Roundup: Watch This Guy Jump Over a Lamborghini, a Bull Gores a Man in the Head (Really Gross) & Catching Up with the Chilean Miners One Year Later
Jessica Biel … Superhero Phoenix Jones was arrested … couple calls 911 after getting lost in a corn maze … here’s Clooney getting his mack daddy vibe on with Stacey Keibler … boys and girls to share dorm rooms at UCLA? … anyone ever hit famed NY club Limelight in the 90s? It’s turning into an IHOP … a deer visited a Sprint store in Pennsylvania … Esquire has tabbed Rihanna the sexiest woman alive in 2011 … former Austin Powers actor accused of killing his cellmate … uh, this happened in Kansas: “City repeals ordinance banning domestic battery” … probably the best thing I’ve read about Moneyball … gang member looking for Gold gets pistol-whipped and stabbed after breaking into someone’s house …
“Emmert is interested in where the increased revenue streams generated from switching conference affiliation are going.” Sure he is. [Post-Gazette]
The Jets traded unimpressive, disgruntled receiver Derrick Mason to Houston for a conditional draft pick. Great signing, Tanenbaum. [NYDN]
Remember that Peyton Hillis-Miami-sickness discussion? Hillis now fesses up – his agent advised him not to play. [Plain-Dealer]
Catching up with the Chilean Miners one year later. It ain’t a pretty picture. [NYT]
Yup, I think the Texans need to turn in a good showing against the Ravens or people will start talking about Houston as a fraud. The record of teams Houston has beaten? 3-11. [Chronicle]
Before you jump on Oregon -16 against Arizona State, you should consider the Sun Devils height advantage. [Oregonian]
Ecuador 1, USA 0. The Klinsmann era is off to a slow start. [Soccer by Ives]
Here’s Amare talking about starting a new basketball league. [Hoops World]
You kind of feel bad for Frank Haith, right? [ESPN]
You’re probably not aware of the turnaround in the Indiana St. football program. [Fox Sports]
“The charges against Harvest Prep by the OHSAA include recruiting, changing grades to allow players to remain eligible, not filing proper paperwork on student-athletes who transfer to the school and coaches in numerous sports not having proper certification.” [Dispatch]
Interesting Al Davis anecdote in here about the time he called Boris Yeltsin. [ESPN LA]
This bullfighter got gored in the head. The slow-motion version is REALLY GNARLY.
Cool or dumb? Watch this guy jump over a lambo.
A reader has suggested this should be in the Roundup. It’s two years old, but enjoy.
Look, a Steve Young flash mob!
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October 12th, 2011 at 8:12 AM
Jessica Biel is always a great way to start the day. Yum.
/awaits the wrath of SC from that Red Sox article and the eventual CJ-SC battle
October 12th, 2011 at 8:14 AM
He was the third WR in a run-first offense with a quarterback that can barely complete enough passes to two.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:14 AM
I am just so completely and utterly pissed off after reading that. Unfuckingbelievable.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:14 AM
Good team, but not quite on the level of UNI / Georgia Southern yet.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:15 AM
Always rooting for the bull.
And for a pack of dogs to get Mike…….
October 12th, 2011 at 8:15 AM
The fucks a flash mob?
October 12th, 2011 at 8:16 AM
impossible…the only agent with influence over thundercock is gravity.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:16 AM
YOUR nhl leader in goals today, Matt Cooke. I bet that makes everybody feel warm and fuzzy inside.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:17 AM
Never before have people had such issues with videogames, fried chicken and beer. But when TLR gets behind the wheel and falls asleep and nothing happens, people roll over.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:17 AM
“Who throws a shoe?”
October 12th, 2011 at 8:18 AM
vivaldi’s four seasons is a little more than two years old, bro.
/i keed
//id put my bow in her f-hole
October 12th, 2011 at 8:18 AM
I’m more pissed off at the general apathy, decline of effort and conditioning, and not a single player doing anything about it. And how this wasnt a story while the season was still going on is beyond me.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:19 AM
October 12th, 2011 at 8:20 AM
Herman Cain thinks the Chilean Miners are a bunch of pussies who need to suck it up and find a real job.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:20 AM
Kindl leads the league in +/- and Big Error is tied for 2nd.
JARRING.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:21 AM
What Red Sox article?
October 12th, 2011 at 8:21 AM
The Jets traded unimpressive, disgruntled receiver Derrick Mason to Houston for a conditional draft pick. Great signing, Tanenbaum.
my only regret is that the Jets didn’t have him long enough for him to make a crucial, game losing drop. Because that’s his thing, for sure.
That bull just destroyed that matador. That really looked awful.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:22 AM
People always want to air dirty laundry after the fact and not during the season. Just is the way of the world. The conditioning is kinda crappy though, they’re pro baseball players, they should know they have to stay in shape. Obviously they don’t have the dedication that Doc does.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:23 AM
Oh and word from Bob McKenzie is that the Wings would likely be moved to the SOUTHEAST division. That kinda stupid….
October 12th, 2011 at 8:23 AM
Team Bull…screw those matadors
October 12th, 2011 at 8:23 AM
- “Maybe I’d be a vet.”
- “An evil vet?”
- “No, maybe work in a petting zoo.”
- “An evil petting zoo?”
- “YOU ALWAYS DO THAT!”
October 12th, 2011 at 8:23 AM
Here, Fred
I mean, no one noticed this going on while the season was still going on? Didnt feel like writing about it back then?
October 12th, 2011 at 8:25 AM
this crazy american, skeletorovich, he call and want make trade for alexander karelin. he offer draft pick, first round, no problem.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:30 AM
The fucks a flash mob?
what do you get for the man who has everything? You get a bunch of people to interrupt his lunch, and then later you make him pay for that lunch.
His little daughter (the one in the rainbow jumper) looks vaguely simian. She’ll probably grow out of it, but she looks like a monkey. I can say that because she’s a little white girl.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:32 AM
Thanks CJ.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:35 AM
The first time I didn’t feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can’t deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!”
Steve Young…..meh
October 12th, 2011 at 8:36 AM
Wow CJ. I can’t believe no one reported that during the season.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:38 AM
I like Wofford as the best team in FCS, given how well they played Clemson. It was an indictment of Clemson at the time, but I think now it shows how strong Wofford is.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:39 AM
I’m glad that dickhead in the trenchcoat with the shitty cell phone provider didn’t ruin it.
/WE ARE!
October 12th, 2011 at 8:41 AM
Wow CJ. I can’t believe no one reported that during the season.
the “best” part of that stupid article was the part where winning both halves of a doubleheader was described as “the beginning of the end” for team unity.
If I ever see Terry Francona, I’ll make sure to allude to his drug use.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:41 AM
Good luck.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:44 AM
I guess the Boston media just wanted to be sure the collapse was completed first, then popped their champagne to a whole offseason’s worth of stories.
That and the part about his marriage was totally out of line, but expected.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:44 AM
Here’s Amare talking about starting a new basketball league.
Good luck.
step one of the process if finding somebody to pay Amare 23 million dollars a year. That’s as far as he’s gotten with this plan.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:45 AM
NOPE.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:46 AM
My 2 comments somehow got combined, but you get what Im saying
October 12th, 2011 at 8:47 AM
The first person that writes a negative story about the culture of a winning team will be either ignored or vilified.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:48 AM
/Michigan-Michigan State week
October 12th, 2011 at 8:49 AM
It wasnt a winning team for a solid 5 weeks before the season ended.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:52 AM
I wonder if there’s any correlation between Derrick Mason being a malcontent, and him only having 13 catches through 5 games, while needing almost 80 catches on the season to get to 1000 career.
Because if he can get to 1000, then he’s absolutely assured of being the worst receiver in NFL history with 1000 catches. And I’m pretty sure he’d hold that title for all time.
Right now he’s the worst receiver in NFL history with 937 catches, but you know how people like the round numbers.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:54 AM
Actually, he might have had 1200 passes if Steve McNair wasn’t his QB for 75 percent of his career.
That’s part McNair, but mostly playing for running teams with high school passing philosophies.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:55 AM
This is true. I just think Red Sox writers didn’t want to believe a collapse could actually happen. When it did…anything and everything was fair game like you said in 32.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:56 AM
forgot the “/he should have fit in perfectly with the Jets” tag
October 12th, 2011 at 8:58 AM
Now a woman who’ll kiss on a very 1st date is usually a hussy,
And a woman who’ll kiss on the second time out is anything but fussy,
But a woman who’ll wait till the 3rd time around
Head in the clouds, feet on the ground,
She’s the girl he’s glad he’s found,
She’s his Shipoopi. Shipoopi! Shipoopi! Shipoopi! The girl who’s hard to get!
October 12th, 2011 at 8:58 AM
Oh you wild Mormons.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:59 AM
I’ll take it one step further, and proclaim that he’s the worst receiver in NFL history with 700 catches. Heck, let’s make it make 675. Lavernanues Coles had 674, and he’s the first guy on the list whom I would take Mason over.
October 12th, 2011 at 8:59 AM
I take it you dont know Boston writers well.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:01 AM
yeah like Sanford, which one was the article on the sawx?
October 12th, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Comment 22
October 12th, 2011 at 9:03 AM
Yep, take away one of the 3 best WRs in the NFL and their big outside pass rusher and they look mighty fraudy.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:04 AM
I can’t believe Pedroia did not pick a fight with someone.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:05 AM
Thats whats most surprising. He was one of the select few who gave a shit, yet nothing about him throwing down with one of those fatties? Disheartening.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:07 AM
I really thought this was going to be a female superhero because the name sounds like a pornstar. Then when I saw this masked vigilante I was not surprised he was arrested. Blade was always harassed by law enforcement as well.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:07 AM
So does that mean Penn St has a quality win!?!?!?
October 12th, 2011 at 9:07 AM
what if you went by yardage? Eric Moulds is only 2k behind Mason.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:09 AM
I’ll take it one step further, and proclaim that he’s the worst receiver in NFL history with 700 catches. Heck, let’s make it make 675. Lavernanues Coles had 674, and he’s the first guy on the list whom I would take Mason over.
I’m totally OK with all of that. I can’t stand Derrick Mason. I couldn’t stand him on the Titans, who I tended to root for, and I really couldn’t stand him making game losing drops on the Ravens. He is not a good player. And whoever let him have half of every Monday and all of every Tuesday off made a bad GMing move, for sure.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:09 AM
My thoughts.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:10 AM
The name that sticks out on that list is Santana Moss, because he is a piece of shit.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:11 AM
what if you went by yardage? Eric Moulds is only 2k behind Mason.
I have no recollection of Harold Jackson. I recognize the name Stanley Morgan, but that’s it.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:12 AM
Bravo!
October 12th, 2011 at 9:16 AM
Because if he can get to 1000, then he’s absolutely assured of being the worst receiver in NFL history with 1000 catches. And I’m pretty sure he’d hold that title for all time.
Right now he’s the worst receiver in NFL history with 937 catches, but you know how people like the round numbers.
Actually, he might have had 1200 passes if Steve McNair wasn’t his QB for 75 percent of his career.
That’s part McNair, but mostly playing for running teams with high school passing philosophies.
His best years were spent playing on a team built around Eddie George. Then he goes to Baltimore. Neither a pass-happy team.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:16 AM
uh, this happened in Kansas: “City repeals ordinance banning domestic battery”
I take it you didn’t bother reading the article.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Don’t bring up McNair on this blog unless you have information on his killer.
/read the Bill of Rights
That Austin Powers guy is a disgusting human being. Someone should find the video of his MMA opponent beating the hell out of his privates.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:19 AM
Sox owners soon suspected the team’s poor play was related to lingering resentment over the scheduling dispute, sources said. The owners responded by giving all the players $300 headphones and inviting them to enjoy a players-only night on principal owner John W. Henry’s yacht after they returned from a road trip Sept. 11
So they had to bribe grown men who are paid gobs of money to actually do their jobs? Seems reasonable.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Clowning Rihanna = sad.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:24 AM
jessica biel is one of the hottest women alive, with a delicious butt. good job tbl.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:25 AM
Clowning Beyonce = creepy…then hilarity.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:25 AM
A poor man’s Lynn Swann whose best years came on some really shitty teams. He was the deep threat on some good Rams teams too.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
Who cares about the Red Sox? I just hope Theo doesn’t bring that dysfunction with him if he comes here.
I’m torn this morning. Sure, the Cubs are on the brink of making an upgrade in the front office. It’s not the guy I wanted, but it’s a definite upgrade. I do have something to be happy about but it’s not Theo Epstein. It’s that my owner has a pulse and he handled this discretely. I gave Tom Ricketts a lot of shit at the get go because his biggest accomplishment Year One was getting a Toyota ad and building a macaroni noodle in front of my baseball cathedral. In the last 3 months though he’s canned the problem in Hendry and gone out looking to make a big splash in the front office.
I’m drinking to Tommy Ricketts this morning, not some Harvard “savior.”
October 12th, 2011 at 9:26 AM
jessica biel is one of the hottest women alive, with one of the most scrumptious butts. ex-CELL-ent tbl.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:27 AM
damn stupid computer.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:27 AM
Speaking of, did everyone see Beyonce’s flabby foldy ‘baby bump’? She’s faking it!
October 12th, 2011 at 9:28 AM
What is this Red Sox article people are talking about? Don’t see it in Roundup.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:28 AM
Ok. I guess I can take a little joy in 5 million chicken littles in pink hats this morning. Just a little though. For the first time in 3 seasons I can concentrate on my own team instead of trolling you Sawks fans.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:28 AM
lol. No one respond to this.
Also, if you start your days with drinking it explains a lot.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Speaking of, did everyone see Beyonce’s flabby foldy ‘baby bump’? She’s faking it!
I saw it looks really wierd. My wife thinks she may be pregnant but is lying about when the baby is due.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Hahahaha, I wont hold my breath
October 12th, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Jessica Biel = fantastic female specimen, not-so-great an actress.
Here’s hoping Playboy’s in her 2012 future.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Fuck yeah. I always root for the bull. That’s a brutal and inhumane “sport”.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:32 AM
And in one line, you’ve summed up what kind of a fan you are.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:32 AM
If Papelbon doesn’t blow it in Baltimore that nonsense in the Globe is never written. Francona probably still resigns but I don’t think that 9 pages of crap should engender any panic in Boston.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
I won’t ask for a link, but I won’t not click one.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:33 AM
https://twitter.com/#!/BreakingNews/status/124114937697153024
Report: Red Sox GM Theo Epstein agrees to 5-year deal with Cubs worth more than $15 million
October 12th, 2011 at 9:34 AM
Panic isn’t the right word, but when have you ever worried about that before?
It’s more sad than anything.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:34 AM
We can only pray and hope for this.
Oh and Papelbon is going to the Yankees.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:34 AM
Flash mobs are fucking stupid. If any of you participate in one, I will drive my car straight through your little dancing group gathering.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:35 AM
Jessica Biel = fantastic female specimen, not-so-great an actress.
Here’s hoping Playboy’s in her 2012 future.
that makes me nervous. i would probably destroy my peen if that happened.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:35 AM
One that doesn’t cause my manager emotion stress because in the city I live in they don’t require an unmarked police car to sit outside his home in fear of nutjobs like you doing something irrational?
I’m OK with that.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:36 AM
Always a reassuring feeling to know that your team is run by someone who knows what the fuck they are doing, even if success isn’t imminent or assured. Gotta feel a little better to be a Cubs fan this morning.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:36 AM
I really like the bottom shelf on that Jessica Biel.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
That did look weird. Plus the way she sat down, didn’t look like she was pregnant either.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
Speaking of, did everyone see Beyonce’s flabby foldy ‘baby bump’? She’s faking it!
http://www.wwtdd.com/2011/10/is-beyonce-pregnant-or-not/
Bizarre.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
Now who wants to talk about NHL realignment? How come the Red Wings are getting all the breaks?
That’s from Bob’s Twitter. He was on a roll last night. Just floating a ton of rumors about what it might look like next year. I would love to have CHI-NSH-MIN-STL-WPG in the Central next season. That’d be sweet.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:37 AM
I would much prefer he go to the Mets, for many, many reasons.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
What do we get what do we get what do we get
October 12th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
TBL how can you say feel bad for Frank Haith when you havent ran anything about that story since Robinson broke it? You and most other people all but deemed The U guilty after the story ran and now you wanna say “feel sorry for him”
October 12th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
We agree! YAY!
October 12th, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Gotta feel a little better to be a Cubs fan this morning.
Leave it to Theo to get a raise after overseeing one of the biggest collapses in baseball history. It wasn’t all his fault, obviously, but some of those contracts. Woof.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Huh? Link?
October 12th, 2011 at 9:40 AM
CARLOS! CARLOS! CARLOS! CARLOS!
October 12th, 2011 at 9:41 AM
/logs into Fringe forum
October 12th, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Also my concern.
Olney was floating Brett Jackson. I would not be cool with that. Anyone but him and Castro. If they want Garza, fine. Whatever. We’re still two years from even being competitive in the NL Central anyways. I am hoping it’s AA ball and lower though. Prospects.
I’m not planning a parade route or anything but will there be anyone in baseball history that accomplishes more if Epstein comes here and wins? That’s a fun hypothetical discussion.
/still a pessimistic Cubs fan
//still can’t even imagine winning a playoff series, let alone a World Series
October 12th, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Indeed. Even though the Cubs shouldn’t be a good team right away, the dynamics in that division could change pretty quickly depending on how free agency goes this winter.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:42 AM
One that doesn’t cause my manager emotion stress because in the city I live in they don’t require an unmarked police car to sit outside his home in fear of nutjobs like you doing something irrational?
Huh? Link?
He’s just trolling. The article mentioned that Tito lived in a hotel all season.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:42 AM
I would love to have CHI-NSH-MIN-STL-WPG in the Central next season. That’d be sweet.
And would piss off Colorado and Dallas, both of whom are more likely targets to join the Central.
SC, Whitney is on the IR, practicing but still likely a couple weeks away.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:42 AM
If they win in the next 5 years, Theo can retire at the age of 42 with a ticket to the hall of fame. Amazing.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:43 AM
You have to think the Cubs overpaid for Epstein and his name value. Classic Cubs move when you think about it.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:43 AM
You have to think the Cubs overpaid for Epstein and his name value. Classic Cubs move when you think about it.
/nods
October 12th, 2011 at 9:43 AM
What do marital problems have to do with the fans again?
October 12th, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Buccigross had a tweet last week that said they had to place an unmarked police car outside Theo’s home starting in 2006. It was a precaution but they were worried about nutjobs doing something rash.
Listen, I realize every fan base has them and the few tarnish the reputation of the many but that’s still crazy to hear.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:44 AM
What do marital problems have to do with the fans again?
Is that a rhetorical question, or are you asking me?
October 12th, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Too busy posting articles about osu…blogs can handle only one college scandal at a time
October 12th, 2011 at 9:45 AM
took the words right out of my mouth.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Couple weeks? Damn. That ankle is taking forever to heal. Is he going to be a top pairing guy when he gets back or will they ease him in? Will he be skating with Hall-Eberle-RNH too? Just curious in terms of what kind of points he can generate. His +/- doesn’t matter to me since it’s not a stat in the fantasy league this year.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Kinda like multiple death threats to a random fan who tried to catch a foul ball?
October 12th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Exactly like that.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
So you’re saying SC should lower his glass to Ricketts?
It’s a good point, really, but doesn’t mean that bad process can’t lead to good results.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:49 AM
See, CJ? Aren’t I more rational when I’m not a wounded animal? You can thank Tom Ricketts for the change in perspective. Even if he doesn’t land Theo, he’s done a hell of a job on this search. Nothing leaked to the press. Going after big targets. Doin’ work. It’s like he hired Seal Team Six to do this general manager search. Big fan of Mr. Ricketts this morning.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:49 AM
So you’re saying SC should lower his glass to Ricketts?
If I were a cubs fan, I’d want them to hire the NEXT Theo on the cheap, not the current one who has had a string of FA signings blow up in his face. But that’s just me.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Yup.
/2009 Yankees
October 12th, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Overpaying for a general manager/president of baseball operations doesn’t concern me as much as signing a declining player with a limited skillset to a massive long term contract. Or a headcase to a 3 year contract. Or another headcase to 5 years and $90M. Or importing the hybrid Ichiro/Matsui for $50M.
Rusty is just trying to get a rise. He’s worried that he’s going to lose his gay Canadian to the Blue Jays. The Rainbow Coalition in Cinncitucky just wouldn’t be the same with out him.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:52 AM
boys and girls to share dorm rooms at UCLA?
I don’t see the big deal if it’s an optional thing. Guys and girls living together off campus is common.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:52 AM
It will be sad when Theo signs another amazing first basemen this year. Sad for you that is. Or Taguchi.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:52 AM
That would be immensely amusing, however the Mets are probably going to resign Reyes and that’s it.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:52 AM
The Cubs are better off today. No question about that. But new school, analytical GMs are almost a commodity at this point. $3 million a year plus whatever prospect/player they are giving up is nowhere near the market rate.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:52 AM
You can conjure ways to criticize anything, but if you really think this is a bad move by the Cubs you are just being Internet Contrarian Guy.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Shakir Bell is a stud. This is a pretty cool story.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
BLARG
October 12th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
If Epstein can get a World Series for the Cubs, then his next job should be with the DNC.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:53 AM
anyone ever hit famed NY club Limelight in the 90s?
Plenty of times and it was fucking awesome!
October 12th, 2011 at 9:54 AM
It will be sad when Theo signs another amazing first basemen this year.
Well first of all.. you needed to pay a guy $15 Million to offer one of the Best free agents out there a $200 million contract? I don’t think the cubs will go after Fielder, but that’s certainly NOT what they’re paying Theo all that money for. I could tell you Prince is a great player. Prince is going to end up in DC.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:54 AM
Diamondbacks would like to take David Wright off the Mets hands.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:54 AM
That’s the part that I agree with you on. The money? The Cubs print their own money. Just like the Yankees and Red Sox. They just haven’t spent it wisely in the past few… decades.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:54 AM
If we trade him, we’ll get a massive haul. On par with the Teixeira trade, with the added bonus that Votto is a better player. If the Blue Jays want to give up Lawrie and X for the Canuck, let’s make it happen.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
Thats interesting. Daniel Snyder method in DC.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:55 AM
I’ll be more impressed by the team that signs whomever the Rays’ number 2 guy is. They sure as hell seem to know what they’re doing. And cheaply too.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
The only person you need to follow on this CJ is Carrie Muskat. She will be the first Cubs source that learns about how much the Cubs pay Theo, when the deal is complete and what the Red Sox get out of it.
All of the information to date has come from Red Sox sources. The Cubs are mum about this because Ricketts has said that’s how he wanted this to go. When it’s done/if it gets done, Carrie will be the first to know. She always is.
October 12th, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Thats interesting. Daniel Snyder method in DC.
That owner has tons of money he doesn’t mind spending (as illustrated by the Jason Werth contract).
October 12th, 2011 at 9:58 AM
I just don’t understand why the Reds want to trade Votto possibly. They have a shot at the division next year. The Brewers will lose a major cog. The Cardinals might lose Pujols. Next year the Reds should have a major shot at the playoffs. Why trade your best player?
October 12th, 2011 at 9:59 AM
This is why I love TBL — only place I know to feature hot women playing the shit out of Vivaldi. On a sports blog. Keep up the good work. Oh, and the guy jumping the Lamborghini? Totally dumb AND cool. And Jessica Biel, YES.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:00 AM
The Brewers will lose a major cog
Meh. They lose Fielder, which is huge, but their pitching staff they have under raps for another year. I don’t think their drop off will be all that much. Braun is ridiculous. They find someone who can replace just half of Fielder’s numbers and they’ll be contenders.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:00 AM
OK, this “Reds may trade Votto this winter” is news to me. Is this a case of Reds management saying something on the record, someone getting some anonymous source, or pure speculation based on the Reds having trouble signing him after next year?
October 12th, 2011 at 10:00 AM
That ankle is taking forever to heal. Is he going to be a top pairing guy when he gets back or will they ease him in?
Worth a read. He’ll be the #1 guy, but some talk of a conditioning stint in the AHL first.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Phillies are first in line.
Mat Gamel should be fine at first, fairly similar approach as Fielder, just a little less power (more like 30-35 HR)
October 12th, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Mat Gamel should be fine at first, fairly similar approach as Fielder, just a little less power (more like 30-35 HR)
I hope you’re right, but I’m less than impressed by what I’ve seen out him so far when he’s been called up.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:03 AM
1) I don’t think they will trade him.
2) He’s one of most valuable properties in baseball. Close to $40 million of equity.
3) The Reds have a serviceable replacement. They do not have major league ready pitching.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Olney said they would listen to offers on Votto, but aren’t committed to doing anything. I think they’re seeing their options since they have Alonso who is a 1B. In addition, they don’t have much payroll flexibility.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Well, WEEI is reporting it’s official… c’mon Carrie. Let’s hear it.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:04 AM
You can’t base assuptions of a player based upon September call ups and limited service time. They need at least a full season of play in addition to 500 PAs.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
There are maybe *maybe* five guys in MLB that have 30-35 HR power. He is not one of them.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
the Red Sox post is here! yea!
October 12th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
You can’t base assuptions of a player based upon September call ups and limited service time. They need at least a full season of play in addition to 500 PAs
Oh, I know. I’ve been spoiled though.. Fielder and Braun were hitting dingers and getting on base in their first games in the majors.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:06 AM
There are maybe *maybe* five guys in MLB that have 30-35 HR power. He is not one of them.
I’d be ecstatic if Gamel hit 25 HR’s next year.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:06 AM
I admit to being behind here, but I thought Alonso was being tried at a corner OF spot. Even if that fails, still think trading Votto is highly unlikely and this is one of those things people spend time more time talking about than is actually warranted.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:09 AM
If the Brewers don’t win the World Series this year, they’re fucked. It won’t happen with the current group of players and the rest of the NL getting much, much better than they are. Especially the East division.
That’s my take.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:09 AM
I feel five is a little low. Are you saying first basemen only?
October 12th, 2011 at 10:10 AM
If you’re the Rays and you’re offered Votto & Grandal for Shields and say Tim Beckham, would you turn down that deal? You get Votto for 2012 and a huge catching prospect that’ll be ready in 2013, plus if the draft compensation system isn’t changed, two picks in a stacked 2013 draft.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:11 AM
and the rest of the NL getting much, much better than they are. Especially the East division.
Good thing they play in the shitty Central then, eh? Phillies won’t be better than they were this year. Mets.. no. Braves… ditto. San Francisco… okay. D’Backs… how are they going to get any better? The Brewers won’t be as good, but I’d still say they’d be favorites to win that division next year.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Kaplan and Muskat reporting! IT’S OFFICIAL! WHO WANTS SOME FUCKING CHAMPAGNE?!?!?
/pops bottles
//it’s the $8 Walgreens stuff
///was saving the Dom for Friedman or Hahn
October 12th, 2011 at 10:12 AM
30-35 HR guys: Pujols, Votto, Fielder, Braun, Howard (when healthy), JUpton, Tulo, Cargo, Kemp, Tex, ARod, Cano, Holliday, Pena, Uggla, Stanton, Adrian Gonzalez, Bautista, Miggy, Hamilton.
I’d there’s a lot more than 5 30-35 HR guys.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Yeah, except the Reds would never make that offer unless they are fucking retarded.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Alex Rodriguez is no longer a 30 HR candidate, IMO. He won’t be playing more than 130 games the rest of the way each season. I think he’ll be lucky to play 100-110.
The rest of those guys I could probably get on board with.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Well, I was using hypothetical, but Shields could do some major damage in the NL, esp. the NL Central. And the Rays would probably have to throw in more pieces anyway if that trade were to happen.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Bauer, Skaggs, Parker.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:22 AM
Yeah, like half of their top 10 guys.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Why wouldnt Nashville move to the Southeast? That seems like the obvious move? Is Detroit trying to leave the West?
October 12th, 2011 at 10:28 AM
I’m not talking about can hit or have hit. I’m talking about who you could reasonably project to hit 30 homers.
Tulo, Votto, Kemp, Hamilton, A-Rod, Upton, Cano, Holliday, Pena? No shot.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:34 AM
Tulo hit 30 this year and 33 the year before and plays in Colorado, absolutely. Votto, can and will do so. JUpton is turning 24 next year and plays in the third easiest park to hit HR in the majors, his power numbers are going to surge in the years aheaad. Pena has been a fairly consistent 25-38 HR hitter.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:36 AM
Spring is my favorite season from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
October 12th, 2011 at 10:58 AM
If you average the major projection system, only 7 guys were expected to hit more than 32.5 homers. With a lower scoring environment this year, expect that number to go down.
Next year, 10-12 guys will probably fluke to 30+ homers. But that’s not the same as projecting a guy to hit 30+.
October 12th, 2011 at 12:35 PM
Dammit. All I’ve been able to think about all day has been the fleeting and impossible notion of Jessica Biel in Playboy. Thanks a lot.