Martinez trade talks
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Here's Buchholz's statline for today
That's a 6.05 ERA for a guy turning 25 in a couple weeks, who made it to the majors in 2007 and still hasn't become a fixture in Boston. Yet he would've made everything right if we landed him straight up for Victor.
Here's Bill Simmons on him, via twiter
sportsguy33 Watching Sox with @jacoby_ - decided Theo Epstein is DeNiro in Casino + Buchholz is Sharon Stone .
That's a 6.05 ERA for a guy turning 25 in a couple weeks, who made it to the majors in 2007 and still hasn't become a fixture in Boston. Yet he would've made everything right if we landed him straight up for Victor.
But people have heard of Buchholz. The same can't be said for Hagadone. Hence, it was an awful trade and I'm going to stop supporting a team I've only casually supported. In addition to that, I'm going to scream on the internet that I'm really, really pissed. Ownership so sucks and they do everything wrong.
After that, I'm going to go back to the football portion of this site and rationally talk about my love for the Browns and their chances this season. Fingers crossed that all goes well!
Beanpot
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Here's Buchholz's statline for today
That's a 6.05 ERA for a guy turning 25 in a couple weeks, who made it to the majors in 2007 and still hasn't become a fixture in Boston. Yet he would've made everything right if we landed him straight up for Victor.
Here's Bill Simmons on him, via twiter
sportsguy33 Watching Sox with @jacoby_ - decided Theo Epstein is DeNiro in Casino + Buchholz is Sharon Stone .
Here's Bill Simmons on him, via twiter
Simmons is pretty much the awesome when it comes to Twitter. Along with Schefter - http://twitter.com/Adam_Schefter - and Windhorst - http://twitter.com/PDcavsinsider - Law too - http://twitter.com/keithlaw
Still, my favorite is http://twitter.com/rainnwilson - all sorts of goodness there.
Beanpot
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Martinez had a career-high tying five hits and four RBIs. Sounds about right.
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That's a 6.05 ERA for a guy turning 25 in a couple weeks, who made it to the majors in 2007 and still hasn't become a fixture in Boston. Yet he would've made everything right if we landed him straight up for Victor.
But people have heard of Buchholz. The same can't be said for Hagadone. Hence, it was an awful trade and I'm going to stop supporting a team I've only casually supported. In addition to that, I'm going to scream on the internet that I'm really, really pissed. Ownership so sucks and they do everything wrong.
After that, I'm going to go back to the football portion of this site and rationally talk about my love for the Browns and their chances this season. Fingers crossed that all goes well!
Beanpot
But people have heard of Buchholz. The same can't be said for Hagadone. Hence, it was an awful trade and I'm going to stop supporting a team I've only casually supported. In addition to that, I'm going to scream on the internet that I'm really, really pissed. Ownership so sucks and they do everything wrong.
After that, I'm going to go back to the football portion of this site and rationally talk about my love for the Browns and their chances this season. Fingers crossed that all goes well!
Beanpot
LOL, very well put.
The only thing that worries me, since I'm a pretty big Shapiro fan, is the talk that he even offered Victor for Buchholz straight up...and Lastoria is saying he offered Lee for him straight up. I know the rest of the world is much higher on Buchholz than I am, but that Lee trade would probably make me vomit. I just can't see the hype with that guy at almost 25 years old, especially seeing a guy like Clayton Kershaw dominating after just turning 21 before the season...and even more especially when so many other top prospects are getting thrust into the rotation at 20 or 21 years old whereas he's been given plenty of time to slowly develop his game. Even someone like Joba Chamberlain who seems custom made for the bullpen is turning into a reliable starter.
I'm obviously no scout, but it seems like so much is made of his arsenal of pitches, but it doesn't make much of a difference what you throw when you're walking guys and giving up home runs. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe he's a late bloomer (or as late a bloomer as you can be with a no-hitter at 22) and will be a Cy Young candidate for years to come. He's just a guy I can't get excited about.
Simmons is pretty much the awesome when it comes to Twitter. Along with Schefter - http://twitter.com/Adam_Schefter - and Windhorst - http://twitter.com/PDcavsinsider - Law too - http://twitter.com/keithlaw
Still, my favorite is http://twitter.com/rainnwilson - all sorts of goodness there.
Beanpot
I was slow to come around...but I'm definitely on the twitter wagon these days...I just can't stand to use any of its terminology out loud. I still don't get all the athletes or celebrities with tens of thousands of followers when all they talk about is what kind of sandwich they're eating (check out Matt LaPorta's http://twitter.com/gator4god), but it's great for news. I pretty much just stick to the local guys with a few nationals...Law and Stark for my baseball, Bucher and Stein for basketball, Simmons for everything. Haven't bothered with football yet but I guess I should with camp starting...
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But people have heard of Buchholz. The same can't be said for Hagadone. Hence, it was an awful trade and I'm going to stop supporting a team I've only casually supported. In addition to that, I'm going to scream on the internet that I'm really, really pissed. Ownership so sucks and they do everything wrong.
After that, I'm going to go back to the football portion of this site and rationally talk about my love for the Browns and their chances this season. Fingers crossed that all goes well!
Beanpot
LOL, very well put.
The only thing that worries me, since I'm a pretty big Shapiro fan, is the talk that he even offered Victor for Buchholz straight up...and Lastoria is saying he offered Lee for him straight up. I know the rest of the world is much higher on Buchholz than I am, but that Lee trade would probably make me vomit. I just can't see the hype with that guy at almost 25 years old, especially seeing a guy like Clayton Kershaw dominating after just turning 21 before the season...and even more especially when so many other top prospects are getting thrust into the rotation at 20 or 21 years old whereas he's been given plenty of time to slowly develop his game. Even someone like Joba Chamberlain who seems custom made for the bullpen is turning into a reliable starter.
I'm obviously no scout, but it seems like so much is made of his arsenal of pitches, but it doesn't make much of a difference what you throw when you're walking guys and giving up home runs. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe he's a late bloomer (or as late a bloomer as you can be with a no-hitter at 22) and will be a Cy Young candidate for years to come. He's just a guy I can't get excited about.
Simmons is pretty much the awesome when it comes to Twitter. Along with Schefter - http://twitter.com/Adam_Schefter - and Windhorst - http://twitter.com/PDcavsinsider - Law too - http://twitter.com/keithlaw
Still, my favorite is http://twitter.com/rainnwilson - all sorts of goodness there.
Beanpot
I was slow to come around...but I'm definitely on the twitter wagon these days...I just can't stand to use any of its terminology out loud. I still don't get all the athletes or celebrities with tens of thousands of followers when all they talk about is what kind of sandwich they're eating (check out Matt LaPorta's http://twitter.com/gator4god), but it's great for news. I pretty much just stick to the local guys with a few nationals...Law and Stark for my baseball, Bucher and Stein for basketball, Simmons for everything. Haven't bothered with football yet but I guess I should with camp starting...
I was slow to come around...but I'm definitely on the twitter wagon these days..
Sorry bro, Twitter is gay. They boast their millions of users, but what their marketing team fails to disclose is 60%, yes 60%, of all users quit using it after 30 days. There is a reason for that. That number will continue to rise.
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Sorry bro, Twitter is gay. They boast their millions of users, but what their marketing team fails to disclose is 60%, yes 60%, of all users quit using it after 30 days. There is a reason for that. That number will continue to rise.
I don't disagree. The people using it as a personal site just randomly saying what their plan for the day is...shouldn't last longer than a year. But in terms of using it for instant news, updates, rumors...it could be a revolution. I first heard about everything that happened at the trade deadline through twitter. Just have to know who's worth following.
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Sorry bro, Twitter is gay. They boast their millions of users, but what their marketing team fails to disclose is 60%, yes 60%, of all users quit using it after 30 days. There is a reason for that. That number will continue to rise.
I don't disagree. The people using it as a personal site just randomly saying what their plan for the day is...shouldn't last longer than a year. But in terms of using it for instant news, updates, rumors...it could be a revolution. I first heard about everything that happened at the trade deadline through twitter. Just have to know who's worth following.
I don't disagree. The people using it as a personal site just randomly saying what their plan for the day is...shouldn't last longer than a year. But in terms of using it for instant news, updates, rumors...it could be a revolution. I first heard about everything that happened at the trade deadline through twitter. Just have to know who's worth following.
Yea if you wait 10 minutes you can get those same updates on the web. Yea, I can see the use for it for business and media outlets, sure. But for the other 90% of users telling me they just took a shit, Twitter is just more proof of these bitches yelling ME, ME, ME. Believe me dude, I am a web and design guy and embrace technology, but personal Twitter usage is for 11 year old girls.
You want to see an actual useful site, as least for designers. Here. LINK
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I was slow to come around...but I'm definitely on the twitter wagon these days..
Sorry bro, Twitter is gay. They boast their millions of users, but what their marketing team fails to disclose is 60%, yes 60%, of all users quit using it after 30 days. There is a reason for that. That number will continue to rise.
Sorry bro, Twitter is gay. They boast their millions of users, but what their marketing team fails to disclose is 60%, yes 60%, of all users quit using it after 30 days. There is a reason for that. That number will continue to rise.
Wow bro, I think you're incredibly naive if you think Twitter is simply a fad - or gay, vocabularies vary from house to cave.
There most certainly is a reason why two-thirds of the users quit using it after thirty days - they're not at all interesting - self-importance be damned. But there's a ton of potential for the x% of users who happen to be interesting. Simmons, I think, said it well in his interview with mediaite:
3. What’s the biggest story the media has missed this year?
The potential of Twitter. Old-school media doesn’t get Twitter at all. A lot of people still think it’s a fad and it’s totally not a fad. Cocaine was a fad. The Osbournes were a fad. Auto-asphyxiation was a fad…. well, unless you were David Carradine. If anything I think we are just scratching the surface of Twitter for better and worse: it started breaking stories last spring and over everything else, that’s why it won’t go away. Now reporters are posting scoops on Twitter before they send the finished stories into their employers. People are not seeing what is happening here. Facebook is a social network; Twitter is a media/marketing vehicle disguised as a social network.
http://www.mediaite.com/columnists/5qq-bill-simmons/
Beanpot
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I don't disagree. The people using it as a personal site just randomly saying what their plan for the day is...shouldn't last longer than a year. But in terms of using it for instant news, updates, rumors...it could be a revolution. I first heard about everything that happened at the trade deadline through twitter. Just have to know who's worth following.
Yea if you wait 10 minutes you can get those same updates on the web. Yea, I can see the use for it for business and media outlets, sure. But for the other 90% of users telling me they just took a shit, Twitter is just more proof of these bitches yelling ME, ME, ME. Believe me dude, I am a web and design guy and embrace technology, but personal Twitter usage is for 11 year old girls.
You want to see an actual useful site, as least for designers. Here. LINK
But for the other 90% of users telling me they just took a shit, Twitter is just more proof of these bitches yelling ME, ME, ME.
Sorry, I just saw this post after I replied to your earlier post.
I think we're in complete agreement about Twitter. ME, ME, ME is *exactly* right about most of the twitters/tweeters.
Beanpot
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Tweet, tweet!
This could well change the landscape of this twitter thingy.
http://bizofbaseball.com/index.php?option=...&Itemid=125
Beanpot
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