SB Nation User Blog: Caseys Kiss of Death

Hey, Remember When This Guy Used to Pitch for Us?

Caseys Kiss of Death — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:24:30 -0000

Hey, Remember When This Guy Used to Pitch for Us?

Good times, good times.

Jus' sayin' is all.

No wonder we have such big hitting problems.

Caseys Kiss of Death — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:46:51 -0000

No wonder we have such big hitting problems.

Second Degree Murder Charges for Gallo

Caseys Kiss of Death — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:42:04 -0000

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Second-degree murder charges await Andrew Thomas Gallo in the death of Nick Adenhart, Henry Pearson, and Courtney Stewart. In addition, he faces charges of DUI causing injury, one count of driving over the limit with injury, and fleeing the scene of a crime causing injury. The combined maximum he faces is up to 55 years to life in prison. This directly from the Orange County District Attorney's office, announced today at 2:30pm in a press conference. The District Attorney stated that Gallo's actions carried an implied malice necessary for the charge and that his BAC was three times the legal limit.

Oh, and as a fun little aside, the D.A. also said that he tried to flee a SECOND time after police had tracked him down and cornered him. Little fuckhead really put up quite the struggle to not have to answer for his recklessnes. Since he was caught, nothing makes me happier than the fact he tried to flee, since it only makes it more certain he's going down hard.

I just turned on the season opener

Caseys Kiss of Death — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:36:38 -0000

I just turned on the season opener

as Garret Anderson came to bat for the Braves, and got his first hit with any other team other than the Angels.

There's a knot in my stomach, and it damn near makes me want to cry.

Thanks for the memories, G.A.

Enough is Enough: Bring in Brandon Wood

Caseys Kiss of Death — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:21:19 -0000

Angels infielder Brandon Wood was demoted to the minor leagues today.

Brandon Wood has been raking all spring, his K-rate is down from where it was before, and he's done everything a man possibly can to earn a spot. I get that we've got other guys on the depth chart, but this is probably still the top "prospect" (I use the term loosely on our team) in our organization, he's not getting any younger, and he's proven his talent now at every minor league level. The man has nothing more to prove at this point and, if I wanted to cherry pick, he was just beginning to get into the swing of things toward the end of last season with the big club.

Look, Chone Figgins and Erick Aybar are all fine, and I want to see them get playing time, too. But I just don't see any reason at this point to continue to delay the inevitable by continuing to steam ahead with a self-created logjam that is going to keep the current situation the same until something is done about it. Sure, there's no room for Wood right now in an everyday role. But if Aybar and Figgins are going to be long-term pieces (and I think one of them should not be), then that logjam is going to be around until someone acts on it. And in the meantime, our (potentially) power-lacking club could use a contributor like Wood who is, might I add, quite the defender, as well.

The man has earned his shot, and it's not fair to him to leave him sitting in the minors for so long while management sits on its hands and lets his potentially best years go to waste behind two players with considerably less offensive upside. I love both Aybar and Figgins, but the jam-up on the left side of the infield (nevermind Maicer Izturis) is not worth the delay in getting him in front of major league pitching, in my opinion.

Or who knows, maybe I'm just insane and bitter and my man crush got the best of me.

Poll

What should be done with Wood?

Triple-A until he can play everyday here

87 votes

Triple-A because he's not ready yet

13 votes

Trade Figgins, start him everyday

179 votes

Trade Aybar, start him everyday

108 votes

Put him in Anaheim, regardless of how many at-bats he'll get

61 votes

Put him in Anaheim, but only if he can play regularly

58 votes

Rotate Figgins, Aybar, and Wood between the two positions regularly

67 votes

573 votes | Poll has closed

Yankees Sign Carl Pav ...err ...A.J. Burnett

Caseys Kiss of Death — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:52:45 -0000

Just in case you weren't sure that the evil empire was back in full swing, they've now put $243.5 million into TWO pitchers in the span of three days this offseason.

And just in case you thought they had learned their lesson their first time when the signed an injury prone former Marlin, they did not. This time, it's A.J. Burnett.

And just in case you thought they'd go cheap and short term to minimize risk, they didn't It's worth $16.5 million a year for FIVE years.

And just in case you thought they learned that rebuilding by throwing money at problems wasn't the way to go...they definitely didn't.

Congrats, morons.

edit: Yes, I know Burnett is better than Pavano, so no need to quote stats. It's all about the money here, folks. It's insane.

Poll

Yankees' New Addition:

Good pick-up, good price

2 votes

Good pick-up, bad price

30 votes

Bad pick-up, good price

2 votes

Bad pick-up, bad price

14 votes

HOLY SHIT DID THEY REALLY JUST GIVE A.J. BURNETT A 5 YEAR DEAL?

47 votes

95 votes | Poll has closed

Yankees Trade for Nick Swisher

Caseys Kiss of Death — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:53:00 -0000

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3700869

Now usually there's no reason in the world for us to much care that the Yanks are making a trade for someone like Swisher to begin with. However, considering that he is still a starting player, still has power, and is a FIRST BASEMAN by trade, and is young and relatively cheap, one has to wonder: does this mean that the Yankees have gone out and shored up their corner infield for cheap in order to bolster an offer for Sabathia? And does this invariably mean that our biggest competition for Teixeira is suddenly...gone?

What do you think?

What we all look like

Caseys Kiss of Death — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:16:40 -0000

I'm sure this has been done at some point before, and I just haven't noticed or whatever, but here we go again I guess.

The season is over, but the offseason hasn't started yet, so i thought it would be a good time to bring up the topic. We all talk to each other on a daily basis, interacting for more than three years in some cases (I think?) And while we've all seen pictures of assorted big-shots here (Rev and Cupie come to mind), I thought it'd be a good idea if some of us could finally but faces to the posts. In a sense, you've all had that for me since the new HH design was launched merely by that little hand-drawn avatar, but I'll go ahead and start us off.

For the sake of keeping this page loading at a decent clip, let's stick to posting links, plz. Here I am last summer: http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w83/skelley9/54d098ef.jpg?t=1223713398

Or, more recently: http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v208/188/15/8200459/n8200459_36842204_3348.jpg

YOUR TURN

If we have to lose...

Caseys Kiss of Death — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:19:52 -0000

this is the way to do it:

- K-Rod signed his walking papers. He's more done than Glavine in New York. And we have Jose right behind him ready to take over. So we free up millions, and get rid of the guy.

-Teixeira has proven he's worth whatever he wants. With the money not going to K-Rod, give this man his contract. Everything I have heard says that he likes this team and playing in California. Do NOT let him go.

With that offense, and Escobar coming back...well, we'll be sitting pretty in '09.

Also, as a token of my appreciation to you guys, I went and got myself banned (temporarily) from a message board that I have been at for more than 5 years after I flipped out on the Red Sox fan who runs the place, even though we got along until now. Fuck that entire region of the country.

Epic-est Choke Job of all Time?

Caseys Kiss of Death — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:59:38 -0000

The Red Sox jumped out to an early 10-0 lead tonight with a 10-spot in the first inning. We are currently in inning number 7.

The score? 16-14, Rangers.

Anyone watching this game? It may be the single most hilarious thing I have seen in a long, long time...and epically "karma" induced. I can't think of a team that would be more hilarious to watch this happen to than our beloved Red Sox. Discuss.

Poll

What's more pathetic?

Blowing 10 run lead to the Rangers at home

7 votes

Blowing 10 million a year on Gary Matthews Jr.

44 votes

Blowing life savings betting against Harlem Globetrotters

10 votes

Waking up every day and realizing you are Dayn Perry

21 votes

82 votes | Poll has closed