Looking to trade OF for any non-OF

If you are looking for OF help, I'd like to trade any one of my outfielders for any non-outfielder.

3B for pitching

Looking to trade Youkilis or Michael Young for top tier pitching.

I'm back, bitches!

Although it is extraordinarily unlikely that I'll actually win, my spectacular pitching over June (2.99 ERA, 1.16 WHIP) has vaulted me back into the league as a potential spoiler. I'm going to ride out this hot streak for the time being to see if the preposterously unlikely can occur. Sorry for those of you who were eying Cliff Lee and his preposterous K:BB ratio of 19. Cliff Lee's K:BB can buy cigarettes and porn! Another start or two and it'll be on to booze!

Steals - to punt or not to punt?

Trying to make deals FOR stolen bases has been nearly impossible. SO I'm strongly considering punting the category. Whether or not I do will depend on the comparative strength of deals involving netting steals vs. me giving them up.

SO if you want Gardner or Ellsbury let me know. I'm pretty much interested in anybody who can help me in the other 9 categories. Hurry before your competitor gets Gardner!

Fourth and long...

I am down to 24 points. I believe this is the low point of the season, although if any of you are well versed in Shadenfreude, feel free to correct me. I'm at 24 points, and even if I go with extremely rosy predictions of the future, I'm still totally fucked. So... you want the pitcher with the best K:BB ratio in MLB? Let me know! My team is officially open to any and all dump trades! I'm eying <$10 keepers, but no reasonable offers will be tossed out. Strike now before your competition scores Cliff Lee!

Just a great story

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2010/06/15/nava_still_rolling_against_all_odds/

Time is on my side, yes it is!

Dear FIFA,

This is what is known to most of the world as a clock:







In some sports, they use an iteration of this device to keep time. This clock is stopped when the play stops (e.g. the ball goes out of bounds, there is a penalty, etc.) and resumes when play resumes.

There are even large scoreboards displaying the clock so fans know how much time remains in the game that look like this:








And guess what? When the clock reaches ZERO , the game is over! Imagine the possibilities this concept can bring to your sport. No more referees arbitrarily deciding how much "extra time" remains and then equally arbitrarily deciding when to actually end extra time. No more meaningless substitutions at the end of extra time to make sure extra time is actually nearing its end.

I know, I know. It's a lot to take in. Just think about it.

How about a backstop

Would like to trade Kurt Suzuki for some pitching. Let me know if you're interested. I'm looking at you, teams starting AJ Pierzynski, John Buck, Matt Wieters, and Joe Mauer (okay, maybe not that last one).

More Proof Connecticut Doesn't Belong in New England

According to the ever scientific ESPN SportsNation poll, The Constitution State is more interested in GROUP PLAY of the World Cup than Game 5 of the NBA Finals.

Just Strange and Unrelated

I literally have no way to watch 90% of Orioles games and I live about 50 minutes south of Camden Yards. The local sports channel here, MASN, broadcasts both Orioles and Nationals games. When they are playing at the same time (which is most nights with 7:05 start times), MASN will show the Nationals game (makes sense, considering I'm about 10 miles from Nationals Park). However, under mlb blackout rules, I am considered to be living in both the Nationals and Orioles market. This means through the mlb.tv internet package (or if I bought the mlb extra innings package through cable) I am blacked out of both Nationals and Orioles gamesm, which gives me no avenue to watch the Orioles (and also blacking me out from the 19 Red Sox/O's games each season ).

Apparently this is not an uncommon problem and happens throughout the US with overlapping markets and the tv broadcast not expanding to all of those places.

My question is - in who's interest does it serve to have the current system setup like it is? Why wouldn't MLB want me to be able to watch the O's? I understand giving preference to the local TV station broadcasting the game, but I do not understand not having ANY avenue to view a certain team. Any thoughts?

TROLOLOLOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Just wanted to make sure that everybody noticed that in the last 6 days I have gained a total of 15.5 points to move from 7th to 1st place.

1B needed!

I'd very much like to acquire a first baseman today or early tomorrow, before lineups lock. I will trade any one of my OFers (Lind is the only one I'm reluctant to move, but I could be convinced). To complicate matters, I'm moving to my new apartment this afternoon and internet has not been set up yet. If I can't steal some wifi somewhere, I may have trouble replying to offers. Text me with ideas/offers - 315-651-1025.

My strange season

I'd just like to point out the following about my team right now:

• I am first in 4 out of 5 offensive categories
  
• Despite being first in home runs and average, I am third to last and pretty far behind in RBIs
• I am last or second to last in 4 out of 5 pitching categories
• Despite being last last in ERA, WHIP, and second to last in K's, I am first in wins

Ouch, Spencer

Hardball Times on John Lackey
"Recommendation: Sell him in all formats if you can, cut him if you can't. Forty cents on the dollar seems fair."

The Orioles' Closer Carousel

So far this season the Orioles have cycled through four different closers – Mike Gonzalez, Jim Johnson, Alfredo Simon, and Will Ohman. A total of $11 in the draft was spent on the O’s bullpen, and so far in free agency $39 has been spent. To put this in perspective, $39 is just under 5% of the total free agent budget for the entire league and an incredible 21% of all money spent on free agents. To make matters worse for those scrounging for saves, the price of the Orioles bullpen appears to be increasing.

Closer du jour	$	Type	Team	Saves	Date
F. Mata	2	FA	Luke	?	5/29/2010
W. Ohman	20	FA	Caleb	?	5/29/2010
A. Simon	14	FA	Luke	6	5/1/2010
J. Johnson	3	FA	Spencer	1	4/10/2010
M. Gonzalez	11	Draft	Spencer	1

Let's have some fun with these numbers. Using a logarithmic trend line (meaning the value for the Orioles' closer is approaching a maximum value, rather than a linear trend line, where there is no limit for how much money to throw at the current closer) the value for the closer of the week is still increasing substantially. The logarithmic trend line has just about a perfect fit (R^2>.97) and pegs the value of the next closer (the recently demoted Cla Meredith? the recently bumped from the starting rotation David Hernandez?) should go for $25. Of course, if Mata is next in line, Luke may have saved himself a bundle of free agent money, having only spent $2 on him So, if you're looking to get a great deal, grab those Orioles relievers now!

Wow

Just, wow. I'm not sure if you have seen the replays of the "final" out of the Tigers-Indians game, but do yourself a favor and go watch it. For those who haven't heard, Armando Galarraga had retired the first 26 batters he faced, and got Jason Donald to ground to first. It wasn't an automatic play, and Galarraga had to cover first, but Donald was out by a step. And then Jim Joyce called him safe. Joyce has already admitted he was wrong, but it is too late now, and Armando Galarraga is left out of the history books. I understand some of the arguments against replay (particularly fears of slowing down the game), but isn't it more important to get it right? With the past few weeks, MLB umpires are approaching NBA ref levels of incompetence.

How did Taylor lose 5 points in one day?

Was it sustainable or flukey?