Red Reposter: 2/24/2009
by Slyde on Feb 24, 2009 10:46 AM EST
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PrintSome stuff you may or may not have seen in between searching for pictures of Lily Allen and Rashida Jones:
- The Reds have a new pitching machine that is basically a pitching machine placed behind a large screen where a video pitcher goes through a motion. It will eventually throw a variety of pitches and can even be programmed with different pitch sequences. Pretty soon, my dreams will come true and robots will be playing baseball instead of these unpredictable humans with their emotions.
- It looks like there really are only 3 pitchers are vying for the 5th starter spot: Homer Bailey, Micah Owings, and...wait for it...Nick Masset. Yeah, um, awesome.
- Speaking of Bailey, he had some injury issues this off-season. Did he really say that he put the last stitch in himself?
- Alex Gonzalez starts 2009 much like 2008. He's sitting out the first week of exhibition games.
- Fay's got lineups for today's intra-squad game, er, team workout in game conditions. Not sure why you'd want them, but there you are.
- Already thinking about next year? How about a couple of pictures from Goodyear?
- Hal McCoy has his gossip column up. Read it to learn about spilled coffee, where players eat, and which lightning rods are no longer with the organization.
Thankfully, games start tomorrow in Port Charlotte!
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i saw boobies!
i saw boobies!
Made from 100% recycled awesome,
by chandrathan on Feb 24, 2009 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
this post is rec'd!
Made from 100% recycled awesome,
by chandrathan on Feb 24, 2009 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
what happened?
"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.
by justin007000 on Feb 24, 2009 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
sounds like High school humour to me.
That’s my kinda humour.
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
Hal's gossip column
This whole paragraph with Dusty is gold.
AN OUTSIDER asked Baker about the dynamics of the clubhouse this spring with Ken Griffey Jr. and Adam Dunn gone.
"It’s a natural reaction for things to be different when superstars leave," said Baker. "But time goes on and the game goes on. They left pleasant memories. Sometimes I listen for Griffey’s infectious laugh or Dunn’s humor and wit. But they’re gone.
"Of course, they were gone late last season, so that makes it a bit easier this spring," Baker added. "There is a period of adjustment. When Hank Aaron left the Braves and wasn’t in spring training in 1975, man, that was strange.
"Nobody in the clubhouse is a lightning rod," Baker said. "That’s what Griffey was, a lightning rod. Dunn was a little lightning rod."
“Sometimes I listen for Griffey’s infectious laugh or Dunn’s humor and wit. But they’re gone.” Downright wistful there, Dusty.
"That’s what Griffey was, a lightning rod. Dunn was a little lightning rod." Snicker.
That can't be right.
I’ve seen a donkey show. Ain’t no “little” about a donkey.
I laid my bed and I'm going to have to sit on it. - A-Roid the Liar
by PeteyHendrix on Feb 24, 2009 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
Gomes quotes via Hal
"I have nothing bad to say about that organization," Gomes said. "…they helped make me the player I am today."
But Johnny, I thought you said you have nothing bad to say about the organization.
"When is marshmallow season?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 24, 2009 11:06 AM EST reply actions
Ha cha cha cha
Playem off Johnny!
My life is full of ironies and metaphors- Paula Abdul
by The Crushinator on Feb 24, 2009 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
I am totally thinking about Homer as Natty Bumpo.
Also, without lightning rods, now everyone’s going to get struck by lightning, instead of it being channeled harmlessly into the ground. That’s gotta be some sort of OSHA violation.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
by andromache on Feb 24, 2009 11:22 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
good point. Think of all of the players that have been saved by Griffey's and Dunn's presence.
"How big IS your magic wand?"
ooh! ooh!
And Geovany Soto would be Magua, wouldn’t he?
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
He even had a Frog name
“Le Renard Subtil” translated: Geovany the Fox
肏你祖宗十八代 - and your sister too !
If Masset wins the fifth spot..
..we are sooo gonna get made fun of.
From a recent South Side Sox’ thread:
For those unfamiliar with the Conservation of Masset Theory – or who don’t recall the specifics – the one sentence summary is “No matter how much Masset you use up, there is always more Masset in your system.” So, replacement level, back of the bullpen arms are readily available in any organization.
"When is marshmallow season?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 24, 2009 11:40 AM EST reply actions
Love this quote..
Wow, Homer can be funny?
"Fortunately I missed the tendon, and I was thinking two things — a real serious injury or I’m going to be able to throw one hell of a split-finger."
Education is what you get from reading the directions. Experience is what you get from not reading them.
Lucky he missed the tendon...
My girlfriend managed to take out a tendon by dropping a knife on her foot, and it sidelined her for weeks.
Vegetables can be dangerous!
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
Who did she play for?
My life is full of ironies and metaphors- Paula Abdul
by The Crushinator on Feb 24, 2009 12:26 PM EST up reply actions
Sounds like she retired from Valencia
but Canizares had lovely hair.
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
(Casillas es mas macho)
Viva Santo Iker!
by Brendanukkah on Feb 24, 2009 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
claro que si Casillas es mas macho
pero essa la novia de Gray, y el pelo de Canizares es mas bonita.
Sorry, channeled Verka there for a second. Where am I?
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
Hal is so....Hal
But he( Cordero) quickly brushed it off and said, "Hey, no problem. It’s OK." They grow ‘em tough in the Dominican. And polite and understanding.
That’s racist enough to make him an honorary RR
肏你祖宗十八代 - and your sister too !
That's as racist as calling Asian people smart or hard-working.
Now if had made a comment about the color of the coffee…
I laid my bed and I'm going to have to sit on it. - A-Roid the Liar
by PeteyHendrix on Feb 24, 2009 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
could it be a social commentary
on the tough conditions faced when growing up in the Dominican?
"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.
by justin007000 on Feb 24, 2009 1:09 PM EST up reply actions
jesus madville
THAT’S PCIST
"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.
by justin007000 on Feb 24, 2009 1:10 PM EST up reply actions
The VP of Marketing for The "Pro Batter" system... Adam Battersby!
talk about having a purpose in life
My life is full of ironies and metaphors- Paula Abdul
by The Crushinator on Feb 24, 2009 12:46 PM EST reply actions
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