MLB News & Notes (other than Cubs or Sox)

[Destined]

Wellemeyer is back to reality. Gave up 6 earned. Cards lose.

[jeffy]

<!--quoteo(post=42493:date=Jun 6 2009, 02:37 PM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jun 6 2009, 02:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=42431:date=Jun 6 2009, 04:31 AM:name=jeffy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jeffy @ Jun 6 2009, 04:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->"Alex Rios leaving a charity event. After going 0-5 and 5 strikeouts he refused to sign autographs! He wanted his fans to know what it was like to strikeout! Then a man gives him a piece of his mind... "
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A grown man calls another grown man a bum because the second grown man won't sign an autograph for the first grown man? I think the 2nd grown man telling the first grown man to fuck off was more than appropriate.
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It was the kid in the white shirt that was trying to get the autograph. The guy calling Rios a bum looks like he was the kid's dad perhaps.

[jeffy]

Nice to see St. Louis continue to suck.

[veryzer]

if i was alex rios, i may have been tempted to beat the shit out that guy. dad or not, he's a fucking douchebag.

[jeffy]

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I can't argue with that. I just thought it was kinda funny.

[ruby23]

See, here's the thing. I have no problem with people asking for autographs, when the time is appropriate. When Rios is say at the ballpark, walking to the ballpark, at an event in his uniform, at a store opening, something like that. However, when he's dressed in a suit, walking to his car, to go home, with his girlfriend/wife, it's perfectly within his right to ignore autograph seekers. He's not the douchebag is the scenario above, not at all, the dumbfuck calling him a bum is the problem, not Rios.

[jeffy]

<!--quoteo(post=43024:date=Jun 8 2009, 04:14 PM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jun 8 2009, 04:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->He's not the douchebag is the scenario above, not at all, the dumbfuck calling him a bum is the problem, not Rios.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I don't think anyone here said otherwise.

[ColoradoCub]

What about if you're taking a leak in the men's room at a WWE event?

[ruby23]

<!--quoteo(post=43025:date=Jun 8 2009, 05:16 PM:name=jeffy)-->QUOTE (jeffy @ Jun 8 2009, 05:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=43024:date=Jun 8 2009, 04:14 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jun 8 2009, 04:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->He's not the douchebag is the scenario above, not at all, the dumbfuck calling him a bum is the problem, not Rios.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I don't think anyone here said otherwise.
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I know, there's a bunch of stupid comments on the video link though.

[ruby23]

<!--quoteo(post=43036:date=Jun 8 2009, 06:40 PM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jun 8 2009, 06:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=43025:date=Jun 8 2009, 05:16 PM:name=jeffy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jeffy @ Jun 8 2009, 05:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=43024:date=Jun 8 2009, 04:14 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jun 8 2009, 04:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->He's not the douchebag is the scenario above, not at all, the dumbfuck calling him a bum is the problem, not Rios.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I don't think anyone here said otherwise.
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I know, there's a bunch of stupid comments on the video link though.
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That are apparently not there anymore.

[leonardsipes]

Even though the Cubs scored just 1 run, only the Cards had more hits in the NL central. Hou beat the Cubs with 5, Pit won with 6, Mil lost with 5. The Reds equaled the Cubs' 7 (but in 12 innings) in their win.

[The Dude]

Funny Rotoworld note...

Cardinals optioned 3B Brian Barden to Triple-A.

Just some roster-shifting here; the Cardinals decided they wanted to go with 13 pitchers, all of whom, it is assumed, will hit eighth.

[rok]

<!--quoteo(post=43840:date=Jun 12 2009, 03:16 PM:name=The Dude)-->QUOTE (The Dude @ Jun 12 2009, 03:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Funny Rotoworld note...

Cardinals optioned 3B Brian Barden to Triple-A.

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And it just took him a few weeks of hitting against non-Cubs pitching to prove his worthlessness.

[Clapp]

I see a lot of us in the Mets. Been that way for about 3 years now actually.

[Clapp]

FUCK YEAH WHITE SOX!