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Anybody going to watch the ESPN 30 for 30? 4 days in October? I think this might be the best one.

 

Yes, I can't wait for it. It will be the first one I've seen. I never got around to seeing the Iverson one.

 

Oh, BTW, I still love you Kyle and Waldo. :(

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Haha, I heard about that. Was it a whole episode dedicated to mocking Sabermetrics?

 

Well it wasn't clear until the end that they were mocking it, but yes, basically. I don't think SABR people were too offended, though. It was pretty funny for both sides, I think.

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The first ever baseball game I went to was Marlins @ Mets at Shea Stadium July of 2005. I often go through the Yankees Top Plays Archive to look back at plays I remember from past years, but I decided to dig out the plays from that game today in the Mets archive. I just discovered that A.J. Burnett started that game for Florida. I know that I paid little attention to the NL back then, so I probably did not know who he was until he reached Toronto, and that's probably why it didn't stick in my mind.

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I wish my father would have taken note of the first game he took me to. It was some time in the early '90's at Veterans Stadium. I'd LOVE to know when it was.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA200006180.shtml

 

First game I ever went to, lol @ the winning manager

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I don't remember the first game I went to that well, but I do remember wearing my new Jeter jersey to Shea. For that, I got a nudge from Mr. Met as I walked past him and had some older guys throwing peanuts at me. Good times.

 

 

The MLB is reportedly considering adding a 7-day DL as an option for players with concussions.

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My earliest Phillies game memory is walking around the basement of the Vet, and having some douche put out his cig on my arm. No idea what happened on the field that night!

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Just noticed that the Padres only have $1.1 million committed for next season, currently. And that money is for two buy outs. So technically they have nobody under contract right now. Wow.

 

Meanwhile the Phillies have over $140 million committed. Weeee.

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The Simpsons made fun of Sabermetrics on their episode last night and it was glorious!!

Finally got around to seeing the episode. It was clever.

 

Thankfully, the Nets' season started just in time to pick me up from the end to the Yankees season. If it weren't for that, I would probably be feeling a lot more emptiness.

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Yep. Back when I had MLB Extra Innings, if I was bored and had no interest in any particular game, I'd usually put on the Mariners because Niehaus was one of the best. Or the Dodgers to hear Scully.

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  • 1 month later...

Who could have guessed, 1 month in 2007 and what came down to 2 3 game series and eventually 1 game would decide the fates of 2 franchises, 1 catapulted to a WS, a huge spender and a major player in MLB, the other taken from a WS contender to a playoff contender to a potential WC contender to a 70 win team... -_- why must we Mets fan suffer so much :(

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RIP Bob Feller....

 

I was just talking about him earlier today actually. In light of the Cliff Lee signing, I was debating the best rotations of all time, and 1950s Indians came up. Sad. RIP to a legend.

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Keith Law released his top 100 prospects today.

 

 

1. Mike Trout - Angels

2. Bryce Harper - Nationals

3. Domonic Brown - Phillies

4. Jesus Montero - Yankees

5. Eric Hosmer - Royals

6. Julio Teheran - Braves

7. Dustin Ackley - Mariners

8. Wil Myers - Royals

9. Shelby Miller - Cardinals

10. Aaron Hicks - Twins

11. Zach Britton - Orioles

12. Manny Banuelos - Yankees

13. Kyle Drabek - Blue Jays

14. Jeremy Hellickson - Rays

15. Aroldis Chapman - Reds

16. Matt Moore - Rays

17. Brandon Belt - Giants

18. Martin Perez - Rangers

19. Casey Kelly - Padres

20. Desmond Jennings - Rays

21. Michael Pineda - Mariners

22. Jacob Turner - Tigers

23. Mike Moustakas - Royals

24. Tyler Matzek - Rockies

25. Jarrod Parker - Diamondbacks

26. Manny Machado - Orioles

27. Jonathon Singleton - Phillies

28. Mike Montgomery - Royals

29. Miguel Sano - Twins

30. Jameson Taillon - Pirates

31. Devin Mesoraco - Reds

32. Kyle Gibson - Twins

33. Derek Norris - Nationals

34. Jarred Cosart - Phillies

35. Juan Segura - Angels

36. Zack Wheeler - Giants

37. Brett Lawrie - Blue Jays

38. Anthony Rizzo - Padres

39. Lonnie Chisenhall - Indians

40. Chris Archer - Rays

41. John Lamb - Royals

42. Jordan Lyles - Astros

43. Freddie Freeman - Braves

44. Zach Stewart - Blue Jays

45. Jose Iglesias - Red Sox

46. Jeff Decker - Padres

47. Arodys Viscaino - Braves

48. Wilmer Flores - Mets

49. Hak-ju Lee - Rays

50. Randall Delgado - Braves

51. Billy Hamilton - Reds

52. Carlos Matias - Cardinals

53. Nick Franklin - Mariners

54. Anthony Ranaudo - Red Sox

55. Matt Dominguez - Marlins

56. Jason Kipnis - Indians

57. Travis D'arnaud - Blue Jays

58. Grant Green - Athletics

59. Yasmani Grandal - Reds

60. Drew Pomeranz - Indians

61. Mike Minor - Braves

62. Hank Conger - Angels

63. Tony Sanchez - Pirates

64. Simon Castro - Padres

65. Yonder Alonso - Reds

66. Trey McNutt - Cubs

67. Chris Sale - White Sox

68. Gary Sanchez - Yankees

69. Wilin Rosario - Rockies

70. Davaris Gordon - Dodgers

71. Ben Revere - Twins

72. Zack Cox - Cardinals

73. Dellin Betances - Yankees

74. Oswaldo Arcia - Twins

75. Nick Castellanos - Tigers

76. Brody Colvin - Phillies

77. Alex Torres - Rays

78. Tyler Skaggs - Diamondbacks

79. Christian Yelich - Marlins

80. Chris Carter - Athletics

81. Jurickson Profar - Rangers

82. J.P. Arrencibia - Blue Jays

83. Matt Harvey - Mets

84. Chris Owings - Diamondbacks

85. Jordan Walden - Angels

86. Matt Davidson - Diamondbacks

87. Christian Friedrich - Rockies

88. Andrew Brackman - Yankees

89. Alex Colome - Rays

90. Drake Britton - Red Sox

91. Zack Lee - Dodgers

92. Nolan Arenado - Rockies

93. Trevor May - Phillies

94. Ruby De La Rosa - Dodgers

95. Wilson Ramos - Nationals

96. Adeiny Hechevarria - Blue Jays

97. Jake McGee - Rays

98. Danny Duffy - Royals

99. Aaron Sanchez - Blue Jays

100. James Jones - Mariners

 

Batters:

 

Brett Jackson - Cubs

Austin Romine - Yankees

Josh Vitters - Cubs

Jarred Mitchell - White Sox

 

Pitchers :

 

Chris Carpenter - Cubs

Chris Dwyer - Royals

Jay Jackson - Cubs

Jake Odorizzi - Royals

Alex White - Indians

Luis Heredia - Pirates

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Early thought is that Moustakas, Pineda, Hellickson and Taillon are too low. I do not have Insider so I couldn't see his reasoning, though. Also nice to see 5 Phillies listed, although they are all pretty far off from the Majors (with the exception of Brown obviously).

 

The one thing that I actually take Keith Law's word for every year.

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