[Jangocube]

Dem O's!

[Little Green Yoda]

Texas is the only AL team not from the AL East with a positive run differential. The 5th place NL East team has a better record than the 3rd place NL Central/West teams.

Beastern bias?

[Fenix]

Blue Jays HR Leaderboard update! Jose Bautista hit his 122nd home run as a Jay, putting him in to a tie with Jose Cruz Jr. for 9th all-time:

Player               Games        HR
Carlos Delgado       1423         336
Vernon Wells         1393         223
Joe Carter           1039         203
George Bell          1181         202
Jesse Barfield       1032         179
Lloyd Moseby         1392         149
Ernie Whitt          1218         131
Fred McGriff          578         125
Jose Cruz Jr.         698         122
Jose Bautista         482         122

[CygnusXS]

What's a "Hector Luna" and how did it hit a grand slam?

[Sanjuro]

[RobotHaus]

You seem upset about this. Just ever so slightly.

[lazybones18]

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?co...95185&c_id=mlb

I thought the sound of the ball hitting his arm was bad enough, but then I saw the mark on his arm....goddamn

[Sanjuro]

You seem upset about this. Just ever so slightly.

Why would I be upset?

[weekend_warrior]

What happened, he get a whiff of Gonzalez's BO?

[Square Triangle]

What happened, he get a whiff of Gonzalez's BO?

After being hit by a pitch, walking to 1st passes out. They ruled it as an overdose of adrenaline rush?

[RobotHaus]

Why would I be upset?

I don't know, thought he was faking or something. But hot damn, that replay just hurts to watch.

[Sanjuro]

I don't know, thought he was faking or something. But hot damn, that replay just hurts to watch.

At no point did I suggest that he was faking it.

[XiaNaphryz]

Cards defensive implosion.

[Griegite]

Thank you Adam Jones.

[RBH]

Looks like I'll be going to one of the Braves/Rays games this weekend.

The Braves are apparently included in the same category as the Yankees and Red Sox for "Diamond" pricing for Rays' home games (sucks, but not entirely surprising).

Been to around 10-15 Rays games since '98 with family members in the Tampa area, but it should be especially fun with the Braves playing.

[CygnusXS]

Looks like I'll be going to one of the Braves/Rays games this weekend. The Braves are apparently included in the same category as the Yankees and Red Sox for "Diamond" pricing for Rays' home games (sucks, but not entirely surprising). Been to around 10-15 Rays games since '98 with family members in the Tampa area, but it should be especially fun with the Braves playing.

Make sure you boo Durbin nice and hard.

[RobotHaus]

At no point did I suggest that he was faking it.

Yeah, I noticed. Hence I am admitting my folly.

Also yeah! Another homer for Freese!

[Branduil]

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?co...95185&c_id=mlb I thought the sound of the ball hitting his arm was bad enough, but then I saw the mark on his arm....goddamn

Holy crap.

[evil solrac v3.0]

damn that sounded awful. did they update his status?

[lazybones18]

damn that sounded awful. did they update his status?

All they have

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...ews_tb&c_id=tb

[Mindlog]

"I told them I was Batman just to mess with them," Rhymes said.

Nice to hear he's probably OK.

[The Frankman]

I thank God he was OK. I have been in a similar situation too many times before and at the least he could tell someone how he was feeling before he collapsed. To suddenly lose the ability to stand/consciousness all of a sudden is one of the scariest things a person can go through.

Although I would've died laughing if he said his name was Busta.

[Oxx]

That sounded disgusting.

[lazybones18]

The collapse

[mYm|17|]

Hopefully Rhymes doesn't have to spend time on the DL.......*sigh*


LOL

[h3ro]

Who wants to hear Francessa rant against twitter!

Initial Rant - TWITTER SHOULD BE ILLEGAL (amazing stuff here, the irony and hypocrisy is stunning)

His "clarification" yesterday

There are simply not enough :lol's.

*grandpa simpson yelling at clouds

[sangreal]

haha, I heard that yesterday. It really boiled down to "some people have said stuff about me on there"

(and why should I care about other people's opinion)

strong irony

[Doogdogg]

Hopefully Rhymes doesn't have to spend time on the DL.......*sigh* LOL

Wieters felt that too.

[verbum]

Interesting article from Mark Bradly of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Minor is hard on himself, and you can see why. Last month he worked 7 1/3 one-hit innings against Milwaukee, which can hit, and followed that with eight strong innings in Arizona. After three starts, his ERA was 3.10. The past four starts have been awful — 20 2/3 innings, 32 hits (plus 10 walks), 27 earned runs. He’s still striking out people (23 K’s in those 20 2/3 innings), which suggests his stuff isn’t the issue. “I’m just making too many non-competitive pitches,” Minor said Wednesday. Clearly the Braves want Minor to succeed. You’ll recall that Jair Jurrjens was shipped to Gwinnett after four similarly bad starts. The difference: Jurrjens had been bad in spring training, too; Minor was actually quite good in Florida. Minor has at least given the Braves a reason to think he can get people out. That said, this can’t go on forever. When Minor falls apart, he falls apart completely.

.....

But what to do about Minor? “Keep running him out there,” said Gonzalez, the manager, and there really aren’t many other options. Jurrjens just yielded 11 earned runs in 4 2/3 innings against the Class AAA Buffalo Bisons. Moving Kris Medlen from the bullpen wouldn’t do anything to sort out Minor and would mess up the bullpen to boot. Promoting Julio Teheran from Gwinnett would leave the big-league club without a left-handed starter, which isn’t what anybody has in mind. The good thing is that the Braves aren’t in free-fall. They’ve lost one game in a row to fall a half-game out of first place. For all Minor’s struggles, they’ve worked around most of them, winning five of his eight starts. Over the long term, though, they need him to be a lot better. They need a lefty, and he’s the only one of those on the horizon. They need Mike Minor to be a major player.

RHP Vizcaino is gone for the season. LHP Mike Fish has left arm tendenitis. RHP Peter Moylan will not throw his first bullpen session until late May.

I have a feeling Durbin will be with the Braves a while longer and may see more innings as the season progresses. I wonder if Constanza can pitch?

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Fatcessa does have a point about showing tweets during games. It fucking pisses me off when I'm trying to watch sports and this shit comes up, it's already unwatchable as it is with one and sometimes two tickers going.

[Oxx]

Minor by name, minors by nature.

[The Frankman]

I hear where you're coming from especially considering how Parnell has been our best arm from the pen, but Jesus... Can anyone else be trusted from the pen in a close game? 3 out of the last 6 games, we had a lead blown in the 8th or later, and we're now tied in the ML for blown saves. Move has to be made.

Pradestradamus.

Following tonight’s loss to the Reds, the Mets announced that D.J. Carrasco has been designated for assignment. “Nobody ever wants that,” Carrasco told reporters. “It’s something that’s a bump in the road, and you can only hope to bounce back and help contribute to the team somewhere.” According to WFUV’s Mack Rosenberg, the Mets will promote left-handed reliever Robert Carson, though no official move was announced by the team. Carson was 0-1, with a 1.84 ERA over 12 appearances for Double-A Binghamton.

lulz

[Brinbe]

Yes! Yes! Yes! Lind dumped down to AAA. =)

http://blogs.thescore.com/mlb/2012/0...-to-las-vegas/

The Toronto Blue Jays have optioned first baseman Adam Lind to Las Vegas and selected the contract of Yan Gomes. More to come.

[Fenix]

May 5th:

Fuck it, let's do something completely rash: DFA Lind, call up Yan Gomes. Edit: Better idea: Lind's back is "acting up" again, go on the DL instead of DFAing him.

Someone hire this man!

[DoctorWho]

May 5th: Someone hire this man!

Fenixestrademus!

[Rafa=FedKilla]

I'm freaking fuming at Selig right now brahs. Said there's no time table to finish negotiations with the Giants said A's could be on the move. I can't see another team go down like this. It just hurts so much....


Signed
Mayor of of The Municipal of Montreal Expos

[Dmncnby2k9]

Pradestradamus. lulz

Terry also said theres a good chance we'll see Jenrry Mejia in the bullpen this year.

[The Frankman]

OMG Hide yo kids hide yo wife RALPH KINER IS IN THE METS BOOTH!

[mYm|17|]

Minor by name, minors by nature.

Saw him pitch last night in person and it was bad.

[Dmncnby2k9]

OMG Hide yo kids hide yo wife RALPH KINER IS IN THE METS BOOTH!

FFucking Time Warner Cable has gone to shit, wont have cable until tomorrow, totally forgot about game!

[Fenix]

And since Gomes can play 3rd, Lawrie has dropped his appeal.

[The Frankman]

my god RA threw a flat knuckler to Votto and the ball was gone the minute it left the bat.

[McNei1y]

Why does the NL East have to be so close?

[yankeehater]

Why does the NL East have to be so close?

Dont worry it wont be like this for to much longer.

[rando14]

Wow Delabar, that could not have been a shittier inning of pitching. Congratulations.

[DoctorWho]

And since Gomes can play 3rd, Lawrie has dropped his appeal.

Gomes will be the first Brazilian player to ever play an MLB game.

That actually caught me be surprise.

[Talon]

So the 2-3 Division series format is a go?

Stupid as hell.

[verbum]

Why does the NL East have to be so close?

Phillies have won 4 in a row, Marlins have won 2.
I hope the Braves can tame the Marlins tonight and push them down.
Maybe the Cubs can beat the Phillies tonight before the Red Sox face the Phillies in Philadelphia this weekend. We are at Tampa Bay.
The Washington stadium should be full of Orioles fans this weekend.

[Dmncnby2k9]

Gomes will be the first Brazilian player to ever play an MLB game. That actually caught me be surprise.

Nice! Keep growing globally.

[lazybones18]

http://deadspin.com/5910991/in-attem...-no-arm-either

Forrest Gump sucked