Bloggy Goodness

Well I have neglected this space over the past few days. No way around it, i have written half posts only to be interrupted by this thing they call "work".

 

I hate work.

 

Anyways, lets get down to it this fine morning.

 

The batting helmet argument takes a philosophical turn. I honestly don't care about what this guy thinks. I have read some of his articles before and as you can probably guess from the topic he is writing about...he is a full blown idiot. My favorite part of this article is that taking a ball to the head is natural selection. Only those who can get out of the way, or have that intangible skill,  will nature allow to play.  Ok, so if we want to extrapolate this idea lets see some other things that we should get rid of...

 

1. Airbags. If you cannot survive a crash you shouldn't be in the car in the first place.

2. DUI Arrests- Hey, if you are sober and do not have the reflexes to get out of the way of a drunk speeding his way down the wrong side of the road...well that's just natural selection.

3. Batting Helmets all together- Well if you cant get out of the way you shouldn't be playing.

4. Medicine- Hey, that is just natures way of saying you are prone to being sick and should not be kept alive.

 

Simply put, this is the argument of someone who never took the time to think about what he is writing.  Which is fine, he is a philosophy professor, which makes him only one notch above a homeless person who screams in a park while chugging down a bottle of malt liquor.  Lets be honest...the drunk around the corner of my place makes more sense than this guy.  Of course the brain doesn't have any control over how good a player David Wright is, that is a lot of natural ability, but you can't field a fucking grounder if your brain is smashed to shit. MLB should make the new Rawlings Helmet, which can withstand the impact of a 100 MPH pitch, mandatory. It's improved technology that keeps you safe...should be a no brainer (pun intended).

 

This picture sums up Tim Lincecum's night. He got rocked...worst outing sincee giving up 5 ER in 6 innings to the Mets back in May (he also was embarrassed by Atlanta in July...4 runs in 5 innings).  Anyways, his ERA ballooned to 2.37 and he is starting to lose his shot at the MLB pitching triple crown...and maybe the NL Cy Young. Personally I still think he will win it, this was just one of those games where you pitch against a terrible team with a terrible offense and they happen to get the bat on the ball.  If Lincecum doesn't win the Cy this year I will be more than surprised.  Speaking of the Bay Area some people just have no clue. Tim Lincecum was underpaid last year...not shocking...he was only underpaid by $2.7 million...that's just stupid talk.  How can someone who sounds smart be so dumb? Simple, he doesn't understand sabermetrics and what goes into winning.  Tim Lincecum made approximately $400,000 last year.  According to his stats he was worth approximately 7.5 wins, which equates to $33.9 million. Ok, so I dispute this figure because it is purely stat based and if baseball was not a business that would be fine. I bet Lincecum was probably worth $20+ million to the Giants, maybe more, we would have to look at attendance, souvenir sales, concession sales, and everything involving when he took the mound.  Maybe he is worth more than $33.9 million when taken into account, and he is probably worth that much this year, but to say he was only worth $3.1 million last year is maybe the second dumbest thing I have read today...especially when the same guy is making the argument that Barry Zito should be paid more than Lincecum based on performance and service time. Yikes.

 

What do you get for signing Stephen Strasburg, trading for Nyjer Morgan, and starting the slow turnaround for the Oakland Raiders of Baseball? Fired.  Yup, the Nationals ownership in all their infinite wisdom are deciding on a new GM and instead of going with Mike Rizzo, are going with Arizona Diamondbacks VP of Player Personnel Jerry Dipoto.  Yeah, i am not joking.  The other finalist was former Red Sox GM and the man that fills Theo Epstein's shadow, Jed Hoyer (ok, so he was half-GM and it was for a few weeks until Theo decided that he has an awesome job).  This is shocking to me because Rizzo actually knew what he was doing, a first for the Nationals organization, and he got Strasburg to sign. He has done everything in his powers to improve the team.  While the Nationals do need to clean house, and boy do they ever, it seems to me that Rizzo could have done it while providing some sort of stability to the organization.  I wonder how many people will show up to this. Not a bad way to get some revenue out of the new face of the organization (sorry Zimmerman).

 

Wow. I have nothing to say. 9 players with .300 average.  Second best record since the All-Star break too (to the Yankees).

 

Smoltz to be 5th starter for Cards. I hope he does well.  He won't, but I hope he does.

 

Off to catch a flight...might have some post's tonight.

 

Hey, that rhymed.