Another day, another Tulo injury

[BigDDude]

The king of the 120 game season is at it again.

Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki is expected to miss a couple of days with a bruised left calf after being hit by a pitch in the Rockies' 6-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.
Tulowitzki fell to the ground and clutched his leg after Arizona starter Wade Miley hit him with a fastball with two outs in the fourth. He limped to first before leaving the game.
X-rays were negative, but it was a scary moment for the Rockies, who have seen their three-time All-Star suffer numerous injuries.
"It hit him on the outside of the leg, so it didn't hit the bone or anything," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "He won't be in there (Thursday), but I don't think it will be long."
Miley said he was trying to work Tulowitzki inside and it cut too far.
When asked whether he thought Miley might have been intentionally throwing at Tulowitzki after Arizona slugger Mark Trumbo was hit in the top of the fourth, Weiss said, "I don't know."

 

[BigDDude]

Manny is, still in fact Manny


The way Manny Ramirez tells it, he fell down and got back up. Now, as he approaches his 42nd birthday, he wants to play in the major leagues again.
Ramirez, in an exclusive telephone interview from Miami on Wednesday with FOX Sports, admitted that he made mistakes using performance-enhancing drugs. But he said he learned from those mistakes, and wants to share those lessons with younger players.
Yes, this was Manny Ramirez talking, talking in a way that he never has before.
"When you make a mistake in life, no matter what you do, you're going to pay the price," Ramirez said. "That's what happened to all of the players that did it. I'm not going to judge people. Everybody is human. Everybody makes mistakes. ...
"You're going to feel guilty about what you did. But you did it. You move on. And you learn from it."
What would he tell young players about PEDs?
"Not just young players," Ramirez said. "I use myself as an example to my son who is in college, playing baseball: 'Look what daddy went through because daddy didn't do things right.' When you do things right, you don't have to look back. You always look forward.
"Sometimes, we get caught up in the moment. We start hanging out with the wrong people. But you know, everything in life happens for a reason, so you can appreciate what you are.

"Now I appreciate it more and I'm so hungry to get back, just to get that feeling that I used to have before. I appreciate my family more, my kids, everything that God gave me."
Ramirez has acknowledged testing positive for the female fertility drug human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in 2009 while with the Dodgers and for artificial testosterone in 2011 with the Rays.
He received a 50-game suspension in '09 and was on the verge of a 100-game suspension in '11, but he referred to his discipline as "the best thing happened to me."
"I appreciate what I have more," he said. "And I know I've got to take care of it. Before I do something, I've got to think twice: 'If I do this, this is going to come out.'
"Before you did things and you didn't worry about the consequences. Now you've got the knowledge and experience. You know you've got to do the right thing."
Ramirez, who turns 42 on May 30, is free to return to the majors; he retired in 2011 to avoid his second suspension, but his penalty later was reduced to 50 games and baseball now considers it served.
The question is whether Ramirez has anything left. He has not appeared in a major-league game since April 2011, failing to escape Triple-A with the Athletics in '12 and Rangers in '13.

In both minor-league stints, Ramirez flashed little of his old power; his combined on-base/slugging percentage of .698 was nearly 300 points below his 19-year major-league OPS of .996.
Ramirez, though, said he adopted a different training regimen this winter, working out at a CrossFit center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and then driving to Miami to hit with former major leaguer Miguel Tejada for the rest of the morning.
He started hitting earlier. He resumed lifting weights, something he did not do a year ago before beginning his season in Taiwan. And he hired a new agent, former major-league shortstop Alex Gonzalez, who said that Ramirez is drawing interest from teams that know he is willing to accept a minor-league deal.
What kind of player does Ramirez think he could still be?
"I could be like Raul Ibanez," Ramirez said, referring to the respected Los Angeles Angels designated hitter who is just three days younger than him and coming off a 29-homer season with the Mariners.
"I look at him, he's such a great person in the clubhouse and a role model ... and he still can play, don't get me wrong. I remember Raul when he was in Seattle. He used to hit .300, hit 30 home runs. Now he might not hit you 35 like he used to, but he can hit you 20 or 25 and help young guys in the clubhouse. That's how I look at myself right now."
But can Ramirez still hit?
"Let me ask you a question," Ramirez said. "I'm 41 years old and you're asking me if I could still hit the way I used to hit. Nobody is going to hit like when they were 25, 27 or 30 when they're 41 years old. I don't care how good you are. It's not going to happen. But you can contribute in other ways."
Ramirez mentioned not just Ibanez as an example of a positive influence, but also the Indians' Jason Giambi, 43. Rangers general manager Jon Daniels, who signed Ramirez to a minor-league contract last July 3 and released him on Aug. 14, said that Ramirez indeed was a good teammate at Triple-A.

"I do think he's at a point where he truly is playing for the love of the game," Daniels said. "He went to (Triple-A) Round Rock --€” no issues. We had an organizational policy on hair €-- no issues.
"He was one of the first guys there each day. He helped some of the younger guys in the cage. The coaching staff spoke really highly of him."
Ramirez said he changed as a person three years ago after facing a misdemeanor domestic-violence charge for allegedly slapping his wife, Juliana, during an argument and spending the night in Broward County Jail.
The state of Florida later dropped the charge after Juliana failed to cooperate with investigators. But Ramirez said the incident prompted him to become a Christian.
"When I came out of jail, the court, they didn't let me see my kids," said Ramirez, who is the father of three sons. "I was sleeping in another house. One day I woke up and looked myself in the mirror. And I said to myself, something needed to change. I needed to change.
"I started going to church, going to Bible study, getting into the Lord. I started reading more and listening to the Lord talking to me. It was awesome. I don't regret it. The Bible says, ‘What happens if a man accomplished everything in the word and loses his soul?' "
Ramirez also views his use of PEDs without regret, saying his transgressions led him to a better place.
"In your life, you're going to mature," Ramirez said. "Sometimes you've got to fall and get up to know who you really are. That's what happened to me. I fell. I got up. Now I know what I really want in life."
Ramirez talks about becoming a hitting coach after he retires, starting in the minors and working his way up. But for now, he just wants to keep playing baseball.
"Why not?" Ramirez said. "That's the thing that I love the most. Why not keep doing what I love?"

 

[Brocktagon]

manny was the dumbest to ever play the game. we loved him, he was funny. but fucking dumb. at one point, guy made $20 million per year and didn't know if he could afford a new car lol

 

[molsaniceman]

Big D there is a fantasy league on the fantasy baseball thread they want u to join Its a draft only Draft and then forget it no trades or adds If anyone else cares to join could use cple more players

 

[RedSoxWorrld]

manny was the dumbest to ever play the game. we loved him, he was funny. but fucking dumb. at one point, guy made $20 million per year and didn't know if he could afford a new car lol

who's the fat guy on the ATV?

 

[RedSoxWorrld]

Big D there is a fantasy league on the fantasy baseball thread they want u to join Its a draft only Draft and then forget it no trades or adds If anyone else cares to join could use cple more players

the fuck is a draft only draft?

 

[BigDDude]

What a Bozo!

Athletes have all kinds of role models. Cincinnati Reds pitcher Trevor Bell's is a clown, and he doesn't care who knows it.
Bell, who pitched in the Reds farm system last year and is in spring training with the major league team this spring, is the grandson of Bozo the Clown, and he sports a tattoo of his grandfather's heavily made-up face on his left arm.
"He did it for 25 years straight - if I could play baseball for 25 years, that'd be incredible," Bell told The Cincinnati Enquirer. "It'd take him three-and-a-half hours to put his makeup on every day. He'd be up at 3:30 in the morning putting on his makeup and he did it for the kids, and that's all he did it for."

http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/gty_trevor_bell_float_kb_140311_16x9_608.jpgOn his arm Bell also has a tattoo of a pair of clown shoes, near the words "The shoes will never be filled."
Although as many as 200 actors played the role of Bozo since its creation in the 1940s, Bell's grandfather Bob Bell might be the most famous version. He appeared on Chicago's "Bozo's Circus" TV show, starting in 1960, which was broadcast nationally through WGN-TV.
Trevor Bell, 27, hasn't done too bad for himself either. He's a former major league pitcher for the California Angels, making a bid to return to the big leagues with the Reds

 

[BigDDude]

Big D there is a fantasy league on the fantasy baseball thread they want u to join Its a draft only Draft and then forget it no trades or adds If anyone else cares to join could use cple more players

I saw that. In fact, I was part of the convo that had it come to be. That said, I can't do it, as I am leaving for AZ soon.

 

[BigDDude]

the fuck is a draft only draft?

An experiment. We wanted to see who would win a fantasy league just from their draft. As such, you draft, you have a team, and that is it. No roster moves.

Again, an experiment, and a way for some to play with very minimal time involvement.

 

[BigDDude]

 

[RedSoxWorrld]

An experiment. We wanted to see who would win a fantasy league just from their draft. As such, you draft, you have a team, and that is it. No roster moves.

Again, an experiment, and a way for some to play with very minimal time involvement.

no roster moves for entire season?

 

[BigDDude]

The United States Mint in San Francisco will soon produce an unusual coin in honor of the nation's favorite pastime.



Like so many great baseball pitches, the new coin will feature a curve.
The bowl-shaped currency is the result of a 2012 law - the National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act - ordering the U.S. Treasury to manufacture the coin to commemorate the Hall of Fame, which celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2014.
According to the text of the law, the coin's striking shape is intended to be similar to the 2009 International Year of Astronomy coin issued by Monnaie de Paris, the French mint.
The coin will come in $5, $1 and half dollar denominations and will feature a baseball on one side and a baseball glove on the other.
The baseball is to be depicted on the convex side, to complement its round shape, and the glove is shown on the coin's concave side, to complement its cupped shape.
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The glove-and-ball design is the creation of 28-year-old Cassie McFarland, an artist and photographer in San Luis Obispo, Calif., who submitted it as part of a contest.
McFarland's entry was chosen from among 178 submissions by sculptor-engravers and designers at the mint and members of the Hall of Fame.
According to the mint's website, McFarland said she entered the competition because she was fascinated by the notion that America's coins could reflect the personality and history of its people.
It also appealed to her, she said, because of her fond childhood memories of attending Los Angeles Dodgers baseball games with her father, even though she now roots for the San Francisco Giants.
The U.S. Mint maintains six facilities, a headquarters in Washington, D.C., and other operations in Philadelphia; Denver; San Francisco; West Point, N.Y.; and Fort Knox, Ky.
Its San Francisco facility is responsible for the production of commemorative coins authorized by Congress.

 

[Brocktagon]

who's the fat guy on the ATV?

My jeans size is 33, be jealous!

 

[BigDDude]

no roster moves for entire season?

Yep. A true test of ones drafting skills. This came about, from my comments on just how many people I see tweeking their roster, before their team has played a game. I said I saw this as nothing but proof of a failed draft. I was reminded/informed though, that for some, it has a lot more to do with "the thrill of the deal". It just kind of expunded from there, until you have this.

 

[molsaniceman]

Pats get their biggest need

The Patriots are reportedly interested in eventually doing a long-term deal with Darrelle Revis.
Revis will play out this season on a one-year, $12 million deal. After a "feeling-out period," extension negotiations could get underway. Per the NFL Network's Albert Breer, the Patriots see this as a rare opportunity to hold on to the game's No. 1 corner. It's also worth noting that unlike Revis' old Jets contract, there is no language in this deal that prevents the Patriots from using the franchise tag on him in 2015

 

[Brocktagon]

the fuck is a draft only draft?

that's when you have a draft with only draft beer. no bottles or cans.

 

[RedSoxWorrld]

My jeans size is 33, be jealous!

is that hexadecimal?

 

[RedSoxWorrld]

that's when you have a draft with only draft beer. no bottles or cans.

thats my kinda draft!

 

[Brocktagon]

Pats get their biggest need

The Patriots are reportedly interested in eventually doing a long-term deal with Darrelle Revis.
Revis will play out this season on a one-year, $12 million deal. After a "feeling-out period," extension negotiations could get underway. Per the NFL Network's Albert Breer, the Patriots see this as a rare opportunity to hold on to the game's No. 1 corner. It's also worth noting that unlike Revis' old Jets contract, there is no language in this deal that prevents the Patriots from using the franchise tag on him in 2015

I guess rex ryan's footjob to get him back wasn't that great.

bob kraft probably sent his escort to revis' house for a real negotiation.


and FUCK, rock was right somehow

 

[Brocktagon]

is that hexadecimal?

you don't even know what a hexadecimal is, if you did, you wouldn't be looking at cheap storage!