There’s Nothing to Click Here

Posted by RexKramerDangerSeeker

July 31, 2008

Busy, busy day in the sporting world. Phone lines are burning up, newspaper editors are screaming stop the presses, blog editors are yelling whatever it is they yell across their instant messengers, and in newsrooms across the country, Around the Horn panelists prepare for their collective conniptions.

Manny might still be Manny, but Manny the Marlin. Junior looks to become a White Sock, causing a collective cry from the city of Seattle. He Who Shall Remain Nameless might be traded within the Packers own division, causing a collective “wtf” from the grand state of wherever Green Bay is, or he possibly could be given $2m a year for 10 years to just stay the fuck retired.

(Note to Hef: I want one of those deals. Trade me to either Lozo or Cousins of Ron Mexico or give me 20 bucks a month for 10 years and I’m outta your hair for that many years. Sending me to The Sometimes Daily Nug ain’t an option. He’s on my no-trade list.)

There’s Nothing to Click Here

First up, we have a link submitted to us by faithful reader “A.H. in AZ”, which likely means that it’s about the Diamondbacks. (Note to self: don’t take orders from “the man”. You’ve got journalistic integ… who am I kidding. No I don’t. ) (Note to self, part deux: why do I “write” for a baseball blog if I have to look up whether Diamondbacks is one word or two?)

A lot of words about Dan Haren from our friends at Watching the Game. In a quick scan, I saw “WHIP”, “ERA”, and something called “Pitch f/x data”, so I’m guessing at least a few of you will get raging bones from all the data citations.

By the way, I’m guessing the Bryan Brown movie “F/X” is way cooler than anything in Pitch f/x. What could possibly be better than Murder AND Illusion (Mystique and Aura are disqualified).

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Non-Baseball but Football-related Alert (aka, Gonzo, pass on by): Chicago Bears implementing a new offense? Could Favre grasp their new “Looks Like Shit Offense“? Can ol’ Rex “I’ve Shamed the good name of Rex” Grossman handle the duty ?

So help me, I really want to add a picture of poo here, just for sportsgal, but don’t we think she’s been subjected to enough of that this week via Dave Lozo?

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From the “Maybe Bud Selig Should Consider This for Next Year’s All-Star Game” files come these changes for handling extra-inning games at this summer’s Olympic’apalooza.

Under the new rule, each team’s at-bat in the 11th inning and beyond will begin with runners on first and second bases. Teams may start the 11th at any point in their batting order under the changes announced Friday by the IBAF.

Can’t wait for the ardent supporters of “classic” baseball (read: National League fans) to jump all over this like the soccer heads do over the penalty kick system used in their sport. Purity of the game, strategy, blah blah blah. Then again, it’s the Beijing Olympics. If no reporters are there to cover it, does it really happen?

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ESPN is actually doing something that involves voting and non-suckitude (see: USA, TitleTown). Top Three Players of All-Time for Each Franchise, or as they call it, “Baseball Tonight’s All-Time Franchise Players“. Let the vicious debating begin. Voting is now open. My favorite part might be the various parenthetical team names.

Should be quite the debate for the Devil Rays, especially when rookie Evan Longoria is named #1. Lucky for the Tampa Bay management, they wrapped him up for nine years, so they won’t be subjected to that slide during some agent’s contract extension presentation.

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