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Baseball Season 2006

MacsomJRR said:
What is the deal with Kip Wells and this clot that I've been hearing about in his arm. Why not just remove the darn thing and keep on pitching??? They must be worried about it coming back or something... Anybody got a definitive answer?
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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06061/663378.stm

Apparently the procedure involves removing a rib as well (you need to to access the artery), so that is probably a big part of it. He also needs to have a vein from his leg grafted, so it's not like they're just going in and cleaning the artery out and that's that.
 
NL Worst... again?

I for one am hoping that the NL West picks up their bats this season and joins the rest of MLB in the major leagues. Last season was a joke and even though my pads "won" it just didn't feel right... especially knowing that the playoffs were going to be a complete one and done go home c-ya later thanks for showing up bye bye now.

Any NL West fans think we've got a shot as a division to go all the way this year? Dodgers add Nomar and Furcal, pretty sweet infield D and if Gagne stays healthy... Giants get Bonds back and we all know what he adds to a team (and I'm not talking about a blond wig and a dress) but man are they OLD... Pads, my beloved pads, add Piazza (eh), Cameron (eh) and Sledge could provide a nice bat OOTB but that starting pitching (besides the Great Jake) is just not looking good... D-Backs, I dunno, is Gonzalez totally healthy? Will Greene throw down and knock a bunch out? .... Colorado, ummmm... yeah maybe next year (trade Barmes and Helton and be done with it)...

What do you think? I'm praying we don't embarass ourselves like last year.
 
MacsomJRR said:
What do you think? I'm praying we don't embarass ourselves like last year.
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Not much danger of that, if you're asking me. On the Dodger front, you forgot the additions of Mueller and Lofton, and the return of J.D. Drew. I don't know about the Padres, but the Dodgers are going to score a lot more runs this season. You guys down in San Diego are going to notice the difference. Two games over 500 isn't going to cut it. :D
 
IJ Reilly said:
Not much danger of that, if you're asking me. On the Dodger front, you forgot the additions of Mueller and Lofton, and the return of J.D. Drew. I don't know about the Padres, but the Dodgers are going to score a lot more runs this season. You guys down in San Diego are going to notice the difference. Two games over 500 isn't going to cut it. :D
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Drew won't last 50 games, Lofton is on the decline and Mueller doesn't exactly strike fear into the arms he faces... besides that though I agree the Dodgies are much improved after last seasons debacle. If Drew does manage to finish a season and Kent doesn't pick a new clubhouse enemy to create distractions galore with the Dodgerlies might be the favorites (said through clenched teeth:D

EDIT: actually I take back what I said about Lofton, he's still hanging tough (just did a quick check on his career stats). Now I'm a little more worried...
 
Let me just interject this, though it may be totally irrelevant to the thread (I haven't read it since the waaay beginning).

Today I registered my team in fantasy baseball. this is huge.

And, the WBC started!

Now, lets hope we get the Mets games now that they are on SportsNet NY (which is their own channel, like YES Network for the Yankees)
 
MacsomJRR said:
I for one am hoping that the NL West picks up their bats this season and joins the rest of MLB in the major leagues. Last season was a joke and even though my pads "won" it just didn't feel right... especially knowing that the playoffs were going to be a complete one and done go home c-ya later thanks for showing up bye bye now.

What do you think? I'm praying we don't embarass ourselves like last year.
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I think we can assume that the NL West won't be that weak again. The concentration of that many mediocre teams in one division was of historic proportions and is unlikely to happen again so soon. In the same season, the Padres forgot how to hit, the Giants lost Bonds and a few other cogs, and the Dodgers lost practically every opening-day player. Those things can't all possibly happen again.

I'm inclined to believe -- maybe just because it's a stand to make early on -- that at least one of the three teams will stumble early on and won't be a threat down the stretch. It could be any one of them for the reasons you mentioned and more.

- The Padres don't seem to have improved their offense much, if at all. It's possible that this will be the year their lineup adapts to their homer-depressing ballpark and finds other ways to score, but it doesn't look like it right now. I for one am mystified that Piazza would go to a NL team at this point. I thought the Angels were almost a lock to get him.

- The Giants seem to have set themselves up for a redux of last season, when they bet the farm that their veteran players would stay healthy and not suffer late-career fades. Once Bonds went down it probably didn't matter though. The exact same thing could happen this year, only with the potential for the Spirit for 756 to spice things up and make the Giants watchable even if they aren't contenders.

- The Dodgers seem to have improved the most on paper, but so much is unproven at this point. Will all these new players mesh together? Can the starters stay consistent? Will Drew, Kent, Gagne, and Penny stay healthy? Can Grady Little manage a bullpen? Nobody knows, although many pretend to. I like our chances, but then I thought we were the favorites last year too, so include me among those who pretend to know.

I think any of these three teams can go all the way. By that I don't mean that they're great teams because they're not. But the last few years have seen powerhouse regular-season teams (Cards, Braves, Yankees) stumble in the playoffs to teams that got hot to finish the season (Astros, Marlins). Win your division or the wild card with a surge and you're right there.
 
So I've been watching some of the WBC and Im amazed at how small the players are. The Chinese team is so small Im amazed that they can get good bat speed.
 
MacsomJRR said:
Drew won't last 50 games, Lofton is on the decline and Mueller doesn't exactly strike fear into the arms he faces... besides that though I agree the Dodgies are much improved after last seasons debacle. If Drew does manage to finish a season and Kent doesn't pick a new clubhouse enemy to create distractions galore with the Dodgerlies might be the favorites (said through clenched teeth:D

EDIT: actually I take back what I said about Lofton, he's still hanging tough (just did a quick check on his career stats). Now I'm a little more worried...
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As well you should be. ;)

As far as Drew is concerned, it's not entirely fair to hit him with the fragile player rap after last season. I know he's had his health problems, but last year he did get his hand broken by a pitch, after all -- just one of the many bizarre injuries the Dodgers faced last year. In fact everybody seems to forget that the Dodgers had their best start in 50 years last season. They were looking untouchable. Then all hell broke lose.
 
dotdotdot said:
Let me just interject this, though it may be totally irrelevant to the thread (I haven't read it since the waaay beginning).

Today I registered my team in fantasy baseball. this is huge.

And, the WBC started!

Now, lets hope we get the Mets games now that they are on SportsNet NY (which is their own channel, like YES Network for the Yankees)
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is there a macrumors.com fantasy team??? any spots left if there is??? pleeeeease
 
Hall of Famer Puckett suffers stroke
Associated Press

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Former Minnesota Twins center fielder Kirby Puckett had a stroke at his Arizona home Sunday and was taken to a hospital for surgery, the team announced from its spring training camp.

Puckett was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001.
The 44-year-old Puckett, who led Minnesota to World Series titles in 1987 and 1991 and is a member of the Hall of Fame, was taken to a Scottsdale hospital.

"The Minnesota Twins and major league baseball ask fans to keep Kirby and his family in their thoughts and prayers," the team said in a statement.

The Twins played the Boston Red Sox in an exhibition game Sunday at their spring training complex here. Center fielder Torii Hunter sat out the game after learning about the stroke.

Puckett, who broke in with Minnesota in 1984, had a career batting average of .318. Glaucoma forced Puckett to retire in 1996 after 12 seasons with the Twins when he went blind in one eye.

Puckett is divorced and has two children.
 
MacNut said:
Hall of Famer Puckett suffers stroke
Associated Press

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Former Minnesota Twins center fielder Kirby Puckett had a stroke at his Arizona home Sunday and was taken to a hospital for surgery, the team announced from its spring training camp.

Puckett was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001.
The 44-year-old Puckett, who led Minnesota to World Series titles in 1987 and 1991 and is a member of the Hall of Fame, was taken to a Scottsdale hospital.

"The Minnesota Twins and major league baseball ask fans to keep Kirby and his family in their thoughts and prayers," the team said in a statement.

The Twins played the Boston Red Sox in an exhibition game Sunday at their spring training complex here. Center fielder Torii Hunter sat out the game after learning about the stroke.

Puckett, who broke in with Minnesota in 1984, had a career batting average of .318. Glaucoma forced Puckett to retire in 1996 after 12 seasons with the Twins when he went blind in one eye.

Puckett is divorced and has two children.
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Very sad. I hope that he pulls through this OK. I take it that Puckett's still extremely overweight or is he trying to get control of that? Just asking don't take that the wrong way.
 
MacsomJRR said:
Very sad. I hope that he pulls through this OK. I take it that Puckett's still extremely overweight or is he trying to get control of that? Just asking don't take that the wrong way.
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In the AP write-up I think it was Tony Oliva who was quoted as saying that he had gained even more weight recently. I can't say this is very surprising, but it is sad.
 
Baseball trivia question: What active baseball player did David Letterman famously refer to as a "tub of goo" on his show?

No fair Googling it.
 
Ooh. I'm torn between David Wells and Sidney Ponson. But since Ponson probably would have killed him, I'll guess Wells!
 
IJ Reilly said:
Baseball trivia question: What active baseball player did David Letterman famously refer to as a "tub of goo" on his show?

No fair Googling it.
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John Kruk?
 
IJ Reilly said:
Baseball trivia question: What active baseball player did David Letterman famously refer to as a "tub of goo" on his show?

No fair Googling it.
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It's gotta be Fernando Valezsuala (sp?). What a fat a**!

(Couldn't resist a rip at the dodgers:))

EDIT: Valenzuela (I wasn't even close, ouch)
 
This remark created such a tempest when Letterman said it, I thought everybody would remember it -- better than they'd remember who he made it about.

The answer for those who didn't Google it is Terry Forster. He was actually a very good middle-reliever. But was he ever a porker!
 
MacsomJRR said:
It's gotta be Fernando Valezsuala (sp?). What a fat a**!

(Couldn't resist a rip at the dodgers:))

EDIT: Valenzuela (I wasn't even close, ouch)
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Fat a** with the best screwball of the 1980s. Fernando-mania!

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IJ Reilly said:
This remark created such a tempest when Letterman said it, I thought everybody would remember it -- better than they'd remember who he made it about.

The answer for those who didn't Google it is Terry Forster. He was actually a very good middle-reliever. But was he ever a porker!
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What year did Letterman say that?

My next guess was gonna be Rod Beck:p
 
MacsomJRR said:
What year did Letterman say that?

My next guess was gonna be Rod Beck:p
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Shooter would have qualified. Wasn't it Mickey Lolich who once responded to all the comments about his weight by pointing out he didn't pitch with his stomach?
 
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