Late Night Trade Rumors + Simpsons

The knock on Kyle is that he's been inconsistent as all heck.  But there is some evidence that inconsistent pitchers are worth more to their teams than consistent pitchers with comparable overall numbers: http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/are-foolish-conistencies-the-hobgoblins-of-starting-pitche rs/
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Or it could mean Dumatrait is the one traded, or just that Saarloos' sorry butt is being sent back to Louisville.  

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

Pitching coaches and general managers and fans (and the rumor mill) are probably going to prefer the veteran presence of Morris or Contreras or Livan for their runs through September and October.  (Judging from the order of the pitchers on Heyman's list, "veteran presence" appears to roughly equate to "size of his ass.")

I don't remember the name of the episode but one of my favorite Simpson's episode has the "Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con" and Fat Tony's rat milk for the school cafeteria and Homer's line: "Rent, or Stomp, or Clomp, or some piece of crap."

And I like Helena Bonham Carter in just about everything I've seen her in but yup, she was at her smokinest in The Wings of the Dove (which, know that I think of it, I never saw the end of).

Those are probably my two favorites.

Well, they've got Abrahmam Nunez so they don't really need our versatile scrapper.  In fact, maybe we could use Abe to shore up our bullpen.

The more I've looked around, the more I think maybe the Reds should hang on to Lohse. Maybe.

That way Wayner's excited about this great trade he made, and we get to keep Dunn.

I agree wholeheartedly with the tragic gothicization of Helena Bonham Carter. She was beautiful in A Room with a View. I also agree the tHan on the Beer Baron episode of the Simpsons, but my love for Abe Simpson makes me want to nominate the Love Tonic episode and the first season Bart beats up Nelson episode.

The foolish intriguer in me says that the Braves know something about Salty that the rest of us aren't seeing. I was reminded of how savvy Schuerholtz has been trading high on his ballyhooed young talent when I watched Andy Marte strike out twice and meekly ground out to the pitcher a few weeks ago for the Buffalo Bisons.

I saw the Edgar Renteria for John Garland rumor floated a few days ago, and I think Renteria is the player I'd try to move right now if I'm the Braves. He's hitting way over his head and could bring back a solid 3rd or 4th starter like Garland. Garland's not going to return to 2005 form, but he'd be an upgrade over Davies and James behind Smoltz and Hudson and he's still only 28. Escobar and Johnson in the middle infield would make a solid young tandem, though Escobar won't replace Renteria's power.

"Homer at the Bat."  A classic episode from Season 3, and still the all-time best sports related comedy episode of any sitcom.  For those not familiar (ahem, Caleb), Mr. Burns hires nine Major League ringers for the nuclear power plant's softball team.  It's a who's who of 1991 ballplayers: Griffey, Roger Clemens, Wade Boggs, Don Mattingly, Mike Sciosia, Ozzie Smith, Steve Sax, Jose Canseco, and Darryl Strawberry, who takes Homer's spot in right field.  Roger Clemens is still a dick in this episode, breaking Homer's homemade Wonderboy bat with a blazing fastball.  Eight of the ringers suffer misfortunes that keep them from playing, and Mr. Burns never saw it coming ("Three separate misfortunes?  That's possible.  Seven misfortunes?  There's an outside chance.  But nine misfortunes?  I'd like to see that!"

It's up to the plant workers to play the championship game - except for Homer.  Strawberry is the only ringer left.  But, with the score tied in the ninth, Mr. Burns benches Strawberry - who has hit nine home runs in the game - in favor of Homer, who's bats right-handed.  "Their pitcher is left-handed.  It's called playing the percentages.  It's what good managers do" (sound familiar?).  Homer strides to the plate, becomes confused by Mr. Burns's signals, and is subsequently hit in the head to drive in the winning run.  Great episode.

I especially like the Springfield cops hasseling Steve Sax.  "New York City, huh?  I heard some guy got killed in New York City, and they never found out who did it.  But you wouldn't know anything about that, would you, Sax?"  "But there are hundreds of unsolved murders in New York every year!"  "You don't know when to keep your mouth shut, Sax!"

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The police are taunting Sax in his jail cell.  "Don't I get a lawyer?"  "You watch too many movies, Sax!"