Some linkaliciousness

by Adam J. Morris on May 8, 2007 11:27 AM CDT in News

I've got nothing of substance to say today, so here are some links...

SI has their 15 most intimidating pitchers of all time...

John Barten offers up this week's installment of the BTB Weekly Awards...

Carl Pavano is in a snit over the Yanks wanting him to see another doctor about his elbow, because he says he needs surgery, and the other doctors he's seen say he needs surgery, and that should be that...

Joe Sheehan ruminates on whether Roger Clemens is really going to be worth the money the Yanks are going to pay him...

And Jeff Passan says that MLB may actually do something about the ridiculous TV blackout rules...

Tweet Comment 11 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

haha

Pedro Martinez?? Really? That guy is only as intimidating as Dirk.

And there's no way baseball drops their blackout rules. It flies in the face of everything they've ever said on the subject.

Obama '08

by RangerMoto on May 8, 2007 11:32 AM CDT reply actions

You obviously

don't remember Pedro in his prime.

"The challenge we face today is not how to win in Iraq; it is how to recover from a strategic mistake: invading Iraq in the first place,"--ret Lt. Gen. Odom

by DJCahill on May 8, 2007 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions

Pedro in his prime

was quite simply the most dominant pitcher I've ever seen. Guys like Nolan, Johnson and Clemens were more powerful, and guys like Maddux and Glavine could put balls in places in ways you never imagined, but Pedro, for a few years there, had this combination of both styles which was just ridiculous and unfair.

If only he had played anywhere but Montreal in the mid '90s... (if only he had played in Texas...)

by JBImaknee on May 8, 2007 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Pedro in his prime = unfair.

Just plain unfair.

buffering....

by SteveP on May 8, 2007 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions

Yep

He was a headhunter.

by Adam J. Morris on May 8, 2007 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions

what about

doc otis? He used to get high on crack and go "head hunting"

by dubman @ Lone Star Ball on May 8, 2007 11:39 AM CDT reply actions

Ellis

You using the whole fist Doc?

by Arnold Babar on May 8, 2007 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions

Marichal

"His reputation was colored by his bat-swinging blowup at Dodgers catcher John Roseboro on Aug. 22, 1965. Marichal had already flattened Maury Wills and Ron Fairly with brushbacks when Roseboro's return throw came close to Marichal's head. Marichal rapped the catcher on the head with his bat, sparking a wild brawl."

I seriously think the Rangers should hire Marichal as a consultant to Padilla...

by JBImaknee on May 8, 2007 11:43 AM CDT reply actions