Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
I like your thinking MM3. But it would be a devil of a job to devise a fair system that would actually work, and players lack control over many aspects of their game (when, where, how often they play, against right/left handers, when they sit, when they bunt, etc.). But like you I get frustrated with these guys who continue to rake in millions whether they earn it or not.
So often I think of Stan the Man who had to play 18 years before he made $100,000 – and that on a one-year contract.
But, of course, your idea will never happen.Wow Pugs, you’ve got me salivating. And I ate din just three hours ago – goulash with spuds boiled in their jackets and a salad, finishing off with some of CIF’s famous rice pudding. I’m a little worried about Lester. It’s going to take more than a couple of solo home runs to do the job tonight, but I’m hoping.
Rah Cardinals.Good grief! This is not the way I like to wake up on a stormy Thursday morning in France. Nine hits, zero runs. I don’t think I’m going to be able to watch this one. So much for trout and rice as inspiration.
The only thing that is going to take that idiotic Gyorko deal off my mind tonight is beating the pants off those Cubs. That would really make me feel good and help digest my dinner of trout, cooked softly in a bit of butter and laid out gently on a bed of fluffy rice, decorated with a few florets of steamed broccoli. I finished off with a small bowl of lightly sugared raspberries and white cheese. All washed down with a couple glasses of Macon.
Let’s seriously whip up on the boys in blue. Rah Cardinals.This deal just plain sucks. The only reason for it I can think of is Gyorko’s injury is much more serious than previously acknowledged and the FO wanted to dump him before it became known. Otherwise it makes no sense at all.
Most professional sports require top physical and mental strengths. Entire books are devoted to mental aspects of tennis, for example. People go nuts and lose it in the golf course. And a little white pill coming at you at 100 mph, or changing direction, or bearing down on your noggin can be rather stressful. And while stress is a mental issue it doesn’t mean you’re off your rocker or depressed. It’s just pressure. Some of us deal with it more easily than others. And some of us succumb to it.
Carp is indeed going through a rough patch and I, for one, don’t want to see him back at third until he has sorted himself out. And I believe he will, even though the rehab doesn’t look too hot just now. But I agree with Card25, let’s be fair in our characterizations.
Where did MLB find this Anne Rogers woman? I had to wade through four paragraphs of salivating over Goldschmidt this morning before discovering that we lost last night. And not another single detail about the GAME.
What a sublime pleasure to arise on a cool, cloudy morning after a long, difficult heatwave and find our birds alone at maximum altitude in the standings. I’m sure it was due to the excellent PBP work of Mr. Pugsley. Sorry I couldn’t join you but those late nights kill me. I’ll watch the game later this morning when I get back from grocery shopping.
Rah Cards.
I say we live or die with the youngsters and keep Carp in Memphis until he shows some real sign of having found himself.
For my part, I’m going with mussels, French fries and a salad, finishing with vanilla ice cream and raspberries.Holy schmoley! I just finished watching last night’s game on MLB-TV. Scared the bejesus out of me even though I knew the outcome in advance. I’ll tell you what, that Carlos Martinez sure raises the acid content of my stomach every time I see him come into a game these days. I hope he stops doing that. And the other Martinez! What an outfield assist! Gotta love that guy despite his “defensive liabilities.”
Well folks, the thermometer hit 106 degrees (41c) here in southwest France this afternoon. Let’s hope that team from St. Louis gets hot tonight too.
Rah Cards!
Afraid I’m going to have to catch up with things in the morning. Just can’t stay up for these night games, but I’m hoping these kids will start my day with a smile tomorrow.
Went the simple route for dins tonight. Just a spinach and cheese quiche with a garden salad. No desert. I asked wifey if she would make me a rhubarb pie. She merely pointed to my formerly 32-inch, now 34-inch waistline and wordlessly shook her head.
Rah Cardinals.
Well, I’m about to sit down to an early Sunday dinner starting with cold melon, then chicken livers and shallots sautéd in butter and flambéd in Armagnac, crispy French fries and a green salad with fresh lettuce from our vegetable garden. Hope that inspires these kids to knock the cover off the ball today. I’ll be back for the first pitch.
Who would want the job under the current circumstances? In fact, who needs a GM AND a king of baseball operations anyway?
