Carlos said when he thought the Brewers were waiting for a fastball he threw a slider, and when they wanted the slider he threatened to rip their hearts out and fungo them into the bleachers. Or something. I think one thing that helped was they let Carlos be Carlos last night. Let him stomp around the mound and yell at himself, he thrives on it. And it scares the crap out of the hitters.
Little Ronny is back, and his Iowa hitting went on for too long and too consistently to be a fluke.
The Bulls think Eddy Curry is going to live. Well, that’s nice.
Groucho says Eddy’s a big question mark. But no more than usual.
Apparently, developing good players is good for your program. Who knew?
Kerry’s back today and if it means the end of Regular Joe as a Cub, Kerry better not screw this up.
Marquette is going to change it’s name back to the Golden Eagles, from the uh…Golden Eagles.
Sammy’s faux hopping again. That never got old.
Was Deron Williams really the third best player in that draft? Probably not, but he’s a real point guard and those don’t come along very often, and his teammates are going to love him. Especially our old buddy AK 47. I was also very excited to see one of my all-time favorite Illini, Luther Head get picked in the guaranteed contract world of the first round. That might be the first time I’ve ever heard a draft pick announced and been genuinely excited for the guy. I’m a sap, I suppose.
Corey’s second FYC moment in three days? He must be dizzy.
I love Sweaty Joe, but there’s no decision here, is there? Unless somebody fakes an injury, you can’t afford to send Sergio or even Will Ohman to Iowa. You either cut Joe and hope he clears waivers (he will) or you dump Mike Remlinger on some poor team for a guy you don’t need to add to the 40 man roster. You don’t just waive Remlinger, somebody’s dumb enough to give you a player for him.
Derrek Lee is hot on the heels of Albie Pujols in the fan voting. You just know those insecure assholes in Missouri will be trying to find people who can read so they know which box to punch out to vote for Albert the next two days. (Joe Goddard said voting goes through Sunday, but it actually ends tomorrow.)
Dusty says that Ronny Cedeno is “more of a true shortstop” than Joe Camel was. I’m more of a true shortstop than he was.
Sammy got dumped to sixth in the batting order. Next stop? Tenth.
Phil Rogers says that Greggie has saved the Cubs playoff hopes. That and playing in the National League where everybody had a .500 convention for three months.
Marty Burns breaks down the draft and wonders if the Bucks will regret not drafting Marvin Williams. Uh, yes.
Kelly Dwyer with one of those new SI.com photo essay things (where the photos are cool, but way too big) on the top 20 draft bargains…and top 20 draft busts of the past 25 years. If they have him do it again next year, I hope they have a good photo of Charlie Villanueva for the draft bust montage.
Bob Klapisch says it’s Gary Sheffield for Mike Cameron and Miguel Cairo. Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me.
Joel Sherman says, “It stinks!”…no, that’s Jay Sherman. He says the same thing Klapisch said.
The Daily News on what Yankees might be available (they include Sheffield, Tony Womack (hee hee) and Flash).
AJ Burnett’s agent thinks his pierced freak of a client will likely get traded.
Preston Wilson would defer money to play for the Cubs, and the Rockies want Todd Wellemeyer. I pity poor Todd trying to throw high fastballs in Coors for a living.
America’s finest news source on…oh, just read the headline.
There will be a run of ice picks in Missouri as they try to do the Tommy Herr ballot- stuffing in the next week.
We will puncture many a monitor, as the balloting has moved online. Paper balloting is closed, for counting purposes. If you want to vote for D. Lee, you better get comfy with your mouse.
Pujols has this one sewn up, however. It’s sad, considering Lee is clearly having the better year in almost every category. It’s not the 3-toothed Cards fans that are getting Albie his All-Star start, it’s the sheep baseball fans who just vote for whoever was good last year. No doubt, Pujols is a bona fide All-Star, but this is Derrek Lee’s year to start, hands down.
Gettin’ Head in the whip but not crashin’ it!
The Genius will likely have Albie DH and start Lee anyway. But it’s always nice to knock the Red Horde down a peg when you can. Vote early, vote often.
We be gettin’ Head in the whip and crash the sh@#.
Cause a 12 car accident.
Jump out and start bare-backin a nasty b****!
I guess the bad part about a Sheffield/Cameron trade is that it would close the book on Sheff possibly coming to Chicago. However, it would leave the Cubs as the sole contestant in the Mark Kotsay sweepstakes.
Actually the worst part would be that the Mets are only two games behind the Cubs and Sheffield would give them an actual offense.
Can I make a quick comment about the draft coverage? Can I? Thanks.
I read it today and it’s gold. I’m hardly much of a hoops fan, but that was better coverage than you’d get on all the lame-ass sports channels combined. Some real funny stuff to go along with some sharp information. I was not only amused, but more knowledgeable about NBA personnel after having read it. Usually I’m dumber after being exposed to something like that on ESPN.
Kudos to Kelly and the gang.
I didn’t much bring der funny last night, but it was an ok run. The funniest part of my night was when I looked back at my “analysis” of the 1999 Draft. That’s what I get for sleeping a combined 12 hours between last Thursday and the Draft.
At least I refuse to bullsh!t you, dear Desipio readers, which is a lot more than I can say for the winners at ESPN that pretend they know what’s going on. Read every recap today, and every 2nd-round pick is going to be “a solid contributor,” while every 1st rounder “should be starting soon enough.” Bollocks, through and through. You can trust the KDizzle when he says “I don’t know who that guy is.”
Bottom line for Bulls fans: while I would give my left nut to see Julius Hodge (taken 20th) on the Bulls next year, I wouldn’t even want any picked 21st (where the Bulls would have gone) or lower in the ten-man rotation in 2005-06. The best of that bunch were little guards like Ukic, Ellis, Stoudemire, and Robinson — and we already have enough of those.
All in all, a pretty boring Draft, and easily the most boring one since 1998, when the Bulls selected Corey Benjamin for their impending expansion squad, and the power went out at Touhy and Western and I was forced to listen to the Draft on the radio in someone’s Volvo. The unspeakable things I did after that I shan’t mention again.
I think collegiate basketball is a great sport to keep up with for entertainment, and is my 3rd favorite overall (behind pro baseball, collegiate football).
I think professional basketball fuckin sucks worse than professional football, and that’s saying something.
And even I was happy to see the Desipio tradition continue. I thought Andy just like, forgot about it or somethin. Props to KD for the clutch.
Was I the only one who was dizzied by the onslaught of information ESPN tried to cram onto their screen? I thought I turned to the stock quotes channel by mistake. There was just too much text on the screen, boggling the mind, confusing the eyes, and limiting my comprehension.
And Steven A. Smith was yelling.
And Stu Scott was present (as was his wandering eye).
Not only was the draft itself weak, the coverage was terrible. The next time they have it, just let Bill Simmons and his dad host it — it couldn’t have been worse than the craptacular spectacle last night.
Thank God Paxson had the foresight and planning to not be a party to this dog. Luol Deng is our prize for not sliding into the 20s of this year’s draft. Woof.
I guess I’m a bit of a sap as well. Luther Head getting picked in the first round by the Rockets was the highlight of the draft for me.
1-2 worthy hitters on the club
OBP Player
.370 Walker
.360 Hairston
.353 Cedeno
Actual 1-2 hitters used by the club
OBP Player
.277 Patterson
.300 Neifi