GhostShark
CAGiversary!
Wow, there is no showboating or hotdogging at all going on there. Just the typical admiring it for a brief second before jogging the bases.
This. I just watched it again. He looks at it for a second after he hits it before jogging around the bases.Wow, there is no showboating or hotdogging at all going on there. Just the typical admiring it for a brief second before jogging the bases.
I single him out because: He is still playing today. He had/still has a huge impact on the Sox and so many of their wins. He's a Red Sox and I hate the Red Sox. Bartolo Colon is just as big of a cheater as is Andy Petite. I hate Andy Petite and Roger Clemens because they're both lying cheats and they're Yankees.Singling out Ortiz is pretty lame, no offense. He was on one list ten years ago with 100 other guys, he doesn't belong in the same paragraph as A-Rod when it comes to this issue.
I'm not going to sit here and say with 100% certainty that he's clean, because I don't really think anyone can truly know that about anyone, but come on. I promise you that neither the Yankees nor Sox got any preferential treatment.
This. Guys like Ortiz and Pettitte get of the hook because they are viewed as likeable, franchise players by the fans of their teams.I single him out because: He is still playing today. He had/still has a huge impact on the Sox and so many of their wins. He's a Red Sox and I hate the Red Sox. Bartolo Colon is just as big of a cheater as is Andy Petite. I hate Andy Petite and Roger Clemens because they're both lying cheats and they're Yankees.
He does belong in the same paragraph as Arod. Ortiz has always said he never used steroids, yet his name was on the Mitchell Report and he magically got ridiculously good when he went to the Red Sox. The Sox had a number of known steroid users including his good buddy Manny Ramirez . The only difference between Ortiz and Arod is that Arod has admitted it and hes a giant d bag. Ortiz has always played the nice guy
He went feom being a garbage player to a superstar once he went to Boston and started running with Man Ram. If we are blindly accusing people, who is to say that Man Ram wasnt running a steroid ring in Boston. We know he didnt quit using.Singling out Ortiz is pretty lame, no offense. He was on one list ten years ago with 100 other guys, he doesn't belong in the same paragraph as A-Rod when it comes to this issue.
I'm not going to sit here and say with 100% certainty that he's clean, because I don't really think anyone can truly know that about anyone, but come on. I promise you that neither the Yankees nor Sox got any preferential treatment.
Rational thought when it comes to steroids accusations? Get out of here!Let's be fair. Ortiz's last season in Minnesota he had an OPS+ of 120 and he was an above average player there in his age 21-26 years. Plus, he was never a full-timer for the Twins, never once amassing more than 500 PA's. I'm not saying one way or the other whether he uses/used, but holding his stats from his early years against him as proof that he's using isn't real proof. Not to mention that as a left-handed hitter, he's pretty well suited for Fenway.
Ortiz was an .800 OPS player as a part-timer in his time in Minnesota. Apparently this is what we call a "garbage player". He "magically" got good the same way Major Leaguers do when they enter the prime of their careers.He does belong in the same paragraph as Arod. Ortiz has always said he never used steroids, yet his name was on the Mitchell Report and he magically got ridiculously good when he went to the Red Sox. The Sox had a number of known steroid users including his good buddy Manny Ramirez . The only difference between Ortiz and Arod is that Arod has admitted it and hes a giant d bag. Ortiz has always played the nice guy
That is the standard set by the baseball writers of america. Mike Piazza and Jeff Bagwell aren't in the Hall of Fame because they had acne.Rational thought when it comes to steroids accusations? Get out of here!
Ortiz was an .800 OPS player as a part-timer in his time in Minnesota. Apparently this is what we call a "garbage player". He "magically" got good the same way Major Leaguers do when they enter the prime of their careers.
Ortiz plays the nice guy because he's a nice guy. There's no conspiracy to it.
If Ortiz did use (and I'm certainly not going to sit here and say he didn't) at least he was smart enough to either A) stop, B) not get caught once ever. Putting him in the same sentence as a guy like A-Rod whose name was tied to this stuff more than once and clearly went out of his way to keep breaking the rules is just silliness. Unless your standard is "every single guy who ever was remotely linked to steroids ever is culpable to the exact same degree." Which would also be ridiculous.
You're not really holding up a shining bastion of rationality or objectivity there. This is beside the point, but even as a Red Sox fan I don't believe that Ortiz has HoF-worthy numbers at this point in his career.That is the standard set by the baseball writers of america. Mike Piazza and Jeff Bagwell aren't in the Hall of Fame because they had acne.
Fenway is actually one of the harder parks in which to hit HR for left-handed hitters. RF foul pole is very shallow, but it gets deep in a hurry. The RF power alley is one of the largest in baseball, and CF is also deep (with a high fence, to boot).Let's be fair. Ortiz's last season in Minnesota he had an OPS+ of 120 and he was an above average player there in his age 21-26 years. Plus, he was never a full-timer for the Twins, never once amassing more than 500 PA's. I'm not saying one way or the other whether he uses/used, but holding his stats from his early years against him as proof that he's using isn't real proof. Not to mention that as a left-handed hitter, he's pretty well suited for Fenway.
Prodigious power was never something Ortiz lacked, even in Minnesota. Fenway can suppress left-handed power if you're someone who only pulls the ball, but that's not Ortiz either. I've been watching him hit at Fenway for 10 years - he uses the whole thing.Fenway is actually one of the harder parks in which to hit HR for left-handed hitters. RF foul pole is very shallow, but it gets deep in a hurry. The RF power alley is one of the largest in baseball, and CF is also deep (with a high fence, to boot).
My post wasn't meant to say that Ortiz took steroids to hit HR once he came to Boston (he did use them at some point, and may have used them further, but that's not my argument here), or that he lacked power in Minnesota. He had a .241 ISO as a 25 year old and a .228 ISO as a 26 year old while getting his swing screwed with. My point was only that Fenway suppresses left-handed power, which it does; even if Ortiz still hit a ton of HR there. His 17.2% home HR/FB rate compared to his 20.1% road HR/FB attests to that. I haven't checked (nor will I, too much work) his spray charts at Fenway, but I'd guesstimate that had Yankee Stadium been his homepark, Ortiz would have conservatively hit 25 more home HR during his career, and possibly as many as 50 or 60 more.Prodigious power was never something Ortiz lacked, even in Minnesota. Fenway can suppress left-handed power if you're someone who only pulls the ball, but that's not Ortiz either. I've been watching him hit at Fenway for 10 years - he uses the whole thing.
For example, here's his hit chart from just this season at Fenway: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/player/david-ortiz/hitchart/85214?q=david-ortiz
Ortiz may have used, he may not have, but if you watch him swing a baseball bat every day you'd be convinced that's not what makes him a good hitter. The guy is a pure hitter.
20!? There's evidence of players using chemical enhancement back in the 1800's.PEDs were and are part of the game for the past 20 years.
I'd have to think the Sox would be, yeah. They seem in no rush to give Middlebrooks another shot or to call up Bogaerts and play him at 3rd.Young clears waivers. LOLmarro fails again. What teams would be interested in him at this point? Red Sox and Texas?
Bogaerts is mashing in AAA, it's very possible that he can out hit Young for rest of the season (and certainly out field him...). Unless Young can be had for a bag of peanuts, I'd wait until September and call up Bogaerts.I'd have to think the Sox would be, yeah. They seem in no rush to give Middlebrooks another shot or to call up Bogaerts and play him at 3rd.
Running out a Brock Holt/Brandon Snyder platoon in the middle of a pennant race when they have better options continues to baffle.
Bogaerts will certainly be up in September, I think the question is whether they should wait that long. Going through August with the Holt/Snyder platoon doesn't seem like the best plan.Bogaerts is mashing in AAA, it's very possible that he can out hit Young for rest of the season (and certainly out field him...). Unless Young can be had for a bag of peanuts, I'd wait until September and call up Bogaerts.
If Ruben gives him up now I'll really be scratching my head. He wouldn't trade Young to the Yankees for a AA pitcher and for them to take his remaining salary, I don't know why he would give him away now. I'm ok with that though, get him out of Philadelphia. It's pretty obvious Ruben is totally clueless.Bogaerts is mashing in AAA, it's very possible that he can out hit Young for rest of the season (and certainly out field him...). Unless Young can be had for a bag of peanuts, I'd wait until September and call up Bogaerts.
See you in the playoffs. The NL is gonna be tough to get out of this year.13 straight and 15.5 games up in the NL East for the Braves.
I won't mind it if Cabrera wins in this year. He's clearly, hands down better offensively than Trout (and everybody on the planet for that matter) . Trout's value also comes from fielding and base running, but the bWAR and fWAR of both players are way too close to indicate a better player (based on WAR).Sadly Miguel Cabrera will win because the Tigers will make the playoffs (and he is Miguel Cabrera) and the Orioles may not make it. However, neither Davis or Cabrera should be MVP. It should be trout because he is hands down the best player in baseball, but the voters might not even give him a single vote.
I was talking about Ike the Met, not Chris the Oriole. lolSadly Miguel Cabrera will win because the Tigers will make the playoffs (and he is Miguel Cabrera) and the Orioles may not make it. However, neither Davis or Cabrera should be MVP. It should be trout because he is hands down the best player in baseball, but the voters might not even give him a single vote.
Ike crushed the last 4 months of last season, and was pretty awesome in 2010, considering he was 23. But yeah, he was horrible to start the season, and he didn't have valley fever to blame like he did last year.Haha! I figured you were talking about Chris because I never thought Ike Davis could put up numbers like that.
It's a 100% rebuild from the ground up. No time table at all. The new owners have given the new GM maximum leeway. Better be worth it.Profar looks like he is finally starting to put to together at the plate.
I wonder if the Astros are content to suck this bad again next year or will begin to spend money. If they picked up a couple decent bullpen arms they could be a halfway decent team.
Yea, prolly.''The confidence is really high,'' Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said.
I stayed up late for that one. Disappointing outcome and yes that interference call was terrible. Those goofy O's fans in the outfield stands almost made it worth it. though. LOL. Actually I think that they were putting on a show to get on camera. Still it was amusing.Heartbreaking loss to Arizona. A stupidly botched call gifting Arizona a run, along with Orioles pitchers seemingly unable to get anybody out EXCEPT one of the best hitters in the league.
Wow.The Dodgers' starters improved to 13-1 with a 1.72 ERA in their last 18 games since July 26.