Yu Darvish And The Dead Cat
by Canard on Dec 20, 2011 2:15 PM PST
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PrintLast night, a friend of my wife calls. She is distraught and choking back tears. Her five year old cat is dying up the street on her front lawn and she had just come upon him as she pulled up in her driveway. Being a divorced, single mother of two boys, she was afraid to approach the cat and all she had managed before calling me was to throw a blanket over the once magnificent animal.
I put on a coat and some gloves, donned one of my bright red Angels caps, (whose main virtue is that of being easily spotted by even drunken drivers), grabbed a flashlight and walked to the scene. Indeed there was a lump covered by a blanket. The cat's owner doesn't want leave her doorway, She doesn't want to look at her cat anymore. She asks me for my opinion as to whether the cat can be saved. I lifted the blanket. . . .
Yep, it is her cat under there. I had often seen him before. He used to rule our neighborhood felines with a mix of pride and some mad cat fighting skills. I had casually watched his rise from afar. Though he wasn't intact, this eunuch had more than enough stuff in his repertoire to make his life easy. . .around the other cats that is.
This cat among housecats had saliva all over his midsection. In the light of my Surefire I was absolutely certain he had been mortally wounded by a dog.
The fate of that cat came to mind this morning upon seeing the news of the Rangers winning the Yu Darvish bid. The Rangers just won themselves the rights to one of the prettiest and most exotic cats going. Too bad that MLB is a dog eat dog world. Various MLB skippers, coaches, and scouts call Yu Darvish the real deal. And that he is. He's a peerless cat fighter. However, they are projecting his performance against cats as being relevant against dogs. That's continually proven a mistake as regards the cream of NPB pitching.
Yu Darvish is the latest Japanese cat who is coming to play amongst the dogs of MLB. Certainly there have been successes from Nippon before, but really, those cats were like pumas or something, the kind of cats that dogs learn to be wary of because they have big time weaponry and skill. The Japanese cats fitting that description didn't really have two names anymore. They were simply known as Ichiro and Matsui. They were extremely dangerous in their prime.
By contrast, Japanese pitchers are housecats. Some among them have come here before and chased some dogs for a time, but it never lasts. Some proved themselves as constantly even or better matches for MLB's Chihuahuas or small terriers in their time—but the big dogs were never intimidated by their limited power and fancy pants finesse. Eventually, even the smaller dogs had a book to chew upon to even their odds. Of course those Ichiro and Matsui pumas had been panthering the Japanese housecats both here and back at home the whole time. Yu Darvish hasn't been playing against any panthers in NPB or those cats too would be posting through their teams to come here.
The Rangers just paid in excess of $51 million for the right to import a housecat who they'll one day see metaphorically guppy breathing in their front yard. His fur will be matted with the dog spit of contempt, his biggest fans wondering how it ever came to this.
"He was a helluva cat." she said.
"It only took coming across the wrong dog to end him."
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Can’t stand cats and neither can my sinuses.
go long with extenze...i do
by angelsownredsux on Dec 20, 2011 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
I liked this post BECAUSE I hate cats
Defending maligned chants since 2009
by Gorbachav5 on Dec 20, 2011 3:08 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Not really liking the animal hatred here
One of my neighbors had a run of really bad luck with his car after hurting one of mine…
You should consider that kids can be heartbroken after a case of animal cruelty occurs.
"How much more could you possibly need? I never played this game for money purposes, I played it for love and for championships."
---Jered Weaver.
by ArchAngel_7 on Dec 20, 2011 6:53 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I detected no animal cruelty in this post
nor did I detect any hatred of cats (I hated cats bfore our family owned one…now I think they’re the coo;est). It was a nice metaphor for when big fish go to a much bigger pond, there may be even bigger fish who will devour them.
Well, come see a fat old man some time!
by Moondoggy on Dec 20, 2011 7:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Other than the 5 posters who said "I hate cats"?
The cruelty referenced was me relating a personal experience but I think you already knew that.
However I do believe that popularizing cat hatred (again quoting 5 different posters) validates cruelty in the minds of some, especially teenage boys. I never stated this post contained it though.
I could have just blown this whole thing off but there is a principle here and some things are more important to me than baseball.
"How much more could you possibly need? I never played this game for money purposes, I played it for love and for championships."
---Jered Weaver.
by ArchAngel_7 on Dec 20, 2011 8:52 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
No one advocated animal cruelty
Hating cats does not mean being cruel to them.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
That would depend on how you define hate
“intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury”
—-Websters
Other people chose the word. I’m just responding.
The fact is that using this kind of language makes cruelty toward cats acceptable in some circles. I’ve seen it happen many times. If you don’t really feel that way use a different word to discribe what you feel. IE. “I’m not liking the animal hatred.” I could have said I hate those who hate cats but that would have been a stronger statement then I felt was needed.
"How much more could you possibly need? I never played this game for money purposes, I played it for love and for championships."
---Jered Weaver.
Dear God. It's a fucking metaphor.
How does this team win with this offense? Hey, anyone....DRAW A WALK!!!
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
by jimmuscomp on Dec 20, 2011 10:24 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Excuse the fuck out of me for caring about something
and what exactly are 5 posters using “I hate cats” as a metaphor for?
"How much more could you possibly need? I never played this game for money purposes, I played it for love and for championships."
---Jered Weaver.
by ArchAngel_7 on Dec 20, 2011 10:48 PM PST up reply actions
Dude no need to get your felines hurt
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Dec 21, 2011 12:27 AM PST up reply actions 6 recs
Dude...chill
I said I hate cats, not that I want to kill cats. I don’t hurt, pet, feed, torture, cuddle, kick, shave (okay, once), maim, drive over, or show attention to cats.
You know what I also hate? Dealing with over-sensitive people who don’t know how to have fun…but don’t worry, I’m not going to kill you.
by WiHaloFan on Dec 21, 2011 5:00 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
The post is a metaphor, and you are taking it all serious because people say they hate
Cats based on this metaphorical post.
How does this team win with this offense? Hey, anyone....DRAW A WALK!!!
Jim Scully
Jim Scully Home
by jimmuscomp on Dec 21, 2011 10:30 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
'I hate cats' is a metaphor???
a metaphor for what? ignorance?
by Wally's World on Dec 21, 2011 12:19 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Global Warming.
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by Commander_Nate on Dec 21, 2011 8:26 AM PST up reply actions
Global Warming is so 1999 ...
we call it “global climate change” now. Wipe your carbon footprints on the global doormat, please.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Dec 21, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
I'm old school, bro
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by Commander_Nate on Dec 21, 2011 10:58 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
"intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury" —-Websters
Yup, if something shits in my garden, lawn, and flowerbox’s I’m gonna hate ’em. People, cats, whatever.
Unlike this cat, my love for the LAA will never die.
by NathanielS on Dec 20, 2011 11:18 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Actually, you did, kinda
You said, “I liked this post BECAUSE I hate cats.” Savoring a painful death sounds pretty cruel to me.
Wake me when pitchers and catchers report.
by rspencer on Dec 21, 2011 3:58 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It seemed clear that it was tongue-in-cheek
But maybe not to people who are crazy sensitive about this kind of thing.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
Meanwhile Mr Whiskers patently waits for notorious cat hater Gorbachav5 to walk in front of an open window.
To any offended feline lovers here I offer my sincerest apologue for my insensitivity.
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Dec 21, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
HEY GUYS.....WE GOT PUJOLS........................SQUIRREL------>>>>>>>
tis the trade season to not be fighting…falallalalalalala
The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.
all your fault really, this is what happens when HH doesn't have adult supervision
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Dec 23, 2011 7:05 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
All I said was im not really liking it
I suppose I could have backed down but really would people perfer posters who were big pussies? (pun intended)
"How much more could you possibly need? I never played this game for money purposes, I played it for love and for championships."
---Jered Weaver.
I loved this post....
but what could possibly be more important than baseball?
by spiritof1979 on Dec 24, 2011 3:48 AM PST up reply actions
Maybe
Read this CBS Sports piece first before coming to any conclusions about Darvish. He’s way better than any of the other Japanese imports were before coming to the US.
Witty .sig goes here.
A lot of jack for a maybe no?
So amortize his posting fee over the contract and add to that Yu’s salary and he basically will be a $20 to $25 million dollar player. Odd allocation of resources if you ask me.
Willits? Check. Reagins? Check. Mathis? Check
Every time a Japanese prospect comes to America
there’s always an accompanying article saying “NO WAIT, IT’S DIFFERENT THIS TIME, WE SWEAR!”
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 21, 2011 8:55 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
And Brandon Wood was a great hitter, and Jeff Mathis was a superstar, and...
Until a player proves he can cut it in the major leagues, it is stupid to give him a massive contract like that. Tying up 100 million in a prospect is really just bad business.
by Balls and Strikes on Dec 22, 2011 12:20 AM PST up reply actions
My sig has never been more pertinent to a post
Unlike this cat, my love for the LAA will never die.
by NathanielS on Dec 20, 2011 2:33 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
rec'd for a very appropriate sig
go long with extenze...i do
by angelsownredsux on Dec 20, 2011 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
Really I thought mine was better ;)
And I too didn’t finish the story (reveal which alarm I got) lol
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i hate cats
and texas
The neighbor is a cranky irish expat. He if wanted no snakes, he shoulda stayed in Ireland.
-Moondoggy
Alternate title: Yu Darvish is a Bloody Pussy(cat)
"Lose your pants and only good things can happen."-MayhemInTheHood
by Mayheminthehood on Dec 20, 2011 2:42 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
What an amazing apologue!
Will definitely Rec when I get back to my computer
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Dec 20, 2011 2:43 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Cat hater here ...
but they have better fighting skills than dogs. PANTHER!
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Dec 20, 2011 2:47 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
my experience is that the dog that was ultimately victorious will have some lifetime scars
Well, come see a fat old man some time!
Agree 100%
I keep reading posts about how this cat is different than all the other pitchers that came before. Until just one pitcher breaks the mold of succeeding in MLB, this is largely hype. Sure he’s been great over there. Over there. Happy we’re taking our chances with Wilson.
Awesome.
Just awesome.
i have a trumboner.
by truhalo on Dec 20, 2011 2:48 PM PST via mobile reply actions
mathis?
12/8/11!!! What a day!
by stuck in Romania on Dec 20, 2011 3:51 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
No, his name was Niales
He was just 2 1/2 years old. We offered both wet and dry food but he only ate dry food. The problem was he didn’t drink enough water and his ureathra clogged up. Backed up his blatter and it killed him. Never heard of that before but the vet zeroed right in on it.
I've seen that happen.
sorry to hear it
"How much more could you possibly need? I never played this game for money purposes, I played it for love and for championships."
---Jered Weaver.
Happened to us the same way. She was 12 as well.
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
ROFLMA Mathis ..... This comment made my day!
Unclearnie sorry for your loss. When I was a kid I witnessed my cat Oreo get destroyed by a truck. Well it was kinda suicide because the truck was going to go right over him (it was lifted) but poor cat panicked and jumped. The rest was history.
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wrote this post because I have no expectations that a NBP pitcher
let alone a rock star one from the lesser Pacific League, is going to break the mold of Japanese pitchers in MLB. He’ll be a tempest for a while and then fizzle out in short order.
I’ll make my insane internet declaration right now: Darvish will prove to have a AAAA fastball, whether two seam or four. He’ll look great against league average hitters and ordinary against the elite. If my prediction pans out, he won’t be equivalent in value to a $8-10M per year TORP. He almost certainly not be worthy of an “investment” about or in excess of $100M total over the course of his first MLB contract.
As to the CBS article, it kind of makes my point. Ichiro and Matsui were tremendously well regarded in part because hitting is a different beast than pitching is. Plate discipline and contact hitting works against every kind of pitcher. Finesse pitching doesn’t work against every kind of hitter. An AB is an AB in MLB and NPB. The entire regime for pitchers is different between here and there.
Darvish does not, and will not, prove to have a plus fastball to rocket by guys he can’t fool. It’s rather the same rap that folks have hung on C.J. Wilson’s stuff, except that C.J. has been proving himself repeatedly against MLB pitching, whereas everyone is guessing how Darvish pans out. Furthermore, C.J. put up his stats at that home run factory in Arlington. With Darvish it is all projection based up guessing—at a quarter again the cost just to find out.
Until Darvish puts up impressive MLB stats, I am not listening to his rose colored glasses crowd.
And I’d say that even were he becoming a Halo. It’s not fair that Darvish gets compared to the NBP garbage pitchers who’ve come before him, but that is his actual measuring stick until proven otherwise.
Ah Look! My California Angels are now all grown up!
Dammit. Wilson has been proven against MLB hitters
Against pitchers I am sure he’s no great shakes.
Ah Look! My California Angels are now all grown up!
I agree 100%
You’re off to quite a roll on here.
I'm not looking through rose colored glasses, I'm being 100% objective
The fact of the matter is that Darvish has thrown exactly ZERO inning in MLB. Based on the total lack of concrete evidence, nobody has anything other than a guess as to how he will fare.
As a lifelong Angels fan, I get the sense that if something can screw over the Angels, it will. Every deal Texas has made lately seems to have worked for them. They trade for a crack addict and he wins the MVP. They can’t trade Michael Young and he has a career year. Darren O’day off the scrap heap, the fleecing of Atlanta for Tex. The list goes on.
Until this guy pitches, the jury is out on him. Until this leadership in Texas makes a Vernon Wells type deal, they will get the benefit of the doubt from me.
comm nate is currently writing a rebuttal fanpost ...
about a zombie cat attacking dogs.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
We can all hope it will go like this:
But there is good reason to think it may go more like this:
I just hope Phi and the rest of you guys got a pair of lava-proof pants after the last, uh, surprise incident.
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by Commander_Nate on Dec 20, 2011 4:38 PM PST up reply actions
That's brilliant, that cat landed a seriously good shot. Currently my fave picture.
Don't call me Bugs. Although Bugs Bunny could do it all on the baseball field.
by highlandhalo on Dec 20, 2011 7:52 PM PST up reply actions
Damnit.
I can’t ‘rec this from my phone. I’m just gonna have to settle for “liking” the hell out of this via comment.
NOT MY QUINNY!!!!
by halofan4life on Dec 20, 2011 8:41 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Why are Chows so hilariously retarded looking?
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
because they look giant cotton balls
NOT MY QUINNY!!!!
by halofan4life on Dec 20, 2011 9:00 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
those faces though
like…. seriously, look at that face and try not to giggle uselessly
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
damn you
seriously. Damn you and there cuddly-ness
NOT MY QUINNY!!!!
by halofan4life on Dec 20, 2011 9:04 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
This dog needs to be the next hitting coach
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
giggling hitters cant swing
Are we going for patience by accident here?
NOT MY QUINNY!!!!
by halofan4life on Dec 20, 2011 10:00 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Honestly, it can't be much worse than who we have now.
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
Stupid Fluffy Hitting Coach, your "n" got cut off.
Learn to photoshop
I brought sexy back, but they only gave me store credit....
What's your reation to this face?
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by Commander_Nate on Dec 20, 2011 9:15 PM PST up reply actions
Still waiting for the ending
So what did you do with the old yeller the cat, the blanket and the flashlight?
I scooped him into a cardboard box with the blanket
put him in her car and she had him euthanized after hours at a local animal hospital. It was confirmed to me by text that dog attack was his likely demise. His back had been broken.
Metaphorically pulling the plug on Darvish was unseemly, so the ending was best left to the reader, “Dead Cat” being the spoiler.
Ah Look! My California Angels are now all grown up!
This just barely out-does acuda's car alarm post
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Dec 21, 2011 7:21 AM PST up reply actions
By my count
there have been 47 total Japanese-born players to play in MLB. Of those, who would you consider an above average player? Who do you even remember? Ichiro and Matsui are the only hitters to succeed. Nomo is the only pitcher I can think of who was good for a decent stretch. The point is, the odds are really stacked against Darvish being REALLY good. Not every Japanese player that has come over has been as highly touted as Darvish, but a lot of them were.
Where were you on December 8th, 2011 - Pujols Day?
Kuroda
Is a pretty good cat. Didn’t even get a lot of hype but he’s been a lot better than that DiceKitten.
Napoli isn't a catcher. He's a God-King.
by RallyMonkey5 on Dec 20, 2011 4:37 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I think it just boils down to the failure rate of prospects in general
It’s notoriously hard to reach the Majors and succeed in baseball. I’ve heard various numbers thrown around, but this study concludes the failure rate is about 70% overall for Top 100 prospects (a bit higher for pitchers).
47 players in the history of MLB is a pretty small group, and a 70% failure rate would mean 33 of them don’t successfully make the switch. Out of the remaining 14, you’d probably only have a couple of stars (Ichiro, Matsui, Nomo) while the rest remained average (Kuroda, Uehara, Takahashi, Hasegawa). When looked at in that light, the relative lack of success for Japanese players is understandable. However, it doesn’t mean that one of them won’t come and break the mold; it just means it hasn’t happened yet.
Keep in mind that it’s also not as easy to get amateur players from Japan as it is from the US, Venezuela, the Dominican and elsewhere. That’s part of the reason so few have come over.
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by Commander_Nate on Dec 20, 2011 4:58 PM PST up reply actions
"Prospects" is exactly what they are
which is why it’s crazy to spend $100M right off the bat on them. Just like it wouldn’t make sense to blow that kind of money on Trout or Harper or Strasburg at this stage of their careers.
I'm not saying otherwise
But thinking he’s gonna fail because others have doesn’t make sense either.
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by Commander_Nate on Dec 20, 2011 6:13 PM PST up reply actions
Predicting Darvish's failure based upon the failures of his predecessors
Makes a whole lot more sense than the ridiculous WAR predictions going on over at LSB that slot Darvish in as somewhere about Grienke and nipping at Weaver, Verlander and the like.
The former is based upon the NPB track record of pitchers making the transition to MLB and the latter is based upon pixie dust or hallucinogens.
Ah Look! My California Angels are now all grown up!
I actually haven't bothered to look at the LSB projections
Because they’re not likely to carry too much weight either and I imagine they are flipping out right now. I get the temptation to base your estimates on the likes of Matsuzaka and Irabu, but as I said above, that’s not all that valid either given the small sample size of NPB prospects and overall rate of prospect failure. For every Evan Longoria or Jered Weaver, there are boatloads of Brandon Woods and Mark Priors. Statistically, it’s just a matter of time before there’s a pitching version of Ichiro.
Anyway, your original post was funny. Well done, sir!
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by Commander_Nate on Dec 20, 2011 8:21 PM PST up reply actions
I hear ya
All any of us are doing is making guesses based on past observations. Just probabilistic expectations. You never know where the next Tim Lincecum or Albert Pujols might come from. It’s the kind of thing that if you had to bet $1000 of your money on some prospect ‘doing well’ and ‘living up’ to his contract, at $100M, would it be this guy?
Suzuki broke the mold
All-time single-season hits record says it all.
Don't call me Bugs. Although Bugs Bunny could do it all on the baseball field.
by highlandhalo on Dec 20, 2011 7:17 PM PST up reply actions
The success level of the NPB position players relative to the pitchers
is a point made in the post.
Ah Look! My California Angels are now all grown up!
When I first saw that, I thought you were talking about Kurt Suzuki.
I’m also high.
Winning doesn't matter. -Lyle
Sorry I missed that Canard, not high, just on serious painkillers
Well said.
Don't call me Bugs. Although Bugs Bunny could do it all on the baseball field.
by highlandhalo on Dec 20, 2011 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
Ultimately Goose was a floater.
And Meg Ryan cried back when she was hot.
Ah Look! My California Angels are now all grown up!
I meant in terms of pitching
Should have made that more clear.
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by Commander_Nate on Dec 20, 2011 8:22 PM PST up reply actions
Ya so, they should be equated to minor leaguers, not major leaguers
In that case, the posting and signing fees for Japanese players are quite inequitable. Compared to what even the best of the best US minor leaguers get, including signing bonuses and any other nickel or dime they get before making it to the Bigs, the Japanese players are grossly overpaid.
Where were you on December 8th, 2011 - Pujols Day?
by Rally Manatee on Dec 20, 2011 7:49 PM PST up reply actions
No argument there
Unfortunately, it’s the only way to acquire most of these guys before they hit their 30s. They need to revamp the system somehow, say so that multiple bids can be accepted, allowing multiple teams to negotiate. That would drive the fees down, be better for the players, and make the signings less of a risk.
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by Commander_Nate on Dec 20, 2011 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
So maybe they're in-between 'minor' and 'major leaguers'--4A?
Competitively, that’s probably true for Japan. Plus these guys are a little older than average prospects. But these players are the best of the best. The market determines what folks bid, but it’s a new market. If he flames out after 2 years, the next guy to get $51M for posting will probably throw 99mph, have pitched every 5th day and be 23yrs old. And the market will adjust. This particular market is still in flux as folks are still figuring out just how talent translates from there to here.
I guess you've blocked out the times Matzusake beat us in the DS.
I’[ve always had a skewed perspective of him. I always thought he was great. Better than thinking the Angels sucked (for losing to him).
by Wally's World on Dec 21, 2011 12:21 AM PST up reply actions
Fukudome hasn't been bad.
Don't call me Bugs. Although Bugs Bunny could do it all on the baseball field.
by highlandhalo on Dec 22, 2011 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
A VERY little while
Both Ishii and Fukudome have been huge busts in MLB. The best thing one can say about either of them is that each was a free agent and thus no posting fee was paid in addition to a salary which brought nothing.
In fairness to Ishii, he did take a liner off the face in his first year in MLB, at the end of the season, but he was in full retrograde before then. He was 11-5 in the first half of the season and the toast of SoCal, but was 3-5 in 11 starts in the second half. His first half WHIP, an unimpressive 1.55, grew in the second half to 1.63, as he struck out one more player (43) than he walked (42). He finished his 4 seasons in MLB with negative WAR.
Fukudome has likewise been a walking, talking definition of “mediocrity”. He was so bad for the Cubs in the playoffs that Pinella stopped playing him. The AAV of his contract was for $12M per year, and he averaged 2.2 WAR/yr over those years. Those two wins per season hardly justify the expenditure of $12M over the salary of a AAAA lifer in his place.
When all is said and done, there have been a total of two impact players from Japan: Ichiro, and Hideki Matsui. Dice K has had fractions of good seasons, but nothing which justifies $100M in sunk cost, and Nomo was all over the map qualitatively. Everyone else has ranged from sideshow to bomb, but none of the rest has lived up to the hype of his NPB stats.
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read" ~Groucho Marx
by George Kaplan on Jan 2, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
What is cat speak for Tommy John surgery?
not that I would wish any ill will on the Texas Rangers.
"One time, when we got back to the locker room, all of our clothes were gone," Trout recalled. "They left me a Lady Gaga costume and I had to wear it."
I Haz tewible year
Tommy Jonz Pleze?
When I flip a coin I dont say heads or tails, I say Halos or Spurs
by ItCouldHappen on Dec 20, 2011 6:59 PM PST up reply actions
You know what I love
I love that Texas did this….. this postseason has meant one thing for me, the AL West is here, and we will spend in our large markets. When I first heard about Pujols and Wilson I texted my buddy, a red sox fan (i live in the bay colony), saying that “This is how red sox and yankees fan feel isnt it?”….. the pujols and wilson power play had AL East all over it (typing this makes me wanna vomit)…. Now Texas goes and does this, overpay for the right to talk to a Japanese pitching prospect? that is so AL East.
While I hope our signings work out better than the Boston signings over the past two years, and I hope that Yu’s signing works out like Dice-Ks, it is nice to see our division finally spending, spending for not just talent but the possibility of talent. Soon we can only hope that moves like this and the Pujols/Wilson move will shift the EastSPN away from the AL East ass sniffing and towards the glory that is the AL West
When I flip a coin I dont say heads or tails, I say Halos or Spurs
by ItCouldHappen on Dec 20, 2011 6:55 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
err offseason, not postseason
When I flip a coin I dont say heads or tails, I say Halos or Spurs
by ItCouldHappen on Dec 20, 2011 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
Well said ...
but Darvish will be good, very good for a few years at least.
Don't call me Bugs. Although Bugs Bunny could do it all on the baseball field.
by highlandhalo on Dec 20, 2011 7:14 PM PST up reply actions
he might be....
but regardless, the baseball fan in me that has lived in mass for the past 5 years is so happy that there are finally non-red sox teams making these types of coups…… even if it is our rivals, it still is refreshing to know that there is a chance that baseball is about more than just philadelphia, boston and NY……
When I flip a coin I dont say heads or tails, I say Halos or Spurs
by ItCouldHappen on Dec 20, 2011 7:17 PM PST up reply actions
Epic post
Even though i am an Alpha male cat lover and really don’t like dogs, this is so well-written it should be turned into a short story.
Panther! (a cat, by the way) :)
Don't call me Bugs. Although Bugs Bunny could do it all on the baseball field.
Trying to find the moral of the story...
…a Ham-Fighter is really a cat that transmogrifies into a Ranger. Transmogrified Ranger/Cat/Ham Hock then get’s assaulted by mad Angel dogs, yielding a broken back for the Ranger losers…and in the latter’s 2nd great glorious world series victory?
Who’s writing the screenplay?
I'll do it.
Where’s my $55 mil?
Don't call me Bugs. Although Bugs Bunny could do it all on the baseball field.
by highlandhalo on Dec 20, 2011 7:15 PM PST up reply actions
You get a pecentage of the profits...
…which will probably mean you pay he studio with their creative accounting.
You still in London?
Just outside of London, buddy
A sleepy town called Maidenhead, Berkshire, but only 40 mins away from London by train. … man this Pujols thing so awakened me from my long-time slumber.
Don't call me Bugs. Although Bugs Bunny could do it all on the baseball field.
by highlandhalo on Dec 20, 2011 7:19 PM PST up reply actions
Love the Bugs Bunny avatar...
…my favorite cartoon character growing up…a wise-cracking hare. Maybe work Bugs into the Yu Darvish screenplay?
Curious…how was the demise of Chris Hitchens covered across the pond?
'Twas ignored my friend ...
Don't call me Bugs. Although Bugs Bunny could do it all on the baseball field.
by highlandhalo on Dec 20, 2011 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
Pujols hit the news hard over here, every national paper had it.
As for the Bugs avatar, i loved that cartoon and I love the fact he’s wearing red! Like Albert, again … only now it’s OUR red. :)
Don't call me Bugs. Although Bugs Bunny could do it all on the baseball field.
by highlandhalo on Dec 20, 2011 7:28 PM PST up reply actions
What is the sense there of the economic conditions in Europe? Is the consensus that the Euro is doomed?
The Euro isn't doomed...
…but a couple of members are clearly boned. A Greek debt default and expulsion from the Euro is seen as a statistical certainty
I see red people
Maybe so
but we’re dollarizing our Euros big time (panic move) and it appears that the UK is getting whipsawed by their Western European friends.
Well, come see a fat old man some time!
Bearing in mind the volatility of the last few years...
…probably not a bad policy. You’d rather lose a manageable cut now than your shirt down the line.
With respect to our European friends, the major driver behind that is that mealy-mouthed, soon-to-be-unemployed dwarf in Paris. He’s currently facing a fairly brutal outcome in the forthcoming French election and the single easiest route to political popularity in France is bashing the English. Desperation move on his part (aided and abetted by our moron of a Prime Minister, who seems to have now idea of diplomacy). Germany have been much more conciliatory
I see red people
I'll miss his wife
sigh…
"The contract is brought up a lot. What it's going to take to get past it is winning. This organization took on the contract. I'm here to make them look good."~Vernon Wells
by George Kaplan on Dec 21, 2011 4:00 AM PST up reply actions
Whew! I've got about €18 stashed in a box
Safety net!
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Dec 21, 2011 8:41 AM PST up reply actions
That's not true...
…editorials in most of the broadsheet papers, BBC news reported extensively on both TV and Radio. What more do you want, a state funeral?
I see red people
Here you go...
A cursory search will give you news, editorial and comment on all of the major papers (and many of the lesser ones). The Guardian donated their cartoon that morning…
I see red people
It was an apologue, not a fable.
Therefore, no “moral to the story.”
Has Hollyweird ever filmed an apologue?
Ah Look! My California Angels are now all grown up!
An apologue or apolog (from the Greek “απολογος,” a “statement” or “account”) is a brief fable or allegorical story with pointed or exaggerated details, meant to serve as a pleasant vehicle for a moral doctrine or to convey a useful lesson without stating it explicitly.
Apologue, As copied from Wikipedia. Emphasis mine. Tag, you’re it!
by sothball on Dec 20, 2011 7:25 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Wikipedia's definition is imprecise.
While both can lazily be categorized as fables, they are in fact distinct forms. A fable is a moral corrective or illustration of the proper behavior by comparison or contrast as told through characters.
An apologue is an allegorical narrative that highlights a point, but doesn’t necessarily contain any normative judgement steering the reader towards the “proper” conclusion. It is a piece that says something without actually coming out and saying it. One is forced to read between the lines.
Were my apologue strictly formatted, it would be called simply “The Dead Cat.” I would have cut everything between the second paragraph after the jump and the dialogue at the end and perhaps made the dying cat a Japanese Bobtail mix.
Then, the discerning reader would have had a dying Japanese Bobtail as the allegorical Yu Darvish only if he sussed out the parallel himself. Alas, this is a sports blog and such a cryptic piece would not have worked as well as my far less subtle one.
Ah Look! My California Angels are now all grown up!
Maybe Sothball was pointing out that it wasn't very pleasant
although, several of the posters seemed to think so
Well, come see a fat old man some time!
Wikipedia is imprecise?
Is there nothing left in this world for me to believe in?
"The contract is brought up a lot. What it's going to take to get past it is winning. This organization took on the contract. I'm here to make them look good."~Vernon Wells
by George Kaplan on Dec 21, 2011 4:02 AM PST up reply actions
"Hollyweird"
Seriously? Plenty of digs can be made at the film industry and you chose the lamest one..
CJ Wilson is OUR douche now!
F*** the haters
Love my cat, and my mom’s cats, and my girlfriend’s kitten.
This story just made me upset.
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 20, 2011 7:22 PM PST reply actions
i thought the cat was a metaphor
When I flip a coin I dont say heads or tails, I say Halos or Spurs
by ItCouldHappen on Dec 20, 2011 7:23 PM PST up reply actions
if you get brad pitt in this movie
with the fat kid from super bad we might be talking……. Yen-Ball: the tragic story of cats and panthers, angels and rangers, Yu versus We(aver)
When I flip a coin I dont say heads or tails, I say Halos or Spurs
by ItCouldHappen on Dec 20, 2011 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
It is
but the first several comments were all about hating cats, which is sorta mean considering the article talks about someone losing their pet.
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 20, 2011 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
uh...considering the history of the blog
that surprises you?
Well, come see a fat old man some time!
It upset me a bit too, because I am a massive cat lover.
But well-written so rec’d
Don't call me Bugs. Although Bugs Bunny could do it all on the baseball field.
by highlandhalo on Dec 20, 2011 7:26 PM PST up reply actions
I was going to put a Schroedinger joke here, but my cat died last year and it was pretty sad, so I'm going to let it be.
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
Is it safe to say you love pussy?
"One time, when we got back to the locker room, all of our clothes were gone," Trout recalled. "They left me a Lady Gaga costume and I had to wear it."
ummm, me ... yes
Don't call me Bugs. Although Bugs Bunny could do it all on the baseball field.
by highlandhalo on Dec 20, 2011 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
I know people don't say this to you much around here, but
I’m with you 100%.
Wake me when pitchers and catchers report.
Hahaha
I don’t think the problem with me is the lack of people agreeing.
In fact, I get a lot of some variation on “I agree with you 100%, but you don’t need to be a dick about it.”
Some day I will grow up.
Some day.
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 21, 2011 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
That's because you've only been here a couple weeks :)
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 21, 2011 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
Well now I feel all warm and cuddly inside. <3
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by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 21, 2011 10:36 PM PST up reply actions
Is the warm and cuddly feeling equal to or greater than the feeling you got when we signed Pujols?
Winning doesn't matter. -Lyle
Just like tickling your Pujols.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Dec 22, 2011 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
FWIW, the story isn't about cat hate.
That unfortunately escaped some folks.
Ah Look! My California Angels are now all grown up!
Don't worry, it's turning into a thread about love of pussy which can really, really get out of control.
:)
Don't call me Bugs. Although Bugs Bunny could do it all on the baseball field.
by highlandhalo on Dec 20, 2011 7:56 PM PST up reply actions
Halo matchup mano y mano
Darvish will do fine often against mid level line ups and at some ballparks. But against a top line up or at Arlington he will be truly tested. What do you see happening when he tries to sneak one inside, like they keep showing on his highlight reel, on Pujols?
by Carpinteria Halo Fan on Dec 20, 2011 7:33 PM PST reply actions
Walk pujols
K torii on three straight breaking balls.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Dec 20, 2011 10:11 PM PST up reply actions
For the money he supposedly asking (75/4)
his annual cost, baking in the posting fee, would make him the highest annual cost player in baseball. More than CC, more than Albert, more than ARod.
Anyone Anyone think this is a good idea?
Well, come see a fat old man some time!
THE APP
WORKS!!!!!
"Stay loyal to the Angels. As for me, I'm jumping on the Nationals bandwagon, later." -Daniel Sirca
by migfig on Dec 20, 2011 8:17 PM PST via Android app reply actions
That's all I got!
"Every time I think I’m out, they pull me back in" -George Costanza
by Howie's Batting Title on Dec 20, 2011 9:30 PM PST reply actions
And . apparently it was’t much!
"Every time I think I’m out, they pull me back in" -George Costanza
by Howie's Batting Title on Dec 20, 2011 9:31 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I fear that talking about how much Darvish is gonna suck...
…is going to be the new “yeah, but wait til late in the season when it gets hot in Texas. Itll totally slow their team down.” AKA what we’ve told ourselves repeatedly over the last two years while watching them runaway with the division. Im pretty much over that meme and will only pick up the “haha they wasted their money on Yu Darvish” meme after I see that he indeed sucks.
"Lose your pants and only good things can happen."-MayhemInTheHood
by Mayheminthehood on Dec 20, 2011 9:37 PM PST via mobile reply actions
They have their "Pujols is already 35" thing going on in Strangerland
So why not have a battle of competing off season bullshit both fan bases tell themselves?
Ah Look! My California Angels are now all grown up!
you know...I don't get that
if so, he was in high school in St. Louis in his 20’s
Well, come see a fat old man some time!
Wasnt that the premis of 21 jump street?
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Dec 21, 2011 12:30 AM PST up reply actions
yeah, Albert was an undercover cop in MO. schools
the legend grows
Well, come see a fat old man some time!
Well, like I mentioned, if its gonna be like "wait til it gets hot in Arlington", id rather not.
Thinking back on all the times I said that over the last two seasons, its unintentionally hilarious. And if Darvish turns out to be good, id rather not have any words to possibly eat. I hope its a massive failure, though, but my luck, I tell everybody how bad he’ll be and then he’s the next Koufax.
"Lose your pants and only good things can happen."-MayhemInTheHood
by Mayheminthehood on Dec 21, 2011 7:18 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
DEWD! Darvish is gonna go 100-20, beating the Halos every time he faces them...
even in a 140 degree heat wave in Arlington!!!!!
I do that same kind of idiotic bad-luck-wishing positivity.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Dec 21, 2011 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
Darvish
Nomo had 6 decent/great seasons- Dice K 2 maybe 2.5. Darvish is supposed to be more ‘Americanized’, younger, blah, blah, blah- Colby Lewis did come back from Japan knowing his craft a bit better, and I feel Darvish will pitch somewhere along those lines- which is certainly an upgrade for the Rangers- they’ll have a strong staff.
I do agree with the sentiment that this could turn out very sour for the Rangers- just don’t see him being the “Ace in the hole” that some have claimed him to be.
Nomo didn't have those years consecutively
Matsusaka fell apart during his third year.
The fact as stated by Canard is irrefutable: Aside from Ichiro and Matsui, no Japanese player has blown the doors off MLB and lived up to a hyped contract, and no Japanese pitcher has done do.
Dice K may have a comeback season in 2012, but I think the Red Sox would regret $100M+ for what would be essentially 3 years of production on a 6 year deal. Darvish may turn out to be the phenom of the decade for the 5 or 6 years of his deal (assuming he signs), but he would definitely be the first. There is good reason for skepticism based solely on history.
"The contract is brought up a lot. What it's going to take to get past it is winning. This organization took on the contract. I'm here to make them look good."~Vernon Wells
by George Kaplan on Dec 21, 2011 4:12 AM PST up reply actions
And even if he does turn out to be amazing, he will be getting basically a market deal
While its true the rangers didnt have to give up draft picks he remains an unknown and yet he is going to be paid more than guys like Weaver, Haren, Cliff Lee, etc… It is a really odd investment. I wonder if texas feels like it is hard for them to draw the major free agents there and the idea of exclusive rights appealed to them? In any case, its hard for me to understand the motivation to give a monster contract- one that looks to be on the level of pujols and aroid- to a guy who has never faced a major league hitter.
by Balls and Strikes on Dec 21, 2011 8:33 AM PST up reply actions
It just kind of boggles the mind.
That any team would throw that much money at someone who has never faced major league hitters. They are addressing their biggest weakness, but it’s a big gamble.
Certainly there have been successes from Nippon before, but really, those cats were like pumas or something, the kind of cats that dogs learn to be wary of because they have big time weaponry and skill.
Haha perfect. I’m with you. Not sure how much I buy Darvish dominating over here. I think he’ll settle in and be a solid #3, but the Rangers paid way too much for that.
by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Dec 20, 2011 11:40 PM PST reply actions
More than a player, A $100 million dollar change of conversation...
A distraction, a media, photographers everywhere the team goes in throngs, hordes, a complete media circus, a question about something other than WS game 6… you can call it a huge gamble, and when it comes to baseball, of course it is but, it’s also a new market for Texas merchandise, it’s added media coverage for the team, extra games televised nationally, it’s Texas trying to buy itself enough of a new identity.. someone that hasn’t mastered failing in the world series…like the rest of the Texas roster has.
Do it...
…after the Mariners ICanHazCheezburger bobblehead fiasco of 2010, it seems like we could upset two AL west fanbases in one fell swoop
I see red people
It got worse -- from the actual promotional handout for Cheezburger Night at Safeco
…and Mariners fans really did sing it — you can find their videos on youtube.
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Dec 21, 2011 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
Wow.
That’s so saccharine-sweet, I think I’m gonna puke.
Great sig, by the way. Spiccoli lives!
Winning doesn't matter. -Lyle
I clicked, but it wouldn't let me buy tickets!
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
Yes, but all those opportunities for Rally Fries!
Every time I bemoaned Phys and Hud calling the games, I would watch a Mariners broadcast and immediately felt better about my own team’s “talent”. Simms isn’t so bad, but Blowers’ voice alone made one forgive any Physioc transgression.
Remember, you can’t spell “Blowers” without “blow”.
"The contract is brought up a lot. What it's going to take to get past it is winning. This organization took on the contract. I'm here to make them look good."~Vernon Wells
by George Kaplan on Dec 22, 2011 3:55 AM PST up reply actions
I generally enjoy Simms
But yeah, Blowers is just brutal. It’s hard to believe that even those “major league credentials” got him past the first mike test.
I have to admit, when I read "Yu Darvish and the Dead Cat"
I thought it was a new Cat Stevens album
Well, come see a fat old man some time!
So.....can any of you cat lovers out there....
Come on over and take these farol (sp?) cats my wife is feeding from my front yard, please? It’s a mama and 3 kittens.
Feral
"Working is the curse of the drinking class." - Oscar Wilde
by WateringTheGarden on Dec 21, 2011 9:08 AM PST up reply actions
Will Feral.
A wild comedian.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Dec 21, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
Cats sucks
and the Rangers too
The neighbor is a cranky irish expat. He if wanted no snakes, he shoulda stayed in Ireland.
-Moondoggy
I owned an epic cat for over ten years.
Her name was Marion and she ruled every neighborhood she lived in with an iron paw. She took down pit bulls, chows, german shepherds, and once just walked out to the sidewalk to attack two dogs at once being walked by their owners. Birds, rats, and lesser ccreatures stood no chance. With me and my family she was a sweet and loving animal, but she seemed to want to maim and kill anything else that breathed.
At the ripe age of about 15, slower but no less daunting, she was cornered by a dog and killed. I mourned out of respect, the respect no other cat had ever earned from me, and understood that that was the way she would’ve wanted to go out — a warrior’s death.
I understand those who hate cats because there are good reasons for that. Some felines are singular, though, and transcend themselves.
"Working is the curse of the drinking class." - Oscar Wilde
by WateringTheGarden on Dec 21, 2011 9:08 AM PST reply actions
"With me and my family she was a sweet and loving animal, but she seemed to want to maim and kill anything else that breathe"
That’ was our Jazzy. Heck, she beat the crap out of our dog, even though he was like 10 times her size. (fortunately for him, she had no front claws — yeah, yeah, I know… this was a long time ago…)
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
That was ours as well
terrorized my daughter’s pit bull…would actually stalk and attack leaving blood on the face…, would behead ground hogs and bunnies, escape for weeks at a time and always return with battle scars. But was always affectionate with us. I used to be a hater, but this one converted me.
Well, come see a fat old man some time!
I need a groundhog-beheading cat.
I should let my psycho kitten go outside, then?
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
We don't de-claw our felines any more?
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Dec 21, 2011 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
It's the equivalent of taking out a knuckle in a human.
Not really necessary and extremely painful.
Winning doesn't matter. -Lyle
I am sorry I read this.
Really sorry. Too many people using the word “hate” as if the word doesn’t really matter, as if the rest of us don’t feel it like a knife.
Still mourning my last three cats. You guys can go chase yourselves.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
by opiejeanne on Dec 21, 2011 11:21 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Lesson learned.
I even scold my kids for using the word “hate” and I used it here. My bad. I hate it when I do things like that.
On a serious note:
I DISLIKE cats. Love kittens, but dislike cats in general; they are just not for me. This does not lessen the sorrow I feel for Canard’s neighbor … she really LOVED her cat and suffered a big loss. I feel sorry for her loss and for her animal’s pain he/she felt after being mortally wounded.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Dec 21, 2011 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
AND EDIT BUTTON WOULD BE USEFULL
The neighbor is a cranky irish expat. He if wanted no snakes, he shoulda stayed in Ireland.
-Moondoggy
by DAD OF VLAD on Dec 21, 2011 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
opiejeanne -
Sorry for your loss. My beef is with the guy next door. Used to own the town sawmill when it was bug business. He owns that house, and the one next to it. He has let the one he doesnt live in go to pot. Cats go in and out, and they keep coming because he feeds all of them. There are probably a few dozen. They climb on to the hood of my truck, for the warmth in winter. They have peed in my car. They poo in the yard, garden, and flowerbeds. They have had stillborn kittens on my front yard walkway (I don’t go out there for weeks at a time in winter), and they get in tussles with the neighborhood skunk. In the summer it can reek of cat pee.
(I need to get out of Oregon)
I am sure that you were a conciseness cat owner, and not a rich eccentric, so my hatred of cats has nothing to do with you. It has to do with what I have to deal with on a daily basis.
You do have my condolences, sincerely. I miss my dog Pinky on a daily basis.
Unlike this cat, my love for the LAA will never die.
Call your local Feral Cat volunteers...
they go to feral “nests,” rescue, spay/neuter them and try to find homes for them. I know, because I considered taking on a feral when I had a vermin issue.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Dec 21, 2011 5:45 PM PST up reply actions
I'll look into it
Thanks, I didn’t know such organizations existed
Unlike this cat, my love for the LAA will never die.
Sorry I blew up.
I was coming down with something and felt lousy when I read this thread, was startled by comments, and I had just seen The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
The neutered ferals are called "barn cats" in this area of Washington, and most of the shelters either offer help with ferals or will direct you to one that does.
What you described would make me hate the owners, although other people’s animals can be a real nuisance. We have always tried to keep our beasts in our own yard, and all of them were neutered. We are currently without any pets, which feels a little strange.
On Friday we are helping a goat rescue organization, New Moon Farm, but not with their goats. The owner took in an older corgi that would have been euthanized by the shelter (very high kill ratio for older dogs), and we are smuggling it into Canada to the new owners.
Ok, we’re not really smuggling it. We will have all of the papers.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
if MLB players are dogs
jeff mathis is a baby chihuahua
"id take 5th Dimention Wormhole Rivera over Wells any day of the week"
-clover_black
by the king of CERA on Dec 21, 2011 3:45 PM PST reply actions
Hey! I have a chihuahua!
She could hit at least .220, with zero chance her throws to 2B would end up in center.
"The contract is brought up a lot. What it's going to take to get past it is winning. This organization took on the contract. I'm here to make them look good."~Vernon Wells
by George Kaplan on Dec 21, 2011 5:47 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but she would have chased the ball and brought it back to home plate
"The contract is brought up a lot. What it's going to take to get past it is winning. This organization took on the contract. I'm here to make them look good."~Vernon Wells
by George Kaplan on Dec 21, 2011 6:10 PM PST up reply actions
jeff on a good day
The neighbor is a cranky irish expat. He if wanted no snakes, he shoulda stayed in Ireland.
-Moondoggy
by DAD OF VLAD on Dec 21, 2011 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
I would post the eharmony I love cats video but I am too G.A.
Willits? Check. Reagins? Check. Mathis? Check
ONE T, DAMMIT
Or are you too G.A. to look up how to spell G.A.?
This is a sig.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 22, 2011 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
Interesting side note...
…David Bennett, the guy in the video linked above, was fired today as head football coach for Coastal Carolina and replaced by a guy who is the former CEO and current chairman of TD Ameritrade — Joe Moglia. Moglia has actually coached football for the last two years, albeit in something called the UFL for the “Omaha Nighthawks.”
by Dave Spiwak on Dec 22, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
We dont need no meows.
" With Haren bolstering the rotation, the Angels are set up beautifully for 2011"- Another East coast biased reporter
by Halos2011champs on Dec 22, 2011 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
My old roommates:
Miss the little tykes.
Official prediction: The Angels will win the AL west this season.
by RexTookMyStash on Dec 23, 2011 12:41 AM PST reply actions
That dude at the right is one chill cat!
Cool markings
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Dec 24, 2011 7:50 PM PST up reply actions
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