Friday, January 22, 2010
Pirates. World Series. 2014
You know what my main problem with this article is? Last year's Pirates were a team 5 years later. 2 years ago's Pirates were a team 5 years later. 3 years ago's Pirates were a team 5 years later. That is 12 straight seasons of being a losing team "5 Years Later". If you want to have hope, fine, but this guy's argument is ridiculous.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
I am America... correction... the WORLD
Just wanted to let say that the 2010 AskMen lady rankings are out, and the top 2 are no other than my personal top 2 - as stated during Offord's contest (though in the wrong order). Shouldn't that nullify everyone elses votes and declare me supreme decider of all things attractive?
The answer is yes. And here are my other 2010 choices:
Hottest Pirate: Blackbeard
Hottest kitty: Professor Purrsalot
Hottest Lego Set: Mohammed
That's all for now.
The answer is yes. And here are my other 2010 choices:
Hottest Pirate: Blackbeard
Hottest kitty: Professor Purrsalot
Hottest Lego Set: Mohammed
That's all for now.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
First Baseball Post of 2010
I am sooo bored lately, so please comment! I have power rankings, division predictions, and other stuff ready to go, but I will wait until the remaining big name free agents sign in the next month or so. Therefore, I'll just start the conversation about the Pirates, since I'm sure that's what everyone wants to talk about...
So far, in free agency, the Pirates have actually been fairly active in attaining low cost, low risk players that may provide some help to the team in a small role. These include:
2B Akinori Iwamura (via trade), OF John Raynor (Rule-5), OF Ryan Church, OF Brian Myrow, SS Bobby Crosby, RHP DJ Carrasco, LHP Javier Lopez, RHP Chris Jakubauskas, LHP Brian Bass, LHP Neal Cotts, RHP Vinnie Chulk, and of course, Bailey the pup.
Definitely nothing major, but at least Huntington is sticking to his goal of not wasting any money on free agents and instead using the money to sign young players and invest in the draft and in Latin America. One player not on the list is Miguel Angel Sano, who the Pirates tried so hard to covet and instead scared him off. He signed for about the same amount we offered with the Twins, even though the Buccos have a great scout in Latin America who was one of the first to contact the kid. That, combined with the Matt Capps disaster, has made this offseason a negative in my view.
What we do have is a lot of options. Not good options, but a lot of options none-the-less. The 25 who will definitely be on the opening day roster are:
Position players C Ryan Doumit, C Jason Jaramillo, 1B Matt Clement, 2B Akinori Iwamura, SS Ronny Cedeno, SS Bobby Crosby, 3B Andy LaRoche, IF Ramon Vazquez, OF Lastings Milledge, OF Andrew McCutchen, OF/1B Garrett Jones, and OF Ryan Church. That leaves 1 or 2 spots available to go to Delwyn Young, Brandon Moss, Steve Pearce, and John Raynor (Rule5).
Pitchers SP Zach Duke, SP Ross Ohlendorf, SP Paul Maholm, SP Chad Morton, SP/RP Kevin Hart, RP Joel Hanrahan, RP Evan Meek, and RP Javier Lopez. That leaves 3-4 spots including 1 for a starter/long reliever, 1 for a lefty, and 1 or 2 more spots. Candidates include RHP Steven Jackson, RHP DJ Carrasco, RHP Jeff Karstens, RHP Daniel McCutchen, RHP Chris Jakubauskas, LHP Brian Bass, and LHP Neal Cotts.
I would put my money for the final spots on Delwyn Young, Stephen Jackson, Carrasco, Bass, and Jakubauskas. At the least, there will be some competition for the final spots, so that will be about as exciting as it gets for Pirate fans. Tabata will be up in May most likely, so that will probably remove Young from the roster, as well as Lincoln or McCutchen replacing one of the righty relievers.
That's about my thoughts on the current roster as of this moment. Nothing spectacular, but at least enough talent to probably keep them from losing 100 games. I currently have them ranked above only San Diego and Toronto, but that could change if some of the new guys resurrect their careers, and some of the young guys live up to potential.
Thoughts?
P.S. I decided to stay a Pirates' fan...however, go Rays!
So far, in free agency, the Pirates have actually been fairly active in attaining low cost, low risk players that may provide some help to the team in a small role. These include:
2B Akinori Iwamura (via trade), OF John Raynor (Rule-5), OF Ryan Church, OF Brian Myrow, SS Bobby Crosby, RHP DJ Carrasco, LHP Javier Lopez, RHP Chris Jakubauskas, LHP Brian Bass, LHP Neal Cotts, RHP Vinnie Chulk, and of course, Bailey the pup.
Definitely nothing major, but at least Huntington is sticking to his goal of not wasting any money on free agents and instead using the money to sign young players and invest in the draft and in Latin America. One player not on the list is Miguel Angel Sano, who the Pirates tried so hard to covet and instead scared him off. He signed for about the same amount we offered with the Twins, even though the Buccos have a great scout in Latin America who was one of the first to contact the kid. That, combined with the Matt Capps disaster, has made this offseason a negative in my view.
What we do have is a lot of options. Not good options, but a lot of options none-the-less. The 25 who will definitely be on the opening day roster are:
Position players C Ryan Doumit, C Jason Jaramillo, 1B Matt Clement, 2B Akinori Iwamura, SS Ronny Cedeno, SS Bobby Crosby, 3B Andy LaRoche, IF Ramon Vazquez, OF Lastings Milledge, OF Andrew McCutchen, OF/1B Garrett Jones, and OF Ryan Church. That leaves 1 or 2 spots available to go to Delwyn Young, Brandon Moss, Steve Pearce, and John Raynor (Rule5).
Pitchers SP Zach Duke, SP Ross Ohlendorf, SP Paul Maholm, SP Chad Morton, SP/RP Kevin Hart, RP Joel Hanrahan, RP Evan Meek, and RP Javier Lopez. That leaves 3-4 spots including 1 for a starter/long reliever, 1 for a lefty, and 1 or 2 more spots. Candidates include RHP Steven Jackson, RHP DJ Carrasco, RHP Jeff Karstens, RHP Daniel McCutchen, RHP Chris Jakubauskas, LHP Brian Bass, and LHP Neal Cotts.
I would put my money for the final spots on Delwyn Young, Stephen Jackson, Carrasco, Bass, and Jakubauskas. At the least, there will be some competition for the final spots, so that will be about as exciting as it gets for Pirate fans. Tabata will be up in May most likely, so that will probably remove Young from the roster, as well as Lincoln or McCutchen replacing one of the righty relievers.
That's about my thoughts on the current roster as of this moment. Nothing spectacular, but at least enough talent to probably keep them from losing 100 games. I currently have them ranked above only San Diego and Toronto, but that could change if some of the new guys resurrect their careers, and some of the young guys live up to potential.
Thoughts?
P.S. I decided to stay a Pirates' fan...however, go Rays!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Fantasy Football and the Playoffs
I know everyone cares, but this season I finished 1,1,2,3,4 in my 5 fantasy football leagues, with a total winnings of $230. Definitely my best season ever, and next year I am going to try to find a higher stakes league...
In more relevant news, would anyone like to join a small Fantasy Playoff league? Buy in would be $10-20 and I will use a point system similar to Yahoo! regular season leagues.
In more relevant news, would anyone like to join a small Fantasy Playoff league? Buy in would be $10-20 and I will use a point system similar to Yahoo! regular season leagues.
Dexter v. Heroes
I am currently watching Dexter Season 3 on DVD, and after watching an episode last night, then watching Part 1 of Heroes that aired on Monday, I realized the difference is staggering. Not that it should be much of a surprise to anyone, but the acting, story, quality, suspense...pretty much everything is so much better on Dexter that I think this will be the last season of Heroes I watch. It was pretty much like watching a major league baseball playoff game, then watching a double A team, or worse, the Pirates.
And if anyone wants to discuss Dexter, and is not so far along that they still remember Season 3, I'm all for it. As for Heroes, I think I'll pass on writing any more reviews since notta one person jumped in on the conversation last time.
And if anyone wants to discuss Dexter, and is not so far along that they still remember Season 3, I'm all for it. As for Heroes, I think I'll pass on writing any more reviews since notta one person jumped in on the conversation last time.
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