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 24, 2008 11:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I think it will be a real dogfight

between the Royals and Cleveland.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 24, 2008 11:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

sad thing is...

this coulda been the year

i think tigers/white sox/twins are gonne keep beating each other up

and none are great

with the indians likely to play better, it could be a bloodbath

by royalsreview on Jul 24, 2008 11:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Damn Gordon!

My mother's basement is better than YOUR mother's basement!!

by Royal Kingdom on Jul 24, 2008 11:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks to Hinske, Gload gets two more weeks

My mother's basement is better than YOUR mother's basement!!

by Royal Kingdom on Jul 24, 2008 11:16 PM EDT   0 recs

Interesting Note....

Everyone in the lineup had a hit except for the #3&#4 guys…...Grud/Guillen 0-7…with sac fly

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 24, 2008 11:17 PM EDT   0 recs

Ryan Lefevbre, first inning:

“Guillen’s really feeling loose now, after ending his 0-14 last night, probably in position to break out…”

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 24, 2008 11:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

In Hives?

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 24, 2008 11:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

in another tantrum?

My mother's basement is better than YOUR mother's basement!!

by Royal Kingdom on Jul 24, 2008 11:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I just got him in a trade in my fantasy league,

so I”m sorry but he will play even worse, or get hurt and DL’ed

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib

by buddyball on Jul 24, 2008 11:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Why do we keep talking about this trade Meche nonsense?

Let’s just “sell high” with all of our good players and re-build for 2013. Sound like a good idea? It’s not like Meche is old and way past his peak. Given his age, it looks like he’ll be helping this team win games throughout the entirety of his contract.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Jul 24, 2008 11:18 PM EDT   0 recs

uh...

your joke meter’s rusted.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 24, 2008 11:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, _I_ was joking, anyway.

I figured Will was too, but maybe not…

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 24, 2008 11:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Clearly, he was not.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Jul 24, 2008 11:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

is dayton is really a badass at finding pitching

he needs to trade some of his guys to keep building the roster

sell high on meche, find the next meche, repeat

by royalsreview on Jul 24, 2008 11:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

No GM bats 1.000

While Moore is good at finding pitchers, you don’t acquire a building block just so you can trade him and find another building block (hopefully).

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Jul 24, 2008 11:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeeeah

This reminds me of Whitey Herzog’s line about why he never played the “one hitter” game with his relievers:

Every time you change pitchers, you’re taking a chance on putting the guy out there who’s got nothing.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 24, 2008 11:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

And, the Royals can trade their pitching currency without trading Meche or Greinke

The depth is in the minors.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Jul 24, 2008 11:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

what do you have in your martinis?

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib

by buddyball on Jul 24, 2008 11:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Chits

Including but not necessarily limited to
Rosa
Cortes
Wood
Pimentel
Mahay
Nunez
Ramirez

also

Teahen
etc.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Jul 24, 2008 11:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

But continually trading our best pitchers puts us in perpetual rebuilding mode with no end in sight

You really want to do that?

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Jul 24, 2008 11:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Like the A's?

That doesn’t seem so bad.

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Jul 24, 2008 11:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

They are not continually rebuilding

The build, compete, rebuild, compete, rebuild, etc.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Jul 24, 2008 11:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

We are not competing

So we should be building. Sometimes that means trading valuable vets for young prospects.

I don’t think we should look to deal Meche, but we shouldn’t foreclose the possiblity.

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Jul 24, 2008 11:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You never foreclose the possibility of trading anyone at all, of course.

But some guys fall into the category of “worth more to us than to anyone else.” Meche and DDJ certainly fall into that category for us.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 24, 2008 11:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

We are rebuilding

But we’re not at the point in our rebuilding that we should be trading away our best players. That’s the earliest stage of rebuilding. We’re not there anymore. Trading away guys like Meche puts us considerably further away from contention.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Jul 24, 2008 11:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not if it gets us

Good prospects who are ready to contribute by 2010

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Jul 24, 2008 11:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That presupposes

we can’t compete in 2009.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 24, 2008 11:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yep

Chide me for being too negative, but I’m going to say we will not contend for a title in 2009.

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Jul 24, 2008 11:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I think we can.

If Aviles is anything near for real, and Gordon starts to get it together, and we don’t waste April and May figuring out which of our pitchers suck ass. Hell, if we’d started THIS season with Aviles and without a half-dozen gas cans in the pitching staff, we’d at least be around .500.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 24, 2008 11:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Prospects are always iffy

Most prospects fail. It’s a very risky strategy which likely puts us farther away from contention.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Jul 24, 2008 11:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That's why

You ask for more than one.

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Jul 24, 2008 11:30 PM EDT to parent up