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Saburo · « **Reply #1620 on:** February 03, 2011, 11:49:57 PM »

Great line from Mr. Neyer:

Sometimes it’s disheartening to think about Boras wasting his talents as an agent, when he could instead be working for the State Department, convincing poor countries to sign distinctly unfavorable trade agreements that would make my sneakers cheaper.

Saburo · « **Reply #1621 on:** February 07, 2011, 08:48:56 AM »

I never pass up an opportunity to share an Ichiro-related link. This was an interview done last month with Kyodo News.

Saburo · « **Reply #1622 on:** February 08, 2011, 02:13:58 AM »

Great back and forth on Twitter last night.

Baseball.

Yup.

kuro808 · « **Reply #1623 on:** February 09, 2011, 12:06:25 AM »

A mystery is solved for one of the best "ditch school" movies ever

daigong · « **Reply #1624 on:** February 18, 2011, 09:34:04 AM »

Met Canadian Hall of Famer, former Chicago Cubs great Fergie Jenkins today and got a

shout out lol

he was in town promoting Black History Month and was gonna be at the Oilers - Canadiens game, got a baseball card signed for 10 bucks but all proceeds go to charity. Real nice guy but there was barely anyone there, at the main post office cuz he got his own stamp

daigong · « **Reply #1625 on:** February 22, 2011, 08:08:22 PM »

HEY!! TIME to sign up for Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball!

Yahoo Fantasy Baseball 2011: JPHiPLB

Go here: http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/jphiplb

League ID: 89669
Password: rika

Using online live draft. TBD. Whatever time is good for everyone

Any comments? Rule changes? HOLLATCHABOY!!

Yoshino · « **Reply #1626 on:** February 22, 2011, 09:35:39 PM »

^^ Just signed up as Uramiya,

4 teams so far, settings look good, I like a lot of categories. I live in the Eastern time zone, any time between 3 pm and 11 pm is fine with me for draft times.

Saburo · « **Reply #1627 on:** February 22, 2011, 11:38:28 PM »

I completely forgot about this story: Junior Griffey attempted suicide in the late 80s, when he was already in pro ball!

ViperVisor · « **Reply #1628 on:** February 26, 2011, 05:46:14 AM »

Saburo · « **Reply #1629 on:** March 04, 2011, 11:34:44 PM »

Great animated GIF here of Cliff Lee demonstrating why Tommy John surgery is so damn common these days...

daigong · « **Reply #1630 on:** March 06, 2011, 01:06:46 AM »

That's insane. Cards staff going down like flies. I heard that people wanna get Tommy John ahead of time.

daigong · « **Reply #1631 on:** March 19, 2011, 11:55:50 AM »

Ichiro

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Ichiro donates 100 million yen to relief efforts in Japan
By 'Duk

Ichiro Suzuki(notes) still hasn't offered any public comment about the ongoing crisis in Japan, but the message he sent on Friday will certainly go a lot further than any press conference remarks or a prepared statement of concern ever would.

The Seattle Mariners great will donate 100 million yen to the relief efforts stemming from last week's earthquake and tsunami. Using today's conversion rate, the amount equates to about $1.23 million — or roughly 7 percent of the $18 million he'll make playing baseball in Seattle this year.
In usual Ichiro fashion, he hasn't said anything about his impressive support with his checkbook and he likely won't. Helping out his homeland in a time of great need seems to be enough for the right fielder — as it was last month, when he quietly donated 10 million yen to relief efforts following the volcano eruption in the Miyazaki Prefecture.

His gesture reminds me of the 2001-02 NBA season, when Michael Jordan donated his entire $1 million salary to Sept. 11 efforts. And just like in that great time of need, Ichiro isn't alone in his generosity. The Mariners also announced on Friday that they'll be matching any front office or fan donations made over the regular-season's first game homestand at Safeco Field with a minimum of $100,000 guaranteed. The San Francisco Giants also announced their plans to offer aid earlier this week.

source: Yahoo! Sports

Be humble

Saburo · « **Reply #1632 on:** March 20, 2011, 01:11:56 AM »

Ichiro is clearly the coolest dude in the universe.

daigong · « **Reply #1633 on:** March 31, 2011, 06:04:24 AM »

BASEBALL IS BACK!! Who is your World Series favorite? Man, gotta say the Yankees ain't the same with out Pettitte but I think Jeter gonna bounce back. BOSTON LOADED UP DAMN. I'm a root for the Rays, Man Ram and Damon at it again.

shit I'm itching to go check an M's game for 18 bucks lol. Gonna be in Seattle for some

Reppin and it's A's vs M's, can't pass Ichiro vs Godzilla.

Speaking of Junior. Ken Griffey Jr. is a special consultant with the Seattle Mariners these days but if anyone is looking for him in the team's Peoria, Ariz., training camp, they're off by about half a world.

Griffey is sharing his baseball knowledge as expected, but it's with coaches and youth players in the Philippines as part of his role as U.S. State Department sports diplomacy envoy.

He'll return to the USA on Saturday but there's no firm date for his first appearance -- expected some time this spring -- as part of his new role with the Mariners, the team from which he retired suddenly last June. His new role -- described by the Mariners as including baseball operations, player development, marketing, broadcasting and community relations -- calls for him to spend about 30 days over the course of the year doing work for the club.

CLASS ACT! No wonder Thimas was a huge fan

Fuck all this Pre-Jury, Ball Shrinking, Raging talk. This is a story you hardly see on the news.

martymcfly · « **Reply #1634 on:** April 02, 2011, 07:06:35 AM »

SF Giants just lost their second game. to the dodgers. I am sad.

Saburo · « **Reply #1635 on:** April 08, 2011, 02:18:29 AM »

I'm with Keith Law regarding the Swisher takeout "slide" on Nishioka.

Twas NOT clean.

stax · « **Reply #1636 on:** April 08, 2011, 10:36:51 PM »

Quote from: daigong on March 31, 2011, 06:04:24 AM

BASEBALL IS BACK!! Who is your World Series favorite? Man, gotta say the Yankees ain't the same with out Pettitte but I think Jeter gonna bounce back. BOSTON LOADED UP DAMN. I'm a root for the Rays, Man Ram and Damon at it again.

And Manny has retired to avoid another suspension from MLB's Drug Treatment and Prevention people. And nobody will care because he's silly and likeable as opposed to the Bonds/Clemens/ARods of the world.

Saburo · « **Reply #1637 on:** April 08, 2011, 11:34:13 PM »

Well, if "Raffy" can hold down ten percent of the HOF vote, why not Manny? And I guess the NFL had better step things up with its drug-prevention programs. All of them.

And how come Will Clark fell off the HOF ballot so damn quickly?

And I guess John Lackey just knows how to "win," right?

And baseball season is the best of them all...

stax · « **Reply #1638 on:** April 09, 2011, 12:27:34 AM »

Quote from: Saburo on April 08, 2011, 11:34:13 PM

Well, if "Raffy" can hold down ten percent of the HOF vote, why not Manny?

Because BBWAA voters are smarmy, crotchety old men who pretend that anyone who retired before 1985 was a golden God of purity and saintliness who should be revered one step down from Jesus.

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And how come Will Clark fell off the HOF ballot so damn quickly?

Well, a middling defensive 1B with those numbers is certainly Hall of Fame-ish (moreso than some of the guys who at least hang on to the ballot), but I'm not really sure he belongs in. Certainly not as long as the likes of EMart/Trammell/Larkin/etc are sitting out the outskirts (maybe in a weaker field, if he had more public support he'd make a solid Veteran's candidate). When you're that blah outside of your hitting you'd better either be really an amazing hitter or at least have some big years. He got robbed of an MVP in 89 (and was right there in 88), but beyond that *shrug*. 8000 PA guys can (and should) get in as pure hitters, but they need to be really good. He essentially looks like a less interesting E-Mart (with a positional disadvantage while E-Mart was a decent 3B and then obviously an edge once he was a DH).

Saburo · « **Reply #1639 on:** April 09, 2011, 12:39:25 AM »

Well, Will The Thrill came to mind after I thought of Raffy P. I remember he swore on live teevee during a locker room celebration. Gotta love that. Not a slam-dunk choice but certainly one that shouldn't have gone kaput after one round of voting (ala Albert Belle).

And yes, Murray Chass actually FLAUNTS his BBWAA HOF vote. They'll all be dead and gone, one day.

BTW more than one person online hasn't completely absolved Nick Swisher just yet. David Schoenfield of ESPN.com noted that Swisher kicked at Nishioka's leg.