southsider2k5 Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 MLB Trade Rumors @mlbtraderumors Rays Sign Chris Gimenez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS barring something unforeseen, aj trade will be completed w/i a few days. pirates to pay $13M of $33M, give up 2 non-roster minor leaguers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN Sources: Yankees and Pirates hope to take their proposed Burnett deal to the Commissioner later today, for approval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 DKnobler @DKnobler Per @YankeesWFAN, Hideki Okajima failed his physical and will not be in camp with Yankees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 DKnobler @DKnobler Red Sox say Tim Wakefield will announce retirement today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 ESPN Stats & Info @ESPNStatsInfo Tim Wakefield announces retirement. He was MLB's active leader in wins with 200. Now it's Roy Halladay with 188. ESPN Stats & Info ESPN Stats & Info @ESPNStatsInfo Last time MLB's active wins leader had less than 200 wins: 1879, when Tommy Bond had 195. (via @baseball_ref) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 17, 2012 -> 11:44 AM) DKnobler @DKnobler Red Sox say Tim Wakefield will announce retirement today That's too bad. I enjoyed seeing him floating that knuckleball towards the plate every year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal Deal needs #MLB approval. #Yankees will pay $20M of $33M left on Burnett's contract, receive two low-level minor leaguers from #Pirates. Ken Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal Source: #Yankees, #Pirates in agreement on Burnett. Were working through one final detail today. Burnett will take physical Sunday. #MLB Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS debate over exactly which low level minors leaguers will go won't derail aj deal. no issue seen w/ aj physical, mlb ok, either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Feb 17, 2012 -> 12:01 PM) That's too bad. I enjoyed seeing him floating that knuckleball towards the plate every year I enjoyed watching Paulie knock it out of the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSox05 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Is there anymore knuckleballers out there or was Wakefield the last? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Feb 17, 2012 -> 12:33 PM) Is there anymore knuckleballers out there or was Wakefield the last? R.A. Dickey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Feb 17, 2012 -> 01:33 PM) Is there anymore knuckleballers out there or was Wakefield the last? R.A. Dickey throws some version of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN Second scout said he had Kazmir at 88-89 mph, touching 91 mph at his workout today Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN Scott Kazmir threw at about 86-87 mph today, touched 89 mph in his workout; that's better than last season with LAA. About 10 scouts there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 DKnobler @DKnobler As @joestiglich wrote, Rangers are indeed getting closer on deal to send Uehara to A's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 New York Mets @Mets Johan threw 25 pitches today and worked on location. He expects to pitch again on Tuesday @johansantana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 This is something I would love to catch on. I hate missing Sox BP. JRB @julierubes RT @msanserino: #Pirates announce season ticket holders will have PNC Park access one hour before general public. Can catch watch BP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 17, 2012 -> 03:27 PM) This is something I would love to catch on. I hate missing Sox BP. JRB @julierubes RT @msanserino: #Pirates announce season ticket holders will have PNC Park access one hour before general public. Can catch watch BP. Yeah, I agree. Even if they charged $5 for early entry to the park to watch BP, I definitely would. If they got just 5,000 fans to do this, that's an extra $25K per game. Multiply that out over 81 home games, and that's an extra $2M a year! Sometimes it's hard being a genius....... Edited February 18, 2012 by JoeCoolMan24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Feb 18, 2012 -> 02:56 AM) Yeah, I agree. Even if they charged $5 for early entry to the park to watch BP, I definitely would. If they got just 5,000 fans to do this, that's an extra $25K per game. Multiply that out over 81 home games, and that's an extra $2M a year! Sometimes it's hard being a genius....... Why would you pay extra money to watch batting practice? The opportunity to catch a meaningless ball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Feb 18, 2012 -> 02:56 AM) Yeah, I agree. Even if they charged $5 for early entry to the park to watch BP, I definitely would. If they got just 5,000 fans to do this, that's an extra $25K per game. Multiply that out over 81 home games, and that's an extra $2M a year! Sometimes it's hard being a genius....... Good luck finding 5,000 people to pay an extra $5 on top of their expensive tickets just to watch practice, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 18, 2012 -> 10:43 AM) Good luck finding 5,000 people to pay an extra $5 on top of their expensive tickets just to watch practice, lol. The number would more likely be dozens/hundreds. The ballpark is usually pretty empty what, 45 minutes before a game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 OK, so Mr. 3000 is on TV right now (no, I'm not actually watching it). The plot is that a guy reaches hit #3000 and abruptly retires. An analyst finds out 9 years later that 3 of the hits didn't count for some reason, and he returns to get back to the magic number. He has the entire month of September to do it, and fails. Now I know it's a movie, and a poor one at that, but I find it very hard to believe a guy with enough talent to get 3000 hits in his career could return at the age of 47 and not get 3 hits in a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 18, 2012 -> 11:58 AM) OK, so Mr. 3000 is on TV right now (no, I'm not actually watching it). The plot is that a guy reaches hit #3000 and abruptly retires. An analyst finds out 9 years later that 3 of the hits didn't count for some reason, and he returns to get back to the magic number. He has the entire month of September to do it, and fails. Now I know it's a movie, and a poor one at that, but I find it very hard to believe a guy with enough talent to get 3000 hits in his career could return at the age of 47 and not get 3 hits in a month. The big issue would be how much they let their physical condition go during the couple years after retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 18, 2012 -> 06:47 AM) Why would you pay extra money to watch batting practice? The opportunity to catch a meaningless ball? Batting practice, to me, is one of the coolest things to watch. I love watching infield/batting practice and it is also one of the best things about spring training. Especially when you get to catch a great player during BP. Some of my greatest memories were watching Bonds and McGwire taking BP just crushing moon shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 18, 2012 -> 09:47 AM) Why would you pay extra money to watch batting practice? The opportunity to catch a meaningless ball? I've only been to batting practice once, and it was awesome. I saw the Twins bat, and being able to watch those guys blast balls all over the yard was cool. Neither my buddy or myself were able to catch a ball, but catching a HR ball by any Sox player would be awesome, batting practice be damned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 18, 2012 -> 08:47 AM) Why would you pay extra money to watch batting practice? The opportunity to catch a meaningless ball? It's not meaningless to a kid. That ball can make a fan for life which is a lot more income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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