Doyle Alexander! Went 9-0 in 11 starts for Detroit, with an ERA of 1.53 in 88.1 innings, and an insane ERA+ (per baseball reference) of 279 (but a more pedestrian FIP of 3.78), and then Toronto collapsed in the last week of the season. Totally worth it for Detroit, right? Did they give up much for him?
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I will go to my grave arguing that Gary Larson is one of the literary geniuses of our time. There are virtually no situations in life that can’t be related to a Far Side cartoon.
This is exactly right. Even by the standards of professional sports owners, John Henry et al are awful people, and Sox fans will lap up whatever company they get fed. Remember when Boston fired Terry Francona for the unforgivable sin of winning 90 games, but at the wrong time during the season, and then they leaked…
“You just start to wonder whether all this anger and frustration has anything to do with the organization’s decision to punt on being competitive for the foreseeable future.”
Brian Matusz comments on Deadspin?
“The Yankees’ rotation has been putrid. What can they do about it?”
It should also be pointed out that Wilkerson is an actual professional infielder but was playing centerfield, and that he flubbed a two-out, bases-loaded fly ball in the 7th that had (according to the Baltimore Sun’s game story), a 99% catch probability, giving the Angels three runs and setting the stage for extra…
Are there any contenders that need a first baseman? My guess is teams won’t trade for Mancini (or, at least, won’t give up anything of value) for him to play left field, and I don’t think the O’s will trade him for peanuts. So I don’t see them trading him.
Every comment, on every article on the internet that allows comments, should conclude with, “In conclusion, fuck the Yankees.” Well done. (I’d add the Red Sox, because fuck them too.)
This might be the worst take in Deadspin history.
Carson Cistulli was one of the great voices on the internet and, in the short history of podcasts, was unquestionably the greatest podcast host of all time. (Although part of his greatness was having Jeff Cameron, and Jeff Cameron’s bemused bewilderment at Carson’s interests and points of view, as a foil.) As an…
Also, Mancini should be playing first, not LF or RF.
I think he’s actually been telling him that since he was 15 or 16, which makes it even harder for either of them to accept $200m less.
Gary Thorne still does O’s games. I think some O’s fans don’t like him, but all local baseball announcers sometimes wear on their fan base—you can get sick of anyones’s quirks after 162 games. But I’d describe him as a very good, professional announcer, made better (in comparison to some peers) by the fact that he’s…
This is nonsense. Unless and until they get a hippy jam band to play the halftime show, the super bowl will NOT be worth watching. Not that I’m against either GWAR or Slayer, but Phish could fill up the entire 45-minute halftime just by playing “Tweezer.”
Have you read “Bottom of the 33rd,” about that game? Great book.
Tragic FOURTEEN seasons. But who’s counting...
I think the New Empathy should join forces with Professor Finley’s New Evolution, from—what, the fifth season of?—“Beverly Hills, 90210.” Then we’d really have something.
There is no such thing as a “thrilling Yankees win.” Every Yankees win is a crime against humanity.