SB Nation Blog: tlt29

Excellent job by ESPN

tlt29 — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:24:50 -0000

Just saw the highlights on ESPNews.

According to Bill Assclown Pidto, I believe, Gabbard hit Richie Sexson.

Then, they showed the replay with tracker, and he just threw out a whole bunch of non-sensical mumbo-jumbo... "...who....what....eh...".

Then he says, 'obviously retaliation for what happened earlier...'

Retards. They should at least TRY to make an effort. Totally and completely embarrassing coverage.

Oh...and the Mariners postgame show is pretty bad as well.

Jordan Schafer - 50 game suspension

tlt29 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:01:31 -0000

Jordan Schafer was suspended by the league for an HGH violation. Texas supposedly asked for him as part of the Teixeira trade and got Saltalamacchia instead.

I never had a problem with the deal, even with Johnny Douchebag in AAA to start the season, but this makes things look even better. Imagine the uproar over JD's trade record had he received Schafer rather than Salty:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3336898

Brandon Inge is mad

tlt29 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:13:01 -0000

Apparently Inge doesn't get why the Tigers chose to bring in Miguel Cabrera as their new 3B, relegating Inge to utility duties.

I understand the concept of pride and having confidence in your abilities, but this is just stupid.

Brandon Inge sucks.

Miguel Cabrera juga beisbol muy, muy bueno.

Case closed.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/01/28/inge.mad.ap/index.html

Leyritz Arrested - DUI/Vehicular Homicide

tlt29 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:44:53 -0000

Former Ranger Jim Leyritz was involved in a fatal accident in Ft. Lauderdale, and was arrested on suspicion of DUI and vehicular homicide.

Bad, bad news for Jimmy boy.

http://www.local10.com/sports/14939017/detail.html

OT - Atlanta Falcons

tlt29 — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:39:12 -0000

Sorry to hijack the diary thread for a topic as unrelated to the Rangers as the Falcons, but I wanted to find out if anyone here feels that there are fans of any team that have it worse off than Falcons fans.

The latest:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3150783

Damn...I sure know how to pick crappy teams to follow.

Separated at birth???

tlt29 — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:13:05 -0000

Please tell me somebody else has thought this.

In watching today's NYY/Cle matchup, it dawned on me that the 2 people pictured below could be identical twins separated at birth:

http://media.scout.com/Media/Image/21/215981.jpg

http://a1259.g.akamai.net/f/1259/5586/5d/images.art.com/images/-/South-Park--C10054740.jpeg

Rick Ankiel - Cheater?

tlt29 — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:19:12 -0000

With all of the warm-fuzzy feelings coming from the Rick Ankiel comeback story, we get this:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3008363

12-month supply of HGH from a Florida pharmacy in 2004.

Sucks.

Someone make sense of this

tlt29 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:58:20 -0000

Listening to KNBR out here in CA, and they just announced that the Giants have traded Matt Morris to:

Get this...Pittsburgh.

For Rajai Davis and a PTBNL.

Can someone tell me what Pitt is going to do with Morris?

http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20070731&content_id 2120362&vkey=pr_sf&fext.jsp&c_id=sf

Milton Bradley DFA'd

tlt29 — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:10:51 -0000

Per KNBR 680 out here in California.

Also per the A's site:

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20070621&content_id=2 040781&vkey=pr_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

Was this strictly an injury issue? Did the Bradley baggage come in to play? Does JD take a flyer on the guy?

NY Post - Teixeira rift with Wash?

tlt29 — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:51:10 -0000

This is from an NY Post story on Giambi:

"Before Yankee fans get hot about their team acquiring right-handed hitting first baseman Mark Teixeira from the Rangers, forget it. The Yankees know the Rangers are shopping him due to a rift between Teixeira and first-year manage Ron Washington and don't plan on talking to them.

The Rangers are looking for high-end pitching (Phil Hughes?) and outfield help (Cabrera?) for a player who makes $9 million this year and is eligible for arbitration after the 2008 season."

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06012007/sports/yankees/chasin__with_no_jason_yankees__george_king.htm

I've heard the Heyman rumor about potential issues with Wash, but no names were mentioned.

It's the Post, so take it for what it's worth.