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[TheHurl]

The Florence Freedom are giving Lenay Kekua bobbleheads out to fans tonight.

 

 

It's an empty box.

[o2cui2i]

Rios' was at fenway 20ft from the wall down by peskys pole. A really bad play would have been to let it bounce over the wall for a double, but instead if managed to knock the ball 20ft up into the stands. not even close, Thames went up and made a legit attempt and bobbled it over the wall.

[o2cui2i]

the florence freedom are giving lenay kekua bobbleheads out to fans tonight.

 

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it's an empty box.

 

lulz!

[GD]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/05/mariners-to-demote-jesus-montero.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

So Jesus Montero just got demoted.

[TheHurl]

Who catches in Tacoma?

[Angrioter]

Imagine if Smoak, Ackley and Montero had worked out. The Mariners would be the envy of the AL.

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Source: Mariners will pick Catcher Reese McGuire in this year draft.

Zunino 2014 Catcher

Montero 1B/DH

McGuire best minor league catcher

[Angrioter]

Uehara high five

 

http://www.mlb.com/cutfour/index.jsp?partnerId=as_mlb_20130523_8221294#contentId=48368336

[DwightDM]

Miggy with another Jack tonight.. is he approaching Bonds' prime-era scariness?

[Laika]

Miggy with another Jack tonight.. is he approaching Bonds' prime-era scariness?

 

Relative to his peers, almost.

 

His wRC+ is at 211 right now.

Bonds broke the 200 mark 4 times during his peak. 212, 233, 234, and 244.

 

Now, obviously, Bonds did those over 4 full seasons and Miggy's # is only after ~45 games or so.

[Fearthedoc]

Miggy with another Jack tonight.. is he approaching Bonds' prime-era scariness?

 

I don't think anyone will ever come close to Bonds' prime scariness. We're talking wOBAs of .540. His OBP actually topped .600 in 2004.

 

That being said, Miggy is doing this in the post-steroid era. He has been remarkably consistent and should have some great years left ahead.

[Fearthedoc]

Imagine if Smoak, Ackley and Montero had worked out. The Mariners would be the envy of the AL.

 

It just goes to show you how unpredictable prospects can be. All these guys were top 15 prospects at some point.

[P2F]

I don't think anyone will ever come close to Bonds' prime scariness. We're talking wOBAs of .540. His OBP actually topped .600 in 2004.

 

That being said, Miggy is doing this in the post-steroid era. He has been remarkably consistent and should have some great years left ahead.

 

232 BB:41 K that season lol. Absolutely ridiculous.

[digiblader]

With all those 'roids Bonds was on, nobody wanted to pitch to him. And nobody's touching 232 BB...

[Deadpool]

I don't think anyone will ever come close to Bonds' prime scariness. We're talking wOBAs of .540. His OBP actually topped .600 in 2004.

 

That being said, Miggy is doing this in the post-steroid era. He has been remarkably consistent and should have some great years left ahead.

 

Man, it would suck if Cabrera ended up testing positive for something... I so hope he's doing this clean.

[digiblader]

Terry Francona is giving the Sox nightmares--and Middlebrooks hurt his back. 6-3 Cleveland. And Detroit is losing to Minny 5-2 due to Porcello's poor pitching offsetting Cabrera's HR.

 

The way Cabrera's hitting, 90-100 RBIs is a possibilty by the All-Star break.(record is 103, BTW by another Tiger, Hank Greenberg. Juan Gonzalez(101) and Carlos Delgado (97) are next closest.)

[DwightDM]

Yes I mean relative to the rest of the league. Bonds' numbers were insane and not likely to be matched. But right now I think Cabrera is the scariest batter to face in the past few years.

[digiblader]

Did anyone see that absolute blast by Mike Trout in the Royals game? It said 430 feet.. but it almost hit the scoreboard!

[digiblader]

Now it's 12-3. Boy, does Boston wish they had a long-man right now.. with 3 more games against the Indians this weekend, they're going to need deep outings from Lackey, Lester and Doubront this weekend.. and the sked for Boston gets difficult, with the Phillies and the YANKEES next.

[Dylan]

Utley headed to DL with strained oblique

[kcjaysfan]

Did anyone see that absolute blast by Mike Trout in the Royals game? It said 430 feet.. but it almost hit the scoreboard!

 

That was seriously crushed. It's hard to judge the distance between the wall (410ft) and the base of the scoreboard, but that looked closer to 440-450ft to me.

[digiblader]

Forgot to also mention that Boston's June sked is BRUTAL--with games vs the Rangers, Rays, Tigers, O's.

[Fearthedoc]

That was seriously crushed. It's hard to judge the distance between the wall (410ft) and the base of the scoreboard, but that looked closer to 440-450ft to me.

 

Being a Trout owner in a dynasty league.. I can fap to this.

[Angrioter]

Utley headed to DL with strained oblique

 

Aaron Sanchez will stay here a little longer

[ByronBlaze]

Cabrera: 387/459/685 (think this didnt update for tonight so May 22)

Bautista: 353/500/816 (May 22, 2011)

 

Don't remember Jose getting near the amount of headlines.

[Deadpool]

Cabrera: 387/459/685 (think this didnt update for tonight so May 22)

Bautista: 353/500/816 (May 22, 2011)

 

Don't remember Jose getting near the amount of headlines.

 

I honestly don't remember Bautista having a BA that high ever... But, frankly, doesn't shock me that he'd have been overlooked in that sort of head-to-head comparison regardless...

[wilko]

Cabrera: 387/459/685 (think this didnt update for tonight so May 22)

Bautista: 353/500/816 (May 22, 2011)

 

Don't remember Jose getting near the amount of headlines.

 

It got him on the cover of the Show two years in a row brah.

[Deadpool]

It got him on the cover of the Show two years in a row brah.

 

But only IN CANADA!

[wilko]

But only IN CANADA!

 

lulz

[kcjaysfan]

Being a Trout owner in a dynasty league.. I can fap to this.

 

Apparently, the true distance was 463ft.

[Captain Adama]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/miguel-cabreras-ridiculousplate-coverage/

 

The article's nice and the .gif here is the sexiest one I've ever seen, if someone can put it here that'd be great. I'm too retarded to know how to embed them here.