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I present you with.. Orioles Fail.

Labels: Background, Baltimore Orioles, IHateU, Wallpaper

According to this story on ESPN, Barry Bonds wants to play this year and has his agent looking for a team interested in his services.

If MLB wants me to give a shit about baseball 2009, I suggest they stop with the BS collusion and and have a team sign the greatest hitter of all time to a contract.

If Alex Rodriguez is playing in 2009, why can't Barry Bonds? Why is he being singled out like he's the only dude that did steroids? It's ridiculous. It's clear that *most* current major league players have used steroids. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the number was close to 75%. Hell that may be an underestimate.

If I thought no one was going to sign him simply because he's too old, then I could understand that. And he is 44 this year (turning 45 this summer.) But the last time he suited up (in 2007) he was still among the most effective hitters in the league (he lead the majors in OBP) so I think he clearly deserves the chance to show he can still hit.

Labels: Barry Bonds

Since the scapegoating of Barry Bonds first began it has become increasingly obvious that steroids during the 1990s & early 2000s wasn't some rare thing in MLB that only a few home run sluggers like Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire were using but instead so prevalent that the question is more "Who was *NOT* taking steroids?" rather than who was.

Because of the obvious prevalence of steroid use among almost all major league baseball players the witch hunt of Barry Bonds has become absolutely absurd to anyone with more than a couple of brain cells to rub together. And yes, to any silly people out there still trying to scapegoat Barry Bonds: Your favorite player did steroids too. Get over it. They still were not as good as Bonds and they never will be. Deal with it.

The ridiculous waste of tax payer money that is the witch hunt of Barry Bonds has now been put on indefinite hold as it's clear that the federal government has greatly overstepped the law in their single minded pursuit of Bonds.

If the federal government wants to go after someone in regards to steroids in baseball they should go after major league baseball itself and the owners of the teams who ignored the issue for years instead of trying to scapegoat Barry Bonds.

Also to the idiot sportswriter (Rick Reilly) at ESPN who wrote this dumb ass story about Albert Pujols taking all of Barry Bonds MVP awards: You are a moron. You have completely missed the point of the Alex Rodriguez thing. The point isn't for you to now go looking for a new mythical "clean" player but instead to admit that steroids use was so prevalent during this time that it's moronic to try to give some players credit for being "clean" while taking away the accomplishment of the so called "dirty" players.

Your self-righteousness makes me ill.

And your memory is lacking. Wasn't it just last year that there was significant suspicious about Pujols himself? Would anyone really be surprised if Pujols did steroids? I would honestly be extremely surprised if he had not.

This is not about finding "saviors" who were "clean" during the steroids era you brain dead fool. This is about accepting the reality of the times. If you want to go after anyone about steroids, go after the owners and MLB itself for not giving a crap that players were on steroids when it was helping the games popularity (and thus helping them make more money.)

Labels: Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, steroids

Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids.

Admit it to yourself: EVERYONE IN BASEBALL DID (AND PROBABLY STILL DOES) STEROIDS. You should all be ashamed of yourself for the way you demonized Barry Bonds. Everyone did steroids, and guess what? Bonds was still better than everyone else. Deal with it. Bonds is the greatest hitter of his generation.

And the federal government needs to stop wasting our tax money on their Bonds witch hunt. Isn't there anything better they could be doing with that money and with that time?

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Also a little shout out to Jose Canseco. Remember when he said A-Rod did steroids and everyone was like "oh there goes Jose again." Looks like there goes Jose again telling the truth. Everything he's said has turned out to be true. Just fucking deal with it all of you prick ass motherchickens. Seriously, duck you! Bonds is better than you. He is a God amongst mortals. Bonds: The greatest ever.

Labels: Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco, steroids

Continuing my series on the worst hitter in the Hall of Fame at each position I'm now at Catcher.

Perhaps more than any other position, catcher is the one where it's hard to find players with truly eye popping hitting stats. That being said, all of the Hall of Famers at the catcher position except for two have at least an OPS+ of 115.

The two exceptions are Rick Ferrell at 95 and Ray Schalk at 83.

Schalk is my "winner" for the worst hitting Catcher in the Hall of Fame. He played from 1912 to 1929. All but 5 of his 1762 games were played for the Chicago White Sox. He was a member of the White Sox during the infamous "Black Sox" scandal of 1919. He hit .304 in the 1919 World Series (well above his standard) so he was never suspected of being in on the scandal.

His career stats include a .253 batting average and a .316 slugging percentage. He hit 11 home runs during his entire career.

His best season was 1915 when his OPS+ was at a career high 105. He hit .266 that year.

Schalk lead all catchers in the AL in fielding percentage eight times. Clearly he is not in the Hall of Fame for his bat, so it must be for his glove.

Labels: Hall Of Fame, Ray Schalk

Hello friends, as the election is upon us, let me remind you, my fellow Americans, about how fucking horrible Derek Jeter is.

HELLO I AM A LINK, NOT LIKE A ZELDA ONE THO. PLEASE CLICK.

Also for robo Jeter sex stories, we have the SOSH kids

She made eye contact but was too shy to go over. No need to worry, the captain made the first move. He walked over to her and dropped the following pickup line- "WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES? WHAT ARE YOUR DREAMS?"

I suppose this is what happens when you don't have to try anymore...

Labels: Derek Jeter's Herpies, IHateU, Jeremy Giambi you fucking retard slide

Pittsburgh Pirates:
year DV DIVS RECD WINP PLC
2008 NL Cent 67-95 (.414) 6 Tampa Bay advances to the World Series
2007 NL Cent 68-94 (.420) 6 Colorado advances to the World Series
2006 NL Cent 67-95 (.414) 5
2005 NL Cent 67-95 (.414) 6
2004 NL Cent 72-89 (.447) 5
2003 NL Cent 75-87 (.463) 4 Florida Wins World Series
2002 NL Cent 72-89 (.447) 4
2001 NL Cent 62-100 (.383) 6 Arizona Wins World Series
2000 NL Cent 69-93 (.426) 5
1999 NL Cent 78-83 (.484) 3
1998 NL Cent 69-93 (.426) 6 Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Satanz *poof*
1997 NL Cent 79-83 (.488) 2 Florida Wins World Series
1996 NL Cent 73-89 (.451) 5
1995 NL Cent 58-86 (.403) 5
1994 NL Cent 53-61 (.465) 3
1993 NL East 75-87 (.463) 5 Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins *poof*

Labels: BLOGGGIN AINT SHIT BUT TRICKS AND HOS, IHateU

We here at Big show baseball are the best bloggers ever. This is why while as the world series starts, we ask you this question:

I'm totally drinking right now and I only counted like four Backstreet Boys here. I seem to recall five, who the hell is missing?

Labels: IHateU, Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Not Devil Rays

There are only like 4 reasons ever to name a baseball blog post after an overpowered Magic the Gathering card. I forget the other 3 but they have to do with rolling 20 and an elf.

FREE TACOS FOR STOLEN BASES IS BACK:
TACOS

Free tacos on ROCKTOBER 28th (Tuesday) if a base is stolen in games 1-4, if none are stolen until games 5-7 then November 3rd is the taco day. Times are 2:00PM to 6:00PM for your free tacos.


And for the hell of it:

Philadelphia Phillies and the World Series:
1980 Won against Kansas City Royals

1915 Lost to Boston Red Sox
1950 Lost to New York Yankees
1983 Lost to Baltimore Orioles
1993 Lost to Toronto Blue Jays

The AL East circle is almost complete...

Labels: Carl Crawford lets make a deal, IHateU, Philadelphia Phillies, TACO TACO TACO, World Series

My picks for 2008.

AL MVP: Kevin Youkilis, 1B - Boston Red Sox

Youkilis was among the AL leaders in Batting Average (.312), OBP (.390), OPS (.958), SLG (.569), and RBI (115.)

I could have also gone with Chicago's Carlos Quentin but he only played 130 games and his rate stats are not significantly better (.965 to .958 OPS.) Milton Bradley lead the AL in OPS (.999) but he only played 126 games and he did it at DH.

Alex Rodriguez is another possibility (also .965 OPS) but considering it was actually a very average year for him (by his standards) and the Yankees missed the playoffs and he missed 24 games it just didn't make sense to me to pick A-Rod.

Overall it was a weak year for stand out offensive numbers in the AL. No one really stood out from the crowd.

NL MVP: Albert Pujols, 1B - St. Louis Cardinals

This was a much easier decision. Pujols was easily the top offensive player in the NL in 2008. Yes, Chipper Jones had an incredible year but he missed 34 games and Pujols easily bested him in the power department (SLG: .653 to .574.)

Pujols lead the NL in OPS at 1.114 & SLG (.653.) He finished second (to Jones) in Batting Average (.357) & OBP (.462.) He also finished with 37 HR (4th), 44 2B (4th), 116 RBI (4th), and 104 BB (2nd.)

AL CY YOUNG: Cliff Lee - Cleveland Indians

Lee lead the AL in both Wins (22) & ERA (2.54) which makes him a pretty easy choice for the AL Cy Young award. Toronto's Roy Halladay and Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka also had great years but Lee's was better.

NL CY YOUNG: Tim Lincecum - San Francisco Giants

Lincecum certainly lived up to the hype in his second year with the Giants. He finished the year 18-5 with a 2.62 ERA. That's good for 2nd in Wins & 2nd in ERA. He also lead the NL in Strikeouts (265) and Winning Percentage (.783.) He was 3rd in innings pitched (227.)

The New York Met's Johan Santana is the runner up. He lead the league in ERA at 2.53 and innings pitched (234.) He finished second in Strikeouts (206.) Arizona's Brandon Webb did lead the NL in Wins (22-7) but his other numbers are not as impressive (10th in ERA at 3.30) and I think Wins are a very ineffective statistic for judging a pitcher's performance.

AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Evan Longeria, 3B - Tampa Bay Rays

Longoria was a big part of why the Rays made it to the playoffs for the first time. He hit .272 with 27 home runs and 85 RBI. He lead all AL rookies in HR, RBI, OBP, SLG, & OPS.

NL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Geovany Soto, C - Chicago Cubs

The Cincinatti Red's rookie 1B Joey Votto lead all NL rookies in BA (.297), OBP (.368), SLG (.506), H (156), HR (24), & OPS (.874.) He finished second in RBI with 84 to Soto's 86.

From the offensive numbers it looks like Votto should be the pick but Soto's offensive numbers are really just barely behind Votto's (OPS .874 to .868 & HR 24 to 23) and because Soto is a catcher and was a big part of the Cubs great season, I think he has to be choice. A good offensive player at the catcher position is a big deal, another good hitting first baseman? Not as much.

Labels: Albert Pujols, Cliff Lee, Evan Longeria, Geovany Soto, Kevin Youkilis, Tim Lincecum