tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62509282011-06-08T02:09:23.412-04:00Random thoughts about anything, but mostly sports and baseball, with a side portion of politics. We will accept reader submissions on any subject, if they tell the truth!jackofheartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14718275221802110704noreply@blogger.comBlogger241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1087789613625619202004-06-20T22:52:00.001-04:002004-06-20T23:47:32.146-04:00

Well, the entire time Gagne was in he got ungodly friendly calls. That was pretty amazing the calls he got. Though, he's got lethal stuff.

jackofheartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14718275221802110704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1087785030724893752004-06-20T22:26:00.000-04:002004-06-20T22:30:30.723-04:00

You know, Gagne coming into the game in LA is pretty cool, and the most amazing part is that he gets people to stay at the game. Imagine that, people in LA actually stay past the 6th inning.

jackofheartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14718275221802110704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1087782977943744892004-06-20T21:23:00.000-04:002004-06-20T21:56:17.943-04:00

The Devil Rays 11 game winning streak is nice for the fans of the Devil Rays (Do they exist?) but stuff like this happens once a year and invariably leads to everyone saying they turned the corner and are ready to take on the Yankees (Not really, but you get the point). A little help from the Scheduling Gods and the Baseball Gods can lead to streaks like this. The Brewers last year won 10

jackofheartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14718275221802110704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1087755339161330832004-06-20T14:15:00.000-04:002004-06-20T14:15:39.160-04:00

You 2, should we continue to publish stuff on this thing?

jackofheartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14718275221802110704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1077826075591924192004-02-26T14:56:00.000-05:002004-02-26T15:10:46.576-05:00

The following article is a post in reaction to the comment by "Larry" in response to the article by Professor Bobbington titled "Is it because Barry Bonds is not your best friend?": Dear Larry, I am more than a little confused by what you meant when you said, in your comment made on the 25th of february in the year 2004 at exactly 2:25:04, "nevermind a white guy I've given a pass to." Could

Waldohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07506128651352475909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1077581827291689802004-02-23T16:57:00.000-05:002004-02-23T20:32:45.733-05:00

Seriously, it's quite sad. Lost in all the hoopla of A-Rod, Yankees, Soriano, financial flexibility, Tom Hicks being a greedy money-grubbing piece of shit, is that people are forgetting about the greatest player in this generation, the CURRENT best player, and one of the greatest of all time. I've heard way too much shit recently that Alex Rodriguez is the best player in baseball. This is, quite

Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783751025825785820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1076696047035815252004-02-13T13:11:00.000-05:002004-02-13T13:18:18.513-05:00

I got this today. Politics, it's supposed to be about records. You want the truth? Look at the records. We have a problem here in America. We are not using our privilege that empowers us, the right to vote. When used, it is not done responsibly. If we voted properly, we would do so by using our hearts, conscience and conviction of what we believe in. Instead, we vote based upon what the media

jackofheartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14718275221802110704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1076461280344685442004-02-10T20:00:00.000-05:002004-02-10T20:13:21.873-05:00

When John Lennon wrote those words some twenty-five odd years ago, it was taken as just part of the idealistic vision of the world that he incorporated into his solo masterpiece “Imagine.” Unfortunately, it was also a line that seemed to die with him just off of Central Park West in the coldest of months in 1980. It was a vision of the 60s and the Regan Years of the 80s were roaring in for the

Waldohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07506128651352475909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1076034160017348042004-02-05T21:22:00.000-05:002004-02-05T21:33:20.390-05:00

With all this saga over Maurice Clarett, everyone's been comparing him to Curt Flood. This is such a ridiculously dumb statement on so many levels. But the biggest, and by far and away the most important, and the only one I'll talk about here, is the fact that Curt Flood did NOTHING. He LOST his case. He did not "pave the way for free agency", his action was not the "cataylst that led to the

Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783751025825785820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1075836117603169712004-02-03T13:47:00.000-05:002004-02-03T14:24:16.653-05:00

Would the NFL restrict two-point attempts to the AFC only, or the NBA make three-point arcs exclusive to the West? Never. Yet the DH likely will never disappear from baseball even if the position is never adopted in the NL, Sean McAdam writes. This is on the ESPN MLB front page. This is a ridiculous statement to make. Would the NFL restrict two-point attempts to the AFC only?!?! Come on, would

jackofheartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14718275221802110704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1075579587498991112004-01-31T14:59:00.000-05:002004-01-31T15:09:07.576-05:00

The question posed was whether there was any good from the war in Iraq: Well I do believe a lot of good happened from the War in Iraq. There is not a single person who believes Sadaam was a good influence on the people of Iraq - he gassed the Kurds, actively persecuted one of the Muslim faiths (I don't know which one off-hand), and was an ruthless dictator who lived in luxury while many others

Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783751025825785820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1075420718882809932004-01-29T18:53:00.000-05:002004-01-29T19:07:47.793-05:00

ESPN is reporting that Colorado Is Being Accused Of Using Sex Parties To Recruit If this is true, Colorado should be put on severe sanctions. This is ridiculous. Maybe Lionel Hutz should represent them.

jackofheartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14718275221802110704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1075402691649126412004-01-29T00:26:00.000-05:002004-01-29T14:00:23.326-05:00

First of all, it's mind bogglingly stupid to say that government programs are just robbing people of money. They provide the jobs that keep the economy going, without government programs many people don't have jobs. One of the main points of FDR's New Deal was to provide jobs to Americans who were fired from their jobs because of a ridiculous trickle down theory that failed miserably. Just

jackofheartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14718275221802110704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1075344814740368452004-01-28T21:21:00.000-05:002004-01-29T10:40:01.513-05:00

What always gets me is people's inability to seperate the right move with the right result. Some managers can make all the right moves and still lose, and some managers can make all the wrong moves and still win. Usually, the wrong move gets the wrong result, such as Grady Little leaving in Pedro Martinez too long, and the right move get the right result, such as virtually any time Joe Torre

Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783751025825785820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1075271891121393172004-01-28T01:09:00.000-05:002004-01-28T01:51:00.106-05:00

Okay. I am a REAL republican. What does that mean? That means exactly what the republican party was meant to stand for, small government. (It also means I'm not a racist biggot, but that's for another day). I want the government to stay the fuck out of my life, pardon my french. Now, why do I have to state that I am a REAL republican? Because, quite frankly, the current Republican stance on

Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783751025825785820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1075156174309980992004-01-26T18:45:00.000-05:002004-01-26T19:07:50.106-05:00

How good is Peter Forsberg right now? Whenever the man plays (not very much this year) he's scoring points like it's going out of fashion. the 1.696 points per game he's doing, if over a 82 game season would be 139 points, which hasn't been seen since 1995-96 (Super Mario scored 161 points, and Forsberg himself had a not too shabby 118 points). Here are the points per game leaders this year (

jackofheartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14718275221802110704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1074399731889655512004-01-19T19:10:00.000-05:002004-01-20T18:15:56.560-05:00

What is going on here people? How does anyone think that the Astros have the best rotation in the majors? Clemens and Pettitte added to Miller and Oswalt makes it a good rotation, but in the class of Mussina, Brown, Vazquez, Contreras, or Pedro, Schilling, Lowe, Wakefield. No chance. Even the Cubs and A's are right there with the Yankees and Red Sox. For simplicity I'll use ERA+, and the top 4

jackofheartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14718275221802110704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1073625429254727882004-01-09T00:15:00.000-05:002004-01-09T00:18:41.053-05:00

I understand hustling to get from 1st to 3rd on a hard-hit single to center, and that deserves credit. Some players do that and deserve praise, others do not and should be reprimanded. But sprinting to 1st base on a walk is nothing more than hotdogging it - it's hustle that in no way helps the team win - false hustle. I'd rather have a guy save his energy for the time he needs it then wasting it

Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783751025825785820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1073536195047219142004-01-07T22:57:00.000-05:002004-01-09T00:15:03.853-05:00

Barry Bonds just posted one of the greatest seasons of all time. Sadly, it was an off-year for him. After two previous years of 1.379 and 1.381 OPS (for those who are not very smart, OPS is a pretty quick short hand way to measure overall value at the plate. It's pretty damn effective), which are the highest and 3rd highest (Ruth had a 1.379 that is slightly better when you go to another

Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783751025825785820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1073289010707501832004-01-05T02:20:00.000-05:002004-01-09T00:15:20.586-05:00

I'm going to ignore the BCS. That's for another day. I believe there needs to be a playoff, but if you don't have a playoff, the current BCS is a VERY good system. I say eliminate "number of losses" from the formula and it's a great one. But that's for another day. Ignoring the BCS, still, LSU is the national champion. There is no argument for USC. LSU played a tougher schedule, and beat better

Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783751025825785820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1073236758640897882004-01-04T15:01:00.000-05:002004-01-05T00:03:20.240-05:00

"They need a left-handed starter," one major league advance scout said. "At Yankee Stadium, teams are just going to stack their lineups with left-handed hitters. I don't know who it would be, but you have to have a left-hander there." The Yankees do not have to have a left handed pitcher in their rotation at all. People like to think that you need a lefty so that you give teams different looks

jackofheartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14718275221802110704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1073204981442931762004-01-03T17:29:00.000-05:002004-01-04T03:30:46.123-05:00

I keep on hearing complaints about how Terrell Owens is a cancer, Terrell Owens is bad for the team. These people are wrong. Owens is an incredible talent who works insanely hard and wants the ball because he is the best player on the team and can help the team win. He openly complains to coordinators when he doesn't get the ball, not because he's selfish as some people have you believe, but

jackofheartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14718275221802110704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1073073950327992902004-01-02T14:40:00.000-05:002004-01-09T00:15:41.056-05:00

When you are consistely posting near 1.000 OPS FROM THE SHORTSTOP POSITION, have had 8 straight years of good numbers with only one year of any real injury, always at the top of the leaderboard in every category, play great defense, again, from the SS position, are good-looking and marketable, and good with the media to boot, heck when you will be remembered as one of the top 10 baseball players

Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14783751025825785820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250928.post-1073072222570444692004-01-02T14:37:00.000-05:002004-01-02T15:26:43.676-05:00

This is going to be our place to use our mouths, err, fingers to just talk about whatever is on our minds at the time. It could be about anything really, anything at all.

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