SB Nation User Blog: rotorueter

Giants Interested in Adam LaRoche

rotorueter — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:41:22 -0000

Giants Interested in Adam LaRoche

Considering what the Pirates were willing to accept in the McClouth trade, this could be a really good fit for us.

Long term, we could sign him to a reasonable extension, or offer him arbitration and likely get at least a sandwich pick.

Nationals to Fire Acta

rotorueter — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:11:39 -0000

Nationals to Fire Acta

AVAILABLE MANAGER GINATS BARZZZZ!

Giants: Toughest Schedule in NL?

rotorueter — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:44:44 -0000

Giants: Toughest Schedule in NL?

This article shows that the Giants have had among the toughest, if not THE toughest, schedule of any NL team thus far. It also argues that the Dodgers have had among the easiest.

Dunn Never Contacted By Giants

rotorueter — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:02:55 -0000

Dunn Never Contacted By Giants

Apparently we never even opened a dialogue with Adam Dunn.

I know that most people, even the statistical-minded folks, are down on Dunn for his lousy defense, but I still would have taken him for what he got from the Nats.

Joel Guzman Released

rotorueter — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:12:13 -0000

The Tampa Bay Rays have DFA'd former top prospect 3B Joel Guzman.

Guzman appeared destined for stardom just two years ago, even putting up a .297/.353/.461 line in AAA Las Vegas as a 21 year old.

In 2006, the Dodgers traded him to Tampa Bay for Julio Lugo, and he hasn't been any good since.

Seems like the perfect person for us to target if we get the chance, as he is only 23. Could be one of those "change of scenery" guys.

Extra Ticket: Tuesday Night

rotorueter — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:46:07 -0000

Friends,

The BaronVonCurrentEvents, her brother, and I are headed to the yard on Tuesday night (Sept 9th) to go see Barry Zito help us realize Operation Strasburg.

I have one extra ticket, and the first to reply may have the honor of joining our charming selves. As in previous posts like this, I'd prefer to take a regular contributor on the site rather than a Johnny-Come-Lately.

You don't need to pay me for the ticket, but I certainly wouldn't refuse a churro if it were offered.

At long last, the Krukow guitar

rotorueter — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:49:42 -0000

So I was headed back to the Bay area today after spending the week in Denver at the Crunchy Hippie/Al Qaeda festival. On the plane, as many of us do, I cracked open the silly Skymall catalog to pass the time. In the catalog, I found this:

SkyMall Travel Guitar

This seems to answer the question posed here:

Why does Krukow's guitar lack a neck?

I hope this makes all of you sleep better at night---I know it will for me.

BirdZerk

rotorueter — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:54:04 -0000

BirdZerk

What with the recent sudden interest in the Zooperstars, I wanted to share with you all a similar act that I discovered as a multimedia intern with the Columbus Clippers.

While BirdZerk lacks the comical names of the Zooperstars, their performances are similarly bizarre AND they have an actual jingle that you can download on the site.

Enjoy!

Baseball Prospectus Free Week

rotorueter — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:03:16 -0000

Great News! It appears that Baseball Prospectus is allowing all of their content to be accessed for free all week, including all of their PECOTA data.

www.baseballprospectus.com

For those of you too cheap or otherwise unable or unwilling to subscribe to BP, I encourage you to check it out. Very informative and well laid-out. Their articles are an integral part of my daily routine, as my yearly subscription is my dad's perpetual Christmas gift to me.

Kuroda-7 Perfect Innings

rotorueter — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:50:03 -0000

Hiroki Kuroda is 2 innings from pitching a PERFECT GAME. Yeah, that's right, a PERFECT GAME. Those are so rare, and it definitely looks like we are going to see another one tonight. Definitely. I mean, it is essentially a foregone conclusion that Kuroda is going to pitch a PERFECT GAME or at least a NO HITTER

PERFECT GAME PERFECT GAME PERFECT GAME PERFECT GAME NO HITTER PERFECT GAME NO HITTER

PERFECT GAME PERFECT GAME PERFECT GAME PERFECT GAME NO HITTER PERFECT GAME NO HITTERPERFECT GAME PERFECT GAME PERFECT GAME PERFECT GAME NO HITTER PERFECT GAME NO HITTER

Edit: Nevermind. Jinx thread is victorious.