Potencial

In his latest MMQB column, Peter King stirs up the hornet’s nest again.

 “9. I think, Giant beat writers, you might sniff around this one: New Orleans is not through trying to acquire Jeremy Shockey.”

Ugh. Weeks after Jerry Reese definitively put this to rest.

Mike Garafalo did some digging and found out what the Saints offered in January:

“All I know is what I heard recently - that the Saints’ original offer was a second-round pick (No. 40 overall, if it was this year’s pick they offered) and S Roman Harper, their second round pick in ‘06.”

The Giants instantly hung up after getting that offer. He’s not on the market, and it’s frankly irresponsible for Peter King to try to fill space in his column by starting this garbage up again. NO can call all they want, absolutely nothing is going to happen. I’m frankly sick to death of this topic. I don’t want to hear another round of the New York media being idiotic. Give it a rest. Go bark up some other tree.

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There has been a distressing meme in the New York media lately. Trade the future for Santana. Trade the future for Eric Gagne, last July. Make Joba the next Rivera. Make the kids throw 120 pitches a game, and pitch 200 innings this year.

 I won’t mind if the Yankees miss the playoffs this year. It’ll be a disappointment, and I expect them to make the playoffs, but oh well. What I will mind is if the team makes a panic move ala the bad old days. All of these ignorant talking heads, they take the wrong lesson from the dynasty of the late 90s. It wasn’t about the deadline moves. It was about holding on to Jeter, Andy, and the rest of the gang.

There’s not much reason to worry. The Hank Factor has been greatly overstated. Cashman heads the Triumvirate, and both Hal and Hank seem to be on board. There isn’t going to be any panic move.

Vietnam

His service actually there is commendable and worthy of hagiography, so my one positive hope of this campaign is that no one tries to swiftboat him.However, in Feb 2000, McCain stated:

quote:

“I hate the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live… I was referring to my prison guards and I will continue to refer to them in language that might offend.” Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s an interesting post I read from the DMN Cowboy blog

From a NYT article last year

The visits are arranged and paid for by the teams, which are allowed to meet with a player only once and for no longer than a day, the league spokesman Greg Aiello said. Visits may not include any physical activity, he said, and teams can meet with as many as 30 draft-eligible players. That limit, however, does not apply to players who attended college or high school in the same metropolitan area, or players whose parents reside nearby. Read the rest of this entry »

Torre was touched by the Angels

There is a team that Dodgers Manager Joe Torre frequently references when talking about what he wants to see from his own: the Angels.

“Very distracting,” Torre called their style.

 I’ve always had a theory about why the Yankees always lose to the Angels. When Joe Torre sees Scioscia and his smallball, he’s paralyzed with wonderment, like a young child. He grew up with that style of play. The “Yankeeball” strategy of taking pitches and waiting for the three-run homer is completely foreign to him. As such, in face of paralysis, he responds with paralysis. Of the Yankee offense, by running his inane Hit and Runs. As a player, he stole 23 bases, while getting caught 29 times.  He also had a .68 IsoD, which is respectable, but not amazing. Bottom line, he’s “old school”. Read the rest of this entry »