Posted on 08/24/2012 6:53:08 PM PDT by Bullish
Adrian Beltre just hit for the cycle for the Rangers.
And Matt Harrison had a no-hitter through 7 and 2/3rds before giving up a hit. I don’t know if there ever had been a no-hitter and a cycle in the same game.
Wow!
I think salaries are ridiculousy high and teams should follow the template of the Oakland A’s and try to cobble together a cheaper team which can be very exciting for fans when it all works out.
Actually it was 6 and 2/3rds before he gave up the hit. ...darn, so close to history.
I’m hearing reported it’s a done deal!!!!!!
Having said that Barry Zito had a pretty good game last night.
Go Giants!
You pay 2.1 Billion for a Team you better try and buy a Campionship
There have been 256 no-hitters thrown in major league history and 287 cycles. They never occurred the same in the same game.
And just the other night, Beltre hit 3 home runs.
Really? Looks like the Red Sox are just dumping their garbage on you.
Giants pitching has the Dodgers in a panic, especially after the 3 game sweep.
And the schedule greatly favors the Giants the rest of the way.
Taking on 260Million in salary with 40+ games left is a desperation move, and those AL players will take a while to adjust to the NL
Either way, Giants win the West, especially when their pitching gets hot again in Sept, not that it’s not bad now.
If Lincecum returns to form, it’s all but over as the Giants have 3 starters with an ERA of 2.85 or lower.
Even Barry Zito pitched a gem last night.
John Henry appears to be cleaning house of the crybabies who wanted to blame Bobby Valentine for the team’s tailspin. It is also coincidental that the players being traded failed to go to Johnny Pesky’s funeral and had a chip on their shoulders when asked why they didn’t go to the funeral. Many Red Sux fans have stated they do not intend to follow the team until all those who failed to go to the funeral are gone. It appears to me that John Henry is getting rid of the overpaid crybaby ringleaders of the two revolts against the team.
Baseball's a funny game.... It's streaky too.
We'll see
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I had a Yankee fan respond that the Bombers are trying to cut payroll. I told him if the national debt could bat .350 with 50 HRs, the Yankees would find a way to pay for it.
Hallelujah!!
Red Sox unload Beckett (cancer), Crawford (one of the worst signings in club history), Punto (virtually useless). Hate to see A-Gon go, but if he’s the price you have to pay to unload $200m worth of suck, you have to do it.
Boston papers also reporting that the Red Sox will only have to eat 5% of the salary in the deal.
Thanks, LA! Christmas in August for Red Sox fans!
I understand your frustration with Beckett and Crawford (and Lackey and Daisuke??? and others). Beckett may well be done but I doubt Crawford is and Gonzalez certainly is not. You can take the $ and sign a Josh Hamilton this coming winter but Loney at 1B? Rubby De La Rosa?
It is your favorite team but I don't think I make that deal if I were in your shoes. Young Steinbrenner seems committed to having payroll under $189 million by 2014. I really doubt that the Yanks will be signing any big contracts soon. Given that commitment of young Steinbrenner (who, unlike his dad, has the soul of an auditor), we cannot afford what we have.
Such is life under Comrade Selig the redistributionist incompetent running baseball.
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