MLB News & Notes (other than Cubs or Sox)

[Baron]

Doc Halladay with the 20th perfect game in MLB history.

[Butcher]

The guy is incredible. Good to see him do it against the Marlins.

[kbwsb]

He's the best pitcher in baseball. I think 90% of fans would say that. Although, his manager is gonna have a hell of a decision to make at All-Star time; Ubaldo Jimenez has been out-of-this-world fantastic, and truly deserves the start.

What I noticed from this picture is the hugeness of Ryan Howard's smile.

[Fella]

lol that picture is cracking me up, just looking at all their faces. It would be a great "Caption this" photo.

[Runnys]

Kendry Morales broke his leg jumping on home plate after celebrating his walk-off grandslam.

[jstraw]

<!--quoteo(post=99145:date=May 30 2010, 08:02 AM:name=Runnys)-->QUOTE (Runnys @ May 30 2010, 08:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Kendry Morales broke his leg jumping on home plate after celebrating his walk-off grandslam.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That shit cracks me up.

[Ace]

It was only a matter of time. Those game-ending celebrations often look like they're going to end in an injury.

Morales is having season-ending surgery.

[jstraw]

When the Cubs win a rubber game against the 4th place team from another division, they celebrate harder than teams celebrated when they clinched a pennant when I was a kid. I'm all for a bro-hug between pitcher and catcher and smiles all the way back to the clubhouse but the jumping up and down crowd at home plate after every low-impact win has just gotten so cheap. The Cubs are far from the worst though.

There used to be this idea acting like you've done done it before. Treating every little bit of success as an earth-shaking accomplishment just makes it look like the victors have surprised themselves. That's actually not so good.

[Clapp]

Andres Torres has the best batting average in the NL over the last 5 weeks, and Casey McGehee leads the NL in RBI. Freaking incredible. They looked like ass as veterans on our Iowa team, and now they're dominating the NL.

[jstraw]

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But there is no better judge of breakout potential than Jim Hendry...I mean, he know Silva would be 7-0 by Memorial Day.

[Rappster]

<!--quoteo(post=99300:date=Jun 1 2010, 06:19 AM:name=jstraw)-->QUOTE (jstraw @ Jun 1 2010, 06:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=99297:date=Jun 1 2010, 12:35 AM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Jun 1 2010, 12:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Andres Torres has the best batting average in the NL over the last 5 weeks, and Casey McGehee leads the NL in RBI. Freaking incredible. They looked like ass as veterans on our Iowa team, and now they're dominating the NL.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

But there is no better judge of breakout potential than Jim Hendry...I mean, he know Silva would be 7-0 by Memorial Day.
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Yeah...I know you were beside yourself when McGehee and Torres were released.

[Scarey]

When was Andres Torres a Cub? Or are you guys thinking of Andres Blanco?

[Coach]

<!--quoteo(post=99341:date=Jun 1 2010, 01:38 PM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ Jun 1 2010, 01:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->When was Andres Torres a Cub? Or are you guys thinking of Andres Blanco?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Torres played for Iowa in 2008.

He is a career minor leaguer since 1998 that just had a good month for SF.

[Scarey]

<!--quoteo(post=99351:date=Jun 1 2010, 02:33 PM:name=Coach)-->QUOTE (Coach @ Jun 1 2010, 02:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=99341:date=Jun 1 2010, 01:38 PM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ Jun 1 2010, 01:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->When was Andres Torres a Cub? Or are you guys thinking of Andres Blanco?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Torres played for Iowa in 2008.

He is a career minor leaguer since 1998 that just had a good month for SF.
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Wow, completely missed him on my radar.

[Destined]

The Stephen Strasburg Effect: