Wednesday afternoon linkaliciousness
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 11, 2012 2:18 PM CST
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Grant Brisbee uploaded to YouTube video of him catching a foul ball from a game in 2005. MLB found out about it and made him take it down. That prompted this rant from Brisbee about how nonsensical MLB is being in regards to protecting their intellectual property at the expense of marketing their game.
Joe Posnanski has a lengthy column about Hall of Fame voting that talks about, among much else, players who appeared on the ballot and didn't get a vote, players who appeared on the ballot and got only one vote, and what sort of things impact whether a player's vote total will go up or go down over the years.
BTB examines an odd phenomenon -- that power hitters are less "clutch" than hitters without power.
In the aftermath of Ryan Madson signing a one year, $8.5 million deal with Cincinnati, Scott Boras says that Madson and the Phillies had an agreement on a 4 year, $44 million deal that the Phillies then backed out of, and Amaro says that there was never an agreement.
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JeffWilson_FWST Jeff Wilson
Jake Krug gets promoted and is now #Rangers’ director or minor league ops. Will assist new farm director Tim Purpura.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011.
One can only hope
The Phillies and Boras restort to an “I would never hire you” argument…
"Calmer than you are dude"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2012 2:25 PM CST reply actions
wow
Didn’t realize he was that far gone.
The perils of rushing prospects.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Jan 11, 2012 3:27 PM CST up reply actions
Grant Brisbee has slowly but surely become one of my favorite SBN writers
Josey Wales: "And if you think intangibles really do exist, how in the F could you vote Ellsbury as the MVP?"
Adam J. Morris: "If it weren’t for my horse, I wouldn’t have spent that year in college."
Like the time MLB removed my Prince Fielder diving into second base but instead of sliding, he bounced set to Baltimora's Tarzan Boy video...
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 11, 2012 2:42 PM CST reply actions
That reminds me
is vimeo a safer repository for videos? Didn’t you upload something to vimeo instead of youtube and it was safe or am I getting confused?
It isn't...
Vimeo was instructed by MLB to delete my entire account.
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 11, 2012 2:48 PM CST up reply actions
not unless you have it all burned on a CD!!!!!!!!!!!
"God dammit TAG I swear to God if you keep this "It was a close play" shit up all night I will send you cookies made from my own shit" -River Fenix 8/26/2011
"this is a big reason I decided not to convert to Islam now if it was 72 skanks? Different story, my friend" Bob Loblaw 9/2/2011
by I am Neftali Feliz on Jan 11, 2012 2:49 PM CST up reply actions
oh shit.. TMI?
"God dammit TAG I swear to God if you keep this "It was a close play" shit up all night I will send you cookies made from my own shit" -River Fenix 8/26/2011
"this is a big reason I decided not to convert to Islam now if it was 72 skanks? Different story, my friend" Bob Loblaw 9/2/2011
by I am Neftali Feliz on Jan 11, 2012 2:49 PM CST up reply actions
Ah
never mind.
There are so many video repositories out there that there has to be one that just isn’t on MLB’s radar. I guess the issue might be that they don’t actually search those sites but they search sites like these, where they know the videos get linked. Maybe.
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BenBadler Ben Badler
White Sox make their biggest international signing in recent years, sign Venezuelan RHP Luis Martinez bit.ly/wNtCKG
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011.
I wonder what that means
that they never had huge international signings while they had a VZ manager
Hey look...
Chuck Morgan is going to be on a trivia show on MLB Network!
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 11, 2012 3:01 PM CST reply actions
i like how the Astros are just sending a "Ticket Sales Representative"
I bet the Astros front office looks like that careerbuilder.com commercial with all of the different chimps answering phones and shit.
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
in fact, holy shit, that guy (Ben Coburn)
called me in the middle of a meeting yesterday to ask me if I wanted to buy a 14-game pack. I quickly hung up on him.
I’m only interested in the 3-game pack (Texas, Texas, and Texas).
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
im making it down to houston for that series... where is a good place to sit?
for a middle of the road ticket price?
"God dammit TAG I swear to God if you keep this "It was a close play" shit up all night I will send you cookies made from my own shit" -River Fenix 8/26/2011
"this is a big reason I decided not to convert to Islam now if it was 72 skanks? Different story, my friend" Bob Loblaw 9/2/2011
by I am Neftali Feliz on Jan 11, 2012 3:23 PM CST up reply actions
My lap
"Calmer than you are dude"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2012 3:24 PM CST up reply actions
We can split the cost of a ticket that way.
"Calmer than you are dude"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2012 3:24 PM CST up reply actions
in 6 3 240.. you dont want me sitting in your lap
"God dammit TAG I swear to God if you keep this "It was a close play" shit up all night I will send you cookies made from my own shit" -River Fenix 8/26/2011
"this is a big reason I decided not to convert to Islam now if it was 72 skanks? Different story, my friend" Bob Loblaw 9/2/2011
by I am Neftali Feliz on Jan 11, 2012 3:41 PM CST up reply actions
First time in the stadium?
If so I’d sit 1st base side high enough up for a decent view of downtown. It’s not Pac Bell or Camden but it’s kind of a cool view. Given that Astros fans don’t go to Astro games you can get very good seats scalped for face or maybe at worst a slight premium. I got four tickets to game one on the 2nd row (3rd base just past the dugout) last year for not much over face. Can’t remember exactly how much though.
cool.. ill keep that in mind.. and yes first time.
"God dammit TAG I swear to God if you keep this "It was a close play" shit up all night I will send you cookies made from my own shit" -River Fenix 8/26/2011
"this is a big reason I decided not to convert to Islam now if it was 72 skanks? Different story, my friend" Bob Loblaw 9/2/2011
by I am Neftali Feliz on Jan 11, 2012 3:41 PM CST up reply actions
Went and looked up the charge
I actually paid about $5 a ticket less than face for those 2nd row seats. So good seats won’t be hard to come by for a reasonable price.
Which side is the visitor's dugout there?
by Perfect Zero on Jan 11, 2012 4:04 PM CST up reply actions
The first two times I saw this I read it as Joe Morgan.
I’m glad I didn’t post the several comments that came to mind.
Just wait til we get Prince for a song.
@AdamLikesBeer If you are in Minneapolis I can tell you where to get a good brew.
MLB and their broadcasting and recording rules are so Bud Selig
and he just got a contract extension. Oh well!
Callis Q&A
Said he would have Darvish at 4 if he would have ranked him. Profar at 6, and Marteen at 22
Just don't piss her off, otherwise she'll get all Dien Bien Phu up in your Boxer Rebellion - caknuck
btho Iowa State
Hmmmmm......Washington out on Fielder?
If (and that’s a big “if”) true, this is setting up pretty well for the Rangers…..
WASHINGTON — There is a “99 percent” chance that the Nationals will not sign free-agent first baseman Prince Fielder, according to a baseball source.
The news comes a few weeks after ownership met with Fielder and his agent, Scott Boras, in the nation’s capital.
"I never argue with people who say that baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn’t. And that’s what makes it great." - Joe Posnanski
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Jan 11, 2012 6:58 PM CST reply actions
We're out on Fielder, too
Look, this is a bad time to buy cocaine anyway. With the market how it is, it is better to rent cocaine.
I'm not so sure....
"I never argue with people who say that baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn’t. And that’s what makes it great." - Joe Posnanski
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Jan 11, 2012 7:44 PM CST up reply actions
Same goes for Washington.
Look, this is a bad time to buy cocaine anyway. With the market how it is, it is better to rent cocaine.
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