MLB 2012 (random postings/events)

[mooby]

Shane Victorino traded to Dodgers, ending eight-year run in Philadelphia | Big League Stew - Yahoo! Sports

I love a good firesale from our rivals.

[ArtMonkDrillz]

This is kind of amazing:
New York Yankees Facebook Page Announces Derek Jeter To Miss Rest Of Season Due To Sex Change [UPDATE: A Bunch Of Other Teams Hacked Too]

[mooby]

I know the Nats' page got hacked too, it said something about them moving back to Montreal. That's pretty funny.

[Chico23231]

Curt Henning spotted up in Seattle. Pretty impressive.

[Chico23231]

San Francisco Giants' Melky Cabrera launched fake website in ruse, report says - ESPN

WHAT!

"The purpose was to fool MLB and the players' union, while presenting them with the website and resulting phony product information, into believing Cabrera had ordered a supplement fraudulently spiked with testosterone, therefore causing the positive drug test, the report says."

Lol...

[SmootSmack]

Jim Joyce, umpire who cost pitcher a perfect game with blown call, saves woman’s life with CPR - NY Daily News

[NC_Skins]

New York Yankees' Joe Girardi heckled by fan at postgame news conference - ESPN New York

"Hey, Girardi, you bum! The Yankees suck!"

Because suddenly, there was Girardi breaking out of the pack, leaving a YES Network camera crew shooting his back and a gang of reporters watching in bemused disbelief, and shouting at the top of his lungs at a total stranger on his way out of the ballpark.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Shut up! I'm doing an interview!" he said.

Then Girardi turned to a stadium security guard. "Do something, would you? Shut this guy up." "Yeah, kick me out!" the fan said, laughing as he headed out the door.

"Jesus, for crying out loud," Girardi muttered as he headed back into the media scrum.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Jim Joyce, umpire who cost pitcher a perfect game with blown call, saves woman’s life with CPRÂ* - NY Daily News

Redemption and a great story. I still remember that guy almost breaking down after he ruined that perfect game.

[Chico23231]

ESPN - OTL: The Long, Strange Trip of Dock Ellis - E-ticket

awesome story, really liked the presentation of the materials

[SmootSmack]

Wow!

Red Sox wave white flag with trade

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Wow!

Red Sox wave white flag with trade

This causes me to worry about the Nat's chances MUCH more than the whole Strasburg shut down thing. Once this goes through the Dodgers will be freaking stacked!

[mooby]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

This causes me to worry about the Nat's chances MUCH more than the whole Strasburg shut down thing. Once this goes through the Dodgers will be freaking stacked!

Seriously. Jesus that trade will be huge. I hope it doesn't go down lol.

[Monkeydad]

Insane deal. The Dodgers were a contender BEFORE adding these guys. A-Gonz hit a HR in his first AB with the Dodgers too.

I really love to see the complete implosion of the Red Sox. Hopefully they'll go back for another 86-year drought. Their fans are unbearable when they're winning.


I just looked up their new roster. What a lineup:

Shane Victorino
Nick Punto
Matt Kemp
Adrian Gonzalez
Hanley Ramirez
Andre Ethier
Luis Cruz
A.J. Ellis

Plus Carll Crowford on DL fr next year?

Solid bench with Adam Kennedy, Juan Uribe, Juan Rivera.



Starters:
Kershaw, Backett, Capuano, Harang, Billingsley (DL), Lilly, Blanton

[SmootSmack]

New deal for MLB and ESPN

ESPN has agreed to a deal that locks down MLB rights into the next decade, according to several sources. The eight-year deal is worth $5.6B (an average of $700M per year), approximately doubling the nearly $306M ESPN currently pays MLB every year for domestic TV rights. The new deal adds in digital, international and radio, for which ESPN is paying MLB around $50M currently, sources said. Sources added the deal will be announced as soon as this afternoon. As part of the deal, which runs through ‘21, ESPN retains the rights to "Sunday Night Baseball," its Monday and Wednesday night games and highlights for "Baseball Tonight."

ESPN also will carry one Wild Card playoff game, sources said. In its current deal, ESPN does not have rights to any MLB playoffs. As part of the deal, ESPN adds more digital rights, the rights to show games in-progress and some radio and international rights. ESPN also picked up rights to carry games featuring more popular teams, like the Yankees and Red Sox, more frequently.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

New deal for MLB and ESPN

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To somehow Monkeydad complaining about this.