Great news indeed. About damn time.

Batting practice in the Bronx today.

God, I can't believe Phil Hughes is 4-12 this season.

I know, i know.

I like the video review-ness. All about getting the call right.

Though will it lead to a drop off in managers arguing so not every "visit" counts as a challenge?

If so, it's good Pinella and Cox have retired.

Did some driving at work today, listened to some ESPN radio. A lot of the guys bitching about how MLB needed replay are now picking out the things wrong with the replay proposal that hasn't even been voted on. ESPN's relation with baseball is like the IWC with the current WWE product.

Still in first.

Brian Cashman's journey into the bargain bin continues.

Yankees sign Mark Reynolds.

He thought the gif was a Blue Jays blunder.

We all knew it was only a matter of time.

how? :wtf:

Maybe the giant BLUE JAYS logo on the field (wasn't paying attention to players really)

Just a simple mistake, no need to get like an affronted teenager. Directed to STD

Where's Screech?

Charlie Manuel out, Ryne Sandberg in.

Hall of fame players who become managers never do well. Sandberg is a dick anyway. He was butthurt when the Cubs didn't want him to manage the big league club.

The Phillies are dummies. Manuel is a good manager. He's not the reason for the struggling. How about firing the guy who gave Ryan Howard 5 years and $125 million?

Just realized Ichiro is coming up on 4000 hits a pro.

Think that will factor in his career when hes up for the hall? Dude could make 3000 in the US if he can plunk together another full season and a half. So it might not matter.

If anyone talks about him catching Pete rose, its BS.

The Japanese hits do not count. Japan is essentially a slightly higher version of AAA. 3000 is almost a given, though.

Hate this. Nothing against Sandberg personally, but Charlie was not the reason the team had been playing poorly. You can only do so much with so many injured and underachieving players.

Fuck.

Agreed. Charlie Manuel had no reason to get canned. Ruben Amaro should have traded away half the roster since they're the ones who all flipped the off switch.

Not sure who's contracts are up when it comes to managers (I know Girardi's is), but I'd be calling him the second the season is over if I was an owner/gm.

Thanks Charlie, it was a great run.

<font color=goldenrod>To be fair, Manuel will be 70 before next season. He might be content to just hang 'em up at this point.

I'm still baffled by this. Amaro drove Pat Gillick's well-built team into the ground and spent twice as much money doing it.</font>

So what's the deal with Jerry Remy up in Boston. Big news of out of there is that his kid got indicted for murder of his girlfriend. He pleaded not guilty today.

NESN and/or Red Sox front office might make him step aside from broadcasting until it all settles so they avoid bad press?

Either that or for him to have some time off to deal with recent family issues and not become too stressed that it affects his health again.

Been having some health problems in recent years where Eckersley would fill in during long road trips or just whenever he did too many games in a row.

Joba coming in, this lead is not safe.

Sometimes the Giants score 14 runs in a game. But they make sure to do it when their pitcher doesn't put together a quality start to waste.

Fuck Ryan Brain. Just saying that.

Also that Felix Doubront pitch that soriano hit out.....can't believe a major league starter threw that.

Soriano always has a two week stretch where he goes nuts. When everyone stops throwing low fastballs, he will stop hitting dingers. Still, Hell of a comeback to ny.

AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY FONZIE!

I can't wait for the stat comparing Soriano's numbers to the rest of the Yankees

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Well he made over 100 million, so mission accomplished

Currently using the Marlins to bust our load, I mean slump.

What do you think, The Fraze? Do you think the Giants can make a comeback for the division or are you ready to call it quits? 17 games back is hard to make up but there's a lot of division games left. I suppose anything can happen.

Only 13.5 for the wild card. Seems doable.

What do I honestly think? Season's over, probably. What will I keep saying because I won't ever give up on any of my teams no matter how bad they are? We're not out until the math says so.

Used to watch all the games with my dad in the mid-90's when we were bottom dwellers.

Yeah. Seems like the wild card is the best chance. Obviously the Dbacks are in a better position to take the the division than the Giants and I still don't like their chances. But you never know. All it takes is a blowup from the Dodgers. Or the enivitble blowup from Pittsburgh. How great would it be if they choked and wound up 80-82. Hilarious.

One thing we're both in agreement about: Fuck the Dodgers.

I will not be able to stand the Dodgers going to/winning the WS. It will make me legitimately angry, they're the Raiders of baseball. I don't think the Giants will end up in last place in the NL West, maybe third. Not that the third place team in the NL West isn't embarrassing, it's just "less" embarrassing. Hoping the Pirates don't collapse. They deserve it.