That should be interesting… although he’s played 72 games there in five years and only made one error. Looks like his range factor (according to baseball-reference) tends to be below average, but hey, what the hell.

“Ichiro, you’re my best defensive outfielder and only hitter with an OBP above .339. But we’re losing, so I’m going to move you to right, and I’m thinking about moving you out of the leadoff spot.

“But I’m still going to bat Jose Vidro 3rd or 5th, even though he’s hitting.219/.267/.333.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/bsplit.cgi?n1=vidrojo01&year=2008

“Wheee!”

at least be thankful that McClaren isn’t our manager.

That whole “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” thing is a mockery of all that is cable sports, and that’s really saying something considering all the awful sports coverage and the tripe on cable these days. Last night, they played Peter Gammons displaying his Kermit the Frog looks while singing a god awful “tune” to an even worse “beat”.

For any Lewis Black fans, you know the Britney Spears/Aerosmith/N’Sync trifecta from hell joke? I honestly think this takes the cake. How ESPN rationalizes this (excuse my frankness) bullshit over legitimate baseball reporting is beyond my ability to comprehend.

I used to worship Baseball Tonight and Peter Gammons/Tim Kirkjian, but now they just come across as cookie cutter, east coast biased baseball reporters. Tim Kurkjian’s “That throw’s hard. You should really go out to the field and see how far that is sometime.” statement is almost as overused as Steve Burthiaume’s “Fill thine horn with oil…AND GOOOOOOOO!!”

I must be a masochist to subject myself to such awful television.

I was sad to see him included into that deal. I never knew what to expect from him on the ML level but he was my plucky, against-all-odds, feel good (insert another sports cliche) prospect to keep an eye on.

He’s one of those guys that will either flame out after a few years or pitch until he’s 56 years old, Orosco style. It’ll be tough keeping track of him in the years to come but I’ll do my bestest

I turned away from Baseball Tonight when they started promoting this “Battle of the Bands” crap!! My wife couldn’t believe I did it, but she understood.

I have always hated the mixing of the music industry into sports.