Yankees $230M team humiliated at home, ousted, Braves decide who can/can't celebrate

[Brahmsian]

Last night I was so happy about the upcoming NY free postseason I tried to start a
thread with a title from the old movie "Wizard of Oz."

The site's computer must have been down though, because the thread never posted.

"Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead" was the title I was going to use.

I doubt that New Englanders like myself are the only ones happy about the development. Am I right about that?

 

[BigDDude]

Nothing to see here...................... Just your normal picture of a guy with a nose,..., on his forehead.

 

[Brocktagon]

Nothing to see here...................... Just your normal picture of a guy with a nose,..., on his forehead.

satan manning has an entire face on his forehead.

 

[BigDDude]

Stupid human tricks.

 

[BigDDude]

More stupid human tricks.


Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz returned to the team this month after missing roughly half the season with a shoulder injury. The cause of that ailment? Buchholz fell asleep holding his baby daughter.
In doing so, Buchholz joined the grand tradition of MLB players who have been sidelined with freak injuries, most of them hilarious.

Who can forget the time Sammy Sosa sneezed so hard he gave himself back spasms? Or when Jeff Kent said he fell washing his truck, when he actually failed at doing wheelies on a motorcycle? Then there's Clarence "Climax" Blethen, who bit himself in the butt with his false teeth.

This year alone, more than a dozen players, Buchholz included, have been felled by bizarre injuries.
Pirates pitcher Francisco Liriano got things started in the offseason by being the worst Santa Claus ever. As his kids played with their new toys on Christmas Day, Liriano tried to scare them by pounding on a door, but instead broke his arm.

A few weeks later, Carl Pavano ruptured his spleen while shoveling snow at his Vermont home. The injury, though initially as puzzling as it was comical, turned out to be life-threatening. (He eventually recovered.)

The Rays' Joel Peralta, determined to get his hands on some sandwiches, risk be damned, hurt his neck while getting out of his car to do so. Peralta was driving a Camaro. No word on whether he got those sandwiches.

Nationals pitcher Gio Gonzalez suffered a minor injury after he enthusiastically rubbed his face on his dog. Gonzalez gave himself rug burn on his forehead, and in the process proved, once and for all, that cats are better than dogs.
"She gave me a rug burn," he said. "I hate her. And then I love her. And then I look in her face and then I love her again."

Elvis Andrus missed a spring training game while recovering from getting a tattoo. He only missed one game, though, which was more than Red Sox prospect Bryce Brentz could say. Brentz missed months of the preseason after pulling a Plaxico Burress and accidentally shooting himself in the leg.

Sure, guns are understandably dangerous. But travel, too, has been hazardous to pro ballplayers. Lance Berkman injured his knee falling down a flight of stairs on the Rangers' team plane. And the Dodgers' Jerry Hairston Jr. needed stitches after tripping over a suitcase and banging his head.
Celebratory high-fives, apparently, are also not without risk. Texas' Jeff Baker learned that the hard way when he sprained his thumb high-fiving a teammate who, he said, was "a little overexcited for some reason."

In an ominous sign for what would become a strange, sad season in Minnesota, Twins reliever Anthony Swarzak cracked a few ribs in the preseason with some ill-advised "horseplay."
Former Twin Torii Hunter would laugh about that misfortune, except he left a game this summer with a similarly head-scratching injury. Hunter hurt his Achilles, not while playing, but while wearing dress shoes that "might have been a little tight on the Achilles."

Oakland outfielder Michael Taylor somehow cut his finger while throwing away his chewing gum in the team clubhouse. At least Ian Kennedy cut his finger on something sharp — the dishes he was trying, and failing, to wash without incident.

And finally, catcher Steve Clevenger wins the prize for the most embarrassing injury of the year.
Inserted as a pinch hitter in an April game, the then-Cub came to the plate in the ninth inning, his team trailing by one. Down to his last strike, Clevenger swung for the fences, but whiffed so hard he strained an oblique muscle. He went on the 60-day disabled list, as did his dignity.

 

[BigDDude]

More stupid human tricks.


Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz returned to the team this month after missing roughly half the season with a shoulder injury. The cause of that ailment? Buchholz fell asleep holding his baby daughter.
In doing so, Buchholz joined the grand tradition of MLB players who have been sidelined with freak injuries, most of them hilarious.

Who can forget the time Sammy Sosa sneezed so hard he gave himself back spasms? Or when Jeff Kent said he fell washing his truck, when he actually failed at doing wheelies on a motorcycle? Then there's Clarence "Climax" Blethen, who bit himself in the butt with his false teeth.

This year alone, more than a dozen players, Buchholz included, have been felled by bizarre injuries.
Pirates pitcher Francisco Liriano got things started in the offseason by being the worst Santa Claus ever. As his kids played with their new toys on Christmas Day, Liriano tried to scare them by pounding on a door, but instead broke his arm.

A few weeks later, Carl Pavano ruptured his spleen while shoveling snow at his Vermont home. The injury, though initially as puzzling as it was comical, turned out to be life-threatening. (He eventually recovered.)

The Rays' Joel Peralta, determined to get his hands on some sandwiches, risk be damned, hurt his neck while getting out of his car to do so. Peralta was driving a Camaro. No word on whether he got those sandwiches.

Nationals pitcher Gio Gonzalez suffered a minor injury after he enthusiastically rubbed his face on his dog. Gonzalez gave himself rug burn on his forehead, and in the process proved, once and for all, that cats are better than dogs.
"She gave me a rug burn," he said. "I hate her. And then I love her. And then I look in her face and then I love her again."

Elvis Andrus missed a spring training game while recovering from getting a tattoo. He only missed one game, though, which was more than Red Sox prospect Bryce Brentz could say. Brentz missed months of the preseason after pulling a Plaxico Burress and accidentally shooting himself in the leg.

Sure, guns are understandably dangerous. But travel, too, has been hazardous to pro ballplayers. Lance Berkman injured his knee falling down a flight of stairs on the Rangers' team plane. And the Dodgers' Jerry Hairston Jr. needed stitches after tripping over a suitcase and banging his head.
Celebratory high-fives, apparently, are also not without risk. Texas' Jeff Baker learned that the hard way when he sprained his thumb high-fiving a teammate who, he said, was "a little overexcited for some reason."

In an ominous sign for what would become a strange, sad season in Minnesota, Twins reliever Anthony Swarzak cracked a few ribs in the preseason with some ill-advised "horseplay."
Former Twin Torii Hunter would laugh about that misfortune, except he left a game this summer with a similarly head-scratching injury. Hunter hurt his Achilles, not while playing, but while wearing dress shoes that "might have been a little tight on the Achilles."

Oakland outfielder Michael Taylor somehow cut his finger while throwing away his chewing gum in the team clubhouse. At least Ian Kennedy cut his finger on something sharp — the dishes he was trying, and failing, to wash without incident.

And finally, catcher Steve Clevenger wins the prize for the most embarrassing injury of the year.
Inserted as a pinch hitter in an April game, the then-Cub came to the plate in the ninth inning, his team trailing by one. Down to his last strike, Clevenger swung for the fences, but whiffed so hard he strained an oblique muscle. He went on the 60-day disabled list, as did his dignity.

 

[Brocktagon]

Stupid human tricks.

i always wanted a yankees/red sox shirt that looked like that. just to throw people off lol

 

[Brocktagon]

stay classy west coast gang bangers

A Dodgers fan was fatally stabbed following the Dodgers-Giants game on Wednesday, reports Kurtis Alexander and Henry K. Lee of the San Francisco Chronicle. The incident occurred four blocks from AT&T Park in downtown San Francisco at roughly 11:30 p.m.

 

[cerealboi]

Siding with the Braves. If Maholm had plunked him first pitch, I could see that reaction from Gomez. No plunk - and Gomez just looks like he has roid rage.

 

[Brocktagon]

u ladies suck ass today

 

[bgko11]

Yankees out, Giants 0-3...it's a great day.

 

[$500 Million]

Show me the money


According to CBS Sports' Jon Heyman, Robinson Cano has asked the Yankees for a $300 million contract.
It's another strong indication that the impending free agent second baseman is headed to the open market. Cano won't come close to $300 million in the end, but the final sum to sign him might creep near $200 million. The 30-year-old Roc Nation client is batting .315/.384/.519 with 27 home runs and 106 RBI in 157 games this season.

 

[$500 Million]

Later Robbie, go mozy on down the first baseline for some other schmucks.

 

[BigDDude]

Later Robbie, go mozy on down the first baseline for some other schmucks.

So, I go have a meeting, and you yahoos break the board.

You can not be left alone or trusted.....................................

 

[BigDDude]

Later Robbie, go mozy on down the first baseline for some other schmucks.

I know a team that would great him with open arms, and, and open checkbook....................

 

[BigDDude]

It is still not over, the Mo Rivera circus that is.

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has gotten just about everything he's asked for this season -- along with many things he didn't -- but the one thing that's continued to elude him is the opportunity to play center field for an inning.

With the Bronx Bombers now officially out of the playoff picture, manager Joe Girardi may decide to grant Rivera's final wish this week, but it won't happen on Thursday, report Peter Botte and Anthony McCarron of the NY Daily News:

"We’ll go day by day. We have a responsibility to baseball (Thursday) and I take that very seriously," Girardi said.
​

The "responsibility to baseball" Girardi speaks of is likely to put his best team on the field to take on the Rays, who are still in a race with the Indians and Rangers to book a spot in the Wild Card play-in game. When the Yankees head to Texas on Friday to cap the season with three games against the cellar-dwelling Astros, however, the situation may be a little different.
Rivera hurt his knee shagging fly balls in the outfield last year, but that hasn't dissuaded him from his long sought goal of getting an inning in center. (Plus, if he happen to injure himself now, there's really no harm.) When approached Wednesday about the subject of getting some time in the outfield, Rivera just laughed and said: "We'll see."

 

[BigDDude]

It is still not over, the Mo Rivera circus that is.

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has gotten just about everything he's asked for this season -- along with many things he didn't -- but the one thing that's continued to elude him is the opportunity to play center field for an inning.

With the Bronx Bombers now officially out of the playoff picture, manager Joe Girardi may decide to grant Rivera's final wish this week, but it won't happen on Thursday, report Peter Botte and Anthony McCarron of the NY Daily News:

"We’ll go day by day. We have a responsibility to baseball (Thursday) and I take that very seriously," Girardi said.
​

The "responsibility to baseball" Girardi speaks of is likely to put his best team on the field to take on the Rays, who are still in a race with the Indians and Rangers to book a spot in the Wild Card play-in game. When the Yankees head to Texas on Friday to cap the season with three games against the cellar-dwelling Astros, however, the situation may be a little different.
Rivera hurt his knee shagging fly balls in the outfield last year, but that hasn't dissuaded him from his long sought goal of getting an inning in center. (Plus, if he happen to injure himself now, there's really no harm.) When approached Wednesday about the subject of getting some time in the outfield, Rivera just laughed and said: "We'll see."

 

[BigDDude]

MLB commissioner Bud Selig is expected to formally announce Thursday that he will step down from his post in January 2015, reports Jon Heyman of [ame="http://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS/status/383287118828556288"]CBS Sports[/ame].
If nothing changes in the next year-plus, his retirement would become effective Jan. 15, 2015.
This isn't the first time this year that word has surfaced of Selig potentially hanging up the towel when his current two-year contract comes to an end, but this will be the first official statement from the man himself.
Selig reneged on his promise to retire after his previous contract ran out, so its not unreasonable to be suspicious of any news in this regard. However, Selig reportedly turned down a five-year offer when he re-upped in January 2012, so there may be reason to believe him this time around.
Selig has held his position as commissioner since 1992. In that time, he's overseen some of the most drastic changes and biggest scandals in the league's history. Along with the introductions of the (first and second) Wild Card, interleague play, and the "this time it counts" All-Star Game, Selig has also dealt with (player and umpire) union strikes, the seemingly never-ending steroids issue and bajillion dollar TV deals, as well as unprecedented labor peace between the league and Players' Union following the '94 strike.
Selig has repeatedly endeared himself to ownership over the years, but has become a highly polarizing figure among fans.

 

[BigDDude]

A comment I just read about Barry Zito. To me, it is as funny as it is true, the last part anyway.

'It’ll be curious to see what the view out of the windshield holds for him, but I bet someone will take a chance on him on a make-good deal next year. He’s left-handed and durable and that’s, like, 65% of pitching value, right? '

 

[BigDDude]

Who needs people to post with an too anyway............





Major League Baseball just announced the most popular jerseys sold and Mariano Rivera is at the top of the list:

1. Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees
2. Matt Harvey, New York Mets
3. Yasiel Puig, Los Angeles Dodgers
4. Manny Machado, Baltimore Orioles
5. Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants
6. Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
7. Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals
8. Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh Pirates
9. Yoenis Cespedes, Oakland Athletics
10. Mike Trout, LA Angels of Anaheim
11. Dustin Pedroia, Boston Red Sox
12. Derek Jeter, New York Yankees
13. David Wright, New York Mets
14. Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers
15. Bryce Harper, Washington Nationals
16. Chris Davis, Baltimore Orioles
17. Hyun-Jin Ryu, Los Angeles Dodgers
18. David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox
19. Robinson Cano, New York Yankees
20. Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks